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Many of the issues of our times are hard to understand without understanding the vision of the world of which they are a part. Whether the particular issue is education, economics or medical care, the preferred explanation tends to be an external expla-nation - that is, something outside the con-trol of the individuals directly involved.
Education usually is discussed in terms of the money spent on it, the teaching methods used, class sizes or the way the whole system is organized. Students are discussed largely as passive recipients of good or bad education. But education is not something that can be given to anybody. It is something that students either acquire or fail to acquire. Personal responsibility may be ignored or downplayed in this “non-judgmental” age, but it remains a major factor nevertheless.
After many students go through a dozen years in the public schools, at a total cost of $100,000 or more per student - and emerge semi-literate and with little understanding of the society in which they live, much less the larger world and its history - most dis-cussions of what is wrong leave out the fact that many such students may have chosen to use school as a place to fool around, act up, organize gangs or even peddle drugs.
The great escape of our times is escape from personal responsibility for the conse-quences of one’s own behavior. Differences in infant mortality rates provoke pious edi-torials on a need for the government to pro-vide more prenatal care for those unable to afford it. In other words, the explanation is automatically assumed to be external to the mothers involved and the solution is assumed to be something that “we” can do for “them.”
While it is true that black mothers get less prenatal care than white mothers and have higher infant mortality rates, it also is true that women of Mexican ancestry also get less prenatal care than white women and yet have lower infant mortality rates than white women. But, once people with the prevailing social vision see the first set of facts, they seldom look for any other facts that might go against the explanation that fits their vision of the world.
No small part of the current confusion between “health care” and medical care
comes from failing to recognize that Amer-icans can have the best medical care in the world without having the best health or longevity because so many people choose to live in ways that shorten their lives.
There can be grave practical conse-quences of a dogmatic insistence on exter-nal explanations that allow individuals to escape personal responsibility. Americans can end up ruining the best medical care in the world in the vain hope that a govern-ment takeover will give us better health.
Economic issues are approached in the same way. People with low incomes are seen as a problem for other people to solve. Studies which follow the same individuals over time show that the vast majority of working people who are in the bottom 20 percent of income earners at a given time end up rising out of that bracket. Many are simply beginners who get beginners’ wages but whose pay rises as they acquire more skills and experience. Yet there is a small minority of workers who do not rise and a large number of people who seldom work and who-- surprise - have low incomes as a result.
Seldom is there any thought that people who choose to waste years of their own time (and the taxpayers’ money) in school need to change their own behavior - or to visibly suffer the consequences, so that their fate can be a warning to others coming after them, not to make that same mistake.
It is not just the “non-judgmental” ideol-ogy of the intelligentsia but also the self-interest of politicians that leads to so much downplaying of personal responsibility in favor of external explanations and external programs to “solve” the “problem.”
On these and other issues, government programs are far less likely to solve the country’s problems than to solve the politi-cians’ problem of getting the votes of those whose think the answer to every problem is for the government to “do something.”
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Stand the light of day To the Editor:
Mr. (Thomas) Sowell I wanted to thank you for your Care versus Control article, (Aug. 19, 2009, Mid Rivers Newsmaga-zine). As always you hit the nail on the head that it is not a matter of care, but total con-trol of our lives from cradle to grave. Not only is it obvious that the House is rush-ing this massive new medical care scheme through so fast, but they are not interested in the public’s input. The House members and senators hold town hall meetings just so they can tell their constituents that they were open to their opinions. It’s all a sham. The Democrats plan to push this bill through because as they have said, “A win is a win.” No matter who they had to step over to get to the finish line.
The public’s response to their abuse of power will be swift and furious. All along they have disregarded the tax paying public and we will put them all out of power. As you said in your article “stand the light of day” and rebuff them by putting them in the unemployment line. Maybe then they will have empathy for the public whom they have such contempt and disdain by referring to us as “the mob.”
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Passing remark To the Editor:
The news article in your issue dated, Aug. 19, 2009, Mid Rivers Newsmagazine, page 12 provides evidence that a town hall was held by Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO). A mean-ingful incident that occurred during the meeting was, however, not even men-tioned in the article. The incident involving a laughing comment on lynching, made by Akin, was part of the televised program of the town hall. Akin hasn’t disavowed his laughing response about lynching.
According to the representative’s biog-raphy on the official U. S. House of Rep-resentatives Web site, his education and pre-election work career is engineering. In the Missouri House, Akin drafted leg-islation on Roth IRA’s and tax limitation amended to the Missouri Constitution.
During his elected life in the U.S House of Representatives, Akin has worked on energy dealing with clean coal technology, as well as defense. Nowhere in his offi-cial biography is there mention of being seated on a committee that covers health care, aging, the Judiciary Committee where human issues juxtaposed against engineer-ing issues is discussed, or, dealt with in
legislation. How can such a man with such a blind spot in his eastern education, repre-senting Missouri citizens and corporations know, even care, anything about lynching of African Americans and white citizens in Missouri who were lynched?
A paper with a partial listing of lynch-ings, titled “Missouri Lynchings, 1836-1981” can be found at academic.evergreen.edu/p/pfeiferm/home.htm.
Bill WhiteSt. Peters
Got it rightTo the editor:
As someone who deals with the public constantly, I always appreciate it when someone takes the time to pass along feed-back about the actions of our city staff or our operations in general. I’m sure you appreciate feedback, too.
I want to bring to your attention the thor-ough, fair and accurate coverage in Mid Rivers Newsmagazine on a very important issue impacting the city of St. Peters. In the (Aug. 19, 2009, Mid Rivers Newsmaga-zine) your reporter, Jeannie Seibert, did an excellent job on a story about the Missouri Legislature’s unethical and potentially unconstitutional actions on the St. Peters Hotel tax. Our city has lost more than $1 million because of being targeted by the punitive legislation.
I appreciate her skill and efforts as a reporter to thoroughly and fairly address this issue. She did an excellent job explain-ing the situation and how this has dragged on for several years at great cost to our city. She was very thorough with her reporting, explaining that St. Peters is being singled out compared to other cities in St. Charles County, including O’Fallon and the city of St. Charles.
The issues in this story can be very com-plex, almost “inside baseball” for those who are not following the political nuances of this inexcusable legislation. Jeannie made it all easy to understand.
Our nation has depended on free, inde-pendent press to present information in a thorough, accurate manner. I commend you and Ms. Seibert for your continued efforts to be professional, thorough and accurate. I am certain your readership appreciates Ms. Seibert’s diligence in getting to the facts and presenting them in a well-constructed, complete story.
St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano
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6 I OPINION I SEPTEMBER 2, 2009MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE
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- Director of Communications for St. Peters Lisa Bedian
Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.
The victims were in airplanes or in their offices -- secretaries, businessmen and women, military and fed-eral workers. Moms and dads. Friends and neighbors.
Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror.
The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness and a quiet, unyielding anger.
These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed. Our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation.
Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
America was targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.
Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature, and we responded with the best of America, with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could.
Immediately following the first attack, I implemented our government’s emergency response plans. Our military is powerful, and it’s prepared. Our emergency teams are working in New York City and Washington, D.C., to help with local rescue efforts.
Our first priority is to get help to those who have been injured and to take every precaution to protect our citizens at home and around the world from further attacks.
The functions of our government continue without interruption. Federal agencies in Washington which had to be evacuated today are reopening for essential personnel tonight and will be open for business tomor-row.
Our financial institutions remain strong, and the American economy will be open for business as well.
The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts. I’ve directed the full resources for our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between the terrorists who com-mitted these acts and those who harbor them.
I appreciate so very much the members of Congress who have joined me in strongly condemning these attacks. And on behalf of the American people, I thank the many world leaders who have called to offer their condolences and assistance.
America and our friends and allies join with all those who want peace and security in the world and we stand together to win the war against terrorism.
Tonight I ask for your prayers for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shat-tered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of us spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me.”
This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time.
None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go for-ward to defend freedom and all that is good and just in our world.
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ST. CHARLES COUNTY
Wash your hands! Good hygiene practices can help students
avoid spreading the swine flu this fall.The St. Charles County Department of
Community Health and the Environment issued some reminders to parents, teachers and students to help students avoid getting sick and spreading the H1N1 flu.
“Children are particularly susceptible to H1N1 flu, and once it gets a foothold in a school, the virus can spread quickly,” said Gil Copley, director of the County Department of Community Health and the Environment. “Since there is no vaccine available yet, it’s important for students, parents, and teachers to take steps now to avoid spreading this virus.”
Copley urged good hygiene practices, including: covering coughs and sneezes with a tissue, or using the crook of your arm; washing hands frequently with soap and water, or using hand sanitizers; keep-ing children with a fever home from school; and avoiding close contact with sick people.
“What’s good about these common-sense tips is that they can help children and adults prevent all sorts of infectious diseases, not just the flu,” Copley said.
The latest guidelines from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are available online at cdc.gov/h1n1flu. The department is also keeping its special Web site updated at scchealth.org/swineflu. For more information, call 949-7400 or visit scchealth.org.
Boy struck by carA 9-year-old St. Charles County boy was
killed last month after trying to save a duck from the road.
Danny Bampton was struck by a car after helping an injured duck cross Hwy. P.
Bampton’s mother pulled the car over on the two-lane rural road so Danny could help the duck. After he placed the duck safely on the other side, he crossed the road and was hit by a car driven by 18-year-old Alayna R. Hitz of Wentzville, police said. Danny died at the scene.
Authorities have ruled the incident as an accident and no criminal charges have been filed.
Goal orientedUnited Way of Greater St. Louis has set
its 2009 fundraising goal. Starting Sept. 9 through early November, the nonprofit is hoping to generate $66.5 million in dona-tions. The goal for the Tri-County Divi-
sion, which includes St. Charles County, is $3.15 million.
“United Way is truly a deserving orga-nization,” said Brenda Newberry, 2009 Tri County Division of United Way campaign chair. “It’s important to help people in our community and I know United Way is the place that can do this most effectively and efficiently through the local organizations it supports.”
Last year, more than 200,000 donors and 2,500 businesses donated to United Way. Individuals can pledge a donation by call-ing 314-421-0700 or visiting stl.unitedway.org.
The Illinois United Way divisions of Tri-Cities, Southwest Illinois, and Illinois and the Missouri divisions of Tri-County and Franklin County are included in the overall $66.5 million goal.
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Drivers using Hwy. A are encouraged to allow extra time to get to their destination.
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Tax remains the sameResidents in Lake Saint Louis will feel a
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“Tough economic times are making families tighten their budgets to make ends meet,” said Paul Markworth, city admin-istrator. “The LSL elected officials wanted to do the same with the city’s budget and provide a small amount of relief to the tax-payers.”
The current tax rate is 59.51 cents per $100 assessed valuation for the general fund and 39.94 cents per assessed valua-tion for general obligation funds. The city expects to collect about $160,000 less this year, but much of the loss will be made up in tax revenue generated from new con-struction.
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Arsonist at largeLake Saint Louis Police and the Bureau
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Unknown suspects entered the secured area over the July 4 weekend and attempted to cause damage. Police found four milk containers filled with newspaper and gaso-line.
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Last month, the O’Fallon Police Depart-ment joined Twitter to provide information to the public. It will be used to provide information on upcoming events and it will also be used for major events such as road closures, safety issues for the public, crime trends and crime prevention topics.
“We will post anything that is going to help keep people safe and informed,” said Sgt. Robert Kendall.
So far, the department has 65 Twitter fol-lowers. The address for the site is twitter.com/ofallonpolice.
Jackpot!Thirty-eight employees at Nordyne hit
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“I was in shock when I checked the num-bers,” said Tammy Morgan, who started the Powerball group in the office three years ago. The Powerball group, made up of employees in all positions at the com-pany, started with about 10 employees and has grown to nearly 40.
The group has never won more than $100 prior to the big win.
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Patriot DayThe public is invited to celebrate Patriot
Day on Sept. 11 at O’Fallon City Hall.O’Fallon’s Patriot Day Ceremony, “A
Tribute to First Responders,” will start at 8:30 a.m. at the 9-11 Memorial in the park-ing lot outside the O’Fallon Police Depart-ment.
The ceremony will include participa-tion by police, fire and ambulance honor guards, the sounding of sirens followed by a moment of silence, and an invitation to the public to place flowers at the monu-ment, which is made from 22 tons of steel salvaged from the destruction of the World Trade Center in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
In conjunction with the ceremony, a Patriot Day Community Blood Drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“We’re hosting this drive to help replen-ish local blood supplies, and also to honor the spirit of patriotism that emerged throughout our country after the attacks on September 11, 2001,” said Kathy Halstead, manager of O’Fallon’s volunteer services department.
Appointments are encouraged to mini-mize waiting, but walk-ins are welcome; call Volunteer Services at 379-5507, or e-mail [email protected]. For more information, visit ofallon.mo.us/volunteer. For details about the donation process, go to bloodcenter.org.
ST. PETERS Felony charge filed
A 40-year-old St. Peters woman has been charged with the first felony harassment charge in St. Charles County after a state law was passed last August in response to the cyber-harassment of Dardenne Prairie teenager Megan Meier.
Elizabeth A. Thrasher has been accused of posting the photo, cell phone number, employer and e-mail address of a teenage girl on the Casual Encounters section on Craigslist. Thrasher allegedly created the post after an online confrontation with the teenager, whose mother is dating Thrash-er’s ex-husband.
Police said that after the listing was posted online, the teenager then received phone calls, texts, e-mails and pornogra-phy from men reading the post.
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10 I NEWS I SEPTEMBER 2, 2009MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE
By MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEYThere will be no more nursing homes in the city of
O’Fallon, according to an ordinance passed last week by the City Council—and it’s all to make certain there are no more sewer tap-on giveaways.
Last week the O’Fallon City Council amended its ordi-nance regulating sewer connection fees, and in the process, deleted the term “nursing home” from its books.
“The Missouri Regulatory Agency no longer uses the term ‘nursing home,’” said City Attorney Kevin O’Keefe.
While the O’Fallon City Code has for some time rec-ognized “nursing homes” as a distinct type of multi-unit housing arrangement entitled to special consideration when calculating connection fees for water and sewer services, akin to hotel rooms, hospital rooms and similar multi-unit structures, in recent years the variety of senior housing options has increased dramatically, and the names associated with the varying levels of care has made the term “nursing home” outdated, a revised ordinance states.
Councilman Pierce Conley (Ward 2) introduced the bill that will change the cost of sewer tap-on fees for some senior developments. Under the city’s old guidelines, proj-ects referred to as nursing homes received a two-thirds dis-count on sewer tap-on rates, while licensed care facilities
were charged full price.Councilman Dan Haney (Ward 3) expressed concern
that the city was changing rules to accommodate cur-rent senior developments, and was responding to a recent request from a developer of an assisted living community who asked for reduced fees.
“To me, it looks like we’ve eliminated the tap-on fees by two-thirds for that developer,” Haney said. “Is that what’s going on? I’m going to be edgy. Does this hurt city rev-enue in any way?”
“We have taken the three most akin to congregate living, and these are licensed facilities,” O’Keefe said. “A licensed facility operator would not qualify for the reduc-tion. Independent living communities would not receive the reduction.”
Under the new ordinance, three categories receiv-ing reduced rates are: licensed skilled nursing facilities, licensed assisted living facility and licensed long-term care facilities with common day rooms and facilities, rather than traditional single family residences.
“The law stated reduced tap-on fees were available for nursing homes,” Conley said. “We did not give anyone anymore tap-ons than the law would allow. We simply changed the verbiage of the law.”
Tap-on fees are a sore spot for some City Council mem-bers. For the past several years the city of O’Fallon has been struggling with lawsuits resulting from the promise of free sewer tap-on services by former city officials in exchange for annexation into the city.
Several property owners—mostly farm owners— sued the city for breach of contract for refusing to honor pre-annexation agreements made by the former city officials in 2001. Nearly $2 million in compensation was promised for more than 1,000 sewer connections on various proper-ties in the city.
In December 2001, the former Board of Aldermen led by former Mayor Paul Renaud formally agreed to annex various properties into the city, promising to pay for a spe-cific number of sewer connections if the property owners annexed into the city.
The offers came at a time when former city officials were aggressively campaigning to annex farms and other properties on the southwest side of the city so subdivisions and apartment complexes could be built.
When former Mayor Donna Morrow was elected in 2005, she called the tap-on offers giveaways, and refused to honor them. Since then, several lawsuits remain unsettled.
No more ‘nursing homes’ for O’Fallon‘Licensed care’ facilities to receive discounted sewer, water connection fees
By JEANNIE SEIBERTFor multiple reasons, local munici-
palities are in various stages of assessing, evaluating and plotting strategies for deal-ing with storm water issues – none the least of which is flood damage to public and private property evidenced in the past 18 months of heavy rainfall.
But the bills to fund programs to meet the ever-stiffening water quality mandates resulting from the Clean Water Act of 1972 are coming due as well.
With dual pressures coming to bear, during an Aug. 20 St. Peters Board of Aldermen meeting City Administrator Bill Charnisky illustrated the regional impact of the issue when he said, “We all live in a watershed.”
All of St. Charles County is inundated with waterways: the Mississippi and Mis-souri rivers with Peruque, Dardenne and Spencer creeks all fed by a network of tributaries.
When the waterways of the region are inundated with rain, flood water overtops creek banks and storm sewers are stressed
– as many business and homeowners have learned in recent months. Local jurisdic-tions are contending with flood damage to public lands and the additional stress on storm water collection systems. Lakes, retention ponds and creeks are collector points for silt and contaminates and the
local governments are responsible for the content of the water whether or not a hom-eowners association can afford to tackle a problem retention basin. That brings up easement issues.
Couple all that with the relatively sudden influx of hard surfaces from recent decades of intense development in the region and the problem intensifies as excess rainfall isn’t absorbed into the ground but rolls off pavement, rooftops, parking lots and more paved streets.
All of this water makes it to the big rivers and moves on downstream which prompted the Clean Water Act in the first place.
Some initial measures began in recent years as the county and cities like Dardenne Prairie initiated pre-construction silt control measures with regular report-ing requirements during the building phase of new projects.
Additionally, Lake Saint Louis and St. Peters have been addressing various issues relating to storm water best management practices as recommended by the Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA) and Mis-souri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR).
To meet the current demand and to get ahead of the future need, St. Peters is looking at a 2010 ballot proposition for approval of a storm water utility fee to fund a comprehensive storm water man-
agement program.Faced with the same need and an aging
storm water sewer system, Lake Saint Louis is taking a slightly different track.
During its Aug. 17 Board of Aldermen meeting the pros and cons of different fund-ing mechanisms for a storm water manage-ment program were discussed. The real estate property tax levy could be raised to 100 percent of the voter-authorized amount and the revenue generated could either be directed directly to storm water and capital improvement projects, or it could be used
as a foundation for a bond issue for a more comprehensive program.
Another approach would be to ask voters to approve a parks and storm water pro-gram sales tax on a 2010 ballot issue. As an example, City Administrator Paul Mark-worth said that a quarter-cent sales tax would generate about $550,000 annually.
Then, there is the storm water utility fee like St. Peters is entertaining and the Metro Sewer District (MSD) of St. Louis County
Local storm water issuesCities grapple with issues; federal mandates
Unchecked erosion damaging both private and public property is just one reason area governments are forming comprehensive storm water management programs and looking for mechanisms with which to fund those measures. On the other end of the spectrum, compliance with the federal Clean Water Act makes it incumbent on local jurisdictions to prevent contaminates from entering waterways and ground water.
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I NEWS I 11SEPTEMBER 2, 2009MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE
By MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEYSt. Charles Community College will see
an estimated 10 percent increase in student enrollment this fall, a percentage increase that is nearly double that of last year.
According to the Missouri Community College Association, college students are taking advantage of opportunities provided through community colleges for their edu-cation and workforce training needs.
Summer enrollment at St. Charles Com-munity College (SCC) was up 6 percent from last summer, with nearly 3,500 enrolled, a community college representa-tive said.
Although final fall figures are not in, enrollment grew at all of Missouri’s 12 community college systems this summer for an overall average increase of 14.5 percent when compared to last summer’s enrollment. That is nearly three times the average overall increase that took place in the spring, when enrollment was up 5.9 percent over spring 2008.
In 2008, fall credit class enrollment at SCC grew 5.5 percent, with a record enrollment of 7,414 students. That’s one out of every four St. Charles County high school graduates attending SCC – more than attend any other college or university.
“As the economy has continued to strug-gle, we are seeing more and more people return to school, and the flexibility and affordability of community colleges make it possible for both those with jobs and those who face unemployment to enhance their education,” said Dr. Marcia Pfeiffer, chair of the Presidents and Chancellors Council of the Missouri Community Col-lege Association (MCCA).
The largest percentage increases were
reported at Moberly Area Community Col-lege, up 32 percent, East Central Commu-nity College, where enrollment rose 26.3 percent, and Jefferson Community Col-lege, with an increase of 25.7 percent. This semester, there are 41,701 students at the state’s community colleges.
“The incredible growth in enrollment across the state is directly related to today’s difficult job market and tight finan-cial situation,” said Dr. Jim Kellerman, president/CEO of the MCCA in a news release. “Community colleges offer the short-term training, certificate options and two-year degrees that will give Missou-rians what they need not only to improve their ability to find a job, but to improve their lives.”
To accommodate growth at St. Charles Community College, a new 100-space gravel parking lot has been built at the northwest corner of the campus. Plans are to pave the lot in the coming months. The St. Charles County Community Rela-tions Department says there are no plans for additional building construction at this point.
In June, the St. Charles Community Col-lege Board of Trustees approved an oper-ating budget of $34.5 million for fiscal 2009-10, projected to be about 1 percent higher than last year’s budget of $34.25 million.
The budget for the new fiscal year, which began July 1, figures appropriations at the same level as 2008-09 from the state of Missouri, $8.285 million, and local assessed property valuation, at $12.625 million.
A “modest increase” in total student credit hours is included.
Poor economic conditions push local college enrollment up
has already implemented.The fourth option appears to hardly be
a choice at all. Pay-as-you-go has little chance of being accomplished in a timely manner – standing to put the city in jeop-ardy with MDNR and EPA.
To gain public feedback, Lake Saint Louis aldermen directed staff to set up a series of open house meetings to share informa-tion about federal and state water quality requirements, how a citywide storm water management program would be structured and the costs of the endeavor.
A schedule is being worked out and is expected to be posted on the city’s Web site as soon as it is finalized.
In the meantime, the city’s Public Works Director Derek Koestel said he and Storm Water Project Manager Maria King had
worked out a prioritized project list of flooding issues the city can start work on right away. However, it is just a fraction of the individual projects from the overall list.
St. Peters Public Works Director Russ Batzel said most cities have just wrapped up the MS-4 permit reporting require-ments. MS-4 is the designation given smaller cities under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program operated under the Clean Water Act.
“The state is now much more involved,” Batzel said.
This affected the local jurisdictions more urgently following the February 2009 report listing Dardenne Creek as an impaired waterway.
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By MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEYThe good news is that most O’Fallon
property owners will see a lower property tax bill this year; the bad news is their home value has likely gone down.
Despite a drop in assessed home values caused by the recession—drops that could have sharply reduced the O’Fallon city tax base—the O’Fallon City Council has agreed not to increase the city property tax rate for property owners in the city.
That means homeowners could see a lower property tax bill for 2009.
The council approved a tax rate of 61 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. That means if your property is valued at $200,000, you will pay $122 in city taxes. That does not include other taxed items, including school district taxes and other items on your annual property tax bill.
O’Fallon Public Relations liaison Tom Drabelle said generally that if your prop-erty has not had significant improvements, it is likely that your taxes will decrease because of lower assessed value.
“We are just starting the budget process, and will take a look at how to fund debt service issues with the loss in tax dollars,” Drabelle said.
Acting City Administrator Vicki Boschert, the city’s finance director, says property reassessments have declined by average of 6 percent in O’Fallon.
“The city’s general fund pays for tra-ditional city expenses and budget items, while debt service funds are used to pay bonds the city has issued or debt of the city,” Boschert said. “Since our debt is backed by property taxes and is getting paid off, we can lower that debt service amount.”
The 2009 tax rate would raise the “gen-eral fund” levy to 35.53 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, but would decrease the debt service fund levy to 26.11 cents from last year’s rate of 29 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.
The calculations for property tax for 2009 were computed based on the state-defined cost of living index, the assessed value of new construction and improvements to existing homes, last year’s assessed valu-ation, debt service information and current assessed value of property, officials said.
“Tax year 2009 posed a challenge to municipalities across the state, trying to manage increasing demands on city ser-vices, yet dealing with declining resources,” Boschert said.
O’Fallon city staff recommended increas-ing the rate for general revenue, but staff recognized that the economic downturn also posed a challenge for property owners in the community. To accommodate the change, it was recommended that the debt service rate be reduced by an amount equal to the increase in the general revenue levy.
Property taxes will lower for most residents
By MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEYO’Fallon city officials took the first step
to begin the city’s lateral insurance pro-gram for residents who experience sewer line issues, setting the first year rate cost at $20 per property owner.
In April, voters approved a ballot issue authorizing the city to begin the insurance program at an annual cost of no more than $30. The problem is that now, although seven property owners have tried to use the program, there is no money to fund the program at this time.
The new program, when it begins, will mean that the city would pay for sewer line repairs from a home to the street. Previously, individual homeowners were responsible for such repairs. In some cases, such repairs total thousands of dollars.
City staff members are fine tuning details of the program, but at this point, the impor-tant issue was to get the fee on the 2009 property tax bills issued by St. Charles County, City Attorney Kevin O’Keefe said. The program isn’t expected to begin until details are decided by the City Council.
Councilman Jeff Schwentker (Ward 4) said great detail was given at council meetings prior to the vote, that the pro-gram wouldn’t be implemented until it was funded.
Councilman Pierce Conley (Ward 2) said he believes the council should move forward with the program as quickly as possible.
Councilman Dan Haney said he didn’t want to put hardships on people during these hard economic times, because people can’t afford to fix their sewers. However, he reiterated that he saw little that could be done to allocate funds to begin the pro-gram before annual fees are collected from property owners on Jan. 1, 2010.
“In four months, we’ve had seven people call. I feel bad for the people, but there is no money to pay for it at this point. For-ward funding would leave a deficit,” said Councilman Dan Haney (Ward 3). “I think we need to stop running in and spending money we don’t have. We need to be con-scious that there is no money there, instead of diving into an empty pool.”
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By JEANNIE SEIBERTTransitioning from the old to the new is
a bit challenging but Dardenne Prairie City Hall staff have been moving into the city’s first permanent municipal center structure while simultaneously running the city.
Mother Nature also decided to enter the mix as rain delays postponed the move by several weeks. But the new building was functional enough to stage its first Board of Aldermen meeting on Aug. 19 despite the lack of a few minor accoutrements – like an amplification system.
Each day sees the to-do list shrink as all the finishing touches are completed.
Then the list enlarges as new details are detected.
The punch list is about two and a half pages long but City Architect Tim Short has crews working overtime to complete the time-consuming finish work.
During the first session in the new cham-ber, Mayor Pam Fogarty asked the alder-men for ideas for suitable quotes to be included on the two transoms over the two doorways leading from the two-story foyer to the meeting room which doubles as a municipal courtroom.
Other progress updates included the removal of the two double wide trailers that had served as City Hall for several years. The original has been sold and is on its way off to New Melle while the second trailer is to be returned to the company from which it was leased.
That will open up the parking lot to final grading, paving and striping by Prairie Days on Sept. 19, according to Short.
Everything does double duty in Dardenne Prairie. The parking lot will not only serve City Hall but a municipal park directly behind it and adjacent to the Dardenne Athletic Association ball fields. A conces-sion stand that will serve both facilities is
now under construction and grading for the municipal park and amphitheatre will coin-cide with parking lot dirt work.
An amphitheatre lends itself to this prop-erty which is naturally bowl-shaped, Short said. Sand volleyball courts and other fea-tures are on the drawing board.
So, while the architecture of the City Hall is the primary feature, it stands as an example of the how the entire new down-town will eventually look. City Hall is just phase one, Fogarty said.
The total cost for the civic center improvement project, including City Hall, parking lot, and civic park with amphithe-atre is estimated at $4 million.
Mayor Fogarty said she envisions the
municipal property as being the city’s center, or, “Dardenne Prairie’s heart.” As a living testament to the strictures set out in the SmartCode the city adopted three years ago, it is to set the design style for all new construction in the commercial zones established around the intersections of Hwy. N and Hanley Road and Hanley and Feise roads – the eventual downtown.
“All the development that’s gone on here has been built on the idea that we want Dardenne Prairie to be a walk-able, pedes-trian community where everybody knows your name,” Fogarty said.
Open house plans are up in the air. Foga-rty said to watch the city Web site for fur-ther updates at dardenneprairie.org.
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Dardenne Prairie City Hall is now open for business at 2032 Hanley Road.
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More than 150 dignitaries and commu-nity leaders attended a recent ribbon cutting event at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital in celebration of the opening of Phase One of the South Pavilion expansion project.
Individuals involved in Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital’s success shared brief remarks including Steve Lipstein, presi-dent and CEO of BJC HealthCare; Sandra VanTrease, group president of BJC Health-Care; Dr. Phil Orellana, chief of staff; St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano; and Mary Sulzer, RN, on the new surgical unit.
David Ross, president of BJSPH, thanked everyone for coming and said, “The new South Pavilion has changed the landscape of the campus and supports world class care ... close to home. We are now better positioned than ever to serve this commu-nity well into the future.”
Phase One of the South Pavilion expan-sion added two patient care floors with a capacity for 64 patient beds, a new inpa-tient pharmacy and medical office space. Eighteen patient beds became available Sept. 1, for surgical and orthopedic patients. The private rooms feature more space, a family comfort area, canted beds (placed at an angle) to increase the patient’s view and patient visibility for the nurses, and a new inpatient pharmacy—double the size of the previous one. In addition, the rooms feature patient touch technology available at the bedside for viewing patient education programs, elec-tronic documentation for clinicians and MedProx, the latest in medica-tion administration.
The project was completed 35 days ahead of schedule despite having the wet-test year on record in the St. Louis area.
The schedule reduction contributed to the project’s estimated $1 million in cost sav-ings. The construction team logged more than 120,000 hours over 18 months and reported zero lost work days and no cita-tions or violations during an unannounced OSHA inspection.
The South Pavilion expansion project was unique because it was the first in St. Louis to be executed through an Integrated Proj-ect Delivery contract signed by six parties – Tarlton Corporation, Pratt Design Studio, KJWW Engineering Consultants, Sachs Electric Company, Murphy Company, BJC HealthCare Design and Construction.
“Our commitment doesn’t stop with our bricks and mortar,” Ross said. “It’s the employees, the physicians and the com-passionate and the quality care delivered everyday to our patients that set us apart. We recently learned that for the second con-secutive year, we have been awarded the HealthGrades Outstanding Patient Experi-ence Award for being in the top 5 percent in the nation for patient satisfaction.”
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Leaders and friends of Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital cut the ribbon to the new South Pavilion. (L-R) Maria Stiffler, manager of new surgery unit; Mary Sulzer, RN for new unit; Donna Payne, assistant administrator of BJSPH; David Ross, president of BJSPH; Darrell Birch, pharmacy manager of BJSPH; St. Peters Alderman Tommy Roberts; St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano; Sandra VanTrease, group president of BJC HealthCare; Dr. Phil Orellano, chief of staff at BJSPH; Jill Skyles, vice president patient care services and chief nurse executive at BJSP; St. Peters Alderman John “Rocky” Reitmeyer; and Steve Lipstein, president of BJC HealthCare.
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Habitat for Humanity representatives, volunteers, Thrivent Financial representa-tives and members, St. Peters officials, and, of course, an excited family will gather at 9 a.m., Sept. 12, at 124 Eisenhower Dr. ,located in the Enclaves at Eisenhower in St. Peters to honor the hard work, the gen-erous financial backing and the community support that made the latest Habitat home possible.
A brief program is planned from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. The homebuyers—Brad and Marilyn Rush and their five children—are more than a little eager to move into their new home. They have completed more than 350 hours of “sweat equity” in helping build their home, a basic tenet of Habitat for Humanity. They will repay the no-profit mortgage over a period of 30 years, illustrating Habitat for Human-ity’s objective to give families a “hand up” rather than a “hand out.”
“We are thrilled to have the Rush family as our latest Habitat for Humanity of St Charles County partner family,” said Ashlee Johnson, HFHSCC executive direc-tor. “Brad and Marilyn have proved to be a model family and are looking forward to moving into their new home.”
The new home is a result of an alliance between Habitat for Humanity Interna-tional and Thrivent Financial for Luther-
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“Hundreds of local volunteers from over a dozen Lutheran congregations and community groups contributed their time and talents to build this home with the Rush family,” said Allison Clark, Thrivent member engagement specialist. “Thrivent members and financial representatives were also involved at each step of the way, to personally support the community and help another family achieve financial security through home ownership. From the first nail to the last, from the planning stage to dedication day, building a home with Habitat is an incredible experience for all involved.
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PRIVATE SCHOOLFall festival
Barat Academy will hold its second annual Family Conga (Holiday) from 3 to 9 p.m., on Friday, Sept. 4. This fall festi-val features midway games, inflatables, a dunking booth, motuse roulette, cake/candy walk, music, plate dinners, sports challenge, raffles, robots and a mechanical surfboard.
Barat Academy is located off Technol-ogy Drive in Dardenne Prairie between Hwy. 40 at the Winghaven and Hwy. K exits. The public is invited. For more infor-mation, call 300-5573.
FRANCIS HOWELL
Early releaseThis year the Francis Howell School
District will release middle students early on Wednesdays each week to allow for more teacher collaboration time focusing on student achievement. On these dates the school day will end 45 minutes early and the collaboration time will be used for teams of teachers to meet and review stu-dent achievement data as it relates to goals and progress towards meeting those goals.
Teachers will then develop specific strat-egies and action plans to implement with students based on the data.
A similar process has been in place at the high school level for the last two years and has been identified as a vital component necessary for positively impacting student achievement.
Each middle school will revisit their daily schedule and restructure some of the components, such as academic lab, in an effort to ensure that there is a minimal, if any, impact on instructional time.
All in the family Two brothers from Francis Howell
Central High School represented the high school in the USA Freestyle Wrestling National Championships in Fargo, N.D., in
late July.Terrel Wilbourn picked up his third
national wrestling title by winning the 125-cadet weight class. Terrel also holds two USA folkstyle national titles and was third in freestyle last year at Fargo at 98 lbs. Terrel defeated defending national cham-pion Zach Horan from Pennsylvania by a technical fall in the final. Terrel is also the second state champion in school history at Francis Howell Central, winning the 4A title at 112 lbs. in February 2009.
Brandon Wilbourn picked up a fourth-place finish, making him a three-time Free-style National All-American. Brandon is a three-time state medalist heading in to his senior year. Brandon is being recruited by many of the top NCAA Division I schools in the country.
Write on!The first quarter writing contest at Fran-
cis Howell Middle School is now open.Students can win prizes and be pub-
lished for poems, short stories or essays. Flyers are posted throughout the school in the classrooms.
For more information contact a commu-nication arts teacher or come to the Writing Lab for more details. The deadline for the first writing contest is Sept. 18.
Growing up too fastParents are invited to join in the Fall
Parent Book Study when Principal Amy Johnston discusses So Sexy, So Soon by Diane Levin and Jean Kilbourne.
The book club will meet at 7 p.m. on Sept. 8, 15, 22, and 29 in the Francis Howell Middle School Library.
In So Sexy, So Soon, internationally rec-ognized educators Levin and Kilbourne reinforce the importance of communicat-ing with children about the things society is forcing upon them. For more informa-tion, or to sign up to attend, contact Jean Gunnels in the main office at 851-4892 or e-mail [email protected].
The Parent Involvement Team (PIT) is
looking for a few good parents—to adopt some staff members.
The Adopt-a-Team is a program cre-ated by the PIT Crew that gives parents an opportunity to recognize and appreciate the contributions of school staff on a regu-lar basis throughout the year.
Parents who choose to participate are divided into grade-level teams and are contacted regularly by team leaders with opportunities to recognize staff members with a thank you note, treat or small gift.
School staff members fill out profile sheets at the beginning of the school year that list their birthdays, hobbies, inter-ests, and “favorites” in the categories of authors, movie theaters, candy, soda, books, etc. Team leaders use this informa-tion in requesting specific donations from parents.
To volunteer, contact PIT Crew Co-Chair Trish Perkins at [email protected].
FORT ZUMWALT
High school Hall of Fame Ten former students in the Fort Zumwalt
School District will be honored as induct-ees in the inaugural Fort Zumwalt/Fort Zumwalt North High School Hall of Fame later this month.
The induction ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. on Sept. 11 in the North High Auditorium. The ceremony will be held in conjunction with Homecoming weekend.
The purpose of the Fort Zumwalt/Fort Zumwalt North High Hall of Fame is to acknowledge and honor graduates who have demonstrated exceptional personal, community, or professional achievements, thereby honoring their alma mater. The hope is that these nominees, and those to follow, will serve as an inspiration for North High students in the years and gen-erations to come.
Individual plaques of the inductees will be permanently displayed in the “Hall of Fame” located in the hallway outside of the main office. The plaques will serve as constant, visual, positive example for all students as they strive to master the rigors
of academia, social/emotional growth and character development.
Inductees will also participate in the Homecoming Parade at 9 a.m. on Sept. 12 and will be recognized prior to the football game at 1 p.m.
The 10 inductees who were selected are: Cliff Titus (Class of 1963); Dr. Terry Lyttle (Class of 1966); Dr. Ray Storm (Class of 1966); Jan Hollis-Storm (Class of 1967); Gary Peiper (Class of 1968); Dr. Stan Ket-terer (Class of 1969); Dr. Jeffrey P. Bonner (Class of 1971); Jeff Copeland (Class of 1981); Rich Hoops (Class of 1981); and Dr. David Garrison (Class of 1993).
For tickets,contact Pam Sommer at 272-4447 Ext. 19.
Thank you To thank local senior citizens for their
continued support of the Fort Zumwalt school district, activity passes are available free of charge.
These citizens must be 55 years of age or older and reside in the Fort Zumwalt School District. The passes are good for all “at home” scheduled athletic events and drama productions at the FZ high schools, excluding state and regional tournaments. Passes can be obtained at the District Administrative Office located at 110 Virgil Street in O’Fallon.
There is one pass per person available.
LINDENWOOD
New officerLindenwood Alumni Jane B. Baum has
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Baum will assist in fundraising efforts in support of the university, in the coordina-tion and promotion of regional alumni pro-grams and events, and in the development of alumni volunteer opportunities.
Baum earned a bachelor’s degree in business and an associate’s degree in mer-chandising from Lindenwood University in 1982.
Baum comes to Lindenwood from Baue Funeral Home, where she served in the development and community services arena. She continues to volunteers with the American Heart Association.
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By SUE HORNOFSeveral years ago, Jane Mathews was
teaching vacation Bible school to a group of fourth-graders at her church in Wildwood and learned something herself. The day’s lesson was on Noah’s Ark, and Mathews wanted to illustrate the fact that Noah built quite a complex structure using only verbal instructions from God. Mathews built a structure of paper cups and plates and placed it behind a partition, out of her students’ view. Each student took a turn looking at the structure and giving verbal instructions to classmates on how to rep-licate it. The children loved the game and asked to play it again and again. The idea for InStructures: The Game of Construc-tion by Instruction was born.
InStructures is an interactive board game that challenges players (“foremen”) to look at blueprints for a structure built of blocks and verbally instruct their teammates (“construction crew”) on how to build it. The first crew to build the structure cor-rectly wins the round.
For Mathews, who has a degree in sec-ondary education, inventing and marketing a game was an entirely new experience.
“I never did anything like this before,” Mathews said. “I’m very much out of my comfort zone.”
But Mathews should take comfort from the fact that since its debut this past spring, InStructures has been met with great enthu-siasm. Speech and language specialists told Mathews that speech and language teachers would love the game, so she introduced it at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Schools Conference in Kansas City, Mo.
“A lot of people say right away that they recognize that it improves communication skills, and it also improves spatial skills,” Mathews said. “That was not my intent, but I feel the game really lends itself to a lot of applications. My intent was just to have a fun game.”
Mathews is happy that the game serves as a learning tool but said that the learning is “a by-product of having fun.”
“InStructures is a way to get families to spend more time together interacting,” said Mathews, the mother of four. “Sometimes we just all retreat to our corners and our computers or our iPods are plugged in, and kids really just love to spend time with their parents.”
Although InStructures is marketed as appropriate for children aged 8 and older, Mathews said it is suitable for younger children if they play it with older kids or with adults.
“I really feel like this is a perfect game for a variety of ages, because it can be so easily adjusted,” Mathews said, explaining that the game offers three levels of play – Apprentice, Journeyman, and Master Builder – so individuals of all ages can play together and still be challenged.
InStructures is made in the U.S.A., and the 38 wooden blocks contained in each box were handmade by the Amish in Bowl-ing Green.
“It’s really been a bonus visiting Bowl-ing Green and giving the Amish some business,” Mathews said. “They are really struggling right now.”
InStructures is available locally at Unique Toy and Game in Wildwood. For more information, visit janesgames.com.
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The St. Peters Police Department has received several reports of a scam happen-ing to local businesses, asking for bond money for an alleged arrested employee.
In one report, the suspect in the scam called a local restaurant claiming he was a police officer from a local police depart-ment.
The caller then stated that he could not reveal the name of the employee arrested and gave a general description of a female subject. The restaurant employee then gave a name of an employee that matched the description and the caller then con-firmed that was who their department had arrested.
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Gram. The restaurant employee drove to Wal-Mart, sent the money, and then went to the police department to get the employee out of jail only to discover the employee was never arrested.
Through an on-going investigation it was learned that the money was collected by a subject out-of-state.
The St. Peters Police Department would like the public to know that police depart-ments do not accept bond money wired to them for any arrested subjects. Also, the arrested subject has the opportunity to make their own phone calls for bond money if needed, not police officers. If you have received any suspicious phone calls or you have any information about this case, contact the St. Peters Police Depart-ment at 278-2222.
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The St. Peters Rec-Plex will host a free fun and fitness event for families Sept. 12 as more activities and classes have been added to the Fitness Fest roster.
With a food pantry donation, families can take part in the first-ever St. Peters Family Fitness Walk, and then go for a swim, ice skate and more at no charge.
“If you’re looking for a fun and afford-able outing for the family, or if you just want to try out the St. Peters Rec-Plex, mark Sept. 12 on your calendar,” said Mayor Len Pagano. “You’ll have plenty to do all day for free. And, with just a small canned food donation, you also can be part of the first-ever Family Fitness Walk in St. Peters.”
Here is a breakdown of the activities at the Rec-Plex on Sept. 12:
Free admission to the St. Peters Rec-Plex from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. and see firsthand the opportunities for swimming, ice skat-ing, volleyball, basketball, fitness facilities, fitness classes and more.
Find out about the Baker’s Dozen Deal—a new annual membership receives a 13th month at no charge.
To be part of the first-ever St. Peters Family Fitness Walk at 9:30 a.m., register in advance by calling 939-2386, ext. 400 and donating two canned items in lieu of admission.
The first 250 participants will receive a medal. Strollers and participants of all ages and abilities are welcome. The one-mile Family Fitness Walk through City Centre Park is presented by the city in cooperation
with Great Rivers Greenway, co-sponsor of Ken Burns’ sweeping documentary series The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, to be broadcast on KETC-TV Sept. 27 through Oct. 4.
The Kids Health and Education Expo will offer no-charge admission, health screenings for kids and lots of giveaways, activities and entertainment for both par-ents and children.
Door prizes also will be awarded during the Expo, 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Rec-Plex South.
During Fitness Fest, free Rec-Plex activ-ities for area residents will include: access to the large heated family leisure pool with its water play features, large whirlpool and 130-foot waterslide, from noon until 3 p.m.; a second 50-meter pool with swim lanes for adults; and, the pool area’s spa and sauna; ice skating from 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. at the Rec-Plex’s NHL-size ice arena; a gymnasium, open for volleyball from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. and basketball from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.; fitness areas with cardio equipment, strength training machines and weights, plus the walking track, open to anyone age 16 or older.
Adults can try out the adults-only locker rooms with steam and sauna; no-charge group fitness classes, Spinning and belly dancing classes. More opportunities will be announced during the Fitness Fest.
The Rec-Plex food court also will be open.
Find out more about the Rec-Plex Fitness Fest at stpetersmo.net, or call 939-2386.
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By DIANE PLATTNERMore adults in the United States now
admit to taking a daily nap, which may produce sharper minds and higher achiev-ers.
While it is customary for citizens of some countries to take afternoon naps, the daily nap in the United States typically has been viewed as proper generally only for children. That may be changing, however, according to a recent report from the Pew Research Center, which indicated that about one-third of all adults in the United States admit to taking a nap every day.
While 52 percent of people who are 80 or older take daily naps, the national napping rate is consistent among age groups as well as both genders and geographic regions. Blacks are more likely to nap than whites or Hispanics and those earning less than $30,000 a year nap more frequently than affluent Americans.
Some of the highest achievers in history, including John D. Rockefeller and Thomas Edison, took daily naps.
Some sleep experts say the daily nap is just as important as daily exercise. They also said a nap can do more than help one stay alert.
James Walsh, executive director and senior scientist at St. Luke’s Hospital’s Sleep Medicine and Research Center, said inadequate sleep can be dangerous as people can fall asleep while driving and do not perform as well at work and in school.
“Research clearly shows naps benefit not only one’s alertness and mood, but also naps of about 45 minutes to 1 hour can help one’s memory and learning,” Walsh said. “That is particularly true if someone is unable to sleep all at once at night.”
Walsh said it is all too common in society to be sleep-deprived because of work and lifestyle.
“Five or six hours of sleep at night is adequate for very few people,” Walsh said. “A nap can be a supplement to night sleep.”
Walsh cited a study conducted through St. Luke’s sleep center that showed night shift employees who took 1- to 2-hour naps before work improved their alertness throughout their night shift. In addition, he said a study conducted by Sara Mednick, of the University of San Diego, showed benefits of naps on learning.
And work.“If I don’t get a daily nap, I can’t concen-
trate on my work,” said Rachel Turner. “I work on my own so I can take a nap when-ever I want.”
Turner said she only takes brief “cat” naps because longer snoozes during the day leave her feeling groggier and less produc-tive. But a shorter nap in the mid-afternoon in a cool, dark room with a warm blanket can increase one’s productivity.
The problem is such ripe napping con-ditions are hard to find in many working environments.
“My manager would laugh in my face if I asked for a daily nap at work,” said area resident Ashley Collins, who works in cus-tomer service. “She’d think I am so lazy.”
Collins said a daily nap might even jeopardize her job, as upper management expects all employees to be alert while on the clock. Most employers likely feel this way.
But if more power nappers can prove their productivity, then bosses may change their tune and begin breaking out the blan-kets.
“Sleep needs to be viewed higher in society, like good nutrition and exercise,” Walsh said. “When people are well-rested, alert and energized, they make better employees and help produce a better soci-ety overall.”
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By MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEYWhen hard times hit it’s easy to complain
about the economy, moan about high gro-cery prices and whine about how hard it is to make ends meet—or you can do some-thing about it.
Last year, Carie Regnier of O’Fallon learned that hard times often push you into a “sink or swim” philosophy. Now, Regnier is swimming fast and furiously, sharing her money-saving skills with others with her new blog, “Clippin’ with Carie,” a Web site devoted to saving money in local stores.
“Last year, my husband and I both had health problems, and when we started get-ting all the medical bills, I just didn’t know where we were going to get the money,” Regnier said. “On top of that, we have a child in college, and with this economy, I just didn’t know how we’d make it. I knew I had to pick it up. I asked how I make this better. How do I fix it? Then, I just said suck it up and do something about it.”
Regnier says she has always been a clip here, clip there kind of person, but after she started searching and reading and watch-ing for coupons, she would find great deals and send the information through e-mail to friends and family.
Now, Regnier has created a Web site, savingmoneyinmissouri.com, a page filled with ideas and lessons learned to lower grocery bills. Regnier has had her Web site online for about six weeks, and it has already been noted as television station KSDK’s Web site of the day. Last week she had 1,800 hits on her site.
“I have been doing couponing for a while, but this just puts it out there for
other people. I do all the work, and visitors to the site just have to clip the coupons or print the coupons,” Regnier said. “I know it sounds totally cliché, but if I can do it, anybody can do it. All it really takes is the will. Once you get your own system down, it works. People just have to get over the mental hump of thinking it is too much work. It all comes down to whether it’s worth it.
“The thing is that manufacturers spend billions each year to get customers to try their products by putting coupons out there, and for consumers, it’s just a matter of sitting down and making a list and using those coupons,” Regnier said.
For example, last week Regnier posted a list of finds, and itemized a full list of grocery buys that cost her only $3.15. And with the buys, she still brought home a $5 discount coupon for her next shopping visit.
So what did she buy and how?On a recent trip to Walgreen’s, Reg-
nier bought one loaf of Sara Lee Bread for $2.19 (used $.50 coupon); one box of Lucky Charms and one box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch on sale for three for $7 (used two $1 printable coupons); two tubes of Colgate Toothpaste on clearance for $1.19 (used two $.75 coupons); one dozen eggs for $1.39; one gallon of milk for $2.59; one half gallon of chocolate milk for $2.97 (used the free chocolate milk coupon when you buy a gallon of white milk); Jergens Natural Lotion on sale for $5.99 (received
Carie Regnier, of O’Fallon, with her stash of products purchased using her money saving plan. Many of the items were free.
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$5 in store rebates and a $1 coupon); two DiGiorno Rising Crust Frozen Pizzas for $6.99 each (no coupon but she and her hus-band love them). She used $27 in Register Rewards from a prior week’s purchase—and she still has a cache of $32 in Register Rewards from earlier purchases.
“You want quality stuff, but not to pay full price, and I don’t pay full price for any-thing,” Regnier said. “Other than my blog, which takes time, between clipping and list making, I spend maybe two to three hours a week, but for me it’s about what my time is worth. If I save $171 and it takes me three hours that’s a pretty good rate of pay.”
Regnier says her coupon clipping is becoming legendary at the stores she shops. Sometimes people behind her in line tell her they are truly fascinated by what she just did to save money. And her Web site explains it all.
“Most of the time, people are wowed,” Regnier said.
Every day, it seems, she gets something in the mail that is free. Just last week she received a free tube of Vaseline Intensive Care lotion. Another day she received a whole quart of Glidden paint that was absolutely free and delivered by FedEx to her doorstep.
“It’s just an example of what manufactur-ers will pay to get you to use their prod-ucts,” Regnier said.
When she first started clipping coupons and finding deals, she used an accordion coupon keeper, with coupons separated based upon type: personal hygiene, gro-ceries, cleaning items. To prepare for her shopping trip, she checks two days ahead of time using a coupon preview available on the Internet at most stores. If she knows the coupons will be good, she’ll buy three extra papers.
But for those not as adventurous as Reg-nier, she does the work. Preview coupons are posted on her Web site on Friday and Saturday.
“I also post Friday Freebies, and I have an opportunity to view a Walgreen’s ad two weeks in advance,” Regnier said. “It gives me time to put together a list that I put on my Web site.”
One thing, Regnier says, about living the lifestyle she does, when you’re trying to save money, live within a budget and pay college expenses for a child, is that you learn to be a person who is not “brand
loyal.”“I may have used a Secret deodorant, but
now I use Degree or Dove; I buy what’s on sale. Some things I don’t buy, but if it’s between Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Rice Krispies, I go with the less expensive,” Reg-nier said. “You have to be flexible and be ready to try new things. I stockpile deodor-ant, toilet paper and toothpaste when I can get it on sale. I can’t tell you how many free deodorants I’ve gotten. We probably have a year’s supply of deodorant, a year’s supply of toilet paper. You may as well get it when it’s on sale and there are coupons so you’re not running out to the store later and have to pay full price.”
Regnier says when applying for freebies online, a registration is usually required so the manufacturer can send additional information or coupons on their products. For those, Regnier uses a separate e-mail account so her regular e-mail account isn’t filled with spam.
“I haven’t had any problems with using my address,” Regnier said. “When you register, you do get extra e-mails. That’s why a separate account is good.”
As for postings on her blog, Regnier says she doesn’t post anything unless she’s used it first.
“If I’m telling you all about it, I’m get-ting mine first,” Regnier said.
Regnier also determines whether a site is difficult to navigate, finds where the coupon is located and decides whether it is difficult to fill out the form. If a company asks questions that are not relevant, she doesn’t list it on her site.
“People are totally oblivious about how much free stuff you can get. I told my hus-band I was heading down to Walgreen’s to get two free boxes of cereal,” Regnier said. “I went to Walgreen’s and got two boxes of Rice Krispies and lots of free, free,
free stuff—all because of coupons and proper planning.”
Now, Regnier says she’s gotten the all-clear from doctors, but her husband is still under-going medical treat-ment. She uses her drive to save money as a distraction from worry.
“As I wait for my husband at the doctor, I’m clipping away and making a list,” Reg-nier said. “It gives me something to focus on—something I don’t have to worry about,
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22 I NEWS I SEPTEMBER 2, 2009MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE
By MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEYO’Fallon city officials have begun the
first step in filling the city administrator position vacated in June after former City Administrator Bob Lowery Jr. was asked to resign.
Under city staff and personnel records guidelines, each hiring meeting will be held in closed session.
Councilman Pierce Conley said he is not on the committee, but understood that a committee had been formed, and the first meeting to review applications was held last week.
“I would have kept Bob Lowery,” Conley said. “So, I don’t know much about his replacement process.”
Lowery resigned in June after pres-sure from Mayor Bill Hennessy, who was elected in April. Hennessy had consistently said that one of his first orders of business would be to oust Lowery.
Hennessy said last month that he had received several applications for the posi-tion, including applications from as far away as Hawaii. Hennessy said the plan to replace Lowery was to do it “quickly and right.”
Lowery announced early last month that he had accepted a position as execu-tive director of the Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Alexandria, Va.
At the time of Lowery’s “resignation,” the city agreed to pay Lowery’s full salary of more than $141,000 until Jan. 15, 2010.
He was also to be paid as he served as an advisor until October 2010. The city has not commented on how Lowery’s new employment will affect the compensa-tion agreement. Lowery also received a $10,000 signing bonus for resigning, and several thousand dollars in vacation, sick pay and long-term disability pay that is paid to city staff at the discretion of their supervisor.
Lowery has been on the center’s board of advisors since 2002. He said he got involved with the center through his work in homicide investigations over the years. Lowery formerly headed the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis.
Lowery has reportedly said that his new position would not change the buyout deal negotiated with the city.
City Finance Director Vicki Boschert has been asked by city officials to temporaril y fill the position of city administrator until a new administrator is hired. Last week, according to a city ordinance, the council voted to give Boschert a 10 percent pay raise to compensate her for taking on the responsibilities of both the city administra-tor and finance director positions.
Boschert’s 2009 salary is $104,332. The pay raise increases her gross yearly salary to $114,765. Boschert would receive retro-active pay to the beginning of July when she took over Lowery’s duties, and she would continue getting the higher salary until a new city administrator is chosen.
O’Fallon begins hiring process for city administrator
By AMY ARMOURDrivers travelling on Wolfrum Road in
Weldon Spring can expect more delays as workers continue to make road improve-ments.
City Administrator Michael Padella told the Weldon Spring Board of Aldermen on Aug. 27 that the city has received numerous calls complaining about traffic delays on Wolfrum Road near the Highland Estates subdivision.
“(Construction) for the first box culvert has generated pretty significant traffic delays,” Padella said. “I’ve had calls where it’s taken 20 minutes (to get past the work area).”
Construction of the bridge box culvert creek crossing has caused the road to be narrowed to a single lane, impacting traf-fic.
Meanwhile, construction on the second bridge box culvert creek crossing between the two entrances of Williamsburg on the Green subdivision is anticipated to start soon.
Padella suggested that the board allow the contractor to work on a Saturday to get the major work out of the way with-out worrying about work traffic or school buses coming in and out.
“It will cost overtime, but with the number of calls we’re getting it will be money well spent,” Padella said.
But the Board of Aldermen did not agree.
“If it’s going to generate additional costs to the city, the board needs to vote on it,” said Mayor Don Licklider.
The board unanimously decided against allowing the overtime for the construction.
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A relatively new but steadily growing community event is set for its third year as the city of Dardenne Prairie hosts the third annual Prairie Days event from 1 p.m. until 10 p.m., Sept. 19, at the Dardenne Athletic Association ball fields, 2080 Hanley Road.
“This year our residents will get to see some of the progress we’re making at our new City Hall which is right next door to Prairie Days,” said Mayor Pam Fogarty. “In addition, we’ve added so much to the roster to showcase Dardenne Prairie’s growing retail, service and not-for-profit community.”
Located adjacent to the city’s first per-manent City Hall, the Prairie Days event is a community celebration which acts as a forum to bring together old and new neigh-bors who are now calling Dardenne Prairie home, Fogarty said.
To date, event sponsors include: Robin’s Pony Express, The Clowns, a bounce house by Gym Quarters, Hansen’s monster truck, the mascots from Red Robin, River City Rascals and AmerenUE, Party Starters disc jockey service, caricature artists, a dance performance by the Daughters of Grace, live music by Banana Wind Band, a dog training demonstration by West Inn Ken-nels, Kids Activity Acres by The Picnic People, contests for baking and photo
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Food and beverage sponsors include the Dardenne Athletic Association beverage stand, barbeque sandwiches by the Knights of Columbus, Aunt B’s Kettle Korn, Blue Bunny/Frosty ice cream treats, Tropical Sno snow cones and spicy Cajun dishes served by Louisiana Café.
Mid Rivers Newsmagazine is a media sponsor.
“Every year, Prairie Days just gets better, just like Dardenne Prairie,” Fogarty said. “This is a family-friendly event and there’s plenty to do, good food and lots of fun. We’re adding to the roster every day so if you, your business or group wants to join in the fun, be sure and call City Hall so we
can get accommodations made.”Volunteers to help with staging Prairie
Days are also welcomed, Fogarty said. For more information, check the city of
Dardenne Prairie Web site at dardenneprai-rie.org/ or call City Hall at 561-1718 or stop by the new City Hall at 2032 Hanley Road.
There are six levels of business showcase booth sponsorship and event participation available, Fogarty said. To make arrange-ments or for more information, contact Brad Turvey at 561-1718, ext. 2.
The clowns are scheduled to return to Dardenne Prairie for the third annual Prairie Days community event along with a host of family-friendly activities, community-oriented events and contests.
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tuni
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til 9
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atur
es m
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les,
dunk
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boot
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e inf
orm
atio
n, ca
ll 63
6-30
0-55
73.
Con
stru
ctio
n of
the r
emai
ning
por
tion
of H
enni
ng R
oad
is st
ill p
endi
ng n
egot
ia-
tion
s wit
h pr
oper
ty o
wne
rs. I
am
hop
ing
this
proc
ess c
an b
e fin
aliz
ed th
is fa
ll an
d a
cons
truc
tion
cont
ract
can
be le
t sho
rtly
ther
eafte
r.I
have
rec
ently
bee
n in
form
ed t
hat
ther
e se
ems
to b
e so
me
afte
r-ho
urs
acti
vity
in
the
Bar
at H
aven
Par
k. T
he s
ign
in t
he p
ark
state
tha
t th
e “T
RA
IL O
PEN
S 30
MIN
UT
ES
BE
FO
RE
SU
NR
ISE
AN
D C
LOSE
S 30
MIN
UT
ES
AF
TE
R
SUN
SET
”. T
his s
eem
s to
have
bee
n co
nstr
ued
to m
ean
that
the
tra
il is
close
d, b
ut
the
park
ing
lot
is st
ill o
pen.
It
was
inte
nded
to
mea
n al
l are
as o
f the
par
k, n
ot ju
st
the t
rail.
The
re h
ave b
een,
and
will
cont
inue
to b
e, ti
cket
s giv
en fo
r bei
ng in
the p
ark
afte
r hou
rs. T
here
hav
e bee
n re
port
s of v
ehicl
es (o
ther
than
mai
nten
ance
veh
icles
) us-
ing
the a
spha
lt pa
th. I
t see
ms s
ome p
eopl
e bel
ieve
that
all
prop
erty
, pub
lic o
r pri
vate
, ha
s bee
n pr
ovid
ed a
nd e
xist
s sol
ely
and
exclu
sivel
y fo
r th
eir
pers
onal
use
. Thi
s is n
ot
the
case
, as s
hock
ing
as t
hat
may
seem
. The
She
riff
’s D
epar
tmen
t is
tryi
ng t
o tr
ack
som
e of t
hese
peo
ple d
own.
If y
ou se
e som
ethi
ng li
ke th
is go
ing
on, p
leas
e cal
l the
non
-em
erge
ncy
num
ber f
or th
e She
riff
’s de
part
men
t: 6
36-9
49-0
809
In fa
ct, i
f you
see a
nyth
ing
susp
iciou
s, ca
ll th
e num
ber a
bove
, 24
hour
s a d
ay, s
even
da
ys a
wee
k. T
here
is n
o ch
arge
and
nob
ody
is go
ing
to g
ive y
ou a
ny g
rief
abo
ut ca
ll-in
g. It
is b
ette
r to
be sa
fe th
an so
rry.
As a
lway
s, pl
ease
ava
il yo
urse
lves
of t
he o
ppor
tuni
ty to
att
end
city
mee
ting
s, m
eet
the
peop
le y
ou h
ave
vote
d fo
r an
d fin
d ou
t w
hat
is ha
ppen
ing
in y
our
city.
The
se
mee
ting
s are
liste
d on
the
Cit
y of
Dar
denn
e P
rair
ie w
ebsit
e (
http
://w
ww
.dar
den-
nepr
airi
e.or
g/ )
. Ple
ase
do n
ot h
esita
te to
cont
act m
e w
ith
any
ques
tion
s or
conc
erns
th
at y
ou m
ay h
ave.
Add
ressi
ng y
our
conc
erns
is p
art o
f my
job
as a
n al
derm
an. M
y em
ail
is al
derm
anco
nroy
@da
rden
nepr
airi
e.or
g an
d m
y ce
ll ph
one
num
ber
is 31
4-54
0-43
04.
Sinc
erel
y,M
ichae
l Con
roy
The
Dar
denn
e P
rai-
rie
Staf
f is
pr
oud
to
anno
unce
th
ey
are
now
co
nduc
t-in
g bu
sine
ss
at
the
new
ly
cons
truc
ted
Dar
denn
e P
rair
ie
Cit
y H
all.
May
or
Pam
F
ogar
ty
and
Arc
hite
ct T
im S
hort
, pla
ce the fi
nal to
uch-
es c
ourt
esy
of C
lif-
ford
s B
ig S
ign.
Dav
eK
ampe
lman
War
d 1
Wel
l su
mm
er i
s ov
er a
nd i
t is
tim
e fo
r th
e 3’
R’s.
Ple
ase
wat
ch
out f
or a
ll th
e kid
s at t
he b
us st
op,
or w
alki
ng t
o sch
ool.
The
y st
ill t
hink
it is
sum
mer
, an
d no
t wat
chin
g as
clos
ely
whe
re th
ey a
re p
layi
ng
or r
unni
ng o
n th
e way
to sc
hool
. I
wor
ked
a lo
ng t
ime
on g
etti
ng t
he r
esid
ents
a
sidew
alk
in fr
om H
AN
LE
Y an
d F
IESE
RO
AD
to
the P
RA
IRIE
VIE
W E
LE
ME
NTA
RY
SCH
OO
L.
It m
akes
me
feel
goo
d w
hen
I se
e th
e ki
ds a
nd p
ar-
ents
wal
king
to
and
from
the
scho
ol, a
nd ju
st a
ny-
tim
e w
hen
it i
s us
ed s
o no
one
has
to
wal
k in
the
st
reet
aga
in.
Fri
day,
Aug
ust l
2th
we s
tart
ed to
mov
e int
o yo
ur
new
Cit
y H
all.
It w
as th
e 4th
gre
ates
t thi
ng in
my
life.
We
used
to m
eet i
n sch
ools,
par
king
lots
, and
a
lot
mor
e pl
aces
. T
o ha
ve a
dre
am, t
hen
see
the
real
th
ing
happ
en...
It is
just
an
unbe
lieva
ble e
vent
. I r
emem
ber a
ll th
e tal
ks w
ith
othe
r res
iden
ts; h
ow
grea
t it w
ould
be t
o ha
ve a
city
hal
l som
eday
, whe
re
frie
nds
and
neig
hbor
s ca
n co
me
to m
eet
and
talk
w
hene
ver
they
wan
t. N
ow, o
ur ci
ty r
esid
ents
hav
e th
at p
lace
to
hold
mee
ting
s or
get
toge
ther
. W
e ar
e
not
sure
whe
n th
e O
PEN
HO
USE
will
be
at t
his
tim
e, bu
t the
city
will
be s
ure t
o ge
t the
wor
d ou
t.
I ca
nnot
wai
t to
sho
w y
ou y
our
new
Cit
y H
all,
and
sit d
own
and
talk
wit
h yo
u ab
out y
our c
once
rns
and
com
men
ts t
hat
you
wan
t to
sha
re w
ith
me
or
the o
ther
ald
erm
en a
nd st
aff.
Tha
nks a
gain
for l
etti
ng m
e be y
our a
lder
man
to
serv
e you
r nee
ds in
our
gre
at ci
ty
Thi
s ye
ar w
e ar
e ce
lebr
atin
g P
rair
ie
Day
on
Sat
urda
y, S
epte
mbe
r 19
. I
f yo
u ha
ve n
ot a
tten
ded
in y
ears
pas
t, th
is i
s a
one
day
cele
brat
ion
of c
hild
ren’
s ac
tivi
-ti
es,
food
and
mus
ic t
hat
wil
l be
gin
at 1
p.
m. a
nd c
onti
nue
unti
l 10
p.m
. T
his
year
w
e ar
e ha
ving
a k
ids
area
cal
led
“Act
ivi-
ty A
cres
.” C
hild
ren
wil
l be
able
to m
ake
craf
ts,
cand
y an
d ta
ke h
ome
souv
enir
s.
Pon
y ri
des,
clo
wns
, bou
nce
hous
es, c
ari-
catu
re a
rtis
ts
and
a ro
ck c
lim
bing
wal
l ar
e ju
st a
few
of t
he fr
ee a
ctiv
itie
s ge
ared
to
war
d th
e ch
ildr
en.
Han
sen’
s M
onst
er
Tru
ck w
ill b
e on
dis
play
as
wel
l as
a vi
s-it
fro
m t
he R
iver
Cit
y R
asca
ls, A
mer
en
and
Red
Rob
in M
asco
ts.
We
wil
l ha
ve P
arty
Sta
rter
s D
J se
r-vi
ce f
rom
1-5
p.m
. and
the
Ban
ana
Win
d B
and
wil
l pe
rfor
m f
amil
y ty
pe C
arib
be-
an/T
ropi
cal
Roc
k m
usic
fro
m 5
-9 p
.m.
Wes
tinn
Ken
nels
wil
l hav
e a
dog
dem
on-
stra
tion
at
1:30
p.
m.
and
the
Dau
ghte
rs
of G
race
Dan
ce C
ompa
ny w
ill s
how
case
th
eir
tale
nts
from
3:0
0 p.
m.
We
wil
l on
ce a
gain
be
hav
ing
3 C
on-
test
s: D
arde
nne
Pra
irie
’s S
wee
test
Che
f
Bak
ing
Con
test
. A
ny
hom
e-m
ade
bake
d go
od c
an b
e en
tere
d th
e da
y of
the
even
t. H
ow-
ever
, it
wil
l ne
ed t
o be
dr
oppe
d of
f by
5 p
.m.
and
mus
t be
bak
ed b
y a
Dar
denn
e P
rair
ie r
esi-
dent
. D
arde
nne
Pra
irie
- “A
Bea
utif
ul P
lace
to
Liv
e P
hoto
Con
test
.”
The
pho
to s
houl
d be
an
8X
10
of
a be
auti
ful
Dar
denn
e P
rair
ie s
ight
. T
he w
inni
ng p
hoto
wil
l be
disp
laye
d in
our
New
Cit
y H
all.
Pra
irie
Dog
of
the
Yea
r P
hoto
Con
test
. D
rop
off
a 4X
6 of
you
r C
anin
e fa
mil
y m
embe
r. T
he w
inni
ng p
ooch
mus
t be
a
Dar
denn
e P
rair
ie F
amil
y P
et a
nd R
esi-
dent
. P
hoto
s fo
r bo
th
cont
ests
sh
ould
be
dr
oppe
d by
5 p
.m. o
n T
hurs
day,
Sep
tem
-be
r 17
. P
leas
e in
clud
e al
l in
fo o
n th
e ba
ck o
f ea
ch
phot
o (n
ame,
ad
-dr
ess,
ph
one
num
ber,
do
g’s
nam
e, e
tc.)
New
th
is
year
is
th
e
Dun
king
Boo
th.
Her
e is
you
r ch
ance
to
take
ou
t yo
ur
frus
trat
ions
on
th
e A
lder
men
an
d M
ayor
. A
nom
inal
fee
w
ill
be
coll
ecte
d an
d do
nate
d to
Uni
ted
Ser
-vi
ces.
Ham
burg
ers,
bra
ts a
nd h
otdo
gs w
ill b
e so
ld b
y th
e D
arde
nne
Pra
irie
Kni
ghts
of
Col
umbu
s.
Dar
denn
e A
thle
tic
Ass
ocia
-ti
on w
ill b
e ha
ndli
ng th
e be
er, w
ater
and
so
da.
You
wil
l al
so b
e ab
le t
o tr
y A
unt
B’s
Ket
tle
Kor
n, T
ropi
cal
Sno
Con
es,
Blu
e B
unny
Ice
Cre
am a
nd C
ajun
foo
d fr
om L
ouis
iana
Caf
é.
At
appr
oxim
atel
y 7
p.m
. we
wil
l ha
ve
the
May
or a
nnou
nce
the
win
ners
of
the
Pho
to a
nd B
akin
g C
onte
sts.
W
eath
er
perm
itti
ng,
the
Fir
e-w
orks
Dis
play
don
ated
by
M
eram
ec
Spe
cial
ty
Com
pany
, w
ill
be
at
dusk
.
The
re i
s st
ill
tim
e to
rese
rve
a F
RE
E b
ooth
for
you
r lo
cal
busi
ness
. P
leas
e ca
ll B
rad
Tur
vey
(561
-17
18)
at C
ity
Hal
l to
res
erve
spa
ce t
o sh
owca
se y
our
busi
ness
. S
ome
of t
he
loca
l bu
sine
sses
tha
t w
ill
be i
n at
ten-
danc
e in
clud
e:
Geo
rgia
C
hiro
prac
tic,
D
ive
Sto
p,
Fir
st
Ban
k,
Nat
iona
l C
ity
Ban
k, S
hop
and
Sav
e- N
OW
Exp
ress
C
are,
Pro
gres
s W
est,
Am
eren
UE
, P
ro-
mot
ions
Pro
nto,
Pet
co,
Fun
gus-
a-M
un-
gus,
Lou
isia
na C
afé,
Wes
tInn
Ken
nel,
Gre
en C
lean
LL
C.,
Res
tore
-Hab
itat
for
H
uman
itie
s, E
cosh
ield
, G
reat
Am
eric
an
Div
e C
ompa
ny, W
ehre
nber
g T
heat
res.
The
C
ity
is
look
ing
for
VO
LU
N-
TE
ER
S f
or th
is e
vent
. If
you
wou
ld li
ke
to h
elp
plea
se c
onta
ct B
ob E
asle
y (5
61-
1718
ext
ensi
on 7
) to
sig
n up
.
A s
peci
al T
HA
NK
YO
U t
o ou
r sp
on-
sors
:
Keh
oe
Eng
inee
ring
C
ompa
ny,
Haz
elw
ood
and
Web
er,
Pro
gres
s W
est,
Wes
tInn
Ken
nels
, M
idw
est
Pet
role
um,
Ung
erbo
eck
Sys
tem
s,
Cui
vre
Riv
er
Ele
ctri
c, S
hop
‘n S
ave,
GB
A,
Am
eren
U
E, S
tudi
o O
ne A
rchi
tect
ure
The
Ann
ual P
rair
ie D
ay C
eleb
rati
on w
ill b
e Se
ptem
ber 1
9th
Em
erge
ncy K
its &
Pla
nnin
gPr
actic
e yo
ur e
mer
genc
y pl
ans
with
yo
ur fa
mily
and
frien
ds.
If o
ld e
noug
h,
stude
nts
shou
ld m
ake
their
ow
n em
er-
genc
y pr
epar
edne
ss ki
t. H
ere
are
som
e em
erge
ncy
kit
plan
ning
sug
gesti
ons
for
your
stud
ent:
In ca
se o
f an
emer
genc
y an
d yo
ur ch
ild
is no
t abl
e to
get h
ome,
whe
re is
ano
ther
pl
ace h
e or s
he ca
n go
to a
nd b
e saf
e whi
le w
aitin
g for
you?
In
emer
genc
y pla
nnin
g,
a se
cond
loca
tion
is so
met
hing
you
shou
ld
plan
for i
n an
y ty
pe of
emer
genc
y.
Ele
men
tary
Sch
ool:
addr
ess
& p
hone
num
bers
of
pare
nts
or
guar
dian
s (I
rem
embe
r he
arin
g on
e of
m
y fr
iend’
s fou
r yea
r old
say
her m
othe
r’s
nam
e was
“Mom
”). I
nclu
de a
copy
of th
at
info
rmat
ion
in t
he ch
ild’s
kit.
Also
in-
clude
inf
orm
atio
n co
ncer
ning
a s
econ
d lo
catio
n fo
r yo
ur c
hild
, in
cas
e yo
u ar
e un
avai
labl
e. It
may
be
a fa
mily
frien
d’s
hom
e, a
chur
ch, o
r a
loca
tion
that
pro
-vi
des s
helte
r in
case
of b
ad w
eath
er.
sized
bag
of
pret
zels,
gra
nola
or
brea
k-fa
st-ty
pe b
ar
chem
ical n
ame)
Hig
h Sc
hool
& M
iddl
e Sc
hool
Stu
-de
nts:
your
loc
ker
or b
ackp
ack
(wat
er/sn
acks
/sm
all fl
ashl
ight
or
light
stick
/smal
l bat
-te
ry-o
pera
ted
radi
o/w
histl
e tiss
ues o
r wet
w
ipes
)
you
driv
e to s
choo
l, ke
ep a
mor
e ext
ensiv
e em
erge
ncy k
it in
this
vehi
cle (e
xtra
bla
n-ke
t/ga
llon
of w
ater
/ext
ra c
loth
ing
and
wal
king
sh
oes/a
dditi
onal
fo
od/g
love
s/sm
all a
mou
nt of
cash
/toi
let p
aper
)
hom
e
trav
el ho
me
(pub
lic t
rans
port
atio
n, ca
r-po
olin
g w
ith a
noth
er s
tude
nt w
ho i
s a
neig
hbor
) T
hese
kit
sugg
estio
ns a
re m
erely
to
be
used
as a
star
ting p
lace
for y
our c
hild
’s kit
and
in n
o way
a co
mpl
ete l
ist.
Kno
w th
e un
ders
tand
ing
and
capa
bilit
ies o
f yo
ur
stude
nt a
nd b
uild
the
em
erge
ncy
kit
to
addr
ess
their
spe
cific
need
s to
max
imiz
e th
eir sa
fety
and
prot
ectio
n.
folio: .5 – .4708month: 2.067 – .4916
26 I NEWS I SEPTEMBER 2, 2009MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE
By JEANNIE SEIBERTGood things come in small – and unex-
pected – packages.This time last year, as Ryan Mertz was
starting his senior year at Wentzville-Holt High School (WHS), his highest aspira-tion for the near future was to start as point guard on the Indian basketball team and make the grade for acceptance to the Uni-versity of Missouri-Columbia.
Then, this spring, when Mertz was walk-ing up to receive his high school diploma, another WHS grad was in the audience – Jeff Clarke, half of the Mother Model Management Agency he operates jointly with his wife, Mary, out of their home in Dardenne Prairie.
The Clarkes offered Mertz another option – how about a career as a fashion model? Mertz’ first instinct was “Thanks, but no thanks.” But, after giving it some thought and consulting with his parents, Tracie and Daniel, he decided to check it out. Dad and son hopped a flight to New York City where the Clarkes arranged a meeting with Calvin Klein representatives. Mertz was confirmed on the spot.
Now Ryan Mertz is walking the hottest runways in the fashion capitals of the U.S. and Europe and featured in photo spreads wearing the latest clothing lines from the likes of Calvin Klein, American Eagle, Marc Jacobs, Abercrombie & Fitch and Aeropostale.
To say his head is spinning is a bit of an understatement. Mertz is at the outset of a challenging career in a world that takes a lot of energy, hard work, commitment and maturity.
It’s early yet, but, “He’s doing great so far,” Jeff Clarke said.
While Mertz is very good looking in person, he has that added quality of being quite photogenic, charming the camera lens with a wholesome, fresh-faced, All-American teen look projecting an image many of the big fashion houses like for marketing their youth clothing lines.
What is striking about Mertz is that he doesn’t just look the part - he truly is the embodiment of an easy-going, unassum-ing, bright young man from a small town.
“How many kids my age can get to travel the world the way I am,” said Mertz recently after returning home from a fashion show in Milan, Italy. After a brief reprieve to catch
his breath, spend some time with family and friends, he was home only briefly until he received his next assignment.
It’s easy to see why fashion photogra-phers and designers are quick to hire him.
And Mother Model Management owners Jeff and Mary Clarke are constantly on the look-out for prospective talent in the same mold as Mertz.
“We’re super picky,” said Mary Clarke, who originally discovered Ashton Kutcher. She is just back home from her own tour, scouting for new talent at Jonas Brothers and Britney Spears concerts where Mother Model Management now has “…about four prospects in the works.”
Backstage at a recent Britney Spears live appearance – their eldest daughter Tiana is a dancer in Spears’ troupe – gave the Clarkes a prime opportunity to scout the teens in which they specialize in discov-ering, coaching and launching onto major agencies.
“At the concerts, we’re inundated with 16,000 to 18,000 screaming girls,” Mary Clarke said.
Said Jeff Clarke: “But if we see some-body that we feel is right, the first thing we do is make contact with their parents to find out if there’s interest.”
The name Mother in the company name was selected to convey the maternal attitude the Clarkes have for the 20 to 25 fledgling models on their roster.
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Jeff Clarke, left, and Ryan Mertz, professional model, as graduates of Wentzville-Holt High School performed the team cheer, “Do You Love Your Indians” in front of the Aeropostale store at The Meadows of Lake Saint Louis where Mertz was featured in a promotional poster.
“We keep them close and stay with them until they’re comfortable,” said Mary Clarke. “We traveled a lot last year with Katie Fogarty.”
Fogarty, 16, of Ballwin, was a new dis-covery for Mother Model Management and is now rated No. 49 on models.com list of the top 100 in the U.S.
Another St. Louis Metro resident, Karlie Kloss, Webster Groves, now occupies the No. 12 spot.
“We try to find kids with the desire to do the business, immerse themselves, study and work,” said Jeff Clarke. “This is hard work; it requires a level of maturity, com-mitment.”
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The peaches at Art’s Produce stand in O’Fallon were so fresh they almost made your mouth water standing next to them. Watermelon, tomatoes and more lured customers like Rosemary Naumann
of O’Fallon, who was taking advantage of the fresh foods found at the local produce stand.
But shopping local doesn’t necessarily mean shopping locally grown; it also means supporting local businesses—groceries, restaurants, clothing stores and more—all under your own ZIP code.
Shopping locally keeps everyone happy—local busi-ness owners, local shoppers and last, but not least, local governments.
Shopping locally keeps the local sales tax coffers fat and happy, allowing municipalities, which rely heavily on sales tax revenue, to keep up city services.
In St. Peters, sales tax revenues keep parks, police department and snow removal moving. There are certain funds that are allocated for water sewer and so forth, but it still takes sales tax revenues to maintain all of those funds, St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano said.
“We realize the need to keep shoppers in St. Peters, and one of the things I’m promoting right now is ‘Shop St. Peters; Shop Green,’” Pagano said. “We’re stressing the importance of shopping in your community because you’re supporting your city and businesses in the commu-nity.”
O’Fallon also initiated a “Keep it in the O” program, urging shoppers to spend their money in that city.
“When you shop and dine within the city of O’Fallon, you not only help our local businesses, you support the great city parks, the O’Fallon Police Department and the many services that help keep the city on the great-place-to-live track,” said Mayor Bill Hennessy.
O’Fallon’s services are funded primarily by sales tax revenue, so when you spend your hard-earned money within their city limits, you are ensuring revenue flow and creating jobs right in your own backyard, Hennessy said.
“I’m not sure what would happen if we significantly lost sales tax revenue to outside sales because all of these city services are paid by sales tax. It’s just something that we rely on,” Pagano said. “One of the things we deal with internally is informing people and employees that we’re losing revenue from loss of sales tax.”
Lisa Bedian, director of communications for St. Peters, said the Shop St. Peters program began in December 2003, rolling out the campaign with signs distributed to all city businesses when they renewed their business licenses. That was expanded to placing Shop St. Peters signs by the register, and later a banner campaign was added to light posts touting Shop St. Peters. The city also posts business
profiles and special shopping features on the city’s public access television channel, and new businesses are listed in the monthly city newsletter.
Working with the Chamber of Commerce, the city helps produce a television show promoting local businesses (Channel 99 U-Verse, 992 Charter Cable and broadcast on the city’s Web site).
“Our slogan is ‘So many choices so close to home,’” Bedian said. “There’s really no way to measure its success. It’s an awareness campaign, and for six years we’ve believed it is important to promote our local businesses. I’m glad to see other communities join in the movement for shopping local. We thought this was a way to say, ‘Hey, we have just about any busi-ness you need for anything you can purchase in St. Peters,’ and we’ve been sending that message out for six years.”
Bedian said the city is always looking for new ways to reach out to shoppers and businesses, and can’t remind people enough about the importance of shopping in their own community of St. Peters.
“It’s really great when I go out to lunch or stop for gro-ceries and see that sign on their wall or near their cash register. It gives a real nice feeling of community,” Bedian said. “The tax dollars are certainly important, shopping locally keeps businesses growing, and keeping businesses successful puts people to work. We want to help our neigh-bors. They’ve made a commitment to come here and do business, and we think it’s important to support them.”
About a year and a half ago, the city of St. Peters added the phrase “Go Green” to the Shop St. Peters logo as a message to those concerned about soaring gas prices.
“Whether or not there’s a recession, we have felt for a long time that it was important to shop in St. Peters,” Bedian said. “And with gasoline prices fluctuating so much, why not stay home and shop locally, and save money on gas?”
O’Fallon Public Relations Director Tom Drabelle said O’Fallon is just at the beginning of the program, but has developed a retail map and directory that’s easily available and can be quickly referenced by shoppers.
“It’s far too early to see if there’s an impact or not with our
‘Keep it in the O’ program,” Drabelle said. “It’s just the beginning.”
The retail maps are being distributed at City Hall, the library, senior centers and more,
allowing shoppers to readily locate retailers, restaurants and more wherever they may be at any one time within city limits.
“Some may want to say, ‘Hey, what’s a restaurant nearby,’ and they’ll be able to have that reference guide in their glove compartments when they need it,” Drabelle said.
In September, O’Fallon officials will begin advertising to spread the word. Long-term plans are to form a com-mittee of sorts—a group of local business leaders to set the long-term course for this “Shop the O” campaign, Dra-belle said.
“Our problems are no different than anyone else’s. We’re supporting businesses and trying to drive our residents to spend money locally,” Drabelle said. “We’re hoping by working in partnership with our business owners, we’ll help them overcome these difficult times as quickly as possible.”
Business owners have been very receptive to plans and ideas, Drabelle said.
“Working with them hand in hand will be the key to suc-cess,” Drabelle said. “The success of all local businesses will lead to a success of the city. We rely heavily on tax revenues, and anything we can do to maintain quality of life is essential to keeping the city a great place to live. That’s our ultimate goal.”
Cutline: Rosemary Naumann of O’Fallon shops at Art’s Produce at Hwy. K and Veteran’s Memorial Parkway in O’Fallon.
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I NEWS I 29SEPTEMBER 2, 2009MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE
By JEANNIE SEIBERTA lawsuit heard in Lake Saint Louis
Municipal court on Aug. 11 is now headed for St. Charles County Associate Circuit Court on an appeal.
The city had filed the suit against a hom-eowner over code violation and Municipal Judge Dennis R. Chassaniol II, on Aug. 25, issued a delayed ruling. Finding Jefferey and Mary Shimkus guilty, they were fined $50.50 each plus court costs.
But the matter will not rest there.“Obviously we’re disappointed we lost at
the municipal court level, but I just faxed a request for a trial de novo (new trial),” said the Shimkus’ attorney, Richard Sab-bert, who is appealing Judge Chassaniol’s decision in St. Charles County Associate Circuit Court. “We look forward to our day in court before a jury.”
The matter came to a head following Board of Aldermen approval of a new non-urban (NU) zoning designation in Novem-ber 2008 which allowed for some outdoor storage, according to Community Devel-opment Director Steve Schertel.
“Prior to that, no outdoor storage was allowed at all,” Schertel said.
The Shimkus’ property is located in Oak Bluff subdivision, which is one of the older developments in Lake Saint Louis. Stor-ing items outdoors had been an established habit of some of the property owners for several years. Because of that the city adopted the NU zoning to accommodate the larger, more rural lots.
According to Schertel, after several months of notification, first in written form
and then through personal contact, the city was unable to work out an amenable solu-tion and resorted to filing a citation. The code disallows storage of items that can be seen from a public street or an adjacent residence. Normally, code violations are complaint-driven, as it was in this case.
“Obviously, we dislike having to go to court to enforce our city codes, but all
other avenues had been exhausted,” Scher-tel said.
Sabbert had called a neighbor to testify on his clients’ behalf during the Aug. 11 proceeding. Joseph Lee said for the record he had personally assisted Jeff Shimkus in moving the materials the city had requested be moved by the deadline the city had set and to the location indicated.
Sabbert said he will continue to press his contention that the wording of the NU code is unconstitutionally vague and, in this instance, applied unfairly, violating the equal protection clause.
He expects a trial date to be set between four and six months from now.
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By WARREN MAYESSeeking a fresh start, the St. Louis Rams
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After going 5-27 in the past two years, the Rams fired Scott Linehan and cleaned out the front office. Rams General Man-ager Billy Devaney chose Spagnuolo, the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants, as the man to get the job done. The 47-year-old Spagnuolo played an integral role in thwarting the New England Patriots’ perfect season in the 2008 Super Bowl.
He quickly won over ownership. Dev-aney said Spagnuolo was enthusiastic about the task of rebuilding a franchise.
“When it was all said and done, I had a good feeling about it,” Spagnuolo said. “I was sold, as they were. When you feel the right fit, when you feel you’re around the right people and it’s something that has been in your heart for a long time, that’s the time to do it.”
Spagnuolo replaced Jim Haslett, taking over a team that finished 2-14. Haslett went 2-10 as interim coach after his promotion from defensive coordinator when Linehan was fired after an 0-4 start last season.
In a statement, owner Chip Rosenbloom said he is pleased with Spagnuolo.
“We’re very excited that Steve will be our head coach and are look-ing forward to an exciting season,” Rosenbloom said.
So is Devaney.“There’s just a toughness about
him,” Devaney said. “He repre-sented what we were looking for when this process began.”
The players agree.“Having a guy who’s got swagger
makes a difference,” Rams line-backer Will Witherspoon said. “A guy who can really get guys moti-vated is going to be a big key.”
Spagnuolo was one of five finalists for the job, along with Haslett, Dallas Offen-sive Coordinator Jason Garrett and defen-sive coordinators Rex Ryan of Baltimore and Leslie Frazier of Minnesota.
The biggest feather in Spagnuolo’s cap came in the Super Bowl two years ago. The Giants upset favored Dallas and Green Bay to reach the Super Bowl against New Eng-land with the Patriots seeking to become the first 19-0 team. But Spagnuolo’s defense harassed Tom Brady all day, sacking him
a season-high five times and holding down New England’s potent offense in a 17-14 upset win.
“Of course, being a defensive guy you’d like to have a defensive guy in charge,” Witherspoon said. “No matter what, they want to make every game close. They want to make every situation a win-win situa-tion.”
Spagnuolo faces a big challenge with the Rams. St. Louis has not had a winning
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By JULIE BROWN PATTONOne in 500 young area athletes may have
a silent killer affecting their hearts as they play sports.
The same exercise that is good for youth kills at least 75 athletes nationally each year, due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), Keith Mankowitz, a cardiologist at the Washington University Heart Care Institute at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, said.
Speaking recently to area coaches, school representatives and parents, Mankowitz discussed HCM’s potentially fatal nature.
HCM causes the heart to thicken abnor-mally and can cause people aged 16-30 to collapse suddenly when exertion triggers the heart to fibrillate and then stop. It is the most common genetic cardiovascular
disorder and the most common cause of sudden death in young athletes.
Most at risk for HCM are those with repeated fainting episodes, abnormal blood pressure response with exercise, adults with a history of arrhythmia with fast heart rate, and anyone with severe symptoms and poor heart function. Most people have few or no symptoms, but those who do may complain of shortness of breath, chest pain or fainting. HCM can result in immediate heart failure, stroke and sudden death.
“Exercise can trigger a catastrophic event, either during or immediately after exertion,” Mankowitz said.
St. Charles County resident Billie Houghton did not know that HCM affected so many young athletes until after her son, D.J. Chastain, 15, collapsed in 2006 at the
end of a rigorous high school basketball practice. D.J. died that day, and his mother still is plagued by questions.
“What if his coach hadn’t overlooked the problem?” Houghton said. “What if his teammates had said a little more when D.J. was having trouble breathing? What if they had rested a little during this first practice?”
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32 I SEPTEMBER 2, 2009MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE
By STEPHEN GLOVERLast season we saw St. Dominic make
its monumental run to the Missouri Class 2 soccer championship with a 2-1 win over Helias of Jefferson City in the state cham-pionship game. But in Class 3 action, we saw Francis Howell North win the District 11 tournament while Francis Howell Cen-tral won the District 12 title. Howell Cen-tral would advance to the state quarterfinal where the Spartans lost 3-0 to DeSmet.
Below are some of the top high school soccer prospects in the St. Charles County area.
George Beekley (St. Charles West) – It’s odd that Beekley didn’t receive any all-state honors despite racking up 18 goals and three assists for 39 points. Look for the senior forward to be deadly once again on the field for the Warriors as St. Charles West looks to improve on last season’s 13-14 overall record with a 4-3 mark in Gateway Athletic Conference north divi-sion play.
Dylan Carter (Ft. Zumwalt West) – The senior forward led the Jaguars with a total
of 12 goals and five assists for 29 points. Although Zumwalt West was 18-8-1 over-all, the Jaguars were 2-4 in GAC South Play. Carter, along with senior classmates Josh Funke and Alex Luetkemeyer, should help Zumwalt West move up the confer-ence standings.
Danny Jack (Wentzville-Holt) – Jack returns as Holt’s leading scoring threat after the senior forward scored 11 goals and six assists last season.
Logan North (Francis Howell North) – North’s seven goals and five assists last season helped the Knights tie Howell Cen-tral for second place in the GAC South standings.
Logan Ream (St. Dominic) – The senior defender will anchor a Crusader defense that allowed an aver-age of just 0.83 goals per game last season. Ream recorded three assists during the 2008 season and was a Mis-
souri Class 2 first team all-state selection.Andrew Riggs (Ft. Zumwalt South) –
Riggs was 18-6-1 last season with a 0.76 goals against average. The senior goal-keeper should once again be one of the best in the Gateway Athletic Conference as the Bulldogs look to defend its south division championship.
John Schreiber (Ft. Zumwalt South) – The senior defender was not only the cor-nerstone of a Bulldog defense that gave up an average of just 0.76 goals a game last season, but he also provided a little offense for Zumwalt South with a total of six goals and two assists last season.
Mike Sheperd (Francis Howell Central) – Sheperd is the Spartans top returning scoring threat from the 2009 season after scoring nine goals and five assists for a total of 23 points last season. Look for Sheperd to lead the Spartans this season to another district championship and possibly a return
trip to the Missouri Class 3 quarterfinals.
Brett Stiffler (St. Dominic) – Stiffler is another offensive threat for St. Dominic after scoring six goals and three assists during the 2008 campaign. The junior midfielder
was a second team all-state selection last season.
Justin Williams (Francis Howell) – While Francis Howell was 9-15-1 last season, Williams returns as the Vikings leading scorer as the senior forward racked up a total of nine goals and seven assists last season.
Keith Williams (Ft. Zumwalt North) – It’s hard to believe that the senior forward didn’t receive all-state honors last season after scoring a whopping 20 goals and 11 assists as the Panthers went 13-9-1 overall. Zumwalt North also tied for the Gateway Athletic Conference north division cham-pionship with a 5-2 mark in conference
play.Michael Yuede (St.
Dominic) – Yuede returns as the Crusad-ers top scoring threat from last season’s state championship run as he racked up nine goals and three assists for 21 points. The senior midfielder suffered a
dislocated elbow at the start of the Missouri Class 2 state semifi-nal game against Pembrook Hill, but that didn’t keep him from garnering first team all-state honors.
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The St. Charles County Parks Depart-ment is coordinating the Family Camping Expo to be held Sept. 12 and 13 at Klond-ike Park, 4600 Hwy. 94-South (between Defiance and Augusta, approximately 14 miles south of Hwy. 40).
Less than 30 minutes from most points in St. Charles County, Klondike Park offers a number of warm-weather recreational activities and a weekend of camping and outdoor-related activities.
Park Rangers will host this overnight program where participants will learn camping and outdoor skills while enjoying the natural beauty of the setting. Beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, camping neophytes will receive a brief introduction with instructions on campsite set-up. Interactive afternoon sessions will focus on knot tying, hiking, mountain biking, fire building, Dutch oven and campfire cooking.
Prior to the Saturday evening meal, reg-istered individuals may cast a line in a Cabela’s-sponsored family fishing derby. After dinner members of the Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri will provide telescopes to view the stars from the park’s astronomy facilities. Scheduled events will conclude Sunday morning with opportuni-ties for more fishing, bike riding and hiking throughout the afternoon at participants’ leisure.
Reservations for the Family Camping Expo cost $15 per person. Children four and under are free when accompanied by a registered adult. A limited quantity of fish-ing equipment, dinner and dessert Saturday
is available. Snacks both days are included but guests are welcome to bring personal preferences. Participants should also plan to pack tents, bedding, lunch on Saturday, drinks, a flashlight, personal fishing equip-ment and bug repellant.
The program is limited to 75 partici-pants.
While Cabela’s is the primary sponsor and will provide prizes and on-site demon-strations for the afternoon Fishing Derby, assistance for the Expo is also being offered by the Greater St. Louis Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Charlie’s Farm and Home Center, Great Rivers Greenway, Hershey’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Pepsi, Nestle, Uncle Sam’s and Coca-Cola. Orga-nizations interested in donating supplies or volunteer support may contact Chief Park Ranger William Brandel at 949-1831.
Once the site of a silica sand quarry, the restored parkland is a testament to nature’s resiliency and has quickly become a popular destination for outdoor recreation enthusiasts. The 250-acre park offers sev-eral miles of natural-surface hiking and biking trails, a fishing lake, picnic shelters, a boat ramp along the Missouri River with access to the Katy Trail.
Klondike Park also features six cabins and 41 tent sites open to year-round camp-ing, a shower house complete with full-service restrooms and a small kitchen is open from April to November. For more information, call the St. Charles County Parks Department at 949-7535 or visit stc-cparks.org.
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season since 2003 and has not made the play-offs since the 2004 season. The offense was even worse than the defense last season, tying for 30th in scoring offense, averaging just 14.5 points per game.
Spagnuolo said he has no timetable for getting the Rams back into respectability.
“I’m not going to go there,” Spagnuolo said. “We’re going to have to start at the beginning here, take it one step at a time and build on it. It’s not about predictions and bold promises; it’s about building.”
Spagnuolo, a Massachusetts native, was a wide receiver at Springfield (Mass.) Col-lege. He got his first taste of the NFL as a player personnel intern with Washington in 1983. After several other stops at the col-lege and pro levels, Spagnuolo was hired
as the Frankfurt Galaxy’s defensive coor-dinator in 1998. Philadelphia hired him the following year, and he worked his way up from defensive assistant to coordinator.
Devaney believes Spagnuolo can do the job.
“While Steve is a friend of mine, at the end of the day, the guy’s a phenomenal coach,” Devaney said. “Friendship aside, he’s the guy who can take us to champion-ship level, and the fact that I know him and I know what kind of person he is, that’s a bonus.”
Cornerback Tye Hill, who has ended the last two seasons on injured reserve, said he is happy with his new coach.
“I’m excited to be working for him,” Hill said. “He was very straightforward. I think he’s going to get this organization back to where it should be, and that’s dominance.”
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By SUE HORNOF It’s not in St. Charles County… yet. But
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the Strassenfest is moving west. The tra-ditional German festival first was held in 1960 in Columbia, Ill., moved in 1972 to downtown St. Louis, was held at Westport Plaza one year and then moved back down-town, where it thrived for decades. Due to economic factors and other considerations, there was no St. Louis Strassenfest in 2008, but the event is back and will be held in Chesterfield on Sept. 18, 19 and 20.
Chesterfield resident Doug Littlefield, a second-generation St. Louis Strassenfest board member, approached the city of Chesterfield about hosting the event.
“I think it’s a perfect fit for Chesterfield,” Littlefield said, citing the city’s location, highway access and demographics. “When we explained that it is a charity event and a family event, Chesterfield (city officials) embraced it.”
Longtime St. Louis residents may recall early Strassenfest events as little more than heavy beer festivals, but over the years, Strassenfest has evolved into a family-friendly event, Littlefield said.
What is more, many people are unaware that Strassenfest is a fundraising vehicle for non-profits and charities.
“We are so happy that Chesterfield has welcomed Strassenfest so that all the local charities that aren’t big enough to put on their own festival have a fundraising opportunity again,” Lou Mueller, St. Louis Strassenfest board president, said.
All Strassenfest booths are presented by non-profits, and over the years, the festival has raised more than $8 million in profit for local charitable causes, including schools, PTAs, Knights of Columbus, Jaycees,
Shriners, Lions, Optimists, Kiwanis, etc. In addition, the all-volunteer Strassenfest board has contributed approximately $1 million to area charitable, educational and cultural programs.
This year’s festival will be held at Ches-terfield’s Central Park, on Chesterfield Parkway between the Sachs branch of the St. Louis County Library at Burkhardt Place and the entrance to Chesterfield Mall at Lydia Hill. Admission is free, and a free shuttle will transport guests from the west side of Chesterfield Mall.
Attractions will include more than 20 food and beverage booths, serving bratwurst, hot dogs, shish kabobs, turkey legs, potato pancakes, pretzels, funnel cakes, beer, wine and more; more than a dozen arts and crafts booths; carnival rides; game booths; and the Children’s Village with magicians, clowns, stilt walkers, jugglers, a petting zoo, interactive art and storytelling.
A full schedule of live music, including performances by musicians traveling here from Germany, also is on tap.
“I’m really excited about the quality of the international music and hope everyone comes out and enjoys the ‘Gemütlichkeit,’” said Strassenfest Treasurer Norm Cleeland, who is in charge of booking the music.
Pete Littlefield, a Strassenfest executive board member who has been with the fes-tival for more than 40 years, said he hopes everyone will “come hear the music and stay for the fun.”
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PEOPLEChad Fowler, M.D.,
has joined SSM St. Charles Clinic Medi-cal Group, joining Drs. Brian Smith and Jason VanGundy in the prac-tice of family medicine.
PLACESAssisted Living at the Meadowlands
recently held a ribbon cutting for phase one of the facility, located at 135 Meadowlands Estates Lane, near the intersection of T.R. Hughes Blvd. and Tom Ginnever Blvd. O’Fallon.
• • •Progress West HealthCare Center in
O’Fallon has announced that it is using the social media site Twitter to give regular updates about wait times in its emergency room. Throughout the day, updated wait times are posted at Twitter.com/Progress-WestER” along with health care informa-tion such as, “What to do in an emergency” and “Possible heart attack symptoms.”
• • •Rise & Dine Restaurants, Inc. has
announced plans to change its name to Sunny Street Café as it expands opera-tions into Canada. The transition to the new name will occur gradually, with the
full brand conversion taking place during the first half of 2010.
AWARDS & HONORSNickelodeon Parents has voted Main
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SPECIAL EVENTSNominations for the 2010 Spirit of St.
Peters and Spirit of O’Fallon Awards, which will recognize “ordinary people” who are going out of their way to help one another and make their hometown commu-nity a better place, now are being accepted. Forms can be downloaded at spiritofstpe-tersaward.com and spiritofofallonaward.com.
• • •“Venus & Mars – We Share This
Planet,” an Economic Development Center of St. Charles County Business Boost training seminar, will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 10 at the St. Charles Community College Social Sciences Building Auditorium. Erin Cox, a St. Charles County resident and owner of EnterTRAINing International, LLC, will discuss gender stereotypes and verbal and non-verbal gender differences that can cause miscommunication. Admission is free for Economic Development Alliance
-members and $40 for non-members. Reg-istration is required by Sept. 8. Visit edal-liance.com.
• • •University of Missouri Extension Small
Business and Technology Development Centers will present “Starting a Small Business: The First Steps,” a three-hour overview of the critical first steps associ-ated with starting a business, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 10 at University of Missouri Extension Center (260 Brown Road) in St. Peters. Participants will assess their strengths and weaknesses in terms of business ownership; learn the importance of planning; discuss legal and regulatory requirements; and identify sources of fund-ing. The fee is $40. To register, call 970-3000 by Sept. 3.
• • •“Marketing, Media and Publicity” is
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By KEVIN WEAKSIt’s the most affordable way to become
a homeowner, but you don’t have to give up any of the luxury at Dettmer Homes’ new Bramblett Crossing Condominiums, which start in the $120s. Plus, qualified first-time homebuyers get a tax credit of up to $8,000.
And there’s one more thing: “We are right at the intersection of Mexico Road and Hwy. K, so location doesn’t get much better,” said Scott Dettmer.
A tax credit of up to $8,000 is available for qualified first-time home buyers pur-chasing a principal residence on or after Jan. 1, 2009 and before Dec. 1, 2009. The law defines “first-time home buyer” as a buyer who has not owned a principal resi-dence during the three-year period prior to the purchase.
Bramblett Crossing Condominiums, when completed, will consist of 20 build-ings with 12 units in each. The low-main-tenance, garden-style condominiums are unusually large with a spacious 1,119 square feet of living space that includes two bedrooms, two full baths, a dining area, kitchen with breakfast bar, large living room with porch or patio view and a full-sized laundry room. Upper level condos
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than some builders have in their single-family homes,” Dettmer said.
Covered parking is available, and resi-dents will enjoy a community pool and pool house and 8 acres of common ground.
Uniquely in these condominiums, both
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“Currently we have nine inventory units nearing completion and ready for quick occupancy,” said Dettmer.
Watch for news about the grand opening this month. Meanwhile, you can arrange a sneak preview by calling 240-4082.
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By KEVIN WEAKSGot a dollar? If you’re a first–time
homebuyer or haven’t owned a home in three years, all you need is a dollar down this weekend to move into a new, carefree condominium at Greater Missouri Build-ers’ Greendale Manor or Queensbrooke Village condominium - all thanks to the $8,000 federal home buyer tax credit and GMB’s “once-in-a-lifetime” price reduc-tions to $124,900.
Greendale Manor, located just south of I-70 off Old Hwy. 94 next to First State Bank in St. Charles, features spacious two-bedroom, two-bath condomin-ium homes for adults age 55 and up and priced from $124,900. There is an on-site activity center with library, coffee bar and com-puter facilities. Greendale is completely ADA compliant and wheelchair accessible.
These 56 condos are config-ured in two four-story buildings with elevators and secure storage facilities and boast a wonderful list of stan-dard features like 9-foot ceilings, white two-panel doors with colonist trim, laundry enclosure for full-sized machines, designer lighting, Whirlpool self-cleaning oven with smooth-top range and hood, dishwasher, adult-height vanities in all baths, master bath shower with fold-down seat, grab bar and shower door, and even an in-home computer package with Internet communi-cation and covered parking for one car. To visit Greendale Manor take I-70 to Hwy. 94 south (First Capitol) to right on Sherman Drive. Call 314-941-8485.
Just south of Greendale Manor off Hwy. 94 and Harvester Road is Queensbrooke Village, where just a dollar lets you enjoy
“Urban Living in suburban St. Peters.” Queensbrooke Village, also now from $124,900, features stylish, 1,100-square-foot, two-bedroom condos in a 24-unit elevator building. Priced from $124,900, all have a long list of standard features that include Whirlpool appliances with smooth surface range and space-saver microwave, two-panel doors with lever handles, 9 foot ceilings, and full-sized laundry room. Top-
floor condos have vaulted ceilings. The master bedroom suite has a bay window, walk-in closet and bath with walk-in shower. Each condo has an assigned cov-ered parking place.
Incidentally, only two popular town-home models – a two-bedroom and a three-bedroom - remain at Queens-brooke. Each features a two-car garage and both are priced at $169,000. To visit Queensbrooke Village take Hwy. 94 (First Capitol) to north on Harvester Road to left on Queens Brooke Boulevard to left on Queens Court Place then left on St. James Court. Call 314-941-8485.
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By KEVIN WEAKSWith only four homesites remaining at
Locksley Crossing in Lake Saint Louis, Helmut Weber Construction is treating buyers to unprecedented closeout sav-ings. Because these homesites are not built on, buyers still can choose from 12 floor plans that include ranches, two-stories, and story-and-a-half models in a variety of square footages to meet the needs of both down-sizing and expanding families.
Plus, Weber is now offering two styl-ish inventory homes in time for fall move-in. The two-story Craftsman-style, 3,000-square-foot “Birch” with four bed-rooms, bonus room and three-car garage is now priced at just $285,900.
Also just completed is the popular “Willow” a two-story with over 3,500 square feet and priced to sell at just $329,900. Both inven-tories for sale include fully sodded yards and landscape packages. To see all the additional features included visit hwcstl.com or the com-munity today. Take Hwy. 40 or Lake Saint Louis Boulevard. to north on Technology Drive to the com-munity. Call 379-2009 or 314-401-3208 to schedule an appointment.
“Country charm” describes the ambi-ence of Falcon Crest in nearby O’Fallon, recently voted one of Money Magazine’s “Best Places to Live.” One of the few loca-tions where you can still find single family homes offering affordability coupled with unprecedented craftsmanship and starting from the upper $170s.
Falcon Crest features a new “country cottage” look that deviates from the typi-cal styles that have saturated the market.
“We’ve brought a new trend in housing to buyers who want exciting new construc-tion in O’Fallon at an affordable price,” said sales manager Sheila Knutson. Living spaces will range from 1,200 to 2,100 square feet and include many upgrade fea-tures that are standard in their base price.
A two-story inventory home is avail-able for immediate move in. Priced at just $204,900 it has too many upgrades to list. This home is priced for fast sale and geared towards first-time homebuyers wanting to take advantage of the tax credit that ends on Dec. 1, 2009.
Take I-70 to north on Hwy. K-M, which changes to Main Street, and then turn west on Civic Park Drive to right on Emge and
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Wednesday, Sept. 9The band Watching Judas will perform
at 11 a.m. on Sept. 9 and Sept. 10 in the Student Center Outdoor Amphitheater at St. Charles Community College, 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville. The St. Charles-based band will perform pop/rock/electronica music. The perfor-mance is free and open to the public. In the event of rain, the band will perform in the College Center Gymnasium. For more information, contact Kelley Pfeiffer at 922-8544 or [email protected].
Saturday, Sept. 12The St. Louis Barbecue Society’s third
annual Barbecue Competition will be held on Sept. 12 in the parking lot of World Wide Liquidators, 850 Jungermann Road in St. Peters. Cooks start grilling at 6:30 a.m. with the first judging at 1 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the poor and homeless locally and internationally through Living Hope International, a local 501C3 organization serving in St. Louis, India and Africa. For more information, call Joe Wurm at 244-1478 or e-mail [email protected].
Sunday, Sept. 13Dr. Barbara Harbach, professor of music
at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, will present a special organ concert and reception at 4 p.m., Sunday, Sep. 13, at Dardenne Presbyterian Church, 7400 Hwy. N, west of Hwy. K at N’s intersection with Winghaven/Bryan roads. The concert is free and open to the public. For more infor-mation, contact Diane Smith at 561-4347.
Monday, Sept. 14Democracy Days will be held from Sept.
14 to Sept. 17 at St. Charles Community College. The series of seminars will inform and engage participants in assessing the health, functioning, and future of democ-racy in America and the world at large. The series of free seminars on national and international topics will celebrate Consti-
tution Day. For more information, e-mail Michael Kuelker at [email protected] or visit www.stchas.edu/democracydays.
• • •SCC Musicians will perform at noon,
Sept. 14 in the Student Center Outdoor Amphitheater at the community col-lege’s campus. In the event of rain, the group will perform in the SCC Bookstore. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 922-8214.
Tuesday, Sept. 15The Constitution Party Town Hall Meet-
ing will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 15 at the Grand Glaize Branch of the St. Louis County Library located at 1010 Meramec Station Road in Manchester. Join others in discussing current issues and expressing your thoughts on legislation being proposed by elected officials. The Constitution Party’s goal is to restore con-stitutional, limited government. The meet-ing is free. For more information, visit constitutionpartymo.org.
• • •Author and Sudanese activist John Dau
will speak at 7 p.m. on Sept. 15 in the Anheuser-Busch Leadership Room of the Spellmann Center on the main Lindenwood University campus. All speaker series events are free and open to the public. Born in the African nation of Sudan, Dau was forced to flee in 1987 when his village was attacked by Sudanese forces during the country’s civil war, travelling first to Ethiopia before war there forced him again into refugee status.
Thursday, Sept. 17“Religion as Friend or Foe to Social
Solidarity in a Global Age: Charles Taylor on the European Union vs. United States” will be held from 1 p.m. to 2:20 p.m. on Sept. 17 at St. Charles Community Col-lege. Bowman, SCC assistant profes-sor of philosophy, offers a commentary on the philosophy of Charles Taylor, focusing on American civic religion
and the pluralism of European nations. For more information, call 922-8214.
Saturday, Sept. 19The Weldon Spring Heritage Festival
will be held from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sept. 19 to celebrate the city’s 25th Anni-versary. The event will include history on display and a variety of crafters and ven-dors. The local St. Charles Muny Band, as well as bands from various local schools, will entertain crowds. There will also be a display of homemade crafts with crafters demonstrating the making of their wares, an old time mock school house, food ven-dors and entertainment of all kinds. The day is planned to take guests back into the good old days of John and Joseph Weldon and their families, along with Daniel Boone, John McMillan, and many others who made their way through this part of the country.
• • •SSM Maternity Care is hosting a free
Birth & Baby Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19, at St. Joseph Hospital West, 100 Medical Plaza in Lake Saint Louis. Those who come to the event should park in the south (purple) parking lot and enter through south entrance. SSM Mater-nity physicians will host “Baby Talk” segments that will feature information for families, whether they are expecting their first or fourth baby. The event will include informational booths from groups includ-ing; Pottery Barn Kids, Our365 Portraits, Parents as Teachers, March of Dimes, child-birth education and breastfeeding. Inter-ested parents-to-be are welcome to tour the Family Birthplace and meet the maternity team at St. Joseph Hospital West. A com-plimentary lunch will be served. Space is limited. To register, call 866-SSM-DOCS (776-3627).
Saturday, Sept. 20The 2009 Chefs Wine Country Bar-
beque, a fundraiser presented by the American Culinary Federation (ACF) Chefs de Cuisine Association of St. Louis, will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 20 at Mount Pleasant Winery located at 5634 High Street in
Augusta. The fundraiser will benefit the Chefs de Cuisine Education Founda-tion and ACF Chef and Child Founda-tion. The chefs will prepare an array of hors d’ oeuvres, vegetables, fish, meats and desserts for guests to sample in a tapas-style setting on Mount Pleasant’s patio. The cost is between $45 and $50 per person. For more information, call 482-WINE, 800-467-WINE or visit mountpleasant.com
Tuesday, Sept. 22A free cholesterol screening will be held
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sept. 22 at the Progress West HealthCare Center Café located at 2 Progress Point Parkway in O’Fallon. Appointments are required for this event and can be made by calling 344-CARE.
Saturday, Sept. 26The fifth annual St. Louis Home Fires
BBQ Bash is from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 26 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 27 at the Wildwood Town Center. Amateurs and professionals com-pete for the grand prize in several catego-ries, including ribs, brisket chicken, chili, pork steak, People’s Choice, best deco-rated booth and more. Team registrations still are being accepted. Call Frank Schmer at 256-6564.
Saturday, Oct. 3Discover Nature: Families Confluence
Campout will be held on Oct. 3 and Oct. 4 at the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area, 801 Strodtman Road in north St. Louis. Sponsored by the Missouri Depart-ment of Conservation, it gives families the chance to experience the area in a whole new way. Check in for the campout begins at 4 p.m. on Oct. 3. Families of all outdoor skill levels are welcome. Participants are asked to bring their own camping gear and food for dinner. Advanced registration, and a $15 registration deposit are required. To request a registration packet, call the Columbia Bottom visitor center at 314-877-6014. Completed registration packets are due by Sept. 20.
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By MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEYGetting a jump on Labor Day festivi-
ties, about 600 of their closest friends were invited to celebrate Boeing’s 70th anniver-sary last Thursday. As celebrations go, it was a great one.
Guests walked into the large shop where planes are normally stored before they blast off nearly breaking the sound barrier. Only on this day, the shop was dark with ethereal blue lights illuminating only three magnificent fighter jets on display. Videos rolled on screens scattered about, heavy bass music added to the drama and images of jets roaring, twisting and turning among the clouds showed just what these jets can do. There were also images of Boeing bombs blasting the bejeebers out of build-ings, ships and test objects.
Executives were proud, guests were awed and workers were as proud as a new papa to share the results of their 9-to-5 work in an industry like no other.
Keith Schafer of Gerald, Mo., and Mike Craig of St. Peters are air frame and propul-sion technicians who do the final mechan-ics, and make sure the multi-million dollar fighter jets are ready to go. Schafer has been at it for 28 years, and for Craig, it’s been 21 years.
“We’re the luckiest guys in the world,” Schafer said. “You get complacent because you see these every day, but it’s awe inspir-ing to see them take off and fly if you’ve never seen it before.”
When planes—F15 Silent Eagles and and F-18 Super Hornets—make their way from assembly area to their finishing shop, they run the engines for the first time. They work on them for at least a month before they’re ready for a pilot, Craig said. The F-18s usually go to California or China Lake, Maryland. But before delivery they are gone over with a fine-tooth comb. They are being built through a contract with the Navy.
“We have some going to Australia,” Craig said. “Before any delivery happens, even paint chips are fired. It’s just like a new car, but when you’re spending $100 million for an F-15 or $49 million for an F-18, they have to be perfect.”
Looking backBoeing got its start in St. Louis in 1939,
when James McDonnell set up shop, selling war planes after Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Their products read like an aerospace hall of fame for the next
seven decades. In addition to planes, they were building weapons. Then in the 1960s, McDonnell built capsules for the Mercury and Gemini space programs.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy paid them a visit; in 1992, President George H. Bush visited, and later, President George W. Bush dropped by the shop to pay his accolades.
After mergers and sales and so forth, McDonnell became McDonnell-Douglas, then Boeing.
Today, Boeing is proud of its new Phan-tom Ray. The Boeing Company announced plans in May to develop and demonstrate
an unmanned flying test bed for advanced air system technologies. The internally funded Phantom Ray program will use the prototype vehicle that Boeing origi-nally developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)/U.S. Air Force/U.S. Navy Joint-Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) program.
Even during these hard times, Boeing employs 15,000 highly-technical people in St. Louis and adds $7 billion to the state economy.
Nationwide, the company employs 70,000 people, and adds $34 billion to the United States economy.
Boeing celebrates its 70th anniversary, looks to the future
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By SUZANNE CORBETT Coffee connoisseurs consider crema - the foamy head
that rises to the top of the espresso shot - the best part. Like its namesake, Crema Café & Coffeehouse has risen to the top among espresso bars and coffeehouses.
“We wanted to offer more than other coffee operations,”said Crema Café’s owner Terry Kaufman.
Along with Shawna Finley, Crema Café’s manager and chief barista, Kaufman has created a menu with variety that exceeds expectations by serving three squares daily.
Unlike other coffee establishments, Kaufman’s is an independent operation, and as a result, the menu offers breakfast sandwiches and waffles along with soups, sand-wiches and salads. There is also the occasional pie.
“When the mood strikes me, I bake pies,” Finley said. “Today I baked cherry pies.”
Among the house specialties are the Bruschetta, built on toasted rosemary foccacia and topped with tomato, feta and a house-blended spread that is laced with fresh herbs and a hint of lemon. BLT’s and Crema’s own gourmet
chicken salad tossed with red grapes and walnuts are favored deli sandwiches. Toasted sandwich recommendations include the roast beef and provolone (aka Here’s the Beef), which is piled on an ancho-chipotle-spread ciabatta, and the Roasted Balsamic Portobello, a veg-etarian must-try.
Soups vary according to season and the mood of the chef. On a recent after-noon, the soups du jour were Roasted Red Pepper and Yukon Gold Potato. Any of the five salad options pair perfectly with a bowl.
Of course, the coffee cannot be over-looked.
“Our coffees are all custom roasted for us by Chauvin, one of the oldest coffee importers and roasters in St. Louis,” Finley said. “Besides our special blends, we also feature pure origin coffees, such as Jamaican Blue or Hawaiian Kona.”
To ensure ultimate flavor, beans are not ground until they are ready to brew.
“I can always tell when coffee hasn’t been made from fresh ground beans because it tastes flat. That’s something that will never happen here,” Finley said.
Standard espresso offerings include straight shots, cap-puccinos and lattes. Specialty lattes and mocha are served hot, iced or blended and range in flavor from raspberry white mocha to honey vanilla latte.
“We can do any of our blended drinks over ice, and that’s something not everyone can do,” Finley said. “There’s a trick to it. You have to know how to do it to make it taste right.”
Aside form the classic cup of caffeine, one can pick from a dozen teas, and for those seeking libations of another sort, wine and beer are served. There has been some talk about adding wine dinners to Crema’s event schedule, which includes planned coffee tastings.
Crema Café offers a delightful way to fill a cup, glass, bowl or plate while indulging in a café experience that clearly is a cup above the competition.
Crema Café & Coffeehouse Manager/Barista Shawna Finley with one of her fresh-baked pies.
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The St. Peters Senior Advisory Com-mittee has teamed up with neighboring municipalities to stage the St. Charles County Senior Fair from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Oct. 3, at St. Peters City Hall.
During an Aug. 20 St. Peters Board of Aldermen meeting, Alderman Judy Bateman (Ward 2) said the event had grown beyond her expectations.
As board liaison to the Senior Advi-sory Committee, Bateman stressed the free admission into the Senior Fair which is designed specifically for senior citizens by senior citizens.
Highlights include: flu shots, informa-tional seminars, entertainment, vendors
and prize drawings.Those planning to attend are encour-
aged to bring a family member or friend to share the wealth of knowledge the senior fair will make available in one convenient location on Oct. 3, Bateman said.
A number of organizations providing products and services specifically to benefit seniors will have displays, take-away information and personnel on site to answer questions.
Informational seminars will be held hourly:
9 a.m. – Empowering Seniors: Making good Use of Area Resources
10 a.m. – Homestead Preservation Credit and Property Tax Credit Pro-grams, presented by Caroline Geisz of the office of the St. Charles County
Assessor11 a.m. – Missourians Stopping Adult Financial Exploitation (MOSAFE) by AARP volunteer Dr. Arthur VisorNoon – Making Homes Age-Friendly: Home Modification Ideas by AARP
volunteer Dr. Arthur Visor
St. Peters City Hall is located at #1 St. Peters Centre Blvd.
For more information, visit stpeter-smo.net or phone 477-6600, ext. 204.
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