🌱 WashU Receives Major Gift To Fight Alzheimer's + New LGBTQ Bar

Hey, neighbors! Helen Eckhard here with the latest edition of the St. Louis Daily.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 47 Low: 23.

Here are the top 3 stories today in St. Louis:

1. St. Louis benefactor Joanne Knight has committed $11.5 million to the Washington University School of Medicine to support a clinical trial aimed at preventing Alzheimer’s disease. The trial will attempt to combat the disease by treating people before the first signs of the illness appear in the brain. The university’s long-running Alzheimer’s prevention initiative will be named after the Knight family in recognition of the historic gift. (Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis)
2. City of St. Louis preservation officials are protesting a plan to partially demolish and reuse the historic Engineers’ Club in the Central West End. The demolition would serve to help develop a new seven-story apartment complex at the location on Lindell Boulevard. Opponents of the development say the construction of a large apartment complex would be a "significant loss" to the city's architectural heritage. (KSDK.com)
3. Prism STL, a new LGBTQ bar, is set to open in St. Louis early next year. The bar will take residence in the Monocle’s former building on Manchester Avenue and will include a cocktail lounge, outdoor patio, and cabaret stage. The addition of Prism follows the closing of many prominent LGBTQ bars in the city over the past year. (Riverfront Times)

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Today in St. Louis:

• Senior Commission Meeting At University City (Virtual) (6:30 PM)
• The Artful Adult At Richmond Heights Memorial Library (6:30 PM)
• Arts & Letters Commission At University City (Virtual) (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Last week, nine cadets graduated from the St. Louis County and Municipal Police Academy. They will start their field training this week. (Facebook)
• The St. Louis County Police Department is seeking the public's help locating an endangered person. 36-year-old Raphael Stovall was last seen Sunday night in the 1200 block of Garden Village Drive in St. Louis County. (Facebook)
• Ten years after celebrating the hatching of the world's first successful zoo-bred Ozark hellbender salamanders, the St. Louis Zoo nursery has 1,333 recent hatchlings of the endangered species. (Facebook)

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About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing assistant at Lightning Media Partners. She is a self-professed logophile who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in library science. Outside of work, you can find Helen constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.