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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Depleting Social Security To the Editor: The letter from Corinne Kuhn (“Social Security is not an entitlement,” Mid Rivers Newsmagazine, March 26) was about the best I’ve read recently. She really hit the nail on the head. Thanks for printing it. We’ve all worked for many years and paid into it thinking it was in trust for us, and now we find someone has had their hands in the cookie jar way too many times. Shirley Terschluse
‘Intaxication’ is not good enough To the Editor: “Intaxication” is the nice feeling you get when you receive a tax refund until you realize it was your own money in the first place! House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) also wants to give you a nice feeling. He recently unveiled a draft comprehensive tax reform plan that reduces today’s brackets into two – 10- and 25-percent-for virtually all taxable income, ensuring that over 99 percent of all taxpayers face maximum rates of 25 percent or less. However, why would any American want to continue with a system that confiscates private wealth without the consent of the governed? His plan keeps the income tax, keeps the IRS, and we continue to pay a 7.65 percent payroll tax. For those who are weary of promises to fix the tax code, lower taxes, keep temporary tax breaks or reform the tax code, there is a sure way out of this tax quagmire. It is the FairTax (HR25/S122), which takes away the power of the government to tax your income. Only by removing the Internal Revenue Service and the right to tax wealth (Amendment 16) will we be protected from a government that believes it can have whatever it desires. A nice feeling would be when April 15 is just another spring day. Harold Vanderboegh
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husband and father of six children, and the other a 31- year-old single male. Both were given the option of company insurance paying 50 percent of the premium, or being set up as independent contractors with no option for company insurance, allowing them to access the Affordable Care Act. The facts have proven that many, if not all, of the previous letters complaining about the ACA are flawed and unfounded. Yes, there may be an extenuating circumstance here or there, but the facts surrounding the two individuals I am citing have benefitted them greatly. The 51-year-old was paying $984 monthly for Aetna’s 90/10 plan with a $2,500 annual “per person” deductible. He was able to get insurance for $104 per month through the ACA with a $1,000 annual “family” deductible. The 31-year-old who was paying $350 monthly for Aetna’s 80/20 plan with a $3,500 annual deductible through the company was able to get insurance for $65 per month with a $1,500 annual deductible. Both of these individuals read and heard all the horror stories about the ACA as touted by the nonbelievers, but after finding “the truth” firsthand, could not be happier. Not only that, but they should never again have to worry about securing health insurance for themselves, which is a benefit all ACA benefactors will enjoy for years to come. I feel the untruths being spread by those too lazy to learn the facts are hurting the success of the ACA going forward. Had the two people I am citing here bought into all the negative information passed around by the unknowing folks who quite possibly are too lazy to learn all the benefits of the ACA on their own or have some sort of political agenda, the outcome would have significantly and negatively impacted their health care costs. To all you nonbelievers, don’t continue to spread untruths based on what you hear and don’t know firsthand. Find out for yourselves by logging on to healthcare.gov. Stu Leventhal
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COTTLEVILLE Law enforcement partnership The city of Cottleville has partnered with St. Charles Community College to allow campus police officers to write tickets on campus. Those tickets will then be processed through the Cottleville courts. “Following the school shooting at Virginia Tech, the college chose to upgrade their security department to a police department,” said City Administrator Scott Lewis. “State law allows public colleges and universities to have their own police department.” Lewis said Cottleville and SCC signed mutual aid agreements so the two agencies could work more closely together. “This agreement will authorize campus police officers to leave the campus to assist Cottleville officers and the agreement will allow campus police officers to issue summonses to Cottleville Municipal Court for violations that occur on the campus,” Lewis said. Previously, criminal and traffic violation had to be adjudicated in the state court.
City forms economic council The city of Cottleville has formed an economic council of business leaders, academia and residents to determine how to attract new businesses to Cottleville. The city formed the Economic Advisory Council in January and it met for the first time in February. “We have about 20 members comprised of business leaders, academia and residents that have been gracious enough to donate their time and help the city come up with a com-
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Legacy Park to unveil new features Legacy Park in Cottleville will have some new amenities this spring. The 120acre park, located off Hwy. N, will have a new amphitheater and sand volleyball courts by late spring or early summer. Mayor Jim Hennessey said design of the amphitheater/stage is nearly complete and will be constructed in late spring. Two sand volleyball courts also are planned for the park and bids for construction currently are being sought. The courts will be paid for using the funds of Prop P, which passed last April. “We don’t have any leagues planned yet, but depending on the interest level, that is something we are going to look into adding,” Hennessey said. Hennessey said the football and soccer fields are at the final stage of getting a grant prior to their construction. As part of the grant, the Department of Natural Resources has to complete one more survey to ensure there are no arrowheads on the property. “Because we are receiving a federal grant, we had to get a Section 106 permit from the State Historic Preservation Office from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources,” said City Administrator Scott Lewis. “They review the site to determine if there is any impact to historical resources.” Hennessey said the football/soccer fields will cost about $160,000, $60,000 of which will be covered by a Land/Water Conservation Fund grant. “By adding more amenities to our parks, we hope we are giving our residents what they deserve: more fun and higher property values,” Hennessy said.
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policy that limits eavesdropping on conversations or gathering data when law enforcement officials use equipment that can track cellphones. The bill is related to the purchase of mobile cellphone location equipment by the EastWest Gateway Council of Governments that can be used throughout the region. The equipment will be housed with the city of St. Louis, with St. Louis County police and the county Sheriff’s Department having access to it. Its purpose is to locate a cellular device without intercepting the content of a call or data. Its uses could include locating people who are lost, or criminals who have stolen a device. Sheriff Tom Neer said that previously the county had to try to borrow equipment from federal agencies, which often wasn’t available. Even though the equipment doesn’t pick up conversations, County Presiding Commissioner Steve Ehlmann and Neer told the council that the county’s policy has been to not use similar equipment without a court order. He noted that law enforcement officials may use it without a judge’s approval if there is an immediate threat to human life or “exigent circumstance” or emergency, but if the circumstance isn’t found to be an emergency, evidence gathered by law enforcement officials can be thrown out. This bill puts the policy in writing and protects privacy, Ehlmann said. But not everyone was convinced. Councilman Joe Brazil (District 2) asked that a clause that mentions “personal communications devices” be taken out of the bill, saying the language might restrict other law enforcement investigations into areas such as cybercrime. “I’m not sure I’m in favor of this bill regardless,” Brazil said. Councilman Joe Cronin (District 1) asked Neer if he could go along with that change. Neer said he had no problem with the change, saying the bill was meant to address cellphones. “This is a powerful tool that law enforcement can use to save lives,” Cronin said, noting that the equipment could be used in Amber Alert cases and to help catch criminals in highly publicized cases. The council approved the bill on a 5-1 vote with Brazil casting the lone “no” vote. Councilman John White (District 7) was absent.
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but officials from both cities are continuing discussions about improvements on Hwy. N to attract a “big box” store to the site. Much of the area along Hwy. N is in O’Fallon but portions of the area where a parking lot would have been located are in Lake Saint Louis, along with 16 acres of outlying land. Although much of the sales tax revenue from this location would go to O’Fallon because a store would be inside its city limits, the road improvements are on sections of road in Lake Saint Louis and may help encourage nearby development on outlying property and other areas in Lake Saint Louis. “This is a good project for everybody,” Markworth told the aldermen. “O’Fallon wants to see it done; we want to see it done.” At the O’Fallon City Council Meeting on April 10, a resolution seeking approval of a draft of the intergovernmental agreement passed 9-0 before the council. O’Fallon’s communications director Tom Drabelle said the council did not engage in discussion on the resolution prior to the vote. According to the O’Fallon website, the city’s staff recommended council approval for the intergovernmental agreement between the two cities for the Route N and Hawk Ridge Trail project. The O’Fallon website also lists the fiscal impact of the project as less than $200,000.
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Implementing Project Lead the Way Some freshman students in the Fort Zumwalt School District will have the chance to try a couple of brand new classes next year. The Fort Zumwalt Board of Education has approved the implementation of Project Lead the Way for the 2014-15 school year as a way to bring more STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) opportunities to district students. Next year will see the implementation of the computer science and biomedical science strands of the curriculum. The biomedical curriculum will start with “Principles of Biomedical Sciences,” a course designed to investigate human body systems and various health conditions through research processes, human physiology and medicine. Fort Zumwalt will be the first district in Missouri to implement the computer science strand from Project Lead the Way. The course, “Computer Science and Software Engineering,” will incorporate multiple platforms and languages for computation and, according to the course description “aims to develop computational thinking, generate excitement about career paths that introduce computing and introduce profes-
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sional tools that foster creativity and collaboration.” The district has applied for a Project Lead the Way grant, which is expected to cover 50 to 75 percent of the program’s start-up costs, which are estimated at $215,120. “We feel very confident that we’ll receive the PLTW grant,” Floyd said.
Central Elementary celebrates 10th anniversary Francis Howell’s Central Elementary celebrated the 10th anniversary of its “new” school building on March 27. The new building was completed in February of 2004 with the support of the community. Today, Central Elementary is the educational home of nearly 900 kindergarten through fifth-grade students.
District recognizes interpreters and paraprofessionals The Francis Howell School District (FHSD) celebrated Paraprofessional and Interpreter Appreciation Day on April 2. The day was set aside to show appreciation for the paraprofessionals and interpreters who help students in classrooms across the country each and every day.
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Now, people from all over St. Charles County come to see me with their sinus and allergy problems. They also come to me with their headaches, migraines, chronic pain, neck pain, shoulder/ arm pain, whiplash from car accidents, backaches, numbness in limbs, athletic injuries, just to namea few. These neighbors of yours tell their stories: “I have been able to stop taking pain medication since being under Dr. Jason’s care.” (Carol -O’Fallon) “Finally after years of searching and a lot of money down the drain, my headaches are completelygone!” (Amy -Wentzville) SPECIAL OFFER - Look, I know you’re smart. You want to get to the cause of your problem, and not just cover it up with drugs. So, when you call to schedule a new patient exam (by
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Show-Me Green Sales Tax Holiday on appliance purchases starts Saturday Missouri’s seven-day Show-Me Green Sales Tax Holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 19 and ends at midnight on Friday, April 25. The holiday exempts state sales tax on retail sales of qualifying Energy Star-certified new appliances, up to $1,500 per appliance. Qualifying items include Energy Starcertified: • Clothes washers • Water heaters • Dishwashers • Air conditioners • Furnaces
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Alzheimer’s expert to speak at The Columns Garden View Care Centers will host a free seminar this month in St. Charles featuring nationally known Alzheimer’s disease and dementia expert Jolene Brackey. An in-demand speaker at conferences throughout the U.S., Brackey has extensive experience working with people who have Alzheimer’s disease and is the author of “Creating Moments of Joy,” a book to help family members and other caregivers make the lives of people with memory impairments more joyful. She will present at a seminar running from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, April 26 at The Columns Banquet Center, 711 Veterans Memorial Parkway to help those in attendance understand the losses people with dementia experience and learn how to help them compensate for those losses; learn verbal and non-verbal communication skills that help a person with dementia feel listened to and supported; and discover how to creatively and effec-
Recently released data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that the percentage of children estimated to have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) continues to rise. The CDC released the following information, which is based on the 2010 health and special education records of 8-year-olds living in parts of 11 states, including Missouri: • About one in 68 children were identified with ASD. The estimate is based on 8-year-olds in 11 communities and is not representative of the nation’s entire population of children. • The new estimate of ASD prevalence is about 30 percent higher than in 2008 (one in 88), roughly 60 percent higher than in 2006 (one in 110) and about 120 percent higher than 2002 and 2000 estimates (one in 150). The increase may be due in part to how children are identified, diagnosed and served. • The number of children identified with ASD varied widely by community – from one in 175 in areas of Alabama to one in 45 in parts of New Jersey. • Nearly half (46 percent) of children with ASD had average or above-average intellectual ability. • Boys were nearly five times more likely than girls to be identified with ASD.
• About one in 63 white children, one in 81 black children and one in 93 Hispanic children were identified with ASD. • Less than half (44 percent) of children with ASD were evaluated due to developmental concerns by age 3. • Most children with ASD were diagnosed after age 4, but children can be diagnosed as early as age 2. • Compared to white children, black and Hispanic children with ASD were more likely to have intellectual disability. • Approximately 80 percent of children with ASD received either special education services for the disorder at school or a medical diagnosis of ASD. The remaining 20 percent had documented symptoms of ASD but had not been identified by a school or clinic professional as having the disorder. The full report is available on the CDC website, cdc.gov.
Antidepressants linked to preterm birth Taking an antidepressant during pregnancy appears to increase the likelihood of preterm birth, according to a study published online in PLOS ONE. Researchers reviewed 41 studies and found that most of them showed a higher rate of preterm delivery among women taking antidepressants, with the association being strongest in the third trimester. Lead author Krista Huybrechts, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, said results of the study should not be taken as a reason to refrain from treating an expectant mother for depressive symptoms. For some women with severe depression, antidepressants may be necessary, but for others, treatment with psychotherapy will prove helpful and will not increase the risk of preterm birth, she said.
Getting a lift The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) released new statistics last month showing that breast lifts have become increasingly popular among women. Since 2000, the number of breast lifts performed has grown by 70 percent.
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New help for hay fever The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a drug to treat hay fever caused by certain grass pollens. Oralair, the first sublingual (taken under the tongue) allergen extract approved in the U.S., received the FDA’s OK for treatment of allergic rhinitis (hay fever) for people aged 10-65. The first dose of Oralair needs to be taken at a health care provider’s office so the patient can be observed for potential adverse reactions; after that, the medication can be taken at home. The once-daily tablet rapidly dissolves under the tongue and is to be started four months prior to the start of the grass pollen season and continued throughout the season. The drug contains a mixture of freeze-dried extracts from the pollens of five grasses.
On the calendar A free caregiver class for those caring for a loved one who is ill or aging at home is held from 1:30-3 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month at Middendorf-Kredell Library, 2750 Hwy. K in O’Fallon. For more information, call 916-9830. ••• Cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure screenings are offered from 7:30-10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29 at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, 10 Hospital Drive. Participants should fast for at least 10 hours prior to the screening. The fee is $25. For an appointment, call 928-9355.
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Two homes move-in ready at Thomas & Suit’s Silver Pine Ridge “Buyers love our secluded, wooded location off Heppermann Road that’s only a few minutes from I-70 in Wentzville,” said Silver Pine Ridge Sales Manager Chris Finley. “If you’ve been dreaming of a stylish, feature-filled ranch, then be sure to see our 2,190-square-foot Quebec, a new floor plan designed especially for Silver Pine Ridge. This three-bedroom, twobath home has amazing features and is priced at just $319,900.” For buyers who prefer a 1.5-story with a main-level master suite, Thomas & Suit is offering the 2,842-square-foot Sequoia. Price of this home is $349,900. For information, visit tshomes.net or call (636) 332-0606. Fischer opens first display at Deer Hollow in Wildwood Spring is already blooming in The Estates at Deer Hollow, where Fischer & Frichtel is celebrating the grand opening of its new
Wyndham display. In honor of the event, and for a very limited time, the home builder is offering $50,000 in free options to all purchasers in this upscale residential haven. During April only, buyers can also take advantage of a $2,000-$10,000 special incentive offered in cooperation with the St. Louis Union Homebuilding Partnership. Located off Hwy. 100, close to Wildwood Towne Center, Deer Hollow features homesites up to nine acres in size from Fischer’s top-of-the-line Estate Collection. Visit fandfhomes.com to view floorplans and prices. McKelvey offers union cash credit at closing plus market home sale A great deal just got even better at McKelvey Homes. The builder is offering savings of $5,000 up to $60,000 on an array of designer market homes, in addition to the union program of $2,000 up to $10,000
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Union cash at closing available at Mill Crossing Condominiums Mill Crossing Condominiums is a participant in this year’s $2,000-$10,000 St. Louis Union Homebuilding Partnership program. “Currently we have a custom master walk-in closet promotion valued at $2,500 for unfinished condominiums,” said Sales Manager Jane Peacock. “We are about half sold out of our current building at Mill Crossing with the Sydney floor plans completely sold out.” DH Custom Homes meets the challenge Also available are two condominiums in crafting home theater ready for quick move-in featuring popular When Terry Mottin, vice president of upgrades and high-end finishes and over Custom Design & Installation (CDI), met 1,400 square feet of living area. with Jeff and Suzanne Davis, of Chesterfield, Call Peacock at (636) 299-8444 or email to discuss a lower level home theater, he janepeacock@bridgewatercommunities.com knew it would be a challenge. He immedi- to schedule a tour.
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Bringing the fort to life Brunjes donated white oak timbers he cut from his property in Silex, Mo. Mueller Brothers in Old Monroe milled the timbers and stored them until 2008. Work on the rebuilding of the cabins officially began in March 2009. The foundation is paying Francis to build the cabins on the weekends and at other times when his regular work schedule allows it. He works full time at St. Louis County’s Faust Park, restoring buildings in the park’s historic village, conducting other maintenance projects and leading education programs. While the fort is being replicated as accurately as possible, some modern day exceptions have been made. The original builders used rocks placed Jesse Francis surveys a log being used in the building of the middle cabin of the Zumwalt’s directly on the ground for the foundaFort reconstruction, while UMSL graduate student Marie Morgan prepares to hit the log with a tion, Brunjes said. Concrete would not sledgehammer. (Mid Rivers Newsmagazine/Gina Parsons photo) have been available on the frontier. For the reconstruction, concrete was used to By GINA PARSONS sions of the fort. In the late 1980s, he made a form the foundation and to level and staThe sound of a sledgehammer hitting scale model of the fort out of one of the last bilize the building so it will last longer. a log echoes throughout O’Fallon’s Fort remaining logs from the original fort. He But in a nod to the past, Brunjes set five Zumwalt Park. Jesse Francis stops hammer- used the model in education presentations flat stones found by the archaeologists ing and checks to see if the log is lining up he gave at schools and community events. into the concrete. correctly. He is trying to fit a carved end of Jessup researched the fort and often A couple of years ago, the group hit a the log into a cut-out groove in another log, talked about a state archaeological dig that major hurdle. For years, the chimney in the creating a tenon and mortise joint. Unfortu- was done on the site in the 1970s, Gries- middle cabin was the only section of the nately, on this sunny day in mid-March, it’s enauer said. original buildings still standing. However, being stubborn and not fitting correctly. In 1978, the state sold the 48-acre Fort the foundation members discovered that “This is why it takes so long to build this Zumwalt Park – on which the cabin sits – to the chimney was settling to one side and, house,” Francis said, before trying again. the city of O’Fallon for $1. As a part of that without intervention, would not remain Using techniques and tools as close as sale, the city agreed to do archaeological standing. The group had to have it shored feasible to those originally used more than digs before building anything on the historic up before work could continue. 200 years ago, Francis is reconstructing site. When the foundation began plans to “It was a huge undertaking,” said JeaZumwalt’s Fort, comprised of three con- reconstruct the log cabins, they contracted nette Koechner, president of the foundanected log cabins that Jacob Zumwalt began with the Archaeological Research Society tion. “The work on the chimney took nine building in 1798. Though it’s technically of St. Louis for three archaeological digs, months and was very costly.” not a fort, several families did seek refuge said Charlie Brunjes, a longtime O’Fallon Dennis Maher, foundation treasurer, estiat the fortified home during the War of 1812. resident, foundation building commit- mated the cost to be around $12,000. For many years, people driving through tee member and former O’Fallon capital Fort Zumwalt Park saw only the stone improvements inspector. Preserving history chimney towering over Lake Whetsel. The digs, which cost about $60,000, Reconstructing the home is a labor Now, they see one completed log cabin on revealed the location of the fort’s original of love for foundation members and for the east side, and two partially constructed foundation. Francis, the person doing the bulk of the cabins next to it to the west. “So we know we’re building it on the labor. exact place as the original,” Brunjes said. “I don’t do it for my health, and I don’t One man’s vision The digs also recovered many artifacts do it for the money,” Francis said. “I do it The reconstruction is a project of the from the people who lived there. Many for the next generation, for the kids that go O’Fallon Community Foundation, a non- of these items are on display in cases in to Fort Zumwalt (School District). They’ll profit organization. The late Raleigh Jessup O’Fallon’s City Hall. There are fragments understand the history more if they see an championed the idea of reconstructing the of pottery used for cooking as well as sev- actual building.” fort for many years, said John Griesenauer, eral marbles and a tiny china doll’s head. Once the construction is finished, the foundation board member and administra“There were animal bones,” Griesenauer foundation will turn the building over to tive services director for the city of O’Fallon. said. “That told us the type of food they ate.” the city, and current plans are for it to be Jessup was a city alderman from 1973 The group also recovered a coin with open to the public. to 1983. He also was a founding member a hole in it. It was likely owned by a “We hope school kids will be able to take of the O’Fallon Historical Society and an slave who lived at the site, Griesenauer advantage of it,” Koechner said. “I hope the avid city historian. 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AWARDS AND HONORS United Services for Children received a $5,712 Operation Round Up grant from the Cuivre River Electric Community Trust to support the expansion of the agency’s Intensive Behavior Intervention Classrooms (IBIC) program and the newly launched outpatient therapy program, Uncommon Grace. The grant will support the purchase of two speech and language evaluations so that children’s skills can be assessed. ••• Ken Stricker, president and CEO of Consort Homes, recently was honored by the Home Builders Association (HBA) of St. Louis & Eastern Missouri with its Excellence of Achievement Award. ••• The conversion of two coal-fired boilers to natural gas at the Wentzville GM
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PLACES Owners Dannie Metzger, Karen Metzger and Dhari Pearson recently celebrated the grand opening of Papa Murphy’s, located at 2013 Zumbehl Road in St. Charles. ••• Divine Finds recently celebrated its new location at 320 Sonderen in O’Fallon with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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