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The orgies of violent attacks against strangers on the streets – in both England and the United States – are not necessar-ily just passing episodes. They should be wake-up calls, warning of the continuing degeneration of Western society.

As British doctor and author Theodore Dalrymple said, long before these riots broke out, “the good are afraid of the bad and the bad are afraid of nothing.”

Not only the trends over the years lead-ing up to these riots but also the squeamish responses to them by officials – on both sides of the Atlantic – reveal the moral dry rot that has spread deep into Western societies.

Even when black youth gangs target white strangers on the streets and spew out racial hatred as they batter them and rob them, mayors, police chiefs and the media tiptoe around their racism and many in the media either don’t cover these stories or leave out the race and racism involved.

In England, the government did not call out the troops to squash their riots at the outset. The net result was that young hood-lums got to rampage and loot for hours, while the police struggled to try to contain the violence. Hoodlums returned home with loot from stores with impunity, as well as bringing home with them a contempt for the law and for the rights of other people.

With all the damage that was done by these rioters, both to cities and to the whole fabric of British society, it is very unlikely that most of the people who were arrested will be sentenced to jail. Only 7 percent of people convicted of crime in England are actually put behind bars.

“Alternatives to incarceration” are in vogue among the politically correct elites in England, just as in the United States. But in Britain those elites have had much more clout for a much longer time. And they have done much more damage.

Nevertheless, our own politically correct elites are pointing us in the same direction. A headline in the New York Times shows the same politically correct mindset in the United States: “London Riots Put Spotlight on Troubled, Unemployed Youths in Brit-ain.” There is not a speck of evidence that the rioters and looters are troubled – unless you engage in circular reasoning and say that they must have been troubled to do the things they did.

In reality, like other rioters on both sides

of the Atlantic they are often exultant in their violence and happy to be returning home with stolen designer clothes and upscale electronic devices.

In both England and in the United States, whole generations have been fed a steady diet of grievances and resentment against society, and especially against others who are more prosperous than they are. They get this in their schools, on TV, on cam-puses and in the movies. Nothing is their own fault. It is all “society’s” fault.

One of the young Britons interviewed in the New York Times reported that he had learned to read only three years ago. He is not unique. In Theodore Dalrymple’s book, “Life at the Bottom,” he referred to many British youths who are unashamedly illiter-ate. The lyrics of a popular song in Britain said, “We don’t need no education,” and another song was titled “Poor, White and Stupid.”

Dr. Dalrymple says, “I cannot recall meeting a 16-year-old white from the public housing estates that are near my hospital who could multiple nine by seven.”

In the United States, the color may be different but the attitudes among the hood-lum element are very similar. In both coun-tries, classmates who try to learn can find themselves targeted by bullies.

Here those who want to study in ghetto schools are often accused of “acting white.” But whites in Britain show the same pattern. Some conscientious students are beaten up badly enough to end up at Dr. Dalrymple’s hospital.

Our elites often advise us to learn from other countries. They usually mean that we should imitate other countries. But it may be far more important to learn from their mistakes – the biggest of which may be listening to fashionable nonsense from the smug intelligentsia.

These countries show us where that smug nonsense leads. It may be a sneak preview of our own future.

“Send not to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.”

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Teachers and Facebookto the editor:

As a very proud public school teacher who has invested 14 years in the teaching and learning of all students, I take strong exception with Jane Cunningham’s veiled indictment that all teachers have hidden, devious, ulterior motives.

An overwhelming majority of educators are dedicated, moral, conscientious, hard-working individuals who frequently put the needs and wellbeing of their students first. The title alone – The Amy Hestir Stu-dent Protection Act – implies that students need protection from teachers. We are pro-fessional people whose top priority is to ensure the safety of our students and who are trained to look for and report any signs of physical or emotional abuse. Contrary to what Ms. Cunningham might believe, we are not predators; we are often the first line of defense and will go to the nth degree to protect our students. To crucify the majority because of the sins of a few is misguided, incorrect and abhorrent.

...Sadly, there have been legitimate reports of teachers who have taken advan-tage of the adult-student relationship. If a person is willing to abuse a student, which in and of itself is unthinkable and illegal, he will not be deterred by a law prohibit-ing electronic communication. While I do wholeheartedly support portions of SB 54, I must question the legitimacy of Section 162.069 that, in part, states that “Teachers also cannot have a nonwork-related website that allows exclusive access with a current or former student.” The use of the word

“exclusive” can lead to the argument that teachers should refrain from shutting their classroom doors and having private con-versation with students who, for example, have poor attendance or whose grades do not reflect true potential. It’s an exclusive conversation; a third party isn’t present. …The award-winning, dignified district for which I work consistently goes to great lengths to adopt policies that keep up with the growing popularity of the worldwide web but I believe that even the powers-that-be at the administrative level are seek-ing clarification on the law. The law needs to be revisited by the authors of Senate Bill 54 and amendments must be made.

Valerie TownsendBallwin

A good turnto the editor:

Many, many thanks to the Ballwin Post Office employee who on Aug. 22 offered to pick up the difference with his own

money when I didn’t have enough to mail my Marine grandson at Quantico, Va., his guitar that he had requested.

After thanking him profusely, I said, “I bet you are a former Marine,” and he replied that the fellow working next to him was. He made a wonderful comment: We have to do for those who do so much for us. My Marine grandson will have to thank him in person the next time he gets leave.

No wonder this is such a great area of St. Louis County in which to live.

Janice BrownEllisville

Congressional mattersto the editor:

What is Congressman Todd Akin afraid of? (Recently) 75-100 of his constituents marched to his office to speak with him and let their concerns be known when he did not accept an invitation to meet with them at a town hall gathering. Others had been turned away from his office.

Who are these fearsome constituents? Retired teachers; clergy; moms with babies; union members; small business owners; citizens concerned about women’s reproductive services; those needing jobs; people concerned about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid; students; young and old, black and white, men and women.

Why did Congressman Akin turn these constituents down? They were largely liberal Democrats. Is he afraid of liberal Democrats because they care about the union worker, education, the poor, those trying to expand equal rights, the unem-ployed, the small business owner, the gay, the elderly, the sick?

Mr. Akin ordered five county police cars to “control the marchers.” The citizens were ordered to stand well away from his office in the sun in 100-degree heat. They were “trespassing.”

The crowd was orderly, respectful, well behaved and practicing democracy.

Where were you Congressman Akin, and whom do you represent? What were you afraid of?

Maryann Mace Ballwin

Political differencesto the editor:

It is hard to contain the laughter after reading the letter from John Doolittle prais-ing the mindless and nonsensical utterings of James Gordon. These two fellows think they are intelligent in the area of public

policy. They are not. Actually, I believe they may have arrived together, from Mars perhaps, because the ridiculous pap they serve up is silly at best and dumb beyond recognition at worst.

Without having to cite easily enumer-ated statistics, suffice it to say that what-ever the conditions were in America when (President) Obama was elected, he and the Democrats have made our country worse – much worse. Debt, deficit, unemployment, housing, waste and fraud all have reached new levels under this most incompetent of all U.S. leaders.…The only positive impact Barack

Obama could have on America is to resign as soon as possible. The other positive thing that would be most helpful would be for Mr. Doolittle and Mr. Gordon to grab their crayons, put on their big ears and then re-enter the Martian spaceship they arrived in for the trip back to the home planet.

To all the other people who understand the task ahead, I quote from another fine Democrat scholar, noted linguist Al Sharp-ton: “Resist we MUCH.”

Obviously, the guy is a buffoon and a charlatan and, of course, a Democrat.

But in truth, we must resist any and all attempts to legitimize Obama and any of his policies, cabinet members or appoin-tees. The first step is that Obama must resign due to utter and complete incompe-tence.

Rob SchultzCreve Coeur

to the editor:

A year or so ago, I wrote to West News-magazine expressing my concern that their opinions, editorials and even cartoons were heavily oriented toward right-wing con-servative views, some of which were very radically right. Their editorial staff replied that, yes indeed, they leaned far right on the first 14 or so pages because their cus-tomer base was predominantly right wing. They explained that the remainder of the publication was dedicated to balanced news to the entire community. So be it. At least we know what to expect.

This was very obvious in (the Aug. 17) edition in which over half of the opinion page was allotted to Mr. Onest of Wild-wood, and Mr. Kerr, of Ellisville, who each wrote scathing rebuttals to Mr. Gordon of St. Albans who dared to express his opin-ion in the previous edition that some of the animosity toward President Obama is based on prejudice.

Guys, methinks thou protesteth too much. Mr. Gordon did not say all Republicans are

prejudiced in their beliefs. But Mr. Onest feels compelled to slant his rebuttal to Mr. Gordon “and all the rest on the left” and his “liberal friends.” He asks if it is an act of prejudice to vote for someone other than President Obama in 2012. No, Mr. Onest, we hope you vote for whomever you wish but that you do it based on fact rather than the laughable statistics you quote in your article. Specifically, you accuse the presi-dent of adding $4.1 billion to the deficit each day. The president has been in office roughly 900 days. So, according to Mr. Onest’s math, he has added about $3.7 tril-lion to the deficit. That number is almost double the actual deficit growth of $2.7 trillion added since President Obama took office. The addition to the debut during Bush’s administration was $6.1 trillion. I didn’t pull these numbers out of thin air. They are a matter of fact as published by the Treasury, Financial Management Ser-vices, Bureau of the Public Debt, Federal Reserve Bank, Office of Management Budget and the New York Times. I think their numbers expose your self-serving figures, Mr. Onest.

Mr. Kerr’s numbers are equally puzzling. For example, he cites annual deficits under Bush at $410 billion and under Obama at $1.85 trillion. As Mr. Gordon suggests, please stay with the facts.

Speaking of prejudice, do either of you guys wish to denounce the self-proclaimed leader of the far right, Rush Limbaugh? Just these week he spoke of a new Oreo cookie called the triple/double that had flavors of dark and light chocolate between three wafers. He suggested it should be called Obameo in honor of our bi-racial president. In the past he has made even worse racial remarks about the elected president of our nation. Where is your rage about that?

Don’t give up, Mr. Gordon. The field is tilted against us, but truth will overcome.

John DoolittleGrover

CLARIFICATIONS/CORRECTIONSA letter to the editor from Ken Koepke in

the Aug. 24 issue read, “We’ve had hous-ing problems for veterans and the working poor for generations.” It should have read,

“We’ve had housing programs for veterans and the working poor for generations.”

An item in the Aug. 24 issue stated that Chandler Hill Winery is opening EdgeWild Restaurant and Winery in Chesterfield. Chandler Hill Winery does not have own-ership of the new restaurant.

West Newsmagazine regrets the errors.

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STATE OF THE UNION: SEPTEMBER 20, 2001

In the normal course of events, presidents come to this chamber to report on the state of the Union. Tonight, no such report is needed. It has already been delivered by the American people.

We have seen it in the courage of passengers who rushed terrorists to save others on the ground. Passen-gers like an exceptional man named Todd Beamer. And would you please help me welcome his wife Lisa Beamer here tonight?

We have seen the state of our Union in the endurance of rescuers working past exhaustion.

We’ve seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of can-dles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers in English, Hebrew and Arabic.

We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people who have made the grief of strangers their own.

My fellow citizens, for the last nine days, the entire world has seen for itself the state of our Union, and it is strong.

Tonight, we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom. Our grief has turned to anger and anger to resolution. Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.

•••On September the 11th, enemies of freedom commit-

ted an act of war against our country. Americans have known wars, but for the past 136 years they have been wars on foreign soil, except for one Sunday in 1941. Americans have known the casualties of war, but not at the center of a great city on a peaceful morning.

Americans have known surprise attacks, but never before on thousands of civilians.

All of this was brought upon us in a single day, and night fell on a different world, a world where freedom itself is under attack.

•••After all that has just passed, all the lives taken and

all the possibilities and hopes that died with them, it is natural to wonder if America’s future is one of fear.

Some speak of an age of terror. I know there are strug-gles ahead and dangers to face. But this country will define our times, not be defined by them.

As long as the United States of America is determined and strong, this will not be an age of terror. This will be an age of liberty here and across the world.

Great harm has been done to us. We have suffered great loss. And in our grief and anger, we have found our mission and our moment.

Freedom and fear are at war. The advance of human freedom, the great achievement of our time and the great hope of every time, now depends on us.

Our nation, this generation, will lift the dark threat of violence from our people and our future. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.

It is my hope that in the months and years ahead life will return almost to normal. We’ll go back to our lives and routines, and that is good.

Even grief recedes with time and grace.But our resolve must not pass. Each of us will remem-

ber what happened that day and to whom it happened. We will remember the moment the news came, where we were and what we were doing.

Some will remember an image of a fire or story of rescue. Some will carry memories of a face and a voice gone forever.

And I will carry this. It is the police shield of a man named George Howard, who died at the World Trade Center trying to save others.

It was given to me by his mom, Arlene, as a proud memorial to her son. It is my reminder of lives that ended and a task that does not end.

I will not forget the wound to our country and those who inflicted it. I will not yield, I will not rest, I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the American people.

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its out-come is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

Fellow citizens, we’ll meet violence with patient jus-tice, assured of the rightness of our cause and confident of the victories to come.

In all that lies before us, may God grant us wisdom, and may he watch over the United States of America.

Excerpts from President George W. Bush’s address to Congress nine days after the September 11 terrorist attacks

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CHESTERFIELD

Taxing mattersMembers of the Chesterfield City Coun-

cil will hold a public hearing at 6:45 p.m. on Mon., September 19 in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 690 Chesterfield Parkway West. The purpose of the hearing is to allow citizen input with regard to the real and personal property tax rate to be set to repay principal and interest on general obligation bonds for parks.

The proposed tax rate for 2011 is $ 0.03 per $100 assessed valuation.

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Public hearingA public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. on

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The Creve Coeur City Council will hear citizens’ comments on the 2011 property tax rates proposed to be set by the city.

More information on the proposed rates can be found on the city’s website, creve-coeur.org.

Good reportingThe city of Creve Coeur recently was one

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The annual Eureka Days celebration will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 8, from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Fri., Sept. 9 and from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 10 at Lions Park and Legion Park. There will be carnival rides; games and contests; vendors offering a variety of food, drink, general merchandise and arts and crafts; and live entertainment. The Eureka Days Parade will get underway at 10 a.m. on Sat-urday on Central Ave. The event will con-clude with a fireworks show at 9:30 p.m. Sunday at Legion Park.

Shuttles will run from Legends Corpo-rate Shopping Center, Eureka High School, and Sacred Heart Church.

For more information, including a com-plete events and shuttle schedule, visit eurekadays.com.

MANCHESTER

Seeking volunteersThe city of Manchester Arts Council is

seeking resident volunteers with interest in the fine arts and expertise in publicity, video, PowerPoint, web design, music, the-ater, ceramics or sculpture. Interested par-ties should notify City Clerk Ruth Baker at rbaker@manchestermo.gov or 227-1385, ext. 106.

Playground improvementsSchroeder Park has added a natural area

adjacent to the playground. Included in the area are large climbing boulders, tree stumps and more. In the future, the Man-chester Parks Department hopes to add more components to the area.

WILDWOOD

2012 Community Block GrantThe Wildwood City Council at its Aug.

22 meeting approved a resolution to enter into an agreement with St. Louis County in order to participate in the county’s Com-munity Development Block program for 2012-2014.

Wildwood has participated in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel-opment Community Development Block grant program for several consecutive years. For 2012, the city is applying for $25,500.

Landscaper hiredWildwood City Council at its Aug. 22

meeting approved a resolution to hire Conroy Lawn and Landscape, LLC for landscaping within the Garden Valley Farms subdivision.

The Garden Valley Farms Homeown-ers Association requested use of a portion of the funds to landscape the common grounds. Conroy Lawn and Landscape has

provided a custom design for the project. The total expenses and liability to the city is to cost no more than $10,308.34 to com-plete the project.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY

Sobering newsThe St. Louis County Police Highway

Safety Unit and officers from the Divi-sion of Patrol will be conducting sobriety checkpoints throughout the month of Sep-tember. Specially trained officers will be checking motorists in an effort to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers on area streets and highways. Officers participat-ing in the enforcement have had additional training in the recognition of motorists who have had too much to drink or are under the influence of illegal drugs. Officers will also issue citations for seat belt and other violations.

St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch said the use of sobriety checkpoints has proven to be an effective means of remov-ing intoxicated drivers from the road.

Police said inconvenience to motorists will be minimal.

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The “Show Me My Buzz” free smart-phone app, available soon in the Apple App Store and the Google Market, will allow users to calculate their estimated blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) based on how many drinks they have consumed, how long they have been drinking and their gender.

“Drinking and driving is always a bad decision because even a small amount of alcohol affects your reflexes,” said Don Hillis, MoDOT’s assistant chief engineer. “This new app is a creative way to get people talking about the subject and then finding a sober driver.”

The app indicates designating a driver who has not been drinking is the only safe option, and it will even provide the phone number of a local cab company with just a tap of the screen.

“The added feature of finding a phone number for a taxi in more urban locations takes away one more excuse for a person who has been drinking,” Hillis said. “It is easy to just touch the button to call a cab.”

The BAC calculator will serve only as a guide that calculates averages, MoDOT officials said. Alcohol affects everyone dif-ferently. Influencing factors include food consumption, medication, health and psy-chological conditions.

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By JIM ERICKSONThe chairman of St. Louis County’s

Emergency Communications Commis-sion says he did not realize his request that the County Council OK a move for a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) on build-ing a new emergency communications center would spark the opposition it did.

Florissant Police Chief William Kara-bas, commission chairman, said he thought seeking a PLA was necessary due to the likely schedule for completing the project and the current federal govern-ment deadline for getting the job done.

But Karabas’ request drew opposition from the Associated Builders and Con-tractors (ABC) and the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA).

At press time, West Newsmagazine learned the County Council had removed Karabas’ request from its meeting agenda, effectively squelching the proposal. Councilmember Michael O’Mara (D-Flo-rissant) said the process of securing a PLA would add more time to an already tight schedule for completing the center.

The Federal Communications Commis-sion (FCC) has declared the project must be completed by the end of next year. However, the anticipated timeline for pre-

paring final construction plans, seeking bids, signing contracts, actual building construction and equipment installation already makes meeting that deadline a virtual impossibility. And while Karabas journeyed to Washington late last year to seek a one-year deadline extension, get-ting the project done by the end of 2013 will still be “touch and go,” he said.

The FCC has not yet ruled on the dead-line extension.

“Our organization’s only request is that all qualified contractors be allowed to bid on the project and that all qualified work-ers be allowed to work on taxpayer-funded

projects,” said ABC’s James Knowles III. “It’s a simple matter of fairness.”

Kellie Jones of the ACCA said also that all taxpayers should be allowed to com-pete.

Plans call for the $16 million communi-cations center to be built on land now part of Ohlendorf West Park on the east side of Hanna Road south of Big Bend in West County. The project’s goal is to facilitate rapid communications emergency agen-cies in an eight-county, bi-state area. The center will be paid for with a one-tenth of one percent sales tax hike voters approved in 2009.

Request for union labor on West County project is squelched

A $16 million communications center is slated to be built on land now part of Ohlendorf West Park on the east side of Hanna Road south of Big Bend in West County.

(West Newsmagazine photo)

By JIM ERICKSONSen. Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield)

is hopeful the state Legislature during its current special session will agree upon a way to resolve a legal dispute and criti-cism of one part of a new law that ear-lier was approved unanimously by both houses and signed by Gov. Jay Nixon.

“I believe we’re already there,” Cun-ningham said, “because my staff and I have worked with educational organiza-tions in the state … to craft language that clarifies the intent and integrity of the bill and maintains that intent and integrity while making the bill totally unambigu-ous.”

At issue is one provision in legislation known as SB 54, or the Amy Hestir Stu-dent Protection Act, requiring all school districts to develop a written policy on communications between students and teachers and other school employees. While the bill does not include such a policy, it does list a number of require-ments, provisions critics subsequently claimed would violate freedom of speech safeguards and unduly restrict use of electronic communications, including social networking sites such as Facebook,

as a teaching tool.There was no apparent opposition to

the measure as it went through the Leg-islature, but the Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) last month filed suit to keep that section of the law from being implemented until questions on its con-stitutionality were resolved.

Todd Fuller, MSTA spokesman, said some association members who were actively using electronic communica-tions and social media to reach their stu-dents began to raise questions about the new law’s impact.

“Some points were raised that we frankly hadn’t even thought about,” Fuller said. “If the law had simply left it up to school districts to set policy on this issue, that would have been fine because many districts already have done that or are in the process of doing so. But the law went well beyond that.”

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of a Ladue teacher and others who claim the new law is too broad and vague and violates First Amendment rights.

A hearing on the MSTA suit was held in Cole County Circuit Court less than a

week before the Aug. 28 effective date of the new law, and Judge Jon Beetem subsequently issued an order blocking the measure from going into effect for 180 days (late February). Agreeing with claims the law violates free speech rights, the judge said in his ruling, “The breadth of the prohibition is staggering.”

Cunningham, the bill’s primary spon-sor, said she and the National Education Association, American Federation of Teachers, Missouri School Board Associ-ation and Missouri Association of School Administrators have agreed on language that addresses the legal issue and other criticisms. The new wording is based on communication policies already in place in districts around the state, she said.

In calling the special legislative session, Nixon among other things asked lawmak-ers to repeal the student-teacher commu-nications provision in the law. He said he will seek input on the issue from teachers, parents and other stakeholders.

Cunningham has strongly defended the new law, most of which focuses on pre-venting teachers with a history of sexual misconduct from moving from one Mis-souri school to another around the state.

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By JIM ERICKSONSt. Louis County Executive Charlie A.

Dooley has requested a meeting of the St. Louis County Council’s committee of the whole to discuss county budget issues and how they influenced his decision to pro-pose a 2.3-cent tax rate increase.

That meeting was scheduled for late Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 6, which is after West Newsmagazine press time.

In calling for the tax hike, Dooley declared it would offset a drop in tax rev-enue and provide for a pay raise for county employees, their first in more than three years. Absent the tax increase, he said, the only way to fund the pay boost is to lay off employees.

Dooley’s proposal was met with heavy criticism, a reaction Mack Scott, his com-munications director, said isn’t surprising.

“We understand any recommendation for a tax increase is going to be received skeptically, given the current economic situation,” Scott said. “We believe this meeting with the council will provide an opportunity to explain the details of our budget analysis and why we concluded the tax increase was the best option.”

The tax hike request requires council approval, but legislation for any increase first must be sponsored by a councilmem-ber, many of whom already are on record opposing the move.

“I don’t like to raise property taxes at all, but I think right now is really a bad time,” said Greg Quinn (R-7th District), who represents much of West County. “We have people who have lost their jobs or are worried about their jobs, senior citizens on fixed incomes, and small businesses that are hurting. Property taxes already are too high because property values have fallen and assessed valuations haven’t gone down accordingly. The council receives lots of proposals for new spending every year. If we look at these carefully ... I think we can get through this without a tax increase.”

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By SARAH WILSONAfter Wildwood city councilmembers

on Aug. 22 voted 11-5 on a bill that would, after much debate, update the city’s Town Center Plan, Mayor Tim Woerther said he would veto it.

With the exception of four properties – the Brown, Slavik Family Trust, Jones family and Spanos properties – the bill would have approved 95 percent of the plan and sent the properties back to the Planning and Zoning Commission for indi-vidual review regarding current land-use designations.

The plan also would have adopted the updated Town Center Plan’s regulating plan, which would amend the Comprehen-sive Zoning Plan to be consistent with the city’s master plan. Because the plans are inconsistent, City Attorney Rob Golter-man said they would have to go back to the Planning and Zoning Commission for additional review.

Councilmember Larry McGowen (Ward 1) made a motion to send the plan instead to the city’s Planning/Economic Develop-ment/Parks committee (PEP).

“Basically, the reason I am offering this amendment to the bill is because it appears very obvious it has become stuck at city council,” McGowen said.

“It has been presented or brought forward to the full city council with the recommen-dation of the Planning and Zoning Com-mission as well as the TCAP (Town Center

Advisory Panel) in terms of what they rec-ommend we do, and the city council has chosen to ignore those recommendations. While I totally concur with them, that leaves us in a bit of a limbo. … I’m trying to find a way, if possible, to get the coun-cil to focus on this in a manner to where we can ultimately reach a conclusion and make a decision that will benefit the city as a whole.” However, the council voted against the motion.

“I understand what Mr. McGowen is trying to do, but it won’t work,” Coun-cilmember Ron James (Ward 6) said. “Another PEP committee isn’t going to make it go faster. It’s going to slow things down and make it more complicated.”

After voting down McGowen’s motion, the city council voted 11-5 in favor of the bill.

However, since Woerther said a mini-mum of 12 votes would make the bill “veto-proof,” the mayor could veto the bill.

“Ladies and gentlemen, if you guys want to continue to go against the residents and the work they put into this and sit there silently and not go through with this … it’s ridiculous,” Woerther told the council. “You guys are absolutely pathetic in that regard.”

To overturn the mayor’s veto, city coun-cil will need a two-thirds majority, or 11, votes.

Woerther said the council would discuss the matter further at an upcoming meeting.

Wildwood mayor to veto approved Town Center update

By SARAH WILSONThe Wildwood City Council at its Aug.

22 meeting voted to appoint and re-appoint citizens and councilmembers to various committees, as recommended by Mayor Tim Woerther, but also voted down two of the mayor’s recommendations.

Resident Mary Lou Long (Ward 7) was re-appointed to the Historic Preservation Committee. Her term is for three years.

Resident Paul Wojciechowski (Ward 8) was re-appointed to the Board of Adjust-ment. His term is for five years.

The council also appointed four coun-cilmembers to its Economic Development Task Force: Councilmembers David Geile and Larry McGowen (Ward 1), Harry LeMay (Ward 3) and Larry Goodson (Ward 8).

The city council failed to re-appoint resi-

dent Ray Manton (Ward 2) to the Board of Ethics and to appoint Councilmember Tammy Shea (Ward 3) to the Economic Development Task Force, both with votes of 7-9.

Jean Vedvig, a Wildwood resident and former councilmember, said in regard to Shea’s failed appointment that she could not remember a time when a single appointed member whom the mayor selected was voted down.

“Shea is the only one who has actu-ally got published articles on economic development,” Vedvig said. “She has also presented professional information to the committee and is only anxious to share and benefit the city.”

Woerther said he currently is looking for someone to fill the empty position on the Board of Ethics.

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By BETSY ZATKULAKThe city of Ballwin is seeing more green,

and further environmentally friendly plans are on the horizon.

As part of a grant from St. Louis-Jeffer-son Solid Waste Management District and in conjunction with Allied Waste, Ballwin placed 16 recycling containers throughout the city’s parks and other facilities, includ-ing at The Pointe at Ballwin Commons, North Pointe Aquatic Center, the golf course and the police station.

The Ballwin Government Center is slated for a green lift, thanks to the board of aldermen’s approval of the installation of solar panels atop the building. An energy grant will offset a big portion of the project, which will significantly decrease electrical costs. City officials expect that project to be completed by year-end.

Ballwin Mayor Tim Pogue said installing the solar panels “is the equivalent of taking a regular, single-family home off the grid every month.”

The city has applied for a zero-interest loan to replace all of the building’s win-dows with energy-efficient windows.

Another of the city’s green initiatives involves a pilot program with Ameren UE.

“There will be 12 LED lights installed down by the golf clubhouse that will be monitored to see what the electrical use is and what the cost savings would be if you converted the old-style streetlights into LEDs,” Pogue said.

Ballwin already has converted the inte-rior lights at Ballwin Government Center,

replaced inefficient HVAC systems at the golf center and police station and converted all lights at Vlasis Park and The Pointe to convection lighting.

The city is taking its green efforts to the streets as well.

“One of the other big things that we’ve pushed for as far as green initiatives is the use of pervious surfaces in parking lots and streets,” Pogue said.

He said the use of pervious surfaces allows stormwater to be drawn directly into

the ground rather than to the sewer system, which directs water to creeks and leads to more erosion.

As a test run, the city used pervious mate-rials for a subdivision cul-de-sac. Since then, U-Haul and West County Nissan used pervious materials for their parking lots, and there are plans for pervious asphalt in a portion of the new Schnucks parking lot.

“All together, that’s just reducing the amount of water that ends up in these stormwater systems and will hopefully

lead to a decline in erosion in the system,” Pogue said.

In addition, the city persuaded the devel-opers of Clayton Corners to use their deten-tion pond as irrigation for its landscaping, and the new Schnucks at Kehrs Mill Road and Clarkson will feature a rain garden to filter the stormwater that is captured on site, instead of letting it run off.

Ballwin City Administrator Bob Kuntz said green initiatives are a high priority in the city’s developmental approval process.

Green initiatives get high priority in Ballwin

Two recycling events are scheduled to take place in October at the St. Louis Com-munity College-Wildwood campus.

Wildwood will hold a shredding event from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 1. The free event is open to residents and non-residents. Items that will be accepted for shredding include paper, paper clips, binder clips, folders, CDs, rubber bands and pill bottles.

St. Louis Community College is team-ing with the Midwest Recycling Center to sponsor an electronics recycling event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 15 on the Wildwood campus. Electronics and anything with a cord will be collected free of charge. Items include computer periph-erals, office equipment, cordless and cellu-lar phones, batteries, household appliances, gaming devices and TVs. There will be a limit of two TVs per car. For more infor-mation, contact Peggy Moody at (314) 539-5013.

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By MARCIA GUCKESAbout 10 dogs and their owners eagerly

awaited the 9 a.m. grand opening of Ches-terfield’s new dog park on Sept. 1. Within an hour, about 20 dogs were running, jump-ing and splashing in the artificial creek at Eberwein Park, 1627 Old Baxter Road.

“We’ve been watching and waiting for this for a long time,” Mary Niemi, owner of Benji, a small black and white dog, said. “In fact, we campaigned for this.”

The two-acre dog park, part of the 18-acre

Eberwein Park, is open to Chesterfield residents only. Permits are $10 for the rest of the year, $30 for next year and require proof of residency, documentation that the dog is spayed or neutered, and vaccination records. About 150 dogs already have been registered.

When registering a dog, the resident receives a code that must be entered into the digital pad on the gate to get in and out of the park. A fence surrounds the dog park, which is divided into two areas – a 1.5-acre

section for all dogs and a .5-acre section for small dogs.

“We wanted to protect small dogs,” Ches-terfield Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation Steve Jarvis said. “We can also close one side down for maintenance when we need to and keep the other side open.”

Jarvis said the park department’s staff visited a number of other dog parks and then decided to do something different.

“The unique thing about this park is that it was all done in-house,” Jarvis said. “We did the design all ourselves. We knew what our residents wanted, how we wanted to maintain it, and we had our farm theme.”

That theme was chosen because the park was purchased from the Eberwein family, who farmed the land for about 100 years.

Jarvis said the farm theme is why Ches-terfield’s park has a creek and small water-fall instead of just a water spigot to cool the dogs and quench their thirst. A pavilion with picnic tables provides shade, and there is more shade to come.

“In October, we’ll be planting more trees,” Jarvis said, adding that plans also include three rain gardens and a nature play area. Jarvis said park department staff has ideas about how to install slides and swings within a natural landscape.

“That’s a future phase,” he said. “We still need funding for that.”

Jarvis is seeking donations and funding for dedicated park benches.

“This is the year of the parks,” Ches-terfield Mayor Bruce Geiger said as he stood atop one of the boulders lining the dog park’s creek. He ticked off a list of items Chesterfield’s parks department has achieved this year, including completion of four fields and a road at Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex, the amphitheater in Central Park and the opening of the Ripar-ian Trail.

“It’s nice to have a city that invests in things like this,” said Christiane Cruz, owner of Bismarck, a retriever that split time between running with other dogs and lying in the cool water of the creek. “I’ve been waiting for this for a long time. Bis-marck loves to play with other dogs and make friends.”

Dogs that play at the park get a dog tag to prove they are registered. Jarvis said reg-istration will help establish a core group of dog owners who will help monitor the area since there will be no staff member assigned full time to guard the park. Per-mits can be purchased at Chesterfield City Hall.

Dogs cool off in the waterfall and creek at Chesterfield’s new dog park, which opened Sept. 1.(West Newsmagazine photo)

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By MARCIA GUCKESRockwood School District residents

at two meetings in September will have a chance to ask Superintendent Bruce Borchers about his plans to improve stu-dent achievement and increase district accountability.

Borchers recently invited members of the media to preview plans for his “informal conversations” with residents. In an inter-view with West Newsmagazine, he said he already had discussed his plans for 2011-2012 with Rockwood’s staff, illustrating them with the visual of a windmill.

For example, the center of the windmill signifies student learning, the blades repre-sent different ways to assess and achieve student learning, and the tower represents the district’s foundational mission and strategies.

Borchers said he hopes the windmill con-cept will help people see the connections between planning, testing and learning.

“A big part of putting this together was to help people see the big picture,” Borchers said. “So, we’ll know every step along the way why we’re doing what we’re doing. At times it’s hard to see the connections.”

Borchers said, “What we’re trying to say is ‘Let’s narrow our focus and really make an impact.’”

The superintendent plans to present dis-trict residents with four main areas of focus for the coming school year. Those include ways to measure learning, processes for revising curriculum, professional learning communities for teachers, and revising plans for school improvement to incorpo-rate changes in staff organization and stu-dent assessment.

Borchers plans to use scorecards to help district residents and staff keep track of how the schools are doing.

“You keep hearing ‘more transparency,’ so we’ll have district scorecards where our patrons and parents will be able to literally know how we are doing on a measure,” Borchers said. “Really this is about get-ting clarity around our curriculum writing process so that we have equitable learning opportunities for all kids. So, if you have

a second grader, you can be assured that they’re getting the same learning oppor-tunities, the same exact curriculum, at any school.”

He said that does not mean that every teacher will have to teach the same subject in exactly the same way.

“Kids learn differently. People have dif-ferent strengths,” Borchers said. “But in the end, we’re all responsible for what we decided all kids should know and be able to do.”

The informal conversations with Rock-wood’s superintendent are scheduled for 10 a.m. on Mon., Sept. 12 at the Admin-istrative Annex, 500 North Central in Eureka, and at 7 p.m. on Wed., Sept. 14 at Crestview Middle School, 16025 Clayton Road in Ellisville.

Borchers said the meetings are not an attempt to smooth over recent controver-sies surrounding consulting fees, adminis-trators’ salaries, budget cuts, and a possible tax increase.

“This was happening regardless,” Borch-ers said. “If you go back to the January pre-sentation I gave to the school board, this is it. This is not something we created a month ago.”

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By MARCIA GUCKESRockwood School District’s tax levy for

2012 will be set at a special meeting at 5 p.m., Mon., Sept. 26 at Crestview Middle School. The Rockwood Board of Educa-tion set the date for the hearing at its regu-lar meeting on Sept. 1.

Rockwood Chief Financial Officer Shir-ley Broz said the first 15 minutes of the

meeting will be a hearing that will include an explanation of the district’s tax rate and how it can be changed.

At 5:15, the open portion of the meeting will begin and the board will vote on and set the tax rate for 2012.

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By BRIAN MCDOWELLIt is quite common for children to say they

want to grow up to be firefighters. Lt. Bob Depelheuer never had such an ambition, however. As the longest serving member of Metro West Fire Protection District, he said he fell into his role by accident.

“I actually wanted to be a veterinarian,” Depelheuer said. “When I became a para-medic, I was just working with a different class of animal – one that talks back.”

Depelheuer retired in June with 41 years of service, 36 of which he served as a paid

firefighter and paramedic. No other fire-fighter in the district ever served as long, and because of new hiring requirements, there may never again be an opportunity for that much time to be accumulated.

“I’ve had the enjoyment of serving my neighbors,” he said. “I grew up here; I’ve known many of the people I’ve helped. It’s just pure service, and I just thought it was the perfect way to give back to all those people that have helped me.”

At 15, Depelheuer started as a volunteer with what was then Ballwin Fire Depart-

ment.“It was an Explorers’ Reserve Program,

like the Boy Scouts,” Depelheuer said. “A lot of our jobs were helping out around the station and cleaning equipment, but we also helped at the fire scenes. We were not allowed in a burning building, of course, but we could help out however we could.”

At 18, he could do more dangerous things, such as go into burning buildings, accompanied by an experienced firefighter.

“It was good training, but they can’t do that now, with all the liability issues involved,” Depelheuer said.

At 20, he officially joined the department as both a firefighter and paramedic.

Depelheuer said firefighters never enter a burning building alone.

“We always go into the building with a minimum of one person, so we can protect each other,” he said.

He said his training broke him in so his first time going into a fiery building was not overwhelming.

“We are always prepared and rarely taken off guard,” Depelheuer said. “I see it as a challenge and have always tried to see what I can do.”

Depelheuer said it has been a joy to help alleviate the pain of others. Very early in

his career, he was accepted into the fire investigation unit and became a certified fire investigator.

“That’s been my focus,” Depelheuer said. “I always enjoyed putting that puzzle together.”

In that capacity, he has received com-mendation and been invited to join some of the most prestigious organizations in the field, including the International Asso-ciation of Arson Investigators. He was promoted to lieutenant and became the district’s fire investigation coordinator, a role that allowed him to nurture and offer advice to younger fire investigators.

Most firefighters spend 20-25 years in the job, but Depelheuer worked far longer.

“I’ve been at one job for 41 years, and that’s rare in any line of work these days,” Depelheuer said. “I had a department that took care of us.”

Now, Depelheuer spends some of his free time doing fire investigation for a local engineering firm, a job that has taken him to fire sites around the region.

“I’m going to work as long as I can walk,” he said. “I want to use my years of skills to a good purpose. I don’t want to waste years of training. I still enjoy putting together all these puzzles. It’s right up my alley.”

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By DIANE PLATTNERTown & Country officials are consider-

ing a plan to kill deer to manage the animal population amid ongoing opposition from many residents who favor non-lethal deer population reduction methods.

The Town & Country Board of Aldermen on Sept. 12 may review a draft bill that could incorporate 2012 budget funding for deer management, including sharp-shoot-ing deer this winter. A final board vote on funding and deer management method may occur by Oct. 10.

Town & Country Police Captain Gary Hoelzer in a report at an Aug. 22 workshop recommended reducing the city’s deer population to 300 deer, down from about 650 deer, an estimate by state conservation department officials.

Town & Country Alderman Al Gerber (Ward 2), who has a doctorate in math-ematics, said the plan is based on a flawed mathematical model.

“My mathematical model shows that this plan will overshoot the goal by a long way,” Gerber said.

Gerber said the goal of 300 deer is based on flawed data from other towns in other states, where unlike deer in Town & Coun-try, deer have health and starvation issues.

“In our city, the deer are fat. They have no health issues,” Gerber said, adding that the only valid public issue in Town & Country is traffic safety.

Alderman Steve Fons (Ward 3) asked officials whether accidents would decrease under the current deer-reduction proposal. City staff could not provide an answer and the report does not address it.

Town & County Mayor Jon Dalton said he was committed to substantial financing for deer management in the 2012 budget

year, which begins in November.Hoelzer’s report recommends in the

short term that the city hire a contractor to sharpshoot the deer. His report calls also for longer-term deer population reduction goals using various methods, including sharpshooting by professionals or trained police, bow-hunting and surgically steril-izing deer.

Officials deemed surgical sterilization of deer a success a few years ago, when they first implemented the innovative non-lethal program in conjunction with the sharp-shooting of other deer. Officials had called that prior multifaceted deer management program of lethal and non-lethal methods a “compromise,” a term rejected by many deer-killing opponents.

The multi-faceted deer management plan followed a survey of Town & Country resi-dents, the majority of whom expressed a preference for non-lethal deer management methods.

Many residents continue to voice their opposition to the current deer-killing dis-cussions. They say killing deer in mass numbers is wrong when there are viable, non-lethal methods available. In addition, many residents say officials cannot guaran-tee that sharpshooting and bow-hunting are safe for residents.

Town & Country resident Penny Swank cited a recent accident in which an elderly North St. Louis woman was struck with an experienced archer’s stray arrow.

“This is a reminder that any time we deal with weapons, accidents can occur,” Swank said. “Inviting hunters with bows and arrows and/or rifles to hunt deer in our 10-square-mile city inhabited by 10,000

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residents is gambling with our safety.”Gerber said bow-hunting is cheap, but

dangerous and unacceptable to most Town & Country citizens.

“Training our police and paying them overtime to sharp-shoot will probably be more expensive than other methods,” Gerber said. “Sterilization is cheaper in the long run than yearly sharp-shooting by

professionals.”Some area residents support the killing

of deer to control the animal population, while others fear the ongoing push for kill-ing deer is bringing a bad reputation to Town & Country, which boasts ‘Wildlife Corridor’ on its street signs.

“I still cannot understand why people move to Town & Country, a known wild-life corridor, and then complain about the wildlife,” resident Dennis Fitzgerald said.

By TED DIXON JR.The city of Creve Coeur heard from a

wildlife biologist, city officials and resi-dents in a public forum Aug. 29 to address the city’s deer population.

The city invited Erin Shank, urban wild-life biologist with the Missouri Depart-ment of Conservation (MDC) whose job is to work with communities and landowners regarding deer issues, to answer questions and explore solutions.

Shank said deer do not like to wander too far from where they live and that there cur-rently are more than 1 million deer in Mis-souri. She said the animals prefer living in suburban areas because of open forest area found there.

According to Shank, there are 60 deer per square mile in the area of Creve Coeur where the animals are concentrated, that being a two-square-mile area in the city’s south-west corner, near Conway and Ladue Roads. Shank said problems caused by deer range from landscape damage from browsing and antler rub to tick-borne disease to deer-vehicle collisions.

“In St. Louis County, we see 400-600 collisions each year,” Shank said.

Creve Coeur Police Chief Glenn Eidmann said the city sees roughly 10 deer-vehicle collisions each year, and the numbers increase in the fall.

Shank addressed the lethal and non-lethal methods of deer control. Non-lethal methods include electric fencing, repel-lents, scare tactics and legislation prohibit-ing supplemental feeding of the deer.

Lethal methods discussed included archery hunting, sharpshooting and trap-and-kill.

Archery hunting is done under state-wide regulations and additional municipal restrictions, Shank said. With this method, a shooter stands in a tree roughly 15 feet from the deer and points down and shoots at its target with a bow. Shank said the archery season runs from Sept. 15-Jan. 15. She said there is little to no cost for the method and it is a good option for main-taining a lower population.

With sharpshooting – which Shank said is highly effective but expensive – a trained marksman shoots the deer over bait.

The trap-and-kill method involves trap-ping the animals and euthanizing them with a non-projectile device. The process requires a special permit from the MDC but not an ordinance from the city, is expensive and time consuming and a good tool for landowners with no other option, Shank said.

The city is also exploring a “no-feed” ordinance. Currently, Ballwin, Chesterfield, Town & Country and Clarkson Valley have ordinances that prohibit feeding deer.

Residents in attendance at the meeting offered various opinions on the matter.

One resident said a neighbor of hers feeds several deer every day and referred to the problem as “enormously frustrat-ing.” She said the deer migrate through her neighborhood and are highly aggressive.

Resident Claire Chosid said she believes the problem spreads longer than the two-square-mile radius officials noted and that a lot of deer-vehicle accidents go unreported. She said she was in such an accident her-self and did not report it.

“I think it’s way bigger (the deer popu-lation) that what Creve Coeur thinks the problem is,” Chosid said.

Other residents expressed fear over the possibility of archery hunting in their neighborhoods, but Shank tried to ease those concerns.

“Archery hunting has an extremely good safety record,” Shank said. “The shots are taken at a close range. It is difficult to mis-take your game.”

Before the forum ended, the city con-ducted a straw poll as to what type of solutions would be considered. Twenty-two residents were in favor of a no-feed ordinance, another 22 were in favor of bow hunting, and one person favored sharp-shooting.

Creve Coeur City Administrator Mark Perkins said the city has not made a com-mitment as to which solution, if any, it will choose.

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By JIM ERICKSONRay Kerlagon, a former Ballwin alder-

man and member of the FBI St. Louis Citi-zens’ Academy Alumni Association, tells a story illustrating the value of the National Child Identification Program.

That story is about a young Missouri boy caught in the middle of his parents’ conten-tious divorce. The mother was given cus-tody of the child, but before details became final, the boy and his father disappeared.

The distraught mother provided police with the boy’s identification kit contain-ing his fingerprints and other information about him completed before his disappear-ance, but there were no immediate leads.

Some four years later, a teenager in Cali-fornia went with his father to get a driver’s license. That state requires fingerprints of driver’s license applicants, and the teen’s prints were compared with those in a data-base of missing and exploited children. When the prints matched those of the miss-ing Missouri boy, the father and son were held until police arrived and the mother and son were reunited.

As an alumnus of the FBI Citizens’ Acad-emy, Kerlagon is chairman of the local board that helps promote and operate the child ID program launched nationally in 1997 as a community service by the Ameri-can Football Coaches Association. The FBI joined the effort to help distribute the pro-gram’s ID kits. Kerlagon enlists volunteers from the Citizens’ Academy alumni group to hand out the ID kits to parents in the St. Louis area and elsewhere around the state.

“We hand out a kit we hope parents never will need to use,” Kerlagon said.

The most recent distribution came in the aftermath of the disappearance and murder of a 3-year-old Senath, Mo., girl in August.

“Whenever we’re asked to distribute the ID kits in an area where a child has disap-peared or been killed, we know it will be an emotional experience,” Kerlagon said. “People, including big men, often are on the verge of tears. We saw that at Senath, along with kids who knew and had played with the little girl.”

Not all parents want to participate, at least initially.

“People tell us they don’t want their children’s fingerprints on file with the gov-ernment,” Kerlagon said. “When we tell them that we’re not with the FBI, that they (parents) receive the kit and all its contents, and that we simply want them to keep it in a safe place in case it’s ever needed, that usually overcomes the objection.”

The kits use a clear, inkless solution to produce fingerprints and allow parents to

collect and store a saliva sample for DNA. The fingerprint card has an area where parents can enter the child’s physical description, including the location of any distinguishing birthmarks, scars, previ-ously broken bones, etc.

While the kits contain instructions enabling parents to complete them at home, Kerlagon’s advice to parents is to let the volunteer distributing the materials handle the fingerprinting.

“The fingerprinting is something our vol-unteers are used to doing but most parents aren’t,” he said.

A person’s fingerprints are fully formed soon after birth but the ridges on fingers of infants and toddlers are not pronounced enough to produce the best prints. As a result, fingerprinting is not recommended until children are at least 4 years old, and preferably not until they are 5.

Some 3,530 child ID kits were distrib-uted at 30 events last year, with the FBI Academy alumni group handing out more than 1,000 and fingerprinting more than half of the 3,043 children whose prints were taken.

Local civic and community groups inter-ested in sponsoring a child ID event should contact their local law enforcement agency or the FBI St. Louis Division. Emails to the FBI should be sent to Public Affairs Spe-cialist Rebecca Wu at rebecca.wu@ic.fbi.gov.

Local FBI Citizens’ Academy alumni direct child ID programs

The FBI St. Louis Citizens’ Acad-emy is designed to give recog-nized business, civic and religious leaders a behind-the-scenes look at the federal law enforcement agency.

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By TED DIXON JR.Roughly nine months after passing a

citywide ban on smoking in public places, the Creve Coeur City Council approved adding smoking shelters within the city.

The council on Aug. 22 revised its ordi-nance in order to allow smoking shelters. The city also added language to the bill, which states that patrons of restaurants or bars may not bring food or drinks into a smoking shelter.

The city debated the issue most of the summer, and the final vote was 7-1 in favor of the shelters, with Councilmember Robert Hoffman (Ward 3) casting the lone

dissenting vote. Hoffman, a physician, had voiced his disapproval of smoking in gen-eral and said shelters defeat the purpose of the smoking ban. He said most of his con-stituents with whom he spoke also were opposed to the shelters.

Councilmember Jeanne Rhoades (Ward 4) said a shelter could become a nuisance because it could create a loitering situa-tion. She referred to the amendment to the

ordinance as “overreaching a solution” but eventually voted in favor of the shelters.

“I’m willing to do this because it protects the public,” Rhoades said.

A smoking shelter essentially is an acces-sory structure that meets all the applicable provisions of the city’s zoning and building codes, with a maximum size of 200 square feet. The shelters would be detached from principal buildings and located more than

25 feet from entrances, exits and operable windows.

Creve Coeur City Administrator Mark Perkins said a couple of businesses had inquired about placing smoking shelters on their properties. Before building a smoking shelter, a business would have to obtain a permit from the city, and businesses that construct shelters would assume responsi-bility for their maintenance, he said.

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The public is invited to interact with more than 40 public safety agencies while exploring the tools of their trades at the 2011 Creve Coeur Safety Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 25 at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, 12634 Olive Blvd. The event is free.

Visitors will be able to explore police cars, fire trucks, boats, helicopters, mobile command centers, federal law enforce-ment equipment and DWI enforcement vehicles. Highlights include an active burn house/firefighting demonstration, police K-9 operational demos, child safety seat inspections, bike helmet fittings and child fingerprinting. There will be a simulated vehicle crash and rescue of a semi-truck and visits from helicopters.

Creve Coeur police, Creve Coeur Fire Protection District, Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital and the Creve Coeur Joint Crime Prevention Partnership are spon-soring the event. To make reservations (required) for child safety seat inspections, call by (314) 454-5437.

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By BRIAN MCDOWELLThe Manchester Planning & Zoning

Commission has voted to approve a site plan that would bring a Nordstrom Rack retail store to the city’s Manchester High-lands development. The store would be the second Nordstrom Rack in the St. Louis metropolitan area; the other one is in Brentwood. The store sells at reduced prices out-of-season and closeout apparel, accessories and shoes originally featured at Nordstrom department stores and other items purchased exclusively for Nordstrom Rack.

“It will be a tremendous draw and a great addition to the Highlands,” said Rick Ran-dall, of Pace Properties, which oversaw construction of the Manchester Highlands development. “It is a big advantage for the entire development. It will bring in cus-tomers from all around the area.”

Randall appeared before the Manchester Planning & Zoning Commission at its Aug. 22 meeting to seek approval to con-struct the store, abutting the western wall of the Weekends Only store. The primary entrance to the new store would face High-lands Blvd.

Jeff Kaiser, of TR,i Architects, and Randy Mardis, of Landscape Technologies, would work on the project and also attended the meeting.

“The staff is generally excited about Nordstrom Rack and the attention that it

brings,” Manchester Director of Planning & Zoning/Economic Development Franz Kraintz said.

However, Kraintz and commissioners raised questions about possible effects the store could have on automobile and pedes-trian traffic.

Commissioner Jason Truesdell expressed concern that the lone entrance to the park-ing lot, which is on the building’s west side, could create bottlenecks and traffic problems. He wondered whether motorists would have trouble getting in and out of the lot in the event of a traffic accident.

To ease pedestrian access to the new store, commissioners suggested an addi-tional sidewalk be placed on the south side of the automobile entrance.

Additional questions were raised about planned landscaping around the store and the kind of paint that would be used to fit Nordstrom’s color scheme.

After the project architect addressed those concerns, the commission voted unanimously to recommend the site plan and adjust the boundaries around Week-ends Only to allow construction of a Nord-strom Rack store.

“We are excited about having this store come in,” Truesdell said.

Randall projected the store would open to the public late next spring.

The plans still need the approval of the Manchester Board of Aldermen.

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Studious siblingsLauren and Tommy

Meisel, of Ballwin, recently participated in the 2011 Drury Leader-ship Academy’s two-week summer high school leadership and academic program at Drury University in Springfield, Mo. They enrolled in mathemat-ics, civil discussion and health education classes, where they received valuable leadership and residential college life skills as well as college credit.

They also participated in the 2011 summer GEMS (Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science) intern program at The Army Research Lab in Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md. The siblings worked alongside research scientists doing hands-on experiments and instrumental sessions covering various research topics.

Lauren currently is a ninth grader at Parkway South High, and Tommy started college two years early through an accel-erated early college program at Northwest Missouri State University. He is majoring in STEM studies (science, technology,

engineering and mathematics).

2011 Young AchieverLafayette High junior

Brett Renken was selected as a 2011 Young Achiever. Renken is one of 38 students nationwide to receive recognition from the International Leadership Network. Dr. Kirti Mehrotra, Lafayette High assistant principal, said Renken is an outstanding student.

“Within the first couple weeks of his sophomore year, Brett stood out, and I knew he was a leader who was caring, respectful and determined,” Mehrotra said. “Brett is a true Lancer, and I am delighted that he has been recognized in the community through the Young Achiever Award.”

Young Achievers are students in fifth through 10th grade who are appointed and/or elected, are positive role models, are successful achievers in a variety of areas, are good citizens in their schools and com-munities and are competent scholars with good attendance records.

Leadership candidatesFour West County high school students

were selected as participants in the Fred Saigh Leadership Program through the Special Education Foundation. The stu-dents were identified by their teachers as candidates for the program based on dem-onstrated leadership skills, school activities and good citizenship and were selected via application and screening.

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Time out for leaders

Westminster christian Academy student lead-ers in August attended the school’s annual leadership Retreat in high hill, Mo. About 150 students in ninth through 12th grades attended the retreat. The theme, “Be an 11:1 leader,” derived from a verse in the Bible, was meant to encourage the student leaders throughout the school year as they lead their classmates. They focused on leadership principles based upon servant leadership, the principle reflected in the verse.

Student leaders included the student council, class officers, club officers and peer counselors.

Pictured are Westminster Christian Academy student leaders who participated.

Reinforcing positive behaviorThis year, Rockwood Early Childhood

has enhanced its universal recognition program to reinforce students’ positive behavior. Through its “Superstar Code,” students are rewarded when they follow school rules and take care of themselves, one another, the school and the world.

“The Superstar Code is a proactive approach to teach students appropriate behavior at school as well as at home,” Rockwood Behavior Analysis Coordina-tor Elizabeth Mrozowicz, said. “The goal of this program is to improve the visibility and consistency of the recognition so stu-dents feel proud when they exhibit positive behavior.”

In addition to rewarding students with stickers that match their actions, parents are encouraged to submit notes to teachers that communicate what their children did at home that makes them superstars.

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Morgan Mizell, a recent John Burroughs gradu-ate, recently accepted two positions as a research assistant, usu-ally reserved for gradu-ate students, in two research labs at Wash-ington University in St. Louis and Saint Louis University.

“I am honored to accept these positions, and I’m sure it will be a great experience,” Mizell said.

Mizell plans to attend Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania but deferred her acceptance in order to do neuroscience research. She will major in neuroscience and engineering and hopes to attend either Washington University Medical School or Johns Hopkins Medical School to pursue an MD/Ph.D. degree.

Grand prize vocalistsThe Eureka High Concert Choir recently

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During the Spring of 2011, the Eureka High Concert Choir, with Donna Baker, director, participated in the March 18th Bahamas Cruise Festival onboard Royal Caribbean’s “Majesty of the Seas.” After the final festival, all scores were combined to determine the overall highest scoring groups in each class and category from all of the festivals, and Eureka High’s choir was the winner.

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By CAROL ENRIGHTWhen asked what made the biggest

impression on the nine West County teens he led on a 17-day pilgrimage that culmi-nated at World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain, the Rev. James Theby, associate pastor of St. Clare of Assisi parish in Ellisville, said the students were “shocked” at “how many people were there from all over the world.” That was especially true at the final papal Mass in Madrid, where Theby heard the crowds were estimated at between 1.5 and 2 million people.

Rachel Broom, 17, a senior at Cor Jesu Academy who was part of the group, summed it up: “People were just every-where.”

Marquette High School senior Elizabeth Doing echoed Broom’s sentiments.

“Getting to have Mass with the pope was really awesome,” she said. “And I think what added to that whole experience was seeing all these people around you from all these different countries, some of which I had never even heard of – they all had the same faith as me.”

Also on the trip were Marquette students Jenny Burger, Karen Nightingale, and sis-ters Allie and Emily Huber; Erin Mulligan and Peter O’Keefe of Parkway West; and Nerinx Hall junior Julia Quade.

Theby and Rhoda Bevc, former St. Clare youth minister, departed St. Louis with the St. Clare teens on Aug. 6 and returned Aug. 22 after making stops in Lourdes, France; Barcelona, Spain; and, finally in Madrid. Established by Pope John Paul II in 1985, World Youth Day is celebrated at Catholic churches every year on Palm Sunday, with an international gathering of Catholic youth taking place every two to three years.

The two-and-a-half weeks the group spent overseas was not your typical Euro-pean vacation.

“A lot of times, we were reminded that it’s

not really a vacation. It’s really a pilgrim-age, and there is some sacrifice involved,” Doing said.

Some of those sacrifices were staying in the same clothes for more than a day, sleep-ing in a field the night before the final papal Mass and sacrificing “what you would want to do in a foreign country for what the whole group is doing,” Doing said.

Those sacrifices began several months ago for the St. Clare teens, all of whom participated in fundraising to pay for the trip’s $4,000 price tag. Both Broom and Doing began planning for the trip two or three years ago, and both were able to fully pay for their trips through fundraising and the support of the parish.

“It was a long time, but it was worth it,” Broom said.

St. Clare is thought to have the only youth group from the St. Louis Archdio-cese to have attended World Youth Day, but there was at least one other St. Loui-san in the crowd. The teens attended a catechesis session in Madrid that was led by Archbishop Timothy Dolan, who grew up in Holy Infant Parish in Ballwin. When Archbishop Dolan mentioned in his talk that he was from St. Louis, Bevc raised her hand and said, “We’re from Ballwin, Mis-souri.” That got the attention of the arch-bishop, who agreed to pose for a picture with the group.

At the closing Mass, Pope Benedict XVI announced the next World Youth Day will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in July 2013. Broom and Doing said they hope to be there and would recommend the trip to others.

“It’s an awesome experience and … it strengthened my faith and it made me a stronger person,” Broom said. “If they have the chance to go, they should defi-nitely take the chance.”

“They’re 17 days of my life that I will never forget,” Doing said.

St. Clare of Assisi youth group attends World Youth Day

St. Clare of Assisi teens Emily Huber, Peter O’Keefe, Rachel Broom, Jennifer Burger, Julia Quade, Karen Nightingale, Erin Mulligan, Allie Huber, Elizabeth Doing, and Rhoda Bevc, former youth minister, pose by the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona.

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By CAROL ENRIGHTDevastation. Demolished. Debris. These

are the words a group of 17-year-old boys used to describe what they saw in Joplin, Mo., during the two days they spent there in July cleaning up three home sites that lay in ruins in the aftermath of the massive tor-nado that ripped through the town on May 22. Shocked and surreal describe how they felt upon seeing the remains of a city that had been laid flat.

The boys – Ryan Brandt, Tim Brandt, Justin Davis, Ryan Devlin, A.J. Heitmann and Patrick Mills – are seniors at DeSmet Jesuit High School in Creve Coeur. Kath-leen Davis, the mother of one of the boys, suggested the trip as a way for the teens to meet the 50-hour community service requirement for their senior year. She contacted St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Joplin to find out how the boys could best be put to work.

On day one, the church sent the boys and their adult chaperones to the home of an elderly woman who needed help clearing

out mattresses, car windows, garage doors, windows, shingle pieces, pet cages, shoes and clothing from her side yard.

The next job, done in 103-degree heat, was busting up with sledgehammers and removing the stone foundation of a house that had been all but blown away.

The group spent day two cleaning debris from the yard of a soldier who was sched-uled to return from duty.

Ryan Brandt said the damage he wit-nessed in Joplin far exceeded his expec-tations. He described driving up to the outskirts of the city and thinking it looked “just like West County” until reaching the center of town “where there’s just noth-ing.”

Seeing the aftermath of the storm first-hand made a powerful impression on the boys, according to Maureen Heitmann, whose son, A.J., was on the trip.

“They’ve seen all of it on the news, but I don’t think they truly understood or appreciated the devastation until they were there,” she said.

DeSmet seniors help Joplin dig out of disaster

DeSmet seniors (from left) Justin Davis, Tim Brandt, A.J. Heitmann, Patrick Mills, Ryan Brandt and Ryan Devlin at a work site in Joplin.

Living Well By Design’s third annual Savvy Chic Dress Boutique is from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 10 at John F. Ken-nedy Catholic High. The event benefits the Scholarship Fund of Girls in the Know, a nonprofit organization allowing mothers and their pre-teen daughters to attend the Girls in the Know Speaker Series.

JFK has been a drop-off point for dress donations, where students, former students and people from the community collected and donated new and gently used home-coming and prom dresses.

“It is just part of Kennedy’s culture,” said JFK counselor Sarah Strohmayer, whose idea it was to get JFK involved in the event with Living Well by Designs, which

sponsors the Savvy Chic Dress Boutique each year. “I was not surprised at all by the turnout from our students. We try to instill a strong set of values and morals, but we have learned that leading by example is truly the best teaching tool. That is why I was compelled to get involved with this organization. It is something I really believe in.”

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High school boys’ soccerBill Daues, Whitfield’s

director of athletics and head varsity boys’ soccer coach, has been named the 2011 recipi-ent of the Jimmy Dunn Memorial High School Coach of the Year.

The award is given by the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame and is the most prestigious honor that a high school coach in the St. Louis area can receive.

During his 20-year Whitfield coaching career, Daues has led eight teams to state titles. His first state championship was the first in the school’s history, won by the Warriors’ baseball team in 1994. The other seven titles were achieved in Whitfield’s boys’ soccer program in 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, and 2002.

Daues was inducted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 2008 and in 2010 received the Merit Award from the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association. He has been named the Class 1 Coach of the Year (private schools) by the Missouri High School Soccer Coaches Association several times.

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High school girls’ tennisThe Lafayette girls’ tennis team is two-

for-two in winning the 2011 Kickapoo Tennis Tournament in Springfield. It was the Lancers’ second year participating.

Lafayette won all six singles flights and two of three in the doubles flight. In all, the Lancers lost one match out of 27 played.

The Lancers finished first with 70 points, far outdistancing Branson’s second-place total of 55 points. Other teams in the tour-nament were Kickapoo, St. Joseph Central, Bolivar, North Kansas City, Blue Springs South and Springfield Catholic.

Sophomore Haleigh Chobanian, playing in the No. 1 flight, won all three matches including an 8-1 win over Danielle Benson, last year’s second-place medalist at the state tournament.

Sophomore Arianna Demos lost only one game in her three matches in the No. 2 singles flight.

Other flight winners were senior Chelsea Weise at No. 3, freshman Abby Carpenter at No. 4, senior Julia Vranas at No. 5 and sophomore Kayla Neskar at No. 6.

In doubles, Weise and Vranas won the

second flight and Abby Carpenter and Kayla Neskar won the third flight. Choba-nian and Demos came in third in the No. 1 doubles flight, losing one match to flight winners Johnston and Givens, of Branson.

High school girls’ softballParkway South rallied to defeat Fort

Zumwalt West 9-5 to win the 16-team Parkway Tournament at Manchester Ath-letic Association.

First-year coach Terry Bazzell led the Patriots to their fourth championships in five years and eighth overall title in the 24-year history of the tournament.

Parkway South won all four of their games.

“We just wanted to play and find out what our team was about,” Bazzell said.

The score was tied at 4-all in the sev-enth inning and the Patriots were the vis-

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Francis finished the tournament with eight hits in nine at-bats.

Jenna Breitbach laid down a sacrifice bunt but reached first base safely. With one out, Shekina Griffith reached on an infield single to second base, scoring Francis from third. Kelli Walsh was awarded first after obstruction was called on the catcher as a runner was trying to score. Allison Biggs, who was running for Breitbach, scored on a ground ball hit by Kelsey Harper. Then Griffith scored on an infield single by Tayler Monaco and Walsh also scored when a throwing error was made on the play. Megan Medcalf drove in the final run with a base hit to left field.

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The Patriots blasted Notre Dame 15-0 and Mehlville 12-1 and Parkway North 11-0 to reach the title game.

Bazzell said all of his girls contributed.“If we were to pick an MVP, it would

have to be Alyssa Francis,” Bazzell said. “Sheridon Sprague pitched very well and also added two home runs. Megan Med-calf is always the one we can count on to deliver the tough hit.”

Junior National swim meetThe local swim clubs participated

recently in the junior national swimming championships at the Avery Aquatic Center on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, Calif. Here’s a look at how they did:

Rockwood Swim Club – Haley Spencer, a Fort Zumwalt West graduate, earned a spot on the USA National Team and was selected for the PanAm team that will be held in October in Mexico. Spencer, a junior at Minnesota, narrowly missed a title in the 200-meter breaststroke. The 2011 NCAA champion in the 200-yard breast finished in 2 minutes, 27.09 seconds, just .03 seconds behind Micah Lawrence.

Lauren Votava, a senior at Parkway South who is also home-schooled, was among 26 swimmers picked to be on the Select Team going to Osaka, Japan.

Rockwood also was represented by Nick Davis, 16, a junior at Marquette; Garin Marlow, 18, a Marquette graduate who will be going to Minnesota; Sean Feher, 18, a Parkway South graduate going to Drury; and Patrick Vega, 15, a sophomore at Lafayette.

Davis recorded his best times in the 200, 400 and 1500 free events. The 800 free relay team of Feher, Marlow, Davis and Vega finished 35th and improved their best time by two seconds. Feher recorded life-time best swims in the 400 and 100 free. Marlow recorded best times for him in the 100 and 200 back.

Parkway Swim Club – The team finished higher than any other Ozark area team of the Region 8 Section.

Parkway North junior Heather Lunds-tom finished 16th in the 200 fly and got her Olympic trial cut of 2:15:57. She finished seventh in the 100 fly with a 1:01.08, again a personal best.

Parkway Central junior Nick Orf got his Olympic trial cut in 200 fly with a time of 2:03.61 to finish 19th. His previous best time was 2:05.90.

Youth baseballThe St Louis Royales 11U boys’ baseball

team finished their season with a sparkling record of 68-10-2. The boys won seven tournaments along the way besides win-ning the St. Louis County League with a spotless 10-0 record.

The team also had a very successful finish at the AAYBA 11U World Series in Arvada, Colo. The Royales went 6-1 in the World Series and earned a third-place finish in the Platinum Division among 19 teams participating.

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By WARREN MAYESWhen Coach Richard Regina named

Marquette’s field hockey captains for the season, he set Mustang history. Annelise Lulow and Morgan Barker are the first sophomores in Marquette history to be named captains.

“When the only hesitation was because they were sophomores, all the other lead-ership qualities erased any doubt,” Regina said. “Along with senior captain Maddie Brown, they are authentic, they trust their coach, and other players gravitate to them. After seeing them take the time from their busy summer field hockey schedule to show up at Marquette and work with other play-ers, the decision was actually very easy.”

Both girls are pleased to be captains.“I am very honored and privileged to be

a captain,” Barker said. “It means a lot to me considering I am only a sophomore this year. With being a captain, I hope to lead the team in a great season and have us focus on the important games. I’d also like to strongly motivate the team because we have such strong talent at every grade level.”

Lulow said, “Being selected captain as a sophomore means a lot to me. It is really special to be so young and to have a chance to help keep the team motivated and moving in the right direction. As a cap-tain, I feel my duties are to keep the team focused, excited, and eager to get out and practice or play a game every day.”

The two contributed mightily to Mar-quette reaching the Final Four last season for the first time in school history. The Mustangs lost 3-2 to MICDS in the semifi-nals to be eliminated.

Regina made Lulow the focus on the Mustangs’ offensive corners last season.

“That is a lot of pressure for any player, let alone a freshman on a team led by four seniors that are now playing Division 1 field hockey,” Regina said. “She excelled at the position and scored the game-winner in double overtime over the No. 1 seed (St. Joseph’s Academy) to send Marquette to its first ever Final Four appearance.”

The 5-foot-3, 115-pound Lulow partici-pates in the Gateway Field hockey program on the U-16 team. She is a member of the field hockey futures program, traveled to Virginia Beach for the USA National Field Hockey Tournament in June and her team finished second. She also participated in the College Connection Camp.

The 5-8, 135-pound Barker started all 28 games for Marquette last year. She partici-pates in the Gateway Field hockey program on the U-16 team and also is a member of the field hockey futures program. She trav-eled to Virginia Beach for the USA National Field Hockey Tournament in June and the team finished sixth. She was selected to play in the Junior Olympics held Aug. 2-8 in New Orleans.

Both players are versatile enough to play all of the field positions and just might this year.

“Morgan is one of the few players that can play all 11 field positions at a very high level,” Regina said. “I plan on using her at midfield to get her the most touches in the game. Good things happen when she has the ball.”

Lulow will primarily play center mid this season, Regina said.

“She makes tremendously mature deci-sions on the field. When Annelise touches the ball, you can knock 30 seconds off the clock,” Regina said. “That ability to control the time of possession in a game is huge. It eliminates other team’s offensive chances.

“Annelise’s game savvy makes her an elite player. In addition, her strength and confidence set her apart. Annelise also has a passing and shooting repertoire few play-ers have. Because of this, she can score from any place inside the circle. Any time she has the ball in the circle, she can create her own shot from any angle.”

The girls are glad it’s time for Mar-quette’s season to begin.

“I am so ready to get back into the swing of things and to start winning some games,” Barker said. “If we all work together, I believe we can make Marquette history again and make it farther than we did last year.”

Lulow agreed.“It will be a challenge to live up to last

year’s success, but I have a good feeling about our team this season,” she said.

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By WARREN MAYESRah-rah! The Parkway Central varsity cheerlead-

ing team will be competing at the state meet after winning the recent regional competition.

The meet will be held Oct. 1-2 on the University of Missouri campus in Colum-bia. There will be about 100 cheerleading teams competing.

Parkway Central has been competing for more than 10 years in these competitions, and the school has had success.

Parkway Central won the state competi-tion in the Class 5 large division in 1998 and 2002. They scored second-place fin-ishes in 2000 and 2001.

The first regional and state competitions were held in 1989.

Coach Sandra Struthers directs the girls and said they are looking forward to the state contest.

“The girls are working very hard in hopes of a win at the state competition,” Struthers said. “There are no guarantees in cheer-leading; anything can happen. So, the girls are working for a clean routine.”

There were five regional competitions across the state – St. Louis Regional, Northeast Regional, Southeast Regional, Southwest Regional, and Kansas City Regional. The St. Louis Regional was held at St. Francis Borgia High School in Wash-ington.

At the regional, 34 squads competed in eight different divisions. The divisions are based on the number of squad members, school division/classification, and the school level – junior high, junior varsity and varsity.

The Parkway team has 25 varsity cheer-leaders. The team is made up of 14 seniors, seven juniors, three sophomores and one freshman. The squad includes three sets of sisters.

Struthers, a fifth-grade teacher at Wren Hollow Elementary and a former Park-way Central cheerleader herself, has been coaching for four years.

The Parkway cheerleading squads were selected in March.

“It’s been hard work ever since,” Stru-thers said.

In the competition, squads are judged on crowd appeal, cheering skills, cheering execution, overall effectiveness, and music incorporation. This includes stunts, jumps, tumbling, cheers, choreography, voice, and synchronization. Five judges score squads from 1 to 10 in each area of competition. As many as 10 bonus points can be earned for high difficulty skills, such as jumps, stunts, basket tosses, and tumbling.

When it was announced Parkway Central won the regional, the girls’ reaction of hap-piness was expected.

“They were thrilled,” Struthers said.The girls believe in their coach, who

works and drills them to make them the best they can be. The routines are difficult, but the practice time the girls put in under Struthers’ direction pays dividends.

“Sandra is tough – she pushes us so that we can be our best,” said co-captain Steffi Richter. “We all love her and respect every-thing she does for us.”

Co-captain Abbey Zang agreed.“Sandra is a coach that truly knows what

she’s doing,” Zang said. “Her experience makes it easy to trust her direction and we know we will get the best routine to show off all that we can do. She is so dedicated and doesn’t mind spending most of her summer helping us prepare.

“And she knows how to get us prepared. She will push us through routines and con-ditioning so we can be ready for competi-tion. We wouldn’t be able to get this far if it wasn’t for her always being there and being so ready to help us succeed.”

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By WARREN MAYESThe third week of the high school football

season is highlighted by four West County teams playing at the Edward Jones Dome.

The games will be played Saturday (Sept. 10) in the inaugural Great American Football Classic, which is being put on by iHigh.com, a Louisville, Ky., company, and Compton Strategies, a sales and marketing company based in Indianapolis.

Marquette faces Eureka in a battle of Suburban West Conference teams at 1:15 p.m. CBC battles archrival DeSmet in a Metro Catholic Conference showdown in the marquee matchup at 6:45 p.m.

Tickets can be bought at the participating schools for $11. Tickets at the Dome the day of the event are $15.

Marquette Coach Ryan Thornhill said his Mustangs are looking forward to play-ing on the home turf of the St. Louis Rams. The facility is also the home to the Missouri state football championships at the end of November.

“Everyone is very excited,” Thornhill said. “Any time your kids can play at a pro venue, it creates a memory that lasts for-ever. You would like your first time to be in the Dome to be for a state championship, but it was an opportunity we couldn’t pass up for our kids.”

Eureka Coach Farrell Shelton agreed playing in the Classic will be something for the athletes to remember.

“It is a great experience for the boys on both teams to just be able to play in that environment,” Shelton said.

It is Eureka’s second year in the Subur-ban West, after moving from the Suburban South. Last year, Eureka defeated Mar-quette 24-8 on the Mustangs’ home field.

“Eureka has great kids every year and a great coaching staff,” Thornhill said. “We graduated most of our team last year, so we have a lot of new faces in starting posi-tions. Our team is working very hard and we have high expectations for them.”

This year, it was Eureka’s home game, and when the Wildcats were invited to play in the Classic, the school sought out Mar-quette to see if the teams could meet on the neutral site.

Marquette said yes, so it’s game on.“Any time you play a school in your own

district, it is a battle,” Thornhill said. “I am sure the kids will have a little extra attitude being that they are playing in the Dome.”

While it could be the first of two appear-ances in downtown St. Louis, Thornhill said Marquette is not looking ahead of this week’s game.

“A goal of ours every year is to make it

to the state championship, but we have a lot of hard work ahead of us before we can start thinking about playing in the Dome twice this year,” Thornhill said.

CBC Coach Scott Pingel said the oppor-tunity for his Cadets, defending MCC champs, is a great one.

“This is big for our school and it’s big for DeSmet, too,” Pingel said. “It will take us out of our routine a bit because we usually play the game on a Friday night and it’s on a Saturday night. But it’s really not that big of deal. It’s always a big game when we play DeSmet, and getting to play in the Dome will add something to it this year.”

DeSmet Coach Pat Mahoney said he is happy his Spartans will be playing in the Classic.

“The boys are very excited,” Mahoney said. “I think it will be great for the alumni from both schools. Ticket prices are a bit pricey for the student bodies, but I think both schools will be well represented.”

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Friday:Parkway North at University City4:15 p.m.Vianney at Chaminade7 p.m.St. Mary’s at Kennedy7 p.m.Mehlville at Lafayette7 p.m.Northwest at Parkway Central7 p.m.Parkway South at Oakville7 p.m.Summit at Parkway West7 p.m.Westminster Christian Academy at Priory7 p.m.

Saturday:Windsor at Principia1 p.m.Marquette vs. Eureka at Edward Jones Dome1:15 p.m.MICDS at John Burroughs2:30 p.m.CBC vs. DeSmet at Edward Jones Dome6:45 p.m.

Join us at the annual Manchester Homecoming Festival – celebrating “25 Years of Families and Fun!” – on September 9, 10 and 11 in Paul A. Schroeder Park. This celebration features a parade, a special children’s area with many activities, Cute Kids & Cute Pets contests, beverages, live entertainment, games and carnival rides. We will also again host dog swims on Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 1-4 p.m. for dogs and their “parents” to enjoy our Aquatic Center. The contests benefit Friends of Kids with Cancer, and the dog swims benefit BARC, an organization that spays and neuters dogs at no charge. I hope you will join my wife, Mary, and me in enjoying the many family-oriented activities offered as part of this annual festival. More information on this year’s Homecoming Festival is available in this publication, as well as on the city’s website at manchestermo.gov. I enjoy volunteering on the Homecoming Committee, and I want to express my thanks to the many volunteers whose assistance make this event possible every year.

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This year’s Manchester Homecoming parade grand marshal position is dedicated to all the individuals who have volunteered their time over the past 25 years to make Man-chester Homecoming the family friendly event that it is. Were it not for those residents and non-residents of the city who spend countless hours planning, organizing and run-ning the annual event, Manchester Homecoming would not be celebrating “25 Years of Families and Fun!” On display during Homecoming weekend, there will be photos and memorabilia reflecting the past 25 years of homecoming celebrations.

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Owner Roy Esslinger started a tow truck business in Ballwin in 1977. He then bought a Mobil sta-tion on the east side of Manchester in 1982. In 1993, they moved to the west side of Rte. 141 and in 1997 built their current building at 14305 Manchester Road. They did not want to move out of Manchester, saying it is a great place to do business. Roy’s Auto Repair is and always has been family owned and operated.

Roy’s business philosophy is simple: “Honesty and Integrity.” They do very little advertising, and most of their business comes from word-of-mouth. Staying as busy as they are is a reflection of the quality, pricing, honesty and customer service they provide.They have an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau and are a Triple A auto repair

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Roy is proud of his experienced long-term technicians, calling them “The World’s Best.” His concern for his employees is reflected in the fact that his business is one of the few auto repair facilities that provides an air-conditioned shop for employees’ com-fort while working.

Roy’s philosophy applies to his personal life as well. He believes everything we have is borrowed and should be given back. To that end, his business works with local churches and charitable organizations to help the needy. They collect backpacks, school supplies and food for Circle Of Concern and the Salvation Army, among other organiza-tions.

Roy retired 12 years ago, and Operations Manager Steve Johnson, who is married to Roy’s daughter, Michele, runs the business. Roy and Carol Esslinger also have three sons – Patrick, Jeff and Todd. Steve and Michele have four children – daughters Monica and Taylor and sons Matt and Stephen.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued the following advice for families as kids head back to school. The studies cited here appear in the September 2011 issue of Pediatrics and were pub-lished online on Aug. 8.

Sack lunch safety warningSack lunches packed by parents can be an

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In the study “Temperature of Foods Sent by Parents of Pre-school-aged Chil-dren,” sack lunches of 705 preschoolers at nine Texas childcare centers were mea-sured with non-contact temperature guns and hour and a half before the food was served. Researchers found that 39 percent of the lunches contained no ice packs, 45.1 percent had at least one ice pack, and 88.2 percent were at room temperature. Only 1.6 percent of lunches with perishable items were found to be in a safe tempera-ture zone, while more than 90 percent – even with multiple ice packs – were kept at unsafe temperatures.

The authors of the study suggested that parents and the public become educated on safe food packaging practices in order to prevent bacteria from growing and poten-tially causing illness.

New heat illness prevention guidelines for athletes

Before young athletes start physical conditioning for fall sports, pediatricians have some advice for the athletes, parents, and adults who are running practice on hot, humid days: Use some common sense and appropriate measures to keep the kids out of danger.

In a revised policy statement, “Climatic Heat Stress and Exercising Children and Adolescents,” the AAP recommends youth sports programs implement the following strategies to safeguard against heat illness:

• Provide risk-reduction training for coaches, trainers and other adults.

• Ensure trained staff are available on-site to monitor for and promptly treat heat illness.

• Educate children about preparing for the heat.

• Allow children to gradually adapt to physical activity in the heat.

• Offer time for and encourage sufficient fluid intake before, during and after exer-cise.

• Modify activity as needed given the heat and limitations of individual athletes. Practices and games may need to be can-celed or rescheduled to cooler times.

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hours between same-day contests in warm to hot weather.

• Limit participation of children who have had a recent illness or have other risk factors that would reduce exercise-heat tol-erance.

• Have in place an emergency action plan.

The most notable change in AAP policy is the recognition that kids can tolerate and adapt to exercise in heat as well as simi-larly fit adults, when adequate hydration is maintained. The previous policy suggested children were less able than adults to tol-erate and adapt to heat stress, but recent research found kids and adults have similar physiological responses when exercising under the same conditions.

The revised policy focuses on what fac-tors put kids in danger of exertional heat illness and how adults can modify youth athletic activities to minimize heat illness risk, but it does not give precise rules about whether games/practices should be can-celed if temperatures reach a certain level.

“While coaches should make on-the-field decisions to improve safety for a team or event as a whole, individual participants may require more or less concern based on their health status and conditioning,” said co-author Dr. Michael F. Bergeron, direc-tor of the National Institute for Athletic Health & Performance.

As an example, the policy statement describes a healthy 12-year-old who is fit and used to the heat and would be fine playing soccer on a 95-degree day. But an overweight football player who recently recovered from diarrhea and is running wind sprints at the end of the second three-hour workout on the first warm day of preseason football would be at higher risk, even if the temperature is only 85 degrees.

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Allowing time for sufficient fluid intake before, during and after exercise is among the AAP’s guidelines for avoiding heat illness in youth athletes.

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By JIM ERICKSONTemperatures approaching the 100-

degree mark on a recent Sunday did not prevent dozens of families from traveling to the Wabash Frisco & Pacific Railroad’s (WF&P) Glencoe Station in Wildwood for a miniature railroading experience.

Now in its 50th year at its second location, the WF&P gives riders a taste of the golden age of rail when there was no better way to get to where you wanted to go than by hopping on a train.

Pulled by miniature, true-to-life loco-motives powered by coal, oil or gasoline, the railroad’s passenger cars carry 45-50 people per trip along a one-mile set of 12-inch-gauge tracks. The ride starts at the Glencoe Station and extends through the mostly wooded countryside north of the Meramec River to a Y-shaped turn-around where the return trip begins. The round-trip takes about 30 minutes.

A project to extend the tracks another 3,500 feet now is under way.

When a group of rail enthusiasts formed the WF&P Railway organization in 1939, the operation was located at Brown and Natural Bridge roads. Twenty years later, rising land values in that area forced the railway to seek a new site.

After a two-year search, the new location was found at a no-longer-used Missouri Pacific Railroad right-of-way on the south side of what would later become Wild-wood. Glencoe Station is just east of Old State Road, a few yards north of the Old State Road-Route 109 intersection.

In addition to installing rail tracks, the organization erected a roundhouse for locomotives and a car barn for other rolling stock, as well as a turntable where locomo-tives are reversed to be in position for the

next trip. Counting rail sidings, total length of track at the site will total some two miles when the extension is completed.

Formed as a non-profit educational orga-nization, the Wabash Frisco and Pacific Association is the railroad’s official opera-tor. The group has about 150 members, with a core group of 35 volunteering the many hours needed to run the operation. Trains run from 11 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. every Sunday from May through October.

According to Steve Marx, the associa-tion’s president, only a few current mem-bers have any kind of railroad experience.

“The common denominator is simply an interest in railroads and their history,” he said.

Jim Foster is a typical member of the core volunteer group. A retired charter bus driver, he has been a WF&P volunteer for more than 12 years. On the recent swelter-ing Sunday, he was stationmaster, direct-ing passengers as they got on and off the trains.

Since its 1939 founding, the organization has overcome a host of challenges. The relocation to its current site in 1961 prob-ably was the biggest hurdle. Since then, floods, vandalism and arson have dam-aged facilities on a number of occasions. Through it all, the operation has prevailed and today ranks among the top miniature railroads in the nation.

As many as 14,000 passengers have ridden on the railroad during a season, and revenue comes primarily from passengers. A donation of $4 per person is suggested, while children age 3 and younger are able to ride free. Birthday parties and other groups can be scheduled with advance notice.

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This week marks 10 years since the ter-rorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

In the immediate aftermath of the trag-edies, Americans responded with orga-nized efforts large and small to honor and memorialize those who lost their lives on that dreadful day. Over the years, those efforts have continued, and this weekend throughout America, tributes to the fallen are expected to reach an unprecedented number.

Following are some of the tributes scheduled to take place in West County.

Central County Emergency 911, radio dispatch center for West County agencies, will host a remembrance ceremony at the time the first plane went down on Sept. 11, 2011. Firefighters will gather around the flagpole, have a moment of silence and do a reading to commemorate the day.

“This is a moment of respect, and our doors are always open if people from the community would like to be a part of it,” Les Crews, assistant fire chief at Monarch Fire Protection District, said. “I think it’s important for people not to forget. Over the years, some people have stopped and honked and shown their appreciation. So if someone would want to join the group, they’re more than welcome.”

Central County Emergency 911 is located at 22 Weis Ave. in Ellisville. Among the agencies it serves are Monarch Fire Protection District, Metro West Fire Protection District, West County EMS and Fire Protection District and Creve Coeur Fire Protection District.

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Parkway Central High School will begin its Homecoming Spirit Week on Mon., Sept 12 with Red, White and Blue Day. Students will wear America’s colors as a show of patriotism in commemoration of Sept. 11.

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Some schools in the Rockwood School District will be hosting private events for students in honor of those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

• The Wildwood Middle School eighth-grade orchestra on Fri., Sept. 9 will per-form a mini concert in memory of the victims and in honor of National Anthem Day. Children also will learn the lyrics to the National Anthem.

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host an assembly featuring patriotic music and a flag ceremony.

• At Selvidge Middle School on Fri., Sept. 9, first responders from the Metro West Fire Protection District and the Ball-win Police Department will lead students in discussions about the history of 9/11 and answer questions about what they do in their jobs on a daily basis.

• At Lafayette High School on Fri., Sept. 9, members of the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps will perform a flag ceremony.

• Students, parents and staff at Mar-quette High, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Sun., Sept. 11 will prepare pancakes, sausages, eggs and other breakfast items to feed 40-60 first responders from the Chester-field Police Department, Ballwin Police Department, Ellisville Police Department, Monarch Fire Protection District and Metro West Fire Protection District. The school’s Key Club community service organization

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The kindergarten class at The Goddard School in Chesterfield will display 2,977 flags on Kehrs Mill Road from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 9 in remembrance of the fallen heroes of 9/11 as part of the school’s monthly celebration of community heroes. Kindergarteners will spend time learning more about community heroes and the sacrifices they make to improve the community.

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March to the Arch, an annual 21-mile memorial walk that begins in West County and concludes at the base of the Gateway Arch, will get underway at 9:11 a.m. on Sun., Sept. 11 at Mike Duffy’s, 1024 Sch-nucks Woodsmill Plaza at Clayton Road

and Rte. 141. On the first anniversary of the terrorist

attacks, West County resident Bo Drochel-man left a note for his wife, grabbed the American flag from his front porch and began a 21-mile trek to the Arch. Roughly seven hours later, he reached the Arch grounds and made a commitment to him-self to complete the journey every year that he is physically able.

“I had wanted to do something just a few days after the attacks, but I wasn’t in good health at the time,” Drochelman told West Newsmagazine after last year’s trek, on which he was joined by more than 100 other marchers. “I couldn’t start something in the memory of those victims and then not finish.”

New this year are a flag ceremony at Art Hill in Forest Park; Charles Glenn signing the National Anthem at the Arch grounds; and a Marine Corps color guard at the Arch grounds.

There will be a March to the Arch pre-party at 7 p.m. on Wed., Aug. 31 at Mike Duffy’s.

For additional information, call (314) 609-2256 or visit marchtothearch.com.

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St. John Lutheran Church in partnership with the Metro West Fire Protection Dis-trict will host “Resilience” in memory of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, at the 8 a.m., 9:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. services on Sun., Sept. 11 at the church, located at 15800 Manchester Road in Ellisville. During the services, the Metro West Honor Guard will present the colors and stand at attention.

In addition, St. John Lutheran will have an open gallery entitled, “Resilience: The 10 Year Anniversary of 9/11,” which will feature works of art from around the com-munity that communicate any theme of hope and resilience in light of the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks. There will be emergency vehicles on the parking lot for children to tour.

All events and programs are open to the community. For more information, visit stjstl.net/resilience.

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The second annual Run to Remember, a 5K race and 1-mile walk to keep alive the memory of those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2011, will begin at 8 a.m. on Sat., Sept. 10 at Wildwood Town Center. About halfway through the 5K course, runners

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will pass through the apparatus room of Metro West Fire Station #3 where they will find a water station and a fire truck display. The race will end back at Town Center.

Capt. Brad Shelton of the Metro West Fire Protection District, which is sponsor-ing the event, said the purpose of the Run to Remember “is for everyone to remember how lives were lost that day.”

“The number ‘343’ is forever ingrained in every firefighter’s life, because that’s how many firefighters died that day,” Shel-ton said.

Wildwood Mayor Tim Woerther, who ran the 5K last year, said, “The run fits very well with what I see as a strength of the city.”

The 5K entry fee is $30 for those reg-istering before Sept. 10/$35 on race day and includes a shirt and finisher’s medal. Awards will be given to overall male and female winners and top runners in various age groups. The run will be capped at 500 runners. The walk entry fee is $15 for those registering before Sept. 10 and includes a commemorative T-shirt. There is no limit on the number of walkers who may partici-pate.

Proceeds from the event, which last year raised $10,000, will be divided between BackStoppers, which provides financial assistance to the families of local police officers and firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty, and the Pujols Family Foundation, which supports those living with Down syndrome locally and those living in poverty in the Dominican Republic.

For more information or to register, visit metrowest-fire.org or call (314) 616-6080.

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The city of Chesterfield 9/11 National Moment of Remembrance will be held at noon on Sun., Sept. 11. All available police vehicles will pull to the side of the road, activate their lights/sirens and keep them operational for one full minute.

Mayor Bruce Geiger and the Chester-field City Council invite all Chesterfield residents to join them at the flagpoles located in front of City Hall for a flag-lowering ceremony, which will take place while the lights/sirens of police vehicles are activated. Those who would like to attend should arrive no later than 11:45 a.m. Those who cannot attend are asked to pause for a moment of silence when the sirens are activated.

At approximately 12:01 p.m., the mayor will lead those at City Hall in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of “America the Beautiful,” followed by the national anthem. He will conclude with some comments commemorating the occa-sion and remembering those who lost their lives 10 years ago.

• • •

The city of Manchester has planned two events to commemorate the sacrifices of those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

There will be a moment of silence at 7 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 10 during the Man-chester Homecoming at Paul A. Schroeder Park. Firefighters and police will partici-pate, and Manchester Mayor Dave Willson will read a memorial proclamation from the city. The mayor will repeat the procla-mation at 8:46 a.m. on Sun., Sept. 11 at the Manchester Veterans Memorial, located in Margaret Stoecker Park, 222 Henry Ave. A ceremonial wreath will be present at both events. Members of the community are welcome and encouraged to attend both

West County resident Bo Drochelman leads marchers from West County to the Gateway Arch in the 2010 March to the Arch, an annual event he started as a tribute to victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. This year’s March to the Arch will begin at 9:11 a.m. on Sun., Sept. 11 at Mike Duffy’s on Clayton Road. (Photo by Richard True)

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The city of Ellisville on Sun., Sept. 11 once again will line Manchester Road with American flags as a tribute to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Eighty flags will be placed in all – 40 on each side of the street.

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The Town & Country 9/11 Community Event will be at 2 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 11 at the West County EMS & Fire Protec-tion District Station #3, located at 13443 Clayton Road in Town & Country. The event is intended to remember and renew family, faith and freedom. There will be local speakers, a choir, children’s activities and more.

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“Celebration of Peace,” a concert com-memorating the 10th anniversary of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, will be held at 7 p.m. on Sun., Sept. 11 at Manchester United Methodist Church (MUMC), 129 Woods Mill Road in Manchester. The concert will feature the MUMC choir and the St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus. More than 200 singers will join their voices in classical, inspirational, spiritual and gospel music. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, call 200-4702 or visit manchesterumc.org/fine-arts/joy-of-music-concert-series.

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The United Way of Greater St. Louis will be hosting a 9/11 Week of Service and Remembrance as a tribute to those who lost

their lives lost 10 years ago. The United Way has organized dozens of projects throughout the St. Louis area, encouraging the community to volunteer their time and give back.

West County organizations seeking vol-unteers include:

• Jewish Family & Children’s Services is seeking 15 food pantry volunteers to work at 10 a.m. on Sun., Sept. 11 at the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry, 10950 Schuetz Road in Creve Coeur. Volunteers will be responsible for pre-packing food items for quick and easy distribution. Duties will include following food charts to pack grocery bags full of food for clients, stock-ing pre-packed bags in designated areas, aiding delivery drivers with re-stocking warehouse shelves and cleaning and orga-nizing warehouse spaces. Volunteers must be at least 10 years old.

• The Wyman Center, 600 Kiwanis Drive in Eureka, is seeking 20 landscaping/yard work volunteers at 9 a.m. on Sat., Sept. 10. Volunteers will perform upkeep work on the campus.

Duties will include gardening, pulling weeds, removing trash, raking leaves, etc. The Wyman Center provides services to enable teens from disadvantaged circum-stances to lead successful lives and build strong communities. Volunteers of all ages are welcome.

• Meramec Bluffs, 1 Meramec Bluffs Drive in Ballwin, is seeking six volunteers at 10 a.m. on Fri., Sept. 9 to assist with transporting residents in wheelchairs and with walkers to and from chapel. Volun-teers, who must be at least 15 years old, will accompany residents to chapel ser-vices and visit with them.

For more information or to register for United Way 9/11 Week of Service and Remembrance projects, call (314) 539-4296 or visit stlremembers.org.

Volunteers help maintain a community garden in St. Louis City on last year’s 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance. This year, United Way is hosting a 9/11 Week of Service and Remembrance as a tribute to those who lost their lives 10 years ago. (Photo courtesy of United Way)

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By CAROL ENRIGHTThey met on Match.com, fell in love at

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The groom was Justin Knight, 29, a quad-riplegic who lost the use of his limbs in a 2004 boating accident. The bride was Julie Wolz, 30, a teacher who was a teen mom at age 15, went on to earn her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education and currently is working on her doctorate.

The wedding, which took place July 29 at the Kemp Auto Museum in Chesterfield, was made possible by The Gifted Wed-ding, a local nonprofit that makes wedding dreams come true for couples facing more than simply financial hardship.

“We are looking for someone who isn’t just going through a financially difficult time – because that’s almost everybody – but someone who is facing financial dif-ficulty due to a circumstance in their life beyond their control such as a terminal ill-ness, a disability, a natural disaster,” said Val Riley, The Gifted Wedding spokesper-son.

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When Jimenez was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS) in 2008, she told Thornton that her dying wish was to have the dream wedding that she and her hus-band never had when they were married 15 years earlier. So Thornton emailed local wedding vendors asking for donations and – after an incredible response – the couple

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Headquartered at Spirit of St. Louis Air-port in Chesterfield, Wings of Hope (WOH) has 154 locations in 45 countries and oper-ates the Midwest Medical Relief and Air Transport Program (MAT), the service for which it probably is best known locally. Most of the structure housing WOH is devoted to hangar space where volunteers maintain and refurbish planes used in MAT and other programs worldwide.

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Wings’ MAT is the only free air ambu-lance program in the nation, providing medical transportation to hundreds of people, most of them children, during the past year.

Wings of Hope was founded in St. Louis in 1962 by four business executives who heard about the desperate need of a nurse in Africa and took steps to meet it. The men decided they needed to formulate some basic principles to guide the new organiza-tion’s operations.

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to the National Aeronautic Association and Freedom Foundation. Most recently, Wings was nominated for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.

WOH’s humanitarian work has attracted other attention and support too, as illus-trated by those on its honorary council that includes Colin Powell, former secretary of state and former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff; actors/pilots Harrison Ford and Kurt Russell; sports greats Stan Musial and Arnold Palmer; former Senators John Danforth and Elizabeth Dole; retired test pilot Gen. Chuck Yeager; and former astro-naut Tom Stafford.

Donations to finance WOH’s operations are accepted in the form of aircraft, boats, motor homes or property, stocks and bonds, legacy gifts from wills or cash. The orga-nization allows a contributor to adopt a family or project, accepts monthly pledges of $10 or more and offers a yearly mem-bership for a nominal amount.

Corporations and foundations can support Wings in a variety of ways. The Knights of Columbus of Ascension Church of Ches-terfield recently presented a $15,000 check to WOH to help finance its MAT Program.

The money represented proceeds from the K of C’s recent golf tournament and auc-tion activities conducted by the Ladies Auxiliary.

From Sept. 12-16, there will be a fund-raiser at two West County McDonald’s offering a coupon for a free large Coke and Redbox movie rental in exchange for a donation to WOH.

Colleen Schoendienst, owner of the McDonald’s in Chesterfield Valley and in Lamp & Lantern Village at Woods Mill and Clayton Road, said her goal not only is fundraising but also to boost awareness of “a tremendous volunteer organization that has helped so many people.”

During the week, representatives from WOH will be on hand at both McDonald’s to answer questions about the organiza-tion.

“Give us a check, that’s fine, but tell us what you want to do in your heart,” Doug Clements, WOH president said. “You want to feed children? You want to take care of women’s health issues? … Tell us what you want to accomplish so that we can go accomplish that and change that woman’s future and … that child’s future forever.”

What goes around comes around

Cub Scouts from Pack 883 (pictured), chartered out of Most Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Eureka, on Aug. 27 participated in the annual Operation Clean Stream, working to clean up along the Al Foster Trail and Sherman Beach in Wildwood.

Operation Clean Stream started in 1967 as a way to keep the Meramec River clean, and each year, volunteers do their part to maintain it.

“This is kind of a ritual for us every year, being able to give back to the earth and keep it looking good,” Beth Daniels, committee chairperson for Pack 883, said. “It’s the core foundation of what we believe in, and the boys all had so much fun.”

Daniels said what the boys enjoyed the most, besides being able to help, was making unique discoveries, such as animal bones, handheld video game components and an old campsite, along the trail.

“After we did the cleanup, a lot of the boys went back to the site with their dads to enjoy the streams,” Daniels said. “So it’s really nice that they were able to keep it clean and then enjoy what they did and be in touch with nature. While trying to keep our world clean and beautiful, the boys really get as much good out of it as the rest of the community.”

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By CAROL ENRIGHTIf you plan on using your noggin, you may want to drink

Nawgan, a “brain health” drink invented by University of Missouri-St. Louis neuropsychologist and Chesterfield resident Robert Paul. And Paul is not the only one who thinks the brain-boosting beverage is a smart idea. Last month, Japanese brewer Kirin Holdings endorsed Nawgan with a $3 million investment that the company plans to use to support the product’s growth into new markets.

Today, Nawgan is available in more than 300 stores throughout the St. Louis area, including Straub’s, Wal-greens, Shop ‘n Save and Dierbergs – where Paul says “sales are great.”

The company has yet to identify the next big market, but that will be “a big focus” in the near term, according to Paul.

“We’re in a growth stage,” Paul said after Kirin bought a minority interest in Nawgan at the end of August. “I think by the next four weeks, we’ll have that growth plan and have the team in place to execute the plan.”

Paul began thinking about Nawgan in late 2006 as he saw the growth of functional beverages – non-alcoholic drinks boasting benefits beyond quenching thirst – being fueled by brands developed based more on marketing than science.

A scientist who describes his expertise as “understand-ing how the brain is working and not working properly,” Paul saw an “opportunity in the field to create a product that was driven by a scientific platform.”

The science of Nawgan centers on Cognizin, an ingredi-

ent that is “really important in terms of how we’re thinking and … overall brain health,” Paul said.

Each 8-ounce can contains 250 milligrams of Cognizin, a level that far exceeds what other functional beverages contain.

“When the product was developed, not only did we select the very best ingredients, like Cognizin,” said Paul, “but we needed to make sure that we dosed that ingredient and the other ingredients at levels that were meaningful.”

Paul acknowledged that by focusing on the science first, the company “did it pretty backwards” compared to tradi-tional consumer products companies.

“We really tackled the science issue first, and then we tackled the flavor issue,” he said.

This October, consumers can look forward to a better-tasting Nawgan in a larger can that will sell for the same retail price as the current container. A huge benefit of working with Kirin, said Paul, will be the ability to tap into the extensive research and development capabilities of the $27-billion food and beverage behemoth.

“We’re expecting opportunities with them to develop new products that will really be exciting for our consum-ers,” he said.

At least one aspect of the drink was developed in a decidedly non-scientific manner: its name.

“It’s a double entendre,” said Paul. “It’s a reference to ‘noggin,’ like your head.”

And it’s a combination of his two sons’ names: Dawson and Logan.

Paul said the boys drink the non-caffeinated version of

the drink, while he and his wife enjoy the caffeinated vari-ety.

This latest investment should help Nawgan make it into more refrigerators in St. Louis and beyond, but Paul said, “All the hard work’s still ahead of us.”

“This is just another phase,” he said, “but it’s a really exciting phase for us.”

Kirin pours $3 million into Chesterfield scientist’s drink

Chesterfield resident and scientist Robert Paul used the names of his sons Dawson (left) and Logan as inspiration for naming Nawgan.

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PLACESDanny Catlett (formerly of Harpo’s in

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• • •Chesterfield-based Logan College of

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By BETSY ZATKULAKThe community is invited once again

to celebrate the life of a young man who lost his battle with leukemia and to support others who are stricken with cancer.

The 2011 Bandana Bash will honor the late Todd Zick, a Lafayette High graduate, by raising funds for Leukemia 24-7 and Friends of Kids with Cancer.

Zick lost his battle with leukemia in 2010, but he left behind through Leukemia 24-7, a charitable foundation that he founded, his fighting spirit and compassionate nature.

Leukemia 24-7 has raised more than $30,000 for local cancer charities, includ-ing Friends of Kids with Cancer, Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation, DKMS Amer-icas and Missouri Baptist Hospital Cancer Research. An additional $20,000 recently was donated to the Washington University School of Medicine, BJC Missouri Baptist Oncology Department, Bonhomme’s Lions Club and Friends of Kids with Cancer.

In addition, Leukemia 24-7 sponsors free bone marrow testing, which has signif-icantly increased the national bone marrow registry. The organization has added more than 5,000 donors to the national registry, and more than 100 positive matches have resulted from donor drives.

“The act of giving through my foundation, Leukemia 24-7, and Friends of Kids with Cancer not only helps to make a child’s life a little brighter, but it has changed my life and made me a happier and more complete person,” Todd Zick said before he died.

Today, Zick’s legacy is built on compas-sion and driven by the love and dedica-tion of family – and friends who feel like family.

In 2007, the H.O.G.Z. joined Zick in his efforts. A group that started having pig roasts in the ‘80s, the H.O.G.s origi-

nally was named after Mike Hallahan, Joe Oglesby and Pete Galus. In 2000, the group held a pig roast fundraiser in honor of one of the members’ mothers-in-law who was diagnosed with breast cancer. They since have made it an annual event, helping to raise more than $60,000 for friends and family diagnosed with cancer. In 2007, after meeting Zick, the group became the H.O.G.Z. and worked with Zick to create one big event.

This year’s Bandana Bash will take place on Fri., Sept. 9 and Sat., Sept. 10 at Zick’s Great Outdoors, 16498 Clayton Road in Wildwood.

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Committee members from Leukemia 24/7 and Friends of Kids with Cancer at the 2010 Bandana Bash. This year’s fundraiser will be held Sept. 9 and 10 at Zick’s Great Outdoors.

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ARTThe annual Parc Provence Exposition

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manship Polo Match is at 4 p.m. (gates open at 3 p.m.) on Sat., Sept. 10, at McGhee Polo Field (17879 Wild Horse Creek Road in Chesterfield). Wine tasting, concessions, pony rides, a kids’ craft table and more are featured. Tickets are $25 per car at the gate/$20 if pre-ordered. Tailgate parking is $40 per car and VIP tent access is $60. Visit thstl.org or call 332-4940.

• • •The 14th annual American Brain Tumor

Association (ABTA) St. Louis Fall Fes-tival is from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 10, at the Saint Louis Science Center. The family-friendly event, which raises money for brain tumor research, takes place near the permanent dinosaur exhibit. Admission is $50 for adults, $40 for children ages 13-17, $30 for children

ages 3-12 and free for younger children and brain tumor survivors. The ticket price includes admission and full access to the main building of the Science Center plus 3 OMNIMAX® Theater movies, event T-shirt, buffet dinner and dessert, bever-ages, music, raffles, a silent auction and more. Visit abta.org/stlouisfallfestival or call (314) 416-0404.

• • •The Coldwell Banker Gundaker-Ches-

terfield West Office sponsors a Charity Golf Scramble at 12:30 p.m. (registra-tion begins at 11 a.m.) on Mon., Sept. 12 at the Landings at Spirit Golf Club. Lunch is provided by Bandana’s BBQ; there are 18 holes of golf, a post-tournament happy hour and a silent auction. Entry is $100 per player and $100 for hole sponsors. Proceeds benefit Ronald McDonald House and Stray Rescue. Call Jeanne Hunsaker or Terri Rea at 532-0200.

• • •The NewOutLook Pioneer Golf Clas-

sic to benefit Circle Of Concern is at 11:30 a.m. (late registration begins) on Mon., Sept. 12 at Birch Creek Golf Club (499 N. Service Road in Union). The event is held in memory of Harry Wangrow and features a putting contest, buffet lunch, 18-hole scramble, appetizers, raffles, con-tests, attendance prizes and more. The fee

is $320 per foursome/$80 per person. Call Lin at 532-9445 or email jcherbst@att.net.

• • •Coldwell Banker Gundaker’s Ches-

terfield/Wildwood office hosts a charity garage sale to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 17 at 285 Clarkson Road in Ellisville. Gently used items offered include household items, toys, books and more. Hot dogs and baked goods are avail-able for purchase. Call 391-1122.

• • •The second annual Art from the Heart

to benefit Friends of Kids with Cancer is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 22 at Mungenast Lexus of St. Louis (13700 Man-chester Road in Manchester). The charity enriches the lives of children with cancer or blood-related illnesses. Nearly 70 paint-ings and drawings, created by the children in the nonprofit’s art therapy program, are available for silent auction at the event. Fine wine and appetizers are included. For details, visit friendsofkids.com.

• • •The Body, Heart & Spirit 5K Run/1

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at 4 months old and had 18 surgeries in his 16 years. The event is kicked off by The Encore Band, and costs $20 for adults or $10 for children. The registration deadline is Sept. 17. All proceeds benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Call 532-9992 or visit clubatchesterfield.com for details.

• • •Salvatore’s Annual Golf Benefit tees

off at noon (registration at 10:30 a.m.) on Sat., Oct. 1 at Landings at Spirit Golf Club (9180 Eatherton Road North in Chester-field). The four-person scramble, dinner and silent auction benefit Chase Pontello, who was diagnosed with Cryptogenic Len-nox-Gastaut Syndrome, a seizure disorder with developmental delay. The entry fee is $80 per player or $320 per team. Call 728-1927.

FAMILY AND KIDSThe parks departments of Ballwin, Ches-

terfield, Ellisville and Manchester host the NFL Punt, Pass and Kick program at 6 p.m. on Wed., Sept. 21 at Paul A. Schroeder Park in Manchester. The event is a national skills competition for boys and girls to compete in punting, passing and place-kicking. It is free and no pre-registration is required, but a copy of each child’s birth certificate should be presented at registra-tion. Call 227-7508 for details.

• • •The St. Louis Home Fires BBQ Bash is

on Sat., Sept. 24 and Sun., Sept. 25 at the Town Center of Wildwood. Amateurs and professionals compete for the grand prize in several categories including ribs, brisket, chicken, chili, pork steak, People’s Choice, chicken wing eating, best-decorated booth and more. Call Frank Schmer at 256-6564 for details.

• • •The city of Ellisville presents a free

showing of “Toy Story 3” at dusk on Fri., Sept. 24 on the amphitheater stage in Blue-bird Park. Call 227-7508.

• • •The Ellisville Elks hold a free kids’ fish-

ing derby from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sun., Oct. 2 at New Ballwin Park. The event is open to all youth ages 12 and younger. There will be awards in several categories, and a limited number of poles will be avail-able, so kids should bring their own if pos-sible. The deadline to register is at 5 p.m. on Sept. 28. Call 227-0404 after 3 p.m.

HEALTHSt. John Lutheran Church hosts a Jour-

ney of Hope from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sat., Sept. 10 at the church (15800 Man-chester Road in Ellisville). The eight-hour workshop teaches how faith plays a crucial role in physical health, as well as how to relate to those with cancer by giving them

the hope and encouragement they need. Call Linda at 779-2331 or visit stjstl.net.

• • •Aaron Likens, author of “Finding

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• • •Parc Provence hosts an Alzheimer’s

Association Support Group meeting from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thurs., Sept. 15 at 605 Coeur De Ville Drive in Creve Coeur. Supervision is available for those needing assistance for loved ones with dementia. Call (314) 542-2500 to RSVP or for more information.

LIVE PERFORMANCESThe city of Wildwood hosts a perfor-

mance of The New Invaders, a ’60s trib-ute band, at 6:45 p.m. on Fri., Sept. 16 in the Town Center Plaza. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy the free concert with complimentary hot dogs, chips, kettle corn, Kona ice, soda and water. Visit cityofwild-wood.com.

SPECIAL INTERESTThe Town & Country Community Rela-

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• • •The West County Republican Organi-

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• • •Westward Hoe Garden Club meets to

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Joyce's Housecleaning - 18 years experience. Work monthly, bi-weekly or weekly. Excellent references. Competitive prices. Leave a message at 314-522-1492.

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Concrete

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Professional Outdoor Services

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The West County Family Y is now accepting applications from caring individuals to work with children with special needs in the after school program in the Parkway School District. Hours of operation are either 2:00 to 6:00 pm or 3:00 to 6:00 pm Monday - Friday. Experience preferred. Great job for college students! Pay starts at $8.08 per hr. and includes free YMCA membership! Contact Christine Grant at cgrant@ymcastlouis.org for more information. Must be 18 to apply and pass a criminal background screening. EOE M/F/D/V.

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Hauling

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Skips Hauling & demolition! Serving the Bi-State Area including St. Charles County. Appliances, furniture, debris, construction/ rubble, yard waste, excavating & demolition! 10, 15 and 20 cubic yard rolloff dumpsters. All type clean outs & hauling! Affordable, dependable and available! No conditions! 20 yrs. service. Toll free 1-888-STl-JUNK

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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.

THE WORKS Home maintenance repair, electric, carpentry, plumb-ing, painting & plastering, ceramic tile & backsplash, hardwood floor-ing, pressure washing & sealing, assembly and more. No jobs too small or large. 25 yrs experience. FREE ESTIMATES Call Bill at (636) 391-7548 or (314) 452-6554.

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Let us give your home a fresh new look, by

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Gabion Baskets • Diamond Block •RR TiesPaver/Natural Stone Patios • Cert. Installer

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MORALES LANDSCAPE LLC. Spring Clean-Up, Mulching, Aeration, Trimming, Edging, Weeding, Leaf & Tree Re-

moval, Sod Installation, Plant-ing, Grass Cutting $25 & Up! Retaining Walls, Paver Patio, Decorative Gravel, Stone & Brick work, Drainage work & More! FREE ESTIMATES

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Valley Landscape Co. Mowing, leaf removal, mulch ing, tree & brush re-moval, stump removal, trimming, planting, gar-den ti l l ing, and gutter cleaning! (636) 458-8234

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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.

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Forever Bellerive family estate garden. Three space burial lot including monument. Price way below original price. Call 636-542-1114 or 636-530-1118.

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the FAN Guy - Trained & expe-rienced tradesman available for light electrical services: new outlets/switches, attic fans re-pair, lighting/fan installation & repairs. Fair, dependable & hon-est. Call Paul 636-734-8402

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Top Notch Waterproofing & Foundation Repair LLC. Cracks, sub-pump systems, structural & concrete repairs. Exterior drain-age correction. Serving Missouri for 15 yrs. Free estimate 636-281-6982. Finally, a contractor who is honest and leaves the job site clean. Lifetime Warranties.

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ST. JUDE nOVEna May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and pre-served throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Je-sus, pray for us. St. Jude, Worker of Miracles, pray for us. St. Jude, Help of the Hopeless, pray for us. Say prayer nine times a day; by the 8th day prayer will be answered. Say it for nine days. Then publish. Your prayers will be answered. It has never been known to fail. Thank you, St. Jude.__MBM

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ST. JUDE nOVEna May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and pre-served throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. St. Jude, Worker of Miracles, pray for us. St. Jude, Help of the Hopeless, pray for us. Say prayer nine times a day; by the 8th day prayer will be answered. Say it for nine days. Then publish. Your prayers will be answered. It has never been known to fail. Thank you, St. Jude.__VP

ST. JUDE nOVEna May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and pre-served throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Je-sus, pray for us. St. Jude, Worker of Miracles, pray for us. St. Jude, Help of the Hopeless, pray for us. Say prayer nine times a day; by the 8th day prayer will be answered. Say it for nine days. Then publish. Your prayers will be answered. It has never been known to fail. Thank you, St. Jude. __ CK

Autullo Masonry Inc. Brick & stone contractor. 36 yrs in business in St. Louis. Our reputation is built on quality and service for all your masonry needs. Paving, sidewalks, patios, walls, fireplaces - indoor & outdoor, fire pits, tuck pointing and brick exteriors. Free Estimates. In-sured. 636-394-5543.

KEViN'S PaiNT SERVicEExpert & Professional. New & old house interior/ exterior painting, drywall & acousti-cal ceiling repair. 25 years

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ABC Moving & Storage, Inc in Chesterfield. Residential, com-mercial, corporate Relocations. Local/Long Distance moving from a simple piece or multiple truck-loads. We do it all! Custom pack-aging & crating. Call today for a FREE ESTIMATE (636) 532-1300.

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PIANO LESSONS. Experienced piano teacher now accepting new students. All ages accepted, you're never too old to enjoy learning music! Lessons given in my Creve Coeur home. Refer-ences available. Call Sofia at 314-750-4094.

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Private Music Lessons First Lesson FREE

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PIANO LESSONS: Masters Degree in Composition w/ Piano major, 5 yrs. in Europe, 30 yrs. teaching experience, all ages. Taught music theory and piano at college level. Manchester & Strecker. Call Arthur 636-458-0095

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Dry Wall • Crown Molding & Trim25 years experience

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A & B Painting - Residential painting services. Quality work - Reasonable Rates. Free Esti-mates. Call 314-540-7303.

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fOR SalEBeautiful 105 acre Horse Ranch on gently rolling terrain includes a spacious 3BR/3.5BA home, 2 large steel outbuildings, 1-4 and 1-5 stall barns, hot walker, riding pens. Mountain View, MO area.Must see to appreciate!

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314-852-5467PEDRO MARTINEZ LANDSCAPINGA Cut Above! Aeration, power raking, bush & tree removal, fall clean-up. Gutter cleaning. Mow-ing, mulching, bush & tree trim-ming, edging, retaining walls, patios, and more. 636-237-5160 or 314-243-4623.

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This custom-built, gotta-have-it-now home is truly spectacular! It has top-of-the-line finishes and sits on three gorgeous wooded acres with unbelievable decks and pool. Fabulous great room withfloor-to-ceiling stone fireplace and beamed ceilings; luxurious mainfloor master suite; stunning lower level with wet bar and wine cellar;and terrific kitchen with high-end appliances make it an impressive estate you won’t soon forget.

1164 Shepard Oaks - Wildwood - $1,399,5004 bedrooms, 5 full & 2 half baths

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Grandeur without ostentation describes this outstanding Johnson custom built home in the heart of Town and Country. Nestled on a quiet cul-de-sac on 1.5 park-like

acres this property is simply terrific for today’s busy active life style.

This all brick home is perfectly situated on a slightly elevated manicured lawn with a circle drive, portachere and 3 car rear entry oversized garage. The home boasts more than 7,800 square feet of combined living space that can best be described as relaxed yet stylish. Elegance yet comfort emanates throughout where not

a single expense was spared when creating this 6 bedroom 6 bath home.

Ornate millwork, cased arched doorways along with striking ceilings, smart paint treatments, unique amenities and attractive features all combine to create a distinctive and one-of-a kind feel. From the dramatic two-story entry to the theater room, in the perfect-for-entertaining finished lower level, there is an undeniable remarkable “flow” to this fine home.

There is a successful marriage of indoor and outdoor living, proving irresistible for those who love to host both small gatherings and elaborate parties. The outdoor amenities include a pebbletec pool, separate spa, huge patio/Kooldeck lounge area, built-in barbeque and one can tee-off or chip to the putting green backing to woods. Hosting parties or simply relaxing in the finished walk out lower level where the luxury continues, is ideal with a full ornate custom bar and back bar, wine tasting room and wine cellar, fireplace, StarWars theme media room, gym, billiard area, fireplace, informal den, and a bedroom and full steam bath.

The many surprises continue upstairs with a Subzero carved cherry wine cabinet in bar area off gourmet kitchen and hearth room. The gourmet kitchen is definitely a perfect recipe for traditional function and elegant style with the “must have” granite counters to the highly embellished and quite functional cabinetry resulting in a refined sophisticated palette of finishes and materials. The delight

continues with a main floor formal office/study, a luxury master suite and bath with his/hers vanities and separate walk-in closets, and a main floor cubby room adjacent to the laundry room, back stairs, great storage spaces and custom closets throughout. And the 2nd floor boasts a bonus room placed between the 4 bedrooms. As many buyers know, it is rare to find the ideal balance of glamour, intimacy and function in an equally fitting location. Welcome home!

For more details and pictures please visit: www.Carla-Carmen.listingbook.com or call Carla Borgard at (314) 580-2744 or Carmen Gassert at (314) 623-7790 to see this beautiful home.

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