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Vol. 11 No. 31

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Grant's Farm page 14

The mills of Missouri page 15

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Call him commodore Buchta sails into new role

4 Rollin' on the river Riverboats mark 50 years.

7 A spring tradition Art fair returns to Queeny Park

13 The Muppets return Reviewers give film so-so marks.

14 Grant's Farm

Landmark opening for 60th season.

15 The mills of Missouri Take a trip back in time.

18 You Gotta' Eat The LuBar & Bistro in Carlyle.

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What’s Happening Friday April 4____________ • 36th Annual Spring Art Fair at Queeny Park, Greensfelder Recreation Complex, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• Preston Hall and the DF Dub Allstars w/Arm The Poor, The Driftaways, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Dax Riggs w/Lions of Hazelwood, Hideous Gentlemen, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Gungor, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

• Todd Rundgren, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• B.B. King, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Steven D. Hunt’s One Man 5 Piece Band w/Missing On Monday, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Elephant Revival w/Smokey & The Mirror, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Randy Mayfield w/Susan Crecelius, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

• Cyrus Chestnut Trio feat.

Russell Malone, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts Concert feat. Claire Chase, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

• Decisive Moments: 20th Century Street Photography Prints from St. Louis Collections, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis,

11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through April 27.

• Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African-American Art, The Saint Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through May 18.

• A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 18.

• Ebony Creations, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Jaqueline Piatigorsky: Patron, Player, Pioneer Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through July 13.

• Material Attraction: Diverse Reactions, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 5.

Saturday April 5____________ • GO! St. Louis Marathon & Fa m i l y F i t n e s s We e ke n d , Downtown St. Louis, Events begin at 8:00 a.m.

• 36th Annual Spring Art Fair at Queeny Park, Greensfelder Recreation Complex, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

• Wildeyed (EP Release Show) w/All My Vices, Crowns, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Tribal Seeds w/New Kingston, Inna Vision, The Firebird, St. Louis,

Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Pettycash Junction: A Tribute to Tom Petty & Johnny Cash, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m.

• Battle for Pointfest: Session 2 Finals feat. The Judge, Parted

By Illusion, Arythma, DNA, Seven Year Nightmare, Facing Infamy, more, Pop’s, Sauget, 6:00 p.m.

• Chevelle w/Nothing More, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Fanfarlo, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 9:00 p.m.

• Cyrus Chestnut Trio feat.

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• I Am Harvey Milk, 560 Music Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• St. Louis Symphony Orchestral Program: Shostakovich & Sibelius, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 18.

• In The Aftermath of Trauma: Contemporary Video Installations, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 20.

• On The Thresholds of SpaceMaking: Shinohara Kazou and His Legacy Exhibit, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 20.

• Dan Younger: Travel Places, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Runs through May 17.

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By SCOTT MARION Of The Edge

J

ay Buchta may be a farm boy by birth, but he feels most comfortable in a sailboat.

Buchta, from Glen Carbon, turned 73 on March 8 and recently started a one-year term as the commodore of the Carlyle Sailing Association (CSA). It’s just the latest milestone in his longtime dedication to the sport.

“I became interested in sailing and I still haven’t found the author (of the first book about it) that I read,” said Buchta, who grew up on a farm in Carpenter. “In seventh grade, I got around to a larger library and began reading about tall ships and was fascinated by the physics of sailing, like changing the dimension of the sail to increase your boat speed.

“You can learn how to sail -- how to go out and come back -- in a relatively short time. But you can spend the rest of your life learning how to go faster. If not, you can spend a lot of money buying fast sails.”

The CSA, originally known as the Valley Sailing Association, started in 1960 and was based out of Alton Lake. It moved to Carlyle Lake in 1971, shortly after the lake was completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

“Carlyle is a premier sailing lake because it’s flat, unlike a lot of the lakes in Missouri, which are in valleys with a lot of trees around them,” Buchta said. “That creates wind conditions that give the local sailors an advantage.

“Carlyle is a pretty fair sailing lake. The motor boaters and us get along because they can’t ski and they really don’t like to fish when the waves are up. Sailors aren’t out there when the water is flat because there is no wind.

“I joined the association in 1981 and I bought our current boat in 1985. We’ve always had ‘two-footitis’ (wanting to get a larger boat), but never managed to buy anything bigger. The limit for our club is 26 feet.”

Unlike some other sailing associations, the CSA keeps its boats fully assembled during the winter and stored on a parking lot next to the lake.

“We put them back in the water in the spring, which is a massive effort that pretty much lasts a full day,” Buchta said.

“That includes putting the rest of the club together, things like picnic tables and trash cans and cleaning the place up.

“We have a beautiful observation building and that gets a thorough cleaning as well. Everyone there has a job that is stipulated beforehand and it takes everyone to get it all done.”

Prior to becoming an officer, many of Buchta’s contributions to the CSA involved physical labor.

“I built a cover over the barbecue pit area and lived long enough to have to rebuild it after a storm,” Buchta said. “Recently I helped build a new bridge between the parking area and the observation building.

“Over the years, the way I preferred to serve was working with my hands. I never felt I was the executive branch, but we’re an all-volunteer organization and I feel an obligation to try to run this thing for a year.”

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Jay Buchta stands near some of his sailing awards.

Highlights of the association’s calendar, which has a variety of events from early March through late November, include an adult sail seminar June 4-6 and a junior sail camp June 8-13.

“We also have an open house (June 28) where people can come and take rides on a number of different kinds of boats,” Buchta said. “Even for people who have never sailed but have it on their bucket list, they can come out and try it.

“Our turnout is usually around 300 and we also have a luau and fireworks over the dam. Our club is as famous for their parties as they are for their racing.”

As commodore, Buchta oversees a wide range of activities.

“We’re a club of 250 members with a staff of 22 (committee chairs) and I’m still looking for No. 23,” Buchta said. “That’s the public relations person, which is the one I need the most.

“I assembled my budget for the year and just had my commodore staff meeting, where we pretty much discuss the whole sailing season. The commodore is responsible for virtually everything on-shore, from maintenance of our fleet of crash boats and committee boats to maintenance of the buildings. I also supervise the committees that handle regattas, the parties and the open house.”

Prior to taking over as commodore, Buchta served as vicecommodore for one year.

“The vice-commodore handles the money and the contracts that come in, and the next year you become commodore,” Buchta said.

On the water, Buchta has a long and successful racing history.

“I really enjoying racing, but I don’t race as much since I retired from my job (more than 15 years ago),” Buchta said. “I won a regatta and I took third in a couple of large sailing events with up to 30 boats in them.

“I don’t race much now because my wife (Helen) sees no need in going five degrees higher or half a knot faster. She’s famous for saying it was running really well just the way it was.

“Our boat is big enough to overnight on and that’s something we absolutely love to do. I anchor in a cove and I cook on-shore and wade back and forth. The boat has a potty, a small galley and a large cooler, and other than that, you just need water.”

A former phone company employee, Buchta worked for 33 years.

“I began in 1965 with Illinois Bell, which became Ameritech and later SBC and now it's back to AT&T,” Buchta said. “I stayed in the same place, but the company changed.

“When I was working, we went sailing mostly on weekends, but now our habit is to go up on Friday, spend Friday night at the lake and come back on Saturday.

“Now that I’m doing my commodore duties, most of the racing is on Sunday, as well as most of the larger parties. So I’ll have to adjust what I do to show my face at some of these things.”

She may not be listed among the CSA officers, but Buchta regards Helen as the unofficial “cocommodore.”

“She’s the commodore they wish they had, but I feel like I’m a legend in my own time,” Buchta said, grinning. “I volunteer and Helen does all the work.”

Buchta has three grown children, Bob (47), Michelle (45) and Emile (39), plus four grandchildren. His boat, ‘Miss Em,’ is named after Emile.

“She being the last at home was our most dedicated sailor,” Buchta said. “Three of our grandkids have been to the junior sailing camp and the other one isn’t old enough yet.”

The two primary sailing events on the CSA calendar are the Sailing for Veterans Regatta on May 24-25 and the Whale of a Sail on Sept.

13-14.

“Sailing for Veterans is a fundraiser for Fisher House and we raised over $15,000 last year,” Buchta said. “Whale of a Sail is our largest regatta with three different race courses at one time.”

During the winter, Buchta coaches kids’ wrestling at the Jon Davis Center in Edwardsville.

“I work with kids from (ages) 4 to 11, when they go into middle school, and it’s my perfect offseason sport,” Buchta said.

“When I put the boat in the barn for the winter, I start wrestling, and by the time wrestling is finished in March, I’m thinking about getting the boat out.

“I love working with those kids.

It’s hard to teach a 4-year-old anything, but you can keep them in the same room and that’s what I do.

"You can never tell what’s going to come out of their mouth, but they are absolutely fun.”

Buchta was a member of the

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Edwardsville High wrestling team in 1957, after the program was reinstated.

“They discontinued wrestling in the 1940s, and maybe with some help from my dad, they got it going again,” Buchta said. “I didn’t start wrestling until I was a junior in high school, but I wrestled intramurals in college and took a championship.”

Buchta also spends several Sundays during the winter working at St. Louis Rams games. He doesn’t have an official title, but if he did, it would “be guardian of the video replay machine.”

“I’ve done a number of jobs and I’m sort of the extra board if one of their regular people can’t be there,” Buchta said. “I usually do about three games a year.

“There has to be a representative of the NFL at the replay machine and there are always television people who might want to move it or change its direction, but it’s set out in the rules where it’s supposed to be.

"There is an NFL official who comes to each game and he is the one I check the video playback with 10 times during a game.

“The NFL says ‘no one does anything to this machine’ and I’m there through the whole game.

When they ask for an instant replay, I make way for the official and hand him the headset. The game doesn’t go on unless that machine is operating, checked out and working.”

For more information about the Carlyle Sailing Association, go to www.csa-sailing.org or contact Buchta at jaybuchta@sbcglobal.net.

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his year marks the 50th anniversary of the Gateway Arch Riverboats cruising on the St. Louis riverfront, and the Becky Thatcher and Tom Sawyer invite the region to join in the celebration.

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Recalling images of the shimmering Admiral to the tall stacks of the Robert E. Lee, the Becky and the Tom continue the tradition as the only two remaining riverboats on the St. Louis riverfront.

St. Louis levee cruises have hosted more than 5 million visitors on the Mississippi in five decades.

“A visit to the Gateway Arch and downtown St. Louis isn’t complete without a riverboat ride on the Mississippi,” said John Nations, Bi-State Development Agency President and CEO. “Riverboats on the Mississippi Riverfront are an icon for St. Louis, and we are pleased to continue the tradition.”

The 2014 anniversary season will feature: Daily One-Hour Sightseeing Cruises, some narrated

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Skyline Dinner Cruises featuring a new buffet menu; a variety of specialty cruises such as a Sunday Brunch Cruise including Easter, Mother's Day and Father's Day brunches; Blues Cruises, featuring the best of live blues music in St. Louis; Lock-n-Dam Cruises, where visitors learn about the fascinating Mississippi River lock system; fall lunch shopping cruises to Kimmswick, Mo.; Oktoberfest Cruises; a Halloween Cruise, a New Year's Eve Cruise and more.

The riverboats are also available for private charters, corporate events and weddings.

"What better way to see St. Louis and its magnificent Gateway Arch than from the river?” said Tom

Dunn, Director of Operations for the Gateway Arch Riverboats, a division acquired by Bi-State Development Agency in 2001. “It's an honor to continue the tradition and celebrate St. Louis' rich river heritage.”

The 2014 anniversary season kicked off March 1, 2014, and will feature special events and promotions throughout the cruising season. For the most current information or to make a cruise reservation, go to www. gatewayarch.com or call 877-9821410.

As an official partner of the National Park Service, Bi-State Development Agency shares a deep commitment to delivering excellence to the visitor experience at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (JNEM).

In addition to operating the Arch’s tram system Bi-State operates the Gateway Arch Riverboats and the customer service reservation center; manages group sales; creates visitor itineraries; provides tour guides for the Journey to the Top tram ride experience; and schedules the museum educational programming and interpretive programming at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

People People planner Dennis Miller to appear at the Peabody Five-time Emmy award winner Dennis Miller kicks off the summer with a stop at the Peabody Opera House, Sunday May 18 at 7 p.m.

Tickets go on sale Friday, March 14, at 10 a.m. and prices are $72, $62, $52 and $42. Tickets available at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, all Ticketmaster Ticket Centers, by phone at 800-745-3000, or online at ticketmaster.com.

Since 2007, Dennis Miller has been heard five days a week on his nationally syndicated Dial Global (formerly Westwood One) Radio talk show, “The Dennis Miller Show.” He is also a regular contributor for “The O’Reilly Factor” on the FOX News Channel. It’s been said that Miller is “One of the premiere comedy talents in America today…” While others are blunt assessing Miller’s comedic stature, Dennis himself makes a virtue of understatement, but there is nothing low key about his career.

Miller has won five Emmy awards for his critically acclaimed half-hour, live talk show “Dennis Miller Live” which had a nine year run on HBO. Miller also garnered three Writer ’s Guild of America Awards for the series as well as an additional WGA Award for his 1997 HBO special, “Dennis Miller: Citizen Arcane.” He also wrote and starred in the Emmy-nominated cable comedy special “Raw Feed.”

That show, along with the six other standup specials he did for HBO from 1988-2006, is featured in the recently released DVD set, “Dennis Miller: The HBO Specials.” His eighth special for HBO, “Dennis Miller: The Big Speech” debuted last year and is now also available on DVD. He was the host and executive producer of CNBC’s “Dennis Miller”, a topical interview talk show featuring reasoned discourse, opinion and humor. Additionally, Miller has appeared on many politically oriented television talk shows.

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Dennis has also achieved success in the literary arena with four books, “I Rant Therefore I Am,” “The Rants,” “Ranting Again,” and “The Rant Zone”have all been New York Times best sellers.

For two seasons, Miller called the plays alongside Al Michaels and NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Fouts on ABC’s “Monday Night Football.”

He was also the “Weekend Update” correspondent on “Saturday Night Live” for six years, before exiting in 1991. He has yet to appear in a show with the words, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday in the title.

Programs scheduled at McKendree's Hett An eclectic season of entertainment will bring some famous musical names, as well as dinosaurs, dance and comedy, to the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at McKendree University in 2014.

Buy tickets online at theHett. com, the box office, or by calling 618-537-6863 (1-800-BEARCAT, ext. 6863). All events are open to the public and held at the 488-seat

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Ticket prices range from $5 for children to $26 for adults, with discounts for seniors and students.

Many programs are free, including the speaker series, films, and several concerts.

The entertainment season features the following: Nov. 11 & March 31, 7:30 p.m.: Saint Louis Symphony Mondays feature chamber ensembles of Symphony musicians.

M a y 4 , 3 p.m.: Saint Louis S y m p h o n y Yo u t h O r c h e s t r a presents the region’s finest young musicians, from 35 schools throughout greater St. Louis and beyond.

Admission is free for the Distinguished Speaker Series: April 21, 7:30 p.m.: David J.R. Frakt, an expert in the field of international war crimes and military law, is an attorney, law professor and lieutenant colonel in

the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps Reserve.

The Met at The Hett presents theNew York Metropolitan Opera’s “Live in HD” series simulcast in high-definition: “Prince Igor,” March 2; “Werther,” March 15; “La Bohème,” April 5; “Così fan tutte,” April 26; and “La Cenerentola,” May 11. All performances begin at midday. Tickets for each opera are $18 adults, $15 seniors, and $10 for full-time students.

Drawing from the history of the game of chess, this mythic tale is steeped in the rich sights, sounds and mystique of ancient Persia and India, and enacted by a world renowned cast of circus artists. This year the World Chess Hall of Fame and the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis join in partnership to help bring the game to life.

Tickets start at $12 and go on sale today. Group tickets are also available. The Pawn opens May 29 with a peanut-free preview and runs through June 22. Show times are Tuesday through Thursday at 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m.; Sunday at 1 and 5:30 p.m.; and “Little Top Wednesday” at 10 a.m., a special one-hour show for younger kids or the “kids at heart.”

Tickets on sale for Circus Flora Tickets are now on sale for Circus Flora’s 27th big-top production, The Pawn, powered by Ameren.

Call 314-289-4040 or visit www. circusflora.org for tickets. Tickets are also available at the Circus Flora Box Office at 3547 Olive Street in Grand Center.

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April 18 through October 31, 2014 Inspired by Nature: A collection of wildlife art by Robert Bateman. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. Admission is free.

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A collection of stunning original paintings by internationally acclaimed wildlife artist and conservationist, Robert Bateman, is exhibited in Peabody Hall. This beautiful exhibition was made possible through the generous bequest of longtime Zoo donors, C. C. Johnson and Edith Spink.

April 18 through September 28, 2014 Stingrays at Caribbean Cove presented by Mercy. Open daily.

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April 20, 2014 Enrichment Eggstravaganza. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. For information: (314) 781-0900 or www.stlzoo.org.

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May 3, 2014 Trivia Gone Wild presented by Commerce Bank. 6 to 11 p.m. $350/ table of 10 or $450/patron table of 10. For reservations: (314) 646-4771 or www.stlzoo.org.

Get your beastly bunch together for the Young Zoo Friends’ trivia night.

Proceeds benefit global conservation efforts of the Saint Louis Zoo. Sponsored by Commerce Bank, Which Wich Superior Sandwiches and Y98 FM.

summer. Visitors can enjoy a hands-on opportunity to touch and feed these gentle and fascinating ocean creatures as they glide through a tropical saltwater habitat. Also returning are horseshoe crabs, white-spotted bamboo and bonnethead sharks!

Saturdays and Sundays through May 25, 2014 First Bank Sea Lion Shows. 10:30 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. $4/person. Children under 2 are free. For information: (314) 781-0900 or www.stlzoo.org.

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The event showcases original works of fine art and fine craft, all available for purchase directly from the artists.

“As the one of the oldest art fairs in the area, we exhibit just about every medium.

Artwork to display, artwork you can utilize, artwork you can wear – you name it,” said Steve Grzyb, president of GSLAA. “This fair also blends the old with the new. The Art Fair at Queeny Park brings in favorite artists who have returned year after year, yet we continue to attract an ever-growing group of established artists from all over the country,

showing at our fair for the first time. In light of the city’s anniversary celebration, it is an exciting year to realize how far we’ve come and how we have played a part in the growth of arts in our region.”

In addition to presenting an eclectic variety of artists and mediums, every artist is on-site and happy to discuss his/her work and process with the public. Beyond fine art and fine crafts, the Art Fair at Queeny Park includes a fun, festive atmosphere for everyone with live music, wine tastings, children’s activities, art demos, all in the comfortable setting of the Greensfelder Recreation Complex, where there is never a worry about inclement weather.

The lineup is composed of 130 juried artists from around the St. Louis region and the United States, representing the following media: ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, jewelry, printmaking, digital art, glass, mixed media, fiber, sculpture, wood and more.

The show will be judged by a nationally

renowned panel – awarding more than $4,500 in cash and prizes.

In addition to the wide variety of fine art and fine crafts, guests are treated to: • Wine tastings by Three Squirrels Winery from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday; 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 4 p.m.

Sunday; • Three $150 drawings (1 and 5 p.m.

Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday) for “art dollars” that can be spent at any artist’s booth; • An Art Discovery Adventure for children from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday; and • Food concessions available for purchase throughout the show.

Proceeds from the $5 admission and the artists’ booth fees go to GSLAA’s Art Scholarship Fund and help cover show expenses. St. Louis-area high school seniors are eligible to apply for the art education scholarship, which is sent directly to the college of his or her choice. The four scholarship winners will have their work

displayed at this year’s fair. Additional donations for the scholarship fund are welcomed at the admission gate.

Admission is $5 at the door and free to those 18 and under. Parking is free. Tickets are valid for all three days of the Art Fair at Queeny Park. Hours are: • 6 to 9 p.m. Friday • 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday • 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday Dollar-off coupons are available from the GSLAA website, www.gslaa.org, and the show website, www.ArtFairAtQueenyPark. com. Guests will have the opportunity to sign the guest book to receive future announcements and discount coupons.

Visit www.ArtFairAtQueenyPark.com or contact co-chairs Vic Barr, 314-997-1181; Maggie McCarthy, 636724-5968; or Lee Richards, 636-584-5414, for more information about the Art Fair at Queeny Park. Visit www.gslaa.org for more information about GSLAA. The Art Fair at Queeny Park can also be found on Facebook.

Pictured are scenes from previous art fairs at Queeny Park. Photos for The Edge.

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Thursday, April 3 Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African-American Art, The Saint Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through May 18.

Decisive Moments: 20th Century Street Photography - Prints from St. Louis Collections, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through April 27.

A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 18.

Jaqueline Piatigorsky: Patron, Player, Pioneer Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through July 13.

Material Attraction: Diverse Reactions, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through April 5.

Art of Africa from The University Museum at SIUE, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through April 11.

In The Aftermath of Trauma: Contemporary Video Installations, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 20.

On The Thresholds of Space-Making: Shinohara Kazou and His Legacy Exhibit, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 20.

Impressionist France: Visions of Nation from Le Gray to Monet Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 16.

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Friday, April 4 Decisive Moments: 20th Century Street Photography - Prints from St. Louis Collections, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through April 27.

Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African-American Art, The Saint Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through May 18.

A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 18.

Ebony Creations, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Jaqueline Piatigorsky: Patron, Player, Pioneer Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through July 13.

Material Attraction: Diverse Reactions, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 5.

Art of Africa from The University Museum at SIUE, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through April 11.

In The Aftermath of Trauma: Contemporary Video Installations, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through April 20.

On The Thresholds of Space-Making: Shinohara Kazou and His Legacy Exhibit, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through April 20.

Impressionist France: Visions of Nation from Le Gray to Monet Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through July 16.

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Saturday, April 5 A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 18.

Art of its Own Making, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 23.

Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African-American Art, The Saint Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through May 18.

Decisive Moments: 20th Century Street Photography - Prints from St. Louis Collections, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through April 27.

Jaqueline Piatigorsky: Patron, Player, Pioneer Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 13.

Material Attraction: Diverse Reactions, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Art of Africa from The University Museum at SIUE, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Runs through April 11.

In The Aftermath of Trauma: Contemporary Video Installations, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 20.

On The Thresholds of Space-Making: Shinohara Kazou and His Legacy Exhibit, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 20.

Dan Younger: Travel Places, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Runs through May 17.

Impressionist France: Visions of Nation from Le Gray to Monet Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 16.

Sunday, April 6 A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes, Fashion, and Chess, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 18.

Art of its Own Making, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through August 23.

Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African-American Art, The Saint Louis University Museum of Art, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through May 18.

Decisive Moments: 20th Century Street Photography - Prints from St. Louis Collections, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through April 27.

Jaqueline Piatigorsky: Patron, Player, Pioneer Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 13.

Material Attraction: Diverse Reactions, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Art of Africa from The University Museum at SIUE, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Runs through April 11.

In The Aftermath of Trauma: Contemporary Video Installations, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 20.

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The Arts Artistic adventures Superstar siblings Julianne and Derek Hough will star in their own all-new dance production, Move Live on Tour, onstage across North America beginning May 28 through July, 2014. Move Live on Tour will be a complete stage production, with sets, costumes and a cast of talented dancers, with the Houghs headlining in solo, duet and group performances in styles ranging from ballroom and tap to salsa and hip-hop and everything inbetween.

The tour will stop at The Fox Theatre in St. Louis for an 8 p.m. show on May 30.

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According to Derek and Julianne, “No matter where we go in the world, the question we hear most from people is ‘when are you going to do something together?’ We feel that everything we’ve done up to this point has led us to creating this

show and we can’t wait to share it with our fans.” The “Dancing With the Stars” champions conceived the show, which they are staging w i t h Ta b i t h a a n d N a p o l e o n D’umo (Nappytabs), best known for their Emmy Award-winning choreography on “So You Think You Can Dance.” “We’re so thrilled to be working with Nappytabs – their creative energy is perfectly aligned with ours and we couldn’t dream of better partners to bring Move Live on Tour to life.”

The pair, both of whom are also accomplished singers and musicians, promise musical surprises and special guest appearances in a show they describe as “a cross between a Broadway spectacular and the hippest, coolest dance party you’ve ever been to.” The Houghs and their Move Live on Tour troupe will also be going into local communities on the tour to engage local dance groups and non-profit organizations to include them in the whole “MOVE” experience in fun and unique ways, in order to encourage and celebrate dance.

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Julianne has also joined forces with the Kind Campaign to create and host Kind Camp, empowering and encouraging girls to be confident, beautiful women and to eradicate girl against girl bullying.

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Award-winning choreographer and the only five-time champion in franchise history of “Dancing with the Stars.” With celebrity partners that have included Brooke Burke, Ricki Lake, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Grey, Kellie Pickler and Amber Riley, Hough’s innovative and daring choreography has garnered him a total of five Emmy N o m i n a t i o n s . H e s t a r re d i n London’s West End production of “Footloose” in 2006. In 2013, he partnered with World Champion ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White to choreograph their short program for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, where the duo was awarded the gold medal after performing that routine, garnering record-setting scores and rave reviews. He is currently appearing in Season 18 of “Dancing With the Stars” with Paralympian snowboarder, Amy

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Religion Religion briefs Former president: male-dominated religions oppress women ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter says male-dominated religions contribute to the oppression and abuse of women by twisting sacred texts to portray females as inferior to men “in the eyes of God.” The 89-year-old Carter makes that argument in his new book, “A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power.”

In an interview broadcast on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the former president faulted his former denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, and the Roman Catholic church for denying women the same opportunities as men to serve as pastors and priests.

Carter said some married men who belong to those churches conclude that their wives are inferior and treat them accordingly. The Catholic Catechism and the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message declare that men and women have different roles but are equal in the eyes of God.

High court seems divided over birth control rule WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems divided over whether companies have religious rights that should exempt them from the health care law’s birth control mandate.

The case involves family-owned companies that provide health insurance to their employees, but object to covering certain methods of birth control that they say can work after conception, in violation of their religious beliefs.

Tuesday’s arguments at the court focused mainly on the question of whether profit-making businesses have religious rights. The Obama administration says they don’t, but lawyers for Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties argue that a 1993 federal law on religious freedom extends to businesses as well as individuals.

If the justices agree, they would have to decide whether the government policy is crucial and is put in place in the least objectionable way possible.

Justice Anthony Kennedy, whose vote could decide the case, showed interest in the argument that the companies could stop offering health insurance and instead pay a tax of $2,000 per employee. That route might allow the court to sidestep the thorniest questions in the case.

Church leaders denounce charity’s decision to hire married gays SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Leaders of the Assemblies of God and the Southern Baptist Convention are denouncing World Vision’s announcement that it will start hiring Christians in same-sex marriages.

The Rev. George Wood, general superintendent of

the Assemblies of God, calls World Vision’s decision “a fundamental shift away from a normative biblical understanding of marriage.” Wood adds that Assemblies of God churches and members should begin shifting their support to other charities.

World Vision President Rich Stearns said it’s not endorsing same-sex marriage, but has “chosen to defer to the authority of local churches” on the issue.

But the Southern Baptists’ public policy chief, the Rev. Russell Moore, writes that if what the Bible teaches is true, “then refusing to call for repentance is unspeakably cruel and, in fact, devilish.”

Ball State, legislators to talk intelligent design MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ball State University’s president is planning to meet with four conservative Indiana legislators who have questioned her decision to prohibit the teaching of intelligent design in a science course.

Ball State President Jo Ann Gora is inviting the lawmakers to the Muncie campus following their letter this month about whether the school had violated the religious and academic freedoms of the professor involved.

The Star Press reports that Gora wrote to the legislators that she felt it would be more productive to talk in person.

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“Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me”

For a documentary subject as forceful as Elaine Stritch, filmmakers may need to turn to nature — a typhoon might do it — to find anything approximate. Even the camera must warily keep its distance in “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me.” She warns its operator when he gets too close: “I don’t know whether this is a skin commercial, or what.”

Stritch captivates just walking down the street: greeting fans, chastising cabs, swaying to the music of the sidewalk.

“I wish I could f---ing drive,” she says at the opening of the documentary. “Then I’d really be a menace.”

The strong types usually seen in movies— caped men with powers, action heroes with six-packs — have nothing on this long-legged, 89-year-old New York broad. Stritch, who has long eschewed pants of any sort, has the kind of ferocious voice that old age can’t quiet.

Chiemi Karasawa’s “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me” is an irresistibly entertaining documentary that captures Stritch during what she unsentimentally calls “almost post-time.”

After seven decades performing in New York — on Broadway, in countless cabaret nights at the Cafe Carlyle — Stritch’s enormous energy has been knocked by the increasing years, diabetes, and surgeries on her hip and eyes.

RATEDL not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. Contains expletives.

RUNNING TIME: 82 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three and a half stars out of four.

“Stalingrad”

Big screen. Big effects. Big budget. Big box office.

It’s clear that Russian director Fedor Bondarchuk was going for something, well, big, with “Stalingrad,” the first-ever Russian film in IMAX 3D. And in a sense, that’s perfectly apt, because it would be hard to overstate how large the Battle of Stalingrad looms in the Russian psyche. The crucial Soviet victory over the Nazis in the battle, which lasted six months and was one of the bloodiest in modern warfare, was a key turning point of World War II — or what the Russians call the Great Patriotic War. And the rewards for Bondarchuk have been, yes, big, so far. “Stalingrad,” with a reported $30 million budget, is a giant hit in Russia — the studio calls it the highest-grossing Russian movie of all time — and also has done huge box office in China. Now, it’s coming to IMAX 3D screens in the United States for a week, during which the filmmakers hope to spark further interest.

The only problem is that the film, while certainly impressive in its effects and a few rock-’em sock-’em battle scenes, is sorely lacking in crucial areas, namely characterization and narrative. Perhaps it wouldn’t matter, if the film didn’t attempt to be not only a blockbuster but a heart-tugging, intimate story about bravery, endurance, sacrifice and love. To accomplish that, you need a compelling script and complex characters.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “sequences of war violence.”

RUNNING TIME: 135 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"Need for Speed"

It takes a lot for a film based on a video game to impress a crowd these days, given the dazzling advancements in gaming technology. But “Need for Speed,” based on the hit EA Entertainment racing game that’s sold 150 million units, could now drive some of that success toward the box office.

Despite its clichid elements, this adrenaline-fueled stunt

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fest is an unequivocal thrill that deserves to be seen on the big screen. Starring “Breaking Bad’s” Aaron Paul, “Need for Speed” is fiercely entertaining, loaded with beautiful cars, winding roads and racers in leather coats.

Since “Breaking Bad” ended last year, Paul has been making an impressive transition to film, starting with the indie drama “Hellion,” which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. In “Need for Speed,” he flexes his machismo as a street racer on a vendetta.

Following a two-year prison sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, mechanic and race driver Tobey Marshall (Paul) is determined to get revenge on Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper), the man who framed him. To do so, Tobey drives from New York to California to battle Dino in a high-stakes race dubbed the De Leon.

Along for the ride are British car buff Julia (Imogen Poots) and Benny (Scott Mescudi, also known as recording artist Kid Cudi), the jovial airborne lookout of Tobey’s crew.

Written by first-timer George Gatins, who produced “She’s Out of My League,” the plot is heavy with questionable logic and monotonous dialogue. Modeled after classic 1960s and 1970s action films, where the cars were key, “Need for Speed” often attempts to be a dramatic thriller. But it’s best when consciously comical. Trite conventions, like Tobey’s brooding demeanor, punctuated by his deep monotone and acute stare, are effective, although overdone at times.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “sequences of reckless street racing, disturbing crash scenes, nudity and crude language.”

RUNNING TIME: 130 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"Ernest & Celestine"

The delicate and lovingly hand-made “Ernest & Celestine” captures the whimsy and warmth of a dearly felt children’s picture book like few movies before.

The Oscar-nominated animated French-Belgian film is a simply rendered tale about a friendship between a mouse and a bear, painted with watercolor backgrounds and handsketched characters. In a movie landscape crowded with awesome digital animations and forgettable big-budget cartoon blockbusters, “Ernest & Celestine” is a humble oasis of gentle and inventive storytelling.

Though the film lost out to Disney’s mighty “Frozen” at the Academy Awards, children and adults will be thrilled by this meek underdog, which is being released both in its original French and an English redubbing voiced by Forest Whitaker, Lauren Bacall, Paul Giamatti and child actress Mackenzie Foy. (This review is of the French original, which holds the charm of hearing little children mice speaking timidly in French. Be warned: The cuteness is almost unbearable.)

An orphanage of mice has gathered around Celestine (voiced

by Pauline Brunner, the daughter of “Triplets of Belleville” producer Didier Brunner, also a producer here), a bright young mouse who — despite the stern warnings of their frightful headmaster (Anne-Marie Loop) that such ideas are dangerous — imagines a bear and mouse as pals.

In the world of “Ernest & Celestine,” this is tantamount to heresy. The mice live below ground and the bears above — the car-driving, shop-keeping human equivalents in this universe.

Their lone interaction is when a bear cub loses a tooth, which the “fairy mouse” replaces with a coin. (This, it turns out, is a mutually beneficial deal, since mice dentists depend on bear teeth to fashion tooth replacements.)

RATED: PG by the Motion Picture Association of American for “some scary moments.”

RUNNINT TIME: 80 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three and a half stars out of four.

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“Muppets Most Wanted"

A strange sense of doom hangs over the rebooted Muppets, and it’s not from the Swedish Chef’s cooking.

“The Muppets” (2011) may have been an earnest and largely successful relaunch for Jim Henson’s troupe, but it also had a hangdog melancholy, fretting about the obsolescence of Kermit and the gang. Pop-culture insecurity looms in “Muppets Most Wanted,” too, which begins with the same self-conscious tone as the last film in the musical number “We’re Doing a Sequel.”

Though Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (still the greatest name in show biz, sorry Sidney Poitier) notes this is technically the Muppets’ seventh sequel, they nevertheless sing: “And everyone knows the sequel’s not quite as good.”

The Muppets don’t need a sequel. They need a shrink. It seems they’ve swapped “the most inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational” show for an ongoing pity party. Where is the confident intrepidness that made Gonzo disdainful of breaking through “the easy way” (Hollywood) when you could go through Bollywood instead?

“Muppets Most Wanted,” thankfully, soon enough dispatches the previous film’s mopey nostalgia and sets things on a more madcap course: a European caper, not unlike 1981’s (alas superior) “The Great Muppet Caper.” The ingredients are here: Tina Fey as a Broadway-loving Gulag guard in Soviet chic; Ty Burrell in Inspector Clouseau mode; Ricky Gervais as the comically obvious bad guy (name: Dominic Badguy). But “Muppets Most Wanted” fails to whip up the kind of furry frenzy that makes the Muppets special.

What’s missing? Many would say Jason Segel, the star and cowriter of “The Muppets.” He’s the holdout of largely the same, solid creative team: director James Bobin, co-writer Nicholas Stoller and music supervisor Bret McKenzie.

RATED: PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for “some mild action.”

RUNNING TIME: 106 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

“Divergent”

If you have a kid of a certain age — especially a g i r l , p re t e e n o r t h e re a b o u t s — t h e n y o u k n o w t h e young-adult entertainment message of choice these days: You’re you, and nobody else. Don’t let them define you.

Don’t let them put you into one of their neat little slots. You’re unique. And you’re gonna show the world. You go, girl!

So it’s no surprise that this is the message of “Divergent,” the latest young adult blockbuster-in-waiting. It’s also no surprise that the emerging young star Shailene Woodley delivers a crucial dose of humility, sensitivity and intelligence in this showcase role. And it’s no surprise, either, that she generates nice chemistry with her rather absurdly good-looking co-star, Theo James.

What IS surprising is that with all these promising elements, “Divergent,” the first of three installments based on first-time author Veronica Roth’s trilogy, ultimately feels so lackluster.

For a film predicated on the principle that being different — or “divergent” — is what makes you special, “Divergent” just doesn’t diverge enough from the pack.

Not that this will hurt the film’s chances at the box office.

Like “The Hunger Games,” the franchise to which it will unavoidably be compared, “Divergent” has a ready-made audience of fans just waiting to fill those seats — over 11 million books have been sold, after all.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “intense violence and action, thematic elements and some sensuality.”

RUNNING TIME: 143 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

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This image released by Disney shows muppet characters, from left, Gonzo, Miss Piggy, Kermit, Floyd Walter and Scooter in a scene from "Muppets Most Wanted."

The Muppets return with mixed results

By JAKE COYLE Associated Press A strange sense of doom hangs over the rebooted Muppets, and it’s not from the Swedish Chef’s cooking.

“The Muppets” (2011) may have been an earnest and largely successful relaunch for Jim Henson’s troupe, but it also had a hangdog melancholy, fretting about the obsolescence of Kermit and the gang. Pop-culture insecurity looms in “Muppets Most Wanted,” too, which begins with the same self-conscious tone as the last film in the musical number “We’re Doing a Sequel.”

Though Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (still the greatest name in show biz, sorry Sidney Poitier) notes this is technically the Muppets’ seventh sequel, they nevertheless sing: “And everyone knows the sequel’s not quite as good.”

The Muppets don’t need a sequel. They need a shrink. It seems they’ve swapped “the most inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational” show for an ongoing pity party. Where is the confident intrepidness that made Gonzo disdainful of breaking through “the easy way” (Hollywood) when you could go through Bollywood instead?

“Muppets Most Wanted,” thankfully, soon enough dispatches the previous film’s mopey nostalgia and sets things on a more madcap course: a European caper, not unlike 1981’s (alas superior) “The Great Muppet Caper.” The ingredients are here: Tina Fey as a Broadway-loving Gulag guard in Soviet chic; Ty Burrell in Inspector Clouseau mode; Ricky Gervais as the comically obvious bad guy (name: Dominic Badguy). But “Muppets Most Wanted” fails to whip up the kind of furry frenzy that makes the Muppets special.

What’s missing? Many would say Jason Segel, the star and co-writer of “The Muppets.”

He’s the holdout of largely the same, solid creative team: director James Bobin, co-writer Nicholas Stoller and music supervisor Bret McKenzie.

But the bigger problem with “Muppets Most Wanted” is a failure to find the right human-to-Muppet ratio and a screwball feel for how the species interact. Most successful are Fey (who emerges as an unlikely rival to Miss Piggy for Kermit’s heart) and Burrell (an Interpol policeman paired with the CIA’s Sam the Eagle).

The Muppets instead feel upstaged by the parade of celebrity cameos (they range from Lady Gaga to Christoph Waltz), as if the movie is one big selfie for stars to be seen alongside their Muppet heroes. The plot, too, doesn’t yield much time to favorites like the lovingly harebrained Gonzo the Great, the endlessly

chipper Fozzie the Bear or the mellow, melodic Rowlf the Dog. The film picks up literally where “The Muppets” left off, as they disassemble the movie set. Unsure of their next step, the Muppets are persuaded by a slick British agent (Gervais) to embark on a theater tour in Europe. Only Kermit is suspicious, but he’s soon kidnapped by an escaped Russian criminal mastermind, Constantine.

Constantine (voiced with a playful Russian accent by Matt Vogel) happens to look precisely like Kermit (again voiced by Steve Whitmire), only with a mole on his cheek and a slightly more pinched nose. While Kermit is mistakenly sent to the Gulag in Siberia (fellow inmates are played by Ray Liotta and Danny Trejo, as himself), his evil doppelganger replaces the Muppet leader on tour. He and Badguy use the performances as a distraction for robbing banks.

Two films total just four stars

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH Of The Edge After their rousing return in 2011, the Muppets seemed poised to continue as a force to reckoned with in children's entertainment for another time to come. Or maybe Jason Segel, absent from the sequel "Muppets Most Wanted," used his endearing love of the felt characters to bring them back. Either way, the new film is both hilarious and just not quite as much fun. Maybe it takes some real down time to make us appreciate what was old becoming new again.

The film opens immediately after the conclusion of The Muppets and all of our beloved characters - Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo - are trying to convince their de facto leader, one Kermit the Frog, to continue with daring performances to keep them

in the limelight just a little longer.

When they meet with a disreputable agent (Ricky Gervais), the gig turns into a world tour that takes them to Berlin for opening night at a national theatre. How did the Muppets luck into this situation?

Well, as it turns out, it's all a setup to kidnap Kermit and replace him with a nearly identical lookalike named Constantine, an international criminal who has recently escaped from a Russian gulag and set his sights on returning to a life of crime with the troupe as cover.

"Muppets Most Wanted" continues to fill out its story in fine fashion with bad jokes, really bad jokes, and enough cuddly character love to make the whole thing work.

Mistaken identity stories aren't what kids are necessarily clamoring for, but they're going to have as much fun as I did. Tina Fey and Ty

Burrell cameo in some of the human roles. Longtime voice artists Steve Whitmire and Matt Vogel voice the kindly Kermit and the dastardly Constantine, respectively.

"Muppets Most Wanted" runs 107 minutes and is rated PG for some mile action. I give this film two stars out of four.

••• While I was enjoying the Muppets, another film was capturing the Box Office crown. "Divergent," the long awaited adaptations of the YA novel from author Veronica Roth, sold a goodly amount of tickets this past weekend. Her vision of a dystopian Chicago, set two hundred years into the future, is both bleak and exciting. In this future, all citizens are categorized into five factions that determine everything from their personality to their work assignments to their living arrangements. Amity

(the friendly farmers), Abnegation (the dutiful caregivers), Erudite (the geniuses), and Candor (the legal eagles) all seem relatively sane and normal, but it's the soldier class, Dauntless, that causes all the uproar and shenanigans.

"Divergent" follows Tris (Shailene Woodley), an Abnegation child, as she journeys into adulthood by choosing her faction. To her parents' (Ashley Judd, Tony Goldwyn) dismay she defects from them to join Dauntless, a choice that is completely surprising and out of character for the girl. Her brother (Ansel Elgort, who plays Woodley's boyfriend in their next project, The Fault in our Stars) also leaves the family to join a different faction.

The first half of the movie follows Tris on her training path that resembles adrenaline junkies trying to constantly one-up each other as

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they learn to fight and fire weapons.

Dauntless are a bunch of tattooed thugs charged with protecting the city from any incursion from outside an enormous fence. The action comes quickly and often throughout the second half. So does the smoldering of a relationship between Tris and her trainer, Four (Theo James). Watching "Divergent" is an exciting time. I was just hoping for more story that I could sink my teeth into. Maybe the book would be better. One thing I can say for certain is that everyone should stop comparing this to The Hunger Games. I get the bleak future/feminine heroine thing makes it easy to size the two up together, but they are completely different.

"Divergent" runs 157 minutes and is rated PG-13 for intense violence and action, thematic elements, and some sensuality. I give this film two stars out of four.

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Travel

Grant's Farm to open for 60th season For The Edge

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elebrations are in order this spring as Anheuser-Busch commemorates six decades of fun at Grant’s Farm.

The festivities begin on Saturday, April 12, when Grant’s Farm opens for its 60th season and unveils new attractions as well as traditional family favorites.

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At top, goat feeding at Grant's Farm is a tradition enjoyed by many generations. Above, the entrance to the historic Barnhauf.

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New this year, guests can visit Mirror Lake near the Farm’s entrance for swan paddle boat rides, and enjoy a unique parakeet feeding experience. Grant’s Farm guests can also partake in traditional Grant’s Farm favorites like tram rides through Deer Park, baby goat feedings, animal shows in the Tier Garten, and, for those 21 and older, complimentary samples of AnheuserBusch beers. Camel rides and behind-the-scenes Budweiser Clydesdale tours, introduced last year, are also back by popular demand.

“Since Grant’s Farm first opened in 1954, we’ve been bringing together friends and families for memorable experiences and unique animal encounters,” said Andy Elmore, general manager of Grant’s Farm. “We are excited to celebrate 60 years of great times, great food and great beer with our guests. We look forward to creating new memories with visitors now and in the years to come.”

In addition to new attractions, Grant’s Farm will celebrate by delighting fans with 60 days of unique surprises for visitors, all promoted through its Facebook page beginning May 5. Fans can also visit Facebook to submit their favorite photos from Grant’s Farm to be displayed on a photo wall in the Tier Garten, or onscreen at Busch Stadium at the first-ever Grant’s Farm Night with the St. Louis Cardinals on May 14.

Sharing a significant birthday year with the city of St. Louis, Grant’s Farm is also recognizing the 250th birthday of Anheuser-Busch’s hometown with a “Cakeway to the West” cake from stl250. Standing four feet tall, this two-tier ornamental birthday cake was decorated by local artists Julie Krovicka and Ian Greenlee and will be displayed throughout the 2014 season.

In 2013, Grant's Farm welcomed more than 500,000 guests, a 20 percent increase over the number of visitors in 2012.

Over the past year, Anheuser-Busch has funded more

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than $250,000 in improvements and new attractions at one of the region's most beloved destinations. A new 300-person, covered event space—one of the brewery’s latest investments—will allow Grant’s Farm to host large-scale special events, including weddings and corporate events, throughout the season.

“Grant’s Farm is an invaluable landmark in our community, and Anheuser-Busch is proud to reinforce our commitment to its operation,” said Julia Mize, Vice President, Experiential Marketing, Anheuser-Busch. “We are fully dedicated to and invested in Grant’s Farm. We want both first-time visitors and long-time patrons to have even more reasons to return over and over again.”

Located at Gravois and Grant roads in southwest St. Louis County, Grant’s Farm has been a time-honored St. Louis tradition for more than half a century. The Farm is operated by Anheuser-Busch and is stroller and wheelchair accessible (rentals are also available).

Season parking passes are $40 and available at the General’s Store. Parking is $12 per car and $30 for buses, RVs and oversized vehicles. For more information on hours, schedules and events call (314) 843-1700 or visit the Grant's Farm website at www.grantsfarm. com. Follow Grant’s Farm on Twitter @GrantsFarm or like the Grant’s Farm page on Facebook. Join the 60th anniversary celebration on social media with the hashtag #GrantsFarm60.

For more than 160 years, Anheuser-Busch and its world-class brewmasters have carried on a legacy of brewing America’s most-popular beers. Starting with the finest, all-natural ingredients sourced from Anheuser-Busch’s family of growers, every batch is crafted using the same exacting standards and timehonored traditions passed down through generations of proud Anheuser-Busch brewmasters and employees.

Best known for its fine American-style lagers, Budweiser and Bud Light, the company’s beers lead numerous beer segments and combined hold 47.2 percent share of the U.S. beer market. Anheuser-Busch is the U.S. arm of Anheuser-Busch InBev and operates 12 local breweries, 17 distributorships and 23 agricultural and packaging facilities across the United States, representing a capital investment of more than $15.5 billion. Its flagship brewery remains in St. Louis, Mo., and is among the global company’s largest and most technologically capable breweries. Visitor and special beermaster tours are available at its St. Louis and four other AnheuserBusch breweries. For more information, visit www. anheuser-busch.com.

Travel Take a trip back in time

By TOM UHLENBROCK For The Edge

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issouri’s bounty of rushing springs and streams presented the early settlers with the water power they needed to grind grain and saw timber. A 1902 map shows more than 900 grist mills stretching to every corner of the state.

“People looked forward to going to the mill,” said Lesley McDaniel, administrator of the Bollinger Mill State Historic Site near Cape Girardeau in southeast Missouri.

“You’d see people you hadn’t seen for a while, catch up on the news, get your mail. They were the hub of the community.”

Most of the mills are long gone, replaced by modern machinery. But a few remain in remote corners of Missouri, like relics of a time gone by. Their stone-and-timber buildings and sparkling waters provide some of the most scenic picnic spots in the state.

They may require a drive to get to, but the effort is like a treasure hunt with a picturesque reward waiting at the end.

Four of the more popular mills are Bollinger, Alley Mill near Eminence, the Dillard Mill State Historic Site south of Steelville and Hodgson Mill in south-central Missouri near the Arkansas border.

Here’s why these four are well worth a visit: Bollinger Mill State Historic Site: The four-story stone-and-brick building sits on the Whitewater River, next to the 140-foot-long Burfordville Covered Bridge.

Completed about 1868, the bridge is the oldest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

“The mill building is pretty massive,” McDaniel said. “It’s one of the rare places on the American landscape where you can see a covered bridge and a mill in close proximity.”

Impressive wood beams line the interior, where exhibits explain the

Coutresy of the Missouri Department of Tourism

Above, the spring at Hodgson Mill flows into Bryant Creek, a lovely floating and fishing stream in far southcentral Missouri. Below, Dillard Mill State Historic Site is on Huzzah Creek, south of Steelville. history of the mill and the milling process. Outside, a picnic area sits in a grove of trees looking out over the river. A short hiking path leads to the Bollinger family cemetery.

“There are tables and benches where people can sit and take in the beauty of the facility, and listen to the water flowing over the dam,” McDaniel said. “It’s a really peaceful place.”

Bollinger Mill is reached by exiting Interstate 55 at Highway 72, heading through Jackson and west

on Highway 32.

Alley Mill: Along with the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the barnred mill on the turquoise waters of Alley Spring is one of the most photographed scenes in the state.

The spring pumps out 81 million gallons of crystal clear water a day that tumbles through lime-green beds of watercress over mosscovered rocks on its way to the Jacks Fork River.

The mill is part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, a

national park that preserves stretches of the Current and Jacks Fork rivers, the jewels of the Missouri Ozarks. The mill, which was built in 1894, is open to visitors.

A short path circles the spring, where hikers can peer deep into the spring boil and enjoy the wildflowers that cling to the face of the bluff from which the spring rises.

From Eminence, take Highway 106 west nearly six miles to the Alley Spring picnic area on the right.

The spring and spring run are closed to fishing and swimming.

Dillard Mill State Historic Site: The quaint mill building reflects in the stillness of a fishing pond, while Huzzah Creek cascades noisily over a rock dam and natural waterfall.

Yvonne Bobbitt, an interpreter at Dillard, said local artists often set up their easels just beyond the split-rail fence to try their hand at recreating the picture-postcard setting.

“It’s just so calm and relaxing,” Bobbitt said. “And you should see the red mill after a nice snow.”

The first mill was built on the Huzzah near what is now the town of Dillard in the 1850s. It burned in 1895, but some of the original timbers were used in construction of the current mill, which was completed in 1908.

Dillard Mill is special in that it has most of its original equipment, and works. Turn a metal wheel to allow the creek water in, and the gears grind, leather belts slap and lines of wooden grain carts clatter along.

“The building has that nice, old rocking motion,” Bobbitt said.

From Steelville, head south on

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Highway 49 through Cherryville to the tiny town of Dillard.

Hodgson Mill: This is the most remote of the four mills, located in Sycamore. The town is little more than a road sign posted along Highway 181, which twists and turns through the Mark Twain National Forest toward Arkansas.

Milling operations began at the spring site in 1837. A second mill built in 1861 burned down, and the sturdy three-story building standing today was constructed in 1882.

The abundant spring waters flow from the base of a fern-covered limestone bluff into nearby Bryant Creek, a lovely floating and fishing stream.

A doctor from St. Louis bought the mill building in recent years and hired Amish carpenters to replace the foundation of wood beams. The mill remains in private ownership.

The mill is named for Alva Hodgson, a pioneering Missouri millwright who formed a graingrinding company. The company is still in business, making stone-ground bakery products at relocated, modernized mill facilities.

Hodgson Mill makes a nice side trip for people visiting the area to float the North Fork of the White River, a little-used but pristine, spring-fed stream that is one of the few in the state where wild trout breed.

From Interstate 44, take Highway 63 south through Cabool, catching highway 181 south to Sycamore.

Tom Uhlenbrock is a staff writer for Missouri State Parks.

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Dining Delights

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Above, a plate of heavily-covered nachos. Below, Sicilian meatloaf with garlic smashed potatoes and green beans.

The LuBar & Bistro a treat in Carlyle

By BILL ROSEBERRY Of The Edge On a recent trip to Salem to cover the Edwardsville boys’ basketball team, myself and Matt Kamp decided to take a detour in Carlyle and check out The LuBar & Bistro.

It was destined to by a memorable experience from the moment we arrived and Matt tripped over the step and crashed to the floor in the entrance. After I had a good laugh, we entered to see what LuBar was all about.

It didn’t take long to figure out that LuBar had plenty to offer.

First of all, it is split into two levels. When standing in front of the entrance at 911 Fairfax St. on the historic square in Carlyle, there is a stairwell going downstairs to the bar area where there are dart boards and video games accompanied by a full bar and jukebox. You can order a full meal in the bar area also. For Matt and I’s purposes we stayed in the dining area upstairs which is more quaint for patrons to talk and enjoy their meals. The wood floors and deli-style feel offer a unique stylishness to it.

And talking about the meals, the menu is very comprehensive. Matt and I began by perusing the appetizer portion of the menu and landed on the LuBar nachos. These may be the best nachos I’ve ever eaten — and that’s no exaggeration.

For starters, the LuBar nachos don’t use tortilla chips but instead house-made potato chips. The house-made chips swim in a sea of melted provel cheese and are topped with barbecue pulled pork and house-made salsa. The housemade salsa is comprised of black beans, corn, diced tomatoes and green onions — all extremely fresh.

The barbecue sauce used on the pulled pork is very sweet and

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meshes with the provel to create a heavenly concoction. The housemade chips are a perfect texture to deliver large bites at a time. They don’t get soggy or break easily under the weight and moistness of the ingredients and with the freshness of the pork and house-made salsa the LuBar may have created the perfect nachos.

Finally it was time to dig into our main courses. Matt went with the pulled pork sandwich. It was the same pulled pork from the LuBar nachos — a beer-steamed pork roast, pulled and tossed with the sweet barbecue sauce. It then was topped with spicy onion petals and served on a fresh baked bun. This sucker was huge and Matt had no complaints other than the fact he couldn’t finish it off.

I went a slightly different route,

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going with a new item on the LuBar menu, the Sicilian meatloaf. It included a hearty portion of Italian meatloaf with provel cheese melted into the mixture and topped with a tomato-based sauce. It was accompanied by a side of garlic smashed potatoes and the vegetable of the day, which was green beans on my visit.

The meatloaf had a good flavor, especially on the bites including lots of provel. My only request is for LuBar to use more of its tomato sauce, which was practically nonexistent.

As for the sides, the garlic smashed potatoes were amazing.

They are called smashed potatoes because they are just that, smashed with some of the skin still included in the mixture along with hunks of potato. I prefer my mashed potatoes

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to be extra-lumpy and these definitely passed my criterion — and they were extra-garlicy for good measure, too.

The green beans were simply canned green beans, but also included fresh chopped onions and small chunks of ham to add to the flavor. The ham used was fatty, which gave extra taste.

Neither Matt or I could clean our plates and were more-than satisfied when we were done.

On a quick inspection of the LuBar menu there was plenty more to offer, too. Beginning with the starter menu, there were great selections like stuffed mushrooms, jumbo chicken wings, spicy onion petals, fried pickles and sesame shrimp to name a few.

The brick oven pizza portion of the menu looked pretty delicious

also. Toppings included: grilled or crispy chicken, sausage, applewood smoked bacon, ham, Romadiced tomatoes, spinach, jalapenós, pineapple and provel and cheddar cheeses, among others.

There was a nice deli sandwich portion where sandwiches could be created and came with soup or a salad for under $10, a specialty sandwich section which had a reuben, a turkey panini and a threecheese panini, a selection of wraps, steaks, seafood dishes, pasta dishes and a group of entrées from the grill.

The menu has recently been expanded and the Sicilian meatloaf is only one of the new dishes offered. Other new selections include: chicken alfredo pasta, tricolor cheese tortellini, sweet potato fries, a fried catfish dinner, the Pacific rim fish tacos, a Greek gyro, a catfish sandwich, Mediterranean hummus and veggies, a caprese salad and loaded potato skins.

They also offer a breakfast menu, which includes an all-you-can-eat buffet that looks pretty good. They have breakfast burritos, omelets and pancakes, among other breakfast classics.

To top it all, LuBar offers fresh ice cream for dessert. If I wouldn’t have been so stuffed I would have definitely ordered some. I did try a small sampling and it is well worth a try.

LuBar won’t break the bank as far as price. I spent a little over $20 for my meal with a drink and a tip and could definitely have gone cheaper.

It wasn’t too packed on Matt and I’s visit, but I’m sure in the spring and summer when people are in Carlyle to enjoy Carlyle Lake it gets a little busier. I would hope that it would, because The LuBar & Bistro is a great place to go when you gotta' eat.

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Dax Riggs w/Lions of Hazelwood, Hideous Gentlemen, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

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Alum Cans $.57/lb.

Clean Alum Wheels $.70/lb.

Electric Motors $.26/lb.

Seal Units $.16 Batteries $.28 Christmas Lights $.30 Insulated Wire #1-$1.20 #2-$.95 Scrap Iron $170.-$220./Ton Honest Weights/Honest Prices

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Furniture

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Susie’s Antiques Open Thurs. & Fri., 10a-4p Sat. by appt. only.

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705

Apts/Duplexes/Homes www.glsrent.com (618)656-2230 Glen Carbon: 4br, 2ba, 2100 sq. ft., 2 car garage, appls. $1400/ mo. 618-560-9025

Apts/Duplexes For Rent

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Excellent 3br TH 1200sq. ft. Collinsville, $790/mo. 345-9610 skyviewtownhouses.com Glen Carbon, 2 br. apts. $595-$675 No pets. Call (618)977-7222 1 Bedroom, Edwardsville, (single occupancy), $450 monthly, plus utilities and deposit.

No pets. 618-288-5618 1BR apt, w/d hkup Non-smoking, no pets. $595/mo + dep 6569204 or cell: 444-1004 1BR apt. credit check req. No pets. $400/mo + dep. 656-3407 no calls after 6:00pm 1BR loft apt & 1BR duplex $585/mo ALSO 2BR house: $900/mo $1000dep. 656-8953 2 BR, 1.5 BA, Edw./ Glen Cbn., near SIU: $710-$750. 692-6366.

HSI Management Group 2BR Loft, newly remod new kit, ba, wndws/drs d/w, w/d hkups. $675 incl. w/s/t. 593-0173 2BR Loft, Troy, Newly remod’d in a very nice quiet neighborhood.

No pets. 830-4183

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Apts/Duplexes For Rent

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2BR Townhomes, Edw 1.5 BA, w/d hkup, No pets. $750 w/gar; 692-1745; 978-2867.

Edwardsville, 50 Devon Ct. 1 & 2 BR apts. w/s/t paid Call 618-791-9062

2BR, 1.5BA Twnhouse in Glen Carbon. No pets. 1yr lease. $645$695/mo. 288-9882.

FOR RENT: LUXURY TOWNHOMES AND APARTMENTS. 2BR/1BA or 3BR/2BA next to Highland High School, Korte Rec. Center & 27th Street $695-$735/month. $500 deposit.

Call (618)830-4985.

3BR/Duplex , 2 full bths Full loaded kitchen W/D hookup, Bamboo & tile flooring. Very clean Yr. lease, $900/mo, $500dep. 656-3011

618-624-4610 cecilmanagement.com Glen Carbon 1BR, all electric, stove, fridge, dw, stacked w/d, FP, trash pd from $615. 618-624-4610 carports available 2BR, 1.5BA, all electric, stove, fridge, wd hookups, from $695. 618-624-4610 Available Soon!

2br, 1.5ba townhomes.

(618)692-9310 www.rentchp.com

Bethalto Rental Triplex - 2Br w/ full fin. bsmnt. $795 incl w/t/s.

Same Triplex - 1 BR w/ walkout bsmnt $575 incl w/t/s. 20mins from SIU-E via IL255 Ph: 1-619-807-8957 (local person showing) Collinsville, Lg. 1BR, carport, nice area, w/s/t incl. On site w/d. $495 + dep. 781-7692.

E’ville - Silver Oaks II No Steps, Open Floor Plan, 2 Br w/Garage, Sec Sys, New Fitness Center, $890/mo.

618.830.2613 www.vgpart.com

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HOUSE & APT & CONDOS HARTMANN RENTALS CALL FOR DETAILS 618-344-7900 HartRent.info for Photos & Prices Lg 2br townhouse in Troy: w/d hkup, no pets, newly remod’d. $550/mo. 228-7037 LUXURY 2 BRs located at 270 & 111 Gourmet kitchens, 2 bay windows, washer/dryer included.

WST included. Must See! $675. Call for our move-in specials!

(618)931-3333.

MOVE IN SPECIAL 1ST MONTH 1/2 OFF 2Br, 1Br Glen Carbon w/d hook-ups, $655 (618)346-7878 osbornproperties.com

Office Space For Rent

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Glen Carbon office space, 900 sf, parking/ utilities incl. $1100/mo Call (618)972-4450 HWY 159-Maryville, 1200sq., 5 offices, rec area. $900/ 346-7878 www.osbornproperties.com

103 B Southpointe, Edwardsville, IL 618-667-1959

244 Estate Sale Sat. 4/5/14, 10a-5p Sun. 4/6/14, 12p-4p 34 Washington Place Edwardsville, IL 62025 follow the yellow signs Charming, Petite Home In A Secluded Pocket of Historic Leclaire.

Black Walnut Bedroom, American Drew Bedroom, Lighted Curio, Antq.

Child's Rocker, Antq.

High Chair, Tall Antq.

Lamp, Russell Wright China, Cost. Jewelry, Quality Antique Small Items, La-Z-Boy Recliner, Older Maytag Washer and Dryer, Plus Much More!

12 Rolling Wood Drive, Moro 111 Wagner Lane, Edwardsville 1 Triad Lane/Hwy 40, Troy Lovely Home & Yard Over 30 Acres Beautiful 4Bd/4Ba Home 4Bd/3Ba - 2 Fireplaces Wooded & Wetlands On -3 Acres Very Private - 3 Lots Possible Commercial Use Heated Pool Lake Privileges Horses Allowed Main Floor Master Debbie Davis (618) 977-8296 Jim Davidson (618) 363-3830 Jim Davidson (618) 363-3830 $219,500 MLS 4216119 $52,500 MLS 4303522 $369,000 MLS 4215604

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110 S. Chestnut, Collinsville 2BR 1.5BTH. 1400sq ft.

Central Air and appliances. $675/mth + dep. 618-781-9583

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8 Brookshire Lane Edwardsville, IL 62025 Friday, April 4, 2014: 4:00pm-7:00pm Saturday, April 5,2014: 8:00am-2:00pm Brut Sandblaster Bead Blaster, Welders, Plasma Cutter, Plumbing (PVC Fittings & Accessories) Engine Puller (Cherry Picker) Tons Of Tools, (Craftsman & More) Car Restoration Tools, Airplane Tools, SEGA L.A. Machine Gun Arcade Game This is a man’s sale but ladies welcome!

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HUG PAINTING Interior / Exterior Deck (Powerwashing and Staining) Wallpapering Woodwork (Staining and Varnishing) ReďŹ nishing Cabinets Keith 654-5096 John 654-9978 Cell 618-971-7934

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Outdoor Services

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656-5566

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• Carpentry • Electrical • Plumbing No Job too Small!

(618) 830-4183 Reasonable Rates!

LET ME FIX IT! HANDYMAN SERVICE • • • • • •

Remodeling Painting Carpentry Drywall Lighting & Ceiling Fans Electric Service Upgrade Most Home Repairs Insured 20 Years Experience

Call Lee: (618) 581-5154

ANYTHING/ EVERYTHING Remove Unwanted Debris From Basement Garage, Attic; Wherever!

VERY REASONABLE Retired Deputy Sheriff

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(618) 920-0233 BOB’S HANDYMAN SERVICE Remodeling & Repair Drywall Finished Carpentry Painting Ceramic Tile Build & Repair Decks Exterior House And Deck Washing Landscaping Blinds & Draperies Light Fixture & Ceiling Fans No Job Too Small Insured Call Bob Rose 978-8697

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Call Bill Nettles with WRN Services CONSTRUCTION REMODELING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

An insured contractor providing quality crafted work.

A custom wood work specialist with labor rates starting at $30 per hour!

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ROOFING

Siding Chimney Waterproofing Seamless Guttering Power Washing Tree Service (618) 655-9648 or (618) 781-4444 Servicing This Area Since 1974

HOMEREMODELING &WATERPROOFING Darrell’s Carpentry Plus Ceramic Tile Decks & Fences DOORS: Entrances Interior & Trim Patio Drywall Repairs Paint & Texture REMODELING: Basements Bathrooms Kitchens Replacement Windows Room Additions Rental Rehabs Service Upgrades Storm Damage

Insured & Bonded 656-6743

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A MASTERPIECE IN BRICK & Stone in Private Gated Development. Custom features throughout, inground pool & deluxe outdoor fireplace. $1,100,000 Glen Carbon PR101712 DIANA MASSEY TEAM (618) 791-5024 or (618) 791-9298

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NEW & IRRESISTIBLE RANCH in Ebbetts Field. 4BR/3BA with finished walkout.

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ONE-OF-A-KIND FIND in Edwardsville situated on 2.94 acres overlooking Sunset Hills Golf Course!

$539,900 Edwardsville PR101708 DIANA MASSEY TEAM (618) 791-5024 or (618) 791-9298

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$499,750 Edwardsville PR101714 DIANA MASSEY TEAM (618) 791-5024 or (618) 791-9298

DUNLAP LAKE! Private boat dock & Pontoon.

Custom built, walkout!

20 ACRES PLUS charming home overlooking 5 acre pond & barn.

VACATION IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD! Newer home with walkout lower level on lake!

$429,900 Dorsey PR101710 JUDINE LUX OR CHRIS MILLER (618) 531-0488 (618) 580-6133

$485,000 Edwardsville PR101709 SANDIE LAMANTIA (618) 978-2384

$319,982 Troy PR101711

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NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING

BETTY TREAT (618) 830-3952 A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE has made this Associate a leader in the real estate market.

RANCH HOME with full walkout LL on the water, 4+ car garage.

TWO STORY, 4 BED, 3 BATH immaculate. Pergola, fenced yard, 3 car garage, gazebo.

$269,000 Edwardsville PR101703 NORMA LINCK (618) 444-8733

$264,000 Glen Carbon PR101704 IRMA AUGUST (618) 558-8422

PORTRAIT OF PEACE BACKYARD! Finished LL, subdivision pool.

Location adjacent to everything! $229,000 Glen Carbon PR101705 BETSY BUTLER (618) 972-2225

EXTENSIVELY UPDATED 3 bedroom/2.5 bath home in Spring Valley. Hardwood floors.

Finished basement. Screen porch and patio. $179,900 Glen Carbon PR SANDY LANE (618) 792-7918

2005 HOME IN MONTCLAIR WOODS awaits your arrival! $207,000 Edwardsville PR101707 TONYA CRANE (618) 709-9374

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MOVE IN CONDITION 3 bedroom/2 bath raised ranch, updated throughout. $129,900 Troy PR101706 DAVE GIPSON (618) 344-0739

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3710 Cabernet Lane, Edwardsville $579,000 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM DIANA MASSEY TEAM (618) 791-5024 or (618) 791-9298

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3322 Snider Drive, Edwardsville $549,000 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM JOHN CAMERON (760) 524-6879

1579 Maplewood Court, Edwardsville $240,000 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM BETSY BUTLER (618) 972-2225

OPEN HOUSE SUN, APR 6, 1-3 PM

7008 Alston Court, Edwardsville $469,900 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM SANDIE LAMANTIA (618) 978-2384

6 Sunset Hill Blvd N, Edwardsville $394,900 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM IRMA AUGUST (618) 558-8422

OPEN HOUSE SUN,LISTING MAR 20, 1-3 FEATURED LISTING FEATURED LISTING OPEN HOUSE SUN, APR 6, 1-3 PM FEATURED

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6511 Fox Lake Drive, Edwardsville $330,000 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM ADAM HORNBERGER (618) 444-8681

3301 Garvey Drive, Edwardsville $518,980 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM DIANA MASSEY TEAM (618) 791-5024 or (618) 791-9298

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PICTURESQUE SETTING with rolling grounds & 2.26 +/- acres. Energy efficient, inground pool & 4 car garage. $429,500 Edwardsville PR100637

AMAZINGLY CONVENIENT! 5 bedroom, 2 story home with finished lower level. $382,500 Edwardsville PR100629

4BR/4BA GEM in Gettysburg Subdivision. Large open floor plan! Must see! $238,000 Edwardsville PR101667

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4BR/3.5BA COLONIAL HOME with lots of updates.

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GREAT FAMILY HOME. Possible 4 bedrooms, huge screened porch, plenty of room to grow! $163,900 Edwardsville PR101521

3 BEDROOM, FULL BRICK RANCH on large lakefront lot with mature trees. $139,900 Moro PR101668

2 STORY, 4 BEDROOM 2 car garage, many updates, huge basement. $94,900 Worden PR101633

3 BEDROOM, 1 BATH in the heart of Staunton.

Nice home with lots of potential. $89,500 Staunton PR101172

MOVE-IN READY! Updated bungalow, large rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath on corner lot near shopping with easy access to interstate. $80,000 Edwardsville PR101610

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