Last Chance: Meet Navy SEAL, Hear Lecture on Homelessness Tonight

Navy SEAL Eric Greitens will speak tonight about his New York Time's bestseller "The Heart and the Fist" as part of a month-long celebration of the opening of the new Spencer Road Branch Library in St. Peters.

"The Heart and the Fist" shares one man’s story of extraordinary leadership and service as both a humanitarian and a warrior. In a life lived at the raw edges of the human experience, Greitens has seen what can be accomplished when compassion and courage come together in meaningful service.  

The event is one of a number of special events taking place in April to celebrate the opening of the library. 

- Information from St. Charles City-County Library District

Dr. Larry Zimmerman, an internationally recognized archaeologist, will speak tonight at 7 p.m. on the new practice of using archaeology to study homelessness. The presentation will be at Young Hall Auditorium on the main Lindenwood campus in St. Charles, 209 S. Kingshighway.

Titled, “Displaced and Barely Visible: Using Archaeology to Study Homelessness,” this heavily illustrated presentation focuses on a project that examined homeless sites in St. Paul, MN, and Indianapolis, IN. Material culture inventories of more than 60 route and camp sites immediately demonstrated problems in delivery of assistance to homeless people. The project already has been influential in Indianapolis, changing the way some services are delivered to homeless people away from shelters. 

 “Homeless people, although identified as a significant social problem, are barely visible to many citizens,” Zimmerman said. “In urban areas most of us actually do come across the homeless every day. They may be objects of scorn or pity, or sometimes just a problem for local governments. We rarely try to understand who they are and what their lives must be like, and we also make unwarranted assumptions about their needs.” 

- Information from Chris Duggan at