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BAR ICED Place Downtown closed Saturday, with owners saying a decline in business along Washington Avenue and higher minimum wages led them to close the doors. have a place now on Hampton that we just got going really, and we decided the best way to go was to focus on that and our other said co- owner Jason Lee Along with the Hampton location, Lee and his partners operate Place joints in Valley Park and St. Charles, where they also have the 212 Club. Lee said the Hampton joint will hold a night on June 18, to say thanks to all the staff and But fear not, Athina Miller fans, for she has moved with crew to work Monday nights at the Hampton joint. She also is maintaining her 35-year stretch of service around the Wash Ave strand.

Miller became the darling of downtown denizens during her 1982-2015 stretch at Missouri Bar Grille. Miller, who turned 80 in April, will work Fridays and Saturdays nights at on Washington. know she said, have to keep TUNE TOME Former STLer and longtime sportswriter Bill Christine is back putting pen to paper. A 1956 graduate of the long-gone Assumption High and Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Christine reported that publishers McFarland Co. have picked a Nov.

10 release for his book: Left Their Hearts in San Francisco: The Lives of Songwriters George Cory and Douglass The work looks at the lives of the songwriting team that had only one hit the ode to the City By The Bay that Tony Bennett made into a classic in 1962. discovered that very little had been written about the two, even in San Christine said. is a statue of Tony Bennett (in San Francisco) that mentions the song, but Christine lives in California and spent more than 40 years covering sports, mostly baseball and then Thoroughbred horse racing. He began with the East St. Louis Journal (which became the Metro East Journal), then made stops in Baltimore, Louisville, Pittsburgh and Chicago before capping his career with a 24-year stint at the Los Angeles Times that ended in 2006.

But before he left home in 1965, Christine said, did cover the World Series between the Cardinals and the SAFE FAIL If looking for some safe space, Missouri just may not be the place. According to a list from online marketers WalletHub, Missouri ranks No. 46 in the union, finishing ahead of only South Carolina, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi. Contributing to the low ranking were dismal marks in murders and non-negligent manslaughters per capita (46th) and assaults per capita (43rd). FAREWELL Dave Strauss the undisputed of St.

Louis, died Thursday at Des Peres Hospital after a long illness. He was 67. Mr. Strauss was a longtime history teacher at Cleveland High School, later Cleveland NJROTC, and a regular host of local trivia contests. Mr.

Strauss was most widely known as the host of a Sunday night trivia show on local radio stations for almost 30 years. He began hosting the call-in feature in 1978 at KMOX-AM 1120, moved to WIBV-AM 1260 in 1996 and then switched to KTRS-AM 550 in 1997. That show ended in 2006. KMOX morning man Charlie Brennan said he used to follow Mr. show, co-hosted by Art Fleming when Brennan arrived in 1988.

was the smartest guy I ever met. His brain captured everything and he forgot Brennan said. knew more about Hollywood movies than the people in Survivors include a sister, Susan Doering, and a brother, Joseph Strauss, both of St. Louis; and nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday at Kutis Affton Chapel, 10151 Gravois Road. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel. Memorials are suggested to the Leukemia Society or the Backstop- pers. Joe Holleman 314-340-8254 on Twitter Place downtown shuts down HEAD TO THE FARMERS MARKETS Get the freshest fruits and veggies and more at your nearby farmers markets.

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KOMEN ST. LOUIS RACE FOR THE CURE Registration for the race opens at 6:30 a.m. Saturday on Chestnut Street between 13th Street and Tucker Boulevard. The survivor procession begins at 7:25 a.m. Wheelchair racers will begin the race at 7:55.

Timed runners in the 5K begin at 8 a.m., and everyone else takes at 8:15. Routes for the Komen Race Road closures for the Komen Race JOE HOLLEMAN Post-Dispatch The now-closed Place, 1128-1130 Washington Avenue. Miller Christine.