CNSTC: January 24, 2018

January 24, 2018

‘Sprechen sie Deutsch?’

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Members of the St. Charles “Frühschoppen” who meet monthly to speak German and embrace German culture.

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St. Charles club meets monthly to celebrate German language and culture with ‘Frühschoppen,’ a traditional community gathering

By Brett Auten Over a couple of frosty beverages sprung the idea for a unique local club.

Two St. Peters residents were reliving the days of yore when they decided to take matters into their own hands.

Dean Yarolimek and Menko Christoph are both former members of the Air Force, and they were reminiscing about their days in Germany. Christoph was born and raised in the country before coming to the U.S. as a 17-year-old and joining the service, putting in 20-plus years. Yarolimek met his wife, Marianne in Germany while in the Air Force. They married in 1962, and she has been stateside ever since.

“We were sitting around, drinking a beer, and talking about how there isn’t a social atmosphere like when we did Frühschoppen in Germany,” Yarolimek said.

Frühschoppen is the German tradition to meet up at a pub, inn or tavern in the late morning and usually on Sundays, traditionally held after church service. The specific customs vary from region to region, but Frühschoppen is often a kind of brunch, but does not necessarily involve food.

Six years later after the Yarolimeks and Christophs four-person Frühschoppen has sprung a regular gathering of those who miss and embrace the German culture.

On the last Saturday of every month, at 11 a.m., 30-or-so residents from the area meet at a Culpeppers restaurant, located at 3010 W Clay St., in St. Charles where German is the chief language spoken.

“It has evolved to where the majority of the regulars, or their spouses, are born and raised in Germany,” Yarolimek said. “That is

what makes us uniquely different.”

The club has adopted the official name of Frühschoppen Samstag Verein which translates, roughly, to Early Drinking Saturday Club.

Christoph is quick to add that Frühschoppen Samstag Verein’s gathering is not merely monthly Oktoberfests and not the place for, “wannabes who put on a German outfit for Oktoberfest and then an Irish one for St. Patrick’s Day.” “You must have some connectivity to Germany,” Christoph said.

“You need to have a basic understanding of the German language and Germany etiquette. That is minimal of what we expect.”

In the club’s early days, understanding the different dialects of Northern Germany and Southern Germany that individuals brought with them became a bit of a challenge. Out of this came a hybrid of sorts that the pair called, “Deutsch-nglish.”

“Often, the wanna-be Germans, those who maybe studied it in school or were part of an exchange program many years ago, or maybe a friend of a friend is German, they speak Deutsch-nglish,” Christoph said.

Yarolimek has been quizzed many times on why Frühschoppen Samstag Verein doesn’t have more of a St. Louis center.

“The majority of our members are from St. Charles County,” he said. “The word is getting out, and it is doing us a lot of good.”

Christoph, meanwhile, is cautious about the club’s growth. What started as an idea between two friends has grown into something that is treasured.

“I enjoy the camaraderie and getting tidbits of news from people on what they’ve experienced and what’s going on back in Germany,” Christoph said. “It’s nice to get together and drink, toast and sing.”

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Progress West Hospital welcomes first baby of 2018

Explore birds at Wings, Beaks And Nests program Got cabin fever? Dress for the weather and let’s venture outdoors from 10-11 a.m., Feb. 17, at Broemmelsiek Park near Defiance, to discover the curious world of birds at the St. Charles County Parks and Recreation Department’s Wings, Beaks and Nests program. Children ages six-12 will love taking a hike to explore the adventurous world of these feathered creatures.

We’ll discuss ways to identify different species, and learn about nesting and unique hab-

Vandon Ignacio Cuesta was born at 12:22 p.m. on New Year’s Day, and weighed eight pounds, eight ounces. The proud parents are Tiffany and Brandon Cuesta, of St. Peters.

Vandon was welcomed home by his sisters Brianna, Frankie and Rosalie.

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Feedback sought on Wentzville’s Comprehensive Plan A Comprehensive Plan Open House was held on Jan. 16 at Wentzville’s City Hall. During the event, more than 60 attendees spent time asking questions, reviewing the Thoroughfare and Land Use Maps, and generally discussing the future of Wentzville. Another open house is being Get your event or good news published in Community News: email your information to editor@mycnews.com.

planned for the spring.

Those who were unable to attend this event, but who would like to provide feedback, can visit bit.ly/compplanfeedback. Comments must be submitted by Feb. 7. Questions can be directed to Senior Planner Charles Senzee at 636-639-2065.

its.

After the hike, participants will go back to Broemmelsiek Visitors Center where they’ll make a bird feeder to take home.

There is no cost for this program, but pre-registration is requested. Call the parks department at 636-949-7535 or register online at http://bit. ly/2mHbHNx. Broemmelsiek Park is located at 1795 Highway DD near Defiance.

George M. Null Elementary named Lighthouse School of Academic Distinction

Wentzville girl receives distinguished Stars & Stripes Award Kaylin Meyers, 17, of Wentzville has earned the highest recognition the American Heritage Girls offers to Girl Members, the Stars & Stripes Award. In addition to living out the AHG Creed and Oath, Award recipients have completed a number of requirements to achieve this honor, including: • Earning a total of 16 Merit Badges • Having held a leadership position in their troop for a minimum of six months • Planning, developing, and Submitted photo providing leadership to Kaylin Meyers others in a 100-plus hour service project high school years.

• Writing a life ambition/ A member of Dardenne Presspiritual walk essay and re- byterian Church’s Troop 3130, sume Meyers is the 373rd girl nation• Receiving at least three let- ally, the eighth in Missouri, and ters of reference the first in her troop to earn • Passing a board of review the prestigious Stars & Stripes Award.

Meyers chose to serve The Meyers will be recognized in Sharing Shed in O’Fallon. The a Court of Honor Ceremony on Sharing Shed is a nonprofit Feb. 11. agency that serves families and Meyers is a member of River individuals who are recover- Oaks Church in Wentzville and ing from a crisis, by providing continues to remain active in furniture and household items. her troop while also participatMeyers designed and opened a ing in her youth group and the kids’ section that allows young- High School Triathlon Club. er clients to choose a variety of She is employed by St. Louis items such as plasticware, tow- Bread Company and Renaud els, linens and story books. It Spirit Center. She is a homeis estimated that up to 500 chil- schooled senior and plans to dren per year could be served attend Saint Louis University in through this new section. the fall to major in Elementary She has served as a Patriot Education and will continue to Squad Leader and a Junior look for opportunities to volunShepherd in her troop. Mey- teer in the metro area. ers has received the Presidential She is the daughter of Marv Gold Service Award each of her and Kim Meyers of Wentzville.

Photo courtesy City of St. Charles School District George M. Null Elementary in the City of St. Charles School District has been recognized as a “2017 Leader in Me Lighthouse School of Academic Distinction.”

George M. Null Elementary in the City of St. Charles School District has been recognized as a “2017 Leader in Me Lighthouse School of Academic Distinction.” The school was notified of this achievement late December 2017. Leader in Me is an educational leadership program from FranklinCovey that empowers all students to become leaders and learn important life skills.

“We honestly had no idea that this was going to happen,” said Dr. Kate Kimsey, principal at George M. Nulll Elementary.

“When I opened up the letter informing us that we were named a ‘Lighthouse School of Academic Distinction’ I was surprised and excited.”

According to FranklinCovey, this distinction is awarded to Leader in Me schools “that have both met the rigorous requirements necessary to achieve and maintain Light School Certification and have shown exemplary academic growth.”

To meet these standards, a school must rank in at least the 85th percentile their state’s standardized tests as well as

rank in at least the 50th percentile, and have five percent growth, of academic growth from the previous year’s ranking. This distinction shows that not only is the school high achieving, but they are showing marked improvement as well.

In 2017, George M. Null scored an 85.5 in their percentile ranking, up from 78.7 in 2016, allowing the school to meet both sets of criteria for the recognition.

In addition to receiving the “2017 Leader in Me Lighthouse School of Academic Distinction”, George M. Null Elementary will also be a part of the 2018 Leader in Me Symposium held is St. Charles from Feb. 6-7. Attendees of the symposium will be touring the school to see how it implements the “Leader in Me” system and to learn from their successes.

“Teachers, parents and students have all bought into the Leader in Me program and we’ve really worked hard to make sure the program is successful as possible at Null Elementary,” Kimsey said.

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Normandy bounces back Normandy Schools Collaborative receives provisional accreditation and prepares to welcome back students who were transitioned out of the district

By Charlotte Beard Normandy Schools Collaborative (NSC) is now provisionally accredited, effective Jan. 2.

This provision acknowledges that NSC has met certain criteria – scoring in the provisionally accredited range for the past two years. Now the collaborative is doing the work to start incorporating transition students back into its schools after this 20172018 school year.

Much of the logistics for the transition phase fall under the direction of Tina Clark-Scott, Assistant Superintendent for Academics and Support Services. Scott confirmed that four districts have determined that Normandy students must return to their home district. Those districts returning students to Normandy are: Ferguson-Florissant, Hazelwood, Pattonville and Ritenour.

Superintendent Charles Pearson shared three areas of focus for NSC during remaining school year: 1) identifying the transition needs and pre-planning accordingly, 2) conducting community and parent forums, and 3) registration for transition students.

In identifying needs, the collaborative began some processes last year, starting with identifying the schools that each student is currently attending, and which schools have stated students can continue to a certain point. As a result, this information has helped them assess potential class sizes at the relative NSC schools, as well as any needed adjustments in the ratio of students to staff.

In addition, letters will be customized to the parents notifying them specifically of the agreement with the district from which their child will be returning. Scott shared that NSC will be collaborating with the school districts on those letters. Additionally, each school will create a brochure that will be used to inform transitioning parents

Photos courtesy Normandy Schools Collaborative Sixth graders in the Normandy Schools Collaborative participated in a leadership and learning camp at Camp Wyman in Eureka.

and students about the school as it is now. There will be updates to NSC’s website as well, providing information about the curriculum programming and a “transition-specific” page.

“We’ll also be doing a series of community and parent forums,” Pearson shared. “The next one is going to be Jan. 30 at Beyond Housing headquarters in Normandy. We’ve already done three sessions where we had just open forums for parents to come and talk to us, get any questions they wanted answered; this was prior to our being reclassified. We want to make ourselves available to see if they have questions about our programming, if they have questions about our future planning, if they have [questions regarding] us no longer providing transportation, if they have questions about whether we’re still paying tuition…just any questions they have about anything. We’re going to be continuing a series of public forums to answer those questions.”

Beyond Housing is located on 6506 Wright Way in Pine Lawn. The forum will begin at 6 p.m. There are plans to move the meeting location around to various locations in the district to make it convenient for all parents.

NSC is tentatively planning to do a half-day open house in April which would allow transi-

tion parents and students to go to any school in the district and talk to teachers and principals about curriculum programming. Pearson also shared next semester’s registration plans.

“We’re going to get the transcripts from the schools…so that we can handle early registration. They can find out what classes [they will] have, what classes are similar or would be the next [option] in their request [for classes] they’d be taking if they were still at the other school. When we’re registering [returning] students in the spring for classes, our goal is to be registering those [transition] students as well,” he said.

Pearson stressed that the administration wants families to feel comfortable and informed about who NSC is now versus who it was when students left.

Pearson shared that there has been both favorable and unfavorable parental responses to the transition back to Normandy.

Some have stated that they are happy with their child’s return and trust NSC with their child while other parents have voiced that the collaborative should continue to pay transportation costs for children to continue at Francis Howell.

Francis Howell, in St. Charles

Yard waste pickup in St. Peters suspended for month of February The last curbside yard waste pickup of the season in St. Peters is scheduled for Jan. 31.

Yard waste pickup will resume on March 5. This practice saves fuel costs, helps the environment, and provides a time to perform annual vehicle maintenance and repair.

St. Peters Earth Centre will continue to accept yard waste during this period from 7:30

a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday and 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturdays. The Earth Centre is located at 115 Ecology Dr. in St. Peters. St. Peters residents are reminded to bring their Resident Privilege Card for free disposal at Earth Centre. For information on how to obtain a Resident Privilege Card, visit www.stpetersmo.net.

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County, is one of the schools not requiring children to return currently. There have also been parents who have congratulated the district, but prefer their child finishes in the district where they have been attending and are subsequently considering moving into that district for their child.

“All the parents recognize we are continuing to pay tuition,” Pearson stated. “There is a cap rate, but we’re still paying it, [however] we’re no longer paying transportation to transfer out. My only challenge has always been that the current law requires that money would be leaving our district and the students in our district to go somewhere else, and that has an impact on the 75 percent of our children who stayed and the parents who are still moving into the district. There needs to be a different funding formula.”

Pearson did stress that despite what some parents have found unfavorable, past meetings have been communicable.

“Individuals [are] initially pretty upset and they talk about it. At the end of our last session it was clean. It was cordial. People were able to say what they really felt, but no one left angry,” he said.

Scott shared that Normandy is excited about students returning and feedback from parents. She believes that children should be able to attend school within the district where they live. Her hope is that parents will tell Normandy’s administration what is needed so that they are able to provide it.

Pearson stated that he wants parents and students to know that the same place they left four years ago is not the same place to which they are returning.

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Five helpful ways to lend a hand

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Social responsibility comes in all shapes and sizes, but ultimately it comes down to one common purpose: making the world a better place.

From volunteering at local shelters and community centers to feeding those in need at your local food bank, there are countless ways to give back within your community.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 25 percent of people in the U.S. volunteered in 2015. However, studies on health and volunteering show that people who volunteer report feeling emotionally, mentally and physically better. Multiple studies show that volunteering has been linked to lower stress levels, lower levels of depression and longevity.

If that’s not incentive enough, lending support to organizations in your community can often bring immediate and tangible results that give you a connection and sense of community.

There are some programs that even enable people to make a difference by matching them with volunteer or funding opportunities. One example is the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund.

Here are five ways that you can lend a hand: 1. Volunteering. Nonprofit organizations rely on the support of loyal donors and volunteers to deliver on their missions to improve the communities they serve. Time and talent are among the most valuable gifts you can give a deserving cause. One of the greatest benefits of volunteering is the chance to put your energy and abilities to use for a cause you care about, whether it’s feeding the hungry, rescuing animals or some other cause that is close to your heart. Volunteering provides a feel-good way to pursue your personal interests.

2. Giving blood. According to the American Red Cross, every 2 seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. There is an ongoing need to replenish a communities’ blood supplies, whether for medical uses or in the aftermath of a tragedy. Giving blood is fast, relatively painless and can save lives.

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3. Donating. Money doesn’t make the world go ’round, or so the saying goes. However, it can make a difference when it comes to bettering the community. Nonprofit and community organizations rely on monetary contributions not only to fulfill their

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existing program needs, but also to expand those services to impact more people.

Rather than a single, one-time gift, consider setting up an ongoing donation so your impact continues over time. For small or rural nonprofits in particular, a little bit goes a long way. Another touching way to donate funds: give in honor of a loved one, either as a gift for a special occasion or in memoriam. Rather than giving your parents a gift for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, think about a small donation to their favorite charity.

4. Applying for funding opportunities. Another way to help your community thrive is by exploring avenues to create new funding opportunities for nonprofits. For example, the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program provides farmers an opportunity to help a nonprofit of their choice.

Eligible farmers can enroll in the program until Nov. 1 at GrowCommunities.com for a chance to direct a $2,500 donation to a local eligible nonprofit organization. Since 2010, the program has given more than $26 million to nonprofits, including food banks, emergency response organizations, youth agriculture programs and more.

5. Paying it forward. Not every step you take in support of your community has to be a large one. In fact, the ripple effect of a series of smaller deeds can have a truly momentous impact. You can set the feel-good wheels in motion in your own community by simply thinking about a time when someone generously gave their own resources to benefit you and paying forward that kindness with a matching endeavor.

You might let a frenzied mom go ahead of you in line at the grocery store or pay for a meal for the elderly couple behind you at the drive-thru. Small gestures spread a feel-good spirit that can encourage others to do their part to make the community a better place, as well.

These are just a few ways that you can give back. Get out and meet with your friends and neighbors in your community to discover how you can best use your time and talents to help the greater good.

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Learn the art of making sweet maple syrup Making maple syrup is easier than you think. Now you can learn how to turn gallons of gooey sap into edible sweet syrup with the help of St. Charles County Parks and Recreation Department staff, volunteers and Hart Beet Farm. The public is invited from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., Feb. 17, for the Hands-On Heritage: Making Maple Syrup at The Historic Daniel Boone Home near Defiance. This popular program is back and admission

is free.

Park staff tapped the trees and gathered the sap that Hart Beet Farms will use to demonstrate how easy it is to make syrup with modern day equipment. They’ll break it down for you with simple step-by-step instructions from learning how to bore a tree to showing you how long to boil the sap. Watch and learn as the historic process that dates back to the 19th century is brought to light with a modern twist.

Frontiersmen and women also will be giving historical demonstrations. Guests will be able to view and handle the antique equipment that was used in the 1800s to make maple syrup.

They also will have an opportunity to ask questions about the historical process that first was used by Native Americans.

Established in 2015 as a small, diversified farm in Eolia, Missouri, Hart Beet Farm grows a variety of clean vegetables

West Community Credit Union scholarships available West Community Credit Union is accepting applications for their annual scholarship program.

There are four $1,500 scholarships available to graduating high school seniors. Applications are

available at www.westcommunitycu.org and are due March 18. For more information, visit online or stop by a local branch.

SCC Foundation seeking Distinguished Alumni nominations The SCC Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2018 SCC Distinguished Alumni Award. The annual award is open to former St. Charles Community College students who have become leaders in their professions and positively impact their community. To be considered, nominations are due Feb. 28.

Each year, thousands of students begin or continue their professional journey at St. Charles Community College. Potential candidates for the Distinguished Alumni Award must have attended SCC at some point in their educational journey (degree preferred, but not required) and be “esteemed among peers” as leaders in their field, with a demonstrated commitment to community. An individual may be nominated more than once.

“This award is a tremendous honor and calls

attention to the great things our community college alumni are now doing,” said Peggy Schnardthorst, development and foundation relations manager at SCC. To nominate a deserving alum, return this form to the SCC Foundation: • Mail: 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive, College Center 202, Cottleville, MO 63376.

• Electronically: Email to Peggy Schnardthorst at pschnardthorst@stchas.edu.

The Distinguished Alumni Award recipient will be notified by April 16 and presented with the award at the annual SCC commencement ceremony in May. For more information, visit the SCC website or contact Schnardthorst at 636-922-8278 or pschnardthorst@stchas.edu.

Local DAR chapter logs over 10,000 hours of community service Once again the Caroline Close Stuart Chapter, NSDAR completed another year of service with over 10,000 hours of community service recorded in 2017.

Since the 1890 founding, DAR members have worked tirelessly to promote historic preservation, patriotism and educational ideals through a comprehensive committee structure in communities across this nation and in units overseas.

Yet, the NSDAR is often looked upon as purely a lineal society. Too often its service organization mission often goes unappreciated by the general public and even by some members.

Through a new effort to “Service to America!”

DAR Chapter members are recording the hours of their community service. Nationwide DAR Chapters across the country have recorded nearly three million service hours since January of 2017.

In 2017, chapter members recorded time as tutors in the schools, hospital volunteers, Boy and Girl Scout leaders, hostesses at the USO, driving shut-ins to the store and doctors visits, sending care packages to military bases and making shrouds for the Missouri Veterans home. These are just a few of the numerous ways Chapter members are making an impact in the community.

Helene Reece, Chapter Regent commented,

Submitted photo Dotty Lindsey and Cathi Griffith with donations to “Shower in a Box” for women on military bases.

“Recording our hours has shown us how much vibrancy and vitality there is in “Today’s DAR!” Our mission has always to give back to our communities. In the past we have only been known for the historic preservation and genealogy. It is nice to show how much we are involved in areas that touch Veterans, the homeless and children.

We are proud to give back to the nation we love.”

without using chemical pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilizers. Wild edibles including mushrooms, fruits, and maple sap are harvested from the farm year round. The farm also harvests many wild edibles including mushrooms, fruits, and maple sap from their forests.

During the growing season the farm offers a limited number of shares to the community for purchase. For more information, visit www.hartbeetfarm.com.

The program is free and open to all ages. For more information, call the parks department at 636-949-7535.

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Removing a pest

MDC joins partners to remove Asian carp from Creve Coeur Park Lake Visitors to St. Louis County’s popular Creve Coeur Lake Park may experience some temporary restrictions in using the park for a two-week period between Jan. 21 and Feb. 17. The long-term benefit, however, should be the near-eradication of the lake’s biggest nuisance – invasive Asian carp.

Asian carp have been damaging the Creve Coeur Park Lake fishery for years. After several attempts to remove them with limited success, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation, U.S. Geological

Survey (USGS), and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) have formed a partnership to execute an innovative Asian carp removal project this January and February. Additionally, agency biologists will test new methods of estimating invasive Asian carp abundance, as well as tracking, herding and capturing invasive Asian carp in lake situations.

Invasive Asian carp (primarily bighead carp and silver carp) entered Creve Coeur Park Lake when the lake was flooded by the Missouri River sometime prior to 2009. They quickly began to compete with native fish for food and space, reducing sportfishing quality. Recent fisheries surveys and angler reports suggest white crappie fishing has declined since invasive Asian carp entered the lake.

Asian carp also cause conflicts by leaping at and striking lake users, and have been the source of several nuisance fishkills.

The partnership will use a technique called the unified method, which has been adapted from proven techniques used in Asia. The unified method involves a combination of fish herding, clearing, blocking re-entry, and driving actions

using several boats, long nets, and dozens of staff.

Depending on weather conditions, the agencies will employ the effort over a two-week period between Jan. 21 and Feb. 17. Winter conditions may concentrate Asian carp populations and limit their ability to jump over block nets, making removal efforts more efficient.

Photo courtesy USFWS However, ice coverage on the Large numbers of silver carp jump in front of an electro fishing boat.

MDC will join with St. lake will require suspension of Louis County, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in a cooperathe project until the lake clears. tive, cutting-edge effort to irradiate invasive Asian carp from Creve Coeur Lake this winter.

Biologists will divide the lake into cells using nets. They will herd/drive fish out of these cells ditions. Work on the lake and Asian carp from Creve Coeur with boats employing acoustic shore will require open access Park Lake.

If most of the Asian carp sound, localized electricity and for equipment and people safety.

As a result, public access to are removed, biologists expect nets. As each cell is cleared of Creve Coeur Park Lake, as well remaining native sportfish to fish, biologists will block their as Sailboat Cove and its surre-establish their historic numre-entry to that cell with nets. rounding area (including trails) bers and sizes. Previously good This methodical process will will be temporarily prohibited crappie fishing should re-establimit access to increasingly over the two-week period.

If lish within three-to-five years. larger portions of the lake and push fish toward a central col- weather conditions require a Unable to reproduce in lake change, the public closure pe- situations, the remaining Asian lection point. carp populations will dwindle.

At the collection point, biolo- riod will be altered as well.

Complete and selective reOn a broader scale, the projgists will confine all fish into a moval of all Asian carp from ect could demonstrate that a large corral with nets and then Creve Coeur Park Lake is virsuccessful method for removherd them into a live collection tually impossible.

However, ing Asian carp from lake sysnet. They will sort the collected the unified method has been tems exists and could be ready fish, and return native fish to used twice in the U.S. with sucfor future use in Creve Coeur Creve Coeur Park Lake while cess rates as high as 70 percent.

Park Lake and throughout the removing all Asian carp.

The project will field up to Learning from those experi- U.S. 12 boats and 50 staff each day ences, the partnership hopes to during challenging winter con- remove up to 90 percent of the

Winter Trail Days start with a hike at Quail Ridge Park If you’re looking for something to do outside on a winter day, look no further. Join the St. Charles County Parks and Recreation Department for a Winter Trail Days at 1 p.m., Feb. 3, at Quail Ridge Park near Wentzville. Depending on the weather that day, grab your favorite hiking boots, cross country skis, or snow shoes for a guided tour through the park.

This event introduces all ages to outdoor winter activities and offers a unique outdoor experience. After the hike, warm-up with hot chocolate at the large-group picnic area in the park. A drawing will be held and two lucky winners will win a one-night stay in a camping cabin or two

nights of tent camping at St. Charles County’s Klondike Park near Augusta, a premier camping destination nestled in the heart of Wine Country.

Participants must be present to win.

The event is free and pets are welcome. Preregistration is requested.

Quail Ridge Park is located at 560 Interstate Drive near Wentzville. For more information about the Winter Trail Days hike, to pre-register, or to learn more about the 45-plus miles of trails in our regional parks system, call the St. Charles County Parks and Recreation Department at 636-949-7535 or visit www.stccparks.org.

Chainsaws, grinders and chisels at Fête de Glacé

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Fête de Glacé, the St. Charles Festival of Ice returns to Historic Main Street on Jan. 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more than 22 years the festival has featured the best ice carvers in the area vying to be People’s Choice.

By sawing, carving, slicing, dicing, and reassembling up to five, 300-pound blocks of ice, carving teams create awe-inspiring sculptures that are fun, sometimes whimsical, and always breathtaking. Discover what the teams have planned while spending a great day on Main Street. Watch the competition, do a little shopping, get something for lunch, and vote for your favorite creation.

• Event is located in the 100 and 200 blocks of North Main.

• Sculptures must be all ice, no props, frames,

colors or extra material are permitted.

• Tools include electric chainsaws, die grinders, scoops, chisels and irons.

• Begins at 9:30 a.m. with two-man carving teams constructing from five blocks of ice.

• Later in the day is a single carver, single block of ice competition.

• Winners in each class (team and single) are selected by People’s Choice Ballot.

• Ballots are available at the information tent.

• Trophies and prizes are awarded for first, second, and third place in each category.

• Winners are announced at 3:30 p.m.

Fête de Glacé is produced by the Historic Downtown St. Charles Association with support from the St. Charles Arts & Culture Commission and the Special Business District.

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Yeggs

John Hanna

By John M Hanna ‘Yeggs’ is a comic series about Robert and Bill, two rabbits who have opened their own egg franchise in the Midwest (St. Louis area). We follow their day to day lives, watching as they go about the hectic task of preparing for their one big day every year. Along the way they have adventures filled with fun, comic doings and pathos.

Moore On Life

By Cindy Moore

– SUDOKU – Fill in the blank squares in the grid, making sure that every row, column and 3-by-3 box includes all the digits 1 through 9.

Highfalutin gluten News flash! A gluten-free diet can actually be harmful. And after all these years of going out of the way to avoid gluten much like kale at the all-you-can-eat buffet?!

This had me extremely concerned when I heard the news since like the majority of the population I have come to fear the dreaded glutens. And like the majority of the population, the first thing that ran through my mind was, “What the heck’s a gluten anyway?”

Then like the majority of the population, the next thing I did was call on the Google gods.

I punched it in on my phone and brought up “images.” I had to see what I might not be eating that might be causing harm to my body by not eating it without knowing I wasn’t eating it.

Gasp! That little circle thingy on the top of my phone kept going round and round like it was thinking and searching and couldn’t come up with anything.

Desperate times call for desperate actions. I deferred to Siri.

“Siri, what is gluten?” I wailed.

She answered. “Alright, here’s

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what I got. Gluttons are people who eat lots of food until they explode. Gluttons are ba-a-ad people!”

“Show me a picture.”

Up came a picture of fattyboy Kim Jong Un in a tiny bathing suit.

“No, Siri! Not glutton…glo-ooten.”

“Okay! Guten. German for good, easily, fine. As in, Guten Tag – good day!”

Arrrgh! “Siri, slo-owly now.

What. Is. GLUTEN?” “Siri cannot answer that, but if you have stupidly not been eating them you are in big trouble. Siri is shutting down now.

Bye, bye.”

“Hmm,” I thought. “I need to ask people who know everything. Aha! Teenagers!”

I borrowed some from the Pilkington’s next door.

Desiree twirling her hair: “Like it’s a kind of leader of Russia. He’s a bad dude that Vladimir Gluten.”

Her brother, Dax with the spiky faux hawk: “No sis, you’re wrong. A gluten is a type of couch. Remember when I slept

on our gluten for a year in the basement until Dad made me go find a job?”

“I think you mean, futon,” I corrected.

“Whatever.”

So we’ve already been told that flossing is not all that it’s cracked up to be and that chocolate is actually healthy for us.

What are we to disbelieve next; a text message that an incoming nuclear bomb is on its way?!

Nah…that’ll never happen.

Cindy Moore is the mother of three superlative kids, servant of two selfindulgent felines and wife to one nifty husband.

Her ficticious occupation? Archeological Humorist: someone who unearths absurdity and hilarity in strange and unusual places including public restrooms, the lint filter, and church meetings.

Most recently, she excavated a find in her neighbor’s bird feeder.

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OFMS National Geographic Bee names winner

Lowes grant fuels minds & bodies Discovery Elementary in the Orchard Farm School District received a Lowes “Toolbox for Education” grant and students are the real winners.

The $5,000 award will be used to encourage reading while keeping minds and bodies active.

Librarian Matthew King incorporated physical activity, literacy and technology in the grant he submitted last fall.

Monies will purchase Playaway devices and

a 3D printer. Playaway is a portable device preloaded audio books. According to King, students will activate mind and body with the walk and listen approach to literacy. After a student completes the book, each will select a key component to the story to design & print.

Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation helps schools with improvement projects and initiatives that strengthen communities.

Preschool registration is now open for the 2018-19 City of St. Charles School District school year

Photo courtesy Orchard Farm School District

Eleven finalists competed in the Orchard Farm Middle School All School National Geographic Bee on Jan. 5. Students in the final round qualified by winning classroom rounds against the entire middle school population.

Finalists included Bo Stanley, Charlie Grunwaldt, Jackson Winkles, Lilyanne Vargo, Michaela Davis, Peyton Kinder, RJ LaPorte, Ryan Ellis, Sean Pauly, Seth Totterer and Trevor Souter.

First place went to Sean Pauly, second place was Lilyanne Vargo and third place was a tie between Jackson Winkles and Trevor Souter.

Pauly moves onto the National Geographic Bee state qualifying test. Those who qualify for state will compete against winners throughout the state for a chance to represent Missouri at the National Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C. Students have the opportunity to win college scholarships and other prizes.

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The City of St. Charles School District is now accepting preschool applications for the 2018-19 school year. The application deadline is March 2 for first round consideration of special funding.

After this deadline, applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.

The district will be offering the following preschool programs at its new Early Childhood Center, scheduled to open in August of 2018: five-day, three-day and two-day a.m. sessions, a five-day p.m. session and a five-day, full-day session. Early childhood special education classes will be available in four-day a.m., p.m. and fullday sessions.

Extended-day child care will also be available from 6:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The Missouri Accreditation of Programs for Children and Youth has awarded a Certificate of Accreditation to the City of St. Charles School District preschool program. This certificate is awarded to quality programs that offer developmentally appropriate experiences in an environment conducive to children flourishing intellectually, emotionally, socially and physically.

For more information about the City of St. Charles School District preschool program, go to the district’s website, www.stcharlessd.org/ preschool . Applications for the program can be found on the website, at the district’s elementary schools, at the Benton Administration Center or you can email Jeanie Mohrman at jmohrman@ stcharlessd.org.

Orchard Farm High School seeking community’s votes as part of $200,000 national education contest Orchard Farm High School is hoping for a chance at one of the 13 prizes in the annual Follett Challenge and community members can help. The annual $200,000 contest awards unique and inventive K-12 programs.

Orchard Farm High School believe their “Google Ninjas” are a strong competitor.

The Google Ninjas is a “helpdesk” course that teaches students the 21st century skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and communication through computer repair.

Ten of the prizes, valued at $8,000 each, to be given away are from the People’s Choice category and will solely be based on how many votes applicants have received for their videos from the public. Video voting has begun. Orchard Farm High School’s video is now posted on the Follett Challenge website (www.follettchallenge.com) and the district’s

YouTube channel.

After registering, users can cast one vote per day through Jan. 26 when voting ends. Not only are the public’s votes significant in the video-voting portion of the contest, but they also will play a role in the overall rubric as twenty-percent of each school’s final score is based on the number of votes generated for their video.

“We hope our community will support us by viewing our video and voting for our submission,” said Orchard Farm Director of Communications April Bryant. “Participating in the Follett Challenge recognizes our educators for the great job they are doing with the limited resources they have and, should we win, reward them with resources to do more. It also will give our educators here a platform to share their innovation with other schools across the

country and throughout the world.”

With a total prize value of $200,000 in products and services from Follett – a global education solutions leader – the overall winner will earn a $60,000 prize, plus a celebration at the school, while each of the other two Semi-Finalists will earn $30,000 prizes. The 10 People’s Choice awards are worth $8,000 each in products and services and will be announced Feb. 28, along with the Semi-Finalists. This year’s Follett Challenge will honor Semi-Finalist winners in four categories: elementary, middle and high school.

The judges seek applications that illustrate critical thinking, communication, creativity and collaboration between students and among teachers and other members of the school staff.

The 2018 Grand-Prize winner will be announced April 27.

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Around Town

Lawn mowing assistance available for qualifying elderly or disabled St. Peters residents Applications for the city of St. Peters’ Lawn Mowing Assistance Program will become available Feb. 5. The program provides lawn mowing assistance for a limited number of St. Peters residents who are elderly or disabled and meet income guidelines. Applicants who are accepted into the program will be able to have their lawns mowed for them up to eight times this year, improving the livability and appearance of homes in St. Peters.

To be eligible for the St. Peters Lawn Mowing Assistance Program, everyone living in the home must be a resident of St. Peters and at least 62 years old or severely disabled. Applicants are required to provide proof of income as well as proof of age and/or disability. The maximum household income based on 2016 Federal Taxes must not exceed: $26,100 (one person); $29,800 (two people); $33,550 (three people); or $37,250 (four people).

To download an application for the program beginning Feb. 5, visit www.stpetersmo.net.

From the home page, click on Residents and scroll down to Community Programs. Select Lawn Mowing Assistance.

You can also request ahead of time to have an application mailed to you after Feb. 5 by calling 636-279-8279 and choose option four. When calling, be sure to spell your name and street address and leave a contact phone number.

Completed applications with required documents must be returned to St. Peters City Hall before 5 p.m. on Feb. 16. Applicants may also email their completed applications with required documents to communityprojects@stpetersmo.net.

The city received Community Development Block Grant funds for this program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Funds will be disbursed based on lowest income first.

Vantage celebrates 60th anniversary Vantage Credit Union recently celebrated 60 years of serving the financial needs of members in the St. Louis area.

To commemorate the occasion, Vantage celebrated over a two-week period by hosting in-branch events, collecting memories from members and presenting members with giveaway opportunities, including a drawing for one $600 grand prize winner.

All Vantage members were offered giveaways at all branch locations and an opportunity to enter a drawing for additional cash prizes. From nearly 1,300 entries, Vantage congratulates Patricia Geller-Boudria on being randomly selected as the grand prize winner of $600. Winners of the $60 cash

prizes included: Billie Coon, John Weaver, Steve Schmidlap, Eric Newman, Kathleen Rogers and Shawn Uetrecht.

“I couldn’t believe it when I received the news that I had been chosen as the grand prize winner in the 60th anniversary celebration drawing,” said Geller-Boudria. “We’ve been long-standing members of Vantage and not only have we been pleased with the service we’ve received, but also the credit union’s commitment to the communities they serve.

In this season of giving, my husband and I are fortunate enough to be able to give this money back to those in need this time of year.”

Founded in 1957 with only 17 members and $500, Vantage

now serves a diverse membership of nearly 100,000 and offers a full range of financial services. Vantage members have played a crucial role in achieving 60 years of service to the St. Louis community.

“We have proudly served the St. Louis community for over 60 years, and we have our members to thank,” said Eric Acree, President & CEO of Vantage Credit Union. “To commemorate the occasion, we hosted celebrations and giveaways to show our appreciation.”

Vantage Credit Union is a leading, full-service financial institution with over $820 million in assets and nearly 100,000 member-owners. The credit union’s 13 locations

Lindenwood hires dean for School of Education Lindenwood University has named Dr. Anthony Scheffler dean of the School of Education on its St. Charles campus.

Scheffler, who has worked in higher education for nearly 30 years, was selected after an extensive national search.

Scheffler most recently served as interim vice president of academic affairs at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia, and as lead investigator for competency-based education for the University System of Georgia. Prior to that, he was associate dean of the Dewar College of Education and Human Services at Valdosta State University. He has also held a number of administrative posts, including provost and vice president for academic affairs, at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Before entering higher education as an assistant professor of education in the early ‘90s, Scheffler was a classroom teacher for approximately 10 years at various schools in Louisiana, starting in 1979. He has

Photo courtesy Lindenwood University Lindenwood University has named Dr. Anthony Scheffler dean of the School of Education on its St. Charles campus.

published extensively and given national and international presentations on various aspects of education and teacher education.

“Dr. Scheffler has extensive experience at all levels of education and has led a number of innovative projects,” said Dr. Marilyn Abbott, Lindenwood provost and vice president for academic affairs. “His expertise and creative vision will be essential to the future success of

the School of Education. I look forward to working with Anthony in his new role.”

Scheffler will replace Dr. Joyce Piveral, who has served as interim dean of the School of Education since June of 2017.

Scheffler will begin his duties on May 1.

“It is my honor to serve as the dean of the School of Education at Lindenwood University,” Scheffler said. “I am looking forward to working collaboratively with the faculty, staff and stakeholders to advance the mission of the school to the benefit of our students.”

Scheffler is married to Dr. Kelly Heckaman, an associate professor of special education, and has two adult children, Sara and Andrew. He is an accomplished woodworker with a passion for the visual arts who has sold sculptures to private and corporate collectors worldwide. He enjoys traveling and working outdoors and is an aspiring endurance cyclist.

serve the City of St. Louis and 19 counties in eastern Missouri and St. Clair County in Illinois.

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Sports

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THEME: SUPER BOWL

ACROSS 1. Got ready for a close up 6. Cookbook abbr.

10. *Super Bowl number ____ 13. Flow-controlling device 14. Like pulling teeth 15. *Tight one?

16. Do like ivy 17. Half human, half cobra in Hinduism 18. Ring like a bell 19. Flying north in fall, e.g.

21. High school breakout 22. Distress signal 23. Choice word 25. One who increases bid 29. One of “12 Angry Men” 31. Kick out 32. Extinct flightless birds 34. Tony on a cereal box 38. Of short duration 40. *Extra point 41. Blood vessel 42. Drawing support 43. Life saver 45. ____ ____ ____, precisely 46. Minimal in magnitude 48. Mortar and ____ 50. “____, ____!” said Piglet 53. Winter blues, acr.

54. Getting warm 55. *Only undefeated NFL team 60. Marchers in a kids’ song 61. Albany-Buffalo canal 62. Royal topper 65. *”The ____ Bowl” in 1967 66. Actress Campbell 67. Happen 68. Communist color 69. Three-____ sloth 70. Button on electrical outlet

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DOWN 1. Pipe material 2. Crew propeller 3. Multitude 4. Never without “n” 5. Remove from a throne 6. Grabbing tool 7. Fine, in Scotland 8. It’s a long story 9. *One of 11 on field 10. River-dwelling phlebotomist 11. Absurd 12. Lazybones 18. *Team with most Super Bowl appearances 20. “Cheers” regular 24. Itty-bitty bit 25. Sonia Sotomayor’s garb 26. Heavenly glow 27. a.k.a. The Islamic State 28. *Team with most Super Bowl wins 29. *Justin’s “Wardrobe Malfunction” partner 30. Drug abuser 33. Sounds of amazement 35. Little cave 36. Et alibi 37. Birth ____ or mortality ____ 39. Pestilence pest 44. Moonfish 47. Impassioned 49. Author’s co-worker 50. Broadcast in progress 51. From this time 52. Old hat 53. r in d = rt 56. Sandwich cookie 57. *Like Super Bowl broadcast 58. Cote d’Azur locale 59. Pouches 63. Poe’s Morgue 64. *Former Ravens owner or HOFer Donovan

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Lindenwood women’s gymnastics starts season on high note The Lindenwood University gymnastics team won its home opener recently on Friday night at Hyland Arena. The Lady Lions scored a 194.500 and came out ahead of the trimeet over Alaska Anchorage and Centenary.

Lindenwood had their second-highest point total of the season, and recorded their highest score of the year on the beam with a 48.725.

They scored over 48 in all four events, including a 48.425 on the vault, a 48.625 on the bars, and a 48.725 on the floor. Alaska Anchorage was second at the event with a 188.300, and Centenary finished with a 184.125.

The Lady Lions were led by Kierstin Sokolowski and Ryan Henry. Sokolowski had two 9.825 scores on the vault and beam, and scored a 9.750 on the bars. She finished first overall on the vault and beam, and tied for third on the bars. Henry recorded a pair of 9.800 scores on the bars and beam, and had a 9.750 on the floor. She was first overall on the bars, and second in the other two events.

The final individual champion for the Lady Lions was Breanna Franklin who won the floor competition with a 9.800 mark. Other gymnasts to place included Kyndall Baze, who finished second on the floor (9.750) and third on the vault (9.700) in her first collegiate home event. Jordan Boogerd was second on the vault (9.750),Andavea Alexander was second on the bars (9.775), Samantha Borges was third on the bars (9.750), and Emily Milliet was third on the beam (9.775).

For more information go to www.LindenwoodLions.com *Great start Rascals add several to roster On Jan. 5, the River City Rascals signed right handed pitcher Lucas Williams. Williams is 6’3”, 180 lb, right handed pitcher from Grain Valley, Missouri. Williams was a stand-out reliever for

Gary B. will be broadcasting the “STL Health and Wellness LIVE” show every Saturday from 9-11 am on 590 The Fan and 590TheFan. com

the University of Central Missouri, helping the team make it to the 2016 Division II College World Series. Soon after he was drafted in the 40th round of the 2016 MLB Amateur Baseball Draft by the Houston Astros. Williams pitched for the Class A Quad City River Bandits in 2017, going 1-1 with a 2.75 ERA over 55 innings. Williams was on the mound to convert the final out for the Bandits as they captured the 2017 Midwest League Title over the Fort Wayne Tincaps. This is Lucas’ first year pitching for the Rascals.

Four days later the team signed two more right handed pitchers Scott Grist and Ethan Westphal.

Grist is a 6’4”, 180 lb. right handed pitcher out of Sugarland, Texas. Grist attended Texas State University where he started 27 games and compiled 179 innings over his career. The Milwaukee Brewers drafted Grist in the 38th round of the 2015 MLB Amateur Draft. Grist pitched three years in the Brewers Organization making it to High A+ Ball for the Carolina Mudcats in 2017. Overall Grist totaled three minor league seasons to a 9-4 record with a 3.66 ERA. This is Scott’s first year in the Frontier League pitching for the River City Rascals.

Westphal is a 5’10”, 170 lb. right handed pitcher from Winterset, Iowa. Ethan attended Martensdale St. Marys High School where he went 48-1. During this time he was a three-time AllState honoree, two-time Super Team All-State honoree, as well as earning three all-conference honors and five letters during his HS career. He was also selected to the Iowa Senior All-star Game. In 2016, Westphal was signed as an undrafted free agent for University of Central Missouri by the Colorado Rockies. While at UCM he finished the season with a 2.6 ERA going 11-4 through the 2016 season. In 2017 he was assigned to Boise (A-). This is Westphal’s first season pitching for the Rascals. *Opening day will be here before you know

Gary Baute, a St. Louis native, may be educated in business but he lives and breathes sports. As a fan or an athlete, Gary is all sports all the time. He hosted a radio sports program on KFNS, emceed the River City Rascals’ inaugural season, and co-hosted SportsRadioSTL.com, among many other activities.

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Make game day a win

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t’s game day, which means your party needs food and needs it fast. Use recipes that can pump up the crowd this season and make every game a win.

These quick recipes for an Olive Bar Flatbread and a Mediterranean Nacho Bar can leave the fans in your home screaming for more.

Your fans will almost assuredly be dipping, diving and running for these simple snacks cre-

ated with fresh ingredients like Sabra Hummus, which is available in more than a dozen flavors in the deli section of your grocery store. Spread it on fluffy flatbread with your favorite veggies to create a snack that fans can go crazy over, or set it out buffet-style for everyone to munch on at halftime.

Find more game day recipes at sabra.com.

Learn & Play

5 Game Day Tips for the Ultimate Tailgate

Olive Bar Flatbread Prep time: 15 minutes Servings: 2 I ngredients: 3 tablespoons roasted red pepper hummus 1 flatbread 1/2 cup desired vegetables, chopped (olives, roasted peppers, peppadew or artichokes) 3 miniature mozzarella balls, sliced 2 cups arugula 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon olive oil ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper Directions: Heat oven to 400 F. Place hummus on flatbread. Top with desired vegetables and mozzarella.

Bake on lower rack 10-12 minutes, or until crispy and browned.

Toss arugula with lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Place on flatbread and serve.

Mediterranean Nacho Bar

Whether you’re tailgating at the stadium or a viewing party at home, a true football fan is always prepared for game day fun.

Start with these five game day tips that will take you well into playoff season, even if your team doesn’t:

1. Claim your territory: The early bird gets the worm, so be sure to research potential tailgating spots early, then set up camp as soon as possible on game day. Don’t forget to consider things like shade and flat ground space. Whatever the weather, bring a pop-up tent or canopy for some cover.

2. Fire up the grill: One thing rival fans agree on is the importance of a good burger. The grill is the center of the tailgate, so make sure you’re equipped with one that’s easy to take on the road and set up quickly. Rule the parking lot with the Coleman RoadTrip X-cursion Propane Grill, which features collapsible steel scissor legs and a low-profile design that offers portable, porcelain-coated cast iron grilling.

3. Set the mood: A tailgate is not complete without a game day playlist and fun lawn games. Don’t forget portable Bluetooth speakers for music, as well as cornhole boards and ladder ball to heat up the competition.

4. Libation station: If you plan to crack open a cold beverage with friends, you need a strong, reliable cooler to keep your guests hydrated and happy. The retro designed Coleman 54 Quart Steel Belted Cooler holds up to 85 cans with an ice retention rate of four days, allowing your tailgate to continue well after the game ends.

5. Relax and enjoy: Most importantly, have fun. Regardless of whether your team wins or loses, enjoy spending the time outdoors, making memories with family and friends.

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I ngredients: Hummus Diced tomatoes Chopped green onions Chopped zucchini (1/4-inch chunks) Chopped Greek olives Chopped pepperoncinis Shredded lettuce

Crumbled feta cheese Grilled chicken Pita chips Directions: Assemble hummus, tomatoes, green onions, zucchini, olives, pepperoncinis, lettuce, cheese and chicken in buffet format.

Serve with pita chips

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Jan. 24: Job fair

Feb. 3: Scrapbooking day

With the start of the new year, it’s time to start thinking ahead for those summer jobs – or find a great part-time job now at the job fair from 3 - 7 p.m. at St. Peters Rec-Plex. Open positions at the Rec-Plex include lifeguards, summer camp counselors, beverage servers and swim instructors. The Rec-Plex offers competitive pay and flexible hours.

Lifeguards receive free classes and free uniforms – a $200 savings normally charged elsewhere – and also start at a higher pay with pay increases based on hours worked. St. Peters’ lifeguards also have a chance to work indoor and outdoor for potential year-round employment. New outdoor positions are opening in 2018 for the city of St. Peters’ new water park, The Cove at St. Peters, near the Rec-Plex. St. Peters Rec-Plex is located at 5200 Mexico Rd. To apply for a job or find additional employment opportunities with the city of St. Peters, visit www.stpetersmo. net/jobs.

Fort Zumwalt East’s Scrapbooking Day for Grad Night with a light breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks included from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. at Harvester Church of the Nazarene at 3115 McClay Rd., in St. Peters. Cost is $45

by Jan. 26 for the day. Send form and check (to FZE Grad Night) to: Josh Devlin FZE/Grad Night 600 First Executive Ave. St. Peters, MO 63376.

Electric available, bring extension cords. Goodie bag attendance prizes, games, and FZE die cuts on sale for Grad Night. Plus, Creative Memories consultant Cindy Lawrence will have supplies on hand. A portion of her sales goes to Grad Night! Pre-order online at www.creativememories.com/ user/cindylawrence. Questions? Email laura.wag1017@gmail.com. You can also sign up at this link: https://goo.gl/ forms/lnYcYW7ox1a54B7o1. Registration is not complete until payment is received.

Jan. 25: Happy hour fundraiser

St. Charles City-County Library’s LIVE @ The Library concert series features Seth Brand at 7 p.m. at the Spencer Road Branch at 427 Spencer Road in St. Peters. This singer-songwriter and recording/mixing engineer performs a blend of Americana/folk rock with a hint of pop and country.

Health and Wellness Happy Hour Fundraiser to Benefit Alzheimer’s Association will take place at Trigg Banquet Center at 300 O’Fallon Plaza from 4 to 7 p.m. Event is free, with at-will donations. Includes up to 60 vendors with cash bar and food available for purchase. For information contact Kathryn Hubbard at kkfundraisingandevents@gmail.com or visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healthwellness-happy-hour-fundraiser-tobenefit-alzheimers-association-tickets-39711151122.

Jan. 26-27: Book fair

The Friends of the Library will host their Cabin Fever Book Fair Jan. 26 and 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The book fair is being held at VFW Post 5077 at 8500 Veterans Memorial Parkway in O’Fallon. Adult mystery, fiction, romance, cooking, children’s/teen books and AV materials will be on hand. Hardbacks are $2, oversized paperbacks are $1, most paperbacks 50 cents, children’s and teen 50 cents and AV materials will be priced as marked.

Admission is free. Accepting payment by cash or check only. Link: https:// www.stchlibrar yfoundation.org/ BookFair

Jan. 27: Trivia night

Mardi Gras Trivia Night at the Academy of the Sacred Heart at 619 N. Second St. in St. Charles. Doors open at 6 p.m. and play begins at 7 p.m. Cost is $220 per table (maximum of eight people per table; includes four mulligans). Beer and soda provided. Bring your own food. There will be a 50/50 raffle and cash prizes for first and second place teams. Sign up at: www. ash1818.org/trivianight.

Jan. 27-28: Dog show trial

St. Charles (Mo.) Kennel Club, Inc. All Breed Dog Show Obedience Trial and Rally Trial takes place Jan. 27 and Jan. 28 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. at National Equestrian Center At Lake St. Louis at 6880 Lake St. Louis Blvd. in Lake St. Louis. Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children. For more information contact Connie Harrison at 636-4410235 or Condeah@aol.com.

Jan. 28: Quilt Social Bingo

Come to the St. Patrick Quilt Social for your chance to win a beautiful quilt from 12 -4 p.m. There will be 25 bingo games for five quilts and one quilt raffle. Sandwiches, chips and dessert will be available for purchase. The St. Patrick Parish social hall is located at 405 S. Church St. in Wentzville. Visit www. stpatrickwentzville.org/Quilt-Social

Feb. 5: Free concert

Feb. 9: Valentine dinner/dance

The eighth annual Valentine Dinner/ Dance and Silent Auction sponsored

by Crossroads Clinic/Volunteers in Medicine will be held at The Christy Banquet Center at 9000 Veterans Memorial Pkwy in O’Fallon. Ticket includes dinner and open bar. Cost is $50 per person. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., dinner served at 7:30 p.m. and conclusion at 10:30 p.m. Please call 314-6506131 for tickets. Crossroads Clinic is a non-profit corporation located in Lake St. Louis and serves the medical needs of persons who are uninsured.

Feb. 9: Trivia night

The Child Center, Inc. will host its annual Superheroes for Kids Trivia Night at St. Peter Parish Center located at 301 First Capitol Dr. in St. Charles. Doors open at 6 p.m. and trivia starts at 7 p.m.

For only $200 per table or $25 per person, each guest can look forward to 10 rounds of trivia, mulligans, beer, and soda; outside food and beverages are allowed. The evening will be packed with games, silent auction, 50/50, and prizes for the top teams. For more information or to register please visit www.thechildcenter/trivia or call 636332-0899 to reserve your team.

Feb. 10: Comedy night

Comedians K-Von and Corey Rodrigues will headline St. Charles Community College’s Comedy Night. The show begins at 7 p.m. in the theater of the Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building on the SCC campus in Cottleville.

Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for SCC students with a valid ID. Purchase tickets online at stchastickets.com or through the SCC box office at 636-922-8050.

Feb. 13: Pancake day

For over 65 years the St. Charles Kiwanis Club has held their Pancake Day on Fat Tuesday. This year it will be from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. at Blanchette Memorial Hall. Tickets are $7 in advance and $8 at the door for adults and $5 for children. There will be all-youcan-eat pancakes and sausage. You can buy tickets in advance by calling John Pallardy at 636-946-7088 or from any Kiwanis Club member. All the proceeds go to supporting the St. Charles area youth. These include sponsoring the Duchesne High School Key Club,

St. Charles West and St. Charles High Key Clubs along with the Sts. Joachim & Ann, St. Cletus, and Hardin Builders Clubs, plus Lindenwood University’s Kiwanis Circle K Club.

Feb. 13 Happy hour fundraiser

Happy Healthy Hearts Happy Hour takes place from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Trigg Banquet Center at 300 O’Fallon Plaza. Fundraiser to benefit savethemommies.org and to help donate Juice Plus Tower Garden Wabash Elementary School. Free to attend, atwill donations accepted. Drinks and food available for purchase cash only.

Hosted by Bridgette Childress Juice Plus 636-698-3780.Up to 60 vendors.

Contact Kathryn Hubbard kkfundraisingandevents@gmail.com to be a vendor. For more information visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/happyhour-event-for-happy-healthy-heartstickets-41627590243.

Feb. 17: Bowling fundraiser

The Tri County Advisory Board invites you to the 19th Annual Crazy Bowl at O’Fallon Bowling Lane at 420 Sonderen St. in O’Fallon. Registration is at 5:30 p.m. and bowling begins at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $20 per bowler and includes three games of bowling, bowling shoe rental and prizes. Cash bar available. 16 lanes have been reserved so R.S.V.P. early. 90 percent of your contribution is tax deductible as allowed by law.

Feb. 18: Smoked sausage supper

Don’t miss out on Zion’s annual allyou-can-eat sausage supper featuring delicious whole-hog smoked pork sausage, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, applesauce and scrumptious desserts. Dine-in and carry-out meals are served from 11:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $4 for children six through 12; ages five and under are free. Zion Lutheran Church is located at 3866 S. Old Highway 94 in St. Charles, just off Hwy 364 at the Woodstone Drive exit.

For more information call 636-4417425.

Feb. 18-19: Theater auditions

Wentzville Christian Church will hold auditions for “Footloose” Feb. 18 from 1 to 5 p.m. and Feb. 19 from 6 to 9 p.m. Those auditioning should come prepared to sing 16-32 measures of a Broadway style song. An accompanist will be provided. Please bring your own sheet music in the correct key.

Actors will also be asked to learn and perform a short dance. Please check the church website (www.wentzvillecc.org) for additional information.

Production dates are May 4 -6. Wentzville Christian Church is located at 1507 Highway Z in Wentzville. If you have any questions, please call Tammy Rodenbaugh at 636-219-3238.

Feb. 23: Trivia night

ShowMe Aquatics 6th annual trivia night takes place at Immanuel Lutheran Fellowship Hall at 115 South 6th Street in St. Charles. Doors open at 6 p.m., games begin at 7 p.m. Cost is $200 per team of eight ($25 per person in advance, $30 at the door).

VIP Tables available for $250 per table (table of eight), which includes two large pizza’s and a dedicated table runner. Benefits ShowMe Aquatics and Fitness and Individuals with Disabilities. Make reservations early, space is limited. Call 636-896-0999 ext. 21 for Kimbra Heimerl.

Feb. 24: Gardening seminar

St. Charles County Master Gardeners will host Dig-In 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Charles Community College at 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Dr. in Cottleville. The day begins with a keynote speaker on the importance of soil. Three sessions will follow with a choice of five topics in each session.

Registrants will choose one topic for each session Light breakfast and a box lunch is included with registration. The cost is $35 until Feb. 16. After Feb. 16

and at-the-door registration will cost $45 – there may be limited choice of topics. Register early to guarantee your topic selection. Visit http://extension. missouri.edu/stcharles/digin.aspx for topic descriptions and more details.

Call 636-970-3000 to register. All major credit cards are accepted. Master Gardeners receive numerous hours of training from University of Missouri Extension. They volunteer their time to promote and to demonstrate good gardening principles and techniques, as well as participate in projects that enhance the beauty of our community.

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Feb. 24: Trivia night

Mondays: Parent support group

Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians St. Patrick’s Division annual trivia night takes place at St. Robert Bellermine church hall at 1424 First Capital Drive in St. Charles. Please call 636544-7418 or pat1288@aol.com for reservations or questions. Cost is $200 for a table of eight. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., trivia starts at 7 p.m.

Feb. 28-March 4: Theater production

St. Charles Community College’s Center Stage Theatre will present “You Can’t Take it With You” in the Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building theater on the SCC campus. The show will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28-March 3; 10 a.m. March 1 and 2 p.m. March 4. Tickets are free to SCC students with ID, or $8 general admission and $6 seniors, veterans and students. The campus is located at 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville. For more information, contact Jean Deimund at jdeimund@stchas.edu or 636-9228050. To purchase tickets, visit stchastickets.com.

March 17: Quilt social

The quilters from Immaculate Conception Parish of Dardenne Prairie will be holding a quilt social in ICD parish hall (lower level of the church).

Doors open at 10 a.m. with bingo beginning at noon. Come hungry as lunch with homemade desserts will be available for purchase. All over the age of 16 are welcome.

March 20: Speaker series

St. Charles City-County Library District speaker series features St. Charles County elected officials and county staff, who address topics of interest to residents. “Let’s Talk Transportation” will feature Amanda Brauer, Manager of Roads and Traffic, and Craig Tajkowski, County Engineer at Kathryn Linnemann Branch Library at 2323 Elm St. in St. Charles.

All programs are free. Registration is requested. For more information call 636-949-7900, ext. 3724, email mtdempsey@sccmo.org or visit sccmo. org/SpeakerSeries.

April 7: Bike blessing

The Third Annual Bike Blessing takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St Paul UCC at 903 Meier Road in Old Monroe. Food and refreshments available.

This is an alcohol and drug free event.

For more information call 636-6655329.

May 15: Speaker series

St. Charles City-County Library District speaker series features St. Charles County elected officials and county staff, who address topics of interest to residents. “St. Charles County: Past, Present and Future” will feature County Executive Steve Ehlmann at Kisker Road Branch Library 1000 Kisker Rd. in St. Charles. All programs are free.

Registration is requested. For more information call 636-949-7900, ext.

3724, email mtdempsey@sccmo.org or visit sccmo.org/SpeakerSeries.

ONGOING EVENTS Mondays: Take off Pounds Sensibly Take off pounds Sensibly (TOPS) meets every Monday from 9:30 - 10:30

a.m. Weigh-ins begin at 8:30 a.m. We meet at Memorial Hall in Blanchette Park at 1900 Randolph Street in St. Charles. For more information contact Joyce at 636-206-5306.

TOPS meet every Monday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church at 8945 Veterans Memorial Highway in O’Fallon.

Meetings at 9:30 a.m. with weigh in beginning at 8:30 a.m. For more information please all Linda Wilcox at 636-447-9056.

Because I love you, B.I.L.Y., Gateway parent support group meets every Monday at 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church at 801 First Capitol Drive in St. Charles. For information and directions, please contact the helpline at314 993 7550 or email gateway_parent_help@yahoo.com. B.I.L.Y is a program of self-help for parents of troubled children (all ages). We are not professionals, but parents helping each other. The meetings are free to attend.

Mondays: mous

Alcoholics

Anony-

If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help.

Call Alcoholics Anonymous at 636970-0013.

MONDAYS: Choral Arts Singers practice

Choral Arts Singers resume practice on Mondays, at 7 p.m. at Transfiguration Episcopal Church, 1860 Lake St. Louis Blvd. in Lake St. Louis. This session will include performance at St. James Cathedral, Chicago on June 25.

New singers are welcome. Auditions are not required. See ww.concertarts. org.

1st Monday: St.Charles County Council of the Blind meetings

Business meetings are held on the first Monday of each month (second Monday in September due to Labor Day ) unless otherwise specified. No meetings are held in June, July, or December. Meetings are held in the Community Council Building (2nd floor of the Spencer Branch Library) from 6:30 - 9 p.m. For more information contact Beverly Kaskadden (President) at 636561-6947.

Mondays: St. Peters Rotary Club

Noon at St. Peters City Hall, One St. Peters Centre Blvd. www.stpetersrotary.org.

Mondays: Seasoned Eye Carvers Meeting

The Seasoned Eye Carvers meet every Monday from 9am to noon at the St. Charles Senior Citizens Center, 1455 Fairgrounds (near the Bass Pro Shop).

Visitors are always welcome! For more information check the club web site: www.stcharlesareawoodcarvers.com/ or contact Charles Sapp.

Mondays, Wednesday and Friday: Fitness First Exercise Classes 9:30-10:30am, American Legion Hall, 504 Luetkenhaus Blvd., Wentzville.

314-369-6521.

Mondays: Chronic pain support group

American Chronic Pain Association is a support group for and by people experiencing chronic pain. Group meets 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month at 3 – 5 p.m. at the Spencer Road Library in St Peters. Important: This is an anonymous group (first names only).

2nd Monday: Winghaven Civil War Round Table

6:30pm, Midwest BankCentre board room, 2299 Technology Dr. O’Fallon.

For more informaiton call Mike at 314.276.5018.

3rd Monday of Each Month: Life

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Support group for families who have lost a loved one to heroin/opiate addiction. 7 - 8:30 p.m. at Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital Campus in Room 212 of Professional Building 1. Contact: geevigna@charter.net. No registration required

4th Monday: American Legion Post 388 Meets

6:30 pm at American Legion Hall, 607 Westridge Dr., O’Fallon, MO 63366 636.219.0553.

Mondays and Wednesdays: Tai Chi for arthritis class

Every Monday and Wednesday a Tai Chi for arthritis class, sponsored by the city of St. Charles Parks and Recreation, takes place from 9:15 - 10 a.m. at Webster Park across from the Family Arena. This is a class that is taught nationally to manage arthritis and to prevent falls. For more information call 636-949-3372.

Every Tuesday: Cribbage Club

1 – 4 p.m. at The Falls Golf Course Clubhouse. Relaxed, friendly play and is open to all. Call 636-561-2970 for more information.

Tuesdays: Lions Club meeting

St. Peters Lions Club meets the first and third Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in Old Town St. Peters on Park Street.

Tuesdays: Gateway Chorus Rehearsal

Spotlight

Gateway Spotlight is a women’s a capella chorus that meets at First United Methodist Church at 801 first Capitol Dr. in St. Charles every Tuesday evening beginning at 7 p.m. Call 636-2566823 for more details.

Tuesdays: Optimist Club meeting

The St. Charles Optimist Club meets each Tuesday at noon at Pio’s Restaurant. For more information contact Jack Ross at 314 287-0569 or jackross@att.net.

Tuesdays: Cribbage

Looking for an evening out? Come and play cribbage Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at the IHOP at 3851 Veterans Memorial Dr. in St. Peters. Win prizes and awards with semiannual tournaments. ACC sanctioned. For more information contact Dee at 636-233-8032.

Every Tuesday: Kiwanis Club of St. Charles

Noon – 1pm at Tubby’s Bar & Grill at 506 Droste Rd. in St. Charles. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.

The group is looking for new members who want to better our community and help its youth. If you are interested in making a positive impact in St. Charles for generations to come, please come for lunch. For more information call 636-448-4277. You can also visit http:// stcharleskiwanis.com.

Every Tuesday: St. Charles Optimist Club Noon-1pm at Pio’s Restaurant.

Every Tuesday: Quilting Guild at the O’Fallon Family YMCA

1-4pm Free. Quilt for local charities.

No sewing experience required.

Every Tuesday: Meeting

Toastmasters

7pm at the Renaud Spirit Center, 2650 Tri Sports Circle, O’Fallon. Info: 636.379.2505.

Every Tuesday: Gateway Spotlight ChorUS 7:15-9:45pm at First United Methodist Church, 801 First Capitol Drive in St. Charles. Info: www.gatewayspotlight. org or 636.256.6823.

Tuesdays: St. Louis Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association Male

Caregiver Experience

The group meets on fourth Tuesday of every month from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Spencer Road Library at the Community Commons, 427 Spencer Rd. For more information about Alzheimer’s disease, support, or the Male Caregiver Experience, please call the Alzheimer’s Association’s 24/7 Helpline at 800.272.3900 or visit www.alz.org/stl.

Tuesdays: Social club for widows and widowers

On the first and third Tuesday of each month a social club for widows and widowers meets at 7 p.m. at St. John’s United Church of Christ at Fifth and Jackson Streets in St. Charles. On the first Tuesday there are refreshments and on the third Tuesday there is either a speaker or entertainment. The group also goes to breakfast, lunch and dinner monthly, and has a pot luck dinner each month.

mation call Post 312 at 636.947.7666.

Every Tuesday & Thursday: Tai Chi at the St. Charles County Family YMCA

8-9am & 10:15-11:15am. No experience necessary. 636-928-1928.

Tuesdays & Thursdays: Get Fit Exercise Classes

9-10am and 5:30-6:30pm at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Hall, New Melle. 314.369.6521.

Wednesdays: Food pantry

Food pantry open Wednesdays to the public from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Cornerstone UMC at 1151 Tom Ginnever Ave. in O’Fallon. Bread, canned goods other necessities.

Wednesdays: Talk

Veterans

Coffee

Veterans from all branches of service are invited to the Wentzville Green Lantern Senior Center at 506 S. Linn Ave. in Wentzville on the second Tuesday of each month from 9 – 10:30 a.m. for coffee, pastries and camaraderie.

Come meet with fellow veterans who served our country and share your experience.

Veterans from all branches of the service are invited to attend “Coffee Talk” every Wednesday at. 9 a.m. at Grace Baptist Church, 3601 Ehlmann Rd. in St. Charles (Take I-70 to the Cave Springs exit). We will have applications for VA health care, applications for the honor flight, reports from local American Legion and VFW halls and lots of good comradery. Come join us for free coffee and donuts and enjoy an hour with your fellow veterans.

Every Tuesday: Dardenne Presbyterian Church Basketball

Wednesdays: Marine League meeting

Tuesdays: Monthly veterans coffee

8-9:30pm, in the Christian Life Center, 7400 South Outer 364 in Dardenne Prairie. Open to high school and adult men.

1st Tuesday: Fleur de Lis Garden Society

6:30pm at various locations. Info: www. fleurdelisgardensociety.org; Jeanne at 314.605.8563.

1st & 3rd Tuesday Book Study Group

Book study group will meet from 7 to 8:30 pm at Denny’s 1300 Lake Saint Louis Blvd near I-70. They would like as much diversity in the group as possible, so men and women of all religions or no religion are welcome. Questions or to order the book Email: MartyJan@ Gmail.com or Call or Text: 314-7040616

2nd Tuesday: Central Missouri Railroad Association meeting

This unique organization is for railroad modelers, railfans, photographers and railroad retirees with layouts in O, HO, N hoping to add G scales. Meetings are on Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m.; locations posted on our website www.angelfire. com and on our Facebook page. For more info call 636-279-5522 or 636456-0776.

2nd Tuesday: Cancer support group

Cancer Companions Support Group is a support group for any cancer patient in treatment or post treatment, their caregiver and their loved ones that meets on the second Tuesday of each month at Dardenne Presbyterian Church at 7400 South Outer 364 in Dardenne Prairie at 7 p.m. in the parlor. Registration is not required.

2nd Tuesday: Show-me Stitchers Embroiderer’s Guild of America 7pm at the Ladue Chapel. Info: www. showmestitchers.com.

4th Tuesday: O’Fallon Garden Club

6:30pm at Sunrise Methodist Church, 7116 Twin Chimney Blvd. Info: Barb at 636.978.5930.

Last Tuesday of every month, St. Charles American Legion Post 312 spaghetti dinner.

5pm, St. Charles American Legion Post 312, 2500 Raymond Drive in St. Charles. $6 per person. For more infor-

Corp

On the first Wednesday of each month the St. Charles County Marine Corps League meets at the American Legion 313 old town St. Peters at 7:30 p.m. All Marines and FMF Corpsmen are welcome. For more information visit www. stcharlesmarine.org.

Wednesdays: Women’s fishing club

Gateway Bass ‘n Gals all women’s bass club has monthly meetings the first Wednesday of every month at Rookies Bar and Grill at 3721 New Town Rd. in St. Charles at 7 p.m. Women of any fishing level please come and check out our women-only fishing club.

Wednesdays: TOPS meeting

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Club 661 Wentzville holds meetings every Wednesday at 9:15 p.m. at Elder Court community meeting room. For more information call 314-650-1014.

Every Wednesday: Crossroads Cribbage Club

10am Meets at 1380 Boone St., Troy, MO 63379. 636.528.8379.

Wednesdays: Kiwanis Club meeting

Cottleville/Weldon Spring Kiwanis Club meets the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Bemos and the third Tuesday of the month at 7 a.m. at Breeze Park. This is a new club looking for new members interested in working to better our community. For more information call Christy at 314-5830538.

Every Wednesday: Men’s Golf League

5pm, tee off at 5:30 pm at Heritage of Hawk Ridge. www.lakesaintlouis.com, under the parks and recreation section.

What’s Happening

Central School Road, St. Charles, Missouri. Visitors are always welcome! For more information check the club web site: www.stcharlesareawoodcarvers. com/ or contact Charles Sapp.

2nd Wednesday: Free Financial Education- Money Matters

6:30pm at the O’Fallon Family YMCA. PNC Bank and The O’Fallon Family YMCA have partnered to provide monthly free financial education courses for members of the community. Info (including a list of topics): call PNC Bank at 636.272.2449.

Wednesdays: Take Off Pounds Sensibly

Take Off Pounds Sensibly meets every Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the parish hall of Chapel of the Cross Lutheran Church at 907 Jungermann Rd. in St. Peters. TOPS is a national non-profit weight-loss organization that supports its members in attaining their goal weight. There is no cost for the first meeting. All are welcome. Weigh-ins begin at 9 a.m. Contact Judy Bauer at 636-541-2263 for further information.

Thursdays: Lions Club meeting

Wentzville Outreach Lions Club meets the second Thursday of the month at Schnucks at 1960 Wentzville PWK in Wentzville at 6 p.m. Contact Jimmy Butler at 314-780-5629 or Lisa Alexander at 314-258-1069 for more information.

Thursdays: Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)

Take Off Pounds Sensibly meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. in the United Methodist Church at 725 N. Wall St. in Wentzville. TOPS is a national non-profit weight-loss organization that supports its members in attaining their goal weight. There is no cost for the first meeting. All are welcome. For more information call Mary Stassi at 636357-1387.

Thursdays: Optimist Club meetings

The O’Fallon Optimist Club meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at Bank of Old Monroe T.R. Hughes Blvd. in O’Fallon.

Thursdays: Lions Club meetings

St. Charles Lions Club meets every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at 1144 S Benton Street in St. Charles. Contact Art for more info at 636-441-1831. New members are welcome.

3rd Thursdays: Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 458 Meeting

7pm, Amvets Post 106, 360 Brown Rd in St. Peters.

Those who served in any branch between 1962 and 1975 are welcome.

Every Thursday: Dardenne Presbyterian Church Quilters

9am-2pm, Dardenne Presbyterian Church, 7400 South Outer 364 in Dardenne Prairie.

Members do hand quilting to quilts of any size for donation that is given to various church supported charities.

No experience is necessary to join the group. For more information, contact Vickie Young at 636.928.7348, or Brenda Kenny at 636.240.3753.

Every Wednesday: Charity Bingo

6:45pm VFW Post 5077 sponsors, at VFW Hall, 8500 Veterans Mem. Pkwy., O’Fallon. 636.272.1945 or www.vfwpost5077.org.

1st Wednesday: Hope & Healing

5-6pm, Dardenne Presbyterian Rock Church, 7400 South Outer 364 in Dardenne Prairie. Unique service of music, worship, and prayer for those in need of hope and healing.

1st and 3rd Wednesday Each: St. Charles Area Wood Carvers 7pm – 9pm. Meetings are held at the Hollenbeck Middle School at 4555

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Every Thursday: Kiwanis Club of St. Peters 6:30am at IHOP (3851 Veteran’s Memorial Pkwy St. Peters). 636.328.4941.

Every Thursday: Kiwanis Club of O’Fallon 11:45am Meets at JJ’s Restaurant in O’Fallon. Info: www.ofkiwanis.com.

Every Thursday: Rotary Club meeting

7:30am, The Rendezvous Café at 217 South Main St. in O’Fallon. We welcome existing and potential members to visit and have breakfast with us. www.ofallonmo.rotary-clubs.org

Every Thursday: Yoga at The St. Charles County Family YMCA 7-7:55pm Any level. Info: 636.928.1928.

Every Thursday: Active Older Adults Game Day at the O’Fallon Family YMCA 10am Free. Bring a favorite snack to share. Anybody welcome.

2nd and 4th Thursdays: Alexander Chapter #242 Order of the Eastern Star Meetings

7:30pm, St. Charles Masonic Lodge, 2051 Collier Corporate Parkway in St. Charles.

3rd Thursday of each month: Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 458 meetings 7pm, Amvets Post 106, 360 Brown Rd in St. Peters.

3rd Thursday of the month, Ladies Night Out

Cottleville Crafts, Etc..., 5335 Highway N in Cottleville. Vinyl design class. For more information, call 636.441.2700 or visit www.cottlevillecrafts.com.

2nd & 4th Thursday: Alexander Chapter 242/Eastern Star St. Charles Masonic Lodge, 2051 Collier Corporate Parkway, St. Charles.

636.577.0056.

2nd and 4th Thursdays: Lions Club meetings St. Charles County Lions Club meets second and fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at 1144 S Benton in St. Charles. New members welcome.

3rd Thursday of each month: Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 458 Meeting

7pm, Amvets Post 106, 360 Brown Rd. in St. Peters. Veterans who served in any branch of service between 1962 and 1975 are welcome.

Every Friday: Moms Play Group

10am at LSL Community Association, 100 Cognac Ct., Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367. 314.479.0306, andreacrislip@ gmail.com or www.lslmothersclub. com.

Every Friday: VFW Fish Fry

3-8pm VFW Post 2866. 66 VFW Lane.

Call Bill Sams, 636.724.9612.

Every Friday, St. Charles American Legion Post 312 Charity bingo 6:30pm, St. Charles American Legion Post 312, 2500 Raymond Drive in St. Charles. For more information call Post 312 at 636.947.7666.

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Sally Hawkins goes for Oscar gold in ‘The Shape of Water’ Guillermo del Toro, one of Hollywood’s most engaging storytellers, outdoes himself with “The Shape of Water.” Co-written with Vanessa Taylor, this Cold War love story is absolutely charming and stunning with the exquisite Sally Hawkins in the female lead.

The actress has a face that draws the viewer’s attention like a magnet and refuses to let go.

Hawkins plays Elisa Esposito, a young woman who lives above a movie theater and works third shift at a government research center. Unable to speak, Elisa communicates with friends and co-workers through sign language.

Her life is fairly regimented, performing the same tasks at precisely the same time each day.

Even the moments she allows herself to feel real pleasure almost seem routine.

One day, a new government asset is brought to the facility: a humanoid creature that can breathe underwater and also survive on land.

Richard

Strickland (Michael Shannon), who found the amphibian man in South America, tortures and torments him. Elisa, on the other hand, reaches out with sign language, compassion and kindness. The two of them bond over hard-boiled eggs.

Sally Hawkins has a beautiful, expressive face that speaks volumes with a single expression or glance. She turns in a highly nuanced performance as Elisa Esposito, who was found by the river when she was little (the Esposito surname was sometimes given to orphaned children). Her moments with the captive creature are quiet and beautiful.

Always brilliant under layers of makeup, Doug Jones also shines here as the creature who wins Elisa’s affections. Like her, he uses sign language to communicate, demonstrating incredible intelligence and love in the process. Being a fish out of water, so to speak, makes for some darkly comic moments when the creature

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Guillermo del Toro filmed Jones in prosthetics for many scenes with Hawkins, enhancing the footage with digital effects.

If Ward Cleaver had a government job and a bad attitude, he would resemble Michael Shannon’s Richard Strickland. In post-World War II America, the government agent has the perfect nuclear family and acquires status symbols, including a Cadillac. He is demeaning to his colleagues and his wife and especially cruel to the amphibian man. He proves to be more of a monster, though, than the creature he guards.

Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer provide solid support as Elisa’s friends and confidants.

Jenkins plays an artist name Giles who lost his job and makes do with freelance work. Spencer’s Zelda Fuller works alongside Elisa at the lab, but her home life is frustrating. It’s unfortunate that director Guillermo del Toro did not have enough time to explore their backgrounds in more detail.

“The Shape of Water of Water” already earned Golden Globes for its beautiful score and del Toro’s skillful direction. This film has emerged as a real contender and will surely earn more than a few Oscar nominations. It also ranks highly on the list of beautiful cinematic romances.

“The Shape of Water,” rated R for sexual content, graphic nudity, violence and language, currently is playing in theaters.

Pictures courtesy of Fox Searchlight Productions Born and raised in South St. Louis, Steve Bryan is now based in Anaheim, California, and has been allowed access to movie and television sets to see actors and directors at work.

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