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Rocky Marciano was the only heavyweight champion who never lost a single fight in his whole career – and, at the time, he seemed the least likely fighter to do that.

In many a boxing match, he was battered, bruised and bleeding.

One of the reasons Marciano took so much punishment in the ring was that he had shorter arms than most other heavyweights. It was easier for others to hit him than for him to hit them.

In a sense, Republicans today are in a similar position in the political arena. With most of the media heavily tilted toward the Democrats, Republicans are going to get hit far more often than they are going to get in their own punches.

The difference is that Rocky Marciano understood from the beginning that he was going to get hit more often and prepared himself for that kind of fight. His strategy was to concentrate on developing punches powerful enough to nullify his opponents’ greater number of punches.

Republicans take the opposite approach from that of Rocky Marciano – and often with opposite results. That may be why they managed to lose both houses of Congress and the White House in recent years, in a country where there are millions more people who call themselves conservatives than there are who call themselves liberals.

Knowing that they are going to get hit more often in the media, you might think that Republicans would put extra time and effort into developing a knockout message.

In reality, however, Republicans seem to invest much less time and thought into getting their political message across than is done by the Democrats.

First of all, Democrats develop words and phrases that they all use, so that the public hears those same words and phrases over and over again, until they sink in. Republicans have nothing to match the Democrats’ catch phrases like “social justice” or “tax cuts for the rich.”

Back when George W. Bush first emerged on the national political scene in 2000, Democrats said that he lacked “gravitas.” The media kept repeating it. People who had never used the word “gravitas” in years were suddenly saying “gravitas” 24/7 on news programs, interview shows and in the newspapers and magazines.

When have you ever known the Republicans to be that coordinated?

Not only do Republicans fail to take the initiative when it comes to political rhetoric, they are not very good at counter-punching when they are hit.

How often have you heard “tax cuts for the rich” from Democrats – without the Republicans saying anything to counter the implication that they are just looking out for a relatively few wealthy people, while millions of other people are losing their jobs and their homes?

The facts are all on the Republicans’ side.

But, unless someone articulates those facts, they will be like the proverbial tree that falls in an empty forest.

What are called “tax cuts for the rich” have been reductions in high tax rates under four different administrations, including the Democratic administration of John F. Kennedy. In each case, going all the way back to the 1920s, the reduced tax rates have led to increased tax revenues for the government.

“The rich” have ended up paying both a higher total amount of taxes and a larger share of all taxes than they did before what were called “tax cuts for the rich.” The reason is very straightforward: High tax rates that people don’t actually pay do not bring the government as much revenue as lower tax rates that they do pay.

High tax rates drive investors into tax shelters like tax-exempt bonds or drive their investments out of the country altogether, costing Americans jobs. This is not rocket science – and the data are there to prove it. But somebody has to say it.

Unlike Rocky Marciano, Republicans don’t seem to see a need to work on their punches. They are going to need some knockout punches if Barack Obama calls their bluff on raising the national debt limit, and there is a government shutdown that will be blamed on the Republicans. A few light jabs will not save them.

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letters to the editor Thanks to Monarch firefighters To the Editor: Thanks for the news article regarding the rescue by the Monarch firefighters of Beemer the Golden Retriever who fell through the ice at the neighborhood pond.

It was mentioned that Beemer is a therapy dog working in hospitals and hospice. My personal thanks to the Monarch firefighters who risked their own safety to save this dog. My dog, Lily, also a Golden Retriever, often works with Beemer as he makes his rounds. He lights up the face of an elderly patient as the dog snuggles close to the man’s legs. Beemer’s soft eyes look into the face of a woman in a wheelchair. The list goes on. This dog moves from patient to patient with a calmness and a sense of purpose. Beemer understands his mission.

It would have been a great loss to many if this dog had not been saved.

Kay Kirkland Schmidt Wildwood

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To the Editor: In response to the article about clearing the sidewalks in Ballwin (West Newsmagazine, Feb. 9), let me get this straight. You want me to clean the walkway on your easement? The last time I checked, I don’t own it! It sounds like a double standard.

Clean it yourself.

Tim Lanham Ballwin

Sunshine in Manchester

To the Editor: My letter is in response to the article “Sunshine Law provokes debate” which was in the Feb. 9 issue of West Newsmagazine.

To clarify, the city of Manchester charges $15, the average hourly rate of pay for clerical staff, for research and document duplication services. Copies are made at 10 cents each, not 50 cents as stated in the article. If someone comes to City Hall and wants something which is small and easily accessible and not much staff time is involved, we do not charge them.

At the time I received the Sunshine Law Request from Hal Roth in November 2009, he was neither an alderman nor a candidate for election; he submitted a Request as a private citizen of the city of Manchester.

Recently, as an elected official, Alderman Roth has come to City Hall and inspected expenses of the mayor at no charge.

The Request submitted in November 2009 by Hal Roth was for “copies of all credit card statements, bank accounts

statements and receipts in which the city of Manchester paid for any expense on behalf of or for Mayor David Willson, any guests or other persons with him, including meals, drinks, or any other expenses since April 2008.” The process took 31.25 hours of staff time to review approximately 160 credit card statements, 20 months of bank statements, receipts and expense accounts to redact information not pertaining to this request, and to make copies of the appropriate documents. Included in the documentation available to Mr. Roth was a copy of the budget general ledger for expenses of the mayor and all members of the board of aldermen, which alone would have been a minimal charge.

Regarding the stated $6,000 expenditures out of the mayor and board of aldermen approved budget as mentioned by Alderman Roth, no detail was given, and the staff assumes that he is including city events attended by most elected officials, such as Municipal League meetings and events, the luncheon for residents who have lived in the city for more than 50 years, the traditional White Castle lunch for Homecoming volunteers, the annual Senior Citizen Luncheon, and other community relations/ community outreach events, even including the City Hall Christmas tree. These expenses were all authorized through the budget, which is approved by the board of aldermen, and each authorized expense is then reviewed and further approved by the city administrator and the director of finance.

I hope this letter provides some clarification.

Ruth Baker City clerk City of Manchester

the Des Peres mayoral expense account for free and implied Manchester had their records in scattered locations. The truth is he wanted more than just the mayor’s expense report from Manchester. He wanted copies of all cancelled checks and copies of charges pertaining to the mayor’s expenses. I felt that was reasonable.

But he demanded copies of the city’s checking account statements and copies of the city’s credit card statements, and that’s when I felt he went too far. He had copies of the checks and charges so he did not need the statements. Every city of Manchester checking and credit card statement for 18 months had to be manually reviewed.

Items not pertaining to his request had to be redacted (blacked out). That is where the high cost of labor came in and he was told that up front. That is why he was required to pay a $300 deposit and, as it turned out, even that was not enough. The total cost was very close to $500. Of that, 94 percent was labor.

As far as keeping all the files in one location, that “everything in a shoebox” approach might work at his house but is not feasible (and possibly not legal) in an entity the size of the city of Manchester.

Cancelled checks and statements go in one file. Credit charges and statements go in another. Expense reports go in another.

As I see it, Mr. Roth has spent hundreds of dollars of his own money to prove that Mayor Willson did not do anything wrong on his expenses. Mayor Willson is doing an excellent job promoting the city of Manchester and I want him to keep it up.

Jim Holten Manchester

To the Editor: This letter is in reference to the (Feb. 9) article titled “Sunshine Law provokes debate.” The article was about my comments to the Manchester Board of Aldermen at the Jan. 17 meeting. I discussed Alderman Hal Roth’s complaints of his high cost to acquire records of Manchester Mayor Dave Willson’s expense account for a Sunshine Law Request. This letter will address Mr. Roth’s comments in the article.

I am not surprised Mr. Roth claimed he stopped listening to me. I am a voter and he stopped listening to voters a long time ago. All I was trying to do was shed some light on the subject. As I stated that night, I wondered how copies of something so simple as an expense report could be so expensive.

Mr. Roth said he was able to look at

To the Editor: Marcia Guckes’ “Living with Type 1 diabetes: ‘A sugar-free love story’” in the Feb. 9 issue of West Newsmagazine brought a smile to my face. I enjoyed reading that bride-to-be Kaycee Connell will have her seamstress sew her insulin pump into the gown for her spring wedding.

As Kaycee knows, insulin is a therapy, not a cure for her diabetes. What more can Kaycee do but make it a “unique change” to the original wedding dress? Kaycee has the spirit it takes to make a serious disease into a “funny” situation.

Any person who is dependent on insulin is at increased risk for heart disease, non-traumatic amputations, stroke, blindness, kidney disease and nerve damage.

Those risks will walk down the aisle with Kaycee.

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affected by Type 1 diabetes are adults who look over the horizon for ways to keep life fun even with the complications of change that diabetes brings.

The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation leads the research agenda to slow the progression of complications in the newly diagnosed, reversing it in people who have lived with diabetes for years, and is moving forward to prevent the disease in people at risk and in future generations.

We want Kaycee and Nick to live happily ever after.

M. Marie Davis JDRF Executive Director Metro Saint Louis/Greater Missouri Chapter

Behind closed doors

To the Editor: Thank you and others in the central media for bringing information to “the people.”

Your editorial on Feb. 9, “Wavering on Obamacare,” was brief and very enlightening about what goes on behind close doors.

I have been listening to this exposure on the radio as well, and the most important “waiver” is always left out: our election Representatives and Senators who brought this debacle to “we the people.” If it wasn’t good enough for them, why do they want to force something like that on the rest of us? Doesn’t “term limits” sound better and better all the time? Let’s see, how many more months is it until I get to vote again?

Noel LaVanchy Wildwood

CORRECTIONS: In the Feb. 2 issue, Metro West Fire Protection District Board of Directors candidate Denise Depelheuer’s name was misspelled.

In the Feb. 9 article “Living with Type 1 diabetes,” Kaycee Connell’s name was misspelled.

West Newsmagazine regrets the errors.

CLARIFICATIONS: The Jan. 26 article “Baxter Road hearing attracts SRO crowd” stated that construction was expected to take about three months. While the closure on Baxter between Manor Creek and Country Field is expected to take about three months, the entire improvement project is not expected to be completed until the late fall of 2011 or the early winter of 2012.

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up in smoke By now most of you know that there is a strong possibility that the St. Louis Home Fires BBQ Bash may not be held in Wildwood this year. As many of you know, West Newsmagazine has been a sponsor and proud supporter of this event for many years. Our vested interest isn’t the reason we strongly support keeping the event in Wildwood.

Bringing an estimated 30,000 people including many who don’t live in Wildwood to the Wildwood Town Center for a fun, family and different event is good for the community.

Clearly, the businesses of Wildwood, as attested by many at the most recent Wildwood City Council meeting, feel the event is good for business and good for the community.

While it is clear that most Wildwood residents, business owners and council

members support “The Bash,” those who have raised concerns about the city funding so much of the event seem to miss the point of what it has accomplished. While councilmembers are charged with watching city funds and we understand that, it is hard to put a price tag on the good times and goodwill the BBQ Bash brought to the city. Any event that has so much to offer to both the residents and businesses of the community should be welcomed and funded at some level.

It’s difficult to understand why all members of a community as successful and prosperous as Wildwood wouldn’t be thrilled to host an event like “The Bash” in their community. Not only has the event been good for business and enjoyed by those in attendance, local charities have participated as well and have raised thousands of dollars for many very worthwhile

causes.

The city of Wildwood has invested in all kinds of good things in an effort to better the community, including the Farmer’s Market, movie nights and much more.

In light of those other Wildwood-funded activities, spending taxpayer money on the BBQ Bash, with the positive impact it has on the community, makes sense.

Clearly, “The Bash” offers a lot of bang for the buck for the city.

West Newsmagazine strongly supports the BBQ Bash and encourages the city of Wildwood to do everything in its power to see that it remains in Wildwood. If is not held in Wildwood, it likely will be held somewhere else.

Let’s hope that “The Bash” can be kept in Wildwood and you can plan on coming out and enjoying a good time and some great BBQ.

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News Br iefs BALLWIN Pool to get paint job After opening on Jan. 26 six bids for the sandblasting and painting project at The North Pointe Aquatic Center, Ballwin city officials awarded the contract to Jos. Ward Painting Company of St. Louis. Jos. Ward Painting came in with the lowest bid of $35,001.

“To my knowledge, Jos. Ward Painting has never done work for the city, however, they have done work for other municipalities and all of the references I checked said they would hire them again,” Ballwin Deputy Director of Parks John Hoffman said in a memo to Ballwin Director of Parks and Recreation Linda Bruer. $40,000 was budgeted for the project.

CHESTERFIELD Show me Chesterfield Chesterfield has released a new video to promote the city.

“It showcases all that Chesterfield is about,” said Libby Malberg-Tucker, the city’s assistant administrator of community services and economic development. “It’s a good idea. In about four minutes you can see all that Chesterfield has to offer.”

Malberg-Tucker said the city was asked to put something together for the Fireball Run, a road rally for charity that came through the city last summer. She said a lot of the filming was done then but it was decided to release it when the city was recently named a “Top 10 Town” by Missouri Life magazine.

The video was produced by a local production company and features various aspects of Chesterfield such as businesses, housing, healthcare, and the arts community.

“The video is a wonderful way to show everyone what makes Chesterfield a great place to be,” Acting-Mayor Barry Flachsbart said.

Malberg-Tucker said anyone seeking information about Chesterfield would be referred to the video. She said the city had a few copies of the video but anyone who would like to see it can view it on the city’s website, chesterfield.mo.us. It can also be found on YouTube.

terfield is considering is the same as the one adopted by St. Louis County. Acting Mayor Barry Flachsbart (Ward 1) said a city ordinance would be a convenience for citizens and law enforcement officials.

According to Flachsbart, anyone charged with violating the smoking ban, as well as city police, could deal with the alleged violation in a Chesterfield courtroom instead of having to travel to Clayton. Flachsbart said the city also could collect the fines.

St. Louis County Director of Communication Mac Scott said other cities, such as Clayton and Kirkwood, already passed their own ordinances. Scott said the county has used a grant to hire a group known as “Tobacco-Free St. Louis” to help area municipalities adopt their own ordinances.

Scott said that local laws in addition to the county law provide more officials who can watch for violations and enforce the smoking ban. The ban applies to businesses and public places, with some exceptions.

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Feasting on art Nearly 500 guests, many clad in creative couture, attended the 2011 Chesterfield Arts Art Feast held on Feb. 5 at the Kemp Auto Museum.

Highlights of the fundraising event – which challenged guests to imagine a world without art – included the presentation of the Photo by Peter Wochniak 2010 Visionary Artist Award to Harry Weber and Don Wiegand and a chance for guests to bid on “Once-in-a-Lifetime” experiences involving their latest sculptures, including those of Albert Pujols and Winston Churchill. During dinner, Circus Harmony student performers delighted guests with their daring feats. Throughout the evening, students from the leadership team of the “Make Your Mark” mural project (pictured) painted four colorful canvases as a preview to the Chesterfield Arts’ June 4 community painting event of the floodwall in the Chesterfield Valley. ing to the amendment for the ordinance, multiflora roses were removed as well.

ELLISVILLE Attempted ATM burglary Around 3 a.m. on Feb. 2, officers from the Ellisville Police Department responded to a call at the Vantage Credit Union at 16260 Truman Road for an ATM safe burglar alarm. When police arrived, they discovered that the ATM screen had been shattered, and the lower doors to the unit’s interior safe were open. The lock had been broken and there were pry marks on the safe, but entry to the safe was not made.

WILDWOOD Name withdrawn Marc S. Perez has withdrawn his name for consideration as a candidate for the Wildwood City Council. Perez had filed to run as a candidate in Ward 3, and due to St. Louis County Board of Election Commission regulations, his name still will appear on the April 5 ballot, even though he does not wish to be considered for a seat on the council.

Perez at the Feb. 14 WiIldwood City Council meeting said he withdrew for health reasons.

WEST COUNTY Prepare for disaster The Metro West Fire Protection District will conduct Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 25 and from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 26 and Sun., Feb. 27.

The course will provide West County residents with basic disaster response training. Emergency response officials from

Metro West Fire Protection District will be on hand to prepare course participants for unexpected events, such as recent weather incidents that could have had a significant impact on West County communities.

Metro West will provide the training throughout the fire district at no cost. CERT training consists of eight training modules, including disaster preparedness, fire safety, disaster medical operations, light search and rescue, team organization, disaster psychology, terrorism, and CERT, with a final exercise during which participants get to put their training to use and respond to a “disaster scenario.”

Interested participants can sign up at metrowest-fire.org or by calling 821-5882.

• • • The Town & Country Police Department, Creve Coeur Police and the West County EMS & Fire Protection District have partnered to offer to citizens Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. The specialized training teaches citizens to assist the community in the event of a large-scale disaster, such as an earthquake.

The CERT training is offered free of charge and includes required training manuals, as well as some supplies. If the classes are not filled by residents of Town & Country and Creve Coeur, residents of other municipalities may take the remaining spots.

Classes will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on five consecutive Tuesday evenings, beginning on March 1.

In addition, CERT training for groups of employees at area businesses can be arranged.

For more information on CERT, visit ready.gov. To enroll in the program or for additional information, contact Lt. Bob Arthur at (314) 587-2854 or at arthurrf@ town-and-country.org.

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‘Judge, you need to convict this guy. I’ll explain later. -Keith’

Passed note leads to resignation, ethical questions for local attorney

By BRIAN MCDOWELL Keith Cheung in January submitted his resignation as city attorney in the municipalities of Ballwin and Town & Country.

The resignations come on the heels of Cheung facing discipline for an attempt to interfere with the trial of a police chief.

Last June, Edward J. Locke Jr. was standing trial at the St. Louis County Court, accused of hiring an unqualified officer. At one point in the trial, Cheung, who had no official involvement in the case, allegedly asked a bailiff to pass a note to Judge Lawrence Permuter which read, “Judge, you need to convict this guy. I’ll explain later.

Keith.”

Upon receiving the note, Permuter declared a mistrial.

Cheung self-reported the act and has since apologized.

Ballwin City Manager Robert Kuntz said Cheung reported what happened to Ballwin city officials in June, soon after the incident.

“He self-reported that he had passed a note, and had behaved unprofessionally,”

Kuntz said, “and he told us the state bar would be looking into it.”

Kuntz said he had not heard about the incident again until it was reported in the media late in January. He said he had no reservations about keeping Cheung as Ballwin’s attorney for those seven months, because as far as he knew, Cheung was doing a great job representing the city.

“I don’t attend court hearings much, but the police and the court personnel seemed to get along with him,” Kuntz said.

He declined to comment on whether or not Cheung was asked to resign or did so unprompted.

Town & Country Mayor John Dalton learned about the incident from a partner in the law firm for which Cheung works.

He said he decided to accept Cheung’s resignation after discussing the matter with Cheung and the city’s board of aldermen.

He said it was a difficult decision to make.

“He had given many years of service to the community,” said Dalton, who also is an attorney. “That’s why I was sickened when I found out what happened.”

According to St. Ann resident Steve Wertz, the incident was not the first time Cheung acted questionably in a courtroom.

Wertz said Cheung 15 years ago was a private attorney representing him in a lawsuit against the city of St. Ann. Wertz said he was arrested for an occupancy violation committed by a person to whom he was renting and that on Cheung’s recommendation, he sued the city.

According to Wertz, just as the case was going to trial, Cheung quit the case to take a job as the prosecutor for St. Ann, the city he was suing.

“He did put me in touch with another attorney, who was a real piece of trash,” Wertz said, “but I really felt like Mr. Cheung left me high and dry.”

Wertz said that five years later, he was on trial for a traffic ticket and Cheung, who was visiting the courtroom in Clayton at the time, turned to the prosecuting attorney and said Wertz was a “troublemaker” and the attorney should “throw the book at him.”

Wertz said his father heard the comment,

and the attorney quickly introduced him to Cheung.

“I wanted to turn him in, and I should have,” Wertz said.

Wertz characterized Cheung as having an “arrogant attitude and a Cheung disrespect for the public” and said he was not surprised about Cheung’s recent brush with the law.

“He knows the rules and he did this stuff anyway,” Wertz said. “He must think that’s OK. He should not ever be let in a courtroom again.”

West Newsmagazine’s calls for comment to Cheung and his attorney, Paul J. D’Agrosa, were not returned.

In addition to Bella Villa and the West County municipalities from which Cheung resigned, he has worked for Frontenac, St. Ann, and O’Fallon, Mo., and at press time he is a judge in Ladue.

Ballwin appoints interim prosecuting attorney – again

By BETSY ZATKULAK After accepting the Jan. 27 resignation of Ballwin Prosecuting Attorney Keith Cheung and announcing the appointment of Don Anderson, Ballwin’s provisional judge, as the city’s interim prosecuting attorney, Mayor Tim Pogue on Feb. 14 asked the Ballwin Board of Aldermen to accept the appointment of David Porta as the city’s permanent prosecuting attorney.

“Since Don Anderson was serving as our provisional judge, he obviously needed to resign that position in order to serve as prosecuting attorney,” Ballwin Alderman Frank Fleming (Ward 3) said. “Some in the legal community suggested that he might need to wait to assume the prosecuting attorney position until the court’s current case load was disposed of.”

Pogue told the board Porta was well qualified to serve as the city’s prosecuting attorney.

“He has a criminal prosecution background that goes all the way to the grand jury level,” Pogue said. “He’s worked at the prosecuting attorney’s office. He has a private practice and has assured me that he would have adequate backup to serve, if ever there was a conflict of interest or another conflict with scheduling.”

But some aldermen voiced concerns about appointing Porta as Ballwin’s permanent prosecuting attorney.

Alderman Ronald Markland (Ward 2) voiced concerns about Porta’s resumé – both for its appearance and what he referred to as a “real gap in the last five years.”

“To say that it’s professional would be a real push,” Markland said, referring to a number of penciled responses. “If someone came to your company and gave you a résumé that looked like this, you wouldn’t hire him.”

After much discussion, the board voted 3-5 against the mayor’s request to appoint Porta on a permanent basis.

Fleming made a motion to draft legislation confirming Porta as interim prosecuting attorney and to set his compensation at $2,200 on a monthly retainer. The motion was accepted by the board without incident.

Guests enjoy the 2010 St. Louis Home Fires BBQ Bash in Wildwood.

Ribs on the run

BBQ Bash in danger of leaving Wildwood

By SARAH WILSON Frank Schmer, St. Louis Home Fires BBQ Bash founder and event coordinator, recently announced that due to much debate with Wildwood city councilmembers, this year’s BBQ Bash will not be held in Wildwood.

“The past several months, the rumor, allegation and innuendos have made it impossible to prolong my relationship with the city of Wildwood,” Schmer said. “I started the Bash six years ago, and I wanted it to be fun. It’s not political.

It’s not divisive. It’s for the community and the

people, and if people are going to make it not fun, then we’re not going to do it.”

Schmer said he wrestled with the decision because of the high level of support over the past few months from many city councilmembers.

“But in the end, when my business and personal integrity are called into question, a mutually beneficial relationship can no longer exist,” Schmer said. “A few bad apples can spoil the bunch.

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By MARCIA GUCKES Recreational vehicles (RVs) now can legally park for only a short time in Chesterfield neighborhoods. The Chesterfield City Council at its Feb. 7 meeting voted 5-2 to restrict RV parking.

The new ordinance defines RVs as “any type of vehicle used primarily for recreational pleasure” and includes travel trailers, motor homes, boats, jet skis, and trailers used to transport RVs. RVs are limited to parking for 72 hours twice a month on a driveway or private road within 500 feet of a house. Parking on a street is limited to 24 hours twice a month.

The ordinance states also that the clock starts the first time an RV is parked and runs continuously, even if the vehicle is moved during that time period.

The final bill actually extended the time allowed for off-street parking in the original draft from 48 to 72 hours to allow for weekend visitors who might be staying with Chesterfield residents.

The ordinance came about after some complaints from citizens.

Matt Segal (Ward 1) said that there had been two incidents in Ward 2 and one in Ward 1, among others. He said he did not think it was a coincidence that the house that sold for the lowest amount recently

was next door to a house that had an “enormous” RV. “One of our duties is to protect property values,” Segal said. “One of the costs of owning an RV is storage that does not infringe on neighbors.”

Councilman Bob Nation (Ward 4) and Acting Mayor Barry Flachsbart (Ward 1) voted against the ordinance. Flachsbart said he opposed the ordinance because it “violates the principle that better government is less government.”

Chesterfield resident and mayoral candidate Joe Gambino told West Newsmagazine the ordinance was passed using deceptive means. According to Gambino, sponsors of the bill talked about and showed photos only of large RV campers and did not openly mention other vehicles that would be included in the law.

“They didn’t tell us all this when they were reading the ordinance,” Gambino said.

“It’s almost like they had a hidden agenda.”

Gambino said such a law takes away the privileges of property owners to do what they want on property that they own.

“I feel like I’m a renter and the city government are my landlords now,” Gambino said.

(Editor’s note: Brian McDowell contributed information to this story.)

Ellisville sniffs out possible dog park

By TED DIXON JR. Man’s best friend soon may have a place to play and frolic with fellow canines in Ellisville, as the city is exploring ways to place a dog park there.

The Ellisville City Council recently formed a committee that will have the tasks of coming up with ideas, funding and possible locations for a dog park.

Ellisville City Councilmember Linda Reel (Dist. 2), who is spearheading the project, said the idea came from the interest of residents.

“I have received many letters and phone calls expressing interest in having a dog park in Ellisville,” Reel said, “so that’s what made me decide to start this process.”

Reel said the planning would begin next

month, as the committee will hold its first meeting at 7 p.m. on Mon., March 14 at the Park Administration Building in Bluebird Park. She said the committee would discuss potential locations for the dog park, with Bluebird Park being one of them.

Reel stressed that funding would be obtained primarily through fundraisers and donations. She said that at this point, it is too early to determine what the total cost of such a project would be.

“It depends on the size, location and what kind of dog park we decide to build,” Reel said.

Reel said she envisioned a fee for Ellisville residents as well as for non-residents but said it is too soon to speculate about the amount of those fees.

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Sen. Cunningham clarifies efforts to change child labor laws

By BRIAN MCDOWELL The attempt of Sen. Jane Cunningham (R-Chesterfield) to update Missouri child labor laws has garnered national attention.

Her proposal was discussed on the national news channels, and Jay Leno joked about it on the Feb. 15 episode of “The Tonight Show,” saying, “And in Missouri, Republican State Sen. Jane Cunningham has introduced a bill that would eliminate her state’s child labor laws. Well, yeah, why should the 10-year-olds in China be getting all the good factory jobs, huh?”

Cunningham said she was not watching the show when it aired but received a text message about it from her chief of staff, and her office received many phone calls the next day from angry constituents.

“I can’t believe Cunningham how naïve people can be, to believe entertainers instead of hard news,” Cunningham said.

According to Cunningham, Leno does a disservice when he makes claims in jokes without looking into the facts. She expressed amazement that seemingly intelligent people would take what Leno said as a fact rather than a joke.

Cunningham said her proposed updates to child labor laws came about as an effort to eliminate duplicative and archaic laws from Missouri’s statutes. She cited examples of laws that need to be changed, saying, “People are legally required to eat butter instead of margarine,” and “Trains are legally required to have a caboose” and said her study of such laws brought her to the state’s child labor law, which initially was passed in 1929.

Cunningham said according to the law, it is illegal for a child younger than age 14 to perform any job for money – including babysitting, raking leaves, having a paper route, walking dogs or auditioning for parts in plays. The law requires also that any child younger than age 16 who gets paid for a job obtain a permit from a government official, show a birth certificate to the state, get a full physical exam from a physician and have permission from a parent. In addition, the work place employing the child must be open to inspection by inspectors from the Missouri Department of Labor.

“Legally, a homeowner that pays a neighborhood teen to cut their grass or shovel their snow would have to meet these requirements,” Cunningham said.

“If these laws were enforced, no one would hire these teenagers.”

Cunningham estimated that 90 percent of teenagers younger than 16 do some type of work for money. She said the employers and parents of the vast majority of those young people are either unaware of the laws or openly ignore them.

She emphasized that she was not seeking to completely eliminate all child labor laws. She said she was keeping sections forbidding children from doing any job that involves physical danger. She said she was also maintaining compulsory school attendance laws for all children

who want to work. She would keep the hotline that people can call if they believe kids are being forced to work against their will or being abused on the job.

“It’s just common sense,” Cunningham said. “Teaching work ethic to a child should be a parent’s decision and not the government’s.”

Cunningham said her own two sons paid for their own cars when they were 16, using money they earned from mowing lawns, shoveling snow, raking leaves, and working as lifeguards. She

said doing so taught them many values they used later in life.

“I have had public school teachers tell me they can immediately tell those who have had responsibility from those that haven’t,” Cunningham said. “Kids who work early generally do better.”

She called the current Missouri child labor laws “antiquated and not useful” and said she was convinced that when her constituents learn more about the issue, they will support her position.

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Manchester

Board vote takes strange turn Alderman who is suing city for not making him board president abstains from vote that would have made him board president

By BRIAN MCDOWELL Manchester Alderman Bob Tullock (Ward 1) at the Feb. 7 Manchester Board of Aldermen meeting abstained from voting on a measure that would have made him president of the board. Tullock, who has become notorious in Manchester for abstaining to vote on measures as a method to prevent Mayor Dave Willson from casting a tiebreaking vote, currently is engaged in a lawsuit with the city over its failure to make him president of the board.

Alderman Mike Clement (Ward 2) put Tullock’s name in nomination for the position. Clement said he did so to illustrate the ridiculousness of Tullock’s attempts to become board president and of the resulting lawsuit. Aldermen Clement, Marilyn Ottenad (Ward 2) and John Diehl (Ward 3) voted against Tullock, while Don Ryan (Ward 3) and Hal Roth (Ward 1) voted for him, and Tullock abstained from voting.

“I didn’t have any notice of this,” Tullock said. “I need some time to research it.

Voting for it might be a conflict of interest.”

Tullock apparently had no such reservations about voting for himself at a meeting last year, when he was nominated for the position during a meeting from which Alderman Diehl was absent. Tullock at that meeting received three “yes” votes, which constituted a majority vote. However, Marilyn Ottenad had also received

three “yes” votes when two weeks earlier she was nominated for the position.

Tullock abstained from voting on Ottenad’s nomination.

City Attorney Pat Gunn had said Tullock could not Tullock assume the board presidency because he did not receive more votes overall than Ottenad received. Ottenad, the longest serving member of the board, has been serving as interim board president.

The president of the Manchester Board of Aldermen would become the mayor if the city’s mayor were to die, resign, or otherwise become unable to perform mayoral duties. Otherwise, the position of board president is largely ceremonial; it pays no more money and requires no more responsibility than any other aldermanic position.

Manchester City Administrator Ed Blattner said that to date, Tullock’s lawsuit had cost the city $1,725 in legal fees. That total is expected to climb when the case goes to court.

Also at the Feb. 7 meeting, a resolution was passed unanimously that requires any alderman who abstains from voting to explain the abstention. Tullock and Roth, both of whom recently have abstained from voting on key measures, said they had offered explanations each time they abstained from voting.

Manchester approves 2011 budget

By BRIAN MCDOWELL After two months of debate and controversy, the Manchester Board of Aldermen on Feb. 7 passed a 2011 budget with a 4-2 vote.

The $19 million budget previously failed to pass when two aldermen voted against it, and Alderman Hal Roth (Ward 1) abstained from voting. Roth and the aldermen who voted against the budget had cited concern that the city was spending more money than it was taking in. Other members of the board had pointed out that because Manchester had funds in reserve, the city technically would not be engaging in deficit spending.

In the latest round of the budget battle, Roth and Alderman Bob Tullock (Ward

1) voted against the budget after trying to amend it to include criteria for prioritizing funding for the city’s stormwater projects.

However, Alderman Don Ryan (Ward 3), who originally voted against the budget, on Feb. 7 voted to approve it. When asked after the meeting what changed his mind, Ryan said he originally had concerns about funding repairs to the city’s pool. He said that at subsequent meetings, his questions had been answered and his concerns had been addressed.

With the passage of the budget, city officials can move ahead with the study of stormwater projects, purchase police cars and make necessary repairs to the pipes at the city pool. In addition, city employees will receive a 2 percent pay increase.

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Manchester alderman cited for ethics violation

By BRIAN MCDOWELL The Missouri Ethics Commission has charged Manchester Alderman Mike Clement (Ward 2) with ethics violations in connection with literature sent out during the 2010 municipal election campaigns.

Clement was not running in the election but sent letters to Manchester residents supporting the campaigns of Mayor Dave Willson, Alderwoman Marilyn Ottenad (Ward 2), Alderman John Diehl (Ward 3) and Paul Hamill, who was running against Alderman Hal Roth (Ward 1).

According to the brief filed on Feb. 4, Clement spent more than $2,400 of his own money to send out two mailers that specifically supported candidates but did not file a non-committee expenditure report with the St. Louis County Board of Elections.

Election laws mandate that paperwork be filed for any non-committee expenditure of more than $500.

Among the petitioners complaining in the case against Clement were Roth, Alderman Bob Tullock (Ward 1) and Alderman Don Ryan (Ward 3), and Diehl’s opponent, Dale A. Schmid.

“I would think a sitting alderman in charge of a $19 Clement million budget would know better than this,” Schmid said.

Clement said he was not aware of the election rules when he sent out the flyers and said he always had paid for his own campaigns, which have consisted mostly of mailing letters and going door to door.

He said he sent the flyers in response to mailers from Tullock, Roth and Schmid that contained what he characterized as “dishonest scare tactics.”

Clement said he wanted to respond to those mailings with a signed letter that would include his address, phone number, e-mail address and photo, so people would know the sentiments were coming directly from him and not from some anonymous committee. He said he thought it was his First Amendment right to tell people what was going on in Manchester but acknowledged it would have been better to form a committee.

The Missouri Ethics Commission levied a $1,000 fine against Clement for the infraction; however, if the fine is paid within 45 days and he does not commit another violation of the Commission’s rules during the next two years, he would have to pay only $100. Clement indicated he already

had paid the fine.

“I didn’t think that much about it,” Clement said. “I consider it a contribution to the betterment of our city.”

Clement said the ethics complaints are part of a long history of Tullock and Roth intimidating people who spoke out against them.

“I know people in Ward 1 that are afraid to put signs in their yard telling who they’re voting for, because they don’t want to be bothered or be sued,” Clement said.

When Clement was asked if he was afraid the breach of campaign ethics would hurt him politically, he said, “I don’t care. Ward 2 folks know me by now. They can judge me based on what they know, so I don’t think it makes a difference.”

Tullock said he had previously called the Ethics Commission regarding Janice Steinbrenner and the city of Manchester but said that he was just trying to make sure that campaigns in Manchester were conducted in accordance with the law.

“Anyone who breaks a rule needs to pay a penalty,” Tullock said.

He said Clement, as an elected official, should know campaign laws and follow them.

“He should have properly registered to send this literature and properly reported it,” Tullock said. “If he doesn’t know what the laws are, I’d be awfully concerned if he was my alderman.”

Clement is running unopposed in the April 5 election.

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Chesterfield, Creve Coeur named among Missouri’s ‘Top 10 Towns’ Two West St. Louis County municipalities are named in the February issue of Missouri Life magazine as being among the top 10 towns in the state of Missouri.

Chesterfield ranked No. 2, and Creve Coeur came in at No. 8.

The magazine limited contenders to “urban clusters” – defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as areas with a population range between 2,500 and 50,000 people.

According to Missouri Life, there were 183 towns that met the population criteria, but before a town could be considered as a “Top 10 Town,” it had to pass muster in the areas of education, crime, and employment statistics. After choosing the top 30 towns based on those criteria, the magazine measured the towns’ quality of life

in terms of amenities – such as hospitals, bookstores, restaurants, libraries, theaters, performing arts, parks and trails, and religious denominations – and things like recycling programs, use of green energy, sales tax level, household income and air quality.

Missouri Life touted Chesterfield as combining “big city fun with small town safety” and called the city a “frozen-intime town.”

Creve Coeur was cited as an “outdoor paradise close to everything.” Much was made of its proximity to Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park, downtown St. Louis and area casinos. The city itself was credited for having 66 restaurants, two movie theaters and variety of shops.

Bash organizer considering alternate locations BBQ BASH, from page 13 “The criticisms were directed toward me and my business, but it’s a totally separate issue than the BBQ Bash. When it got to be more trouble than it was worth, I decided I needed to find people who want it.”

Wildwood city councilmembers at the Jan. 24 meeting allocated up to $25,000 for the Bash, but much debate in past months called into question whether city funds should be used to support a private entity.

“I am personally indebted to all of the supporters over the past several years, and I am truly sorry that I have reached this decision regarding the 2011 Home Fires BBQ Bash. … I wish Wildwood the best,” Schmer said.

“I’m just sad that you create something that you think is so good, that so many people love, and it just gets torn down with people with agendas.”

Wildwood citizens and business owners at the Feb. 14 city council meeting came together to express their opinions.

Jeanie Hood, owner of Three French Hens in Wildwood, said the Bash was probably the most incredible event Wildwood had ever had and that she was quite upset when she heard of the decision.

“The Bash gets our citizens out of their homes and into the city,” Hood said. “We as business owners in Wildwood work very hard for every customer that we get, and when we can bring new people into this community, it is a positive event. … It is just tragic that we cannot work as a group.”

Wildwood Business Association (WBA) Membership Director Holly Ferris said the WBA’s 69 members were disappointed.

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almost immeasurable for the businesses here in our area,” Ferris said. “Some of the opposition has been that we shouldn’t do private partners and fund these private events that are going to make people money. … Everything the city does, we partner with vendors and contractors, and we pay them.

Do we ask all these companies how much money they’re making from Wildwood? No. We agree. You bring a service. We want the service. We’ll pay you. It’s just that simple with the BBQ Bash.”

However, Wildwood resident Dan McLaughlin said the city’s cost for the BBQ Bash was a lot of money to be putting out for one event.

“I don’t know if we want to have the BBQ Bash as the signature event that defines the city of Wildwood,” McLaughlin said. “Wildwood Days would be more appropriate, would be more family oriented and would probably represent the spirit of Wildwood in more of a family setting.”

Marc Perez said he was concerned about the amount of alcohol at the event.

“I’m not going to be the one citizen to bash the Bash,” Perez said. “Everybody agrees that it’s a good idea, but there are definitely problems that need to be resolved.”

The BBQ Bash was set for September, but Schmer said he was looking for a new host venue and had a few prospects.

Wildwood Mayor Tim Woerther said he asked Schmer if he would reconsider his decision. Schmer said he agreed to call him back within two weeks.

“I just want to make sure whatever we do is best for everybody, including my business and my family,” Schmer said. “It’s just a barbecue festival, so why are we wasting all of this anxiety?”

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Manchester Road Great Streets plans progress

By BRIAN MCDOWELL The Great Streets Initiative project to improve Manchester Road took another step forward on Feb. 5, as approximately 60 people braved the snow to attend a Saturday morning meeting and planning session at the clubhouse at Ballwin Golf Course. Attendees included representatives from each of the five cities along a 5.5mile stretch of Manchester Road – Ballwin, Ellisville, Manchester, Wildwood and Winchester. Also present were members of East-West Gateway Council of Governments and the West St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce, both of which are championing the proposed 30-year, $50 million project.

The plans, which have been made available to the public on the Internet and at several meetings, include creating new town centers, attracting boutique-type shops and new restaurants, and implementing ways to improve traffic flow on Manchester Road.

Ideas for the latter include creating additional side roads for business centers and additional turnoffs for bus stops.

Supporters have cited the Wildwood Town Center and downtown Kirkwood as examples of the kinds of communities they would like to see developed along Manchester Road.

Maggie Hales, of East-West Gateway, said the plans will have to be amended as the project progresses. Every federal dollar spent on road construction projects such as the Manchester Road Great Streets Initiative goes through Hale’s group. At the Feb. 5 meeting, she urged attendees to try to find common ground, even if they were unable to reach a consensus.

West County Chamber of Commerce Chairman Elect Craig Larson indicated the project was critical for West County’s economic future.

A project like the Great Streets Initiative could be done as a TDD shared by the five municipalities along Manchester Road.

However, Town & Country Mayor Jon Dalton, an attorney, was on hand to suggest that the cities form an overlay district to help secure some funding and general support from the state legislature. Such a collective would have to be initiated by all five cities to be able to set its own rules and limits, he said.

“You would get to decide how it works or doesn’t work,” Dalton said. “It starts off as a clean sheet of paper.”

Dalton said such a plan offers permanency and longevity and said a similar thing was done in 1999 to secure state funding for the Great Rivers Greenway system of parks and trails. The Greenway District is funded by a voter-approved one-tenth of 1 cent sales tax raised in St. Louis City, St.

Louis County and St. Charles County.

In an informal vote at the end of the meeting, the majority of those attending said they would be interested in the formation of such a district.

The cities of Wildwood, Ellisville and Ballwin already signed forms to get the process of the Great Streets Initiative started, but Manchester and Winchester had yet to sign such forms.

Manchester Mayor Dave Willson was on hand to offer his support for the project. He

touted the success of the Manchester Highlands retail development and said it had exceeded original sales expectations.

Willson said the reason Manchester had not yet officially signed on to the Great Streets Initiative was fear that such a measure would not be passed by the city’s board of aldermen, which “couldn’t even pass a city budget.”

Wildwood Mayor Tim Woerther pointed out that the current plan for the Great Streets Initiative was put together with

input from more than 1,000 area residents and that it continues to evolve and grow.

The members of the public attending the meeting seemed impressed with the initial plans for the Great Streets Initiative.

“It will improve the quality of life and bring us more business, like smaller boutiques and shops,” Brandy Wise, a member of the West County Chamber of Commerce said.

Editor’s note: The city of Manchester has since passed a budget. See story on p. 16.

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By BRIAN MCDOWELL After three postponements due to winter weather, the public had its second and final chance to articulate concerns about Ameren Missouri’s proposed coal ash waste storage facility, which would be located on a flood plain adjacent to Ameren’s coal power plant in Labadie. The second public hearing about the plans to amend Franklin County regulations pertaining to landfills within the county’s borders was held on Feb. 8 at East Central College in Union.

Speakers were given seven minutes to speak to the Franklin County Commission, and the overwhelming majority expressed concern about the specifics of the landfill project. More than 100 opponents of the landfill, many of them members of the grassroots Labadie Environmental Organization that formed in the wake of the controversy, attended to the meeting.

They repeated claims that during a flood, potentially toxic byproducts that would be stored in the landfill could wind up seeping into local groundwater and the Missouri River, which is the primary source of drinking water for West St. Louis County, and said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) likely would soon officially classify coal ash as a toxin.

The Labadie Environmental Organization has urged Franklin County officials to form an independent advisory committee to study Ameren’s plans and to draft informed recommendations.

“We were just trying to engage the community, and we’ve done that,” Labadie Environmental Organization member Patricia Schuba said.

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employs 300 people, pays $3 million a year in property taxes to Franklin County and provides 40 percent of the power used in the St. Louis area. Company spokespeople, who had the chance to speak at the meeting, said that safeguards, levees and protective berms had been put in place to protect the landfill from the effects of flooding and to protect the public from the alleged toxicity of any products stored in the landfill. They said what was placed in the landfill would harden like cement, so if flooding were to occur, it would be no more detrimental than a flood going over a road. They said the proposed landfill would meet all current EPA regulations and pointed out that wasteful byproducts have to be stored somewhere.

There was no word on when the commission would reach a decision on the issue, but Franklin County Second District Commissioner Ann Schroeder indicated commissioners would be taking as much time as they needed to look at materials from all of the investigations that have been done on the proposed landfill site and to consider all options that have been presented regarding the site.

“I listened to all of the discussion and it’s an emotional issue with a lot of people,” Schroeder said. “We understand that.”

When asked if the commission would be forming an advisory committee, Schroeder said, “Everything is on the table right now.”

Schuba said that meanwhile, the Labadie Environmental Organization would be attending all Franklin County Commission meetings.

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Ballwin makes budget adjustments

By BETSY ZATKULAK The Ballwin Board of Aldermen on Feb. 14 approved several adjustments requested by city representatives to the 2011 operating and capital budgets.

The primary reason for the adjustments, according to a memo from the city clerk’s office, is “the re-budgeting of projects previously budgeted in 2010, not being completed until 2011.”

Projects listed under the 2011 operating budget amendments include an additional $1,990 for a new furnace for the historical schoolhouse; funds to replenish the city’s salt supply, which has taken a big hit this winter; and energy improvements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant.

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include re-budgeting $5,012 for engineering, related to the Kehrs Mill resurfacing project that was not completed in 2010.

Revenue pertaining to the Kehrs Mills Road project was amended to reflect the 80 percent federal reimbursement the city will receive for the project.

A request for re-budgeting $4,820 for the planning of the connector trail to The Pointe at Ballwin Commons was also approved.

According to the memo, the original capital budget required using $146,468 of the capital fund balance, plus $210,677 from the operating fund balance for further street improvements. An additional $4,366 of capital fund balance is required to amend the budget. The latest capital budget is projected to be $3,683,877.

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By BETSY ZATKULAK Ballwin city officials on Feb. 14 approved the city of Wildwood’s request for a limited number of family passes in the summer seasonal family pool pass program for Ballwin’s North Pointe Aquatic Center, under the same financial terms as 2010.

With the partnership, a limited number of Wildwood residents will have the opportunity to purchase family season pool passes to the North Pointe Aquatic Center at the same rate as Ballwin residents.

The city of Wildwood, in turn, will pay Ballwin $85 for each family season pass purchased by a Wildwood resident.

“This year, the city has allocated only enough funds to pay for 25 season family pool passes for North Pointe Aquatic

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Dubruiel said the North Pointe pool pass program in previous years was well received throughout the Wildwood community and he expected the program would be so again.

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St. Louis County announces millions in small business funding

By DIANE PLATTNER The St. Louis County Economic Council on Feb. 9 announced millions in funding to sustain and grow small business and create jobs.

Officials said the council has re-launched a series of area business assistance funding programs, including loans, bonds and private equity opportunities ranging from $200,000 to $10 million. Depending on the type of program, the funding may be used to hire more employees, invest in new technology, upgrade a facility and provide working capital for certain types of companies.

“Small and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of the St. Louis community,” St. Louis County Executive Charlie A. Dooley said in a press release. “We must provide them with the tools and the funding necessary to expand and create jobs to spur our economic recovery.”

Funding options include SBA 504 loans, for which the company puts up 10 percent, the Economic Council provides 40 percent and a traditional bank lends the remaining 50 percent, with the current 20-year fixed rate at 5.3 percent. An alternative to SBA 504 is the BOOST loan, introduced by the council last year, which offers fewer restrictive options, lower costs and less red tape for St. Louis area companies. Both programs offer a fixed rate, allowing businesses to control costs.

“We keep hearing how banks are still tightfisted in their lending, which is slowing the economic recovery of this area,” said Rick Palank, senior vice president for the business finance division at the economic council. “It is hard for smaller companies to find loans, much less loans with fixed rates. That’s why we are putting the word out about the loans, bonds and private equity opportunities offered by St.

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Response to the funding programs has been encouraging, officials said.

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Nominees are: • Chris Becker – South High, band director • Jan Becker – Claymont Elementary, school nurse • Melissa Biehl – Bellerive Elementary, librarian • Darryl Bolden – Bellerive Elementary, head custodian • Renee Boyd – North High, social studies teacher • Mark Brimer – West High, parent/volunteer, racquetball coach • Chris Chisholm – Henry Elementary, second-grade teacher • Sandy Clayton – Oak Brook Elemen-

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Extended kindergarten registration Blevins Elementary in Eureka has extended until the end of February kindergarten registration for the 2011-2012 school year. Students turning 5 by July 31 are eligible for enrollment this fall. There are also several full day (tuition based) kindergarten spots available.

Students who are new to the Rockwood School District over the summer may visit the school office between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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She created a social activity with a purpose for the residents at the Henry Crown Center for Senior Living, making blankets and knit scarves for children at Shriner’s Hospital and needy youngsters.

Poetry Out Loud runner-up Parkway North High student Wendy Low on Feb. 8 was voted first runner-up for the 2011 St. Louis Poetry Out Loud final competition. In 2010, she won first place.

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PUBLIC HEARING City of Ellisville, Mo. Notice is hereby given that the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Ellisville will hold a public hearing at the Ellisville City Hall, #1 Weis Avenue, on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 7:00 P.M. to consider amendments to the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Ellisville relative to the Manchester Road Great Streets Master Plan. This hearing will give Ellisville residents an opportunity to become familiar with the proposed amendments.

Individuals wishing to review the proposed changes should contact City Planner Ada Hood at City Hall or by phone (636-227-9660). This public hearing is in compliance with Section 89.360 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri.

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By MARCIA GUCKES Westminster Christian Academy officials are preparing to open the doors of their new building this fall. Thanks to a successful fundraising campaign, the school will be relocating earlier than expected from Creve Coeur to Town & Country.

Officials at the private, 7-12 grade, college-preparatory school had planned to make the move for the 2012-13 school year, but in 2010, funds came in from two major sources making the move possible for the coming school year.

In April, the Ladue School District decided to buy for its early childhood program Westminster’s current facility at 10900 Ladue Road at a price of $18 million.

That sale, plus yearly fundraising which netted another $20 million, gave Westminster what it needed to be able to complete construction in time for the 2011-12 school year.

The school in 2003 purchased from the Special School District of St. Louis County the 40-acre West County Vocational Technical School site at 800 Maryville Centre Drive in Town & Country. An anonymous donation of $7.1 million in 2007 allowed the school to purchase from Central Presbyterian Church another 30 acres adjacent to the tech school campus.

Westminster Academy’s new facility will accommodate 1,200 students. Currently, about 875 students are enrolled.

Although at 70 acres, the school’s new campus will be more than double the size of the old one and the school building at 320,000 square feet will be almost twice the size, the head of the school, Jim Marsh, said the goal was not to just get bigger.

“We’re getting better,” Marsh said. “Now we’ll have a theater and art facilities. Our academic support program, which is literally in old closets at our current site, will now have its own classrooms.”

Director of Advancement Zach Clark said, “Our plan has always been to get better before we get bigger.”

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The middle school, 9th-10th grades, and 11th-12th grades have their own “neighborhood” common areas, which are flanked by smaller meeting rooms where students can gather for meetings or small group work.

Short hallways lined with classrooms radiate from the commons.

The middle and high schools each have science labs, and students will mingle in the areas constructed for art and music.

Even though the building base for Westminster is an old vocational technical school, the academy will not have any shop or home economics facilities. Clark said instruction at Westminster is based more on academic technical skills than the practical arts, so the shops and kitchens of the voc-tech school were not needed.

The new school kept the old school’s gym, however. In fact, Clark said about one-third of the old school’s structure has been incorporated in the new facility.

Westminster’s new construction also features: • A 2,000-seat state-of-the-art sports stadium with an eight-lane track • Game and practice fields for football, soccer, softball, baseball, lacrosse, and field hockey • An eight-lane swimming pool • Twelve tennis courts constructed to accommodate regional tournaments • Two gyms and a fitness center • A 600-seat theater with orchestra pit and a 200-seat theater, prop room and set construction area • Media production center with video and audio studios • Library with an “open, coffee-house” feeling where students will check out laptops and books • Walking trail to be developed over a 10-acre area Clark said school officials are working on plans to permit public use of many of the school’s facilities. They are planning to invite the public to tour the school when construction is completed.

A move-in date has not yet been set, but Westminster officials hope to open the doors by mid-August, when school starts.

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Parkway revises proposed changes to school day times

By MARCIA GUCKES Parkway School District officials have revised a proposed change to school start and end times for next school year. The proposed schedule would change start and end times for schools and lengthen by 20 minutes the elementary school day.

Parkway middle schools currently start at 7:25 a.m., high schools start at 8 a.m., and elementary schools start anywhere from 7:55 to 9 a.m.

The revised proposal would set school times for 2011-2012 as follows: • High schools: 7:45 a.m. – 2:40 p.m.

• Middle schools: 8:15 a.m. – 3:10 p.m.

• Elementary schools: 8:55 a.m. – 3:50 p.m., with four exceptions.

Four elementary schools would have different schedules. Pierremont, Oakbrook, and Sorrento Springs would follow the high school schedule, and Green Trails would follow the middle school schedule.

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initial proposal has been revised to allow elementary schools to start/end sooner than originally proposed,” according to a district news release. “In the new proposal, all middle schools would still start/end almost an hour later, which was a major component of the task force’s recommendations.

The start/end time for 18 of the remaining 23 schools would only change by 15 minutes or less, while the start/end times for five elementary schools would change by between 20 and 50 minutes.”

Details of the revised 2011-2012 school year schedule proposal, as well as the original proposal, can be found at parkwayschools.net/news/busTiersV2cfm.

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The first round of postseason play has finished.

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In the Wickenheiser Cup tourney, Priory tied Duchesne 5-5 before winning 3-1 to reach the quarterfinals and matching with Wentzville Holt, who eliminated Northwest by 6-4 and 8-0 victories. Lindbergh moved on to the quarterfinals with 6-3 and 11-1 victories over Granite City. Lindbergh met Fort Zumwalt East, who eliminated Timberland in a shootout. Zumwalt East won the opener 11-3 but lost the second game 5-4 to force the shootout. Lafayette advanced to the quarterfinals by getting past Francis Howell. The Lancers tied 2-2 in the opener before winning 5-2 in the deciding game. Lafayette was set to meet Lutheran South in the quarterfinals. Lutheran South defeated John Burroughs 4-2 and 4-1. Pattonville ousted Fort Zumwalt South 8-4 and 4-1 to meet Summit in the quarterfinals. Summit defeated St. Mary’s 7-1 and 5-1 to move on.

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Prepvolleyball.com has named senior Helen Boyle and sophomore Alyssa Jensen all-Americans. Senior Taylor Masterson and Boyle earned honorable mention status with the American Volleyball Coaches AllAmerican Team.

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played on the 1990, 1991,1992, and 1993 state championship teams. Folkl was a four-time all-American and her senior year was national player of the year. She went on to be a college all-American at Stanford University.

Boyle was a varsity starter all four years with the Angels. She was first team allstate player her sophomore, junior and senior years.

“Helen was extremely important to the success of the team,” St. Joseph’s Coach Karen Davis said. “She is an outstanding hitter, passer and defensive player, and her senior leadership skills helped guide us to the championship.

“Alyssa is a very good setter who knows which players to set at the right times. Her setting allowed our team to run a very fast paced offense. Having a setter with Alyssa’s skill and knowledge is very exciting. Alyssa will continue to get better each season.”

Masterson also is deserving of recognition, Davis said.

“Taylor was a force at the net,” Davis said. “I believe she was the best blocker in the state.”

Masterson will be attending the University of Alabama on a volleyball scholarship.

High school signings Here is a list of area athletes who have signed in this period.

CBC: Football – Andrew Ness, Northern Illinois; Josh Walker, Missouri Western; Steve Martin, Missouri Valley. Soccer – Matt Clarkin, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; A.J. Cochran, Wisconsin; Jake Bond, Quincy University; Michael Lee, Drury University. Baseball – Brendan Devers, Quincy University.

Chaminade: Football – Brandon Hannah, Missouri; Rob Standard, Iowa State; Christian Suntrup, Boston College; Cameron Brown, Washburn; Craig Neece, DePauw.

Golf – Alex Doneff, Maryville University.

Soccer – Billy Donovan, Wisconsin-Green Bay; Eric Heet, Drury; Liam Stapleton, Col-

gate; Alex Wilson, University of MissouriSt. Louis; Alex Zuerlein, Tulsa. Swimming – Tim Benage, Boston College.

DeSmet: Football – Chris Adams, Southern Illinois University Carbondale; Malcom Agnew, Oregon State; Teddy Corwin, Illinois State; Leon Moody, Missouri S&T; Stephen Pace, Lindenwood; Ricky Spratley, Central Missouri; Larry Haynes, Benedictine; Amon Turner, Missouri Valley.

Eureka: Lacrosse – Melissa Menchella, Lindenwood. Football – Andy McNeel, Southeast Missouri State; Chase Bollinger, University of Central Missouri; Sean Strehl, University of Nebraska-Omaha. Track and field – Alyssa Rebecca, Missouri State.

Lafayette: Football – Kyle Woodsmall, North Dakota; Thomas Swoboda, William Jewell; Jimmy DeStefano, William Jewel. Field hockey – Shannon Knobloch, St. Louis University; Jordan Woolums, Indiana. Soccer – Jessica Hanson, Illinois State; Megan Schneider, Saint Louis University; Nick Tolmais, Truman State.

Marquette: Field hockey – Christine Albertelli, New Hampshire; Abbey Heller, Missouri State; Marisa Hendel, Missouri State; Shannon Regan, Miami of Ohio.

Soccer – Maddie Bush, Saint Louis University.

MICDS: Field hockey – Elizabeth Mueller, Georgetown; Allison Weisenfels, Pennsylvania. Track and field – Lauren Waterburg, Brown.

Parkway North: Football – Grant Gildehaus, Central Missouri; Aaron Hummert, Washburn; Montae Jones, Washburn; Carl Miller, Kansas State; Jabob Stone, Washburn; Danny Heim; Andrew Childs, Missouri Valley. Soccer – Robbie Kristo, St. Louis University. Softball – Cassandra Glixman, Fontbonne; Daniell Glixman, Fontbonne. Baseball – Danny Heim, Wabash.

Parkway South: Football – Lawrence Scott, Army.

Principia: Soccer – Estelle Bol, Maryland-Baltimore County.

St. Joseph’s Academy: Soccer – Brittney Kuster, Quincy.

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Parkway North retires first basketball number

By WARREN MAYES Terry Donnelly, the only St. Louis native NCAA basketball champion, will forever be remembered at Parkway North.

Donnelly had his No. 11 retired at Parkway North in a recent ceremony held during a game against Parkway Central.

Parkway North celebrated its 1,000th game that night, and in doing so honored the program’s top player. However, the rival Colts spoiled the festivities with a 42-39 victory.

“It’s quite an honor. To me, it wasn’t all about Terry Donnelly up on the wall,” Donnelly said. “It was about all of the folks who spent their time.”

The school’s only other retired numbers are those of football players Steve Savard, Brad Edelman, and the late Aaron O’Neal.

“When they first revealed it (the retired jersey), I took a few seconds to compose myself,” Donnelly said.

On the floor were players from all the previous Vikings teams, former Coaches Garry Chaput and Jim Sefrit and current Coach Russell Vincent.

After officials revealed the Donnelly jersey on the wall and announced No. 11 was retired, Donnelly spoke.

“I talked about the coaches staying late after school and opening the gym on their own time to help us become better players,” Donnelly said. “A lot of times what they did wasn’t because Parkway North was paying them to do it. They were doing it with their hearts. They helped out all of our teams and they did it for years. They made a lot of personal sacrifices for the students at Parkway North.”

Donnelly, who lives in Dallas, is the Vikings’ leader in scoring, steals, and assists. There were no 3-point shots back then. As a senior, he led Parkway North to a 22-5 record in the 1975-76 campaign under Chaput, who led the program from its beginning in 1972 until 1987.

Memories of those days remain strong for Donnelly.

“I spoke about the guys on my team in my senior year,” Donnelly said. “We were good friends and that’s why we had the best team in Parkway North history. We’re still all pretty close friends now about 40 years later. I hold that in high regard. It’s lasted a lifetime.”

Donnelly remembers Chaput well.

“He took care of many generations of teams,” Donnelly said. “His door was an open door. He not only helped with players on the court but if you had an issue in class or at home, he’d help. Kids at that

Terry Donnelly addresses a crowd at Parkway North after his number was retired.

age share problems and that’s what I most remember about Coach Chaput. He’s a very warm person.”

Donnelly went on to play at Michigan State and dribbled into basketball immortality. The 1979 Michigan State basketball team – which won the school’s first national championship – was a big highlight for Donnelly.

On March 26, 1979, star guard Earvin “Magic” Johnson led Michigan State to a 75-64 victory over the Larry Bird-led Indiana State Sycamores in the NCAA championship game. To this day, it is the most-watched college finale. It was billed “the game that forever changed college basketball.”

It was also the last Final Four played at a campus site. The game jump-started March Madness to what we know today.

Donnelly started the title tilt. He scored 15 points and Donnelly doubled his season average in the title game. He was five for five from the field and five for six on free throws.

Donnelly still is succeeding. He is a successful entrepreneur who owns a multi-million-dollar distribution supplies company with his brother Brian, who graduated from Parkway North in 1980.

He returns to Parkway North when he can to speak to the students about character, leadership and academic success – qualities which comprise what he calls “the complete person” who can be successful off the court.

Basketball was the start of it all for Donnelly.

“It was the cornerstone for my growth as a young kid,” Donnelly said. “What sports does is it builds character. It gives you guidance and discipline and a lot of core values I use in my life all these years later.

“I learned that at Parkway North.”

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Parkway West’s Toomey hits 1,000-point mark

By WARREN MAYES Parkway West senior Larry Toomey recently reached a major milestone. The 6-foot-6 forward, who has started on the varsity team the first game of his freshman season, recently scored his 1,000th career point in a home game against Fort Zumwalt West. He poured in 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Longhorns’ 52-42 victory.

The milestone basket came on a dunk.

“They were running a zone and Zach Lathrop passed it to me and I was wide open by the basket and I dunked it,” Toomey said. “When I got the dunk, they stopped the game and pulled me over to the scorers’ table. They gave me a game ball. I was surprised they stopped the game.

But it was really cool.”

Toomey is the seventh player Parkway West’s Larry Toomey in the school’s 43-year history to achieve the milestone.

“I could not have accomplished the chance, if we can get a win, to be the career 1,000-point plateau without all the great leader in the program’s 43-year history. He teammates and coaches I have had over my will be in the top three in career reboundpast four years at West,” Toomey said. “It’s ing.” one of those things that when I was a freshWright said Toomey is an outstanding man, I thought it would be really cool to representative of the school and its basketscore 1,000 points, but it wasn’t a big goal ball program. or anything like that. … The main thing for “He has challenged himself by taking me going into this season was helping the honors and advanced placement courses team win. We won the game. It was one in every semester,” Wright said. “He is of our better games we’ve played this year. involved in our school community. He is I was really excited to get to 1,000 points, a member of our Drug Free Council, Peer but it was even better ending up with a win Teaching program, Captains Council, and for the team.” has volunteered for service through Special Toomey has had a solid season. In Olympics and has served as an instructor at the recent Amertime Classic hosted by our elementary and middle school basketParkway West, he earned all-tournament ball camps. honors by scoring 16, 19, and 27 points in “ … Larry is a good person that displays the Longhorns’ three games. At presstime, a type of confident humility that is rare Toomey is averaging 17.5 points a game for athletes these days. Larry is sincere and 7.7 rebounds. and genuine. One of my first memories He is headed to West Point next year, of Larry was after his first practice on the having signed a letter of intent last Novem- varsity team as a freshman, coming over to ber to play basketball for the Knights. the JV coach and thanking me for working “He is a great kid with amazing char- with him.” acter,” said Parkway West Coach John Soon, Toomey’s career as a Longhorn Wright. “He has a chance to be in the top will be over. five all time for points scored for school “It’s been the fastest four years of my history. He will tie our school record for life,” he said. “I want to compete for the career varsity games played when we play district championship. That’s what I hope our first district game, which gives him a we can do.”

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By WARREN MAYES In the 1970s, the Saint Louis University Billikens hockey program was well respected. The NCAA Division I program began in the 1970-1971 season and ended in 1979.

Now, hockey is a club sport at SLU. The Billikens are an American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II men’s ice hockey team in the Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association.

SLU’s current program began play in the 1996-1997 season.

Two years ago, Todd Ewen, a NHL veteran who played for several teams including the St. Louis Blues, became the coach after spending three years leading the Lafayette Lancers high school team.

Ewen has the Billikens in the MACHA playoffs. SLU just won the Gold Division regular season title with a 14-2 record.

Overall, SLU is 24-4-1.

“They have done awesome,” Ewen said.

“I haven’t shot a puck or done anything out there. These kids on this team have done it all. They’re a great group.”

Indeed. SLU is in a division with such teams as Lindenwood, Missouri State, Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State, and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

“We play some great teams, and we have been getting the job done on the ice,” Ewen said.

In the ACHA, there are 396 teams. SLU’s region has 42 teams, and the Billikens finished fifth in that grouping.

“We’ve qualified for the regionals. This is huge. The team hasn’t done that in a long, long time,” Ewen said.

Regionals will be Feb. 25-27 is Northbrook, Ill. One week after that is the national tournament in San Jose, Calif.

The Billikens are led by three prolific scorers in junior Charlie Garavglia (18 goals and 27 assists), sophomore Johnny Moore (19 goals and 24 assists) and senior Phil Blackwood (24 goals and 25 assists).

“All of them are from St. Louis, and most of the team is from the area,” Ewen said.

“Generally, these are home-grown talents on our roster. These are good offensive players. They’re on three different lines and they’ve put up pretty up good numbers.

“We run them out there and they get the job done. We’ve had lots of people contribute to our success this year. The whole team can play.”

Ewen has two goalies who have seen the majority of action this season. Junior Alex Topoleski has started 17 games and is 12-5 with a .891 save percentage. Senior Jason Magusiak is 8-0-1 with a .899 save percentage.

“It’s an interesting team we have,” Ewen said. “One of our players (grad student Kirk O’Donnell) is 28 years old and married with a child. I never thought I’d be coaching someone so old.

“What makes this so special is they all love the game. They’ve bonded like there’s no tomorrow.”

Ewen has been around the game at the highest levels. Despite all his accomplishments, he said coaching this bunch of Billikens is one of the best things to happen in his career.

“I think the biggest highlight is for me to being able say I coach them,” Ewen said.

“They have no scholarship money. They pay to have me yell at them in practice and run them up and down the ice. They play for the love of the game. They have such passion for hockey. It’s so much fun to be around them. They’re there because they want to be there.”

At his first tryout camp two years ago, Ewen had 17 players show up. This year, he had 56.

“People kept telling me how SLU used to draw better than the Blues back in the day,” Ewen said. “When the opportunity came up to coach them, I thought to myself that I got to do this. I’m getting in. I’m sure glad I did.”

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Combined General & Capital Impr. Funds Revenues Year to Date Taxes State Sales Tax $3,824,098 Local Option Tax 75,128 1/2 Cent Capital Imp Tax 1,863,039 Utility Tax - Electric 1,180,217 Utility Tax - Gas 540,159 Utility Tax - Telephone 1,158,381 Utility Tax - Water 209,291 Cigarette Tax 95,038 Cable Franchise 254,316 9,199,668 Licenses and Permits Merchant’s License 48,331 Liquor License 12,090 Vending Machine License 1,060 Permit Fees 9,860 P&Z Permits/Fees 26,435 97,776 Charges for Services False Alarm Fees 2,248 Subdivision Inspections 19,740 21,988 Intergovernmental Motor Fuel/Gas Tax 1,258,126 Road & Bridge Tax 1,017,695 St. Louis County Grants 1,326,309 Federal/State Grants 10,000 Local Records Grant 3,612,131 Fine and Forfeitures Court Fines 597,758 Court Costs 80,155 Officer Training 13,292 Crime Victims Fund 1,961 Bond Forfeitures 7,263 Alt. Cmty. Service 13,429 Inmate Security Surcharge 13,212 727,069 Interest

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By MARCIA GUCKES Which or witch? Which one is the write…or is it right…one (or is it won)? Even “spell check” on a computer sometimes seems to have a curse on it when it comes to choosing the correct word. It is even harder when a student is just learning to write.

A local author is offering a kind of magic spell to grade school students and teachers who are willing to pull out their wands – or pencils – to battle the spelling curse. She calls it “The Write Project.” It is a contest open to any elementary (K-5) class in the metro area. Winners will get from $500 to $100 to buy books for their classrooms.

Terri McEachern, the contest sponsor and author of “Mable’s Magic Spell,” said she was inspired to develop the challenge by a thirdgrade class she visited.

“They wrote me a thank you using all the words from the book,” Terri McEachern’s “Mable’s Magic Spell” is the basis for a contest challenging elementary students to write McEachern said. using words that are most commonly misspelled.

The book features 28 of the words that are most often misspelled by children. In the book, Mable and She said she found the words on the lists her dog, Mixie, offer rhymes, word asso- that students study and decided to write ciations, and visual clues to help students “Mable’s Magic Spell” to give elementary write the right word for words like “write” learners another tool to help them. and “right.”

“I go to schools a lot and I talk about “I did a lot of research on misspelled things we’re good at and about finding words and then I checked to see if those tools that help us with things that we’re not words were on the spelling lists in schools,” so good at,” McEachern said, adding that McEachern said. she is hoping her “The Write Project” contest will be one of those tools.

McEachern also develops educational tools in her job as executive director of the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood.

More than 250,000 preschoolers have visited McEachern’s handson learning program known as “The Creation Station.” She also helped develop the museum’s “Train of Thought,” a renovated rail car used for education and scout programs.

In order to enter “The Write Project” competition, a class needs to work together to write a story, poem, play, or song using 28 of the most commonly misspelled words which are found in McEachern’s book or on her website. Entries are due by 5 p.m. on Fri., March 18, and should be mailed to Miss Mable, P.O. Box 240633, Ballwin, MO 63024.

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By SUZANNE CORBETT New Orleans may be the official home of Mardi Gras, but one need not live in The Big Easy to enjoy the party. Throw your own Mardi Gras King’s Ball, combining the traditions of New Orleans with those of the French colonials who founded St. Louis.

Always, the centerpiece on the King’s Ball table is the King Cake. Baked within the King Cake is a clay figurine of a baby or a simple dried bean. According to tradition, the person served the piece of cake containing the baby or bean is named king or queen of the King’s Ball.

Traditionally, King Cake was served only to the men. The fellow who found the baby or bean in his slice of cake was proclaimed king and then chose his queen. According to custom, the new king is expected to provide the King Cake, and oftentimes the entire party, for the following year.

King Cake recipes popular in the 1700s resembled a spiced pound cake. The multicolored sugar topping many associate with today’s King Cake today would not have been used, since white sugar was an extremely expensive and a hard to acquire commodity.

King Cake recipes today often are based on Danish-like yeast dough that is baked with a fruit or cream cheese filling and decorated with green, purple and yellow sugars. The cakes can be ordered at local bakeries or shipped directly from Louisiana by companies such as Delicious Donuts & Bakery in Lake Charles, which each Mardi Gras ships hundreds of King Cakes to Northern revelers.

The following is a recipe for the New Orleans yeast raised King’s Cake.

King’s Cake 2 envelopes (each 1/4 ounce) dry yeast 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup warm milk (125 degrees) plus 5 tablespoons milk at room temperature 1 stick unsalted butter, melted 5 large egg yolks, at room temperature 4 to 5 cups bleached all-purpose flour, as needed 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 1 pound cream cheese, at room temperature 4 cups confectioners’ sugar 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 plastic king cake baby or a dried bean Purple, green and gold tinted sugar sprinkles

Combine the yeast and the sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook. Add the butter and the 1/2 cup warm milk and mix together. With the mixer running, add the eggs. Add the flour, salt, nutmeg and zest, and beat at mediumlow until well mixed. Increase the speed to high and beat until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the bowl, forms a ball and climbs up the dough hook.

Remove the dough from the mixing bowl.

Place the dough in a new bowl that has been brushed with the oil. Turn dough over, then cover with plastic wrap and set aside until it doubles in size, about 2 hours.

For the filling: In a large mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese and 1 cup of the confectioners’ sugar. Blend by hand or with an electric mixer on low. Set aside.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Turn the dough out on a lightly floured work surface. Using your fingers, pat it out into a rectangle about 30 inches long and 6 inches wide. Spread the filling lengthwise on the bottom half of the dough, then flip the top half over the filling. Seal, pinching the dough together. Using your hands, shape the dough into a cylinder and place on the prepared pan, seam side down.

Shape the dough into a ring and pinch the ends together so there is not a seam. Insert the King Cake baby or bean halfway into the ring from the bottom so that it is completely hidden by the dough.

Cover the ring and let the dough rise until it doubles in size, about 45 minutes. Brush the top of the cake with 2 tablespoons of the milk. Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool completely on a wire rack.

For the icing, combine the remaining 3 tablespoons milk, the lemon juice and the remaining 3 cups confectioners’ sugar. Stir to blend well; spread the icing evenly over the top of the cake. Sprinkle with the sugar crystals, alternating colors around the cake.

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Dr. Peggy Petralia, who is board certified in family practice, has 19 years of experience in emergency room medicine and at Doctor’s Express in Des Peres treats patients of all ages, offered these tips for common health conditions children most often bring home from camp: • A case of head lice is one of the most common conditions a child gets exposed to at camp.

The lice are spread through direct head-to-head contact or through sharing hair accessories or brushes. While head lice are tough to prevent at a summer camp, especially for children with long hair, Petralia recommended advising campers to keep their hairbrushes and hair ties separate from those of other kids. Putting hair up in a ponytail while at camp to keep it out of the way can help, too.

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As longtime campers and youth development professionals, Thurber and Malinowski have become experts on summer camp.

Their handbook is a good resource for new campers and their families, and includes the following tips for managing allergies in a summer camp setting: • Food allergies, depending Managing allergies is just one of the topics discussed on their type and severity, can in “The Summer Camp Handbook.” become an issue at day camps and overnight camps. Some allergens, such as butter, all foods made with peanut butter or strawberries, are easy to avoid; camps are foods cooked in peanut oil, and any other happy to provide some alternative, such as foods or utensils that might have peanut grape jelly. Other allergens are harder to residue on them. It is not easy to avoid that avoid, such as when children are allergic to peanuts and must avoid peanuts, peanut See MANAGING, next page

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extremely easy to catch when children are outdoors.

“The first time you are exposed, it may only amount to a small reaction, and the next time it’s greater and greater,” Petralia said. “I would recommend having children shower every day with soap when they come home from camp to get the plant oils off their skin.”

Petralia said there are over-the-counter lotions available for people who know they are allergic to the plants and know they are going to be in an area where they might be exposed. The products are applied prior to exposure to the plants.

“If you do get exposed, there are other commercially prepared products you can use to shower with to get these resins off your skin,” Petralia said.

• Bug bites and bee stings are hard to avoid for campers who are outside for extended periods. For kids who will be spending extended periods of time in a wooded area, Petralia recommended applying a 2-in-1 sunscreen/DEET-free

bug repellent.

“With bee stings, a lot of people don’t know a very effective and simple remedy,” Petralia said. “When a child is stung by a bee, make a paste with mud and apply it on the bee sting. Mud will help to reduce the swelling, stinging and redness and is my favorite remedy for a bee sting.”

After leaving the mud on for 10 to 15 minutes, it is important to cleanse the sting with antiseptic spray or antibacterial soap and water.

• Swimmer’s ear, a common infection in the ear canal, often is caused by water remaining in the ear after swimming.

Petralia recommended drying out the ear with a hair dryer using only a cool setting after swimming.

“That way, water is not sitting in the ear, because that is how ears get infected,” she said. “Most people aren’t going to have a hair dryer at camp, though, which is why there also are some commercial prepared drops you can put in the ear after swimming.”

MANAGING, from prior page sort of thing at camp, but kids with serious allergies need to learn how. After having chosen a camp, parents are encouraged to talk with the director about their child’s allergy before opening day. Find out how the camp and kitchen staff can assist the child in avoiding specific allergens.

• Some allergens are impossible to avoid, such as dust. Children who are allergic to dust may use nasal sprays or oral medication to avoid congestion and other symptoms. Be sure to bring these medicines to camp. Other allergies that are impossible to avoid can have severe symptoms, such as an allergy to bees. Although every camp has an obligation to provide the highest quality treatment to a child in the event of any emergency, children with severe allergies need to learn how

to treat themselves. Before opening day, children should practice their response to severe symptoms, such as how to use an EpiPen or an AnaKit. When parents meet with the camp nurse or doctor on opening day, they should discuss their child’s allergies and allergy medications.

• Because someone who does not know a child’s medical history may have to help in an emergency, children who react to allergens with severe symptoms should wear a MedicAlert bracelet or necklace. The information on MedicAlert tags can help an adult respond with the right kind of first aid.

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Summer camp revamped - sort of This year marks the 150th anniversary of over the last few years. The newest proorganized camp in the U.S., according to grams in recent years are challenging the American Camp Association (ACA). and adventurous activities, including The now age-old tradition of summer high and low ropes courses, climbing camp began in 1861 when a teacher took walls, zip lines, backpacking, mouna group of students on a hike, had them tain biking, and cave exploring. set up camp and spend the next two weeks • More than half offer ropes course boating, fishing and trapping in the great activities or have other constructed outdoors. The trip became an annual outing adventure/challenge facilities. to what became The Gunnery Camp.

• More than half have community serToday, there are nearly 100 camps that vice or good deed programs incorare at least 100 years old, and many of porated into their programs. The top them – as well as newer camps – offer service projects conducted at camps traditional summer camp activities, such are community clean-ups, food drives, as swimming, hiking, horseback riding, recycling programs, and volunteerarchery, canoeing, and arts and crafts. ing with senior citizens and hospital But over the years, many summer camps patients. have expanded to include more specialized • There is an increased emphasis on programs, such as drama, foreign language, performing arts and fine arts such computers, sports and more. As times have as dance, theater, singing, ceramics, changed, camps have adapted and added leather crafts, woodworking, photogprograms that appeal to current campers. raphy, etc.

According to the ACA, among its Other summer camp trends incorporate approximately 2,400 accredited camps: less traditional models, such as trip camps, • 88 percent offer swimming. which allow campers to backpack, ride on • 48 percent offer horseback riding . horseback, or canoe to different sites. Travel • 22 percent offer wilderness programs. camps transport campers by car or bus to • 12 percent offer travel/tour programs. places of interest. There has been an increase • 57 percent offer teambuilding. in recent years also in the number of chil• 21 percent include community service dren with disabilities being mainstreamed programs. into camps, and there now are many camps • 75 percent of camp directors reported that provide specialized services to children adding new activities and programs with special medical needs.

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Dan Tierney, chair of the Creve Coeur Public Art Task Force, said the task force was formed 18 months ago to form a master art plan and an art commission in the city. He noted that it was important to form partnerships with fellow art organizations, such as the partnership Creve Coeur established with Laumeier.

Nearly 20 years ago, Laumeier presented an exhibition of Mexican folk art, “Animales Encantados,” which means “enchanted animals.” The works feature intricate, papier mache figures of flying dragons, winged lizards and other mythical creatures. The pieces were commissioned

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Marli Knode, executive director of Laumeier Sculpture Park, said the two works loaned to Creve Coeur are part of a folk art collection.

“It’s really a folk form that has become succinct in Mexico,” Knode said.

The sculptures were placed high above a light fixture, weigh 20 pounds and are about 5 feet tall. Their impressive size, Tierney said, was among the reasons they were chosen.

“We’re basically looking for a statement that is colorful and something that is a signature that would capture the eye,” Tierney said. “We’re hoping to create interest from the city council and the community.

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• • • Healthy Planet Natural Living Expo is from 10 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sun., Feb. 27 at the Webster Groves Recreation Center (33 E. Glendale Road in Webster Groves).

More than 70 exhibit booths will offer products, services and information for a healthier and more sustainable life. Receive a free health screening or massage. Food and wine supplies are included. The expo costs $8 for adults and is free for children 16 and under. For more information, visit (314) 962-7748.

• • • The St. Luke’s College Wellness Lecture Series presents Colon Health and Color Cancer Prevention and Skin Health and Skin Cancer Prevention from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tues., March 1 at St. Luke’s Hospital Institute for Health Education (22 S. Woods Mill Road in Chesterfield). The sessions provide current recommendations for prevention and screening, following by a question and answer session with field experts. The sessions are free. To register, call (314) 542-4848 or visit stlukes-stl. com.

• • • “Mommies Night Out for Fitness” is from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tues., March 1 at St. Luke’s Desloge Outpatient Center (121 St. Luke’s Center Drive in Chesterfield). The exercise program is designed to address the fitness needs of pregnant women, combining stretching, strengthening and light aerobics in a comfortable and supportive environment. The cost of the class is $48 per adult. To register, call (314) 205-6906.

• • • YogaKids is from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Fri., March 4 at Whole Foods Market’s Whole Lifestyle Center (1160 Town and Country Crossing Drive in Town & Country). The series is an introduction to yoga for very young children from ages 3 to 7 years old (older siblings are welcome to enroll).

Done in conjunction with children’s classic songs, the yoga is fast moving and fun. The class costs $40 per child for the four-class series. Advanced registration is required.

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• • • American Red Cross standard first aid and CPR/AED training is from 8:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat., March 5 at BarnesJewish West County Hospital (12634 Olive Blvd. in Creve Coeur). The course trains lay responders to recognize and respond to emergency situations and care for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in adults by providing care to help sustain life and minimize the consequences of injury or sudden illness until medical help arrives. The class costs $60.

RSVP is required; no walk-ins accepted.

To register, call (314) 516-2740 or visit redcrossstl.org.

• • • “Integrating Alternative Medicine with Conventional Medicine” is at 6:30 p.m. on Tues., March 8 at Prevention and Healing, Inc. (10908 Schuetz Road in Overland). Attendees will learn how to build their immune systems and take charge of their health. Topics include: cancer, heart disease/stroke, diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, ADD/ADHD, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, food allergies, nutrition and more.

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• • • Dr. Michael Rehme will present his monthly seminar, “Connecting Your Health Between Your Teeth and Body,” at 6:30 pm. on Tues., March 15 at Holistic Dentistry (2821 N. Ballas Road, Suite 245, in Town & Country). Understand how biological dentistry focuses on overall health and how certain dental procedures can influence the body. The seminar is free.

Call to reserve a spot at (314) 997-2550.

• • • An Alzheimer’s Association Support Group Meeting is from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thurs., March 17 at Parc Provence (605 Coeur De Ville Drive in Creve Coeur).

RSVP is required. Call (314) 542-2500.

• • • The St. John’s Mercy Department of Fertility Care Services presents “Boys Into Men” from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sun., March 27 at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center (621 S. New Ballas Road in Creve Coeur). The father-son program focuses on growing up and the importance of communication between father and son. Boys ages 11 to 12 and their fathers are invited to attend the program, which will discuss changes in the body as boys enter puberty, modesty and values. The program costs $37 per family, which includes a light meal. Reservations are required. To register, call (314) 9910327.

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Certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Ehlert performs cosmetic surgery of the face and specializes in skin care, skin peels, and noninvasive facial rejuvenation.

“A misconception is that as a surgeon I’ll only recommend surgery, which is not true,” Dr. Ehlert said. “There are now many wonderful noninvasive options for appearance enhancement, treatment of sun damage and aging changes. Noninvasive procedures can be extremely effective and very economical. ” With the exception of light peels, Dr. Ehlert performs every procedure herself including Botox and Dysport injections, dermal fillers, Thermage and laser treatments. “It truly does matter that you go to someone who is experienced and knowledgeable,” Dr. Ehlert said. She employs only qualified registered nurses to assist her and says, “I cherish the ongoing relationships I form with patients. We’re aging gracefully – together!”

Dr. Norman Bein, FACS, RVT

Vein SpecialtieS 11456 Olive Boulevard • Creve Coeur, 1987 Hwy. A, Suite 200 • Washington 866.626.VEIN (8346) • www.Veinspecialtiesllc.com

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Vein Specialties can treat all aspects of venous disease, both medical and cosmetic, with a primary focus on vein treatments for the legs, face, hands and body.

With 35 years of general and vascular surgery experience, Dr. Norman Bein, FACS, RVT offers personalized evaluations and treatment plans, assisted by highly trained nurse sclerotherapists and a licensed aesthetician.

A board-certified surgeon by the American Board of Medical Specialties and a registered vascular technician, Dr. Bein also is a Fellow of the American College of Surgery and has performed thousands of varicose vein procedures.

“Although experienced, we continue to keep up to date in new procedures and equipment and enjoy the process of assisting patients to understand how best to treat them,” Dr. Bein said.

Anyone with varicose or spider veins associated with pain, aching, heaviness, cramping, restless leg or skin changes is encouraged to take advantage of a free varicose and spider vein screening. Vein Specialties is in network with all major insurance companies and strives to help each individual patient live a happier, healthier life.

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Dr. Traci Hahn

Contemporary Vision Center 971 Brittany Parkway Dr. • Manchester • 636.527.3937 • www.contemporaryvisioncenter.com Dr. Traci Hahn at the age of 10 months got her first pair of glasses. Her parents took her to several practitioners before one truly helped her.

“I knew growing up that I wanted to help others the same way I was helped to see,” Hahn said.

Dr. Hahn is a doctor of optometry with experience in many different types of practices. She and everyone at Contemporary Vision Center truly believe in putting their patients first by offering new technologies to take the headache out of the exam.

Contemporary Vision Center offers primary eye care services, such as glasses and contact lenses, as well as medicalbased eye services, such as disease diagnosis and management. With experienced opticians assisting in getting the best vision possible for each patient, customer service is the top priority with more than 40 years of combined experience.

They recommend that everyone have a yearly eye health examination to rule out disease and keep patients seeing their best.

“Vision has such an impact on quality of life, and I want to make that better for my patients,” Dr. Hahn said.

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Stephen G. Smith, M.D.

Midwest Pain Center 17300 N. Outer 40 Road, Suite 100 • Chesterfield 636.519.8889 www.midwestpaincenter.net Dr. Stephen G. Smith is an interventional pain specialist who focuses on back and neck pain. Pain services include chronic and acute cervical, thoracic and lumbar back pain, post-surgical pain, muscle and neuropathic pain. Chronic pain is pain that persists beyond the normal time of healing.

With 16 years of experience and knowledge, Dr. Smith is board certified in pain management by the American Board of Anesthesiology and the American Board of Pain Medicine. He continues to expand his knowledge and expertise by continuing education with promising new procedures and drug therapies for pain management.

One of these new procedures is platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections. This is a regenerative therapy used for injured tendons, ligaments, muscle and cartilage.

Dr. Smith has been practicing in Chesterfield for the past 9 years and has recently joined the staff at St. Luke’s Hospital. He is also on staff at Missouri Baptist and DePaul Hospitals. He is usually able to see patients within 72 hours of their call and in certain urgent circumstances can evaluate a patient the same day. He feels it is very important to get patients in quickly.

Dr. Smith works hard to get patients involved in their own healing process without necessarily focusing on pain medications.

Midwest Pain Center provides patients with a warm, comfortable environment where they can feel at ease. “We have an excellent staff, says Dr. Smith, and we strive to make our patient’s experience a positive one in our office.”

Thomas Wright, M.D., FACP, RVT

Dr. Wright 3449 Pheasant Meadow Dr. • Suite 100 • O’Fallon • www.LaserLipoAndVeins.com • 636-397-4012 Laser Vein Center, a medical practice that comprehensively treats all manifestations of vein disease from varicose veins to spider veins, enables patients to say goodbye to unsightly, unhealthy veins.

Utilizing advanced technology, owner Thomas Wright, M.D., F.A.C.P., R.V.T., begins the process with a thorough physical examination and utilizes a specialized ultrasound to assess problems accurately.

Varicose veins are treated with a 45-minute, minimally-invasive advanced endovenous laser procedure. Patients are up and around that day, resume normal activities within a day or two and suffer no scarring. The success rate is 93-98 percent.

Dr. Wright was one of the first 248 board certified specialists in phlebology, a specialty dealing will all aspects of vein disease. The Center is the only St. Louis area vein disease practice accepting and credentialed with all major commercial insurance plans and medicare.

“Symptoms such as leg swelling, tenderness, restlessness and fatigue are often caused by vein disease,” Dr. Wright said.

“Many people with these symptoms are unaware that they are part of circulation problems that can lead to serious medical issues.

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Peggy Petralia, D.O.

Doctors ExprEss 11648 Manchester Rd. • Des Peres • 314.821.1099 • www.doctorsexpress.com/desperes Peggy Petralia, D.O. treats patients and oversees the daily medical operations of Doctors Express and the medical staff of board-certified physicians, registered nurses and x-ray technicians.

Dr. Petralia is Board Certified in Family Practice and has 19 years of experience in emergency room medicine, working the last 15 years in St. Louis area hospitals. She completed her residency in Family Medicine through the University of South Texas. She also completed a one year Osteopathic rotating internship at Des Peres Hospital (formerly Deaconess) and the former Normandy Hospital in St. Louis. In addition to earning her medical degree from A.T. Still University, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Petralia earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Truman State University. She was inspired to earn her nursing degree prior to attending medical school because she felt it would enhance her skills as a physician. A native of Affton, Missouri, Dr. Petralia currently lives in Des Peres with her husband, Anthony, and their four sons. She loves working in Des Peres and providing topnotch medical care to the residents of her community.

Robert W. Boyle, DMD

Clarkson Dental Group 1748 Clarkson Road at Baxter • Dierbergs Market Place 636-537-0065 www.clarksondentalgroup.com From the moment you step into Clarkson Dental Group you will feel at ease. From the tranquil atmosphere of their reception area to the exam rooms “with a view” . . . the office is designed to provide you with state-of-the-art dental care in a relaxed and comfortable setting.

Clarkson Dental believes in treating you the way they would like to be treated—with kindness and respect. You will discover that the professional experience of the staff is surpassed only by their warmth and friendliness. The office is smaller by design, so that time can be taken to get to know you and give you the best care possible. You want a more personalized level of attention and a higher quality of care and that is Dr. Boyle’s highest priority for you.

Dr. Boyle and his staff will listen carefully to you and your goals and address your questions and concerns. You and Dr. Boyle will be provided with a detailed examination and explanation of your dental health. From there, Dr. Boyle and the patient discuss and create a custom plan for comfortable treatment that ensures your optimal dental health and well-being. You will feel very confident knowing that you look great and feel great.

Dr. Robert Boyle has been voted a “Top Doc in St. Louis” by other St. Louis dentists and dental specialists multiple times. He was also voted the “Best Dentist in West County” by his patients.

To learn more, please visit their Web site at www.clarksondentalgroup.com. To make an appointment, please call 636-537-0065.

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Dr. Mojdeh Zahedi

Barnes West Primary Care 1020 North Mason Rd. Suite 205 • St. Louis 314.36.BJCMG (25264) • www.bjcmedicalgroup.com Dr. Mojdeh Zahedi, of Barnes West Primary Care, became a doctor because she has a strong passion for working with people and truly enjoys the science of medicine.

“The happiness in saving the lives of other people is just amazing,” Dr. Zahedi said. “I love connecting with my patients and doing whatever I can do to help anyone in need.” Board certified in family medicine, Dr. Zahedi completed her residency at Baylor Family Medicine at Garland Texas and earned her Geriatrics in Medicine from a fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis.

“I chose family medicine because I believe it encompasses the body as a whole,” Dr. Zahedi said. Barnes-West Primary Care offers comprehensive, complete physical exams, sports and school exams, health maintenance, diabetes and hypertension management, small, non-invasive office procedures, well woman and preventative medicine and vaccinations and treats acute and chronic diseases.

“I take my profession seriously and make sure to always do a thorough examination of every patient so that no silent illnesses or problems go unnoticed,” Dr. Zahedi said. Barnes-West Primary Care offers convenient hours, same-day appointments and treats the entire family, ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics.

“I love all my patients and my profession, and I give my utmost attention to each patient, regardless of age, gender, race of social background,” Dr. Zahedi said. “I believe that preventative medicine is highly essential to an individual’s well being.” She said she encourages her patients to make healthy decisions and to consistently monitor their health.

“I believe regular check-ups are extremely important to maintain,” Dr. Zahedi said. “I honor my patients, respect their privacy and appreciate their trust in my expertise.”

Amy Miller, M.D.

St. LouiS Skin SoLutionS 13100 Manchester Road, Suite 250 • Des Peres • 314.543.4015 • www.stlouisskin.com St. Louis Skin Solutions has been in business since 2004, helping people obtain healthy, beautiful skin.

A wide variety of treatments are available for both men and women, with services including Botox/ Dysport, dermal fillers, SmoothShapes for cellulite, tattoo removal, laser hair removal, facials, chemical peels, laser peels, along with treatments for Rosacea, Melasma, sun damage, acne, leg veins, fine lines and wrinkles.

Dr. Amy Miller, board-certified physician, also offers her patients Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT), which can improve the skin in addition to improving muscle tone, bone density, mental clarity, and libido, along with helping to reduce fatigue. Many patients have found BHRT to help bring back their quality of life.

St. Louis Skin Solutions provides only the highest quality products to help patients maintain healthy skin, including SkinMedica, Clarisonic, Obagi, Latisse, and Jane Iredale. The girls at St. Louis Skin Solutions are readily available to help patients find the perfect skin care that meets their specific needs.

St. Louis Skin Solutions also hosts special events to educate the community and provide solutions for healthy, beautiful skin.

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Kit Whittington, R.N., B.S.N., Founder

SeniorS Home Care West County 636.225.2600 • Mid County 314.962.2666 • Clayton/Ladue 314.863.2667 “Seniors Home Care allows individuals who want the benefits of assisted living, but do not want to move out of their home, to stay in the comfort of their home and maintain their independence,” says Kit Whittington, R.N., who founded SHC to provide a support system for older adults. SHC services reassure those struggling to raise children and also provide supportive care to elderly parents. Companionship, medication reminders, transportation, shopping, light housekeeping, cooking and personal care among the many offerings. To determine an individuals needs, a SHC registered nurse conducts a detailed, complimentary assessment and creates a checklist itemizing the client’s needs. Care is provided by screened, bonded and insured SHC employees who have completed a professional training program designed by Kit. SHC services range from a 30-minute Quick Visit to 24-hour care seven days a week. Services are offered also to those in nursing homes, hospitals, or recovering from illness.

“My goal is for older adults to be able to live with dignity,” Kit says. “Seniors Home Care provides individuals just that, through the kindness and respect we show them.” SHC has a Better Business Bureau A+ rating and is a winner of the Better Business Torch Award.

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Dr. Kevin F. Postol, D.D.S.

Family & CostmetiC Dentistry snoring & sleep apnea treatment Center 15208 Manchester Rd. • Ballwin 636.394.6044 www.bestballwindentist.com Family and Cosmetic Dentistry recently opened its brand new, state-of-the-art, “green” facility, specifically designed with the patient’s comfort in mind. All x-rays are digital with up-to-date laser technology. Further steps have been taken to decrease environmental impact, such as motion sensor lights, solar tubes to increase natural light, and a vacuum system converted to a dry vac, which reduces water usage by thousands of gallons. Improvements were made to the building with cutting-edge insulation and a white reflective roof to decrease energy usage as well.

“I had the unique opportunity with the new facility to decrease my environmental impact as well to accommodate all of my patients, including my snoring and sleep apnea patients,” said Dr. Kevin F. Postol, DDS, of Family and Cosmetic Dentistry. “No one should have to live with snoring that makes you tired during the day, or gives you morning headaches or fatigue.”

Having been in business for more than 20 years, Dr. Postol strives to help his patients and maintain a relationship with them.

“People see their dentist more often than their doctor, allowing me an opportunity to see them when they are well and potentially noticing health concerns through an exam in the early stages,” Dr. Postol said The patient, friendly dental team at Family and Cosmetic Dentistry strives to provide patients with the highest quality of patient care. Amenities include a luxurious waiting room with a children’s area, hospitality center and a ceiling TV, movies and radio.

“Dentistry absolutely should not be anything less than a relaxed, pleasant experience,” Dr. Postol said. “We just opened our new facility to offer the best of technology, but we remain the same dedicated team of professionals. By revamping the building, we’re contributing more to the neighborhood that has supported us for the last 20 years.”

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Joseph A. Muccini, M.D.

MidAMericA Skin HeAltH & VitAlity center 222 S.Woods Mill Rd. Suite 475N • Chesterfield • 314.878.0600 • www.midamericaskin.com MidAmerica Skin Health & Vitality Center, based at St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, is a state-of-the-art medical and surgical dermatology practice that also offers a wide array of aesthetic and cosmetic services.

“I chose dermatology because it offers a broad range of challenges and opportunities to help patients,” said Dr. Joseph Muccini, who is a Board Certified dermatologist with more than 20 years of experience. Dr. Muccini graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University, received his medical degree from Columbia University and then returned to Harvard for postgraduate medical training including a General Surgery internship, and Dermatology fellowship and residency.

“We have embraced technology and innovation to create a ‘patients first’ environment, greatly increasing the overall quality and comfort of patient encounters,” Dr. Muccini said. “We dedicate the time and energy required to understand and treat each patient’s condition.”

Dr. Muccini is a member of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS), the Missouri Dermatological Society, and the American Medical Association (AMA). He also is a member of the St. Louis Dermatological Society and serves as the organization’s president.

Dr. John F. Wiedner • Michele Ussery, ANP

WildWood internal Medicine 16759 Main Street, Suite 203 • Wildwood • 636.458.4800 • www.wildwoodim.net At Wildwood Internal Medicine, patients know they can count on a family-friendly atmosphere and excellent staff who listens and truly cares about each individual. Specializing in general internal medicine, geriatric care and nursing home care, Wildwood Internal Medicine serves – from head to toe – everyone from ages 13 and older. Also offered are in-office dermatological and cardiovascular services.

Dr. John F. Wiedner after completing his residency in 1989 at St. John’s Mercy opened his first office in 1992 in Grover, Mo. and in 2009 relocated to Wildwood.

New to the practice is board-certified adult nurse practitioner Michele Ussery, recently joined Wildwood Internal Medicine. “As a Nurse Practitioner, I felt that I could do more for patients,” Ussery said. “In my ICU experience, I found that some of the admissions could be prevented, with better follow-up care and management. I’m easy going, I love to teach, and patients can ask me anything.”

Wildwood Internal Medicine prides itself on following the values and morals of Christianity and every day implements its positive ideals and thoughts into its careful and trustworthy practice.

Dr. Jason & Jennifer Rhodes

RestoRe HealtH CenteR 2303 McKelvey Road • Maryland Heights • 314.878.9355 • www.restorehealthcenter.com Restore Health Center is a new innovative weight-loss clinic focused on naturally balancing the body’s hormones with the use of pharmaceutical grade supplementation, dietary changes and lifestyle coaching. Through the use of advanced clinical laboratory testing, each weight-loss program is individualized for the patient.

Drs. Jason Rhodes and Jennifer Rhodes, who are chiropractic physicians, earned their post-graduate certifications in functional endocrinology and nutrition and work one-on-one with each patient to achieve their health and weightloss goals.

“Our programs break through the many obstacles of losing weight, such as hormone imbalances, emotional eating and today’s quick-pace lifestyle,” Dr. Jason said.

“We get to the root cause of the individual’s weight loss issues,” Dr. Jennifer said. “And we take the time to educate our patients for continued success.”

Restore Health Center is for people who have had little to no success on other diets, thyroid dysfunction, prediabetes, Type II diabetes or chronic fatigue. Its 12-week program is there to help. To find out more information about programs and upcoming informational seminars, (314) 878-WELL(9355).

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rivers burn, and then run backwards 200 years after the great New Madrid earthquake, are we any more prepared?

A major earthquake that struck the southern Missouri town of New Madrid on December 16, 1811, was so strong it caused the Mississippi River to temporarily change direction and church bells to ring in Boston and Washington, D.C. It was followed by major aftershocks the following January and February.

As the bicentennial of that historic event is observed this year, a contingent of state and federal agencies are hitting the road around the region to spread the word about how people can prepare for the next major earthquake that could potentially strike the area. Representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Central U. S. Earthquake Consortium, the Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS), and other organizations recently visited Shrewsbury to deliver a vital message to area residents: The St. Louis metropolitan area is overdue for a major earthquake.

In fact, officials said St. Louis is in double danger of experiencing a major earthquake, because it is between two faults – the New Madrid and the Wabash Valley seismic zone in Illinois.

Predicting the damage Bryan Blake, of the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium, said tsunamis in Asia and last year’s earthquake in Haiti demonstrated the devastating impact of such an event. He said earthquakes have killed more people worldwide than all other types of natural disasters combined.

Blake’s group, headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., works with the state emergency coordinators of the eight Midwestern and southern states most likely to be affected by an event like the New Madrid earthquake.

According to Blake, because of the soil in the Midwest, an earthquake in the area would tend to be longer in duration than similar earthquakes in most areas of the world.

Blake then revealed the grim results of a FEMA computer simulation that estimated that if the same type of 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit New Madrid 200 years ago occurred in the area today, it would cause $300 billion worth of damage. An estimated 3,500 people would die, 85,000 would be injured, 2.6 million households would be damaged, and residents of those households would be seeking alternate shelter. Roughly 1.1 million people would be without drinking water. An estimated 25 percent of businesses would be damaged and have to close permanently.

Blake said also that a repeat of the 1811 earthquake would cause major damage to local roads and bridges and cell phone communications could be disrupted. Another concern is that Missouri has no uniform mandatory statewide earthquake building codes, although most local jurisdictions have adopted their own.

Ameren UE spokesman Mike Cleary told West Newsmagazine that a severe earthquake would cause disruptions to some basic power services. He said power lines and other company infrastructure would be

vulnerable to such conditions but added that Ameren has a contingency plan that could quickly be implemented in such an emergency.

Cleary said Ameren’s nuclear power plant in Callaway County was not on the New Madrid fault, so he guessed any damage to it would be minimal. He said the plant was built to withstand earthquakes and tornadoes but admitted that such claims are somewhat difficult to test.

An insurance crisis A major earthquake in St. Louis would have wide ranging implications also for the local insurance industry. In Missouri, fewer than 35 percent of homeowners currently have earthquake insurance.

Larry Case, executive vice president of the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents, said at the seminar that there is a crisis regarding earthquake insurance and the root cause of the crisis was scientist Iben Browning’s famously false prediction that there would be a major earthquake in the area on Dec. 3, 1990. When that prediction was made and local homeowners panicked, Case said, insurance companies declared a moratorium on making earthquake insurance part of the standard home insurance package, and new customers had to ask for it specifically. Companies also either steadily raised the price of comprehensive earthquake insurance or dropped it as an option altogether. Before 1990, earthquake insurance was available in St. Louis with a 2 percent deductible; the deductible currently is at 15 percent, he said.

With those rates and insurance conditions, Case said, homeowners would have to pay out of pocket for the first $30,000 of structural damage and the first $15,000 of interior content damage.

He said that since the odds of a 6.0 earthquake striking the area are much higher than the odds of a bigger earthquake, home damages would be likely to total less than those amounts. That should cause property owners to wonder about the value of having earthquake insurance at all, he said.

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During a crisis Blake, of the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium, said that during an earthquake itself, there are three simple steps to survival: drop, cover and hold. He said the oft-repeated statements that doorways or hallways were the safest place to be during an earthquake were mere myths. Instead, Blake recommended getting under a desk, table or some other steady structure that would protect the head and neck from falling objects.

Blake said people who are outside when an earthquake hits should remain outside, and those who are inside should stay inside.

Trying to move around during the height of an earthquake is very difficult and not recommended, he said.

If an earthquake strikes when people are asleep, Blake said, they should remain in bed and use their hands to protect the head and neck until the shaking stops. He advised against hiding somewhere, such as a closet, where there are many things that can fall and cause injury. He said it was important to have no non-reinforced items hanging or shelved near a bed, as they could fall and hurt someone during an earthquake.

Spend $1, save $4 Claudette Fetterman, FEMA’s senior program manager, said people should address earthquake risks before a quake strikes.

According to Fetterman, for every $1 spent on disaster mitigation, $4 is ultimately saved in disaster relief. She presented three steps for preparedness: identifying risks, making a plan and taking action.

Among Fetterman’s specific suggestions

were bracing and securing shelves and ceiling fans, and removing, relocating or securing anything that could fall on someone or block an exit. To protect the interior of a building, particularly those built before municipalities started enforcing earthquake codes, Fetterman recommended anchoring the structure to its foundation by strapping the first floor to the second and strapping them to the foundation – an expensive and difficult project, but easier than cleaning up damage.

Fetterman demonstrated that using common hardware store items such as screw eyes, steel wire and cabinet latches, major household items like TVs, heaters and kitchen cabinets could be secured and earthquake-proofed for less than $56.

According to Missouri Department of Natural Resources geologist David Gaunt, experts have estimated that in the next 10 years, there is a 40 percent probability of a 6.0 earthquake occurring in this area and a 7-10 percent probability of a 7.0 earthquake occurring here.

With that in mind and with the observance of the 200th anniversary of one of the biggest earthquakes in American history, the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium is sponsoring the National Shakeout earthquake drill at 10:15 a.m. on April 28. The goal of the event is to attract millions of participants and to shift the culture toward awareness of earthquake preparedness.

“What we do before an earthquake will determine what our lives are like after,” Blake said.

More information on the Shakeout can be found at shakeout.org/centralus.

For specific information on preparing for a quake, visit disastersafety.org.

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Weekends Only Furniture on Feb. 11 celebrated the opening of its new West County store with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

Sen. Claire McCaskill was in attendance to address guests and cut the ribbon.

The store is located at 14205 Manchester Road in Manchester.

Pictured (from left) are Weekends Only Co-owner and Chief Sustainability Officer David Phillips, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, Manchester Mayor David Willson, Weekends Only Director of Human Resources John Wennemann, Sen. Claire McCaskill, Weekends Only COO Dionne Dumitru, and Weekends Only Co-owner and CEO Tom Phillips.

• • • The West County Chamber of Commerce Trivia Night is at 6:30 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 26 at Dave Mungenast St. Louis Acura in Manchester. A silent auction begins at 5:30 p.m. For details and to register, call 2309900 or visit westcountychamber.com.

• • • The West County Chamber of Commerce holds a First Friday Coffee Club from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Fri., March 4 at Lifetime Fitness (3058 Clarkson Road). To register, call 230-9900 or visit westcountychamber.com by March 2.

• • • The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce 20th annual Business EXPO and Show-

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More than 80 businesses and organizations showcase their products and services. For details, call Stella at 532-3399 or visit chesterfieldmochamber.com.

• • • “All You Need to Know to Land a Job,” an informational, four-part seminar, is from 9 a.m. to noon on Tues., March 15, Thurs., March 17, Tues., March 22 and Thurs., March 24 in the third floor ministry center at St. John Lutheran Church (15800 Manchester Road in Ellisville). Contact Linda at 779-2309 or visit stjstl.net for details.

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On the bookshelf: ‘The Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life’

By BRIAN MCDOWELL Glenn Beck’s mother committed suicide when he was 13 years old. Beck went on to have depression issues, thought about killing himself, became a severe alcoholic and drug user and an FM radio “shock jock.”

With the assistance of his second wife, he cleaned up his life, became Mormon, started using his radio platform to talk about his personal and political beliefs and became one of the most admired and most controversial figures in America.

Beck’s fascinating life story, and the principles that he believes allowed him to achieve success, are documented in “The Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life,” his newly published book coauthored by Dr. Keith Ablow, a psychiatrist and former talk show host.

Ablow and Beck met when the doctor was a guest on Beck’s talk show, back when it was on CNN. “The first time we met, it was very synergistic, and we’re very compatible,” Ablow said. “It was meant to be that we write this book together.”

Ablow said Beck used the same principles to remake his life that the long-time

psychiatrist suggests that his clients use.

“That is really what the book is about,” Ablow said.

The “seven wonders” are principles the authors single out as life’s key principles: courage, faith, truth, compassion, friendship, family and common sense.

Ablow and Beck wrote alternating chapters. Beck’s are mostly autobiographical, describing how he used the seven principles to improve his life. Ablow wrote an overview of each principle, incorporating historical and literary examples and anecdotes from his psychiatric practice.

Ablow said he and Beck sat in the same room for many hours working on the book, batting around ideas. Then, he and Beck wrote their pieces and traded with one another.

Ablow said the process was like alchemy.

He credited Beck with teaching a kind of spirituality that he has used in his practice.

“He is one of the people most forthcoming with his own suffering, and most able to share his experiences,” Ablow said. “I don’t think I could have found another co-author that would have the life story he does, because the book isn’t just about

overcoming tragedy, but it’s about finding the next level of success.”

Theorizing on reasons for Beck’s success, Albow said, “He can use the media well. He has a clear focus, real heart, and he’s gifted intellectually. There are no accidents out there.

Millions of people wouldn’t tune into his show or go to Washington, D.C., to attend his march if he didn’t have something of value to tell them.

“Glenn Beck has, to a greater extent than anyone I’ve ever met, the ability to make you do a personal inventory.

I always want to tell him what I really think and not spin it in any way. He conveys such a sense that he is trying to do that, too. Disagreement is fine with him. … But dishonesty is not. He has a very unusual effect on people.”

Ablow said if people could pick up “The Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life” and channel its message into their lives, that would be his ideal.

He said that there had been a bit of a backlash against him for working with the controversial Beck. He said he had received e-mails in which people told him

that they would never read another word he has written. A writer from Boston told him he would probably never sell another book in all of Massachusetts.

But the criticism does not bother Ablow.

“I just do the right thing and let the chips fall where they may,” he said.

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BENEFITS Bob Costas Benefit featuring Faith Hill and Conan O’Brien, April 2, The Fox Theatre

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Royal Comedy Tour, Feb. 25, Chaifetz Arena Bob Saget, March 19, Lumiere Place Arianna String Quartet’s “Imagination and Imagery,” through Feb. 23, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center St. Louis Jazz Orchestra, Feb. 24, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center Miranda Lambert, Feb. 24, Chaifetz Arena Tchaikovsky 6, Feb. 25-27, Powell Symphony Hall KEM with Musiq Soulchild and Ledisi, March 5, The Fox Theatre Carnegie Hall Concert, March 5, Powell Symphony Hall Merle Haggard & Kris Kristofferson, March 9, The Fox Theatre Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2, March 11-13, Powell Symphony Hall Salt-n-Pepa, March 12, Chaifetz Arena Zarathustra, March 18-19, Powell SymComedian and former sitcom star Bob Saget performs on March 19 at Lumiere Place.

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Com mu n it y Event s BENEFITS The Downtown St. Louis Idiotarod is at noon (check in at 11 a.m.) on Fri., Feb. 25 and Sat., Feb. 26 at the Old Post Office Plaza. The event mimics the Alaskan Iditarod, except instead of dogs and a sled, people race with a shopping cart down Washington Avenue, performing challenges. Proceeds benefit Operation Food Search. Visit downtownstl.org/idiotarod.

• • • Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis hosts Jump & Jive for 25 from 6:25 p.m. to 8:25 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 25 at Jive & Wail (1227 Washington Ave.). Dueling pianos provide entertainment. Tickets are $25 or $50 and sales benefit the nonprofit’s efforts to eliminate substandard housing in the area. Tickets are available at habitatstl.org/ jive25 or by sending a check payable to Habitat for Humanity Saint Louis to 3763 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108.

Call (314) 371-0400.

• • • The Saint Louis Ballet School Trivia Night is at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) on Fri., Feb. 25 at St. John Lutheran Church in Ellisville. Admission is $25 per individual/$175 per table. A best-decorated table contest and silent auction also are featured. Beer and wine are provided; soda and water are available for purchase. Proceeds benefit the Saint Louis Ballet School

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• • • “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer” is at 7:30 p.m. on Fri., Feb. 25 and Sat., Feb. 26 at Emerson Unitarian Universalist Chapel (73 Strecker Road in Ellisville). A groundreaking collection of monologues is delivered to benefit Lydia’s House. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for those 62 and older and for students.

Call (314) 749-7033.

• • • The “Go Wild at Mardi Gras Trivia Night” is at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) on Sat., Feb. 26 at Congregation Shaare Emeth (11645 Ladue Road in Creve Coeur). Music, cash prizes, prizes for best Mardi Gras mask and best decorated table, a raffle and silent auction are featured.

Admission is $175 for a table of eight with proceeds benefiting the Wildlife Rescue Center. To register, call 394-1880 or visit mowildlife.org.

• • • The Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary of Holy Infant Church in Ballwin presents a JEST mysteries production of “Muuurder in Maaaaberry” at 7 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 26 in the upper cafeteria. Cost is $20 per person and includes dinner and dessert. Proceeds benefit charities. For reservations, call Rita at 391-9264.

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• • • Grace Place Lutheran Wellness Ministries hosts Soup for the Soul from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sun., Feb. 27 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Des Peres. The unique culinary event features about 20 soups, chowders and chili from area restaurants.

Tickets are $15 for adults (13 and older), $5 for children 5-12 and free for younger kids. Call Charlotte Bohlmann at (314) 368-7100.

• • • The 13th annual Taste of West County is from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Mon., Feb. 28 at Lafayette High School. Guests sample food from more than 30 restaurants and may purchase a “Taste of Lafayette” cookbook for $15. Tickets are $12 per person or $40 for a family of four with additional family members admitted for $10; children younger than age 5 are admitted for free.

All proceeds benefit the Lafayette High Class of 2012. For tickets, call Karen at 458-3731 or 273-5709.

• • • The Got Heart Trivia Night, hosted by the Gateway Chapter of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association, is at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) on Sat., March 5 at SSM St. Clare Hospital (1015 Bowles Ave. in Fenton). Tickets are $15 per person or $150 for a table of 10. Grand prize and attendance prizes are featured as well as an opportunity to win a CPR/AED training session. Proceeds benefit CPR/AED education and AED placement in the area. Call Ruth at 391-1408.

• • • “Party with the Stars” Trivia Night is at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) on Sat., March 5 at Bethel United Methodist Church (17500 Manchester Road in Wildwood). Guests come dressed as their favorite movie stars and prizes are awarded for best costumes. Admission is $20 per person/$160 per table of eight. To register, call 458-2255 or visit bethelunitedmethodist.org.

• • • “Falling in Love…in Five Courses,” a gala hosted by the St. Louis Community College Foundation, is at 6:30 p.m. (dinner is at 7:45 p.m.) on Sat., Mar. 12 at the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis (999 N. Second Street). Richard Sandoval, considered father of modern Mexican cuisine, hosts a VIP tequila tasting at 5:30 p.m. Individual tickets are $295, individual patron tickets are $500 and tables of eight start at $2,950.

Contact Deborah Godwin at (314) 5395216 or e-mail dgodwin@stlcc.edu.

• • • Ballwin Historical Commission hosts a used book and bake sale from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thurs., March 24, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fri., March 25, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sat., March 26 at The Pointe at Ballwin Commons. A pre-sale on Thursday requires $5 admission. Proceeds benefit the renovation of Ballwin’s original schoolhouse. Used books are accepted beginning March 23. For details, visit ballwin.mo.us.

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NEWSMAGAZINENETWORK.COM “Tacky Ball” with the theme “The Dogfather: A Gala You Can’t Refuse” from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Sat., March 26 at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront (315 Chestnut St.). Dinner, live and silent auctions and dancing with the Dr. Zhivegas band are included. Proceeds benefit Support Dogs, Inc., which provides assistance dogs to individuals with disabilities.

Tickets are $85 per person or $1,500 for a 10-person table. To reserve a seat, call (314) 997-2325 or visit supportdogs.org.

• • • Project Graduation, an indoor rummage sale, is from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat., April 9 at Parkway Central High School (369 N. Woods Mill Road). Items for sale include household items, books, toys, baby items, clothing, furniture and sports equipment. Cash only is accepted.

Visit pchprojectgraduation.org or call (314) 542-9882.

FAMILY AND KIDS The Greater St. Louis Puppet Guild, the Regional Arts Commission and the Faust Park Foundation sponsor puppet shows at 10 a.m. (doors open at 9:30 a.m.) on Fridays through March 25 at the St. Louis Carousel at Faust Park. Tickets are $5 in advance or $6 on the day of the performance and include a carousel ride. Children younger than 12 months are admitted free. Call (314) 615-8383.

• • • A spaghetti dinner is from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 26 at Ivy Chapel United Church of Christ (620 N. Woods Mill Road in Chesterfield). Meals are eat-in or carryout. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children younger than 12. Call (314) 4344991 or visit ivychapel.org.

• • • March Morpho Mania is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Tues., Mar. 1 through Thurs., Mar. 31 (closed on Mondays) at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House (15193 Olive Blvd. in Chesterfield). Up to 3,000 bright blue morpho butterflies with 8-inch wingspans are in free flight. Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for children ages 3 to 12 and free for younger children. Visit butterflyhouse. org or call 530-0076.

• • • The Eureka Parks and Recreation Department hosts a Mother-Son Prom with the theme “It’s a Jungle Out There!” from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Fri., March 4 at the Community Center. Crafts, music, snacks, dancing and prizes are included. The event is geared for ages 2-13. Admission is $18 for a mother and one son and $2 for additional sons. To register, call 938-6775.

• • • Friday Night Live for middle school students, ages 11 to 14, is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays, March 11 and April 8, at

The Lodge Des Peres. The event is $5 and includes activities, games, fitness classes and more. For details, visit thelodgedesperes.com.

• • • A family overnight is from 6:30 p.m. on Fri, Mar. 11 until 10:30 a.m. on Sat., Mar. 12 at the Dana Brown Overnight Center at the Shaw Nature Reserve. Participants can enjoy hikes, a craft and hands-on educational activities. Breakfast is provided. The event is geared toward ages 4 to 13 with an adult; registration is required. The cost is $60. Call (314) 577-5140 or visit mobot. org/classes.

LIVE PERFORMANCES STAGES St. Louis presents “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” in conjunction with the Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments at 7 p.m. on Sat., Feb. 26 at Maryville University Campus. The musical comedy includes children who are sighted and those who are visually impaired. Admission is free and made possible by contributions from the Valerie Marvin Walch Fund and E. Reuben and Gladys Flora Charitable Trust. For details, visit stagesstlouis.com.

• • • The Town & Country Symphony Orchestra performs at 2:30 p.m. on Sun., March 13 at Ladue High School. Admission is free. Visit tcso.org.

SPECIAL INTEREST The National Active and Retired Federal Employees, Chapter 2070, features guest speaker Matt Lincoln, coordinator of training at the St. Louis County Library, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Thurs., March 3 at the HomeTown Buffet (1282 Old Orchard Center in Manchester). The discussion concerns services available through the library system. For information, call Corne Huelsebusch at 391-5781.

• • • “Getting Up, Stepping Over, Moving On,” a divorce survival seminar, is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sat., March 5 at Living Word Church (17315 Manchester Road in Wildwood). Three breakout sessions are presented by area attorneys, accountants, therapists, counselors, police officers and life coaches. Admission is $15 and childcare is offered for $5 per child. Call Wendy Sain at 821-2800 or register at livingwordumc.org.

• • • Cole Gibsen, author of “How a Young Author Wrote an Urban Fantasy Novel and Got an Agent and a Two-Book Deal,” will speak as part of the River Valley Authors Series from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wed., March 9 at Chesterfield Arts (444 Chesterfield Center). Call 519-1955 or visit chesterfieldarts.org.

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By SUZANNE CORBETT Christine Zerjav and her friend Stella Flowers love to cook, but until discovering Dream Dinners, they never expected to open a food business.

“I discovered Dream Dinners while watching the Food Network,” said Zerjav, who explained that Dream Dinners offers people the opportunity to assemble meals for themselves or purchase pre-assembled meals to take home, freeze and prepare when needed. “I called Stella and asked what she thought of the idea, and we decided to go to Kansas City for an orientation. We loved it and decided to give it a try.”

That was almost four years ago, and since opening Dream Dinners, their operation has grown a loyal customer base.

“Besides convenience, Dream Dinners saves time and money because you don’t have any wasted ingredients,” Flowers said. “You only use what you need for the recipe, so that reduces the cost of the meal. And the meals you assemble here use ingredients that are restaurant quality – even the meats and seafood are the quality you’ll only find in restaurants.”

Dream Dinners 1620 Clarkson Road • Chesterfield (636) 532-3335 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. (open assembly sessions 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.) on Tues.; 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., Wed. – Thurs.; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fri.; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat. Session times vary. Call ahead to book space.

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Customers have two options: book a session to assemble meals from the list of monthly recipes, or shop from the freezer of ready-to-cook, grab-and-go meals that come with complete cooking instructions.

“The concept is simple,” Zerjav said. “During your session, you make a month’s worth of meals and store them in the freezer to cook when it’s convenient for you and your family.”

Each recipe makes 2-3 or 4-6 servings. All ingredients are chopped and ready to assemble at a work area, so customers just follow a colorcoded recipe card, fill each ingredient bag, and seal and combine those bags into one big bag for freezing.

Meal choices change monthly and include Christine Zerjav (left) and Stella Flowers, co-owners of Dream Dinners. guest chef recipes, such as this month’s Bob Greene’s Mediterranean Salmon. Other meal degree of flexibility with the recipe,” Flowers said. “For choices for February include Chinese Chicken Peanut example, if you like things a little extra spicy, you can add Stir-Fry, Pub-Style Chicken with Mashed Potatoes, Thai it, or if you’re on a salt-restricted diet – leave it out. Our Ginger Steaks with Sesame Sauce – and more. There are dinners are also an excellent way to help those struggling up to 17 entrees offered each month, plus sides and des- with portion control.” serts.

Dream Dinners requires no membership fee; custom“During the holidays, we had people come in and assem- ers simply stop in and shop the freezer case or check out ble large pans of green bean casseroles and bread dress- monthly menus and book a session. A session time is based ing,” said Zerjav, noting that larger assembled items are on assembling 12 meals, with additional time required for available for dinner parties. assembling more. Returning customers enjoy a discount Each recipe has a complete nutritional readout, which is off their next session if booked for the following month. perfect for those counting calories or with special dietary “It’s a way we can pass on extra savings to our customers needs. while providing the convenience and the variety custom“Being able to assemble your own ingredients allows a ers want, ” Flowers said.

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“We’ve always said ‘you get more with McKelvey,’ and this anniversary sale proves it more than ever!” says McKelvey Homes President Jim Brennan. “In honor of our long tradition of fine homebuilding, we’re not only giving 100% off options up to $20,000, but also an additional 13% rebate on every to-be-built home. For ex-

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Brennan adds, “Even bigger savings are reflected in the price of our designer market homes, so you can save even more during our promotion.”

“We know buyers like to personalize their homes with everything from a fabulous finished lower level to gourmet stainless steel appliances, an indoor/outdoor living area, dramatic coffered ceilings, or gleaming hardwood floors. Now is your chance to do this absolutely free up to $20,000, plus get a rebate on your home!” he points out.

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Visitors to McKelvey Home communities are always impressed by the distinguished home designs and the attractive streetscapes. Best yet, all of McKelvey’s neighborhoods have brand-new display homes filled with the features buyers want most. In addition, every community has designer market homes ready or near-ready for families who need to move in now.

“At McKelvey Homes, we pride ourselves not only in our long, solid history, but also in the fine craftsmanship we put into every home we build. Perhaps most important is our total dedication to customer satisfaction, before, during and after the sale,” according to Brennan.

Whether you are looking for a spacious 1 ½ or 2-story for your growing family, a low-maintenance villa, or a well-designed

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105 Royal Gate Dr. - Creve Coeur - $435,000 Pristine Ranch on almost an acre! Custom touches, large circular driveway and finished LL. Updated baths and kitchen!

M 214 FOX CHAPEL CLARKSON VALLEY Wonderful 1.5 story, updated to perfecion. 5BR, 3 F/2H ba.

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12933 Autumn Fields Ct - Creve Coeur - $215,000 1282 White Rd. - Chesterfield- $255,000 Luxuriously updated condo in Field Pointe! Spacious 2-story with circular driveway in Wood flrs, new carpet, 2 fireplaces, finished Conway Forest! Updated kitchen, windows, L.L., granite counters/stainless appliances! roof & deck new in ‘09, huge bedrooms

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305 Remington Way Dr. - Ballwin - $435,000 Pristine “like new” one owner 2sty in Remington Place! First class upgrades, huge mstr ste, bonus rm. Over 3600 sqft!

712 Woodside Trails Dr. - Ballwin - $133,000 Large condo in great community of Woodside Trails! Must see this kitchen. Large beds and baths.

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8 CONWAY SPRINGS DR CHESTERFIELD Classic, all-brick 2-story, 4BR/2.5ba, over 1 acre - level, perfect for pool! All newer paint. $375,000

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684 Rustic Valley Dr - Ballwin - $150,00 Large Ranch with tons of potential! 1 owner home in great condition, finished lower level, great location.

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1259 Robinview Ct. – Creve Coeur - $305,000 Fabulous 2-sty on cul-de-sac! Large rear deck, FP, updated kitchen, great neighborhood.

16259 Bent Tree Dr. - Chesterfield - $249,900 Charming 2-sty with inground pool and hot tub! Large updated kitchen and finished lower level. Must see!

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14737 LADUE BLUFFS CROSSING DR CHESTERFIELD 7 yr young Villa! Open flr plan! 2BR plus den, 3 full baths. Approx 2250 sq ft of living space. $269,900

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15925 COUNTRY RIDGE DR CHESTERFIELD 4BR, 2.5ba 2sty home, updated kitchen w/center island and breakfast area, formal DR/LR. $255,000

374 OAK PARK VILLAGE DR WILDWOOD Beautiful ranch on cul-de-sac.

Remodeled kitchen w/42cabinets, granite & ceramic tile flrs. $219,900

825 WOODSIDE TRAILS DR BALLWIN Great ranch villa with 3BR and 3 full baths. Great rm w/FP. Updated eat-in kitchen, mn flr laundry. $189,900

214 COUNTRY CREEK CT (BALLWIN) Wonderful 1.5sty, master ste w/his/her walk in closets, updated kitch. $264,900 704 AUBER DR (BALLWIN) Well cared for 3BR ranch, level fenced yard. Updated bths. Wd flrs on most of main. $159,900 161 CUMBERLAND PK CT #G (BALLWIN) Absolutely stunning 3BR, 2ba condo in West Co! Completely updated! $105,000 711 LOFTY POINT (BALLWIN) Spacious Treetop condo with newer deck overlooking trees. Large master suite. $104,700 1418 WINDGATE WAY LN (CHESTERFIELD) Custom 1.5 sty, gorgeous 1.6 acre lot, inground pool. $1,175,000 2308 WELLINGTON EST DR (CHESTERFIELD) Beautifully appointed 2 sty.

Fabulous kitchen w/wood flrs. $525,000 16523 BAXTER FOREST RIDGE DR (CHESTERFIELD) Pristine 2 sty in prime location, great rm w/FP. $419,900 14024 WOODS MILL COVER DR (CHESTERFIELD) Beautifully appointed villa, neutral decor, fabulous kitchen. $379,900 234 PORTICO (CHESTERFIELD) Extensively renovated open floor plan ranch.

Kitchen w/granite countertops. $319,900 2156 FEDERAL WAY (CHESTERFIELD) Lovely 2 sty, large living rm, gracious dining rm, great rm with fireplace. $275,000 14931 RUTLAND CIRCLE (CHESTERFIELD) WOW! 3BR, 2ba, updated kitchn w/newer cabs, stainless appls. $229,900 1574 WALPOLE DR (CHESTERFIELD) Vacation at home! Your own private pool , sauna, 2 wb FP, sun porch. $209,900 15474 COUNTRY MILL CT (CHESTERFIELD) Lovely 3BR/2.5ba ranch.Wonderful level lot, vaulted foyer. $199,500 14308 CONWAY MEADOWS CT #303 (CHESTERFIELD) Wonderful open floorplan ranch condo! 2BR, 2ba. $179,500 208 FOX CHAPEL LN (CLARKSON VALLEY) Exceptional 2 sty, numerous updates & add’s. Fabulous kit. $749,947

1579 TERRA VISTA (CREVE COEUR) Attached villa waiting for you to complete.

Upgraded fixtures, wood flrs. $320,000 1575 TERRA VISTA (CREVE COEUR) New construction! 2BR, 2ba attached villa waiting for you. $320,000 11632 VILLA DR (CREVE COEUR) Great buy! This 3BR/3ba home has it allupdated kitchen & mstr bths . $149,900 1329 PARKVIEW ESTATES DR (ELLISVILLE) NEW price. Motivated Seller. 7 yr old townhouse w/attached gar. $142,100 312 CLAYTON CROSSING #201 (ELLISVILLE) Pristine 2nd floor condo unit, freshly painted, newer carpet. $125,000 194 BROOK VALLEY LN (PACIFIC) 2 sty home sitting on almost one acre lot.

2BR, 1.5ba, 2c det garage. $169,900 1806 RIDGEVIEW (ST LOUIS CO) Light filled condo. Main level master, 2BR in the walkout lower level. $169,900 1233 GUELBRETH, UNIT 206 (ST LOUIS CO) Completely updated 1BR, 1ba, all newer kitchen cabinets, appls. $39,900 1209 WOODLAND POINT DR #J (ST LOUIS COUNTY) Creve Coeur area. Wonderful 2BR/2ba, open flr plan. $124,000 12929 PORTULACA (ST LOUIS CO) Immaculate 2BR, 2ba condo, fresh paint & cpt, open, neutral flr plan. $116,900 1832 TAWNY ASH DR (ST LOUIS CO UNINC) Spacious Westport Crossing townhouse. Fresh paint. $139,900 103 GRAND MERIDIEN FOREST (WILDWOOD) Custom 2.5 sty, exceptional, over 7800 sq ft finished. $1,925,000 1116 SHEPARD OAKS DR (WILDWOOD) Exceptional 1.5 sty, 3.16 acre lot, gorgeous inground pool. $1,750,000 2903 ST ALBANS FOREST CIR (WILDWOOD) Spectacular custom ranch on 3+ acres near St Alban CC. $1,499,000 18128 DAWNS TRAIL (WILDWOOD) Exceptional custom 1.5 sty on 3 acre lot.

2 master suites, unique flr plan. $900,000

849 STONE BRIDGE SPRINGS DR (WILDWOOD) Custom 1.5sty, 3 acres, lovely views, 2sty great rm. $749,900 17526 RADCLIFFE PLACE DR (WILDWOOD) Atrium ranch on 2.5 acres.

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