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16775 Wills Trace Court Wildwood | $1,999,900

1501 Saint James Place Court Wildwood | $799,000

2452 Copper Beech Drive Town and Country | $775,000

17996 Greycliff Drive Chesterfield | $710,000

1787 Doll Road Hermann | $594,000

224 Timber Trace Drive Saint Albans | $585,000

4 Claycrest Drive Town and Country | $565,000

4 Claycrest Dr 1760 Janet Place 950 Barnard College Ln 7839 Stanford Ave 1175 Mill Crossing Dr #301

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13 Granada Way Ladue | $949,000

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845 Wild Horse Valley Road Wildwood | $530,000

17212 Bluffview Ridge Place Chesterfield | $525,000

7709 Gannon Avenue University City | $485,000

1844 Stenton Path Chesterfield | $475,000

950 Barnard College Lane University City | $409,900

7105 Northmoor University City | $365,000

1952 Farm Valley Drive Chesterfield | $360,000

3423 Johns Cabin Road Wildwood | $299,000

8289 Tulane Avenue University City | $275,000

16908 Hickory Crest Drive Wildwood | $269,900

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12822 Westledge Lane - Des Peres The good life begins in this mint condition, traditional two-story home in a fabulous neighborhood. Enter the center-hall design with a spacious dining room and formal living room that opens into a wonderful family room including a cozy fireplace. You will love spending time in the updated kitchen complete with newer appliances, granite counters and opens to a deck overlooking the lovely yard. This gem also features main floor laundry, finished walk-out lower level with full bath and neutral décor throughout – ready to move in and make your own! $529,000

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1110 North Drive - Warson Woods This home has been lovingly maintained and renovated by the previous owners! Enjoy family meals in the large eat-in kitchen overlooking the lovely deck and patio area. Well-proportioned room sizes offer loads of living space. This home is deceiving from the exterior and even includes a great master with walk-in closet and door to upstairs bath. Be sure to check out this charming Cape Cod on a fabulous street in a wonderful neighborhood! $449,900

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1. 44 Clermont Lane • Ladue

8041 Teasdale - University City This warm and inviting home is in a sought-after central location and walking distance to Clayton! Light-filled rooms feature hardwood floors, arched doorways and stylish light fixtures. Expand your living space in the partially finished lower -- great for play, movies or exercise. This is the perfect home in the perfect spot! $375,000

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Open Sunday 12 - 2 u 1 - 3 l 2 - 4 n More Residential Properties 2660 South Warson Road (Ladue).

$850,000

NEW LISTING! Simply charming Cape Cod-style home filled with light and warmth with many updates throughout! On the main floor you will enjoy the gracious living room, dining room, spacious foyer, breakfast room, lovely kitchen, mudroom, plus an office/guest bedroom with a full bath. The master suite is enhanced with a fireplace, lots of light, a jet tub/separate shower and double sinks. Don’t miss this gem in one of St. Louis' most desirable neighborhoods!

2. 5228 Westminster Place • Central West End

$815,000

Looking for old world charm but with new finishes? 5228 Westminster embodies crisp, clean elegance with lots of spaces for entertaining. The updated kitchen and butler's pantry provide all you desire for both everyday living and entertaining. Step out the den to a newly stained deck and a gorgeous pool. An amazing master complete with a large bedroom, impressive bath, walk-in closet and sitting room is found on the second floor.

3. 43 Chesterfiled Lakes Road • Chesterfield

$829,000

Sitting on a gorgeous three-plus acre lot, this elegant five-bedroom home has a newer kitchen and baths. The home is completely move-in ready, courtesy of fresh paint, gleaming wood floors and a wonderful floor plan. Enjoy a good book by the fireplace in the family room with built-ins, or soak up the sun in the screened porch or large deck. The walkout lower level opens to more patios and an inviting pool. Also boasts a four-car oversized garage!

4. 2104 North Ballas Road • Town & Country

$775,000

A deep front yard with mature trees creates a wonderful first impression of this six bedroom/six bath home, but a walk through the interior will create a lasting memory. Exceptional design, well-executed updates and attention to detail are sure to hold your interest. Over 4,800 square feet of elegant, easy living with a gourmet kitchen being the hub in the open floor plan. What sets this home truly apart is the in-law/guest retreat that is rivaled by none.

5. 300 Babler Road • Town & Country

$849,000

NEW LISTING! This all-brick colonial is located on a storybook lane. Trees surround this gorgeous, 1+ acre lot and the charming private patio and fire pit are perfect for family fun and outdoor entertaining. Inside, you’ll notice the extensive renovations and numerous updates made throughout. This home also boasts hardwood floors, mudroom with built-in cubbies, butler's pantry, custom closets and beautiful millwork. You won’t want to miss this one!

6. 6916 Pershing • University City

$429,000

Located in Ames Place with its tree-lined streets and historic architecture, this is a classic, central hall home with wellproportioned, naturally lit rooms. Freshly painted throughout, the house features a bright kitchen with custom cabinets, granite counters and stainless appliances. Step through French doors leading to a sunny den with built-ins. Ames Place has a traditional neighborhood atmosphere; it's quiet and private while being in the midst of everything.

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7375 Amherst Avenue (University City).

$275,000

7 Carrswold Drive (Clayton).

$2,950,000

5074 Romaine Spring Drive (Fenton).

$274,900

1950 Log Cabin Lane (Ladue).

$2,799,000

8800 Delmar Boulevard (University City).

$252,000

4 Dromara Road (Ladue).

$2,199,000

810 Pennsylvania Avenue (University City). $229,000

14 Country Life Acres (Country Life Acres). $2,100,000

169 Forest Brook (St. Louis).

$210,000

30 Huntleigh Woods (Huntleigh).

$1,995,000

2425 Alpine Lake Drive (Innsbrook).

$209,000

150 Carondelet Plaza #2203 (Clayton).

$1,975,000

1128 Dougherty Ferry (Kirkwood).

$189,900

438 Sunningwell Drive (Webster Groves).

$185,000

622 Forest Court, S. Penthouse (Clayton). $1,495,000 13049 Fairfield Oaks Road (T&C).

$1,475,000

15 Country Life Acres (Country Life Acres). $1,449,000

Condos, Villas, Town Homes

118 Pillar Lane (Creve Coeur).

$1,350,000

150 Carondelet Plaza #2203 (Clayton).

14780 Sugarwood Trail (Chesterfield).

$1,289,000

622 Forest Court, S. Penthouse (Clayton). $1,495,000

$1,975,000

9754 Old Warson (Ladue).

$940,000

1310 Papin Street #500 (St. Louis).

11746 Westham Drive (Town & Country).

$939,000

14417 Rue De Gascony Court (Chesterfield). $574,900

$999,000

44 Rio Vista (Ladue).

$899,000

1575 Dietrich Chase Lane (Ballwin).

7435 Byron Place (Clayton). l

$865,000

200 South Brentwood Blvd #5D (Clayton). $475,000

$555,000

55 Briarcliff (Ladue).

$799,000

14410 Open Meadow Court (Chesterfield). $429,000

2603 Wild Plum Valley (Catawissa).

$789,000

842 N. New Ballas #204 (Creve Coeur).

24 Rio Vista (Ladue).

$769,900

14411 Quiet Meadow Court (Chesterfield). $275,000

3 Kahlia Way (Sunset Hills).

$749,000

200 South Brentwood #6A (Clayton).

250 Dielman Road (Ladue).

$739,000

665 Wyndham Crossing Circle (Des Peres). $634,000

$349,900 $255,000

900 South Hanley Road #7D, Clayton).

$232,500

208 Ambridge Court #201 (Chesterfield).

$224,900 $160,000

1323 Mallet Hill (Ellisville).

$550,000

4396 Maryland Avenue, #2W (CWE).

33 Thorncliff Lane (Kirkwood).

$524,900

1520 Washington Avenue #317 (St. Louis). $145,000

14507 Wellington Estates Manor (Chesterfield).

12812 Portulaca #H (Unincorporated).

$79,900

$474,900 409 Bates Street (New Haven).

$495,000

12703 Hezel Lane (Creve Coeur). l

$485,000

1035 Price School Lane (Ladue).

$1,100,000

4034 Magnolia Place (St. Louis).

$365,000

45 Trent Drive (Ladue).

$1,095,000

7620 Cornell Avenue (University City).

$355,000

7807 Cornell Avenue (University City).

$335,000

7379 Amherst Avenue (University City).

$325,000

2209 Divot Drive (Ladue).

$315,000

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HE ST. LOUIS ARTISTS’ GUILD celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters in Clayton at 12 N. Jackson Ave., which formerly housed the Famous-Barr department store. Guests enjoyed food, drinks and music, as well as interactive art projects and displays. Guests were welcomed by the Guild’s past president David Zamudio, president Randy Allen and executive director Kathryn Nahorski. Event committee chairs were Sandi Koldi, Kim Kordonowy, Betty Springfield and Joanne Stremsterfer.

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Terrific new price! An opportunity presents itself! This pink Ladue landmark is beautifully situated on an acre off South Price and under a lush canopy of mature trees. This two-family dwelling combines sophisticated style with significant rental income opportunity. This property incorporates the charm of an English country cottage (smaller, lease property with 3 beds and 3 1/2 baths) with an open, contemporary main dwelling interior including a first floor master, floor-toceiling windows and doors with 2 additional bedrooms and 2 full baths upstairs and a beautiful private courtyard with inviting terrace and pool. Additional features include two over-sized and attached garage spaces for each dwelling.

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CCESS ACADEMIES’ SEVENTH annual Scholarship Dinner raised more than $580,00 in tuition dollars for Nativity Miguel graduates from Most Holy Trinity School & Academy, St. Cecilia School & Academy, and St. Louis the King School at the Cathedral, as well as De La Salle Middle School, Loyola Academy and Marian Middle School.

Access Academies ensures that socially and/or economically disadvantaged students in the St. Louis area have access to top-quality, valuesbased education, regardless of race, ethnicity or religious affiliation.

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HE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE in Ebsworth Park recently celebrated the architectural icon’s 148th birthday. This year’s benefit, A Tribute to Trebor Tichenor, honored one of ragtime’s great modern masters. The event also recognized chair emeritus Joanne Kohn for her 18 years of outstanding leadership of the organization. Event co-chairs were Clare Davis and David Obedin; honorary chairs were David Mesker and Dorothy Haase.

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RS. FRED AND ANITA CHu have graced the pages of newspapers from the Post-Dispatch to the society pages of The New York Times. They’ve even had a Weatherbird drawing dedicated to them. But if you ask them, they say they just aren’t sure why.

“We had a star shining over our heads,” suggests Fred Chu. By day, he works as an ophthalmologist out of his office at St. luke’s Hospital; and Anita, a retired neurologist, helps keep things running smoothly. But it’s what they like to call their “life after 6 p.m.” that brings so much attention.

The couple started ballroom dancing some 20 years ago, when their three kids were grown, and they realized they finally had some time to do something for themselves. The Chus had only been at it for a few months when another couple invited them to join in at a competition in San Jose, California. “We competed two nights, in the beginner category,” Fred recalls. “They started counting down the winners from 10, and as the numbers got lower, we thought we hadn’t placed.

But we were No. 1.”

From that first success came many others, and the Chus were eventually named National Top Students. Today, more than two dozen trophies perch on the shelves in their office. Though they haven’t entered a competition in 10 years, they still cut a rug at least four nights a week, at The Ritz-Carlton and at clubs around town. Both are partial to the rumba and to other slow dances like the waltz—but they also like to spice things up with a tango now and then. “It’s nice to do something we both enjoy,” Anita says. “We look forward to it. Some couples fight—You didn’t do the right step, they tell each other. But to us, it’s a dance; it’s being together and it’s something we both like. We can spend hours going over something new.”

The Chus also like to travel—in fact, they just returned from a trip to Machu Picchu and Easter Island—but when they get the chance, they prefer to travel by sea. “We know three ships with huge ballrooms: the Queen Mary, the Queen Victoria and the Queen Elizabeth. They have music after dinner until midnight. On some other ships, they’ve converted the ballrooms to karaoke,” Fred says. “We usually have four suitcases—three for me and one for Anita. you almost need a costume for every night, because the people will notice if you wear the same thing.”

Costumes are a big part of ballroom dancing competitions—they give dancers a leg up in getting noticed by the judges. Anita doesn’t have too many costumes, but her very first gown came from a dream—literally. “I had been saying I

As you can tell, Anita is gifted with natural grace.

It’s her Filipina blood. Her true expressive talents were delayed by college, medical school and raising a family. Then, it exploded.

I happened to be there.

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“TO US, IT’S A DANCE; IT’S BEING TOGETHER AND IT’S SOMETHING WE BOTH LIKE. WE CAN SPEND HOURS GOING OVER SOMETHING NEW.” needed a real professional costume; and one day, Fred woke up and said, I know what you have to wear, and he described it exactly,” Anita recalls.

Shortly after, they were on a trip to Kansas City for a contest, when they went shopping—Anita with friends, and Fred on his own. “I saw a lady dancing at the store—she was a professional dancer. It was the same dress I had seen in my dream, with the colors reversed.” In his dream, the dress was blue on the top and yellow on the bottom; and the dancer’s was yellow on top that faded into blue. He found Anita, and they asked the dancer where she had bought the dress. “She said, If you can wait, I’ll sell it to you,” Fred recalls.

She needed to wear it in one more performance,

but then she was planning to replace it anyway, he says. When the dress came in the mail, it fit like a glove, Anita says.

Despite the couple’s lucky star, dancing has taken them through tough times, as well. In their early dancing days, Fred started to lose a lot of weight. At first, he thought it was from the physical activity, but later found out he had colon cancer. He had surgery to remove it, and was cancer-free until four years ago when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. So far, that cancer has stayed away. But last fall, Anita had a heart attack. “In a couple of weeks, we were dancing almost at full speed,” Fred says. “We had setbacks, but we danced through them.”

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Me: I was born a three-legged stool, and remain a three-legged stool.

Somehow, it works to our delight. Our secret? We dance for each other.

Best regards, Fred (& Anita) Chu

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HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND LEARNING CENTER

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HE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND LEARNING Center opened its doors to the St. Louis community in 1995, and has since welcomed tens of thousands of visitors, who learn more about the Holocaust, as well as become more informed about discrimination and other concerns in the post-Holocaust world. In recognizing its 20th year in the community, the museum is hosting an anniversary gala on Thursday, Aug. 20 at The RitzCarlton, St. Louis.

Museum director Jean Cavender says this milestone means “so much” to the museum, which is a department of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis.

“This organization really started in a small office downtown,” she explains. “There was a Holocaust commission, comprised of people who made it their life’s work to engage Holocaust speakers around the community. That was just the beginning of people starting to come out of their shells

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HE WORD ‘KRÄFTIG’ MEANS STRONG IN German. So it’s fitting that Epworth Children and Family Services’ 20th anniversary Polo Match on Aug. 22 will take place at Kräftig Polo Club. “One-hundred percent of the event proceeds will help Epworth families and communities grow stronger,” says CEO Kevin Drollinger.

Billy Busch, founder and owner of Kräftig Brewing Company, and Doug Sansone, of the Sansone Group, will lead teams in the worldclass polo match. “This is the most longstanding and largest local benefit match,” Drollinger notes.

“Attendees know us and come back year after year to support Epworth for all the good things we do in the community—and because they’re huge polo fans.” The family-friendly event also will feature food vendors, wagon rides, divot-stomping, and kids’ activities, from balloon animals to inflatable houses. And at $25 a carload, it’s always an accessible family affair, Drollinger adds. “People are welcome to come in fancy hats, or just shorts

and flips-flops.”

The polo match will help Epworth grow in a multitude of ways, from gaining volunteers to raising dollars to support its ever-expanding programs, Drollinger explains. “The event gives us the opportunity to connect with people and get them engaged in our mission, then they often become volunteers.” Proceeds help the nonprofit annually support almost 10,000 youth and families—a number that has doubled since 2012.

For more than 150 years, Epworth has helped kids overcome severe emotional and behavioral challenges caused by abuse or neglect. Through programs to support physical and mental health, housing, education and job-readiness, the organization is helping guide youth into a successful adulthood. New this year is a psychological testing and support service led by a licensed psychologist.

“Today’s society is complex,” Drollinger notes.

“Things kids and families go through today are very different than when I was young. We are helping make families and communities stronger;

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and hopefully, in turn, make communities safer.”

And Epworth is seeing positive results, with an 80-percent success rate across all of its programs, Drollinger notes. “If a baseball player had that kind of batting average, he would be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. So we like to think we are in the ‘Nonprofit Hall of Fame.’ But we never take it for granted. We appreciate all the support we receive, and we always strive to do better.”

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MISSION: Independent of the Special School District of St. Louis County, the Special Education Foundation “picks up where the tax dollars stop,” explains Diane Buhr, the foundation’s executive director. The nonprofit organization offers support to students with disabilities in every possible facet, from the little items needed to make life easier to elements in the classroom that serve as a base for a child’s education.

HISTORY: Since the late 1950s, the Special School District of St. Louis County has blossomed from a small group of teachers to a number of schools, offering personalized services to guarantee that kids are getting the kind of educational support they need to thrive. While Missourians through the years have voted to assist the school district with its costs, a gap still exists for addressing the needs of students with disabilities beyond the standard public education system. The Special Education Foundation stepped up to bridge that divide by raising funds to provide those muchneeded services. Led by a volunteer board of directors, the foundation relies on donations to help students live productive lives.

COMMUNITY IMPACT: The Special Education Foundation starts with the basics like providing eyeglasses, hearing aids and equipment to children. “Medicaid and insurance don’t always pay.

These devices have a huge impact on a child’s ability to learn and communicate, and be a part of the world,” explains Buhr. But the foundation

doesn’t stop there, she adds. “We offer scholarships and leadership programs for high-school students, and also host a huge banquet each year to honor the achievements of these kids with special abilities.”

The leadership program started more than a decade ago. “The Fred Saigh Leadership Program trains students to become leaders in their schools and communities. One student recently became president of his class, and another started a signlanguage course.” As a result, more students have found ways to become involved in their schools through leadership roles that allow them to inspire those around them.

The foundation has found other valuable ways to work with students with special needs through Dana Brown Teacher Mini-Grants. “Parents often list social skills as one of their biggest concerns for their child. A lot of these teachers run socialskills programs after school, which they volunteer to do because they only receive so much money each year,” says Buhr, who notes the programs focus on social development, and students with disabilities work side-by-side with students who have none. “When the kids go out to work, these social skills become extremely important.”

ON THE BOARD: Gene McNary The foundation’s interim president, Gene McNary, has high hopes for the students of the Special School District. “I believe that, for a number of reasons, disabled kids today have a better chance to be independent and productive people than ever before in the history of mankind.” With a bigger spotlight on the challenges people with disabilities face, and a new determination to conquer those obstacles through innovative methods, this statement rings truer than ever. But why stop there? “These kids today can be gainfully employed and have their own place to live. It’s a sign of a highly developed civilization,” he says.

McNary has been involved in societal development for his entire career, working as the St. Louis County prosecutor and county executive. He also served under President George H. W.

WHAT/WHEN/WHERE: 12th annual Dan McLaughlin Golf Tournament Monday, Oct. 13 Norwood Hills Country Club The Dan McLaughlin Golf Tournament is the Special Education Foundation’s biggest fundraiser each year. Sign-up starts at $350 a player, and includes two dinner tickets.

How to get involved: Visit sef-stl.org to learn more about the organization’s efforts and how you can give back.

Buhr describes the board of directors as being the backbone of the organization’s efforts. “I admire how much our board cares about the students who have disabilities, and how hard the members work to make a difference in their lives.”

From beginning to end—big and small, the Special Education Foundation focuses on providing the necessary tools for children with disabilities to become a vital part of their community, and to feel valued as members of society.

Bush as commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. McNary believes that some of the things the foundation does can reach another level, if given the opportunity to do so. “One of the things I think has great potential is the grants we provide teachers. We could take this nationwide, and make a laboratory for propagating those ideas to create a milieu that provides an overall support system as the kids go back into the community,” he suggests.

McNary has served the community in many different facets, including through a couple of investment clubs and as chairman for the Shriners Hospital Board, where he currently is a board member. He also is a facilitator and student at the Lifelong Learning Institute for Washington University. He recently joined the board of OpX, which strives to integrate former inmates successfully back into the community.

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August Charity Calendar

BY ROBYN DEXTER

‌SATURDAY 15 Performing for Pencils’ second annual High School TALENT SHOW at John Burroughs School, performingforpencils.org

Triple Play Art Auction Opera Theatre of St. Louis

SUNDAY 16 Maryville University’s Charity Triple Play ART AUCTION at The Westin St. Louis to benefit Kids Rock Cancer, kidsrockcancer.org/events

FRIDAY 21 FAIRY TALES CAN COME TRUE benefiting the tuition assistance fund at University City Children’s Center at The Caramel Room at Bissinger’s, uccc.org

MONDAY 24 Ronald McDonald House Charities of St. Louis’ 15th annual SPORTING CLAYS TOURNAMENT at Strathalbyn Farms Club, rmhcstl.com/kidsandclays

SATURDAY 29 NEUROFIBROMATOSIS WALK and Family Fun Day to benefit NF research at Clydesdale Park, nfwalk.org/stlouis Endangered Wolf Center POLO MATCH at Kräftig Field, endangeredwolfcenter.org

COMING IN SEPTEMBER THURSDAY 10 Opera Theatre of Saint Louis FOUNDERS’ DAY 40TH ANNIVERSARY to honor Richard Gaddes and Charles MacKay at the Saint Louis Club, nambos@opera-stl.org

SATURDAY 12 SATURDAY 22 Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of Missouri’s 33rd annual HELPING HANDS DINNER AND AUCTION at The Four Seasons Hotel, lfcsmo.org

Swing Fore Steve GOLF TOURNAMENT to benefit the Siteman Cancer Center at Aberdeen Golf Club, swingforsteve@gmail.com Cancer Support Community STORIES OF HOPE GALA at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis, 238-2000 ext. 235

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BALLOON GLOW DINNER to benefit the Missouri Humane Society at Forest Park, hsmo.org/glow

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SATURDAY 19 Hydrocephalus Association’s ninth annual WALK at Tilles Park, hydroassoc.org

FRIDAY 25 Shakespeare Festival St. Louis 15th Anniversary GALA at Lumen, sfstl.com/ support/15th-anniversary-gala/ Gateway To Hope’s sixth annual KALEIDOHOPE at the Chase Park Plaza, kaleidohopestl.org

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Board News

BY AMANDA DAHL

The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum welcomes six new members to its board: DICK MILES, who also serves on the boards of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and Boys and Girls Club; BLANCHE TOUHILL, chancellor emeritus at the University of Missouri-St. Louis; STEVE SMITH, CEO of the Lawrence Group; DAVID STEWARD JR., CEO of Lionforge; MICHAEL WEISBROD, gifts planning officer for the Roman Catholic Foundation of Eastern Missouri, who also serves on the Arts and Education Council executive committee; and KAY WOOD, photographer and member of the St. Louis Sharp Shooters Club (serving for a second-term).

J. MICHAEL CLEAR and ALEXANDER SCHOCH are the newest members of The Bach Society of Saint Louis’ board. Clear is a partner at Bryan Cave. Schoch is the executive VP law, chief legal officer and secretary of Peabody Energy.

JOYCE CAPSHAW was recently named to the board of trustees of the Law School Foundation at the University of Missouri. She is an honorary member of the Order of Barristers, and principal at Carmody MacDonald P.C., where she practices family law.

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Fontbonne University is pleased to announce its newest board of trustees member, KAREN GEDERA. An alumna, Gedera is a consultant at Gedera Consulting and a retiree of McDonnell Douglas, where she worked as director of Dave Griege quality. She is a charter member of the Fontbonne Community Connection, and serves on the Council of Regents.

YWCA Metro St. Louis proudly announces its newest board members to the board of directors: KELLY BAUMER, CSO of Saint Louis University Hospital; SUSAN BUFORD, community volunteer; CAROL DANIEL, KMOX news anchor; CHALANA SCALESFERGUSON, associate of Lashley & Baer; and SARA STOCK, attorney and founding member of Khazeli Wyrsch Stock.

JEREMY BRENNER recently was elected to the board of directors of University City Children’s Center. Brenner is a lawyer with Armstrong Teasdale, serving on the firm’s Employment & Labor, Non-Compete and Trade Secrets, and Emerging Companies practice groups.

LILLIE JACKSON recently joined the board of directors for SIDS Resources, Inc. Jackson is a preparedness coordinator for Saint Louis University.

Powered By Hope Foundation is pleased to announce its new board officers: president TERI GRIEGE, the nonprofit’s founder; vice-chair DAVE GRIEGE, executive VP and owner of Paramount Mortgage Company; treasurer STEVE HAYS, partner-in-charge of RubinBrown’s Industry Service Groups and its Life Sciences and Technology Service Group; and secretary TYLER FRANK, general counsel for Paramount Mortgage Company.

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AS AUTUMN NEARS, WARMER COLORS AND ETHNICinspired prints start to fill up boutiques. Always on-trend, the ‘global-chic’ look is one that is seasonless and timeless.

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So many people just feel a healthy glow makes them look better, and I think a year-round tan is good. The shade you use will change, though; and we have a product called Terracotta 4 Seasons, which has a light shade to wear in the dead of winter, medium for fall, a third shade for spring, and the darkest shade can be worn in summer.

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HOSE OF US WITH FAIR SKIN MIGHT remember bronzer terrors of years past, when only one shade was available—and it made us look like clowns. Meanwhile, those with darker skin tones might think they don’t need bronzer. Au contraire, says Marcus Monson. He’s the national celebrity makeup artist for luxury beauty brand Guerlain, and he’ll be at the Dillards St. Louis Galleria on Aug. 26 and 27 to share his bronzer tips. We asked him for a preview.

How do you correctly choose a bronzer?

If you wear foundation on a regular basis, remember to wear your foundation into the store, so that it has already warmed up to your skin tone and whatever bronzer you choose will warm up to the perfect color. If you go to the store and they put a new foundation on you, you’ll have no idea how it will look in a couple of hours. You also never want to go shopping for a bronzer right after you get back from a week-long trip to the Caribbean—it will only last as long as your tan does, and it won’t look good after that.

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Then you repeat that on the other side. You also hit the center of the forehead, nose and chin.

(That’s another three spots.) Then you do the neck—that’s the biggest thing women forget to do; they just put it on the face and it looks fake. If you’re worried it will rub from your neck onto the shirt collar, just take a little of your loose setting

What are your tips for making sure your makeup stays flawless when it’s hot outside?

With hot temperatures and humidity, people gravitate toward lightweight foundations, which do not stay on as long. To counter that, get a good foundation primer. It will give the foundation double the wear. That’s also true for eye-shadow base; it keeps the eye shadow from fading or creasing, and gives you the ability to blend like a pro. Lipstick also has the tendency to feather in the summer. Put a lip primer on and around the lips, to stop lipstick from feathering or changing colors over time. Summer is also a good time to switch to waterproof mascara and liner, especially if you’re in real estate or another profession where you’re constantly going in and out of air conditioning. The eyes should wear the mascara and liner, not the cheeks!

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I also go to the special programs—they have luncheons with speakers, and live music on Friday and Saturday nights.”

Russell, age 88, also recently entered a putting contest on The Gatesworth’s seven-hole putting green, where she tied for third. She and her husband, Jim, moved there shortly after he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Jim moved to McKnight Place, the community’s extended care wing, three years ago, and she loves that she’s able

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to be near him—she visits at least three times a day for meals, and often in-between, as well. “They have a music program there,” Russell says, adding, “Everyone is so nice here. All the employees know your name, and there are beautiful grounds and landscaping where you can walk around in the courtyards.”

For those residents whose favorite activity may not be represented, there are still opportunities.

When Wally Bowell and her husband moved to The Gatesworth last year, she inquired about their table tennis lounge. An avid athlete her whole life, Bowell played tennis competitively in the 1970s, and taught the sport at the Jewish Community Center for 18 years. She also competed in foil fencing and squash. “I played tennis for 60 years, and I got to the point where I wanted to look for something else. Eventually, you’re not quite as fast as you once were,” the 82-year-old says. “I had been Continued on page 53

Wally Bowell playing table tennis

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Photo by Tim Parker. For more information, call 993-0111 or visit thegatesworth.com.

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ILEEN GLICK IS PROOF THAT ONE person’s trash is another one’s treasure. At age 87, the young-at-heart widow refurbishes old birdhouses, taking pleasure in decorating each one fancier and more extravagant than the next. A visit to her Creve Coeur condominium brings you into her world of creativity: The parameter of the dining room, a high shelf in the kitchen, and the railing of her balcony (“for nesting, not feeding”) are lined with 45 large brightly decorated wooden birdhouses and 20 smaller ones. Each house has a theme; many have working clocks built into them. The smaller houses are attached to the top of bottles filled with vegetables and fruit. “I began running out of space to display my houses, so I began renovating little ones,” she says.

Glick’s kitchen sports an orderly granite workstation and plastic bins containing her large inventory of tiny secondhand purchases.

They are her treasures. She has a collection of wooden placemats she uses for roofs, and other materials such as printed foam for carpeting and inside décor. Add to this a sander, saws, glue gun and drills. “I drill and chop. I love being in the rehab business,” she says with a smile. Her husband, Jerry, who died 30 years ago, was in the construction and real-estate business. “At that time, I didn’t even know how to use a drill or a screwdriver.”

Once or twice each week, Glick and her 85-year-old sister, Jean Mathes (her across-thehall condo neighbor), embark on treasure hunts to local flea markets, estate sales, garage sales and thrift stores. “Jean comes up with great ideas and themes for my houses,” she says. “My sister’s critique is excellent, and a terrific complement to my artistic ability.”

A Mickey Mouse birdhouse features Minnie Mouse on its rooftop wearing a twirling skirt.

Airport House has an airplane that appears to be flying in circles; while Pink Dress House features a plain doll dress she purchased, and then embellished with sequins and beads. “It is all dolled up,” Glick says. A pair of tiny high-heeled shoes stands atop the roof. Sunflower House has a girl in a sunflower dress. “I found her at an estate sale, and then went to a fabric store in search of sunflower fabric to decorate the home.” The roof of one house is cut from an apple-green mitt that would ordinarily be used to wash cars.

Birdhouses were not Glick’s first artistic venture. “Many years ago, I sold wooden handbags to boutiques, department stores, and through ads in newspapers.” One was the ‘picture-perfect handbag,’ a family portrait box bag that a shopper

could customize with personal photographs. In 1971, they sold locally for $28 at Helen Wolff Gift Shop and Famous Barr.

“I ordered raw wooden octagon boxes, had them stained and added plastic photo windows on the sides.. I even pasted the red felt lining into each bag.” They were featured in House & Garden and House Beautiful magazines. Glick also sold metal lunchbox handbags.

Born in Granite City, Illinois, Glick moved with her family to St. Louis at age 12. After

graduation from Clayton High School, she attended Washington University, graduating in 1949 with a major in political science.

“Being a businesswoman with an artistic leaning came naturally for me,” Glick explains. “My mother (Burdie Hurwitz Schermer) had 60 millinery stores that she ran with my grandma.” Glick’s brother, Lloyd Schermer, a former CEO of Lee Enterprises and the former chair of the national board of the Smithsonian Institution, also was a late-blooming artist. Now retired, he uses hundreds—and sometimes thousands—of blocks of wood type (formerly used to print newspapers) to make sculptures that have been commissioned by leading institutions throughout the U.S. Glick, a mother of three and grandmother of four, says being active and vibrant has kept her healthy. “I was fortunate to beat cancer in my 20s; and now, I don’t want to lie in bed all day because I am in my 80s. There is a reason I am here.”

Now, the birdhouse lady has a new project: deciding which birdhouses from her vast collection should be featured in an exhibit planned for October at the St. Louis County Library headquarters.

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Other people more apt to experience heatstroke include those who work outdoors in high temperatures, people who do not have access to fans or air conditioning, and those who have had a stroke, diabetes or are obese.

“Certain medications can often impair sweating (antihistamines, anti-cholinergic drugs, anti-Parkinsonian drugs, and certain sedatives or tranquilizers),” Tao says. Drugs that impair cardiac reserve, such as beta-blockers, calciumchannel blockers and water pills, also increase risk. “And finally, drugs that impair consciousness such as alcohol, sedatives and pain medications also can increase your risk for heat-related illness.”

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MOOTHIES ARE REFRESHING, healthy treats on hot summer days, and they’re surprisingly easy to make.

But before you start tossing ingredients into your blender, consider a few smoothie tips from local experts.

First, they say, be aware of sugar content. “Sugar can creep in easier than you think, so it’s important to read labels for sugar in additives, such as juice and yogurt,” says Mercy Hospital St. Louis dietitian Katie Robinson.

“Some yogurts have as much sugar as ice cream!”

Robinson suggests using whole fruit instead of juice to add beneficial fiber. “Using frozen fruit will help thicken it, as well. Look for frozen fruit that doesn’t have added sugar or syrups.”

If you do use juice in your smoothies, vegetable juice contains less sugar and calories than fruit juice, yet provides great flavor, notes Sherri Hoyt, a registered and licensed dietitian with Missouri Baptist Medical Center’s Outpatient Nutrition Counseling. “Add veggies to your smoothie to minimize total carb and sugar content,” she says.

Spinach, carrots, kale, cucumbers, golden cocktail tomatoes, pumpkin and even cooked beets are good choices. “Beets with strawberries and raspberry yogurt are a great combo,” she suggests.

Fat content is another consideration. “To keep your smoothie low in fat, use fat-free or low-fat greek yogurt, plain nonfat yogurt, skim milk, almond milk, peanut butter or soft tofu,” advises Karen Guenther, a clinical dietician at SSM St. Joseph Health Center. “Consider adding chia seeds or flax seeds, which are both great sources of omega-3 fatty acids,” she adds.

Other healthy ingredients include dry rolled

Superfood Smoothie (makes 2 servings) courtesy of SSM’s Karen Guenther 1 c original almond milk 1 c frozen blueberries 2 c baby spinach 1 banana

oats, dark cocoa powder, fresh ginger, summer herbs, spices (such as cinnamon and nutmeg) and citrus zest. Some potential combos: grapes, cucumber and lime zest; carrots, banana and ginger; pineapple, basil and kiwi; and honeydew, green tea and mint.

Or try Missouri Baptist Health Center registered dietitian Rachel Matusiak’s strategy: “Making a smoothie is an opportunity to clean out the produce bin in your fridge! Toss in odds and ends of produce for a one-of-a-kind drink, or freeze produce to add later.”

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NCE UPON A TIME...Animal House, a cat rescue organization, received a call from another adoption center about a mother cat whose mammary glands had ruptured, leaving her unable to nurse her six kittens. The kittens, only oneand-a-half weeks old, would require several more weeks of bottlefeeding, and Animal House gladly accepted the task.

Meanwhile, Mary Strauss, partner at Fox Associates, had a cat that passed away about six months ago, and was looking for a new pet or two to take in. “I figured it would be nice to have a couple of cats, to keep each other company and keep each other in trouble,” says the Fox Theatre maven, who had heard about Animal House, and decided to visit. “The first time, I was overwhelmed because there are so many, so I went back a second time and that’s when I decided.” The two brothers she took home—whom Strauss named Houdini and Ernie—were two of the four surviving kittens from the litter the rescue had taken in several weeks before.

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“It’s been ages since I’ve had kittens,” Strauss says. “They get into things I never thought they’d get into. You try to kitty-proof your home, and they think of new things to get into! But it’s working beautifully, and they’re such good kitties...

They’re very friendly and they think everybody’s coming to see them.

They haven’t met a stranger, and I couldn’t ask for better pets.”

Strauss has had her new kittens for about two months now, and says it was one of the best decisions she’s made.

“I’ve had cats all my life, but they’ve always adopted me,” she says. “I think [getting them from an adoption center] is a really good idea. They have them checked, neutered or spayed, and they’re used to being around people. I have two cats outdoors who are scared to death of me, thanks to their mother. If you want a pet cat, go to Animal House and you have your pick of young kittens to older cats, and every mix.”

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HE GOLD STANDARD FOR INTErior design is attention to detail, and few designers achieve this like Carolyn Grove of C. V. Grove Interiors. In the last two years, Grove has been working on a redesign of a Clayton condo high in the sky for a couple who relocated from Decatur, Illinois, after 40 years of calling that city home.

This is the second time that Grove has been commissioned by the couple. They initially worked together when the pair purchased a small pied-à-terre in the same building four years ago, thinking it would be their weekend getaway. After commuting for two years, they decided to make St. Louis their home, but, of course, that would require a larger condominium. By chance, through networking within the building, it was discovered that another couple wanted to downsize—and a

deal was made!

The vacated space had a very Old World look, so the new homeowners and the designer had their work cut out for them. After removing all of the traditional elements, Grove was able to take much of what had been done in her clients’ previous space and reinvent it for the new one.

These clients are avid art collectors, so finding unique pieces and fabrics to complement their

transitional and somewhat eclectic taste was pure joy. Trade-only lines such as Romo, Larson and Zimmer + Rohde were the go-tos for the custom look.

Customization is what Grove does best, so designing a dining table that brings together a Century Furniture top, a custom-painted iron base by Shannon O’Dougherty and a hand-painted design by local artist Margaret Von Kaenel on the edge of the tabletop is not at all a daunting task for this designer.

At times, finding just the ‘right’ fabric can be a real challenge. One solution, if you have a vision, is to create your own pattern. For example, in two instances—the dining chairs and guest bedroom coverlets—large stripes were created using two different fabrics to heighten the sophistication of those design elements. Just like your favorite bartender, Grove is a master mixologist of fabrics!

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Continued from page 43 are many—mix pattern, texture and scale to create just the right accent to the surface in which they lay.

The space really is all about fine workmanship and unique talent. A multi-colored collection of custom-designed decanters, executed by the glass-blowers at Third Degree Glass Company, react like a stained-glass window on the top of the dining-room credenza, with large, east-facing windows behind them. The artwork, much of it purchased locally from galleries such as The Vino Gallery and Barucci, connects the homeowners to their new community.

Local artisans have played a large role in the completed look of this home. For instance, the acclaimed decorative artist and muralist Von Kaenel created several finishes for the homeowner.

The large wall in the foyer of the Four Seasons in Chicago always was a favorite of the lady of the house, so she had the artist recreate it on a smaller scale in a collection of panels that rest over her kitchen cabinets.

Leaving their home in Decatur meant leaving some of the more permanent decorative items behind, such as wallpaper. Again, Von Kaenel recreated in paint a pattern for this new space, and a color palette for the entry foyer.

Artwork by artists such as James Coignard (a

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contemporary of Monet), Lyle Salmi and Andre Tourette grace the walls and surfaces. The classic Alvar Aalto chandelier hangs over the dining table, lighting a beautiful quartz sculpture, a gift from a longtime friend. Local floral artist Mel Worley was contracted to create the beautiful terrace-scape, the perfect respite for an evening cocktail.

Using an array of local talent, spearheaded

by Groves’ vision, this space is exactly what her clients imagined. Their completed residence now has a transitional, light and airy feeling, which, coincidentally, aligns with this more carefree chapter of their lives.

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CIRCULAR DRIVE LEADS TO A delightful Southern-inspired estate. Charm exudes from every corner of this picturesque setting, where a game of croquet or a dip in the pool is the order for the day.

The columned facade invites you into a 2-story foyer with marble flooring. The gourmet chef’s kitchen truly will melt you like butter with its three ovens, 6-burner gas cook top, and side-by-side Sub-Zero fridge and freezer. Pull a bottle out of the wine cooler and serve hors d’oeuvres inside the pass-through to the hearth room. Continue the festivities in the finished lower level, complete with billiards and a nook for a cigar room, or unwind in the richly appointed family room with boxed beam ceiling. Go for a midnight swim in the Pebbletec pool, and dry off on your own private deck attached to the master suite. With too many luxuries to count, this home tips its hat to Southern hospitality.

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Between a main-floor master suite and a vaulted screened porch, this ele gant home is a decadent escape from everyday life. Uncover custom features throughout more than 2.5 acres surrounded by woods near the Rockwood School District. Additional features include a renovated master bath, large deck and pool area.

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This incredibly stylish home resides in a private, park-like setting and offers more than 4,100 square feet with an open floor plan. Hardwood floors and high ceilings mark this spacious abode, with a 2-story great room and 3-car garage. You are sure to enjoy a newer kitchen and fabulous master suite, plus 3 additional bedrooms and 2 baths.

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Are You Ready for Some Football?

E HAVE ANOTHER round of NFL meetings coming up in Chicago on Aug. 11. The NFL has more meetings than a television newsroom— and that is tough to do. One representative from each team is expected to be there. The agenda for this meeting is supposed to be Stan Kroenke’s project in Inglewood vs. Carson Project. I am not a very smart guy. There are plenty of report cards at Our Lady of the Pillar, De Smet Jesuit High and UMSL to back up that statement. However, I am here to say I have this figured out nice and easy for the NFL. In fact, if the owners want to rest their private jets for a few days, they don’t really even have to come.

The league is about one thing right now: They want great stadiums. Every team should be in a topnotch facility. Westminster Christian Academy has a better football stadium than the Raiders. This is not 1975. Running backs should not be running from the baseball infield of the A’s to the outfield in the NFL. That is the Oakland situation. It’s an ugly building with hideous facilities. The best solution for that stadium is a wrecking ball. The city of Oakland has had 30 years to solve the situation.

They have been as productive as Congress—nothing has been done, nothing will be done.

Then, we have San Diego. It’s not quite the Titanic. But let’s put it this way: The building is older than most of Tom Brokaw’s ties. San Diego has talked about improving their stadium situation for years. They are moving as fast as a Pinto with four flat tires. The Chargers, unlike the Raiders, have had a successful franchise. The Spanoses have been good owners. The civic leaders are meeting with the NFL. It doesn’t make a difference. Talk is cheap, and that’s all they have done for years in San Diego.

Now, we get to our town. We built one stadium 20 years ago. We are on the cusp of building another. Dave Peacock is hiring the absolute best in their respective fields to help build this billiondollar facility on the riverfront. The St. Louis NFL Stadium Task Force has accomplished more in half a year than the Raiders and Chargers have done in 30 years. They plan to move railroads and electrical companies. The designs are as creative as they are beautiful. Everything is in place except the financing. Gov. Nixon seems to believe he has the power to extend the bills from the existing dome to the new stadium. If he’s correct, then everything

should be in line for this stadium to be built.

So, the decision in Chicago will be either Stan moving the Rams, or the Chargers and Raiders going to Carson, California. It’s a simple decision: If you go with the Carson Project, you have three teams moving into gorgeous new stadiums. The Chargers and Raiders moving in a $1.75-billion stadium in Carson. The Rams move in their new stadium on the riverfront. If they decide to go with Stan’s plan, they only solve one stadium situation: The Rams move into Inglewood. The Chargers and Raiders are stuck in their respective rat-hole stadiums. What good does that do the NFL? It’s elementary, Watson. You make Stan stay. You have solved everything.

What happens, then? Well, Peacock becomes one of the greatest St. Louisians of all time.

Imagine saving the NFL, building a billion-dollar stadium, and maybe getting an MLS team in the process. If you accomplished just one of those three, you are a Hall-of-Famer. Doing all three makes you an immortal. I think he gets it done.

Remember this: Dave Peacock once gave NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a check for $1 billion as the CEO of Anheuser-Busch. Nobody is more well-connected. Nobody is more well-suited for this job. Nobody loves our town more than Dave.

He is doing the little things like orchestrating the NFL Hall of Fame Golf Tournament in the fall at

his country club, Old Warson. The money from that event and dinner the night before all benefits the Hall of Fame. The NFL appreciates that. The NFL appreciates Dave Peacock.

What happens with Stan Kroenke? I guess there are examples of cheating spouses who leave their families, and then have no other place to go, so they have to come back. That could be the case for Stan. He may have no options. Hard to believe a billionaire could be stopped in his tracks. It’s possible, and maybe even probable. However, it could go so many ways. Let’s list the options: 1. Stan brings Rams to Inglewood 2. Stan keeps Rams in St. Louis 3. Stan buys the Broncos and sells the Rams 4. Stan takes Rams to Inglewood, and Jacksonville comes here 5. Stan takes Rams to Inglewood, and the Raiders come here 6. Stan takes Rams to Inglewood, and the Raiders or Chargers go there, also.

Stay tuned. Our city has done nothing wrong.

We have supported a playoff-less franchise for 11 years—better than L.A. supported a Rams franchise that was actually good. We are doing everything the NFL asked us to do. If the financing is in place, football will stay in St. Louis. Won’t that be special for Stan?

Frank Cusumano is a 16-time Emmy Award winner on KSDK-TV, and also has been a radio commentator for 20 years.

Follow Frank on Twitter @Frank_Cusumano.

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DIV ER SIONS

baldwin’s

best bets (What we’re buzzing about this week)

BY DEBBIE BALDWIN

EXPERIENCE: JOUR DE FETE Aug. 8-9; Ste. Genevieve; saintegenevievejourdefete.com - A premier Midwest arts and crafts festival in the heart of Missouri wine country - Other activities include a 5K run, live music, fried-chicken dinners, artist demonstrations and more

HEAR: CHARLI XCX AND BLEACHERS 7:30 p.m., Aug. 9; The Pageant in the Delmar Loop; thepageant.com - The Boom Clap singer makes her first St. Louis appearance - The Charli and Jac Do America tour also features fun.’s Jack Antonoff

SEE: OKLAHOMA! Aug. 10-16, The Muny in Forest Park; muny.org - The Muny ends its season with the Rodgers and Hammerstein masterpiece - Relive the unforgettable story, and sing along to classic tunes like Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ and People Will Say We’re in Love

EXPERIENCE: ST. LOUIS WORLD’S FARE Aug. 22-23; Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park; stlworldsfare.com - The annual heritage festival is a tribute to the 1904 World’s Fair - All-day activities, entertainment, food and music featuring a main stage, artists’ village and kid’s island

Dinner-Party Probe AS SUMMER WINDS DOWN, WE ALL SEEM TO want to enjoy those last carefree moments—the moments that don’t involve last-minute trips to the crafts store, or meal preparation, or the mildly disturbing announcement that none of the summer reading has been done. To that end, I offer this fun little dinner-party game to be played at your leisure. There are several versions of this game, and the psychology of it has absolutely no legitimacy whatsoever. So with that in mind, enjoy...

You will need a piece of paper and a pen for each participant. Dinner guests will write down all their answers to all the questions first.

Question 1: What is your favorite color?

Next, write down three things about that color that make it your favorite. There are no rules to formatting here. You can say blue is your favorite color because it was your Aunt Edna’s favorite, or because it makes people smile when they think of it, or because it’s like the sky—really, any three reasons why the color chosen is a favorite.

Question 2: What is your favorite animal?

Same follow up: three reasons or three things about that animal that make it your favorite. If a guest is having trouble committing to one animal, encourage them to just pick one for the purposes of the game. It’s not a lifelong commitment. I like dogs because they’re loyal or cute or protective.

Question 3: If you had to swim in a swimming pool, a lake or an ocean, which would you choose?

Again, give three reasons why.

Question 4: You are walking alone in the woods and you come across a wall. The wall stretches as far as you can see in every direction. What are three questions you have about this wall in the woods?

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TANGENTIAL THINKER

When each person has finished answering the questions, the host collects the papers. He/she rereads the questions, followed by the responses.

(Spoiler Alert) The first set of answers is actually describing how each person sees himself, rather than the color he thinks he’s describing. He sees himself as Aunt Edna’s favorite, or as making other people smile.

Be sure to read each person’s answers to Question 1 before moving on to Question 2.

The second set of answers, the ones describing your favorite animal, explains how you think others see you. You imagine others think you are loyal and cute and protective, like the dog you described.

The third question has the guests writing down three things they secretly think about intimacy.

Someone may have written that they like swimming in an ocean because it’s dangerous or overpowering; a pool because it’s carefree and refreshing. Hopefully, you’re well into the wine at this point.

The final question deals with death. The three comments the guests write about the wall in the woods are three questions they have about death.

So, that’s the game. I assure you it’s both funny and surprisingly interesting. It’s also totally meaningless, but so what? It’s summer.

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REVIEWS THEATER REVIEW

BY DEBBIE BALDWIN

Mission Impossible —Rogue Nation BOOM CLAP

RATING: 9 out of 10

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T SEEMS TO ME IT shouldn’t be too hard to make a decent action movie. Nevertheless, with one disappointing summer blockbuster after the next, I’m starting to wonder if there’s some aspect of the genre I’m missing.

Fortunately, we have the next installment of the Mission Impossible franchise in theaters. If you want to know what makes a great action movie, all you need to do is buy a ticket.

Our story begins James Bond-style with a spectacular, unrelated, action sequence to set the mood. We quickly learn that Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team are being shut down after Brandt (Jeremy Renner) cannot defend the team’s methods to CIA director Hunley (Alec Baldwin). Ethan goes off the grid and must work secretly with his computer wiz, Benji (Simon Pegg), and a mysterious ally, Isla (Rebecca Ferguson), to take down The Syndicate, an evil organization with a nefarious leader, Solomon Lane (Sean Harris).

Good guy, bad guy, a simple plot, mind-blowing special effects, a car chase, an explosion, and a white-knuckle moment as a timer on a bomb slowly ticks to zero. Cruise is flawless (though, decidedly unromantic) as the rogue hero; he gives Hunt a complexity often absent in action movies. It makes me wonder why an action film this good comes about so rarely. I won’t question it, I’ll just enjoy it.

Vacation

TRIP ADVISOR RATING: 4 out of 10

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HIS FILM CERTAINLY held more promise than most remakes. With an A-list cast, a clever premise and the iconic source material, it would be almost impossible to come up with a bad movie. Somehow, they managed.

Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) is all grown up with a family of his own. He is a commercial pilot at a discount airline, and has a loving wife, Debbie (Christina Applegate), and two sons, James (Skyler Gisondo) and Kevin (Steele Stebbins). When another Memorial Day weekend at the family cabin seems unbearable, Rusty decides to recreate his childhood road trip to Wally World—and off they go.

As you would expect, they encounter high jinks, shenanigans and monkey business. Mostly, however, they discover comedy gone wrong. A visit to Debbie’s old college sorority should have been fertile comedy soil. Meanwhile, jokes about child abduction with a mysterious truck driver fall so flat they almost kill the movie. (However, this film’s death is more like Murder on the Orient Express—multiple stab wounds from different assailants.)

I feel like the studio gave this movie the green light without a script. Who needs a script? Funny people, funny concept, it’ll be a smash. From the ham-handed references to the original, to the awkward sight gags, the entire movie fails.

The one reprieve is Charlie Day’s turn as a recently dumped white-water rafting guide. The rest of the movie just leaves me wondering how it all went so very wrong.

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Rigoletto

BY MARK BRETZ

STORY:

The Duke of Mantua has a reputation for bedding down as many women as he can in his hedonistic quest to enjoy life to the fullest. While describing to his retainer Borsa the latest woman to catch his fancy—a young lady he’s seen only in church—he spies the Countess Ceprano at a party and immediately pursues her. He enlists the aid of his hunch-backed court jester, Rigoletto, to distract her husband, Count Ceprano, and Rigoletto obliges with contempt for the cuckolded Count.

Count Monterone arrives at the party incensed with the news that the Duke has seduced his daughter, and places a curse on both the Duke and Rigoletto when they mock him. Rigoletto, who chafes at his subservient position to the licentious Duke, takes solace in the love of his daughter, Gilda, whom he overprotects from the world, allowing her only to go to church.

Rigoletto is surprised when Gilda tells him that she has fallen in love with a man she has seen at Mass, not knowing that the man is the Duke. When a band of courtiers contemptuously abducts Gilda, believing her to be Rigoletto’s lover, they hand her over to the Duke, who sees that she is the girl from church.

Learning of Gilda’s meeting with the Duke, Rigoletto hires the assassin Sparafucile to kill his boss, urging Gilda to flee to Venice. However, she returns to save the Duke by having Sparafucile kill her, instead. When Rigoletto discovers who has been murdered, he despondently recalls Monterone’s curse.

COMPANY: Union Avenue Opera VENUE: Union Avenue Christian Church, 733 N. Union Blvd.

DATES: Aug. 7 and 8 TICKETS: $15-$52; 361-2881 or unionavenue opera.org RATING: A 5 on a scale of 1-to-5.

More reviews available at laduenews.com

HIGHLIGHTS Jordan Shanahan, who was remarkable a few years back in Union Avenue Opera’s superior production of Dead Man Walking, equals that performance with a brilliant interpretation of the tragic title character in UAO’s rendition of Rigoletto. Under Tim Ocel’s penetrating and powerful direction, Rigoletto, which is based on a play by Victor Hugo, becomes a poignant and memorable operatic experience.

Conductor Scott Schoonover elicits a powerful reading of Giuseppe Verdi’s brooding score by the Union Avenue orchestra that underlines the pathos of the tortured title role played so effectively by Shanahan.

To his credit, baritone Shanahan has the acting gravitas to pull off a strong interpretation of Rigoletto, thus elevating the entire presentation. James Callon makes an impressive UAO debut as the self-centered Duke; while Lacy Sauter shines as the sheltered Gilda, expressing the faithful daughter’s devotion to her father, as well as her growing love for her unknown young man.

Tight direction, strong singing and credible acting make UAO’s presentation of Rigoletto an achingly effective realization of Verdi’s memorable music and Hugo’s touching tale.

RIGOLETTO PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN LAMB

MOVIE REVIEWS

DINING OUT

spicybits

BY MATT SORRELL

StL Culinary Tours has added another neighborhood to its roster of walking tours.

The first Kirkwood Gastro Tour will be held on Saturday, Aug. 15. Diners will meet at noon at 119 North Tapas, then proceed to Grapevine Wines and Spirits and Citizen Kane’s, before winding up at Sunset 44.

For details, visit stlculinarytours.com.

Lots of wine news to report: Balaban’s recently garnered a 2015 three-star rating from The World of Fine Wine and took home its fourth consecutive Best of Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator.

And Chandler Hill Vineyards took home eight medals at the 2015 Missouri Wine Competition. The accolades include the C. V. Riley Award for Best Norton for its 2013 Savage Norton. Well done!

PHOTOS BY SARAH CONARD

The second area Lucky’s Market will open its doors on Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 9530 Manchester Road in Rock Hill.

Opening-day activities will include a bacon-cutting ceremony and a presentation of more than $20,000 in impact grants through the Lucky’s Community Project to support three local nonprofits.

Looking for something to do this weekend?

Catch the last couple of days of the 11th annual Downtown Restaurant Week, which goes through Sunday, Aug. 9. Twenty-four restaurants are offering a special three-course dinner menu for $25 (excluding tax and tip).

As part of the promotion, venues also are offering Terrazas de los Andes wine by the glass for $7; Moet & Chandon Rose Imperial Champagne by the bottle for $18; and topshelf beers for $5 each. In addition, patrons can opt to give a $5 Extra Helping, which will go to Operation Food Search. Get all the details at downtownrestaurantweek.net.

Mission Taco Joint

South of the Border in Soulard

BY SIDNEY LEWIS

OPENING A RESTAURANT AND MAKING A GO of it is no small feat. Taking that success and replicating it at a second location is even tougher. As daunting a task as it may be, Tilford Restaurant Group, the folks behind the original Mission Taco Joint in the Delmar Loop (along with Milagro Modern Mexican in Webster Groves and Tortilleria in the CWE) have accomplished it, and then some, with their second Mission incarnation, which opened last year in Soulard. As big fans of the Delmar location, we had high hopes for the new(er) place—and we definitely weren’t disappointed.

The Guacamole & Chips ($7) are a must-have to start out your Mission experience—creamy with smashed avocado seasoned with sea salt, and topped off with some ultra-fresh pico de gallo. Super-simple, but it definitely transcends the sum of its parts. We try not to lay the moniker of ‘the best in town’ on any dish, but this guac might make us rethink that position. We washed it down with a couple of pints, a Stiegel Radler ($5), a most refreshing grapefruit beer from Austria; and a Vigilante ($6), a tasty Munich dunkel lager brewed for the restaurant by 4 Hands Brewing Company.

The burritos at Mission are enormous, easily enough for two meals for those who love eating leftovers. We’ve always ordered the New Year’s Resolution ($9), a veggie lover’s extravaganza of grilled tofu, beans and vegetable quinoa. Since we were at the new place, we went with a new burrito that’s on the other end of the spectrum:

the Three Little Pigs ($10). This behemoth is packed with tender pork shoulder, smashed black beans, and some pickled onions on top. We had ours augmented with ancho sauce and cheese for an additional buck.

It’s silly to hit up a place with ‘taco’ in the name and not try some, so next up was a trio of them.

Mission features a rotating Taco of the Month; and lucky us, on our visit, it was the Pho King, a taco take on the Vietnamese bahn mi sandwich dreamt up by executive chef Jason Tilford and Qui Tran of Mai Lee fame ($4). We’re told it’s the most popular monthly special to date. To accompany this masterpiece, a Beef Brisket Birria Taco ($3), featuring melt-in-your-mouth brisket and pork belly with some spicy arbol sauce, and a Grilled Fish taco ($3), which is also available fried.

Just like the original Mission, the interior of the Soulard version is funky, eclectic and a fun place to kick back and chill out solo or with a group of friends. Our favorite piece of the decor is the colorful beach mural that takes up most of a wall in the dining room. Diners can enjoy these comfy confines for lunch and late-night happy hours, as well as dinner.

South City folks (and anyone else for that matter) looking for the best Mexican food around, Mission Taco Joint in Soulard has all of your south-of-the-border culinary needs met—and then some.

908 Lafayette Ave., 858-8226, missiontacojoint.com

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RIGOLETTO Union Avenue Opera presents Verdi’s Rigoletto, a tale of revenge. Various times. $30-$52. 361-2881 or unionavenueopera.org.

OKLAHOMA! The Muny closes its season with this Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway classic. 8:15 p.m. $14-$87. 534-1111 or muny.org.

THROUGH 8/9

8/11

MOON OVER BUFFALO Insight Theatre Company performs Ken Ludwig’s comedy, Moon Over Buffalo, at Heagney Theatre in Nerinx Hall. Various times. $25-$35. 556-1293 or insighttheatrecompany.com.

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Blues great Billy Peek will play in Faust Park as part of Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce’s Summer Concerts Series. 7 p.m.

Free. 636-532-3399 or chesterfieldmochamber.com.

SEN. CLAIRE MCCASKILL Sen. Claire McCaskill will discuss and sign her memoir, Plenty Ladylike, at St. Louis County Library headquarters.

7 p.m. $35, admits one and includes a copy of the book; $45, admits two and includes a book. 994-3300 or slcl.org.

THROUGH 8/22 SPELLBOUND! A MUSICAL FABLE Go on a mythical journey with Spellbound! A Musical Fable, presented by Stray Dog Theatre at Tower Grove Abbey.

Various times. $20-$25.

865-1995 or straydogtheatre.org.

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8/7

8/13

MY MORNING JACKET Rock outfit My Morning Jacket will perform at the Peabody Opera House. 7:30 p.m. $35-$45. 800-745-3000 or peabodyoperahouse.com.

POPS CONCERT St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra will present That’s Entertainment, featuring songs from the stage and screen, at Queeny Park’s Greensfelder Recreation Complex. 8 p.m. $15-$30.

421-3600 or stlphilharmonic.org.

8/8 SOUNDS OF SUMMER CONCERT SERIES Country act Whiskey Dixon will perform at the Chesterfield Amphitheater. 7:30 p.m.

Free. 636-537-4000 or chesterfieldamphitheater.com.

GILLIAN WELCH Country and folk singer-songwriter Gillian Welch and her musical partner, Dave Rawlings, will take the stage at The Sheldon Concert Hall. 8 p.m. $35-$38.

534-1111 or thesheldon.org.

8/14 JUNGLE BOOGIE Mood Swings will play ’80s hits during Saint Louis Zoo’s family-friendly concert series. 5-8 p.m. Free.

781-0900 or stlzoo.org.

8/14-15

8/10 THE STORY GOES ON: THE SONGS OF MALTBY & SHIRE STAGES St. Louis will present the new musical, The Story Goes On: The Songs of Maltby & Shire, at the Robert G. Reim Theatre. 6:30 p.m. $75-$250.

821-2407 or stagesstlouis.org.

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NOT ALL COPS ARE BAD St. Louis native George McAuliffe will bring his one-man sketch comedy satire, Not All Cops Are Bad, to The Improv Shop.

10 p.m. $5. theimprovshop.com.

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8/16-20 JCC USED BOOK SALE Find mystery novels, sci-fi, gardening guides, cookbooks and more at this annual sale at the Jewish Community Center’s Staenberg Family Complex. Various times and prices. jccstl.org.

8/21

THIRD FRIDAY PARTY Experience a back-to-school themed party featuring glass art activities, live music from The Kevin Mitchell 4 Band, food from Holy Crepe! and more at Third Degree Glass Factory.

6-10 p.m. Free. 367-4527 or thirddegreeglassfactory.com.

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FUN IN THE SUN THROUGH 9/24 WALK TO THE WHARF Enjoy food truck fare and listen to live music near the base of the Grand Staircase at the newly reopened Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard downtown. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Thursdays. Free. greatriversgreenway.org.

8/7 FEAST IN THE PARK Eat your heart out at Feast in the Park, featuring food truck fare and live music by Hudson and the Hoodoo Cats at Laumeier Sculpture Park. 5-8 p.m.

Free. laumeier.org.

8/12 PARTIES IN THE PARK The 32nd annual happy-hour series of Parties in the Park continues with a performance by madBeats on Central Avenue in downtown Clayton.

5-8:30 p.m. Free. partiesinthepark.org.

KEVIN HART Award-winning comedian Kevin Hart will bring his What Now? Tour to the Scottrade Center. 7 p.m. $52-$133. 800-745-3000 or scottradecenter.com.

8/22 THEO PEOPLES Former Four Tops and Temptations soul singer Theo Peoples will take the Lumiere Live stage in Lumiere Place. 8 p.m. $32-$422. 800-745-3000 or lumiereplace.com.

MICHAEL MCDONALD Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers alum Michael McDonald will perform, along with special guest Brian Owens, at The Sheldon Concert Hall. 8 p.m. $79.

533-9900 or thesheldon.org.

CHECK THIS OUT 8/22-23 WORLD’S FARE HERITAGE FESTIVAL Rediscover the 1904 World’s Fair through historic exhibitions, local fare, live music performances and art displays, and backyard games and kids’ activities at Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park. Free.

4-10 p.m. Aug. 22; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 23. stlworldsfare.com.

WALK TO THE WHARF PHOTO BY SARAH CROWDER, WORLD’S FARE HERITAGE FESTIVAL PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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a small, dedicated group meet every Thursday for competitive matches. In between the Thursday games, she brushes up her skills with her husband, as well as resident Dr. CC Tung. “There’s so much more to table tennis than one realizes,” she says.

“You have to be fast; your reflexes have to be flawless.”

Never a fan of exercise machines, Bowell says she’s happy that the options at The Gatesworth

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a member of the JCC for 49 years, and the people who played table tennis there were the friends I used to play tennis with.” One day, an old tennis pal invited her, and soon she was hooked.

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52. I, Claudius role 53. Repeat 54. Dice or mince 55. In person 56. Cleveland’s lake 57. Canine cry

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17. Beam intensely 18. Biblical verb 19. Red Sox Hall-of-Famer 22. When repeated, like some shows 23. Bauxite, e.g.

24. Shoot for, with ‘to’ 27. Dog holder?

29. Medical advice, often 33. Use elbow grease on 34. Church instrument 36. Assent 37. Twins All-Star infielder 40. “___ he drove out of sight” 41. Going on and on 42. Getaways 43. Home, informally 45. Frat-row letters 46. Dairy product 47. Mimic

49. Fertilizer component 50. Cy Young winner for the Oakland A’s 58. Balances 59. Crack, in a way 60. Radial, e.g.

61. Military wear 62. Emcee 63. Axis of ___ 64. Dorm annoyance 65. Fling wide, as a window, poetically 66. Bottomless

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College Bound

St. Louis Artists’ Guild

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Matt Nelson, Chelsea Osterby, Barry Cervantes

Joel and Rachel Brightfield, Carol and Michael Staenberg

World Affairs Council

Deborah and Greg Stine

Bob Fox, Maxine Clark

Barbara Simon, Bob and Maria Sweney

Betty Springfield, Bob Shay, Marianne Erickson

Emily Rosen, Jessica Rosen, Yun-Ho Sikora

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Anastasios Kaburakis, Charlie Hoffman, Missy Ryan, Ron Gossen

Access Academies

Susan Bostwick, Karen Keller

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Betty and Thad Simons

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Mark and Cindy Breihan, Jim and Sheila Musca, Tom Goldberg

Ebsworth Park

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Jimmy Giroir, Katie Caso, Catherine Giroir, Ian Caso, Diana and Matt Gaffner

Esley Hamilton, Lesley McLaren

Patty and Tom Ott

Jim Holloran, John Vatterott Jr.

Jane Gleason, Stephanie Riven

Ann Koop, Cathy Berges

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CATERERS/EVENT PLANNING PERSONAL CHEF Special Occasions Corporate Events Dinner Parties www.food-is-fitness.com (314) 941-6366

CHILDCARE SERVICES NANNY Seeking To Care For Your Little Ones Full Time - Monday-Friday 32 Years Experience.

Excellent References.

Call Cathy 636-675-3356

CLEANING SERVICES

FOR THE HOME

HEALTHCARE SERVICES

HOME IMPROVEMENT

Ed & Janes Cleaning

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CARPET DIRECT Loving Competent Care!

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Contact Greg Pell Companionship, Shopping & Doc314-920-3302

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

Free Estimates! Fully Insured.

Call Bob (314) 799-4633 or Jim (314) 799-4630

Basements / Garages / Attics Cleanouts/ Hauling Bonded Insured 314-974-7423 Over 29 yrs with the Ladue News CLEANING BY VALERIE Offering Excellent Service.

Reasonable Rates with Flexible Hours. 25+ Years Experience.

Insured & References.

314-610-7244

EDUCATION

CLEANING SERVICES BUY 2 GET 3RD CLEAN FREE ONE WEEK ONLY exp 9/30/15 Filipino home cleaning service, that will provide your home the care that it deserves. We work very hard to earn your trust and satisfaction. Insured and Bonded.

Call for free estimate IMMACULATE PRO MAIDS (636) 542-8009 or visit us at ImmaculateProMaids.com

CLEAN AS A WHISTLE Affordable Cleaning for Any Budget Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly Move-in and Move Out Satisfaction Guaranteed

Family Owned & Operated Call 314-426-3838

$10 OFF New Customer THIS 'N THAT CLEANING Reliable and Thorough Happy to do extras: Sheets, Errands, Deep Cleaning, Organize Closets & Pantry

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ï Licensed ï Insured ï Bonded Satisfaction Guaranteed!! www.chambermaidsllc.net OLIVIA'S CLEANERS Openings Available -Residential & Construction. Last Minute, One Time, Move In/Out, & Rentals. Weekly, Bi-weekly, Monthly.

Katherine 314-556-9506 ïïïInsured & Bondedïïï DETAIL CLEANING, HOARDERS & ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICES NO TASK IS TOO DAUNTING! TWO LADIES & A BUCKET Two Are Better Than One Deep & Thorough Cleaning Service Serving the St. Louis Area for 10 Years. Please Contact Susie at: 314-229-1736 www.twoandabucket.com

Home Cleaning Professional 10+ Years Experience Insured & Bonded Call Neide 314-974-2281

tors visits. Janice 314-651-1345

GUTTERS New Installation, Cleaning & Repair Drainage Solutions, Screen Installation & Window Cleaning Professional, Reliable & Insured Q No Mess Left Behind Q FREE Estimates

Contact Tony 314-413-2888 thegutterguy-stl@hotmail.com

HELP IS ON THE WAY ï Personal & Respite Care ï Bath Aid ï Meal Prep ïTrans. w/Wheelchair Capability ï and Much More Great Rates Available.

SENIOR SERVICES LLC Call 314-605-6890 RN/Naturopathic Student Seeking position to care for your loved one at home. I've seen it 1st hand - your loved one's health can significantly improve. References.

Please call 636-697-7264

VISITING ANGELS Offering Musical Instruction in Strings, Piano, Guitar and Voice

314-569-9890

Violin and Viola

www.teipenmusic.com

EXPERIENCED TUTOR: One on One Middle School - Adults ACT/SAT: Reading and English Writing, Speaking, Grammar, Enrichment, 35yrs Experience.

Call: Patricia @ 636-394-2751 Email: campbellp483@gmail.com

ESTATE SALES HANCOCK ESTATE SALES Specializing in Estate, Moving, & Tag Sales + Auctions. We also offer buyouts and cleaning/removal services for loss of love ones, downsizing, relocating, foreclosure, senior transitioning & divorce.

Call 314-659-9194

THE REFIND ESTATE We Purchase Estates Furniture/Decor Buyout Estate Sales • Downsizing Confidential Appraisals

314-643-3806 TheRefindEstate.com N & M ESTATE SALES ESTATE/MOVING SALES INSURED • REFERENCES www.nmestatesales.com FREE CONSULTATIONS 314-434-4979

FLOORING/TILE HARDWOODZ Specializing in Installation, Sanding and Refinishing of Hardwood Floors. For Free Estimate Call Dave 314-267-1348

FOR SALE Beautiful Bellerive Gardens Don't miss this rare opportunity to save money AND keep your loved ones together. 5 plots avail. Present cemetery price $5,500/ea, selling $2,250/ea. Rob 904-813-8834

LAWN & GARDEN

24/7 Companion Care for Seniors.

Personal Care, Meal Prep, Light Housekeeping & Peace of Mind.

Andrew Israel 7510 Delmar Blvd.

University City, MO 63130 ph: 314-727-0524

INTERIOR DESIGN/ DECORATOR

HELP WANTED J. Graves Exterior Cleaning Pressure Washing, Roof Cleaning, Window & Gutter Cleaning.

Commercial/Residential.

Fully Insured.

Justin (314) 962-4220 powercleanstl.com

HANDYMAN SERVICES JON'S AFFORDABLE HOME REPAIR Electrical, Carpentry, Floors, Windows, Plumbing, Painting, Tile and Lots More! Quality Guaranteed! Reasonable, Insured, Ref's NO JOB TOO SMALL! 314-205-1555 www.jonshomerepair.com HOME MAINTENANCE A-Z Power Wash & Storm Damage Gutters Cleaned, Repaired & Installed. Plumbing, Patio & Storm Doors, Painting, Fixtures, Siding, Carpentry, Rehab Work & More.

Call Rich 314-428-0787 KEN'S HANDYMAN SERVICE Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing, Painting, Gutter Cleaning and Hauling. Over 25 Yrs Experience, References & Insured.

Call Ken 314-567-6900 KIRKWOOD HANDYMAN, Member BBB Insured. Carpentry, Plumbing, Elect., Gutter Cleaning, Drywall and Painting.

Call Greg Filley 314-966-3711 No job is too small!

HEALTHCARE SERVICES REGISTERED NURSE Dependable, responsible, nonsmoker with 28yrs exp. in home care looking for in home Mon.-Fri. day shift position.

Excellent references, good driving record. Loving, caring assistance for your loved one in their familiar surrounds.

If interested, please call 314-607-6084

Retail Sales - Forshaw Seeking full-time or part time retail sales associate. Retail experience helpful but not required. High quality home furnishings, low-key selling environment. Good benefits, including health insurance.

314-993-5570 JForshaw@Forshaws.com

HOME IMPROVEMENT KEN SINGLETON TUCKPOINTING ï Brickwork ï Stonework ï Plaster ï Drywall ï Painting ï Carpentry ï Siding ï Gutters ï Roofing ï Chimney Leaks; stopped guaranteed.

Call Ken 636-674-5013 REMODEL & REPAIR Rotted Wood, Painting, Tile, Drywall, Floors, Electrical, Carpentry, Plumbing, Power Washing.

Insured. Free Est. 38 Years Experience.

Complete Lawn Maintenance for Residential & Commercial

Spring Cleanup, Mulching, Mowing, Edging, Turf Maintenance, Planting, Sodding, Seeding, Weeding, Pruning, Trimming, Bed Maintenance, Dethatching, Leaf & Gumball Cleanup, Brush Removal, Retaining Walls, Paver Patios & Drainage Solutions Licensed Landscape Architect/Designer For a Free Estimate Call 314-426-8833 www.mplandscapingstl.com

Time for Some

Hard Work Yard Work SPRING LANDSCAPING Landscape Design • Spring Clean-Up Brush Clearing • Bed Preparation • Tilling Weeding & Mulching • Planting Tree/Shrub Fertilization,Trimming and Removal • Lawn Fertilization, Weed Control, De-Thatching, Sodding and Seeding • Gutter Cleaning • Power Washing • Stone Walls, Patios, Borders and Drainage Solution.

The Hard Work Yard Work Co. LLC For Free Estimates call Keith at 314-422-0241 or e-mail at

hwyardwork@aol.com Since 2001

Don Phillips 314-973-8511 DSI / Door Solutions Inc. Garage Doors Electric Openers Fast Repairs Free Estimates Custom Wood and Steel Doors BBB Member Angieslist 314-550-4071 www.dsi-stl.com

Landscape Design, Installation and Maintenance.

Call Today for Estimate 314-827-5664

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LAWN & GARDEN HAJEK LAWNCARE Spring Special & Fertilization Programs.

Full Service Maintenance & Lawn Care Provider.

Weekly Mowing as LOW As $25!

Fully Insured.

Joshua 314-856-3544 hajeklawncare@yahoo.com MIZZOU CREW LANDSCAPING Lowest Prices In Town Mulching & Shrub Trimming $$$ SPECIAL $$$ Call or Text Jeff 314-520-5222 FASTandFREE.us/trim.html See this link for $50 OFF

OUTDOOR CREATIVE DESIGN & LANDSCAPE, LLC For all of your landscape and hardscape needs.

"Where dreams become design and design becomes reality" 314-325-5111 OutdoorCreativeDesign.com

MASONRY/CONCRETE CAULKING Pool Decks • Patios • Driveways Power Washing Masonry • Concrete 35 Years Experience • Insured Charles Edelen Caulking Co., Inc. 314-892-5484 óóóóóóóóóó For Concrete Repairs Call Scott's Custom Concrete 314-296-7801

PAINTING

PHOTOGRAPHY

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Thank you, Ladue!

SIMPLE MOVES

PHOTOGRAPHY RESTORATION ENHANCEMENT

We Specialize In Small Moves.

We charge by the hour or the piece, house to house or room to room. Bonded & Insured.

Packing Available.

Personalized & Affordable Service Family Photos, Website, Social Media

Creative/Photoshop/Internet Ready billelliottphoto.com

PET SERVICES

The Purr'fect Pet Sitter Insured & Bonded Daily Visits, Day Care & Pet Taxi Service *NAPPS* member Call Rachel 636-675-4114 or wix.com/tpurrfectps/Rachels-pet-sitting

Real Estate Auction Nominal Opening Bid: $50,000 312 St Cecelia Ct, Old Monroe, MO Open: 1-4pm Q Aug 9, 16 Auctions: 6:45pm Q Aug. 20 -----------------

Online Real Estate Auctions Nominal Opening Bid: $500 829 Bee Tree Ln, Alton, IL 1085 Ramport Dr, Florissant, MO Bidding starts August 14 williamsauction.com 800.982.0425 Dean C Williams Re Lic 2002028398 Cody S. Lowderman Auc Lic 19421 Platte County Buyers premium may apply

"THE" Painting Contractor in St.Louis Professional Tradesman Exterior & Interior Painting Power Washing, Decks & Homes Paperhanging, Taping & Finishing Call Jess Today @ 314-570-1908 vanderbiltconstruction@yahoo.com

JC PAINTS Interior & Exterior Painting Reliable, Clean, Reasonable & Insured. Call John for a Free Estimate Today! 314-703-2794 jcpaints@sbcglobal.net PAINTING, REMODELING, Carpentry, Wood Rot Repair, Tile Work, Flooring, Decks and Arbors.

17 Years Exp. Free Estimates.

Call Kent at 314-398-2898 kenthallowell@yahoo.como 56

314-963-3416 simplemovesstl.com PIANO SERVICES MCGREEVY PIANO It's Summer...Stay Tuned Bill McGreevy, Piano Technician Guild Associate Member 314-335-9177 wrmcgreevy@gmail.com

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

Brian 314-740-1659 PET CARE SPECIALIST Experienced & Caring Professional Dog/Pet Care Services. Multiple dog households. Walk, train, feed, drop off service for grooming & vet.

References available upon request.

Call Barb 314-650-2966

Yucko's Your Poop Scoop 'n Service Free Estimates - No Contracts

314-770-1500 www.yuckos.com

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE HOME ON 47 ACRES

Linn Co., MO - 520 +/- acres.

Approximately 425 acres tillable.

Machine shed with living quarters.

Nice investment farm. $3,750/acre.

Lewis Co., MO - 146 +/- acres.

Approx. 95ac tillable...becomes deer & turkey feeding grounds.

Surrounded by timber. $3,200/acre.

Mercer Co., MO - 196 +/- acres.

Great area for hunting large bucks from Iowa w/property adjoining Iowa/MO border. Approx. 100ac tillable, balance hay & timbered draws. Adjoins River. $900,000.

Great Midwest Land & More, LLC John W. Bates, Broker 641-895-1613 (cell) greatmidwestland.com

DECK STAINING

BY BRUSH ONLY No Spraying • No Rolling • No Mess Pressure Washed & Hand Brushed Work Guaranteed • Insured • Ref's NO MONEY DOWN Cedar Beautiful 314-852-5467 314-846-6499 Sign Up For Spring Rush www.cedarbeautifulstaining.com

SERVICES

Beautiful-Private 3,450sqft Country Home w/5BRs, 4 Full BAs & Spectacular Bluff View of Mississippi River Valley & Illinois Bluffs.

Located just 30min. NW of St. Louis on Hwy 79. This very well maintained home offers: woods, creek, pasture, tillable acreage, pond site & abundant wildlife; 1,400 sq.ft. finished LL w/walkout, family room, kitchen, 2bdrms, 1 full bath, laundry hookups, & lots of storage.

UPDATES INCLUDE: 40yr Architectural Roof, Newly Screened Back Porches with Trex Flooring, Freshly Painted Exterior & Interior (including closets), Newly Tuckpointed Chimneys & New Electric Furnace.

Perfect Primary Residence, Summer/Weekend Home, B&B, or Hunting/Duck Club.

Duck Lake Acreage Nearby. óóóóóóóóóóó 2nd 2BR/1BA home at entrance with caretaker/renter potential.

Reduced to $499,500!!!

FSBO 314.862.5252

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HISTORIC MYER HOUSE & BARN Real Estate Auction Wednesday, August 19, 12pm 180 Dunn Rd.,Florissant, MO VIEWING Sunday, August 16, 12-2pm Historic John B. Myers house available at public auction. 2-Bldgs on 1.45ac of commercial property. The 2sty house has 9 rooms which were previously used for retail space.

The 2sty barn has great restaurant possibility. For complete details visit www.adamsauctions.com ADAM'S AUCTION 618-234-8751

LOGAN FARM ONLINE AUCTION INCOME PRODUCING OZARK FARM RR 1 Box 18700, Patterson, MO 63956 OPEN HOUSE: Aug 8 & 15 • 1-3 PM 125± acres with 3 BR farm house Year-round creek • Cattle & hog opportunities Marketable timber • Excellent hunting

AUG 25 ENDS 2 PM

See website for complete terms & conditions.

PiedmontMoRealty.com ● 877-223-7575

Helping Hand Service, LLL Clean outs, bsmts, attics, garages, etc. Let us help you down size.

Hauled away for small fee. Some items donated to local charities.

636-649-9812 BBB

TUCKPOINTING

24 Years in Business!

10 Consecutive Service Award Winner '05-'14. Solid Tuckpointing & Spotpointing with Color Match.

Chimney, Stone, Caulking, Brick Repair, & Waterproofing. Prompt Free Estimates. Fully Insured. A+ BBB 2011 Torch Award Winner (314) 645-1387 mirellituckpointing.com Credit Cards Accepted MASSEY TUCKPOINTING & MASONRY Tuckpointing, Chimney & Brick Repair, Caulking & Now Chimney Sweeping & Flue Re-lining.

Winner of 2013 BBB Torch Award. $50 off $500+ 314-486-3303 masseytuckpointing.com

TUCKPOINTING Chimney Repair, Glass Blocks, Brick Block, Stone & Stucco.

Waterproofing. Insured.

40 Yrs Experience. Free Estimates.

314-910-3132 636-797-2947

TREES VACATION RENTALS Cardinals Fans!

Complete Tree Service for Residential & Commercial Tree Pruning & Removal, Plant Healthcare Program, Deadwooding, Stump Grinding, Deep Root Fertilization, Cabling & Storm Cleanup Cary Semsar ISA Board Certified Master Arborist OH-5130B Free Estimate, Fully Insured

Call 314-426-2911 www.buntonmeyerstl.com

Enjoy your team year round!

Contact us now for upcoming Spring Training seasonal rentals, 2nd homes, investment & relocation properties near Rodger Dean Stadium & throughout So. Florida.

Island Bridge Realty 561-222-3660 Your Palm Beach County Fl Specialists!

REGENTS PARK LONDON Modern 2 Bedroom Apartment.

Convenient to Museums, Theaters & Shopping. Wireless Internet Access. Highly Recommended!

Call 314-569-2009

WANTED

Tree Service Professionals Trimming, Deadwooding, Reduction, Removals, Stump Grinding, Year Round Service & Fully Insured Call Michael Baumann for a Free Estimate & Property Inspection at 636.375.2812 You'll be glad you called!

Trees Trimmed & Removed

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

(636) 274-1378

WANTED VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES Movie & Music Memorabilia ï Old Advertising ï Vintage Clothing Sports Memorabilia ï Old Toys St.L History ï Bulk Collections 314-518-5769 benfine9@gmail.com WANTED CHINESE ANTIQUES QUALITY CHINESE ANTIQUES BUYING JADE & BRONZE ITEMS & SIGNED PORCELAIN 314-503-4847

WINDOWS M & P WINDOW WASHING & GUTTER CLEANING Reasonable Rates, Free Estimate, Angie's List, Insured, Dependable, Over 30 Years Experience & Ref's.

Call Paul, 314-805-6102 or Mark, 314-805-7367

The Ryan Tradition “Celebrating a 50 Year Legacy of Excellence in Real Estate Service.”

1 Bridle Creek Road

800 Barnes Road LADUE • $2,600,000

HUNTLEIGH • $2,499,000

3 Acres • Pool & Pool House • Updated

2 Acres • 2 Bedroom Guest House

4.9 Acre Estate • Pool • Pond

LADUE • $2,650,000

3 Dunlora Lane

2 Holiday Lane

9747 Litzsinger Road

1700 N. Woodlawn Ave.

3 Old Colony Lane

FRONTENAC • $1,895,000

LADUE • $1,570,000

LADUE • $965,000

TOWN & COUNTRY • $935,000

1 Acre • Pool • Ladue Schools

2.92 Acres • Pool & Pool House

Ideal Building Lot • 2.27 Acres

Ideal Building Lot • 2.49 Acres

5 Wickersham Lane

52 Godwin Lane

10044 Briarwood Drive

LADUE • $799,000

LADUE • $789,000

LADUE • $429,000

947 Town & Country Estates Court

TOWN & COUNTRY • $875,000

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Charming • Main Floor Master

710 South Hanley Road Whitehall • Unit #9B

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For additional photos & information on all of our properties and services, visit

John Ryan 314-941-0572

www.theryantradition.com If you would like to discuss your Significant Property needs whether you are buying or selling - please contact us.

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a heritage of exceptional real estate service since 1965

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314-993-8000

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