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214 Fox Chapel Clarkson Valley | $699,000
730 Cleveland Avenue Kirkwood | $649,000
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CONTENTS SOCIETY IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION, WE PRESENT A TOAST TO DAD, A SPECIAL section that salutes the one and only man who can inspire everything from works of art to poetry and prose and pop-culture worship. Along those lines, we surveyed leaders in local theatre about their favorite dad-inspired songs. You’ll find their answers on p. 25 I’m sure you have your own list. I was a Daddy’s Girl, so I get overly sentimental every time I think about the songs that had special meaning for me and my dad—our own musical bond that allowed us to remember father/daughter moments over the years. As a baby, he would serenade me to sleep with Pearly Shells and other Hawaiian songs. And I grew up listening to his collection of albums by the likes of Andy Williams, Simon and Garfunkel, and Frank Sinatra (My Way was his ultimate anthem). On my wedding day, we danced to Nat King Cole. To this day, I can still hear my dad’s lullaby: When I see them, my heart tells me that I love you…More than all those little pearly shells…
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57 DINING OUT: JAX CAFÉ Almost in the shadow of the Anheuser-Busch brewery, Jax Cafe appears from the street much like any number of South Side pub-and-grub concerns. Then, you take a look at the menu and realize something more is going on here than meets the eye.
PEPOSE VISION INSTITUTE IN HAITI A look behind the scenes at a medical mission to Haiti.
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ON THE COVER: As a result of its continued financial growth, Reliance Bank plans to open two new St. Louis-area branches in the coming months. Pictured on the cover: Reliance bank president and CEO Rick Sems with board chair Tom Brouster. For more information, call 569-7200 or visit reliancebankstl.com. THE STORY BEGINS ON PAGE 20.
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FRED MILLER MY DAD NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT ‘being dealt a tough hand.’ Even though he had muscular dystrophy, I never heard him say, “Why me?” He always had the attitude there were many suffering far worse afflictions. I think about his positive outlook on life whenever I’m feeling a bit sick, or have an ache or pain. That perspective served him well, and is probably one of the reasons he lived to be 87 years old!
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ARIETY THE CHILDREN’S Charity of St. Louis celebrated 81 years of helping local kids with disabilities as Variety Week 2014 kicked off with the Runway Lights Fashion Show at The Chase Park Plaza. For the first time, Variety presented a New York-style runway fashion show featuring the pre-fall collection of St. John. After making a splashy debut last year, Variety’s Chairs for Children auction returned this year, offering 20 designer-crafted chairs and ottomans for the charitable auction. FOX 2’s Sandy Miller was emcee; Thelma Steward served as honorary chair, and her daughter, Kimberly Steward, served as runway show chair.
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T WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENING AS Voices for Children held its Be the Difference Benefit at Windows on Washington. Receiving the Community Superhero Award for his role in supporting and educating local youth was Don Danforth III. With a goal of supporting the advocacy of more than 200 youth in foster care, proceeds support the organization’s mission of being advocates for abused and neglected children in St. Louis by representing their best interests in court and the community.
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ACH SOCIETY OF ST. LOUIS recently held its annual Bachanalia! gala titled, Turn Bach the Clock. Guests gathered at Palladium Saint Louis, where they browsed and placed bids on various silent auction items while sipping on cocktails. Guests were then seated to a spectacular Bach beef tenderloin steak and Sinfonia salmon filet dinner. Radio Arts Foundation host Kathy Lawton Brown served as mistress of ceremonies. A special performance took place as young local artists, Mary Beth Freitag, Laura Beth CoDispoti, Terrince Tackett and Ravi Raghuram, took to the stage. Co-chairs of the event were Lauren Belding and Melissa Payton. All proceeds from the event go toward the Bach Society’s mission of enriching, educating and entertaining people through the music of Bach and other great performers. More photos on page 60
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9847 Litzsinger Road, Ladue Offered at $6,650,000.
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395 Highway V, Troy New Price. Offered at $1,668,000.
40 Auburndale Drive, Creve Coeur Offered at $1,249,000.
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11209 Hermitage Hill Place, Frontenac Offered at $1,499,000.
10 Country Life Acres, Town & Country Offered at $1,175,000.
9821 Log Cabin Court, Ladue Offered at $1,149,000.
3 Andre Drive, Des Peres Offered at $1,090,000.
17360 Orrville Road, Wildwood Offered at $995,000.
37 Clermont Lane, Ladue New Listing. Offered at $1,250,000.
305 North Bemiston Avenue, Old Town Clayton Offered at $885,000.
72 Clermont Lane, Ladue Offered at $819,000.
2726 Wynncrest Manor Drive, Chesterfield New Listing. Offered at $649,900.
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T WAS AN EARLY MORNING CELEBRAtion as Room at the Inn held its sixth annual Breakfast with the Inn Crowd at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport hotel. Guests purchased raffle tickets and bid on silent auction items before the program began. Emceed by broadcaster Randy Karraker, the event featured breakfast followed by presentations, as well as a client testimonial video and a live auction of many fabulous items. Proceeds from the event go toward helping Room at the Inn provide emergency shelter for homeless women and families. More photos on page 60
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Ana Schulz, Karen Wallensak
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9 HUNTLEIGH MANOR LANE Huntleigh, MO 63131 $1,500,000 5 Bedrooms 4 Full & 1 Half Baths
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Fabulous home with exceptional living spaces and gorgeous pool, terrace and outdoor fireplace. The inviting stone floored entry hall opens to the large living room with a gas fireplace, gracious dining room with a large bay window and spacious family room with fireplace. A bright sunroom with a radiant heated hardwood floors has lovely views of the private pool. The updated kitchen has custom cabinets, a breakfast counter and a cozy sitting area. Upstairs you’ll find a beautiful master bedroom with a custom walk-in closet, a small separate office and the updated master bath. There are two other bedrooms and a fourth bedroom that is now a second floor laundry room.
Steps from Clayton!! The quality and craftsmanship that went into this custom built home is sure to please. The stone & brick exterior is beautiful & once inside, the open & inviting main floor flows effortlessly from room to room while the numerous windows capture the sunlight making this home feel warm & inviting any time of day. The gourmet kitchen features custom cabinetry, large pantry, center island is joined by a sun filled hearth room. The main floor master suite features 4 closets, a gorgeous bath. The adjoining den/study overlooks the patio & yard and features built-in bookcases, fireplace & vaulted ceiling. So many wonderful features.
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2726 Wynncrest Manor Drive in Chesterfield
Beautiful setting on 6 acres. This updated floor plan is impossible to pass up! Stunning gardens grace this private lot offering magnificent views all around. The home features wood flooring on main level, new granite tops in kitchen, deck off the family room, 3-season room, big utility/office space off the kitchen, main floor master suite with updated master bath, and a second floor loft/sitting room with skylights. Features include: new carpeting, jack & jill bath, oversized 3-car side entry garage, walkout lower level, newer roof, wood windows, and natural light everywhere. Located in Rockwood Schools! Trails on the property make it easy to enjoy this wonderful setting! Fabulous opportunity.
Beautiful curb appeal, brick and stone exterior and a gorgeous private lot backing to common area. Inside this stunning home you will find marble entry foyer, wood flooring spanning the back of the main level, large open kitchen/breakfast room and vaulted beamed hearth room area. This home is full of finishes everyone wants i.e., granite tops, stainless appliances, custom cabinetry, upgraded gas range, walk-in pantry and a large master suite with coffered ceiling, walk-in closet and luxury master bath. High pour in the walkout lower level, zoned systems and sprinkler system. Located in the Rockwood School District with great access to conveniences! Casual elegance!
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SOCIE T Y St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness
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BY MOLLY JAMES
T. LOU I S OVA R I A N CA NC E R Awareness (SLOCA) recently held its Life is Your Symphony Live it Out Loud Gala at Edward Jones Headquarters. More than 350 people gathered for the evening, which included a dinner and live auction. SLOCA board member Ellen Levine chaired the gala committee. Guest speaker Elizabeth Mannen, of Wells Fargo Advisors, recounted her journey with ovarian and breast cancer, while SLOCA president Beth Hudson and board member Christine Krueger gave the annual update. SLOCA’s mission is to impact ovarian cancer survivorship by promoting awareness, funding research and supporting survivors. This year, the event grossed $179,000. More photos on page 60
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N ANTICIPATION OF THE 2014 WOMEN OF Achievement Awards (WOA), a pre-luncheon was held recently at the Zodiac Room at Neiman Marcus. The luncheon was an opportunity for officers, special guests, and honorees and their escorts to come together before the celebration at The Ritz-Carton. This year’s honorees include: M. Virginia Braxs (cultural enrichment), Ida Early (volunteer leadership), Dr. Eva Frazer (community health), Teri Griege (health awareness), Phyllis Langsdorf (creative philanthropy), Diane Levine (health and education), DiAnne Mueller (family enrichment), JoAnn Shaw (health advocacy), Linda Sher (child welfare) and Pat Whitaker (civic responsibility). LN’s full coverage of the May 15 luncheon will appear in our May 30 edition. More photos on page 60
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LN’s own TRISH MUYCO-TOBIN is among this year’s honorees of the Salute to Women in Leadership Award presented by the URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS. Other 2014 award recipients include: actress ANNA MARIA HORSFORD, JUDGE GLENDA HATCHETT, KATHLEEN MAZZARELLA, SHANNON BAGLEY, ESTHER HAYWOOD, TISHAURA JONES, NICOLE COLBERT-BOTCHWAY, DARLENE DAVIS, BARBARA WASHINGTON, OZELLA FOSTER-ROBINSON, REV. DORIS GRAHAM, MELANIE CHAMBERS, DONNA KNIGHT, CHRISTI GRIFFIN and BRITTANY PACKNETT.
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Michael McMillan at last year’s Women in Leadership ceremony
The Salute to Women in Leadership gala was created more than 10 years ago by MICHAEL McMILLAN, president and CEO of the Urban League. To date, approximately 100 women from various professions here and across the country have received the honor. This year’s black-tie event takes place on Friday, June 20, at the Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel. For tickets and more information, call 615-3668.
LADUE MIDDLE SCHOOL has been named a 2014 National School of Character for demonstrating the use of character education and development to positively impact academics, student behavior and school climate. The award was given by the Character Education Partnership, a national advocate for the character education movement. The school will be honored during a Washington, D.C., ceremony this fall.
Congratulations to 10 local teachers representing five area schools for being the recipients of 2014 Gold Star Grants from EMERSON. A total of $55,000 in grant money, open to past recipients of the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award, are being awarded to teachers at MARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ROSATI-KAIN HIGH SCHOOL, and LEXINGTON, KOCH, and LaVERNA EVANS elementary schools.
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A Parkway Central Middle School science teacher is the winner of a top teaching award for significantly enhancing his students’ performances in the areas of science and mathematics. RYAN BOECKMAN received the 2014 Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Prize for excellence in teaching, which is given in partnership with the Saint Louis Science Center. The award is named after the late Jerome Loeb, who worked for the May Department Ryan Boeckman Stores Company and was a longtime supporter and board member of the Science Center. Mrs. Loeb, a math teacher for 51 years, currently serves on the Center’s board of trustees.
Bravo to six St. Louisans recently awarded honorary degrees during commencement ceremonies at the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS. They include: Author, musician, fundraiser and community leader ELIZABETH GENTRY SAYAD, a sixthgeneration Missourian who has worked to preserve the region’s French history and culture; GARY JACOB of Synergy, a leading development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of drugs to treat gastrointestinal disorders; PATRICK GADELL, a longtime university supporter who has helped raise more than $250,000 in endowed scholarships for UMSL students in perpetuity; lifelong educator JAMES WESTBURY, who played a key role in buying the former Bellerive Country Club and transforming it into the current UMSL campus; and BEN AND SUSAN UCHITELLE for their remarkable service to education and their civic contributions to the community for the past 40 years.
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WERE YOU THERE WHEN ...
BY BLAISE HART-SCHMIDT
At its annual employee recognition celebration, the Ladue School District named Adam Stirrat as district teacher of the year. He will represent the district at the state level. Amy Balsavias, Issac Bjerk, Stephanie Chapie, Joe Kleine, Joan Sale and Karen Sumner also were named teacher of the year at their respective schools in the district. Pictured: Adam Stirrat, Stephanie Chapie, Karen Sumner, Joe Kleine, Joan Sale, Amy Balsavias, Issac Bjerk
Celebrating the company’s Week of Caring, more than 25 percent of employees at Reliv volunteered at Five Acres Animal Shelter, St. Louis Area FoodBank, Habitat for Humanity and Covenant House. The company has volunteered more than 1,200 hours of time at 17 different local charities since starting the Week of Caring.
Enjoying cocktails, dinner, silent and live auctions and a performance by Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) students, guests at the CID’s Ultimate Birthday Bash raised money to benefit children who are deaf or hard of hearing as they learn to listen, talk, read and succeed without using sign language. The event celebrated the organization’s 100th anniversary, and was emceed by KSDK NewsChannel5 anchor Mike Bush. Pictured: Laurie Miller, Robin Feder, and Rachel and Jack Oliver
Students in Robin Wellman’s second-grade class at Keysor Elementary School worked with classroom parent Katie Wirth to create and present a poster of their artwork to Kirkwood Mayor Art McDonnell. The poster included drawings of the students’ interpretations of notable Kirkwood sights. The Mayor says he will hang it in City Hall.
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Celebrating the developer’s new book, St. Louis Walk of Fame: 140 Great St. Louisans, John Meyer Jr. of Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan, P.C., honored Joe Edwards’ contribution to St. Louis at ceremonies at the St. Louis County Library headquarters. In addition to developing the St. Louis Walk of Fame in the Delmar Loop, Edwards, who wrote the book with his daughter, Hope, also is known for developing Blueberry Hill, the Tivoli Theatre, the Pageant and Moonrise Hotel, among others. Proceeds from the book, which features photos and biographies of the St. Louisans featured on the stars, will benefit the nonprofit St. Louis Walk of Fame organization.
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of the end of April, the bank also had zero nonperforming loans. All of these factors have added up to a net income of $1.72 million for the first quarter, according to the report. That number has steadily increased since 2012, when commercial real estate losses were still battering the economy, Brouster notes. This growth has allowed Reliance Bank to announce an expansion, including the upcoming opening of two new branches in the St. Louis area, Brouster says. The first will be located at the corner of Lindbergh Boulevard and Clayton Road, at the entrance to the City of Frontenac. “It’s an incredible location and really, we think, one of the best intersections in St. Louis County,” he says. The building will be newly constructed in a Williamsburg Colonial style, but with a contemporary interior designed to meet the needs of today’s customers. With many customers migrating toward electronic and mobile banking, the traditional branch experience is becoming increasingly irrelevant, says
Tom Brouster
Kevin Blair, president and CEO of NewGround, the design and implementation firm that is working with Reliance Bank to develop the interior of the new branch. “We’re looking to create an experience that draws the customer in and helps them become more engaged with staff to build relationships,” he Continued on page 61
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T’S OFTEN NOTED THAT ONLY THE STRONgest businesses thrive during tough economic times. While it’s no secret that many financial institutions were hit hard by the economic downturn that began in 2008, Reliance Bank is among those that seem to have come out from the recession stronger. The personal and business banking institution recently released its first-quarter financial results, and the story they tell is decidedly upbeat. “Our turnaround began over two years ago, and we’ve made significant progress in those two years,” says Reliance Bank chairman of the board and majority owner Tom Brouster. Compared to the first quarter of 2013, Reliance Bank’s loan portfolio grew 14.9 percent, with an increase in total deposits of 4.6 percent. The bank’s nonperforming assets, which include loans that cannot be collected on and foreclosed real estate, have reduced to 25.6 percent, and March was the 25th consecutive month that the bank had no loans past due 30 days or more. As
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BEST (AND WORST) TV DADS
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1) Charles Ingalls (Michael Landon), Little House on the Prairie 2) Cliff Huxtable (Bill Cosby), The Cosby Show 3) Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith), The Andy Griffith Show 4) Danny Tanner (Bob Saget), Full House 5) Mike Brady (Robert Reed), The Brady Bunch 6) Howard Cunningham (Tom Bosley), Happy Days 7) Dan Connor (John Goodman), Roseanne BY DEBBIE BALDWIN
You love them, or perhaps you can’t stand them, but our TV dads are always there for us, ready whenever we need a dose of drama, laughter or even fantasy. Here is my list of the most memorable dads on television:
Attention, Dads and Lads! It’s time for LN’s annual Father’s Day Look-Alike Contest and we’re looking for reader submissions. Send us a photo of father and child, complete with names and contact information, by Wednesday, June 4. We’ll publish as many photos as space allows.
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8) Jim Anderson (Robert Young), Father Knows Best 9) Steve Douglas (Fred MacMurray), My Three Sons 10) Ward Cleaver (Hugh Beaumont), Leave It to Beaver Plus, my Modern Family Fab Five: Cameron Tucker (Eric Stonestreet) Jay Pritchett (Ed O’Neill) Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell) Mitchell Pritchett (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) Frank Dunphy (Fred Willard)
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WORST 1) Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor), All in the Family Yes, he loved Gloria, but you can’t have that much rage and parent effectively. 2) Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller), Seinfeld See above. Oh, and I’m not convinced he actually loved George. 3) JR Ewing (Larry Hagman), Dallas Two words: control issues 4) Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), The Sopranos He was too caught up in his own stuff to be a proper father.
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5) Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), 24 In his defense, he is saving the world— repeatedly, with almost no help. That’s what his daughter tells her therapist, at any rate.
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ABC’s Modern Family
1) Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta), The Simpsons D’oh! He loves his children. They’re smarter than he is, but he loves them.
3) Gomez Addams (John Astin), The Addams Family He brings new meaning to laissez-faire parenting.
2) Walter White (Bryan Cranston), Breaking Bad Yes, he’s a meth dealer. Still…
4) Al Bundy (Ed O’Neill), Married…with Children Ed O’Neill makes the list twice, and
for some of the right reasons. 5) Fred Sanford (Redd Fox), Sanford and Son He was a grouch with a junkyard, but he always had time for some no-nonsense advice for Lamont.
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MOVIES ABOUT DADS
Fathers in Film N THE SPIRIT OF FATHER’S DAY, WE TAKE a look at five great father-and-son films. Some are uplifting, others are tragic, but all are well worth watching. We purposefully avoided more obvious choices like To Kill a Mockingbird, The Godfather and Road to Perdition, in favor of lesser-known gems that you may have missed.
The Bicycle Thief (1948) One of the most acclaimed European films ever made, Vittorio De Sica’s The Bicycle Thief tells the tale of a father struggling to provide for his family in post-war Italy. It’s a dog-eat-dog world where only the strong survive. The penniless father is ecstatic when he finally lands a job hanging posters; but unfortunately, it requires the bicycle that he had previously pawned. His wife has no choice but to sell the family’s bed sheets to reacquire the bike. Things fall apart fast when the bicycle is stolen his first day on the job. What follows is a harrowing journey of father and son trying to track down the thief. The Bicycle Thief made such an impression on the Academy that it was named Most Outstanding Foreign Film, seven years before the award existed. The film has been extremely influential and was way ahead of its time—one of the first to mix actors with non-actors and shoot in authentic ghettos. This is an Italian Neo-Realist masterpiece that you will never forget.
Determined and armed with a renewed sense of purpose, father and son embark on a journey to find Jane. Everything that ensues is captivating and impossible to predict. The casting is perfect and the film benefits greatly from an atmospheric Ry Cooder score and outstanding cinematography by Robby Muller. Paris, Texas deservedly won the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes. It’s one of the great movies about redemption and love lost. German-born Wim Wenders directs.
The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) Like many great films before it, The Place Beyond the Pines likely will rise in stature over time. Ryan Gosling stars in the riveting first act as a carnival stuntman who learns that he has a child and has some serious decisions to make. Unable to provide for the boy, he turns to a life of crime. This opening is so strong that its events reverberate throughout the film’s entire two hours and 20 minutes. The intricate second act focuses on a cop played by Bradley Cooper, and features Ray Liotta in his patented crookedcop role. The struggles of the protagonists’ sons comprise the third act, which takes place 15 years later. The movie is about how choices can affect generations, and how sons forever cope with the conflicts of their fathers. There are many gripping, edge-of-your-seat moments in this ambitious family crime epic directed by the talented Derek Cianfrance.
Paris, Texas (1984)
Life is Beautiful (1997)
Legendary character actor Harry Dean Stanton plays the role of a lifetime (Travis) in this road movie about a broken marriage and a father desperately trying to reconnect with the son he abandoned. Presumed dead and missing for four years, he wanders out of the Texas desert and is found by his brother, who reunites him with his son, Hunter, after a series of strange events. Travis tries everything to regain the boy’s affection, but Hunter is slow to regard Travis as his true father. Their bond finally starts to form after the brother screens footage of Travis with a young Hunter and his mother, Jane, played brilliantly by Nastassja Kinski.
Tragicomedy. Fable. Tearjerker. Life is Beautiful is many things, including winner of the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Roberto Benigni directs and stars as a charming Jewish waiter whose family is sent to a concentration camp near the end of World War II. The father somehow manages to create an upbeat atmosphere for his son in the camp, despite hellacious surroundings. He turns the whole squalid ordeal into a game, effectively concealing the truth from his son. Although the film starts off somewhat slow, it gradually builds to a profoundly moving ending as the father makes the ultimate sacrifice to save his boy. Some have
criticized Life is Beautiful for feeling contrived, but even though the film was inspired by the memoir of a real-life Auschwitz survivor, it was not intended to be a documentary in any way. The picture succeeds based on heart and sheer vitality.
Shogun Assassin (1980) Surely the most controversial choice on this list, Shogun Assassin actually is an edited and dubbed version of the first two entries in the Japanese film series, Lone Wolf and Cub. Set in feudal Japan, a famous samurai is forced into exile after he is framed and his wife is brutally murdered. He offers his son a crucial decision: choose the ball (which represents prideful death), or choose the sword (which represents life in constant peril). The infant son, Daigoro, opts for the sword; and the deadly duo start a new life on the run, becoming assassins for hire. A series of violent vignettes ensue, but these are of the comic-book variety, very reminiscent of the stylish mayhem in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill series. In fact, The Bride and her daughter actually watch Shogun Assassin near the end of Kill Bill: Vol. 2. A bona-fide cult classic, Shogun Assassin is a visceral experience; disturbing, yet touching.
Local film connoisseur Brandon LaMew has been ranked No. 15 among Netflix’s top film reviewers worldwide. He is the production manager for Radio Arts Foundation-St. Louis (RAF-STL).
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Favorite Songs about Dads By Brittany Nay
Mike Isaacson
Jack Lane
Executive producer, The Muny
Executive producer, STAGES St. Louis
From Billy Bigelow in Carousel to Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, musical theater dads often wonder what it means to be a good father. A new member of this tribe is Gomez in The Addams Family, which we’ll be producing at The Muny this summer. In Andrew Lippa’s lovely second act song, Happy/Sad, Gomez shares his feelings toward his daughter’s engagement: I’m feeling happy, I’m feeling sad / A little childish, a little Dad / I think of all the days you’ve known / All the ways you’ve grown / See you on your own, and then / I’m feeling happy, and sad, again. It’s a witty, heartfelt moment—equally confident and befuddled. Just like my dad.
What he loved he taught me / Now music’s what I do… Who else does a son learn more from than his father? This life-affirming song from Richard Maltby’s and David Shire’s acclaimed musical revue, Closer Than Ever, perfectly captures the passing of knowledge, passion and livelihood from a father to his son. It beautifully and subtly explores the ever-changing relationship between children and their parents, and with a lyric as simple as If I sing you are the music / If I love you taught me how, Maltby and Shire give credit where credit is due, to the men that inspired them most—their fathers.
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General director, Opera Theatre Saint Louis
Artistic director, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
It happens that we’re performing Mozart’s The Magic Flute this Father’s Day, so I pick the hilarious, heartwarming love duet of Papageno and Papagena. It’s a song of two unlikely creatures who find the perfect mate in one another, and how excited they are to start having loads of children. That will be “the highest of all pleasure,” they sing. Mozart had young kids himself. The music is so beautiful; I think he was writing about his own experience as a dad. I love it so much; it’s actually the song to which my wife and I recessed up the aisle at the end of our wedding.
One of my favorite songs about dads is Johnny Cash’s famous rendition of A Boy Named Sue. It has some great, good-old-boy humor, and tells the story of a father who names his son Sue, a name that will surely bring some pain and suffering to the son throughout his life. The father’s idea is that having this name would teach his son to be strong, and would help him handle whatever curves life would throw at him. The song builds a case for that until the very end, when it’s revealed that if the singer were to have a son of his own, he would name him Bill or George—anything but Sue! The song showcases strength and angst; and it’s a great, classic song as sung by Johnny Cash—written by Shel Silverstein, of all people!
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From the simple act of playing catch with his son in the backyard to the big moment of walking his daughter down the aisle, dad holds a special place in our hearts throughout childhood and beyond. And those moving experiences have inspired many a song about the everlasting father-child bond. Here, leaders in local theater share their favorite songs about dad—who always will be their leading man.
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Cheers to Dad! By Matt Sorrell
This Father’s Day, give dad a welldeserved break. Let him ease into his recliner, put his feet up and enjoy whatever sporting event happens to be on the tube. Instead of tossing him a beer, though, how about fixing him a fine drink? Here are three classic cocktails that are easy to put together at any home bar—and guaranteed to satisfy.
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2 oz London Dry gin 1 oz dry vermouth 2 dashes orange bitters This is the Martini recipe as seen in so many classic cocktail tomes. Instead of eliminating or downplaying the vermouth as is so common nowadays, it embraces it. The bitters—once an essential part of this drink that is often ignored in modern versions—give it a little citrus kick. This drink is the perfect complement to that steak you should be grilling dad for dinner. Stir all ingredients with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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Dad-Inspired Cocktails
Manhattan 2 oz bourbon or rye whiskey 1 oz sweet vermouth 3 to 5 dashes Angostura bitters The original Manhattan came in the 1870s or so; and, along with the Old Fashioned, is probably the most venerated of all the classic whiskey cocktails. The original version was made with spicy rye whiskey, but as the drink migrated to the southern part of the country, many tipplers opted to use the sweeter bourbon popular there. Stir all ingredients with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass or over ice. Garnish with a brandied cherry.
Rusty Nail 2 oz blended Scotch 0.75 oz Drambuie In the 1960s and ’70s, this uber-simple Scotch cocktail was as much a fixture in home bars, rathskellers and rumpus rooms across the country as American as shag carpet and avocadogreen appliances. I remember my own dad imbibing these on occasion. Make sure to use a good, quality blended Scotch like Johnnie Walker or Famous Grouse to really bring out Drambuie’s honey and spices. Pour ingredients into a rocks glass over ice. No garnish.
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Fun in the Sun
By Brittany Nay
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PARTIES IN THE PARK Second Wednesdays monthly through September, 5-8:30 p.m. For the ultimate outdoor happy hour experience, Parties in the Park on Central Avenue in downtown Clayton gives attendees the opportunity to catch up with friends over drinks, light bites and live music from Odds Lane on June 11; Super Majik Robots, July 9; The VCRs, Aug. 13; and Griffin and the Gargoyles, Sept. 10. Free. partiesinthepark.org JUNGLE BOOGIE CONCERT SERIES Fridays through August, 5-8 p.m. Move to rock, pop and soul music as Saint Louis Zoo’s family-friendly outdoor concert series returns with Groovethang, May 23; Dirty Muggs, May 30; Miss Jubilee and the Humdingers, June 6; NASHVEGAS, June 13; Big Brother Thunder & the Master Blasters, June 27; GalaxyRed, July 4; American Idle, July 11; Pennsylvania Slim, July 18; The VCRs, July 25; Mood Swings, Aug. 1; Coco Soul, Aug. 8; Griffin and the Gargoyles, Aug. 15; Ticket To The Beatles, Aug. 22; and FatPocket, Aug. 29. Free. stlzoo.org WHITAKER MUSIC FESTIVAL Wednesdays June 4-Aug. 6, 7:30 p.m. From internationally renowned jazz to local rock, blues and soul, the Whitaker Music Festival will once again deliver the classic outdoor summer concert atmosphere, with Peter Martin Quartet, June 4; Al Holliday & the East Side Rhythm Band, June 11; Marsha Evans & the Coalition, June 18; Javier Mendoza, June 25; Old Salt Union, July 2; Big Brother Thunder & the Master Blasters, July 9; Nigel Mooney, July 16; Augusta Bottoms Consort, July 23; Melissa Neels Band, July 30; and the Gene Dobbs Bradford Blues Experience, Aug. 6. Free. mobot.org
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TWILIGHT TUESDAYS Select Tuesdays through August, 6-8 p.m. Take in music under the stars on the lawn of the Missouri History Museum again this summer as Twilight Tuesdays returns with The James Family: A Tribute to Ike and Tina Turner on May 27; Dogs of Society—A Tribute to Elton John on June 3; and Big Brother Thunder & the Master Blasters on Aug. 26. Free. mohistory.org CITY CONCERT SERIES Select Saturdays through September, 8-10 p.m. Chesterfield Amphitheater hosts music under the summer stars as local and regional talent takes the stage, including Wayman’s Revelation—A Premiere Tribute to Steve Perry’s Journey, June 7; Breakfast Club, June 21; Well Hungarians, July 26; Spin the Bottle, Aug. 9; Magazine— Tribute to Heart, Aug. 23; Dogs of Society—Tribute to Elton John, Sept. 6 (7-9 p.m., this concert only). Free. chesterfieldamphitheater.com
ST. LOUIS BREWERS HERITAGE FESTIVAL June 13-14, 6-10 p.m. More than 100 beers from 30-plus local breweries will be on tap for the eighth annual Saint Louis Brewers Guild Heritage Festival in Forest Park. Sample an assortment of brews and food truck fare and hear live bands at Central Field. $35 and up; stlbg.com LET THEM EAT ART July 11 Maplewood’s whimsical art and entertainment festival, Let Them Eat Art, will showcase the talents of local artists, musicians, chefs and more through live artist demonstrations, musical performances and food tastings. Free. cityofmaplewood.com FESTIVAL OF NATIONS Aug. 23-24 Experience an eclectic array of ethnic music, dance and food at St. Louis’ largest multicultural event, Festival of Nations, in Tower Grove Park. An international food court, family arts and crafts, and live entertainment will highlight this year’s celebration of cultures. Free. festivalofnationsstl.org
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othing says summer like a festive outdoor fete. Lucky for us, St. Louis has a full slate of art and entertainment under the summer sun and stars—many with the welcoming perk of free admission. So, as the season starts to heat up, save the date for these festival favorites.
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ART FAIR AT QUEENY PARK Aug. 29-31 Be immersed in artwork from across the country at the Art Fair at Queeny Park. As one of the longest-running art fairs in the bi-state region, the three-day event gives guests the opportunity to marvel at original fine art and crafts, as well as participate in a range of activities, including wine tastings and prize drawings, at the Greensfelder Recreation Center in Queeny Park. Free. artfairatqueenypark.com BIG MUDDY BLUES FESTIVAL Aug. 30-31 From blues to soul, R&B, rockabilly, gospel and jazz, the Big Muddy Blues Festival continues to keep St. Louis’ music roots alive. Regional and local bands will be showcased on two satellite stages, with the main stage featuring award-winning national headliners on Laclede’s Landing. Free satellite stage shows; cost varies for mainstage entertainment. bigmuddybluesfestival.com
JAPANESE FESTIVAL Aug. 30-Sept. 1 Celebrate the culture of Japan through art, dance, food and entertainment during the Japanese Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The annual event, which draws thousands each year, is one of the largest and oldest festivals of its kind in the nation. mobot.org
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SAINT LOUIS ART FAIR—CLAYTON Sept. 5-7 Indulge your senses at the annual outdoor Saint Louis Art Fair in downtown Clayton: Wander through galleries from artists across the nation, hear live music on multiple stages, feast on local fare and get creative with children’s art activities. Free. culturalfestivals.com LOUFEST Sept. 6-7 Outkast, Arctic Monkeys, Cake and Grouplove will headline one of the Midwest’s most popular music festivals, Loufest. The two-day concert fest will feature multiple stages of music, a Nosh Pit, Market Square and a children’s activity area at Central Field in Forest Park. $95, 2-day pass; $350, VIP 2-day pass. loufest.com
GREAT FOREST PARK BALLOON RACE Sept. 19-20 Touted as the oldest and biggest free hot-air balloon festival in the world, the 42nd annual Great Forest Park Balloon Race will once again cap off our city’s summer. Witness colorful balloons light up the night sky during the Balloon Glow on Central Field, and return the following day to cheer on your favorites as they take flight amid live entertainment and children’s activities. Free. greatforestparkballoonrace.com TASTE OF ST. LOUIS Sept. 19-21 For the first time, the festival-favorite Taste of St. Louis will be staged in Chesterfield. The 10th anniversary event, dubbed the ‘ultimate food experience,’ will serve up the region’s top restaurants, the Chef Battle Royale Culinary Competition, an art and wine walk, and live music and children’s activities in Chesterfield Village and at the Chesterfield Amphitheater. tastestl.com
FAIR SAINT LOUIS July 3-5 Be a part of ‘America’s biggest birthday party’ in an all new way this year as Fair Saint Louis celebrates on Art Hill in Forest Park, the grounds once graced by the 1904 World’s Fair. Fair Saint Louis has partnered with stl250 to bring fairgoers a once-in-a-lifetime experience on this 250th anniversary year of the city’s founding. Festivities will include a full lineup of concerts, exhibitions, running events, a parade—and of course, fireworks. The 132nd annual Veiled Prophet Parade will travel through Forest Park on July 4, while the Freedom 4-Miler and Family Fun Run will kick off the fun on July 5. Among those taking the stage will be Smash Band, Thompson Square and The Band Perry on July 3; Gavin DeGraw, Matt Nathanson and Bonnie Raitt on July 4; and En Vogue, Capital Cities and The Fray on July 5. And some of the biggest firework displays will end each night with a bang. Happy Fourth! For more information, visit fairsaintlouis.org.
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PATIO DINING
Summer Hot Spots BY BLAISE HART-SCHMIDT
Il Bel Lago -Away from the busy street, surrounded by green shrubbery and trees, with a large fountain and Italian music playing in the background, owner Carmelo Gabriele says the patio at Il Bel Lago is like a little escape to Tuscany.
Café Napoli -Manager Gale O’Leary says that in addition to the famous veal chops and sea bass entrees and the patio’s warm ambiance, guests flock to Café Napoli to see and be seen. -The restaurant just added 10 new cocktails to its drink menu, including grapefruit, cucumber and espresso martinis.
Amigo’s Cantina -Built approximately 6 feet off the ground, the Amigo’s Cantina deck gets a nice breeze and has a roof to protect from rain. -Amigo’s uses fresh lime juice, agave nectar and only top-shelf tequila for its hand-shaken margaritas.
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Café Eau at The Chase Park Plaza -Café Eau has the recipe for a great summer evening: a stunning sunset, dinner by the pool, extensive dinner menu, specialty drinks and live music on Friday and Saturday nights.
CAFE NAPOLI, AMIGO’S AND IL BEL LAGO PHOTOS BY SARAH CROWDER
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FTER A LONG SUMMER DAY AT WORK, TURNING ON THE scorching oven might sound like torture. Spend a night in utopia by escaping to one of St. Louis’ best restaurant patios for flowing drinks, piquant provisions and good company.
Poolside Escape By Blaise Hart-Schmidt
All St. Louisans know—it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity. Either way, summers in the city are scorchers. Cool down and unwind with a dip in one of the area’s top pools, for the afternoon or all summer long.
The Chase Park Plaza Pool -Hotel guests, condo and executive apartment residents, as well as members of Santé Fitness and Wellness Center, all are welcome to swim. Historic architecture surrounds this heated pool. -Watch out for a new look to make the space even more enjoyable. Every Sunday through early September, RNB Productions will host Chasing the Summer pool parties; season passes are available to purchase online.
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-Those lucky enough to lounge poolside this summer at the Four Seasons will enjoy luscious greenery, an herb garden and stunning view of the Arch, plus a mouthwatering menu, featuring boozy slushies, the hotel’s ever-impressive cocktails and buckets of summer staples: chicken, French fries, beer and watermelon.
-Cool cabanas, comfy lounge chairs, a heated pool and outside pool bar create a fun, yet relaxed, atmosphere. Live music on Saturday nights makes it a bona-fide pool party.
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The Stylish Traveler
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Bring elegance and class back to travel with luxurious luggage and smart—but stylish—accessories. 1. Lightweight but sturdy, Rimowa luggage ($450 and $655, Passport Luggage) lets you glide through the terminal with ease.
5. It might be chilly on the plane; best to pack a Margaret O’Leary open-front cardigan ($168, Ivy Hill), just in case.
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6. Be the chic, mysterious traveler, with a printed scarf ($18, Melanie’s) wrapped around you.
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Staying Healthy During Travel
Expect the Unexpected By Connie Mitchell
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hether summer vacation season takes you to locales near or far, a few precautions before you go can help ensure a healthy trip. And that starts with expecting the unexpected. “Missed flight connections, lost luggage and car problems are common causes of avoidable medical issues,” says Dr. Idelle Fraser, a primary-care physician with SSM Medical Group. “If a patient has essential medication that is taken every day—for instance, medication for diabetes—I recommend carrying these medications in a carry-on bag when traveling by plane, and carrying an extra day or two supply, just in case the return home is delayed for any reason.” In addition to making sure you have ample medication on hand, Fraser recommends carrying a complete list of all your medications and supplements in case an emergency calls for use of drugs that may interact with your current prescriptions. Other strategies to prevent illness and anticipate potential injuries include packing a first-aid kit that contains over-the-counter pain reliever, antacid, diarrhea medicine and an antihistamine, says Dr.
Divya Chauhan, a family physician at Creve Coeur Family Medicine and on staff at St. Luke’s Hospital. “It’s also a good idea to carry disinfectant wipes and make sure you’re consistently using sunscreen and insect repellent when you’re outdoors.” When illness does strike on vacation, it tends to be ‘the same respiratory infections and gastrointestinal infections we get at home,’ notes Dr. Kevin King with Mercy Clinic Family Medicine. Other common ailments include sunburns, overdoing physical activity to the point of injury, trauma due to boating or other types of accidents, and dehydration. Staying hydrated doesn’t necessarily mean drinking the local water, however. Chauhan notes that some destinations require care in consuming food and water. “I recommend bottled water to be on the safe side,” she says. “And make sure food, especially meat, is fully cooked. Be careful about eating things available from street vendors where you don’t know how well the facilities are inspected or sanitized.” Seeking medical care when away from home can be tricky, King adds. “The drug store clinics
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are particularly limited. They can swab you for strep, check a urine test and examine you. If you are otherwise healthy, these are OK. But if you have comorbidities (such as diabetes, a history of kidney stones, etc.), then urgent care can manage most issues,” he says. “I always tell patients, even my Continued on page 61
Travel and Your Legal Affairs
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there is someone in control with authority so critical decisions can be made, and so you can enjoy your trip and not have to worry about day-to-day operations,” notes Brian Nolan, a partner at Carmody MacDonald. He also advises setting up an out-of-office notification. “Some people don’t like everyone to know that they are gone, but it sets the client expectation; and more importantly, it ensures that any client needs can be met by providing an alternative contact, so you’re not missing a beat when you’re gone.” And like any traveler, business owners should have Continued on page 61
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It’s All Relative
Imo’s Pizza: A Taste of St. Louis
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usch, Danforth, McDonnell—these are some of the names that put St. Louis on the map. And then, there is Imo, the barons of provel, and the name that’s synonymous with St. Louis-style pizza. Sure, we all grew up with a local pizza joint that made that thin, crispy crust with the melt-in-your-mouth provel that characterizes our local pies. But there is little debate that today, Imo’s Pizza is the heavyweight champion of them all. More squares of Imo’s are sold here than any other locally owned pizza chain. It was 50 years ago when Ed and Margie Imo opened their first pizza place at Thurman Avenue and Shaw Boulevard, not far from the Missouri Botanical Garden. According to their son, John, the couple never intended pizza to be their fulltime, lifelong pursuit. “The first store cost my mom and dad $500 to get started—and Dad had to borrow the money,” John explains. “He was in the tile business full-time. And when they opened up the store, they were thinking if they could make an extra $2,000 a year on pizza, their prayers would be answered.” It definitely turned out to be more than that. Imo’s success came from what was—at the time—a novel concept: pizza delivery. Ed knew of Helen’s Bar near his house on The Hill that sporadically delivered pizza, but he set out to make delivery his specialty—which obviously worked. Imo’s family members now own 23 stores, with the rest of the 94 locations operated as franchises with an estimated 3,500 to 4,000 full- and part-time employees across the St. Louis region, as well as in Springfield and Kansas City. Even though Ed and Margie started building Imo’s Pizza in the 1960s, it wasn’t until the’80s that the company’s growth really accelerated. It took even longer before their children realized what was unfolding. “My parents didn’t show off—they don’t flaunt much—so we never even realized how big and successful it was getting. It was always just plug away and keep going,” John says. “It was just in the past five years or so that my brothers and sisters started thinking, “Ya know, this is pretty big.” Imo’s still is run by the family: Ed and Margie, and their four sons and two daughters. John says Mom is still the boss, but the leadership roles are spread out pretty evenly. “We never believed in
“My parents didn’t show off—they don’t flaunt much—so we never even realized how big and successful it was getting. It was always just plug away and keep going.” JOHN IMO
titles; we have our family meetings and everyone gets a vote for the major decisions,” he says. “It’s incredible and it’s all due to my parents.” John says that while they may have differences from time to time, the family works as a team and has gotten along from the very beginning. “We talk it out—it is our old family ways.” One of those old family ways also is one other reason Imo’s stands out: the sauce. John says Imo’s sauce is slow-cooked before it is spread on the crust. “It’s a four-hour process, which
reduces the acidity in the tomato paste. That was one of the reasons that Imo’s was more palatable in the early days because it didn’t have the acidity from the tomato sauce,” he notes. “It wasn’t by design, it was just how my Grandma Imo on The Hill did it.” And then there’s the provel cheese. Just like we ask almost everyone we meet, Where did you go to high school?, provel really is (to steal a phrase from Aaron Mermelstein) a St. Louis thing. If you get too far outside of the 314, 636 or 618, you simply won’t find provel. It was developed in St. Louis at the Costa Grocery downtown in the 1940s, a blend of Swiss, cheddar and provolone. Ed Imo became Costa’s biggest customer; and according to the family, eventually got control of the patent, only to let it expire without trademarking it. Who knew? Even without the ownership rights to that tangy, melted, sweet pizza goo that we know and love, Ed and Margie did pretty well with that first $500-dollar investment in 1964. And their son says they did it with hard work and staying true to the family’s golden rules. “Don’t cheat anybody, make the pizza like you want it made, and stick with helping local people,” John says. “We want people to know that the money stays in St. Louis.”
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Photo by Sarah Crowder
By Paul Brown
Talking Points
Practice Makes Perfect By Fred Miller
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he 2014 Winter Olympics were recently held in Sochi, Russia. Does anyone think those great athletes just ‘showed up’ for their big game? Absolutely not! For many, at that level, it had been eight-hour days, six days a week, working out and practicing their sport—for years! All serious athletes do the same: Practice, practice, practice. What about professional musicians, singers and actors? Anyone think they merely ‘show up’ for their big concert, show or play? No Way! Even bands that have been together for 30 years still rehearse before big concerts! So why would anyone think they can ‘show up’ at an event where they’re scheduled to deliver a presentation and just ‘wing it?’ Incredibly, folks do this all the time. If you’re speaking, you literally have the platform to promote your platform! All eyes and ears are on you! What a magnificent opportunity to shine in the spotlight. There must be a reason you were given the
Your nonverbal communication will trump what you say. We believe what we see. Look at yourself as you present, and adjust accordingly opportunity to present to the audience. Grab that opportunity and make it pay off! • Promote your cause • Promote yourself • By having the opportunity to speak, you’ll be judged by the audience. You want to make a positive impression, don’t you? • That is unlikely unless you practice, practice, practice! Practicing should include: Review and revise your content.
• Editing usually means less! • Check that you’re not using buzz words, acronyms or ‘techno-speak.’ • Language the audience is not familiar with does not impress them. You’ll lose them if your words aren’t simple and easily understood. • No one wants to feel stupid. We see the emperor with no clothes, but no one says anything! • Plain, easily understood language should be used. Rehearse your opening and closing, so you don’t need to look at notes. • The law of primacy and recency says the audience best remembers the first and last things they see and hear. Own those parts of your presentation! Practice out loud. • Practicing in your ‘mind’s eye’ only goes so far. You must hear yourself. • It’s not just what you say, but how you say it that conveys the meaning of your message you Continued on page 61
Fred Miller is the author of NO SWEAT Public Speaking! For more information, email him at Fred@NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com or visit NoSweatPublicSpeaking.com.
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The Social Scene
Hands-Free Technology By Richard Gavatin
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hether it is telephones, tablets, media players, robotics systems, high-definition headsets and others, Bluetooth technology is everywhere. As a native Scandinavian, I have a lot to be proud of when it comes to hands-free talking—especially what’s called Bluetooth technology. The Swedish company Ericson invented this technology in 1994 and named it after a Danish/Norwegian Viking, Harald Bluetooth; and a logo was created that is a stylish interpretation of Harald Bluetooth’s initials. So, what is Bluetooth? It’s a wireless technology to allow communication—via radio transmission, between mobile and mobile, as well as between mobile and fixed devices when the distances between them are short. The technology is a combination of hardware and software. When someone says a product contains Bluetooth, that means it includes a small computer chip containing the Bluetooth radio. But it also needs software to connect, via Bluetooth wireless technology, to other products. USES What we are primarily discussing here is the use of Bluetooth as a means to talk hands-free on your mobile device while driving, for instance. However, before we delve into that, you should know that Bluetooth can be used in many other situations such as to control, among many other things: medical devices, fitness exercise equipment, intercom systems, regular PCs (in small spaces), and game consoles. TWO APPLICATIONS WORTH MENTIONING • What if I lose my expensive smart phone? If the phone is Bluetooth-enabled, using Bluetooth technology may be a way of tracking your stolen or misplaced phone. • When it’s really cold outside and you have
If you must talk on the phone while driving, hands-free talking obviously is the right choice. been away for the weekend, you don’t want to come home to a cold house. With Bluetooth technology, you can control your thermostat on your way home, and make it warm and toasty by the time you get there. HANDS-FREE When industry experts list features that should be standard in new vehicles, Bluetooth consistently ranks No. 1. In the old days—that is, a few years ago—installing Bluetooth technology in your vehicle was a ‘special-order’ process, worth time and money. Today, many modern cars come standard with Bluetooth technology, with the main purpose of enabling hands-free cellphone usage. Of course, there is a controversy on whether
hands-free talking while driving is any less dangerous than just plain old talking on your device. Does the fact that you are hands-free offer less distraction? In some other countries, like the United Kingdom, all hands-free and non-hands-free cell phone talking while driving is outlawed. The controversy in this country will most likely continue for a while. There also are technical constrictions with hands-free usage. If you ever have been distracted by noises or echo effects in your regular cell phone, just imagine the hands-free phones while driving! Traffic noise, other passengers’ voices and much more can reduce the clarity of your conversation. Technology research strives to reduce noise and echo in hands-free devices. If you must talk on the phone while driving, hands-free talking obviously is the right choice. Many professionals, who are out on the road every day all day, may not have the time to follow the common-sense advice: If you must talk on the phone, stop your vehicle, drive to a safe space, and then make your call. Of course, that is the ideal—and in many states, the only legal—solution.
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Business
in focus The Ladue Schools Board of Education has announced GREG BABER will serve as principal for Ladue Middle School for the 2014-2015 school year. Arts agency Chesterfield Arts has announced it will move to a new location at Taubman Prestige Outlets by June 1. Its new, 4,000-square-foot facility will accommodate the organization’s offices and educational programs, including its summer camps and classes. NextGen Information Services, Inc. CEO CARMEN JACOB has been named Hispanic Businessperson of the Year by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis. A native of Guatemala, Jacob also is NextGen’s president, as well as a community activist and volunteer with the Chamber. Nerinx Hall High School has announced JULIE LOHR will become the school’s next director of advancement. Lohr is a Nerinx graduate and received the Father Nerinckx Award, which is given annually to the outstanding graduate of each class. In addition to joining the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Real Estate Brokerage Network, Prudential Alliance Realtors has announced the addition of BOB BAX to its ownership group. Broker/owner ANDREA LAWRENCE has been named CEO, and broker/owner KEVIN GOFFSTEIN has been named president.
Baber Greg
Carmen Jacob
Bob Bax
Brian Buckley
Kyle Westbrook
H e p l e r b r o o m L L C we l co m e s K Y L E W E ST B R O O K as an associate attorney. Westbrook’s practice will focus on complex business litigation matters. DR. KEITH MANKOWITZ has joined Heart Health Specialists at St. Luke’s Hospital. Dr. Mankowitz also is the director of the hospital’s Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center.
SCOTT HARRISON has been promoted to portfolio manager at Argent Capital Management. Harrison has been with the firm for 14 years. The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners awarded JOHN PLACHT the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credential. To become a CFE, Placht had to pass a rigorous exam and demonstrate knowledge in four areas critical to fighting fraud. FRED BROWN recently was inducted into the Health Care Hall of Fame by Modern Healthcare, recognizing his almost 50-year career in the St. Louis health care industry. Brown also served as a founding CEO of BJC HealthCare.
Dr. Keith Mankowitz
Scott Berzon
Scott Harrison
John Placht
ROBERT ‘MAC’ FINDEISS and RYAN FINKE have joined Renaissance Financial as financial advisers. Findeiss graduated from Westminster College. Finke graduated from Saint Louis University. Enterprise Bank & Trust recently promoted JOE MARK to commercial banker at its Creve Coeur branch. Mark also serves as steering committee member of the Regional Business Council’s Young Professionals Network.
Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C. is pleased to announce ABBY RISNER and CLARK HEDGER as its elected officers. BRIAN BUCKLEY has joined St. Louis Bank as a commercial banking representative and credit analyst. Buckley received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Creighton University.
The Jewish Community Center has announced SCOTT BERZON as its new St. Louis Jewish Book Festival director. Berzon has previously planned author events and travel in positions at publishing houses W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. and Macmillan.
Bringing 10 years of real estate experience, GLENN MILLER has joined Dielmann Sotheby’s International Realty. Miller received his master’s degree from Washington University, and has more than 40 years of management experience. The Berry District Office of Northwestern Mutual in Clayton has named JOSHUA STOCKSTILL as its director of selection. He will work with the team to select quality candidates for the company. Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP has changed its name to Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum, LLP. D. LEO HUMAN also has been named a partner in the firm. Meanwhile, ALAN KOHN has joined Sher Corwin Winters LLC as counsel. Kohn was a founding partner of Kohn, Shands, Elbert, Gianoulakis & Giljum. Mercy Clinic has welcomed cardiothoracic surgeon DR. RONALD COSSMAN, pediatrician DR. JESSE GROH, nocturnist UROOJ MANSOOR, pediatric emergency physician DR. CORA ORPHE-HARRIS, geriatrician DR. MARIA PAVLOU, physiatrist DR. RODNEY THORLEY and critical care physician DR. CHAKRADHAR VENKATA KRISHNA VENKATA.
Robert ‘Mac’ Findeiss
Ryan Finke
Joshua Stockstill
D. Leo Human
Alan Kohn
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LIV ING
HEALTH & WELLNESS
PEPOSE VISION INSTITUTE IN HAITI
A Mission with a Vision
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ONJA DICKHERBER HAS BEEN A patient at Pepose Vision Institute in St. Louis for years: first for corneal transplants, then for cataracts, and now, for periodic macular degeneration treatment. Over time, she’s come to know the physicians and staff, but she never anticipated the turn their relationship would take this year. “Many people there knew that my husband and I have a mission in Haiti—and we go there about five times a year—so I get my treatments in between those trips,” Dickherber says. “When I was talking with Dr. Holekamp during one of my appointments early this year, she just said that she wanted to go along. I was thrilled!” Dr. Nancy Holekamp, director of retinal services at Pepose Vision Institute, says she’s long been inspired by Dickherber’s dedication to the people of Haiti, and saw an opportunity to help. “Sonja is amazing. She’s legally blind in one eye and has limited vision in the other, but it doesn’t slow her down,” Holekamp says. Knowing that Dickherber and her husband had established a mission site on the Haitian island of La Gonave, providing basic health care and education, Holekamp’s plan to perform eye exams and provide glasses received support from the Lifelong Vision Foundation, as well as from a number of local churches and organizations. “We had so many old pairs of glasses donated, we couldn’t take all of them, and so we’re hanging on to them for next time,” she says. Holekamp’s involvement came together quickly. Within a couple of months, the trip was planned to coincide with her children’s spring break. “My kids (ages 14 and 10) are open to new experiences and were in from the get-go,” she says. Holekamp’s sister, Susan Davis, also joined the group, having done previous mission work in Guatemala through her church. “Everyone immediately pitched in,” Dickherber says. “This was the first time we had kids come along and help with our programs, and it was just awesome to watch.” When not working with their mother in the clinic, Holekamp’s children spent time with students at the mission school, playing soccer and making crafts. “My kids realized that they’re not that different from these Haitian children,” Holekamp says. “The Haitian kids have nothing and yet they’re still happy. It helped my kids realize that you don’t need a lot of stuff to be happy in life.” The group arrived in La Gonave on Monday, March 17, and saw almost 400 people for vision screening and refraction before leaving on Friday, March 21. Patients were brought into the clinic in groups of 10, and Davis began by asking them to read a basic eye chart—a somewhat challenging
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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Dr. Nancy Holekamp examines a patient; Patients awaiting examination; Katie Holekamp and a friend with new glasses; Jerry and Sonja Dickherber
task for the many who had never before seen an eye chart and don’t speak English. “If they were under 40 and had good vision, they went on their way,” Holekamp says. “If they were over 40, we tested them for reading glasses.” Holekamp trained her daughter to use an autorefractor, a machine that provides a basic indication of what strength of corrective lenses are needed. With this information, Holekamp then examined the patient to refine the prescription.
Her son then located the prescription among the more than 1,000 pair of glasses the group had brought. “The looks on the people’s faces when they put on glasses and could see clearly was just incredible,” Dickherber says. Holekamp left about 700 pairs of glasses behind and plans to take more in the future. She also hopes to involve her colleagues to help treat cataracts and other eye disease. “It’s just a winwin-win all the way around,” she says.
LN Home A Ladue News Special Section
Transforming rooms into charming and comfortable spaces for you and your family
HOME
DISTINCTIVE PROPERTIES
4 Upper Dromara Lane
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BY BLAISE HART-SCHMIDT
HIS 7,600-SQUARE-FOOT HOME has everything you need—and more— for a life of contentment. The elegance of this home is all in the details: builtin bookcases, coffered ceilings, special millwork, marble and inlaid-wood floors, and granite counters. After entering through the grand, 2-story entry foyer, which features a custom curved staircase, enjoy the 2-story great room’s fireplace, wet bar and stunning view of the gardens. The breakfast room, butler’s pantry, center island and custom cabinetry in the kitchen will delight the family cook. An attached, 3-car garage, main-floor laundry, office and circle drive offer convenience for everyday living; but the main-floor master suite, with a floor-to-ceiling 3-window bay, dual walk-in closets and a large ceramic tile shower, is all about luxury. The 1,700 square-foot lower level addition is from 2005; and you’ll definitely be the host with the most, thanks to its 12-seat tiered home theater and fabulous London-inspired pub with a custom maple wet bar and a grand fireplace. The lower level also features a fifth bedroom, 1.5 bathrooms and a workout room.
This 5-bedroom, 4-full and 3-half bathroom home in Ladue is listed for $1.795 million.
Jiggs Dunn, 503-7999, jiggsdunn.com For more than 35 years, Prudential Alliance Realtors has served the greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The company operates seven branch locations with more than 400 agents in four major counties, making it one of the largest residential real estate brokerages in the area. Prudential Alliance offers one-stop shopping services, including corporate relocation, new homes marketing, commercial sales, and mortgage, title and home warranty products.
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LISTINGS
NEW ON THE MARKET 63108 40 Portland Place 63105 4 Brentmoor Park (pictured)
B/B
PRICE
6/8
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6/7
4 BRENTMOOR PARK
5/5
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63132 22 Forsythia Lane
6/6
$1,075,000
63124 25 Ladue Terrace
6/6
$1,350,000
12 Ladue Manor
5/6
$1,629,000
2000 Log Cabin Lane
4/4
$1,995,000
8 Mayfair Road
6/8
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809 S. Warson Road (pictured)
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63119 420 Oakwood Ave (pictured)
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13 Westwood Country Club Grounds 3 / 3
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11629 Conway Road (pictured)
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63141 734 Champeix Lane
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912 Town & Country Est. 8 / 8
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12065 Heatherdane Dr. 4 / 6
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1121 Highland Pointe
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11220 Hunters Pond Road (pictured) 5/5
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63117 9018 Stonebridge
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DIV ER SIONS
TEST DRIVE
CONVERTIBLES
Sun Worship
BY ROBERT PASTER
STINGRAY PHOTO COURTESY OF GENERAL MOTORS, JAGUAR PHOTO COURTESY OF JAGUAR
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ONDERING HOW BEST TO ENJOY THE warm weather after a very cold and long winter? Nothing beats the feeling of dropping the top of a sporty convertible to experience a beautiful spring day. When you add stunning good looks and awesome performance, it just makes the experience that much better. To that end, the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible may be the perfect top-down tanning machine. Completely redesigned for 2014, the designers of the new Corvette hit the ball out of the park. Sharing aggressively beautiful body lines with its coupe sibling, the Corvette convertible offers everything you can ask for in a sports car: great looks, a functional yet comfortable cockpit and tremendous performance. Though still identifiable as a Corvette, the new styling is not just modern, but futuristic, with sharply creased lines, a long hood, short rear and menacing front fascia. Perhaps the biggest improvement is in the cockpit, where rich, luxurious leather covers seats and most other surfaces. Comfortable, supportive, heated and cooled seats are very well-bolstered and help keep you in place during spirited driving. The trunk is pretty much an afterthought and not intended for serious cargo-hauling, but it should hold enough luggage for a weekend getaway. Lowering the fold-away soft top with glass rear window and defroster is as easy as pushing and holding a button for about 25 seconds. Even at high speeds, wind-buffeting is kept to acceptable levels. With the top up, a liner keeps the cabin quiet and isolated from the elements. A back-up camera mated to the 8-inch display screen is a welcome safety feature. A really cool feature is a heads-up display for the speedometer and tach that shows that information floating on the windshield. With a zero to 60 time of 4 seconds, this thing is seriously quick, thanks to a 455-horsepower, 6.2 liter V-8 engine mated to a 7-speed manual or 6-speed automatic transmission that transmits power to the rear wheels. Do yourself a favor and get the manual for maximum enjoyment and performance. Even with that much power, mileage is an impressive 17 city, 29 highway. The beautiful roaring exhaust note sounds so good, you don’t even need to turn on the fancy audio system, especially with the top down. Bill Pastor, sales manager at Elco Chevrolet/ Cadillac, brags, “The new Corvette is world-class; the interior is now up to the standards of the rest of the car, and the lighter, more rigid frame helps fuel economy and performance.” A new Corvette Stingray convertible will set you back about $60,000 to start, with available options adding up to $15,000 or so more if you check all the boxes.
Above: 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Left: Jaguar XK
Another hard-to-beat convertible is the gorgeous Jaguar XK, which aims for the same targets as the Corvette, but goes about it in a decidedly British way. Where the Corvette is brutishly strong and aggressively handsome, the XK is still powerful and extremely good-looking, but a bit more refined with more elegant trappings. Think Rambo vs. James Bond. The most striking feature of the XK is its looks. In a word, it’s gorgeous. Echoing the classic lines of arguably the best looking car of all time, the Jaguar XKE of the ’60s and ’70s, the XK has a classic long hood, short rear and curves like Kate Upton. The convertible gives up a bit in the looks department to the coupe, with its beautifully sloped roofline, but sun-lovers will accept that trade-off and a small trunk for top-down fun and sun. The interior is equally beautiful, with typical luxurious Jaguar leather on just about every interior surface, accented with real wood (the burled walnut is spectacular). Well-bolstered, heated and cooled front seats are most comfortable. Even the steering wheel is heated. Audio, navigation, dual automatic climate control and other controls are operated via
a large touchscreen monitor that is relatively easy to use and also functions as a back-up camera. The vestigial rear seat is better used as a storage space, as anyone with legs would have a hard time fitting back there. Raising and lowering the power insulated fabric top only takes about 20 seconds. The XK comes equipped with a 5.0-liter V-8 engine with 385 horsepower that, when funneled to the rear wheels through its 6-speed automatic transmission with paddle-shifters, can propel the XK to 60 mph in about 5.2 seconds. With the XKR’s supercharged 510-horsepower V-8, that sprint is reduced to 4.6 seconds. Unfortunately, there’s no manual transmission available. Gas mileage with the supercharger is only 15 city, 22 highway. Hey, you gotta pay if you wanna look this good. The exhaust note sounds better than most modern music and roars like, well, a jaguar, when the engine is provoked. Though possibly a bit more of a grand tourer than a pure sports car, the XK provides more handling prowess and performance that most drivers will be able to utilize, especially on the street. With the sport mode engaged, the XKR, with its stiffer suspension, terrific steering feel, powerful brakes and neck-snapping acceleration, becomes very sporty indeed and feels like it could hold its own on the track. The XK convertible will cost you about $90,000 to start. The supercharged XKR begins at about $105,000.
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Ellen Port during the 2013 USGA Senior Women’s Amateur Championship
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NE OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2014 golf season in St. Louis will be the Curtis Cup. The biennial international women’s amateur golf competition features eightplayer teams from the United States, Great Britain and Ireland in competition. The Cup will be played June 6 to 8 at the St. Louis Country Club, which will play to a par 70 over 6,200 yards. The USA leads the series 27-7-3. Curtis Cup captain Ellen Port has impeccable credentials to lead the team. She is a six-time USGA champion and two-time USA Curtis Cup team member. “I am so proud of these players and excited for what is ahead for this team,” says Port, who
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teaches and coaches golf at John Burroughs. “Representing your country in the Curtis Cup Match is one of the highest honors a female amateur player can receive, and I know these women are more than up to the task. We are all looking forward to June and the opportunities that are ahead of us.” Old Warson Cup Phil Caravia has been a competitor in Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association championships—and a formidable one at that—for more than 20 years. He has qualified and competed in countless match play championships, going back to the Taylor Cup days at Boone Valley.
BY WARREN MAYES
Earlier this month at Old Warson Country Club, Caravia put a stamp on a lifelong goal: his name on a MAGA trophy, defeating Alex Cusumano in 19 holes. Cusumano led 2-up after the 12th hole. Caravia would trim that back to one with a birdie at 13. Playing the long par 5 16th, Caravia left himself plenty far back for his third shot, while Cusumano was down at the bottom of the landing area for his. Caravia knocked his shot to within 10 feet, leaving himself an uphill birdie putt. Cusumano pulled his lay up just a bit right onto the collar of the green. A solid chip by Cusumano came up short, leaving Caravia a chance to square the match with his birdie putt, which he calmly
ELLEN PORT PHOTO BY USGA/STEVE GIBBONS. CURTIS CUP TROPHY PHOTO BY USGA/JOHN MUMMERT
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rolled in. The pair would each par the 17th and 18th holes to send the final match to extra holes. Playing the first hole, Caravia found the fairway, while Cusumano was just in the right rough. Playing first, Cusumano would hit his lay up long onto the back collar and Caravia was about 20 feet left of the hole. A two-putt par by Caravia sealed the victory, putting him in an early lead of the Player of the Year Points Standings and almost ensures his place in the 2015 Old Warson Cup.
Norwood Hills Country Club • Stroke Play Championship, July 21 to 23, Twin Oaks Country Club in Springfield • Parent Child Championship, July 28 to 29, Porto Cima in Sunrise Beach MISSOURI WOMEN’S GOLF ASSOCIATION • Junior Championship, June 10 to 11, WingHaven • Junior Girls Four State Championship, June 23 to 24, The Preserve in Iowa
Publinx Open Tower Tee professional Bob Gaus won the recent Publinx Open with a 3-under 67. It marked his 14th victory in the annual event held at Forest Park. John Anderson Jr. and Dave Maple both shot 69 to tie for low amateur honors. Don Bliss, who has four Missouri Amateur championships along with numerous other titles in his storied career, shot a 69 to finish as the low senior amateur. High School Boys Golf It looks like another banner spring for St. Louis boys high school golf. All four champions appear to be strong again and could repeat when the state tournaments are held next month. MICDS is the defending Class 3 champion with a three-stroke win over Cape Girardeau Notre Dame. The Rams were second in the state in 2012. This year, MICDS should remain among the elite in its class. Drew Lilly finished second last year and he is back, along with three others: Michael O’Keefe (25th place), Brian Trelstad (28th) and Blake Adamson (74th). In Class 4, the Timberland Wolves bested Rockhurst by two strokes. Zach Cutler was third overall and Josh O’Hearn was 13th, both are back this spring. In Class 1, Barat Academy won the title by 22 strokes over Louisiana. Trevor Cronin, who won the medalist, and Sean Weber and James Kvesic are back this season. Last year’s Class 2 champion was Lutheran St. Charles. Eric Meindl and Blake Bredensteiner are back. Amateur Tournament Schedule (through end of July) MAGA CHAMPIONSHIPS & USGA QUALIFYING SCHEDULE • US Women’s Amateur Public Links Qualifying, May 28, Annbriar Golf Club • East Side Amateur, June 14 to 15, Lockhaven Golf Club • US APL Qualifying, June 9 to 10, at Aberdeen • US Senior Open Qualifying, June 16, Country Club at the Legends
•Amateur Championship, July 8 to 10 at Creekmoor in Raymore • Mid Amateur Championship, July 24 to 25, Greenbriar Hills • Fore State Championship, July 28 to 29, Shangri-La in Oklahoma ST. LOUIS DISTRICT GOLF ASSOCIATION • Hardin Junior Championship, June 10 to 11, Lake Forest The Curtis Cup Trophy
“REPRESENTING YOUR COUNTRY IN THE CURTIS CUP MATCH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS A FEMALE AMATEUR PLAYER CAN RECEIVE, AND I KNOW THESE WOMEN ARE MORE THAN UP TO THE TASK.” ELLEN PORT, Curtis Cup Captain
• MAGA Women’s Amateur Championship, June 23 to 24, Forest Hills Country Club • US Girls Junior Amateur Qualifying, June 25, Bogey Hills Country Club • US Junior Amateur Qualifying (36-holes), July 1, Old Hickory Golf Club • MAGA Open Championship, July 10 to 12, Country Club of St. Albans • US Amateur Qualifying (36-holes), July 14, Jefferson City Country Club • MAGA Junior Championship, July 21 to 22, Normandie • MAGA Amateur Championship, July 31 to Aug. 2, Westwood Country Club MISSOURI GOLF ASSOCIATION • Amateur Qualifier, May 27, The Falls Golf Club in O’Fallon, Missouri • Amateur Championship, June 25 to 29,
• Etzkorn Pro 3-Senior Tournament, June 24, Old Hickory • 95th Greisedieck Men’s Championship, July 24 to 27, Sunset Country Club • Salomon Father & Son Tournament, Aug. 1, Whitmoor ST. LOUIS WOMEN’S GOLF ASSOCIATION • Luck Of The Roll, May 29, Belk Park • 3 Club Tournament, June 17, Sunset Hills • Stroke Play Championship, July 30, Tapawingo
Tournaments Jim Holtgrieve, captain of the 2013 and 2011 United States Walker Cup Golf Teams, is headlining the 10th Annual Project COPE golf tournament June 23 at the Norman K. Probstein Golf Course in Forest Park. The tournament will benefit Project COPE, one of the St. Louis area’s most successful community re-entry programs for men and women seeking to rebuild their lives after release from prison. Cost to play is $150 per player; and Holtgrieve will play a hole with every foursome in the tournament. Player registration is open to the public and can be made by contacting Project COPE, 389-4804 or projcope.org. Easter Seals Midwest will host the fifth annual Autism Invitational June 3 at Boone Valley Golf Club in Augusta. The event has raised more than $600,000 to benefit families impacted by autism. This year’s chair is JoAnn Kindle. The entry fee is $2,500 for a foursome. The tournament is limited to just 28 teams, and includes gifts, cash prizes, dinner, an auction and more. Call 394-7070 or visit eastersealsmidwest.org. That’s it for this month. If you have any golf news to report, contact me at wlmayes13@att.net.
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baldwin’s
best bets (What we’re buzzing about this week)
BY DEBBIE BALDWIN
FLOWERS & WEEDS 2118 Cherokee St. in South City; 578-8793
- Specializing in unique and oldfashioned blooms grown without harsh chemicals for a more fragrant and longerlasting cut flower - Custom and hand-made terrariums
TAHA’A TWISTED TIKI 4199 Manchester Road in The Grove; 202-8300 - The Tropical Itch and The Chi-Chi are some of the Polynesian-inspired drinks on the menu - Happy Hour, Tuesday through Friday, 4 to 7 p.m. - Enjoy the three-season outdoor hut seating
ROCKET FIZZ SODA POP & CANDY SHOP 6303 Delmar Blvd. in The Loop; 833-4614 - Old-school candy shop - Find nostalgic candy brands and unique sweets, as well as the shop’s own signature soda
GREETABL 441-5570; greetabl.com -A combination greeting card and gift box in one - Available in a variety of creative and themed cards/boxes
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O LAST WEEK, I WROTE A COLUMN on twists on the concept of the honeymoon. In it, I mentioned that language is fluid and constantly evolving. Words that were cuttingedge six months ago will paint you the fool if you use them today. I asked Cranky (16) if the party she attended last week was ‘off the chain’ and received an eye roll-head shake combination usually reserved for pathetic losers…wait. Don’t blink or you’ll miss the next wave of cutting-edge jargon. Some words and phrases are timeless, others have an expiration date. So I’ve compiled a short guide to the vocab of the day, timeless and trending, as well as a few that are making an encore appearance. Now be advised, I have been informed by my teenagers the fact that a woman of my advanced age is using these terms is in itself rendering them obsolete, but I will do my best to stay current. The simple fact that I’m committing these words to print is undermining their relevance, so you see my quandary. That being said, I will soldier on. New (bear in mind these will be probably old by the time this article goes to print) Hype- It’s the new equivalent to abovementioned ‘off the chain.’ It means really, really cool. This year’s prom is going to be hype. Hopefully all the promised hype parties will live up to the, well, hype. Sad- It’s a noun now, a tangible noun. That football game gave me a sad. I think you can figure out the meaning. #- It’s the way to navigate common threads in social media. I’m kidding. No one knows what the
Debbie Baldwin
TANGENTIAL THINKER hashtag means, but it’s cool. Imagine a Facebook post of your friend at a Cardinal game and a caption that reads: Friday night at Busch. Eh. Now picture the same post with this caption: #meandyadi #cubssuck #beeraninning. See? Turnt up- Not just the volume. It means amplify everything, and especially turn up your glass into your mouth, aka drink. Swerve- It literally means swerve. It’s the equivalent of step off, a directive to a person aggressively coming toward you. Catfish- Falsify one’s image or personal info online. If you use Kate Upton’s photo on your eHarmony profile, you are catfishing. Five Minutes Ago Selfie- The kids still use it, but they’re not happy about it; it’s lost its edge. Yolo- The acronym meaning ‘you only live once’ came and went faster than the song that inspired it. Phat- Urban slang for sexy; and unless you’re playing vintage ’90s rap, the word has no place at the party. Chillax- The dated portmanteau combines chill out and relax, and it is over. @- I dislike this little icon for many reasons. Of Continued on page 61
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REVIEWS THEATER REVIEW BY DEBBIE BALDWIN
Belle
RACE RELATIONS RATING: 6 out of 10
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FILM ABOUT A noble of mixed race in 18th-century England might evoke a lot of images, thoughts and questions. How would a child of a noble and a black commoner survive in such a rigidly structured society? What would her life be like? All interesting questions...sadly, this film does a remarkably unsatisfying job of answering them. Dido Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is the mixed-race daughter of Royal Navy captain Sir John Lindsay and his mistress. When the unseen mother dies, Lindsay takes Dido to live with his aunt and uncle, Lord and Lady Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson and Emily Watson). Dido lives a sheltered life, with her only companion a beloved cousin, Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon). Now, two very interesting things are happening: First, Dido receives a substantial inheritance when her father dies, but Elizabeth is cut off, leaving prospective suitors to choose between financial incentives and a life free from social controversy. Second, Lord Mansfield, a justice, is hearing a case about a slave ship that jettisoned its human cargo after discovering the slaves were sick and unmarketable. Honestly, I don’t know how a film about such a fascinating—and true—subject could be so predictable. I found myself reciting lines before they left the mouths of the characters. All in all, it’s an enjoyable film, it’s just hard to see how such a powder keg of issues could burn so slowly.
Godzilla
MONSTER MASH RATING: 7 out of 10
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Y BROTHER AND I u se d to s p e n d the night at my grandmother’s house and watch the original Godzilla movies. I would bury my head in my pillow, begging for him to change the channel as he dangled the antique remote over my head with a sinister grin. That one sequel with the giant moth scarred me. So, you can imagine my surprise years later, when I realized I had had the dinner scared out of me by a puppet smashing cardboard models on a ping-pong table. Special effects have come a long way…as have film budgets. This movie has every component of a good monster movie: a compelling hero, charming supporting characters, a reasonable (and I use the term loosely) premise, and (most important) a kickass monster. The world is in danger (but from what?), a monster is here to wreak havoc (or is he?), arrogant humans shoot first and ask questions later (will we ever learn?). This movie has absolutely everything a great monster movie needs. Get a large popcorn, an icy-cold drink and enjoy some killer special effects.
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Henry IV BY MARK BRETZ
THE STORY King Henry IV, formerly Henry (of) Bolingbroke of the House of Plantagenet, has become king of England following the deposition of his cousin, Richard II, circa 1399. All is not well, however, as Henry Percy (Hotspur), son of the Earl of Northumberland and a leader in Henry IV’s army, becomes increasingly disenchanted with the king’s treatment of his family. Hotspur, his father and his uncle, the Earl of Worcester, decide to rebel against the ruler. Henry IV leads his troops into battle against Hotspur, including his two sons, Hal and John, each of whom fights bravely. Henry is encouraged by Hal’s valiant behavior, as the lad often has been in the company of the wastrel Sir John Falstaff, a thief, liar and gluttonous buffoon. Hal slays Hotspur and then rescues his father from death in battle against Hotspur’s ally, the Earl of Douglas.
HIGHLIGHTS Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, which made an auspicious debut in 2001 with a production of Romeo & Juliet, has steadily expanded its repertoire over the years. This year, it has added another, most daunting achievement: Two productions being performed in repertory from May 15 through June 15. Making the task even more challenging, artistic/executive director Rick Dildine, director Tim Ocel (helming Henry IV) and colleagues have combined Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II into one, three-hour production. This adaptation of Henry IV is being staged in repertory with the Festival’s version of Henry V, directed by new associate artistic director Bruce Longworth.
GROUP: Shakespeare Festival St. Louis VENUE: Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park DATES: May 25, 28, 30, June 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13 TICKETS: Free admission RATING: A 5 on a scale of 1-to-5. More reviews available at laduenews.com
A testament to Ocel’s pinpoint direction is the uniformly precise acting of his sizable troupe of players. Leading the way is Michael James Reed, whose clear, well-modulated voice brings both power and persuasion to the title role with his portrayal of a multifaceted king. Equally adept is Jim Butz in the role of Prince Hal, whose character has a more transformative arc from reckless youth to a maturing young man. There is strong support by Charles Pasternak, virile and courageous, as the fiery Hotspur. As Falstaff, Tony DeBruno fully conveys the ample braggadocio of the conniving knight. Ambitious and perhaps overwhelming for another company, this focused version of Henry IV gets the 2014 Shakespeare Festival off to an authoritative start.
HENRY IV PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID LEVY
MOVIE REVIEWS
DINING OUT
spicybits BY MATT SORRELL
Bixby’s, located on the second floor of the Missouri History Museum, has made this year’s Open Table 100 Best Brunch Restaurants in America list, the only local restaurant in town to garner the honor. The list is generated from more than 5 million restaurant reviews collected from verified OpenTable diners for 15,000-plus restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Congrats! The ninth annual Feast In The Field to benefit Slow Food St. Louis is being held on Sunday, June 8, at Claverach Farm near Eureka. This multi-course extravaganza features food and drink from some of the St. Louis culinary scene’s shining stars. Get info and buy your tickets at slowfoodstl.org.
JAX AND COFFEE PHOTOS BY SARAH CROWDER, BIXBY’S PHOTO BY BRYAN SCHRAIER
Attention fans of grilled meats: the Kansas City Barbeque Society’s own Great American Cookout, currently out on its eighth tour across the nation, is coming to St. Louis this weekend. It takes place Saturday, May 24, and Sunday, May 25, at Chesterfield Amphitheater as part of the St. Louis Blues Week Festival. The event will feature grilling demos and plenty of samples and all manner of meaty goodness. Info at kcbs.us/tour.php. The recently opened 21st Amendment, The Brewers Bar has a new name. Turns out that another beer joint on the West Coast owns the copyright to that moniker, so from now on, we’ll be calling ours the 21st Street Brewers Bar. We just heard about a new addition to the south-of-the-border deliciousness available in Benton Park: Yaqui’s on Cherokee has begun serving up fine Mexican fare at 2728 Cherokee St. St. Louis always has been known as a beer town, but we’re getting a rep as a burg that knows its coffee, as well. At the United States Coffee Championships, held last month in Seattle, NORA BRADY of Blueprint Coffee, took sixth place in the U.S. Barista Championship; and TONY AUGER of Kaldi’s Coffee placed third in the U.S. Brewers Cup Championship. Well done!
Jax Café
Daytime Delight BY SIDNEY LEWIS
LATELY WE’VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE some great dining experiences at restaurants that appear quite humble and understated, but serve up some really delicious and creative food that bely their surroundings. The latest to turn our heads is Jax Cafe in Benton Park. Almost in the shadow of the Anheuser-Busch brewery, Jax Cafe appears from the street much like any number of South Side pub-and-grub concerns. Inside, the decor is sparse, though there are some colorful paintings of heavily tattooed biker types adorning the walls, along with several cabinets of Pez dispensers for a touch of quirkiness. All in all, a very casual and unassuming vibe permeates the place. Then, you take a look at the menu and realize something more is going on here than meets the eye. Running the show at Jax is Chef Brian Hale, who has served in some of the city’s best kitchens, including Monarch and The Chase Park Plaza. He’s taken his fine-dining background and parlayed it into a unique menu touted as “gourmet eclectic comfort food.” Eclectic is a perfect descriptor for the menu, which really runs the gamut in terms of influences and flavors. We started off with a cup of the Soup du Jour ($3), a silky and sweet corn chowder, then moved right into some small plates. Not your typical nachos by any stretch, the Yellowfin Tuna Nacho ($14) is a board consisting of five fried wontons piled high with rosy sesame-encrusted chunks of fish and accented with mango salsa and a wasabi
aioli—light and delicious. For mains, we chose the Pan-Seared Mero ($19) and the Eggplant Canneloni ($15). We were totally unfamiliar with mero—turns out it’s basically a type of sea bass. This dish features a flaky chunk of it served on an earthy, tender wild mushroom risotto cake and topped with a rich saffron beurre monte, a delectable butter-based sauce. On the side, some cayenne port wine beets. We didn’t get as much heat from these as expected, but the deep flavor of the beets, coupled with the equally rich and complex addition of port, was sublime. The ‘canneloni’ we had eschews the traditional tubular noodles in favor of slices of eggplant, stuffed with a tasty mix of quinoa, wild mushrooms and brie, and topped with a smoky roasted red pepper coulis. We didn’t miss the noodles at all. We capped the meal off with a shared order of Love and Brioche ($7), a surprisingly light confection featuring mascarpone, cream, coconut and one of our favorite childhood treats, Captain Crunch. All of the dishes we sampled were plated to perfection and could have easily been offered up at any number of white-tablecloth places around town without changing a thing. All in all, Jax offers the best of both worlds: comfortable, laid-back surroundings and the highest quality cuisine. Like the old saying says, don’t judge a book...
2901 Salena St., 449-1995, jax-cafe.com
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THE MAGIC FLUTE Opera Theatre presents a new spin on Mozart’s masterpiece, The Magic Flute, directed and designed by fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi, at the Loretto-Hilton Center. Various times. $25-$130. 961-0644 or opera-stl.org.
OLIVER! Insight Theatre Company presents the Tony Award-winning musical Oliver!, based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel Oliver Twist, at Heagney Theatre in Nerinx Hall. Various times. $15-$30. 556-1293 or insighttheatrecompany.com.
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THROUGH 9/21 CAGE AND KAINO: PIECES AND PERFORMANCES Inspired by the game of chess, the globally acclaimed art and music of John Cage and Glenn Kaino will be highlighted at the World Chess Hall of Fame. Free. worldchesshof.org.
THROUGH 6/15 HENRY IV PARTS I & 2, & HENRY V Experience epic drama as Shakespeare Festival St. Louis presents two alternating shows, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 and Henry V, at Forest Park’s Shakespeare Glen. Various times. Free. 531-9800 or sfstl.com.
5/23-26 ST. LOUIS COUNTY GREEK FEST The Assumption Greek Orthodox Church will host its annual St. Louis County Greek Fest, featuring Greek food, music, dancing and a marketplace. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. stlouisgreekfest.com.
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NATURE CONNECTS 2.0 ART WITH LEGO BRICKS Missouri Botanical Garden will host a new exhibit featuring larger-than-life animal and plant sculptures built with LEGO bricks. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $3-$6. 577-1700 or mobot.org.
5/25-26 GYPSY CARAVAN St. Louis Symphony Volunteer Association presents one of the Midwest’s largest antique, craft and flea markets with more than 300 vendors at The Family Arena. Various times. $10-$30. stlsymphony.org/gypsycaravan.
6/6-8 ART&AIR FAIR Webster Groves’ annual outdoor art fair returns to the grounds of Webster University with mixed media from more than 100 artists, local fare, live music and creative activities for kids. Free. Various times. wcaf.org.
6/7 GREEN HOMES FESTIVAL View exhibits and demonstrations from more than 70 of the region’s most sustainable leaders at Missouri Botanical Garden. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $4-$8. 577-5100 or mobot.org.
5/29-6/22 THE PAWN The game of chess will be brought to life in Circus Flora’s 27th big-top production, The Pawn, in Grand Center. Various times. $10-$48. 289-4040 or circusflora.org.
MOVE TO THE MUSIC 5/23 JUNGLE BOOGIE Saint Louis Zoo’s family-friendly Friday night concert series opens this season with Groovethang. 5-8 p.m. Free. 781-0900 or stlzoo.org. 6/4 WHITAKER MUSIC FESTIVAL The 2014 Whitaker Music Festival at Missouri Botanical Garden opens with the Peter Martin Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Free. 577-5100 or mobot.org. 6/11 PARTIES IN THE PARK The 31st season of Parties in the Park rolls on with local restaurant fare and live music by rock and pop group Odds Lane at Central Avenue and Forsyth Boulevard in downtown Clayton. Free. 5-8:30 p.m. 726-3033 or partiesinthepark.org.
6/4 CHER Cher, with special guest Cyndi Lauper, will bring her Dressed to Kill Tour to Scottrade Center. 7:30 p.m. $25-$105. 888-745-3000 or scottradecenter.com.
6/5 THE MONKEES Music and pop culture icons, The Monkees, will perform at The Fox Theatre. 7:30 p.m. $30-$100. 534-1111 or fabulousfox.com.
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6/7 & 6/14 TRICK BOXING COCA presents Trick Boxing, a comedic story of trials and triumph from the husband and wife duo known as Sossy Mechanics. 7 p.m. $14$18. 725-6555 or cocastl.org.
CHECK THIS OUT 6/9 SING FOR SITEMAN Starring seven opera singers from around the world, accompanied by internationally acclaimed pianist Carol Wong, the fifth annual Sing for Siteman will be held at John Burroughs School to benefit Siteman Cancer Center. 7:30 p.m. $50-$100. 961-0644 or opera-stl.org/singforsiteman.
AMERICAN SPIRITS PHOTO COURTESY OF 1996-98 ACCUSOFT INC., TRICK BOXING PHOTO BY V. PAUL VIRTUCIO
AMERICAN SPIRITS: THE RISE AND FALL OF PROHIBITION Learn to dance the Charleston, marvel at 1920s flapper attire and view more than 100 rare Prohibition-era artifacts at Missouri History Museum’s newest special exhibition. $10, adults; free, ages 18 and younger. mohistory.org.
ROD STEWART & SANTANA Two of the world’s most enduring musical artists, Rod Stewart and Santana, will take the Scottrade Center stage. 7:30 p.m. $36-$126. 888-745-3000 or scottradecenter.com.
DIV ER SIONS Across 1. Neighbors star Rogan 5. Expertise 10. Zogby product 14. Artificial bait 15. Boredom 16. Fishing, perhaps 17. Sills’s solo 18. Porridge ingredient 19. Antares, for one 20. Matt Damon and Robin Williams (1997) 23. ‘I ___ return’ 24. Be bombastic 25. Carl Sagan’s area 28. Active 30. Bit 31. Going to the dogs, e.g. 33. Before 36. Scarlett Johansson and Laura Linney (2007) 40. Clairvoyance, e.g. 41. Donnybrook 42. ‘By yesterday!’ 43. Part of N.Y.C. 44. Certain beads 46. Persian potentates
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE 25. Commend 26. ___ and aahs 27. Increase, with ‘up’ 28. Fries, maybe 29. Hawaiian dish 31. Not outward 32. Blonde’s secret, maybe 33. Galileo’s birthplace 34. Back 35. Catch a glimpse of 37. Awry 38. After expenses 39. Daredevil’s trait 43. Just shy of rude 44. Go-carts 45. Mozart’s L’___ del Cairo 46. Gobble, as food 47. One with crossed fingers, perhaps 48. Baffled 49. Butter up? 50. Banana oil, e.g. 52. October birthstone 53. Back of the neck 54. Abstruse 55. Acreage 56. Actress Redgrave
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RELIANCE BANK Continued from page 22 says. “The branch at Clayton and Lindbergh will bring new features that are unique in combination to the St. Louis market.” Among them, traditional teller lines will be replaced by a more intimate meeting setting where full-service bankers can conduct all types of transactions in a concierge-banker style, Blair says. A technology center will display technology where staff can explain mobile banking options to customers. Additionally, a hospitality center will provide flexible space that the bank can open up to customers for seminars and conferences. New Smart ATM technology, which is still rare in the Midwest, will allow customers to have a full-service experience even after hours. “We’re one of the few community banks nationwide putting these technologies together to take care of folks in the community and be a good community partner,” notes Reliance Bank president and CEO Rick Sems. “This branch is setting the standard for the bank going forward,” Blair says. “It shows commitment to the St. Louis community, in an ideal location serving Ladue, Clayton, Frontenac and surrounding areas. There’s nothing like it in that area.” A second new branch is set to open later this year in The Grove neighborhood, says Reliance BancShares president Allan Ivie. The location, on the corner of Manchester Road and Tower Grove Ave., is a historically significant building in need of a renovation, Ivie notes, and also will showcase some of the technologies being launched at the Frontenac branch. “We’re joining right in that effort of helping the area grow and prosper,” Brouster says. “It needs a bank and we’re going to be there.”
TANGENTIAL THINKER continued from page 54 course, I find Twitter annoying, but the real reason is that the symbol seems to be only known as the “at sign.” It doesn’t have a cool name like ampersand or hyphen. Italians call it ‘the snail’ which I love. In Spanish, it’s arroba, which may cross over. Hella- It’s a contraction of ‘hell of a’ and if you use it, you will be shunned. Also do not confuse it with holla, which is also taboo. Rached- It means disgusting or awful. One can only assume it’s a bastardization of retched. Don’t ever use it. It’s dreadful. Epic fail- Don’t worry, this one will be back. Timeless/ Retro Awkward- It should be dated, but it’s not. Salty- Still means pretty much the same thing. LOL- it may seem premature to think of LOL as timeless; but trust me, if you’re a millennial, LOL is as part of your lingo as ASAP or TGIF. Oh, and NSFW is fast approaching. Ralph- Truth be told the euphemisms for vomit never go out of style. Fox- Spectacular word, descriptive and fun to say, to boot. Tune in next week when the outs will be ins and the ins will be retro…
TRAVEL AND YOUR LEGAL AFFAIRS continued from page 41 power-of-attorney documents ready, he adds. Attorneys agree that prior to travel also is a good time for business owners to ensure there is a succession plan in place. In case of a sudden death or disability, select employees should have access to the business’ checking account and other pertinent documents during the absence of the owner. This is part of what Murphy calls a “mini-succession plan,” which includes naming a qualified successor and planning for the company’s future finances, as well as for any potential disasters that could derail it. “Every business should be thinking of that—it’s like buying insurance,” he says. “With no planning, we see far too many businesses die on the vine.” Murphy says the urgency of going on a trip really makes people jump off square one. But he and Watson caution not to wait to take these steps at the last-minute. “Call and plan ahead of time with your attorney, not the day before you
“EVERY BUSINESS SHOULD BE THINKING OF THAT—IT’S LIKE BUYING INSURANCE. WITH NO PLANNING, WE SEE FAR TOO MANY BUSINESSES DIE ON THE VINE.” leave,” Watson notes. “It’s better than trying to patchwork a fix after the fact of a disaster.” Having all your ducks in a row will allow for a relaxing trip, Nolan adds. “If you’re traveling for pleasure, try to enjoy the time out of the office. Getting away in this connected world is tough, but it will make you more productive when you return. And when you come back, you will be fresh and ready to work.”
STAYING HEALTHY DURING TRAVEL continued from page 40 college students, not to hesitate to call, as we can manage some things over the phone. But if you’re having high fevers, significant pain, increasing weakness or confusion, or any shortness of breath, then you should be seen.” Chauhan refers patients with specific travel health questions to the ‘Travelers’ Health’ section
of cdc.gov, the official website of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The site contains helpful tips and advisories regarding specific destinations. “Have a happy and healthy vacation,” King says. “With that time away from school, work, etc., you might just find exercise to be fun again.”
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• If you are one of those folks who ‘roll your eyes’ when you hear or see something you disagree with or think is silly, keep it in check!
the audience to understand. • Enunciation and pronunciation, projection, inflection, cadence and pausing all are verbal elements of communication you must be aware of and practice. Make an audio recording of your talk. • Listening to yourself intently will review areas that need your attention. • Are you enunciating and pronouncing all words distinctly? Do you mumble or slur words? • Are you projecting your voice to the back of the room? • How is your cadence? Are you varying it and not speaking too quickly or too slowly? • If you have an accent, regional or other, will the audience clearly understand you? Practice in front of a mirror. • Your nonverbal communication will trump what you say. We believe what we see. Look at yourself as you present and adjust accordingly. These include: facial expressions, gestures, posture and body movements. • They must be in sync with your message, and can enhance your delivery. • Practice these and exaggerate if you’ll be speaking to a large audience. • Be aware: All gestures are not universal! The difference in meanings can be viewed as offensive by some attendees. • Nonverbal communication also has an involuntary component. The audience believes what they see!
Practice in front of friends and family. • Encourage them to give you suggestions for improving your presentation. Lots of “That-aboys” feel great, but they don’t improve your performance. Ask them to offer two things you can work on to improve your presentation. Practice your sticky spots. • We tend to practice what we do well, and avoid the parts of our presentation we don’t excel in delivering. These could be super-important to your message. They’re sticky for a reason: poor use of words, structure, etc. • Fix them! Rewrite if necessary, or change specific words to make it easier to say. Practice in your mind’s eye. • ‘See’ yourself at ease, confident, and the audience watching and listening intently to you. • ‘See’ yourself—from start to finish—paying attention to all the verbal and non-verbal elements of your presentation. If your presentation includes slides, practice ad nauseam with them. Practice until it’s right! Steve Jobs was one of the best presenters ever. If he was scheduled to give a keynote presentation on a new Apple product or service, he would practice for weeks! This man was the best, but he still knew the great value of practicing. Follow Steve Jobs’ example of practicing ad nauseam and your next presentation will be — NO SWEAT! {LadueNews.com} May 23, 2014
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739 Stonebluff Court Chesterfield • $749,000 Mary Gettinger 314-378-3173
581 Upper Conway Circle cle Chesterfield • $899,000 Mary Gettinger 314-378-3173
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1642 Timberlake Manor Parkway Chesterfield • $350,000 Debbie Midgley 314-610-7519
1639 Timberlake Manor Parkway Chesterfield • $345,000 Debbie Midgley 314-610-7519
2427 Baxton Way Chesterfield • $239,900 Joan & Don Dewey 314-378-6215/314-378-6015
104 West Jackson Road Webster Groves • $809,000 Mary Gunther 314-374-1192
7544 Maryland Avenue Clayton • $1,999,999 Karie Lyn Ramos 314-518-6781
13592 Royal Glen Drive Town & Country • $859,000 Karie Lyn Ramos 314-518-6781
12865 Thornhill nhill Court Town & Country • $1,475,000 Carla Borgard/Carmen Gassert 314-580-2744/314-623-7790
12948 Fiddle Creek Lane Town & Country • $639,900 Carla Borgard/Carmen Gassert 314-580-2744/314-623-7790
7325 Princeton Avenue University City • $447,000 Julia Bakewell 314-401-7620
6881 Christopher Drive St. Louis • $769,900 Sabina Dehn 314-941-4000
201 Harbor View Fenton • $835,000 Sabina Dehn 314-941-4000
478 Pine Hollow Court Ballwin • $439,900 Sabina Dehn 314-941-4000
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