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On the cover 10 St. Louis Community College Foundation hosts its 12th annual Falling in Love in Five Courses Gala on Feb. 15.

All proceeds will benefit the foundation’s mission to remove students’ financial burden through scholarships and programs. Read more about the foundation and the gala on page 10. Photo by Sarah Conroy.

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On page 30, regular LN contributor Brittany Nay tells the story of the three local entrepreneurs behind Seta, a new lifestyle shop in St. Louis’ Shaw neighborhood that employs a conscientious curation of sustainably sourced, ethically made goods. And on page 42, LN contributor Connie Mitchell relays the 80-year history of the Clayton Garden Club, one of the oldest continuous garden clubs in the nation and a nonprofit organization that is responsible for eight decades of environmental responsibility education and service in the community.

And whatever you do this season, don’t miss the upcoming exhibition at the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Bellerive. Outlined by LN copy editor and staff writer Bryan A. Hollerbach on page 52, “Mississippi Movies: The Legacy of Henry Lewis Panorama” gives visitors a glimpse of the library’s premier collection of river art, artifacts and history in the

It’s stories like these that inspire me to do better, to be better – and to appreciate all the wonderful efforts people in the metro area are making to shape the community we have today.

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eginning the journey to continue your education can be an overwhelming task, whether you’re a recent high school graduate who is unsure of a desired focus, or a return student seeking to finish a degree or advance a career.

St. Louis Community College strives to lessen the daunting first step of earning your degree. The institution provides an alternative to four-year schools, especially in both urban and rural parts of the region. From workforce preparation to providing transfer credits for those looking to continue their education elsewhere, community college creates vertical pathways for every educational and career goal.

“Community college is all about access,” says Dr. Jeff Pittman, chancellor and executive committee member on the St. Louis Community College Foundation board. Through public funding, St. Louis Community College offers courses for $113 per credit hour – a fraction of the cost of larger universities – thereby substantially decreasing the accumulation of student debt. “Community college makes sense for everyone,” he continues. “[It’s a great education] all for an incredible value.”

And for those who need additional assistance, St. Louis Community College Foundation is there to help fill in the gap. Separate from the college itself, the 501c3 charity started in 1984 and connects the local community with the needs of students. The foundation provides tuition assistance to students, as well as financial support for essential educational materials, such as textbooks, transportation support and equipment – especially in fields requiring students to purchase their own tools and maintain them out-of-pocket, like the culinary arts.

Dawn Morris, a nursing student at St. Louis Community College, began the journey to continue her education five years ago, after making a career change. “[Being a stylist] wasn’t my passion,” she explains. “[So] I decided I would go back to school.”

She quickly realized that St. Louis Community College was the place she was supposed to be. The college was able to ease her transition back into coursework by starting with a flexible routine of prerequisite classes that fit into her work schedule. Morris has nothing but praise for the attentiveness of the staff and the encouragement she received when she needed it most. “[They were] very helpful facilitating my return to school,” she says. “I feel like this is the best place I could be in this moment. I am very happy with my professors – they are all so helpful, and they want you to succeed. I’m not sure I would get that from a larger university.”

The funding helping to make stories like Morris’ happen consists largely of donations and fundraising events. On Saturday, Feb. 15, the St. Louis Community College Foundation will host its 12th annual Falling in Love in Five Courses Gala & Auction at the Four Seasons Hotel, St. Louis.

The event will include outstanding auction items and a fabulous meal from James Beard award-winning chef, Jonathon Sawyer, along with students from St. Louis Community College’s culinary arts program. The proceeds will benefit scholarships for culinary students in the Hospitality Studies program, as well as other students in a variety of educational programs.

Tim and Robin Wentworth are the honorary chairs for this year’s event. Having heard of the foundation through a previous year’s gala, they immediately fell in love with more than just the spectacle itself. “That was the gateway,” Tim Wentworth says. “We’re not [St. Louis] natives, but we’re supportive of anything that supports community colleges.”

As the president of Express Scripts, Tim Wentworth adds that his company hires many community college graduates. “A lot of adults [feel] stranded in lowerwage jobs and as though they can’t take the time out for school,” he points out. “[Meanwhile], there are so many vacancies in the IT and biotech industries, and the largest workforce demographic is adults ages 30 to 40. All of the opportunities are there.

St. Louis Community College is really solving two problems at once.”

The foundation also strongly encourages donations outside of its planned fundraising events. By providing a route to financial stability for students continuing their education in all stages of life, giving to the St. Louis Community College Foundation is truly a pathway to giving back to society as a whole.

St. Louis Community College Foundation, 3221 McKelvey Road, Suite 295, Bridgeton, 314-539-5216, stlcc.edu/about/foundation

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‌The 61st Annual Fleur de Lis Charity Ball took place Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019, at the Hyatt Regency Saint Louis at The Arch. Mrs. Peter Fonseca was ball chairman this year. Mrs. Jeffry A. Schmitt is the president of the Fleur de Lis organization. As is its tradition, the 2019 Fleur de Lis Charity Ball, at which 26 young women were presented to The Most Reverend Mark S. Rivituso, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis, benefits SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. To date, the Fleur de Lis has contributed a total of $2.967 million to SSM Health Cardinal Glennon. The year prior, the hospital provided more than $6 million in free care to children from St. Louis and the surrounding bi-state area.

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he Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis’ annual Great Futures Gala recently took place at The Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood. The evening consisted of a reception, a sit-down dinner, an awards ceremony and an after-party with dancing and a performance from The Denise Thimes Ensemble. As the highlight of the evening, Danielle Kain, the 2020 Youth of the Year, won a $9,000 scholarship and a new car. Nearly $525,000 was raised for club kids. Co-chairing the event were Keith and Andrea Lueking, Rufus and Mercia Moore, and Jim and Mindy Watson. The gala – the organization’s largest fundraiser – benefits youths at the organization and showcases the young people who embody the ideals of its mission to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

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Eat Drink Love is the Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation’s signature annual fundraiser, enabling us to support area heart families and fund leading pediatric heart research. One in 100 newborns are diagnosed with a CHD [congenital heart defect] each year, yet pediatric heart research is grossly underfunded, and support for heart families is lacking. The OHHF offers year-round programming to help strengthen heart families and make a difference in their fight against CHD, and the money we raise at Eat Drink Love supports this mission.

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he challenge wasn’t out of the ordinary for area designer Tamsin Mascetti: Transform a dark, unfurnished basement into a cozy yet classy space for entertaining guests.

Mascetti’s client envisioned a full kitchen, wine cellar and guest bathroom in her Kirkwood home with a bright and cheerful air to it. Mascetti, who has almost 20 years of interior design experience, browsed through photos that had inspired her client, and together they narrowed down the ideas to bring to life. In the end, Mascetti’s team found a way to incorporate the client’s desired rustic yet industrial look with a neutral palette of warm, natural wood tones, along with navy blue and stainless steel accents.

In the renovated space, guests receive a literal warm welcome with a fireplace framed by artisanal shelving from St. Louis’ Architectural Elements, which was built using locally sourced wood from Missouri black walnut trees. White-painted cabinet doors and white herringbone marble surround the fireplace to add texture, shaking things up visually.

“Practical and functional rustic, woodlike vinyl flooring ties the space together,” Mascetti says.

With drinking and snacking in mind, Mascetti’s team brought in a custom-painted navy blue island and topped it with a walnut countertop. The sit-or-stand gathering area’s warm colors complement the sleek quartz kitchen countertop. A second gathering area invites guests to sit at the bar, made from a custom live-edge walnut slab created by Chesterfield’s Lamp Wine Cellars. A temperature-controlled wine cellar, also made by Lamp Wine Cellars, neighbors the bar and features custom black iron wine racks and shiplap-covered walls.

Mascetti calls the bar a true focal point and says it “serves as both additional space for wine tasting or chatting and a console for the cozy sectional.”

The client, Maureen Jamieson, praises Mascetti’s eye for the basement’s structure. “Obviously, the material selections and finishing touches were huge, and we love them, but that’s what everyone expects from a designer,” Jamieson says. “[Mascetti] knew to put the standing-up area where it is with full ceiling height and the seating area under the ductwork.”

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houghtful living underlies Seta, a lifestyle shop launched last fall by a trio of metro area women.

Located at 2207 S. 39th St. in St. Louis’ Shaw neighborhood, Seta isn’t a typical retail shop; rather, it aims to capture the cozy, welcoming essence of its customers’ own homes, according to co-owners Christina Weaver, Laura Dooley and Amy Kuntz. “We wanted it to feel like a space you want to be in,” Dooley says. “It’s more than just a store – it’s a thoughtful lifestyle you want to live in.”

To help customers not only find goods for their homes but also to buy them thoughtfully, Seta constitutes a mindfully curated collection of modern, vintage and bohemian home furnishings that are all sustainable and that combine Weaver’s women’s clothing and jewelry company, Route; Dooley’s premade and do-ityourself succulent plant arrangements business, LoKey Designs; and Kuntz’s new and secondhand furniture and accessories venture, Oh Hey Aim. “The clothing has a story, the jewelry is ethically made, and the plants, furniture and accessories are sustainably sourced,” Dooley says. “Seta [means] the very beginning of growth. It’s something that has tremendous potential to both grow and create other things – this is everything we want from the shop.

In every relationship, connection and purchase, we want it to spread all the good that our creative energy possibly can.”

After meeting through The Women’s Creative – a local group supporting area women-owned small businesses with pop-up shops, business education and networking events – the three female entrepreneurs became fast friends, ultimately deciding to collaborate on a retail storefront. “We did pop-ups together and got to know each other,” Weaver says. Through a series of business

meetings, the co-owners found that their three ventures would work well together for a lifestyle retail shop, Dooley explains. “We each have a unique product line to bring to the space,” Kuntz notes.

Within Seta, Route offers women’s fashion, from dresses, skirts, scarves and wraps to handbags, as well a new jewelry line. “All of the clothing is ethically made across the nation and the world by those whose lives are uplifted by making the items,” Weaver notes, adding that Route also has designed its first exclusive line of jewelry. “It’s a clay-and-brass blend line, officially rolling out [this month], made by two refugee women from FORAI – Friends of Refugees and Immigrants.”

Also inside Seta, patrons will find LoKey Designs’ collection of premade succulent arrangements and plant accessories. “There is also a do-it-yourself succulent bar where customers can come and make their own arrangements,” Dooley says.

Rounding out Seta’s selection of sustainable goods is Oh Hey Aim’s new and secondhand furniture, art, rugs and additional home décor accents sourced by Kuntz from local estate sales and regional buying trips.

“Everything in the shop is for sale, from the rugs on the floor to the lights on the ceiling,” she says, adding

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that customers with home furnishings to donate can contact the shop. “If people have a piece they are finished with and would like to pass it on to another home, I would love to work with them.”

Seta offers a warm, welcoming and communityfocused atmosphere, Weaver notes. “We want people to feel really comfortable here, have a seat and have a conversation, and feel at home,” she says.

To that end, each section of the shop is decorated like a room in a customer’s home. “We want customers to be able to look and say, ‘I want this corner in my house,’ and buy all of the items in that section,” Weaver says.

The community also can monitor Seta’s social media and website for announcements about in-store interactive events, from clothing swaps to succulent-making classes and party hosting to home décor styling tutorials. The shop’s Tiny Concert Window series, which features local live music to benefit area charities, also rolls on throughout the year.

Seta’s co-owners encourage shoppers to visit and peruse the ever-changing selection of sustainable home goods. “Every time people come in, it will feel like a brand-new space,” Dooley says.

So customers should make themselves at home, enjoy coffee or wine, and chat while they shop.

Kuntz concludes: “It’s fun for us, and it’s fun for [the customers].”

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W A new Brentwood compAny is working to open the minds of AreA residents to the Art of Acupuncture.

hen most people hear the term acupuncture, they get stuck on the needles.

However, Christine Barnard, the owner of Modern Acupuncture in Brentwood, is on a mission to prove acupuncture is about healing.

“Our mission is to make lives better,” Barnard says.

“It’s that simple.”

Barnard and her husband, Brian, opened the Brentwood location in October, the second in Missouri, after Barnard felt the need on a very personal level.

“I was dealing with sciatica,” she says. “I hit a point where I couldn’t sleep. I was on pills. I was doing cortisone shots. Nothing was helping. I knew I needed to try something new.”

Barnard scheduled her first acupuncture appointment at the Des Peres Modern Acupuncture location and was sold, soon learning about the franchise opportunity.

“Having worked in the health care industry for over 20 years,” Barnard says, “the American health care system generally provides things that can help our symptoms rather than things that will heal our symptoms.

Acupuncture can help the root cause of many symptoms and help prevent disease. We need to do a lot more to get the word out about acupuncture.”

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acupuncture involves inserting tiny needles – smaller than a human hair – into specific points on the head, face, arms, hands, lower legs and feet; depending, of course, on a client’s personal needs.

“The needles sit on ‘meridians,’” Barnard says. “it’s a concept in ancient Chinese medicine. When stimulated properly, they stimulate your immune system and open your flow of energy. “acupuncture can help with many different things: stress, anxiety, depression, fertility, chronic pain, nausea related to chemotherapy and other stresses,” Barnard continues. “acupuncture is actually offered in some Va [department of Veterans affairs] facilities because acupuncture can help with pain and Ptsd [post-traumatic stress disorder]. Our acupuncturists will talk to you about your condition and give you treatment options based on the severity of your condition and what you are trying to work on.”

This conversation, of course, takes place prior to treatment.

“You will walk into a very beautiful, Zen and relaxing reception area,” Barnard says of a first-time visit. “We have Zen advisors. You do your intake form as a first-time patient, noting what your health concerns might be. Then your Zen advisor talks about the space and takes you to the Zen lounge.”

The Zen lounge, a large, community-style space, houses the relaxation stations, where treatment takes place.

“There are curtains and sound machines between each chair,” Barnard says. “You’ll lay down in a zero-gravity, heated massage recliner and talk to your acupuncturist. it’s a very Zen, spa-like atmosphere.”

Modern acupuncture has two treatment options: health acupuncture and glow (cosmetic) acupuncture. health acupuncture restores balance; alleviates pain, stress and anxiety; enhances sleep; treats disease; and improves a client’s overall well-being.

“The health needles are placed from the knees down and elbows down, and some are in the head,” Barnard says. “Your needles will be put in a little differently

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each time, and they document that.”

The glow acupuncture, meanwhile, focuses on addressing the surface signs of aging, as well as the internal stressors that contribute to the aging process.

“For beauty (glow), needles are placed in different areas of the face,” Barnard says. “a lot of people have a fear of needles, but they aren’t like shot needles. When i go get a shot, i don’t want to know what they are doing. These needles are thinner than a human hair, and they don’t just stick a needle in, but put their finger on that spot. You feel a tingle, but it isn’t pain – more of a tingling sensation.

Most of the time, you can barely feel them go in, and then you don’t feel them as they are sitting there.”

Visits take approximately 30 to 45 minutes, and monthly memberships are available. The health acupuncture membership, for example, includes two sessions per month (including preferred scheduling and rollover sessions, among other benefits) for $79 a month, while the glow acupuncture membership includes two sessions per month for $99 a month.

“There is a place for all medicine, but i believe we are at a tipping point with health care in america,” Barnard says. “i know we are providing such an amazing service for people. You watch people come out and hug the acupuncturist because they haven’t felt relief in a long time. it’s an amazing product and service.”

First-time visits are complimentary, and Barnard hopes people truly give it a try.

“Only about 5 percent of americans have tried acupuncture,” Barnard says. “We want to get that number up. Our mission is to make lives better. We do that by getting people to try it for the first time and come back.

People want to come in because for that short time, they were so relaxed. They are taking care of themselves, so they can take care of their family. They are taking back their health.”

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Story and recipe by Amanda Elliott

inter often (no pun intended) polarizes people’s opinions: Either you love it or you hate it. Most folks can agree, though, that a hot bowl of earthy vegetable soup helps brave cold days and colder nights. Kohlrabi, also known as the German turnip, can draw bewildered looks from shoppers, but the knobby purple or green vegetable shouldn’t be snubbed. Fantastically versatile, it features a flavor and a texture somewhere between that of cabbage and broccoli stems. Used here, it makes a velvety, creamy (and vegan – in case you’re eliminating things in the new year) soup.

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KOHLRABI AND APPLE SOUP Serves | 4 |  3 Tbsp olive oil  2 leeks, thinly sliced  ½ yellow onion, large dice  salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste  3 heads kohlrabi, peeled and large dice  1 apple, peeled and large dice  2 Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and large dice  1 cup white wine  2 cups water  1 13.5-oz can coconut milk | Preparation | In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, add olive oil, leeks and onion, and season with salt and pepper to taste; sauté until ingredients are slightly caramelized, for approximately 5 to 7 minutes. Add kohlrabi, apple and potato, and season with salt and pepper to taste; sauté for 2 minutes. Add wine, and leave mixture to simmer for 2 minutes. Add water, and simmer until vegetables are tender, for approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly for 5 to 10 minutes. Carefully spoon soup into a blender, and purée until very smooth.

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In

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Clayton Garden Club celebrates 80 years of education, service and bringing beauty to the community.

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haw is a familiar name to many area residents. A park, a boulevard, a nature reserve and an entire St. Louis neighborhood carry that moniker. Yet almost 100 years ago, before so much of the area bore his name, Charles Shaw became mayor of the young, growing city of Clayton, where he served from 1933 to 1940.

Mrs. Charles Shaw, as she was commonly known then (her given first name was May), could have been content to sip tea and attend ladies’ lunches. But while her banker and real estate developer husband charged forward with projects to expand and improve Clayton, May Shaw created an opportunity of her own.

More specifically, in 1939, she invited 22 other local women to join her in forming a garden club to “study and promote the love of gardening, floral design, civic improvement and environmental responsibility through educational programs and actions.” Shaw wouldn’t just stand by as her husband worked to better Clayton – she would make the community more beautiful, too.

The Clayton Garden Club, the object of that invitation, celebrates 80 years since its creation this year, making it one of the oldest continuous garden clubs in the nation.

The nonprofit organization also belongs to National Garden Clubs, Inc. and Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc. In the beginning, “a constitution and bylaws were created, and members were divided into three groups for ‘home meetings,’” explains Diane Denney, the contemporary vice president in charge of programs. “Streetcar tracks running through Clayton divided the groups, which eventually grew to seven clubs. Today, only Clayton Garden Club No. 1 survives.” Constitutionally LadueNews.com | January 10, 2020 43

GARDEN BOOK PhOtOS By SARAh CONROy

G Garden clubs are imp important to our planet, our community and your own personal health.

The 80th anniversary of the Clayton Garden Club demonstrates its importance through eight decades, and ill remain the club still remains ay. vital today – Diane Denney

limited to 30 members, the current club has 28 members dedicated to improving their city and environment, as Shaw was eight decades ago.

In the club’s early days, its members planted a garden at the Clayton Public Library, provided fresh flowers and homemade cookies to soldiers leaving for World War II from St. Louis’ Union Station, and beautified the land around public buildings, including St. Louis County Hospital and Juvenile Court Building. Thousands of fresh flowers provided by the club cheered hospital patients and shut-ins.

The mission of the club’s modern iteration differs slightly from that of Shaw’s initial creation. “The stated purpose of the Clayton Garden Club is to study and promote the love of gardening, landscape, floral design, horticulture and bird life; to aid in the protection and conservation of natural resources; and promote civic improvement,” Denney says.

“It’s as relevant today in the community as it was 80 years ago, with its current focus on the environment, conservation, preservation, pollinators, water

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management, community involvement and children’s plant and food education, as well as the beautification of the landscape.”

Although the focus has changed slightly over the decades, the club remains active and dedicated to community projects for all to enjoy. For instance, today, club members plant native perennials to draw pollinators to public gardens, including the grounds of the National Museum of Transportation. People of all abilities enjoy the Sensory Garden at Shaw Park, which club members help maintain with plants that offer various textures, tastes and fragrances.

“At the Ritenour Early Childhood Center, we provided five raised sensory planting beds, which are accessible for all children in the open Outdoor Learning Center at the school,” Denney says. “The plants demonstrating sound, sight, taste, touch and smell were planted by the children as part of the larger STEM [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] program at the school. In continuation of the project, an urban gala apple tree was donated and planted by the club this year. Children experienced apples growing in the outdoor atrium for picking.”

The club’s dedication to education continues with their receipt of a newly awarded grant from Plant America to support the child-friendly garden experiences at EarthDance Organic Farm School in Ferguson, where children participate in programs to learn about farming and environmentally friendly food production.

The club also recognizes local organizations and businesses that “demonstrate the art of beautiful landscape” with Citation Awards. Past recipients include Barry-Wehmiller, Alberici Corp., Mercy Hospital St. Louis and University City in Bloom.

“Garden clubs are important to our planet, our community and your own personal health,” Denney says. “The 80th anniversary of the Clayton Garden Club demonstrates its importance through eight decades, and the club still remains vital today.”

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ritt Royal spent her childhood reading cookbooks. She spent high school in her friends’ kitchens, learning different cooking techniques from their parents. She spent her years at Washington University in St. Louis baking to relieve stress, and she spent her time working in such fields as graphic design and event planning wishing she was stirring up something delicious instead.

“It was just kind of clear that that’s how I enjoyed spending my time the most, when I was in the kitchen and creating baked goods for other people,” Royal says.

“So when the opportunity presented itself, I decided to go for it.”

Enter Britt’s Bakehouse, Royal’s storefront that

opened in downtown Kirkwood last fall. The bakery was built on a foundation of Royal’s passion for the culinary art form, but that’s not the only thing that makes it special.

“Right after I graduated from college, I was diagnosed as severely gluten intolerant, and so 10 years ago, I had to cut out all gluten from my diet,” Royal explains. “That was a really big shift because I was so accustomed to baking, so I started turning to a lot of the flours and techniques that I had learned from friends’ parents that weren’t originally from the United States because they were more well-versed in nontraditional flour.

“They sort of gave me the building blocks to begin baking again, and then I started pulling from all of the flavor palates that I had enjoyed previously and turning them into gluten-free baked goods.”

Her first showstopper was a ginger molasses cookie.

“I brought them to work, and someone told me to spit it out, because they were worried that I was eating regular cookies,” Royal says with a laugh. “And I thought, ‘Oooh, I am onto something.’”

Britt’s Bakehouse features exclusively gluten-free and often dairy-free treats – including rotating daily specials like ginger molasses cookies, as well as permanent staples like chocolate chip cookies and vanilla almond baby Bundt cakes.

The overwhelming demand for gluten-free baked goods has made it necessary for Royal to expand her staff, as well as her offerings – like catering, custom cakes and more – fairly rapidly.

“The gluten-free community has responded

so warmly and with such excitement and with such enthusiasm,” she says.

It’s with this community in mind that Royal made each business decision for the bakery, from complete menu transparency to an open-kitchen concept to a cross-contamination-free environment. “We want people with any dietary restrictions, intolerances or allergies to be comfortable here,” she says. “We just try to make sure that it’s an enjoyable bakery experience because, for so many people who come in, this is one of the only bakeries they can visit.”

Royal concludes by stating her motto: “‘We all deserve good cake.’ And so often, for people who are gluten-intolerant, it’s really difficult to find baked goods that are good enough to enjoy with family and friends without having to apologize for it. When food can be inclusive, there’s a definitive joy to that.”

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5. Letters 10. Andretti or Puzo 15. Party 19. First wife of Esau 20. “It is — — told...”

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on the restaurant’s recipes, featuring simple comfort food like curry, pineapple fried rice and pad Thai.

“The food we have on the menu is street food from all over Thailand,” Inthichak says. “There is a little bit of Laos cooking, like papaya salad and Laos sausage.

Other than that, it’s Thai food – more like Isaanstyle.” (The Isaan region lies in northeast Thailand.)

Highlights from the menu include the Crying Tiger beef salad with bite-sized pieces of grilled beef tossed in lime juice, fish sauce and spices.

Another popular item, ginger stir-fry, incorporates ginger, onions, mushrooms, carrots, zucchini, peppers and the diner’s choice of protein, such as chicken. To pair with the fare, Sweetie Cup offers sweets including bubble tea and the eatery’s namesake layered desserts.

The menu lists seven varieties of such cups, among them Inthichak’s personal favorite: Lod Chong Singapore, with tapioca flour noodles, coconut milk,

pandan syrup (a plant-based flavoring popular in South and Southeast Asia) and jackfruit. Another popular pick, the Sweetie Cup Special, involves Thai red rubies (water chestnuts and other ingredients coated with rice flour), grass jelly, pandan jelly, syrup and coconut milk. So whether visitors are indeed seeking something sweet or dishes delightfully simple but savory, Sweetie Cup should satisfy them preparatory to enjoying the shows previewed in this week’s column.

“When I was young, they would have a dessert in a cup on the streets of Thailand,” Inthichak reflects once more on the inspiration for Sweetie Cup Thai Cafe. “You can put all kinds of fruits and jelly in it with coconut milk, palm syrup and shaved ice. It’s refreshing and brings me back to those memories.”

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Sweetie Cup Thai Cafe, 2961 Dougherty Ferry Rd., Valley Park, 636-529-8290, sweetiecupthaicafe.com

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evotees of Thai cuisine should make a beeline for Valley Park to visit Sweetie Cup Thai Cafe, which plates dishes of that nationality and unique sweets in a casual setting.

Co-owning the eatery are Saengchan Inthichak and Vanvilay Kongkousonh, who both come from a Laotian background but who have lived in Thailand.

“I created this business to follow my dreams as a cook and as a mother,” Inthichak says. “I enjoy making food for my family and for anyone who wants to get a glimpse into what Thailand has to offer. I wanted it to be a fast, casual and family-oriented place where you can find good, affordable grab-and-go food – not anything fancy, but a good home-cooked meal.”

Sweetie Cup fills roughly 1,500 square feet and seats roughly 48. Pale pink-painted walls embellished with minimal Thai-themed décor give the eatery a cozy feel. Inthichak and Kongkousonh collaborated

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Shows to See in 2020

By Mark Bretz | Photo courtesy of The Fabulous Fox Theatre

The holidays have passed, and already with the new year (or new decade, if you prefer), opportunities abound for sampling upcoming productions around town, among them the following: Playwright Luis Alfaro takes a modern look at the ancient Greek story of Medea in Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, which runs from Jan. 8 to Feb. 2 on the Mainstage at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

Alfaro’s version relates the star-crossed marriage of Medea and Jason through the experiences of a young immigrant family in LA grappling with sacrifices demanded by assimilation or tradition.

The Rep already has added a week to its Studio Theatre presentation of The Thanksgiving Play, which will now run from Jan. 22 to Feb. 9. “Four earnestly progressive theatre makers try (and fail) to create the ultimate politically correct Thanksgiving play,” the troupe relates of the satire. Call 314-968-4925 or visit repstl.org for tickets.

Broadway actor James A. Williams leads the cast of Two Trains Running, which The St. Louis Black Repertory is producing from Jan. 8 to 26 in the Edison Theatre at Washington University in St. Louis.

August Wilson’s drama takes place in a Pittsburgh diner against the backdrop of the civil rights movement.

For ticket information, visit theblackrep.org or call 314-534-3807.

Three performers portray singer Donna Summer at three different stages of her life in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, running at The Fabulous Fox Theatre from Jan. 15 to 26. Then Jersey Boys runs from Jan. 30 to Feb. 2, followed by the 25th anniversary tour of Riverdance from Feb. 14 to 16, the 20th anniversary tour of Rent from Feb. 21 to 23 and the first touring production of the Tony Award-winning The Band’s Visit from Feb. 25 to March 8. Call 314-534-1111 or visit metrotix.com for tickets.

Two companies make their debuts this month.

Fly North Theatricals opens at the .ZACK with Madam, a new musical with a score by St. Louis-based composer (and company artistic director) Colin Healy about the life of 19th-century St. Louis brothel operator Eliza Haycraft. Call 314-534-1111 or visit metrotix.com for tickets. And True Community Theatre presents a new play by Donald C. Miller and Elaine Ellis titled Precipice, about two mothers grieving the loss of their sons, at The Chapel from Jan. 17 to 19.

Visit eventbrite.com for tickets.

New Jewish Theatre presents the drama My Name Is Asher Lev from Jan. 23 to Feb. 9. Aaron Posner’s adaptation of Chaim Potok’s novel centers on a young Jewish painter in New York City whose artistic bent puts him in conflict with his family and his Jewish

community. For tickets, visit newjewishtheatre.org.

Upstream Theater presents the U.S. premiere of Wildfire by David Paquet from Jan. 24 to Feb. 9 at The Marcelle. In Leanna Brodie’s English translation of the French Canadian drama, six people explore heredity and fate, and the choices each of them makes. For tickets, visit metrotix.com or call 314-669-6382.

Winter Opera Saint Louis presents Donizetti’s comic opera La fille du régiment as the second production of its 2019-20 season on Jan. 24 and 26 at the Skip Viragh Center for the Arts at Chaminade College Preparatory School. Call 314-865-0038 or visit winteroperastl.org for tickets.

The second production of Big Muddy Dance Company’s 2019-20 season runs on Jan. 24 and 25 at The Grandel in Grand Center. Titled Beat Ballads, it pays homage to composer Joby Talbot with an eclectic mix of his soundtracks. The concert also includes the company premiere of Hadal Zone by artistic director Brian Enos. For tickets, visit thebigmuddydanceco.org.

Join the rowdy denizens of St. Gregory’s Parish for Flanagan’s Wake, an audience-interactive comedy running at the Playhouse @ Westport Plaza from Jan. 24 to March 21. For tickets, visit metrotix.com.

Max & Louie Productions – which staged Indecent, No. 1 on the Ladue News list of the top theatrical shows of 2019 – presents its latest show, Songs for Nobodies, from Jan. 23 to Feb. 2 at the Kranzberg Arts Center.

Joanna Murray-Smith’s one-woman show asks the question, “What if an essentially unremarkable human being had an encounter or connection with a huge star that changed the course of (her) life?” Call

314-534-1111 or visit metrotix.org for tickets.

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis presents the new musical Dress the Part, a retelling of Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona. In it, Proteus and Valentine move through high school at Verona College Prep as they learn about love, friendship and loyalty. The show runs from Jan. 29 to Feb. 15 at the Ready Room. For tickets, visit sfstl.com/dressthepart.

At Metro Theater Company, Ghost runs from Feb. 2 to March 1 at The Grandel. The “rolling” world premiere concerns a young man who’s always running for the wrong reasons but who gets a chance at positive reinforcement when he joins an elite track team. Visit metrotix.com for tickets.

The Broadway sensation An American in Paris returns to St. Louis for one night only when it plays at Stifel Theatre on Feb. 12. Call 314-499-7676 or visit stifeltheatre.com for tickets.

West End Players Guild presents the comedy The Roommate from Feb. 21 to March 1 at Union Avenue Christian Church. In it, a woman takes on living with a stranger in the lonely absence of her husband and son. Visit westendplayers.org for ticket information.

Edward Albee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Three Tall Women takes the stage at Stray Dog Theatre’s Tower Grove Abbey from Feb. 6 to 22. This semiautobiographical view of the playwright’s mother is often considered his most personal play. Visit straydogtheatre.org for tickets.

Otherwise, don’t forget that a little something called Hamilton returns to The Fabulous Fox Theatre in May for a one-month run. It’s pretty good!

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Around Town

By Andrea Smith

Wed., Jan. 15, to Sun., Jan. 26

A Broadway tribute to singer-songwriter Donna Summer is making a stop in St. Louis at The Fabulous Fox Theatre this week. SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL pays homage to the “queen of disco” with more than 20 of Summer’s hits, such as “Hot Stuff” and “Bad Girls.” The stage will sparkle as Dan’yelle Williamson, Alex Hairston and Olivia Elease Hardy take the stage to share the story of how Summer rose to fame from gospel choir singer to dance floor diva. Times vary. $24 to $89. fabulousfox.com.

Experience a LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION at the St. Louis Public Library’s Carpenter branch.

The event features performances including: traditional drumming, a historic lion dance and a martial arts demonstration from International Wushu Center for Martial Arts.

Because 2020 is the Year of the Rat, crafts will involve making rat finger puppets, paper plate rats and origami rats. The festivities take place ahead of the Chinese New Year, which will be celebrated on Jan. 25, and are suitable for all ages. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. slpl.org.

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Need a tropical escape from winter? Step inside the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Climatron during TIKI IN THE TROPICS for hula dancing, limbo and other warm-weather activities. Experience the sights, sounds and tastes of the tropics with specialty cocktails and a themed food menu. 3 p.m.

Admission costs $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers; bring cash to purchase food or extra drinks. missouribotanicalgarden.org.

Sat., Jan. 18

Kick off NHL All-Star Week with the WINTERFEST ONE NATION CELEBRATION in Kiener Plaza. Bud Select and Gateway Arch Park Foundation will honor the success of the St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Cardinals with player and alumni appearances, autograph signings and more. The event will also highlight the new St. Louis BattleHawks XFL team and metro area’s new Major League Soccer expansion team. Charles Glenn will perform a free concert during the event. Noon to 4 p.m. archpark.org/winterfest.

Sat., Jan 18, to Sun., Jan. 26

Circus Harmony presents hundreds of mini shows and one larger show each year at the metro area’s favorite playground, City Museum. This year’s main event, FLUENTE, is described as an undersea circus adventure and opens this weekend, with showings at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. The two-hour event features circus performers, ranging in age from 8 to 21, who will come together to put on a dazzling show about the wonders of the sea. $20. circusharmony.org/fluente.

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An upcoming artistic exhibition at one of the area’s most underappreciated institutions goes widescreen on a pseudo-cinematic subject from an era long before screens went wide.

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n a gigantic irony, if the subject of a forthcoming free exhibition were still living and painting today, countless smartphones would be lensing his work.

“Mississippi Movies: The Legacy of Henry Lewis Panorama,” the exhibition in question, opens Jan. 31 and runs till May 10 in the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Bellerive.

It centers on a 431-page 1857 tome catchily titled Das illustrirte Mississippithal: dargestellt in 80 nach der Natur aufgenommenen Ansichten vom Wasserfalle zu St. Anthony an bis zum Gulf von Mexico (eine Entfernung von ungefähr 2300 englischen Meilen).

That tongue-tangler – typically shortened by English speakers to The Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated or just The Illustrated Mississippi – gave the Ken Burns film-plus-book treatment to a 19th-century ancestor of today’s movies, a panorama.

John Neal Hoover, the Mercantile’s executive director and curator of the exhibition, briefly explains the afflatus for “Mississippi Movies.”

“A combination of things inspired this,” Hoover says. “[First,] the fact that the Mercantile Library holds two copies of one of the rarest books of river history, Henry Lewis’ The Illustrated Mississippi … It’s a legendary rarity and one of the Mercantile staff’s favorite picks, if you will, of the alltime great Mississippi River volumes that we wanted to call attention to for a wider audience.

“Secondly, that book was the sole document left of the author, Henry Lewis’, own great Mississippi River panorama, which in the 1850s was actually shown in St. Louis at the Mercantile Library’s great hall at 510 Locust St.” Lewis’ panorama, based on sketches and subsequent paintings the native Brit-turned-St. Louisan made on a multiyear tour of the Mississippi, would have constituted a moving, dual-spooled canvas measuring 12 feet high and roughly 1,300 yards long – just shy of three quarters of a mile.

Variously accompanied, it would have unspooled for period audiences like an enormous landscape painting or, to use a cinematic reference, a pan shot to make Orson Welles’ opening to 1958’s Touch of Evil pale by comparison.

“To obtain sketches for his travel movie and notes for a lecture to accompany it, Lewis traveled extensively on both the upper and lower river between 1846 and 1849, using his vantage point at St. Louis as a base,” notes an online Minnesota Historical Society gloss on the behemoth.

“A preview in his home city in the summer of 1849 was followed by a successful and profitable run. At admission prices of 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children, Lewis’ travelogue played to packed houses. Later he toured the eastern states with his picture, and then he took it abroad.

After showing it in England, he crossed to the continent, touring chiefly in Holland and Germany.”

A printer called Arnz & Comp. directly published the book edition in Düsseldorf, where Lewis settled, married and, ultimately, in 1904, died.

Lithographs from the book suggest the reason for the popularity of the panorama, which, unsurprisingly, failed to survive intact. Long before the world shrank so decisively, those lithos, in a largely earthen palette, depict scenes little seen or unseen at all by viewers: the steamboat Grand Turk docking after dark, a monolithic Minnesota fort, rolling prairies including a pair of teepees, a craggy waterfall of moderate size, a Native American cemetery.

The Minnesota Historical Society speculates that the poignancy of those painted views contributed to The Illustrated Mississippi’s treasured status: “Probably the pictorial and decorative value of the separate lithographs and their interest as collector’s items is one reason for the almost total disappearance of the [later, limited] English text, as well as the rarity of the German.”

That rarity suggests the Mercantile’s institutional enthusiasm for “Mississippi Movies,” whose actual physical display Hoover sketches.

“The 2,000-square-foot William Maffitt Bates Jr. Gallery in the Mercantile Library will be used to present not only rare books and art

by Lewis, but also analogous prints and historical river images from his contemporaries,” he says. “A key feature will be a scaled-down re-creation of a panorama conveying the majesty and mystery of this 19th century ‘moving picture.’”

Given the significance of “Mississippi Movies,” conceiving and realizing it took considerable time and effort, Hoover relates.

“The exhibition was years in the planning,” he says. “It’s a dream exhibition – and one that would be very difficult to accomplish without the numerous individuals who were involved in making certain that examples of Lewis’ drawings, paintings and writings were presented in one location for the first time.

“While the panorama’s last documented location was in the East Indies, we have vestiges of it through his prints and drawings, and with modern enlargements that re-create the concept, we can experience its past glory.”

As the curator of “Mississippi Movies,” Hoover concludes by projecting exhibition viewers’ takeaway from it: “Our visitors will have discovered the legacy of one of the least-known, yet most interesting, of St. Louis’ early artists – a St. Louis house painter who eventually traveled the world extolling the beauty of the Mississippi Valley to audiences around the world.”

St. Louis Mercantile Library, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1 University Blvd., St. Louis, umsl.edu/mercantile, 314-516-7240

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Ready Readers Aquatic Anticipation

By Sheila Oliveri

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ince its opening on Christmas, families areawide are likely flocking to the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station in that municipality’s Downtown West neighborhood.

There they can observe (and sometimes touch) more than 13,000 aquatic creatures, on display in various riparian and maritime habitats.

In anticipation of such visits, parents, consider sharing with your children this trio of books recommended by Ready Readers: Young children and parents alike should relate to the tale of Otto, the smallest member of his family, in the story The Otter Who Loved to Hold Hands by the wife-and-husband team of writer Heidi Howarth and illustrator Daniel Howarth.

Heidi Howarth weaves a gentle tale of an otter family that holds hands while they sleep to prevent drifting apart. A problem surfaces each morning as the day begins, though, when Otto doesn’t want to release his mother’s hand. Like many children, Otto worries a lot: He can’t swim on his own, diving scares him, he’s afraid of getting lost, and, most of all, he dislikes being alone.

The colorful, finely detailed illustrations of Daniel Howarth bring depth and warmth to the simple but

universal story told by his wife. Through watercolor and colored pencil, he depicts the wonder and uncertainty of life felt by all youngsters, as well as the joyous frolicking of children at play. (Be sure to enjoy this book before meeting Thatcher, Sawyer and Finn, the three otters in the Changing Rivers area of St. Louis’ new aquarium!)

In this month’s second recommendation, Over in the Ocean: In a Coral Reef, writer Marianne Berkes and illustrator Jeanette Canyon offer a counting book highlighting flora and fauna living in and around deep-sea colonies. This lyrical and visual delight should engage readers with rhythmic text reminiscent of the mid-19th-century nursery poem “Over in the Meadow,” juxtaposed with parrotfish, stingrays, seahorses, octopi and more.

It explores movement, sounds and surroundings as readers get close-ups of creatures that, in real life, move much too fast to study at leisure. Each two-page spread features Canyon’s incredibly detailed murals of undersea life, painstakingly sculpted in layers of polymer clay in all the colors of the rainbow.

Finally, reading My Visit to the Aquarium by writer/illustrator Aliki can help build your children’s excitement for the adventure to come, as a young boy

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New Installation, Cleaning & Repair, Drainage Solutions, Screen Installation.

Professional, Reliable, Insured.

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24-7 Companion Care for Seniors. Personal Care, Meal Prep, Light Housekeeping, and Peace of Mind.

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Professional Couple needs Housekeeper, Self-Starter, PT (Flexible Hours). Cleaning, Errands, Organizing, Cooking Optional. Location: Clayton & Hanley. Call 314-647-2272

JON'S AFFORDABLE HOME REPAIR Electrical, Carpentry, Floors, Windows, Plumbing, Painting, Tile & Lots More! Quality Guaranteed! Reasonable, Insured, References. NO JOB TOO SMALL! 314-205-1555 jonshomerepair.com

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Outdoor Living Experts Landscape Maintenance Estate Grounds Routine Scheduled Maintenance Programs Fertilizer & Weed Control Mowing, Mulching, Weeding Leaf Removal Outdoor Living and Construction Patios, Retaining Walls Outdoor Kitchens Fire & Water Features Irrigation Install & Maint.

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Free Estimates 314-280-2779

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Plaster Patching & Repair Interior & Exterior Walls, ceilings & crown molding. (DRYVIT, EIFS SYSTEM repairs & new application) Also drywall, taping & repairs.

220th ENGINEER'S, LLC 314-220-3638

For sale, a Couple's Crypt at Bellerive Cemetery in Creve Coeur. Space: 194 and 200 next to each other. Please call 314-359-5256, after 6 pm.

Motivated Seller.

TROSSIE CARES Private Home Health 24hr Affordable Home Health Service. Call 314-620-3550 or email trossieharrisgmail.com.

References Available.

PRECISION REMODELING Room Additions - Decks Bathrooms - Kitchens & so much more. Interior - Exterior.

Free Estimates/ Fully Insured Call Bob (314)799-4633 or Jim (314)799-4630

ASTON-PARKER PAINTING Interior - Exterior Painting Wallpaper Removal. Insured.

35yrs Exp. Free Est. A+BBB Call 314-766-2952 or 314-766-2962 alstonparkerhotmail.com

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REPAIR IT BEFORE YOU REPLACE IT Carpet Repaired, Restretched, Installed, New Carpet Sales, Large Selection in 2 Showrooms. Over 30yrs exp.

Call Nick 314-845-8049

INTERIOR PAINTING & REMODELING Finish carpentry, drywall, tile and floor work. 25yrs exp. Call Kent for free estimates; 314398-2898 kenthallowellyahoo.com

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JC PAINTS Interior xterior Painting, Reliable, Clean, Reasonable & Insured. Call John for a Free Estimate! 314-703-2794 jcpaintssbcglobal.net

Professional Driver For Hire Licensed, experienced driver available daily or weekly, your vehicle or mine, daytime or evenings. I am a driver for Lyft, and for a well-known local arts organization. Trust the safety of your family to a professional — contact Daniel: 314.504.3302

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Yucko's Your Poop Scoop 'n Service Free Estimates - No Contracts 314-770-1500 www.yuckos.com

Services BRIAN'S HAULING U Name It & We Haul It 7 Days a Week - Same Day Appliances, Brush, Clean Outs, Demo, Bsmts & Garage, Etc. Call Brian 314-740-1659 LEAF REMOVAL GUTTER CLEANING •Excellent Rates •Insured •Impeccable Ref's •Free Est's.

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US Army Engineers Take on any roof! Slate, Clay Tile & Shingles. Also Soffit, Fascia, Gutter Repairs and Gutter Cleaning. Over 30yrs Exp. Fully Insured. No house too tall & No job too small 220th ENGINEER'S, LLC 314-220-3638

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Larry A. Lipinski Painting Deck & Cedar Restoration, LLC

314-822-0133

Family Owned and Operated In Service Since 1991 Complete houses, spotpointing with color match, chimney repair/rebuilds, brick/stone repair, foundation repair.

BBB TORCH AWARD RECIPIENT. SUPER SERVICE AWARD '05-'17.

FREE ESTIMATES 314-645-1387

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3BR, 2BA, 2365sq.ft. Walk to Beach, Golf, Tennis. 1.5 miles to 5th Ave. S Shopping & Restaurants. Fully Equipped Kitchen, Jacuzzi Tub, Screened-in Lanai, Heated Pool and Spa, Washer/Dryer, Half Acre Lot, Fenced Yard, Garage. Cable, Internet, WiFi, Phone. Dogs welcome upon owners approval.

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Trimming, Deadwooding, Reduction, Removals, Stump Grinding, Year Round Service, Insured. Call Michael Baumann 636-375-2812 for a free estimate & property inspection.

You'll be glad you called!

MASSEY TUCKPOINTING Tuckpointing, Chimney and Brick Repair, Caulking, Chimney Sweeping and Flue Re-lining.

BBB A+ & 2013 Torch Award.

• Stone Retaining Walls • Stump Grinding • Fully Insured

VAIL VALLEY COLORADO Single Family home for rent.

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Executive in Clayton loves the hobby! Buying collections, answering questions, & looking for properties to buy or lease to look on within 45min of Clayton that seem to have a good concentration of arrowheads. 314-608-2692 BUYING STAR WARS & other vintage Toys Top $$$ Paid 314-495-4095 SERIOUS COLLECTOR & HISTORIAN Will Pay Top $ for WWII Military Relic's.

Swords, Daggers, Metals, Badges, Hats, Helmets, Flags & Guns. Call 314-249-5369

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