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SEPTEMBER 15 ISSUE

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What’s Inside 3

Nightmare remembered St. Louis man recalls the holocaust.

8 WORDS

JAC to host open mic nights.

9 ArtWalk

A good reason to visit Greenville.

15 "Victor Victoria" The Fox to host the classic.

17 "Old Fashioned Orgy" A film with an old-fashioned feel.

18 The Big Easy

It's not everyone's cup of gumbo.

20 Oktoberfest

Global brew to host its own version.

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What’s Happening Thursday Sept. 15___________

/ Show: 8 p.m.

• Planet Boogie, 7 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton • Who’s Drivin, 9:30 p.m., Laurie’s Place (back bar), Edwardsville • O rg a n R e c i ta l , R o b e r t • EAC “SIUE Textile Arts Alumni Exhibition”, Edwardsville Ar ts R a y m o n d , 7 : 3 0 p. m . , F i r s t Center, Wednesday to Saturday, Presbyterian Church, Edwardsville 10 a.m. to 4p.m., Exhibit runs through Oct. 7.

• Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Madina Lake with Make Me Break Me, Make the Years Last and Drop the Drama, The Firebird, • Peter Cocuzza and Kate St. Louis, Doors: 6:30 p.m. / Show: Motley in "Love Letters" at the 7 p.m.

Wildey, 7:30 p.m.

• Ultraviolets, 7 p.m., Fast • “Bats in the Clocktower”, 8:30 Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton p.m., Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, • Aaron Kamm and the One • Oktoberfest polka music, all Drops, 9:30 p.m., Laurie’s Place day, Global Brew, Edwardsville (back bar), Edwardsville • Hoosier Daddy’s, 3 p.m., Planet Boogie, 8 p.m. Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton • Great Green Adventures: Seeds and How They Travel, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

• Gateway West Gesneriad • EAC “SIUE Textile Arts Alumni Exhibition”, Edwardsville Ar ts Society show and sale, Missouri Center, Wednesday to Saturday, Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m.

10 a.m. to 4p.m., Exhibit runs to 5 p.m.

• Greater St. Louis Dahlia through Oct. 7.

• Best of Missouri Painters Society show, Missouri Botanical exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 12 to 5 p.m.

• Best of Missouri Painters Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Around the World Wine Dinner, exhibition, Missouri Botanical Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Yo Gabba Gabba!, Fabulous Louis, 6:30 p.m.

Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 2 p.m. and • Margot And The Nuclear So And So’s with One Lone Car, The 5 p.m.

• Hobo Jungle, 9:30 p.m., Firebird, St. Louis, Doors: 7:30 p.m.

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Friday Sept. 16___________

L a u r i e ’s P l a c e ( b a c k b a r ) , Edwardsville

Sunday Sept. 18___________ • Gateway West Gesneriad Society show and sale, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Greater St. Louis Dahlia Society show, Missouri Botanical Garden, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• 3 Rocks Box (Out of Focus), 3 p.m., Laurie’s Place, Edwardsville

Monday Sept. 19___________ • Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday Sept. 20___________ • Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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September 15, 2011

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Remembering the Holocaust St. Louis man lived through Europe's worst nightmare

By STEVE HORRELL Of The Edge

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en Fainer came to the Madison County Detention Home on Wednesday with a horror story to tell. It began 72 years ago to the day, on Sept. 1, 1939, when German troops marched into Poland to mark the start of World War II. Fainer was born in Bendzin, Poland. When he was 9 years old, the Nazis arrived and rounded up all the Jews in town. For six years, he was shuttled between five Nazi camps, until the spring of 1945, when American troops liberated him.

On Wednesday, Fainer told his story to 15 boys and one girl, each of whom wore orange jump garments and admitted that they had only the barest knowledge of the Holocaust.

All have been charged with crimes — many of them serious — and they were staying at the Detention Home while the courts decided what to do with them next. On Wednesday, they were attentive and respectful.

“I’m a survivor of horror, and I hope to God you’ll be out of here shortly and go back to a normal life, and maybe we can get together and have a beer some day,” Fainer told them.

Fainer’s mother, brother and two sisters were taken to Auschwitz, where they were sent to the showers and gassed. Of 250 relatives in the Fainer family, only Fainer, his father, two aunts and two uncles survived.

For nine months, Fainer and his father worked in a labor camp.

His father, a tailor by trade, went off with the other men to a factory nearby. Fainer stayed back and cleaned offices and shined shoes.

“It wasn’t that horrifying, but horrifying enough,” he said.

The 10-foot-high walls were lined with barbed wire and there were two watchtowers, he said.

It was there that Fainer says he ceased to have a name. “My name became 178873,” he said, rolling up the left sleeve on his pink shirt

and dipping his forearm down for boys on the front row to see. “They brought in dozens of guys, and I don’t know how many thousands of us,” he told them. “They had a needle with ink in it, and they just poked the number onto everybody’s arm.”

The real horrors began after Fainer and his father arrived at Buchenwald. He was 13 years old. He stayed on Block 15, where there were two crematoriums.

“Have you seen a crematorium?” he asked the group.

“I know what it is,” said a boy in the front.

“It’s an oven,” Fainer continued. “And I used to see guys shoved into crematoriums, that were alive. These were great guys, guys that wouldn’t do any harm to nobody.”

Life at Buchenwald was a mixture of toil and deprivation: too much work, too little food and drink. They slept three or four to a bunkbed, where lice were common.

“I don’t tell no fairy tells. No stories,” he said.

Fainer is now producing and directing a DVD about the Holocaust. It should be ready by the end of October and its focus will be the liberation of the concentration camps by the Americans, English and Russians. Schools in the area will be able to use it.

“When it’s ready, it will be nothing but horror,” he promised.

Liberation, for Fainer, came at 10 a.m. on April 23, 1945, involving Norris Nims, who was a sergeant in Company K, 26th Yankee Division of the U.S. Army. Nims died this summer, but Fainer reconnected with him last year, and on Wednesday he played a DVD in which Nims recounted their first meeting.

Nims was 99 years old and living in Florida.

It was pouring rain as the Americans crossed the river and headed toward the camp, Nims recalled. The camp guards dropped their guns and came out with their hands up. The feeling, he said, was impossible to describe.

As Nims speaks on the DVD, Fainer can be seen sitting in a chair nearby. When the interview ends, Fainer and Nims embrace.

Fainer told the young people that after

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Ben Fainer the war he searched unsuccessfully for his relatives in Germany.

Then he went to Dublin, Ireland, where his two aunts and uncles had migrated and he worked in a bakery.

"I was rolling in the dough, but it was the wrong kind of dough," he said.

He married in Ireland, and after five years moved to Canada. In 1957, he and his wife

moved to St. Louis, and five years later he became a U.S. citizen. and worked as a tailor.

Fainer speaks to schools and other groups today with the goal of keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive.

“I’ve had a wonderful life,” he said. “I’m the father of seven children, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. And I’m 39.

Nice work, huh?”

On the street What is your favorite thing about fall?

“Everybody getting together and it just seems more homey.”

Alicia Gaines, Granite City

“Halloween concerts.”

and

Samantha Gerling, Edwardsville

outdoor

“Probably the cold weather. Living in Florida makes you hate the heat.”

Ben Alicea, Florida

“Long walks with my dog and football."

Linda Van Dyke and Ranger, Edwardsville

September 15, 2011

"Nothing favorite about it.”

Paul Jacoby, Edwardsville

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People People planner Magic House taking part in Day of Play Let’s play! Visitors are invited to join The Magic House (and the world!) for a giant play date on Saturday, September 24 from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm to celebrate the Worldwide Day of Play. The Magic House will be participating in this playful event with a variety of fun outdoor activities.

Kids will have the opportunity to get active outside in the museum’s Play Garden with giant foam blocks from Imagination P l a y g ro u n d , H o p s c o t c h f ro m A r o u n d t h e Wo r l d , a h e d g e maze, parachute play, bubbles and much more! The Saint Louis University mascot, the Billiken, will also be on hand to cheer on the event and play with kids. The Worldwide Day of Play event at The Magic House is free with museum admission.

The Worldwide Day of Play is an annual event that encourages kids to turn off the television and play outside. For the eighth consecutive year, Nickelodeon will go off the air for three hours and encourage kids to get up, go out and go play. Nickelodeon i s p a r t n e r i n g w i t h h u n d re d s of organizations across the country (and the world, through international channels), in hosting Worldwide Day of Play events in local communities to promote healthy, active play. This year, Let’s Move! and the Association of Children’s Museums are key partners in the endeavor. Let’s Move! Museums & Gardens is part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s national initiative, Let’s Move!, to end the childhood obesity epidemic within a generation. The Magic House is participating in the Worldwide Day of Play as a Let’s Move!

Museum.

The Magic House is located at 516 S. Kirkwood Road, one mile north of Highway 44 in historic downtown Kirkwood.

Hours during the school year are Tuesday through Thursday, 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm, Friday 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Saturday 9:30 am to 5:30 pm and Sunday 11:00 am to 5:30 pm. The museum is closed on Mondays during the school y e a r. Â P a r k i n g i s a l w a y s f re e at The Magic House. For more information, please call (314) 8228900 or visit The Magic House online at www.magichouse.org.

in Brazil to accompany the NiĂąa on all of her travels. She is a larger version of the archetypal caravel. Historians consider the caravel the space shuttle of the f i f t e e n t h c e n t u r y. B o t h s h i p s tour together as a new and enhanced “sailing museumâ€? for the purpose of educating the public and school children on the “caravel,â€? a Portuguese ship used

by Columbus and many early explorers to discover the world.

While in the port, the general public is invited to visit the ships for a walk-aboard, self-guided tour every day of the week.

Admission prices are $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and $6 for students 5-18. Children 4 and under are free. The ship will open every day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

No reservations necessary.

Te a c h e r s o r o r g a n i z a t i o n s wishing to book a 30-minute guided tour with a crew member should call (787) 672-2152. The cost is $4 per person with a minimum of 15, no maximum.

For additional information on the NiĂąa and Pinta, go to www. thenina.com or email columfnd@ surfbvi.com.

Sustainable Living Expo returns Good choices. Smart Living.

Help Yourself. That’s the theme of an event returning to the Dixon Springs Ag Center this fall. The 2011 Sustainable Living Expo will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22nd from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Raising more of our own food, cutting down on utility bills, surviving natural disasters, and

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The ships will be docked at the Loading Dock, located at 401 E . F ro n t S t . , u n t i l t h e i r e a r l y morning departure on Monday, October 10, 2011.

The NiĂąa was built completely by hand and without the use o f p o w e r t o o l s . A rc h a e o l o g y magazine called the ship “the m o s t h i s t o r i c a l l y c o r re c t Columbus replica ever built.â€? The craftsmanship of construction and the details in the rigging make it a truly fascinating visit back to the Age of Discovery. The ‘NiĂąa’ was also used in the production of the film “1492â€? starring Gerard Depardieu and directed by Ridley Scott.

The Pinta was recently built

taking care of the land we depend for our quality of life in Southern Illinois -- that’s what the Expo is all about,� said Stephanie Brown, chair of the organizing committee and Ag, Energy, and Natural Resources Liaison with the Connect SI Foundation.

Attendees can learn a b o u t e v e r y t h i n g f ro m b a s i c gardening, to home energy e ff i c i e n c y, t o a ff o rd a b l e l a n d conservation practices. Cooking demonstrations with late season produce, canning or freezing for year-round enjoyment, stocking your pond with fresh “seafood� for the catching – even how to clean a fish – all a part of the many offerings designed to help people make ends meet through hard times.

Interested in mushroom hunting? The author of “Wild Edible Mushrooms of Illinois“will be featured in the Local Foods area. Thinking about a timber sale to put your child through c o l l e g e ? F o re s t e r s w i l l b e o n hand to discuss the best ways to plan for the future. Wondering if your family is ready for the next natural disaster? Stop by the Survival area for a peek at home and car emergency kits.

The Energy Area will feature tours through a house with a licensed energy auditor and a demonstration tent including a 50-foot “Energy Wall� traveling e x h i b i t — w h e re a t t e n d e e s c a n learn about ways to save utility costs by making their homes and l i f e s t y l e c h o i c e s m o re e n e rg y efficient.

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T h e re w i l l b e m o re t h i n g s t o see and do as you are strolling around the grounds,� says Brown. “Come for the whole day, and bring your family and friends so you can compare notes later.�

Admission to the Expo will be free again this year. Organizers are seeking sponsorships and taxdeductible donations to cover out-of-pocket costs.

More information, including exhibitor, artisan, and sponsor registration forms, and a copy of last year ’s program are available at www.SLExpo.org. If you can’t find the answer online, call Stephanie at 618–638-6954, or send an e-mail to sbrown63@ shawneelink.net.

The Dixon Springs Agricultural Center is located on Illinois Route 145 in Pope County, four miles north of the intersection with Route 146, or 25 miles south of Harrisburg.

Magic House plans Kids’ Flea Market Gone sour on lemonade stands this summer? Searching for a new way to make some extra

s p e n d i n g m o n e y ?  T h e M a g i c House is looking for enterprising kids 16 years and younger to sell their outgrown toys, books, CDs, baseball cards, games and handmade craft items at the Annual Kids’ Flea Market on Sunday, September 25 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Not only is this a great opportunity for kids to make their own money, but they can also earn extra points with their parents by cleaning out their rooms! This event is great for bargain hunters as well. There are all kinds of hidden treasures to discover.

The registration fee is $15 per table. For more information or to reserve a booth, please call The Magic House at (314) 822-8900 or make reservations on-line at www.magichouse.org. The Kids’ Flea Market will take place on the museum’s Exhibit Patio located in the backyard of The Magic House rain or shine.

The Magic House is located at 516 S. Kirkwood Road, one mile north of Highway 44 in historic downtown Kirkwood.

Hours during the school year are Tuesday through Thursday, 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm, Friday 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Saturday 9:30 am to 5:30 pm and Sunday 11:00 am to 5:30 pm. The museum is closed on Mondays during the school y e a r. Â P a r k i n g i s a l w a y s f re e at The Magic House. For more information, please call (314) 8228900 or visit The Magic House online at www.magichouse.org.

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He may not run with scissors, but Mark Nizer is the juggler your mother always warned you about. Buzzing chainsaws, electric carving knives, 16pound bowling balls, even a flaming propane tank — all are tossed aloft and twirled about with gleeful, seemingly reckless abandon.

This fall, Nizer will launch Edison’s ovations for young people series with 3-D, his latest draw-dropping one-man show.

The performance, which begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, is the first of four ovations for young people events scheduled for the 2011-12 season.

Tickets are $12, though subscriptions are available at $8 per ticket to any three or all four shows.

Tickets are available at the Edison Box Office and through all MetroTix outlets. Edison Theatre is located in the Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd.

For more information, call (314) 935-6543 or email edison@wustl.edu.

Note: Free 3-D glasses will be available at the door.

Since winning the International Jugglers Championship in 1990, Nizer has emerged as the quintessential juggler’s juggler, combining deft comedic wit with new tricks and invented technologies that seem to make the impossible suddenly possible. He has juggled while hang-gliding. He has juggled underwater with sharks. He has juggled jellyfish and — once, briefly — cats.

For 3-D, Nizer quite literally reinvents the modern lightshow, replacing pre-set computer programs with Laser Diablo, a spectacular new gizmo of his own design. Based on the traditional diabolo — itself a version of the Chinese yo-yo — Laser Diablo features four small lasers that cast beams at a 1000 rpms just above the heads of the audience, their colors amplified by fog machine “The result is something akin to the northern lights,” notes the San Francisco Chronicle, “neon greens, pinks and oranges whirling around the auditorium at mind-boggling speeds.”

Complimenting the lightshow are Nizer’s Human Rhythm Composer and Dimension Beam, which allow him to perform live music by bouncing infrared beams off of various juggled objects — thus transforming movement into sound.

His numerous awards include Comedy Entertainer of the Year from the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities, Collegiate Entertainer of the Year, and three Entertainer of the Year nominations from the National Association for Campus Activities.

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People People planner Ohio River cruise planned San Damiano Retreat in beautiful Elizabethtown, Illinois, along the Ohio River, will host the Illinois State Historical Society 2011 fall tour.

Additional tour destinations will include a trip to the Old Rose Hotel, the oldest hotel in the state (built in 1812). The hotel now functions as a Bed and Breakfast, houses a gift shop, and offers self-guided tours of the historic grounds.

The fall tour also includes a visit to Rosiclare, Illinois, highlighting the American Fluorite Museum, location of one of the largest fluorite deposits in the world. ISHS fall tour travelers will also visit the Iron Furnace, Garden of the Gods, (featuring n a t i o n a l l y re c o g n i z e d C a m e l Rock), the five-column Shawneetown Bank,(first state chartered bank in Illinois, (opened in 1840), the John Marshall house, (the reconstructed first-bank of Shawneetown), a visit to the legendary cave in Cave In Rock and a ride across the Cave-InRock Ferry, followed by a catered lunch at Rivercliff, the home of Jim and Robyn Williams featuring guest speak Mark Wagner, who will discuss the archaeology of southern Illinois. Returning to San Damiano, the Friday night banquet will host a talk by Robert Swenson, Associate Professor of Architecture at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, who will discuss his research about riverboats of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers before and after the Civil War. Saturday, the tour continues with a scenic drive along nine miles of the Cherokee Trail of Tears, along with a fun stop at the delightful Chocolate Factory, a sweet-tooth oasis near Golconda. Additionally, the tour will include a visit to the Cache River basin, (including stops at Barkhausen Wetlands Center and Heron Pond). Barkhausen opened five years ago and includes impressive interpretative exhibits, a twelve-minute film of the Cache River Wetlands, and lookout points for great photo opportunities of those impressive 1,000 year old Cypress trees! The tour moves from the scenic river basin to Metropolis, Illinois, home of Superman and Dip n’ Dots (the frozen treat of the future). Guests will have the opportunity to visit the Superman Museum and taste the famous frozen treat, following a rededication of the historical marker at Fort Massac and a visit to the fort and visitor center.

Following the scenic Ohio River byway, the tour will also include a visit to the Kincaid Mounds, where the featured guest speaker, John Schwegman, will share his expertise on the ongoing archaelogical work of the area. Saturday’s tour concludes with a visit to the General Store of Big Bay, Illinois (a step back in time -- also the sight of the filming of US Marshalls), before returning to San Damiano.

Fall is the time to experience the Ohio River Valley in southern Illinois. Make your reservations now for a memorable visit through the Shawnee National Forest, the “Garden of the Gods,” and the land known to its frontier settlers as “Egypt.”

Tour cost (includes all meals): $160 for ISHS Members $190 for non-members Lodging at San Damiano Retreat Center, $80 @ night.

The deadline for lodging has been extended to September 1. Call today to book your room. All reservations must be made through the ISHS

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Questions? Call 217-525-2781.

The Hett offers free movie nights The Hett’s Film Series will present nine critically acclaimed, awardwinning dramas based on two themes this season: Real and Unreal, and Dangerous Obsessions.

The series, sponsored by the Leon and Helen Church Family Foundation, is free and open to the public. Each screening begins at 7:30 p.m. at McKendree University’s Hettenhausen Center for the Arts (The Hett) on Alton St. in Lebanon, Ill. The audience is encouraged to stay afterward for an informal discussion. Some films contain adult themes or language and may not be appropriate for everyone. For more information, visit the website theHett. com, or call 618-537-6863.

“There is just something special about sharing the cinematic experience of a great, thoughtprovoking movie on a big screen with others in the audience,” said Peter Palermo, director of the Hett.

Films that explore the “real and unreal” are: Sept. 28: “Fight Club” (1999) s t a r s B r a d P i t t a n d E d w a rd Norton as a soap salesman and an insomniac office worker who start an underground network to help men channel their aggression into a violent new form of therapy. Rated R; 139 min.

Nov. 29: “The Matrix” (1999) stars Keanu Reeves as a malevolent computer hacker who learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in

the war against its controllers. Rated R; 136 min.

Feb. 15, 2012: “Lars and the Real Girl” (2007) is about an awkwardly shy, delusional guy (Ryan Gosling) who starts a meaningful relationship with the girl of his dreams—a lifesize doll he buys on the Internet.

Rated PG-13; 106 min.

March 6: “Exit Through the Gift Shop” (2010) focuses on an eccentric French shopkeeper and amateur filmmaker as he attempts to capture the world of a clandestine graffiti artist, only to have the camera turned back on him. Rated R; 87 min.

April 18: “Being John Malkovich” (1999), directed by Spike Jonze, stars John Cusack as a puppeteer who exploits his discovery of a portal that leads straight into the movie star’s mind. Rated R; 112 min.

From a Hitchcock classic to a recent Academy Award-winning Best Picture, four films deal with dangerous obsessions: Oct. 12: “Rear Window” (1954) is a suspenseful story featuring James Stewart as a wheelchair bound, voyeuristic photographer who believes one of his neighbors is a murderer. Rated PG; 112 min.

Nov. 9: “The Conversation” (1974) is about an intensely private electronic surveillance expert who has a crisis of conscience when he overhears that a young couple’s lives are in jeopardy. Gene Hackman stars; Francis Ford Coppola directed. Rated PG; 113 min.

Feb. 1: “The Hurt Locker” (2008) is an intense portrayal of an elite Army bomb squad unit in Iraq. It won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Rated R; 131 min.

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The festival will kick off at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, September 23 with the Illinois Society of 1812’s 20 flag program followed by musical performances from the Riverview Band at 4:30 p.m., playing old time and bluegrass music. George Portz & Friends of Bluegrass will continue at 6 and play until 8 p.m.

An Old Fashioned Ham & Bean Dinner sponsored by the Vandalia Ministerial Alliance starts at 5 p.m., and funnel cakes and homemade ice cream will also be offered on the

Statehouse lawn.

Events on Saturday, September 24 begin with a 5K run sponsored by the YMCA - call John Ashdown at (618) 283-1258 for more information.

Period arts and crafts demonstrations and selling of wares will be held on the Statehouse lawn from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. including blacksmithing, basket weaving, pottery, tatting and lace making. There will also be an 1812 Encampment on the lawn.

Home made root beer and many “Taste of Vandalia” food booths will offer local fare and old time favorites.

Several entertainers are scheduled to perform Saturday, including Dr. Balthasar’s Marvelous Miracle Medicine Show, DePriest Puppets, and Madame Rosa’s Museum of Natural Oddities. Lead Out will provide music from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Grass Pack will play at 1 p.m. and the Salt Creek Band will perform from 4:30 to 8 p.m. The World Bird Sanctuary will present “Raptor Awareness” with live birds, including a bald eagle, at 1 p.m.

A Bar-B-Q Cook- Off will be held again this year with judging and awards at 5 p.m. Saturday. For more information and entry forms contact Audrey at (618) 283-9655 or givensmeatshop@att.net.

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Religion Be careful making judgment calls Have you ever judged someone totally wrong…jumped to a conclusion that with further information proved to be totally in error?

I’ll admit that I have and that sometimes I feel ashamed at the false assumption I have made.

Perhaps we base such judgment calls on an action we observe but don’t totally understand. Maybe the individual did do something that shocked us, angered us, or totally amazed or confused us. And upon that one observation, we judged them favorable or decided to make sure that in the future we avoided any further association.

We also watch the nightly news and try to base our decisions about choices that affect many lives on the five minutes or so that we receive information about an action or choice that affects many lives.

We might even be inclined to recall a verse from the Bible and decide that it fits that individual’s action and feel quite smug about our judgment. But do we really

Doris Gvillo know the ‘end of the story’? Are we misjudging the person? Could we be equally at fault when we quote a verse from scripture as the basis for our judgment when we don’t know all the facts?

I recently read something relating how the commentator Paul Harvey in a show entitled “The Rest of the Story” used to end the story by a relating a totally unexpected ending.

The article then went on to remark that while we knew many of the Bible stories about people, we often don’t know what happened to that person after that particular story that we found familiar.

I guess an example might be after Lazarus was raised from the dead, what did he do with the rest of his life? Or maybe, while we know that Jesus performed many miracles during His time on earth, just what did the folks who were healed do later?

We know that one time he fed a

multitude with the lunch belonging to a small boy. But what later happened to that small boy or what happened to all those who were fed and should have been not only nourished physically, but also spiritually, and certainly amazed beyond their comprehension. Did they later acknowledge Jesus as savior? Were their lives changed from that moment on?

The article I read spoke of how we know Noah and his family were saved from the flood, but then we aren’t sure what happened to all of them in the years following. What is the ‘end of the story’?

In each of these Biblical stories, we assume that from the time of the story the persons lived totally different and Godly lives. But we don’t know that for sure, do we?

So I guess if I am wondering about the ‘rest of the story’, I need to apply that to life today.

When we look at someone who has made a terrible error and think they totally deserve the unhappiness, sorrow, or punishment that results

from their choice, are we thinking at all about the ‘rest of the story’? God offers new life and forgiveness when an individual repents? Do we?

Do we wonder why someone acts the way they do? Ever wonder why some people make the poor choices we think they make? Have we ever once considered if we were in another’s shoes just what we would do?

Recently it seems there have been so many, many natural and manmade disasters and so many people have been injured, some killed, and so many suffered such terrible losses.

As I watch these events as they are related on various television programs, I am awed by some of the folks who have had such disaster strike their lives and still they look forward with hope, strength and faith.

You and I can only live our lives one day at a time…maybe one moment at a time. We can’t know ‘how our story will end.”

So, then, at least in my mind, the

question becomes, “What do we do when the future looks so uncertain and often frightening?”

For me, I suppose the answer isn’t what will the future hold?

But the answer is, we need to rely on the one who knows the future.

And that won’t be the news media, the government, or a guru somewhere advising us ‘the end is now’.

The one who holds the future is the same as the one we sang about as a child when we sang “He’s got the whole world in His hands”.

We really don’t need to know exactly what ‘the end of the story is’ because we know that our God has that in His control. What we need to know is that if we place our trust in God and recognize our need for a Savior, then while the future is uncertain, the outcome is never in doubt.

God really does have ‘the whole world in His hands’.

an orphanage to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate.

Some properties were seized when they fell into disuse over the years. Others were confiscated after 1974 when Turkey ruled that nonMuslim trusts could not own new property in addition to those that were already registered in their names in 1936. The 1974 decision came around the time of a Turkish invasion of Cyprus that followed a coup attempt by supporters of union with Greece and relations with that country were at an all time low.

Justice Department reaches settlement with city over claim of religious discrimination

agreement after filing a complaint in federal court in Atlanta that claimed the Atlanta suburb violated federal law when it blocked the congregation from expanding its place of worship.

“The city of Lilburn twice failed to approve rezoning permits to allow building a mosque, and the complaint alleges that the rejection was because the applicants are Muslims,” said U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates. “We are pleased that the city is settling the lawsuit and that the rezoning issue is being resolved.”

Doris Gvillo is a member of Eden United Church of Christ.

Religion briefs Indiana vouchers prompt thousands to change schools SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Weeks after Indiana began the nation’s broadest school voucher program, thousands of students have transferred from public to private schools, causing a spike in enrollment at some Roman Catholic institutions that were only recently on the brink of closing for lack of pupils.

It’s a scenario public school a d v o c a t e s h a v e l o n g f e a re d : Students fleeing local districts in large numbers, taking with them tax dollars that often end up at parochial schools. Opponents say the practice violates the separation of church and state.

“The bottom line from our perspective is, when you cut through all the chaff, nobody can deny that public money is going to be taken from public schools, and they’re going to end up in private, mostly religious schools,” said Nate Schnellenberger, president of the Indiana State Teachers Association.

Attorneys for the state say the voucher system is legal because the state isn’t directly funding parochial schools. Instead, it gives scholarship vouchers to parents, who then choose a school.

Under a law signed in May by Gov. Mitch Daniels, more than 3,200 Indiana students are receiving

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That number is expected to climb significantly in the next two years as awareness of the program increases and limits on the number of applicants are lifted.

Turkey to return properties confiscated from Christian, Jewish minorities A N K A R A , Tu r k e y ( A P ) — Turkey’s government is returning hundreds of properties confiscated from the country’s Christian and Jewish minorities over the past 75 years in a gesture to religious groups who complain of discrimination.

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The Arts

W o r d s

W o r d s

Jacoby Arts Center to host literary enthusiasts

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

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o contests. No prizes. No judges.

Just WORDS. For a society obsessed with voting for their favorite contestant on the latest reality talent show, this can seem a little strange. What, no record deal at the end? No lucrative endorsement contracts? No cover of US Magazine?

Nope. And that’s exactly what makes the Jacoby Arts Center’s new Open Mic: WORDS series so enticing. This isn’t about chasing the quickest route to fame and fortune.

It’s about people sharing their creative passion be it music, poetry or a scene from their new play, with an attentive audience.

Literary artists ages 16 and up, including writers, poets, songwriters, playwrights, and actors, are invited to present at Jacoby Arts Center’s newly introduced Open Mic: WORDS series, which provides pretty much anyone with something to say a place to say it. Open Mic: WORDS is available to anyone who wants to perform. Songwriters are welcome to try out a new song, fiction writers can share their poetry and short stories, playwrights and actors can try out new lines and skits, comedians can share their new material with the audience.

No politicking or pornographic material is allowed. Artists are also asked to exercise discretion in use of profanity.

Melissa Mustain, Jacoby’s executive director and literary arts coordinator, is a writer and poet herself who has previously directed the regional Poetry Out Loud contest for Jacoby four years in a row. According to Mustain, the focus and intent of Open Mic: WORDS is for literary artists to gain feedback on their original creative works

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while developing a comfortable repertoire with an audience.

According to Mustain, the center is keen to expand its literary arts program with the hope that more budding writers, poets, songwriters and others will take advantage of the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience.

The mood is casual and intimate with tables and chairs set up bistrostyle in the center’s East Room providing performers with an opportunity to connect directly with their audience in a way that wouldn’t be possible in a larger venue.

Attendees can purchase beer, wine, and nonalcoholic beverages from the

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cash bar and light refreshments will also be served.

A $5 suggested donation is requested from each presenter to ensure 5 to 10 minutes of audience face time. The final amount of time allowed to each artist will be determined after the number of presenting artists is confirmed.

For those of you out there who don’t have plans for this evening, might I suggest heading over to the Jacoby Arts Center for the very first Open Mic: WORDS session, which kicks off tonight. Doors open at 6 p.m.; presenters begin at 6:30 p.m.

But if that’s a little short notice, don’t worry, the series continues

from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month from September to November and again from February through May. Admission to the event is free and open to the public. Audiences of all ages are welcome; however, attendees are advised that content may not be suitable for everyone.

Those wishing to take part should pre-register by sending an email to info@jacobyartscenter.org or by calling Jacoby Arts Center at (618) 462-5222.

“Just show up and we’ll see what happens. There’s bound to be something different and unexpected every month. That’s what makes this

a fun night out for everyone,” said Mustain.

Also coming up at Jacoby, vocalist Erin Bode will lead The Erin Bode Group in popular jazz and folk at the center’s premiere special engagement concert on Saturday, Sept. 24 as part of its LIVE at Jacoby: last saturday nights program. The concert will be from 7 to 9 p.m.

Bode’s talent and appeal have been lauded in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Jazz Times, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and many other major publications. The Erin Bode Group, featuring Adam Maness on piano and acoustic guitar, Sydney Rodway, bass, and Mark Colenburg, drums, has performed nationwide at venues such as Blues Alley in Washington, D.C., Zanzibar Blue and World Café Live in Philadelphia, and at Sweet Rhythm and Joe’s Pub in New York. They have played three European tours, as well as, a stint at the Cotton Club in Tokyo, Japan.

Bode has opened for Jamie Cullum, Michael Buble, Chris Botti, and a host of other high profile musicians. She has received classical training and holds a bachelor’s degree in music.

Tickets for special engagement performances cost $20 for general admission and $18 for seniors.

Purchase tickets at Jacoby Arts Center, Halpin Music in Alton, and the Jerseyville and Wood River libraries. Season ticket holders may use two admissions for this concert.

Intimate cabaret setting. Cash bar available.

Located at 627 East Broadway in Alton, Illinois, the Jacoby Arts Center is open on Tuesdays-Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays from noon to 4 p.m., closed on Mondays.

For more information, visit the center’s website at www. jacobyartscenter.org or call (618) 4625222.

Pictured are previous poetry readings at the Jacoby Arts Center.

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The Arts Our Common Ground ArtWalk A good reason to visit Greenville

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge If you haven’t been to Greenville yet, now is definitely the time to visit. This pretty little university town is full of charming shops and eateries that surround its picturesque town square and delight visitors all through the year.

However, each autumn something extra special comes to town. The annual Our Common Ground ArtWalk has been bringing fine arts, music, food and lots of wonderful family fun to the town since 2005.

The seventh annual Our Common Ground ArtWalk will open on Friday, Sept. 23 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. The event takes place on the historic Greenville Square in Greenville.

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into six hours that we can.”

Highlights for this year’s ArtWalk include: Artists Keith Buccholz, Mary Radcliff Harnetiaux (winner of this year’s Wings in the City), sculptor Adam Long, Rebecca Grant, Nathan Motsinger, Armando Heredia and more than 20 others making this year’s event bigger than ever before.

Greenville native Buccholz, who attended the ArtWalk for the first time last year, specializes in the Fluxus art movement, which has been going since the 1960s and counts Yoko Ono among its followers. Fluxus does not stick to any one particular type of medium. Instead, it takes an “intermedia” approach and blends all types of media to create its own distinct form of artistic expression.

There will also be two bandstands

something for absolutely everyone.

There will also be a coffee tasting at Adam’s coffee house on Second Street for anyone needing a little c a ff e i n e p i c k - m e - u p b e t w e e n exhibits.

Food will be provided by James Beard Award-winning chef and

October 2002 when founders Martha Radcliff, Mary Radcliff Harnetiaux, and Tobias Raiser planned the first visual art show entitled “We’re Here” in an empty loft space above the Globe Theater in downtown Greenville that was fashioned into a gallery.

“We saw the need to define the culture of our rural community.

There’s nothing wrong with sports, but that was the main interest of the town. There wasn’t a community arts group, so, we decided to form such an organization. It was a move against the grain. But, things are changing. Over 2,000 people attended last year’s ArtWalk,” said Radcliff. “It is our intent to cram every type of art

featuring six bands. This includes Synergy featuring the Grammy award-winning basist Jorge Casas, whose 23-year collaboration with Gloria Estefan has lead to multiple platinum and gold albums and CDs. “He has a really distinguished musical past,” said Radcliff.

Other First Stage groups include jazz duo John Farrar and Lew Winer III, Joe Alford Band and Jeff Chapman Blues Band. Steph Plant, Jedidiah and Jakob Adam and Matt Dunaway will perform on the Second Stage.

Guerilla theater, random acts of culture, a 30-minute film festival, and many other attractions round out the day’s attractions providing

Gourmet food trucks will be provided by John Perkins of Entree Mobile and The Sweet Divine; The Queen’s Cuisine; Mario’s Pizza by the Slice and Cunettos with their Italian Roast beef and Italian Sausage Sandwiches.

To wash everything down, organic

Vinyards in Olney will ensure that the wine stays flowing.

“We have a lot of good music, good food and good wine,” said Radcliff. “It’s more attractions, 25 artists, crafts, ceramics, textiles, fine art paintings and sculpture.”

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Pictured are two previous pieces shown at the ArtWalk and bassist Jorge Casas, above.

Greenville native Kevin Willman of Farmhaus in St. Louis. He was named top chef by Food and Wine magazine but never forgets his hometown, according to Radcliff.

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For more information about the 2011 Our Common Ground ArtWalk, vis www.ocgart.org.

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The Arts Artistic adventures Museum to feature van der Werve’s work The Saint Louis Art Museum presents Guido van der Werve’s 2009 film, Number Twelve: Variations on a Theme, as its latest New Media Series installation. Van der Werve’s 40-minute film weaves the unlikely fields of chess, astronomy, and music theory into a seamless philosophical m e d i t a t i o n o n p o s s i b i l i t y, mathematics, and the infinite.

Divided into three movements filmed in distinct locations, Number Twelve begins with the artist pondering how to calculate the number of chess games it is possible to play. In the first movement, “the king’s gambit accepted,” van der Werve plays a chess game against opponent Grandmaster Leonid Yudasin at New York City’s famed Marshall Chess Club.

Van der Werve and Yudasin play on a one-of-a-kind instrument built by the artist. The instrument combines the layout of a chessboard with the mechanics of a piano; each of the 64 squares on the board represents a musical note, and as the game progresses and pieces are moved, different notes are struck. This chess game opens with the King’s Gambit, a strategy popular in the 19th century, but rarely used today. While they play, an accompanying string ensemble performs an original score composed by the artist.

I n t h e s e c o n d a n d t h i r d movements, “the number of stars in the sky” and “and why a piano can’t be tuned or waiting for an earthquake,” van der Werve considers two new challenges: how to count all the stars in existence and how to tune a piano. The chess game continues from the first movement, indicated only by notations at the bottom of the screen. Throughout the second and third movements, van der Werve can be seen traversing the vast and arresting landscapes of Mount St. Helens in Washington and the San Andreas Fault in California, a nod to the 19th-century Romantic concept of the natural sublime. The chess game concludes in a stalemate, and thus never truly ends. Van der Werve offers such a conclusion to underscore the idea of infinity and the expansiveness of the natural world.

Born in Papendrecht, the Netherlands, in 1977, van der Werve received his BA from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, in 2003. Shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize 2010 from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, van der Werve was also awarded the 2010 Prix International d’Art Contemporain, La Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco and has been featured in international solo and group exhibitions, most recently at the 54th Venice Bienniale (2011) where Number Twelve was screened.

His work is included in various international collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Netherlands Institute for Media Art, Amsterdam, and the Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Turin. He lives in Finland and is currently in residence at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin through spring 2012. In addition to being a composer, van der Werve is a trained classical pianist and accomplished chess player.

Curated by Tricia Y. Paik, assistant curator of modern and contemporary art, Guido van der Werve: Number Twelve will be on view in Gallery

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301 from September 9, 2011 through January 8, 2012.

Peter Max returning to Clayton Clayton’s newest addition to the gallery scene, Ober Anderson G a l l e r y, a n n o u n c e s a s p e c i a l appearance by contemporary art icon Peter Max to inaugurate its opening season.

Previews for the exhibit, “Colors of a Better World,” begin Oct. 15 and continue through the opening weekend, Oct. 22 and 23. Receptions to meet the artist are 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 22 and 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Ober Anderson G a l l e r y, 1 4 N o r t h M e r a m e c .

Valet parking is available for the receptions. The exhibit and all artist appearances are free and open to the public, but RSVP’s are requested at 866-398-8390 or 314727-1345.

The return to Clayton is quite meaningful to Max, whose first St. Louis exhibition was held more than ten years ago. Those who connected with him then or added his works to their private collections can view and obtain his latest work or look for a classic they may have previously let pass.

With paintings on exhibition in hundreds of museums and galleries worldwide, Peter Max and his

vibrant colors and unmistakable, whimsical style have become part of the fabric of contemporary culture. Max has been successively called a Pop Icon, Neo Fauvist, Abstract Expressionist and the United State’s “Painter Laureate.”

The artist has had the distinct honor of painting the last seven Presidents of the United States and the world’s best loved celebrities, among them the young sensation Taylor Swift and legend in his own right, Steven Tyler.

The exhibit at Ober Anderson Gallery features a painted St. Louis Rams helmet and St. Louis Cardinals batting helmet. Recently he had the honor of creating the design of the “T” Logo for the New York Times Sunday Magazine Section and has created hundreds of magazine covers including Time, Newsweek, and People Magazine.

The Ober Anderson Gallery opened this summer and is the latest gallery to hit the flourishing arts community. The gallery showcases working artists with decades of combined talents and varied mediums. Perfectly located in the heart of Clayton MO, in a space reminiscent of favorite SOHO spots, the gallery promises to be ideal for both the seasoned collector and those just beginning the adventure. Throughout the year, the gallery will also hold special shows bringing in world-

renowned artists, such as the iconic Peter Max. Contact the Ober Anderson

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Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

EAC “SIUE Textile Arts Alumni Exhibition”, Edwardsville Arts Center, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., Exhibit runs through Oct. 7.

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EAC “SIUE Textile Arts Alumni Exhibition”, Edwardsville Arts Center, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., Exhibit runs through Oct. 7.

Saturday, Sept. 17 “Bats in the Clocktower”, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Yo Gabba Gabba!, Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

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EAC “SIUE Textile Arts Alumni Exhibition”, Edwardsville Arts Center, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., Exhibit runs through Oct. 7.

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Tuesday, Sept. 27 Best of Missouri Painters exhibition, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Madina Lake with Make Me Break Me, Make the Years Last and Drop the Drama, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors: 6:30 p.m. / Show: 7 p.m.

Ultraviolets, 7 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton Aaron Kamm and the One Drops, 9:30 p.m., Laurie’s Place (back bar), Edwardsville

Hoosier Daddy’s, 2 p.m., Radio Star, 7 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton 3 Rocks Box (Out of Focus), 3 p.m., Laurie’s Place, Edwardsville

Okkervil River with Wye Oak, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m. / Show 8 p.m.

Jazz Band Concert, 8 p.m., Dunham Hall Theatre, SIUE, Edwardsville

Piano Duo with Peter Martin and David Torkanowsky, The Sheldon, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

The Psychedelic Furs/ Tom Tom Club, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m. / Show 8 p.m.

My Friend Mike, 8 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton. No cover charge.

Rukus w/ Citron Prom, 9:30 p.m., Laurie’s Place (back bar), Edwardsville Marc Schapman/Linda Perry Faculty Recital, 7:30 p.m., Abbott Auditorium, SIUE, Edwardsville

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Saturday, Sept. 24

Erasure with Frankmusik, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m. / Show 8 p.m.

Jay N Waylon, 6 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton Mo’ Pleasure Band, 6:30 p.m., Laurie’s Place (front bar), Edwardsville

They Might Be Giants with Jonathan Coulton, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7 p.m. / Show 8 p.m.

Sable, Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton, 3 p.m./ My Friend Mike, 8 p.m. No cover charge.

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Friday, Sept. 16 Margot And The Nuclear So And So’s with One Lone Car, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors: 7:30 p.m. / Show: 8 p.m.

Planet Boogie, 7 p.m., Fast Eddie’s Bon Air, Alton Who’s Drivin, 9:30 p.m., Laurie’s Place (back bar), Edwardsville Organ Recital, Robert Raymond, 7:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Edwardsville

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ulie Andrews did it first, both on screen and on stage, wowing audiences and critics alike with her sparkling wit, charm and, of course, that voice. Now, nearly 30 years after the film’s release and 16 since its Broadway debut, "Victor Victoria" continues to delight audiences with its exceptional Oscar-winning score by Henry Mancini and it’s right here in St. Louis.

The Stages St. Louis production of the side-splitting musical comedy is now running at the Robert G. Reim Theatre in Kirkwood, Mo. The show closes on Oct. 9.

Based on the seven-time Oscar-nominated film, “Victor Victoria,” this fun-filled romp through 1930s Paris includes

show-stopping numbers ranging from the electrifying “Le Jazz Hot” to the heartrending “Almost a Love Song,” and “Crazy World.”

The show first opened on Broadway in 1995 with Julie Andrews reprising her lead role from the 1982 film and ran for a successful 735 performances.

“Victor Victoria” is the story of a penniless, out of work singer named Victoria who disguises herself as a man, Victor, who in turn performs as a female impersonator. Victor becomes the toast of Parisian society and catches the eye of a mobster, which produces all sorts of hilarious complications for both Victor and Victoria.

The show is a warmhearted and humorous take on gender perceptions, love and the eternal battle of the sexes. This show has it all.

Direction and musical staging are by Stages St. Louis Artistic Director Michael Hamilton,

with choreography by Dana Lewis and musical direction

by Lisa Campbell-Albert.

Mark Halpin, scenic designer; Lou Bird, costume design; Matthew McCarthy, lighting designer; and Stuart M. Elmore, orchestral designer, complete the artistic team.

The show-stopping cast includes, New York actress Janna Cardia in the lead role as Victoria Grant. Her previous credits include both national and international tours as the Queen in “Cinderella,” and she has appeared at the Fulton Opera as the Beggar Woman in “Sweeney Todd,” Nancy in “Oliver,” Rizzo in “Grease,” and the Witch in “Into the Woods.” New York Actor David Schmittou as Caroll “Toddy” Todd, whose previous Stages credits include “The Drowsy Chaperone," “The Sound of Music,” “Big-The Musical,” “Sweet Charity,”\ “She Loves Me,” “Disney’s The Aristocats,” and “High Society.” Broadway’s Gary Lynch, whose Broadway and National Tour credits include Provaire/Javert in “Les Miserables,” Moe Pressman in “Dirty Dancing,” and Sam Carmichael in “Mamma Mia!” plays “King Marchan.”

California actress Melinda Cowan plays Norma, whose previous Stages credits include Rose in “Meet Me in St. Louis.”

Patsy in “Crazy for You.” and Kitty in “The Drowsy Chaperone.” Finally, European actor Steve Judkins plays Mr. “Squash” Bernstein. His West End credits include “Notre Dame De Paris,” “The Full

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Monty,” and the UK tour of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”

A handful of St. Louis’ own also make an appearance in the production. They are Steve Isom as Sal Andretti, Darin Wood as Clam, Zoe Vonder Haar as Miss Selmer, John Flack as Gregor/Juke, Ellen Isom as Madame Roget and Whit Reichert as Andre Cassell. Taylor Pietz makes an appearance as a member of the ensemble cast.

Other cast members include Tony Howell, Matthew Kilgore, Melissa Manning, Michael McGurk. Alida Michael, Tim McGarrigalas Les Boys, Leigh Wakeford, Kim Shriver, James Beaman, Michael Jablonski and Becca Kloha.

Single ticket prices range from $15 to $55. Stages performs in the intimate, 384seat Robert G. Reim Theatre at the Kirkwood Civic Center, 111 South Geyer Road in St. Louis, Mo. For more information or to purchase tickets call 314-8212407 or visit www.stagesstlouis. org.

Pictured are the cast members of "Victor Victoria" which will be performed at the Kirkwood Civic Center now through Oct. 9. Photos for The Edge.

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QuickGlance Movie Reviews

“Crazy Stupid Love”

For a movie that intends to be rooted in a recognizable and insightful reality, this features an awful lot of moments that clang in a contrived, feel-good manner. Because you see, it’s simultaneously trying to charm us. Sometimes, it achieves that goal. At the same time, it also has its share of moments that hit just the perfect, poignant note, with some laughs that arise from a place of honesty. When you assemble a cast that includes Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, you’re already on the right track. Because “Crazy Stupid Love” also aims to be a romantic comedy of substance and intelligence.

Sometimes, it achieves that goal, too. That’s what’s frustrating here — the unevenness of it all. Carell stars as Cal, a nebbishy fortysomething whose high-school sweetheart, Emily (Moore), announces that she’s slept with someone else and wants a divorce. Drowning his sorrows nightly at a local bar, Cal finds an unlikely mentor in Jacob (Gosling), an expensively dressed womanizer who gives him a makeover. It seems unlikely Jacob would even give this guy the time of day in real life, but Gosling is charismatic as hell and surprisingly funny in the role. He also has a great, flirty chemistry with Stone as the one woman who sees through his game.

RATED: PG-13 for coarse humor, sexual content and language.

RUNNING TIME: 118 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING Two stars out of four.

“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”

Silly humans. We’re so arrogant. We see a cute, cuddly baby chimp, assign all kinds of familiar charact eristics to it and raise it with the loving playfulness we’d give our own children, only to find that the creature’s unpredictable and ferocious animal nature wins out in the end. If the documentary “Project Nim” didn’t serve as enough of a warning for us earlier this summer, now we have this blockbuster, which is sort of a prequel and sort of a sequel and sort of a reboot. Mainly, it’s a spectacle.

Sure, it might be trying to teach us a lesson about hubris. But mostly it’s about angry, ‘roided-up chimps taking over and wreaking havoc. This is not a complaint, mind you. This seventh film in the “Planet of the Apes” series rises to such ridiculous heights, it’s impossible not to laugh out loud — in a good way, in appreciation. There’s big, event-movie fun to be had here, amped up by some impressive special effects and typically immersive performance-capture work by Andy Serkis (Gollum from the “Lord of the Rings” films). But the idea that director Rupert Wyatt and writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver truly had anything serious in mind seems rather disingenuous. James Franco stars as the scientist whose drug tests to find a cure for Alzheimer’s lead to the birth of the super-smart Caesar. Freida Pinto and John Lithgow co-star.

RATED; PG-13 for intense and frightening sequences of action and violence.

RUNNING TIME:105 minutes.

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

“The Help”

A class act like this is rare enough in Hollywood. Coming at the tail end of summer blockbuster season, it’s almost unheard of. It’s the sort of film that studios typically save for the holiday prestige season in November or December, when Academy Awards voters start thinking ahead to the films they want to anoint. Come awards time, many of them likely will be thinking of “The Help,” whose remarkable ensemble of women offers enough great performances to practically fill the actress categories at the Oscars. From its roots as a collaboration between lifelong friends Kathryn Stockett, who wrote the best-

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selling novel, and Tate Taylor, the film’s writer-director, through the pitch-perfect casting of Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and their co-stars, “The Help” simply seems to be blessed. It’s hard to imagine a better movie coming out of the screen adaptation of Stockett’s tale of friendship and common cause among black maids and an aspiring white writer in Jackson, Miss., in 1963.

RATED: PG-13 for thematic material.

RUNNING TIME: 146 minutes.

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

“Brighton Rock”

Graham Greene’s crime novel previously was made into a 1947 film famously starring Richard Attenborough with a script Greene co-wrote; this version shifts the setting from the late 1930s to 1964 as the Mods and Rockers were battling it out on Britain’s south shore. You half expect to hear songs from “Quadrophenia” pop up here and there but alas, no such luck. But the feature directing debut from screenwriter Rowan Joffe (”28 Weeks Later,” “The American”) does maintain the dark tone and stylish visuals of its noir origins, with dramatic shadows and camera angles that almost fetishize the genre. It’s rapturous to look at, but the film as a whole often feels like an exercise in style over substance, especially as it becomes clear just how many times we’ve seen these kinds of characters in this kind of story. Still, Sam Riley and Andrea Riseborough are watchable in a pulpy way as mismatched teenagers awkwardly caught in a mob war. “I’m bad. You’re good. We’re made for each other,” Riley’s ambitious gangster Pinkie says to Riseborough’s innocent waitress Rose. And even though she buys the line, nothing is that simple. Helen Mirren and John Hurt are among the strong supporting cast.

RATED: Unrated but contains pervasive language, violence and smoking.

RUNNING TIME: 111 minutes.

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

“Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”

Size shouldn’t matter when it comes to scary creatures.

After all, plenty of people are terrified of rats and spiders.

Yet savage and ugly as the tiny monsters are in this remake of a 1973 TV horror movie, they’re not as frightening as the filmmakers would have you believe. These wee beasties are not all that interesting, either, and frankly, neither is the movie.

Producer and co-writer Guillermo del Toro and director Troy Nixey manage a lot of creepy atmosphere in their story of a couple (Guy Pearce and Katie Holmes) and a young girl (Bailee Madison) menaced by nasty little things that swarm up from beneath the mansion they’re restoring. With the girl at the heart of the tale and del Toro’s name the big selling point, the filmmakers want you thinking of the movie as a cousin to his masterful “Pan’s Labyrinth,” another story of a girl caught up in a world of fantastical terror. This is an awfully tame cousin, though, the creatures uninvolving and their antics more irritating than petrifying.

RATED: R for violence and terror.

RUNNING TIME: 100 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

“Our Idiot Brother”

Paul Rudd hops from one sofa to another to another as the title character, and that’s sort of what the film itself does, too.

Rudd stars as an amiable, ambling dude named Ned who has no real goals in life; what he does have is a guilelessness that

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consistently gets him into trouble, both with his family and with the law. He has a knack for always saying or doing the wrong thing, even though he always means well. Director Jesse Peretz, working from a script written by his sister, Evgenia Peretz, and her husband, David Schisgall, follows him as he bumbles his way from one situation to the next with no great momentum or sense of character evolution. Ned grows increasingly irritating to his hippie farmer ex-girlfriend (Kathryn Hahn), the three sisters he mooches off of (Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel) and to us. But then supposedly once they’ve all shunned him for causing so much inadvertent damage, they take him back because they realize what a positive influence he is in their lives. It makes no sense — there’s a gap of logic and emotion that’s hard to overcome.

RATED: R for sexual content including nudity, and for language throughout.

RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes.

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

“The Debt”

Classy, solid and well-acted, this is a rare bit of meaty, intelligent filmmaking during the ordinarily dreary final days of summer. With a cast that includes Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson and a tremendous Jessica Chastain, led by “Shakespeare in Love” director John Madden, it seems it would be hard to go wrong. Matthew Vaughn, the director of “Layer Cake” and “Kick-Ass,” co-wrote the script. It’s smart and tense but also frustrating; it almost feels too safe, too conservative and reserved in the way it hits its notes. Still, everything about it is so respectable, you may feel engrossed in the moment, yet forget about it soon afterward. Three former Mossad agents (Mirren, Wilkinson and Ciaran Hinds) are being celebrated at the launch of a book detailing their most important mission. Flashbacks to 1965, when the characters are played by Chastain, Martin Csokas and Sam Worthington, reveal what really happened. As it jumps back and forth in time, “The Debt” explores the conflict between expectations and reality, intellect and emotions, truth and regret. The film’s gray areas are so intriguing that you’ll wish it didn’t rely on a facile love triangle to create further tension.

RATED: R for some violence and language.

RUNNING TIME: 113 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

“A Good Old Fashioned Orgy”

There’s something old-fashioned about “A Good Old Fashioned Orgy,” but it’s not the orgy. Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck’s R-rated comedy feels more like a “Meatballs”-era summer romp, the kind we’re generally either too cynical for now or we’ve simply outgrown. It’s a party of a movie, for better or worse, with ambitions of generational resonance. Eric (Jason Sudeikis) would like to eradicate inhibition in a generation weaned on psychobabble, Blackberries and Radiohead. When his father decides to sell his East Hampton summer house, Eric and his early-30s friends (Tyler Labine, Martin Starr, Lake Bell, among them), decide to have a last-hurrah orgy. It sometimes looks like they had more fun making “Orgy” than we could possibly have watching it, but the good vibes are a big part of the movie’s appeal. (It should be noted, though, that “Orgy,” with its Hamptons setting and cargo shorts, is easily one of the whitest movies to come along in recent years.) The premise asks a lot of Sudeikis’ charm, but group sex, to say the least, is a tough cookie.

When the time comes, the awkwardness of the participants pales in comparison to the awkwardness of the audience.

RATED: R for pervasive strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language.

RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

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Denying inhibition in "Old Fashioned Orgy"

By JAKE COYLE Associated Press There’s something old-fashioned about “A Good Old Fashioned Orgy,” but it’s not the orgy.

Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck’s R-rated comedy doesn’t fit into today’s comedy categories. Maybe that’s because Gregory and Huyck (a veteran TV writing team making their film directing debuts) came up with the idea in 1997 and have been working on it sporadically ever since.

“A Good Old Fashioned Orgy” feels more like a “Meatballs”-era summer romp, the kind we’re generally either too cynical for now or we’ve simply outgrown. It’s a party of a movie, for better or worse, with ambitions of generational resonance.

“What happened to our generation?” wonders the 30-something Eric (Jason Sudeikis). “I’ll tell you what happened: AIDS.” Eric and “A Good Old Fashioned Orgy” would like to eradicate inhibition in a generation weaned on psychobabble, Blackberries and Radiohead. Jealous of their hippie parents and of sexting teenagers, Eric and his friends want their own swinging good time.

All Manhattanites in life-draining jobs, the group of pals live for their weekends at Eric’s father’s East Hampton house. His father (Don Johnson, in a curiously brief cameo), though, has decided to sell the place, leading to a final Labor Day blowout.

When Eric suggests a last-hurrah orgy, the group gradually comes around to the idea. It’s a good supporting cast, including Tyler Labine

as Eric’s loutish right-hand man (maybe a risky description for a film about an orgy); Lake Bell as a therapist dating a humorless German (Rhys Coiro); Martin Starr as an indecisive musician; Nick Kroll as a workobsessed paranoid; Michelle Borth, who’s harboring old feelings for Eric; and Lindsay Sloane, a shy cutie with body issues.

It sometimes looks like they had more fun making “Orgy” than we could possibly have watching it, but the good vibes are a big part of the movie’s appeal. (It should be noted, though, that “Orgy,” with its Hamptons setting and cargo shorts, is easily one of the whitest movies to come along in recent years.)

As the big party nears, the group readies for the occasion. At the same time, Eric begins dating one of the realtors selling the house (the striking Leslie Bibb), complicating the

orgy plans.

Left out is the lone married couple among the old friends, played by Will Forte and Lucy Punch. They’re (amusingly) infuriated to be left out, and in their few scenes, they’re consistently the funniest thing in the movie.

The premise asks a lot of Sudeikis’ charm.

A “Saturday Night Live” cast member and budding movie star (“Horrible Bosses”), he has an undaunted, always-on-the-make cheerfulness to him: a rascal with his shirt tucked in. It’s possible the most salient effect of “Orgy” will be to make his leading-man potential evident.

But group sex, to say the least, is a tough cookie. When the time comes, the awkwardness of the participants pales in comparison to the awkwardness of the audience.

"Apollo 18" best of a bad lot

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge If you track back the last five or six years, you’ll find that the Labor Day holiday weekend has become more or less of a joke at the Box Office.

Films that get put out on the first Friday of September are increasingly 1) Poorly made or 2) In bad taste.

Even this year boasts a title that was bumped from its February (where movies go to die) release date to the end of the Summer. I would also like to offer the exception that proves the rule: "The Debt" opened mid-week last Wednesday and, as I wrote in my previous column, is a superior experience. Check out the picture starring newcomer Jessica Chastain and see what I mean. Keep reading for a pair that you can easily skip.

In the great tradition of scary killer animal movies, like 2010’s Piranha, comes a little gem called "Shark Night 3D." Throw out every preconceived notion you might have and just simply revel in how utterly terrible this movie is. A group of friends (Dustin Milligan, Chris Zylka, Sinqua Walls) at a Louisiana college scoop up their girlfriends (Katharine McPhee and Alyssa Diaz) and blow out of town to spend a weekend at a babe’s (Sara Paxton) lake house further inland. What they aren’t prepared for is a ridiculous plot that involves the introduction of dozens of killer species of sharks (Great White, Hammerhead, Lemon, etc.) into a contained salt water environment.

The unsuspecting tourists start to be dispatched one at a time and soon involve a pair of local redneck thugs

(Chris Carmack and Joshua Leonard) and the sheriff (Donal Logue) to help them out of a jam. No one is safe and you shouldn’t become attached to any of these characters. They are all meals on legs waiting for their grand swan song into the jaws of a terrorizing beastie. The opening scene homage to Jaws is insulting. If it weren’t for two interesting facts that I learned I would have nothing nice to say about this garbage. First, sharks swallow their own teeth to get calcium. There is none naturally found in the flesh and other material they eat. Secondly, a species known as a Cookie Cutter shark exists. They aren’t much bigger than a trout, but they can nibble you to death painfully if given enough of an opportunity. Watch out for those.

••• "Shark Night 3D" is rated PG-13 for

violence and terror, disturbing images, sexual references, partial nudity, language, and thematic material. I give this film one half star out of four.

Way better than Shark Night is "Apollo 18," a movie that’s still not anywhere near the "great" end of the spectrum. The show is ostensibly made out of ‘found footage’ of the Apollo 18 lunar mission. Then again, the real Apollo 18 mission never took place. It was grounded due to budget cuts, preventing Fred Haise from getting a chance to return to space. In the film’s universe, though, it allowed two astronauts (Warren Christie and Lloyd Owen) to land on the Moon’s surface to plant secret spy satellites for the CIA. While up there, they lose communication with their orbiting buddy (Ryan Robbins)

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and try every which way to regain a signal.

Traversing the Moon’s surface is fun and they soon find themselves straying too far from the landing site.

Here they find a Russian module with no signs of cosmonauts. What’s worse are the creepy tracks in the dust that lead to a deep crater. A sudden and unseen encounter with small, rocklike creatures leads one astronaut to develop a bizarre illness and psychosis. A violent ending is all but assured. Without movies like "The Blair Witch Project" and "Cloverfield," Apollo 18 would not have made any splash. Even still, it opens with barely a whimper.

••• "Apollo 18" is rated PG-13 for some disturbing sequences and language. I give this film two stars out of four.

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The Big Easy Some cities just aren't for everyone

The fact that we didn’t go nuts over New Orleans has stumped some people, even drawn looks that have a “what’s-wrong-withyou” confusion.

To begin at the beginning, we’d planned to visit New Orleans in the summer of 2010, but those plans were shelved when several million gallons of oil fouled the Gulf coast. (We decided to go to Disney World, instead.)

and Ellen Barkin in the steamy thriller, “The Big Easy,” dozens of times and The Doobie Brothers’ “Black Water” and Poco’s “Heart of the Night” are both on my iPod playlist.

Besides, we’d visited every other major and not-so-major city in the South. (We all agree, Savannah, Ga., is the best of the bunch.)

Still, we wanted to give New Orleans a try.

We bought Frommer ’s city guide, checked dozens of Internet sights and talked to all those folks who told us how great New Orleans is.

We booked three nights at the Doubletree on Canal Street

A year later, the oil was gone and we dusted off the 2010 itinerary.

Specifically, we wanted to visit the National World War II Museum, in downtown New Orleans, and a Oak Alley Plantation, located about an hour to the west in Vecharie.

Both of those attractions, by the way, get my highest recommendation – New Orleans does have something going for it.

Traveling with a 13-year-old and a 21-year-old, the French Quarter and all its fun didn’t fit into our plans.

Still, we were pretty excited about visiting the city we’d heard so much about from friends and family members.

We’ve watched Dennis Quaid

in what was referred to as the Central Business District. We applied the same thinking to New Orleans we would to St. Louis.

The Central West End and Busch Stadium are a good distance apart, right? Wouldn’t the same apply to the Central Business District and the French Quarter?

Well, it would if you consider across the street a good distance apart.

Everything in New Orleans that you want to see – and some stuff you don’t – is all right there.

We drove into the city across Lake Ponchartain, which was kind of cool, but once we got off the interstate, the romance of the whole thing took a nose dive.

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e came. We saw.

And, truth be told, we weren’t all that impressed.

At top, a float from Mardi Gras World – a museum honoring the annual festival – cruises down Canal Street. Above, the Tucker family at Cafe Du Monde. At right, the famous wrought-iron balconies of the French Quarter.

Photos by Bill TUcker.

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Dirty isn’t a fair description, but rundown is. And that’s what we saw – a lot of rundown houses and closed businesses.

And they were just a few blocks away from our hotel.

Our first night in the city, we ate at one of those breweries that doubles as a restaurant.

Trying my best to soak in New Orleans, I ordered up a bowl of gumbo. Then I ordered about 14 glasses of iced tea, one after another to put out the fire caused by the three bites I managed to get down.

Scratch gumbo.

We walked to and through the French Quarter each night we were there and while I’m sure it’s great for those who enjoy such things, all I could think was seedy.

My wife and I aren’t jazz people or blues people, preferring instead the sounds of The Eagles and Aerosmith. So we didn’t make that connection either.

In fact, we didn’t make any connections with the city, save one.

We’d heard about Cafe Du Monde, with it’s chicory coffee and beignets – fried French doughnuts covered, and that’s an

understatement – in powdered sugar.

The beignets lived up to the billing and Cafe Du Monde had a funky vibe about it that struck a chord – finally.

But that was it.

We didn’t get a tattoo, didn’t see any women flashing, didn’t have a drink at Pat O’Brien’s, a place my father highly recommended.

To its credit, New Orleans isn't pricey in the way Atlanta and Miami are.

And the people we meet were decidedly friendly.

But overall, it was one of those experiences that left us all feeling like we needed to go take a long, hot shower.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I wouldn’t discourage anyone from visiting New Orleans, particularly a young couple without children.

But for a family vacation – one Clark Griswold would be proud to plan – there are better places to go.

That’s why next year, we’re heading back to Walt Disney World, a place where connections occur for us at every turn.

Family Focus Every parent must face the spying dilemma

By DAVID CRARY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the 21st century, parenthood and paranoia often walk hand in hand.

For some, the blessed event is followed by high-tech surveillance — a monitoring system tracks the baby’s breathing rhythms and relays infrared images from the nursery. The next investment might be a nanny cam, to keep watch on the child’s hired caregivers. Toddlers and grade schoolers can be equipped with GPS devices enabling a parent to know their location should something go awry.

To cope with the uncertainties of the teen years, some parents acquire spyware to monitor their children’s online and cell phone activity. Others resort to home drug-testing kits.

Added together, there’s a diverse, multi-billion-dollar industry seeking to capitalize on parents’ worst fears about their children — fears aggravated by occasional high-profile abductions and the dangers lurking in cyberspace. One mistake can put a child at risk or go viral online, quickly ruining a reputation.

“There’s a new set of challenges for parents, and all sorts of new tools that can help them do their job,” said David Walsh, a child psychologist in

Minneapolis. “On the other hand, we have very powerful industries that create these products and want to sell as many as possible, so they try to convince parents they need them.”

Some parents need little convincing.

In New York City, a policemanturned-politician recorded a video earlier this year offering tips to parents on how to search their children’s bedrooms and possessions for drugs and weapons. In the video, State Sen. Eric Adams — who has a teenage son — insists that children have no constitutional right to privacy at home and shows how contraband could be hidden in backpacks, jewelry boxes, even under a doll’s dress.

“You have a duty and obligation to protect the members of your household,” he says.

Another parent who preaches p ro a c t i v e v i g i l a n c e i s M a r y Kozakiewicz of Pittsburgh, whose daughter, Alicia, was abducted as a 13-year-old in 2002 by a man she met online. He chained, beat and raped her before she was rescued four days later.

In recent years, mother and daughter have both campaigned to raise awareness of Internet-related dangers.

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to monitor children’s computer and cell phone use, and says those who balk out of respect for privacy are being naive.

“It’s not about privacy — it’s about keeping them safe,” she said, On a different part of the spectrum are parents such as Lenore Skenazy, a mother of two teens in New York City who wrote a book called “Free Range Kids: How To Raise Safe, SelfReliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry).”

Skenazy, who let one of her sons ride the New York subway alone when he was 9, contends that many marketers exploit parents’ ingrained worries about their children’s safety.

“The idea is that the only good parent is a parent who’s somehow

watching over their child 24/7,” she said. “You feel nothing should take precedence over monitoring your child’s well-being every second of the day ... from time they’re born to when they go off to college.”

Joe Kelly of St. Paul, Minn., helped his wife raise twin girls (they’re now adults) and founded a national advocacy group called Dads and Daughters. Like Skenazy, he bemoans commercial exploitation of parental anxiety.

“Markets play on this fear that something horrific is going to happen to your child, when the odds of that are minuscule,” he said. “It might happen, but to have their whole childhood predicated on this remote possibility is, in the aggregate, even

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Psychologists who work with troubled adolescents and teens say parents often ask if they should be doing more surveillance.

“Ideally, parents establish good open communication and trust with their children, and they don’t need to do all these things,” said Neil Bernstein, a psychologist in Washington, D.C. “But if the child is doing something to create suspicion, you can’t expect parents to turn their back and not monitor.”

Bernstein, author of “How to Keep Your Teenager Out of Trouble and What to do if You Can’t,” says the best approach is a balanced one — neither overly zealous and paranoid nor uninvolved and neglectful.

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Global Brew's Adam Ottwein, left, and Ryan High hold the official Oktoberfest countdown clock. Below are the tappers for all Global Brew's varieties.

Nothing says beer better than Oktoberfest

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

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Oktoberfests that will soon be cropping up all over the Midwest.

Edwardsville’s own Global Brew Tap House & Lounge will be serving up 13 authentic German beers on tap on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 1 p.m. to 2 a.m.

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at its first-ever Oktoberfest celebration. Besides vast quantities of excellent beer served up in 1 liter mugs and 1 or 2 liter boots, patrons will enjoy other German specialties.

Global Brew co-owner Ryan High said it seemed like a natural decision to host an Oktoberfest

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considering Global Brew’s wide selection of German beers. Plus, it just sounded like a lot of fun.

“We figured we had the right venue and the right selection,” said High. “We’re expecting a great turnout. We got some great feedback from our customers looking for an authentic experience with a great selection of beers and food.”

There’s no cover charge and all attendees are encouraged to come in their finest lederhosen as there will be a competition for the best dressed. The winner will receive a $50 Global Brew Tap House & Lounge gift card. High said staff will also be dressing up, so there’s no need to feel out of place.

Beers on tap include: • Spaten Oktoberfest; • Spaten Optimator; • Franziskaner Hefeweizen; • Paulaner Oktoberfest; • Paulaner Lager; • Warsteiner Premium Verum; • Rodeberger Pilsner; • Franziskaner Weissbier; • Hofbräu Oktoberfest; • Ayinger Oktober Fest Märzen; • Erdinger Oktoberfest Weissbier.

High said prices will vary for each beer but most will be similar to this example. For Franziskaner Weissbier, 1 liter mugs will cost $15 for beer and mug and $9 for refills. A 1 liter boot will cost $20

for beer and boot and $9 for refills.

A half-liter mug will cost $9 for beer and mug with $5 refills.

Food is being provided by Hertzog’s Kitchen in Highland and will include hearty German favorites including Bavarian pretzels, Weinerschnitzel and Spatzel.

“We’re making sure we have plenty of supply,” he said.

However, High said he is aware that they will be up against Collinsville’s long-running Italianfest. Nonetheless, he’s confident that area residents will enjoy getting a taste of both countries. After all, what’s better than a tour of some of Europe’s best food and drink on the same day? Prost!

Rich Cullen will be playing live authentic German music throughout the evening. He is currently headlining the Soulard Oktoberfest next month. To find out more, visit his website at www. richcullenmusic.com.

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Dining Delights Chicken steaks brighten up summer salad

By ELIZABETH KARMEL Associated Press If I had to choose one recipe that defined summer on a plate, it would be lemon chicken steaks with summer salad.

I love making this meal-in-one at the end of the summer when the farmers markets and backyard gardens are bursting with cucumbers and tomatoes. It’s a great way to use all that extra produce.

The chicken steaks start with boneless, skinless chicken breasts that are lightly pounded until they are about 1/2-inch think. This makes the chicken cook quickly and evenly. And for all those cooks who are a little nervous about pounding the chicken, I’ve got a foolproof approach.

To start, remove the tenderloin from the backsides of the chicken breasts (they can be saved and used for something else). Coat the breasts with oil, then one at a time place them in a zip-close plastic bag. The oil is essential, as it will prevent the chicken from shredding as you pound it.

Close the bag, then using a rolling pin or meat pounder, pound away until the chicken breast is large and evenly flat. You can do this step up to a day ahead and keep the chicken in the refrigerator in the closed bag until you are ready to cook.

The beauty of this salad is that there is no lettuce, so the salad can be made in advance and left undressed.

The base of the salad is comprised of chunks of cucumber, tomato, onions, feta cheese and black olives. You could add mushrooms or sugar snap peas or radishes, anything you like or you need to use up.

It’s best to do the chopping and mixing before you grill the chicken, as it won’t take long on the grill and you’ll want to serve the chicken soon after it cooks.

I prefer using an outdoor grill because there is virtually nothing to clean, but you also can use a grill pan.

The chicken is grilled with a light coat of olive oil and seasoned simply with kosher salt and pepper.

And the real magic happens when the grilling is done. As soon as the chicken comes off the grill, you squeeze fresh lemon juice over both sides. The hot chicken absorbs the lemon juice as it rests and you cannot believe the difference it makes! The chicken sparkles like a star and takes this summer salad from simple to spectacular!

Wait five minutes and place a chicken “steak” on top of the salad and serve with a dollop of tzatziki (garlic-cucumber yogurt dressing).

LEMON CHICKEN “STEAKS” WITH SUMMER SALAD AND TZATZIKI The tzatziki can be made up to three days in advance. The flavors intensify and taste better once they’ve had a chance to meld. The recipe will make about 2 cups and you will have leftovers. It also makes a delicious dip and sandwich spread. The chicken also is good served on top of a Greek salad with a spicy oregano vinaigrette.

Start to finish: 45 minutes Servings: 4 For the salad: 4 medium fully ripe tomatoes, cut into wedges 1 cucumber, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch chunks 1 small red onion, halved and sliced into semi-circle rings 20 oil-cured black olives, more or less to taste Kosher salt and ground black pepper 1 teaspoon dried or fresh herbs,

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such as oregano, basil, thyme, etc.

2 ounces feta cheese, cut into 8 pieces (optional) For the tzatziki dressing: 2 cups plain, non-fat Greek-style yogurt 1/2 medium seedless cucumber, diced 3 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice Kosher salt and ground black pepper For the chicken: 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts Olive oil Kosher salt and ground black pepper 2 lemons, cut into wedges 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley Strips of lemon zest, to garnish (optional) To prepare the salad, in a large bowl combine the tomatoes, cucumbers, onion and olives. Mix well, then season with salt, pepper and herbs.

Add the feta cheese, if using, then set aside.

To prepare the dressing, in a large bowl combine the yogurt, cucumber,

garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Mix well. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

To make the chicken, heat the grill to medium. Pat dry each breast and remove the tenderloins, if still attached.

Brush each piece of chicken lightly with oil on both sides. One at a time, place each chicken breast in a zip-close plastic bag.

Using a meat mallet or rolling pin, gently pound each breast until evenly 1/2-inch thick. At this stage, the chicken can be refrigerated for cooking later.

Brush each piece of chicken “steak” with olive oil again on both sides.

Season each breast with salt and pepper, then grill directly over the heat for about 6 minutes, turning once halfway through the cooking time.

When the chicken is marked and cooked through, remove from the grill. mmediately, squirt 1 to 2 lemon wedges over each piece of chicken and let sit for 2 to 3 minutes. Garnish with chopped parsley and strips of lemon zest, if desired.

Serve on top of the summer salad with a spoonful of tzatziki.

This photo shows chef Elizabeth A. Karmel’s lemon chicken steaks with summer salad and tzatziki in Concord, N.H. This recipe is perfect for the end of summer when farmers markets and backyard gardens are bursting with cucumbers and tomatoes.

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DELIVERY/CIRCULATION ASST. to help Supervisor, Edw. Office, IL Heartland Library System. Sorts library materials; prepares stats & reports. HS grad/GED, college a +; proficient w/Word, Excel, Net; can analyze info, routinely lift 40 lbs. 6 hrs/day, M-F, $8.93-$15.14/hr. Pension, med/dental/vision; sick, personal, vacation days, holidays.

Send letter, resume by Fri., 9/23: J. Douglas, HR; Re: Delivery/Circulation Asst.; 6725 Goshen Rd., Edw. 62025 OR jdouglas@illinoisheartland.org

Help Wanted General

Mechanic tractor/trailer. Experience in semi trailer repair. Must have own tools. Call 618-3941059, Fax 618-394-1689, appl online @ www.roadsidets.com Seeking hardworking, self motivated person for full time employment in Edwardsville.

This is a office position with outside duties included. Computer and customer service skills required. Reply to BB#228 % Intelligencer, 117 N. 2nd St., Edwardsville, IL 62025

Help Wanted

Driver/Inspector: Local driving, 308 must have CDL & inspection of Medical semi-trailer. Will train. Call 618394-1059, Fax 618-394-1689, Hitz Home is seeking a Director of Nursing for our longterm care online @ www.roadsidets.com facility. Salary negotiable. You First Student is hiring bus dri- may apply at 201 Belle St., vers for District 7.

Apply in Alhambra, IL or contact Susan person at 17 Commercial Ct, Tudor 618-488-2355.

Glen Carbon.

Open position for F/T, P/T or Forklift Operator/Order Picker W/E evening RN & LPN for homey, privately owned LTC Experienced forklift operator facility. Please apply within at positions. Experience with RF Alhambra Care Center 417 E. equipment a plus. Starting Main St. Alhambra, IL 62001 wage $10.50 per hour, $11.00 per hour after 90 day probationary period. Must be able to work all shifts including weekends. Interested candidates submit resume & cover letter to: Attn: Human Resources Carrier Routes 401 CDS #1 Gateway Commerce Center Drive West, Carrier Needed!

Edwardsville, IL 62025 Rt. 80- Newspaper carrier needPOLICE DISPATCHER ed in the area of Jennifer Ln, Full-time, $21.68/hr Julie Ln, Pleasant Ridge Dr, ValRequirements: Varied 12-hour ley View Dr in Edwardsville. shifts (incl. nights & weekends), There are approximately 34 LEADS & EMD certification papers on this route. Papers preferred, excellent need to be delivered by 5 p.m. computer/typing skills and Monday thru Friday and by 8:30 ability to multi-task in fast a.m. on Saturday. If you are paced environment. interested in this route, please Prior dispatcher experience call the Intelligencer at 656preferred but not required 4700 ext. 40.

Applications available online at www.cityofedwardsville.com or send/email resume to: City of Edwardsville Attn: Human Resources 118 Hillsboro Avenue Edwardsville, IL 62025 humanresources@ cityofedwardsville.com Deadline: 9/21/11 5:00pm EOE

Furniture

Browse Job Classifieds In The “I”!

410

Bed - Queen PillowTop Mattress Set, NEW, in the plastic, $200 (618) 772-2710 Can Deliver

Music

422

Pets

450

“Fiesta” Lowrey organ comes FREE KITTENS 618-567-5483. with headphone. Good condition $50. 288-7129.

Clarinet with case. Like new. $300. (618) 655-9445.

Misc.

Merchandise

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Houses For Rent

705

3-piece Queen-size bedroom suite $150. 659-4496.

1012 Grand Ave. 3bdr 2bth bonus rm in finshd wlkout bsmt, remodeled. $1200/mth 1st and 30” 4-burner cooktop—$95; dep. rqrd. Call 314-568-5700.

Assorted solid 6-panel doors/no hardware—$20each. 618-580- 2 BDR, 1 Bath, 116 N. Fillmore, Edwardsville: W/D hookup/ 8858.

Stove, refrig included. Pets OK. 6 Drawer dresser with mirror, $725/mth. 618-401-4664.

Cream w/gold etching $175.00 2 Bdr, Edw: rent includes W/S/T, 618-593-8662. electric, gas, DirecTV, int. W/D, Charm-Glo 3 burner gas grill— stove & ref. No pets/no smoking. $50; 7 foot rattan couch—$100.

Call 618-910-2434 or 618-656618-580-8858.

4359 for more info.

FREE: Cream-color 2-drawer 2 Bdrm 1 Bth house w/nice yard file cabinet. Small desk: cream located at 20 Red Rose, top, wood laminate sides, Collinsville. $795/mth. No pets.

21”x44”, no drawers or shelves.

Call 618-407-2477 for appt.

618/656-4700, ext. 10 2 Bdrm 1 Bth, 1.5 car gar., W/D, White Oak lumber, quarter stove, refrig. Quiet dead end sawed $2 a board foot. 618street. No smoking, no pets.

656-1003. $690/mo. 622 N. Guernsey, Collinsville. 618-345-8103.

Pets

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We can help sell those special puppies, kittens or any other pet!!!

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CALL US FOR DETAILS 656-4700 EXT 27

3 Bdrm 1 Bth house for lease 712 Oakridge, Bethalto $750 mo. w/1yr lease 618-288-7481 Open hse Wed 6:30pm-7:30pm 3 BR 2 BA, newer ranch, Maryville: 2250 s.f. finshd + 700 ft. for storage; immaculate; 3-car garage, deck, walkout bsmt, SS appliances, hardwd floors & tile thruout. Mins to I-70/270. Avail.

9/1. $1525/mo. (318)578-2241 3BR, 1BA, Glen Cbn: brick; lg rms, fncd yd, FR w/wood-burn stov; fin LL; near SIU/270. $1075 mo, 1mo sec dep. 618/791-0243

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VINTAGE 7-drawer student DESK, wooden, excellent condition. $60.00/OBO. 618/692-1718—after 5:30p.m.

Appliances

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION or TO REGISTER, CALL: Madison County Employment & Training Department, (618)296-4445 Or visit our website at www.mcetd.org Funding provided through the Workforce Investment Act. In compliance with EEO, ADA and Jobs for Veterans Acts.

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Yard Sales

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MULTI-FAMILY MOVING SALE! 836 E LAKE DRIVE EDWARDSVILLE FRIDAY 9/16 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9/17 8AM-12NOON Whirlpool Dishwasher, Brand-New Microwaves, Antiques, Home Office Equipment, Digital Cameras, King And Queen Size Comforter Sets, Sports Memorabilia And More!

100s Of Items Priced Under $1!!

Yard Sales

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16 BISCAYNE (Off Franklin & Circle) FRIDAY & SATURDAY 7:00AM-??

Desk, Chair, Tools/Hardware, Toys, Keyboard, Sheet Music, Mirrors, Picnic Cooler Lots Of Miscellaneous 69 E. SOUTHCREST CIRCLE EDWARDSVILLE FRIDAY 9/16 7:30AM-4:00PM SATURDAY 9/17 8:00AM-NOON Furniture, Electronics, Housewares, Etc...

Yard Sales

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EDWARDSVILLE GARDEN CLUB’S FALL PLANT SALE SAT., 9/17—8:00AM-NOON 1802 MADISON AVE., EDWARDSVILLE (ST. MARY’S PARKING LOT) Unusual Varieties, Specialty Plants Come Early For Best Selections!

Yard Sales

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LARGE GARAGE SALE!!

FRIDAY 3P.M.-7P.M. SATURDAY 7A.M.-11A.M. 6975 AUGUSTA, GLEN CARBON Quality Furniture, Clothes (baby/kids’/women’s/men’s), TV/Electronics, Exercise Equipment, Collectibles, DVD-player, Books, DVD’s, Comics, & more!!

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Classified Houses For Rent

705

Apts, Duplexes, & Homes Visit our website www.glsrent.com 656-2230

Apts/Duplexes For Rent

Apts/Duplexes For Rent

710

APTS/CONDOS/HOUSES COLLINSVILLE/MARYVILLE & EDWARDSVILLE 1 bed $425-$450 2 bed $475-$1650 3 & 4 bed $800-$1500 HARTMANN RENTALS 344-7900 for Photos & details www.HartRent.info 24/7 recording 345-7771

Homes For Sale

OPEN HOUSE, SUN., JUNE 13 1:00-3:00 P

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FOR SALE, at auction Sept.

26th. 2BR 1BA home, updated, near high school in northern Litchfield. Call for particulars 1 excellent 3BR, 1200 sq.ft. TH: Available Now! 3 Bdrm Town- 217.246.6350 Collinsville, near 157/70; 12 home-$1260 2 Bdrm Duplexmin. to SIUE, FP, DW, W/D, ceil- $1030. 2 Bdrm townhome- For Sale: 3 Bedroom 2 Bath, ing fans, cable, sound walls, off- $825. Ask about our Crazy Maryville Autumn Oaks Subd. st. prkng. Sm pets OK, yr. lse. Specials & Look N’ Lease. Cer- Split bedrooms, open floor plan. $780/mo. 618/345-9610 give tain Restrictions Apply. 618-692- Call for appt. 618-477-5888.

AM/PM phone.

Great 4 bedroom brick, 2000sf 9310 www.rentchp.com on wooded 1 acre lot. $159,000 Edwardsville - Silver Oaks II Quiet residential neighbor618-258-0294.

2 Bedroom Luxury Apt hood. 2 BR; all appliances w/Garage, Security System, incl. wshr/dryer; w/s/t.

Fitness Cntr, $830/mo.

Apts/Duplexes Garages available. $750/mo.

W/S/T Incld.

For Sale 810 Call 618-343-4405 or go to: Immed Availability www.maryvilleilapartments.com (618)830-2613 4-PLEX IN BETHALTO, near SIU: www.vgpart.com over $25K gross revenue. 3/4 Mobile Homes 1 & 2 Bdrm apts, Edwardsville. brick, many upgrades. $194,900 715 618-558-5013 $475-$575mth.

References For Rent required. No pets. Available For Sale by owner: 2 bedroom September 1st. 692-4144 2 Small Bdrm 1Bth mobile duplex, full walk-out basement, home $450/mo. includes W/T/S. 1 Bedroom DUPLEX, spacious: large detached garage. 209-211 Collinsville residential area. CA, 1st & last mo., will work w/dep. Clay St. Phone 656-4005 No pets.

618-780-3937. walk-in closet. $425/mo. + dep.

710

618/980-2088, 618/580-3076

Office Space

1 efficiency apartment fully fur725 nished, dish TV internet, single For Rent non-smoking male w/references $590/mo incl utilities 972-0948. Office space for lease at IL 157 and Center Grove Road, up to 2 Bedroom APARTMENT, 3200sf, $2300/mth. 656-1824 Edwardsville, minutes from meyerproperties.com SIUE: 1.5 bath, W/D hookup. $625/month. 618-407-5333 2 BR 1Bth apt, Troy: Close to hiway access, off street parking, on-site laundry. No smoking, no pets $600/mo. 618/975-0670

Homes For Sale

2BR apt: grt location, Maryville: 805 Patty Dr. Updated, roomy; w/s/t. no smoke; agent ownd. Avlb 9/1. $550/mo, to view 618-977-7657 Beautiful French Country 1 1/2 story home on 1.25 acres pri3 Bdr 2 full bths, Glen Carbon, vate wooded cul-de-sac lot in one car garage, Avlb Sept 15th. Meridian Woods, Glen Carbon.

New carpet. $1000/mo. No pets. $929,000 618/402-2990 Lve msge: 618/288-9526.

Jewelry

922

John Geimer Jewelry 229 N. Main St. Edwardsville 692-1497 Same Day Ring Sizing Jewelry Repair Diamond & Stone Replacement

WE BUY GOLD AND JEWELRY Cleaning

958

Cleaning

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Call us today for a free quote on weekly, biweekly, monthly, one time, move in move out, repossession and foreclosure cleaning

(618) 920-0233 www.pristine-cleaning.biz

960

JIM BRAVE PAINTING 20 Years Experience!

• Wallpaper • Specialty Painting • Inside or Outside Work • Power Washing • Deck Refinishing Call: (618) 654-1349 or cell phone: (618) 444-0293

$$$ A BUYERS MARKET

THE CLASSIFIEDS

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Lots For Sale

PREFERRED PARTNERS One 157 Center, Edwardsville, IL

Each Office Independently Owned and Operated

618-655-1188

OPEN HOUSE

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OPEN HOUSE, SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 1 - 3 PM 435 SHADY LANE, EDWARDSVILLE MOVE-IN READY brick ranch with finished basement.

2,684 sqft with 3BR/3BA. Spectacular updated kitchen, huge main level laundry/mud room. Nice backyard with open deck. $184,900 www.kasten.biz

OPEN HOUSE, SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 1 - 3 PM 10 KEITHS COURT, COLLINSVILLE UNIQUE CUSTOM FLOOR PLAN, 3BR/3BA on 2 wooded cul-de-sac lots adjacent to wooded common ground. Cathedral ceiling, dining rm, eat-in kitchen, new flooring, main floor laundry. $192,999 www.kasten.biz

HOSTESS: NORMA KASTEN 377-9933

HOSTESS: JILL CUMMINGS 978-5953

WORDEN - BEAUTIFUL LOG HOME nestled on 6.03 acres, with a 1 acre pond. 3BR/2BA. Master bedroom has open bath style with deep garden tub, separate vanities, & large walk-in closet. Full walkout LL. For more details, CALL KELLY SIPES 979-3901

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MERIDIAN WOODS Custom home sites in private, gated setting. Glen Carbon.

618/402-2990.

SUN RIDGE ESTATES 2+ Acre Lots, Edwardsville Call for special prices 618/792-9050 or 618/781-5934

ALHAMBRA/EDWARDSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT - 7.58 ACRES located 3 miles outside of Hamel. Stocked lake, and pasture with pond for horses.

816 TROY ROAD, EDWARDSVILLE EDWARDSVILLE - GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY for investor or regular buyer alike. HISTORIC LeCLAIRE HOME that is close to everything!

Covered porch, spacious kitchen, master bedroom w/ Close to SIUE. Plenty of parking.

FOR FREE 24 HR RECORDED PRICE & INFO CALL alcove. Tons of charm and character. $136,500

CALL DEBBIE BURDGE 531-2787

DEBBIE BURDGE 800-489-1481 EXT. 1004

CALL MARY JANE COLLINS 210-8061

GLEN CARBON - ATRIUM RANCH NESTLED on wooded cul-de-sac lot. Hearth room w/fireplace. Great kitchen with large butler pantry and wine cooler.

COLLINSVILLE - SPACIOUS SHOP/OFFICE/WAREHOUSE suitable for your small business location! 10’ overhead door. 3 apartments for additional income. All are leased and in good condition. *Possible Seller Financing*

GRANITE CITY - 4BR/2BA ON SPACIOUS LOT. Full bsmnt, patio, thermal windows. Lrg bedrooms! Formal dining room. This home offers lots of space & a great back yard.

CALL THE LANDING TEAM 779-2980

CALL THE LANDING TEAM 779-7777

Wooded 2.8 ac homesite Edw schools .5 mi to Gov Pky 4 mi SIUE, underground utilities 972-0948

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FOR FREE 24 HR RECORDED PRICE & INFO CALL JIM REPPELL 888-351-1897 EXT. 2002

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Tree Service

966

Garner’s TREE SERVICE INC. Since 1974 Licensed - Bonded - Insured Tree & Stump Removal Complete Property Maintenance Bucket Truck Track Hoe - Bob Cat

Lawn & Home Care

967

HANDYMAN SERVICE 20 Years Experience COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL

• Mowing • Fall Clean-Up • Fertilizing • Landscape Installation • Landscape Maintenance Insured

656-7725 GatewayLawn.com

Handyman

969

656-5566 967

•Drywall repair •Remodeling •Roof repair •Tile work •Replace fixtures •Caulking

OUTSIDE SERVICES

Techs highly skilled-all trades Professional - Safe - Reliable “Bonded and Insured”

BOB’S • Fall Lawn & Landscape Clean Up • Gutter Cleaning • Window Cleaning • Power Wash: Deck, Siding, Patio • Driveway & Deck Sealing • MULCH WORK • Landscape Work 25 Years Experience

Call Bob: (618) 345-9131

969

LET ME FIX IT!

RON GARNER CERTIFIED ARBORIST

Lawn & Home Care

Handyman

618-659-5055

www.handyman.com 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

• Remodeling • Painting • Pressure Washing • Lighting & Ceiling Fans • Windows & Doors Most Home Repairs

Call Lee: (618) 581-5154 MASTER CRAFTSMAN Carpentry, 30 Years Decks, Garages, Remodeling, Home Repair Basement Finishing Ceramic Tile Small Jobs Welcome Reasonable Rates Andy 618-659-1161 (cell) 618-401-7785

Home Remodeling & Waterproofing 971

Air Conditioning/ Heating 976 Problems disappear when HANDY-MAN arrives with Super Powers and a Strong Moral Code HVAC Electrical Plumbing Custom Cabinetry Renovations Licensed and Professional, of course

Home Comfort 618.541.8799

Home Improvements

Call Bill Nettles with WRN Services CONSTRUCTION REMODELING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE An insured contractor providing quality crafted work.

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

618 974-9446 Electrical

Proudly servicing the area for over 25 years.

Free estimates Financing available Repairs and installations

Call us for all of your heating and cooling needs.

New Construction And Remodeling • Room Editions • Finished Basements www.garwoodsheating.com • Windows & Doors • Siding, Soffit, Fascia • Decks • Kitchens & Baths • Flooring

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Randy Moore Repair Service, Inc. “24 Hour Emergency Service” 35 Years Experience - Code Analysis - Troubleshooting - Service Repairs And Upgrades - All Electrical Items - Install Lights & Fixtures - Complete Rewire

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618-656-7405 Cell 618-980-0791

(Ceramic) (Hardwood) (Laminate)

References, Insured

618-401-0100

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