Following the Missouri River Flood of 2011, Missouri River Relief has planned a cross-state clean-up of the Missouri River from Kansas City to St. Louis.  The crew will travel on a trash barge pushed by a towboat, stopping in communities along the Missouri River to organize river clean-ups, river education events in addition to gatherings and festivals.  The Big Muddy Clean Sweep will be moored at Washington, Missouri from October 11th through October 16th.

There are several events organized during the week.  Most of the planned events are geared toward families and people of all ages.  Many local and regional exhibitors educating students through hands-on, nature-related activities including The Washington Historical Society, The Washington Library, Shaw Nature Reserve and many more.  Students will watch sculptors transform steel found in the river into art.  Students will also be able to apply earthen plaster to a straw-bale wall.  There will be music, food and entertainment and an old-time dance at the end of the day.  There has been much enthusiasm for this event from the community, including Mayor Lucy, The Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Washington, The Washington Missourian and more.

WELCOMING PARTY at MannWell's Coffee Alley  Tuesday, October 11th: 
Lafayette and Main in Downtown, Washington from 5 to 7 pm
Music!  Appetizers!  Meet the Barge Crew!  River Quilt Display!  Mayor's Proclamation!

THE WASHINGTON RIVER FESTIVAL--  Saturday, October 15th: 11 am until 4 or 5 pm
Rennick Riverfront Park
Live Music, Food, Fun Hands-on activities for children of all ages. See the barge! 
Mini cleanups by boat for participants throughout the day, educational exhibits and events!  Trash-to-Art Demo and auction--watch and participate as artists turn metal and other materials from the river into art.  Apply earthen plaster to a straw bale wall!   Old Time Family Dance with live music and more!

EDUCATIONAL RIVER EXPERIENCE During the Week -- FULL

FUNDRAISING DINNER ON THE BARGE   Thursday, October 13th:   
There is space for 24 people to participate in a very nice dinner on the barge catered by The Labadie Chef with music, a presentation, a boat ride and and some river-related silent auction items, and drinks.  The barge will stay in one place and will not be moving.  Price per person $100.

MINI- CLEAN-UPS BY BOAT DURING THE WEEK!
For information on any of these events, contact: Gloria Bauermeister ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )  or Steve Schnarr ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

SPONSORED BY MISSOURI RIVER RELIEF
www.riverrelief.org

"Dr. Moore is a highly skilled interventional cardiologist," said Dr. Polizzi. "Every community would be fortunate to have someone of his caliber and professionalism in their hospital. We are certainly grateful that he's joining Mercy and will serve our patients, allowing us to advance our cardiology services to a level that hospitals even larger than us don’t currently have."

As an interventionalist, Dr. Moore performs, among other procedures, peripheral angioplasty and the more advanced transradial cardiac catheterization (TRC), which he has been practicing since 1994. During transradial cardiac catheterization, instead of using the femoral artery in the groin to access a blockage, Dr. Moore uses the radial artery, or artery on the thumb side of the hand, for the cardiac catheterization procedure.

The advantages of the transradial cardiac catheterization are that more than 80 percent of patients are candidates for the procedure, the puncture site can be closed immediately, even if a stent has just been placed, and patients can get out of bed immediately. Many patients can go home within just a few hours after the procedure.

Prior to moving back to the St. Louis area, Dr. Moore was in private practice in cardiology in Jacksonville, Fla.  From 1999-2002, he was a cardiologist with Mercy Cardiology Clinic, (now Mercy Heart and Vascular). Among other positions, he has previously served as Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the Medical College of Ohio, in Toledo, Ohio, Chief of Cardiology at St. Louis VA Medical Center in St. Louis and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Saint Louis University.

Dr. Moore completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology at Saint Louis University Medical Center in St. Louis in 1994 and a fellowship in general cardiology at the Medical College of Ohio, in Toledo in 1993. He earned his medical degree and completed his residency at the Medical College of Ohio, in Toledo.

Dr. Moore has returned to Mercy to help establish an advanced cardiology program in Washington, a town that reminds him of the small, riverfront town where he grew up in Ohio. "Coming to Washington is like coming home, and it’s an honor to be here.  The town and the people are very similar to what I knew growing up," said Dr. Moore. "I'm very happy to be here, and I’m particularly happy to provide a needed service that is so close to home to so many wonderful people."

St. John's Mercy Hospital is an accredited Chest Pain Center.  Drs. Moore and Polizzi are located in Suite 304 in the Mercy Medical Building, 851 E. Fifth St. in Washington. For more information, call 636-239-8845.