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January 27, 2021

A new future for the Foundry

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Submitted photo Earlier this month, the Greater Saint Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau, a department of the city of St. Charles, became the new operating manager of the Foundry Art Centre, located at 520 N Main Center in St. Charles.

The Greater Saint Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau has become the new operating manager of the Foundry Art Centre

By Brett Auten It’s January, so change is in the air. From area fitness centers to Washington D.C., transitions are underway The Foundry Art Centre is undergoing its own changeover. Earlier this month, the Greater Saint Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau, a department of the city of St. Charles, became the new operating manager of the Foundry Art Centre.

The Foundry became a division of the Convention and Visitors Bureau after months of discussion among the Foundry board and city leaders. This move will create opportunities for the Foundry to become more involved in

events and programming in St. Charles while continuing to be a vibrant home for the arts.

Along with this transition, the Foundry has undergone staffing and leadership changes.

Dan Krankeola, Director of Tourism Greater Saint Charles Convention & Visitors Bureau, said that cultural tourism is a key piece of the Destination Marketing landscape.

“The success of the Foundry will bring additional visitation to St. Charles and this increased visitation will help anchor Main Street and act as a bridge between Main Street and a revitalized Frenchtown,” Krankeola said. “We look forward to developing the Foundry into a gem of the city/regional asset by being an engaging arts facility amidst the expanding

St. Charles entertainment district with interesting, inspiring activities and events for all ages while generating a growing attendance.”

In late December, a new operations staff was hired. Sean FitzGibbons joined the team as Executive Director. Originally from St. Louis, FitzGibbons comes to the Foundry from Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio where he served as director.

“I look forward to working with the city of St. Charles as the Executive Director of the Foundry Art Centre,” FitzGibbons said. “The Foundry has an important role as a cultural See ‘FUTURE’ page 2

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‘FUTURE’ from cover institution for the community by providing a welcoming and creative environment. I am excited at the opportunity to continue the Foundry’s mission.”

Rounding out the new team are Jessica Mannisi, Art & Exhibitions Coordinator; Jenny Kettler, Education & Program Coordinator; Rachel McCalla, Special Events Coordinator; and David Helling, Facility Coordinator.

“The Foundry has an established and important role as a cultural institution for the community,” FitzGibbons said. “As the new Foundry team transitions and creates programming we are all thrilled to maintain that tradition. The Foundry will continue to be focused on engaging the community through the arts.”

The Foundry Art Centre, located at 520 N Main Center in St. Charles, has touted and trumpeted the arts of all variety since 2004 as both artists and patrons, of any age, have continually found ways to engage there.

The Foundry covers over 5,000-square feet of exhibition space where it hosts international exhibitions and is the home of any type of special event. You can expect special exhibitions involving a variety of media. The Ameristar Gallery features the Foundry’s Emerging Artist Series. The

Grand Hall provides a stage and space for local productions, touring performance groups, and community concerts. Visitors can also interact with artists at work upstairs who could be toiling over any number of formats.

Classrooms and creative areas are all over the place. Both adult and children’s workshops and classes are offered throughout the year. The Baue Family Children’s Gallery hosts children’s artwork from around the region with over 200 schools having displayed work in the gallery, The Foundry Art Centre is a nonprofit organization that relies on the public’s support to keep the facility free to the public. The Foundry also has a strong tradition of support from volunteers from all over the community working in nearly every area there.

The Foundry Art Centre resides in what was once a train car factory; a 1920’s structure formerly owned by American Car & Foundry. Rather than demolish the 36,800 square foot building, the community of St. Charles worked tirelessly to complete a $2.2 million renovation and opened the region’s premiere, interactive, interdisciplinary art center in the spring of 2004.

For additional information, visit the Foundry’s website at www.foundryartcentre.org.

CORRECTION: In the Jan. 13 edition of the St. Charles County Community News in the story ‘A light at the end of the tunnel,’ the CenterPointe Hospital employees in the photos were incorrectly identified. Below are the photos with the correct names. The Community News regrets the error.

(Left) Dr. Raafea Malik. (Right) CenterPointe Hospital Program Manager Brian Elledge.

Swing by the Foundry Art Centre, located at 520 N Main Center in St. Charles, to donate recyclable items for this year’s green-themed summer camp. The Foundry is collecting art supplies to be used for their art camps, upcoming classes and workshops. Any of the following supplies would be helpful in making the summer art camp a big success: Recyclables (plastic bottle caps, milk jugs, or soda bottles), toilet paper or paper towel rolls, gently used old stuffed animals, used and working hand tools or power tools like drills or saws, used and working blenders, mixers, irons, and crock pots for art projects, wood dowels, small blocks, art paper, fabric, beads/jewelry, clay, watercolor/paint sets, old tile for mosaics, cookie cutters, glue, scissors, tape, markers, and colored pencils. Just drop off the donations at the Foundry from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

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Yard waste pickup in St. Peters suspended for month of February Curbside yard waste collection in St. Peters will be suspended for the month of February.

This annual month-long suspension of service during winter allows for vehicle maintenance/ repair while saving fuel. Yard waste pickup in St. Peters continues through the end of January and resumes the first week of March.

St. Peters Earth Centre will continue to accept yard waste during this break in curbside service.

The hours for yard waste acceptance are 7:30 a.m.

- 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7:30 a.m.

- 2 p.m. Saturday. Earth Centre is located at 115 Ecology Dr. in St. Peters.

St. Peters residents can receive a limited amount of free yard waste disposal at Earth Centre. To receive this free service, residents need to bring their Resident Privilege Card with them. For in-

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On March 1, the city of St. Peters will begin a new yard waste plan that could result in a change in residents’ yard waste collection day. To see if your yard waste day will change, visit www.stpetersmo.net/trash and enter your address in the “My Schedule” feature of the STP COLLECTS widget. Residents will see all of their upcoming trash collection dates.

Residents also may download the free STP COLLECTS app onto their mobile device for trash and recycling collection schedules and reminders, including updates on the upcoming yard waste changes. Learn more at www.stpetersmo.net/trash.

A local nurse finds herself on the receiving end of the compassionate care she has shown others Cheryl Tipp, Charge Nurse in the Emergency Room at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital – Lake Saint Louis, has been with SSM Health for over 20 years.

She has witnessed the compassionate care SSM Health provides others, and has provided that exceptional care herself, but she never thought her family would be on the receiving end of that care.

On May 27, 2020, Tipp’s granddaughter Luella Grace was born at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – St. Louis.

Luella was about four weeks premature and weighed three pounds, 11 ounces. She only spent a few brief minutes with her mom and dad before being whisked away for evaluation. She was transferred to the NICU at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital that same day.

Luella was later diagnosed with a rare syndrome called Wolf-Hirschhorn and has been in the hospital her entire eight months of life. This little girl is keeping her parents on their toes, making sure they know everything they need to so they can bring her home to meet her two big brothers. She has undergone multiple surgeries and is expecting to undergo open heart surgery very soon.

With the pandemic, Tipp has only had the chance to see Luella twice which she says has been the most difficult thing for her.

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However, Tipp is very thankful for the support she has received from coworkers.

As she says, “Many of my co-workers have walked this path with me and my family during this difficult time. From letting me cry on their shoulder or just listening to me.”

Even with all the support, Tipp could have never guessed the support the SSM Patient Access Department had in the works. They wanted to help provide her family a magical Christmas without having to worry about the financial strain that often comes with the holidays.

Tipp was so thankful and surprised, “I was completely taken by surprise learning that my granddaughter and her family were adopted for Christmas.”

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The O’Fallon City Council approved Mayor Bill Hennessy’s appointment of Philip G. Dupuis as the Police Chief for the O’Fallon Police Department.

The council voted to accept Hennessy’s nomination during the Jan. 14 city council meeting.

Dupuis had served as Interim Police Chief of the department since October.

Dupuis has an extensive background with more than 36 years of experience in police work including nine years as a police chief. Dupuis’ career began in Panorama Village, Texas, where he started as a 19-year-old officer. He soon moved to the Conroe, Texas, Police Department where he served for 33 years. In 2009, he was named chief of the department. In this role, he supervised a department of 142 officers with a $19 million budget.

Throughout his career, Dupuis held positions as a patrol officer, investigator and SWAT team leader. He graduated from Sam Houston State University with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and attended the FBI National Academy Command College and the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas Leadership Command College.

Photo courtesy city of O’Fallon The O’Fallon City Council approved the appointment of Philip G. Dupuis as the Police Chief for the O’Fallon Police Department.

He is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, FBI National Academy Association and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association.

“We have been fortunate to see how Chief Dupuis has led the O’Fallon Police Department over the past three months and hear his vision for the future of the Department,” said Hennessy.

“Chief Dupuis has shown himself to be a tremendous leader, who is dedicated to the men and women of the O’Fallon Police Department. I am confident that he, along with our talented

group of officers and civilians, will continue to exceed the high standards our department has set for service, public safety and overall excellence in police work.”

“I am truly honored to have this opportunity to work with this talented group of officers to protect and serve this great city of O’Fallon,” said Chief Dupuis.

“I appreciate Mayor Hennessy and the city council for giving me this opportunity, and I look forward to becoming a permanent part of this wonderful community.”

Discover how to make sweet maple syrup with St. Charles County Parks It’s that time of year again when the St. Charles County Parks and Recreation Department invites everyone to join them in making maple syrup at The Historic Daniel Boone Home at 1868 Highway F in Defiance.

Join in the fun from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Feb. 13, at “Hands-On Heritage: Making Maple Syrup.” Admission is free, and guests will be able to sample and purchase local syrup at the event.

You’ll be amazed at how easy it is to turn gallons of raw sap tapped from park trees into edible sweet syrup. Demonstrations of this 19th century, historic process will take place throughout the day at the historic park listed on the National Register of Historic Places. At the event, guests will have the opportunity to ask questions of the frontiersmen and women leading the program. Then, everyone can enjoy pre-packaged samples of hot maple syrup and cornbread. Masks must be worn inside park buildings, including the Boone Home and gift shop. Sanitizer will be available and social distancing is required at the event.

Guests also will learn the modern-day method of making maple syrup with Vieth Valley Farms of

Submitted photo The St. Charles County Parks and Recreation Department invites everyone to join them in making maple syrup at The Historic Daniel Boone Home at 1868 Highway F in Defiance.

Marthasville, Missouri. The farm’s staff will showcase how they use present-day equipment to turn 40 gallons of sap taken from their 130-year-old sugar maples into one gallon of edible maple syrup. After each demonstration, delicious Grade A, Amber syrup will be available for purchase.

Registration is not needed. For more information, call The Historic Daniel Boone Home at 636798-2005.

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St. Charles County Council names chair and vice chair for 2021 The St. Charles County Council has named Mike Elam, District 3, as Chairman for 2021. Elam was approved at the beginning of the council’s regular meeting Jan. 11 and immediately began his duties. Nancy Schneider, District 6, was named Vice Chairman. They were the sole nominees for each position.

Elam has served on the county council since April 2013, when he was appointed by County Executive Steve Ehlmann to fill a vacant seat left by Nancy Matheny, who stepped down. Since that time, he has been elected to serve District 3 twice; this is his second one-year term as chairman.

“I am proud to serve St. Charles County in this capacity again,” Elam says, “and I am grateful for the opportunity to work with my fellow council members and the county administration. It is an exciting time as we continue exploring ways to keep Missouri’s fastest growing county moving forward.”

Elam, of Dardenne Prairie, has been a resident of St. Charles County since 1992. Along with serving on the county council, he serves on the Board of Directors of the O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce & Industries.

He has served in other in community leadership roles with the Greater St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce, Barnes Jewish St. Peters/Progress West Hospital Foundation Board, Businessmen’s Prayer Breakfast, St. Charles Noonday Rotary Club, and as an emcee for a variety of fundraiser and community events.

Photos courtesy St. Charles County (Left)The St. Charles County Council has named Mike Elam, District 3, as Chairman for 2021. (Right)The St. Charles County Council has named Nancy Schneider, District 6, as Vice Chairman for 2021.

Schneider was appointed to the council in October 2019 by the County Executive after the resignation of Mike Klinghammer. She was reelected in November 2020.

Schneider retired in December 2016 after serving 26 years as an associate, and then circuit judge, in St. Charles County. Prior, she was in private law practice for 10 years, was a prosecutor for the Juvenile Court and employed at ACF Industries. She is a lifelong resident of St. Charles County and is active in the community. She currently services as president of the Community and

Children’s Resource Board (CCRB) and is an Oasis volunteer tutor at Null Elementary School.

All legislative powers of the county are vested in the county council. The council consists of seven members, one member elected by the voters in each of the seven council districts. Council members are elected for four-year terms, which begin in January. Council meetings are held on the second and last Monday of each month, unless otherwise noted, in the County Executive Building, 100 North Third Street, in St. Charles. For more information, visit sccmo.org/CountyCouncil.

Development begins on Riverside Landing, park closing Feb. 1 for construction

Submitted photo Riverside Landing, located at 600 Kampville Drive in St. Charles along the Mississippi River, will be developed into a unique outdoor recreation attraction with several small and large campsites that can accommodate recreational vehicles (RV), day-use picnic areas, a walking trail, and a play area for children. Restroom facilities, water and electric will also be installed.

Exciting new amenities are coming in 2021 to Riverside Landing, located at 600 Kampville Drive in St. Charles along the Mississippi River. Purchased in March 2018 by the St. Charles County Parks and Recreation Department, the 7.73-acre park will be developed into a unique outdoor recreation attraction with several small and large campsites that can accommodate recreational vehicles (RV), day-use picnic areas, a walking trail, and a play area for children. Restroom facilities, water and electric will also be installed.

“Riverside Landing is going to be the place to go for water sports, camping, fishing, and for anyone who wants to enjoy the great outdoors,” says St. Charles County Parks Director Ryan Graham.

To prepare for construction, the park will

close Monday, Feb. 1. It is anticipated that Riverside Landing will reopen to the public in 2021. For the safety of the public, the park boat ramp, including the dock, boat slips, and kayak launch area, will be unavailable for use. Fishermen and recreational boaters are encouraged access to the Mississippi River using the Park Department’s other free boat ramp at Hideaway Harbor Park, 1550 Hideaway Harbor Drive in Portage des Sioux.

For construction updates, follow the St. Charles County Parks and Recreation Department on Facebook at facebook.com/StCharlesCountyParks. Guests also can call the Rainout Line at 636-707-0011 or visit the app on our website at stccparks.org for up-to-date information.

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Progress 64 West presents two scholarships Progress 64 West, a nonprofit civic organization founded in 1987, recently awarded its Louis S. Sachs Scholarship to two students who created business plans that rise to the challenge while simultaneously meeting local demands. This year the scholarship surpassed more than $100,000 in total monies awarded since its inception in 2006.

First place winner Sri Jaladi, a Parkway West High senior in the Parkway School District, received $5,000 in scholarship funds. Second place winner Olivia Guffey, a Liberty High senior in the Wentzville School District, received a $2,500 scholarship. Winners were selected based on their submitted business plans that included product pitches, fund acquisition and market analysis.

Jaladi took first place for NANO Lending, a social initiative nonprofit he founded in 2018. His plan provides unhoused individuals with entrepreneurial resources by launching business incubators at unhoused shelters; connecting new entrepreneurs with mentorship opportunities with local businesses and experts;

and providing forgivable, interest-free loans or funds that cover up to $300 for the cost of start-up equipment and materials.

To date NANO Lending has provided resources to 103 unhoused individuals plus more than 127 people who are currently fighting homelessness. In addition to the loans, Jaladi also shares entrepreneurial advice via workshops held at area shelters where individuals can write and submit business plans for loan qualification.

Guffey placed second with her business plan for After Dark, Inc., a glow and blacklight run series that provides an outdoor fitness activity for all ages while simultaneously supporting humanitarian efforts. She plans to host her first blacklight run event in the summer of 2021 to benefit a local dog rescue.

Progress 64 West and this year’s Louis S. Sachs Scholarship is presented by Doster, Ullom & Boyle LLC and American Direct Marketing Resources along with contributing sponsor Enterprise Bank & Trust.

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Submitted photo First place winner Sri Jaladi (left), a Parkway West High senior in the Parkway School District, received $5,000 in scholarship funds. Second place winner Olivia Guffey, a Liberty High senior in the Wentzville School District, received a $2,500 scholarship.

and executives from small and medium-sized companies. The organization promotes the responsible growth of commerce in the greater St. Louis region with an emphasis given to the I-64 corridor from I-270 westward to I-70.

CCFR mourns death of board secretary Central County Fire & Rescue (CCFR) Board Director David Bell died unexpectedly on Jan. 12.

Bell was elected to the board of directors in 2018. As a member of the board, Bell always kept the best interests and the safety of the community and its professional firefighter/paramedics at the forefront of every decision.

He was passionate about ensuring that the residents of CCFR received nothing less than the best from every member of the fire district. Above and beyond merely attending regular board meetings, Bell volunteered many hours a week serving to accomplish that goal.

Outside of his board of director duties, Bell was an active supporter of the fire district, the community, and the Central County Community Outreach program. He attended nearly every CCFR Community Outreach event, volunteering alongside his employees to support the community in any way he could.

In 2018, Bell was interviewed shortly after being elected to the CCFR Board of Directors, where he said, “CCFR is not only where I live, it is my life. Within this district my children learn, play and thrive. A safe future for my children is dependent on the effectiveness of CCFR. As director, I will be able to provide support for the brave men who put themselves in harm's way.

Submitted photo Central County Fire & Rescue (CCFR) Board Director David Bell died unexpectedly on Jan. 12.

We are all CCFR. We stand together. Together we survive. Together we thrive. The best is yet to come.”

Bell led the CCFR family through some very challenging and difficult times in his three years as board secretary, and the CCFR community is undoubtedly safer and better for having him at the helm for the past three years.

“David once said being elected to the CCFR Board of Directors was a defining moment in his life. But his life left a defining mark on the Fire District and the entire CCFR family,” CCFR Fire Chief Gary Donovan says.

“David was a tremendous positive force within the District and our community, and this loss is just indescribable. We will miss his smile and the positive pres-

ence he brought to any room.”

Bell studied engineering and music at SIUE, where he met his wife, a native St. Louisan. He was an employee of the local Reckitt Benckiser factory for over a decade. Bell and his wife moved to the St. Peters community more than a decade ago to raise their three children.

Bell was only 39 years young.

He leaves behind a wife, three young children and a host of family and friends who will miss him dearly, including the entire CCFR family.

Funeral services were held Jan. 23 at Faith Church in Earth City. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked for donations via this GoFundMe link: https://www. gofundme.com/f/a4ee58-david-bell-memorial-fund.

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St. Charles County finishes 2020 well ahead of 2019 in housing, commercial construction permits Good news on the housing front is coming out of St. Charles County. Despite the pandemic, the County reports year-end totals for housing and commercial construction permits are well ahead of 2019.

The estimated cost of construction exceeded last year in all categories as well.

“Last year was a tumultuous one as the economy sputtered through unprecedented conditions,” says St. Charles County Director of Community Development Mike Hurlbert, “but the growth continues to be strong in St. Charles County.

In fact, our residential numbers are the best we have seen since the Great Recession.”

Hurlbert says compared to 2019, single-family detached and attached new construction was up 85 units, or approximately five percent, and

multi-family construction finished ahead by 293 units, or 28 percent in 2020. Overall, the figures represent an increase of 376 residential units, or 13 percent. New commercial permits were up by 23, or 43 percent, over 2019. Construction costs in 2019 were $704,350,000 and in 2020, were $765,590,000; an increase of $61,240,000, Hurlbert says.

“The growth in housing and commercial construction coincides with the county’s continuing increase in population,” says St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann.

“When final 2020 Census figures are released, it is expected that the county’s population will be more than 407,000. As this growth continues, county government will continue to focus on the health and safety of our residents, as well as the

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infrastructure needed to meet these growth demands.”

The St. Charles County Master Plan – Envision 2030 – contains a set of recommendations to assist the county in achiev-

ing improved outcomes for jobs, housing, transportation, community facilities, land uses and the natural environment.

The plan is updated every five years and was last revised and

approved by the St. Charles County Council on Jan. 28, 2019. The plan anticipated the population growth to top 400,000 by 2020, and to reach 470,000 by 2030.

Vantage Credit Union makes teachers’ dreams a reality Vantage Credit Union’s annual Impact Education contest brings five educators’ plans to impact their students’ education to fruition.

The Impact Education contest provides funds to local community educators in order to empower their students and make a difference in their community. With a brief video from the educator explaining their need for funds, they were eligible to win up to $2,000 to impact their students, school, or own professional development.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for aid was even more of a necessity to educators. As such, this year’s winners throughout the St. Louis region were diverse in their requests to meet the needs of their students, and Vantage is proud to support them for their own unique ways they will use the funds to impact education.

Amanda Rudge of The Moog Center for Deaf Education was

awarded funds for new developmental toys that could be sanitized frequently. Zachary Gotsch of Oakville Middle School, who like so many went virtual during the pandemic, requested funds for a customizable online video platform to better interact with his and his peers’ students online.

Additional literacy resources were requested by Catie Whitt at Fairmount Elementary and also by Fort Zumwalt East High School’s Samantha Vogler. Whitt was awarded funds to purchase new books for grades K-5 while Vogler will use the funds to start a multilingual classroom library for the language department.

It was not only their desire to support their students, but as Whitt wrote in her submission, these resources would help her school "begin the first steps to nurturing lifelong learning."

The grand prize winner, Robin Olive of Warren County Early Childhood Center, will now be able to fund her dream

of an outdoor classroom for her students so they have the chance to “explore nature in their surrounding area, create a space for and plant a garden, and experience the effects of the changing climate during the school year.”

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The events listed in this section are the latest updates as of press time, please check with individual sites for the most up to date cancellations and reschedule info.

ONGOING EVENTS Mondays: Optimist Club meetings

The Wentzville/Lake St. Louis Optimist Club meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Wentzville IHOP, 10 Layla Lane, Wentzville, MO.. For more information contact Ed Jurotich at 314560-1868.

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 St. in St. Charles. For more information contact Joyce at 636-206-5306.

Mondays: Take off Pounds Sensibly

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

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

Mondays: Parent support group

Because I Love You, (BILY), Gateway parent support group meets every Monday at 7:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church at 801 First Capitol Dr. in St. Charles. For information and directions, please contact the helpline at 314-993-7550 or email gateway_parent_help@yahoo.com. BILY 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: NAMI St. Louis Con nection Recovery Support Group

If you have mental health concerns and need support, please come on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. at Friedens United Church of Christ at 1703 Old Highway 94 South in St. Charles.

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Alcoholics

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

Call Alcoholics Anonymous at 636970-0013.

Mondays: Seasoned eye carvers meeting

Meetings are held from 9 to 11 a.m. at the St. Charles Senior Citizens Center at 1455 Fairgrounds (near the Bass Pro Shop). Visitors are always welcome.

For more information visit http:// www.stcharlesareawoodcarvers.com/ or contact Charles Sapp at cwsapp@ charter.net.

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

Mondays: St. Charles County Council of the Blind meetings

Business meetings are held on the first Monday of each month unless otherwise specified. Currently, during the COVID pandemic, meetings are held via conference call, starting at 6:45 pm.

For more information, contact Beverly Kaskadden at 636-561-6947.

Mondays: St. Peters Rotary Club

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

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: Fitness First Exercise Class

9:30-10:30 a.m., American Legion Hall, 504 Luetkenhaus Blvd., Wentzville. 314-369-6521.

Mondays and Thursdays: Bridge

St. Peters Senior Center plays bridge from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday and Thursdays, and would love to have any player, regardless of skill level, to join in. Call Mary Ann at 636-397-0866 if you are interested in playing on Monday or Thursday morning.

Mondays: American Legion Post 388 Meets

Meets the fourth Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at American Legion Hall, 607 Westridge Dr., O’Fallon, 636-2190553.

Mondays: Measurement Mondays:

10 a.m. - 12 noon at the ST. Charles Health Deparment in the Upper Level Conference room. Measurement Mondays is a family-friendly breastfeeding support group. We are open to all moms and moms-to-be who are breastfeeding or interested in breastfeeding. The group is supported by the St Charles County WIC program so there will be information about the program available at each meeting.

Each meeting will be a little different than the last. There will be baby weigh-ins, introductions, games, interactive education, group conversation, and even snacks.

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

Tuesdays: Women’s AA weekly meeting

Candlelighters Women in Recovery meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Dardenne Prairie Presbyterian Church (enter at Adam Lamb pre-School, turn left) at 7400 South Outer 364 at the corner with Bryan Road.

Tuesdays: Cribbage Club

Meets every Tuesday, 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. at The Falls Golf Course Clubhouse.

Relaxed, friendly play and is open to all. Call 314-779-6892 for more information.

Tuesdays: Seniors group

Please join us on the third Tuesday of each month from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. for a gathering for senior adults. There will be lunch (no charge), cards and bingo (no charge), community program referrals, occasional health and wellness presentations and clergy available upon request. The event takes place at Church of the Transfiguration at1860 Lake St. Louis Blvd. in Lake Saint Louis. For more information call 636-5618951.

Tuesdays: Optimist Club meeting

The St. Charles Optimist Club meets Tuesdays at noon at Pio’s Restaurant.

For more information contact Jack Ross at 314-287-0569 or jack-ross@ att.net.

Tuesdays: Cribbage

Looking for an evening out? Come and play cribbage Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at Rookies at 15358 Veterans Memorial Pkwy in Wentzville. Win prizes and awards with semiannual tournaments.

ACC sanctioned. For more information contact Dee at 636-233-8032.

Tuesdays: Cottleville Spring Kiwanis Club

Weldon

Cottleville Weldon Spring Kiwanis Club meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. and the third Tuesday of the month at 11 a.m. Both meetings are at Rack House Kitchen Wine Whiskey. New club looking for new members who want to better our community. Contact Christy at 314583-0538.

Tuesdays: group

Diabetes

support

A diabetes support group meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month except November and December from 6:30 7:30 p.m. at 400 Medical Plaza, Suite 102 in Lake St. Louis. A new speaker each month. Questions? Call Amanda Meyer at 636-625-5447.

Tuesdays: Kiwanis Club of St. Charles

12:05 p.m. at Ginghams Homestyle Restaurant, 1566 Country Clcub Plaza Drive, 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 636206-2483. You can also visit http://stcharleskiwanis.com.

Tuesdays: Quilting Guild at the O’Fallon Family YMCA

1-4 p.m. Free. Quilt for local charities.

No sewing experience required.

Tuesdays: Toastmasters Meeting

7 p.m. at the Midwest Bank Centre Board Room at 2299 Technology Blvd., O’Fallon, MO 63368. Info: 636379-2505.

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

The group meets on third Tuesday of every month from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Alzheimer’s Chapter Office at 9370 Olive Blvd. 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. Registration is requested before the first meeting.

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.

Tuesdays: Monthly 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.

Tuesdays: NAMI St. Louis Connection Recovery Support Group

If you have mental health concerns and need support, please come on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Grace United Church of Christ at 8326 Mexico Rd. in St. Peters.

Tuesdays: NAMI St. Louis Family Support Group

Tuesdays: 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 second Tuesdays of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Warrenton Masonic Lodge. For more info call 636-279-5522 or 636-456-0776 or visit our Facebook page.

Tuesdays: 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.

Tuesdays: Show-me Stitchers Embroiderer’s Guild of America

Meets at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at the Trinity Church.

Info: www.showmestitchers.com.

Tuesdays: O’Fallon Garden Club

Meets at 6:30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month at Sunrise Methodist Church, 7116 Twin Chimney Blvd.

Info: Barb at 636.978.5930. Club does not meet in August or November.

Tuesdays: St. Charles American Legion Post 312 spaghetti dinner.

5pm, St. Charles American Legion Post 312, 2500 Raymond Drive in St. Charles on the last Tuesday of the month. $6 per person. For more information call Post 312 at 636-947-7666.

Tuesdays and Thursdays: Tai Chi at the St. Charles County Family YMCA 10:15-11:15 a.m. No experience necessary. 636-928-1928.

Tuesdays and Thursdays: Get Fit Exercise Classes 9-10 a.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Hall, New Melle. 314-3696521.

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: St. Charles Area Wood Carvers

If you have a family member or friend who is having mental health concerns there is a support group for you. It meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Grace United Church of Christ at 8326 Mexico Rd. in St. Peters.

Meetings are held from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Hollenbeck Middle School at 4555 Central School Road in St. Charles. Visitors are always welcome.

For more information visit http:// www.stcharlesareawoodcarvers.com/ or contact Charles Sapp at cwsapp@ charter.net.

Tuesdays: Dardenne Presbyterian Church Basketball

Wednesdays: Marine League meeting

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

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.

www.mycnews.com • Community News - St. Charles County • January 27, 2021 Wednesdays: Women’s fishing club

Gateway Bass ‘n Gals all women’s bass club has monthly meetings the first Wednesday of every month at JJ’s Restaurant at 1215 S. Duchesne Dr. in St. Charles at 7 p.m. Women of any fishing level please come and check out our women-only fishing club.

Wednesdays: Crossroads Cribbage Club Meets at 1380 Boone St., at 12 p.m. in Troy. 636-528-8379.

Wednesdays: Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)

Take Off Pounds Sensibly meets every Wednesday at 9:30 a.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.

Wednesdays: Men’s Golf League

Wednesdays, April - October. 5 p.m., tee off at 5:30 p.m. at Heritage of Hawk Ridge. For more information, contact the Lake St. Louis Community Association at 636-625-8276.

Wednesdays: Charity Bingo

6:45pm, Doors open at 5 p.m. VFW Post 5077 sponsors, at VFW Hall, 8500 Veterans Mem. Pkwy., O’Fallon. 636272-1945 or www.vfwpost5077.org.

Wednesdays: Yoga at The St. Charles County Family YMCA 6-6:55pm Any level. Info: 636-9281928.

Wednesdays: Hope & Healing

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

Wednesdays: St. Charles Area Wood Carvers

7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Meetings are held at the Hollenbeck Middle School at 4555 Central School Road, St. Charles, Missouri on the first and third Wednesday of the month. Visitors are always welcome! For more information check the club web site: www.stcharlesareawoodcarvers.com/ or contact Charles Sapp.

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: meeting

American

Legion

On the first Thursday of each month, American Legion Post 323 meets at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall

at 504 Luetkenhaus Blvd. in Wentzville. For more information call 636327-6060.

group meets at 6 p.m. Info: www.ofkiwanis.com.

Thursdays: Lions Club meeting

Every Thursday: Rotary Club meeting

Thursdays: TOPS meeting

Every Thursday: Active Older Adults Game Day at the O’Fallon Family YMCA

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

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Club 661 Wentzville holds meetings every Thursday in room 21 at The United Methodist Church of Wentzville, 725 Wall Street. Weigh ins at 9:30, meetings begin at 10 a.m. For more information call 314-650-1014.

Thursdays: O’Fallon Rotary Club meetings

O’Fallon Rotary Club meets from 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. at Rendezvous Café & Wine Bar at 217 S. Main St. in O’Fallon every Thursday. Visitors are always welcome. For more information, call President, Lisa Muncy at 636-240-0912.

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.

For more information, contact CyndySchwab at 636-544-0102.

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 Thursday: Fleur de Lis Garden Society

Meets third Thursday of the month, 6:30 pm at the McClay Library in St. Charles. Info: www.fleurdelisgardensociety.org;

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 Brenda Kenny at 636.240.3753.

Every Thursday: Kiwanis Club of St. Peters

6:30am at IHOP (3851 Veteran’s Memorial Pkwy St. Peters).

Every Thursday: Kiwanis Club of O’Fallon

Meets at JJ’s Restaurant in O’Fallon at 12 noon, except third Thursday the

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

10a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Family Hall. Free for members. 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.

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.

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.

Fridays: Bingo

The American Legion Post 312, located at 2500 Raymond Dr. in St. Charles hosts bingo, every Friday night. This is a non-smoking hall with games starting at 6:15 p.m. and includes two progressive bingo games per night. See more at www.alpost312mo.org

Every Saturday: Chess

9-12 at Middendor-Kredell Library on Hwy K.

Every Saturday: Veterans Learn guitar for FREE

9:30am in Historic St. Charles. Info: Bill Dennis at 314.479.5750.

Every Saturday: Peaceful Puppy Mill Protest

11am - 12:30pm at Petland, 6131 Ronald Reagan Drive, Lake St. Louis. banmo.puppymills@yahoo.com.

Second and Fourth Saturday of the month: Charitable bingo

Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m., doors open at 4 p.m. at the Wentzville Community Club located at 500 West Main in Wentzville. For more information visit www.wentzvillecommunityclub. com or www.facebook.com/wentzville-community-club

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Saturdays: Fruehschoppen Samstag Verein (FSV)

Last Saturday of every month Fruehschoppen Samstag Verein (FSV) meets at 11 a.m. at Bar Louie in St. Charles. Wir treffen uns auf ein Bier (und vielleicht Mittagessen), und geniessen ein Gespräch auf deutsch.

We’re meeting for a beer (and maybe lunch), and enjoying a conversation in German. April, June and September meetings are held at different locations. See https://www.facebook.com/ groups/472022532983525/

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Hwy Z in Wentzville hosts shotgun meat shoots every Sunday at noon.

Fourteen rounds consist of seven meat rounds and seven money rounds. First Sunday of the month is open shoot.

Other Sundays are .680 minimum choke. House gun available and shells supplied. For more information, please call 636-639-1648.

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1st & 3rd Saturday: St Peters Square Dance Club Dances

Pre ropund dance fom 7 - 7:30 p.m., dancing from 7:30 - 10 p.m. 1st United Methodist Church, 801 First Capital Dr. www.squaredancemissouri.com/ Missouri/St.Louis

3rd Saturdays: Restore St. Charles Work Day.

8am, Dardenne Presbyterian Church, 7400 South Outer 364 in Dardenne Prairie. Volunteer labor needed to provide the needy in our community with adequate living accommodations.

Continental breakfast, safety instructions, and job assignments provided before work begins.

Every Sunday: Wentzville Community Club Flea Market

5:30 a.m.-1pm, 500 West Main St. in Wentzville. For more information, call 636.357.4328.

Sundays: group

Alzheimer’s support

The group meets the third Sunday of the month (unless it’s a holiday, then they meet the following Sunday) from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.

This is a Church of the Shepherd support group and meets at the McClay Adult Day Center at 3821 McClay Road in St. Peters (upstairs). For more information, please call Nancy Young at 636-875-3457.

Sundays: Overeaters Anonymous

Do you eat when you’re not hungry?

Do you go on eating binges for no apparent reason? Is your weight affecting the way you live your life? Contact Overeaters Anonymous. No dues. No fees. No weigh-ins. No diets. There are meetings every day of the week. Please call 314-638-6070 or email bistateoal@ prodigy.net.

2nd Sunday: Moscow Mills Lions Breakfast

7am - noon, September - April. Moscow Community Center, Hwy C. $7/ adult, $4/child, under 6 free. www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/moscowmills.

2nd Sunday: The Wheelers and Dealers Square Dance

7-9:30 p.m. at Memorial Hall at Blanchette Park, 1900 W Randolph St. Participants must have taken dance lessons before attending. For more information, visit www.squaredancestcharles.com or call Lucy at (636)3913822.

Sundays: Meat shoot

Wentzville VFW Post 5317 at 1414

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Sports

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Sports you see with Gary B . . .

Three wins in a row for the Ambush The St. Louis Ambush plays their home games at the Family Arena in St. Charles in the Major Arena Soccer League (MASL).

The Ambush notched their third consecutive victory when they defeated the Tacoma Stars 5-3 recently at the Family Arena Sunday evening and the win improved the Ambush to 3-2 on the season.

The Ambush got their first goal from J.T. Thomas who fired it past Tacoma goalkeeper at 6:47 of the first quarter.

It was not until the third quarter with the score 1-1 when the Ambush went up 2-1 on a restart when Max Ferdinand passed to Stefan Mijatovic, who was able to thread the needle through

Tacoma’s defensive wall at 7:31. It would be the lone goal of the period, sending the game into the final stanza with the Ambush holding a slim lead.

The home team increased their lead to 3-1 when goalkeeper Paulo brought the ball down and was able to beat the visiting team’s goalie with his shot at 2:27 of the final frame.

The Ambush would get another score to make the score 4-3 when Ado Jahic sent a pass across the goal mouth to a waiting Duduca Carvalho, who scored at 5:24.

Ferdinand and Mijatovic repeated their restart performance from the third quarter as Ferdinand passed to Mijatovic, who once again made a skillful shot for his second tally of the game at 11:37 for a 5-3 Ambush lead that would hold until the final buzzer.

Paulo the goalkeeper of the Ambush made 12 saves in 15 opportunities in earning the win in goal and the home

team out shot the Stars 25 to 24.

The Ambush continue their current home stand when the Florida Tropics come to town for a pair of games Jan. 29 at 7:35 p.m. and Jan. 31 at 3:05 p.m.

Go to www.STLAmbush.com for more details. *On a roll Lindenwood athlete makes history and initial award of the year Lindenwood University’s junior track and field athlete Logan Kulinski was named the season’s first recipient of the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week honor, the conference announced recently.

Kulinski, who competes in throws for the Lions, reached a Division II Provisional distance in the weight throw event, recording a distance of 18.85m at the Mel Tjeerdsma Classic recently in Maryville, Missouri. This toss ranked No. 10 in all of NCAA Division II. He becomes the first Lindenwood track and field athlete to earn the GLVC’s Athlete of the

Week award, and it is the first of his career. *Many more to come

Hoots add infielder The O’Fallon Hoots, members of the Prospect League, play their home games at CarShield Field in O’Fallon.

They began play in O’Fallon in May 2020 after relocating from Hannibal, Missouri following the 2019 season.

They announced recently the signing of Purdue University infielder Cade Hohl for the 2021 summer season.

Hohl, a freshman at Purdue with the Falcons and in the short season of 2020 collected six hits, three of which were home runs.

Go to www.OFallonHoots.com for more information. *Welcome to O’Fallon

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, and is currently hosting a Health show on 97.1 FM, ‘Prime Time Health’ www.PrimeTimeSTL.com It broadcasts Saturday nights at 8 and Sunday mornings at 9.

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Hollywood’s take on female presidents and vice-presidents

Movie:

By Steve Bryan

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. Though his writing has taken him far from St. Louis, Steve is, at heart, still the same wide-eyed kid who spent countless hours watching classic movies at neighborhood theaters.

In 1984, presidential candidate Walter Mondale selected Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate, making her the first female vice-presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. Other parties had female candidates over the years, but Ferraro set a precedent for the Democrats.

Twenty-four years later, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin became the first female vice-presidential candidate for the Republican Party.

Though Kamala Harris has now become the first female Vice-President in America, Hollywood has shown women in the White House long before Harris was sworn into office. In 1964’s “Kisses for My President,” Polly Bergen played Leslie Harrison McCloud, the first woman to be elected President of the United States. Her husband Thad, played by Fred MacMurray, must adjust to his ambiguous role as the president’s spouse. McCloud tried to maintain a balance between her dayto-day global duties and the needs of her family.

Similar themes of duty and family defined “Commander in Chief,” a 2005 ABC TV series that came out of the gate strong but saw its ratings decline thanks to competition from

McDonald, a campaign advisor and a big supporter of President Allen, but even new blood couldn’t keep Mac in office.

In 1997, Harrison Ford starred as President James Marshall in “Air Force One,” a solid action movie. After he publicly stated that America will no longer negotiate with terrorists, insurgents took over Air Force One while the President, his family and members of the press were on board. The “Air Force One” photo courtesy Columbia Pictures terrorists demanded the release of General Ivan Radek, a dictator who had been “American Idol.” Geena Davis was an excellent choice for Mackenzie “Mac” Allen, an captured. Though his staff helped him into Independent candidate who was asked to run an “escape pod,” Marshall stayed on board to on the Republican ticket. After the election, take on the terrorists.

Glenn Close’s performance as Vice PresiPresident Teddy Bridges died and Mac was next in line, but members of Bridges’ inner dent Kathryn Bennett was equally as memcircle encouraged her to resign and make way orable as Ford’s. Stationed inside the White for Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton House Situation Room, Bennett kept on top of things and dealt with pressure from De(Donald Sutherland).

“Commander in Chief ” only lasted a single fense Secretary Walter Dean (Dean Stockwell) season but it had some memorable moments. to invoke the 25th Amendment. This would Donald Sutherland stirred the pot as Nathan have made her acting president, but Bennet Templeton in an effort to make the presi- was not one to succumb to pressure and she dent’s life more difficult. He even encouraged followed her own instincts.

Life finally imitated art as Kamala Harris members of her cabinet to resign. “Saved by the Bell” alum Mark-Paul Gosselaar came on took her oath of office on Jan. 20. Congratuboard late in the season as Richard “Dickie” lations to Harris and President Joe Biden.

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‘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.

By Cindy Moore

Moore On Life Here it is! My Christmas wish: all I wanted was for 2020 to be over and it’s gone!

There isn’t a thing I’ll miss about it…well maybe one thing – no more pumpkin spice.

But it’s time to move on. In with the new and out with the old!

Meaning: I need to clean out my closet and the refrigerator.

First the closet. Out it all goes. I have so few items that I wear: day pajamas and night pajamas. Of course, if I’m going on an adventurous outing, I’ll change. For instance, when I’m taking the garbage can out to the curb, I don’t want to look schlubby. I’ll scrunch my hair into a messy bun and dress up in my stretchy sweatpants and head out, all because Mrs. Pilkinson next door is so judgy.

That was easy, now on to the refrigerator.

I tossed out a bunch of expired items: pickled beets, green salsa, leftovers from Thanksgiving.

I’ve saved everything just in case we had to live off it or maybe use them to barter with.

In the process of doing this I noticed an almost empty jug of milk.

“Hey Sweetie,” I yell to my husband. “We’re low on milk!”

“Okay, then let’s take a trip to the store today.”

“Really? Do you mean it?”

“Of course I mean it.”

“I’m so excited.”

“Why would that excite you?”

“Because we’re going on a trip. That means we can leave the house. I’m going to get out of these pajamas and dress up in my sweatpants. First, I’ll need to run them through the dryer to freshen them up a bit.”

“Fine, but let’s make a day of it then. I need to fill up the car.”

Day tripping “What?! A bonus outing? A gas station vacation?! I better shower then, even though there are still three days until Saturday. Hey, maybe we can pick up something at McDairyKing and have a parking lot picnic.”

I was totally stoked. I got ready and met my husband at the door.

“Um, you do realize you have your big fuzzy cat slippers on?” he said.

“Duh, ya. I wasn’t going out in my bare naked feet. I may have been away from civilization for a year, but I’ve still retained my dignity.”

Cindy Moore is the mother of three superlative kids, servant of two self-indulgent 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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ACROSS 1. *Starr of Super Bowl I and MVP 5. Epsom or Évian-lesBains 8. Mexican money 12. Gulf V.I.P. 13. Biblical pronoun 14. Competitive musher, e.g.

15. Saintly glow 16. From the sky and often damaging 17. Early anesthetic 18. *Halftime show performer 20. Photo editing option 21. T. S., poet 22. Chi forerunner 23. *Team with most consecutive Super Bowl appearances 25. Swindles 29. Even, to a poet 30. Slanting characters 33. Cough syrup balsam 34. Travels by air 36. “What’s up ____?”, asked by Bugs Bunny 37. Southeast Asia org.

38. German currency 39. Wb, pl.

41. 9 to 5, e.g.

42. Substitute, two words 44. Express a thought

46. Hitherto 47. Winter “fever”?

49. Brown on “Doctor Who” 51. *He has most Super Bowl appearances as a coach 55. Plural of #38 Across 56. Norse deity 57. Joie de vivre 58. *3-time Super Bowl champ, Russ ____ 59. Pasturelands 60. Ready for picking 61. Black and white treat 62. *Another form of Super Bowl entertainment 63. Command, with “at” DOWN 1. Thai currency 2. Wet nurse 3. Rub the wrong way 4. Gardener’s little helper 5. British soldier’s parade hat 6. *P in PAT 7. “____ Lang Syne” 8. *Team with most Super Bowl appearances 9. Reverberating sound 10. Slowly leak 11. NHL great 13. Opposite of atheist

14. Short version 19. ____ Island off Manhattan 22. Nervous twitch 23. Knockout 24. Below, prefix 25. *Player with most Super Bowl points scored 26. Warm down-slope wind 27. Distress signal 28. Phoenix team 29. Flock members 31. Port of Yemen 32. Tennis shot 35. *Jim Nantz’s partner 37. Savory jelly 39. A must for a comedian 40. Williams and Wright 43. Natural theology 45. Answer to “Where are you?”, two words 47. Surrendered land 48. Spy’s other name 49. Feline vibration 50. Albany-Buffalo canal 51. Cowboy’s necktie 52. Pelvic parts 53. Big letters 54. Proposal joint 55. “I” mania

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