WE HAVE TO HELP' FLOOD SURVIVORS LOOKING AHEAD AND PITCHING IN Series: 1993: Flood Aftermath Second Of Two Parts FIVE STAR Edition

The Mississippi and Missouri rivers may have rolled through Courtney [Bextermueller]'s home in West Alton last summer, but she said, "I wasn't really that sad. I guess I'm used to floods." Many of Courtney's fellow students in the Orchard Farm School District share her...

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Published inSt. Louis post-dispatch
Main Author William Allen and Theresa Tighe Of the Post-Dispatch Staff SECOND OF TWO PARTS
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Louis, Mo Pulitzer, Inc 22.08.1994
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Summary:The Mississippi and Missouri rivers may have rolled through Courtney [Bextermueller]'s home in West Alton last summer, but she said, "I wasn't really that sad. I guess I'm used to floods." Many of Courtney's fellow students in the Orchard Farm School District share her attitude. The district sits smack dab in between this country's two largest rivers. Floods are as much a part of life as homecoming dances. Last year, as the kids put it, was the pits. Matt [Kluesner] saved his cat, Pepper, from the flood. But Pepper died in a fire at Kennelwood Village, where the cat had been boarded until the family found a home. Jennae [Neustadt]'s home became an island, where she watched nature work. Frogs formed stacks against the house to escape drowning. Birds swooped down and snatched frogs. Snakes swam up and swallowed frogs. Big frogs ate little frogs.