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EX ALDERMAN NEWSLETTER 357 AND CHESTERFIELD UNAPPROVED 302

November 25, 2018

MAYOR JON DALTON HAS BEEN VIOLATING MISSOURI ETHIC RULES OVER A

LONG PERIOD OF TIME: Here is Town and Country Mayor Jon Dalton’s latest

campaign bank account filing with the Missouri Ethics Commission

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Now here is Dalton’s on file registration as a Lobbyist in Missouri.

THE PROBLEM: The problem is that according to Missouri law 105.465 a lobbyist

cannot have a campaign bank account and must terminate it.

In the course of dissolving such committee, such person shall not disburse moneys from such

committee, except for the purpose of:

(1) Returning a contribution made to the candidate committee to the entity responsible for

making the contribution to the committee;

(2) Donating moneys to a nonprofit entity qualified as exempt from federal taxation under

Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; or

(3) Transferring moneys to a political party committee.

By Missouri Law Dalton cannot have a campaign committee, something he has had for

a decade. However this law went into effect in 2016. He has been in violation of it for

two years.

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Keep in mind Dalton is a lawyer and a registered lobbyist for his law firm, Armstrong-

Teasdale and his own lobbyist firm, At Government Strategies, LLC. He has been a

registered lobbyist for 20 years. You might think he would be up to date on the laws

regulating lobbyists.

In 2017, he accepted an illegal contribution from Allen Allred, a lawyer, who Dalton

appoints to the Police Commission. By law Dalton as a registered lobbyist should have

no longer had a campaign fund. It is odd that two high-dollar lawyers don’t know the

law or have no problem breaking the law. (We regularly report how Allred daily is

breaking Missouri Law by refusing to place a front license plate on his Porsche sports

car.)

Under 105.465 Dalton cannot give the money back to donors, but can only give it to a

non-profit charity or a political party. It will be interesting to see if Dalton continues to

break the law or if Armstrong-Teasdale tells him to pick working for them or being Mayor

of Town and Country and making $6,000 a year.

SLAP AND PUNCH YOUR WIFE OVER TWO DOZENS TIMES, PULL PATCHES OF

HER HAIR OUT, GET ON TOP OF HER AND PUNCH HER, GO INTO A BEDROOM

AND START BEATING HER WITH A GOLF CLUB. WHAT ARE THE PENALTIES?

Well if you hire “drunk driver” and criminal defense attorney Scott Rosenblum you have

apparently committed a minor misdemeanor that has a $500 fine.

If you don’t remember this case, a little over two years ago we wrote this up. Here is a

review. On July 4, 2016 at 3:36 in the morning, Dr. Vivek Agnihotri, a psychiatrist,

assaulted his wife Zina Thomas, also a psychiatrist who shared offices with her then

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husband. He slapped her about 15 times, threw her on a couch and punched, ripped out

some hair and after she fled to a bedroom he followed and beat her with a golf club.

She managed to run to street in front of their home at 21 Huntleigh Woods Drive in the

exclusive Village of Huntleigh where she used a cell phone to call the Frontenac Police.

From the police report here is Dr. Thomas’ statement of what happened.

Dr. Zina Thomas

Dr. Agnihotri gave a much shorter statement to the police and then declined to say

anything further.

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Agnihotri was arrested that night and charged with Felony Assault with charges filed

that same day on July 4th.

Within three weeks of the assault Dr. Thomas filed for divorce. It was granted on

11/15/17.

Their house at 21 Huntleigh Woods was put on the market and sold on 01/11/18 for

$1,510,000.

Their shared office in Frontenac is no more and they have separate offices in Creve

Coeur. The India natives are graduates of Yale and attended medical school in the

Caribbean .

AND NOW FOR THE OUTCOME: Agnihotri hired Scott Rosenblum, both a drunk

driver and an expensive criminal defense attorney. Apparently Rosenblum was able to

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convince the County Prosecutor’s staff that slapping your wife, then punching her and

then beating her with a golf club was just a minor offense.

On May 25, 2018 Agnihotri pled guilty to an amended charge from felony to

misdemeanor Domestic Assault. On August 16, 2018 he was fined $500 by Judge

Kristine Kerr, who thinks punches, slaps and a beating with a golf club only deserves a

cash fine.

Now the green fees at Pebble Beach are $525 plus $44 a person cart fee or a $92

caddie fee. So you pay less to beat your wife in Huntleigh Village with your golf club

than to play Pebble Beach.

Here is a link to the police report:

http://johnhoffmann.net/agnihotri_thomas_police_report_070418.pdf

HERE TODAY, BUT NOT FOR MUCH LONGER: A single family ranch house built on

one acre in 1960 at 12933 South Topping Estates is about to leave the face of the

earth. The 2,058 square foot house with 3-bedrooms and two baths was recently sold

as a tear down.

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Here are the plans for the new house 12933 S Topping Estates:

12 Bopp Lane is a 4-bedroom 3-Bath house built in 1959 on 1.12 acres.

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Proposed plans for 12 Bopp Lane:

1000 Weidman Road

This is what 1000 Weidman used to look like. It was a story book house out of Hansel

and Gretel.

Here are news plans for a modern addition including new garage and mudroom:

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MASKED TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENTIAL BURGLAR ON VIDEO: A home

security video system caught a fat guy who burglarized a Town and Country home on

November 7. The crime was discovered when the residents returned home from an out

of town trip on November 16.

The crime happened on the 12800 block of Horton Lane off of Des Peres Road. The

creepy thing is that he suspect is a white/male heavy set white male under 6-foot.

Honestly most burglars are normally thin drug addicts.

Subdivision entrance to Horton Lane off Des Peres Road:

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CATHOLIC SUPPLY MURDER AND SEX ASSAULT CASE: We hope to post the

court documents in the Catholic Supply Store murder and sex assault case by next

week. For our out-of-town readers, on Monday November 18 at about 3 PM Thomas

Bruce, 53, a trailer park resident in Imperial, Missouri entered the Catholic Supply Store

on Manchester Road at Weidman, one block west of the Town and Country City Limits

in unincorporated St. Louis County. Bruce left, but returned with a gun.

He then forced two female employees s in the store to perform a sex act on him. A third

female, 53-year-old customer, Jamie Schmitt refused and Bruce shot her in the head

killing her. It was later reported that Schmitt was at the store to buy chains, crosses and

beads so she could make rosary beads for Christmas gifts. Schmitt was a wife and

mother.

We have since learned that one of the store employees is a 19-year-old teenager.

Bruce was charged with 17 different crimes including 1st Degree Murder. He is being

held with no bond. Bruce had no prior criminal record.

Victim Jamie Schmitt Killer Thomas Bruce

UNAPPROVED CHESTERFIELD NEWSLETTER 302

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DRUNK DRIVER EPIDEMIC IN CHESTERFIELD: Week after week we report on drunk

drivers going off the road and hitting buildings, poles and businesses. This problem

seems to be increasing. The city prosecutor Tim “Let’s Make a Deal” Engelmeyer and

Judge “Amended Charge” Brunk refuse to set standards where no deals will be made if

there are DWI accidents, DWI Leaving the Scene of Accidents, Breath Test Refusal and

BAC levels reading double the limit. But they only want to take care of fellow lawyers

representing drunk drivers and not take care of the public. The Mayor and City Council

have shown no interest in dealing with the problem.

November 14

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

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Cindy Bohnert Bohnert’s eyes

James Mueller Mueller’s eyes

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WOMEN FELONY SHOPLFTERS AT SPORTING GOODS STORE. ONE RUNS INTO

INTERSTATE TO AVOID ARREST AND THEN FIGHT COPS:

Elysia Mosley 2015

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Jasmine Bolden 2017

Records:

Mosley:

09/22/16 Felony Receiving Stolen Property (Stealing) St. Louis PD

2/7/18 Pled Guilty 3-years prison placed on 5-year

SES probation

03/20/17 Felony Stealing reduced to misd PG 3-Days jail St. Louis PD

After her second felony stealing charge, Mosley somehow came up with a lot of money

and hired criminal defense attorney and drunk driver Scott Rosenblum and got the

charge reduced to a misdemeanor.

Bolden:

09/15/10 Felony Stealing PG 10/21/11 PG placed on 5-yr St. Louis CO PD

SIS probation term. Probation revoked 1/23/14

and the sent to 7-years prison but placed on SES

Probation Term. Theft at South County Mall.

Probation Violation warrant issued 09/11/18.

03/04/11 Stealing and Trespassing PG 03/04/13 90-days Richmond Heights PD

Jail but placed on a SES probation

07/19/11 Criminal Charge amended to littering $250 Olivette PD

Fail to Yield to Police Car $375 fine

03/02/12 Misd Stealing PG 1/23/14 sent to 6-months jail Richmond Heights PD

Served 10 days and placed on 2-year probation

07/23/13 Felony Stealing PG 1/16/14 sent to 7 years prison St. Louis County PD

But served only 120 days and then placed on 5-yr

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SES probation. 9/11/18 Probation violation warrant issued.

09/19/15 Robbery PG 08/25/16 sent to 7-years but only Chesterfield PD

Served 120 days and then placed on 5-year probation.

Probation Violation Warrant issued 11/13/18

08/05/17 Felony Stealing Over $750 pending Chesterfield PD

05/15/18 Speeding 87/60 & Fail to Yield to Police car warrant Webster Groves PD

11//15/18 Felony Stealing/Felony Resist Arrest/ Assaulting Chesterfield PD

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The 2015 robbery occurred at Kate Spade at the Premium Outlet Mall. The 2017

Felony Stealing case involved 19 stores at the Premium and Taubman Outlet Malls.

Bolden has six outstanding traffic violation warrants in the City of St. Louis and Webster

Groves.

SEVEN SHOPLIFTERS TRY AND WIPE OUT PERFUME SUPPLY AT VICTORIA’S

SECRET BEFORE BLACK FRIDAY. WHILE MAKING THEIR ESCAPE THEY

TAMPLED SMALL CHILD ON ESCALATOR: Seven women shoplifters made off with

$8,000 worth of perfume from the Victoria’s Secret at the mostly deserted Chesterfield

Mall at 1:15 on Tuesday 11/20/18..

Father and child entering escalator. First shoplifter arrives at escalator

Thieves 2 & 3 at escalator Thieves knock down child as security officer comes in view

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A thief sprayed the responding mall security officer with pepper spray, which made this

felony theft also a robbery.

Here are video stills of the suspects:

By 9:00 pm, less than 8-hours after the theft, Chesterfield Police announced they had

identified all the suspects, but had not yet made any arrests. I’m sure video from inside

Victoria’s Secret was good enough for Chesterfield Police to run the images in the photo

mug shot data base which resulted in identification.

Here is a continuing problem and is a reason that tax supporting retailers are victimized

often and innocent shoppers including small children are made victims is the

Chesterfield Municipal Court system. Three convictions of theft in Missouri means the

suspect can then be charged with Felony Theft even if it is under the $750 line

separating felony theft from misdemeanor. But the suspects have to be convicted.

Municipal Prosecutor Tim Engelmeyer and Judge Rick Brunk keep allowing suspects to

plead guilty to non-criminal amended charges of “Littering” if they are represented by

lawyers.

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I have to believe most of the seven suspects in this incident have been to Chesterfield

to steal before and probably half or more have been arrested in Chesterfield.

One officer mentioned to me after seven years of making hundred of arrests he has only

testified in Municipal Court once. Another officer complained that the prosecutor and

judge refuse to convict thieves of stealing, even if they give them a probation term.

Engelmeyer likes to claim that store clerks come and go, but store security managers

and store managers don’t and they can testify to the video of the suspects stealing.

Engelmeyer doesn’t want to go to trial and wants to help out defense lawyers, screw the

retailers and the public.

The other problem besides Brunk and Engelmeyer is Mayor Bob Nation and the City

Council. Nation reappointments these two and the Council confirms them.

Councilpersons who formerly seemed to have common sense, Barry Flachsbart and

Barb McGuinness both voted to retain Brunk and Engelmeyer. Councilman Dan Hurt

actually praises them when he votes for their retention. Mary Ann Mastoraskos is a

friend of Engelmeyer. So far only Michelle Ohley, Tom DeCampi and Ben Keathley (a

lawyer) have recognized the problem and voted not to keep Brunk and Engelmeyer.

WILDWOOD RESIDENT ALREADY WITH CHARGES PENDING IS ARRESTED BY

THE HIGHWAY PATROL: You might think if you were out on bond on Felony Theft

Charges from 2016 you would watch your Ps and Qs and do your best to avoid the

police. Apparently Justin Rucker, 22, of 16365 Peppermill Drive in Wildwood next to

Clarkson Valley hasn’t figured that out.

Justin Rucker

Rucker was arrested for Felony Stealing and charged with Felony Receiving Stolen

Property by the Richmond Heights PD on 07/13/16. The case has dragged on with a

grand jury indictment in 2018. His next court date is on December 6. He is out of jail

pending trial on a $5,000 bond.

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He just had a criminal charge from March of 2018 in Ellisville amended to a non-criminal

charge of Littering with a $200 fine on 09/13/18.

He also has a Speeding Charge of 26 MPH over the limit in St. Louis County pending

since 08/26/17.

Rather than being extremely careful on the before Thanksgiving (11/21/18) he was

driving a car without valid license plates, while speeding and possessing marijuana.

The Highway Patrol stopped him in Northeast Missouri and booked him on all three

charges.

DEER GETTING HIT BY THE TWOS: This is from the End of Watch report on

Wednesday 11/14/18.

OTHER DEER REPORTS FROM OUTSIDE OF TOWN & COUNTRY AND

CHESTERFIELD:

From the Kirkwood-Webster Times:

Des Peres

• A deer with a mangled leg was reported stuck on a fence in the 12700 block of Wynfield Pines

Court Nov. 2. The deer was shot and Des Peres Street Department removed it.

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• A motorist struck a deer Nov. 6 on eastbound Manchester Road near Des Peres Road. The deer left the

scene and no injuries were reported.

From Missouri Highway Patrol: We can check Highway Patrol crash reports

involving deer. However there are far more handled by city police and county sheriff

departments that are not listed online. The Highway Patrol only enters crashes in their

public database if there is an injury or fatality involved. Here are some of the Highway

Patrol Deer-Vehicle incidents from last week:

Deer struck causing car to overturn and driver taken to hospital for treatment of

injuries on Friday 11/16/18 at 11:45 AM.

MOTORCYLIST HITS DEER, TAKEN TO REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES: A

47-year-old man from Otterville, Mo was operating his 2008 Harley Davidson

motorcycle on Saturday 11/17/18 at 5:05pm (Dusk) on Hwy J east of MO Rt 5 in Cooper

County when he hit a deer. He was taken by ambulance to the Regional Hospital in

Columbia, MO.

DRIVER SLOWS FOR DEER IN ROAD AND IS STRUCK FROM BEHIND. On Friday

11/16/18 at about 5:26pm a 22-year-old Jefferson City woman was driving a 2008 Ford

Taurus on Hwy M near Hwy Y in Cole County when the driver in front of her slowed for

deer in the road. The Ford driver read end the SUV that stopped for the deer and was

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then rear ended by a third vehicle. She was taken by ambulance to St. Mary’s Hospital

in Jefferson City.

WOMAN PASSENGER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER VEHICLE HIT A DEER IN

CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY. On Saturday at 8:45PM the 35-year-old occupant of a

2014 Chevrolet Silverado was injured after the vehicle struck a deer on RT 72 west of

Millersville. She was both take to a hospital for treatment of her injuries.

HANNIBAL MAN TOTALS CLASSIC OLDSMOBILE IN FIREY DEER RELATED

CRASH: On Sunday at 3 AM 21-year-old Lucas Tourney of Hannibal attempted to

avoid a deer on Hwy 79 in Ralls County, only to have his 24-year-old Oldsmobile

Cutlass overturn and catch fire. The car was totaled. Tourney received minor injuries.

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23-YEAR-OLD FROM FULTON TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL AFTER A

DEER RELATED EVENT: The driver of a 2005 Dodge Stratus from Fulton was

transported by ambulance from Route H in Ralls County to a hospital in Hannibal. On

Monday 11/19/18 at 8:40 AM she swerved to miss a deer in the roadway and slammed

into a ditch. Damage to the car was extensive.

35-YEAR-OLD WOMEN TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL AFTER DEER

RELEATED CRASH: On Tuesday 11/20/18 at about 9:50AM on Highway N in Franklin

County Heather Knipe swerved her 2013 Ford Edge to avoid a deer, only to run off the

road into a ditch.

OLDER COUPLE BOTH INJURED AFTER STRIKING A DEER OUTSIDE OF

KANSAS CITY: Helen Gallardo, 64, and her husband Hurberto Gallardo were treated

for injuries after their 2013 Chrysler struck a deer on US Highway 24 in Jackson County

on Tuesday 11/20/18 at 5:50pm.

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AND THEN THERE WAS A HORSE OUT FOR A MIDNIGHT STROLL: A Peterbuilt

Tractor Trailer and a 2013 Toyota were totaled and the 79-year-old truck driver was

injured after the truck struck a horse in the road on Hwy 5 North of Lebanon, MO on

Tuesday 11/20/18 at 11:20PM. The horse was forced into the path of the Toyota after

being hit by the truck.

CITY COUNCIL ALLOWS 18-MONTH DELAY IN SUBMITTING PLANS FOR THE

NORTHWEST CORNER OF CHESTERFIELD AIRPORT ROAD AND SPIRIT OF ST.

LOUIS. The owners/developers of 16 acres on the NW corner of Chesterfield Airport

Road and Spirit of St. Louis Blvd. have not submitted a development plan and have

asked for an 18-month extension to do so.

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EMERALD ASH TREE REMOVAL: A long term plan was developed and approved in

2015 as the Emerald Ash Bore (a tree killer) reached Chesterfield. In the last three

years 2,922 ash trees have been removed. There are approximately 3,787 Ash trees

remaining to be removed. Part of the overall plan included sidewalk repair around the

trees and reforestation. The request for replacement trees (not Ash trees) has been

less that staff had expected.

bore infected tree

In the original plans it was estimated that $583,000 per years should be budgeted. After

three years of review staff is now recommending $419,000 be budgeted for 2019. The

2019 ash tree removal project will use leftover funds from the 2018 budget.

IN A YEAR HOMEWOOD SUITES GUEST WILL BE ABLE TO GO ANY DIRECTION

LEAVING THE HOTEL: A settlement between the General Hotels Corporation in

Indianapolis and the Arco Construction, who is building a pre-school and nursery on the

7.4 acre lot between the hotel and Hilltop Center Rd has been made.

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Arco is building “The Kiddie Academy” and hopes to start in early spring on 2019 and be

completed in late November of 2019. Currently guests at the hotel have to make only a

right turn onto Chesterfield Parkway. Under this agreement there will be a driveway

from the hotel through the Kiddie Academy property allowing guests to exit onto Hilltop

Center Drive and use the electric signal at Chesterfield Parkway to go right (toward

entrance to WB I-64) or left (toward entrance to EB I-64 and Olive Blvd).

The yellow line would be the driveway from the hotel to Hilltop Center Drive.

COUINCIL APPROVES 2019 CONTRACT WITH POLICE: For a number of years

Chesterfield Police Officers wanted stronger representation and a contract with the city.

Last year they succeeded in getting the first ever contract for police officers and police

sergeants, bargained the local Fraternal Order of Police chapter. The contract was

good for just one year. At the November 19 City Council meeting the Council voted to

approve the contract. The contract includes a clause that salaries can be reduced if a

natural disaster occurred causing a significant loss in business revenues. Most places

in the Midwest that would be tornado damage. In Chesterfield however, it would more

likely be Missouri River flood damage.

NOT CLOSED FOR THE WINTER…CUSTARD STAND IS SIMPLY CLOSED:

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Sheridan’s Frozen Custard didn’t do like many custard stands do, which is close for 3 ½

months during the winter. Sheridan’s on Chesterfield Parkway at Hilltop Center Drive is

CLOSED period. When we took these photos on November 10th they had already

removed most of the interior fixtures.

Chesterfield’s Director of Planning Justin Wyse told us this week there have been no

plans submitted for a new business.

AT MONARCH FIRE A LOW BID WAS REALLY A LOW BID: I was at a recent

Monarch Fire Protection meeting when three bids for eight Thermal Imagining Cameras

for all the fire stations/primary response trucks were received. The cameras tell

firefighters where the hottest part of a fire is located. Often bids are a few hundred

dollars apart from the top bid to the lowest. That was not the case this time. The

difference was huge.

Here are the bids:

Banner Fire Equipment $9,198 per unit $73,584 total

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Leo M. Ellebrecht Co. $8,279 each $66,232, total

Sentinel Emergency Services $6,267.50 $50,140 total

$23,400 or 32% between the low bid and high bid is an amazing amount.

BOOKS:

MY MESSAGE TO THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK REVIEW OF JONATHAN

FRANZEN’S NEWEST BOOK: I may have shared this before, but I posted the story on

the Washington Post website after a review of Jonathan Franzen’s latest book. I

enjoyed Franzen’s first three books including one that was set four doors from where I

grew up in Webster Groves. However, since then I have not been about to get past 100

pages without giving up.

Jonathan Franzen

MUSIC: Last weekend belonged to Dean Christopher. On Sunday he sany the

National Anthem at the St. Louis Ambush indoor soccer game and on Monday it was a

pre-Thanksgiving Rat Pack and More night at the One-19-North in Kirkwood.

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Three weeks earlier just before Halloween the One-19-North was full to capacity with

Dean fans. This last Monday, there were only about 16 of us there. But we were

treated with a new addition to Dean’s cast of characters. Joining, Frank, Dean, Sammy

a dozen other singers and movie stars was Kermit the Frog.

Photo courtesy of St. Louis Ambush/Jerry McGrath

Sunday afternoon signing Anthem. Monday night singing a duet of “A Froggy

Night in London Town” with Kermit the Frog.

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If you have not seen Dean’s Christmas Show, put it on your calendar and go, especially

if you have relatives in town. It features the most unusual version of the 12-Days of

Christmas you will ever hear. Tickets are available at the door.

LAST CHANCE: IT’S FREE; YOUR TAXES PAID FOR IT; CHRISTMAS TIME IN THE

CITY: There is still time to write for free tickets for the United States Air Force Band of

Mid America Christmas Concert at the Scottish Rite on Lindell. Performances are on

Saturday December 8th and Sunday December 9th at 3pm. For free tickets send a self-

addressed stamped envelope to Scottish Rite Cathedral

Concert Series

3633 Lindell Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63108

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ANITA: THE NEXT TWO WEDNESDAYS AT THE PARKSIDE GRILL: It is always fun

to hear Anita Rosamond perform. We saw her at the Parkside Grill at Clayton Road

and Strecker Road in Wildwood last week. She will be there the next two Wednesdays

on November 28 and December 5 from 6-to-9. She also will be at a couple of

Chesterfield locations in the next month, twice at Viviano’s and once at Espinos.

Anita Anita and Jerry Moser The Parkside Grill

Saturday, December 1st/ Viviano’s, Chesterfield, MO (Duo)/ 6 – 9

Wednesday, December 5th/ Parkside Grille, Wildwood, MO/ 6 – 9

Wednesday, December 12th/ 1818 Chophouse, Edwardsville, IL/ 6 – 9

Thursday, December 13th/ Viviano’s, Chesterfield, MO (Duo)/ 5 – 8

Friday, December 14th/ Bartolino’s, Hampton & 44, STL (Duo)/ 8:30 – 11:30

Friday, December 21st/ Bartolino’s, Hampton & 44, STL (Duo)/ 8:30 – 11:30

Wednesday, December 26th/ Parkside Grille, Wildwood, MO/ 6 – 9

Thursday, December 27th/ Espino’s, Chesterfield, MO/ 6:30 – 9:30

Saturday, December 29th/ Dierberg’s, Des Peres, MO (Duo)/ 5:30 – 8:30

And Christmas time is fun with Anita, here is an all female choir she put together from

customers, to perform as carolers.

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BUSINESS: If you occasionally go to the Office Depot Store hidden away in the iconic

old National Food Store off Manchester west of Highway 141, you will find an empty

building, with no sign telling you where they moved.

However they store did not move far away. They relocated to the Lafayette Center next

to the Dierberg’s Supermarket on Manchester Road at Baxter Road.

CARTOONS: The cartoons take a fowl turn this week.

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