Good Morning Mehlville: School Board to Interview All Candidates

Good morning, Mehlville!

Welcome to our new column that will help you get through the weekday. Every Monday through Friday at 6 a.m., we'll tell you everything ranging from gas prices and traffic alerts to events around town and stories we're working on. Lastly, we'll sign off with something fun to kickstart your morning. 

So before you go to work, wake up the kids or finish your cup of coffee, check out "Good Morning Mehlville." Have a suggestion to make Patch more helpful? Leave a comment or drop me an email at sarah.flagg@patch.com.

• Weather: Bring the poncho today as we'll have scattered showers and thunderstorms early in the day and a high near 80 degrees. According to The Weather Channel, it's looking like rain until at least Wednesday. 

• Gas: Prices are back up again with Sam's Club on Mehl Avenue at $3.45 a gallon. Butler Hill Sinclair and Phillips 66 stations are almost 10 cents back at $3.54 a gallon, according to stlouisgasprices.com.

• Later today we'll have a story about the Mehlville school board's decision to interview all nine candidates for the open seat. At their Saturday meeting, they outlined an interview process to select an applicant who will serve until the April 2012 election. Interviews are set for June 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the administration building. Who do you want to see in the position? 
  
  
• Tonight, Sen. Jim Lembke is having a town hall meeting at Cliff Cave Library at 7:00 p.m. He'll be talking about the recently-ended session and answering questions. If you can't make the meeting, we'll have a story on Tuesday.  
  
  
• Did you know? Sesame seeds were so prized during the Middle Ages that in some parts of the world they were worth their weight in gold.