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When a 1942 Supreme Court decision that most people never heard of makes the front page of the New York Times in 2012, you know that something unusual is going on.

What makes that 1942 case – Wick-ard v. Filburn – important today is that it stretched the federal government’s power so far that the Obama administration is using it as an argument to claim before today’s Supreme Court that it has the legal authority to impose ObamaCare mandates on individuals.

Roscoe Filburn was an Ohio farmer who grew some wheat to feed his family and some farm animals. But the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture fined him for growing more wheat than he was allowed to grow under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, which was passed under Congress’ power to regulate interstate commerce.

Filburn pointed out that his wheat wasn’t sold, so that it didn’t enter any commerce, interstate or otherwise. Therefore the fed-eral government had no right to tell him how much wheat he grew on his own farm, and which never left his farm.

The Tenth Amendment to the Constitu-tion says that all powers not explicitly given to the federal government belong to the states or to the people. So you might think that Filburn was right.

But the Supreme Court said otherwise. Even though the wheat on Filburn’s farm never entered the market, just the fact that “it supplies a need of the man who grew it which would otherwise be reflected by purchases in the open market” meant that it affected interstate commerce. So did the fact that the home-grown wheat could potentially enter the market.

The implications of this kind of reason-ing reached far beyond farmers and wheat. Once it was established that the federal government could regulate not only inter-state commerce itself, but anything with any potential effect on interstate commerce, the Tenth Amendment’s limitations on the powers of the federal government virtually disappeared.

Over the years, “interstate commerce” became magic words to justify almost any expansion of the federal government’s power, in defiance of the Tenth Amendment. That is what the Obama administration is depending on to get today’s Supreme Court to uphold its power to tell people that they

have to buy the particular health insurance specified by the federal government.

There was consternation in 1995 when the Supreme Court ruled that carrying a gun near a school was not interstate com-merce. That conclusion might seem like only common sense to most people, but it was a close 5-to-4 decision, and it sparked outrage when the phrase “interstate com-merce” failed to work its magic in justifying an expansion of the federal government’s power.

The 1995 case involved a federal law forbidding anyone from carrying a gun near a school. The states all had the right to pass such laws, and most did, but the issue was whether the federal government could pass such a law under its power to regulate interstate commerce.

The underlying argument was similar to that in the 1942 case of Wickard v. Fil-burn: School violence can affect education, which can affect productivity, which can affect interstate commerce.

Since virtually everything affects virtu-ally everything else, however remotely, “interstate commerce” can justify virtually any expansion of government power by this kind of sophistry.

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No doubt people who are tired or drowsy are more likely to run through a red light than people who are rested and alert. But does that mean that local governments should have the power to order people when to go to bed and when to get up, because their tiredness can have an effect on the likelihood of their driving through a red light?

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Federal benefit paymentsto the editor:

Have you noticed: your Social Security check is now referred to as a “Federal Ben-efit Payment?”

This is another example of what some current political candidates called “treason in high places!” Remember, not only did you contribute to Social Security but your employer did too. It totaled 15 percent of your income before taxes. If you averaged only $30,000 per year, over your working life, that’s close to $220,500.

If you calculate the future value of $4,500 per year – yours and your employer’s con-tribution – at a simple 5 percent – less than what the government pays on the money that it borrows, – after 49 years of work-ing you’d have $892,919.98. If you took out only 3 percent per year, you’d receive $26,787.60 per year and it would last better than 30 years – until you’re 95 if you retire at age 65 – and that’s with no interest paid on that final amount on deposit! If you bought an annuity and it paid 4 percent per year, you’d have a lifetime income of $2,976.40 per month.

The folks in Washington have pulled off a bigger Ponzi scheme than Bernie Mad-hoff. Our Social Security benefits are not some kind of charity handout. But they are used as such. ...The U.S. is going broke and can’t help our own seniors, veterans, orphans and homeless. But in the last few months we have provided aid to Haiti, Chile, Turkey, and Pakistan to the sums of billions of dollars. Our retired seniors living on a “fixed income” receive no aid nor do they get any breaks while our gov-ernment and religious organizations pour hundreds of tons of food and goods to for-eign countries.

They call Social Security and Medicare an entitlement even though most of us have been paying for it all our working lives. Now, when it’s time for us to collect, the government is running out of money. Why did the government ever borrow from it in the first place? If they had not, there would be more money than could ever be spent or given to recipients. This relates directly to our ridiculous out-of-control national defi-cit. We are broke, but our astute leadership keeps giving it away!

When are the American people, regard-less of income class, going to demand a stop be put to give-aways and demand our government provide assistance to our own? When are we going to replace the current leadership and place people in offices to work for the American people and not spe-cial interest and foreign countries?

American citizens and especially people coming close to retirement and recent retir-ees should truly act accordingly come elec-tion day.

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to the editor:Oil companies – Exxon, Conoco-Phillips,

etc. – have a vested interested in a Repub-lican presidential win in November. Why? Republicans give them big tax breaks and huge subsidies. High gas prices hurt the economic recovery that we are having. A good recovery helps Obama get re-elected. No recovery, no job growth, Republicans win – oil companies win. A good reason to

“boost” gasoline prices! Robert RechtCreve Coeur

U.S. Intervention in Syriato the editor:

The sympathetic drum beat increases almost daily for US intervention in Syria. The need to save and democratize the world is the rationale provided by those trumpeting the call to act, but let me ask one question. One question that has yet to be asked or answered by any politician or commentator agitating for U.S. action, some – sadly, too few – whose military experience should cause them to know better. One simple question. Then what?

Maybe our European allies, located much closer to Syria, have answered that question and have yet to step forward.

I would follow this question with another to each person advocating involvement. Which son, daughter, nephew, niece, or other family member are you willing to sacrifice for this cause? Until they have some real skin-in-the-game it’s easy to ask others to do the dirty work.

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Algae and LEDsto the editor:

What do algae and LEDs have in common? More than one might suspect.

LEDs or light emitting diodes produce energy in the form of light. I first became acquainted with what was one of the first

LEDs when I went to work for General Electric’s Lighting Division in 1966. During a sales meeting we were shown an LED and told this was the future of light-ing. What we were shown was a small, about two-thirds the size of a pencil eraser, metal can with a lens on one end.

Squinting, I looked through the lens and observed a tiny square that was producing a faint yellow light. The future of lighting? I was incredulous.

Some 45 years later what was said about LEDs being the future of lighting has come to pass. The federal government has man-dated that LEDs are to replace both incan-descent and fluorescent lighting in the near future – 100-watt incandescent lights are now history.

High pressure sodium, mercury vapor, and metal halide lights are currently used to light our streets and highways. Retail stores and commercial establishments also use these forms of lighting. I have been informed that in three years these will no longer be available to be purchased and will have to be replaced by LED lighting. Transitions to LED lighting are already being planned.

What is worth noting is that during the 40-plus years of research and development that has proceeded perfection of LEDs for use in applications that require lighting large areas no one suggested that produc-tion of incandescent and fluorescent light-ing be curtailed. To have done so would have had an unimaginably adverse impact on our nation’s economy, social fabric and security.

So what does my LED anecdote have to do with algae?

Just this – from among other seemingly impetuous ideas in his bag of Pollyannaish political proposals Obama has suggested that algae is yet another alternate source of energy to replace fossil fuels. Furthermore, he proudly proclaimed that we can grow algae here in the United States. True, but as columnist Charles Krauthammer noted on FOX News, algae is ubiquitous in that it grows everywhere on earth.

But I digress a bit.Assuming algae would sometime in the

future become an alternate form of energy that could replace fossil fuels, then what?

Until that time will Mr. Obama continue his obstructionist ideology which forbids opening federal lands to drilling for new sources of oil and natural gas?

I have no problem with responsible research that seeks to develop alternatives to fossil fuels. However, you will recall I pointed out earlier that it took over 40

years of research and development before the LED could rightly begin to replace the incandescent light bulb.

As a nation we cannot afford to continue to stifle exploration for new sources of domestic oil and natural gas while wait-ing 30 years, 40 years or possibly longer to develop fossil fuel alternatives such as algae.

John R. StoefflerBallwin

Society of Illusions to the editor:

Growing up is hard for everyone, espe-cially teenagers. Braces, acne and geeky looks are not what every teen is excited about. Teens become lost and confused, so they put their energy into their appearance. The morality of their judgment changes explicitly, and they drown themselves in vanity.

The media have taught the youth of our society that they must meet certain expec-tations. It’s not acceptable for teens to be gawky. Girls must be at least 5’11 and 110 pounds and guys have to be 6’1 and 145 pounds, or so the media says based upon its current modeling criteria.

Teens think they need to change their looks in order to be accepted into society. Society’s standard compels teens to eat, dress and act certain ways in order to fit in. Failure isn’t an option in the eyes of teen-agers, but even the corrupted media is not at all perfect.

Magazines use photoshopping, airbrush-ing, and other computer programs to make the standards “perfect.” Consumers in our own area are determined to be in the “in crowd,” no matter what the cost. If we keep this up, natural beauty will only be a myth.

Many teens are depressed, anorexic and loathe who they are on the outside. The thing that should matter is who they are on the inside, not the outside. We believe that kids should start to accept themselves for who they are and stop being influenced by the media. Teens need to boost their self-esteem by focusing their energy on other things such as volunteering.

We can accept ourselves once we take charge and make a difference in the lives of others. Don’t fixate on appearances; focus on your actions. In the words of Kahlil Gibran, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.”

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According to Harvard research on a study from the Organization for Eco-nomic Cooperation and Development, the United States has the highest college dropout rate in the industrialized world. According to the report, just 56 percent of students who begin a bachelor’s degree program obtain a degree within six years. Only 29 percent who begin a two-year program finish within three years.

That being said, a college degree appears to be more important to sus-taining employment than ever before. The Harvard study points out that high school graduates make up just 41 percent of the U.S. workforce, down more than 30 percent in the last 40 years. The new jobs that our economy has cranked out over the last four decades demand a post-secondary education.

All those statistics lead to a relatively obvious conclusion: Our educational system is failing to develop the human capital needed to sustain our economy. Put another way, our schools are produc-ing the wrong product.

Nearly two-thirds of people who do not obtain a post-secondary degree claim some form of economic pressure as the primary reason. Our university system places many of our young people into a financial distress that they can never escape, due, at least in part, to their inability to afford college in the first place. It is a vicious cycle of economic uncertainty.

How did we get here? Colleges and universities tend to pride themselves on being timeless institutions, which can lead to a staid culture with reluctance to change. Think about the changes through-out the rest of our society. According to Peter Diamandis’ recent book “Abun-dance,” the collected devices on a cell-phone today (GPS, digital camera, voice recorders, etc) would have cost tens of thousands of dollars just one decade ago. That same cellular device can access more information in seconds than existed in all the country’s libraries 40 years ago.

College used to be the preeminent place for an American to access knowl-edge.

Today, Google is far more effective. Our institutes of higher learning are fail-ing to change at near the rate of the world around them.

According to Diamandis, assuming

that the growth rate of technological change continues at its current pace, within the next decade the information a first-year college student receives will be antiquated by the time they are in their third year. It is time right now for college 2.0.

Several recent reports suggest that the critical skills our children need are a far cry from reading, writing and arithmetic. According to a report from the Institute for the Future, the most-needed skills for students scheduled to graduate in 2020 will be:

Sense-making – determining deeper • meaning or significance of what’s being expressedSocial intelligence – connecting to • others and sensing stimulation reac-tionsNovel and adaptive thinking – think-• ing and coming up with creative solutionsCross-cultural competency – operat-• ing in different cultural settingsComputational thinking – translating • vast amounts of data into abstract concepts and understanding data-based reasoningNew media literacy – leveraging, • critically assessing and developing content using new media formsTransdisciplinarity – understanding • concepts across multiple disciplines

Are our schools prepared to offer most, or any, of these information age skills? Can these stoic institutions adapt at any-where near the needed speed?

There is a famous business analogy that seems apt here: At one time, rail-road companies were glowing examples of American ingenuity. Unfortunately, these heady successes led the compa-nies to believe they were in the railroad business, instead of the transportation business. The latter category thrives to this day, while the former has become a dinosaur. American Express, initially a delivery service, realized they were in the transaction business and survives today.

Similarly, our colleges and universities need to understand that they are not in the post-secondary education business. Rather, they are in the learning busi-ness – and that can prove to be a difficult lesson.

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early retirement of $3,430,000 in TIF Bonds due to be paid in 2018 and distribution of $1,175,495 in TIF Funds from 2011 to the various taxing jurisdictions. This is the 10th year in which the performance of the shop-ping center has allowed the city to make an accelerated debt service payment and to dis-tribute excess revenues to taxing jurisdic-tions from the West County Center project.

“The overall performance of West County Center has been strong and allows the city to honor its commitments to the taxpayers

to pay down the bonds as quickly as pos-sible and its promise to the school chil-dren to pass-thru funding to the school districts annually. To date, we have retired $15,125,000 in bonds early putting the city in the position to fully pay down the TIF in 2013. We have passed through nearly $6 million to other taxing jurisdictions with the primary beneficiary being the Kirkwood School District ... with another $1 million going to the Special School District .... This project remains a win-win for the region, for Des Peres and the Kirkwood schools,” said Mayor Rick Lahr.

ELLISVILLE

City of Ellisville Music FestivalMozingo Music, in cooperation with the

city of Ellisville is hosting its First Annual Music Festival on April 14, from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the Bluebird Park Amphithe-ater. Entertainment will be provided by Modulation Z Percussion Ensemble, OZ Jazz Quartet, Mozingo Bluegrass Band, Go On Red Youth Band, Mozingo Music All Star Band, and Lafayette High School String Ensemble. For more information, call 227-7508.

MANCHESTER

Meth Lab explodesThe Manchester Police Department

at 9:04 p.m. on March 29 received a call

about a fire at 1105 Holgate Drive.Police said the call came out for a small

fire, and when they got there, they discov-ered there had been an explosion and three people at the house had been cooking meth.

The owner of the house tried to put out the fire out in the basement and ended up going to St. Clare Hospital for minor burns, according to police.

Police said there was a mini-explosion in the house was due to the mix of chemicals.

“When you mix up chemicals and it doesn’t go right, there is usually an explo-sion and then there’s a fire,” police said. “A lot of heat is involved when the chemicals get mixed together. If you don’t know what you’re doing, the fumes can be lethal.”

Police said the drug unit came and removed all the hazardous material from the house.

“But it’s the same material you can buy at Walmart,” police said. “It’s just mixing them together that makes them a hazard.”

Police said the house is condemned and that two males, 32 and 35, and one female, 46, were arrested and charged. Warrants will be applied. The charges included intent to distribute/manufacture dangerous drugs, negligent burning or exploding, and third-degree assault.

Heartsaver CPR and AED trainingThe city of Ellisville’s Department of

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Spring Tennis LessonsThe city of Ellisville Department of Parks

and Recreation is offering spring tennis les-sons on Mondays and Wednesdays, April 16-May 9 at Bluebird Park. Lessons are from 5-9 p.m. and cost is $57 for Ellisville residents and $62 for non-residents. Les-sons are designed for all ages and abilities. To register, call 227-7508.

WILDWOOD

Pool tax updateThe Wildwood City Council on March

26 voted to hire R.J. Schurr & Associates, professional legislative lobbyists in Jeffer-son City, to track any legislation regarding the St. Louis County Sales Tax distribution formula.

R.J. Schurr & Associates is the same firm that represented Wildwood and three other local governments in the past year to help prevent legislation to alter the pool tax.

The city is joining with five other cities that share the same interests in the matter, including Webster Groves, University City, Florissant, Clarkson Valley and Greendale. Together, the cities will collectively engage the lobbying firm.

The total consulting fees for the service will cost $15,000, which will be allocated between the participating cities. Wild-wood’s share would not exceed $3,375.

“It would certainly be in the city’s best interest to participate in this effort,” said Dan Dubruiel, city administrator.

He said the last he heard, the bill had a sponsor and was being introduced into leg-islation. “Consequently, we’re hoping that sometime during the course of this week, the bill will be introduced into the session and we’ll have an opportunity to decide just how strongly we want to endorse it.”

Intern for hireThe Wildwood City Council on March

26 voted to work with Focus St. Louis to hire an intern to conduct a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory to better understand its role and impact in the overall St. Louis region.Focus St. Louis would fund the intern through a grant it received, which

would lead to no charges for the city.The action does not require the city to

proceed forward with phase two of its Comprehensive Sustainability Plan that it has been discussing but instead allows it to take advantage of an opportunity and save up to $8,000 through current grant funding sources available for Focus St. Louis.

Newly appointedThe Wildwood City Council on March

26 unanimously appointed Arnie Sprunger (Ward 1) to the Board of Ethics as an alter-nate for a one-year term.

“Local government really does impact us all,” Sprunger said. “As a result of that, I appreciate the hard work that each Council member puts in, and I understand it’s a lot of work and a lot of time. There’s a time when it’s appropriate to volunteer and be a part of the process, so I’m here to be a part of that process.”

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Pitch, Hit and RunThe Ballwin, Chesterfield, Ellisville and

Manchester Parks and Recreation Depart-ments are presenting the PEPSI Pitch, Hit and Run program for children ages 7-14 on Saturday, April 28 at 10 a.m. at the Ches-terfield Valley Athletic Complex (rain date Saturday, May 5 at 10 a.m.).

Participants will participate in divi-sions for both baseball and softball. This program is designed to provide area youth with the opportunity to participate at no cost in a competition that recognizes indi-vidual excellence in core baseball skills. All participants will showcase their pitch-ing, hitting and running abilities. The boys baseball and girls softball divisions will both have the opportunity to advance from the local competition to Sectionals, Team Championships, and then to National Finals at the 2012 All-Star Game.

The cost is free and pre-registration is not required. Registration will take place the day of the event and a copy of your child’s birth certificate must be presented at the time of registration. For additional information, call 227-7508.

CORRECTIONS:In a cutline on page 16 of the March 28

West Newsmagazine, Lee Presser, executive producer of local television show “Conver-sations with Lee Presser,” was mistakenly identified as Tom Gibbons.

In the “Ellisville postpones Walmart TIF vote” article on page 14 of the March 28 West Newsmagazine, the square footage of the proposed Walmart was listed as 150 square feet, it should have been 150,000 square feet.

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By SARAH WILSONBarat Academy announced on March

28 that it is purchasing the Chesterfield campus it had moved to in the fall of 2011. The final paperwork and closing are scheduled for April 11.

Barat currently is serving students from 27 ZIP code areas in St. Louis County, St. Charles County and Warren County.

Michael Wade, director of admissions, said he is excited “because now we have a place to call home.”

“It’s just exciting because we have a lot of students from St. Charles, and we’re going to hold onto that,” Wade

said. “We were put there to help that area with a private, independent Catho-lic school.

The economy turned and we had to relocate, but we’re still going to hold onto our friends in St. Charles. We’re also looking forward to making new friends in Chesterfield and get new stu-dents out of the area as well.”

Debby Watson, Barat president, said the campus facilities are “just what we need, a great facility and campus where we can follow our mission while we attract more students. Our plan is to grow our enrollment and deepen our service to the community.”

In addition to its announcement, Barat also celebrated its new partnership with the Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Barat opened in 2007 in Dardenne Prairie in St. Charles County and was forced to relocate in 2011 when the school’s primary lender, Premier Bank, failed and the FDIC took control of its assets. The bank’s failure resulted in the FDIC owning 68 percent of the Barat campus and Enterprise Bank owning the rest. After months of unsuccessful attempts to negotiate with the FDIC to buy the property it had been leasing, the school in July 2011 was evicted from its

St. Charles location. “It was a forced move,” said Michael

Wade, Barat’s director of admissions. “We really did not want to leave St. Charles, but being an independent, Catholic private school, our funds are limited.”

Now, it appears that the school has settled in at 17815 Wild Horse Creek Road in Chesterfield and is moving forward. Prospective students and their families are invited and encouraged to attend an open house and briefing for the 2012-13 school year from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on April 18 and can learn more at baratacademy.org.

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By SARAH WILSONThe Chesterfield City Council, at its

March 26 meeting, approved site devel-opment, landscape and lighting plans and architectural elevations for Chesterfield Outlets, one of two proposed outlet malls the city is considering.

Plans for the Chesterfield Outlets, pro-posed by developer T-O Ventures LLC, include a 472,282-square-foot retail devel-opment along North Outer 40 Road, west of the existing ice skating rink and across the highway from the Chesterfield Com-mons area.

Councilmember Barry Flachsbart (Ward1) was the only one who voted against the site plan.

“I voted against the plan because I didn’t think it was the best they could do,” Flachs-bart said. “There seemed to be too many buildings and too much crowded into too little of a space. That was the first issue.

“The second issue is that if you go down the levee trail – one of our really critical things in Chesterfield, one of our outstand-ing positive things in Chesterfield – you are just staring at the back side of the buildings, one after another. It’s not a good view from the golf trail.”

The third issue he said was parking.“I’m not denying the project,” Flachsbart

said. “It’s a vote for or against the site plan and finding the appropriate way to put that project together.”

Also on March 26, the city’s Plan-ning Commission unanimously voted to approve site development concept, con-ceptual landscape and conceptual lighting

plans for the other proposed outlet mall project, the Chesterfield Blue Valley. The plan, proposed by developers Simon Prop-erties and Blue Valley LLC/Woodmont Development, includes a 390,000-square-foot retail development on the north side of Olive Street Road, west of the intersection. The project will go to the City Council at an upcoming meeting.

Aimee Nassif, Planning and Develop-ment Services director, said each project is looked at separately and approved by the City Council based on its individual merits.

“It’s not a matter of choosing one or the other,” she said. “We’re very excited to have people wanting to build here, espe-cially in the economy and market we’re in, so this is a fantastic problem to have.

Both projects have potential and have good points to them so we will see what happens at the end of the day.”

Libbey Malberg-Tucker, assistant city administrator for Community Services and Economic Development, said financing would play an important part in each of the projects.

“My personal belief is that the market will determine whether one of both of them can go or not and we’re not omniscient,” Flachsbart said.

“We just want to make sure that whatever is put up is really good. We will perhaps have one or two or no outlet malls, and it’ll be up to the market to decide whether any of them go forward, but we want to see really good plans for the plans that are presented.”

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The United States Attorney’s Office on March 23 announced that David Rubin, of Chesterfield, employee and operator of two local offices of Coral Mortgage Bank-ers Corporation, was sentenced to five years probation, six months home confine-ment, 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $1.2 million.

According to court documents, between May 2007 and December 2010, Rubin and co-defendant Joshua Gould, of University City, embezzled approximately $1.5 mil-lion from a retired individual solicited by Rubin to provide funds for operating capital for Coral’s St. Louis operations. The indi-vidual was assured that the funds would not be spent, would be held in a secure trust account, used only as collateral for Coral’s operations and that the individual would receive regular interest payments.

Between May 2007 and December 2008,

the client provided Rubin approximately $1.2 million from his and his wife’s life savings. Despite his representations that the funds would not be spent, Rubin used approximately $250,000 of the funds for operating expenses, including payment of his own salary.

Rubin transferred the balance of the funds to Gould, who used those funds for personal expenses, including car payments, mort-gage payments, payment of credit card bills, the renovation of his personal residence, jewelry and adult entertainment. Gould also used the money to finance several business ventures including The Sports Nook, True Hockey and Free Poker Experience.

Gould and Rubin prepared and gave the individual victim false account state-ments, and $217,123 in his Family Charity Fund, when in fact all of the funds had been embezzled, diverted and stolen by Gould and Rubin.

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By KATE UPTERGROVEChesterfield resident Tom Blubaugh

was startled awake by the ringing of his home phone. It was about 5 a.m. After he answered, someone said, “Hi, Grandpa.”

“I was just waking up, but I thought the caller sounded like my grandson, so I said, ‘Ben, are you OK?’”

The caller answered, “No. I’m not.” Then he began to weave a tale that seemed plausible, especially at 5 a.m. He claimed to be in New York, near Niagara Falls, and in trouble with Homeland Security.

“He said he needed $2,700 by 7 a.m. to avoid being put in jail,” Blubaugh explained. “He even let me talk with a man who identified himself as an agent with Homeland Security.”

Still Blubaugh wasn’t wholly convinced. He had his wife and daughter listen in on the conversation. They agreed that the caller sounded like Ben.

Blubaugh asked for a call back number and when he called back it rang through to “Homeland Security.” After a series of transfers, he was reconnected with the “agent” he had talked to previously.

The caller posing as Ben convinced Blubaugh that he couldn’t call his parents because his dad had been having heart problems. It was plausible.

Even the fact that he claimed to be near Niagara Falls was plausible. After all, the real Ben lived just six hours away from Niagara Falls, so a trip with friends was plausible.

Like any concerned grandfather, Blubaugh was waiting when the bank opened. He wired $2,700 via Western Union and confirmed the transactions with several more calls to “Homeland Security.”

When he was told that an additional $1,500 was needed, Blubaugh told the caller he’d have to call back. Then, he called his daughter-in-law. He knew he had been scammed when she said, “Ben’s right here. Do you want to talk to him?”

“It was a tough lesson to learn, but it could have been worse,” Blubaugh said.

Every day, all across the country, well-educated, intelligent people of all ages get scammed.

Last month the Federal Trade Commis-sion-Midwest Region halted a California-based operation that the FTC alleges was scamming consumers by collecting on phantom payday loan debts that the con-sumers did not owe.

In the case of Jan Marie Dejulies the debt belonged to her soon-to-be-ex-husband, but the collection agency called Dejulies at the university where she worked, threat-ened police action if she did not make arrangements that day to settle the loan,

and threatened to involve her employer. When the collection agency provided per-sonal data, including her daughter’s birth-date and school, Dejulies felt she had no other options.

“In hindsight,” Dejulies said, “I can stop and question, ‘would they really send the police to arrest me?’ But the caller had a badge number, a loan number and I didn’t want to be arrested, have my wages gar-nished, or my credit or child affected.”

Today Dejulies is working with the FTC to help prevent similar scams from harming other families. Blubaugh, too, is cautioning all who will listen. And along with them C. Steven Baker, director of the FTC-Midwest Region suggests the following:

• Don’t pay a debt you don’t owe.• Know your rights. Debt collectors

cannot send the police to arrest you. It is also illegal for debt collectors to call your employer or threaten you with either pos-sibility. Debt collectors must provide writ-ten verification of a debt before you have to pay it.

The FTC website, ftc.gov, further warns:• Hold on to your money. Scammers

pressure people to wire money through commercial money transfer companies because wiring money is the same as send-ing cash. When the money’s gone, there’s very little chance of recovery.

• Realize that phone numbers can deceive. Some con artists use Internet technology to call you. It allows them to disguise their area code. Although it may look like they’re calling from your local area, they could be calling from anywhere in the world.

• Ask the caller for his name, company, street address, and telephone number. If a caller refuses to give you all of this infor-mation, hang up.

• Do not give the caller personal finan-cial or other sensitive information. Never give out or confirm personal financial or other sensitive information like your bank account, credit card, or Social Security number unless you know with whom you are dealing. Scam artists can use your infor-mation to commit identity theft – charging your existing credit cards; opening new credit card, checking, or savings accounts; writing fraudulent checks; or taking out loans in your name.

• Contact your creditor. If the debt is legitimate – but you think the collector may not be – contact your creditor about the calls. Find out who, if anyone, the creditor has authorized to collect the debt. Report the call. Contact the FTC and your state Attorney General’s office with information about suspicious callers.

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By JIM ERICKSONThe Monarch Fire Protection District

Board of Directors and Local 2665 of the International Association of Fire Fighters have negotiated a new collective bargain-ing agreement (CBA) that will extend through 2013.

Plans originally called for the pact to be discussed and voted on at a March 15 Mon-arch Board meeting, but a glitch in prepar-ing and posting the agenda for that session caused directors to delay final action until April 5.

While there was no action on the new contract, director comments during the brief discussion on March 15 provided a glimpse of some key provisions. Among other things, the agreement:

• includes no increase in base salaries or other salary provisions such as longevity pay

• scales back vacation days of fire fight-ers with 25 years or more of service from 18 shift days to 15

Board Secretary Steven Swyers said 28 Monarch employees are affected by the vacation days change, and that other employees will have the schedule for earn-ing vacation days stretched out.

While base salaries have remained con-stant for six years – including the original three-year period of the current contract, a one-year extension that covered 2011 and the two-year period of the new agreement – overtime pay has skyrocketed. In pre-vote remarks, Swyers identified that issue as one the Board must address to meet the district’s scaled-back 2012 budget.

According to Swyers, overtime hours increased from 1,350 hours in 2006 to some 13,000 hours through the first 11 months of 2011. Those hours cost the district some $650,000, he said, which is a major share of the $1 million directors must save, com-pared with last year, to make the 2012 budget a reality.

Two contributors to the need for over-time were increases in sick time and work-er’s compensation days, Swyers continued.

Sick leave hours have more than doubled, from 6,200 in 2006 to 13,000 in 2011, while worker’s comp time has more than tripled, from 3,500 hours to 11,100, during the same period.

“We need to look at those issues and deal with them,” Swyers stated. “I was pleased with the firefighters’ attitude toward the problems we face. There definitely has been a feeling of collaboration between the Board, senior officers and the rank and file on these issues.”

The Board recently has approved a light duty program designed to bring employ-ees back to work more quickly from the off-duty, worker’s comp roster. Similarly, Monarch directors have started a “con-stant-manning” schedule whose stated goal is to minimize overtime while assuring that essential work assignments are filled.

Constant-manning critics say the prac-tice tends to inflate overtime needs, but Swyeres maintains the program has been working well.

Swyers said the new contract also calls for giving employees “an extra day off or two at the discretion of management” as an incentive for not using sick leave as well as changes in other pay such as the yearly clothing allowance that has remained the same for a number of years.

Board Treasurer Robin Harris noted that he is concerned about the cumulative paid time off a Monarch firefighter potentially has with vacation time, sick leave, personal days and other time off. He did not say if his concerns mean he will oppose the new agreement.

Swyers said everyone could find parts of the contract they don’t like but that the overall document represents a “fair and reasonable” agreement for the district and Monarch taxpayers.

The original March 15 agenda did not include the new agreement among topics for consideration. A revised agenda posted later listed the CBA, and Board President Kim Evans made a motion to approve the contract.

However, Harris urged that “in the inter-est of transparency” the Board not vote on the issue at that session because anyone seeing the original agenda would not have known the contract was going to be dis-cussed and acted on.

After discussion on whether the Board could legally bring up and vote on an issue not on the original agenda, Evans withdrew her motion in favor of a Board consensus to wait until the April 5 meeting. The Board was unable to get a legal opinion on the question because Charles Billings, Mon-arch legal counsel, was not at the meeting.

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By SARAH WILSONWildwood wants more time to decide

what to do about issuing any permits that would allow any large water features. The Wildwood City Council on March 26 unan-imously voted to extent its nine-month moratorium.

The discussion started when Wildwood resident Dale Hughes applied for a permit to build a 12-acre lake on his property, which caused a stir among some city offi-cials and residents. He had requested per-mission to put in a private, recreational lake by adding a roughly 30-foot dam to Wild Horse Creek.

Given the complexity of the situa-tion, limited amount of information and the fact that some Wildwood residents had expressed opposition to the request because of dangers of a possible breach and a disruption to nature and the exist-ing water supply, the City Council in June 2011 passed a resolution delaying, for at least nine months, zoning for any large

water features to give staff time to consider improvements to the review process.

Resident David Ferman said he lives downstream from the proposed creek and that it would endanger his family, his prop-erty and the city’s natural resources.

“Wild Horse Creek lends its name to many of the features we have in the city of Wildwood and the city of Chesterfield,” Ferman said. “We would not want to see that lost by damning up a creek to make a 13-acre, 35-feet lake. You can never guarantee the safety of the community by building that.”

During the moratorium, the city’s Plan-ning and Public Works department has been working on a draft process for water features of this nature and has presented the process to the Planning/Economic Devel-opment/Parks Committee for its input and recommendation.

The moratorium, which was to expire on March 27, was extended to the end of April.

Wildwood prolongs moratorium on zoning for large water features

By JIM ERICKSON Although the parade that has been a tradi-

tional part of the annual Ballwin Days cel-ebration won’t be held this year, the event’s popular carnival rides and fireworks again will be part of the June 1-3 celebration.

That was assured when the Ballwin Board of Aldermen approved two staff rec-ommendations at its March 26 meeting.

J&M Displays of Yarmouth, Iowa, received the contract for fireworks displays with an amount not to exceed $10,000. Miller Spectacular Shows of Greenbrier, Ark., was awarded the contract for rides and attractions.

The decision to cancel the parade was made due to road work and related traffic issues. Ballwin Days festivities are held at Vlasis Park.

As part of the festivities, city leaders will once again recognize an outstanding Ball-win senior citizen.

Residents are encouraged to nominate their favorite senior, age 75 or older, for the 2012 Outstanding Senior Award. Nominees must have resided in the city of Ballwin for at least 25 years. A written statement of how the nominee has helped make the Ballwin community a better place is required.

The selected senior will be announced at Ballwin Days and receive a gift certificate to a Ballwin restaurant.

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Sexual dysfunction a� ects many people for a variety of reasons, including hypertension, diabetes, and cancer, often resulting in sex not being a positive experience for you and your partner. Learn more about the reasons

for sexual dysfunction and why you are not alone. You and your partner are invited to come and listen as a Washington University urologist explains why sexual dysfunction occurs in both men and women and treatment options available today. � e event is free, but registration is required.

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Individuals su� ering from chronic pain often reach a point where activities and hobbies become limited. Fortunately, there is a solution: Prolotherapy/PRP treatments. Prolotherapy/PRP is a safe, natural, non-surgical treatment for conditions of varying severity and duration. � ese treatments are designed to strengthen soft tissue ligaments or tendons around joints, making the joints and treated areas stronger and more stable. � ey have the potential to help throughout

the body for many di� erent problems and in most cases, will work in conjunction with normal exercises and activities of daily living. After the lecture you will have an opportunity to learn from a YMCA health and wellness expert about bene� cial exercises than can improve your overall health and well being. � e event is free, but registration is required.

Skin Cancer ScreeningSaturday, May 12, 2012 • 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.Go to Barnesjewishwestcounty.org for more information.

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By JIM ERICKSONA seemingly routine agenda item resulted

in a prolonged discussion and action by the Ballwin Board of Aldermen to rescind building code measures it had approved almost four months ago. The vote at the March 26 meeting was unanimous, as were the original votes in late November.

The end result is that Ballwin now is back to earlier versions of requirements affect-ing residential and other types of building construction in the city while the Board and staff ponder alternatives on how best to update the codes.

While the length of the most recent code discussion and the number of alternatives discussed make the issue’s ultimate out-come unclear, Ballwin officials may opt for updates matching those of other nearby jurisdictions.

Emily Wineland, staff vice president for public policy with the area’s Home Build-ers Association, suggested that option to Ballwin aldermen as a way of “not rein-venting the wheel.” Chesterfield, Man-chester and unincorporated areas of St. Louis County are among the jurisdictions now using basically the 2009 edition of the widely enforced building codes.

Ballwin had been using the 2006 version before approving the 2012 edition late last year and now returns to the earlier code while officials consider what to do next.

The agenda item sparking the debate was a change in the 2012 building code requested by the HBA. Wineland later said

the association had intended to ask for a moratorium on a new requirement for fin-ished basements in new homes.

However, Ballwin resident Ann Florsek opened the discussion by presenting a box full of building code manuals, questioning the numerous differing versions and the confusion they create, the proliferation of requirements over the years and their impact on construction costs.

Although it was clearly unintended, her point may have been reinforced when the code books she had stacked on the lectern tumbled to the floor during her comments.

Alderman Richard Boerner joined the debate with similar views, and the HBA’s intended request quickly went by the wayside as Boerner and other aldermen broadened the issue to include building requirements in general and the board’s move to adopt the 2012 code.

“We may have rushed to judgment,” said Alderman Mark Harder of the earlier action.

Contacted after the meeting, Florsek said she does architectural work in the area and had concluded Ballwin’s new code requirements were “out of step” with other communities.

“I’m not a public speaker,” she said, “but I am a Ballwin resident and I felt the board needed to be aware of something they maybe didn’t realize.”

Florsek said her husband is an HBA member, but that her comments at the Ball-win board meeting were strictly her own.

Ballwin temporarily reverts to 2006 building codes

By TED DIXON JR.In an effort to become a local leader in

the drive to educate the public about clean, renewable energy, the city of Creve Coeur is initiating an EPA Green Power Commu-nity Challenge. The Challenge will kickoff later this month and last one year. If, by April 2013, the city is using green power in amounts that meet the targets set by the EPA, it will become only the second EPA Green Power City in Missouri.

The kickoff event will take place in the main lobby at Mercy Hospital, however a late April date has yet to be set. Residents interested in attending should visit mogpc.com/crevecoeur to keep apprised of the date and time of the event.

In December of 2011, the Creve Coeur City Council voted unanimously to approve initiating an EPA Green Power Community Challenge via a joint effort with Ameren Missouri’s Pure Power and

Microgrid Energy. The Challenge focus is to encourage local businesses, residents and organizations to support new sources of renewable energy and reduce the com-munity’s carbon footprint.

Creve Coeur has been proactive in becoming “green.” Last year, the city formed a Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHC) emission by 20 per-cent by 2015 and 50 percent by 2050.

Under the program, the city’s goal will be to achieve a citywide energy consump-tion of three percent by spring 2013. Creve Coeur Assistant City Adminstrator Jaysen Christensen said the city’s current green power usage is one percent.

Kathleen Engel, chairman of the Creve Coeur Climate Action Task Force, said it will be difficult for the city to achieve that goal without eventually turning to renew-able energy. However, Engel did sound optimistic about the city reaching its goal.

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By CAROL ENRIGHTNearly a year after they kicked off their

efforts to get a voter initiative on the November 2012 ballot that would make it more difficult for Missouri legislators to overturn voter-approved ballot initiatives, organizers of Your Vote Counts have sus-pended their campaign.

Dane Waters, campaign manager for Your Vote Counts, said that he and mem-bers of his group had been meeting with Missouri lawmakers in recent weeks “to get them to understand the importance of Your Vote Counts and respecting the will of the voters.” Based on those meetings, Waters said he believes “there is an understanding among the legislators that they need to do a better job, honestly, of listening to the will of the voters.”

The Your Vote Counts campaign was born in response to the Legislature repealing several measures of the high-profile Propo-sition B statute, better known as the “Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act,” that was approved by Missouri voters in November 2010. Currently, it requires a simple major-ity vote in the Missouri House and Senate to repeal or modify a ballot initiative that has been approved by Missouri voters. The Your Vote Counts Act would have amended the state constitution to require a three-fourths vote in both the Missouri House and Senate, or a vote of the people by ref-erendum, to override any voter-approved initiative. Although the group had already collected 75 percent of the 235,000 signa-tures needed to put the Your Vote Counts Act on the November ballot, Waters said it

is not moving forward, primarily because campaign organizers feel that the Legisla-ture has heard their message.

“We feel that the Legislature wants to do a better job of respecting the will of the voters and – in deference to them and in a desire to lessen the hostility between the people and the legislators – we felt that we should suspend the campaign in hopes that a new culture in Jeff City will start,” Waters explained.

Although he could not discuss any “actual assurances” made by Missouri lawmakers, Waters said he feels confident “that a lot of the concerns that were raised by the supporters of Your Vote Counts will be addressed.”

Your Vote Counts and Proposition B were heavily funded by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), a sticking point with opposition who has criticized HSUS as an outside special interest group impos-ing its agenda on state government.

Mindy Patterson, of Wildwood, cam-paign director for The Alliance for Truth, a group that opposed Your Vote Counts and Prop B, voiced her group’s reaction to the Your Vote Counts decision.

“While this is great news for Missouri, it is believed that HSUS is more than likely leaving Missouri to focus its efforts and their $130 million of annual donation rev-enue on a dangerous piece of federal legis-lation called the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act (P.U.P.S.), which is intended to destroy the dog breeding industry and purebred dog sales nationwide,” Patterson said in a press release.

Your Vote Counts campaign calls it quits for now

By KATE UPTERGROVEGlenn Koenen filed March 27 as a can-

didate in the Democratic primary for Mis-souri’s 2nd Congressional District. This is Koenen’s first run for public office. The Oakville resident recently retired from Circle Of Concern where he served as exec-utive director for 17 years. In a statement released by his campaign office, Koenen said, “I can take middle class, St. Louis values to Washington. I’m not a career politician. I am experienced at bringing people together to get things done.

“For too long members of both parties have attacked each other instead of solving problems. That needs to change.”

The new second dis-trict, revised in January based on 2010 census data, includes south and west St. Louis County, Arnold and portions of northwest Jefferson County, and southeast St. Charles County.

Koenen quipped, “My wife and I have lived in Oakville so long that our house is almost paid for.”

Additionally he has lived in St. Charles County and worked in West County.

He was the 2010 chairman of the West St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce.

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Never Paint Your House Again

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Save 15% On Any Job Up To

$1,999 OFFFOR A FREE IN-HOME INSPECTIONCALL 877-25RHINO or 314-239-7947

www.getrhinoshield.comServicing St. Louis, Kansas City and Lake of the Ozarks.

By Midwestern Coatings, Inc.An Authorized Rhino Shield Dealer

©2011 RSVP Publications. All rights reserved. 6/11

You must present this card at time of purchase. Hurry, offer expires 7/30/11!

Not valid with any other offers, previous contracts or the $5000 project minimum.

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Serving St. Louis, Kansas City and Lake of the Ozarks.

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Never Paint Your House Again

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Rhino Shield Ceramic ProtectiveCoating gives you…• 25 year transferable warranty• Looks thicker and richer than paint• Hassle-free, no maintenance, won’t peel, chip or crack!• Waterproof and breathable• BASF Tested and proven to last• Bonds to all wood, even cedar, stucco, vinyl, brick, block, masonite and aluminum.• EPA certified to encapsulate lead and asbestos.

Save 15% On Any Job Up To

$1,999 OFFFOR A FREE IN-HOME INSPECTIONCALL 877-25RHINO or 314-239-7947

www.getrhinoshield.comServicing St. Louis, Kansas City and Lake of the Ozarks.

By Midwestern Coatings, Inc.An Authorized Rhino Shield Dealer

©2011 RSVP Publications. All rights reserved. 6/11

You must present this card at time of purchase. Hurry, offer expires 7/30/11!

Not valid with any other offers, previous contracts or the $5000 project minimum.

RHINO SHIELD HAS BEEN FEATURED ON

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Checklist Please proof the front and back of your postcard carefully and check the appropriate box below if the item is correct. Always double-check the most important information: phone number, street address, web address, e-mail, dates, disclaimers and special offers. Please notate any errors or changes and fax them immediately to (636) 386-7789. F=Front/B=Back

Call now to schedule a FREE in-home inspection and estimate

See more examples of our work atwww.getrhinoshield.com

877-25rHiNo or 314-239-7947

rhino shield Ceramic Protective Coating gives you...

25-YEARWARRANTY

You must present this ad at time of purchase.Hurry, offer expires 4/30/12!

the classic coffered wood ceiling at a small fraction of the price

WiNTeR 2012 | county living magazine | 21

the affordable Solid wood Ceiling

“there weren’t any surprises —except good ones!”

Call now to schedule a FREE estimate877-257-4466

www.getrhinoshield.comLooks like paint. Lasts like vinyl.

St. Louis

BEFORE

Call now to schedule a FREE estimate877-257-4466

www.getrhinoshield.comLooks like paint. Lasts like vinyl.

Never Paint Your House Again

25-YEARWARRANTY

AFTER

St. Louis

Rhino Shield Ceramic ProtectiveCoating gives you…• 25 year transferable warranty• Looks thicker and richer than paint• Hassle-free, no maintenance, won’t peel, chip or crack!• Waterproof and breathable• BASF Tested and proven to last• Bonds to all wood, even cedar, stucco, vinyl, brick, block, masonite and aluminum.• EPA certified to encapsulate lead and asbestos.

Save 15% On Any Job Up To

$1,999 OFFFOR A FREE IN-HOME INSPECTIONCALL 877-25RHINO or 314-239-7947

www.getrhinoshield.comServicing St. Louis, Kansas City and Lake of the Ozarks.

By Midwestern Coatings, Inc.An Authorized Rhino Shield Dealer

©2011 RSVP Publications. All rights reserved. 6/11

You must present this card at time of purchase. Hurry, offer expires 7/30/11!

Not valid with any other offers, previous contracts or the $5000 project minimum.

RHINO SHIELD HAS BEEN FEATURED ON

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Checklist Please proof the front and back of your postcard carefully and check the appropriate box below if the item is correct. Always double-check the most important information: phone number, street address, web address, e-mail, dates, disclaimers and special offers. Please notate any errors or changes and fax them immediately to (636) 386-7789. F=Front/B=Back

Never PaiNt Your House agaiN

BEFORE

Call now to schedule a FREE estimate877-257-4466

www.getrhinoshield.comLooks like paint. Lasts like vinyl.

Never Paint Your House Again

25-YEARWARRANTY

AFTER

St. Louis

Rhino Shield Ceramic ProtectiveCoating gives you…• 25 year transferable warranty• Looks thicker and richer than paint• Hassle-free, no maintenance, won’t peel, chip or crack!• Waterproof and breathable• BASF Tested and proven to last• Bonds to all wood, even cedar, stucco, vinyl, brick, block, masonite and aluminum.• EPA certified to encapsulate lead and asbestos.

Save 15% On Any Job Up To

$1,999 OFFFOR A FREE IN-HOME INSPECTIONCALL 877-25RHINO or 314-239-7947

www.getrhinoshield.comServicing St. Louis, Kansas City and Lake of the Ozarks.

By Midwestern Coatings, Inc.An Authorized Rhino Shield Dealer

©2011 RSVP Publications. All rights reserved. 6/11

You must present this card at time of purchase. Hurry, offer expires 7/30/11!

Not valid with any other offers, previous contracts or the $5000 project minimum.

RHINO SHIELD HAS BEEN FEATURED ON

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t BACK Red dotted line indicates trim area. Blue dotted line indicates safe area.

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q F q B Expiration Dateq F q B Offer(s)q F q B Websiteq F q B Email

Checklist Please proof the front and back of your postcard carefully and check the appropriate box below if the item is correct. Always double-check the most important information: phone number, street address, web address, e-mail, dates, disclaimers and special offers. Please notate any errors or changes and fax them immediately to (636) 386-7789. F=Front/B=Back

Serving St. Louis, Kansas City and Lake of the Ozarks.

8/31/11

BEFORE

Call now to schedule a FREE estimate877-257-4466

www.getrhinoshield.comLooks like paint. Lasts like vinyl.

Never Paint Your House Again

25-YEARWARRANTY

AFTER

St. Louis

Rhino Shield Ceramic ProtectiveCoating gives you…• 25 year transferable warranty• Looks thicker and richer than paint• Hassle-free, no maintenance, won’t peel, chip or crack!• Waterproof and breathable• BASF Tested and proven to last• Bonds to all wood, even cedar, stucco, vinyl, brick, block, masonite and aluminum.• EPA certified to encapsulate lead and asbestos.

Save 15% On Any Job Up To

$1,999 OFFFOR A FREE IN-HOME INSPECTIONCALL 877-25RHINO or 314-239-7947

www.getrhinoshield.comServicing St. Louis, Kansas City and Lake of the Ozarks.

By Midwestern Coatings, Inc.An Authorized Rhino Shield Dealer

©2011 RSVP Publications. All rights reserved. 6/11

You must present this card at time of purchase. Hurry, offer expires 7/30/11!

Not valid with any other offers, previous contracts or the $5000 project minimum.

RHINO SHIELD HAS BEEN FEATURED ON

t FRONT Red dotted line indicates trim area. Blue dotted line indicates safe area.

t BACK Red dotted line indicates trim area. Blue dotted line indicates safe area.

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Checklist Please proof the front and back of your postcard carefully and check the appropriate box below if the item is correct. Always double-check the most important information: phone number, street address, web address, e-mail, dates, disclaimers and special offers. Please notate any errors or changes and fax them immediately to (636) 386-7789. F=Front/B=Back

Call now to schedule a FREE in-home inspection and estimate

See more examples of our work atwww.getrhinoshield.com

877-25rHiNo or 314-239-7947

rhino shield Ceramic Protective Coating gives you...

25-YEARWARRANTY

You must present this ad at time of purchase.Hurry, offer expires 4/30/12!

the classic coffered wood ceiling at a small fraction of the price

WiNTeR 2012 | county living magazine | 21

the affordable Solid wood Ceiling

“there weren’t any surprises —except good ones!”

Call now to schedule a FREE estimate877-257-4466

www.getrhinoshield.comLooks like paint. Lasts like vinyl.

St. Louis

BEFORE

Call now to schedule a FREE estimate877-257-4466

www.getrhinoshield.comLooks like paint. Lasts like vinyl.

Never Paint Your House Again

25-YEARWARRANTY

AFTER

St. Louis

Rhino Shield Ceramic ProtectiveCoating gives you…• 25 year transferable warranty• Looks thicker and richer than paint• Hassle-free, no maintenance, won’t peel, chip or crack!• Waterproof and breathable• BASF Tested and proven to last• Bonds to all wood, even cedar, stucco, vinyl, brick, block, masonite and aluminum.• EPA certified to encapsulate lead and asbestos.

Save 15% On Any Job Up To

$1,999 OFFFOR A FREE IN-HOME INSPECTIONCALL 877-25RHINO or 314-239-7947

www.getrhinoshield.comServicing St. Louis, Kansas City and Lake of the Ozarks.

By Midwestern Coatings, Inc.An Authorized Rhino Shield Dealer

©2011 RSVP Publications. All rights reserved. 6/11

You must present this card at time of purchase. Hurry, offer expires 7/30/11!

Not valid with any other offers, previous contracts or the $5000 project minimum.

RHINO SHIELD HAS BEEN FEATURED ON

t FRONT Red dotted line indicates trim area. Blue dotted line indicates safe area.

t BACK Red dotted line indicates trim area. Blue dotted line indicates safe area.

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8/31/11

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www.getrhinoshield.comLooks like paint. Lasts like vinyl.

Never Paint Your House Again

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AFTER

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Rhino Shield Ceramic ProtectiveCoating gives you…• 25 year transferable warranty• Looks thicker and richer than paint• Hassle-free, no maintenance, won’t peel, chip or crack!• Waterproof and breathable• BASF Tested and proven to last• Bonds to all wood, even cedar, stucco, vinyl, brick, block, masonite and aluminum.• EPA certified to encapsulate lead and asbestos.

Save 15% On Any Job Up To

$1,999 OFFFOR A FREE IN-HOME INSPECTIONCALL 877-25RHINO or 314-239-7947

www.getrhinoshield.comServicing St. Louis, Kansas City and Lake of the Ozarks.

By Midwestern Coatings, Inc.An Authorized Rhino Shield Dealer

©2011 RSVP Publications. All rights reserved. 6/11

You must present this card at time of purchase. Hurry, offer expires 7/30/11!

Not valid with any other offers, previous contracts or the $5000 project minimum.

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Call now to schedule a FREE in-home inspection and estimate

See more examples of our work atwww.getrhinoshield.com

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rhino shield Ceramic Protective Coating gives you...

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the classic coffered wood ceiling at a small fraction of the price

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20 I schools I APRIl 4, 2012WEsT NEWsMAGAZINE NEWsMAGAZINENETWoRK.coM

Teacher of the YearTeresa Politte, physi-

cal education and health teacher, was named Parkway South Middle’s Teacher of the Year for the 2011-12 school year. After completing her bachelor’s degree in physical education and health for kindergarten through 12th grade at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Politte

taught in another school district for 10 years before coming to the Parkway School Dis-trict. Her middle school colleagues nomi-nated and selected her for the honor.

Politte became a PE and health teacher after wanting to offer an alternative PE experience that focused on fitness and fun with less emphasis on sports and competi-tion. Along with the other physical educa-tion teachers at South Middle, Politte is hoping to incorporate some single gender classrooms in seventh and eighth grades

next school year to encourage students to focus on competition less by having fewer distractions from the opposite sex. Politte offers two or three physical education activities for her students to select from to increase participation.

“I get my eighth graders to participate by offering them choices,” Politte said. “Letting them choose between two or three fitness options gets them more involved because they are responsible for their choice. Also, when putting students on teams, I will let them choose one friend to join that team. Lastly, using current music with activities always increases participation.”

Dr. Angela Frye, assistant principal at Parkway South Middle, wrote a commen-dation letter to recommend Politte at the District’s Teacher of the Year.

“We are very fortunate to have Teresa as a teacher at South Middle,” Frye said. “Being nominated and selected by her col-leagues as Teacher of the Year is a good indication of the respect they have for her. She is an exemplary teacher.”

Missouri Scholars 100Six Rockwood and six Parkway students

were named to the Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors 100 of Missouri’s top academic students in the graduating class of 2012.

The students are:• Emily Cheng, South High• Kelsey Clayman, Lafayette High• Shawn He, Central High

• Andrew Kuehnle, West High• Stephanie Shahan, South High• Rebecca Shih, Marquette High• Brandon Sprenger, Eureka High• Max Thoman, Lafayette High• Connor Tinen, Eureka High• Diana Wang, Central High• James Wang, West High• Gavin Weis, Marquette HighThe Missouri Scholars 100 program is

sponsored by the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals. Schools across Missouri were invited to nominate candidates for the statewide recognition. The selection is based primarily on a for-mula using the student’s grade point aver-age and ACT or SAT score. Each student nominated had to first meet criteria of an “Academic Decathlon,” which included 10 events designed to assure the academic strength of the student. To meet the decath-lon requirements, the student must have a minimum GPA of 3.75, a minimum ACT score of 29 or a minimum SAT score of 1,900, be ranked in the upper 10 percent of the class, and have taken upper level courses in mathematics, science, English and foreign language. The student must also have excellent attendance, be an exemplary school citizen and be involved in school activities.

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standing the past. Through the use of Twit-ter, Pinterest, blogs and video podcasting, students are sharing videos, pictures and articles about archeology and discussing their own opinions on archeological topics, experiences and experiments.

Teacher Dr. Samantha Anth said the eight-week unit is teaching students about archeology and appropriate social media use, as well as helping them understand the impact their voice can make.

“The students have been the driving force behind the tools we are integrating into class,” said Anth. “Social media is allowing them to gain an understanding of different perspectives by connecting with a real audience to market their ideas.”

Robotics rookiesWestminster Christian Academy’s FIRST

robotics team competed in the semifinals at the Chaifetz Arena and was awarded the highest award possible for a rookie team, The Rookie All-Star Team. The team now is eligible to compete in the World Cham-pionships held in April in St. Louis. West-minster was one of 13 rookie teams from the St. Louis area.

For the past several months, the West-minster’s FIRST robotics team has been designing and building a robot in anticipa-tion of the St. Louis regional competition.

This year’s robotics competition game, “Rebound Rumble,” required teams to build a basketball-type-game-playing robot that formed an alliance with two other teams’ robots in a three-on-three game of shooting hoops.

“Every one of these students would tell you that they have accomplished more than they would have ever thought pos-sible,” Harding said. “Thinking about all of the robot’s capabilities, they just shake their heads and say, ‘I can’t believe we built that.’ With outstanding leadership and technical advice from our Boeing engineer mentors, our rookie team was able to design and build a robot that can do absolutely everything that the competition requires. The dedication of our students, parents, and mentors just amazes me.”

Building bridges

Whitfield students in teacher Harold Barker’s Accelerated Physics 12 classes participated in the Billiken BEAMS Bridge Competition hosted by Saint Louis Univer-sity’s Parks College of Engineering, Avia-tion and Technology. The Billiken BEAMS (Building Engineering Awareness in Metro Saint Louis) Competition is a group-based project opportunity in which St. Louis area high school students use their innovation skills to build a structure and then compete against other groups.

This year’s challenge was “A Bridge to Civil Engineering” in which student groups were asked to construct a supported road-based bridge out of balsa wood. Teams designed, constructed and tested the most effective bridges that met competition evaluation criteria.

“I am very proud of our students’ perfor-mance this year and am pleased we were able to work with Saint Louis University to provide our students with an authentic engineering problem and experience,” Barker said. “Participating in programs like this gives our students opportunities to put their problem-solving and collabora-tive skills to the test, and our students gain confidence that they can be successful.”

Rockwood Art Show, Elec-tronic Recycling Event

The community is invited to attend the Rockwood Art Show from noon-3:30 p.m. on April 21-22 at Selvidge Middle. The exhibit will feature nearly 7,000 pieces created by student artists.Parking shuttles will run from Holy Infant and Woerther Elementary to Selvidge Middle to help ease parking congestion.

In conjunction with the art show, attend-ees are encouraged to bring unwanted electronics for disposal during the annual Electronic Recycling Event.

A fee of $1 per inch on TVs and $10 for monitors will be charged. A portion of the funds generated from the collection event will benefit the Rockwood School District Art Foundation.

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By MARCIA GUCKESTwo of the Rockwood School District’s

long-time administrators are retiring this year. Chief Financial and Legislative Offi-cer Shirley Broz is leaving after 16 years and Director of K-12 Gifted and Talented Linda Smith is retiring after 14 years with the district.

Both retirees are ending their careers with similar goals although they started in very different places. Broz grew up on a farm in St. Charles County while Smith was raised in New York City. Both said the first thing they will do is spend more time with family and take some time to figure out what they would like to do next.

Broz is leaving Rockwood on a high note. She has been nominated for the 2012 Eagle Award from the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO). The Eagle Award is the highest award given by the ASBO International. It goes to one of the association’s 4,000 members who demonstrated exceptional leadership, commitment and dedication throughout their career.

“It is an honor just to be considered and nominated,” Broz said.

Broz is a certified public accountant (CPA) with a master’s degree in business management. She came to Rockwood with 18 years of corporate experience ranging from controller to vice president of several large firms.

Broz said the people she worked with at Rockwood are one of the highlights of her career. “I’ve worked for wonderful people that truly care for students, education and performance. I have worked with people of tremendous integrity. I have worked for

visionaries who taught me to think about edu-cation differently than I had ever thought about it before.”

Developing a common vision for educating Rockwood’s gifted stu-dents was one of Linda Smith’s first goals when she started her work in 1998. She came to the district with a doctorate in educational psychol-ogy, which she earned under the direction of Joseph Renzulli.

Smith also brought to Rockwood her experience as a classroom teacher, national gifted education consultant and president of Clayton School District’s Board of Edu-cation. Like Broz, she sees the people of Rockwood as a highlight of her career.

“I’ve been really, really inspired by the people I work with and their passion for gifted kids,” Smith said. “Most of all what I’m happy about is that the tone of the pro-gram, the culture, the atmosphere here is one that kids are drawn to. I think we do a really good job of validating their unique characteristics and nurturing their confi-dence and their willingness to grow their talents here.”

A search for Smith’s successor is still underway, although the district hopes to announce a new director of Talented and Gifted by mid-April.

Broz’s replacement is Timothy Rooney, a CPA with almost 30 years of experience in several school districts.

Administrators retire from Rockwood

Parkway School District Superintendent Keith Marty announced the recommenda-tion of two Parkway administrators to fill senior leadership positions in the district.

Dr. Lisa Merideth was selected as the assistant superintendent of Teaching, Learning and Accountability, replacing Kathy Blackmore who is retiring after 35 years in education. Merideth has 27 years of educational experience and currently serves as Parkway’s Elementary Commu-nications Arts Curriculum coordinator.

Prior to joining Parkway in 2006, Meri-deth served as literacy and math staff developer and director of Title I programs for the Jennings School District. Prior to that, Merideth served the Columbia School District in Columbia, Mo., for 14 years as a classroom teacher and literacy specialist. She holds a doctorate of education from Maryville University, a master’s degree

in education from Lindenwood University and a bachelor’s degree in human envi-ronmental science from the University of Missouri.

Dr. Chelsea Watson was selected as the assistant superintendent of Student Ser-vices, replacing Dr. Bonnie Maxey who is retiring after 38 years in Parkway. Watson has 20 years of educational experience including nine years as principal of South-west Middle and six years as an assistant principal and administrative intern.

Prior to joining Southwest Middle, Watson served as a teacher for five years at Wren Hollow Elementary. She holds a doc-torate of education from Lindenwood Uni-versity, a Master of Arts from Maryville University and a Bachelor of Arts from Drury College in Springfield, Mo.

Merideth and Watson will assume their new positions on July 1, 2012.

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College hockeyA former Chaminade hockey player has

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announced recently Bentley University sophomore forward Brett Gensler, who grew up in St. Charles, has been named the 60th recipient of the Walter Brown Award, which is given annually to the best Amer-ican-born college hockey player in New England. Bentley is located in Waltham, Mass.

Gensler is the first player ever from an Atlantic Hockey school to win the award. He finished ahead of runner-up Barry

Almeida of Boston College and Brian Flynn of Maine.

The Walter Brown Award, which will be presented April 10, has a rich history as the oldest nationally recognized award given to individual players in college hockey. Its criteria for selection includes leader-ship, character, sportsmanship, ability and on-ice achievement. Its past winners include several prominent former and cur-rent NHL players including Brian Leetch, Chris Drury and Brian Gionta.

“I’m honored to be the first Atlantic Hockey player ever to win such a pres-tigious award. There were a lot of other deserving players throughout New Eng-land who were nominated I would like to congratulate for their successful seasons,” said Gensler. “I want to thank Bentley University for giving me this opportunity, as well as acknowledge the support of my coaching staff, teammates and the Bent-ley community; without their support this achievement would not have been pos-sible.”

Gensler had an outstanding season for the Falcons, helping them improve by 10 points in the Atlantic Hockey standings from last season and up four places. He won the AHA regular season scoring title with 41 points in 34 games. He finished with 23 goals and 27 assists for 50 points overall, becoming just the second player in

program history to have at least 50 points in a season. He’s one of just eight Division I players that has at least 50 points, and he’s currently tied for seventh nationally in both points and goals.

The sophomore also broke two program Division I single-season records this year for goals and points. Last week Gensler became the first Bentley player ever to earn first team All-Atlantic Hockey honors.

Gensler is a 2008 graduate of John F. Kennedy High, and played high school hockey for Chaminade.

“Gensler went to Chaminade and played for me for three seasons before moving to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in his senior year to play Jr. A in the USHL up there,” said Chaminade coach Matt Hrubes.

Hrubes said he has followed Gensler since he left his program. He liked having Gensler be a Red Devil.

“Brett was one of the best kids I ever coached both on the ice and off,” Hrubes said. “He was never afraid to ask questions and just talk hockey with you. He under-stood from a young age what it was going to take to go to the higher levels of hockey and he worked his tail off to get there. He is a workhorse that never got tired and always had another gear he could kick it into.

“He was an ultra competitive player who hated losing in anything whether it was a drill in practice or a preseason game. He was one of the most natural-born, pure goal scorers to ever play at Chaminade along with Paul Stastny, Jordy Federko, Danny McNabb and Cole Dunlop.”

Chaminade had much success when Gensler played for the Red Devils.

“In his three years at Chaminade, he was a big reason why we were in four Frozen Four’s and back-to-back state champion-ship appearances in the Challenge Cup,” Hrubes said. “He loved his time at Chami-nade and playing high school hockey and (he) comes back to skate with us every summer and help at our summer camps and do whatever he can for our program.

“He is a fine young man and holds both the all-time points record at Chaminade along with single season points (79 points his junior year).

After leaving Chaminade, Gensler played junior hockey with the Youngstown Phan-toms of the United States Hockey League for one season (2009-10) and the Cedar Rapids Roughriders of the USHL for one season (2008-09). He was the Phantoms’ second leading scorer with a 16-17-33 line in 60 games. He had a 10-10-20 scoring line in 52 games for the Roughriders.

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Demos was a standout at Lafayette. She helped lead the Lancers to four straight Suburban West Conference titles. She won state singles crown after finishing 14-2 in singles as a senior to spark Lancers to second consecutive district title. She was a four-year letterwinner and team most valuable player. Demos earned conference singles wins in each of her first three sea-sons. She finished fifth in state tournament as a junior. She ranked in top 10 in region and top 200 nationally all four years.

Westminster names head varsity coach

Westminster Christian Academy has dropped the interim tag for David Klyn as its varsity boys basketball coach.

Klyn has served as interim head varsity coach for the 2011-12 school year. He led the Wildcats to a 22-5 season.

“I am excited for the opportunity to join the Westminster community and to train young men to use their gifts and abilities to glorify God and further His Kingdom,” Klyn said.

Athletic Director Todd Zell said West-minster is pleased to welcome Klyn to its coaching staff.

“David brings a great deal of energy to the team, but what really stands out is his walk with the Lord,” Zell said. “He is a godly man who not only shares his knowl-edge of the game, but also shares about his walk with God as well. He is a great example for our young men to follow.”

Klyn is the physical education teacher at Central Christian School and will continue in that position. His wife, Karissa, is the physical education teacher at Kirk Day School.

Prior to his service as interim head var-sity coach, Klyn served on the basketball staff at Westminster for three seasons, both as the junior varsity coach and assistant

varsity coach. He was voted a coach of the year in Westminster’s district this past year.

He also worked for Point Guard College and several universities as a summer coach/instructor during the past four years.

High school boys basketballParkway South’s Mitch Stevens recently

was named Coach of the Year in the Subur-ban West Conference.

“It is a nice honor, but more importantly it means that the team did well and we all share in the success of the team,” Steven said. “Our boys were able to go undefeated in conference this year and that’s some-thing that we can all be proud of.”

Parkway South won the conference with a spotless 8-0 mark. The Patriots finished 20-7 overall.

This is the second time Stevens has been named Suburban West Coach of the Year.

High school boys track and field The track programs at DeSmet and CBC

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The Spartans were led by senior sprinter Durron Neal. The Oklahoma-bound foot-ball standout, won the 200-meter dash in 22.22 seconds. He also was second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.13 and was on the first-place 400-meter relay team that set a DeSmet record with a winning time of 43.12.

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By Warren MayesThe high school girls soccer season prom-

ises to be a good one again this spring. Lafayette has eight starters back from its

district championship squad of 2011.Eureka has eight starters back and the

Wildcats look to challenge in the Suburban West.

MICDS has seven starters back from its conference championship club.

Kennedy reached the quarterfinals last year and lost in overtime. The Celts want to get past that this spring and make an appearence in the state meet.

Below is a look at the teams in alphabetical order; additional info can be found online at newsmagazinenetwork.com.

EurEka2011 record: 11-7. Lost in district finals to Lafayette in overtime.Coach Bill Goggin: Entering his 19th as head coach at Eureka. returning: 12 lettermen. 8 starters.Players to watch: Senior back Haley Albert, senior Sidney Alen, junior striker Hannah Leinert, junior back Courtney Silberberg, goalkeeper Aly Walner; midfielder Sammi Dunda.Newcomers expected to contribute: Fresh-man Abby Pulliam, freshman Jesse Smelcer, freshman Brittney Robinson, freshman Kayla Colenburg.

“This should be a fun year,” Goggin said. “We have a really nice group of returning starters and we are blending in some young player with good resumes. As a team we have high hopes for this season, after a dis-appointing year last year. It will be our most difficult schedule but will get us ready for postseason.”

kENNEdy2011 record: 12-11-0. Reached the quarterfi-nals, lost to Orchard Farm in overtime.Coach Tom rapp: Entering 28th year as head coach at Kennedy. Record is 315-249-42.returning: 14 lettermen. 7 starters. Players to watch: Goalkeeper Alyssa Mangan, sweeper Hannah Wiznewski, Sami Hessler, Hannah Hughes, Lexi Daonahue, Maddie Marchetto, Abby Bogard, Taylor Santle, Julia Gassert and Alyssa Busken. Newcomers expected to contribute: Nicole Langwith, Kelsey McLaurine, Kathleen Miller, Katy Oerding.

“We haven’t set a team goal yet,” Rapp said. “We think we can vie for a state cham-pionship, but haven’t shown it yet so we will not set that goal just yet.”

LafayETTE2011 record: 19-8. Won district. Lost in sec-

tionals 1-0 to Ursuline.Coach Tim Walters: Entering 20th season as head coach at Lafayette. Record at Lafay-ette: 378-81-27. returning: 14 lettermen. 8 starters.Players to watch: Senior forward Colleen Cole, junior forward Ashley Parks, junior for-ward Kate Barbe, senior midfielder Jordynn Martin, senior midfielder Ashton Lticvar, junior midfielder Danielle Tolmais, sopho-more midfielder Natalie Quisenberry, junior back Jamison Wipke, senior back Nicole Madison, senior back Mereidth McGhee, senior back Kelsy Clayman, junior goalie Cece Hessler, senior goalie Laura Wade. Newcomers expected to contribute: “We have four freshmen that will see some time with one or two making an immediate impact.”

“I think we will be entertaining and fun to watch,” Walters said. “A lot depends on how disciplined we are defensively and not going crazy getting to many in the attack. Our depth in back may be suspect. We might be forced to move a few. District titles are much harder to come by as every team in the dis-trict is very capable.”

MarquETTE2011 record: 8-12-1. Lost to Lafayette in penalty kicks in districts.Coach Chris kenny: Entering his 20th year as head coach at Marquette.returning: 9 lettermen. 7 starters.Players to watch: Senior midfielder Taylor Sutton, senior midfielder Jess Cook, senior forward Sarah Berry, junior defender Kelly Dunlap, sophomore forward Sydney Vaughn, sophomore defender Alec Lage, junior mid-fielder Megan Caserlie, junior forward Dana Rodriguez, senior goalkeeper Karen Nightin-gale.Newcomers expected to contribute: Junior defender Rachel Berry, freshman midfielder Lauren Lottman, freshman defender Jess Dunlap, sophomore goalkeeper Brooke Tucker.

“We are in the process of figuring out how good we are, schedule is very difficult and we hope to improve every game,” Kenny said. “Our conference is very competitive. We will depend heavily on our returning starters.”

MICdS2011 record: 15-8. Were co-champs of MWAA Red division at 4-1. Coach Michael Black: Entering third year as head coach at MICDS. Record at MICDS: 37-31. Coached 11 years at McCluer.returning: 10 lettermen. 7 starters.Players to watch: “The entire team.” Team captains are seniors Jessica Brown, Ellie Condie, Taylor Glover, and Campbell

Torchin.Newcomers expected to contribute: “Five freshmen will be on the varsity and they will all be competing for, if not earning starting positions.”

“We are excited about the new Metro League,” Black said. “We hope to compete for the first Metro League title, but we know it will be difficult.”

ParkWay CENTraL2011 record: 14-7-1. Lost in the district semifinals to Francis Howell.Coach John Theobald: Entering his 10th season at Parkway Central.returning: 9 lettermen. 6 starters.Players to watch: Junior goalie Sydney Ste-phens, sophomore defender Jessica Brady, junior midfielder Alyssa Waitz, sophomore midfielder Christie Bergesh, junior mid-fielder Taylor Johnson, sophomore forward Molly Cagle, junior forward Erin Roepke.Newcomers expected to contribute: Fresh-man forward Gracie Devasto, freshman defender Libby Kaiser, junior midfielder Taylor German, junior defender Erynn Knott.

“With only two seniors on the roster, we are excited to see what we can build this year with all the youth and hopefully make big strides to playing solid soccer as the season progresses,” Theobald said. “We feel like we have the potential to be a good team, but it may take a some time to get there. Hopefully we will find some consistency in our defense early on and be able to compete for the con-ference title.”

ParkWay NorTh2011 record: 2-18.Coach Wendy freebersyser: Entering 13th season as Parkway North head coach.returning: 6 lettermen. 5 starters.Players to watch: Senior forward Shelby Simmons, junior midfielder Erica Roux, senior sweeper Rianne Saas.Newcomers expected to contribute: Will have five starting freshmen.

“This year’s team is very coachable,” Free-bersyer said. “They are hard working and excited to compete.”

ParkWay WEST2011 record: 11-11-1. Lost in the first round of districts to Marquette.Coach anne Wayland: Entering seventh year as head coach at Parkway West. Record is 72-81-5.returning: 10 lettermen. 5 starters.Players to watch: Senior captain and defender Lucy Devereux, senior captain and defender Rachel Alizadeh, senior for-ward Amber Manwill, junior captain and midfielder Amanda Anstine, sophomore

midfielder Alysa Manwill, senior Madelaine Wells, sophomores Addy Tabrizi, Gabby Rath, Sarah Burack, Rachel Brown.Newcomers expected to contribute: Senior goalie Mackenzie Gordon, junior Alex Ripper, sophomore Gabrielle Hughes, fresh-men Alexa Riley, Victoria Klemm, Ashley Timme, Rachel Yang, and Allison Hughes.

“We have an absolutely incredible group of young ladies this year,” Wayland said. “The amount of heart and enthusiasm these girls give day after day is inspiring. These girls have an eagerness to learn, a passion to win, and our new additions of raw talent is truly exciting.”

PrINCIPIa2011 record: 9-9. Lost in the district final to Kennedy. Coach Travis Brantingham: Entering second year as head coach.returning: 8 lettermen.Players to watch: Sophomore Emeile Fre-drickson, sophomore Rachel Bemis, senior Justine Roy.Newcomers expected to contribute: Fresh-man Maddie Arens.

WESTMINSTEr ChrISTIaN aCadEMy2011 record: 11-10. Lost to Visitation in the district semifinals. Coach Warren Smith: Entering his seventh year as head coach. Has 79 wins at WCA. Is 129-50-11 overall.returning: 8 lettermen.Players to watch: Senior Margaret Moore, sophomore Caroline Moore, senior Made-leine Smith, senior Karlee Heinemann, senior Brittany Zee-cheng, senior Chloe Carnahan.Newcomers expected to contribute: Fresh-men Sarah Jane Fiala and Courtney Beat, sophomore Mattie Ottsen.

“We’ve lost in the district for three years in a row to the eventual state champion,” Smith said. “We’re looking forward to the year. If we stay healthy, we should be competitive.”

WhITfIELd2011 record: 2-15. Lost first game in districts 1-0 to John F. Kennedy.Coach Jeff Cacciatore: Entering 14th year as head coach at Whitfield. Record is 117-147. returning: 7 lettermen. 6 starters.Players to watch: Junior midfielder/back Mikayla Mooney.Newcomers expected to contribute: Freshman forward Holly Hogan, freshman goalkeeper Hannah Minorini, freshman mid-fielder/back Kate Sescleifer.

“It will be great to see the seven freshmen improve,” Cacciatore said. “I can’t wait to see how we come together as a team.”

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By CAROL ENRIGHTThe game lasted just over 112 hours and

the final score was Team Joplin 11,806, Team St. Louis 11,620. But the real win-ners in this Guinness world record-setting, marathon hoops competition were the citi-zens of Joplin, Mo.

The southwest Missouri town is approaching the one-year anniversary of the tornado that ripped a mile-wide path of destruction through its heart on May 22 – killing 162 and leaving the city facing a rebuilding effort that is expected to take years and cost an estimated $3 billion. It is a testament to the sheer magnitude of the disaster – and the desire of people from all over to help – that almost a year later, ben-efits are still being held and people are still generously opening their wallets to help the city come back.

Chuck Williams, 47, of Wildwood is one of those people. He, along with his friend Steve Pona of St. Louis, were co-promoters of the event that set out to not only break a Guinness record for the longest running basketball game, but to raise more than $100,000 to help Joplin recover. Final totals were not available at presstime, but are expected to exceed $100,000.

At 5 a.m. on March 21, 24 players gath-ered at the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) in downtown St. Louis with these goals in sight. When the final buzzer sounded at 9 p.m. on March 25, the men – battered and bruised after five days of non-stop play – had surpassed both.

Williams and Pona put on marathon baseball games in 2007 and 2009 – each raising more than $100,000 for charity and breaking Guinness world records.

The friends considered hosting another record-breaking baseball game to ben-efit Joplin. But with March Madness in the air and St. Louis hosting the NCAA Men’s Basketball Midwest Regionals at the Edward Jones Dome, Williams said all signs pointed to basketball.

Of the five days of continuous play, Wil-

liams said, “Physically and mentally, it was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to go through.”

He credits the “character of the guys” and friendships they developed for keeping the players in the game.

“When it was two o’clock in the morn-ing and you’re just going up and down the court, you’ve got to have other things to talk about than just strictly the competi-tion,” he said.

Highlights of the competition include former Mizzou basketball player and Joplin resident, Jeff Hafer, 24, scoring over 3,000 points and 67-year-old Denis Duker of St. Albans scoring more than 600 points. Duker was the oldest player. The youngest was 20, with the average age hovering at 41.

The two teams of 12 players rotated in two-hour shifts. At night, six players from each team would play for five hours – and then the rested six would take the court again. Players were not allowed to leave the building during the game. And the game never stopped.

“No time outs, no halftime, nothing. It was a continuous clock,” said Williams.

SSM Health Care provided round-the-clock medical care.

Throughout the strains and pains, Wil-liams said that one thing kept the players going, “We weren’t just playing a game, but by keeping the clock moving, we were actually helping to raise money for Joplin – and those folks are in tremendous need.”

Donations to benefit the city of Joplin continue to be accepted at worldrecordbas-ketballgame.com.

World’s longest baseball gameOn July 3-5, Williams and Pona will

attempt to break the Guinness record for the world’s longest baseball game once again. The event, which will benefit the BackStoppers, will be held at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O’Fallon, Mo. More informa-tion can be found at worldrecordbaseball-game.com.

Team Joplin and Team St. Louis pose before the tip off of a 112-hour basketball game.

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• Activity options are numerous. Day camps offer a wide range of programming and activities, from sports to arts to science and education. Like resident camps, day camps can feature team-building activities, leadership training, wilderness programs and more.

• Learning loss is lessened. Research indicates that participating in intentional programs, such as camp, helps reduce learning loss during the summer months. Camp is the ultimate classroom because experiences teach problem solving skills and skill development.

• Kids get up and moving. Camp pro-vides kids with the opportunity to try new things and participate in “human-powered activities.” According to surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion, an American child on any given day is six times more likely to play a video game than to ride a bicycle. Research conducted by the ACA shows that 63 percent of chil-dren who learn new activities at camp tend to continue engaging in those activities after they return home.

• There are budget-friendly options. In some cases, day care expenses, including transportation by a care provider, may be considered dependent services and paid with a dependent care flexible spending account or pre-tax dollars. In addition, day camps may qualify for special tax incen-tives, such as child and dependent care tax credits.

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By SUE HORNOFWhen it comes time to pack for summer

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Following are tips from the American Camp Association (ACA) regarding pack-ing for overnight camp:

• Check the camp’s packing list. Each camp should have its own list of recom-mended items, including any required equipment, preferred footwear, etc.

• Pack lightly. Keep in mind that campers generally live out of duffel bags, trunks or suitcases.

• Label everything. Laundry pens and iron-on or stick-on labels will distinguish the camper’s belongings from those who share their living quarters.

• Break in shoes before going to camp. Make sure the camper’s footwear is com-fortable and appropriate for the various camp activities. Sending a child with brand new hiking boots or tennis shoes could result in blisters, sore feet and time spent sitting out of camp activities.

As for what not to pack, it is important to remember that some things are too valu-able, too fragile, or simply inappropriate for summer camp.

Items to leave behind include:• Cellular phones, handheld video games

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By SUE HORNOFThe value of summer camp for campers

is well documented, but campers are not the only ones who benefit from the camp experience. The counselors who guide campers through the activities and adven-tures of summer camp gain more than a paycheck for their efforts. Research shows that summer camp counselors also gain:

• valuable work experience• leadership and problem-solving skills• a greater understanding of themselves• a network of peers• a sense of satisfaction from their role as

mentors to young children To determine the long-term benefits of

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different Missouri 4-H camp programs. According to a report on their research

published in Camping Magazine (“The Value of Being a Camp Counselor: A Study of the Experiences and Personal Growth of Missouri 4-H Camp Counselors,” by Donald J. Nicholson, M.Ed. and Michelle D. Klem, M.S., March/April 2011), the counselors reported positive experiences in several areas, including leadership, role modeling, public speaking, teaching, con-necting with campers and helping campers have a positive experience.

In addition, the counselors reported some results that surprised researchers: 63 percent said they had an increased desire to remain in school; 65 percent said job or career opportunities opened up for them; and 74 percent said they were better pre-pared for college.

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This summer, kids across the country will collectively spend time at thousands of day camps. They will sharpen skills and learn some new ones, take on challenges, experi-ence adventures and make new friends.

To gain some insight on the ins and outs of day camp, West Newsmagazine talked to 26-year-old Liz Spencer, who worked for several years as a counselor at a West County day camp. Here is what she had to say:

Q: How old were the children you worked with?

A: I was a camp counselor for a number of years, so I had children rang-ing from diaper age to 10 years old. The babies are always adorable, but you can actually have fun and hang out with the older kids, so both were great experiences.

Q: What advice would you give to par-ents whose children get upset when their parents leave them at camp?

A: Usually the big kids don’t have any problem leaving their parents because they are so excited for their day to start. It is the little ones you have to look out for. At

the beginning, everything is new and there are few, if any, familiar faces. The best idea for the parent of a crying camper is to give them a hug and kiss goodbye, tell them you will pick them up later and then leave immediately.

A lot of times, parents would hang around because they felt bad about leav-ing their child crying, but when the camper stills sees their mom or dad there, they are going to continue to be sad. Once the parent leaves, a counselor can distract the camper by playing with them on the swings or giving them a toy to play with. Kids quickly forget why they were crying in the first place.

Q: What would you say are the main

benefits of day camp? A: Day camp is a great way to get kids

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June 4 - August 108 a.m. to 4 p.m.extended hours

available

For more details, log on to www.bnsgametime.com

or call 636-519-0445 (Chesterfield)

Ackermann’sSwim Program

Teaching children to swim in Kirkwood for

over 60 years.Ages 4-11

One and two week sessions

Nominated forbest summer sports camp

St. Louis Magazine

Download applications at:ASPKirkwood.com

1044 Curran AvenueKirkwood, MO 63122314-821-1070

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By SUE HORNOFAny adult who attended sleepover camp

as a kid likely will recall that camp mail call was a highlight of the day. Recalling the event in “Summer Camp Handbook,” authors Jon Malinowski and Christopher Thurber write:

“Getting a letter at camp was like win-ning the lottery. When we were camp-ers, our cabin leaders would walk in each afternoon holding a small stack of letters. They’d tease us a little by reading the return addresses. … We loved that game. We loved everything about getting mail.”

For today’s campers – who are accus-tomed to communicating via Facebook, text messages and email – receiving a hand-written letter is an even bigger deal than it was when their parents were kids. In fact, mail call is such an important part of camp that Malinowski and Thurber devoted two sections of their book to the “Letters from Home” topic.

Letters and care packages from parents and other family members remind campers of how much they are loved, and words of

encouragement from family can strengthen the sense of independence kids gain from the camp experience. Parents should remember also that because many campers will be receiving mail from home, those who come up empty-handed at mail call are likely to feel left out.

Following are tips from the American Camp Association for communicating with children while they are away at camp:

• Pack stationery for kids to take to camp so they can keep you informed of camp activities. Give younger children pre-addressed, stamped envelopes or post-cards.

• Before your child leaves for camp, mail a note or postcard so there will be a per-sonalized touch of home when he or she arrives at camp. The correspondence will let young campers know that family mem-bers are thinking about them, assure them that their parents know they are having a good time, and express enthusiasm for the camp’s activities.

• Care packages are always appreciated. Be sure to check with the camp director or on the camp website to see what the camp’s policies are regarding what items may or may not be included.

• Avoid mentioning how much parents, siblings, family, or even pets miss the camper. While families may think that telling a camper he or she is missed sends a loving message, it may actually trig-ger unnecessary homesickness and worry about loved ones.

• Discuss communication options with camp directors. Many camps offer families the opportunity to check in using tech-nology to post photos and video of daily activities to camp websites.

Camp correspondence 101

Packing pre-addressed note cards will make it easy for young children to keep parents informed of their adventures at camp.

For more information about Whitfield summer camps, visit www.whitfieldschool.org/summercamp

WHITFIELD SCHOOL • 175 South Mason Road • St. Louis, Missouri 63141 • 314.434.5141

SPORTS CAMPS

Camp Whitfield=FUN! Be ready to move,

engage, create and play.

Four one-week sessions in July

Day camp for students entering kindergarten through seventh grade

Our reasonable price includes all fees, field trip expenses and the best

hot lunch in town!

Learn fundamental skills, improve your game.

Camps include: basketball, dance volleyball, and wrestling

Age ranges and session dates vary by sport.

Please check our website for specifics.

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1410 Ridge Road • Wildwood(636) 527-3624

www.ridgefieldarena.com

Summer CampJune 26 - 29, July 7 - 20, July 31 - Aug. 3

Aug. 7 - 10Advanced Clinic - June 12 - 14

Hunter/Jumper Clinic w/Julianna ZundeMay 19 & 20

Come See Our ShowsApril 28th & 29thJune 2nd & 3rd

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Boarding ~ Sales ~ Year Round LessonsShows ~ Clinics ~ CampsRidgefield Arena

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Living Water Academy was just voted West Newsmagazine’s Best Elementary School for 2011! The “Best of the West” is now enrolling.

Call 636.821.2308 to schedule your personal tour.

Pre-K through 8th • LivingWaterAcademy.com • Wildwood

VOTED Best of the

West!Mom’s Day Out starting at 6 weeks!

Pre-school ages 2 to 5First and Goal Football camp at John F. Kennedy Catholic High School.   

June 25th—29th  

All Day and Half Day Camps.   Ages 2nd—8th Grade. 

Campers can choose from a full contact or non‐contact curriculum.  Skill sessions led by area High School Football Coaches. 

Players will be organized by age and ability level. 

For more informa�on go to: 

www.fngfootballcamp.com 

Football CampFirst and Goal Football

camp at John F. Kennedy

Catholic High School.

June 25th—29th

All Day and Half Day Camps. Ages 2nd—8th Grade.

Campers can choose from a full contact or noncon-

tact curriculum. Skill sessions led by area High

School Football Coaches.

Players will be organized by age and ability level.

For more information go to:

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Midwest Music Conservatory15977 Clayton Rd (1 Block West of Clarkson) • Ellisville

Call 636.527.5558www.midwestmusicstl.com

Midwest Musicgives you a

Musical response to...“What should YOU do this summer?”

Want to play “alternative” strings?

Form a ROCK band?

Try Music Explorers for 3-6 year olds?

Join an Ensemble?

Summer Camps and Classes are forming now.

Call or email for details:lessons@midwestmusicstl.com

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AreA public golf course guideThe St. Louis area has numerous private country clubs that feature some fabulous golf courses,

and currently, some are offering memberships at reduced rates. The metro area is home also to some great public courses, affording players of varying abilities the opportunity to enjoy the game for a small or moderate fee. Following is a guide to some favorite area public courses. In most cases, prices listed include the price of a cart and in every instance refer to rates at presstime, which are subject to change. At many courses, reduced rates are available to seniors and juniors. Golfers should call ahead or check course websites for current rates.

Annbriar: 1524 Birdie Lane • Waterloo, IL 62298 • (888) 939-5191 • www.annbriar.com

9 holesMonday-Friday: $28Saturday-Sunday and holidays: $3818 holesMonday: $43Tuesday-Friday: $53Saturday-Sunday and holidays: $73

Designed by Dr. Michael Hurdzan, the course features a country club atmosphere at affordable rates.

Ballwin Golf Club: 333 Holloway Road • Ballwin, MO 63011 • (636) 227-1750 • www.ballwin.mo.us

9 holesMonday-Friday: $12/resident; $15/non-residentSaturday-Sunday: $13/resident; $15/non-resident

A fun and challenging 9-hole course, the award-winning Ballwin Golf Club plays up to 3,433 yards for the big hit-ters and as short as 2,703 yards. A creek running through the majority of the holes presents a series of challenges.

Birch Creek Golf Club: 499 North Service Road • Union, MO 63084 • (636) 584-7200 • www.birchcreekgc.com

9 holes Monday-Friday: $18; $13 after 12 p.m.Saturday-Sunday and holidays: $25; $20 after 12 p.m.18 holesMonday-Friday: $35; $25 after 12 p.m.Saturday-Sunday and holidays: $45; $35 12-2 p.m.; $30 after 2 p.m.

Scratch players will find the gold tees at 6,900 yards challenging.

Crescent Farms Golf Club: 745 Lewis Road • Crescent, MO 63025 • (636) 938-6200 • www.crescentfarms.com

The course is under new management, and at press time, spring rates have not yet been determined.Crescent Farms offers 18 regulation holes on the Stallion course, plus a 9-hole executive course featuring six par-3 and three par-4 holes.

Creve Coeur Golf Course: 11400 Olde Cabin Road • Creve Coeur, MO 63141 • (314) 432-1806 • www.creve-coeur.org

9 holesMonday-Friday: $17/resident; $21/non-residentSaturday-Sunday: $18/resident; $23/non-resident

A slope rating of 109 for men and 104 for women, and a course rating of 67.6 for men and 68.8 for women, reflect the tremendous challenge of the course.

Meramec Lakes Golf Course321 Birdie Lane • St. Clair, MO 63077

20 minutes west of Six Flags off Highway 44

636-629-0900www.merameclakes.com

Rates with cart:

Weekend/Holiday ......................

$

33

Weekday ...................................

$

26

Seniors & Juniors Weekday .........

$

20

Improve your game with lessons from Scott Brauer, PGA Class Golf Pro

Individual & Group Lessons Available

He will be teaching a 4-week Junior Golf Program in July

DEMO DAYS3 DAYS ONLY AT MID RIVERS GOLF LINKS 4100 Mid Rivers Mall Dr

St. Peters MO 63114636 939-3663

LARGEST DEMO DAY IN MIDWEST - FREE ADMISSION

plus many more!

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Deer Creek Golf and Country Club: 5300 Dulin Creek Road • House Springs, MO 63051 • (636) 671-0447 • www.deercreekstl.com

9 holesMonday-Friday: $20Saturday-Sunday: $2418 holesMonday-Friday: $28; $24 after 2 p.m.Saturday-Sunday: $32; $28 after 3 p.m.

More than 200 acres of unspoiled terrain surround the clubhouse. Panoramic views and a thoughtfully designed layout combine for a great golf escape.

Far Oaks Golf Club: 419 Old Collinsville Road • Caseyville, IL 62232 • (618) 628-2900 • www.faroaks-golfclub.com

At press time, the rates for spring 2012 have not yet been determined.A favorite venue for tournaments, the always-well-man-icured Far Oaks features a Scottish-style links layout on the front nine and a sloping, up-and-down back nine that runs through grand oaks.

Gateway National Golf Links: 18 Golf Drive • Madi-son, IL 62060 • (800) 482-8856 • www.gatewaynational.com

18 holesMonday-Thursday: $49.50; $39.50 after 1 p.m.Friday-Sunday and holidays: $69.50; $49.50 after 1 p.m.

Noted for its bent grass, the links-style Gateway National is regarded as one of the prettiest courses in the bi-state area.

Landings at Spirit Golf Club: 180 N. Eatherton Road • Chesterfield, MO 63005 • (636) 728-1927 • www.land-ingsatspirit.com

9 holesMonday-Friday: $30; $29 after 1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday: $35; $32 after 1 p.m.18 holesMonday-Tuesday: $38; $33 after 1 p.m. on Mondays; $23 after 3 p.m.Wednesday-Friday: $46; $23 after 3 p.m.Saturday-Sunday: $58; $37 after 1 p.m.; $23 after 3 p.m.

The course is designed to challenge highly skilled play-ers, but five sets of tees make it playable for all.

Meramec Lakes Golf Course: 321 Birdie Lane • St. Clair, MO 63077 • (636) 629-0900 • www.merameclakes.com

18 holesMonday: $18Tuesday-Friday: $26; $18 after 1 p.m.Saturday-Sunday and holidays: $33; $18 after 1 p.m.

Seven new greens, renovations to older portions of the course and additions of and revisions to many bunkers, all under the expert guidance of golf architect Gary Kern, have contributed to an improved experience. WWW.OLDHICKORYGC.COM 636.477.8960

Old HickoryG O L F C L U B

W e l c o m e s Y o u

Currently Accepting New MembersPlease contact Pete Christo

at(636) 262-7886

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Missouri Bluffs: 18 Research Park Circle • St. Charles, MO 63304 (800) 939-6760 • www.mobluffs.com

18 holesMonday-Tuesday: $59.50; $49.50 after 1 p.m.Wednesday-Thursday: $62.50; $49.50 after 1 p.m.Friday-Sunday and holidays: $73; $60 after 1 p.m.

The only area golf course designed by legendary golf architect Tom Fazio, Missouri Bluffs is regarded as one of the best championship courses in Missouri.

Paradise Valley Golf & Country Club: 1055 Loch-moor Drive • St. Louis, MO 63049 • (636) 225-5157 • www.paradisevalleygolf.com

9 holesMonday-Friday: $21Saturday-Sunday and holidays: $26; $24 after 12 p.m.18 holesMonday-Friday: $32Saturday-Sunday and holidays: $42

Woods and native wildlife give golfers challenging play in a truly idyllic setting.

Quail Creek Golf Club: 6022 Wells Road • St. Louis, MO 63128 • (314) 487-1988 • www.quailcreekgolfclub.com

At press time, the current rates are about to expire, and rates for spring 2012 have not yet been announced.Quail Creek offers 18 holes of championship golf designed by local golf legend Hale Irwin. With a slope rating of 141 from the back tees, the course is tied for the most difficult public course in the St. Louis area.

Ruth Park Golf Course: 8211 Groby Road • University City, MO 63132 (314) 727-4800 • www.ucitymo.org

9 holesMonday-Friday: $10/resident; $12/non-residentSaturday-Sunday: $11/resident; $13.50/non-resident18 holesMonday-Friday: $18Saturday-Sunday: $18/resident; $23 non-resident

The 9-hole course was established in 1931 and designed by Robert Foulis, widely known for designing many of the area’s finer courses. The municipal course offers one of the St. Louis area’s most affordable golf outings.

Swing Thru Spring!

Barrett Station Golf Practice Center

Barrett Station & Old Dougherty Ferry Road.(next to the Museum of Transportation)

636-391-6666

at Barrett Station Golf Practice Center

Grass Tees OPEN!

Covered Tee Boxes

Lighted evening hours

USGA Standard putting green & practice bunker

Private & Group lessons

FREE BUCKETPresent this coupon for a free

small bucket with any bucket purchase.

Expires May 25, 2012Barrett Station Golf Practice Center

PGA Tour Golf Simulators

636 .489 .2848

Golf Rain or Shine, Sports Bar All the Time!

Birch Creek Golf ClubEnjoy Great Golf at Affordable Fees in a Relaxed Informal Atmosphere

Check out our website for a full list of fees and link to our Internet Specials for the guaranteed best deals.

A quality facility available to all who care about this great game.Visit soon and enjoy the beauty of our course, the comfort of our clubhouse

and the spectacular views, like this, from our “Birch Perch” deck.

$5 off any weekday round or $10 off any weekend round

Just bring this ad with you and provide your email. This offer expires 6/1/12

499 North Service Rd. | Union, MO 63084 | 636-584-7200

www.birchcreekgc.com

21st Annual

Golf ClassicMonday, May 21 at Ballwin Golf Course

Complete Event Package $125 ppLuau Dinner and Drinks only $30 pp

Sponsorships Available

Register today!636-230-9900

www.westcountychamber.com

Lunch, Hawaiian dinner, course drinks, open bar after tournament, networking, prizes, on-course games, give-a-ways, raffles and Luau!

DEMO DAYSMondays, April 23 & 30

4:00 - 7:00 p.m.Try out the latest equipment from your

favorite club manufacturers.Sales reps and Wolf Hollow’s Professional Staff

will be available for fitting advice. Make sure your next set of clubs is the right set.

New for 2012 - Over $1,000 in Golf Equipment will be given away over the two days (approx. $500 each day)

must register at the course during the demo days to qualify for the giveaway. No purchase required.

WolfH O L L O Wg o l f c l u b

a Greens Fee for a Year!

199 gets you all the golf youcan play, just pay the cart fee.*

Yes, that means ONLY $14 for 18 holes witha cart or $8 for 9 holes, including cart.

Great Deal for League Players!PLUS, Winter Rates - only pay $10 for 18 holes

and $5 for 9 holes anytime November-February.Now you can afford to play all of the golf you want.

*Valid anytime M-F (excluding holidays), after 2 p.m. S-S and holidays ($24 rate available S-S and holidays before 2 p.m.). Not valid with outings or special events, cart rental required, valid for one year from date

of purchase.

We Take Trades!

Contest Starts April 5, 2012

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4504 Hwy. 100636-390-8100

www.WolfHollowGolf.comJust 15 minutes west of Six Flags

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Wolf Hollow Golf Club: 4504 Hwy. 100 • Labadie, MO 63055 • (636) 390-8100 • www.wolfhollowgolf.com

9 holesMonday-Friday: $16Saturday-Sunday: $22; $20 after 2 p.m.18 holesMonday-Friday: $25Saturday-Sunday: $29

Numerous natural hazards make the Gary Kern-designed course a real challenge.

Stonewolf Golf Club: 1195 Stonewolf Trail • Fairview Heights, IL 62208 • (618) 624-4653 • www.stonewolf-golf.com

18 holesMonday-Tuesday: $39.50Wednesday-Friday: $46Saturday-Sunday: $60

The Jack Nicklaus Signature course features zoysia-grass tees and fairways and bent-grass greens; five sets of tees ensure challenging play for all golfers.

Tapawingo National Golf Club: 13001 Gary Player Drive • St. Louis, MO 63127 • (636) 349-3100 • www.tapawingogolf.com

9 holesMonday-Friday: $33; $28 two hours after twilightSaturday-Sunday: $40; $35 two hours after twilight18 holesMonday-Friday: $60; $40 after 2 p.m.Saturday-Sunday: $70; $50 after 2 p.m.9 holes $33 18 holes $60

Three 9-hole courses were designed by Gary Player, who said of the property: “You could not ask for better material.”

The Norman K. Probstein Golf Course in Forest Park: 6141 Lagoon Drive • St. Louis, MO 63112 • (314) 367-1337 • www.forestparkgc.com

9 holesMonday-Sunday: $2218 holesMonday-Friday: $32; $23 after 2:30 p.m.Saturday-Sunday: $40; $28 after 2:30 p.m.

Redesigned by Hale Irwin in 2004, Forest Park fea-tures three 9-hole courses, giving players various 18-hole combination options.

en

Deer Creek is Open!The course is in great shape!Weekdays $28 • Weekends & Holidays $38

Senior Rate Mon-Fri $22

$5 OffREGULAR RATE

Expires 5/31/12

4 PlayFOR THE PRICE OF 3

Expires 5/31/12

5300 Dulin Creek Rd. | House Springs 63051636-671-0447

www.deercreekstl.comVisit our website to sign up for season long savings

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615 Broadmoor • Chesterfield MO(Woods Mill Rd. • Olive Blvd.)

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Membership Drive Underway$500 Initiation Fee Waived

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615 Broadmoor • Chesterfield MO(Woods Mill Rd. • Olive Blvd.)

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Nine Hole Private Golf Course, Pro Shop, RestaurantMembership Includes

• Swimming Pool Privileges • Logo Golf Bag • Logo Shirt • Dozen Golf BallsOffer Valid Until April 30, 2012.Offer Valid Until April 30, 2012.

4 Person Scramble

11 am Registration, Lunch & Range Opens

12:30 pm Shotgun Start

Prime Rib dinner, auction & awards

after round.

Individual Golfers $195Foursome $760

Don’t miss this great opportunity to play this

prestigious course

For more information call 636.532.3399Or visit

www.chesterfieldmochamber.com/golf-classic.html

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Chesterfield Chamber of CommerCe Golf ClassiC

Monday, April 30

by Casey Breslin, MPT - Physical Therapist and Trainer

20 Minutes to Par is an affiliate of 20 Minutes to Fitness where, thanks to scientifically based strength-building methods, it is possible to achieve in one 20-minute session a week what might require three hours or more a week at the gym.

Perhaps you know golfers like this. They invest hundreds, even thousands of dollars in equipment. But next to nothing on

their own bodies.

Hitting a golf ball consistently takes strength, flexibility and a strong core. If you strengthen and stretch the right muscles, you

can increase your club speed, add distance to your drive and improve your control when putting. That’s what professional

golfers do. And it’s what we do at 20 Minutes to Par.

We work with you one-on-one, tracking your progress along the way. It takes just two, 20-minute sessions over eight-

weeks to improve your flexibility, minimize your risk of injury and feel stronger, on and off the course.

Come see for yourself. Your initial consultation and first session is FREE.

Don’t wait a minute longer! Sign up for our eight-week, PowerPar Program today!

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Suite 101314-863-7836

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AMERICAN GIRL Grand Opening April 21-22

Plus, visit the Easter Bunny in Dillard’s Court through April 7th!

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Results of a statewide survey of Missouri nursing homes have led University of Mis-souri researchers to conclude that negative perceptions of long-term care facilities are changing.

Researchers at the University of Mis-souri’s Sinclair School of Nursing in 2011 conducted a statewide survey of Missouri nursing homes and found that nearly 90 percent of nursing home residents and their family members were satisfied with the residents’ long-term care facilities.

“The findings paint a positive picture of nursing homes that contradict previous perceptions,” said Marilyn Rantz, curators professor in the nursing school, who helped conduct the survey. “Nursing home admin-istrators have worked diligently through-out the past decade to improve the quality of care delivered to residents and to make care settings more homelike. Their efforts have made a difference in improving per-ceptions of long-term care facilities.”

The survey evaluated nearly 200 nursing homes throughout Missouri and was the first to measure residents’ and family mem-bers’ overall satisfaction with the quality of

care, quality of life and quality of service provided in the homes.

Key findings of the survey include:• Eighty-six percent of resident respon-

dents gave their facility an overall satisfac-tion rating of either “excellent” or “good,” and 87 percent rated as “excellent” or “good” their willingness to recommend the facility to others.

• Among survey respondents who were family members of residents, 86 per-cent gave an overall satisfaction rating of “excellent” or “good,” and 86 percent indi-cated a strong willingness to recommend the facility to others.

“When family members put loved ones in nursing homes, they want perfection,” said Marcia Flesner, a clinical educator in the nursing school who assisted with the survey. “They want the best care possible for their relatives in places that feel like home. The results indicate Missouri nurs-ing homes are doing a good job, though room for improvement exists.”

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services funded the survey. For more results, visit nursinghomehelp.org.

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Tile & Bath Service, Inc.636-394-0315

14770 Clayton RoadBallwin, MO 63011Visit our showroom

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Live the Dream!Welcome home to The Villas, luxury retirement communities from the Delmar Gardens Family.

value in a vibrant and luxurious setting. When you add state-of-the-art amenities, impeccable service

The Villas.

For those who prefer the ultimate in retirement living but desire added services, the Delmar Gardens Private Services team, or a private services

services and will orchestrate a program to enhance your lifestyle.

GARDEN VILLAS of O’FALLON7092 South Outer 364

636.240.5560

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CHESTERFIELD VILLAS14901 North Outer 40 Road

636.532.9296

GARDEN VILLAS NORTH4505 Parker Road

314.355.6100

GARDEN VILLAS SOUTH13457 Tesson Ferry Road

314.843.7788

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Ask about our Spring Specials!

Learn What You Need to Know About Alzheimer’sMeet and Hear Author Jolene Brackey.

Jolene Brackey’s book “Creating Moments of Joy” is a must for every family coping with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Meet Jolene Brackey and attend her presentation of “Creating Moments of Joy”. The �rst 50 attendees will receive a FREE copy of Jolene’s book.* Call today to make your reservation to attend.

Call now for your reservation!

Friday, June 1, 2 p.m.GVCC at Dougherty Ferry

13612 Big Bend RoadSaint Louis, MO 63088

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By SUE HORNOFLast year, the eldest of the baby boomers

celebrated their 65th birthdays, and every day, another 10,000 are marking that mile-stone. America’s baby boomers are tackling the challenges of aging with resourceful-ness – and a little help from their friends and professionals.

‘The Golden Girls’ phenomenonSome say it is a return of the hippies

to the commune; others call the growing number of female baby boomers sharing living quarters “‘The Golden Girls’ phe-nomenon.”

According to the American Association of Retired Persons, 480,000 female baby boomers lived with at least one unrelated female in 2010.

“This concept is really trending on the East and West coasts and is very big in Europe,” said Ryan Cowmeadow, vice president of the National Shared Housing Resource Center, a clearinghouse of infor-mation for people looking to find a shared housing organization. “Our numbers are up about 15 percent since 2007, and about 75 percent of applicants are female. We’re hoping to see a real surge with the boomers entering retirement age now.”

According to Martha Nelson, 65-year-old author of “Black Chokeberry,” a book about three older women who unexpect-edly end up sharing a home, the growing trend is simply about women choosing to live in the company of friends.

“Women typically live longer than men, and men are more likely to remarry quickly after a divorce or the death of a spouse,” Nelson said.

“And fundamentally, I think it’s as much about the special bonds women share. We form these wonderful, supportive, ‘tell the truth’ friendships, which survive the demands of husbands, children and careers. Whether living alone or with a spouse or partner, women cling to their friendships. When a woman considers living alone as she ages, it’s a natural progression to seek the company of her best friends.”

Parent trapIn 2004, after working 20-plus years as

a social worker, Jeannie Krause-Taylor founded Pathways for Aging, a Creve Coeur-based agency rooted in a social work model to serve the aging population.

In addition to serving the elderly, how-ever, Krause-Taylor’s business has become a resource for baby boomers.

“We started out primarily focusing on the

older adults, and over the years, I’ve spent more and more time helping the adult chil-dren in dealing with the issues of their aging parents – to the point that we’ve decided to sort of carve that out as another whole area of specialization,” Krause-Taylor said. “A lot of times, they’re looking for informa-tion and resources.”

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caused by viruses and should not be treated with antibiotics, according to new guide-lines released by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA).

Nearly one in seven people are diagnosed with a sinus infection each year, and 90-98 percent of cases are caused by viruses – which are not cured by antibiotics.

“There is no simple test that will easily and quickly determine whether a sinus infection is viral or bacterial, so many phy-sicians prescribe antibiotics ‘just in case,’” said Anthony W. Chow, M.D., chair of the guidelines panel and professor emeritus of infectious diseases at the University of

British Columbia, Vancouver. “However, if the infection turns out to be viral – as most are – the antibiotics won’t help and in fact can cause harm by increasing antibiotic resistance, exposing patients to drug side effects unnecessarily and adding cost.”

The new IDSA guidelines note that a sinus infection is likely caused by bacteria and should be treated with antibiotics if symptoms last for 10 or more days and are not improving; symptoms are severe and include fever higher than 102, nasal dis-charge and facial pain lasting three to four consecutive days; or symptoms worsen, with new fever, headache or increased nasal discharge, typically after a viral upper respiratory infection that lasted five or six days and initially seemed to improve.

The guidelines call also for avoiding decongestants and antihistamines, regard-less of whether a sinus infection is bacte-rial or viral, as they are not helpful and may make symptoms worse.

Male pattern baldness treatment may be on horizon

The identification of an abnormal amount of a certain protein found in the scalp of men with male pattern baldness could pave a direct path to new treatments for the most common cause of hair loss in men.

Researchers at the University of Pennsyl-vania found that the protein Prostaglandin

D2 and its derivative inhibit hair growth.“Although a different prostaglandin was

known to increase hair growth, our find-ings were unexpected, as prostaglandins haven’t been thought about in relation to hair loss, yet it made sense that there was an inhibitor of hair growth, based on our earlier work looking at hair follicle stem cells,” said George Cotsarelis, M.D., senior author of the study.

Male pattern baldness strikes 80 percent of men younger than 70 and causes hair follicles to shrink and produce microscopic hairs, which grow for a shorter duration of time than normal follicles.

Future studies, potentially testing topical treatments, can determine whether target-ing prostaglandins will benefit women as well as men.

Toxic skin lighteners, anti-aging treat-ments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a warning about skin creams, soaps and lotions that might con-tain mercury. The products are marketed as skin lighteners and anti-aging treatments that remove age spots, freckles, blemishes and wrinkles. Adolescents may use them to treat acne.

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“Those children with the lowest levels of vitamin D in their blood were also the children that seemed to be at the highest risk of having prediabetes, as measured by a marker for insulin resistance,” said Dr. Michele Hutchinson, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

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Carl Klutke, M.D., a Washington Uni-versity urologist at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, will present “You’re Not Alone: Understanding and Treating Sexual Dysfunction” at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17 at the West County Family YMCA Auditorium, 16464 Burkhardt Place in Chesterfield. Causes of and various treat-ment options for sexual dysfunction in men and women will be explained. Admission

is free, but registration is required. Call (314) 542-9378.

• • •An Alzheimer’s support group will meet

from 5:30-7 p.m. on Thursday, April 19 and Thursday, May 17 at Parc Provence, 605 Coeur De Ville Drive in Creve Coeur. The group is sanctioned by the Alzheim-er’s Association. Call (314) 542-2500 to RSVP.

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community and leadership striving to strengthen and empower the spirit of girls and women – is collaborating with Sharsheret, a national, nonprofit organi-zation supporting young Jewish women facing breast cancer and their families, on the Sharsheret Supports project. Sharsheret Supports’ purpose is to offer support and resources in the St. Louis Jewish com-munity to breast cancer survivors and to women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer and are undergoing treatment or are at increased genetic risk for getting the disease.

As a part of the program, a focus group designed to discover the unmet needs of Jewish women who have a connection to breast cancer will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 23 at the Jewish Commu-nity Center Staenberg Family Complex in Creve Coeur.

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HITCHCOCK PRESENTS

By WARREN MAYESThe St. Louis Blues morphed from early-

season loser to Western Conference leaders to a playoff team. The main reason behind the transformation is new coach Ken Hitch-cock.

After getting off to a slow start, the Blues fired Davis Payne on Nov. 6.

The club was 6-7 and headed nowhere.Enter Hitchcock. The veteran coach had

a simple mandate for his squad.“I want us to be proud of the way we play

the game,” Hitchcock said. “I think at the end of the day, I want people in St. Louis to say, ‘Man, that team plays the right way.’”

They have been playing the right way, too.St. Louis snapped its futility of recent years by clinching a playoff berth in the middle of March with a win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

“It’s the first step,” Hitchcock said. “We’re proud of that. We’re really happy with it, and we continue down that path.”

Making the playoffs is rarified air for the franchise in recent seasons. The Blues credit their savvy, veteran coach, who was hired 13 games into the season and arrived with a track record of prodding teams to the top on short notice.

Two months ago, they were foundering. Plug in Hitchcock. Now, they’re legitimate Stanley Cup contenders.

“They’re a top team in this league,” Van-couver Canucks forward Daniel Sedin said after a recent game with the Blues. “This is one of the toughest teams you can play right now.”

General manager Doug Armstrong said he saw an underachieving team and another season getting away from St. Louis, which has missed the playoffs five of the last six seasons.

“Obviously, when you work with some-one you try and support them all the way up until the last second,” Armstrong said. “This (hiring Hitchcock) was based more on a gut feeling that there was a different direction could go with an experienced coach that could poke and prod and get a young to meet their potential.”

Hitchcock is the second-oldest coach in the NHL. Before his tenure with the Blues, he owned a record of 534-350-88-70.

Armstrong was an assistant GM when Hitchcock coached the Dallas Stars to the Stanley Cup in 1999-2000, so when the Blues needed a “poke and prod” he turned to a familiar face. Hitchcock was available, serving as a Columbus Blue Jackets consul-tant after getting fired as coach last season. Columbus gave the Blues permission to talk to Hitchcock, who said, “I just felt like I couldn’t miss out on this opportunity.”

He also noted that the Blues “have as much or more potential than anybody around.”

They’ve been playing up to that potential since the coaching switch.

The goalie tandem of Brian Elliott and Jaroslav Halak has combined for a record number of team shutouts. The once anemic power play has made big strides with a simple mandate to fire at will and capitalize on deflections and rebounds. They’re per-haps more dangerous at even strength with a relentless forecheck and four lines with a combination of speed and big bodies.

Elliott, who wasn’t even guaranteed a job in camp, is the team’s lone All-Star.

“It’s his ability to convince us to pay attention to details and really want to play the game right for 60 minutes,” Elliott said about Hitchcock. “Having his hockey knowledge, I think we trust in it, and it shows.”

Instead of thinking overhaul, Hitch-cock approached the job much like one of his productive part-time gigs. Hitchcock coached Team Canada to a silver medal in the 2008 World Championships and served as associate coach on a pair of Olympic gold medal teams.

Of course, his greatest NHL achievement was guiding the Dallas Stars to the Stanley Cup in 1999. Ex-Blues star Brett Hull was a member of that team.

Aware of the team’s untapped talent, Hitchcock tweaked the game plan but didn’t swamp anyone with a brand new system. “I knew the things you could do, the things you couldn’t do and knew how much infor-mation they could absorb,” he said. “I’m pretty lucky to have that experience.”

Hitchcock turned 60 in December and seems a little bit professorial, with roundish body, rosy cheeks and cherubic face to go

with his measured, learned delivery. There were no bulging veins in the neck,

no screaming fit, when Hitchcock addressed players after Edmonton’s three-goal second period earlier this season in a loss that could have damaged the young team. Body lan-guage combined with a few choice words motivated a stirring three-goal comeback victory. The next day, Hitchcock accentu-ated the positive: “Keep the score, burn the scorecard.”

“He’s kind of an ‘I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed’ type of guy, and that hurts even more,” captain David Backes said. “He’s like a dad that’s disappointed in the kids. That kind of stings.”

Mostly, it’s been the Blues doing the stinging.

The franchise has missed the playoffs five of the last six seasons.

Hitchcock has them playing well consis-tently. They’re way past the honeymoon period when a new coach comes in and makes an immediate difference for a few games.

“We’re playing our game night in and night out. Consistent,” forward Chris Stew-art said. “We don’t have the big star. We’re playing to our identity.”

Hitchcock has adjusted, too. He doesn’t obsess over the little things as much.

“The world doesn’t stop, your coaching ideas have to evolve, too,” team president John Davidson said. “I give him a lot of

credit. He’s understood things he could have done better and things he has to do better.”

He’s shown up in better shape, too. Hitchcock is not quite so round anymore after diving into a fitness kick.

No more junk food. Hitchcock is an enthusiastic advocate of the so-called cave-man diets, which emphasize foods that pre-historic humans ate and shuns processed foods.

“I cut out a lot of things. A lot of things,” Hitchcock said. “The best thing that hap-pened to me on the break was to find a dif-ferent lifestyle.

“It’s not a diet, it’s a way of life. I feel good every day. I don’t feel tired. I found a different way to handle the stress of every-day coaching.”

Hitchcock doesn’t think he’s changed as a coach, except for being more accepting of individual tastes.

Though the Blues were far from awful under Payne, the front office detected it might have the makings of yet another futile season waiting for the youth movement to finally click in. It’s happening now on a roster dotted with former high draft picks complemented by veteran presence.

Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo was the fourth overall pick in 2008, and forwards T.J. Oshie, David Perron, Patrik Berglund and Backes are all former high picks. Old hands Jason Arnott and Jamie Langenb-

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runner, the latter a member of Hitchcock’s Stars cup winner, provide stability.

The trade of former No. 1 overall selec-tion Erik Johnson to Colorado last winter looks like a steal with Stewart and defense-man Kevin Shattenkirk playing key roles.

“After wins I think we’ve been really humble and after losses, too,” Berglund said. “The next day we’ve been working really hard. I think everybody’s on the same page, and everybody feels that confidence in the locker room.”

Benefiting from introspection during his time out of coaching – he was fired by the Blue Jackets in January 2010 – Hitch-cock has made a special effort to relate to a younger generation that craves instant feedback. Whenever possible, he tries to incorporate humor.

“We try to do things that make people laugh, and laughter gets their attention,” Hitchcock said. “We make fun of ourselves and each other. It loosens the load.”

The day after games, Hitchcock believes players need him most.

“They’re way harder on themselves. They’re really looking for leadership, they’re looking for a firm direction on what we need to do to get better,” Hitchcock said. “They ask way more questions, they want more answers.”

The players know there’s a reason for asking their coach questions.

Now, they believe they can do some damage in the postseason. While they have been winning game after game, other teams have taken notice. These Blues are for real.

“When you’re the team on top, it’s like you’re looking at those teams and when you get a chance you want to show your best and really say, ‘Hey, we can play with those guys,’” said Langenbrunner, who won Stan-ley Cups in Dallas (1999) and New Jersey (2003).

“I hate to say measuring stick, but we are that now. I think that’s great for us. That will prepare for what’s ahead. It’s new for

some of these guys. It’s a good spot to be. We haven’t responded quite as well as we wanted to. I think ... we’re getting closer to the way we need to play. That will continue to build as we get into April.

“In our game, there can’t be any letdown. If you do, you lose points and teams are too close together. When we’re on top of our game it’s a very tough game to beat. We want to make sure that we’re at that point and we’re playing our best hockey when April starts.”

“It’s one thing to get into the playoffs and it’s another thing to play well there and go far,” defenseman Barret Jackman said. “That’s our goal.”

They want to go deep into the postseason. They are not satisfied. Hitchcock makes sure of that.

“I don’t ever lose site of the big picture,” said Hitchcock. “We’re in the rarefied air …. Do we want first place? Sure. Do we want to win the division? Yeah, you bet, (but) you can’t lose sight of the big picture. The big picture is all about how you’re playing.”

The Hitchcock of today is different from the Hitchcock in Dallas that went to the Stanley Cup Final in back-to-back seasons.

“Yeah. I think for me in Dallas, we had a veteran team that was kind of slow, but we played like an old dog,” Hitchcock said. “We just sat back and let you make mistakes and then buried you.

“If you’re going to win in the National Hockey League right now, you’ve got to be a 200-foot team. You’ve got to play really, really fast defensively, and then you’ve got to protect the puck like crazy offensively. If you’re going to win in this league, if you want to create your offense, you’ve got to play 200 feet. Now, you can’t play at 150. And you also have to play really, really fast. It’s not fast offensively. Fast and loose offensively ends up in losses. Fast and tight defensively ends up in wins.”

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Mary Beth Monafo has been named to the Productive Living Board for St. Louis County Citizens with Developmen-tal Disabilities. St. Louis County Execu-tive Charlie Dooley appointed Monafo, who currently is active at Ellisville-based Howard Park Center.

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EDUCATION & NETWORKINGBusiness dinner etiquette is the topic of

a West County Young Professionals Lunch ‘n Learn from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tues-day, April 10. Admission is $15. For the location, which at presstime has not been determined, call 230-9900 or visit west-countychamber.com.

• • •The West County Chamber of Com-

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• • •The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce

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community-wide Shabbat service during Passover is from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Satur-day, April 7 at Congregation Shaare Emeth, 11645 Ladue Road. The service falls on the first day of Passover and includes a Passover Festival liturgy. Congregants representing synagogues in St. Louis and Southern Illinois and students from the Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School participate in the special lay-led service. HaShemesh provides the music. Preceding the service, rabbis lead an interactive Torah study session form 9-9:45 a.m. A kosher-for-Passover reception follows the service. All generations are welcome – affiliated or not – and attendees are asked to bring a can of food to be donated to the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry. For more information, visit shabbatstlouis.org.

• • •A Bunch for Bunco fundraiser is at 7

p.m. (doors open at 6:15 p.m.) on Friday, April 13 in the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Manchester’s multi-purpose room. The event is sponsored by the Ladies Auxil-iary. Prizes, a silent auction, three rounds of bunco, 50/50 raffle, a snack buffet, des-serts, soda, wine and tea are included. The cost is $15 per player. Call 227-8596.

• • •“Livin’ on a Prayer,” a benefit for

Shirlee Green Preschool, is at 6:15 p.m. (dinner starts at 7 p.m.) on Saturday, April 14 at Congregation Shaare Emeth, 11645 Ladue Road. The ’80s-themed night includes dinner, drinks, a silent auction and a performance by Mack Daddyz – a band made up of fathers of preschoolers. Admis-

sion is $30 per person. Call (314) 569-0047 or visit share-emeth.org.

• • •Babler Elementary PTO hosts a trivia

night and silent auction at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) on Saturday, April 14 at Gateway Sports Center. Trivia, auction items and games are featured. Admission is $25 per person/$200 for a table of eight. Proceeds benefit programs for students, teachers and staff at Babler Elementary. To register, visit sites.google.com/site/babler-trivia.

• • •A day of tennis in memory of Betsy

Faria will begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18 at the Chesterfield Athletic Club, 16625 Swingley Ridge Road. Round-robin tennis, a silent auction and a buffet lunch (12 p.m.) are featured. The cost is $55 for tennis and lunch and $25 for lunch only. Proceeds will be donated to Safe Connec-tions and Our Lady’s Inn. To register, call 532-9992 by April 6.

• • •The St. Clare of Assisi Knights of

Columbus Women’s Auxiliary hosts a ben-efit fashion show/luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 21 at St. Clare, 15642 Clayton Road in Ellisville. Tickets are $20 per person; tables of eight are available. For reservations contact Kathy Gantz at kglgantz@msn.com or (314) 369-4984 by April 11.

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• • •The 24th annual Chesterfield Civic

Prayer Breakfast is at 7 a.m. on Thurs-day, April 26 at the Doubletree Hotel in Chesterfield. Derek Glanvill, president and COO of McCarthy Building Companies, is

the keynote speaker. The event is hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Chesterfield and draws hundreds of people each year. Tick-ets are $25 each or $200 for a table of eight and can be purchased at chesterfieldki-wanis.org. Proceeds benefit Camp Wyman, a teen outreach program that helps under-privileged high school students. Corporate sponsorships start at $400. Call Walter Bil-gram at 236-5562.

• • •The 11th annual Friends of Kids with

Cancer “Walk with a Friend at Sun-rise” is at 9 a.m. (registration is from 7:30-8:30 a.m.) on Saturday, April 28 at 635 Maryville Centre. A 5k run and 1-mile walk are featured. Sponsorships are avail-able. The pre-registration deadline is April 16; packet pick-up is from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on April 25. Call (314) 275-7440 or visit friendsofkids.com.

• • •The West County Citizens Police Acad-

emy Alumni Association hosts mouse races at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at Andre’s West, 211 South Old Hwy. 141 in Fenton. Tickets include a buffet dinner of salad, sandwiches and pasta; and drinks includ-ing beer, wine, soda and mixed drinks. Ten mouse races, a 50/50 raffle, roulette wheel and silent auction are featured. Tickets are $25 and benefit St. Louis County Police Department, fifth and seventh precincts. Email Kasey at wccpaaa@gmail.com.

• • •Tinsel Town Trivia Night is at 7 p.m.

(doors open and silent auction begins at 6 p.m.) on Saturday, April 28 at St. John Lutheran Church, 15800 Manchester Road in Ellisville. Mulligans, a 50/50 raffle, heads or tails and more are featured. Beer, soda and light snacks are included in admis-sion; wine and mixed drinks are available for purchase. Entry is $25 per person or $200 per table of eight. Tickets are avail-able at oakbrooktrivianight.com.

• • •The 22nd annual Chesterfield Chamber

of Commerce Golf Classic opens with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. (registration begins at 10:30 a.m.) on Monday, April 30 at Persimmon Woods Golf Club. Activities include the longest drive, closest to the pin, putting and hole-in-one contests. Individu-als and foursomes are welcome. Register

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• • •The West St. Louis County Lions’

21st annual bowling tournament is on Wednesday, May 2 at West County Lanes in Ellisville. The night of bowling includes raffles, 50/50 drawings and attendance prizes. Proceeds benefit Missouri School for the Blind, Lions Eye Research and Eye Clinic, college scholarships for local high school seniors and more. Call 391-9111.

• • •Manchester Elks Lodge #2058 hosts a

golf tournament on Saturday, May 19. Proceeds benefit Manchester Elks Chari-ties. The cost is $300 per person. Call (314) 821-4450.

• • •The 14th annual Friends of Kids with

Cancer Golf Tournament & Auction opens with registration at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 21 at Whitmoor Country Club. Lunch from Russo’s Catering is at 10:30 a.m. and is followed by a shotgun start at noon. An open bar, steak dinner and auctions follow golf. Snacks and refresh-ments are served throughout the day. Spon-sorships and foursomes are available, with 84 percent of donations directly funding programs for the children. Call (314) 275-7440 or visit friendsofkids.com.

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noon on Saturday, April 7 at St. Louis Family Church. The event is open to kids ages 1-12 and middle-school students. Cos-tumed characters, inflatables, face painting and prizes are featured. Call 532-3446 or visit slfc.org.

• • •The city of Des Peres hosts the “Get

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• • •A Community Passover Seder led by

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• • •The Easter Egg-stravaganza is at 6 p.m.

on Saturday, April 7 at St. John Lutheran Church, 15800 Manchester Road in Ellis-ville. Kids from toddlers through fifth grade are welcome to hunt for eggs, play in bouncy houses, get their faces painted, and enjoy crafts and barbecue. Call 394-4100 or visit stjstl.net.

• • •“Tale Travelers,” a springtime afternoon

featuring stories and natural adventures, is from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, April 15 at Shaw Nature Reserve. Wear walking shoes and bring a water bottle, backpack and snacks. Guests travel by foot to the dozen reading stations set up around Pinetum Lake, listen to nature-inspired stories and participate in hands-on activities. The cost is $5 per child; the event is recommended for ages 4-12. Advanced registration is required by April 8. Call (314) 577-5140.

• • •Youth Day is from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday,

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LIVE PERFORMANCESSt. Louis Family Church presents “God-

spell” at 7:15 p.m. (doors open at 6:15 p.m.) on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, April 4-22, at the church. The musical is based on the Gospel of Matthew. Admission is free; offerings are accepted. Call 532-3446 or visit slfc.org.

• • •The 150-voice Chancel Choir and guest

soloists present a concert, “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” by Theodore Dubois, at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 6 at Manchester United Methodist Church. Call Tom Law-rence at (314) 608-8034.

• • •Sangeetha presents a Classical Indian

Music Flute Concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 14 at Midwest Music Conservatory, 15977 Clayton Road. Vittal Ramamurthy performs with the instrumental ensemble. Visit sangeetha.org for details and tickets.

• • •St. Louis Community College-Wildwood

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• • •A Single and Parenting class is from

7-9 p.m. on Mondays through April 30 at St. John Lutheran Church in Ellisville. The video educational seminar offers parenting strategies, encouragement and insights on how to find rest and hope while parenting alone. Child care is available with pre-registration. Call 779-2331.

• • •Eureka Outreach Center for the Blind

and Visually Impaired is open from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 7 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church gymnasium, 500 Meramec Avenue in Eureka. The center offers time for blind and visually impaired persons to gather for a free meal and socialization. Transportation is furnished for those not in wheelchairs, and those who are in wheelchairs are welcome but must provide their own transportation. For reser-vations or details, contact Bob Wardenburg at 394-3422.

• • •DivorceCare meets from 7-9 p.m. on

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• • •The Manchester Parks and Recreation

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• • •The Green Team Commission hosts

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Event date: Saturday, May 26 at the Chesterfield Central Park Amphitheater.

Call 636-591-0010 or visit stlbashproductions.com to register.

produced by

St. Louis BashProductions

presented by

Get your act together! If you have talent... be a part of the

2nd AnnuAl West County

Only 3 weeks left to submit your audition tape!

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15850 Manchester Rd. • Ellisville, MO 636.227.2622 • www.FraileysPubandGrill.com

Eat Lunch for under $10$7.25 Lunch Menu

including drink.Frailey’s Bar & Grill is a

non-smoking establishment.

Easter Brunch Buffet served 9am-4pmAdults $19.99 • Children Ages 5 - 10 $7.99

4 & under FREE

100 Holloway Road • Ballwin, 63011636.220.8989

patio seating • catering • private eventswww.candiccis.net

MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW!

LIVE MUSIC

Purchase 1 Dinner Entree OR Platter

plus 2 drinks and receive

One Dinner Entree OR Platter at HALF PRICE

20% OFFReceive 20% Off

your total bill Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner

Equal or lesser value. Dine in only. Not valid with any other offers,

discounts or specials. Gingham’s Homestyle Restaurant. Expires 5/6/12.

Dine in only. Not valid with any other offers, discounts or specials.

Gingham’s Homestyle Restaurant. Expires 5/6/12.

15662 Manchester Rd.Ellisville

636-230-5600

Open 24 Hours•

Senior Discounts•

Daily Specials

631 Big Bend Rd. Manchester

636-207-1689

165 Lamp & Lantern VillageTown & Country

636-207-0501

Add a Side Salad $1.50Not available with aNy other

offers or coupoNs or carry-out. No substitutioNs

Sunday & Monday Night Walleye Festival

Walleye Fillets $13.95House Basa Fillet $11.50

Family Friendly • Children’s Menuwww.LazyYellow.com

Gift Certificates Available

Sharp Cheddar & CraCkerS Country potatoeShomemade Slaw

*all fish subject to availability

Hard to Find...Easy to Fall in Love With

Morgan Le Fay’s

Distinctively Different Neighborhood Bar

Life Music Friday & Saturday(no cover)

Great Evolving Tapas MenuGreat Happy Hour, 3-6pm M-FAmazing Ladies Nite Specials

Monthly Wine TastingPampered Princess Party April 18

Directions: 40 to 141 North, Left on Conway, South at first light 6/10 mile on right

314-317-9181MorganLeFays.com

Best Prices in Town on Italian Groceries & Boar’s Head Meats!Best Prices in Town on Italian Groceries & Boar’s Head Meats!

Coupon required. Not valid with other offersor specials. Expires 05/01/12.

$100 OFFLarge Pasta!

Coupon required. Not valid with other offersor specials. Expires 05/01/12.

$100 OFFAny Sandwich!

150 Four Seasons(just West of Olive & I-41)

314-878-1474Fenton Plaza

(Old Hwy 30 & Hwy 141)

636-305-1474

Michael Viviano Invites

You to Stop By Either Location!

Traditional ItalianEaster Eggs & Missouri

Baking Lamb Cakesavailable for EASTER!

(314) 894-0900

LET US MAKE YOUR EASTER A LITTLE SWEETER!

Limit 1 per customer. Must redeem coupon.

Expires 4/30/12.$299

Any RegularSandwich

www.mcarthurs.com“When you want to serve the very best.”

• Decorated Easter Egg • Carrot Cake • Hot Cross Buns • Lamb Cake • Cross or Bunny Stollen • Cake Easter Eggs • Covered Chocolate Hen • Gooey Butter Cake • Fresh Coconut Cake

CHESTERFIELD13700 Olive Blvd.

Mon. - Sat. 7:00 am - 6:30 pm Sun. 7:30 am - 2:30 pm

If you have never eaten at our place - take this ad and get a free beverage with it.

If you have eaten at our place - lie and use it anyway!

(We actually are testing to see who reads this paper - the people who own it are really nice so you would be doing them a favor if you use this!!!!)

Expires 2032

15310 Manchester Road

636-391-3700

D I N I N G

636.591.0010

NEWSMAGAZINENETWORK.COM I 59APRIL 4, 2012WEST NEWSMAGAZINE

W E S T H O M E P A G E S

NEED ELECTRIC?

T.D. DeVeydt Electric L.L.C.

Licensed - Bonded - InsuredNew Service • Repair • Remodel

Troubleshooting • Upgrade • Back-Up Generators

314-606-8160Call for a free estimate today!

SeabaughFurniture & Decorating Co., Inc

Since 1930Upholstering, Repairing and Refinishing

17322 Manchester Road

(636) 458-3809

636-391-6905Tuckpointing • Leafgard • Repairs

Roofing & gutteRs

636 • 578 • 4417636 • 233 • 5057

www.g-pconcrete.comLocally Owned & Fully Insured

Patios Driveways Pool Decks firepitsFoundations Retaining Walls

TWO 12” GRAB BARSInstalled $169 & Up

636-394-0315www.seniorfriendlybathrooms.com

www.tileandbathservice.com

Tile & Bath Service, IncBATHROOMS REMODELED

14770 Clayton Road

FAUCET LEAK TO FULL REMODELTILE • CARPENTRY • PLUMBING

ELECTRICAL • DRYWALL

DON JAMESHANDYMAN SERVICE

25 YEARS EXPERIENCE

FREE ESTIMATES

636-288-6410I RETURN ALL CALLS!

DRIVEWAYSPATIOS & MORE

Driveways • Patios • Sidewalks • Porches Steps • Garage Floors • Repair Work Exposed Aggregate • Stamped Concrete

Family Owned • Insured • Since 1963

FREE Estimates 314-849-7520

Bi- State ConcreteSpecial izing in Residential

Tear Out & ReplacementProfessional Workmanship

• 1 Room Or Entire Basement• FREE Design Service• Finish What You Started• As Low As $15 sq. ft.• Professional Painters, Drywall Hangers & Tapers

Call Rich on cell 314.713.1388

Professional • Client SatisfactionSpacious Room Additions • Basement Finishing Specialists

Gourmet Kitchens • Garages • Luxury Baths • 3 & 4 Season RoomsDistinctive Decks • Screened Porches • Vinyl Siding/Roofs

Insured • References • Free Estimate • Licensed

636-946-6870 • www.keimarcontracting.com

REMODELING

Breakfast Specials!Every Saturday

9 am - 11 am2 eggs, bacon, sausage

potatoes & toast

Cheers Bar & Grill1 Beckett Plaza | Valley Park, MO

636.225.2700

$350Happy Hour M-F 3-6pm

Add Biscuits & Gravy$150

Good Friends. Great Food.Cold drinks.

Daily lunch SpecialS!$6.99

live MuSic Fri. & Sat. nightS

nightly Dinner SpecialS

happy hour Mon - Fri, 4 - 7288 laMp & lantern village - upper level

636-256-7201

HAMBURGERS

TO-GO ORDERS: 636-527-4737

Buy any Burger, or Chicken Basket, Get the 2nd Half Off

Basket includes fries and drink. Expires 5/10/12

BaBy ChRiSTy SpECial iS BaCk!

Includes Baby Christy Burger, Fry and Drink.No coupon necessary.

$499

Voted #1 Burger in St. Louis by St. Louis Magazine (Chain Category -2011)

Come See Us at our NeweSt LOCatiON:

14560 Manchester Road, Ballwin, 63011(1 mile West of 141 in Whinchester Plaza)

LENTEN SPECIALDelta Farm Raised Catfish

Platters & Sandwich BasketsBuy 1, Get

2nd 1/2 OFF!Expires 5/10/12

6oz. BurgerBBQ Pork Sandwich

Grilled Chicken BreastHam Club

1/2 Smoked Chicken1 Inch Smoked Chop

Above served with 1 side of your choice:Side Salad • French Fries Creamy Slaw • S&S Slaw

Baked Beans • Green BeansHomemade Potato Salad

930 Kehrs Mill Road • BallwinBarn at Lucerne636.394.2199

www.clancysatthebarn.com

CLANCY’S PUB

$5.95 LUNCH MENU

Served 11-3 Tuesday-Saturday

Come Celebrate EasterWith Family, Friends & Food

Easter Brunch Buffet! 9am - 3pm

www.table-three.com16765 Main Street | Wildwood

636-458-4333

Reservations Only

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W E S T H O M E P A G E S

We do more than sWeep chimneys

Brick WorkChimney Covers

Flue LinerReplace Rusted Chimney Tops

Install Gas LogsAir Duct & Dryer Vent

Established in 1979

636-391-2226www.englishsweep.com

visit our Website for discounts

throuGh may 30th

We Fix LeakiNG ChimNeysPond & Waterfall Experts

636-751-9621www.naturescapedesignsstl.com

waterfalls and ponds ~ landscape lighting paver patios ~ fire pits ~ walks and steps ~ stone work

landscape design ~ commercial and residentialreferences available ~ owner on every job

Custom-Designed & BuiltDecks • Porches • Gazebos

(636) 227-0800www.west-county.archadeck.com

FREE ESTIMATES

$500Spring

DiscountWith this ad!

Driveways, Patios & MoreStandard or Decorative Finish

Free estimates & Consultation

636-978-7147www.customfinishes.net

New or replacement Concrete

Custom Finishes, Inc.

Neighborhood Discount Available

New Service- Repair- RemodelingTroubleshooting - Free Estimates

636-458-1559*Ask about our discounts*

D-K ElectricResidential- Commercial

Licensed- Bonded- Insured(314) 494-7719

• Window Cleaning • Gutter Cleaning• Power Washing • Deck Restoration

Insured • Free Estimates

Call Today!Squeaky Clean

Custom Woodworking • Bars • BookshelvesMantels • Doors • Stairs • Media Kitchens • Basements • Baths

Roy KinderMaster Carpenter #1557

Custom Contractor/Builder

(636) 391-5880Insured • Satisfaction GuaranteedSince 1979 • www.finishtrim.com

F inish & Trim Carpentry Co.

...A Certified Belgard Installer...Retaining Walls (Any Size)

Paver Patios • Bobcat & Backhoe ServicesErosion & Drainage Control

Specializing in Large, Difficult Projects $50 Off Any Job Over $500Check us out @ Stoutlandscaping.com

(636) 227-5595

Stout Landscaping

Expires 2-29-12

“Your Neighbor in the Roofing Business”

Siding • Roofing • Gutters Call for your free inspection and estimate today!

636-294-ROOF (7663)Locally Owned and Operated Since 1997

BERRYCONSTRUCTION

STORM REPAIR

See our website for Early Spring Specials

(314) 581-0099www.LandDesignStl.com

Landscape ContractorsProfessional Landscape Design and Installation

Paver Patios • Retaining WallsWater Features • Plantings

Landscape Lighting and RepairUpdate Existing Landscapes

Complete Tree Service for Residential & CommercialTree & Brush Removal, Pruning, Dead-Wooding,

Deep Root Fertilization, Stump Grinding, Cabling, Storm Clean-Up and Plant Healthcare

Fully Insured. Free Estimates! 314-426-2911

email: BuntonMeyerTree@att.net

Free Estimates ∙ Over 18 years experience

DUSTIN HANN 636-484-2967

Deck Restoration Co.∙ Power Wash ∙ Stain and Seal

∙ Mold & Mildew Removal

∙ Deck Repair

Cleaning Fences, Concrete & Vinyl Siding

636-391-6905Cedar Staining • Powerwashing

Painting

Offers expire 6/15/2012. *Rebate offer is valid only with the purchase of qualifying Lennox® products. **See dealer for details or visit Lennox.com. ***Not valid for diagnostic/trip charge. Offer expires 6/15/12. © 2012 Lennox Industries Inc. See your participating Lennox dealer for details. Lennox dealers include independently owned and operated businesses.

Need emergency service? Get $30 off

any service repair***

Purchase any complete Lennox® heating and air conditioning system

and receive a FREE HC10 High-Efficiency Air Filter and Cabinet

St. Louis;Morgner Incorporated;E19120;4.62x3.49

(314) 961-0875 • (636) 394-6480www.lennoxdealer.com/morgnerinc/5-offers.aspx

Quality Service for over 40 Years!Call today for special deals on water heaters!

OR18 Months, No Interest,

Equal Monthly Payments**through GE Capital

Receive a

$1,075 Rebate*on a qualifying Lennox® Home Comfort System

Service-12SP-ODD-4c-B1.indd 6 3/7/12 1:21 PMCeiling Fans • Wholehouse Fans Gable Vent Fans • Recessed Lighting

Specializing in installation for two story homes with no wiring on first floor.

When Handyman Quality Just Won't Do.

(314) 510-6400

THE FAN MANINSTAllATIoN ProFESSIoNAlS

www.JLSDevelopmentLLC.com • 314-581-6903

Residential• Custom Homes & Additions• Kitchens & Baths• Basement Finish & Decks

equestRian• Indoor & Outdoor Riding Arenas• New Barn Construction• Update Existing Barns

“Over 30 Years experience”

NO MORE MOLES!Don’t Live With Moles... My Customers Don’t!

Average Yard Has 1-2 Moles • Litters Are Born March - JulyLocal and Neighborhood References

No Poisons • No Chemicals • Child & Pet Safe TrapsLess Expensive • More Reliable • More Effective • Fast Results

Call J.D. At 636-233-4484

“Finally, An Affordable

Mole Service”

MOLES

Cleaning ServiceAnnouncement

Childcare

Electric

For Sale

For Lease

Help Wanted

Heating & Air

Assisted Care

W E S T c l a S S i f i E d S

C a l l E l l E n 6 3 6 . 5 9 1 . 0 0 1 0 | E m a i l : C l a s s i f i E d s @ n E w s m a g a z i n E n E t w o r k . C o m

V i E w a l l a d s o n l i n E a t n E w s m a g a z i n E n E t w o r k . C o m

Classifieds636.591.0010

Accounting

Home Helpers is your #1 source affordable, dependable care by

compassionate caregivers. ♥ Senior Adults ♥ Recuperative Care ♥ Alzheimer’s / Dementia Care ♥ Bathing/Personal Care ♥ Transportation ♥ Meal Preparation ♥ Housekeeping ♥ On Call 24/7

Insured/Bonded & Carefully ScreenedWest County

636-391-0000 www.homehelpersstl.com

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Handyman Corner Inc.Reliable Home Repair

PLUMBING • ELECTRICAL CARPENTRY

30 yrs. Experience - Free Estimates

(636) 230-3588CELL: (314) 799-4334

Wood rot repair, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, drywall and custom woodworking. Includes bookcases, cabinets, fireplaces, mantels, decks, basements and more. Small jobs okay. Fast re-sponse. 35 years experience . In-sured. Call Jerry @ 636-346-3883.

Classifieds636.591.0010

J&S Home Services Handyman • Carpenter25 + Years Experience

Cheap Rates! Free Estimates! House Closings • Deck Repairs

Commercial Door Repairs All Jobs Big or Small.

Licensed, Bonded, Insured. Call James at 314-420-3562

Hauling

Skips Hauling & Demolition! Serving the Bi-State Area in-cluding St. Charles County. Ap-pliances, furniture, debris, con-struction, rubble, yard waste, excavating & demolition! 10, 15 and 20 cubic yard rolloff dump-sters. All type clean-outs & haul-ing! Affordable, dependable and available! No conditions! 20 yrs. service. Toll Free 1-888-STL-JUNK (888-785-5865) or314-644-1948.

HandymanMinor Repairs, Carpentry, Electrical, Painting, FREE

Estimates, West County Area

(636) 227-1173

No Tools? No Time?No Problem.

Handyman314-322-2705MyHoneydo.com

Total Bathroom Remodeling Cabinetry•Plumbing•Electrical

20 Years Experience

J & J HAULING WE HAUL IT ALL

Service 7 days. Debris, furniture, appliances, household trash, yard debris, railroad ties,

fencing, decks. Garage & Basement Clean-up

Neat, courteous, affordable rates.

Call: 636-379-8062 or email: jandjhaul@aol.com

DIRT CHEAP

POWER WASH

Single Story Ranch HomesPower Washed @ The

Dirt Cheap Price of $95.00

314.378.9064dirtcheap2012@yahoo.comDeck Cleaning & StainingIs One Of Our Specialties

HanDyman PluS - home repairs plus senior living aids installed by a craftsman. Car-pentry, plumbing, painting, elec-trical, grab bars, handrails, door widening, chair lifts, ramps, etc.Call 314-956-7437 or www.stl-handymanplus.com. DISCOUNT AVAILABLE.

CPA Firm For SmAll BuSineSSeS

Affordable Accounting, Tax, Payroll & Guidance Solutions

Call Tom at 314-448-4264 www.tomdunncpa.com

CLEAN AS A WHISTLE Weekly • Bi-Weekly • Monthly

Move in & Move Out

Family Owned & Operated Your Satisfaction is Our Goal Insured & Bonded Call 314-426-3838

AFFORDABLEPRICING

$10 OFF New Clients

For Rent

Destin Florida Area. Beautiful 3 bed, 3 bath condo or home, Gated Gulf Front community. Includes beach front cabana, 3 pools, ten-nis courts & more. Call for Special Spring/Summer rates and availabil-ity. To view pictures, please go to www.vrbo.com /127089 or /148365. For Additional info, Call 314-922-8344.

JT Dunn Heating & Cooling - 24/7 - Small Prices - Big Service. Discounts available online at www.jtdunnhvac.com. Call 314-809-3019 now for Expert Advice Over the Phone!

all around Construction llC - All interior and exterior remodeling and repairs. Historic restoration, molding duplication. Finished basements, kitchens, baths and decks. Liability, workmens comp, and EPA certified in lead removal. 18 years exp. Call 314-393-1102 or 636-237-3246.

Patrick Interior Finish: Specializing in finished basements, interior trim, drywall, taping & painting. Over 25 years experience. No pay til job complete! Honest Day's Work for Honest Day's Pay. References available. Call Pat 314-415-0377.

Classifieds636.591.0010

Experienced in-home childcare in Ballwin has an available in-fant/toddler opening. Hours & days are very flexible. Loving & learning environment, 15+ years experience. Excellent references. For details, call 636-284-4470.

Clean & organize your home before summer is here! I have 20 years experience. Dependable and thorough. References available. Reasonable rates. Call Connie at 636-544-8434.

FReNCH COUNTRy DR HUTCH - Excellent condition, solid wood with beveled glass, 92" high. Must sell, Asking $700. Call 314-324-8163.

melISSa'S HouSeClean-Ing - GREAT RATES, GREAT SERVICE! Let me do the dirty work! Also, your errands, petsit-ting, dog walking, housesitting and babysitting. Anything to help with your busy lifestyle and needs. References avail. Call 314-368-9569.

Office space for lease - i n e l l i s v i l l e -

3700 sq. ft. • $10 per ft. • Lg. Garage Door • Multi-tenant bldg. near Old

State & Manchester. 7 Offices, 2 bath, Reception Area. 1st month free! Please call 314-494-6393

LAWN CARe WORKeR - Good Pay - West County Area. Must have experience, transportation, speak some English, pass back-ground check, be heat-tolerant and hard working. Call Erik at 314-550-0574.

KeePIng IT Clean - Our work is guaranteed. Flexible schedules, move-in/ move-out cleaning, residential & commercial. Bond-ed, insured, screened employ-ees. pet-friendly. Discounts for seniors & new customers! FREE estimates. 314-852-9787. Keep-ingItClean.biz.

I've Moved!Winchester plaza

BarBer SHop636-527-5188

Formerly of Ballwin Plaza Barber Shop & Metro Barber Shop

Now in the same plaza as St. Louis Bread Co.

and Christy's Hamburgers

$13special

101 HOMe RePAIRS & Re-MODeLING. 20+ years experi-ence. Carpentry, Plumbing, Painting, Electrical, Flooring, Windows & Doors, Kitchens & Baths. Free Estimates. In-sured. All work guaranteed. Call Daniel at 314-486-1972.

Home Improvement

Home Improvement

Inside Sales: Part time person to set appointments for pro-fessional market. Accounting knowledge helpful. Experience in cold calling very helpful. Ex-cellent pay. Ellisville office. 636-271-9190.

The Fan guy - Trained & experi-enced tradesman for light elec-trical services: ceiling fans, in-stallation/repairs, new outlets/switches, attic fans/outdoor lighting. Fair, dependable & honest. Call Paul 636-734-8402.

SIDewalK Sale - at Dream House & TeaRoom in Claymont Plaza (Clayton & Kehrs Mill Rds.), 636-227-7640. Wed. 4-11 and Sat. 4-14, from 10am-2pm. Inside in case of rain. Furniture, apparel, shoes, lamps, pictures and much more.

vop HandYMan...Call On A Professional! Home Repairs • Plumbing • electrical • Carpentry • Painting • Windows & Doors • Appliances • Roof Repair • Decks & More! Call (636) 541-0375 or (636) 394-2319

Computer Services

We fix slow and crashing computers, remove and prevent viruses, recover and transfer data, setup home networks and more. Fixed or it’s free! 15 years of real experience. Call Matt 314.226.4279 or visit us at yourPcDocs.com.

Specializing in Home Offices and Small Businesses. County Computer Consulting LLC, can support your computers and networks. Call Ray for more in-formation at 636-391-3853 or www. CCC-LLC.BIZ.

Service at your home or office for:• PC problems or set-up • PC won't start or connect

•Spyware •Adware •Virus Removal •Hardware •Software Upgrades $30 diagnostic charge only for first ½ hour

Day, evening and weekend appointments available.

Serving St. louis & St. charles cowww.stlpcguy.com

call Mike at 636-675-7641

Concrete

R. L. Oehm Concrete, LLC Driveways • Patios • Basements

•

Garages

Porches • Sidewalks

•

Pool Decks

• Colored, Stamped or Custom •

View photos onoehmconcrete.com314-575-7074

residential & Commercial Wiring

Licensed • Bonded • Insured

Bethany electric

636-227-3305314-703-9617

Flooring

CARPET REPAIRS Restretching, reseaming & patching. No job too small. Free estimates. (314) 892-1003

wooD FlooR ReFInISHIng : Add instant equity to your home. Professional Floors of St. Louis 31 year old fully insured company serving entire metro community. Sanding, re f i n i s h i n g, re p a i r s , n e w installation, most manufacturers available. Free estimates 314-843-4348, profloorstl.com.

Guns

Licensed Federal Firearms DealerTop Price Paid • Any Condition

You Come to Us or We Come to YOU

Mark at 636-233-4544

GUNS WANTED

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For Sale

For Lease

Help Wanted

Heating & Air

Assisted Care

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Accounting

Home Helpers is your #1 source affordable, dependable care by

compassionate caregivers. ♥ Senior Adults ♥ Recuperative Care ♥ Alzheimer’s / Dementia Care ♥ Bathing/Personal Care ♥ Transportation ♥ Meal Preparation ♥ Housekeeping ♥ On Call 24/7

Insured/Bonded & Carefully ScreenedWest County

636-391-0000 www.homehelpersstl.com

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Handyman Corner Inc.Reliable Home Repair

PLUMBING • ELECTRICAL CARPENTRY

30 yrs. Experience - Free Estimates

(636) 230-3588CELL: (314) 799-4334

Wood rot repair, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, drywall and custom woodworking. Includes bookcases, cabinets, fireplaces, mantels, decks, basements and more. Small jobs okay. Fast re-sponse. 35 years experience . In-sured. Call Jerry @ 636-346-3883.

Classifieds636.591.0010

J&S Home Services Handyman • Carpenter25 + Years Experience

Cheap Rates! Free Estimates! House Closings • Deck Repairs

Commercial Door Repairs All Jobs Big or Small.

Licensed, Bonded, Insured. Call James at 314-420-3562

Hauling

Skips Hauling & Demolition! Serving the Bi-State Area in-cluding St. Charles County. Ap-pliances, furniture, debris, con-struction, rubble, yard waste, excavating & demolition! 10, 15 and 20 cubic yard rolloff dump-sters. All type clean-outs & haul-ing! Affordable, dependable and available! No conditions! 20 yrs. service. Toll Free 1-888-STL-JUNK (888-785-5865) or314-644-1948.

HandymanMinor Repairs, Carpentry, Electrical, Painting, FREE

Estimates, West County Area

(636) 227-1173

No Tools? No Time?No Problem.

Handyman314-322-2705MyHoneydo.com

Total Bathroom Remodeling Cabinetry•Plumbing•Electrical

20 Years Experience

J & J HAULING WE HAUL IT ALL

Service 7 days. Debris, furniture, appliances, household trash, yard debris, railroad ties,

fencing, decks. Garage & Basement Clean-up

Neat, courteous, affordable rates.

Call: 636-379-8062 or email: jandjhaul@aol.com

DIRT CHEAP

POWER WASH

Single Story Ranch HomesPower Washed @ The

Dirt Cheap Price of $95.00

314.378.9064dirtcheap2012@yahoo.comDeck Cleaning & StainingIs One Of Our Specialties

HanDyman PluS - home repairs plus senior living aids installed by a craftsman. Car-pentry, plumbing, painting, elec-trical, grab bars, handrails, door widening, chair lifts, ramps, etc.Call 314-956-7437 or www.stl-handymanplus.com. DISCOUNT AVAILABLE.

CPA Firm For SmAll BuSineSSeS

Affordable Accounting, Tax, Payroll & Guidance Solutions

Call Tom at 314-448-4264 www.tomdunncpa.com

CLEAN AS A WHISTLE Weekly • Bi-Weekly • Monthly

Move in & Move Out

Family Owned & Operated Your Satisfaction is Our Goal Insured & Bonded Call 314-426-3838

AFFORDABLEPRICING

$10 OFF New Clients

For Rent

Destin Florida Area. Beautiful 3 bed, 3 bath condo or home, Gated Gulf Front community. Includes beach front cabana, 3 pools, ten-nis courts & more. Call for Special Spring/Summer rates and availabil-ity. To view pictures, please go to www.vrbo.com /127089 or /148365. For Additional info, Call 314-922-8344.

JT Dunn Heating & Cooling - 24/7 - Small Prices - Big Service. Discounts available online at www.jtdunnhvac.com. Call 314-809-3019 now for Expert Advice Over the Phone!

all around Construction llC - All interior and exterior remodeling and repairs. Historic restoration, molding duplication. Finished basements, kitchens, baths and decks. Liability, workmens comp, and EPA certified in lead removal. 18 years exp. Call 314-393-1102 or 636-237-3246.

Patrick Interior Finish: Specializing in finished basements, interior trim, drywall, taping & painting. Over 25 years experience. No pay til job complete! Honest Day's Work for Honest Day's Pay. References available. Call Pat 314-415-0377.

Classifieds636.591.0010

Experienced in-home childcare in Ballwin has an available in-fant/toddler opening. Hours & days are very flexible. Loving & learning environment, 15+ years experience. Excellent references. For details, call 636-284-4470.

Clean & organize your home before summer is here! I have 20 years experience. Dependable and thorough. References available. Reasonable rates. Call Connie at 636-544-8434.

FReNCH COUNTRy DR HUTCH - Excellent condition, solid wood with beveled glass, 92" high. Must sell, Asking $700. Call 314-324-8163.

melISSa'S HouSeClean-Ing - GREAT RATES, GREAT SERVICE! Let me do the dirty work! Also, your errands, petsit-ting, dog walking, housesitting and babysitting. Anything to help with your busy lifestyle and needs. References avail. Call 314-368-9569.

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Inside Sales: Part time person to set appointments for pro-fessional market. Accounting knowledge helpful. Experience in cold calling very helpful. Ex-cellent pay. Ellisville office. 636-271-9190.

The Fan guy - Trained & experi-enced tradesman for light elec-trical services: ceiling fans, in-stallation/repairs, new outlets/switches, attic fans/outdoor lighting. Fair, dependable & honest. Call Paul 636-734-8402.

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We fix slow and crashing computers, remove and prevent viruses, recover and transfer data, setup home networks and more. Fixed or it’s free! 15 years of real experience. Call Matt 314.226.4279 or visit us at yourPcDocs.com.

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