Doris Hawkins of St. Louis has a big assignment.  She has to figure out how to spend $135,000 she won in the June 11 Show Me Cash drawing.  Hawkins used the Quick Pick option to select her numbers.  The winning numbers were 7, 9, 12, 13 and 17. She purchased her winning ticket at Johnson’s Amoco, 205 S. Vandeventer Ave., in St. Louis.

The Vashon High School administrator says the win is “a blessing from God.”  Hawkins, 45, is a frequent Lottery player and won as much as $3,200 with Pick 4 in the past.  But this win is the biggest she has experienced.

“I stopped for gas and to cash in a winning Pick 3 ticket worth $100.  The clerk scanned my Show Me Cash ticket, and it said $135,000,” said Hawkins.  “I screamed, ‘This cannot be happening! This cannot be happening!’”

Hawkins called her fiancé to give him the news. He didn't believe her.

“‘You won what,’ was all that he said,” chuckled Hawkins.

ST. LOUIS, MO-- The Urban League can help residents of the city of St. Louis and Wellston  “keep their cool” this summer with the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).  During the summer months, LIHEAP provides energy assistance for Ameren bills.

Eligible residents can receive up to $300 in assistance for their Ameren service that has been disconnected or is in threat of disconnection.

The attached flyer includes details on how to apply and what to do if a resident has already applied for energy assistance during the winter or spring months.

Urban League employees and volunteers can apply for LIHEAP.  Please feel free to share this flyer with your family, friends, neighbors, churches, daycares, and especially with elderly and disabled residents.

The Whitaker Music Festival returns to the Missouri Botanical Garden for the 19th year, offering a nine-week lineup of free Wednesday evening outdoor concerts.

The concerts are held each Wednesday May 30 through July 25 at 7:30 p.m. (last entry at 9 p.m.) at the Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd. in south St. Louis Outdoor Cohen Amphitheater, just west of the Climatron® dome.

The concerts are free to all. Garden admission is free after 5 p.m. Free parking on site and at lots two blocks west at the Shaw and Vandeventer intersection. An additional concert entry site will be open on Tower Grove Avenue and Magnolia located on the south end of the Garden.