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LN digital editor and staff writer Emily Adams chats with Katherine Pollnow regarding Katherine Burner, Pollnow’s “bridge luxury” clothing line, whose name pays loving tribute to her late grandmother, Elizabeth Burner Landau.

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On the cover 8 SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation is holding its fourth annual Glennon Glow on Nov. 16. The event will include dinner and entertainment and will present Dr. Dennis O’Connor with the Glennon Award for significant contributions to children’s health and welfare. Starting on Page 8, learn more about the event and O’Connor’s career. Photo by Sarah Conroy.

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EDITOR ‌THE FACT THAT 5.8 MILLION AMERICANS ARE AFFLICTED BY Alzheimer’s disease each year is a staggering statistic. However, researchers are sharing the opposing fact that there is hope – hope in the form of a new experimental drug that may aid in the treatment of the disease.

In The Daily, starting on Page 44, Washington University neurologist and Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center researcher Dr. Erik Musiek delves further into this revelation and expands on recent research, as related by LN’s Connie Mitchell. Also in this week’s edition, starting on Page 42, LN darling Alice Handelman profiles Linda Powers – a competitive bridge player and teacher at the St. Louis Bridge Center who is also coping with her husband’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Powers is hoping to bridge the gap, raising funds and awareness.

In this week’s Style section, meanwhile, be sure to check out LN digital editor and staff writer Emily Adams’ story on designer Katherine Pollnow, the powerhouse behind “bridge luxury” fashion line Katherine Burner (p. 35). Pollnow shares how she followed her heart to pursue this passion, as well as her inspiration. Plus, who doesn’t want to see some styles that are figuratively on fire?

All the best,

Alecia Humphreys

Editor’s Corner Congratulations to Linda Estell, who was awarded the 2019 Community Service Award sponsored by Commerce Bank in late October. According to a press release, a grant of $10,000, funded by the William T. Kemper and Commerce Bancshares foundations, was given in Estell’s name to the Miriam Foundations. The release further relates that “Estell was chosen to receive the award for her more than 18 years of volunteer service to the Miriam Foundation and selected the organization as the grant recipient.” The Miriam School serves students in pre-K through eighth grade who have learning, speech/language, sensorimotor and attention disabilities.

The founder, owner and operator of Mariam Seba Sanitary Products in Ethiopia, Freweini Mebrahti, who partners with St. Louis-based nonprofit Dignity Period, was recently named one of the 10 finalists for the CNN Hero of the Year Award that will officially be announced in early December. As a CNN finalist, Mebrahtu has been awarded $10,000,

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The word around town

7618 Teasdale | Woods NEW LISTING 12668Avenue Bradford Sunset Hills University City | $695,000 $650,000

8 Washington Terrace CWE | $1,365,000

17 Upper Ladue Road | NEW LISTING Ladue | $2,249,000

581 Purdue Avenue University City | $525,000

15 Pine Valley Drive Ladue | $2,950,000

NEW LISTINGS 17 UPPER LADUE ROAD, Ladue. Formal dining room and sun-filled eat-in kitchen. Master bedroom suite, with fireplace, tastefully renovated and expanded. $2,249,000 700 SAINT PAUL ROAD, Wildwood. This is a 4 bedroom 4.5 bath upated two-story home on 10 acres complete with gorgeous pool. $700,000 7618 TEASDALE AVENUE, University City. This gorgeous four-bedroom, two and a half bath home is just what you have been wai�ng for! Updated eat-in kitchen. $650,000 943 DOVER PLACE, St. Louis. Charming home in the Carondelet neighborhood with lots of space. 2+ bedroom with adjoining secondary bedrooms. $170,000

LuxuryCollection 42 HUNTLEIGH WOODS DRIVE, Huntleigh.

$6,850,000

1091 WINGS ROAD, St. Albans.

$4,900,000

257 FIVE LAKES DRIVE, Labadie.

$4,000,000

700 Saint Paul Road | NEW LISTING Wildwood | $700,000

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$3,450,000

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$2,950,000

1336 LITZSINGER WOODS, Ladue.

$945,000

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$2,880,000

10519 KENNERLY ROAD, St. Louis.

$895,000

8 FORDYCE LANE, Ladue.

$2,649,900

1266 GLEN EAGLE LANE, St. Albans.

$875,000

10 LARKDALE DRIVE, Ladue.

$2,350,000

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$1,775,000

3 MAGNOLIA DRIVE, Ladue.

$849,000

8 VOUGA LANE, Frontenac.

$1,657,000

11 NANTUCKET LANE, Olive�e.

$750,000

12 GLENVIEW ROAD, Ladue.

$1,645,000

9143 PINE AVENUE, Brentwood.

$749,000

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$1,575,000

7246 WESTMORELAND DRIVE, University City. $725,000

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$1,495,000

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$664,900

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$1,475,000

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$1,449,500

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$625,000

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$1,299,000

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$525,000

2747 TURNBERRY PARK, Town and Country.

$1,295,000

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$489,900

9052 CLAYTON RD, TBB, Richmond Heights. $1,100,000

1030 GLENMOOR AVENUE, Glendale.

$489,900

6447 CECIL AVENUE, Clayton.

$1,100,000

678 BETHANY LANE, Wentzville.

$359,000 $389,000

809 SOUTH WARSON ROAD, Ladue.

$3,995,000

18 HUNTLEIGH WOODS, Huntleigh.

$3,995,000

702 CHAMPEIX LANE, Creve Coeur.

$1,075,000

7436 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, University City.

$1,049,500

820 GREELEY AVENUE, Webster Groves.

$284,000

$1,049,000

7471 SHAFTESBURY, University City

$239,900

$1,000,000

805/809 BUCKLEY ROAD, Mehlville.

$214,900

559 BARNES ROAD, Ladue.

$3,825,000

53 WESTMORELAND PLACE, CWE.

8 RADNOR ROAD, Huntleigh.

$3,750,000

1328 LITZSINGER WOODS, Ladue.

1703 EAGLE BLUFF DRIVE, St. Albans.

$3,450,000

213 TROON COURT, St. Albans.

6401 SPRUCEFIELD DRIVE, O’Fallon.

$210,000

807 DEWEY AVENUE, Farmington.

$199,000

CONDOMINIUM/VILLA HOMES 8025 MARYLAND AVENUE, UNIT 3C, Clayton.

$675,000

8025 MARYLAND AVENUE, UNIT 7D, Clayton. $630,000 4954 LINDELL BOULEVARD, UNIT 6W, CWE.

$525,000

801 S. SKINKER BOULEVARD, UNIT 5B, St. Louis. $449,000 139 GAY AVENUE, Clayton.

$369,500

410 N. NEWSTEAD AVENUE, UNIT 4S, CWE.

$319,900

5518 WATERMAN BOULEVARD, UNIT 1E, CWE.

$179,000

5900 MCPHERSON, UNIT 3W, St. Louis

$149,000

1136 WASHINGTON AVENUE, UNIT 210, St. Louis. $148,900

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SSM HEALTH CARDINAL GLENNON CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION

Care for C I went into pediatrics from the beginning because I liked working with children.

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By Maggie Peters | Photos courtesy of SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation

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aving a child in need of serious medical care is always an emotionally difficult time. SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital works to make the process as comfortable as possible – for the child and for the family.

For more than 60 years, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital has been offering pediatric care for families regardless of their ability to pay. This remarkable mission is made possible through the charitable funding of the SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation.

The foundation hosts its 4th annual fundraising event, the Glennon Glow, on Saturday, November 16. Alongside dinner and entertainment, the event will also give public recognition to individuals or organizations who have made significant contributions to the health and welfare of children with the Glennon Award.

This year’s Glennon Award recipient is Dr. Dennis O’Connor. “[Dennis] is a legend at Cardinal Glennon Hospital,” says event chair Ed Hempstead. “He has had an incredible career, [having been] with the hospital since he finished his residency.”

O’Connor came to the hospital as a student in 1965, and stayed on after completing his residency just five years later. “He has three board certifications,” Hempstead continues. “Many doctors have one, a few might have two. I’m not aware of many more with three. He is a brilliant man.”

O’Connor speaks humbly of the Board of Governors’ decision to name him the recipient of the Glennon Award. “I was mostly surprised,” he laughs. “Obviously it was very nice, [but] I feel like there are a million other people who should get it.”

On his 50-plus years working in pediatric care, O’Connor explains he has two areas of specialization: pediatric infectious disease and pediatric hematology (working with children with cancer and blood disease). “I went into pediatrics from the beginning because I liked working with children,” he adds. “[I like] seeing the children get better, and seeing the parents happy that [their] children are getting better.”

That focus on the whole family, not just the child, drove O’Connor to assisting in the creation of the Footprints Program, which is unique to SSM Health Cardinal Glennon. “Footprints is what is known as palliative care,” O’Connor describes. “It supports the families of children with more difficult, sometimes life-threatening, diagnoses.”

Glennon Glow

Saturday, November 16 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.

The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis Dr. Dennis O’Connor and Joshua, a Cardinal Glennon patient

Dr. Dennis O’Connor and a Cardinal Glennon patient

Footprints handles improving the quality of life of children living with pediatric cancer and other complex illnesses, as well as coordinating families with support services. “When a child comes in and the results are not going to be good, the program takes care of the family throughout their entire journey with the hospital,” Hempstead says.

Hempstead has been on the SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Foundation’s Board of Governors with his wife Karen Hempstead since 1975, after experiencing exceptional care for not only his, at the time, 6-month-old daughter, but to them as the parents.

“It’s incredible,” he expresses. “I saw the way they treated [my daughter] and the care given to us. Cardinal Glennon is as attentive to the parents as they are to the child.”

Both Hempstead and O’Connor encourage people to show support at the Glennon Glow. O’Connor also adds that the event proceeds help fund the Costas Center – SSM Health Cardinal Glennon’s center for pediatric cancer.

Hempstead concludes that he hears nothing but praise from families that have been served by SSM Health Cardinal Glennon and O’Connor. “There is story after story,” he says. “The stuff they do [at Cardinal Glennon] is just remarkable.”

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Foundation, 3800 Park Ave., 314-577-5605, glennon.org

Join SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation for cocktails and dinner, with all proceeds going to the Costas Center for Pediatric Cancer. Enjoy comedy by Jeff Allen and the presentation of the Glennon Award to Dr. Dennis O’Connor. For more information about tickets and sponsorship, visit glennon.org/glow

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t. Andrew’s Charitable Foundation celebrated its 17th Ageless Remarkable Saint Louisans Gala by honoring 11 inspirational local residents who are 75 years or better, who are actively making a tremendous impact in the area through philanthropy, volunteerism and leadership. This year’s honorees included Wilzetta Bell, Dr. Harry Brady, Gloria Hollis Broun, Harold Melser, Sister Mary Ann Nestel, Ted Savage, Dr. Perry and Sally Schoenecker, Jacky Smith and Betty Van Uum. The gala took place at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch. Laura McBride and Sabina Pugh co-chaired the event. Mark Reardon from radio station KMOX served as auctioneer for the event. The evening raised $500,000 for low-income seniors to live safely and independently in their homes.

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Ben and Sara Doninger

Quentin Wilbert, Samantha Donovan

Gil Smith, Michelle Unterberg, Charles Gulas

Scott Lynam, Lisa Calliott

Beverly Hood, Bill Biedenstein

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Great Rivers Environmental Law Center

ANNUAL AWARDS CELEBRATION Photos and story by Christina Kling-Garrett

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he Great Rivers Environmental Law Center held its annual awards celebration at the Whittemore House on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis in late September. Guests enjoyed cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and classical music selections from Webster University’s preparatory program. Richard Lageson, chair of the board, welcomed everyone to the event before Bruce Morrison, the center’s president, presented Kathleen Henry with The Lewis C. Green Environmental Service Award. Henry helped build the center from its humble beginnings in 2002 to the pillar of the community it is today; she will continue to serve the center on its board of directors.

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Greg and Katie Iffrig, Ron Coleman

Dana Dann Messier, Garrett and Alicia Broshuis, Kim Dann Messier

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Kathy and Will Mueller

Paul Ivkovich, David Garin

Susanna Menees, Phoebe Burke

Kathleen has always been there for our community and our region. For the last 17 years, she has led us.

She leaves us in a great place to carry on the fight.

BRUCE MORRISON, PRESIDENT

Peggy McClellan, Susan Rava

Erika Ward, Krystin Ward

Laura Lageson, Lauren Wood, Ron Rain

Bob Menees, Sarah Rubenstein

Kassie and Andrew Bouquet

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Affinia Healthcare

STARBURST GALA Photos and story by Christina Kling-Garrett

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uests of the Affinia Healthcare “Boldly Inspired”-themed Starburst Gala enjoyed a cocktail hour, which included hors d’oeuvres and a silent auction, before entering the Stifel Theatre for dinner. Rene Knott of TV station KSDK’s 5 On Your Side welcomed guests before Yvonne Buhlinger, Tondaleria Curry and Dr. Catherine Moore spoke. After dinner, Dr. Alan Freeman, president and CEO, gave an address, followed by a special performance by the Washington University Amateurs, a live auction and a VIP after-party featuring The Stingers STL. The Affinia Healthcare Foundation raises funds to support the mission of Affinia Healthcare to help secure the financial resources for unmet health care needs in the metro area. In 2018, Affinia Healthcare served more than 43,300 patients, of whom 94 percent had incomes at or below the federal poverty level.

The Starburst Gala is the premier annual fundraising event of the Affinia Healthcare Foundation. This year, our theme is ‘Boldly Inspired,’ as our goals are bold in order to make the most impactful difference in addressing unmet health care needs in our community through the strategic initiatives of Affinia Healthcare, our community health center. Everyone deserves access to high-quality health care.

The support of our donors is essential and greatly appreciated.

YVONNE BUHLINGER, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

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Myisa Whitlock, James Isaac

Dr. Chris Prater, Don Hutcherson, Dr. Deann Gavney

David Meyers, Jeremy and Dr. Catherine Moore, Dr. Mwiza and Janine Ushe

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Mitch and Lynda Baris

Madison Miller, Bianca Trotto

Charlet and Loyse Clay

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GATEWAY REGION YMCA

Our Mission

potlight

Opportunity for All

By Maggie Peters | Photo courtesy of Gateway Region YMCA

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n 2016, the YMCA of Greater St. Louis merged with the YMCA of Southwest Illinois. Now, the Gateway Region YMCA serves more than 290,000 members, engages more than 5,000 volunteers and employs another 5,000 plus as full- and part-time staff.

The YMCA is a nonprofit that works with the community, with a mission to put Christian principles into practice through programs that help everyone grow and thrive, in body and in spirit. Focus areas include allowing

every child the same opportunity to learn and achieve; connecting people from all communities and helping create positive relationships; and providing supportive environments and health programs to cultivate healthy living regardless of income or background.

“The Y is a cause-driven organization,” says Tim Helm, president and CEO of the Gateway Region YMCA. “When you look at how far we’ve come over the years, we’ve been able to provide even more resources to surrounding communities through our literacy, tutoring, inclusion services and chronic disease prevention programs.

“We help individuals who face significant health risks in their lives by providing chronic disease and other prevention programs,” Helm adds. These programs deal with diabetes prevention, blood pressure self-monitoring, fitness classes for those diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and more.

The YMCA also provides literacy programs for children and adults, supportive services for people with special needs and even classes for high school students to learn about government and develop leadership skills.

“As a nonprofit, our leadership and academic programs set us apart from other organizations,” Helm continues. “We dedicate our efforts into helping the next generation of leaders, while also promoting healthy living so everyone can reach their fullest potential, no matter what age they are.”

Believing that everyone should have the opportunity to be part of this community, regardless of ability to pay, the YMCA provides financial assistance for membership, early child care, swim lessons, youth support and other programs.

This assistance is made possible through generous donations from the public. In 2018, the YMCA’s annual campaign raised $6.2 million.

Readers can learn more about how to give to this year’s campaign at gwrymca.org/support.

“By giving to the Y through the annual campaign, you’re doing your part to strengthen our community,” Helm concludes, “whether you’re helping a child in need attend summer camp or by giving someone the assistance they need to make a healthy change in their life.”

Gateway Region YMCA, 2815 Scott Ave., Suite D, St. Louis, 314-436-1177, gwrymca.org

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a season TO GIVE

By Amanda Dahl

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Heralding in autumn is the cherished scent of seasonal baking.

Aid Circle of Concern Food Pantry’s clients this year while enjoying the smells and tastes of fall when you donate baking ingredients for the nonprofit’s Thanksgiving Baskets program. Please deliver: flour, sugar, vegetable oil, baking soda, baking powder, vanilla extract or spices.

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Rally your friends, family and colleagues to support the children of Cardinal Glennon. Host a community fundraiser or make a gift to the hospital’s Tree of Hope through its end-of-year giving campaign, which directly impacts patients. You can also make a donation of toys, games and activities to brighten each patient.

Give the Gift of Animals Always and Be Remembered Forever.

When you become a member of the Saint Louis Zoo’s Heritage Society, your future gift creates a legacy for you while guaranteeing that our Zoo continues to be one of the finest in the world—leading in animal care and providing unforgettable visitor experiences for years.

Be remembered forever by considering the Saint Louis Zoo in your estate plans. Contact Lori A. Sullivan at (314) 646-4509 or visit stlzoo.org/plannedgiving for more information.

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ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL

2019 Healthy Woman Award

Edited by Amanda Dahl and Maggie Peters

‌St. Luke’s Hospital honors four local women with the St. Luke’s Hospital 2019 Healthy Woman Award at its Spirit of Women All Decked Out event on Thursday, Nov. 14, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Chesterfield. The award, now in its 14th year, recognizes and celebrates women who not only take steps to improve their own health but also improve the quality of life and inspire better health within their community. Meet this year’s remarkable recipients:

SUSAN BURNS

LINDA FEHRMANN

Almost 30 years ago, Susan Burns was

Linda Fehrmann believes mental health

diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and

is just as important as physical health.

needed to have her colon removed.

Having lost her son, Joel, to suicide 19

This was a turning point in Burn’s life;

years ago, she believes practicing self-care

she could let this surgery define her or

is important in keeping yourself healthy

let it make her a stronger person. As

and strong. Fehrmann went back to

a career woman, a wife and mother of

school to get her degree in counseling,

two young daughters, she embraced the

specializing in crisis and grief counseling.

changes needed with ostomy care. She

She started a support group called PALS

kept a food diary, stayed hydrated and

for parents who lost a child to suicide and

made a commitment to regularly see

is currently the president of the Eastern

her physician, attend appointments and

Missouri Chapter of the American

follow doctor’s orders.

Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Burns eventually became involved in leadership of the United Ostomy Association of

By training the public on how to recognize the warning signs and risk factors of

St. Louis. Every day, Burns helps to remove the stigma and shame of having to live

someone struggling, she helps to remove the stigma surrounding mental health in

with an ostomy. In 2015, she was awarded the Founders Award UOAA for “dedicated

the community and turns hurt into hope. Fehrmann volunteers her time to show

and inspired leadership.” Most recently, Burns has been appointed as president of the

others that there is life after a loss by suicide. Her knowledge of suicide prevention

North, Central and Caribbean Ostomy Association to expand her reach to support

and its tools often makes her a go-to person, but she knows her limits and regularly

ostomy patients in those regions.

practices self-care to create an appropriate work-life balance.

COURTNEY GERDING

JOAN SZYMANSKI

After college, Courtney Gerding realized

Joan Szymanski is not your average

she wanted to live an active life. She

80-year-old. Every morning, she goes to the

started small by walking in 5K’s and

gym to take a class; PiYo, Kettleball, you

improving her eating habits. Her entire

name it – Szymanski will try it. After the

life changed; she lost a total of 50 pounds,

gym, she and her husband take a half-hour

ran a full marathon and has since run

walk to enjoy the fresh air and appreciate

countless races across the U.S. She ran

the beauty of nature. She doesn’t believe

a half marathon during each trimester

in fad diets and enjoys preparing meals

of pregnancy and her first one back

focused on whole grains, seasonal fruits

postpartum when her son was

and vegetables. She keeps her mind healthy

10 weeks old.

by going on educational day trips, reading health and lifestyle books, and completing

Gerding wanted to help others make

puzzles with her husband.

health a priority. She coaches for Fleet Feet St. Louis, started a running club, became a certified fitness instructor

Not only does Szymanski include her family in her healthy eating and exercise, she

and running coach, and hosts free workouts in area gyms and parks. She’s made

focuses on building strong, positive relationships. If a friend or neighbor is in need, she

a full-time career juggling fitness classes and being a stay-at-home mom. She is a

is always there for them. Whether bringing over leftovers or just lending an ear, she

contributor for the St. Louis Moms Blog where she discusses health and fitness in

believes staying social and being around people brings joy and improves health. During

monthly articles. Her motto, “You are only one decision away from living a healthy

her spare time, Szymanksi volunteers with local organizations, including feeding more

life,” has inspired people of all ages to make a commitment towards better health.

than 400 people this Thanksgiving.

The St. Luke’s Hospital Healthy Woman Award is sponsored by Ladue News. For more information on the award and to see past honorees, visit stlukes-stl.com/healthy-woman.

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Design Speak

Thanksgiving Success T

By Drew Gieseke

here’s something special about hosting Thanksgiving.

Whether celebrated among family, friends or some combination of both, it marks a time to gather and show appreciation for one another in ways that everyday life doesn’t always allow. And although televised parades in the morning and afternoon football often occupy many folks’ attention during this uniquely American holiday, it always centers on preparing and serving a meal.

In that regard, area design experts have just what you need to set the perfect Thanksgiving tablescape, from dishes and chargers to other decorations that elevate any setting. And at interior design firm Edwin Pepper & Associates, close communication between designer and client remains key.

“As a designer, we have the ability to transform a space into something of beauty, comfort and functionality through the creative process,” says interior designer Carol Snyder, “all the while keeping in mind the client’s overall goals, budget and aesthetics.”

For Thanksgiving, Snyder recommends something simple, allowing for more open dialogues between family and friends – in essence, truly savoring what

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makes the holiday so special: sharing memories.

How to cut down on the clutter and hassle, though?

Simple: buffets.

“When entertaining large groups, a buffet allows family and guests to mingle, with great conversation,” she says.

Thankfully, the experts at Edwin Pepper & Associates have your setting covered, no matter the theme of your current home. Recent projects include everything from modern penthouse looks to elegant, luxurious layouts – each a showcase of the firm’s flexibility and skill.

But there’s more to Thanksgiving than where the food can be found.

“It is a time of year when people come together to take the time to sit around your dining table,” says Patti Porter, owner of Kirkwood design and décor shop Rusted Chandelier. “Having a table or room that you have created with ambiance helps your guest to feel welcome and comfortable.”

It’s not as easy as it sounds, though. Porter points out that homeowners can overthink their dining room setup, making it difficult to actually set the table for arguably the most bountiful meal of the year.

“I feel that it is important not to overcrowd your

table too much so [that] people feel they might spill something,” she says. “So I encourage people to remember your chandelier – and you can always dress yours with twigs, pine, berries, ribbon, etc.”

Porter suggests other easy add-ons and details – all available at Rusted Chandelier – to add ambiance to the table without occupying too much real estate.

“Using fun wicker chargers is great for Thanksgiving, and the bamboo flatware is so warm [and] welcoming with plaid napkins,” she says. “Adding a piece of eucalyptus garland down the center with pine stems and small pumpkins and tucking in votives would be a nice touch.”

So between choosing unique settings and emphasizing simplicity over all else, make this Thanksgiving your most special yet – no matter how you design your tablescape.

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Awl in the

Family

By Brittany Nay | Photos courtesy of Champion Floor Company

An expansive new showroom and expert staff allow a family-owned/operated company to provide ideal flooring for properties throughout the area.

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t Champion Floor Company, every customer is treated like a member of the family.

For 31 years, president Ralph Kuehn has led that family business – which includes his daughters, marketing director Kristen Stensby and internal operations manager Kim Russ – in providing innovative residential, commercial and institutional flooring in the metro area. And with a recent move to a new 15,000-square-foot space at 2312 Centerline Industrial Drive in Maryland Heights, the family continues to expand.

Champion’s new showroom features more product offerings than ever before. The extensive residential and commercial flooring selection includes timeless hardwood, luxury vinyl, stylish tile, natural stone, durable laminate, long-lasting ceramic, and carpet and area rugs, showcasing such top brands as Armstrong, Aacer, Mohawk and Mirage flooring and Fabrica, Masland and Stanton carpet.

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We’re from here, we have family here, and we’re a family business in more ways than one.

– Kristen stensby

The company also offers the latest in high-tech flooring, such as SmartPlank, a wood flooring with built-in technology to track its own environment and protect against expansion and contraction, cupping and crowning, delaminating and other environmental damage. “SmartPlank is exclusive to [Champion] in the area,” Kuehn says. “The wood floor comes with a sensor built in that monitors the moisture control of the floor, so if it gets too dry or too moist, it can be addressed right away before it is ruined.”

Although Champion’s new showroom welcomes the public and customers can browse its wide array of flooring options, Kuehn recommends a complimentary consultation in each client’s space prior to selecting the client’s ideal flooring. “We offer to go to their home first so we can do an estimate and look at the design they’re trying to achieve, how they live and what the floors need to do to recommend the right products for them,” he says, adding that making the right decision for flooring in a house’s kitchen, baths, bedrooms, and indoor and outdoor living areas depends on how the client and the client’s family use the space and how much traffic it gets, as well as their specific style preferences.

Getting to know each unique customer and space so his or her specific wants and needs get met marks the kind of special service that makes Champion different, Stensby says. “When they do walk into a showroom like [ours], it can be 8, 2019 | LadueNews.com 2626 November november 8, 2019 | LadueNews.com

overwhelming – there’s just so much product out there,” she says. “We like to see their space and their home so we can really pick out what’s going to work well for them and what they’re trying to do.”

Champion also offers soft sand and finishing/hardwood refinishing services, and polished concrete and epoxy floor coatings, as well as matching existing flooring to new flooring.

Installation, restoration or refinishing time, predictably, depends on the size of a given project. “Typically, hardwood is installed about 300-square-foot per day, [and] is typically sanded and stained about 500-square-foot per day, plus a few more days for putting on finishes,” Stensby says. “Some [specialty] products, like herringbone and parquets, may change that timeline.”

Among Champion’s recent projects, the company installed new rift- and quartersawn herringbone wood floors with borders in the penthouse at The Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood and matched historic parquet floors in a 100-year-old residence also in that neighborhood.

The company’s specialty remains custom hardwood floors, whether for installing a new floor or matching an existing one. “St. Louis is unique in that we have so many hardwood floors in Ladue and Frontenac, so there is so much historical flooring, and it is cool to restore it and bring new life to these older homes in St. Louis,” Stensby

says. “It’s very custom work, and anytime we are blending old floors to new floors, those are fun projects.”

Champion’s 38-member staff includes not only family members but also longtime employees who have become family, with 15- and 20-plus-year, trained and experienced Bona-certified craftsmen – hand-picked, proven, top-level professionals certified to use the esteemed century-old Swedish Bona system to restore hardwood floors, Kuehn says. “We try to be a good place to work … [and] our employees enjoy what they do,” he says. “My bookkeeper has been with me 21 years, and her two daughters work here, as well.”

Champion’s family feeling extends beyond the business, to the customers – because, Kuehn says, no matter the project, the company strives to build long-lasting personal relationships with its clients that have led to repeat business and referrals through the years.

St. Louis is home, and Champion’s family extends across the city and the area, Stensby says: “We’re from here, we have family here, and we’re a family business in more ways than one.”

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PROPERTY

By Amanda Dahl

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esiding in Town and Country, this contemporary estate catches the eye with its picturesque exterior and incredible interiors. Wake up in the spacious main-floor master suite, with nature views outside your windows and a beamed ceiling above. En suite baths and a private entrance to the spare bedroom for the in-laws ensure everyone arises to comfortable surroundings. While your significant other sizzles up bacon in the impressive kitchen, with a substantial center island, the rest of your clan can cozy up beside the fire place in the great room. Sliding doors flank the area, allowing anyone to step outside on the veranda, which wraps almost entirely around the home.

There, or out on the expansive terrace, they can take in the serene setting, complete with a waterfall and organic garden. A climatecontrolled greenhouse room, heated saltwater pool and media room, with elevator access, offer plenty enjoyments, ensuring each day holds much promise inside this elegant abode.

Espenschied Hermann Group 8077 Maryland Ave., 314-374-8665 (direct), 314-872-6747 (office), espenschiedhermanngroup.com For more than 35 years, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alliance Real Estate (formerly Prudential Alliance, Realtors) has served the greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The company operates seven branch locations with more than 400 agents in four major counties, making it one of the largest residential real estate brokerages in the area. Berkshire Hathaway offers one-stop shopping services, including corporate relocation, new-homes marketing, commercial sales, and mortgage, title and warranty products.

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The story behind an area “bridge luxury” brand began well before its founder was born.

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lizabeth Burner Landau believed in following her heart. It led her to a successful career in local fashion as a dress designer at renowned design company Toby Lane in the 1950s. It also led her to a romantic comedy-esque meet-cute with the shoe industry businessman who would eventually become her husband. Finally, it brought her two children, a great life – and a granddaughter who would someday carry on her legacy in the form of St. Louis-based apparel company Katherine Burner.

When Katherine Pollnow told her grandmother that her dream was to be a fashion designer as well when she grew up, Landau told her to follow her heart, too. It was by way of this steadfast guidance that Pollnow started sketching almost as soon as she could hold a pencil, that she ended up at the acclaimed Savannah College of Art and Design, that she never wavered from her fashion design major and that she ended up sitting with her grandma after graduation, wondering what life had in store for her next.

Forever the one to fire her passion, Landau told Pollnow to pursue her dream, and out of this single conversation, Katherine Burner was born.

Pollnow describes her St. Louis-based clothing line as “bridge luxury,” meaning that the U.S.-made apparel bridges the gap between mass fashion and luxury couture. “I design everything myself, and I physically have my hand on every fabric before we go into production,” she explains. “They are definitely quality and luxury pieces, but at a more affordable price.”

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Pictured left, Katherine Burner.

Pollnow says the Katherine Burner brand, which launched in 2016, focuses on versatile essentials that make a statement. “We want women to be able to put their own spin on things,” she says. “It’s for the wearer to bring the character to it.”

Although her grandmother is at the forefront of Pollnow’s inspiration, the wearer of her clothes – or the Katherine Burner girl, as she designates her customers – is the thought behind every decision she makes. Pollnow notes that she designs for the everyday woman, which means respecting all of the many hats the modern woman wears. “Today’s woman balances work and social and volunteering and motherhood and all sorts of things, and I think it’s important to be able to find clothes that match with every hat,” she says. “For instance, some days I’m in my workspace making prototypes, and other days, I’m in business meetings at a coffee shop, and I need to be able to wear something that takes me from A to B.” In order to get into the mindset of the Katherine Burner girl, Pollnow looks to her mood board. “It’s filled with pictures and fabrics and places that the Katherine Burner woman would go, would be, would work at, would wear,” she says. “I have almost a model in my head.”

This mood board was the starting point of Pollnow’s fall/winter line, which includes her personal favorites, such as the Modal Knit Sweater and the fashion-forward fringe top. The board currently reflects the development of her summer 2020 line and is overflowing with flowy, light linens that illustrate

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a bohemian motif she picked up from her recent trip with her mother to the south of France.

The overall style philosophy Pollnow says Katherine Burner perpetuates is what she calls edgy feminism. “Edgy feminism is hard to define, but I think it’s kind of a rock-and-roll free spirit with a feminine side,” she says.

Empowering women to express their effervescent individuality is the mission behind the entire brand. “My hope for the women who wear my designs is that they feel their most confident,” Pollnow says. “I think that when you look good, you feel good.”

The confidence Pollnow hopes to ignite in her customers is an aura that she herself radiates, especially when emboldened by her support system here. “My grandma, who unfortunately passed away this year, was the only one who could talk creative with me,” she says. “She was and is my biggest inspiration.”

Even though the rest of Pollnow’s family members lean more toward the business-minded than the artistic, their encouragement is a key component of her success. “Having them really embrace my dream, it means a lot to me to have that,” Pollnow says.

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Creamy Cabbage and Onion Rolls Story and recipe by Amanda Elliott

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hese cabbage buns resemble the bierocks my mother made throughout my childhood. The bierock – an Eastern European doughy roll stuffed with savory filling – was passed down from my mother’s family, who belonged to a Volga German/Russian community. It shares traits (as well as the origin of its name) with the pirog, a Russian stuffed dumpling, and the börek, a Turkish stuffed bread. Prominent in the Midwest as well as Argentina, where German and Russian settlement occurred in the early 20th century, these buns bring back the fondest memories of excitement for me.

Although simple in their nature, I considered them a special treat whenever my mom surprised me with them. They’re delicious at any temperature, although I particularly like them cold the day after they’re made, when they’ve had time to absorb all the juices from the filling.

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Yields | 12 rolls | FILLING  4 Tbsp olive oil  1½ medium yellow onion, julienned  6 cloves garlic, minced  1½ head of cabbage, julienned ROLLS  2 cups, plus 1 Tbsp, lukewarm water, divided  1 Tbsp, plus 2 tsp, dry yeast  ½ cup sugar, divided  7 cups all-purpose flour  3 eggs, divided

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Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and spray with nonstick cooking oil spray. Divide dough into 12 equal pieces and, working with one at a time, roll each piece into a thin round on a clean surface. Place approximately ¾ cup of filling in the center of each round, careful not to overfill. Gather the edges of each round, pull up over filling, pinch together at top and fold extra dough over. Place on sheet pan with pinched and folded side of dough facing down. Continue this cycle with remaining rounds, and set side by side.

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By Alice Handelman | Photo supplied

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he so-called Longest Day has significant meaning for Linda Powers, a competitive bridge player and teacher at the St. Louis Bridge Center.

On this day in June, Powers captains a fundraising event at the center.

Named for the summer solstice, the Longest Day marks the day with the most potential sunlight hours. It’s also the day where people across the world come together to fight the darkness of Alzheimer’s disease. Powers fights passionately and proudly in honor of her husband, Warren, whom the disease afflicts.

Last June, the center had its most successful year ever, raising $81,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association and ranking third nationally in games sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League. The upcoming 2020 event will mark the seventh year that Powers will lead the center in raising funds with the powerful story of her husband.

“This is not how I thought we’d spend our golden years,” she says of life today with her husband, a former college and pro football player and college football coach. Married for 50 years, she adds: “You either accept the disease and move on, or live in misery. The biggest thing you learn with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is to take it one day at a time. You don’t plan or know what tomorrow will bring.”

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disorder. It involves a continual decline in thinking, behavioral and social skills that disrupts a person’s ability to function independently. The league became a global partner of the Alzheimer’s Association several years ago. “The brain is such an integral part of playing bridge, and memory is so important when playing the game,” Powers explains. “Bridge keeps your brain healthy and exercised.”

On the Longest Day, members and guests of the center play contract bridge in the morning and may play up to three sessions during the day, each lasting about three hours. Everyone pays to play, and all profits are donated directly to the Alzheimer’s Association. A silent auction and chance raffle are also held that day to benefit the organization.

Powers encourages all members of the community to join the center. “We welcome bridge players of all ages and skill levels, and offer lessons for both beginning and advanced players,” she says. The center, a place where bridge is

both taught and played, currently has 700 members and is located in Olivette.

Ironically, Powers learned to play bridge when she got married so she could become her husband’s bridge partner. “We were fixed up on our first date and married the seventh time we saw each other,” she says. Born and raised in St. Louis, Powers was a fashion merchandizing major when she got married, transferring from the University of Missouri in Columbia to Nebraska to join her husband at his new assistant coaching position. In Lincoln, she hosted a children’s Romper Room television show. She had been “Miss Linda” for seven years when her husband was offered a coaching job at Washington State University in Pullman.

“Always caring and thoughtful, Warren offered to turn down the job if I wanted to stay hosting the program,” she says.

For six years, her husband was a defensive back and safety in the NFL for the Oakland Raiders. He served as head football coach at Washington State University and the University of Missouri. Powers says life as a football wife was exciting. Once married, the former pom-pom girl entertained at alumni functions and traveled with her husband’s team on the road.

Since his diagnosis in 2011, she says, “there have been a lot of good years where we could go out and enjoy life. In the past year, he has really started to decline and is no longer conversational. One of the saddest things about this disease is that the caregiver loses their loved one twice – first to the disease and second to death. When you love someone so dearly, it is heartbreaking to watch him disappear right before your eyes.”

Powers is thankful for the friends and family who have remained close during this difficult time and for all supporters of the Longest Day, whose donations help others in their battle against Alzheimer’s disease. “The day with the most light is the day we fight,” she says.

This is not how I thought we’d spend our golden years. You either accept the disease and move on, or live in misery. The biggest thing you learn with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is to take it one day at a time.

You don’t plan or know what tomorrow will bring.

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Forward Forwar By connie mitchell

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lzheimer’s disease now affects 5.8 million Americans, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Yet while the disease marches on, researchers are gaining ground, and some of the most important work in the field is being done in St. Louis.

The Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, part of the department of neurology at Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the largest and most influential Alzheimer’s research centers in the world. “Many of the major advances in the field, from spinal fluid biomarkers to imaging to genetics of AD, all the way to a new blood test for AD that is in the works, come from the Knight ADRC,” says Dr. Erik Musiek, a Washington University neurologist and Knight researcher.

In late October, Musiek says, pharmaceutical company Biogen announced some encouraging results from an experimental drug study of aducanumab, a type of human antibody.

“The company initially announced that the trial of the drug had failed, but they have now analyzed more data and have found some evidence that may work,” Musiek says. “The company is planning to seek approval from the FDA [Food and Drug Administration] for this drug to treat Alzheimer’s.”

Musiek expands that aducanumab can remove amyloid plaques from the brain that may slow the progression of the disease.

“If it is approved, it would be the first drug which may slow the disease progression, which is a major step,” Musiek adds. “However, the trial data is complicated, and it is not a sure thing that is will be approved. But at the very least, there is renewed cause for optimism!”

Besides this breaking news, Musiek says researchers learned that the brain changes associated with Alzheimer’s begin to accumulate about 20 years before any memory loss occurs. “This is really important, as it suggests that we have a big window to potentially stop this disease before it causes symptoms,” he notes.

Researchers can detect these early changes by sampling spinal fluid and measuring levels of Alzheimer’s-related proteins (specifically, amyloid beta and tau) and by using special brain scans (amyloid PET scans). “This changes everything, as we can now test new drugs to see if they can stop the disease before people even know they have it,” Musiek adds. “Several ongoing drug trials are treating people who have no symptoms but have positive biomarkers, including the landmark DIAN (Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network) trial here at Washington University.”

While Musiek notes that many drugs are being tested, he admits that drug trial failures are common. However, this data is crucial to researchers as they continue to move forward in the search for a cure.

“In general, it seems that treating as early as possible is the most likely strategy for success,” Musiek says. “I tell patients that it is a slow-moving disease and that there is hope that a therapy may come along that can slow the progression in the next few years. We’re making big strides all the time in understanding the disease and how to treat it, so success is hopefully not that far away.”

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In the meantime, Musiek advises everyone to follow the tenets of a healthy lifestyle to help reduce risk. “It’s never too early to start taking steps to lower your risk,” he says.

“There is no magic bullet, but regular exercise and a heart-healthy lifestyle, along with getting enough sleep and keeping your brain as active as possible, can all make a big impact later in life.”

He also points out that myths persist when it comes to Alzheimer’s. For example, having a family member diagnosed with Alzheimer’s does not mean an individual is destined to get it. In fact, family history has only a modest effect on overall risk, he says. Another example: the idea that exposure to aluminum cookware or packaging causes Alzheimer’s. “There were some theories about this years ago, but newer evidence does not support this idea,” Musiek says.

While everyone waits and hopes for a treatment and cure, the Greater Missouri Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association provides many important services for those with the disease and their families. “Last year, the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Missouri Chapter served 9,800 individuals,” says Brenda Stewart, chief operations and development officer for the chapter.

“Families use multiple services that the association provides, resulting in 24,405 service contacts.”

Among the most important services, the 24/7 help line (below) puts people in touch with a trained care consultant for decision-making support, crisis assistance and education.

“Many callers elect to meet with a social worker for a care consultation, which helps families at any stage of the disease process,” Stewart says. “In a care consultation, a person living with the disease and/or a caregiver meets with a dementia expert to develop a customized plan of care to help guide their journey. Families receive a thorough assessment of their needs, discuss available resources and support, and learn about legal and financial plans, endof-life decisions and more.” All services are provided free of charge.

“If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or another dementia, you are not alone,” Stewart adds. “The Alzheimer’s Association is the trusted resource for reliable information, education, referral and support to families affected by the disease.” Services, events and volunteer opportunities are available at the chapter’s website.

Alzheimer’s Association, 9370 Olive Blvd., St. Louis, (800) 272-3900, alz.org/greatermissouri The Charles F. and Joanne Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, 4488 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, 314-286-2881, knightadrc.wustl.edu

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ime progresses and memories can fade – but your loved one will always be a treasure to you. When seeking a place that will treat your loved one as precious as they are to you, look no further than Parc Provence, the St. Louis area’s premier memory care community.

“We believe each [resident deserves] the help they need to enjoy life to the fullest,” says administrator Kathy Aragon, RN, LNHA. “And we believe their family members deserve the opportunity to offer love and support without becoming caregivers. Sometimes, the best way to care for a person you love is to let someone else help.”

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parc provence’s art therapy program enhances the residents’ quality of life.

The most trying part of this process can be identifying when a loved one’s memory has begun to trouble them to such a degree that it can negatively impact their living independently. Facing a decision of how best to support an aging relative is a hardship best faced with an understanding of what severe memory loss can look like.

“Look for instances of memory loss that make life harder to navigate, including new difficulties when making plans or solving problems,” Aragon advises. “Episodes like these are just a few examples of Alzheimer’s symptoms. A physician or memory-care specialist can provide a thorough evaluation and diagnosis.”

Seeking professional guidance to recognize when a loved one needs further assistance than you can provide is an important step as memory loss can take on many forms.

“No two people with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia experience the disease in the same way,” Aragon describes. “And because these conditions are progressive, symptoms change, requiring treatment strategies to adapt. That’s why we specialize in personalized memory care, rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all approach.”

Parc Provence creates a community that supports and promotes wellbeing from the ground up, resulting in an award-winning building design that groups residents in the most beneficial living arrangements for their specific cognitive abilities.

“From the beginning, Parc Provence has provided person-centered care, meaning each resident benefits from a program of treatment and care tailored to meet individual needs,” Aragon explains. “The community’s residential spaces are established according to interest and cognitive ability, rather than medical condition.”

This allows for more fruitful social interactions among residents within their own households. “The health, safety and well-being of all our residents is of primary importance,” Aragon adds. “The treatment plan we design for

residents take pleasure in a wide range of activities including music therapy.

each resident provides for these essentials while also meeting their unique needs and goals. Each plan is built for flexibility so it can adapt to new symptoms and situations.”

Next, Parc Provence offers diverse programming that can enhance each resident’s experience and foster improvement while providing comfort.

Often requested by the residents are music and art therapy, which the memory care community is delighted to provide. Group activities, such as chair yoga and ballet, are often populated by engaged residents.

Additionally, outings to St. Louis favorites, like The Fabulous Fox Theatre or Missouri Botanical Garden, keep residents active in the community.

“Our wide variety of programs and activities are designed to enhance the strength of all residents, both cognitive and physical, connecting with their personal life memories [and] thereby enabling the residents to function at their highest potential,” Aragon explains.

Of course, the heart and soul of Parc Provence is its people, including the capable staff who deliver the highest quality of care to residents. Leading specialists in memory care, medical director Dr. David Carr and associate medical director Dr. Lenise Cummings-Vaughn of Washington University School of Medicine, bring the latest medical advances to the senior care community.

“We couldn’t offer personalized care without a team of professional caregivers,” Aragon says. “Each one is trained in all aspects of dementia and Alzheimer’s care, and committed to supporting residents and their families in leading lives of quality and dignity.”

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ince late June, Thai eatery Chao Baan – from the family behind St. Louis’ longest-standing Thai restaurant, King & I – serves lunch and dinner featuring rustic regional cooking from southern and northeastern Thailand in that municipality’s Grove business district.

The restaurant comes from Shayn Prapaisilp and his father, Suchin. In addition to King & I, which opened nearly 40 years ago, the Prapaisilps own and operate such area mainstays as Global Foods Market, Oishi Sushi, Oishi Steakhouse and United Provisions.

Space Architecture + Design developed the roughly 3,700-square-foot space, which sports a clean, modern look with a blue, orange and gray color scheme juxtaposed with blond wood. At the moment, Chao Baan seats 80, with seating for another 20 to be added on a front patio. Basketlike light fixtures form a focal point of the dining room, evoking the imagery of

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fishing nets.

Chao Baan, which translates from Thai as “of the people,” features dishes from the northeast (Esaan) and southern (Pak Tai) regions of Thailand, with roots in Yala and Loei provinces. Shayn Prapaisilp’s mother comes from the former, which is closer to Laos, while his father hails from the latter, which is closer to Malaysia. According to the younger Prapaisilp, the northeast uses a lot of bright citrus, fish sauce and fresh vegetables and herbs, while southern cooking features a lot of dry heat and ingredients like turmeric.

“These are the foods I grew up eating, and for my parents, it’s the way their parents cooked for them,” says Prapaisilp. “It’s homey comfort food that families enjoy at home. We’re really encouraging folks to come get three or four plates to share and eat with rice together.”

The lunch menu features a selection of seven items

By Mabel Suen such as kanom jeen nam ya, or vermicelli noodles served with a sweet and spicy gravy, topped with greens. For dinner, guests can choose from highlights like one of Prapaisilp’s personal favorites, khao tod nam sod, or rice mixed with spicy curry paste, fried twice and served with pork sausage, ginger and cilantro.

Another unique offering, gaeng som – one of southern Thailand’s most famous dishes – involves white fish and papaya simmered in a broth with turmeric and chiles.

For an interesting appetizer, guest also might try the jaew sampler, which features crudités with a combination of three dips: jaew bong (chiles, the ginger flavoring galangal), nam prik noom (shallots and chiles), and nam prik ong (ground pork, tomatoes).

Chao Baan’s bar offers beer by the can and bottle, including Thai brands like Chang and Singha. A wine list features selections by the glass or bottle that pair well with the fare, including hand-selected rosés,

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sparkling wines, whites and reds. Nonalcoholic beverages include Thai tea, Thai coffee, coconut water and lychee juice, and a forthcoming cocktail menu will feature such options as a tamarind whiskey sour.

All in all, for the gustatorily adventurous, Chao Baan would make a fine preshow stop before viewing The Lifespan of a Fact from The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

“We’re really excited for people to try this Thai food because we’re going really deep,” Prapaisilp says. “It’s great that St. Louis has been so welcoming to new Thai restaurants. We’re hoping to let folks take the next step by coming out to try really rustic Thai cooking.”

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‌Story: On Saturday, July 13, 2002, 16-year-old Levi Walton Presley scaled two fences on the 109th floor of the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas and jumped to his death, according to a story in the Las Vegas Sun. Writer John D’Agata used that death as a springboard to his essay titled What Happens There, which examined the culture of suicide in Vegas, a city perpetually awash in tourists, many of whom gamble away more than they can afford to lose. Presley was neither a tourist nor old enough to legally gamble in the city’s endless number of casinos.

After D’Agata submits his essay for publication, editor Emily Penrose assigns a young intern named Jim Fingal to fact-check D’Agata’s story. She explains to Fingal that D’Agata dislikes the word ‘article’ when referring to his writing, instead preferring ‘essay.’

Whatever. She hands over the manuscript to Fingal on Thursday, informing him she expects his work to be completed in time for the deadline the following Monday morning.

Fingal looks at this assignment as a major opportunity for him to wedge his foot inside the publishing world. He’s a Harvard graduate with a degree in English and yearns to make his presence felt through checking D’Agata’s writing.

Unfortunately, Fingal is a bit on the obsessivecompulsive side, neurotically poring over every fact and figure referenced by D’Agata in his story, which soberly dissects the prevalence of suicide in the seemingly indifferent Sin City. Heck, Fingal even boards a plane to visit D’Agata in person in the desert after finding answers to his questions via e-mail and phone to be unsatisfactory.

So, what exactly is What Happens There? Is it a truthful account of Presley’s tragic death and his place on an abnormally high list of self-inflicted deaths in Las Vegas? Or is D’Agata using Presley’s tragedy for ruminations which are more philosophical than factual? Is literary license a valid tool in this nonfiction piece, if indeed it is non-fiction?

Can these two contentious factions and the editor who becomes an unexpected referee between them reach a common ground of understanding before the deadline? Or is that deadline even still a possibility in this war of words?

Highlights: Truth, facts and literary license collide in this witty, provocative and thought-provoking verbal battle in a first-rate production at The Rep. Serious questions are raised but no easy answers provided in this surprisingly engaging effort.

Other Info: The Lifespan of a Fact is a one-act comedy – with serious undertones – written by Jeremy Kareken and David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, which had a brief run on Broadway in late 2018 and early 2019. It’s based on the book of the same name by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal, which in turn was inspired by

D’Agata’s essay, What Happens There.

The D’Agata essay, which included the writer’s research and his own work for the Las Vegas suicide hotline, was originally commissioned by Harper’s Magazine in 2003 but dropped by that publication after a disagreement about D’Agata’s literary approach. He was then approached by The Believer magazine, which ultimately published the edited version fact-checked by Fingal in 2010.

The book features D’Agata’s text as well as Fingal’s edits, questions and comments in journalistic, copy editing style.

Griffin Osborne plays Fingal as a young, more impudent version of Columbo, replacing the latter’s genial approach with his dogged attention to detail with an annoying and prickly personality. Osborne captures Fingal’s intensity with often hilarious results but also by accentuating his irritating traits.

St. Louis native Brian Slaten smartly conveys D’Agata’s pompous ways, delivering his character’s abundant comic lines with carefully shaped timing, as well as showing the older man’s exasperation with his challenging, youthful competitor.

Perri Gaffney is convincing as the established editor Emily, who sees award-winning possibilities for her magazine in D’Agata’s probing piece slowly going up in the smoke of Fingal’s neurotic focus on detail.

Still, The Lifespan of a Fact will get you thinking about what’s true and what’s hyperbole, as D’Agato references when he says, “The wrong facts get in the way of a story.” It’s an updated version of the iconic line in John Ford’s 1962 cinema masterpiece, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

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Around Town Tue., Nov. 12

Webster Arts’ final exhibition of 2019, “BETWEEN THE THREADS,” focuses on fiber or fiber techniques.

The Webster Groves facility features a variety of 2D and 3D work, including handmade paper sculpture, art quilts, tapestry, weaving, basketry, art knitting, embroidery and more. 6 to 8 p.m. Free reception. webster-arts.org.

Fri., Nov. 15, to Sun., Nov. 17

STOMP, the international percussion sensation, returns to St. Louis for a weekend of explosive performances at The Fabulous Fox Theatre. From its beginnings as a street performance in the U.K. almost three decades ago, STOMP has grown into an international sensation, having played more than 50 countries. Times and prices vary. fabulousfox.com.

Sat., Nov. 16

Get your gobble on at the annual TWILIGHT TURKEY TROT in St. Louis’ cherished Forest Park.

Walk, run or waddle through St. Louis’ favorite greensward for a fun run perfect for the whole family, with both timed and untimed options. After the run, enjoy music, pictures, warm beverages and snacks. 3 to 6 p.m. twilightturkeytrot.com.

Every time a bell rings, an angelic performance gets its wings in St. Louis. Metro Theater Company has reimagined America’s beloved holiday cinematic classic, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, as a nostalgic radio play within a play at The Grandel, and festive fiends will not want to miss this. Playwright John Wolbers’ fresh adaptation, in a production directed by Julia Flood, introduces a new generation to the favorite holiday tale. Times and ticket prices vary. metroplays.org.

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Thu., Nov. 14

Explore the fascinating history of beer caves in St. Louis at NIGHT OF THE BREWSEUM at Urban Chestnut Midtown Brewery & Biergarten. Learn how the caves that underlie a goodly portion of that municipality have played a vital role in St. Louis’ past – and turned the city into one of the world’s largest beer capitals. 6 to 8 p.m. Free. facebook.com/guidedstl.

Mon., Nov. 11, and Tue., Nov. 12

Experience an international music menu with works from around the world. The Chamber Music Society of St. Louis presents compositions that have had a global impact on the art form, from giants like Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rossini, Beethoven and others, in its MUSICAL TAPAS 2.0 performance at The Sheldon Concert Hall & Art Galleries in St. Louis. 7:30 p.m. $38. chambermusicstl.org.

Thu., Nov. 14, and Fri., Nov. 15

The holiday season wouldn’t be the same without a new rendition of the iconic A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Don’t be a Scrooge and miss The Big Muddy Dance Company’s contemporary dance retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic story of love and redemption at Yule. A blend of artistic director Brian Enos’ classical/ contemporary choreography and an original arrangement of Tchaikovsky music by Brendan Hollins puts this one on the top of the wish list. Times vary. $35. edison.wustl.edu.

Sun., Nov. 17, to Sun., Dec. 15

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A CWE gallery continues to celebrate 25 years of serving visual art devotees by exhibiting the sometimes unsettling works of a trio of ceramists.

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ow nearing the end of its first quarter of a century, the Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood is spotlighting three ceramic artists at the moment: Steven Young Lee, Lindsay Pichaske and Alessandro Gallo.

That triune exhibition, which opened Oct. 18, runs till Nov. 30 in the 4,400-square-foot venue and continues its mission of showcasing nationally recognized painters, photographers and sculptors, emerging and established alike.

Duane Reed, the gallery’s namesake, owner and director, explains what specifically inspired the grouping of Lee, Pichaske and Gallo. “The gallery has long been involved in exploring work that’s both unexpected and challenging,” he says. “We have taken a great interest in ‘thinking out of the box’ using material-based work.

“These three artists, all using ceramics, take that same medium and create work that challenges our perceptions of things: formal Asian-inspired pottery that’s deconstructed, animal forms that are magical creatures and humanoid hybrids that seem odd yet familiar. The artists all use distortion.”

Lee’s third of the exhibition comprises five vaselike forms and two large wall installations, Reed notes, while Pichaske’s involves seven works that took more than a year to produce, and Gallo’s is composed of five figures, each roughly 20 inches tall.

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Reed otherwise succinctly characterizes the works of each of the three ceramists, starting with Lee, a Chicagoan now serving as a resident artist director at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana.

Lee, Reed states, “explores the elements of form, decoration, color, image and material through taking specific cultural or historical references and then distorts or deconstructs them.

“Lee likes to question that which is traditionally viewed and then altered to challenge preconceptions of identity. These porcelain forms, themselves, are reminders of the past but also as objects that, once allowed to deconstruct partially on their own, discover their own sense of place. The meanings that spill out are as diverse as the experiences that inform them.

“The artist throws pots that are meticulously drawn upon or incised, and then, by allowing a ‘defect’ or weakened area to be coaxed on the surface, it is given to the kiln, which deconstructs and changes that very formal form. The result is the same piece, now reimagined.”

In particular, that characterization seems apposite for Lee’s Yellow Asian Baluster Vase Forms, a 2019 work of glazed porcelain measuring 24 by 18 by 17 inches. The two titular forms, through violent-looking fracturing, have lost their original curvaceous elegance but now display an equally intriguing sundered integrity, leaning toward each other like ceramic prizefighters punch-drunkenly awaiting the bell.

Reed next discusses Pichaske, who operates out of Washington, D.C. Through the use of ceramic and mixed materials, Reed notes, she “creates animals that are ‘tricksters’ – familiar but also alien, seductive but also scary, animal but also human. Their expected roles are upset through the use of petals that mimic fur, hair impersonating bone and feathers on things that shouldn’t have them.

“These creatures are not to be trusted, yet once we identify with them, we find that they are clearly not as upturned as expected and, in fact, [are] remarkable, magical creatures.”

In that light, The Missing Grew Large Between Them, which Pichaske created last year, suggests an outré mashup of Marcel Duchamp and Georgia O’Keeffe in her New Mexican period. A ceramic piece incorporating molted feathers, flocking, paint and steel, it measures 34 by 39 by 16 inches.

The Missing incorporates the heads of two white ungulates of some sort facing away from each other – but with their formidable horns entwined in a strangely humorous but macabre fashion. (Viewers of a certain mindset – or the parents of toddlers learning to read – may experience an indefinable frisson and flash on Dr. Seuss’ Zaxes, albeit in reverse.)

Last but scarcely least, Reed dwells on Gallo, an Italian now, like Lee, based in Helena. “Gallo’s hybrids of part animal/part human forms display the human condition in ways that are at once confusing, perplexing, comical and yet poignant,” he says.

“Splicing together a greater story of life, struggle and tension, they are true sculpture that challenges the way we think of ordinary events and activities and the basic disposition of a person.”

In an unsettling streetwise way, the artist seemingly updates iconography from ancient Egypt, whose gods frequently sported bestial heads. A 17- by 7- by 7-inch piece of Gallo stoneware from 2016, for example, bears the title Monkey Business. It depicts a standing figure reading a book in a gray blazer and an unbuttoned light blue buttondown shirt, its trousers and underwear fallen to the floor – an exercise in exhibitionism in the exhibition. Moreover, the head topping the figure belongs not to a man but to a macaque of some sort.

As a gallerist, Reed summatively reflects on what most appeals to him about the three ceramists and the works in the current exhibition. “They speak of the craft and imagination of those that call themselves artmakers,” he concludes. “They are laborintensive, meticulously made and ethereal when viewed.”

Duane Reed Gallery, 4729 McPherson Ave., St. Louis, 314-361-4100, duanereedgallery.com

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Ready Readers Feasts With Family and Friends

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ith the fall feasting nearing, Ready Readers recommends two books that celebrate sharing with those who mean the most to us.

Porcupine’s Pie, the month’s first recommendation, comes from writer Laura Renauld and illustrator Jennie Poh and involves the title character, a baker intent on making her Famous Cranberry Pie for Fall Feast Day. She gathers necessary ingredients from her pantry: butter, sugar, flour and the all-important juicy cranberries. Knowing she must wash the fruit before baking, Porcupine dons her favorite boots and waddles down the path to the river, clutching her bright blue pail brimming with the rose-red fruit.

In meeting several woodland neighbors along the path, Porcupine learns they’re less excited about the holiday than she herself because they’re all missing important ingredients for their own baked goods. Because she has more than she needs, Porcupine invites her three friends to visit her pantry and help themselves to her staples.

Making their way to Porcupine’s house, the three are surprised to find cranberries strewn

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along the path, the result of a hole in Porcupine’s pail.

Porcupine is devastated to find her once-full pail empty.

Disappointedly, she returns home to make what she can with the remaining ingredients – a plain pie crust.

Poh’s colorful watercolor and ink pictures provide a welcoming invitation into the woodland environs, while Renauld’s text leads readers through Porcupine’s dilemma to the heartwarming resolution made possible by her grateful and equally generous friends.

As the month’s second recommendation, Thanksgiving Is Here! focuses on the endearing chaos as family and friends assemble at Grandma and Grandpa’s house for the all-American holiday. As both writer and illustrator,

Diane Goode tells her story through an exuberant granddaughter, delightfully drawn with red curls, a green dress and matching hair bow. The earliest to arrive, she serves as Official Greeter of Guests and informal play-by-play announcer of the day’s events. Goode’s impish narrator wrangles kids, stray dogs and a myriad of visiting adults all dressed in their colorful holiday best.

Goode’s detailed watercolor-washed pen-and-ink drawings depict the elation and confusion of a large family celebration: attendees moving furniture to make room for the many tables needed to feed the assembling small army, children playing hide-and-seek, groups of adults visiting in one room while others stir gravy, peel potatoes, roll pie dough and check the turkey in the kitchen with Grandma.

Thanksgiving Is Here! constitutes a lovely ode to holiday traditions and memories made with family and friends.

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This year, the best place to be when you’re hungry for the holidays is Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria.

“We have a great catering menu for the holidays, with big bowls of pasta, our famous artichoke salad, pizza – all kinds of good stuff,” says chef and owner Katie Collier. “[We have] comfort food that is healthy and beautiful and, we think, great for the holidays.” From online recipe tutorials and seasonal, savory cuisine to happy hours and lunch specials, welcome to holiday central.

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hianti-braised short rib, served over fontina and rosemary polenta … Roasted heirloom carrots and radishes, saturated in a red-wine sauce ... Can the holidays taste any better than this?

“It is so savory, so rich, so delicious,” says chef Katie Collier of Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria. “We [also] have a risotto. Then cacciucco, a fishermen’s stew with this incredible saffron tomato broth. Just really hearty, beautiful dishes made in-house that remind us of the holidays.”

The reputable eatery dubs itself “holiday central” not just because of the original, flavorful, fresh cuisine that it offers. Its inclusive atmosphere draws in diverse crowds, with family-friendly perks like high-

chairs and pizza dough for kids to dig their hands into.

“We make it so that anyone can walk in and, whatever they’re wearing, they can have a good time,” Collier declares, recommending office groups take advantage of the lunch specials from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or the holiday happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. “For our lunch special, we added a porchetta sandwich. It’s pork belly wrapped around pork loin, and filled with herbs and fennel pollen, roasted [daily].”

Tables are held at peak times for big parties and walk-ins, ensuring the restaurant is a place where you can always drop in. Any wait times are made pleasurable with complimentary prosecco, which you can sip outside beside the fire pit.

If, however, you have a special recipe to make at

home, Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria can manage your side dishes. Order, even just an hour in advance, and you can take home the famous artichoke salad, fresh pasta or whatever else is needed to complete your decadent meal. Any diet restriction can be met.

While you’re there, snatch up some gift cards for the people on your list. Now through January 1, receive a pound of pasta with every $50 gift card and, for every $100 spent, walk away with a $20 gift card for yourself.

Catering orders over $500 receive a $50 gift card (not to be applied to the same order).

“You make memories around great food,” Collier says.

“Everyone comes together, calms down and enjoys. You build traditions, connections around food.” Savor the season at Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria.

9568 Manchester Road, Rock Hill, 314-942-6555; 14171 Clayton Road, Town and Country, 636-220-3238; katiespizzaandpasta.com

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KATIE’S PIZZA & PASTA OSTERIA

Rock Hill, 9568 Manchester Road, 314-942-6555; Town and Country, 14171 Clayton Road, 636-220-3268; k atiespizzaandpasta.com Get into the holiday spirit at Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria. Swing by for brunch, lunch, happy hour or dinner and look no further for catering that will wow this festive season.

MANDARIN HOUSE

8004 Olive Blvd., 314-427-8070, m andarinhousestlouis.com Mandarin House proudly hosts Chinese cultural celebrations and banquets year-round. Chefs are ready to cook all types of traditional delicacies, following ancient customs while appealing to a modern audience.

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