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Freedom is not free limits the Constitution puts on government officials’ power, if they can exceed those limits without any adverse consequences. In other words, the Constitution cannot protect you, if you don’t protect the Constitution with your votes against anyone who violates it. Those government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped. As long as millions of Americans vote on the basis of who gives them free stuff, look for their freedom – and all our freedom – to be eroded away, bit by bit. Our children and grandchildren may yet come to see the Constitution as just some quaint words from the past that people once took seriously. The arrogance of arbitrary power is not confined to the federal government. An egregious case in Massachusetts involves a teenage girl from Connecticut named Justina Pelletier, who was being treated for a rare disease by doctors at Tufts Medical Center in Medford, Mass. When her parents brought this 15-year-old girl to an emergency room in Boston, the doctors there decided that her problem was not medical but psychological. When the parents objected, and sought to take her back to the doctors who had been treating her at Tufts, the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families charged the parents with “medical child abuse,” and were granted legal custody of the teenager. Once given arbitrary power over Justina, the DCF bureaucrats kept her all but isolated from her parents for more than a year. To add insult to injury, a judge issued a gag order, forbidding the parents from discussing the case publicly. Only after Megyn Kelly of the Fox News Channel brought this case to national attention did the Massachusetts bureaucrats back off and turn the teenager’s medical care back to the doctors at Tufts Medical Center. Whether her parents will get to see their daughter freely again is still up in the air. Arbitrary power is ugly and vicious, regardless of what pious rhetoric goes with it. Freedom is not free. You have to fight for it or lose it. But is our generation up to fighting for it?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Since we all pay federal taxes, in part for cycle of exploitation. However, our work will not find that term in any economic funding local projects all over the country, does not end there. text. However, to make such a statement Congress has the opportunity to take regarding food stamps is to immediately why don’t we simply reduce federal taxes To the Editor: and redirect those funds to our own local a stand to protect our children from the lose whatever credibility she may have. Your editorial “No surprise in Nor- projects, the ones we agree are appropri- atrocities of sex trafficking. I am not one of the 1 percent (rich) she mandy” (West Newsmagazine, Feb. 26) is ate? Determining the appropriateness of That is why I am supporting several is railing about, but I have been around spot on. The problem is not just the kids, local construction projects might temper pieces of bipartisan legislation that would long enough to know that the only way to nor just the parents, nor just the teachers, our readiness to look for “free” funding. give law enforcement, prosecutors and prevent income inequality is to move to etc. It is all of the above. Federal funding for local projects has social services the necessary tools and Russia, China or some other socialist/comThe problem is not basic ability; it is become the easy, go-to source for “free” resources to combat human trafficking and munist country. attitude. It is a cultural thing. It does not money which helps local politicians get boost support for victims. In a free market republic such as ours, exist statewide but is fairly local, perhaps re-elected by constituents delighted with But in order to combat sex trafficking we there will always be an income gap. The within a school district, individual school newly constructed amenities. must get to the root of this epidemic. Over “rich” are the people who create the jobs or neighborhood. Many in our country feel we pay taxes the last ten years, prostitution has migrated you are looking for, not the government. Solving the problem will take a collec- which are needlessly too high. Our fed- to an online marketplace. I don’t know about you, but I have never tive effort involving all of the stakeholders eral tax burden could be reduced sigOnline classified services, such as Back- been hired by a poor person. mentioned in the article. But the question nificantly if everyone stopped expecting page.com, have become the vehicles for Ms. Jordan goes on to cite a study showremains: how? the feds to pay for their local pet proj- advertising the victims of the child sex ing wealth disparity created by tax cuts How do you identify the target popula- ects. Federal legislative earmarks were trade to the world. That’s why I introduced “for the rich” and draws her own conclution? How do you bring about a change in criticized as hidden wastefulness and are the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploi- sions with no evidence of their veracity. culture? Who knows what attitudes need to now much less prevalent than before. Is tation (SAVE) Act, which is designed She obviously didn’t live during the Carter be changed and how to change them? Who not the practice of seeking “free” federal to close Internet marketplaces that host administration, when we all suffered a organizes and directs the efforts of all the funds for local projects equally wrong advertisements for the commercial exploi- stagnant economy and high inflation comstakeholders? and wasteful? tation of minors. monly known as stagflation. Her claim that It seems we have a rather large hole in Of course, ending such wastefulness It is our moral obligation and legislative President Reagan’s tax cuts failed to lift our social structure – particularly in regard would require all 50 states and all their duty to ensure that advertisements of child the living standard of all classes is imposto “education and skills” education. local governments to play nice and stop sex trafficking like Backpage are not allowed sible to prove, but the fact that his policies Steve Delorey asking for “free” federal monies from to operate and claim yet another victim. created 17 million jobs is not. Ballwin other taxpayers. It is only through increased awareness, She mentions that a jobs package is Robert Specker resources, and legislative action that we needed. Who does she blame for not Wildwood will be able to protect the most vulner- having more jobs? able members of our society from sexual Obama has had 5-plus years to create Questioning the true exploitation and enslavement. jobs and has not done so. His $800 billion definition of ‘free’ Rep. Ann Wagner stimulus package was supposed to create Combating sex To the Editor: Chesterfield “shovel-ready” jobs. He later, in a very trafficking in Missouri Everyone likes something which is cavalier manner, said those jobs “weren’t “free,” especially “free” federal funding. To the Editor: as shovel-ready as he thought.” But what does “free” mean and is it really Did you know that 300,000 children are Responding to ‘More debate In terms of the assertion that welfare “free” in the first place? at risk of being prostituted in the United handouts help the economy, please look up on trickle-down economics’ Rudy Giuliani’s “broken window” concept. The article “Wildwood plans to seek fed- States each year with the average age eral funding for pedestrian, bike trail con- being 13 to 14 years old? Or that St. Louis To the Editor: Finally, I don’t hear anyone celebrating struction” (West Newsmagazine, March is one of the top 20 cities in the nation for I normally pay little attention to liberal income disparity, only liberals demonizing it. 5) spoke of the Wildwood City Council sex trafficking? rants about the economy, income inequalJohn Nelson applying for federal funding at 80 percent Modern-day slavery exists right here in ity, global warming, jobs and all the other Ellisville of the cost for certain capital improvement our communities. It is hiding in plain sight. wrongheaded theories they have. A good projects, including sidewalks, lighting, Every day, children in our own neighbor- case in point was this week’s rant from special lanes, parking, a new pedestrian hoods are being sold into forced prostitution. Ms. Jordan in Manchester (“More debate bridge, etc. Sexual predators can go online and have on trickle-down economics,” West NewsI take no stand on whether these proj- child prostitutes sent to their hotel rooms as magazine, Feb. 26). ects are worthwhile, but I do take excep- easily as if they were ordering a pizza. I think she hit most of the liberal Demotion to a municipal entity anywhere, be As a mother, I believe we have a moral crat talking points, and was doing OK until it Wildwood, a town in Vermont or a city obligation to stop the devastating con- she got to the part where she said Congress in Arizona, believing that a local project sequences of human trafficking where is cutting food stamps for the poor, their which would benefit only local residents is innocent children are dragged into the dark children, the homeless and the disabled. worthy of taxpayers elsewhere in the U.S. abyss of sex slavery. 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A national holiday MLB Opening Day is more than just the beginning of the season. It’s a symbol of rebirth. The coming of spring. The return of America’s national pastime. It’s a state of mind where anything is possible. You can feel the electricity in the air. Opening Day brings with it the promise of a new beginning. Every fan is in good spirits. It’s a day of celebration. It’s a day of hope. It’s a day that, for generations, has been looked forward to by baseball fans every offseason. It’s an American tradition, and it deserves to be recognized as an American holiday. Join us in our quest to make sure every American can exercise their inalienable right to celebrate the day those two magical words are uttered for the first time: “PLAY BALL!” So says the text of Ozzie Smith and Anheuser-Busch InBev’s petition to have Major League Baseball’s Opening Day declared a national holiday. On a scale of “one to great idea,” we think this might just be the greatest idea of all time. Seriously, think about all the great ideas: electricity, the wheel, the polio vaccine, the Internet … and go ahead and add Opening Day as a national holiday right at the top of that list. (Editor’s note: West Newsmagazine has chosen to begin capitalizing Opening Day the same way we would Christmas or New Year’s Day. It may not be proper AP style yet, but we predict it will be soon enough). If there is something more American than Opening Day, something more worthy of a national day of celebration, we cannot think of it. Sure, several people around the office suggested that “cheating on your taxes” is technically more American than the first day of the MLB season, but it seems unlikely that a single day could ever be pinpointed to celebrate that particular American passion. That is really more of a year-round pursuit, so we are totally committed to this Opening Day idea as the greatest ever. The only real disappointment here is: why we haven’t thought of this before? Where have our heads been for the last century? That is OK, though, because it is fixable. To make up for this oversight, it seems easy enough to go ahead and make this entire baseball season a national holiday, to make up for the last 130 years or so when we have clearly been coming to work on a day we should not have. Is this necessarily fair to prior generations who had to work on those days only
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man Holdings, LLC, the PUD is needed to complete the development as the developer originally promised. One of the issues regarding the development involved the maintenance of an on-site cemetery. The legislation for the PUD states that maintenance for this cemetery will be left to the subdivision’s homeowners association. Originally, Brinkman Holdings had promised to set up a fund for the residents in the amount of $10,000 to do just that. Prior to the council’s vote on the motion to reconsider, Doster said Brinkman Holdings now was offering $50,000 for the cemetery maintenance fund. Councilmember Barry Flachsbart (Ward 1) said, in his opinion, the critical aspect of the PUD had involved properly taking care of the cemetery. With the developer’s promise to give more money to the homeowners association, he said he felt the PUD was appropriate. “Paying for the maintenance of that cemetery for a relatively short period of time was just not adequate,” Flachsbart said. “Doing it for $50,000 should basically handle the issue for almost 50 years.”
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Council is holding its FOCUS Photo Competition. Photographers age 5 and older are encouraged to submit original shots taken within the last two years of either Manchester or St. Louis in honor of St. Louis’ 250th birthday. Age and skill level are of no consequence, said Arts Council Director Doug Whittaker, but the best photos will receive prizes and the possibility of hanging in the Manchester Board of Aldermen chambers for the month of April. Photographers may submit up to three original pieces and must hand-deliver their entries to Manchester United Methodist Church, 129 Woods Mill Road, from 3-8 p.m. on Monday, March 24 or from 5-9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25. Entries will be on display at the church from March 28-30. Competition rules, entry forms and general information are detailed at manchestermo.gov/manchesterarts. Judging this year’s photos is John Nagel, executive director of the International Photography Hall of Fame in St. Louis. Whittaker says Nagel plans to bring a handful of historic photographs from the Hall of Fame collection to the event, coupled with vintage photo equipment. During the exhibit, one photo will receive the People’s Choice Award, voted on by gallery visitors. That photographer takes home a cash prize. “It’s exciting because one, we did this the first time last year, and we were really unsure what kind of quality photos we would invite, but we really had such a good example of really quality photos by all ages,” said Manchester Alderman Mike Clement (Ward 2). “And two, we have high expectations that this year’s show will be better than last year’s.” Whittaker said the competition is open to all. “The contest is open to anyone in the Manchester area and the whole metro St. Louis area,” Whittaker said. “We’re trying to get everyone engaged in the arts here.”
WEST COUNTY Training future EMT-paramedics St. Louis Community College and the West County EMS and Fire Protection District have renewed an agreement calling for the district to provide clinical experience for students enrolled in the school’s emergency medical technician-paramedic program. Under terms of the affiliation agreement approved by both parties, West County will continue to provide opportunities for clinical instruction by qualified district personnel in areas mutually agreed upon and will cooperate with college faculty in planning and evaluating the program. The college and West County work together in scheduling dates and times for the program, including the number of stu-
dents assigned and the instructors involved. The agreement between West County and the college has been in effect for a number of years. West County firefighters also are licensed paramedics or emergency medical technicians.
Monarch amends, adds oversight to new policies On the heels of approving policies on drug and alcohol abuse and safety, the Monarch Board of Directors has amended one and taken a follow-up step on the other. At its Feb. 27 meeting, the board amended the safety policy by qualifying one provision that was so absolute in its original form that some might have viewed it an unrealistic. The policy originally read, “Managers and supervisors at all levels shall be held responsible and accountable for maintaining a maximum level of safety performance in all phases of accident control effort in the operations they direct.” The amendment adds the words “to the extent possible under all relevant circumstances” at the end of the original. In making the recommendation to change the wording, Board President Robin Harris noted that a military officer once observed that if safety trumped all other issues all the time, the pilots in his command would park their planes in the hangar and everyone would go out for lunch. Harris said he believes the added wording makes the policy more practical in the real world. At a special meeting March 3, a motion was approved naming Monarch Director Jane Cunningham to oversee implementation of the drug and alcohol policy the board approved last month. Director Steve Swyers was not at the meeting and the motion was approved without discussion on a 2-0 vote. In later comments, Cunningham said, “It was generally accepted that there needed to be a director who would be involved in oversight. It also was generally accepted that this policy would be implemented through our HR director Les Lexow since that is typically the department that would handle implementation of a personnel policy such as this.” As for her oversight duties, Cunningham added, “It is my responsibility to call the times of the comprehensive and random tests in cooperation with our HR director and to help iron out any needed clarification of the policy as we implement it.” CORRECTION: In “Ballwin politicians announce plans for upcoming elections” (West Newsmagazine, March 5), it was stated that Shamed Dogan had been “unsuccessful in a 2008 race for the Michigan House.” That statement should have read “Missouri House.” West Newsmagazine regrets this error.
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Chesterfield to host expanded Taste of St. Louis tival’s departure, including comments that organizers are “abandoning” downtown and its restaurant culture, those behind the move see it as an opportunity to expand the festival’s appeal to a wider geographic area as well as to offer an expanded menu of experiences for attendees. “We are looking to make this a more regional event, to make it more accessible not just to the public in a wider area, but also to a more diverse group of restaurants offering food tastings,” said Mike Kociela of Entertainment St. Louis, which is managing the festival. “Chesterfield is only about 20 minutes from the city, and this move will allow patrons from St. Charles County and other areas who may not have attended the (Peter Newcomb photo) festival in the past to see what it has to offer.” Kociela added that the amphitheater’s perBy LISA RUSSELL manent stage and 4,000-person seating capaccopyeditor@newsmagazinenetwork.com ity will add a dimension to the event that it Organizers of the Budweiser Taste of St. hasn’t had in the past. Organizers plan to use Louis, a popular food, music and art festival the space to stage cooking demonstrations held for the last nine years in downtown St. by nationally famous chefs from the Food Louis, announced on March 3 that the event Network, Bravo and the Cooking Channel in will spend its 10th anniversary in Chesterfield. addition to concerts and other events. “This event is an exciting prospect not This year’s Taste of St. Louis will be held Sept. 19-21 at Chesterfield Central Park just for Chesterfield, but for the entire St. Louis area,” said Steve Sachs, president of and the Chesterfield Amphitheater. Despite some controversy over the fes- Sachs Properties.
Sachs Properties owns the land surrounding the festival grounds and will allow its use for event and parking space. “I understand that a lot of the objections to the move are part of a city vs. county bias when really, from a bigger picture perspective, it’s staying in our region and that’s great for all of us. More and more events are coming to the amphitheater and to the Central Park area because it’s a beautiful facility,” Sachs said. “I hope people can put away those judgments and just come and have a good time.” As in past years, the 2014 Budweiser Taste of St. Louis will be free to the public and will feature a Restaurant Row, beer and wine tastings, an artist area, “kid city” and music. Some concerts and VIP tastings to be held inside the amphitheater will be ticketed events, although no details have been announced. Last year’s event drew approximately 400,000 visitors over a three-day span. The festival’s relocation to Chesterfield is the second such announcement in less than a month. In mid-February, Entertainment St. Louis announced that St. Louis Bluesweek, an annual music festival that takes place Memorial Day weekend, also is moving from downtown St. Louis to the Chesterfield Amphitheater and Central Park.
Cunningham urged to run for St. Louis County Executive By JIM ERICKSON ericksonjim@att.net Jane Cunningham, the former state senator who now sits on the Monarch Fire Protection District board, says she is seriously considering an urging from the St. Louis County Republican Central Committee to run for the county executive position. Commenting after a Monarch board meeting soon after the announcement was made, Cunningham said, “I’m going to need some time to consider something like this because it’s definitely not something I had anticipated.” She added that she would make a decision sometime before the March 25 filing deadline for the position. “There’s a good opportunity this year for change,” she noted in reference to the Democratic Party’s long hold on the post. “That’s due to the mismanagement and scandals that have been well documented in the local media.” Cunningham also cited what she considers the “arrogance and disregard for the taxpayers’ money” by the administration of Charlie Dooley, the county’s current executive. As an example, she pointed to the willingness to spend additional taxpayer dollars to prepare the county to dispatch fire and emergency medical personnel, a task “already being done and done well by
Central County Emergency 911.” As a Monarch director, Cunningham represents that district on the CCE board. Regardless of her decision about running, Cunningham declared she does not plan to leave her current position on that district’s board. She said she had sought legal counsel on the question of whether she could remain a Monarch director if she were elected to the county executive post and was advised that she could stay in her fire district position. State law generally prohibits directors of fire protection districts from holding any other offices of the state or any of its political subdivisions, but there are a number of exceptions. According to Michael Bakewell, Monarch’s legal counsel, one such exception applies when compensation for service to a fire protection district is limited to expenses or a per diem or stipend not exceeding $75 for each day of service. Two candidates already have announced plans to seek the GOP nomination for county executive. Ellisville City Councilmember Matt Pirrello and Green Park Alderman Tony Pousosa have filed candidacy papers with the St. Louis County Board of Elections. On the Democratic side, County Councilman Steve Stenger will face Dooley in
the August primary. Libertarian Theodis Brown Sr. also has filed. According to Dan O’Sullivan, a member of the county Republican Central Committee, the party doesn’t want the county executive race in the August primary to be contested on the GOP side. He anticipates there will be pressure put on other candidates to withdraw if Cunningham decides to run. A key reason for avoiding a contested primary is the amount of money needed for a competitive race. “We’re talking about a $1 million to $2 million campaign here and it just doesn’t make sense to spend a lot of money challenging each other in the primary,” he said. Pirrello clearly was not pleased with O’Sullivan’s comments. “If you’re trying to unite the Republican Party, why would you make a statement like that?” he asked, referring to O’Sullivan’s comment about avoiding a primary battle and pressuring other candidates to withdraw. “I think he (O’Sullivan) should vet the existing candidates first. “I’ve never talked to him and haven’t even met him.” As for Cunningham’s entering the race, Pirrello said, “I anxiously await her decision and will decide at that time what direction to go.”
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Monarch offers voluntary retirement program By JIM ERICKSON ericksonjim@att.net The imminent retirement of one command officer at the Monarch Fire Protection District has prompted the board to offer a voluntary retirement program for all eligible employees not covered by the collective bargaining agreement with the local firefighters union. While the current bargaining agreement includes details related to retirements by employees the union represents, there are no similar provisions covering the district’s 10 administrative personnel. So when Assistant Chief John Borgmann recently announced plans to retire as of March 7, the board quickly moved to prepare a plan spelling out what would be included when he and anyone else who is eligible steps down. In addition to being in a group not part of the bargaining unit, a person eligible for the latest program must have reached 50 years of age on or before March 1 of this year. In addition to Borgmann, the seven others meeting that qualification include two deputy chiefs, a fire marshal, three battalion chiefs and the human resources director. Board President Robin Harris said at least five eligible employees had expressed some interest in the program. However, Borgmann is the only one who has announced firm plans to retire. Those eligible have until April 23 to declare intentions to step down. Monarch has offered similar programs in the past when senior officers have announced plans to retire. Included in the board-approved plan are payments for accumulated sick days and earned, but unused, vacation days as well as pro-rated longevity pay for the final year worked. Under the plan, those opting to retire also receive retirement pay, based on salary and years of service, and retain their rights in the district’s deferred compensation and welfare benefit plans. Borgmann recently was the target of disciplinary action resulting from a verbal exchange with Monarch Director Jane Cunningham during a budget work session last fall. The resulting hearing brought picketing from the district’s firefighters in support of Borgmann, a 33-year veteran of the district. The Monarch board subsequently gave Borgmann a week off without pay.
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First Student pledges transportation improvements in Rockwood By MARY SHAPIRO mshapiro@newsmagazinenetwork.com Officials with First Student, Inc. – the company that provides bus service to the Rockwood School District – are promising that improvements will be made to the district’s bus fleet, bus maintenance and employee training. However, during the company’s transportation service improvement plan presentation on March 6, some board members and Superintendent Terry Adams told First Student officials that they’re frustrated improvements took so long to happen and their patience with the company is limited. Rockwood has outsourced its transportation service since 1989, originally to Mayflower Corp., which was acquired by Laidlaw Education Services in 1994. First Student bought Laidlaw in 2007, Bill Sloan, Rockwood’s director of purchasing and transportation, said. “This year, due to extreme cold temperatures, we’ve been experiencing weaknesses in an aging bus fleet, such as starting buses on cold mornings as well as maintenance, fueling and procedural issues,” Sloan said, adding the district has had to use 10 snow days so far and that First Student is helping put together first-time snow routes for Rockwood. “We also need to do a better job of communicating with parents on bus delays so kids aren’t standing at the bus stops, especially in the extreme cold.” Wayne Gensler, First Student’s area general manager, and Al Muglach, First Student’s senior vice president for the central region, told the board that they have been working with district officials to identify and remedy issues that caused a variety of transportation headaches this year. “We apologize for service interruptions during this winter – that’s not what we strive for,” Muglach said. “We want to provide timely transportation on safe buses.” Their improvement plan will include: • 73 buses being replaced by the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year, with 49 of those buses being delivered this month to replace the oldest buses in the 169-vehicle Rockwood fleet. Each school year thereafter, First Student will provide 14 new school buses to add to the fleet serving Rockwood. • A new maintenance supervisor has been hired to oversee process improvements and ensure all maintenance needs are met in a timely manner. Plans are for providing maintenance staff with additional and ongoing training including through preventive maintenance inspections, Gensler said. The district also is reviewing the bus to maintenance technician ratio – now, one technician for every 30 buses – to ensure timely repairs, though Gensler said the
influx of new buses will mean less heavy maintenance should be needed. Rockwood administration will perform walk-throughs on bus lots to review maintenance processes and operations. Feedback from and surveys of district administrators will be part of the customer service plan. • Drivers are being trained to spot certain maintenance issues as they perform inspections at the beginning and end of each route. The inspection checklists are filed electronically and made available to district personnel. Substitute bus drivers will receive mandatory training for route familiarization and customer interaction. • First Student will work with the Missouri State Highway Patrol to improve its understanding of all state inspection standards. Muglach sad the Rockwood fleet has been certified by the patrol. Additional inspection training for maintenance staff will take place this summer. • Customer service enhancement training will take place prior to the end of March for all drivers and full-time staff. Sloan said another improvement to bus service will include plans to wire bus lot garages so that buses can be plugged into electric block heaters during cold weather, so they won’t have to be started at 1 a.m., which board member Loralee Mondl said eats up gasoline and can harm the environment. “We’ve been paying for a lot of gas for old buses not able to start efficiently,” she said. Board member Keith Kinder said he appreciated the plan, “but I’m sad that it took negative publicity against First Student and Rockwood to do it – all that had to happen before anything was fixed.” Board member Jeffrey Morrell pointed to various data listed in a recent editorial in West Newsmagazine, “A Tale of Two Buses,” that compared Rockwood bus service provided by First Student to Parkway School District’s in-house bus service. “Any organization outsources bus service to lower costs and improve service, and I’m not sure that’s been done in Rockwood,” he told Gensler and Muglach. “We need to ask Parkway what they spend on bus service and, if they’re spending more than us, whether they’re getting better service and what they’re achieving by, for example, using a CNG (compressed natural gas) fleet. “The first order for replacement buses in Rockwood only happened after problems hit the news – if that had not been so dramatic, we wouldn’t have gotten new buses. Is that shame on you (First Student)? Or shame on us?” Morrell agreed with Kinder. “It’s a crying shame it took cold kids at bus stops, late buses and school being canceled before we got an improvement plan,” he said.
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Ellisville removes red light cameras despite advice from provider By DAN FOX dfox@newsmagazinenetwork.com Robocops are a thing of the past in Ellisville. If drivers get tickets from running a red light in the city now, it will be from a flesh and blood police officer. At a work session on March 5, the Ellisville City Council voted 4-2 on a motion to direct the city attorney to immediately terminate the city’s contract with American Traffic Solutions, the service provider for Ellisville’s red light cameras. Jason Norton, a representative of ATS, spoke to the council prior to its decision about the positives of red light cameras, calling the photo enforcement program a “success story” for Ellisville. Norton cited statistics specific to the Manchester/Clarkson Road intersection, and said that 94 percent of drivers given a red light camera citation at that intersection did not receive a second.
2) both voiced concerns about the cameras’ potential for giving drivers a false sense of security when crossing an intersection. “My concern is that yes, they have reduced our accidents, and in the first year they did make a really big difference, but I’m concerned that as the years go on it doesn’t make as big of a difference,” Reel said. “I’m worried that we are giving people a false feeling of safety.” According to data given to the council by Ellisville Police Chief Tom Felgate, the number of accidents at the Manchester/
Clarkson intersection decreased by 44 percent between 2008 and 2013. Accidents at the Clayton/Clarkson intersection increased by 27 percent, and accidents at the intersection of Clarkson and Marsh Avenue decreased by 20 percent. Ellisville’s red light cameras were activated in 2009. Local residents in attendance had mixed opinions on the subject. “I think people rush through the yellow faster than they should because they don’t want to get the red light (ticket),” Ellisville resident Joan Harwood said. “I watch that
all the time.” Ellisville resident Pat Adams said she feels the anxiety caused in drivers as the light turns from yellow to red has a potential to cause fender benders as people either slam on the breaks or try to gun it through the intersection in order to avoid a ticket. Ellisville resident Roger Cooper summed up what might be the real problem. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with them,” Cooper said. “The real problem is that a lot of people think they’re a money grab.”
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Norton touted the cameras’ 24/7 video recording capabilities as a benefit to the city as well, saying the Ellisville Police Department had requested video from ATS on at least 30 different occasions to help with an investigation not related to a traffic violation. Paul rebutted by saying the state courts had ruled against Ellisville’s red light ordinance, and that the city was receiving more negative input regarding the cameras than positive. “We’ve got cameras that are not good for the city,” Paul said. “We’re spending money on something that’s not benefiting the city.” Councilmember Mick Cahill (District 2) and Councilmember Linda Reel (District
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Westminster students heading to Washington, D.C. Westminster Christian Academy’s We The People team is headed to the nation’s capitol, having celebrated a first-place victory at the state competition in Jefferson City on Jan. 27. We The People is a year-long program purposed to promote civil competence and respon- Westminster’s 2014 We The People team in Jefferson City. sibility among the nation’s elementary and secondary students. Westminster students spend one semester studying the main elements of the U.S. government and a second semester focusing on various facets of the U.S. Constitution in preparation for the state competition. This is the school’s 14th state win in 18 years. The team will go on to compete in the national competition in late April. schools to incorporate wellness into its school communities. This fall, all Rockwood schools began designating Wellness Champions to spearhead the program in their schools. Those representatives – along with other School Wellness Council members – are overseeing a comprehensive approach to help their schools: • improve access to healthier foods • increase physical activity opportunities before, during and after school • enhance nutrition education • establish employee wellness programs Nearly 15,000 schools nationwide have transformed their campuses into healthier environments through the Healthy Schools Program. Rockwood’s participation will support this movement to inspire young people and their families to develop lifelong healthy habits. Rockwood South Middle is taking this step to the next level. If you are looking for a soda or sports drink in Rockwood South Middle School, you’re not going to find one. What about that bag of cookies you’ve been craving? The vending machine won’t have those either. They are filled only with healthy options – water, milk, apple crisps, granola, popcorn and more. With grant money from the Fuel Up to Play 60 program, South students also have a chance to be taste testers during their lunch period. Their efforts have led to the school achieving exemplary status in the Missouri Eat Smart Guidelines – the highest status a school can achieve. Eating healthier isn’t the only approach to health and wellness at Rockwood South. Exercise also plays a big role. Aside from physical education classes, students are able to get fit after school. A group of teachers started a workout program among themselves, but as the group grew, they decided to invite students to join them. Now, sixth grade physical education teacher Katie Seversen is working toward the development of a fitness trail that
stretches from Rockwood South to neighboring Kellison Elementary. The trail will have 20 fitness stations when complete.
Living Water Academy welcomes new dean Living Water Academy (LWA) in Wildwood has named Dr. Gretchen Fleming as dean of curriculum and instruction. In this new position, Fleming will be responsible for overseeing the selection, evaluation and implementation of curriculum at LWA. Her duties also will include the development of comprehensive curriculum documents at each grade level for each subject taught. “I am thrilled to merge my love for education with my deep and longtime faith in Jesus to grow Living Water Academy for His glory,” Fleming said. Previously, she served two years as assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and assessment in the Parkway School District, 10 years as a building principal in the Parkway and Pattonville school districts, and five years as an assistant principal in the Francis Howell and Parkway school districts.
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High school soccer Before he begins his final season as a Mustang (playing baseball), Marquette senior Keith Grieshaber picked up one final honor for his outstanding soccer career. Earlier this year he was named the 201314 Gatorade Missouri Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Grieshaber is the first Gatorade Missouri Boys Soccer Player of the Year to be chosen from Marquette. “I thought it was pretty cool,” Grieshaber said about winning the accolade. “It was nice to get an award and be recognized for what I did on the field.” The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field, distinguishes Grieshaber as Missouri’s best high school boys soccer player. He also will be recognized in the school gym. “My AD (athletic director Shane Matzen) said I’ll get a trophy and they’ll put a banner in the gym for it,” Grieshaber said. “I’ll take it. That’s cool I think.” His fellow Mustangs supported him after learning about the award. Grieshaber said that was good because they played a big role in his being honored. “My teammates were really proud of me,” Grieshaber said. “They kept telling me they chose the right player. I’m very humbled by that. That made it special for me, since it was my last year. “If it wasn’t for my teammates, the award wouldn’t have happened for me. It’s special for the Marquette soccer program. We’re doing something special here in soccer.” Grieshaber is a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year award to be announced in May. Certainly, Grieshaber put up numbers to earn the honor. The 6-foot-2, 184-pound senior forward scored 40 goals and passed for 11 assists this past season, leading the Mustangs (19-4-1) to
the Class 3, District 7 championship game. He concluded his prep soccer career with a whopping 114 goals and 26 assists. Grieshaber has been a four-year starter for coach Chris Kenny. The veteran Marquette coach said he knew very early that Grieshaber would be the kind of player coaches dream about. “From early on, he’s been a very special, unique talent,” Kenny said. “He started right away. He’s been an impact player since his freshman year. The things he possesses in terms of athletic ability – his awareness on the field, his willingness and desire, his competitiveness – he’s exceptional in all those areas. “He’s the kind of guy that comes along every 15 or 20 years. He’s a once-in-ageneration guy.” An All-American selection by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, Grieshaber was the Missouri Soccer Coaches Association’s Class 3 Player of the Year. He also was a participant in the third annual Choice Hotels International High School All-American Game held in December at Downington, Pa. Grieshaber, a native of Chesterfield, was one of 42 of the nation’s elite boy’s high school soccer players from fall playing states to take part in the game. While he was undeniably talented on the field, he also excels on the academic side. Grieshaber has maintained a 3.13 GPA in the classroom. A standout middle infielder on the Marquette baseball team and a member of the Marquette High Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter, he is a devoted member of his church community. He has signed a national letter of intent to play baseball on an athletic scholarship at the University of Arkansas this fall.
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High school hockey MICDS hockey standout Cameron Gornet may follow in the footsteps of his parents and become a doctor. He’ll use his sport to help achieve that goal. Gornet, a 5-foot-11 goalie for the Rams, will be extending his hockey career as a goalie playing junior hockey with the Sioux City Musketeers, a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team. The Musketeers play in the West Division of the United States Hockey League. Gornet saw his MICDS career end with a loss in the Wickenheiser Cup semifinals to Lafayette. However, he still is playing with the St. Louis AAA Blues, an under-18 team. His ambition is to play for Sioux City and attract the attention of colleges to get
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INFIELD OUT Here is what is astounding about the arrivals and departures within the organization: The best team in baseball last year will feature only two position players starting in the same position as last year, and nearly everybody expects them to be as good or better. The entire infield will be new, or at least playing a new position, in 2014. Yadier Molina and Matt Holliday are the only Redbirds currently slated to start in the same positions as last year. This kind of turnover is expected from say, the Houston Astros, but the Cardinals were the best team in baseball! Matt Carpenter will move from second base to third base. Allen Craig will move from first base to right field. Matt Adams, Kolten Wong and Peralta will round out the brand-new infield. What does all this turnover mean on such a young team? At face value, it should DEPARTURES improve the Cardinals’ defense. Bourjos is The Cardinals actually are saying goodbye the best center fielder this town has seen to a lot more players than it seems this year. since Jim Edmonds. Carpenter will be an Chris Carpenter, Rafael Furcal and Jake West- upgrade over Freese at third. Adams is as brook were all relatively hidden last year due good as Craig at first. The team will lose to injuries, but are officially gone this year. defense in right field for sure. Beltran had The team traded away hometown hero David an amazing throwing arm and could still Freese and Fernando Salas in the Bourjos range when he wanted to, but the improved trade. Carlos Beltran, Edward Mujica, and play in center field should make up for that. John Axford all left in free agency. (Fun side Offensively, the team is simply not going note: Axford was a perfect 18 for 18 in Oscar to replace Beltran. Just like with Pujols in predictions this year, which may or may not 2012, the attempt will be to replace him in ease the sting of leaving the Cardinals to go the aggregate rather than with one player. play for the Cleveland Indians). The Cardinals seem to believe they can do That is a lot of veteran leadership to this not just by upgrading offensively across leave in one year. The Cardinals, who were several positions, but also by upgrading the bolstered by their youth movement last team defense as a whole. In other words, if year, look to be even younger in 2014. a team is not likely to score as many runs, involvement in the Biogenesis PED scandal. In simpler terms, Peralta was viewed as a drug cheat who got rewarded with a $54 million contract by the Cardinals. That said, he is a definite offensive upgrade at the shortstop position and is a better defender than his reputation would suggest. The Cardinals also made a significant upgrade to their outfield defense by acquiring center fielder Peter Bourjos in a trade with Anaheim. Bourjos may be the best defensive center fielder in baseball, and will help make up for the lack of defense at the two corner outfield spots. To shore up their bench, the Birds signed free agent infielder Mark Ellis. Ellis is a pro’s pro, and is a very gifted defender and average hitter. He is likely to see plenty of playing time this year in place of rookie second baseman Kolten Wong.
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comed him back. I don’t think it’s necessarily something he has to address. If he wants to, that’s his prerogative. But I don’t think, as teammates, it’s anything we expect.” Peralta said he understands he has plenty to prove to his new teammates. He also expressed remorse for his mistake and wants to leave it behind him. “I’m trying to put it in the past,” Peralta said. “I’m trying to look forward and forget about it. I know I can play baseball naturally. I have to show people that I can do it and that I can help. “I’m going to try to do the best I can do and try to help the Cardinals go to the World Series one more time and win.” Manager Mike Matheny endorsed the way Peralta is handling the situation. “(With) us not knowing his personality I think it’s smart on his part to start making the rounds, making the conversations,” Matheny said. “I think our guys have a real good understanding of what’s going on, what he’s been through and, more importantly, where he’s trying to go now.” Holliday does not think he is more outspoken about drugs in baseball than anyone else. He is not putting himself up on a high horse or leading any kind of charge. However, he believes the game is better off without any drugs involved. “Just because I’ve said it publicly doesn’t mean everybody’s not against it. The guys that aren’t using are against it,” Holliday said. “We want a level playing field. “I don’t think I’m any different than anybody else other than being a player who’s played a long time and has had a platform to say that. For me to be more outspoken or more against it, I don’t think is accurate. I think all players that are clean are against it and we all want a level playing field so at the end of our careers, we can look back and say, ‘This is how I matched up against other guys who were doing it the right way.’ I don’t necessarily think I have a more outspoken or stronger opinion about it.”
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much more production from the shortstop position than Pete Kozma and Descalso did last year. Peralta hit .303 with 11 homers and 55 RBIs in 107 regular season games last year. He sports a career .268 average with 156 home runs. Last October, Kozma and Descalso went a combined 1 for 20 while splitting the shortstop job in the World Series loss to Boston. Kozma probably will not make the teams but Descalso should. He is a more than capable backup. Descalso batted .238 with a career-high 25 doubles, five homers and 43 RBIs last season. There likely will be a rotation system used in the outfield. Having four starting outfielders and only three spots, someone will have to sit. Bourjos and Jay bring different talents, with the right-handed hitting Bourjos able to cover more ground in the outfield and, theoretically, on the bases. “Will it be a shared opportunity? That answer may never come,” Mozeliak said. “It may come during the season. It may come after spring training. There will be a competition in terms of getting to know Bourjas and just see how we can work him in and how he fits.” Robinson, a valuable reserve who helped win a couple of playoff games last year, will be trying to win a job in spring training. He said it’s just part of trying to make the roster. “You can get in trouble if you focus on, ‘Oh, man. Every year I come in here, nothing’s ever given to me. And when is it going to be my chance to have a little pressure off me in the spring?’ If I think that way, then I might not be in the spot I am,” Robinson said. “It gives me some edge. It keeps me competitive.” That’s what Matheny wants. “You just never know where another opportunity is going to pop up and if a person hasn’t been competing, they’re going to be behind,” Matheny said. “It sounds like a game inside the game, and it is.” Jon Jay and Peter Bourjos may end up sharing center field and the bench. (Lou Countryman photo)
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Wacha did not disappoint. In Game 4 of the NLDS against Pittsburgh, Wacha allowed one run on one hit and two walks with nine strikeouts over 7 1/3 innings. He carried a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, then outdueled Clayton Kershaw in the Cardinals’ 1-0 victory in Game 2 of the NLCS. He also bested Kershaw in Game 6. He finished the NLCS with 13 strikeouts in 13 2/3 scoreless innings to earn MVP honors. Wacha got the start in Game 2 of the World Series and helped the Cardinals to a victory. His magic run ended in Game 6 when Boston erupted for six earned runs on five hits and four walks, chasing him from the game after only 3 2/3 innings. Wacha finished his first postseason with a 4-1 record, and a 2.64 ERA in 30 2/3 innings pitched. Last March, the Cardinals signed Wainwright, who did not go through free agency, to a $97.5 million, five-year contract covering 2014-18. Wainwright is 99-57 with a 3.11 ERA with St. Louis. Kershaw recently signed a $215 million, seven-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers to make him baseball’s richest pitcher. “I have no regrets,” Wainwright said. “That was the deal I wanted to sign. I didn’t have to sign it. I’m right where I want to be. I love pulling up every day and seeing the Arch and the stadium. We have a chance to win every year.” He is anxious for another chance to pitch in the postseason after losing his last three starts. “I just think we have a great team. We have a great chance to go far into the playoffs and make another World Series run,” Wainwright said. “We have to go out there and make it happen.”
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Members of the 1964 Cardinals recall the magic that brought the title home By WARREN MAYES wmayes@newsmagazinenetwork.com The year 1964 included many milestones that made it one of the most significant of the decade. But for St. Louis baseball fans, 1964 was the end of the Cardinals’ World Series drought – a misery that stretched back to 1945. And, it wasn’t an ordinary win. The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals team prevailed in one of the tightest three-way pennant races of all time and then went on to win the World Series, beating the New York Yankees in the full seven games. “Well, they knew how to win,” said Hall of Fame second baseman Red Schoendienst about the 1964 Cardinals. “They were winning. The year before, they came real close. They were way behind and battled. They believed in themselves. When you’re winners, you’re going to win.” A trade got the team started. On June 15, the Cardinals traded star pitcher Ernie Broglio, who went 18-8 in 1963 and was having another good year in 1964, to the Chicago Cubs as part of a six-player deal for Lou Brock. Brock hit .348 for the 1964 Cardinals and his speed helped ignite the offense. “I was in Houston when I got traded,” Broglio recalled. “I didn’t really want to leave the Cardinals but that’s a part of professional sports. I knew St. Louis had the good ball club from 1963. “But trades happen. When Lou got here, he was only hitting .200-something. He lit it up when he got there. They went the whole nine yards.” On Aug. 24, 1964, the Cardinals had 67 wins. But then, they caught
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Gibson did to help the Cardinals win. “To give you an idea of what Bob Gibson did in the last 10 games of the year, which include the last three games of the regular season: He pitched against Al Jackson in a complete game. He pitched in relief in the last game. “He pitched eight innings in Game 2 of the Series. He pitched 10 innings in Game 5 and nine innings in Game 7.” So in the last 10 games of the season, the Cardinals pitchers threw 90 innings and Gibson pitched 39 of those 90. “Only one other pitcher in the history of the game (pitched so much) over the last 10 days of the season culminating in a complete game victory (and that) was Dizzy Dean in 1934,” McCarver said. “It was something you owed them,” Gibson said about his teammates. “That’s how I felt. I owed it to myself, too, to do whatever I could to win.” McCarver also played a big role in the Series win over the Yankees. In the critical Game 5, with the Series squared at two games apiece, Gibson had the Yankees shut out until Tom Tresh hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to knot the score, 2-2. McCarver then hit a three-run homer in the top of the 10th inning and the Cards held on for a 5-2 victory and the Series lead. St. Louis won the Series in the seventh game and had its first world championship since 1946. McCarver batted .478 with 11 hits in 23 at bats, knocking in 5 runs and scoring 4. He also tied a Series record by hitting safely in all seven games. The recent annual dinner of the St. Louis Baseball Writer’s Association of America saw a reunion of several members the 1964 team. Cardinals broadcaster Mike Shannon was a rookie that year – and he was playing
for his hometown team. He said he knew the Cardinals would win the World Series. “We had a guy who was a pretty good pitcher in Gibson, and we beat the New York Yankees because we had Bob Gibson,” Shannon said. “We had to figure out a way to win another game because Gibson was going to win three. We had Gibson and that’s all we needed.” In the Series, Shannon hit a memorable home run off Whitey Ford. “I couldn’t even dream that,” Shannon said. “You know that home run broke the ‘U’ in the Budweiser sign. It was a neon sign.” When the Cardinals came back from New York, a man sitting with owner Gussie Busch motioned to Shannon. The man was John Kern of the Kern Sign Co. “He said he had a bill for me for the sign I broke,” Shannon said. “It was for $4,892. We were only getting $5,000 for winning the World Series. Luckily, he gave the bill to Gussie and he said, ‘You can tear down the whole damn sign, I don’t care.” Dick Groat had been on a championship team in Pittsburgh in 1960 before he was traded to the Cardinals. He was a native and being dealt hurt him. “Having grown up in the city of Pittsburgh and playing there and winning a championship, I was heartbroken when I was traded,” Groat said. “But looking back, these were the three happiest years I ever spent in a baseball uniform. Think how lucky I would be. I got to hit in front of Stan Musial for a whole year. Who’s going to walk me to get to Stan Musial? “To play behind Bob Gibson was an absolute privilege. Guys like Bob Uecker and Tim McCarver kept us loose. It was a great group of competitors right down the line.”
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the deal was considered a steal – for the Cubs. They had essentially exchanged an unproven and defensively challenged outfielder three days short of his 25th birthday for an established 28-year-old pitcher. Brock had hit no higher than .263 in two full seasons and parts of two others with the Cubs. What the Cubs didn’t know when the trade was made was that Broglio had a bad arm. Brock was a huge catalyst for St. Louis. He batted .348 after the trade. Broglio said he was happy for his ex-teammates. During their 1964 World Series victory celebration, they didn’t forget their pal. “They called me from Stan Musial’s restaurant and we talked for quite a while,” Broglio said. “The operator kept asking for more money, so I asked why they were calling from a pay phone. They said, ‘Aw, Stan won’t let us use the phone in his office.’ “I’ve always considered St. Louis a great town and a great baseball town. The Cardinals really treated players like they should be treated. It was tough to leave. “Every once in a while I get a chance to tell Lou, ‘Just don’t die before me, because then I’ll be forgotten.’” In 1987, Broglio visited Wrigley Field for an Old Timers’ Game. When he was announced, the crowd rose as one and booed. The fans stayed on their feet for the next player, Hall of Famer Lou Brock, and the boos turned to cheers. “I’m probably the only person in the history of baseball who got a standing ‘boo’ at an Old Timers’ Game,” Broglio said with a chuckle. “I talk to Lou occasionally, and we kind of laugh about it. He says he has an autographed photo of Brock in his den, on which Brock inscribed “You are and were a hellava player.”
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“The one thing I admire about Yadier Molina is when he goes out to the mound, the pitchers listen,” McCarver said. “I like that.” After retiring as a player, McCarver turned to broadcasting. He did so well that he was honored with the 2012 Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting. The award is given by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to “baseball broadcasters of long and meritorious service.” Last year, McCarver retired as the baseball analyst on Fox. His final broadcast was Oct. 30, 2013, as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Cardinals in Game 6 to win the World Series. But McCarver has not retired completely. Last December, he was hired to be a parttime broadcaster for the Cardinals on Fox Sports Midwest during the 2014 season. He will do about 30 Cardinals games this season. “It’s fabulous, a complete merry-go-round. It’s wonderful,” McCarver said. “Coming back to St. Louis after starting there some 55 years ago is obviously special.” A fan favorite, McCarver certainly left his mark on St. Louis fans. He remains a favorite to this day. In 1964, his tie-breaking home run in the 10th inning won Game 5 of the World Series. McCarver was the World Series’ most valuable player that year, batting .478 and leading the Cardinals to a dramatic seven-game triumph over the New York Yankees in the first World Series win for St. Louis since 1945. In 1966, McCarver was named to the All-Star Team. He scored the winning run in the 10th inning of the game and became the first catcher to lead the National League in triples that year with 13. In 1967, he finished second to teammate Orlando Cepeda for the National League MVP award. His career with St. Louis began in 1959, when he was just 17. That began a 21-year Major League career. McCarver earned the role of full-time catcher with the Cardinals in 1963 and excelled both at and behind the plate. He starred in two more World Series, 1967 and 1968, before being traded unexpectedly to the Philadelphia Phillies at the start of the 1969 season. After brief sojourns with the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos, McCarver rejoined his old teammate Steve Carlton in Philadelphia and appeared in three consecutive National League Championship Series from 1976-1978. Early in the 1980 season, McCarver retired from the Phillies and Major League Baseball as one of only four players to play in four decades.
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By JIM ERICKSON with DAN FOX ericksonjim@att.net dfox@newsmagazinenetwork.com [Editor’s Note: While researching “Compensation Controversy” (West Newsmagazine, March 5), the newsmagazine’s staff began to wonder about the effect of stress on first responders. This article is the result of that investigation.] Fire and emergency medical calls respect no schedules and can arrive at any time – just as firefighter-paramedics are grabbing a bite of lunch or in the wee hours when they have dozed off. Whatever the time first responders are summoned, the human body reacts quickly as it moves from a more-or-less routine or controlled situation into being prepared for the unknown. “It’s what the science community calls the ‘fight-or-flight’ reaction,” said Nick Smith, a firefighter-paramedic in St. Louis County, referencing how blood pressure rises and energy levels increase to prepare a person either to face a threat or flee from it. But firefighters don’t have the second option. “In most instances, we are the last line of defense,” Smith said. “Except in extreme emergencies like a natural disaster or when a situation involves a gun-toting criminal, we don’t have the ability to call on someone else. There is no 911 for us.” According to Dr. Hsin-Hsin Huang, a professor with Webster University who specializes in depression and trauma, firefighters and other first responders are trained to overcome that natural second option to back away from danger. However, this training doesn’t completely override the body’s natural response to a threat. “Inevitably, their heartbeat will increase and their body will be prepared for danger,” Huang said. Not surprisingly, the end result is a high level of stress, which over time takes a toll.
According to Smith, that toll can include early gray hair, decreased blood flow to vital organs, and a tendency to gain weight as the system deals with what it interprets as a dangerous environment. The incidence of cancer also is 10 percent greater than among other population groups. On the scene of an emergency, firefighters also face a variety of stressful conditions, ranging from carrying dozens of pounds of protective equipment, an air tank and other gear, working with zero visibility in smoke-filled buildings in danger of collapse, and operating in extreme cold that coats the ground, ladders and even face masks with a layer of ice or in extreme heat that quickly saps the body of energy. Performing CPR on a victim in the back of an ambulance speeding to the hospital causes its own unique set of stressful conditions, Smith added. Stress isn’t the only mental bogeyman a firefighter needs to cope with. Trauma is a hazardous adversary that can creep into the life of a firefighter. Whether it comes from watching a disaster befall a civilian or a friend on the job, or getting hurt in the line of duty, trauma can build up over time, with unfortunate results. “Over time it develops a certain state of emotional detachment and numbness,” said Webster professor Dr. Hasmik Chakaryan. Chakaryan said that among other things, trauma can cause firefighters to become detached from a particularly troubling situation, in order to emotionally protect themselves. This can lead to becoming cynical and detached in other aspects of life, not just traumatic or intense situations. Despite those factors, there’s a key question firefighters face regularly. “One could say that, aside from our education and experience requirements, an application for our work really needs to include only a couple of other questions, one of them being, ‘Can you get the job done?’” Smith said. Accomplishing that goal calls for “using our training, physical strength and mental strength,” the veteran firefighterparamedic said. Asked how firefighters deal with stress, Smith observed that with knowledge gained from their training, first responders can use the benefits of stress to their advantage in doing their jobs. Aside from that, “We talk to each other,” he said. “That’s what builds the brother/ sisterhood that can seem kind of mysterious to people outside a profession like ours. “We work out, we try to get sleep and we eat healthy,” he continued, “and we try to separate our job from our home life, which often is much easier said than done.”
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Feb. 27 proposed changing the Nutrition Facts label on packaged foods and is seeking public input on the matter. According to the FDA, its proposed labeling would reflect the latest scientific information, such as the link between diet and obesity and heart disease; highlight key label components, such as calorie content and serving size; and bring serving sizes more in line with the amount of food people actually eat. Following are highlights of the proposed changes, which would affect all packaged foods except certain meat, poultry and processed egg products, which are regulated by the Department of Agriculture: • Include information on how much added sugars a food product contains. • Update serving sizes to reflect the amounts people currently eat. By law, serving sizes must be based on how much people actually eat rather than on amounts they “should” eat. Present calorie/nutrition information for an entire package of products that could be consumed in one sitting. • Include dual-column labels to show “per serving” and “per package” calorie/nutrition information for larger packages that could be consumed in one sitting or multiple sittings. • Require information on potassium and vitamin D, which some people do not get enough of, putting them at increased risk for chronic disease. • Do not require information on vitamin A and vitamin C, but allow manufacturers to include it voluntarily. • Revise the daily values for a variety of nutrients, such as sodium, dietary fiber and vitamin D. Daily values are used to calculate the Percent Daily Value on the label, which
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Play in college, pay in middle age Elite college athletes may be setting themselves up for some frustrating limitations in middle age, an Indiana University (IU) study showed. Janet Simon, a doctoral candidate at the IU School of Public Health, led a study comparing the quality of life at middle age (40-65 years old) of former Division I college athletes to the quality of life of middle-aged adults who were non-athletes in college. An analysis of questionnaires completed by study participants found that: • Compared to non-athletes, former Division I athletes were more than twice as likely to report physical limitations in daily activities and exercise. • Among the athletes, 67 percent sustained a major injury, and half reported chronic injuries, compared to 28 percent and 26 percent respectively for non-athletes. • Seventy percent of athletes reported practicing or performing with an injury.
• Forty percent of athletes were diagnosed with osteoarthritis after college, vs. 24 percent of non-athletes. “Also, when comparing former Division I athletes, non-athletes who were physically active in college and the general U.S. population, it appears that, in rank order of the three groups, non-athletes who were recreationally active in college had better health-related quality of life scores, followed by the general U.S. population,” Simon noted. “This may be because former Division I athletes sustain more injuries and possibly more severe injuries due to the rigor of their sport.” Simon’s study was published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Infant sleep machines may pose hearing hazard Sleep machines used to block out background noise and lull babies to sleep have been linked to infants’ hearing problems. In “Infant Sleep Machines and Hazardous Sound Pressure Levels,” a study published in the April issue of Pediatrics, researchers tested the maximum noise levels of 65 sounds from 14 different sleep machines and found that all exceeded current recommended noise limits in hospital nurseries. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the study showed that nightly exposure to white noise from a sleep machine can affect a baby’s hearing, speech and language development. Study authors recommended that parents using infant sleep machines place them more than 200 centimeters from infants and lower the volume to protect babies’ hearing.
Allergies don’t discriminate Scientists from the National Institutes of Health concluded from a study that where in the U.S. a person lives has nothing to do with their chances of suffering from allergies – unless that person is 5 years old or younger. “Before this study, if you would have asked 10 allergy specialists if allergy prevalence varied depending on where people live, all 10 of them would have said yes, because allergen exposures tend to be more common in certain regions of the U.S.,” said Dr. Darryl Zeldin, scientific director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. “This study
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suggests that people prone to developing allergies are going to develop an allergy to whatever is in their environment. It’s what people become allergic to that differs.” However, the study showed that children aged 1-5 residing in the Southern U.S. were more likely to suffer from allergies than their peers in other parts of the country. Researchers attributed kids’ allergy prevalence in Southern states to the presence of dust mites and cockroaches. The research was published online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Brain-boosting supplement Results of a short-term study suggest that a customized nutritional supplement can speed up information processing in the brains of older adults. Researchers at University of South Florida (USF) developed NT-020, a supplement containing extracts from blueberries and green tea and Vitamin D3 and amino acids. In a two-month study involving 105 older adults who had no diagnosed memory disorders, they gave 52 adults the supplement and 53 of them a placebo. Participants took a battery of memory tests before and after taking NT-020 or a placebo. “After two months, test results showed modest improvements in two measures of cognitive processing speed for those taking NT-020 compared to those taking the placebo,” said Professor Brent Small, of USF’s School of Aging Studies. Blueberries, a major ingredient in NT-020, are rich in polyphenols, a type of antioxidant. Researchers wanted to see the effects of a nutritional supplement rich in polyphenol on age-related cognitive decline because oxidative stress and inflammation are age-related. “Non-vitamin polyphenols are the most abundant modulators of oxidative stress and inflammation in our diet,” said Paula Bickford, a professor in the USF Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair. “NT-020 is 95 percent polyphenols.” The supplement has been patented by USF and is commercially available as NutraStem®.
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“Fit for Function: Preventing Age-related Muscle Loss,” an OASIS program, from 1-3 p.m. on Monday, March 17 at Longview Farm Park, 13525 Clayton Road in Town & Country. Attendees learn about new research proving that basic strength training can reverse age-related muscle loss, find out what it means to be functionally fit and whether they pass the test based on national norms. The program and screening are designed for individuals aged 60 and older. Admission is free. To register, call (314) 996-5433. ••• “Preventing and Recognizing Cancers,” a St. Luke’s Hospital Passport to Health Series event, is from 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25 at St. Luke’s Hospital, 232 S. Woods Mill Road in Chesterfield. Two physicians present the facts about cancer, providing information on subtle symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options. Attendees enjoy a French cooking demonstration and a healthy food sample from the Dierbergs Des Peres Culinary Event Center wellness team. Admission is free. For more information and to register, visit stlukesstl.com, or call (314) 542-4848. ••• Missouri Baptist Medical Center presents “On the Move: Learn More About Your Hips and Knees” from 6:30-8 p.m. on Thursday, March 27 at DoubleTree by Hilton, 16625 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield. Orthopedic surgeons James Burke, M.D., and Micah Hobbs, D.O., discuss what can be done to reduce joint pain and explain the latest procedures in joint replacement surgery. To register, call (314) 996-5433. ••• “Stress Management: Balancing Your Life” is from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday March 29 at St. Luke’s Hospital’s Desloge Outpatient Center, 121 St. Luke’s Center Drive in Chesterfield. A certified holistic stress management instructor teaches techniques to help identify and deal with common stressors. Topics include humor, journaling, art therapy, time management and more. The class fee is $15. To register, visit stlukes-stl.com, or call (314) 542-4848. ••• CORRECTION: In “Health Capsules” (West Newsmagazine, March 5), the headline “40 decades in dentistry” should have read “40 years in dentistry.” West Newsmagazine regrets this error.
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Senior Dogs 4 Seniors While serving as foster parents for Love a Golden Rescue, a Wildwood couple discovered something that led them to launch a special dog rescue organization of their own. “We discovered that the older goldens were just perfect; they’re potty trained, they’re not destructive, they’re calm, they’re quiet – but nobody wanted to adopt them,” said Diane Pierce, who with her husband, David Pierce, fostered more than 60 golden retrievers through the organization. Meanwhile, the Pierces had two of their own golden retrievers trained to be therapy dogs and began taking the dogs to visit patients at hospitals and nursing homes. “We saw the magic when an old person is lying in a bed and you walk in with a dog,” Pierce said. “It kept playing through my head: We need to take these older dogs that nobody wants and put them with older people and make it work.” That realization led the couple to start Senior Dogs 4 Seniors, a nonprofit organization they founded in March 2008. “We have taken in close to 1,200 dogs in six years, and we have spent $260,000 on pets,” Pierce said. “It is our mission to place older dogs with older people and support that relationship.” Senior Dogs 4 Seniors accepts all breeds of dogs and gets them from three locations. “We get a log of dogs from puppy mills,” Pierce said. “We get surrenders – a lot of older people are going into a nursing home, or they’ve passed away and they have these
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Two petitions submitted by Kenn Grasse, 2187 White Lane Dr., Chesterfield, MO, 63017, for the approval of a zoning “The school is really supportive. My district change from R-4 Planned Multiple Family to R-3 Single Family and for the approval of a 2 lot single family subdivision on a 1.46 acre parcel fronting on Westglen Village Dr. and being more fully described as follows: A tract of teachers think it’s really cool what I do,” land being part of Westglen Village Plat 7 Subdivision as recorded in plat book 183 pages 68 and 69 of the St. Louis Buehler said. County Recorder of Deeds Office beginning at the concrete monument located at the southeast corner of the above mentioned Westglen Village Plat 7, said monument being in the west right-of-way line of Westglen Village Drive (60 feet She competes in various types of circuits, wide); thence north 89 degrees 13 minutes 47 seconds west 320 feet to a point along the south line of said subdivision, including American Kennel Club (AKC), said line also being the south line of section 3 and the north line of Westglen Village Addition Subdivision as recorded in plat book 171 pages 70 and 71 of the St. Louis Recorder of Deeds and the north line of Deer Creek Subdivision Plat 1 United Kennel Club (UKC), and ASC as recorded in plat book 278 pages 13 and 14 of the St. Louis Recorder of Deeds: thence north 00 degrees, 46 minutes, 13 seconds east a distance of 194.83 feet to a point; thence north 89 degrees, 14 minutes, 10 seconds east a distance (Australian Shepherd Club). In 2011 and of 320.07 feet to a point in the west line of Westglen Village Drive (60’ wide); thence south 00 degrees, 45 minutes, 31 2012, Buehler was awarded No. 1 open second west along the west right-of-way of said Westglen Village Dr. a distance of 202.80 feet to the point of beginning. junior handler through the Pug Dog Club 2. a petition submitted by Nawshad Kabir, 405 Elm Crossing Ct., Ballwin, MO, 63021 for the approval of a special use with her dogs Manny and Flo. exception for the operation of a restaurant with carry out, a drive through window and the sale of alcohol by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold for the premises formerly occupied by a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant While Buehler competes against anyand commonly known as 15493 Manchester Rd., Ballwin, MO 63011. where from 15 to 30 juniors, she also comThe City of Ballwin will consider the zoning ordinance or district regulations as provided herein, or may adopt different petes in rings against accomplished adults. changes or provisions, without further notice or hearing, as the Board of Aldermen may deem to be in the public interest. The public hearing may be continued, by announcement at the public hearing, from time to time, as deemed necessary by One of her proudest moments was winning the Planning and Zoning Commission, without publication of the time and place of the continued public hearing. Petitions Best of Breed over nine adult champions in of protest against zoning district boundary changes, duly signed and acknowledged, must be submitted by owners of thirty percent or more of either: (1) the area of the land (exclusive of streets and alleys) included in the proposed change(s), an ASC show. or (2) within the area determined by lines drawn parallel to and one hundred and eighty-five feet distant from the area proposed for a zoning district change, public rights-of-way excepted. These petitions will be considered in determining the “I was 11 at the time, and I think everypercentage of favorable votes by the Board of Aldermen necessary to make the zoning district change in accordance with one was surprised,” said Buehler. the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Ballwin. Residents of Ballwin are afforded an equal opportunity to participate in the programs and services of the City of Ballwin regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, national Personal dog trainer Diane Saltzman origin or political affiliation. If you are a person requiring an accommodation, please call (636) 227-8580 V, (636) 527-9200 works with Buehler once a week from March TDD or 1-800-735-2466 (Relay Missouri) no later than 5:00 P.M. on the third business day preceding the hearing. Offices are open between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday through Friday. to November. Additionally, Buehler spends Thomas H. 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PEOPLE Stella Moritz has joined West County Spine and Joint, a full-service chiropractic clinic headed by Dr. Lauren Hendrix, as practice representative. Moritz ••• Public accounting firm Abeles and Hoffman, P.C. has added two new members to its staff: Britt Booker, CPA has joined the firm as a tax accountant, and Kelli Holland has joined as an accountant. ••• The Jewish Community Center has added Anna Zelinske, M.A., CRC, as the new director of its Adult Day Center. ••• Mark Breakfield, CGMA, of Ballwin, recently joined RubinBrown as a manager in its Wealth Management Services Group.
PLACES The Burn Center at Mercy Hospital St. Louis has earned verification as an adult and pediatric burn center, making it the only verified center in Missouri. The Mercy Burn Center, a 12-bed unit, is the only facility providing comprehensive
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AWARDS AND HONORS The North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) recently announced that Suzanne Corbett, a contributing writer for West Newsmagazine, has won Silver in the 2013 NATJA Annual Awards Competition in the budget travel category for her story “Fall Agritourism Trips on a Half Tank of Gas or Less.”
BUSINESS AND NETWORKING The West County Chamber of Commerce hosts a breakfast presentation by Better Together, a grassroots organization formed to identify opportunities for St. Louis CityCounty cooperation and consolidation which support economic growth in the St. Louis region. The event will take place on Tuesday, March 18, from 7:30-9 a.m. at St. Louis Community College-Wildwood, 2645 Generations Drive. The event is free for members and $25 for non-members. To register, call 230-9900 or email dpinson@ westcountychamber.com.
Breaking ground for The Enclave at Lucerne Chesterfield-based McKelvey Homes kicked off construction in February of a new nine-home residential development, The Enclave at Lucerne, located at 630 Kehrs Mill Road in Ballwin. The development will generate at least 50 full-time construction jobs for the area over the next year. Pictured at the recent groundbreaking ceremony are (from left) West County Chamber of Commerce President Lori Kelling, Ballwin Alderman Mark Harder, McKelvey Homes President Jim Brennan and Ballwin Mayor Tim Pogue.
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Upgrades get underway at The Pointe at Ballwin Commons By JIM ERICKSON ericksonjim@att.net If you’ve driven by The Pointe at Ballwin Commons recently, it may have looked like someone is drilling for oil or putting in a water well. Instead, it is all part of a nearly $4 million upgrade that features a geothermal heating and cooling system that will replace the original HVAC equipment installed when the 18-year-old community and fitness center was built. “The (HVAC) system has reached the end of its expected life and the decision was made to replace it before we had a major problem that could force us to disappoint our members by having to close the building for the needed repairs,” said Linda Bruer, Ballwin’s parks and recreation director. The new state-of-the-art geothermal system and other upgrades will lower the city’s energy bills, maintenance costs and other expenses. That’s because the new system takes advantage of the steady below-ground temperature of approximately 55 degrees to lessen the need for air conditioning during warm weather months and for heating during the winter. To accomplish that feat, 100 six-inchwide holes will be drilled some 330 feet deep into the soccer field south of the patio
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located just outside the south window wall of The Pointe’s large indoor swimming pool. Each hole will contain a flexible high-density polyethylene tube surrounded by a mixture of sand and geothermal grout. The system enables water to be circulated so that in the summer, the relatively cooler fluid can be used to absorb heat from the building’s air conditioning system. In the winter, the relatively warmer water is harnessed to help with the building’s heating needs. Other improvements include more energyefficient lighting, new doors and re-caulking of windows, installation of variable speed pumps designed to reduce energy usage and the amount of chemicals needed for the swimming pool, and a new white roof that will reflect more of the sun’s hot rays. CTS Group, the company in charge of the upgrades, has guaranteed that the package of energy-efficient tools will knock $54,000 annually from The Pointe’s utility bills. Bruer said a resurfacing of the pool late in the spring will mean that part of the operation will be closed for a couple of weeks. During that time, Pointe members will be able to use the North Pointe outdoor aquatic complex at no extra charge. Plans also call for all drilling and related work in the soccer field area to be done by spring so the area can be restored for its
Crews work on three drilling rigs boring holes in the soccer field at The Pointe at Ballwin Commons as part of the installation of a geothermal heat pump system. (West Newsmagazine/Jim Erickson photo)
original use. Drilling of the holes fell behind schedule early in the project and a third rig was added to the two already on the job in an effort to catch up. Drilling cannot be done when the temperature falls below a certain point and the recent cold weather halted those activities on a number of days. All major aspects of the project should be complete by summer, Bruer said. The improvements will be partially paid through some of the city’s reserves accu-
mulated in earlier years when budgeted expenditures either were less than anticipated or when revenues were higher than expected. The remainder is being financed through a lease-purchase arrangement with U.S. Bancorp. The company offered to finance up to $2 million of the estimated $3.9 million project cost at an interest rate of 1.055 percent for a three-year period. The amount financed could be less if the city’s income from sales tax revenues is higher than expected.
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BENEFITS Fanfare of Quilts 2014 is at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 15 at Edgar M. Queeny County Park, 550 Weidman Road. Admission of $7 is good for both days. ••• Holy Infant Church, 248 New Ballwin Road in Ballwin hosts its monthly bingo night at 7 p.m. on March 22. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. A $20 per person admission includes 15 games of bingo (nine cards per game). Call Ray Brune at 256-6511 for additional information. ••• The third annual Canines & Crusaders for Chris Body, Heart and Spirit 5 K Run/1-Mile Fun Walk is at 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 29 at The Chesterfield Athletic Club, 16625 Swingley Ridge Road. The event honors the memory of Christopher Zandstra. The event’s proceeds benefit St. Jude Children’s Hospital. For details, call 532-9992 or visit chesterfielathleticclub.com.
FAMILY AND KIDS Morpho Mania takes flight daily at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House during March. Visitors can witness thousands of breathtaking Blue Morpho butterflies, a perennial favorite, inside the tropical conservatory. Regular admission fees apply. For details, visit missouribotanicalgarden.org. ••• Family Bingo Night is at 6-7:30 p.m.
on Thursday, March 13 at The Pointe at Ballwin Commons. A $5 fee is charged for participants age 3 and up. Pizza, popcorn, soda and prizes provided. Must pre-register by March 11. ••• The 6th Annual Confluence Trash Bash is from 8:30 a.m.-noon on Saturday, March 15. Volunteers are needed to help clean up Creve Coeur Park, 13725 Marine Road in Maryland Heights. After picking up litter, volunteers share an appreciation lunch. Prizes will be given for interesting trash finds. ••• Circus Flora’s Pop-up Circus is from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, March 16 at Taubman Prestige Outlets, 17017 N. Outer 40 Road in Chesterfield. Visitors get a sneak peek at this year’s production, “The Pawn,” music by Miss Jubilee & The Humdingers, balloon twisting and face painting. Sponsored by Taubman Prestige Outlets, Circus Flora and Chesterfield Arts. ••• Just Between Friends of West St. Louis County is holding a consignment event at Queeny Park’s Greensfelder Recreation Complex March 21-23. The event is from 6:30-9 p.m. on Friday, March 21; noon-6 p.m. on Saturday, March 22 and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Sunday, March 23. Admission is $5 on Saturday only. For more information, call (918) 899-4310. ••• The Gateway Ringers spring concert series, “Green Pastures” – Music of the Psalms is at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 30 at Bonhomme Presbyterian Church, 14820 Conway Road in Chesterfield,. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, email info@gatewayringers.org. ••• Wildwood Business Association hosts a Spring Balloon Glow from 6-8 p.m. on April 11 at Wildwood Town Center. Participants can take a hayride, have a photo
Enjoy lots of family fun, high adventure, all-inclusive rates, buffet meals, and memories to last a lifetime! taken with the Easter Bunny and do a craft. A 4-story hot air balloon highlights the event, which also includes a mystery cash giveaway for kids 1 and younger and give-aways to the first 300 visitors. Most events and activities are free; however, a minimum $5 donation is suggested toward the YMCA Strong Community Campaign. Call Debbie Ward at 4222241 for additional information. ••• Wildwood Christian Church, 16717 Manchester Road, hosts an Easter Egg Hunt at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 12 for toddlers through fifth-grade students. Bounce houses, hot dogs and theEaster egg hunt are part of the fun. Admission is free. Visit wccstl.org for additional details. Please bring a bag or basket to use during the hunt.
SPECIAL INTEREST The 2014 Orchid Show is in full bloom through Sunday, March 23 at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The cost is $5 (ages 3 and older) in addition to regular garden admission. For more information, visit mobot.org or call (314) 5775100. ••• Lee Naas presents a program on the history, culture, architecture and natural beauty of Australia and New Zealand at the March 19 meeting of the Old Trails Historical Society. The meeting is at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at the West County EMS and Fire, 223 Henry Ave. in Manchester. For more information, call 220-7330. ••• Ballwin’s finest meet with community members for Coffee with a Cop, from 9-11 a.m. on March 22 at the Ballwin McDonald’s at 15204 Manchester Road. Residents are invited to come talk with Ballwin police officers, build relationships and drink coffee, which is proved free by McDonald’s. For more information, call 207-2351 or email jheldmann@ballwin.mo.us. ••• West County Swing Dance Club meets from 8-10:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Moolah Shrine Center, 12545 Fee Fee Road. The not-for-profit social group hosts more than 350 dancers each week, offering basic to advanced swing dance lessons before the dance at 7 p.m. For details, visit wcsdc.com.
FISH FRIES Ballwin VFW Hall, 111 Mimosa Lane in Ballwin hosts a fish fry from 5-7:30 p.m. on Fridays through April 18. Call 527-9555. ••• Bethel United Methodist Church, 17500 Manchester Road in Wildwood hosts a fish fry from 3-7 p.m. on Saturday, April 5. Call 458-2255. ••• Creve Coeur American Legion Post 397, 934 Rue De La Banque in Creve Coeur hosts a fish fry from 4:30-8 p.m. on Fridays through April 18. Call (314) 872-3186. ••• Holy Infant Church, 248 New Ballwin Road in Ballwin hosts a fish fry from 4-7 p.m. on Fridays through April 18. Call 227-7440. ••• Incarnate Word Parish, 13416 Olive Blvd. In Chesterfield hosts a fish fry from 4-7 p.m. on Fridays through April 11 in the Lower Church Hall. Call (314) 576-5366. ••• Manchester American Legion Post 439, 225 Old Sulphur Spring Road in Manchester hosts a fish fry from 4-7:30 p.m. on Fridays through April 18. Prices vary. Call 391-9424. ••• Most Sacred Heart Parish, 340 E. 4th Street in Eureka hosts a fish fry from 4-7 p.m. on Fridays through April 18. Call 938-5048. ••• Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 17 Ann Ave. in Valley Park hosts a fish fry from 4-7 p.m. on Fridays through April 11. Call 225-5268. ••• St. Alban Roe, 2001 Shepard Road in Wildwood hosts a fish fry from 4-7 p.m. on March 14, March 28 and April 11. Call 458-2977. ••• St. Clare of Assisi, 15642 Clayton Road in Ellisville hosts a fish fry from 4-7 p.m. on Fridays through April 11. Call 394-7307.
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Llywelyn’s Pub offers fusion of cultures, food, fun – just in time for St. Pat’s Day By SUZANNE CORBETT Celtic traditions embrace more than the Irish. Celts include the Scots and Welsh, whose unique pub traditions are combined to create Llywelyn’s Pub, a Celtic American pub. “We’re very pub-ish,” said Llywelyn’s Marketing Director Jessica Baker, who explained the Celtic American pub as a fusion of cultures. Taking the best of each, Llywelyn’s has created a pub experience highlighting an old-world, cozy atmosphere featuring exposed brick walls, antique bars and a Celticinspired menu with authentic libations. “We’re named for Llywelyn the Last, King of Wales (the last Welsh prince before the English conquest),” Baker said. “Our first location opened back in 1975 in the Central West End. Our current owners acquired the pub in 1997 and expanded it to include both Irish and Scottish selections. We’re now a Celtic American pub.” Besides expanding the menu, Llywelyn’s has expanded locations that now include its latest Wildwood pub, which just celebrated its one-year anniversary. “We wanted to expand west and felt Wildwood needed a nice Celtic pub. We’re now in the heart of Wildwood in
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the Town Center area,” Baker said, noting the company’s commitment to community involvement in such events as Wildwood’s Founder’s Day and A Taste of the West. “We’re glad we can get into the community and give back,” she said. No matter which location diners choose, Llywelyn’s fills their plates with choices from traditional and nontraditional Celtic pub foods to classic American pub grub. The result is an eclectic menu designed to please most anyone. Traditional items include the pub’s signature Welsh Rarebit, a rustic molten sauce of sharp cheddar and Guinness that’s poured over toasted slabs of farmer’s bread and garnished with chopped tomatoes, bacon bits and fried onions. And, any Irishman would be pleased to order up the Bangers and Mash, lamb-based grilled sausages served with a side of colcannon (mashed potatoes seasoned with cabbage and leeks). Fried Irish Pies are among Llywelyn’s non-traditional Celtic creations that combine Irish corned beef with Welsh pasties. The result is a flaky pastry turnover filled with corned beef, white cheddar and colcannon and served with a side of whiskey mustard. Pub Curry, a yellow vegetable curry cooked with either chicken or shrimp, is another unexpected item that’s an “Old Sod” dish served with a new world twist. “Pub Curry is a sweeter curry. It’s really big on the Emerald Isle,” said Baker. “It’s gotten a really big response since we brought it on board about two years ago. People love it.” While Llywelyn’s culinary team continues to develop new Celtic-inspired dishes, they never forget to include
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American pub grub in the menu mix. Burger and flatbread specials are featured daily, complementing the already hearty selections of sandwiches, melts, wraps and burgers. Soups from the chef’s cauldron include White Chili and Celtic Onion Soup; each are homemade along with the sauces and salad dressings that dress the greens. Plans are in the works to open the Wildwood patio, weather permitting, for St. Patrick’s Day with special entertainment on March 15 and 17. And, now through Good Friday, diners can look for off-the-menu Lenten specials. Scheduled to appear are shrimp Po’ Boys with homemade tartar sauce, crab cakes and a Fisherman’s Platter designed to make a Celtic fisherman proud.
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Help Wanted WE ARE HIRING: American Cleaners Is hiring in several locations: 13960 Manchester Rd., Ballwin, 11041 Olive Street Rd., Creve Coeur and 1290 Jungermann Rd., St. Charles. Apply in person from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm M-F or call (636) 227-8299. PART TIME PLANT SALES Prefer horticulture knowledge. Please apply in person at Rick's Ace Hardware located at 221 Lamp & Lantern Village, Chesterfield, MO 63017. PT Teller • PT Financial Service Representative openings for our West County Branch in Ellisville, MO. Competitive pay. Please apply online at www. recruitingcenter.net/clients/ vcu/publicjobs. Vantage Credit Union is an Equal Opportunity Employer. OPEN HOUSE - MARCH 15 9AM TO 5PM - Immediate OnSite testing and interviewing. Customer Direct, 714 Spirit 40 Park Drive, Chesterfield 63005. Positions: Hotel Reservation Agents and Tech Support Level 1. We offer Flex Scheduling, Comprehensive Benefits Package, Advancement Opportunities, Competitive Pay Rates and Employee Discounts. You can apply online: customerdirect.com/ careers or call 636-736-4011.
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