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SOCIETY MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH BOOKS STARTED IN MY EARLY TEENS. IN school, we were reading Shakespeare, Hugo, Austen, Poe, Twain and Hemingway. But I have to admit that for the most part, my interpretation of their works was limited to understanding the plot and identifying the main characters. Fast-forward to present time, where I find myself revisiting my high school reading list—only this time, it’s actually something I luxuriate in. I remember picking up The Complete Works of William Shakespeare not too long ago and devoting a weekend to reacquainting myself with The Bard. I also revisited A Farewell to Arms during one sleepless night, and in those few hours, discovered the nuances that escaped my teenage mind. As for Austen, while it was challenging to relate to her at a young age, I now appreciate the timelessness of her themes. Take for instance, Sense and Sensibility. While it certainly left an impression on me 20-plus years ago, imagine the juxtaposition with my more grown-up mind! Speaking of which, The Rep’s production of this time-honored tale continues through March 3. Why not rediscover this classic? It only makes Sense.

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More New Listings 30 Bellerive Acres (Normandy). A wood-burning fireplace provides a focal point in both the living room and paneled family room of this charming Craftsman-style home. Lovely first-floor master suite, sunroom, formal dining room, and large maintenancefree deck with built-in hot tub are additional features of this three-bedroom listing. $189,900. 316 North Newstead, #2 (St. Louis). Luscious designer appeal…urban sophistication…international panache and Old World charm. These words just begin to describe this unique CWE condo that offers views of the Basilica Dome from a one-of-a-kind sky terrace with Roman colonnade. Recently gut rehabbed by master craftsmen, soaring ceilings and top-of-the line finishes embellish the three-bedroom design that also includes a balcony and gallery and incredible master bedroom with skylights and state-of-the art bathroom. $424,900.

6340 Clayton Road, #307 (Richmond Heights). Lovely wood floors installed on an angle become an interesting architectural element in this two-bedroom condo with loft-like elements. A fireplace, custom bookshelves, plentiful storage and closet space, and outdoor balcony are additional highlights. $399,000. 2306 High School Drive (Brentwood). Move-in-condition, two-bedroom bungalow has been extensively renovated with fine finishes and attention to detail. Impeccably refinished hardwood floors weave their way throughout the home, the kitchen has been updated with granite and stainless steel accents, and there is a wood-burning fireplace in the living room. $212,000.

2 Pebble Creek Drive (Ladue). Here’s an opportunity to own an Isadore Shank designed, mid-century modern home on a large, beautiful, private lot. Just add your personal touches to make it truly come alive! Three bedrooms, three baths. $849,000.

2328 Clayton Pointe Court (Chesterfield). Expect the finest in this chic and sophisticated brick villa! Beautifully appointed and impeccably maintained, it has dramatic spaces with high ceilings and stylish décor complemented by interesting architectural details. Special features include a great room with gas fireplace; gourmet cherry kitchen; master suite with luxury bath and generous closet space. Truly stunning! $300,000.

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1. 328 Doulton Place � Town & Country 2. 6115 Westminster Place � CWE

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$374,900

NEW LISTING! Located near Washington U’s Hilltop campus and The Loop, this warm and welcoming five-bedroom home has spacious, light-filled rooms with a flexible floor plan. Besides lovely stained glass and hardwood floors, there are two master suites. OPEN SUNDAY 2 - 4.

3. 7106 Westmoreland Place � University City

$729,900

A double lot in Maryland Terrace holds this classic Tudor Revival home. Extensively renovated, it offers an updated kitchen and baths and many replacement windows. A sitting room and outdoor deck complement the master bedroom suite, and a sweeping staircase extends all the way to the third floor where there is an additional family room, full bath and sleeping area. NEW PRICE!

4. 51 Claverach Drive � Clayton

$825,000

NEW LISTING! This special home has been in the same family since 1935! It has luxurious details like herringbone wood floors in the living and dining room, intricate plaster moldings, stained glass windows flanking the fireplace, updated custom kitchen, and new master bathroom. Unfinished third floor offers numerous expansion possibilities.

5. 1205 South McKnight � Richmond Heights

$380,000

NEW LISTING! What a value! This five-bedroom, three-bathroom listing in Ladue schools sits on over a half acre lot with park-like setting. Bonus room on the second floor and updated kitchen are part of a spacious floor plan that make this a wonderful family home.

6. 7363 Goff Avenue � Richmond Heights

$339,900

This masterpiece -- a prominent architect’s personal home -- conveys European flair coupled with Old World charm. A barrel vaulted great room; soaring ceilings; signature fireplace; and one-of-a-kind, art glass, two-story window join a new master suite, amazing kitchen with incredible finishes, and picturesque garden with patio and deck to make it the home everyone wants! OPEN SUNDAY 11 - 1.

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1751 N. Woodlawn Avenue (Ladue).

$4,700,000

6218 Hancock Avenue (St. Louis).

$179,500

$1,699,000

963 Box Elder (Kirkwood).

$169,900

5081 Rhodes Avenue (St. Louis).

$167,000

7 Ladue Manor (Ladue).

NEW LISTING! This very special, better-than-new, five-bedroom listing in a prestigious neighborhood has had almost everything updated! It is simply delightful with lots of light in crisp, elegant spaces. The floor plan is divine with two master suites and stunning kitchen/garden room.

$189,000

28 Somerset Downs (Ladue).

2718 Covington Place (Town & Country). $1,695,000

5458 Lindenwood Avenue (St. Louis).

$1,549,000

5 Kings Pond Road(Glendale).

$1,499,900

Condos & Villas

52 Westmoreland Place (St. Louis).

$1,275,000

800 South Hanley Road, 6C (Clayton).

$1,295,000 $1,090,000

9 Granada Way (Ladue).

$725,000

155 Carondelet Plaza, #307 (Clayton).

3 Countryside Lane (Frontenac).

$950,000

150 Carondelet Plaza, #901 (Clayton).

$899,000

$920,000

150 Carondelet Plaza, #704 (Clayton).

$799,000

14051 Montrachet Lane (Town & Country). $775,000

330 Carlyle Lake Drive (Creve Coeur).

$750,000

2326 Clifton Forge (Town & Country).

4 Litzsinger Lane (Ladue).

$789,000

204 Gay Avenue (Clayton).

$725,000

750 South Hanley, #46 (Clayton).

$575,000

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$739,000

7902 Teasdale (University City).

$699,000

10 Wickersham Lane (Ladue).

$655,000

7 Glenhaven (Glendale).

$625,000

12411 Cedarmoor (Town & Country).

$595,000

710 South Hanley, 6C (Clayton).

$200,000

$549,900

323 Clara Avenue, #22 (St. Louis).

$165,000

2016 N. Geyer (Frontenac).

4522 Maryland Avenue (St. Louis).

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129 E. Clinton, 2B (Kirkwood).

$559,000

7556 Wydown Boulevard, 2E (Clayton).

$369,000

14744 Whitebrook Dr. (Chesterfield).

$365,000

7569 Oxford, #2 (Clayton).

$329,900

2612 Del Norte Avenue (Richmond Heights) $399,900

615 Clara, #11 (St. Louis).

$155,000

896 Cypress Trail (O’Fallon).

590 Sarah, #302 (Creve Coeur).

$149,900

$374,900

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$369,000

10348 Tiffany Village Circle Dr. (Mehlville). $137,000

645 Lockwood Court (Webster Groves).

$365,000

450 W. Adams, #19 (Kirkwood).

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$349,900

1715 Canary Cove (Brentwood).

$127,500

1713 South 8th Street, B (St. Louis).

$127,000

1509 Hedgeford Drive, #5 (Chesterfield).

$124,900

7667 Carswold Drive (Clayton).

9423 Sonora Avenue (Brentwood). 68 Berry Oaks (Glendale).

$329,900

14487 Marmont Drive (Chesterfield).

$299,900

418 Madewood Lane (Chesterfield).

$239,900

8712 Garden Court (Brentwood).

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$235,000

$133,000

1112 Arbor Creek, 3C (Kirkwood).

$99,900

123 W. Woodbine, #I (Kirkwood).

$88,900

1691 Prestonpark (St. Louis County).

$229,900

629 North Bompart (Webster Groves).

$229,900

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3227 Indiana Avenue (St. Louis).

$219,000

13 Chipper Road (Frontenac).

$549,900

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H E C O N T E M P O R A RY A R T Museum recently held its opening party for the Jeremy Deller: Joy in People exhibition. The exhibit features a comprehensive selection of Deller’s major installations, photographs, videos and other works from his 20-year career. The artist’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions from New York to Tokyo, Brazil and Munich. He will represent Britain in the 2013 Venice Biennale.

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DIANE’S SCOOP Executive director Lisa Melandri is excited about the upcoming concert at CAM, a performance of Deller’s Acid Brass, which will feature the Saint Louis Brass Band...Marylen Mann shared that her Oasis Institute just received national recognition for being among the nation’s top 100 most successful nonprofits in the country!... Phyllis Langsdorf is looking forward to what she calls the best party of the year, CAM’s signature DADA ball on April 6...Richard and Louise Jensen just got back from vacationing on St. John Island, where they enjoyed their favorite pastime, snorkeling. Local artist Mark Pappas is excited about an upcoming showing of his work at the Missouri Athletic Club.

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Larry Fine, Joe Jacobson, Shermann Lee

Lisa Melandri, Dominic Molon

Jeremy Deller

Jerry and Judith Levy

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Milton Hieken, Barbara Barenholtz, Unitey Kull

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SHEER ELEGANCE

HE GREEK PANTHEON WAS THIS year’s theme for Mathews-Dickey’s Sheer Elegance fashion show. The annual fundraiser for the organization’s girls’ program brought the classical elements of earth, water, air, fire and aether from Mount Olympus to the Khorassan Room at The Chase Park Plaza. Mimi Londoff served as chairperson, with Nina Caldwell as co-chair. Honorary co-chairs were Lynn Broeg, Anna Maria Horsford and Carol Voss. Approximately $147,000 was raised at the event, with proceeds benefiting Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club.

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33 Portland Place, CWE Offered at $1,675,000.

22 Westmoreland Place, CWE Offered at $1,650,000.

25 Dromara Road, Ladue Offered at $1,395,000

11204 Hunters Pond, Creve Coeur New Listing. $1,395,000. Open 2/17, 1-3 PM.

50 Portland Drive, Frontenac Offered at $1,425,000.

17655 Vintage Oak Drive, Wildwood Offered at $624,900

7352 Westmoreland, CWE Offered at $1,495,000.

156 Bellington Lane, Creve Coeur Offered at $549,000.

25 Glen Abbey Drive, Frontenac Offered at $479,000.

9120 Fox Estates Drive, Sunset Hills Offered at $449,000. Open 2/17, 1- 3 PM.

2168 Dartmouth Gate Court, Wildwood Offered at $321,000.

13318 Wood Stone Court, Town & Country. New Listing. $788,000. Open 2/17, 1-3 PM.

548 Forby Estates Drive, Eureka Offered at $349,000.

109 Sterling Crossing, Dardenne Prairie Offered at $329,900.

21 Upper Ladue, Ladue Offered at $3,600,000

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visit us Open Sunday, February 17th 8 LONG MEADOWS LANE, Town & Country. $2,220,000. 1-4 PM

162 North Central Avenue, Clayton Offered at $2,460,000.

13303 Manor Hill Road, Town & Country Offered at $1,699,000.

340 Hampshire Hill Lane, Town & Country Offered at $1,395,000.

51 FRONTENAC ESTATES DR., Frontenac. $655,000. 1-3 PM 9120 FOX ESTATES DRIVE, Sunset Hills. $449,000. 1-3 PM 6253 SOUTHWOOD, #3W, DeMun. $269,000.

200 Hibler Oaks, Creve Coeur Offered at $779,000.

622 Forest Court, #1D, Clayton Offered at $639,000.

NEW LISTINGS

3 Devondale Lane, Frontenac Offered at $549,000.

155 Carondelet Plaza, #500, Clayton Offered at $1,299,000.

7352 WESTMORELAND, University City.

$1,495,000

9120 FOX ESTATES DRIVE, Sunset Hills.

$449,000

50 PORTLAND DRIVE, Frontenac.

$1,425,000

882 CABERNET LANE, St. Albans.

$437,800

11204 HUNTERS POND, Creve Coeur. Gracious Grotpeter

340 HAMPSHIRE HILL LANE, Town & Country.

$1,395,000

1435 BALD EAGLE ROAD, Wildwood.

$370,000

built 1.5-story, 5BR/4.5BA home on level 1 acre lot at the end of

25 DROMARA ROAD, Ladue.

$1,395,000

2580 VIOLA GILL LANE, Wildwood.

$354,900

a cul-de-sac with ﬁnished LL. $1,395,000. Open 2/17, 1-3 PM

729 HIGHWAY H, Troy.

$1,395,000

548 FORBY ESTATES DRIVE, Eureka.

$349,000

958 TIRRILL FARMS ROAD, Ladue.

$1,395,000

109 STERLING CROSSING, Dardenne Prairie.

$329,900

THE CRESCENT, #500, Clayton.

$1,299,000

2168 DARTMOUTH GATE COURT, Wildwood.

$321,000

4BR/3.5BA on 1 acre level lot. Spacious room sizes & nice

10 WASHINGTON TERRACE, CWE.

$1,275,000

57 WAVERTON DRIVE, Ladue.

$319,000

updates throughout. 3-car garage. $788,000. Open 2/17, 1-3 PM

6 PORTLAND PLACE, CWE.

$1,249,000

7519 GANNON AVENUE, University City.

$290,000

35 PICARDY LANE, Ladue.

$1,245,000

7275 STANFORD AVENUE, University City.

$277,000

1 ROBINDALE, Ladue.

$1,095,000

820 POSTHORN DRIVE, Manchester.

$244,900

12 DROMARA ROAD, Ladue.

$1,090,000

711 EAST SWON AVENUE, Webster Groves.

$232,500

124 WORTHINGTON OAKS, Creve Coeur.

$1,049,000

2803 MISSOURI AVENUE, St. Louis.

$167,000

2652 BRUNO AVENUE, Overland.

$129,000

13318 WOOD STONE COURT, Town & Country. All brick

7236 STANFORD AVENUE, University City. Charming updated Cape Cod. 3 BR/1.5BA with kitchen, new bath, screened porch, deck, and ﬁnished LL. $239,000.

Open 2/17, 1:30-3:30 PM

527 GENTLE BREEZE DRIVE, St. Peters. Beautiful 2-story,

CONDOMINIUM/VILLA HOMES 6127 LINDELL BOULEVARD, CWE.

$999,999

28 BRIARCLIFF, Ladue.

$989,000

THE CRESCENT, #301, Clayton.

$899,900

10588 FRONTENAC WOODS LANE, Frontenac.

$929,900

THE CRESCENT, #505, Clayton.

$799,000

unit with great open ﬂoor plan, walk-in shower and good closet

17 FAIR OAKS, Ladue.

$899,000

527 NORTH AND SOUTH, University City.

$645,000

space. Washer/dryer and stainless steel appliances. $88,000

12 ABERDEEN PLACE, St. Louis.

$829,000

622 FOREST COURT, #1D, Clayton.

$639,000

3 WICKERSHAM, Ladue.

$799,900

8 PORTLAND COURT, CWE.

$429,000 $309,000

$217,900

5696 KINGSBURY AVENUE, #106, CWE. Classic 1BR/1BA

LuxuryCollection

8 Portland Court, CWE Offered at $429,000.

RESIDENTIAL HOMES

open, bright and neutral, wood floors on main level, new kitchen floor, new roof, professionally finished LL.

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1000 WEIDMAN ROAD, Town & Country.

$795,000

7564 WYDOWN BLVD., UNIT 2A, Clayton.

200 HIBLER OAKS, Creve Coeur.

$779,000

7741 KINGSBURY BLVD., #12, Clayton.

$299,900

9 BLACK CREEK LANE, Ladue.

$765,000

7564 WYDOWN BLVD., UNIT 1A, Clayton.

$289,000 $269,000

1042 WINGS ROAD, Saint Albans.

$4,250,000

15 BERKSHIRE DRIVE, Richmond Heights.

$749,000

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HE ST. LOUIS MARRIOTT WEST served as the festive setting for the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program’s 18th Annual Caregiver Awards Luncheon. Also celebrated was the announcement of the organization’s new name, VOYCE. Still, the mission remains the same: to empower and educate individuals and families seeking a higher quality of life on the long-term care continuum. The event’s 500 or so guests enjoyed boutique shopping before lunch and the awards presentation that recognized 15 caregivers.

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HE FOSTER & ADOPTIVE CARE Coalition held an elegant celebration of granting ‘Little Wishes, Big Dreams’ at the Forest Park Visitors Center. Sandy and Dixie Deibel presented the event, which was attended by executive director Melanie Scheetz, coalition president Jane Dueker and committee members Liz Harry, Karen Shaughnessy and Katie Sheth, among others. Special guest, actor/comedian Tommy Davidson, shared his thoughts about the time he spent in foster care and how he was later adopted. During the dinner portion of the night, the Schnuck family and Miles Elkins were honored for their commitment to the organization.

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HE PRESS CLUB HELD ITS ANNUAL meeting and awards presentation at The Highlands Golf & Tennis Center in Forest Park. Outgoing Press Club president Gloria Ross presented the president’s ‘Above and Beyond’ award to the Club’s 2012 Media Person of the Year co-chairs, Ellen Futterman and Claire Applewhite. In addition, the Club bestowed its highest honor, the Catfish Award, to veteran broadcaster Robert Hille, who worked at KXOK and later moved to KSD radio and KSD-TV5. The Press Club also installed its 2013-15 president, Bill Smith. Deb Peterson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was the evening’s guest speaker. More photos on page 64 BY DIANE ANDERSON

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HE ROSSMAN SCHOOL HELD ITS 95th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Award presentation in the Pratt Performing Arts Center. The awards recognize alumni who represent the school’s ideals of leadership, citizenship, creativity, humanity and love of learning. This year’s recipients were Derek Rapp, Helen Rapp, Jay Marshall II, Landon Jones Jr., Richard Horner, Robin Engler and J. Curtis Engler. After the ceremony, guests enjoyed a reception in the William E. Ball Library.

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Hot off the press…Ten local women are being lauded for their leadership and community service as this year’s WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT honorees. They are: KIM EBERLEIN (Volunteer Leadership), SHEILA GREENBAUM (Social Justice), MARGARET ISRAEL (Health Education), SALLY KATZIF (Women’s Empowerment), VERONICA McDONNELL (Health & Arts), MERRY MOSBACHER (Community Betterment), PEGGY NELSON (Health Advocacy), BRENDA NEWBERRY (Civic Responsibility), MARIAN NUNN (Youth & Family), and VIDA ‘SISTER’ PRINCE (Multicultural Leadership). The Class of 2013 will be celebrated during an awards luncheon at The Ritz-Carlton on May 2. For reservations, call Sarah Thorowgood at 421-2005 or email sthorowgood@macmeetings.com.

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Maryville University as the top overperforming university in the nation. The study looks at rankings from U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2013 and then looks at what performance scores would be without including peer rankings. Doing this, Maryville moves up 87 places.

Cheers to JEANNE and BEN ‘BUD’ MILDER on their 70th wedding anniversary! Both native St. Louisans, the Milders married in 1943, while Bud was serving as military doctor at Chicago’s Billings Hospital. Following the war, the couple returned to St. Louis, where Bud resumed his ophthalmology practice and Jeanne performed and taught piano; while raising their four sons. In the following years, Jeanne helped inaugurate the music department at the newly formed St. Louis Community College, while Bud took up a second career as a poet, publishing seven books along the way. The couple, lifelong members of Congregation Shaare Emeth, currently resides at The Gatesworth.

A companion study shows Maryville University ranks second highest in the nation when high school guidance counselors’ marks are compared to college officials’ scores. High school counselors rank Maryville higher—often a first indicator when a school’s national reputation climbs.

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Al Gore responds during a Q&A session with St. Louis Public Radio’s Don Marsh.

A record crowd of more than 800 people filled the St. Louis County Library Headquarters to hear former VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE discuss his new book, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, in which the Nobel Peace Prize winner outlines six forces shaping the future of the planet. Among those spotted in the crowd were former Sen. JEAN CARNAHAN and former Gore chief of staff CHARLES BURSON and his wife, BUNNY. Gore’s appearance, as part of the ‘Buzz’ Westfall Favorite Author Series, was a fundraiser for the Library Foundation’s early literacy programs.

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It’ll be Hip to Be Square at SAINT LOUIS ZOO’s Zoofari 2013. HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS will headline the Zoo’s biennial creative black-tie fundraiser, to be held on Friday, June 21. The band is best known for hits like The Power of Love, If This Is It and The Heart of Rock & Roll. For ticket information, call 646-4771 or visit stlzoo.org/zoofari.

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While Opening Day 2013 at Busch Stadium won’t be for another few weeks, the ST. LOUIS CARDINALS are already looking forward to Opening Day 2014, when Ballpark Village is expected to open to the public. An official groundbreaking took place last week, with plans calling for Cardinals Nation, a first-of-its-kind venue on three levels that will feature a two-story restaurant, retail store and Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum, as well as a Live! At Ballpark Village marketplace and the Budweiser Brew House.

Longtime De Smet Jesuit principal GREG DENSBERGER has announced his retirement after 31 years of service at the high school. Densberger, whose retirement will be effective May 31, has agreed to stay on at De Smet to help president, FR. WALLY SIDNEY, with long-term strategic planning. The search for a new principal begins immediately.

One of the newest members of the LEGO Education Advisory Panel is Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School kindergarten teacher MARY MEADOWS. As part of the panel, Meadows will collaborate with LEGO on product development and design to elevate science, technology, engineering and math concepts in the classroom. Meadows, who also coaches Oak Hill’s LEGO League robotics team, was selected from more than 600 educators across the country.

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Coldwell Banker Gundaker associates raised $115,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis at the company’s 27th annual auction. Over the past 27 years, the company’s associates, managers and employees have donated $1.76 million to the organization, which provides a home away from home for the families of children receiving life-saving medical care at area hospitals.

Civil rights leader Xernona Clayton was the keynote speaker during an event hosted by Saint Louis University to honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For her individual achievements, Clayton was presented with the University’s Civil Xernona Clayton Rights Award. In addition, SLU honored six community, business and educational leaders who have worked to promote equality in our region, including: Karla Scott, Judge Jimmie Edwards, James Buford, Kathleen Osborn, Tom Voss and Keith Williamson.

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ONE COMIC BOOK CHARACTER HAS BIG mechanical legs. Another carries a giant pencil. Embodying the ideas of walking, talking, reading and writing, the four superhero characters created for the St. Louis Arc represent the key services the organization provides children with developmental disabilities in the local community. “We wanted something that captures the spirit of what we do to help kids succeed,” explains John Taylor, the organization’s VP of advancement. With the recent merger of the agency and the Belle Center, those children now have an even better chance to succeed. Founded in 1950, the Arc focuses on providing a continuum of support services to families with children with autism, Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities. Looking for a way to collaborate with Belle Center, an organization with a 27-year history of providing early childhood programs, the leaders of the two nonprofits determined that a merger would be a natural fit for their respective missions and philosophies; and last July 1, Belle Children’s Services of the St. Louis Arc was born. “Belle Center had a bold vision for

growing its programs, but needed the capacity and infrastructure to make its vision possible,” Taylor says. “The Arc has always provided a lifetime of support, but we acknowledged the need to expand our early intervention services.” The merger combined Belle’s small staff— which includes 25 therapists who provide speech, occupational, physical and developmental therapies to young special-needs children—with the Arc’s 500-member staff who work with families to provide a range of services, programs and referrals for all ages and facets of life. The new division allows the Arc to grow its early childhood programs, while also providing an easy, continuous transition into other services as those children age. And those services are greatly needed, Taylor notes. “Those families are really desperate for a place to turn for help for their children, not just for the therapeutic aspects, but also how the parents, siblings, etc., can be supported as they help that child have a good life. We take a lifespan look at people and figure out how we can help them in their futures. That investment begins at a young age.”

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FTER 18 YEARS AS THE NEWS d i re c to r a t K M OX R a d i o, you could understand if John Butler has spent part of his days reflecting on the past. But Butler doesn’t spend a lot of time looking back. Avoiding nostalgia when talking about KMOX is difficult for all of us who’ve been following its legendary image for generations. This, after all, is ‘The Voice of St. Louis,’ the station that Robert Hyland built, where Buck, Carney, Hardy, Costas and many more St. Louis radio icons made their marks. When I started work at One Memorial Drive in 1993, Anne Keefe still filled the studio with her gravely tones and cigarette smoke, and Jim White lurked in the dimly lit studio down the hall. I met John Butler when he came to KMOX in 1995. I was in the newsroom, trying to beat another hourly deadline; and he was touring the

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station, trying to decide if he should leave WSYR in Syracuse, N.Y., and take the news director job at the ‘Mighty ’Mox.’ He was still a young gun in his late 40s when he breezed through the newsroom on that August day. I’d seen other candidates pass through, but this one looked different. I remember thinking, This one marched with determination, like he was on a mission. As if he knew it was going to take a lot of work to get the news operation up to his speed. As Butler himself recalls, “When I got here, they were still doing phone interviews with alligator clips and recording on reel-to-reel tapes.” Those times—in many ways—were still in the dark ages of technology. My colleagues and I spent hours editing stories by cutting and splicing audio tape with razor blades! Butler was up to the challenge: He worked to retool the newsroom and brought the operation out of the analog era and into the digital age. Times have indeed changed at KMOX, most

dramatically last fall when the station moved to new studios just west of Tucker Boulevard on Olive Street. It was there when I recently visited with Butler, who is a bit grayer than when I worked for him, but is still as fit and energetic as ever. “So, what do you want from me?” Butler asks with a smile as we settle inside his new office. “Nostalgic reflection,” I reply. “Not happening,” he quickly responds. It’s not that Butler doesn’t treasure the great moments he’s had, like the day Jack Buck pulled him away from breaking news and took him to lunch with Stan Musial—just the three of them eating at a small table. Just when I think I’m about to get him talking about the good old days, he turns the conversation back 180 degrees. “You can’t live in the past, you have to keep moving forward—but you can’t live in the present, either!” Butler proclaims with those smooth radio pipes. “You have to live in the future, what’s coming around the corner, what’s coming at you. What’s the next thing that’s going to be out there? You’ve got to be on the cutting edge, to use a cliché.” There are certain things that you just can’t look past. He’s led the news team through huge events: Gov. Mel Carnahan’s plane crash, devastating tornadoes, and most personally, the unimaginable murder of his morning drive host, Nan Wyatt, in 2003. “Sitting in the newsroom the night it happened, everyone was in tears,” Butler recalls, adding that he remembers how he and the rest of the staff—all Wyatt’s friends and colleagues—had to work through it. “What a tragedy. She was a great person and a super journalist,” he says. “It was a big story; unfortunately for us, it was a very difficult story.” We also talk about his two tours of duty in Vietnam, serving in an Army Psychological Operations unit in 1968 and 1969, but Butler offers few details, except to say that his job there was to win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people. Again, he snaps back to the present and the future. Butler talks about the changes in the business, like webcasting and editors who take on-air stories and turn them into online information. He isn’t discouraged that KMOX no longer is the ultra-dominant ratings-holder as it was back in the day—before the audience was fragmented by competition on all sides. He says the 50,000watt ‘blowtorch’ still is an 800-pound gorilla. “I tell you what,” Butler says, with a pause for emphasis. “The next time there’s black ice, and there are accidents all over the place; the next time a tornado hits, or your power goes out; or when the next big thing happens, you know where people turn—they go to KMOX. I can put a dozen reporters out there—all good and experienced—and we’ve proven it over and over again.” That’s about as nostalgic as he gets. John Butler just doesn’t spend a lot of time looking back.

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ON THE COVER When the mother and father of the bride entered the ballroom at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac for their daughter’s wedding reception, the scene before them took their breath away. “It was exactly the way we imagined it; no detail had been overlooked,” they explain.

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Knowing that planning a wedding is a daunting task, the staff at the Hilton go above and beyond to match reality with the fairy-tale image in their clients’ minds. Professionals guide couples and their families through every decision, large and small, working to capture the unique spirit of each event and meeting all expectations. A wedding reception in either the Ambassadeur or Clayton Ballroom sets the stage for the joyous occasion, with personal service, outstanding cuisine and well-appointed guest rooms and suites completing the experience. As another mother and father of the bride states, weddings at the Hilton offer “a worry-free weekend and these once-in-a-lifetime memories.” For more information, call 993-1100 or visit stlouisfrontenac.hilton.com.

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LANNING A WEDDING TENDS TO MAKE BRIDES-TO-BE AND their mothers very irritable and annoyed—and usually with each other. What should be one of the happiest collaborations ever may turn into a nasty test of wills. I’d like to think I ease some of that tension. One of my first comments during an initial meeting at Ken Miesner’s is, We can’t lose sight that a wedding is a uniting of two families by love; and when love is involved, there can’t possibly be anything wrong. Unfortunately, in the planning of the budget, the guest list, the dresses and the menu, that lovely message can get lost. When a bride says something like, Well, if I stand there, I don’t think the audience will be able to see me, I know we’re in trouble. I try to explain that their wedding is not a theatrical production and ‘they’ are not the audience, but your loving family and friends who’ve been invited to share your joy on this most special day. I do hope they take that to heart. What do people remember most about the wedding? Certainly the music, food and drink also play a huge part, and the décor is right up there. When a person is in a beautiful room with all the details like flowers, linen and candles, they most certainly have a much better time. The cake usually is very important, as are all the special touches you’ve arranged to personalize your wedding. But the bride and groom—and by extension, their families—are the heart of any wedding and the celebration that follows. When the new couple truly realizes the significance of this rite of passage, the guests can feel it. It turns what could be a lovely but cool atmosphere into a warm and loving environment. I understand the importance placed on the dress, the guest list, the ice carvings, the invitations and the gift bags for out-of-towners, plus a million other things. But you must try to never forget what this day is all about. Believe me, the wedding ceremony is a brief, fleeting hour at the most, and the rest of the evening flies by, as well. But what every person who shares the experience with you will remember is the love that has set this whole series of events in motion. When love is involved, everyone can feel it. When love is involved, nothing can go wrong. Enjoy your wedding day, but love your marriage. BY JOHN SULLIVAN

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Engagement

Stephanie Barton Mitchell & Con Curran Coulter II

r. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell of Creve Coeur are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Barton Mitchell, to Con Curran Coulter II, son of Joan Amendola Coulter of Creve Coeur and Con Curran Coulter of Glendale. The bride-to-be is a 2006 graduate of Visitation Academy. She received her bachelor’s degree in journalism with a business minor from the University of Missouri in 2010. Stephanie currently is the Lower School admissions coordinator at Visitation Academy. The future groom is a 2005 graduate of Chaminade College Preparatory School. He received his bachelor’s degree in journalism with a double minor in business and English from the University of Missouri in 2009, and his juris doctorate degree from Saint Louis University School of Law in 2012. Curran is an attorney at The Coulter Law Firm, LLC. Curran and Stephanie went to grade school together at Our Lady of the Pillar, where their ceremony will be held. They became friends in high school, and began dating a couple of years later. Curran proposed in Forest Park, where the couple had their first date six years ago. They will be wed on March 9, 2013, with a reception to follow at The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.

Wedding

Kate Morgan Lincoff & Morton Adam Lewis

ate Morgan Lincoff and Morton Adam Lewis were married August 18, 2012, in a ceremony held at the Della Terra Mountain Chateau in Estes Park, Colo. A reception followed immediately afterward, where guests enjoyed dinner, dancing, a cigar bar and desserts hand-made by the bride’s mother. The bride is the daughter of Richard and Judy Lincoff of Ladue. Amanda Lincoff Willmann, sister of the bride, served as the matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Laura Cosan, Stephanie Hammer, Rachel Weiss, Stephanie Roberts, Erin Williams, Danni Simon, Claire McMullan, Sara Kadoch and Melissa Hayward. Kate is a family law attorney at Donelson Ciancio & Grant, P.C in Denver, Colo. The groom is the son of Albert and Maida Goodman of Dallas, Texas. Monty ‘Merv’ Goodman and Grant Goodman, brothers of the groom, served as best men. Groomsmen were Matthew Dietz, Jason Feinberg, Benjamin Willmann, Drew Donosky, Stephen Beathard, Christopher Bass, Christopher Boeck and Jeremy Cherwitz. Adam is an attorney with Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti, LLP in Denver, Colo. The couple kicked off their life adventure with a honeymoon on safari in South Africa. They now reside in Denver, Colo.

Engagement photo by Dayna Pollard Photography. wedding photo by Krista Johns, Artessa Photography

By Denise Kruse

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Introducing the newlyweds

Alice McGee Coulter & Jonathan Robert Benner

lice McGee Coulter and Jonathan Robert Benner met in middle school, and their young love blossomed through the years. Jon popped the question at a party Alice planned to celebrate his graduation from business school, in front of all their friends and family. “I did it in front of all of them, sobbing like a baby,” Jon recalls. “The best part is she planned her own engagement party and didn’t know it.” Alice and Jon were joined in marriage on May 25 at Our Lady of the Pillar in St. Louis. The bride wore Mikimoto pearls bequeathed to her by the groom’s grandmother. The couple consciously sought out local vendors and small businesses to plan their wedding. “My husband is very entrepreneurial and we both believe in supporting our community,” Alice explained. A family friend designed a custom logo for all their print materials, which has become the couple’s brand. The couple’s family and friends danced the night away at a reception held at SqWires in Lafayette Square. The newlyweds honeymooned in the Dominican Republic, an adventure that Alice described as “never a dull moment.” Alice is a financial representative at Alvery Bartlett Group, and Jon is a financial representative at Northwestern Mutual. The couple resides in Creve Coeur.

The Details

The bride is the daughter of Con Curran Coulter and Joan A. Coulter of St. Louis, Mo. She is the granddaughter of Margaret Amendola of St. Louis, Mo. The groom is the son of Robert T. Benner and Leonmarie Stretch Benner of St. Louis, Mo. He is the grandson of Dr. Jack Stretch of St. Louis, Mo., and Marilee Milroy of Northpoint, Mich.

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THE DATE May 25, 2012 CEREMONY Our Lady of the Pillar RECEPTION SqWires OFFICIANT Father Tom French WEDDING DRESS Rivini, Fleur De Lis Bridal Boutique RINGS Adam Foster Jewelry FLORIST Bloomin’ Buckets CAKE Sugaree Baking DJ Tom Rogers PHOTOGRAPHER Abbie Rudolph of Abbie Takes Pictures BRIDESMAIDS’ DRESSES Lula Kate, Bella Bridesmaid

INVITATIONS Kim Lloyd of Lloyd Studio MAID OF HONOR Margaret Coulter BEST MAN C. Curran Coulter II BRIDESMAIDS Rebecca Coulter Elizabeth Eby Whitney Beck Kathryn Yorg GROOMSMEN Ryan Koppy Christopher Hoglan David Reed Dustin Underwood

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Wes and Megan Langford of St. Charles, along with big brother Miles, are thrilled to announce the birth of baby boy Rhett. Excited grandparents are Jim and Eileen McMullen of St. Charles, and Ron and Jenny Langford, of Kansas City, Mo.

Visit with the region’s best bridal providers, see a dazzling and unique fashion show while sipping tea and enjoying petits fours, sweets and savories. All brides receive an elegant swag bag and a chance to win a 3-Night/4-Day Funjet Vacation to Mexico! Courtesy of Travel Haus of St. Louis The cost of this afternoon is $35 for two guests. Space is extremely limited for this intimate event.

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Adam Shulenburger and Daniel Nieva of St. Louis are proud to welcome their twin daughter and son. The happy grandparents are Delfin and Suellen Nieva of St. Louis, David Shulenburger of Washington, D.C., and Jane Shulenburger of Lawrence, Kan.

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ROM IS ONE OF THE biggest nights of the year when you want to look your very best. There are few rules anymore so don’t hesitate to branch out a bit. Breezy florals, chic neutrals, bold short minis, or sparkly sherbet dresses all look modern and fresh. Paired with metallic shoes and bold jewelry, you’re sure to have the time of your life. Shot on location at Peabody Opera House, a historic, 3,100seat theater in the heart of downtown St. Louis. Originally opened in 1934, the Peabody stage has welcomed some of entertainment’s greatest performers, including Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones. A $78.7-million restoration in 2011 brought this historical gem back to its original splendor with state-of-the-art upgrades. Peabody Opera House plays host to a wide variety of events, including concerts, comedies, theatricals, family shows, holiday productions and more. BY KATIE YEADON

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MACS Designs 9823 Clayton Road, 991-3337, facebook.com/pages/ MACS-Designs She’ll be the envy of all her friends when she wears this sparkling crystal necklace to complement her prom dress. $69 at MACS Designs.

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“I was blessed to ﬁnd Warner, and I’m so thankful for everything that he and his team did for me. Not only did he help me ﬁnd the home that I wanted, but his whole team made the process extremely simple.” P.S. - Closed on their home November 2012

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Her Heart Matters Most women juggle busy schedules filled with demanding careers, motherhood and managing a household, often leaving their own health issues on the back burner. Amid these hectic lifestyles, doctors say the lesser-known symptoms of a heart attack can go untreated. “We commonly have women come to the emergency room who are stunned to learn they are having a heart attack,” says Dr. Linda Stronach, an interventional cardiologist at Missouri Baptist Medical Center (MoBap). As medical director of MoBap’s Advanced Cardiac Care Unit, Stronach advises women to slow down and seek treatment. “It’s important for women to recognize that they are at risk, and recognize what can be done to modify that risk.” In fact, heart disease continues to be the No. 1 killer of women—and the condition is more deadly for women than men. Stronach, who also sees patients, notes that only 8 percent of women consider cardiovascular disease their greatest health risk, but one in three will die from it; whereas one in every 33 women will succumb to breast cancer.

Symptoms of a heart attack for women can vary, leading many to ignore the signs or attribute them to non-critical conditions. Statistics show that only 40 percent of women who were having a heart attack actually thought they were, because they didn’t experience chest pain. A common sign many men and women will experience is chest discomfort radiating to the neck or arms. However, international studies have found women also are 50 percent more likely than men to have shortness of breath, twice as likely to experience nausea, and more than twice as likely to feel a sensation of uneasiness or fear of death as a symptom, Stronach explains. They also may have discomfort in the throat or jaw, upper abdominal pain, dizziness and pain between the shoulder blades. And MoBap’s ER data align with these international studies, Stronach notes. “Women also are more likely to have a constellation of symptoms, rather than just one or two as many men do,” she adds. Since women’s symptoms of a heart attack are less typical, it takes them longer to get to the

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emergency room, Stronach continues. Statistics show that men experiencing a heart attack arrive at a hospital within 1.3 hours, whereas women get to the ER in 1.9 hours. And that delay in recognizing serious symptoms can be life-threatening, Stronach warns. “The faster we can take care of patients, the better their outcomes.” Risk factors of coronary heart disease include family history, smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, being 30 pounds or more overweight and an inactive lifestyle. And some of these risk Continued on page 65

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omen are aware of t h e i m p o r ta n c e o f m a m m og ra m s a s a breast cancer screening tool. Yet breast self-exams and regular clinical breast exams performed by a physician also are important components of preventive breast care. “Breast self-exams should start for women in their 20s,” says Dr. Adriana Canas-Polesel with Mercy Clinic Women’s Health Fenton. “Although breast cancer is rare for women in this age group, the risk does increase with age. Women may notice changes in their breasts when self breast exams are done routinely in a systematic step-by-step approach to examining the look and feel of their breasts. The goal is to report any breast changes to their medical provider.” Breast surgeon Dr. Stephanie Schnepp, medical director of SSM Breast Care at St. Mary’s Health Center, agrees: “Exam is still the way many breast lumps are detected. Mammograms are not perfect, and it is possible for there to be changes in the timeframe between mammograms, so the combination of regular exams and mammograms is the best way to make sure any new lumps are found as early as possible.” But what exactly are we feeling for? Physicians say that women should perform a monthly By Connie Mitchell

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self-exam in order to become familiar with the topography of one’s own breasts. Lumps and bumps are common features of normal breast tissue or temporary changes due to hormonal fluctuations, but by performing exams on a regular basis, women learn what feels normal for their breasts and what does not. Additional help and instruction is easily available. “We have instructional brochures on how to perform breast self-exam,” says Sarah Ernsky, manager of the Breast HealthCare Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center. “If a woman has further questions, any of our technologists or nurses can teach someone how to perform a breast self-exam. We frequently are out in the community at health fairs or on our mobile mammography van educating women on breast self-exam.” The best time to perform a self-exam is during the week following the menstrual period because hormonal changes just prior to and during menses can increase breast lumpiness. Clinical breast exams performed by a health-care provider are recommended every three years for women in their 20s and 30s and annually after age 40. The clinical exam typically is done during an annual well-woman exam. The value of breast self-exams was questioned by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which recommends against teaching breast selfexamination (BSE) and states that “the current

evidence is insufficient to assess the additional benefits and harms of clinical breast examination (CBE) beyond screening mammography in women 40 years or older.” Howeve r, most physicians still advise the practice. “I realize that it is being removed from some of the official recommendations. However, I do still see many women who find their own breast lumps,” Schnepp says. “While most lumps found on selfexams are not cancerous, a few are, and this may be the first way it is discovered. So my personal opinion is there is value in doing it.” Schnepp adds that any concerns should be discussed with one’s primary-care physician. “You know yourself best. If you notice anything different on your own exam, tell your doctor.”

“While most lumps found on selfexams are not cancerous, a few are, and this may be the first way it is discovered. So my personal opinion is there is value in doing it.”

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Treating Prostate Disease

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rostate disease is one of the most common health concerns for men age 50 and older. While cancer is most concerning, other types of prostate trouble often develop with age. “Almost all men will develop some element of an enlarged prostate after the age of 50, and this will be associated with worsening of the urinary stream. This is quite treatable with either medicines or surgery,” says Dr. Gerald Andriole, chief of the division of urologic surgery and director of the Men’s Health Center with Washington University Physicians. “Prostate cancer also is very common. It is estimated that one in six men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.” Men typically notice a need to urinate more frequently as they age, often having to get up during the night several times. “The most common prostate disease in older men is just the benign enlargement of the prostate that occurs with middle age,” says SLUCare urologist Dr. Michael Chehval, who also is director of urology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. “As the prostate enlarges, it can produce obstruction to the outflow of urine and difficulties in that regard. There have been medications that have modified that enlargement of the prostate and slowed it down—or even in some cases, reversed it slightly.” Minor surgical procedures, sometimes performed with minimally invasive techniques, also may reduce the size of the prostate and help restore more normal function. Difficulty emptying the bladder, which results in frequent urination, may be more than simply annoying, Chehval adds. In some cases, kidney damage may result. “Occasionally, the enlargement can be very slow and insidious and can place pressure on the kidneys and cause difficulties with renal function,” he says. While this can occur without obvious symptoms, most men do notice increasing frequency of urination, a slowing of the urine stream, or the sensation that the bladder is not empty following urination. Preventive screening exams for prostate disease are common for men beginning in middle age. “Annual digital rectal exams should begin at about age 40,” says Dr. Angela Alt, a St. Luke’s

It is estimated that one in six men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.”

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Hospital urologist. This simple exam typically is performed by a primary-care physician to check for prostate enlargement. “A PSA blood screening for prostate cancer should be considered for men 40 years and older who have at least a 10-year life expectancy,” she adds. Like mammograms for women, the PSA (prostate specific antigen) test has come under scrutiny from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of non-federal experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine, composed of primary care providers. “Convincing evidence demonstrates that the PSA test often produces false-positive results,” the panel states. “There is adequate evidence that false-positive PSA test results are associated with negative psychological effects, including persistent worry about prostate cancer. Men who have a false-positive test result are more likely to have additional testing, including one or more biopsies, in the following year than those who have a negative test result...New evidence from a randomized trial of treatment of screendetected cancer indicates that roughly one-third of men who have prostate biopsy experience pain, fever, bleeding, infection, transient urinary

difficulties or other issues requiring clinician follow-up that the men consider a moderate or major problem.” Physicians emphasize that the decision regarding prostate cancer screening should be based on individual patient-physician discussions, including factors such as family history, age and general health. And new technologies may soon offer additional screening options. “The most exciting advancement in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer has been the use of 3-TESLA MRI scanning of the prostate,” Andriole says. “This approach may be likened to use of a mammogram to look for breast cancer in women. It often allows us to perform more accurate biopsies of the prostate and to use ablation procedures to completely destroy small prostate cancers that are within the prostate.” Men should not be embarrassed or afraid to discuss prostate concerns, Andriole adds. “Our treatments for prostate cancer have improved substantially in the last several years and patients should not be fearful of the side effects of these treatments, as experienced urologists can often successfully eradicate the cancer with minimal long-term side effects.”

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LTHOUGH IT’S ONE OF THE MOST unpopular screening exams around, colonoscopy is one of the most important. Unlike other common cancer screening tests, this one allows physicians to prevent cancer, potentially saving thousands of lives each year. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that colon cancer is the secondleading cause of cancer death in the nation. However, the CDC reports that rates of new cases and deaths of colorectal cancer are decreasing, and more adults are being screened. Between 2003 and 2007, approximately 66,000 colorectal cancer cases were prevented and 32,000 lives were saved, compared to 2002. Half of these prevented cases and deaths were due to screening, the report states. “Most colon cancers start as small, typically benign polyps on the surface of the colon lining,” explains Dr. Paul Buse, associate director of Mercy Clinic Digestive Disease. “Over time, a polyp can increase in size, and as size increases, so does the

probability it will evolve into cancer. During a screening colonoscopy, your gastroenterologist will remove any polyps. Removal of polyps can prevent colon cancer from occurring.” Current guidelines call for screening colonoscopy to begin at age 50. Patients who have a close relative (parent or sibling) diagnosed with colon cancer should be screened sooner. Subsequent screening depends on whether polyps are found and removed during the initial colonoscopy, but typical screening schedules suggest colonoscopy every three to five years for those who had polyps and every 10 years for those who did not and who do not have a family history of colon cancer. “The most dreaded part of a colonoscopy is the bowel preparation, and that is easier now because of Gatorade/Miralax bowel preparations,” says Dr. Jeffrey Kreikemeier, a physician with Gateway Gastroenterology and on staff at St. Luke’s Continued on page 65

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Boosting the Immune System

Your Body Armor

ow are you faring during this cold and flu season? The answer depends, at least in part, on how your body’s immune system is protecting you from the many viral and bacterial illnesses that get passed around every winter. A strong immune system is crucial to our ability to fight off potential illness-causing pathogens, and there are several ways in which the body fortifies its defenses. “Innate immunity is what we’re born with, and includes the normal barriers that we have, such as our skin or the lining of our digestive tract, and even some of the secretions in our sinuses and airways that help protect us and keep bacteria and viruses out,” says Washington University Clinical A s s o c i a t e D r. Matthew Bonzelet, a physician specializing in internal medicine with Maryland Medical Group. “We also have some cells DR. SARAH GEORGE, Saint and proteins that are Louis University our first responders to infections. They’re called to sites where we’ve had (bacterial

“people who are not getting enough sleep, who are extremely fatigued or extremely overweight have weaker immune systems and are more prone to infection.”

or viral) invaders to set up our first line of defense and to call upon more specialized defense cells to come and lend a hand,” Bonzelet adds. Acquired immunity develops through exposure to specific pathogens. This is the type of immunity built through vaccinations, such as the flu vaccine, which exposes the body to the same antigens or parts of antigens that cause disease. While the antigens delivered via vaccine are not strong enough to cause the actual disease, they do stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies against them. A third type of immunity, passive immunity, develops through antibodies passed from mother to child during pregnancy and via breastfeeding. This type of immunity helps babies defend against illness in the first months of life. Besides what we’re born with and what we can achieve via vaccines, maintaining a strong immune system is largely a matter of good self-care. “The best thing to do is stay as healthy as you can,” says Dr. Sarah George, associate professor of infectious diseases at Saint Louis University. “Eat a good, balanced diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables, exercise regularly, keep within a normal body weight, and get good sleep. It’s been reasonably well shown that people who are not getting enough sleep, who are extremely fatigued or extremely overweight have weaker immune systems and are more prone to infection.” George notes that the mechanisms around these findings have not been thoroughly explained, but studies indicate that children who eat a diet containing a lot of fast or processed food and sugar experience more respiratory infections. Over-the-counter immunity boosters crowd

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drugstore shelves, but Bonzelet and George agree that little to no real evidence exists to support manufacturer claims. “We do know that a lot of the substances that are in these products, like vitamin C and zinc, are important in the role of the immune system, but we haven’t seen that people who have normal levels of vitamin C and zinc have any benefit by increasing the amount that they have,” Bonzelet says. He adds that some studies have been touted to support claims that products shorten the duration of a cold or help prevent the common cold. “But when these studies are looked at more closely, they’re not great studies,” he explains. “The jury’s out. We’re not convinced that this works well.” Although George is “dubious” about over-thecounter immune-boosters, she has a final word of advice: “Get your flu shot, please. It’s still effective and available, so if you haven’t had it, please get it.”

Building Healthy Bones

Is Your Infrastructure Sound?

A house cannot stand without a firm foundation. Similarly, we cannot stand—at least not straight and tall—without a strong musculoskeletal system. Our bones are the infrastructure that supports our body, and it’s important to keep that infrastructure strong. “Bone health begins at a young age. By the time a woman is 20 years old, she already has acquired about 85 to 90 percent of her bone mass. Her bone building is complete, but bone mass continues to increase until she is in her early 30s,” says Dr. Divya Chauhan, a family practitioner at Creve Coeur Family Medicine and on staff at St. Luke’s Hospital. Chauhan explains that bones become stronger and more dense as more calcium becomes part of the bone matrix. “If there is not enough calcium deposited in bones during childhood, they may become weak later in life, leading to bone disease such as osteoporosis. Fragile bones can easily fracture, or break, especially in the hip, spine and wrist.” Calcium, vitamin D and protein are key nutrients that support bone health throughout life. Dietary calcium is found in dairy products (milk, cheese, yogurt) and dark green, leafy vegetables (spinach,

bok choy, broccoli). But does the typical diet provide enough calcium? “Not all women need supplements, but everyone needs to get an adequate amount of calcium and vitamin D,” says Dr. Katherine Burns, an orthopedic surgeon with SSM Orthopedics at DePaul Health Center. Current guidelines call for women younger than 50 and men younger than 70 to consume 1,000 mg of daily calcium. Women older than 50 and men older than 70 should consume 1,200 mg of calcium. Vitamin D supplements may be necessary as well, she notes. Generally, 400 to 800 IU (international units) are recommended for people younger than 50, and 800 to 1,000 IU for those 50 and older. “Exercise also can make a big difference in bone and musculoskeletal health,” Burns notes. “The key areas of focus are strength, balance and flexibility. Regular weight-bearing exercise has been shown to help maintain bone mass. Strength exercises also are beneficial to the musculoskeletal system. Lastly, it’s important to perform exercises such as yoga, pilates Continued on page 65

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WE CAN THINK OF NO COZIER PLACE TO spend a winter’s evening than Bar Les Frères, Zoe Robinson’s newest creation and one of the most charming and romantic new dining spots in St. Louis. When it came to the interior design, Robinson was ably assisted by David Richardson, who also worked on the interior of I Fratellini, one of Robinson’s other celebrated restaurants and located just across Wydown Boulevard from Les Frères. (Les Frères and I Fratellini are French and Italian for “the brothers,” a nod to Robinson’s two sons.) Located in a vintage building that was home to a shoe repair business for more than 80 years, the walls of Bar Les Frères are bathed in a decadent red that glows in the twinkling light of vintage crystal chandeliers. Adding to the turn-of-the-century Parisian vibe are all things vintage, including marble-topped tables, white leather banquettes, oil paintings in gilt frames, glassware, and a zinc bar over which a herd of vintage mounted deer antlers keeps watch. One can’t help but think Les Frères is exactly the kind of spot that Ernest Hemingway would have loved to hang out. 1 French wines, Champagne and vintage-style cocktails distinguish Les Frères’ approach to libations.

2 Bar Les Frères’ is located in the same space

occupied for more than 80 years by two generations of Clayton cobblers. Readying the interior for a dining establishment was a gargantuan effort. The compact size of the space (a mere 800 square feet, including the dining room, staging area, kitchen and restrooms) makes it a challenge to secure a table on busy evenings. 3 Vintage settees covered in chic white leather, a silver bowl filled with bottles of French wines, and marble-topped tables look stunning against red walls. 4 Old skeleton keys accompany the delivery of each diner’s check at the conclusion of the evening.

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AMERICAN TASTEMAKER AERIN LAUDER INTRODUCES HOME DÉCOR LINE IF YOU HAVE YET TO SEE THE NEW AERIN LINE OF NEW HOME DÉCOR BY AERIN LAUDER, you’re in for a big treat. Inspired by the cosmetic heiress’ signature style of effortless chic, the new brand has a distinctly modern, top-of-the-line look. The AERIN Home Objet collection debuted last fall at select Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue stores. The initial collection includes little luxuries like green agate coasters, gorgeous decorative geodes, porcelain nesting floral bowls, Italian crystal carafe and glasses, sea urchins, starfish and shells—all trimmed or dipped in either 18- or 24-karat gold. Going forward, the AERIN line is only going to get bigger and better. This spring, Lauder also will introduce a fabric collection for Lee Jofa, furniture for E. J. Victor, and lighting for Visual Comfort & Co. (aerin.com)

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The Woman’s Exchange of St. Louis will relocate in May from its old location on Clayton Road to the Desco Group’s renovated Colonial Marketplace, formerly Lammert’s Center, at the intersection of Ladue Road and Gay Avenue on the border of Clayton and Ladue. The new location provides substantially more space for the organization’s philanthropic activities, primarily providing training and work for individuals through consignment within its on-premise tea room and clothing and accessories shops. The Woman’s Exchange’s new location is distinguished by gracious Williamsburg-style architecture and will boast a fresh new interior design befitting the facility. The design work was spearheaded by Women’s Exchange board member Lisa Cady and Rindy Fitzgibbon. Candace Williams is president of The Woman’s Exchange. This is the seventh move for The Woman’s Exchange, which celebrates its 130th anniversary in 2013. It first opened its doors in September 1883 at 214 N. Sixth St. as a marketplace for women to earn a livelihood through the sale of their handmade goods, and quickly became a destination for shoppers seeking high-quality merchandise. It moved to a second location at 617 Locust St. in 1884, and again in 1898 to the corner of 10th and Olive streets. In 1899, The Woman’s Exchange moved to the North Grand area near Vandeventer Place, and in 1917 to Euclid Avenue in the Central West End. In 1962, The Woman’s Exchange moved to 1 Maryland Plaza before settling at 9214 Clayton Road in 1974.

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SOFT SURROUNDINGS UNVEILS NEW HOME FURNISHINGS COLLECTION S T. L O U I S - BA S E D S O F T Surroundings, a retailer of comfortable clothing, bedding and beauty products, has expanded into furniture and home décor. The initial offering is called the Retreat Collection and features French reproduction furniture and décor inspired by antiques and vintage items acquired in Provence. The company has devoted an entire catalog, Soft Surroundings Retreat, to the new home furnishings line. The merchandise also is available online at softsurroundigns.com and at 10 retail stores, including the St. Louis location on The Boulevard in Richmond Heights. “For years, our customers have asked us for the furniture, rugs, paintings – even the dogs from our catalog photography,” says Robin Sheldon, president and co-founder of Soft Surroundings. “We’ve always done our best to find the sources and pass them on. We finally realized that by not having these things readily available to our customers, we weren’t providing the experience we want them to have.” Soft Surroundings released its first catalog in 1999 and opened its first retail location in St. Louis in 2005, followed by nine additional locations nationwide.

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LAUNDRY ROOMS GO OVER THE TOP WHEN IT COMES TO HOME RENOVATIONS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST trends for 2013 is over-the-top laundry rooms. That’s the word from Jenny Rausch, president of Karr Bick Kitchen + Bath, who had three renovation projects featured in national publications last year. We asked Rausch to bring us up to date on the upscale laundry room trend with the hope of finding something interesting about this never-ending chore. What’s fueling the trend: Houzz and Pinterest have really opened up a portal to the fairy world of laundry rooms where the sky’s the limit and you can see spaces in which almost every bell and whistle has been explored. Once you’re exposed, you have to have it! The ideas and images get stuck in your mind and you start to think how wonderful such a mundane task could become. Popular styles: Sometimes elegant, other times whimsical or beachy, and oftentimes very efficient—a place where everything has a place and typically the entire space is very well thought out. You can explore your personality a bit more in this room because typically it’s just one family member running the show, unlike a kitchen or bath where you have to compromise.

Laundry room bells and whistles: Fold-out ironing boards, special cubbies for laundry baskets, drying rack hideaways, pull-down dry cleaning rods, wrapping paper drawers, craft storage, hidden laundry units, folding stations, pull-out trash, specialty sinks, sewing centers, big screen TVs, dog food storage....I could go on and on. The most over-the-top laundry room she’s designed: I’ve done laundry rooms with glass tile, marble countertops, and crystal chandeliers! If you love an expensive backsplash tile, the good news is in a laundry, you probably won’t need that much of it. How she justifies the expense: Here’s the thing: If you make it beautiful, you can make the argument you will go in there more, the laundry will get done, and you won’t be as grumpy about doing it! The other argument I will help you make to a significant other who is helping foot the bill is: The more beautiful it is, the more likely you will be to keep everything spotless because you love to look at it! Take it from me—my laundry room has never looked so good! Pay attention to all the details—knobs, tile, cabinets, paint and accessories. Invest in a good lock on the door, too! It’s not just a laundry- — it can be a sanctuary.

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Stark Home Comes to St. Louis Via Allen Interior Furnishings Known for both high design and superb quality, the Stark Carpet brand has long been a favorite of professional interior designers, who until now had to travel to New York or Chicago to see the line. Recently, however, St. Louis became one of a handful of U.S. cities to boast its very own Stark Home dealership. The new Stark Home is located at Allen Interior Furnishings in Rock Hill, a leading carpet and area rug resource for St. Louis designers for more than two decades. With the opening of Stark Home, St. Louis-based designers can now quickly and easily view actual swatches of the colors and patterns they are considering for high-end jobs, thanks to a new custom-made display filled with generously sized samples of wool, jute, sisal, sea grass and silk. Stark offers a wide range of noteworthy designs, including a classic white pattern that resembles a piece of fine woolen needlework, to florals and high impact geometrics in a range of fashion-forward colors. Stark Carpet played a key design role in last fall’s Ladue News Show House, where a bold brown-and-white geometric graced the stairway and second-floor corridor. 1 1 Stark’s Beatrice pattern is an on-trend geometric available in a range of colors at Allen Interior Furnishings. 2 Stark’s Keaton pattern may be used in transitional and contemporary settings. 52

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Magical Madagascar WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT VOYAGING TO the ends of the earth, Madagascar is one of those mythical, exotic, far-flung places that qualifies as an ‘end.’ It almost seems to fall off the globe, hanging as it does near the edge of southeastern Africa. About three times the size of Missouri, Madagascar is the world’s fourth-largest island. Separated from the mainland by the Mozambique Channel, less than 300 miles wide, one would think that this small chunk of land broke off of the larger continent to set sail into the Indian Ocean on its own. One reaches Madagascar today by an easy flight out of Johannesburg, South Africa. Madagascar is a magical place, filled with kind people, odd animals and fascinatingly peculiar plants. There are so many rare endemic species on the island that it inspired Norman Meyers to coin the phrase ‘biodiversity hot spots’ in 1988 to describe such biologically rich and fleetingly fragile places. Madagascar has more than 13,000 different species of flowering plants, including some 900 species of orchids. With more than 90 percent of these species growing only on this island and nowhere else in the world (botanists call them endemic plants), this hot spot is of particular botanical interest. Madagascar—the centerpiece of the 2013 Missouri Botanical Garden Orchid Show One begins the long journey to hunt for orchids in Madagascar by entering the Garden’s Ridgway Visitor Center. You immediately leave St. Louis behind and enter into a wild world filled with jewel-like blossoms, arching trees and moist, tropical air. Showcased in the entry hall at the beginning of the show are many specimens of rare and endemic Malagasy orchids. One of the most unusual is the white-flowered, star-like Anagraecum, an endemic orchid with an unusually long nectar spur. This floral appendage may reach a foot in length and is filled with sweet nectar to attract insects, which bring pollen needed for fertilization and seed set. In 1862, when Charles Darwin first observed preserved specimens of Anagraecum flowers, he postulated that there

must be a special pollinator with a very long proboscis to reach deeply into the tube for nectar. About 50 years later, scientists recorded the hawk moth that pollinates it, Xanthopan morganii, and discovered it did indeed have a proboscis just as long as the spur. Blanche Wagner, the Garden’s head orchid grower, was delighted that one of the Garden’s Anagraecum specimens cooperated in blooming just in time for the opening of the show. The centerpiece of this year’s orchid show is the Malagasy village. Thatched huts with locally handcrafted items and tools are integrated into the landscape. The Malagasy people are talented in their use of local materials for crafts and utility items. Mats and baskets are made from palm fronds or wetland rushes, while fabrics are handwoven from a local raw silk. Rattans are crafted into furniture, palm raffias into hats and handbags. MBG in Madagascar In the early 1970s, then-Garden president Peter Raven decided that two botanically important places should receive priority in Garden research planning. They were New Caledonia in the South Pacific and Madagascar. Both had extremely high numbers of interesting and rare plants and were islands where conservation efforts were badly needed. Early botanical research in Madagascar was done by aroid specialist Dr. Tom Croat and the late Dr. Al Gentry. Political problems interrupted work in Madagascar in 1979, but things improved enough by the early 1980s for full-time scientists to resume work on the island. That program, begun 40 years ago, has become the largest off-campus research center of the MBG family and has a staff of more than 100 native Malagasy researchers. The plants collected in Madagascar are catalogued in an impressive database. Much like Google Earth, you can zoom in to see where specimens have been collected. This enables scientists to use the taxonomic base to conduct threat analysis studies and to identify especially rich and fragile areas in need of special protection. Garden Continued on page 65

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unreliable and second-hand gossip from around the world* THE CLYDESDALE Anheuser-Busch took top honors at the Super Bowl this year with its heartwarming commercial about a trainer who raises a Clydesdale from infancy to become part of the prestigious Budweiser team. And boy, did they feature a gorgeous animal! He’s graceful and muscular, and those eyes could melt snow. Oh, and the horse was cute, too.

ZAYN MALIK Rumors are flying that the boy-band heartthrob may be leaving One Direction, after he was allegedly caught cheating on his longtime girlfriend, Perrie Edwards. Malik is apparently ashamed and disgusted with his behavior after he was photographed sneaking into a hotel room with an Australian stripper. Well, I for one have a few questions. First, who are these people? No, I’m serious. Who are they?

MADONNA In a provocative new ad for her latest fragrance, Naked, the queen of pop practices what she preaches—and quite literally, poses naked behind a bottle of the perfume. We don’t know how it smells though, as the 50 college kids in the focus group were too busy screaming and running from the building to comment.

LANCE ARMSTRONG The disgraced cyclist’s woes continue. After being stripped of his titles and banned from competitive cycling for life following his use of performance-enhancing drugs, Armstrong has been doing anything and everything to make his problems go away. Next stop is the USADA (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency), where he wants to testify under oath and plead his case in an attempt to get his lifetime ban lifted—although inside sources say his chances do not look good. So, if you ever wondered why they call it doping…

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An Open (Face) Book

’M ON FACEBOOK. I’M NOT PROUD. Admittedly, I really only check the site to monitor Cranky’s postings—what boys she’s posing with, scanning a photo for a stray can of beer in the background—but a problem has emerged. Facebook no longer is the cool college social networking hub it was in 2005. Now it’s the 21st century equivalent of a slide carousel of your neighbor’s family vacation. It’s the digital version of cropping, and worst of all, it apparently is the world’s most unproductive cure for boredom. I’ve realized something: Facebook isn’t cool anymore. The other night at dinner, a friend announced with unabashed pride that he wasn’t on Facebook. Heck, my coolest friend shut down her Facebook page more than a year ago. Oh, and forget about Cranky and her teenage friends. They jump from social media sites like crickets—by the time they’re all caught up on Twitter, they’ve moved on. So where does that leave Facebook? More importantly, where does that leave us? Over the years, Facebook shyness has certainly waned—you know that fear that if you post something about sneaking more than 4 ounces of mouthwash into your carry-on bag, Homeland Security will show up at your door. The reason being that most posts are forgotten in the time it takes to type them. That being said, I have noticed that people who post on Facebook—myself included—develop a certain, shall we say, signature style. So let’s peel the onion—what’s your Facebook personality? The Traveler Now, while I love these kind of posts—sunset in Majorca, zip-lining in Costa Rica—I also hate them. Yes, you’re fabulous. You go to exotic destinations. You take breathtaking photographs and eat Michelin-rated meals. So? A friend of mine lent me her house in the Ozarks a couple of years ago. You don’t see me rubbing that in anyone’s face. The Quipper As one might guess, I fall into this category. The quipper posts funny little observations—sort of a cyber-Seinfeld. Nine months before I was

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born, I went to a party with my dad and left with my mom. Love a good quip. It brightens my day. I Have the Cutest Kids in the World We all think we have the world’s cutest kids, and we’ve been showing people pictures of them since the invention of the camera. Sure, Facebook allows for an onslaught of adorable toddlers, but so what? Kids are cute. Which leads me to the next breed of poster: Animals are Funny/Adorable/Loyal/Human/ Sweet/Talented/Charming/Intelligent I think you see where I’m going with this. Then there is the worst possible type of post, the scourge of Facebook. The post that made Facebook uncool: I’ve Got Nothing If you have nothing to say, don’t speak; and more important, don’t type. These are actual FB posts on my page: Every marker in the box is dried out. Guess I’m headed back to Target. Then there was, Had an OK day. Tried Diet Mountain Dew. Really? I don’t know how I would have survived the day not knowing that. Why do bank tellers feel the need to make pleasant chit-chat when there is a huge line??? I may have posted that one, but there has to be a more productive way to vent. Promote a business. Post an inspirational message. Mark a birthday or an anniversary. And maybe with a little wit and intelligence, we can make Facebook cool again. Well, wit, intelligence and several million teenagers.

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DIV ER SIONS MOVIE REVIEWS

REVIEWS THEATER REVIEW

Sense and Sensibility MAY INCLUDE DROWSINESS

RATING: 6 out of 10

N ALL FAIRNESS, I HAVE TO SAY IT IS VIRTUALLY impossible to review this movie accurately without giving away every unoriginal plot twist. That being said, the story, albeit familiar, is suspenseful and at times extremely well-acted. Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara) is battling depression. Her former Wall Street titan husband Martin (Channing Tatum) is in jail for insider training and her day-to-day life seems hopeless. On one particularly dark day, she drives her car full speed into the wall of her office parking garage. A kindly psychiatrist, Jonathan Banks (Jude Law), suspects the accident was a suicide attempt and offers to treat her. Emily finally finds an anti-depressant that seems to work, Ablixa, a new medication touted by her former therapist Dr. Victoria Seibert (Catherine Zeta-Jones). The one strange side effect of the drug is that Emily sleepwalks. Well, she more than sleepwalks, apparently, she sleepstabs, as she awakens one morning to find Martin dead on the floor of their apartment. Emily has no memory of what happened. And that’s where things get a bit sticky. Rooney Mara and Jude Law make the movie watchable. The wax figure that posed as Catherine Zeta-Jones was passable, if immobile, but the thought of Channing Tatum playing a genius hedge fund manager is laughable. In the end, it’s OK.

Identity Thief TWO FOR THE ROAD

RATING: 6 out of 10 HAVE TO ADMIT, I WENT INTO THIS MOVIE WITH THE bar set low. The trailer looked dreadful and what’s worse, you sort of got the feeling that they put all the funniest bits into it. This is what I describe as a frustration comedy—a nice guy is getting screwed and a bad/ annoying/ overbearing character is doing all the damage. The question here is, is this Planes, Trains and Automobiles or The Cable Guy? Sandy Patterson (Jason Bateman) is a nice guy. He has a loving wife (Amanda Peet) and two beautiful daughters. He works at a finance firm, where he is routinely berated by his boss, Harold Cornish (Jon Favreau). Then one day, Sandy’s world is turned upside-down after he gives his personal information to a woman on the phone, who claims to be a representative from a credit protection agency. Diana (Melissa McCarthy), as I’m sure you’ve guessed, is an identity thief. Now I’m going to crawl through several gaping plot holes to get to the point: Sandy must travel from Denver to Florida and catch Diana and bring her to justice. Do the two bond on their road trip? Yes. Is there a heart-wrenching back story to explain why Diana is the way she is? Yes. Did I laugh? Yes. It’s no Planes, Trains and Automobiles, but it’s worth a rental. BY DEBBIE BALDWIN

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STORY Mrs. Henry Dashwood has an unfortunate decision to make. Her late husband’s will has bequeathed his considerable estate to his son, John, whose wife makes it clear that she isn’t happy having her husband’s stepmother and three stepsisters residing with them any longer. This prompts Mrs. Dashwood to move with her daughters to a cottage on the grounds of her cousin Sir John Middleton’s property. She also undertakes the task of marrying off her two eldest daughters, Elinor and Marianne. Even for the British aristocracy in 19th century England, however, that’s easier said than done. Finding suitable partners for her sensible daughter Elinor and high-strung, emotional daughter Marianne proves to be challenging.

HIGHLIGHTS English novelist Jane Austen’s first published work, Sense and Sensibility, was written under the pseudonym, ‘A Lady,’ in 1811. The Rep’s rendition, under the direction of Jon Jory, is smart, sophisticated and consistently charming.

PLAY: Sense and Sensibility GROUP: Repertory Theatre of St. Louis VENUE: Browning Mainstage, LorettoHilton Center, 130 Edgar Road DATES: Through March 3 TICKETS: From $19.50; 968-4925 or repstl.org RATING: A 4.5 on a scale of 1-to-5.

One of the primary stars of this presentation is lighting designer Ann Wrightson, who shrewdly utilizes the ever-present moon in the background, washing it with an array of hues that accentuate the romance or comedy being played out on stage. The numerous players are very much into the spirit of the presentation, although there’s a hiccup in the capable Penny Slusher’s interpretation of Mrs. Henry Dashwood, who seems too daffy to be taken seriously. Nicole OrthPallavicini as Mrs. Jennings, another dowager bent on marrying off children, seems more palatable. Nancy Lemenager and Amelia McClain, as Elinor and Marianne, respectively, bring strong, clear and convincing portrayals to their roles. Lemenager maintains decorum and control throughout as the erudite Elinor; while McClain effectively shows Marianne’s impetuous emotions in sharp contrast. There are finely attuned contributions by the supportng cast, including Geoff Rice as Elinor’s love interest, Edward Ferrars, Charles Andrew Callaghan as the dashing scoundrel Willoughby and Alex Podulke as the noble Col. Brandon. BY MARK BRETZ

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spicybits With tax season almost upon us, Truffles in Ladue has decided to give its customers a break with a unique promotion. The restaurant has announced it’ll be ‘Tax Free Till Tax Day,’ and pay all taxes that its customers usually are responsible for from March 1 until April 15. Hey, every little bit helps! Mission Taco Joint, the new eatery from ADAM and JASON TILFORD of Milagro Modern Mexican and Tortillaria fame, is set to open in U. City later this month in the space formerly home to Delmar Lounge. We’ve been told that JOEL CLARK, who most recently was working the bar at Sanctuaria Wild Tapas, has been brought on as bar manager; while ALEX LAKIN, late of Salt in the CWE, has come onboard as GM. KATIE LEE of Katie’s Pizzeria is starting up a new venture, and she’s looking to her many fans to help fund the project. Lee and fiance/ business partner TED COLLIER have ramped up a Kickstarter campaign to raise capital for the new restaurant, Katie’s Pizza & Pasta. The new place will feature an open kitchen, wood-burning oven and repurposed furniture. The menu will boast artisan Italian fare. For more info, visit kickstarter.com. The annual Schlafly Cod & Cask Festival will be held this weekend at the Schlafly Tap Room. Cod and plenty of cask-conditioned ales will be available from 5 p.m. until midnight on Friday, Feb. 15, and from 11 a.m. until midnight on Saturday, Feb. 16. The Moonrise Hotel will be unveiling a new 2,100-square-foot event room, called the New Moon Room, in April. The space, on the roof of the hotel, have a total of 107 glass solar panels that will annually produce 33,000 kilowatt hours of energy. And of course, there’ll be a spectacular view! BY MATT SORRELL

DINING OUT

Ocha/Tachibana

The Far East in West County E STABLISHED IN 1979, Tachibana, the oldest Japanese restaurant in the St. Louis area, is making a major change: Effective immediately, the eatery is changing its name to Ocha and is under new management. But what hasn’t changed— as experienced during our recent visit—is the restaurant’s commitment to serving an authentic Southeast Asian experience. The space was another example of a mundane strip mall facade masking an interesting interior. In the middle of the main dining room was a wooden temple-like structure, raised several feet above the main floor, that housed a seating area built by carpenters with materials flown in from Japan. Surrounding this were other tables as well as a traditional sushi counter. Overall, the effect was fairly striking, like entering a separate restaurant altogether. The menu also featured Thai cuisine—another favorite—so we opted to try items from both countries. A cup of Tom Yum Kung ($5), started the meal off right. It was a fine example of this traditional hot and sour Thai soup, full of plump shrimp and chunks of mushroom. To follow, an order of Gyoza ($5), five tender pot stickers. That should have been enough for the apps, but then we spied the Yaki Ika ($9), a Japanese grilled squid dish, and had to give it a try. The firm, mild pieces of squid were set off by a sweet ginger sauce. Both the dumplings and the squid came with a tasty sweet cabbage and carrot slaw on the side. We’d been hitting the sushi pretty hard of late to forgo the array of rolls and range a bit further among the menu offerings, looking for something out of the ordinary. The Spicy Frog Legs ($14), designated a House Special, was obviously a must-try. The legs themselves were lightly battered and surprisingly delicate in flavor (yes, they did taste a lot like chicken). But they were prepared in a fiery stir-fry that included garlic, chili, basil, onion, bell peppers and eggplant that provided a kaleidoscope of flavors and textures to complement the main ingredient. The Tachibana menu also had an interesting assortment of

curries to choose from, and we settled on the Panang Curry ($9) with shrimp (also available with beef, chicken, pork, tofu or mixed vegetables). This fragrant, zesty Thai favorite combined sweet coconut milk, basil, bell peppers and peanut sauce that resulted in a delicious balance of sweet and heat. A couple of Thai lagers—Chang ($5) and Singha ($5) — helped quench the fire from these two entrees nicely. To wrap things up, we tried a serving of Fried Banana ($4), with honey sauce on the side. These small pieces of banana were enveloped in a flaky batter and had none of the expected sweetness normally associated with this fruit. Instead, the consistency and flavor was more reminiscent of a sweet potato. Interesting, but pretty one-dimensional and bland without the help of the honey. In addition to the fine food, Ocha was very affordable, and service was first-rate. It took us a while to get there, but we’ll be back soon. 12967 Olive St., 434-3455, tachibanastl.com.

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GREEN GOURMET

KAKAO CHOCOLATE

Master of the Chocolate “WE GET TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY ALL DAY LONG.”

RIAN PELLETIER CLAIMS HE HAS “THE best job in the world,” and few would dispute that. He is the owner, founder and chief chocolatier of Kakao Chocolate. To quote Ira Gershwin, it’s nice work if you can get it—and Pelletier has got it! But working with chocolate wasn’t always his profession. “I was in marketing, communications and public relations—I was a senior VP at Fleishman-Hillard,” Pelletier recalls. “And as I was approaching the 20-year mark, I was feeling the BY DIANE ALT

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need to do something dramatically different. I knew that I wanted my own business, and that I wanted to physically make something with my hands. I also wanted to do something with food because I loved to cook, so I opened myself up to the universe to see what would happen.” Soon enough, the universe responded by way of a friend, who was looking to sell some chocolatemaking equipment. “So I did things in this order: I bought the equipment, I rented a space, I quit my

job, and then I learned how to make chocolate,” he explains. “Now I realize that might sound odd, but I knew that I had to commit to it to be successful.” Prior to opening the first Kakao location on Jefferson Avenue in May 2009, many might have thought Pelletier had a previous adoration for chocolate—but that would be an incorrect assumption. “I liked chocolate as much as anyone,” he says, “but what I like to say is that my passion found me, because I am now passionate about chocolate! There’s something that’s magical about it. It’s very different from just about any other food, and it can be so many things—and paired not just with sweet, but with savory, as well.” In February 2011, Pelletier opened Kakao’s second location in Maplewood, and he notes that all of Kakao’s confections are handmade at both stores. “We use only all-natural ingredients,” he says, explaining that there are no artificial flavors, colors, preservatives or sweeteners used. “And we incorporate as many local ingredients as we can, like lavender from Winding Brook Estates in Eureka, honey that we buy from the farmers market and local beer (Schlafly and Four Hands Brewing Co.), as well. It’s very important to us, not only to support the community, but to make sure we are using the best ingredients.” Pelletier says that Kakao also uses organic cinnamon, and he notes that organic vanilla beans and real butter are included in the caramel that is made onsite. “By far, the most popular items that we sell are our dark and milk chocolate sea salt caramels—people just go wild for them!” He adds that more women are buying chocolate for men—a phenomenon proven in the past few days for Valentine’s Day. “We made confections with bourbon, scotch, port wine and chili pepper.” There also was a smoked truffle, made from a smoked tea, that apparently is appealing to men, as well. “I just have the best job in the world!” Pelletier exclaims. “I have employees who love what they do, and we get to make people happy all day long. It’s so much fun to create things that people enjoy, but it’s not just about the chocolate—our customers love the experience of coming into our stores. They talk to us while we are making the confections and ask us about what we are doing and the ingredients we are using. We just love sharing the entire experience with them.”

DIV ER SIONS Across 1. ‘Or ___!’ 5. ‘Awesome, dude’ 8. Hello or goodbye 13. Hat-tipper’s word 14. Bit 15. Computer part 16. ___-en-scène 17. Dirty coat? 18. Key material? 19. George C. Scott, 1984 22. Lions’ prey 23. Hard throw, in baseball 24. Bow 27. Bleat 29. Congers 33. Pickling liquid 34. Blood carrier 36. ___ few rounds 37. Ashton Kutcher, 2004 40. ___ to Billie Joe 41. Sub ____ hematoma 42. Hazardous 43. Course 45. Discouraging words 46. Run 47. Amateur video subject, maybe

49. ___ Like It Hot 50. Elmo Lincoln, 1918 58. Full of activity 59. ‘So long’ in Siena 60. Beat badly 61. 100 kopecks 62. A chip, maybe 63. Bolted 64. Eye sores 65. Catch on 66. Lento

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24. Brothers’ keeper? 25. Unrefined 26. Footnote writer, perhaps 27. Gauchos’ weapons 28. Certain chemical group 30. Cast out 31. Philosopher John 32. Debaucher 34. Permanent product? 35. House style 38. Chatter 39. Museum contents 44. Silence 46. Town in southern Alaska 48. Disturbs 49. Affirm 50. Blackens 51. Adjoin 52. Like some lips 53. Wood sorrels 54. A-OK 55. ‘Dirty’ activity? 56. 100 cents 57. Worry

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2/15-17 & 2/22-24 WINNING HISTORY—THE BRANCH RICKEY STORY Ralph Kalish stars as Branch Rickey, the former general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers, who changed the game by signing Jackie Robinson, in Winning History at The Gaslight Theater. Various times. $30. 725-4200, ext. 10 or licketytix.com.

earned its name through worldclass performances of orchestral classics such as Tschaikowski’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, will take the stage at J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts. 8 p.m. $29-$49. 636-949-4433 or lindenwood.edu.

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY At the Loretto-Hilton Center, The Repertory Theatre presents an intimate adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel of two sisters’ journey to find love. Various times. $20-$74. 968-4925 or repstl.org.

THROUGH 3/16 DESIGN LIKE DA VINCI Through a variety of hands-on activities, kids can recreate some of Leonardo da Vinci’s futuristic inventions at multiple St. Louis County Library branches. Ages 8-12. Registration required. See the library’s website for a slate of da Vinci-related events, in connection with the Da Vinci Machines Exhibit on display downtown. 994-3300 or slcl.org.

THROUGH 3/23 YES WE’RE OPEN: THE LIBRARY, LAUMEIER BRANCH Explore Laumeier Sculpture Park’s history and artists through publications amid art in the museum’s galleries that have been temporarily converted into reading rooms. Free. 615-5278 or laumeier.org.

THROUGH 6/16 EDWARD CURTIS: VISIONS OF NATIVE AMERICA View renowned photographer and amateur ethnologist Edward Curtis’ iconic photographs, which helped shape the world’s view of Native Americans,

MAGICAL MOVEMENTS: THE YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA St. Louis Symphony teams up with DanceWorks Chicago for a moving performance of dance synchronized to music. 3 p.m. $12-$17. 534-1700 or stlsymphony.org. ANITA HILL Educator and author Anita Hill, who testified at the confirmation hearing for Judge Clarence Thomas when he was a U.S. Supreme Court nominee, will speak during St. Louis Public Library’s Black History Month celebration in the Central Branch’s Auditorium. 2 p.m. Free. 206-6779 or slpl.org.

2/21-24 BUILDERS HOME AND GARDEN SHOW The 36th annual Builders Home and Garden Show will feature HGTV’s Jeff Wilson discussing efficient energy usage, Renegade Gardener’s Don Engebretson covering gardening tips and myths and a Flying Houndz Frizbee Trick Dog Show at America’s Center. $10, adults; $4, kids; ages 5 and younger, free. stlhomeshow.com.

2/24 SUGARED, SPICED AND EVERYTHING ICED Decadent delicacies, from cakes and cookies to cupcakes, will be designed and displayed at Missouri Botanical Garden. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Feb. 24. $4-$8. 577-5100 or mobot.org.

2/26 THE CHINA NATIONAL SYMPHONY The China National Symphony Orchestra, which has

ERSKINE BOWLES The former White House Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton will speak at Powell Hall as part of Maryville University’s St. Louis Speakers Series. 8 p.m. $285-$420, series subscription only. 534-1700 or stlouisspeakersseries.org.

2/28-3/23 NEXT TO NORMAL New Line Theatre continues its 22nd season with the Pulitzer Prize-winning rock opera, Next to Normal, at the Washington University South Campus Theatre. 8 p.m. $10-$20. 534-1111 or newlinetheatre.com.

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MOVING MUSIC 2/15 HOUSE OF JAZZ Local jazz band, Soul Café Jazz Group, will perform at St. Louis County Library’s Florissant Valley Branch. All ages welcome; refreshments available. Free. 7-9 p.m. 994-3300 or slcl.org. 2/27 PIANOPALOOZA Four of St. Louis’ favorite pianists—Peter Henderson, Martin Kennedy, Daniel Schene and Alla Voskoboynikova—will play pieces ranging from early 20th century composers to contemporary classical at The Sheldon Concert Hall. 8 p.m. $15-$30. 534-1111 or thesheldon.org. 2/27-3/2 KURT ELLING Grammy Award-winning modern jazz artist Kurt Elling will sing standards and originals at Jazz at the Bistro. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. $15-$37. 534-1111 or jazzstl.org.

BRIAN REGAN After two albums and two critically acclaimed Comedy Central specials, comedian Brian Regan will bring his brand of sophisticated writing and physicality to Peabody Opera House. 8 p.m. $40$55. 800-745-3000 or peabodyoperahouse.com. MERRY KELLER Vocalist Merry Keller will sing memorable music from the movies—from Moon River to Somewhere Over the Rainbow—at The Sheldon Concert Hall. 11 a.m. $5-$10. 534-1111 or thesheldon.org.

CHECK THIS OUT PACO PENA: FLAMENCO VIVO! St. Louis Classical Guitar Society presents a modern flamenco performance featuring the rhythmic complexities of its latest variations of dance, song and guitar, at Touhill Performing Arts Center. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28. $20-$44. 516-4949 or touhill.org.

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observations have been used to help determine the boundaries for a number of new protected areas. Conservation and Survival Conservation is a major concern and the complete MBG agenda includes working to find alternative sources of livelihood for the people who turn to the forests for fuel, lumber and food. Depletion of forests and other natural vegetation for basic survival, clearing land for cattle or rice fields and illegal logging all impact the fragile ecosystems and national environmental capital. To this end, the Garden collaborates with the Scandellaris Center of the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, and works with students to develop sustainable ways for villagers to improve their incomes, standards of nutrition and health, and to live in better balance with the land. Madagascar is a country in environmental distress. More than 80 percent of the original vegetation has been removed or badly damaged, although a series of protected areas and patches of remaining vegetation do still hold remnants of most of the species that were there originally. Many of them are represented by only a few individuals. When wealth is measured by numbers of cattle and non-sustainable dry-land rice is grown on slopes in newly cleared forest areas, assaults on the environment continue. Ninety percent of the people in Madagascar depend extensively on these forests and other natural vegetation for food, firewood for heating and cooking, medicines and crafts. Their needs are so great that the forests are being damaged continuously and degraded with the loss of sustainability. The population now, about 22 million people, is expected to more than double by 2050. Admiring Orchids in Missouri You don’t have to go as far afield as Madagascar to admire the special beauty of orchids. You can see some flowers any time of year in the rainforest environment of the Garden’s Climatron. There also are many orchids to be enjoyed at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House at Faust Park. The Butterfly House also has a kidmagnet display of Madagascar hissing cockroaches

in the main hall. Or, you might visit the most famous animal inhabitants of the country, lemurs, at the Saint Louis Zoo. Exotic orchids may have a certain foreign cachet, but we have some pretty special beauties of our own right here. Dr. George Yatskievych, curator at the Garden and director of the Flora of Missouri Project notes that there are 36 species of wild, native orchids in Missouri. My favorite genus, Cypripedium, is commonly called the lady’s slipper orchid, as the stunning flowers resemble soft satin slippers. We have three species in Missouri: C. candidum, the white lady’s slipper; C. parviflorum, the yellow lady’s slipper; and my special favorite—the magnificent C. reginae, the showy pink lady’s slipper. It is difficult to find them in the wild today as zealous plant collectors in earlier times stripped them from the wild to transplant into gardens. Unfortunately, our native orchids do not transplant well, so you should never dig a wild orchid up for any purpose. Almost all wild-collected terrestrial orchids die soon after transplanting. Flowers should not be picked either, as they are needed for future seed production. Some well-protected colonies are still around and are an awe-inspiring scene in early spring. Travel and Research on the Island If you have an intense curiosity about biological diversity and want to feel the sharp edges on the weird, Seussian trees and shrubs of the spiny forest, or to be mesmerized by the engaging, intense golden eyes of a wild ringtail, a trip to Madagascar could be a lifelong dream. If you would rather have the armchair version, go see the special Malagasy orchids at this year’s show. And read up on Darwin and the intertwined relationships between plants and their pollinators. We can store the plant seeds in the freezer to prevent their complete extinction, but how do we keep the hawk moth without its special food source? It is not always the plants in our own gardens that matter the most. We must raise our sights to support the care, preservation and protections of the unique and wild here and abroad.

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. With a goal of raising funds and awareness of the Arc’s new division, the evening also will mark the debut of the four superhero characters, created especially for the agency by David Steward II through his new company, Lion Forge Comics. Steward and his wife, Mary, are serving as co-chairs of the evening, along with honorary chair David Giuntoli, star of NBC’s Grimm, and a St. Louis native. “We knew we wanted to do something different than a traditional event,” Taylor notes. “We want to use these superheroes to engage the kids, while also amplifying and personifying what we do. It brings it to life in a fun way, and we want to incorporate the characters into our children’s programs.” The fundraiser also gives the organization an opportunity to honor Barbara Stewart with its first Superhero for Kids award. Stewart left the Arc in 1984 to found Belle Center, and has come full-circle back to the Arc to provide counseling services. “We want to honor her because Belle Center and Belle Children’s Services wouldn’t be around without her vision,” Taylor says. The Arc hopes to continue that vision and expand it through Belle Children’s Services, and Taylor is excited about the possibilities after just seven months. “The need is so great for the services we can provide, and we want to bring more of that to children around the St. Louis area. It’s been an incredible start to what we envision this can be.”

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factors impact women more than men, Stronach notes. “A woman doubles her risk of a heart attack by smoking, but it increases men’s risk by 30 percent.” Additionally, women who have hypertension and diabetes are at higher risk of having a heart attack than men with the same conditions. To mitigate these risks, Stronach recommends not smoking and working with your health care provider to ensure other risk factors are under good control. When women experience a heart attack, MoBap’s cardiac cath team is at the ready to take patients to the cath lab to assess the cause of the episode, then address it by opening up a blocked vessel, and even putting in a stent if warranted. Stronach encourages women who are experiencing heart attack symptoms to call 911 for an EMT response, rather than driving themselves to the hospital. She also recommends taking an aspirin while waiting for medical personnel to arrive. EMTs can complete an EKG in the patient’s home or en route to the hospital and alert the cardiac cath team members, who are waiting for the ambulance to offer immediate assistance. Stronach hopes to educate more women about their heart disease risks and preventive measures. And those women who arrived at the MoBap ER not realizing they were experiencing a heart attack also are helping spread the word. “They are very helpful in communicating the lesser-known symptoms to the community,” Stronach says.

Hospital. The bowel must be emptied prior to the test, and this is achieved using laxatives the day prior to the test. While the pre-test preparation is the worst part of the entire experience, the test itself is usually well tolerated. “The anesthetic agents allow most patients to sleep comfortably and soundly through the exam,” Buse says. “Colonoscopy is a simple, safe and effective way to prevent colon cancer and colon cancer-related deaths,” Buse says. “The 20 minutes that you or a friend or loved one spends having a colonoscopy could be life-saving. Please, don’t be embarrassed to death.”

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Ladue Missouri Home Auction Sat., March 9 @ 10AM

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE CREVE COEUR, MO Real Estate Auction Thur, Feb. 28 @ 10 AM 11741 Casa Grande OPEN HOUSE: Sun, Feb. 24 12-2PM First Floor Condo with 2BR, 2BA, w/d access, storage and much more! Terms $5000 down day of sale. Balance due in 30 days. For more information go to www.adamsauctions.com ADAMS AUCTIONS 618.234.8751 LIC #444.000169

NEW LISTING 9010 STONEBRIDGE 3BR, 2BA Ranch, Ladue Schools, Decorated, Hardwoods, Fireplace, Central Air, 2 Car Garage. $325,000 Allen Realty 314-644-4143ï314-517-4143 SELL YOUR HOUSE! Creative Real Estate Solutions Any Situation or Condition Cash-Payments-Lease-Option Also Legal & Title Issues Call Dan at (314) 373-2865

RUGS Bendas Oriental Rugs

INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE Carpets & Modern Furniture 7505 Delmar Blvd @ Hanley

314-862-4410 Tues-Sat 10-5 Appt Recommended FRENCHTOWN RUG CLEANING ORIENTAL/AREA RUGS FREE PICK UP & DELIVERY (636) 949-0753 www.frenchtownrugcleaning.com

SERVICES

MEDICARE SUPPLEMENTS 8 Sunny Meade Street OPEN HOUSE: Sun., March 3, 1-3pm

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MISSOURI RIVER VIEW 1854 Federal Style Home tastefully remodeled. New addition includes chef's kitchen, hearth room and luxury master suite. 45 private acres, barns and creek. Located east of Washington with easy I-44 access. Fred O. Thatcher Realtors 314-540-4600 68

$ CASH 4 OLD STUFF $ ————Light Hauling———— We Cleanup, Haul Away and/or purchase: Garage, Estate and Moving Sales! Also, Warehouse, Business & Storage Locker Leftovers! FAY FURNITURE 618-271-8200 AM WHAT'S FOR DINNER? Dinner is Served, Personal Chef Service will Plan Menus, Grocery Shop and Prepare Meals in Your Home for You to Enjoy at Your Convenience. Alison Brinker, Registered Dietitian 314-845-2709 SIMPLE MOVES We Specialize In Small Moves. We charge by the hour or the piece, house to house or room to room. Bonded & Insured. Packing Available. 314-963-3416 www.simplemovesstl.com ALLEN'S HAULING SERVICE 15, 20 and 30 Yard Trash Containers. Hauling Service. No Job Too Big Or Small. Any Type of Trash Removal. 314-621-0481 or 581-7274

DISORGANIZED? STRESSED? MOVING? FILES IN SHAMBLES? Margery Miller & Assoc. Organizational Consultants 636-230-6683 We help put order in your life. óóóóóóóóóóóóóóó THE MOVING MANAGER ....managing the details door to door. A personalized service to organize & oversee your residential or business move. Margery Miller & Assoc. 636-230-6683

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TREES

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Fertilization, Trimming, Pruning, & Spraying

www.gammatree.com AFFORDABLE TREE SERVICE: Professional Service at a Affordable Price. Call Baumann Tree for a free property inspection at 636.375.2812 You'll be glad you called!

TUCKPOINTING

Chimney & Complete Houses, Spot Tuckpointing with Color Match.Brick & Stone Repair. Flagstone & Patio Repair. Basement Waterproofing. Caulking, Silicon Waterproofing. Powerwashing. Prompt Free Est. Fully Insured. 314-645-8991 or 636-947-2133 Member of BBB & A+ MC or Visa Accepted

SKI THE SUMMIT IN Keystone Colorado. Luxury 3BR, 3BA Home, All Amenities, Sleeps 10, Spectacular Views, Jacuzzi, Only 75 Miles from Denver. Available NOW for Spring Break! Call 314-993-0915 or 314-313-2072 GULF COAST CONDO Carillon Beach, FL, Destin Area 3BR, 3BA, 3 pools, tennis courts and so much more! Great Rates. Available NOW! Call Dave at 314-922-8344 For Pictures Please Visit www.vrbo.com/148365 DOUGLAS, MICHIGAN 4BR, 2BA, 8 person maximum. Private. Beach. New Kitchen & AC. Prime weeks available. $3750/wk. Call for pics 207.329.2368 SOUTH HAVEN, MICHIGAN 7 Bedroom beachfront home, walking distance to everything. Available June & 2nd & 3rd Week in July. $3000 314-997-7188 reislerfr@sbcglobal.net

DOUGLAS MICHIGAN In Most Desirable Douglas Beach Area. 4BR, 2.5BA, Private Beach. $2900 wkly. 314-965-2068

WANTED WANTED

BRIAN'S HAULING "U Name It & We Haul It" 7 Days a Week - Same Day Appliances, Brush, Clean Outs, Demo, Basement & Garage, Etc. Brian 314-740-1659

Ball's Piano Service piano tuning, repairs & moving 31 years experience www.ballspianoservice.net 314-324-2760

22 Years in Business! 8 Consecutive Service Award Winner '05-'12. Solid Tuckpointing & Spotpointing with Color Match. Chimney, Stone, Caulking, Brick Repair, & Waterproofing. Prompt Free Estimates. Fully Insured. A+ BBB 2011 Torch Award Winner (314) 645-1387 mirellituckpointing.com Credit Cards Accepted

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SERVICES

Complete Tree Service for Residential & Commercial Tree Removal, Brush Removal, Pruning, Plant Healthcare, Deadwooding, Deep Root Fertilization, Stump Grinding, Cabling & Storm Cleanup Over 40 Years Experience For a free estimate call 314-426-2911 or e-mail us at info@buntonmeyerstl.com

Trees Trimmed & Removed

GILLS TREE SERVICE • Stone Retaining Walls • Stump Grinding • Fully Insured

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CHINESE ANTIQUES: QUALITY CHINESE ANTIQUES: BUYING IVORY, JADE and BRONZE figurines, NICE PIECES 314-503-4847 GUNS WANTED Licensed Federal Firearms Dealer Top Price Paid ï Any Condition YOU COME TO US OR WE'LL COME TO YOU 636-233-4544 Ask For MARK marksr@newmellegunshop.com ROBERTSVILLE ESTATE AUCTION CO. Entire Estates or Just Down Sizing Cash Buyout or Consignment For Onsite Evaluation Call 314-229-9274 ï 636-675-5566 www.robertsvilleauction.com WE BUY DIAMONDS! Immediate cash paid - 20 years in business - By appointment only 314-721-7210 www.webuydiamondsstl.com COLLECTOR WISHES TO PURCHASE Gun Collections - Old and New Antiques of Any Type Fishing Tackle Call Steve Lapin 314-571-9427

RECORDS WANTED Cash Paid For 33, 45, 78 rpm records. House Calls Made.

VACATION RENTALS

Call Bob 636-296-5240

CARDINAL SPRING TRAINING - Jupiter, FL Walk to Spring Training from a three bedroom, two and a half bath townhouse on the Island at Abacoa. Walk to golf. Swimming. Beach and ocean nearby. Call Suzzie at 314-962-5674 for rental information.

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Hakimian Brothers

ORIENTAL RUGS

St. Louis Most Trusted Name For Over 45 Years

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE

EXTENDED UNTIL MARCH 3RD NOW EVERYTHING IS:

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Due to the extensive amount of Merchandise remaining from our multi-million dollar Inventory, we are extending the sale until MARCH 3RD, And offering a higher discount on each and every rug in our showroom.

Hakimian Brothers Oriental Rugs

7911 CLAYTON RD. CLAYTON, MO. OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK. 10AM-6PM TEL: 314 - 725 - 3600