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When someone gives you a check and the bank informs you that there are insuf-ficient funds, whom do you get mad at? In your own life, you get mad at the guy who gave you a check that bounced, not at the bank. But, in politics, you get mad at who-ever tells you that there is no money.

One of the secrets of the growth of the welfare state is that politicians get a lot of mileage out of making promises, without setting aside enough money to fulfill those promises.

When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of those who have been promised the benefits, without getting grief from the taxpayers. It’s strictly win-win as far as the welfare-state politicians are concerned. But it is strictly lose-lose, big-time, for the country, as deficits skyrocket.

Anyone who says that we don’t have the money to pay what was promised is accused of trying to destroy Social Secu-rity, Medicare or Obamacare – or whatever other unfunded promises have been made. It is like blaming the bank for saying that the check bounced.

It is the same story at the state level as in Washington. The lavish pensions promised to members of public sector unions cannot continue to be paid because the money is just not there. But who are the unions mad at? Those who say that the money is not there.

How far short are the states? It varies from one state to another. It also varies with how large a rate of return the state gets on its investments with the inadequate amount of money that has been set aside to cover its promised pensions.

A front-page story on the March 28 issue of Investor’s Business Daily showed plainly, with bar graphs, how big Florida’s shortfall is under various rates of return on that state’s investments. Florida’s own esti-mate of its pension fund’s shortfall is based on assuming that they will receive a rate of return of 7.75 percent. But what if it turns out that they don’t get that high a return?

A 6 percent rate of return would more than triple the size of Florida’s unfunded liabil-ity for its employees’ pension. The actual rate of return that Florida has received over the past decade has been only 2.6 percent. In other words, by simply assuming a far higher future rate of return on their invest-ments than they have received in the past, Florida politicians can deceive the public

as to how deep a hole the state’s finances are in.

Political games like this are not con-fined to Florida. State budgets and federal budgets are not records of facts. They are projections based on assumptions. Just by manipulating a few assumptions, politi-cians can create a scenario that bears no resemblance to reality.

The “savings” to be made by institut-ing Obamacare is a product of this kind of manipulation of assumptions. Even when the people who turn out the budget projec-tions do an honest job, they are working with the assumptions given to them by the politicians.

The fact that the end results carry the imprimatur of the Congressional Budget Office – or of some comparable state agency or reputable private accounting firm – means absolutely nothing.

When Florida arbitrarily assumes that it is going to get a future rate of return on its pension fund investment that is roughly three times what its past returns have been, that is the same nonsense as when the feds assume that Congress will cut half a billion dollars out of Medicare to finance Obama-care.

We would probably be better off if there were no Congressional Budget Office to lend its credibility to data based on hope-lessly unrealistic assumptions fed to them by politicians.

One of the reasons why a federal “bal-anced budget” amendment is unlikely to do what many of its advocates claim is that a budget is just a plan for the future. It does not have to bear any resemblance to the realities of either the past or the future.

We do not need reassurances that do not reassure, whether these reassurances are in numbers or in words. No small part of the reason for the economic collapse we have been through is that federally designated rating agencies reassured investors that many mortgage-backed securities were safe, when they were not.

Not only investors, but the whole econ-omy, would have been better off with-out these reassurances. “Caveat emptor” would be better advice for both investors and voters.

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The whole issue today is that the 40 percent of the population who does not pay any federal income taxes thinks that the other 60 percent is not paying enough taxes. If Obama would make his buddy at GE pay some corporate taxes perhaps things would be better.

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Safe kidsTo the editor:Parents want their children to be safe

in child care. But, a recent report by the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NAC-CRRA) found that most states have weak childcare licensing laws and oversight is even weaker.

The report, “We Can Do Better: 2011 Update,” scored and ranked the states based on state child care center licensing requirements and oversight.

The average score was 87 (out of a pos-sible score of 150) which equates to a grade of 58 percent - a failing grade in any classroom in America.

The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), the federal law that allo-cates funds to states for childcare, contains no minimum protections for children. The federal law needs to be strengthened. States need to take responsibility to ensure that their laws promote safety and healthy development for children in child care.

The recent fire in a family child care home in Houston, Texas, where four tod-dlers died and three were severely burned serves as a reminder as to how important state child care licensing requirements and oversight really are in protecting the health and safety of children.

The Texas tragedy should serve as a wake-up call to federal and state policy-makers. The federal law and state laws need to be strengthened. The lives of chil-dren are at stake.

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Nuclear power? To the editor:Before entering into any political discus-

sion relative to the events following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, I must first express my sympathies with and sup-port for the people of Japan. What a hor-rific series of events they have endured and continue to face. “Tragedy” doesn’t begin

to approach the magnitude of the impact on the nation of Japan and its people. Our thoughts and prayers are with them.

As I write this, the efforts to cool the Fukushima nuclear plants are still ongo-ing. The scale of the event is approach-ing that of the Three Mile Island accident, but at this stage is still well short of the Chernobyl disaster – and it is unlikely to ever progress to that level. There is hope that power will soon be restored and cool-ing will be enabled – which will be the first step to resolving the situation.

The problems with the Fukushima Nuclear Facility have re-ignited the debate and re-invigorated the Anti-Nuke crowd who now point to this incident as reason to abandon nuclear power.

It seems to me that this puts the Anti-Nuke, Anti-Fossil Fuel Enviro-nuts on the horns of a dilemma. If we can’t meet our energy needs with nuclear, and we can’t burn fossil fuels, how will they plug in their Chevy Volt? Windmills and solar panels blanketing our landscape couldn’t begin to meet our energy demands.

To their argument that the Fukushima incident exemplifies an inherent flaw or failure of nuclear power, the clear answer is, “nonsense.”

There are many hundreds of nuclear power generation plants operating around the world. Sixteen countries depend on nuclear power for at least a quarter of their electricity. France gets around three quarters of its power from nuclear energy, while Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovenia and Ukraine get one third or more.

Japan’s 55 plants produce a third of the electrical power for that nation. Nuclear power generation has been around for over 40 years. In all that time and with all those plants operating, there have been so few incidents that the two big ones, 3 Mile Island and Chernobyl, are seared into our memory, and the more minor incidents are all but forgotten.

Most of these incidents involved short-lived releases of small amounts of radio-active contamination. But even the more serious events were hardly catastrophic. Who remembers Oct. 5, 1966, when the core of an experimental reactor near Detroit experienced a partial meltdown?

The Fukushima plant may well be dam-aged beyond the point of ever bringing it back online to produce electricity… but the

“fallout” from the incident will likely be far more impactful politically than physically.

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Most everyone one agrees that our cur-rent federal budget shortfall of trillions of dollars is unsustainable. We are as a nation going broke. Why are these facts so hard for elected officials to understand?

Every elected official needs to under-stand that huge spending cuts must take place. We simply cannot sustain a $14 trillion debt.

Even though our political leaders should know these facts, it is almost impossible for the two parties to reach agreement on even modest cuts to this year’s budget. This is a budget that in reality should have been passed months ago, at a time when the Democrats had control of the House, Senate and the presidency.

Then at the 11th hour, with all of them scrambling to reach a compromise, they try to pass a budget that may prevent the government from shutting down. By the time you read this, they will have either succeeded in compromise or shut down the government.

In the end, the process is as ridiculous as the result. No matter what the out-come, both Republicans and Democrats are all playing at the margins with spend-ing cuts remaining small and few. All of the proposed cuts are too little and likely too late.

Some Democrats even refuse to acknowledge the problem and offer up statements that are totally disingenuous, serving in some cases to only embarrass themselves.

Here is what Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said: “In one of the bills before us, 6 million seniors are deprived of meals – homebound seniors are deprived of meals. People ask us to find our common ground, the middle ground. Is middle ground 3 million seniors not receiving meals? I don’t think so.”

Rep. Louise Slaughter, a Democrat, said that the new Republicans elected to the House of Repre-sentatives last November

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And let’s not forget Democrat Charles Rangel, who said, “We’re talking about life and death, and these are issues that we have to deal with, investment in people, and we can’t afford to stop and go. And cutting doesn’t mean that you’re saving money.”

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O’FallOnMan charged with sodomy

A 33-year-old O’Fallon man has been charged with one count of attempted child molestation and two counts of statutory sodomy. All three charges are felonies.

Robert J. Finger, of the 1000 block of Pinewood Place, is accused of sexual con-tact with two girls under the age of 12.

O’Fallon Police Officer Diana Damke said one of the parents of the victims’ con-tacted police. Finger was charged on April 4 and bail was set at $75,000.

Baseball championship moves inStarting next spring, the Missouri State

Baseball Championship games are moving to O’Fallon.

The Missouri State High School Activi-ties Association (MSHSAA) board of directors voted to move the games from Springfield’s Meador Park—where it has been held since 2007—to O’Fallon’s ball-park, which is the home of the River City Rascals Frontier League baseball team. The championships will be held in O’Fallon for four years.

“The city of O’Fallon is extremely excited to be the new home of the MSHSAA Baseball Championships beginning in 2012,” said Mayor Bill Hennessy. “This

bid was aggressively pursued by our own River City Rascals, and our city staff was proud to support their efforts throughout the process. We are grateful to the Rascals for working so hard to make this a reality, and for bringing such a great event to our city. It will be a wonderful opportunity for people from all corners of the state to see what a jewel the T.R. Hughes Ballpark is, and experience all that O’Fallon has to offer.”

O’Fallon was chosen over Columbia, Saint Joseph, and Springfield, Missouri.

“The business community will definitely be able to reap the rewards,” said O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Erin Williams. “This event will bring with it an increase in lodging, dining and gas, not to mention all the purchases that fami-lies typically make when they are out of town. I love that the MSHSAA was wowed by the T.R. Hughes Ballpark, and I’m con-fidant that they, and the guests that they bring to O’Fallon, will be wowed by our entire town and our businesses.”

Senior city representatives The O’Fallon Senior Resident Advisory

Committee is looking for two new members to consider city issues, programs, policies and concerns affecting senior residents.

“Recent projects the committee has assisted with have been the Emergency Beacon Program, the St. Charles County Senior Fair and the Drug Take Back days,” said Paula Creech, staff liaison to the com-mittee.

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Lt. Craig McGuire, with the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department, said the boy entered the ZX gas station located at 2290 N. Hwy. 94 at about 11:30 p.m. on March 30. He demanded cigarettes and cash, showing what was later determined to be a BB gun.

The juvenile then ran from the store with an undisclosed amount of money. The clerk gave police a description of the teen, who was caught by St. Charles City police a few

hours later. The teen was found with both the BB gun and the money.

“The juvenile was taken into custody and transported to juvenile (deten-tion),” McGuire said.

Assessment noticed mailedProperty owners can check their mailbox

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Notices of real estate assessments will be mailed between April 15 and May 1 to property owners of record as of Jan. 1, 2011. If property owners have a question regarding the value of their property, they should call 949-7431 within 10 days of the mailed date to schedule an appointment.

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Eligibility expandedThe Small Business Administration

(SBA) has expanded the eligibility for refinancing business debt through the 504 Loan Program

“SBA’s temporary 504 refinancing pro-gram was first made available to those small businesses with the most immedi-ate need,” said SBA Administrator Karen Mills. “(The) step opens this critical assis-tance to more small businesses, giving them the opportunity to restructure their debt and free up capital that will be essential to keeping their doors open and also their future ability to grow and create jobs.”

The Economic Development Center of St. Charles County funded five of these loans in March totaling over $1.5 mil-lion which represented more than $3.8 mil-lion in total project costs. These combined projects are expected to create and retain more than 100 jobs.

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Firefighters save family petFirefighters responded to a mobile home

that caught fire in the 200 block of Colt Circle at about 4:15 p.m. on March 24 - saving the family pet.

On arrival, Wentzville firefighters found dark smoke coming from a mobile home. The crew made entry and found dense smoke and fire in the living room of the residence.

Battalion Chief Michael Scott, with the Wentzville Fire Protection District, said no one was home at the time, except for the family dog—which was rescued by fire-fighters. Emergency crews used the “Pet Oxygen Masks” from a Lake Saint Louis fire engine to give oxygen to the dog. The dog responded and became more active. The “Pet Oxygen Masks” were donated to the area fire departments by citizens from the fire districts.

The fire was under control within 20 minutes, but the residence sustained heavy damage from fire and smoke.

“The cause of the fire is still under inves-tigation,” said Scott.

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the city of St. Peters is offering an optional 90-gallon rollout cart for yard waste col-lection. Residents who sign up for a yard waste cart before April 30 will receive free cart delivery—a $12 value—and no charge for the first month’s $5 cart rental.

“This is a promotion to encourage resi-dents to try the carts,” said Carole Stangle, with the city.

At the end of the 30 days, residents will be switched automatically to regular bill-ing of just $5 per month for yard waste

cart rental. Residents can cancel at anytime during the first 30 days without charge.

“This offer is available until April 30. A credit for one-month rental and cart delivery fee, if they were charged, will be applied to the accounts of St. Peters resi-dents who have signed up for a yard waste cart since Jan. 1, 2011,” Stangle said.

To order the optional yard waste cart ser-vice, call the city’s Solid Waste Office at 970-1456.

Man assaults three in a churchA 26-year-old St. Charles man claiming

to be high on a synthetic marijuana entered the First Baptist Church on Mid Rivers Mall Drive and assaulted three people on March 30, police said.

Dustin Ostmann, of the 4000 block of Towers Road, has been charged with two counts of assault in the third degree and one count of assault in the second degree.

Ostmann told police he started halluci-nating after smoking the synthetic mari-juana “Supercense.” He told officers the hallucinations scared him and he chose the church because he wanted to get help. Police said it does not appear Ostmann had any prior connections to the church and it was picked at random.

After entering the church, Ostmann allegedly ran through the hallways scream-ing, pushing down a 14-year-old victim. The victim was not injured.

Police said Ostmann then threw a table at a 71-year-old employee of the church who was trying to block Ostmann from entering another room. The man sustained an injury to his shoulder area and was transported to Progress West Hospital, police said.

Ostmann assaulted a third subject, a 61-year-old church employee, who was able to restrain him until the St. Peters Police Department was notified and arrived on scene. Ostmann was later released on bond.

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“I’d like to see a county law pass, that way it would be fair for everyone else,” Yarber said. “Cottleville city boundaries are next to St. Peters, an area that has bars and restaurants that you can still smoke in. We don’t want to punish our businesses by passing legislation that would hamper their ability to make a living.”

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By Mary ann O’TOOle HOlleyO’Fallon residents have spoken: Smok-

ing will be banned in public places in the city, including indoor workplaces, bars, restaurants and even in your car if you’re within 3 feet of a drive-up window.

Proposition S was approved by a vote of 9,943 to 7,217. The public smoking ban will take effect in June, imposing a fine of $50 to those who fail to comply.

Businesses that fail to comply could be fined up to $500 and face suspension or revocation of permits and licenses issued by the city. Cigar bars, tobacco stores and private clubs with no employees are excluded from the ban. The law requires at least 80 percent of rooms in a hotel or motel to be smoke-free.

But Councilman Jim Pepper said he plans to fight the law, saying it is unconsti-tutional and a violation of free choice.

“I’m so ticked off at people who are doing social engineering, trying to subvert the constitution and free choice,” Pepper said. “We all know smoking is not good, but it is legal, otherwise the federal gov-ernment would stop giving subsidies to tobacco farmers.”

Pepper believes allowing smoking in a business establishment should be deter-mined by the business owner and the type of venue and clientele businesses wishes to attract.

“It’s freedom of choice,” Pepper said. “These people are trying to make rules for other people. I call them ‘Kool-Aid’ drink-ers because they’re using reports that are so flawed.”

Pepper said the O’Fallon City Council did nothing to try to defeat the ballot issue because proponents of the new ordinance received the right number of signatures to place it on the ballot.

Pepper said he plans to introduce an amendment to the ordinance before the law goes into effect.

Rob Nolle, owner of Noll’s Restaurant and Lounge in O’Fallon, said he is enraged by the passage of the no smoking ordi-

nance.“It stinks, they’ve got no business telling

me what I can do in my place,” Nolle said. “It’s not fair that our municipality changes the rules in such a drastic fashion at such a tough time in the economy. My industry is struggling and has been for years, yet they want to make a rather drastic change in the rules. Nothing was considered when I was signing leases and we were doing the things we did to improve the interior — when maybe we should have been spend-ing our money on the exterior.”

Nolle said he believes eventually the municipal laws will be superseded by a state law that may be more lenient toward bars and restaurants, although there is cur-rently nothing in the works statewide.

O’Fallon is the second city in St. Charles County to pass a smoking ban. Lake Saint Louis voters enacted the county’s first smoking ban last fall.

“You can bet that the St. Charles County bars that allow smoking are going to reap the rewards of the injustice that allows them to have smoking while I’m not,” Nolle said. “It’s a profound change in the rules, and that it is mandated like it is, it just isn’t right.

“It could be the final nail in quite a few coffins, and then the state can figure out where they’ll get the sales tax they’ve passed on,” Nolle said. “I would hope I

would be able to have some type of exemp-tion.”

St. Charles County allows smoking in areas that don’t sell food, but Nolle said he doesn’t believe closing off the bar area and stopping food sales in the bar would help his business.

“Society has become very informal. There are a lot of people who buy dinner, sit at the bar, eat dinner and drink and smoke,” Nolle said. “It’s a shame such a drastic and profound change in the rules is being force fed to those who are struggling to get by in the first place. To lay this down now is kicking a crippled man.”

The City Council held a public forum on the issue late last year. After being pre-sented with 1,900 signatures proposing the ballot initiative, the council had until Jan. 11 to vote to approve or reject the issue before placing it on the ballot. The council opted to let voters decide.

Most of the 19 speakers at the public forum supported the measure. Proponents said they wanted to protect residents, busi-ness employees and patrons from second-hand smoke.

Myrtle Chidester, one of the leaders of Smoke-Free O’Fallon, said she and her husband moved to O’Fallon from Califor-nia about six years ago.

“The one thing we don’t love is having to deal with secondhand smoke,” she said.

O’Fallon voters approve smoking ban

By aMy arMOurThe number of layoffs in the Francis

Howell School District is drastically less than anticipated.

In February, the Board of Education esti-mated about 95 layoffs. The board voted on March 31 to approve a 13-person reduc-tion in force, which is equivalent to 10.6 full-time positions.

Steve Griggs, chief human resource officer for the FHSD, said by the March 31 Board of Education meeting 64 people

had taken advantage of retirement, saving about 58 jobs.

The 13 positions eliminated included one teacher in art, business, industrial tech, German, social studies, Spanish and French; two teachers in communication arts; and four math teachers.

But since the March 31 meeting, the dis-trict has accepted additional retirements.

“Four individuals will be invited back. That makes the net numbers 6.16 (full time positions) and nine (teachers),”

Griggs said. Griggs said the reduction of certified

teacher-level positions, including three deans of student positions, saved the dis-trict approximately $5 million.

“There is a potential that we could have continued attrition throughout the spring due to individuals’ personal circum-stances,” Griggs said. “If the certification of those who were (laid off) match what is needed for those positions, they will be invited back, per policy.”

FHSD layoffs may be less than originally anticipated

A national study released March 31 by the Robert Wood Johnson Founda-tion and the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute ranked St. Charles County among Missouri’s healthiest counties for the second con-secutive year.

This year, the county ranked first in Missouri in Health Factors and third in Health Outcomes after placing first in Health Factors and second in Health Outcomes last year. The complete nationwide and Missouri-specific rankings may be viewed at www.coun-tyhealthrankings.org .

“Receiving these high rankings for the second consecutive year is a tre-mendous honor, both for our depart-ment’s efforts and for the commitment made by residents to maintain healthy lifestyles,” said Gil Copley, director of St. Charles County Department of Community Health and the Environ-ment. “Starting with a healthy and active community allows our staff to be proactive in dealing with potential risks and in educating residents on ways to improve their quality of life.”

The rankings are based on data from vital statistics and government health surveys and in many cases use sev-eral years of data for the calculations. Statistics measured include premature deaths (those who die from preventable diseases before the age of 75), obesity rates, binge drinking, smoking, access to healthy foods, unemployment, high school graduation rates, pollution, access to primary care providers and self-assessed health status.

The Health Factors rankings are based on the community’s health behaviors, clinical care, social and economic conditions and physical environment.

The Health Outcomes rankings are determined by how long people live (mortality) and how healthy people feel (morbidity).

St. Charles County was cited among the top counties in Missouri in virtu-ally every measureable category. The Health Factors section consists of health behaviors (ranking fifth among Missouri’s 114 counties), clinical care (ranks fifth), social/economic fac-tors (first) and physical environment (41st).

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By Amy ArmourA possible shooting in a neighborhood

near Fairmount Elementary School, Thurs-day, April 7, caused the school to go into exterior lockdown for the afternoon. Fair-mount Elementary is in the Francis Howell School District.

“Law enforcement does not believe that there is an immediate threat to our schools. However, as a precautionary measure, we will be going into exterior lockdown to limit the outside access to students,” wrote Superintendent Pam Sloan in an email to parents that was issued shortly after the lockdown occurred. “When schools go into exterior lockdown, school activity goes on as normal inside the building and there is no outside school activity.”

Lt. Craig McGuire, with the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department, said two black males—aged 15 and 18—were walking down Park Charles South Blvd. when they noticed a car circle around the block. When the car drove back around, the youths said three shots were fired from the car.

“No one was hit,” McGuire said. “And

there is no physical evidence to verify (the shots).”

However, after a canvas of the area McGuire said several residents heard what they thought were gun shots.

The shooting suspect is described as a white male in his late teens to early 20s wearing a black baseball hat. The vehicle is described as a burgundy or dark red sports car with tinted windows—possibly a Mazda.

The car fled the area and the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department is currently searching for the suspect.

McGuire said the police do not think the shooting has any connection to the elemen-tary school.

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By KAthleen t. BrAdyRipples of the Great Recession can be

seen in a second decline of total property values in St. Charles County since 2009. As the St. Charles Assessor’s Office gets ready to mail out the preliminary reassess-ment figures for real estate and personal property taxes, County Assessor Scott Shipman announced he is expecting a 4 percent to 5 percent decline in 2011 total property values by the time the numbers are certified later this year. This would mark the second time in the county’s history that total property values have declined.

Since the 1980s, real estate and personal property values have increased each year in the county, moving up from an esti-mated $1.13 billion in 1985 to $7.52 bil-lion in 2008.

But in 2009, the county experienced its first decrease in total property assessment, a decline of 5.8 percent to $7.15 billion.

“It’s not surprising news to find out the global recession is still playing out in St. Charles County,” said Greg Prestemon, president and CEO of the St. Charles County Economic Development Center, in an e-mail. “Like other areas around the U.S., our community has experienced its

share of challenges to residential and com-mercial property which have impacted occupancy and valuation levels. Many in the business community believe 2011 is a pivotal year for the economic recovery that is beginning in various sectors such as employment, business investment, and consumer spending. Overall, St. Charles County has much to be thankful for since the challenges we have been enduring are far less drastic when compared to other parts of the nation.”

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David Woods, O’Fallon’s director of Planning and Development, said a plan has been put in place by the O’Fallon Green Council, but city officials have yet to act formally on it.

“This goes back to a conservation block grant the city received towards the end of 2009, when about $700,000 was received,” Woods said. “The initial plan was adopted by the council in 2008, and after learning that the grant was received, we talked with the Green Council and developed a strate-gic plan.”

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To accomplish this goal, O’Fallon’s Energy Strategic Plan Report encourages the citywide participation of citizens, busi-nesses, organizations and government at all levels in the overall reduction of green-house gases through the conservation of natural resources, the support and promo-tion of green development, and by promot-ing alternative energy sources.

The city will also be progressing with its Green Plan through student education, util-ity programs that support common sense energy savings tips, a regular review of the city’s progress and to provide resources to residents to go green themselves. A solar panel installation at the Streets Department will be installed soon, Woods said. City officials would also like to see improved energy efficiency with city vehicles.

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By Jeannie SeiBert St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano made a

campaign promise when running for elec-tion. He said he would pursue a community celebration around the grand opening of the Lakeside 370 City Park.

This September that promise will be ful-filled as City Hall is now working to fill a gap left by the cancellation of the Olde Tyme Picnic.

In March, the Board of Aldermen unani-mously approved city staff to pursue the proposal made for a three-day fall festival to introduce area residents to the new park and punctuate the final months of a two-year Celebrate St. Peters campaign that began in 2010.

This is exactly what Alderman Rocky Reitmeyer (Ward 1) would like to see because, “the picnic has been cancelled.”

While specifics are being tacked down,

an outline was presented by Communica-tions Director Lisa Bedian.

Set for Sept. 16 through Sept. 18, staff is now working on a lively Battle of the Bands competition and a Kansas City Bar-beque Society-sanctioned barbeque contest, named Lakeside Que-topia.

Residents will be the judge of those indi-viduals brave enough to give it their best shot.

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An O’Fallon man has been sentenced for tax evasion by the United State’s Attorney’s office, and ordered to serve 15 months in prison and pay $228,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.

According to Federal Court documents, John Freeborn, 56, attempted to hide income to evade paying about $228,000 in federal income tax between 2004 through 2007.

In 2004, Freeborn had his employer, Modern Auto Recycling Techniques (MART), file false W-4 forms claiming he was exempt from the federal tax with-

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With the East/West Gateway Council agreeing to provide 80 percent of the fund-ing, the item was on agenda for a second reading and final vote at the March 21 Board of Aldermen meeting.

While a majority favors the addition to the city’s trail system, another segment decry the loss of some trees that will have to be removed to accommodate a sidewalk. An even smaller group see the country in a budget crisis and believe the $539,000 to pay for the sidewalk should be sent back to Washington, D.C.

But the board voted to accept the funds to build a sidewalk that is just a little longer than a single city block. The sidewalk will link the city’s trail system to two parks – Frontier Park at Freymuth and Veterans Memorial Parkway, and to a pedestrian lane over I-64 (Hwy. 40) along Prospect Road to the Quail Ridge county park trail system.

Equally pressing with most is the oppor-tunity to separate auto traffic from pedes-trian traffic.

Police Assistant Capt. Chris DiGiuseppi warned that now “it’s just a matter of time before a hiker is hurt or killed.”

Because the winding street on a hillside features blind curves and no shoulders, Ray Bauer, of Dauphine Drive, said “A car trav-elling downhill doesn’t have time to see upcoming cars.”

DiGiuseppi and many other residents and aldermen attested to having witnessed close calls.

Bill Cullen said that because of having seen so many close calls he no longer uses the picturesque cut-through from the lake-side pathway to Frontier Park.

Diane Blackford, a tri-athlete, picked up where Cullen left off, adding that the hill provides great exercise. But the risk out-weighs the advantage of challenging the steep incline, she said.

She also acknowledged another group of residents’ primary concern – the trees that will have to be removed to accommodate the sidewalk.

A member of the city Tree Board Jim Bowers said 80 to 100 trees could be lost to the project.

“Trees are an issue of course,” Bowers said. “But safety is paramount.” He then questioned Public Works Director Derek Koestel as to how East/West Gateway would view future grant applications should City Hall not use the approved funds.

Every city hall and courthouse in East/

West Gateway’s region has been advised that those cities and counties who do not put previous grant funds to work on the stated purpose and timeframe will be docked points from future applications.

It was a point with which resident Paul Browner took issue.

“That’s the problem with government,” Browner said. “You get penalized for returning tax dollars.”

Repeating his recommendation to the board from last year, he said, “Don’t

pursue the grant if you have to take out trees.” Browner advised the board to seek constituent input before obligating the city to a costly project and suggested the fed-eral government needs the funds more than Lake Saint Louis needs a sidewalk.

Browner had some support. A few resi-dents told MRN that the U.S. is facing such serious fiscal challenges they’d prefer the city return the money to Washington, D.C.

The last speaker on the sidewalk topic, former Alderman Larry DeGroot recounted

his history in trying to create a safer Frey-muth Road going back to 1994.

“We have the need to get these pedestri-ans off that road,” he said.

Alderman Ralph Sidebottom (Ward 1) now holds DeGroot’s former seat. He confirmed that as he was leaving office DeGroot elicited a promise from Sidebot-tom: “Get that sidewalk.”

“This is not an all of a sudden situation,” Sidebottom said. “For three years, we’ve been talking about it in open session.”

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“It’s a great business, but it’s for a younger person,” Yarber said. “We had such a big day on St. Patrick’s Day, it convinced me that I was in the wrong business.”

Yarber sold his interest in the business to his good friend and business partner Gary Grafeman. Cottleville Wine Seller, a wel-coming little wine and cheese shop, opened its doors in early April 2008 in the heart of Old Town Cottleville offering selections of fine wines and slices of the planet’s choic-est cheeses, promising to put an end to long drives to those other wineries while deliv-ering a close-to-home way to while away the hours.

Located at 5314 Hwy. N where one of Cottleville’s founding fathers once lived, the circa 1849 residence was fully restored and redecorated. Its interior features a small wine-tasting area, a selection of crackers, cheeses and spreads, and all can be taken comfortably outdoors to a year-round 20- by 40-foot pavilion that will be heated to stave off the chill of winter.

“I’ve always said I enjoyed the place so much, we’d hang out there even if I didn’t

open it,” Yarber said. “We were blessed with the best clientele and it was something Cottleville needed.”

Yarber said Grafeman will do well in the already thriving business.

“I have no regrets. Gary is a great guy, and by selling to my business partner, there’s continuity for it. There was no closure.”

Yarber said Grafeman plans to build on the recently purchased empty lots sur-rounding the Wine Seller. However, since the sale a for sale sign has been placed on

the empty lot. “He (Grafeman) hasn’t come to the city,

but we always had a plan to expand and to put another pavilion on the adjacent lot,” Yarber said. “I sold everything to Gary. The Wine Seller bought that piece of property next door, and the city is not interested in purchasing the property.”

Yarber said the Old Town restoration, which is currently in progress, will provide the city with 125 additional parking spaces along Hwy. N.

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Guard gets gold The Francis Howell North Winter Guard

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The team’s performance earned the winter guard its second Scholastic A cham-pionship title in the last three years.

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The program will be held June 6 through June 10 at Saeger Middle School, 5201 Hwy. N in Cottleville.

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Dads and daughters onlyFrancis Howell Middle School (FHMS)

PE/Health Teacher John Locke will lead an informal discussion with dads who have daughters at 7 p.m. on Tues, April 19, in the FHMS library.

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Students see the musicStudents in the Fort Zumwalt School

District really can picture the music.Students created works of art based on

their interpretation of a musical selection in the “Picture the Music” contest sponsored by Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis.

The district received 32 of the top 100 awards presented at the award ceremony on Feb. 23 at Powell Symphony Hall. The top 100 were chosen out of 16,000 entries.

Race for the future Leadership classes in the Fort Zumwalt

School District are sponsoring a 5K race and a 1-mile fun run/walk in May to earn money for the district’s Grow Your Own Teacher Educational Foundation.

The Grow Your Own Teacher Program provides forgivable loans to students enter-ing high needs areas of teaching, like spe-cial education and math. Those students then agree to return to the district to teach for a certain time period following gradu-ation.

The race will begin at 8 a.m. on May 7, in the parking lot at Fort Zumwalt North High school, located at 1230 Tom Gin-never Avenue in O’Fallon. The cost is $15 per person or $50 for a family if registered before April 21.

For more information, visit the district Web site, at www.fz.k12.mo.us.

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Spring FlingWentzville Holt DECA is sponsoring the

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DECA is an international association of high school and college students studying marketing, management, and entrepreneur-ship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service.

For more information, call 327-3876, extension 26422 or email [email protected].

Future scientist honoredHolt High School Junior Kaylyn Bauer

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“Accomplishments in the STEM (sci-ence, technology, engineering and math) disciplines represent an essential com-ponent for America’s future,” said Ron Yasbin, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “As a nation we need to nurture and support those students who will be the leaders in advancing our knowledge of those disciplines. By honoring students who have demonstrated truly outstanding capabilities in the sciences we are helping to reinforce the importance of these areas of study and research.”

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With state funding for summer school still undecided, the district decided to eliminate physical education classes from the summer school class offerings.

“The state still has not committed to funding summer school at this time,” said Jackie Floyd, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction. “Last year the state made the decision to fund summer school near the end of the school year. We cannot wait that late to make a decision about our summer school programming, so we made the decision to propose a summer school program that we could financially support without funding from the state.”

In previous years, state funding has paid for the majority of the district’s summer school programming. Floyd said the aver-age total cost before state funding has been around $550,000.

Eliminating the physical education classes will reduce the number of summer school students, as well as the number of teachers. Floyd said at the high school level the district usually has close to 1,000 students enrolled for each session.

“Not offering PE will cut that number in half. We usually have between 500 and 600 students enrolled in each session of summer PE,” Floyd said. “With a seven period day at high school we are able to accommodate the additional PE enrollment.”

The number of teachers will also decrease by about 20 with the PE elimination. The district will need 25 to 28 teachers for the

K-12 summer school programs this year.Floyd said the high school summer pro-

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The classes will include: Algebra I A and B, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, English I, English II, American Literature, Physical Science, Biology, Government, US History and World History

Students from all four high schools will have the opportunity to recover two semes-ters of course work, with semester one meeting from 7 a.m. to noon on June 13 through June 30 and semester two meeting from 7 a.m. to noon on July 6 through July 26 at Fort Zumwalt West High School.

At the middle school level, the focus will be on skill development in math and com-munication arts. The program will be held for 3.5 hours from June 13 to June 30 at South Middle School.

Reading skill development will be the focus at the elementary level. The program will be held for 3.5 hours from June 13 through June 30 at Dardenne Elementary.

The Fort Zumwalt Board of Education approved the summer school schedule at its regular meeting on March 21.

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The district originally purchased 13 acres of land in 2001 to build Westhoff Elementary, leasing an additional 4-acres piece behind the school to house the buses. The original leasing agreement allowed the district to pay only $1 per year for the last

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“We have to have that land because we have no other place for those buses to go,” DuBray said.

DuBray said the district put a $320,000 down payment and the remaining $300,000 will be paid within the next five years.

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For the third year, Fort Zumwalt North High School has hosted a celebration of the cultural diversity of its school and community. Mem-bers of the “All For One” student focus group planned the event, which included performances in music, dance and fashion in the auditorium. The extravaganza then moved into the building where guests had the opportunity to explore the world through games, crafts, demonstrations and dis-plays. Pictured is North Middle School eighth-grader Chaand Bhatti performing a traditional Punjabi dance.

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lant

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gard

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rden

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cont

inue

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row

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rful

hob

by.

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ssues

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ings

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upyi

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cept

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pert

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ned

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ass

and

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r veg

etat

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grow

ing

on s

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prop

erty

cut

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rem

oved

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hene

ver

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wee

ds, h

igh

gras

s or

oth

er v

eget

atio

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all a

ttai

n th

e he

ight

of s

ix (6

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hes,

it sh

all b

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emed

a p

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nui

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avoi

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gal a

ctio

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icip

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as a

ped

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or a

s a so

lici-

tor w

ithin

the

City

of D

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rie

with

out fi

rst a

pply

ing

for a

nd o

btai

ning

an

iden

tifica

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card

from

the

City

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iden

tifica

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card

mus

t be

wor

n on

the

oute

r clo

thin

g vi

sibl

e to

any

per

son.

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ici-

tatio

n is

allo

wed

onl

y be

twee

n th

e ho

urs o

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and

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tral

stan

dard

tim

e,

and

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entr

al d

aylig

ht

time.

No

solic

itatio

n is

allo

wed

on

prop

-er

ty c

lear

ly p

oste

d “n

o so

liciti

ng”.

ME

ET

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TIM

ES

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rd W

orks

hop:

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ed. o

f the

mon

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PM

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mon

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edne

sday

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he m

onth

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icip

al C

ourt

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ually

the

4th

Wed

nesd

ay o

f the

mon

th

All

mee

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City

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arde

nne

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rie re

quire

s a

Hea

lth &

Saf

ety

Occ

upan

cy in

spec

tion

& c

ertifi

cate

be

issue

d pr

ior t

o an

y pe

rson

oc

cupy

ing

any

prop

erty

due

to sa

le, r

ent

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ase

of a

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unit

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spec

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l det

erm

ine

com

plia

nce

with

the

basic

hea

lth a

nd sa

fety

re

quire

men

ts, i

f a v

iola

tion

is fo

und

the

owne

r sha

ll be

giv

en a

reas

onab

le le

ngth

of

time

to m

ake

repa

irs p

rior t

o re

-ins

pect

ion.

T

he o

ccup

ancy

cer

tifica

te is

issu

ed w

hen

the

prop

erty

com

plie

s with

cur

rent

re

quire

men

ts.

App

licat

ions

are

ava

ilabl

e at

C

ity H

all a

nd th

e fe

e fo

r thi

s ins

pect

ion

and

cert

ifica

te is

$75

.00.

A M

essa

ge fr

om th

e May

or o

f Dar

denn

e Pra

irie

Dav

e K

ampe

lman

War

d 1

My

first

ord

er o

f bu

sine

ss

mus

t be

to

th

ank

the

fine

citiz

ens

of D

arde

nne

Prai

rie

for e

ntru

stin

g m

e w

ith a

noth

er

term

to s

erve

you

. It

has

bee

n an

d w

ill c

ontin

ue t

o be

a g

reat

hon

or fo

r m

e to

re

pres

ent y

ou.

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m m

ost

prou

d of

the

dev

elop

men

t of

th

e ne

w p

ark.

I

have

att

ende

d th

e pl

anni

ng

mee

tings

and

hav

e m

et w

ith t

he e

xper

ts a

nd

I kn

ow t

he r

esid

ents

of

Dar

denn

e Pr

airi

e w

ill

not

be d

isap

poin

ted!

The

par

k w

ill i

nclu

de

feat

ures

for

all

ages

, in

add

ition

to

bein

g a

beau

tiful

pea

cefu

l pl

ace

to r

elax

. O

ur n

ewly

fo

rmed

Dar

denn

e Pr

airi

e Pa

rks

and

Rec

reat

ion

Com

mis

sion

is

alre

ady

hard

at

wor

k pl

anni

ng

even

ts t

he w

hole

com

mun

ity

can

enjo

y. P

leas

e jo

in u

s on

Apr

il 23

rd w

hen

we

have

our

Offi

cial

G

roun

dbre

akin

g C

erem

ony.

Con

grat

ulat

ions

to a

ll w

ho w

ill b

e gr

adua

ting

this

spr

ing.

Yo

u sh

ould

be

very

pro

ud o

f yo

ur

acco

mpl

ishm

ent.

Kno

wle

dge

and

educ

atio

n is

th

e fo

unda

tion

with

whi

ch a

nyth

ing

is p

ossi

ble.

“D

evel

op a

pas

sion

for

lea

rnin

g. I

f yo

u do

, yo

u w

ill n

ever

cea

se t

o gr

ow.”

Ant

hony

J.

D’A

ngel

o.

The

201

0 C

ensu

s sh

ows

Dar

denn

e Pr

airi

e’s

curr

ent

popu

latio

n at

11,

494.

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t is

a g

ain

of

7110

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iden

ts,

sinc

e th

e 20

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ensu

s. H

asn’

t it

been

am

azin

g w

atch

ing

the

grow

th o

f ou

r C

ity?

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t im

pres

ses m

e th

e m

ost i

s eve

n w

ith

such

a l

arge

gro

wth

in

num

bers

, th

e re

side

nts

of D

arde

nne

Prai

rie

have

kep

t th

e “s

mal

l tow

n

spir

it”.

We

shou

ld a

ll be

pro

ud o

f th

at a

nd

alw

ays

stri

ve to

be

good

nei

ghbo

rs a

nd c

itize

ns.

We

are

all

look

ing

forw

ard

to t

he A

nnua

l E

aste

r Egg

Hun

t whi

ch w

ill b

e he

ld A

pril

23rd

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his

has

beco

me

a fa

vori

te e

vent

of

min

e an

d I

hope

you

hav

e en

joye

d it

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ell.

It

seem

s to

ge

t be

tter

eac

h ye

ar a

nd t

his

year

sho

uld

be n

o ex

cept

ion.

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ase

join

us

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you

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n or

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ren

who

are

8 y

ears

old

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youn

ger.

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t ha

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hild

ren

or h

ave

olde

r ki

ds,

plea

se s

top

by a

ny w

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an

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ill t

ake

plac

e on

Sat

urda

y, A

pril

23rd

beg

inni

ng a

t 10

:00

am a

t th

e D

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nne

Ath

letic

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ield

s lo

cate

d ne

xt t

o C

ity

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l on

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ley

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d.

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ent

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ree

for

child

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ages

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and

unde

r. T

here

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over

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eggs

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andy

and

pri

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free

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200

child

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rece

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a fr

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26 I CAMPS & OPPORTUNITIES I APRIL 13, 2011MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE NEWSMAGAZINENETWORK.COM

This year marks the 150th anniversary of organized camp in the U.S., according to the American Camp Association (ACA).

The now age-old tradition of summer camp began in 1861 when a teacher took a group of students on a hike, had them set up camp and spend the next two weeks boating, fishing and trapping in the great outdoors. The trip became an annual outing to what became The Gunnery Camp.

Today, there are nearly 100 camps that are at least 100 years old, and many of them – as well as newer camps – offer traditional summer camp activities, such as swimming, hiking, horseback riding, archery, canoeing, and arts and crafts.

But over the years, many summer camps have expanded to include more specialized programs, such as drama, foreign language, computers, sports and more. As times have changed, camps have adapted and added programs that appeal to current campers.

According to the ACA, among its approximately 2,400 accredited camps:

• 88 percent offer swimming. • 48 percent offer horseback riding .• 22 percent offer wilderness programs. • 12 percent offer travel/tour programs. • 57 percent offer teambuilding. • 21 percent include community service

programs.• 75 percent of camp directors reported

adding new activities and programs over the last few years. The newest pro-grams in recent years are challenging and adventurous activities, including high and low ropes courses, climbing walls, zip lines, backpacking, moun-tain biking, and cave exploring.

• More than half offer ropes course activities or have other constructed adventure/challenge facilities.

• More than half have community ser-vice or good deed programs incor-porated into their programs. The top service projects conducted at camps are community clean-ups, food drives, recycling programs, and volunteer-ing with senior citizens and hospital patients.

• There is an increased emphasis on performing arts and fine arts such as dance, theater, singing, ceramics, leather crafts, woodworking, photog-raphy, etc.

Other summer camp trends incorporate less traditional models, such as trip camps, which allow campers to backpack, ride on horseback, or canoe to different sites. Travel camps transport campers by car or bus to places of interest. There has been an increase in recent years also in the number of chil-dren with disabilities being mainstreamed into camps, and there now are many camps that provide specialized services to children with special medical needs.

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By SARAH WILSONMany children have allergies, but no

child is allergic to the fun of summer camp.

If allergies are not properly managed, they can put a real damper on summer camp fun. In fact, some parents have so many concerns about their children’s aller-gies that they are afraid to send them to summer camp.

But according to Dr. Christopher Thurber and Dr. Jon Malinowski, co-authors of “The Summer Camp Handbook,” when kids understand their allergies and how to deal with them, allergies will not prevent them from being safe and having fun.

As longtime campers and youth devel-opment professionals, Thurber and Mal-inowski have become experts on summer camp. Their handbook is a good resource for new campers and their families, and includes the following tips for managing allergies in a summer camp setting:

• Food allergies, depending on their type and severity, can become an issue at day camps and overnight camps. Some aller-gens, such as strawberries, are easy to avoid; camps are happy to provide some alternative, such as grape jelly. Other aller-gens are harder to avoid, such as when chil-dren are allergic to peanuts and must avoid peanuts, peanut butter, all foods made with peanut butter or foods cooked in peanut oil, and any other foods or utensils that might have peanut residue on them. It is not easy to avoid that sort of thing at camp, but kids with serious allergies need to

learn how. After having chosen a camp, parents are encouraged to talk with the director about their child’s allergy before opening day.

Find out how the camp and kitchen staff can assist the child in avoiding spe-cific allergens.

• Some allergens are impossible to avoid, such as dust. Children who are allergic to dust may use nasal sprays or oral medica-tion to avoid congestion and other symp-toms. Be sure to bring these medicines to camp. Other allergies that are impos-sible to avoid can have severe symptoms, such as an allergy to bees. Although every camp has an obligation to provide the highest quality treatment to a child in the event of any emergency, children with severe allergies need to learn how to treat themselves. Before opening day, children should practice their response to severe symptoms, such as how to use an EpiPen or an AnaKit. When parents meet with the camp nurse or doctor on open-ing day, they should discuss their child’s allergies and allergy medications.

• Because someone who does not know a child’s medical history may have to help in an emergency, children who react to allergens with severe symptoms should wear a MedicAlert bracelet or necklace. The information on MedicAlert tags can help an adult respond with the right kind of first aid.

For more summer camp tips from Thurber and Malinowski, visit summer-camphandbook.com.

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Besides providing summer fun and adven-ture for children, day camps provide teens and young adults with summer employ-ment and a valuable learning experience. Following is one longtime West County day camp counselor’s description of a “typical day” in the life of a camp counselor.

My day typical day as a camp counselor at a West County day camp starts out like a lot of other jobs. The first thing I do is clock-in at 8 a.m. Next, I greet the kids who arrive early.

I am in charge of the arts and crafts proj-ects, so the next thing I do is set up for the day. Sometimes, there is a lot of cutting and drawing to do to get ready for the day, and I spend a lot of time outside of camp planning art activities that will be fun for kids who are 4 to 9 years old and that are within our camp budget.

Since I work at a day camp, on a given day there can be anywhere from 20 to 50 kids, depending on who is on vacation, what other things they have going on, or even whether it is an exceptionally hot or really rainy day.

While I’m preparing the project for the day, the kids and the other counselors are playing board games or coloring. Those activities can get pretty noisy, but they keep the kids out of the glue and the paint while I’m getting things ready.

The kids are split into groups, and some of them will do crafts with me. It is really great because usually there are a few

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Once we had a week devoted to super-heroes. One day we made superhero masks and superhero ID cards on which kids listed their powers and drew pictures of what they would look like. The rest of the week we spent working on superhero comic books. I was the “Crafting Crusader,” which the kids thought was pretty funny.

After crafts we have lunch, and in the afternoon we play field games like “Cap-ture the Flag” or soccer and then go swim-ming.

No matter what we are doing, the coun-selors are playing sunscreen police. If a camper is the slightest bit pink, we will hear about it, and the next day there will be three kinds of sunscreen in the camper’s backpack. Camp counselors learn pretty quickly how to chase a kid and apply sun-screen at the same time.

I also have learned how to count heads when no one is standing still and how to tread water with a couple of kids hanging off of me.

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Competition produces hard realities. There are winners and losers. Invariably, the consumer is better served. For those who lose, two options remain – become more competitive or decry the unfairness of it all.

In response to the unfairness of it all, many municipalities suffering from a loss of population and businesses in St. Louis County during the last two decades sought an arbiter in East/West Gateway Council of Governments to level the playing field.

Three years later East/West Gateway unveiled its study of development incen-tives and how they were used by cities like those in St. Charles County that have seen monumental growth by attracting develop-ers and new business.

One city in St. Louis County that has declined dramatically saw its last big retailer, Walmart, follow the populace out of town. Because this event occurred about the same time Walmart and Sam’s Choice stores were either expanding or locat-ing to St. Charles County cities – some using development incentives – East/West Gateway has declared that it is unfair and unproductive to the region as a whole.

While development incentives are a tool available to all municipalities in the state, development incentives have been identi-fied as the culprit causing people and stores to relocate to greener pastures.

The report cites neither rising taxes and increasing crime rates, nor declining prop-erty values and underperforming schools as factors in the exodus.

However, low crime and taxes, coupled with steady property values and excel-lent schools were credited as reasons why Money magazine repeatedly names mul-tiple cities in St. Charles County to its top 100 cities lists.

Rather than emulate the model for suc-cess exhibited in St. Charles County cities, limiting the use of development incen-tives – especially tax increment financing (TIF) – or reassigning the responsibility for deciding who can use those incentives is the current goal.

To correct this unfairness, one sugges-tion is for all the municipalities in the eight-county region served by East/West Gateway to cede their discretionary use of development incentives over to East/West Gateway.

That would allow an unbiased third party to review all incentive applications much the way East/West Gateway now funnels federal Dept. of Transportation funds.

That is a long way from happening. In the meantime, County Executive Steve Ehlmann sent a letter to St. Charles County Municipal League member cities calling for a voluntary “ladies’ and gentlemen’s agreement” to change the way the cities have been using development incentives.

Ehlmann’s letter decries the county’s

inability to contribute money to a St. Louis regional incentive fund being developed to entice “Chinese officials to promote busi-ness activity” associated with the China Hub at Lambert Field.

The China Hub was initiated during the Mo. Gov. Matt Blunt administration to establish a distribution center at Lambert Field to receive goods manufactured in China headed for destinations throughout the Midwest.

Because tentative agreements have been secured amongst numerous parties includ-ing the Chinese, legislators at every level have been attempting to move the project forward. Ehlmann has led the charge in behalf St. Charles County based on an expectation of thousands of jobs to be cre-ated here as freight companies, warehouses and suppliers would become links in the Chinese manufacturers’ supply chain.

But incentives are needed to entice these Chinese companies to do business with the China Hub. The call has gone out to all local governments to contribute to an incentive fund.

In Ehlmann’s letter to the city halls he writes, “I have no funds to bring to the table. Instead the county is spending some $1.6 million per year primarily to retail developers for (TIF) projects in various municipalities.”

Tax increment financing(TIF), transpor-tation development districts (TDDs) and community improvement districts (CIDs) all of which are defined by state statute, allow a municipality to define a district from which a portion of tax revenue is diverted for a set period of time. Funds generated are usually used for infrastruc-ture – streets and lighting, curbs and gut-ters, traffic lights and sidewalks.

What has been the norm amongst St. Charles County municipalities is for these infrastructure elements to be dedicated to the city as they are used by the general public. Streets are connected to existing highways; sidewalks are linked to city trail systems.

It may be the case in some development incentive contracts that the revenues gen-erated are given directly to the developer, but that has not been the case for the bulk of incentives used to build out the Golden Triangle – the area south of I-70, west of Hwy. 94 and east of Hwy. 40/61.

At this time, the amount of tax dollars annually diverted from county coffers is the $1.6 million generated by TIF districts. Those funds could go a long way to plump the incentive fund for those affiliated with the China Hub.

City leaders have been mulling Ehl-mann’s requests. During its March 31 meeting, Municipal League President Richard Veit said the support for an agree-ment was weak, suggesting the body could instead pass a resolution asking the General

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Assembly to correct the defects in develop-ment incentives legislatively.

St. Peters Alderman Jerry Hollingsworth said, “Neither St. Charles County nor St. Peters created the TIF laws. Jefferson City (the General Assembly) created it. They can fix it.”

St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano reminded the League members that his city’s elected officials were restricted in what they could say on the matter as the county is partici-pating in a lawsuit against the city.

A jury trial has been set to begin in Cole County Circuit Court on April 28 in which Great Rivers Habitat Alliance and St. Charles County are suing St. Peters in regard to its Lakeside 370 TIF.

That is one of a handful of TIFs still in play. According to Pat Nasi, with Develop-ment Dynamics, O’Fallon, the TIF Com-mission established in 2007 to oversee TIFs in St. Charles, Jefferson and St. Louis counties haven’t reviewed a new TIF from St. Charles County since its inception, con-fining itself to reviewing the annual report-ing on TIFs in existence at the time the commission was set up.

“There are strong arguments for and against the use of TIFs,” Nasi said. “But there are other development incentives that go toward infrastructure improve-ments. Compared to other counties TIF has been used very judiciously in St. Charles County.”

For instance Dardenne Prairie and Lake Saint Louis have never employed a TIF at all. O’Fallon hasn’t used a TIF in so long Mayor Bill Hennessey told Municipal League members that city doesn’t use them anymore.

But there’s more than one way to help along a development without using TIF, said Cottleville Mayor Don Yarber.

“We’re a city of 3,100 people,” Yarber said. “We can’t compete with St. Charles, O’Fallon and St. Peters but we can give an incentive.”

Cottleville is making a onetime offer to developers worth about $25,000.

“They still have to go through the approval process,” Yarber said. “We want them to meet our standards and we’re not lowering our standards. This is just a basic business practice.”

And it’s working. Yarber said there has already been interest shown in Cottleville’s central location with easy access to major highways and an excellent work force and the opportunity to save $25,000 upfront on the fees and other expenses associated with project start-up is making Cottleville even more desirable.

“Cottleville isn’t a lost little secret any-more,” Yarber said. And to take advantage of its new status in the world, “we’re trying to enter into a partnership with a business owner who has the potential of bringing business to our city.”

Other developments helped along by TDDs include two in Lake Saint Louis – the Meadows and the Shoppes at Hawk Ridge.

According to Economic Development Center Greg Prestemon, “TDDs made those developments happen.”

This has resulted in approximately 50 new stores, offices, and restaurants open-ing on the west side of Lake Saint Louis, including those new businesses that located adjacent to the two new shopping centers.

“I understand (Ehlmann’s) point though,” Prestemon said. “There are only so many shopping dollars. If I have $100 and spend $40 in St. Peters, I still only have $60 to spend.”

There could simply be more shoppers with $100 apiece to spend, however. Appar-ently the Walmart Corporation thinks that is was is happening in St. Charles County evidenced by its positioning new stores or expanding existing locations to meet grow-ing needs.

Wentzville recently announced the coming of a new Sam’s Club joining the retail mix along Hwy. 40/61. Three new Walmart SuperCenters have opened or expanded in O’Fallon, Lake Saint Louis and Wentzville in recent years.

“The Hwy. 40 phenomenon has been quite the success story,” said Nasi.

A former city manager, Nasi now con-sults and provides analysis for development districts. He well remembers when Hwy. 40 was a lonely track through a very rural countryside. Now Hwy. 40 is just about to meet interstate status as I-64 and the roadside is dotted with multi-storied office buildings, shopping centers, car dealers, restaurants and housing developments.

Dubbed the Technology Corridor, inter-national companies have located data cen-ters between Chesterfield and Wentzville bringing 1,000s of jobs to West St. Louis and St. Charles counties.

And while new business and housing starts have slowed in recent years, Nasi said the Hwy. 40 area is still leading the region for new construction. Many if not most of those developments were assisted by a development incentive.

“Do incentives have their place,” Nasi said. “You have to say yes but you have to remember each city is different. Each has different goals and different paths. Some-times incentives play a goal in speeding the accomplishment of those goals be it jobs, opportunities, services.”

Nasi sees the China Hub as the next Technology Corridor.

“That’s visionary,” Nasi said. “Bringing in a base for distribution – there’s already interest in that. Those who could benefit from it are looking and putting options on properties right now.”

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Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital and Progress West HealthCare Center are part-nering again with the community to help St. Charles County residents lose weight with the Biggest Winner of St.Charles County weight loss contest – round two. Last year’s program successfully helped more than 400 participants lose more than 1,563 pounds over a 12-week program.

Sarah Brook, 29, of St. Charles won first place last season by losing 11.9 percent of her total body weight.

Brook said, “I think the contest is great and I’m going to sign up again for round two. It was a big motivator for me and I’ve even talked my dad and my stepmom into signing up, too.”

Recent studies show nearly 40 percent of residents in St. Charles County are overweight. An addi tional 20 percent are considered obese, meaning they have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater. Nationally, it is estimated that 35 percent of the adult population is overweight and 27 percent are consid ered obese. These national and state trends show obesity rates are steadily increasing.

The dangers of being overweight and obese are many and include developing adult onset diabe tes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, hyper tension, gout, joint deteriora-tion, and other chronic diseases. Ignoring a weight issue can lead to complications and be deadly, not to mention the physical limitations and psychological distress that overweight people often experience.

The Biggest Winner is a free, eight-week program and is designed to help partici-pants be successful by providing support, motivation and education. Partici pants will learn about living a healthy lifestyle for themselves and their families through

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“I’ve lost an additional 20 pounds, and I’ve even joined a local gym and I watch what I eat with help from the Weight Watchers program,” Brook said. “Biggest Winner was the jump-start I needed, and I’m determined to keep going and now I’m moving in the right direction.”

The Biggest Winner contest runs from May 9 through July 1, 2011, and contes-tants are required to attend one of the two kick-off events offered on Wed., April 27 or Tues., May 3 at St. Charles Community Col lege in the Daniel J. Conoyer Social Science Building Auditorium in Cot-tleville. At the kick-off event, contestants will choose their weekly weigh-in site, review the guidelines of the contest and participate in free blood pressure and total cholesterol with HDL screenings.

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• When choosing a plant, unless it is an annual, consider what it will look like in five years.

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• Twining vines simply need to wrap themselves around some kind of support, and sometimes, the gardener has to help the plant by guiding it up the support. This is the largest group of vines, and there are dozens that will thrive in the St. Louis area. Examples include Dutchman’s pipe, a vig-orous, sun-loving grower with 8-inch to 10-inch flowers; clematis, which like sun but need their roots in the shade; hyacinth bean vine, an old, heirloom plant that is very easy to start; cardinal climber and the rapid-growing cypress vine, both of which hummingbirds love; mandevilla (“the

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• Tendril vines twine but also have a tendril that can help the plant attach itself to a support. Examples include crossvine and passionflower vine, which are native to this area; sweet pea vine, which likes cool weather and provides great fragrance; porcelain vine; missionary bells; and grape vine.

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The Plants of Merit program began in 1998 and is a partnership of the Mis-souri Botanical Garden, Powell Gardens, Mizzou Botanic Garden, the University of Missouri Extension, Missouri Landscape & Nursery Association and Illinois Green Industry Association. The program aims to promote diversity in home gardening and emphasizes hardy, trouble-free plants.

To be nominated as a Plant of Merit, a plant must be easy to grow and maintain, grow consistently well in the region, be resistant to or tolerant of disease and insects, have outstanding ornamental value and be reasonably available for purchase.

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• Maple tree (Acer miyabei “Morton State Street”). A maple tree with an oval to rounded habit that grows 30 to 40 feet tall and is easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Thick foliage makes it a good shade tree.

• Wild ginger (Asarum canadense). A Missouri native spring wildflower, which occurs in rich woods and wooded slopes throughout the state. The stem-less plant features two heart-shaped to kidney-shaped dark green basal leaves.

• Pawpaw (Asimina triloba). A Missouri native small understory tree or large shrub, which typically grows 15 to 20 feet tall and occurs in low bottom woods, wooded slopes, ravines and along streams. Cup-shaped purple flowers appear in spring and give way to edible, oblong, yellowish green fruits that mature in early autumn.

• Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris susp. Cida var. flavescens “Bright Lights”). An annual leafy garden vegetable closely related to beets. It often is grown in borders or other garden areas for enjoyment of the contrast-ing colors of the leaf stalks, midribs and wrinkled green leaves.

• Ornamental pepper (Capsicum annuum “Purple Flash”). An herbaceous ornamental pepper most noted for its near black foli-age and accented with occasional flashes of bright purple or white and its tiny, jet-black

fruit. It grows vigorously in an upright, bushy mount. Leaves retain good color throughout the growing season.

• Turkish hazel tree (Corylus corlurna). A pyramidal tree that grows to 40 to 50 feet tall. The trunk is short with dense, horizon-tal, low branching. Leaves turn variable but unusual shades of yellow in the fall.

• Christmas rose perennial (Helleborus “Walhelivor” “Ivory Prince”). A bushy, clump-forming perennial that typically grows from 12 to 18 inches tall. It is noted for its burgundy pink flower buds, late winter bloom of creamy white flowers and glossy, leathery evergreen leaves.

• Hydrangea shrub (Hydrangea panicu-lata “Limelight”). A rapidly growing, somewhat coarsely textured deciduous shrub that typically grows from 8 to 15 feet tall. It features oval to ovate dark green leaves and upright, sharply pointed pyra-midal terminal panicles containing sterile white flowers that bloom late summer to early fall.

• Winterberry perennial (Ilex verticullata “Afterglow”). A female winterberry that typically matures from 3 to 6 feet tall. It is a compact selection that is smaller and denser than most other winterberry cul-tivars and is noted for its dense, heavy fruiting of orange-red berries, with good retention of fruit throughout the winter.

• Perennial (Liriope muscari “Royal Purple”). A lily turf cultivate most noted for its attractive grass-like foliage and deep purple flowers, which bloom slightly above the foliage atop upright stems in late summer.

• Magnolia tree (Magnolia “Butterflies”). Noted for its non-fading yellow flowers, late vegetative growth, compact pyramidal form and hardiness to both heat and cold. Flowers typically cover the tree with pro-fuse bloom for about seven to nine days.

• Raven dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides “Raven”). A coniferous tree that grows in a conical shape to 100

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BENEFITA benefit for 5-year-old Kera Thiele will

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CPR Training - Infant will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sat., April 16, at the St. Charles County Service Center located at 224 Mid Rivers Center in St. Peters. This course trains lay responders to recognize and respond to emergency situ-ations and care for life-threatening respi-ratory or cardiac emergencies in adults, children and infants. The cost is $59. Call 397-1074 or visit www.redcrossstl.org.

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Training (Adult) will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thurs., April 21, at the St. Charles County Service Center, 224 Mid Rivers Center in St. Peters. This course trains lay responders to recognize and respond to emergency situations and care for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in adults by providing care to help sustain life and minimize the con-sequences of injury or sudden illness until medical help arrives. The cost for this class is $60. To register, call 397-1074 or visit www.redcrossstl.org.

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A free showing of “Gnomeo and Juliet” will appear on the big screen at 8 p.m. on Sat., April 16, outside the technology build-ing at St. Charles Community College. For more information, call 922-8469 or email [email protected].

• • •Comedian David Dean will perform at

10:30 a.m. on Sun., April 17, at CrossHaven Church located in Prairie View Elementary School, 1550 Feise Road in O’Fallon. For more information, call 314-540-2005 or visit www.CrossHavenChurch.com.

• • •The 2011 Modesty Fashion Show will be

held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fri., April 29, at the Willott Road Christian Acad-emy Gymnasium, 1610 Willott Road in St. Peters. Admission is free. For more information, call 926-3595 or visit www.wrccca.org.

• • •Saint Charles Riverfront Arts sixth Spring

ArtWalk will be held from April 29 to May 1 along Historic Main Street in St. Charles. The ArtWalk will feature more than 30 juried artists from around the metro area, as well as musical entertainment and wine tasting opportunities. Proceeds from the event will benefit Saint Charles Riv-erfront Arts’ efforts to promote visual and

performing arts throughout the St. Charles community. For more information, email [email protected], or visit www.saintcharlesriverfrontarts.com.

• • •O’Fallon’s RSC Family Fun Fair will be

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• • •The fifth annual Baby Kid Expo will take

place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat., April 30, at the St. Charles Convention Center. The Missouri Children’s Identification and Program Protection (MoCHIP) will be providing free child ID Badges and a per-sonal information CD. The free event will also include various entertainment acts and speakers that will be featured throughout the day plus over 100 exhibitors from local companies. For more information, call 1-866-654-EXPO or visit www.babyki-dexpo.com.

• • •The fourth annual Uncorked – A Cause

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• • •The Fort Zumwalt East Booster Club

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• • •St. Louis County Greek Fest 2011, “A

Taste Of Greece From This Side Of The Atlantic” will be held from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., May 27-30, at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, 1755 Des Peres Road in Town & Country. Greek foods, live enter-tainment, church tours, activities for kids, a Greek market and more are featured. Visit www.stlgreekfest.com.

• • •Summer Horseshoe Leagues are now

being formed at Quail Ridge Park in Wentz-ville. Bring in a team or sign up to join a team. The summer league will be held on Wednesday evenings from May 4 to Aug. 17. For more information, call 441-7679.

• • •Harrah’s High Steaks BBQ Bash will

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• • •Team registrations are now being

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HEALTH SEMINARSA Brain Injury Support Group will be

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• • •Life After Breast Cancer will be held

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• • •ICD Support Group will be held at 6:30

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Golf tournament to benefit disabled athletes The Disabled Athlete Sports Association (DASA) will hold its annual charity golf

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Individual golfers and teams of four are encouraged to pre-register for the tour-nament. Individual registration is $125, team registration is $500. Tournament fees include 18 holes of play, golf cart, beer/soda, lunch, dinner, flight awards, and attendance prizes. Golfers can take advantage of other games and fun on the course, including hole gambling, $5 hugs, and swimming pool bull’s-eye, all for nominal donations. All proceeds will benefit DASA and the programs it hosts to support disabled athletes in the area. Tournament forms can be downloaded from www.dasasports.org.

“Kids want to be able to do what other kids do. DASA is the only organization in the Greater St. Louis Area that provides kids with physical and visual disabilities opportunities to participate in organized sports,” said Kelly Behlmann, executive director. “Our motto is ‘We Can Do,’ we don’t allow our kids to say ‘can’t.’”

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The average monthly rent in St. Louis is about 23 percent more than the average after-tax mortgage payment, which makes home-owning all the more attractive. Despite the fact that it now has among the most affordable homes in the nation, sales continue to slide here - down 12.7 per cent year-over-year in February.

The median price of a home also fell 11.7 percent between 2006 and 2010. “A rash of foreclosures and a weak market are making buyers nervous, but as grim as these numbers sound, what they also show

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Others in the top 10 include Memphis, Atlanta, Buffalo, Orlando, Rochester, Cleveland, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Jackson-ville and – believe it or not – Las Vegas.

There’s some concern that inflation will cause prices to begin rising. Historically, house prices tend to rise with inflation. On the other hand, last week’s release of the monthly Case-Shiller U.S. house price index shows a 3.1 percent year-over-year decline for January. The index of 20 big

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Everyone loves a sale, and who wouldn’t love Helmut Weber Construction’s inventory sale at Falcon Crest? Act quickly, since the builder has three beautiful homes ready for move-in, all at an unbelievable $50,000 off! Just imagine living in Helmut Weber’s best-selling McKinley two-story, with a walkout lower level, archways, custom shower, and features two numer-ous to list, all for $191,500! Also available are two Sierra ranch models, both with a covered deck and an additional deck, as well as a walkout lower level. And one of these great homes backs to densely wooded common ground. These homes are priced at an unbelievable $199,900 and $203,900. That’s not to mention the O’Fallon neighborhood itself, nestled in a beautiful wooded ridge with plenty of common ground, a pavilion, playground, walking trails, horseshoes and shuffleboard court. Visit www.hwcstl.com for informa-tion and directions.

There’s big news coming from Consort Homes, where the builder is marking its official entrée into Carlton Glen Estates, with the grand opening of four spectacular new display models on Saturday, April 16. Consort has purchased 300 homesites in the established Wentzville neighborhood on Hwy. Z directly south of Quail Ridge Park. The grand opening event will intro-duce home shoppers to two of Consort’s most successful design collections – the Heritage Series and the Hometown Series. A third product line is on the drawing boards and expected to be unveiled at Carl-ton Glen later this year. And if you haven’t already heard, Consort Homes is the only volume homebuilder in St. Louis quali-fied as 100 percent “green.” In addition, Community Sales Manager Sherry Conroy reports that customers purchasing during the pre-construction phase have been par-ticularly impressed by the large homesites and the privacy afforded by the exception-ally designed development plan, and three stunning market homes are available for prompt move-in. Best yet, prices at Car-lton Glen are grand opening priced from the $150’s to mid $200’s. For information, visit www.consort-homes.com or call 636-327-4390.

April 16 also is special day for Payne Family Homes, when the builder enters the Fenton area in a big way! That’s the day that sales open for Uthoff Valley, its much-anticipated community with majestic views, located in the AAA-rated Rockwood School District. Only 12 opportunities are available, so stop by Payne’s Ashton Woods in Eureka where you can see the fabulous Lifestyle II floor plans and reserve your Uthoff Valley homesite. But that’s not all the news at Payne Family Homes, where Vice President of Sales and Marketing Ed

Lott has been honored by the Home Build-ers Association’s Sales & Marketing Coun-cil with its prestigious Hugh Pettus Award for service for an unprecedented third consecutive year. Look for more great things from Payne Family Homes, which tripled its revenue in 2010 and is on track for another strong year. For information and directions on all of Payne’s sought-after locations throughout St. Charles and St. Louis Counties, visit www.paynefami-lyhomes.com.

If you’re 62 plus and looking for an incredible lifestyle, then be sure to visit Woodbury Place, O’Fallon, MO’s newest senior community. Woodbury Place is only a short distance to great shopping, dining and entertainment. Built with comfort in mind, the spacious two-bedroom, two-bath apartment villas include a full kitchen with all modern appliances, single-level living, private entry and a stacked washer and dryer. The wonderful community center offers a fitness room, computer library with high-speed internet and grilling area with covered patio. The common area of the community center provides the opportunity for all residents to meet and mingle, and to participate in social gatherings. With all this, it’s no wonder that the apartments are going quickly! Call 636-240-9210 today to arrange your private tour. Woodbury Place is located at 228 Woodbury Place Circle, O’Fallon, MO 63366.

Living at The Meadows of Wildwood by E-404 is as easy as 1, 2, 3 with its array of services for individuals 55 plus! So it’s no surprise that the community is half sold, with only 22 detached villa homes available. “We have wonderful homes-ites around the fishing lake, and a limited number backing to woods,” says E-404 President John Rooney. This amazing neighborhood of two- and three-bedroom villas in a premium Wildwood location circles a lake with 1,800 wooded acres and walking trails. That’s not to mention the incomparable services: bill pay; prescrip-tion assistance; lifestyle assistance, and health monitoring. The modest monthly association dues cover exterior mainte-nance, lawn care, snow removal, private street maintenance, free YMCA member-ship, use of the elegant clubhouse, selective meal service, personal emergency response system and trash collection. And there’s more! E-404 will break ground later this year on two independent living apartment buildings at The Meadows of Wildwood, both with one- and two-bedroom models, as well as underground parking. Ameni-ties will include a beauty salon, theater and eateries, with available transportation and meal services. For information, visit www.meadowsofwildwood.com. Stop by today to beat the price increase!

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“Lasagna, the spaghetti sauce and fresh tomato, garlic and olive oil sauce (Marissa Sauce) is what my mom used to make,” said Pulizzi, who learned that the first rule to cooking good food is to start fresh and to use the best ingredients. “That’s why a simple sauce like Marissa is so good – it’s made with the best ingredients.”

Cooking fresh with full-favored ingre-dients defines Erio’s’ cuisine, where the steaks are all-certified Angus, the fish is the freshest catch and the sauces are tradi-tionally prepared.

“We don’t skimp,” Pulizzi said. “The white sauce is made with 40-percent cream,

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That difference has made Erio’s a favor-ite St. Peter’s dining destination since it opened in 1991, featuring a menu of red and white pastas, traditional entrees, anti-pasti, salads, pizzas and desserts. The pastas are the menu headliner, including Capellini Alla Marissa – Pulizzi’s family recipe, featuring a fresh tomato and olive oil sauce – a true pleaser for tomato fans. Rigatoni Erio’s will satisfy heartier appe-tites with its blend of sliced Italian sausage, Roma and sun-dried tomatoes and red-chili flakes in a homemade marinara sauce.

White sauce specialties include Cavatelli Con Broccoli and Tortellini Alla Tricia, tossed with peas, prosciutto ham and fresh garlic with meat-stuffed tortellini. Rigatoni Carbonara, enrobed with Erio’s white Par-mesan cream sauce, is studded with crisp bacon and black olives.

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“We always have a fresh fish special – usually a Sicilian Seas Bass or Florida Grouper,” Pulizzi said. “During Lent, we’ve also had a Seafood Risotto. We also have steak and chop specials. Just call us and ask what are specials are for the day.”

Erio’s is renowned for its pizza, which is made using the original recipe from its previous Florissant location. Prepared in-house, dough is hand-tossed and topped to order. Pulizzi recommends the Erio’s Spe-cial, topped with sausage, bacon, pepper-oni, onion, mushroom, green pepper and mozzarella. Pizza Di Palermo is an origi-nal Italian style pie with no tomato sauce. Instead, the dough is brushed with olive oil and minced garlic and topped with bacon, fresh tomatoes and mozzarella.

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By Mary ann O’TOOle HOlleyNearly 6,000 miles away from her family

in Tokyo, Michiko Nohara-LeClair watches with worry as her homeland continues to struggle in the aftermath of the recent 9.0-magnitude earthquake and destructive tsunami.

Planned electricity blackouts “roll” through the country lasting about three hours each in Tokyo and other cities to help make up for the loss of power from key nuclear plants ravaged during the catastrophe. About 1.9 million house-holds are without electricity entirely, but many people are without even more basic necessities, Nohara-LeClair said. At least 1.4 million households have gone without water since the quake struck, and food aid has been slow in reaching many areas.

Lindenwood University has about 30 Japanese students on campus, and when destruction hit, Nohara-LeClair, other faculty, students and those from the Inter-national Office and Campus Y wanted to resolve at least some of the helplessness felt by Japanese students. So, they put their heads together and decided with all

the devastation shown on television, they would help raise funds for the American Red Cross Japan Relief in a positive way: by celebrating the beauty of Japan’s cul-ture.

“We were very concerned about the students and their immediate families. They are so far away from home,” Nohara-LeClair said. “I completely understand how lonely it can be when you’re so far away from home, and when things like this happen, it makes you feel so helpless. This is why we wanted the students to know we care and that they are not alone.”

From 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m., Friday, April 15, in the Spellman Center on the St. Charles Campus of Lindenwood Univer-sity will host demonstrations of Japanese cultural traditions, children’s activities and entertainment by some of the most talented Japanese artists in the St. Louis metropoli-tan area.

“The rare event is an opportunity for stu-dents and visitors to immerse themselves in the beauty of Japan,” said Nohara-LeClair, a professor of psychology and event organizer. “Our students, faculty and many members of the community who are participating are looking forward to shar-ing their skills and talents in hopes of help-

ing those dealing with the aftermath of the recent events.”

A special performance by the Tozan Ryu dance group, an annual participant at the Missouri Botanical Garden Japanese Festi-val, will kick off the evening with instruc-tional demonstrations of Japanese folk dance, Bon Odori.

The Gaku and Niji Japanese Choral Group will perform using traditional Japa-nese instruments with their sister group Niji, a group that sings a variety of differ-ent Japanese songs. Dr. Hiroshi Tada, a mechanical engineering professor at Wash-

ington University and an expert top spinner will also entertain. Tada is also a favorite at the annual Japan Festival at the Botanical Gardens.

“We hope everyone who attends has a wonderful time and gains some knowledge about Japanese culture that they may not have had before,” Nohara-LeClair said. “We hope it not only raises awareness of the struggles of those affected by the earth-quake and tsunami.”

Admission is free. Lindenwood Univer-sity is located at 1050 1st Capitol Dr. in St. Charles, about one-half mile north of I-70.

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