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As someone who was once rushed to a hospital in the middle of the night, because of taking a medication that millions of people take every day without the slightest problem, I have a special horror of life-anddeath medical decisions that bureaucrats in Washington are making, about patients on which they have never laid eyes.

On another occasion, a doctor told me that I would have died if I had not gotten to him in time, after an allergic reaction to eating one of the most healthful foods around. On still another occasion, I was treated with a medication that causes many people big problems and was urged to come back to the hospital immediately if I had a really bad reaction. But I had no reaction at all, went home, felt fine and slept soundly through the night.

My point is that everybody is different.

Millions of children eat peanut butter sandwiches every day but some children can die from eating peanut butter. Some vaccines and medications that save many lives also can kill some people.

Are decisions made by doctors who have treated the same patient for years to be over-ruled by bureaucrats sitting in front of computer screens in Washington, following guidelines drawn up with the idea of “bringing down the cost of medical care”?

The idea is even more absurd than the idea that you can add millions of people to a government medical care plan without increasing the costs. It also is more dangerous.

What is both dangerous and mindless is rushing a massive new medical care scheme through Congress so fast that members of Congress do not even have time to read it before voting on it. Legislation that is far less sweeping in its effects can get months of hearings before Congressional committees, followed by debates in the Senate and the House of Representatives, with all sorts of people voicing their views in the media and in letters to Congress, while ads from people on both sides of the issue appear in newspapers and on television.

If this new medical scheme is so wonderful, why can’t it stand the light of day or a little time to think about it?

The obvious answer is that the administration does not want us to know what it is all about or else we would not go along with it. Far better to say that we cannot wait, that things are just too urgent. This

tactic worked with whizzing the “stimulus” package through Congress, even though the stimulus package itself has not worked.

Any serious discussion of governmentrun medical care would have to look at other countries where there is governmentrun medical care. As someone who has done some research on this for my book “Applied Economics,” I can tell you that the actual consequences of governmentcontrolled medical care is not a pretty picture, however inspiring the rhetoric that accompanies it.

Thirty thousand Canadians are passing up free medical care at home to go to some other country where they have to pay for it. People do not do that without a reason.

But Canadians are better off than people in some other countries with governmentcontrolled medical care, because they have the United States right next door, in case their medical problems get too serious to rely on their own system.

But where are Americans to turn if we become like Canada? Where are we to go when we need better medical treatment than Washington bureaucrats will let us have? Mexico? The Caribbean?

Many people do not understand that it is not just a question of whether government bureaucrats will agree to pay for particular medical treatments. The same governmentcontrol mindset that decides what should and should not be paid for also can decide that the medical technology or pharmaceutical drugs that they control should not be for sale to those who are willing to pay their own money.

Right now, medications or treatments that the Food and Drug Administration has not approved are medications or treatments that you are not allowed to buy with your own money, no matter how desperate your medical condition, and no matter how many years these medications or treatments may have been used without dire effects in other countries.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR What’s happening?

To the Editor: Those who read this newsmagazine, like myself, often wonder what is happening to our nation. The recent ballot on a tax increase, at last, made it clear to me.

The citizens simply do not care enough to be bothered with the politics of this great country. Just 399 voters passed the recent tax increase to fund the county’s upgrade in communication system that was mandated. There are roughly a quarter million registered voters in St. Charles County and less than 6 percent took the time to vote for the measure.

There is a reason why proponents of ballot issues such as this do it in a special election. The reason is that the politicians and bureaucrats know that we don’t care enough to defend our beliefs at the polls.

I’m not hinting that the ballot would not pass if there were a larger turnout, but a low voter turnout seems to always benefit the proponents of the issues. I believe they know that their supporters are more passionate about the ballot than the rest of us and it takes very little to pass a ballot in the special elections.

Indeed, we get what we accept whether it be local or national on the political front.

Kenneth Ferguson St. Peters

private system we have is not.

Victor Imgarten

To the Editor: I have listened to and read all the information I could regarding the health care legislation. While the issues that are in the media are all valid concerns it is amazing to me that what everyone is talking about, including our inept President, are symptoms of the problem not the root causes of the problem.

Yes, health care costs are high and in need of control. Yes, there are any number of people who are not covered by health insurance. Yes, Medicaid and Medicare costs are running wild. But these issues are not the cause of the problem they are the representation of the problem.

I learned years ago that problem solutions begin with identifying the root causes and then developing a plan to attack those causes. With regard to health care in the USA there are three issues that need to be addressed or the problem will forever exist.

First, there must be meaningful tort reform. The cost of liability insurance for a doctor runs in excess of $500,000 a year. That is because there are many lawsuits filed, not because of doctor malfeasance, but because of the idea of someone getting rich quickly.

Second, we must eliminate rewarding illegal aliens. Yes, these individuals are Health care plan human beings just like us. But to include the To the Editor: cost of health care on the backs of those of I am in favor of health care reform. I us who pay health care premiums by prohave been a business owner for 30 years viding free care to these people only gives and survived without any government hand them more incentive to enter this country outs. I am now ready for one. I see nothing illegally and suck our health care system in the plan that will cause me to lose my dry. business or let any one go. If my corporate Third the waste, fraud, and abuse must taxes go up some, so be it. Slightly higher be taken out of the Medicaid and Meditaxes for a good cause would be money care system. I am under Medicare because better spent than the billions we’re spend- of my age. My wife is also covered by ing on worthless wars and tax bailouts for that system. A few months ago my wife large corporations. ended up in the emergency room for According to the latest Consumer two hours, spoke with a doctor for three Reports my so-called good insurance com- minutes, and the cost of that visit was pany ranks near the bottom in all services $3,500. Why? Because the hospital must provided. No company had stellar ratings. charge high amounts in order to get paid All this for about $15,000 per year out what the treatment is really worth because of my pocket. My option is to change to no matter how much they claim the Medianother poorly ranked insurance company care system will reduce that amount. who might save me a few dollars a year. Of ObamaCare is a complete sham and will course the results will be the same, trying to bankrupt this country. deny any claim, refuse doctor ordered tests Ronald Neubauer or a recommended operation and spend St. Peters two years trying to get the doctor’s fee reduced for a simple yearly office visit.

To the Editor: No one knows if a government health In recent days, the healthcare debate has care system will work, but I do know the been headline news, as ordinary people

who are not usually seen at protests or at town hall meetings are transitioning from merely shouting at their TV to getting out and directly expressing their displeasure and their concerns to their representatives.

Ironically, when ordinary individuals do what paid community organizers on the left have done for decades, they’re vilified as an “angry mob,” or shills for the GOP (who they’re generally just as mad at).

Worse, they’re now being called un-American, compared to Nazis and McVeigh.

It’s time to take a rational look at the ObamaCare “Health Care Reform” bill.

We must get the narrative off the problems of the current system and ask the question: Is ObamaCare a viable answer?

What does the bill do? Do we want what it does? Can we afford it?

Sadly, with the current occupants of the White House and the Hill, you cannot simply listen to the words they craft before the cameras. They are disingenuous at best and outright falsehoods at worst.

While focusing on the acknowledged problems of the existing system - the age-old magicians trick of misdirection is applied to this debate. Never watch the hand with the wand. What’s the other hand doing!? In this case, what’s in the bill? Does it fix the problem? Does it create new problems? Is the “cure” worse than the “disease?”

When they tell you “you can keep your current plan if you like it”… they don’t tell you that you cannot shop for a new private plan, or change your current one, or get a new one if you change jobs. Under the misleading heading of “Protecting the choice to keep current coverage”, the very first provisions of the bill after the definitions, found on page 16, are nothing but limitations on individual coverage. It must be in force already when the law takes effect... insurance companies cannot write new policies.

If you change jobs, you lose it. All private insurance policies must become a government dictated cookie-cutter policy within five years. They’re “grandfathering” (their word) existing policies, but your right to obtain a new private policy is being eliminated. Is this what you call “reform?”

Does government do anything well?

Would you choose the VA hospital over a private hospital? Why would you trust the same government that has bankrupted Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid with your healthcare?

Be more informed than Congress. Find the text of the bill online and read it.

Doug Edelman St. Peters

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HEALTH CARE EDITORIAL

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he recent rash of very highlypublicized angry outbursts at town hall-style meetings across the country have shoved the debate about health care reform into a brand new arena. The discussion has become personal, including claims that protestors are brandishing “swastikas and symbols like that” and that the heated style of debate is “un-American.”

Democrats even claim that the crowds are Republican shills rather than a truly engaged electorate. How much would the Republicans have to pay somebody to become that passionate? To risk jail?

The argument does not make sense.

In fact, no part of this argument makes sense anymore. The members of the electorate at these town halls are too impassioned to effectively articulate where that passion is coming from, so they resort to yelling. The politicians are too busy playing defense to construct a meaningful offensive strategy, so they resort to name calling.

Lost somewhere amidst all this energy is clear direction. Headlines last week talked about President Barack Obama’s new strategy for selling “ObamaCare” to the people, a reaction to the Titanic-like sinking of public support for the plan. But that assumes the problem with health care reform is a lack of understanding of the current proposal - it assumes the problem is with the sales pitch.

The problem with the current health care reform proposal is not with the pitch, it is with the product. The American people simply are not buying it.

As countless college marketing students will begin learning this year, the most effective way to market a product is as the cost-effective solution to somebody’s problem. Flying in the face of that logic, this reform package seems to go

well out of its way to not solve any actual problems within the health care industry.

As an added bonus, it even creates a few brand new problems.

But none of that actually matters, because the debate and the passion and the anger no longer have anything to do with health care. It has moved beyond that - way beyond that, in fact.

The fundamental argument right now is not about how much health care we need, but rather about how much government we need. In a different time and place, this debate might go very differently.

But on the heels of General Motors and Chrysler, AIG and Citigroup, very reasonable people are very reasonably terrified that government is going way too far in controlling our private capitalist system.

Throw in a couple hot-button issues like abortion and choice of care and suddenly health care is not health care anymore - it is the final stance in defense of a way of life.

The people coming to these town hall meetings are angry. They are impassioned. They even are scared. Seniors are scared that they will lose Medicare. The nine out of 10 insured Americans who get their health coverage through employers are worried that they will lose that coverage. People are scared that they will lose their choice of doctors, their choice of treatments, even their choice of how hard to fight to stay alive.

But mostly, people are angry that the government is trying to control too much.

They are starting to feel crushed by the weight of Uncle Sam on their back. Health reform is simply the proverbial last straw that is breaking the back of the American taxpayer.

Are these people un-American? Absolutely not. They are patriots - and they want their country back.

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“The design is complete and we are working on securing the necessary easements and right-of-way. Once complete MoDOT will review and approve and the project will be bid,” said Scott Lewis, city administrator.

Lewis said the $1.3 million proposed project may include adding angled parking along Hwy. N, new sidewalks with stamped concrete to replicate the Western Plank Road, historic-styled street lights and signage, landscaping, a clock tower plaza and a public plaza that can be used for a farmers market, craft fair or other public gatherings.

“The list of amenities will be finalized when we receive the bids back this fall,” said Lewis.

The project is slated for completion next summer.

DARDENNE PRAIRIE Access denied?

Lori Drew has not been allowed to use the Internet or even have access to a computer or a device that offers the service since June 2008 when she was charged with three misdemeanor counts of illegally accessing a protected computer.

The charges were brought about after it was revealed that Drew created a fake MySpace page acting as a young boy and contacting her 13-year-old neighbor Megan Meier. The girl committed suicide following the mean comments made by the fictitious boy.

After being found guilty by a jury, Drew was tentatively acquitted of the charges by U.S. District Judge George Wu on July 2.

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O’FALLON Road closed The Norfolk & Southern Railroad crossing at Hoff Road will be closed to thru traffic for preventative maintenance from Aug. 26 through Aug. 28, weather permitting.

The railroad will post signs alerting motorists to the closing and detour route.

For more information, contact Marissa Weiss at mweiss@ofallon.mo.us or 3795539.

Teens with tools Teens armed with tools spent a Tuesday in August helping repair and improve the home of neighbor in need.

Teenagers enrolled in the Christian Church Middle School Missions Retreat recently joined forces with O’Fallon’s Neighborhood Preservation Team to help O’Fallon residents in need. Teens painted, landscaped, helped complete a handicapped rail and built two decks for an O’Fallon resident.

“This is an awesome opportunity to get to serve the community,” said Wil Wallace, student minister at O’Fallon Christian Church. “We started this outreach as a student ministry, but the whole church is on board to participate. We really want this to be a continuing thing.”

The group continued its good works the next day by working on a trail-building project in Fort Zumwalt Park. For more information about volunteering, call 3795507 or e-mail volunteer@ofallon.mo.us.

Attack If you heard the crack of bats and saw small flying objects in the sky over O’Fallon last Thursday night, it was likely the con-

test between Albert Pujols and basketball star Shaquille O’Neal. The two competed in a home run contest at T.R. Hughes Ballpark for the taping of “Shaq VS,” a reality TV show.

The event was sold out and no recording devices were permitted inside the stadium.

Stolen property The O’Fallon Police Department is requesting assistance in locating the owners of stolen property recovered by the O’Fallon police. The thefts were from unlocked motor vehicles in the early morning hours of July 14, in the Calumet Ranch subdivision and in the early morning hours of July 22 in the Patriots Landing and Turtle Creek subdivisions. The total value of the items recovered is $5,409.41.

On July 22, at approximately 3 a.m., the O’Fallon Police Department received a call from a resident in the Patriots Landing subdivision in reference to two juveniles going through a vehicle. Officers responded and a rolling perimeter was established. Police Sgt. Jeff Lange located the subjects and engaged them in a foot chase, taking a juvenile into custody. The juvenile was in possession of a stolen handgun, police said.

A large amount of property was recovered.

The two juvenile suspects were taken to the St. Charles County Juvenile Justice Center.

For those who had items stolen at the aforementioned times and locations, contact O’Fallon Police Det. Chad Gerler, at 379-5549.

Moving on The former city administrator of O’Fallon has found a new job. Robert Lowery Jr., who left city hall at the end of June, will start his new position as executive director for the missing children’s division of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at the end of August.

Lowery, who has 25 years of law enforcement experience, has served on the nonprofit’s board of advisers since 2002.

Lowery resigned from the city six months after he was placed on administrative leave as the city council investigated his interaction with staff and his involvement with a

law enforcement consulting firm.

He returned to work in February. Lowery, who made a $140,000 annual salary with the city, will make $125,000 in his new job.

He will also continue to make his annual city salary until Jan. 15, 2010, working as a consultant to Vicki Boschert, acting city administrator.

ST. CHARLES COUNTY Big Kahuna, big profits Community Living’s Big Kahuna Celebrity Bartender Challenge raised a recordbreaking $26,000 for the non-profit’s programs and services for people with disabilities in St. Charles County.

“The money raised at this year’s event demonstrates the overwhelming support of our teams and friends in the community,” said Barb Griffin, president/CEO of Community Living. “The event wouldn’t have been a success without their efforts.”

Four teams of St. Charles County citizens and local celebrities battled it out for the “Big Kahuna” title by working the crowd and using a variety of strategies to raise money for Community Living.

The winner of the “Big Kahuna” title for a second year in a row was the Community Living Board of Directors and Professional Advisory Network Team. The team won by a landslide, raising $12,301.25.

ST. CHARLES Robber caught A 25-year-old St. Louis man has been captured after allegedly robbing a female victim of her purse on Aug. 3.

The female was walking from a shopping area to her home in Oak Leaf Trailer Park about 4 p.m. when the suspect, Brandon T. Lee, allegedly grabbed the victim’s purse.

After a brief struggle, police said, Lee fired a handgun into the ground and the victim released the purse. Lee returned to his car and fled the scene, police said.

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eastbound I-70 until it crashed near Lucas and Hunt. The suspect fled from the vehicle, but was caught after a short foot chase.

“He was able to make off with the victim’s purse, however the purse and all contents were recovered and returned after Lee was apprehended,” said Sgt. Todd Wilson.

Lee has been charged with first degree robbery, first degree assault and first degree armed criminal action.

Man admits to shaking babies The father of twin boys admitted in court earlier this month to squeezing his sixmonth-old babies hard enough to fracture their ribs.

Anthony J. Wamser, formerly of St. Charles, was charged in May and he pleaded guilty to two counts of felony child abuse earlier this month.

A pediatrician found one of the children suffered six fractured rib, while the other child suffered three fractured ribs and two fractured clavicles. When discovered, the broken bones were at various stages of healing.

Wamser will be sentenced on Nov. 9.

He faces up to 14 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Care Services relocates Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Services closed on its new $1.5 million building on July 1 and volunteers have spent weeks moving across the street to the new building previously owned by Church of the Shepard.

The 25,000-square-foot building will include showers for homeless families, a career center, a play area for children, a computer lab and rooms for life skills training, support groups and interviews.

The new location at 4116 McClay, which will be called the Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service Tri-County Outreach Center, will open on Aug. 19.

The food pantry will remain in the same location until funding is in place to move

it to a much larger space at the new building.

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The population continues to grow in St. Peters and some of the aldermen are thinking about growing the board to accommodate the increase of residents.

The St. Peters Board of Aldermen has talked about the possibility of adding a fifth ward to the city to better accommodate the growing number of residents. The U.S. Census population for the city of St. Peters in 2000 was 51, 381. The U.S Census has estimated the city has grown from 20002008 to a total population of 54,839.

“Staff has projected that when all housing units that have been platted from the 2000 Census to March 4, 2009 have been built and occupied, the city will have a population around 61,500,” said Lisa Bedian, city spokeswoman. “This population projection does not account for future annexation or future subdivisions that have not been platted.”

The cost of adding another ward—and two aldermen—would be $29,050.32 annually. Each alderman is currently paid an annual salary of $14,525.16. No action on this discussion is planned at this time.

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O’Fallon City Council votes to allow controversial protests at military funerals

By MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEY The city of O’Fallon has joined the ranks of those threatened with lawsuits by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a Kansas-based church that believes in protesting at funerals of military men and women—saying their deaths are God’s punishment because we tolerate homosexuality in this country.

Last week the O’Fallon City Council amended an ordinance to allow such funeral protests. The ordinance was changed at the advice of City Attorney Kevin O’Keefe to avert thousands of dollars in legal expenses to defend the city’s ban.

Councilman Dan Haney said he’s strongly against allowing such protests in the city, but said because Missouri law was overturned by a similar ACLU suit two years ago, the council’s hands are tied.

“We don’t like it; we don’t think it’s right, but yes, they’ll sue us, and we’ll lose the lawsuit,” Haney said.

Councilman John Haman said as disheartened as he is about allowing such protests, the track record for these cases speaks for itself. “We can go fight it, but I can’t see spending that kind of taxpayer dollars with that kind of losing record,” Haman said. “Personally, I’m all for free speech, but sometimes free speech burns us to the soul. I can be as angry as I can be and fight it tooth and nail, but can we win? I think the answer is no. No one has beat it yet.”

The city was informed of the ACLU action earlier this year when a letter was received saying the ACLU planned to represent Westboro Church as plaintiff in the lawsuit.

The church group and its pastor, the Rev. Fred Phelps, are most visible protesting at funerals of service men and

women, Haney said.

The O’Fallon ordinance revision indicates that although funerals traditions share at least two common features: respect for the deceased and care for those who survive, it is also true that “society must at times suffer because of those who seek self-aggrandizement by flaunting convention and shocking the sensibilities of others.

“Certain individuals or organizations, for reasons of their own, chose to challenge the constitutionality of the state law and have succeeded in obtaining a preliminary injunction against its enforcement, and these complainants have now threatened to sue the city of O’Fallon with respect to its similar ordinance,” the revised ordinance says.

In July, the ACLU sued Maplewood on behalf of the same Kansas-based church saying banning protests at military funerals infringes on religious freedom and free speech.

The Maplewood suit, filed in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, is the first in eastern Missouri, but part of a national effort by the ACLU to fight state and local laws passed in The group from Westboro Church at an April funeral in New recent years prohibiting funeral protests.

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In 2006, the Kansas church group filed suit in federal court saying Missouri’s state law banning such picketing was unconstitutional. The church won an initial victory against a Missouri law that banned funeral protests, Americans, including American soldiers. They protest at prompting the push to undermine municipal ordinances. the funerals of soldiers in order to spread their message.

When the Missouri law was struck down, the ACLU said The Rev. Phelps’s daughter, Shirley L. Phelps-Roper, a it welcomed the decision to “preserve the constitutional spokeswoman for the church in Topeka, Kansas has been protection of unpopular speech.” reported as saying, “I told the nation, as each state went Westboro Baptist Church, which follows primitive after these laws, that if the day came that they got in our Baptist and Calvinist doctrine, believes that homosexual- way, that we would sue them. At this hour, the wrath of ity is a sin and that God is punishing America by killing God is pouring out on this country.”

Dog park, stream, vistas to come with new county park

By JEANNIE SEIBERT the intersection of Hwy. Z and Foristell The county’s parks director, Bettie YahnRoad.

Kramer was beaming yet again when she County Executive Steve Ehlmann was announced to the County Council that three pleased with the properties, reporting to the new parcels of land would be available for council that the Dardenne Creek portion of use as parkland with the approval of three the acquisition is particularly impressive. bills introduced on the Aug. 10 agenda.

Assuring Yahn-Kramer that the executive’s “The residents of St. Charles County are staff would formalize its appreciation on a just amazing,” said Yahn-Kramer. “They later date, he asked her to convey his perget the vision of preserving green space for sonal appreciation to the property owners. everyone to enjoy.”

Council Chair Joe Brazil (Dist. 2) perThe County Council heard the first readsonally thanked Yahn-Kramer and the ing of the bills, the first of which would parks staff for the extensive expansion of accept an outright donation of 67 acres of the county parks network in a relatively rural property near New Melle. David and short amount of time, particularly those in Mary Ann Wolk are giving the land, valued In all, the county will realize a substan- his district. at about $1.3 million, to the county. The tial savings in acquiring some 242 acres Because all indications are that the second two bills would authorize purchase that includes about a 1-mile stretch of council will pass the three measures, Yahnagreements “below appraised value” for Dardenne Creek.

Kramer noted that these parcels mark the two adjoining tracts of land, said YahnYahn-Kramer said that once the new first time the department has worked with Kramer. park is completed, the county will be able three separate entities to bring together one Robert and Patricia Day Barnard are sell- to offer 2,855 acres of parkland. After a proposed park acquisition package. ing 60 acres for $960,000 and the Apted- second reading of the three bills on Aug. The 67-acre Wolk property is a full donaHulling is dedicating its 115-acre New 24, it is expected the council will give final tion by the family who will receive a lifeMelle Lakes development to the county for approval to the new acquisition which will estate to reside on the property. Located $2.3 million. be combined into a park to be located near about a mile south of the other two tracts,

Yahn-Kramer said the land features a lake and dense, hardwood forest surrounding the family home. To observe the family’s wishes, the future park will be named the “Sundust Park Preserve” and will contain at least one off-leash dog area.

It was the off-leash dog areas in other county parks that impressed the Wolks, said Yahn-Kramer. As retired breeders of Golden retriever field trial competition dogs, the Wolks specifically wanted to maintain the county parks department tradition of making provisions for dogs and dog owners.

According to a parks department news release, highlights of the 60-acre Barnard property include the family home developed around an original log cabin structure dating to the late 1800s and many scenic vistas.

The New Melle Lakes development features a clear-running, rock bottom stretch of Dardenne Creek flowing through wooded, rolling terrain that sets up perfectly for hikers and bicyclists who enjoy the park department’s natural-surface trail system.

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Akin, along with a panel of speakers who included Missouri Sen. Tom Dempsey, (R-St. Charles), addressed a crowd of approximately 450 people about their concerns regarding a proposed nationalized health care system and a cap-and-trade plan that would allow industries to buy and sell "pollution credits." Akin called both plans intrusive pieces of legislation and said they would lead to huge increases in taxes.

"These proposals are grandiose and there is such a tremendous amount of government involvement in each of these areas," Akin said.

A cap-and-trade would mean the federal government would set mandates for the amount of carbon dioxide emissions allowed to be produced by specific sources of air pollution, such as power plants. Each facility would be given a certain number of allowances, or credits, that represent the amount of pollutants that facility is allowed to emit. Any excess credits could then be sold, which some believe would allow corporations the ability to profit off the program.

Chris Horner, senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told the audience that the cap-and-trade plan would equate to the biggest tax increase in American history but will not actually reduce pollution.

"The point of cap-and-trade is not to reduce emissions; the point is to raise the price of energy," Horner said.

Akin and members of the panel said that in addition to raising energy costs, capand-trade would not do anything toward encouraging American energy independence. Akin said he believes deriving more energy from nuclear power plants is a better solution to relieving pollution problems.

"America currently creates just under 20 percent of our electricity using nuclear power while in France they generate 80 percent of its electricity from nuclear energy," Akin said. "If we were to go from 20 to 40 percent nuclear, that would basically be the same as getting rid of all the emissions from passenger cars in America."

Like the cap-and-trade legislation, Akin said he feels Democrats in Congress also are rushing through complicated health

U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) discussed health care and cap-and-trade legislation along with a panel of experts on Aug. 4 at Maryville University in Town & Country.

care legislation.

"The reason we're doing this is that there are supposedly 40 million people without health insurance and the proposed solution is to get rid of 100 million people's health insurance to try to deal with that 40," Akin said. "Politicians, including the president, have come out saying that you can keep what you have under this plan; that's an outright lie."

Akin said that through the proposed national health care plan, within five years all private health care policies have to reflect the federal policy. Additionally, if a private health insurance policy runs out sooner than five years, Americans will have to go to either the national policy or a federally-approved plan.

"If our health care system was so bad, wouldn't Americans be going to foreign countries to get health care?" Akin said.

Dempsey said health care reform should be done at the state level and asked that the "federal government not get in our way."

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"The states that have already gone the direction of having a comprehensive universal government-mandated health care system are rationing care and the cost has far exceeded their estimates. They're turning to taxpayers to come up with the difference."

Julie Eckstein, project director for the Center for Health Transformation, said that the federal government could make drastic improvements to the health care system it already has in place by weeding out the crooks and excessive lawsuits against health care providers.

"In our system, between $70 (billion) and $120 billion are paid to crooks," Eckstein said.

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According to Maj. Mike Townsend of the St. Peters Police Department, the decision was made to relocate the system that monitored an intersection along Hwy. 94 that is now being replaced by MoDOT to accommodate the Page Avenue extension.

“We didn’t run out and say what we’re doing,” Townsend said. “But they are up and operational at the new location due to the monitoring we’ve done at that intersection and the juxtaposition to the DuBray Middle School.

“Based on analysis we’ve determined a high number of incidents of red light running there,” Townsend said. “With the busses and pedestrians in and out at the school along a high-volume arterial roadway, we thought it best to move the system we’ll no longer be using to an area where it’s needed.”

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Through CC classes, eighth-grade students serve as leaders and role models for younger students. Six schools submitted video entries and all six of the schools will receive a $2,500 award for successfully telling their story in video format.

FHMS has been recognized regionally and nationally for its efforts in character education. FHMS was a 2007 Missouri School of Character and a 2008 National School of Character.

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The project is running behind schedule because of utility and weather delays and the road will remain closed through midOctober. Full lane construction on Wolfrum Road will not commence until the lane work on Independence Road is complete.

Construction updates can be found on the city of Weldon Spring Web site at weldonspring.org under “Transportation Updates.”

FHHS Viking Cheerleading Clinic from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 22 at the high school located at 7001 Hwy. 94 South.

The cost is $30 per child and includes a T-shirt, instruction, snack and lots of fun.

Walk-ins are $35 and are not guaranteed a Date of issue: T-shirt. For a registration form or questions, Movie night e-mail Terry Shipman at tlcshipman@mac.

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By STEPHEN GLOVER For high school football fans, the month of August always marks the start of a new year as players prepare for the upcoming season through grueling two-a-day practices that athletes wear like badges of honor during the season.

Once again St. Charles County is loaded with talented football players that have some schools focusing on goals that include not only conference championships, but also state championships.

Timberland (10-1, 7-0 GAC North)– The Wolves appear to be on the prowl once again for a GAC North championship as well as a district championship this season.

“We’ve got a lot of new faces this season but we’ve done the things in the off-season to keep our team at a high level of play,” Timberland head coach Craig Collins said.

“In order to do better in the playoffs, we’ve got to be lucky, stay healthy and have the

drive to improve each and every week.”

Offensive lineman/defensive tackle Nick Demien is one of the most talked about players in the state. The 6-6, 291 lb. senior lineman is getting scholarship offers from just about every NCAA Division I school in the country and the media circus surrounding him will likely build should the Wolves advance deep into the playoffs.

“Nick’s a guy you have once in a coaching career,” Collins said. “He has the size, mobility and flexibility you just don’t see very often.”

Timberland’s Chase Cresong returns as the team’s starting quarterback after throwing for 632 yards passing and seven touchdowns last year.

“We’re going to be asking a little more out of Chase this season,” Collins said.

“He’s a solid thrower and a good athlete.”

Ft. Zumwalt West (9-3, 6-0 GAC South) – The Jaguars have won four consecutive GAC North championships and

Jaguars’ quarterback David Washko runs downfield.

2009 could easily mark their fifth under head coach Paul Day. Zumwalt West wide receiver Devonte Majors will look to improve on his 2008 season statistics in which he caught 36 passes for 484 yards and six touchdowns.

“Devonte is a pretty special player,” Zumwalt West head coach Paul Day said.

“He can run, has good hands and is a tough kid. He’s a guy that we’ll be trying to get the ball to this year.”

Sophomore Running back Ray Harris is another threat for the Jags on offense after carrying the ball 42 times for 326 yards and

three touchdowns.

“Ray started half of our games as a freshman and has put on an extra 25 pounds,” Day said. “He’s had a great off season and we look for him to have a good season.”

Senior offensive lineman Bryan Carroll returns to the trenches this season after garnering second team all-state honors as a junior.

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The Jaguarsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; quarterbacking duties will go to either senior David Washko or sophomore Drew Hare. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Both David and Drew are doing a great job,â&#x20AC;? Day said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;David is a tremendous athlete and will be somewhere in our offense.

Drewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got a great arm and both guys bring something to the table for us.â&#x20AC;?

Duchesne (4-7, 3-4 GAC North) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Pioneers finished in the middle of the conference standings last season and should climb up the ranks of the north division with several key returning players.

Seniors Andrew Tegethoff and Blake Caimi return as the Pioneerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top running threats after combining for 1,445 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns last season.

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yards, seven touchdowns and seven interceptions while also rushing for 142 yards and five touchdowns. Senior Tyler Loewenstein returns as Duchesneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading receiver from the 2009 campaign after hauling in eight catches for 122 yards and three touchdowns.

On defense, Duchesne graduated four of its top tackling threats, which leaves Zack Bohr and Chad Webber as the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top defensive threat. Both Webber and Bohr recorded a total of 55 tackles, with Bohr also recording two fumbles and two interceptions, while Webber racked up one fumble recovery.

Fort Zumwalt East (1-9, 0-7 GAC North) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Simply stated, 2009 was a tough season for the Lions.

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Junior linebacker Conor Vorthems will look to improve on his 2008 season numbers in which he led the Lions with 98 tackles, two sacks and three fumble recoveries.

Fort Zumwalt North (4-6, 4-3 GAC North) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Panthers were solid last season in league play but faltered once districts rolled around where they were outscored 132-13.

Senior running back Jon Gibbs is the Pantherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top running back from last season where he carried the ball 42 times for 201 yards and two touchdowns. Senior Blake Carter is the Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; top receiving threat from 2009 where he hauled in 22 passes for 411 yards and six touchdowns.

Gibbs was also solid on defense as he recorded 47 tackles; one sack and one fumble recovery for the Panthers last season. Niko Isaiah is the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top defensive threat with 50 tackles and three sacks last season.

Ft. Zumwalt South (0-10, 0-6 GAC South) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Bulldogs have nowhere else to go but up from last season where they were outscored 396-70.

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led the Bulldogs with 88 carries for 372 yards and three touchdowns. Classmate Adi Tuckavoic returns as Zumwalt Southâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading tackler with a total of 41 tackles and one fumble recovery.

Wentzville Holt (7-4, 5-1 GAC North) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Over the course of the past several seasons, the Indians have marched up the conference standings and could possibly challenge Zumwalt West for a conference championship.

Senior running back Nick Grubbs accumulated 610 yards rushing with six touchdowns last season and should pair up well with junior running back Terrance Tate who recorded 605 yards rushing with four touchdowns. Tate also caught 13 passes for 182 yards receiving and two touchdowns.

On defense, senior linebacker Andrew Lazalier led the Indians last season with 72 tackles, one sack, one fumble recovery and one interception. Another linebacker who should be solid again this season is senior Ryan Price who also had 72 tackles as well as one interception.

Francis Howell (3-8, 3-3 GAC South) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; While the Vikings fared well in conference play, they were outscored 214-51 in non-conference action.

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Francis Howell Central (2-8, 2-4 GAC South) – The Spartans dropped their first six games to start off the 2008 season before defeating Ft. Zumwalt South 17-10 in Week 7.

Just who will lead the Spartans at quarterback? Will it be Alex Saffo who completed just 37 of 90 passes for 353 yards, two touchdowns and five interceptions. Or will Charles Henderson take the starter’s job after completing 7 of 14 passes for 251 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Senior wide receiver Anthony Bonner returns as the Spartans leader in receptions last year with 18 catches for 260 yards and one touchdown.

On defense, senior linebacker Garner Wilson led Howell Central last season with 84 tackles, two fumbles and three interceptions. Another senior linebacker to keep an eye on this season is Micah Alsobrook who racked up 64 tackles, three sacks and one interception.

Francis Howell North (3-7, 2-4 GAC South) – The Knights struggled last season but they do return senior quarterback Jake Schneider who threw for 1,068 yards, 13 touchdowns and six interceptions. Schneider was also effective in the running game as he carried the ball 180 times for 868 yards and eight touchdowns.

Schneider’s favorite target last season was senior tight end Nick Dimarco who accumulated 643 yards receiving and seven touchdowns. Junior wide receiver Andrew Wooten is another threat in the air attack after recording 258 yards receiving along with four touchdowns.

Senior linebacker Josh Foeller led the Knights last season with 71 tackles and one fumble recovery.

Defensive back Mike Castro was also effective on defense with a total of 47 tackles.

Lutheran St. Charles (6-4, 4-2 AAA) – The Cougars moved up the conference standings and took runner-up

honors to Cardinal Ritter last season.

Senior quarterback Ben Mahnken saw limited action last season in which he completed seven of eight passes for 70 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

Senior running back Cole Bagby is the Cougars’ leading threat on the ground after carrying the ball 42 times for 191 yards and three touchdowns. Tight end Brian Loesel is another senior to keep an eye one after putting together a 558-yard performance that included five touchdowns.

St. Charles West (10-2, 6-1 GAC North) – Despite winning 10 games last season, the Warriors have the unfortunate circumstance of playing in the same conference as Timberland.

“We’re going to be young everywhere but the offensive and defensive line,” St. Charles West head coach Gary Strauss said. “We’ve got some good competition and it’s going to be a learning process, but I’m very pleased with how hard our team is working.”

Senior offensive and defensive lineman Alex Bruns led the Warriors with a total of five sacks and 68 tackles in 2008.

“Alex is a workout demon,” Strauss said.

“He’s a hard working kid and it’s really paid dividends for him.”

Mike McKeon, Ryan Olive and Tyler Hutchison will join Bruns on the offensive line with McKeon also playing on the defensive line. Olive will see time at linebacker and Hutchison will line up for the Warrior defense at defensive end.

St. Dominic (6-4, 4-2 AAA) – The Crusaders were solid last season but suffered losses to St. Charles West and Warrenton in district play, which prevented them to participate in the Class 4 playoffs.

Junior quarterback Evan Merz should improve in 2009 after completing 57 of 128 passes for 1,003 yards, six touchdowns and 11 interceptions last season. Senior running back Tyler Jenkins will keep the Crusaders’ attack balanced after rushing for 996 yards and a total of 10 touchdowns.

Chris Ebers is another senior running back that hammered out 362 yards rushing and nine touchdowns for St. Dominic last season. Ebers was also stout for the Crusaders as a linebacker where he tallied a total of 70 tackles as well as one sack.

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The 12th annual ABTA Fall Festival is from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 12 at The Magic House St. Louis Children’s Museum in Kirkwood.

West County resident Jeanne Savel started the festival in 1997 in memory of her sister, Terri Sepac Yarbrough, who lost her battle with a brain tumor at the age of 36. For the second year in a row, Barb Dunn and Joanna Wagner are the event’s co-chairs.

Dunn, whose husband is an eight-year brain tumor survivor, said The Magic House provides a terrific backdrop for the fundraiser, which includes full access to the venue; a buffet with beverages, wine, beer and dessert; live music; a silent auction; raffle; and children’s activities.

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Dunn said last year’s event at Grant’s Farm had 500 attendees and raised about $35,000. She said this year’s goal is $50,000.

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Without treatment, the life expectancy of people diagnosed with brain stem glioma typically is a few months. With treatment, some statistics indicate 37 percent survive more than one year, 20 percent for two years and 13 percent for three years.

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Having a future with her son and husband was paramount, so they tackled the challenges together.

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“Our club has 104 members, and I think it’s just the friendliest group around,” said Mary Luster, 65, who along with Benny Stearman, 66, leads the St. Peters Squares, a square dance club that typically holds dances twice monthly at First United Methodist Church in St. Charles. “I started dancing myself in 1985. I encouraged Benny to take up dancing three years ago, and now he’s hooked.”

People say they are drawn to square dancing for fun, friendship and fitness.

“It’s certainly an economical way to have fun,” said Joan Howard, a leader of the Wheelers and Dealers Square Dance Club, which for 26 years has danced at the St. Charles Senior Center. “For just a few dollars, you’ll have exercise, make friends and enjoy pot luck refreshments, too.”

Ron Kohlmeier, 72, and his wife dance two to three times a week.

“It’s great exercise for body and mind, because the brain is connected to the feet,” said Kohlmeier. “Dancers have to listen to the caller carefully. You never know what steps are coming next. It’s fun and fits so perfectly to older adults.”

But younger adults are getting in on the fun, too.

“All ages are welcome,” Howard said.

“We struggled in a slump for awhile, but luckily, 10 new members in their 30s and 40s have really revitalized our club.”

The St. Peters Squares has its share of younger members, too.

“Our members include a wide age span,” said St. Peters resident Nancy Dunbar, 58, who edits the St. Peters Squares’ monthly newsletter. “Family members of different ages enjoy dancing together.”

A practice called “raiding and retrieving” adds to the fun. A raid is an unannounced visit to another club. The club with enough attending dancers is awarded the visited club’s official banner. To retrieve its banner, a club must visit the club that captured it. After raiding each of the 15 other clubs twice, a club sponsors a “We Done It Dance.”

Square dancing features eight dancers (four couples) who arrange themselves in a square and are cued through a sequence of steps by a caller. There are 100 different calls, and callers try to move dancers from one call to the next as smoothly as possible.

Wheelers and Dealers will offer weekly lessons beginning Sept. 17 at Parkside Meadows Retirement Community in St. Charles. For more information, call Joan Howard at 922-3669.

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The measure reinstates a county-wide sales tax rate of one quarter of 1 percent, rolled back two years ago to one-fifth of 1 percent. With the passage of the ballot issue, the new rate is set to go into effect in 2011.

However, some registered voters are crying foul, claiming they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t receive voter registration cards typically sent out the week prior to an election, and coupling that with an under-funded, limited campaign to get the word out about the necessity for the sales tax reinstatement, some residents are alleging conspiracy and calling for a recall of the election results.

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Susan and Eric Muckermann, of unincorporated St. Charles County, addressed the County Council on Aug. 10 making the same point other government officials around the county are hearing since the special election results were announced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This issue passed with less than 6 percent of the population voting,â&#x20AC;? Susan Muckermann said. Out of 235,448 registered voters, a total of 12,867 votes were cast, 51.55 percent in favor of the issue; 48.45 percent against.

Muckermann asked the council to rescind the election results and restage it in November with a better advance campaign to inform the voters.

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What did occur is a committee was formed from various emergency responder organizations to publicize the necessity for passing the sales tax proposition. With little time, a limited budget and the only mailing list available from those who had used 9-1-1 services in the past year, a flyer was produced and mailed to those individuals.

Another e-mail question making the rounds: â&#x20AC;&#x153;How much will the county stand to make out of this sales tax?â&#x20AC;?

County Finance Director Bob Schnur said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We anticipate collections from the ballot issue during its lifetime for the $24 million needed to cover the cost of the communications equipment plus the debt service.â&#x20AC;?

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by Jan. 1, 2013, or face fines levied daily for each day out of compliance. It was left up to the individual emergency responders to figure out how to go about funding the massive undertaking.

By all jurisdictions coming together to agree to combine under one umbrella for one capital improvement sales tax increase to fund the $36 million system and debt service, Schnur said he is projecting an estimated $2.1 million per year to be used only for purchasing the equipment and servicing the debt.

That brings up the issue of a sunset provision. Some residents are asking, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where does it say that this tax will expire once the equipment is paid for?â&#x20AC;?

Schnur said the tax is to sunset in 2021 with an extension provision that could push that date back to 2031.

As to lack of voter notification regarding the Aug. 4 ballot issue, virtually every city hall passed a resolution in support of the county sales tax reinstatement option and all those with a Web site had posted information regarding the special election.

The ballot was published in the daily paper, a video discussion of the issue was aired on county government television digital channel 999 and Charter Cable channel 18, which is also accessible via the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Web site.

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• • • The second annual “Art of the Motorcycle” Gala will be held at 7 p.m. on Aug. 22 at the Foundry Art Centre, located at 520 North Main Street in St. Charles. Scott Jacobs was the first Harley-Davidson artist licensed worldwide, and his works of art will be displayed in the Main Gallery.

Local metal sculptor Joseph Farmer and line artist Wendy Stansbery Waltert will also have their works displayed. For more information, contact Dan Borgmeyer at 314-422-7677 or Dan@bmg7677.com.

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Residents oppose road extensions in Weldon Spring

By AMY ARMOUR Several residents from the Southbrook Forest subdivision attended the Weldon Spring Board of Aldermen meeting, Aug. 11, to voice opposition to a potential road project that could cut through their backyard.

The road project has not had a public hearing, but residents of the 18-home subdivision located off Independence Road were getting their opinions heard early. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to voice my opposition to extending Young (Drive). I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to see the green space gone,â&#x20AC;? said Terrance Hamilton, who also had concerns with increased traffic.

Tom Foster, who lives on the corner of

Southbrook and Independence Road, said he is against any possible extension of the roads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really concerned with the property values, and losing the green space,â&#x20AC;? Foster said.

City Administrator Michael Padella said Young Drive would essentially be a service road to Hwy. 94. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are funding agreements to construct/connect Young Drive from Beckman Road to Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Fallon Road. There is also discussion on connecting Young Drive from Beckman Road to Siedentop Road,â&#x20AC;?

Padella said.

Citizens attended the Aug. 11 meeting to oppose a further extension of Young Drive

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; connecting it from Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Fallon Road to Independence Road.

The homes in Southbrook Forest range from 3/4-acre to 1 acre and back to wooded areas. The proposed extension of the roadway would back up to four of the homes in the Southbrook Forest subdivision. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The primary benefit of the extension, as the conditions exist today, would be to allow traffic safe access to the lighted intersection at Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Fallon Road from Independence Road,â&#x20AC;? Padella said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are obviously other pros and cons that the city must weigh when determining whether or not to pursue funding for and construction of a Young Drive extension between Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Fallon Road and Independence Road.â&#x20AC;?

Padella said there is 50 feet of existing right-of-way and there is a 10-foot utility/ walking trail easement between Southbrook Forest and Dairy Queen or Hwy. 94.

City Engineer Mike Meiners said at the meeting that it could be feasible to build retaining walls to minimize the impact on the adjacent property owners to the proposed roadwayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which would likely save trees.

After hearing complaints and a presentation, the board voted 4-2 to proceed forward to conduct a public hearing.

Padella said a preliminary design of the roadway will need to be completed before the city conducts a public hearing. No date has been set for the public hearing.

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