Posts Tagged ‘Lou Hamilton’

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Word’s out that Judge Larry Kendrick has decided to retire on Dec. 31. Kendrick has long been hounded by lawyers and the powers-to-be over slow-moving cases under his care. . .An area boost to our town will come Nov. 12-22 with the St. Louis International Film Festival. J. Kim Tucci, board chairman of the Cinema St. Louis, County Exec Charlie Dooley and Mayor Francis Slay announced the unspooling of “Up in the Air”; “An Education”; “Precious”; “The Young Victoria”; “Me and Orson Welles” and “Everybody’s Fine.” Ducats on sale Monday at the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Webster U. and WashU. . .Getting congrats from Pumpernickel’s Bonnie Silverman were insurance exec Jerome “Buddy” Diamond and Joan Kaner, who announced they are planning their wedding. . . Smithsonian Institution’s Scott Rosenfeld will lecture on “Lighting the Smithsonian’s Temple of Invention” at 5:30, Oct. 13 at the Missouri History Museum… Martin Duggan, outgoing host of KETC-TV, Channel 9′s “Donnybrook,” and one of our town’s favorite octogenarians, was honored Friday by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen with a resolution introduced by Aldermanic prez Lewis Reed, who was also being toasted on his 47th natal

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day. Duggan brought down the house, when he asked the current alder-people from neighborhoods, where he and wife, May, had lived through the years. The audience howled with laughter, when Duggan told them he continues to oppose calls to reduce the size of the board, since “having so many of you always gave me something to talk about.” Duggan added that if any changes are in order, “they should expand the board’s membership.” His graceful exit from the chambers, with an assist by pals Lou Hamilton and former Mo. Sen. Harry Kennedy, was interrupted by a lengthy and obviously affectionate embrace from the dean of the board, Freeman Bosley, Sr., who greeted his “old and very dear friend Martin” to the open-mouthed amazement of his colleagues. . . Melissa Pluta of Edwardsville, Ill., was local winner in KPLR-TV, Channel 11′s America’s Next Top Model Casting Call. Tyra Banks chose her, along with six others, to receive honorable mention. Pluta recently signed with Centro Models STL/LA/NY.