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Random thoughts on the passing scene: Will the Veterans Administration scandal wake up those people who have been blithely saying that what we need is a “single payer” system for medical care?

Delays in getting to see a doctor have been a common denominator in government-run medical systems in England, Canada and Australia, among other places.

Class warfare rhetoric would have us resenting “the top 10 percent” in income.

But that would be a farce, because most of us would be resenting ourselves, since more than half of all Americans – 54 percent – are in the top 10 percent at some stage of their lives.

Some people act as if the answer to every problem is to put more money and power in the hands of politicians.

Freedom means nothing if it does not mean the freedom to do what other people don’t like. Everyone was free to be a Communist under the Stalin dictatorship, and everyone is free to be a Muslim in Saudi Arabia. Yet whole generations are coming out of our colleges where only those who are politically correct are free to speak their minds. What kind of America will they create?

In Thomas Piketty’s highly praised new book, “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” he asserts that the top tax rate under President Herbert Hoover was 25 percent.

But Internal Revenue Service records show that it was 63 percent in 1932. If Piketty can’t get even his facts straight, why should his grandiose plans for confiscatory global taxation be taken seriously?

Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial.

Republicans in Congress seem to be drawn toward the immigration issue like a moth toward a flame. How turning illegal immigrants into Democratic voters, while demoralizing the Republican base, will help either the country or Republicans is a mystery. If ever there was a high-risk, lowyield investment, that is it.

President Theodore Roosevelt said his foreign policy was to “speak softly and carry a big stick.” President Barack Obama’s foreign policy is to speak loudly and carry a little stick. They say talk is cheap, but loose talk by a president of the United States can be very expensive in both blood and treasure.

One of the scariest aspects of our times is how seldom either people or policies are judged by their track record.

Why in the world are the Baltic states in NATO? The Russian army could overrun them before NATO could get a meeting together to decide what to do.

If the Democrats retain control of the Senate after this year’s election, Obama can load the federal courts from top to bottom with judges who will ignore the Constitution, as he does, and promote his far-left political agenda long after he is gone.

I get nervous every time I see Mitt Romney showing up in the media. He seems to be maintaining his visibility, in hopes of another run for the White House in 2016.

He might well get a second chance to fail.

Romney is the Republican establishment’s idea of the perfect candidate for president – no matter how many times such candidates lose, even under promising conditions.

Anti-Semitism may have the dubious distinction of being the oldest of group hatreds.

You might think the world would have gotten over anti-Semitism by now, but even today Jews have been singled out for separate treatment by the Russian insurgents in Ukraine.

“We cannot insure to the vicious the fruits of a virtuous life; we would not invade the home of the provident in order to supply the wants of the spendthrift; we do not propose to transfer the rewards of industry to the lap of indolence.” Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan said that in 1896. Today’s Democrats do all those things that Bryan rejected.

Any fool can say the word “racism.” In fact, quite a few fools do say it. But clever people also can say “racism,” in order to get fools to vote their way.

Those people who want Hillary Clinton elected president, so that we could have our first woman president, seem to have learned absolutely nothing from the current disaster of choosing a president on the basis of demographics and symbolism.

The old saying that taxes are the price we pay for civilization has long since become obsolete. The amount the government spends to defend us from foreign attack, or to maintain law and order at home, has been overtaken by the money it spends just to transfer some people’s money to other people who are more likely to vote for the re-election of incumbents. © 2014 Creators.com

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taxpayer-backed federal agency that subsiTo the Editor: dizes private domestic companies investRep. Sue Allen (District 100) should be ing in foreign countries.” recognized for her work during the recently Doesn’t the congresswoman tell us she concluded legislative session to assure that believes in free markets? Capitalism is not children have access to needed health care. defined by government subsidies.

Rep. Allen amended several bills and Isn’t there irony in using a government-run worked hard to make sure that children program to encourage other countries to end eligible for health insurance, but currently government interference in their economies? subject to a six-month waiting period, will In 1996, Nobel laureate Milton Friedno longer have to wait before they are fully man wrote a letter to the House budget insured. Because of Rep. Allen, children chairman. He said: “I cannot see any will not have to wait to see a doctor, will redeeming aspect in the existence of OPIC. receive timely care for their chronic con- It is special interest legislation of the worst ditions, and will not be visiting the emer- kind, legislation that makes the problem it gency room for their health care. is intended to deal with worse rather than Under current law, children are the only better. ... OPIC has no business existing.” ones who have to wait to be insured. Rep. Why wasn’t Rep. Wagner one of the 117 Allen has changed that law and children representatives voting no to H.R. 2548? will be healthier because she did.

I can only surmise she is not a true advoJudy Dungan cate of free markets even though she says Director of Policy and Advocacy she is. She seems to be okay with corpoMissouri Children’s Leadership Council rate welfare.

Interestingly, nearly every Democrat and a minority of Republicans – including Questions for Rep. Wagner Wagner – voted to pass this bill. Wasn’t To the Editor: her vote contrary to the common sense Rep. Ann Wagner sent voters a mail Hastert rule? The rule states, “If a bill does survey dealing with her SAVE Act (Stop not have the support of a majority of the Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act), majority party, it should not be brought to which has now passed the House. When I the floor for a vote.” received the survey I pondered these yes or Rep. Wagner often tells us how conserno inquiries: vative she is, yet many of her votes do not Do I believe sex trafficking is a serious reflect the constitutional principles she problem? claims to support. She seems comfortable Do I believe it’s our moral duty to end with an ever-growing government. sex slavery?

Her Heritage Action score has fallen Do I believe we should do more to raise to 63 percent. That is the second lowest awareness? within the Missouri Republican congresDo I support the SAVE Act “to protect sional delegation. innocent victims from exploitation?”

So again I ask, who in the world would Who would answer no to these questions? answer no to questions she posed for the No one. Yet the congresswoman spends SAVE Act? She wastes funds on a softball my money to ask them. Why waste taxes questionnaire and turns around and votes for to print and mail a four-color piece that corporate welfare. I’d like to hear her explagleans no significant information from nation of her H.R. 2548 decision. Perhaps constituents? The answer is simple. She she’ll share that with second district voters. wants to show residents she is bravely Kathy Teutenberg fighting for a worthy cause.

Chesterfield I’d rather see her devote her energy to limit government, protect my individual liberty and private property, and stand up Free education is not free for free enterprise. And she should do her To the Editor: best to defund Obamacare. Surely she is What is happening to Missouri’s free aware of the horror stories about the gov- K-12 public education? The Missouri ernment takeover of medicine.

Board of Education (MBE) stated they will I noticed Rep. Wagner voted yes for the dissolve the Normandy School District Electrify Africa Act of 2014 (H.R. 2548), (NSD) board and name their own. Then which according to the Heritage Founda- NSD sues MBE and other county school tion, “includes a three-year reauthorization districts to retain their own control.

Is it wise public policy for NSD’s future of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Created in 1969, OPIC is a to be decided by MBE and the courts instead

of by its residents? What voice do parents and their students have in controlling their own education? What will they be taught?

MBE is really all about control of K-12 public school funding and curriculum. It is a large state legislature-funded bureaucracy. It controls over $10 billion of taxpayer funds including the Rockwood School District (RSD) on which I have served as a member of budget, finance and bond committees since 2007.

Is this in the students’ best interest? We citizens need to decide whether school districts continue to have local control and elect our own boards or surrender control to the state and federal government which brings us Common Core.

There really isn’t anything free about public school education since all government programs require taxpayer funding.

K-12 education is extremely important, but not free when government controls and funds it. All citizens pay for it through various taxes while surrendering local control to a state bureaucracy.

In 1875, free K-12 education was placed in the Missouri Constitution. That was good. Then school districts were small and relied on local property taxes.

Today most districts receive less than two-thirds of their funding from that source and rely heavily on state funding or bond borrowing to make their budgets.

Thus, less local control.

In 2013, RSD spent over $25 million from a budget of $256 million to pay interest and principal on bond debt. This was 10 percent of the district’s budget. They are not alone.

Paying interest is a poor expenditure of education funds. I believe it is best for Missouri taxpayers to support “Missourians for Education Income Tax Credits” for additional funding without having to continuously ask voters for approval. Otherwise, voters will be asked to approve large increases in property taxes or further funding from bonds. This may be difficult to obtain from voters.

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than 20 employees, there are favorable options compared to those not available to companies having 50 or more employees.

First of all, allowing an employee doing sales for the company the option of becoming an independent contractor does increase the amount the employees must pay for payroll taxes, however, these costs are far less than the deductions the employee is entitled as an independent contractor.

There are meal deductions, home office deductions, and mileage deductions to name a few. When weighing all the pluses and minuses, the fact of being able to save extraordinary premium fees for insurance each month amounted to a considerable savings for these two individuals.

These employees can expand their earning capability by representing other companies as long as they do not compete with the products they currently represent. This eliminates one of the criteria for which the IRS is highly critical. It is up to the employee to seek other opportunities with no other restrictions, which is part of the contract they signed.

As for vacation time, the independent contractor is under no obligation to schedule vacation time in advance. As for sick time, life insurance, etc. this was all taken into consideration before they opted for independent status. And upon listing the financial pros and cons, it made sense for these two people. It may not make sense for everyone, but it did with these two folks.

When I first discussed this with them, they were so fearful of “Obamacare” based on political talk shows and misinformed people writing blogs and articles, they needed to look into it themselves to learn the true facts.

I agree, it might not be the best route to take for both the employee or the company in all instances, but when you can save your employee $1,300 monthly with the ACA program, you are hard pressed not to opt for the independent contractor status, especially when the company has independent contractors around the world and there is no conflict of ACA or IRS rules.

The bottom line is do not believe all the horror stories about the ACA a.k.a “ObamACA response acare” you hear from the people who listen To the Editor: to those adamantly opposed to the program.

While I appreciate Donna Beck’s Yes, I am benefitted by the former response to my letter (West Newsmagazine, employees going independent contractor May 7) outlining the decision of allowing status for two reasons. First, they have two of my employees to become indepen- both earned considerably more money dent contractors enabling them to gain than they did as paid employees. Second, access to the Affordable Care Act, I need it has allowed me to sleep much better at to clarify a few of what she seems to be night as a result of this joint decision. scolding me about.

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Safety tool or money grab?

As far as traffic violations go, running a red light has become one of the most controversial, and hotly debated.

Not because of the actual violation itself – most people can agree that running a red light is dangerous. The controversy comes from cameras mounted near certain stoplights that take your picture of a vehicle as it runs a red light.

Red-light cameras have their champions and detractors, and each side loves to levy multiple arguments for and against the devices. Red-light cameras have been in place in America since the 1980s and presumably part of the cameras’ longevity can be attributed to how the arguments for and against hold their fair share of water.

Recently cities both local and statewide have been pulling enforcement of their red-light camera ordinances.

Missouri courts have even made several rulings on the issue, but an overall verdict approving or condemning the cameras is yet to come.

On one hand, there is the very real safety issue presented by a vehicle running a red light. The timing on stop lights as they change from red to green is just such that it gives straggling cars enough time to clear an intersection. As lights change, pedestrian signals also signal people that it is safe to begin walking across the road, and – despite being taught the mantra as kids – not everybody looks both ways before crossing.

Entering an intersection after the stoplight is red can be dangerous, to the driver running the light, other motorists and pedestrians.

Proponents of red-light cameras argue that the threat of the machine snapping a picture of a vehicle’s license plates and serving that photo to the local police can be a pretty strong deterrent. The argument goes that receiving that photo and an accompanying ticket in the mail should make anyone a little more likely to hit the brakes when approaching a yellow or red light. As a result, the camera’s advocates say the devices reduce the number of accidents in and around intersections where the cameras are in place.

But, having cameras monitoring an intersection isn’t a surefire way

to reduce accidents. In Ellisville, one of the local municipalities which recently halted enforcement of the devices, data showed that, in one of the three intersections monitored by red-light cameras, accidents had actually risen by 27 percent.

The fear of causing more accidents is an argument levied against redlight cameras as well. Opponents fear that as a stoplight flicks from green to yellow, a driver may attempt to speed through the intersection to avoid a ticket, thus increasing the chances of an accident. This argument has validity, since there is no telling if other drivers will attempt to speed through the intersection as well, or slam on the brakes, potentially resulting in a rear-end collision.

Another main argument against the use of red-light cameras centers around the money. Opponents call the cameras a money-grab by the cities using them. It likely there have been uses of the cameras where the main goal was money, not safety. But is every use of the cameras a moneygrab, 100 percent across the board?

If someone is angry because they received a red-light camera ticket, are they upset because their constitutional rights were violated, or because they have to pay a fine?

The reality of the red-light camera issue is that, just like the red, yellow and green of a stoplight, there are no shades of black and white here. It’s hoped that the use of the cameras isn’t a grab for money by a city, but that is also not a certainty. The cameras’ safety benefits are valuable, but not guaranteed.

All of this raises the question: Is the technology where it needs to be to effectively operate red-light cameras, or is the current method of operating the cameras even the right way?

Might a better option be to use a system of sensors that change the lights from red to green only when they determine the intersection is clear, and all cars have stopped?

Are more traffic police the answer?

Would making the stoplights more visible help? Or are we just biding our time until technology takes the human error out of the driving equation completely?

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The project will add another lane on westbound I-64 between I-270 and Clarkson Road and another lane on eastbound I-64 between Route 141 and I-270. The lane addition will be similar to that done on I-270 over the last two years. Drivers will have four 11-foot lanes in those sections of I-64, and 10-foot shoulders in most locations. In addition, MoDOT is making improvements to the interchange between Route 141 and I-64 and making some improvements on Route 141 between the interstate and St. Luke’s Hospital Drive.

The open house meeting will be held at the Transportation Management Center, 14301 South Outer 40 Drive, Chesterfield MO 63017.

During the meeting, MoDOT engineers will share information about the plans and schedule for the projects. In addition, they will discuss the sound study conducted for the project with impacted residents.

Engineers will present a short briefing on the sound study process at 4:45 p.m.

and 6:15 p.m. The briefing will discuss the federal requirements and the process that MoDOT used to conduct and verify the sound study on this project.

Participants may attend at any time during the open house, and are welcome to attend either presentation on the sound study.

This meeting will allow the public to provide input and comments, either directly to the engineers or in written comments, on any additional impacts due to the construction of this project.

Chesterfield reappointments Six Chesterfield residents have been reappointed to four city government boards and commissions. Mayor Bob Nation announced the appointees at the May 19 City Council meeting and all received council approval. Appointments included: Board of Adjustment – Gerald Schwalbe (Ward 1) for a five-year term; Finance & Administration Citizens Advisory Committee – Barry Silver (Ward 1) for a threeyear term; Human Rights Commission – Doris Frazier (Ward 4) for a three-year term; amd Planning Commission – Stanley Proctor (Ward 1), Laura Lueking (Ward 2) and Wendy Geckeler (Ward 4), all for fouryear terms.

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According to Mike Geisel, Chesterfield’s director of public services, work will begin late in June or early July and be completed during the current construction season.

Plans call for removing the current pavement and replacing it with an eight-inch concrete surface. The new roadway will extend from just west of the Hwy. 141 improvement to Olive Street Road.

Geisel said grants of $1.4 million from the federal government and $351,000 from St. Louis County will pay 70 percent of the cost. Chesterfield will pay the remaining 30 percent.

ELLISVILLE Kids’ Safety Day scheduled Ellisville Police is joining forces with other emergency responders and city businesses to provide assistance in keeping area children safe.

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Children also can bring in their existing safety helmets for inspection and fitting by a certified police officer. They also can have their bikes inspected for safety and correct fitting. A very limited amount of free helmets will be available to residents who cannot afford them.

Parents can get information on other safety issues such as bicycle safety issues, sun safety, child ID/fingerprinting, Internet safety and missing children information.

Refreshments will be available at no charge along with carnival games and prizes. Raffles will be drawn for gift certificates donated by area businesses and kids will have a chance to win bicycles and air hockey games donated by Ellisville Police.

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Riding for health The 2nd annual St. Luke’s Hospital Tour de Wellness, supporting St. Luke’s Center for Cancer Care takes place June 8. Registration is $45 and includes a T-shirt, sport bag and entrance to the Friends of St. Luke’s celebration tent featuring music, lunch from PM BBQ, free massages and other health exhibits. The ride begins and ends at the Chesterfield Amphitheater, 631 Veteran’s Place Drive in Chesterfield. Routes are separated into three distances: Division Champion, 16 miles; League Champion, 32 miles; and World Champion, 70 miles. To register, visit stlukes-stl.com/tourdewellness. For more information contact the Office of Development at (314) 205-6231. at the flashing red stoplight in front of the Eureka parking lot, while southbound traffic was given a flashing yellow signal.

Wilson said that an investigation into the accident is currently ongoing.

Gillespie was a study hall teacher at Eureka High, and had been with the Rockwood School District for one year.

He also worked as an assistant volleyball coach for the last four years at Francis Howell High, according to Dr. Dave Wedlock, Francis Howell’s principal.

Wedlock said Gillespie also had been a student teacher in the school’s social studies department while pursuing his college degree and teaching certification.

“He was seen as a wonderful man who was loved by many of the students, the coaching staff that he worked with, the parents and many of the people that came in contact with him,” Wedlock said.

Francis Howell had a banner set out for students to write well-wishes to Gillespie’s family, according to Wedlock.

“Some of the things that they wrote were that they would never forget him as a coach, they appreciated that he always pushed them to be their best,” Wedlock said. “For some of the students, they felt like he taught them how to love volleyball, and most significantly, they loved the way he shared his passion for teaching and learning.”

Route 66 Bridge deemed ‘most endangered’ Missouri Preservation announced its 2014 List of Most Endangered Places on Tuesday, May 20, and the Route 66 Bridge in Eureka was among them.

The endangered sites were identified at a Missouri Preservation Press Conference held at the Henry Blosser House on 124th Way in Malta Bend (Saline County), which is included on the 2014 List of Most Endangered Historic Places.

The Most Endangered Program annually

spotlights historic resources that are imperiled. Each year Missouri Preservation solicits nominations from around the state, evaluates the merits of the submissions, and announces the Most Endangered.

Throughout the year, Missouri Preservation provides technical assistance, advocacy and planning support for the listed properties.

The bridge over the Meramec River at the former site of Times Beach was constructed in 1932 and is known as a Warren deck truss bridge, of which only three other examples remain in Missouri.

In 1999, the bridge was incorporated into the boundaries of Route 66 State Park and until 2009 connected park visitors to the Route 66 Museum, opened in a former lodge and roadhouse on the eastern bank of the Meramec River.

There is strong support from a number of local and statewide groups to preserve this bridge. Since this is a deck truss bridge, the biggest detriment to its structural integrity is the heavy weight of the concrete surface above. The Missouri Department of Transportation used some of the money in its demolition budget to remove the deck and give supporters of saving the bridge until 2015 to find a new owner to assume the cost of rehabilitation.

TOWN & COUNTRY West County board appointment Alderman Gussie Crawford (Ward 3) is the new representative from Town & County to the West County EMS and Fire Protection District’s Board of Directors.

Crawford succeeds Chuck Lenz, the former Town & Country Ward 2 alderman as the representative to the West County board. Town & Country contracts with West County for fire and emergency medical services. Under terms of that agreement, the city designates a non-voting representative to the district’s board of directors.

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Wildwood Council postpones vote on proposed sign regulation changes

By MARY SHAPIRO mshapiro@newsmagazinenetwork.com After some business owners and others questioned some of the changes that would affect the use of temporary banners, Wildwood’s City Council has agreed to postpone, likely until June 23, a vote on final approval of legislation that would allow for changes in the city’s sign code.

The delay will allow the council’s Planning/Economic Development/Parks subcommittee to further review the proposed changes and possibly modify them.

The proposed changes would affect, among other things, the number of monument signs that will be allowed for large tracts of land with entrances on multiple major roads as well as the types of institutions that are allowed to use temporary banner signs and the amount of time they can be posted.

Temporary banner signs now are limited to commercial districts and established businesses, but many other institutions have asked to use them. The proposed change allows institutions to use banner signs.

Temporary banner signs are now limited to no more than one week of use at a time, must be in a commercial district and can be used no more than three times a year. However, the originally proposed change would allow for signs, on a permit basis, to be up for as long as 31 days at a time – up to four times a year. Signs then would need to be removed for at least 60 days before being used again at the same location. The changes also would allow the banners to be used outside the commercial district for institutions such as schools and churches.

Mikel Garrett, president of the Wildwood Business Association and owner of an insurance agency on Village Plaza View Drive, told the council on May 27 that his biggest concern is in regard to the temporary banner portion of the changes.

“That section is much, much too limiting,” he told the council. “You need a lesser time frame between uses of banners than the 60-day period, which is harsh and unusable, especially around the holiday season.”

He suggested the time period for displaying a banner be reduced from a maximum of 31 days at a time, and allow another banner to be put up in a shorter time period, such as 15 days.

Joe Vujnich, the city’s director of planning and parks, has said the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission recently reviewed sign regulations based on comments received from residents, businesses and others in regard to how the law can be improved.

Vujnich said many institutions such as schools and churches, which are located outside the city’s commercial district, like to use banners for announcing special events such as fundraisers. Also, some businesses in the district have asked for more time to have banners up to promote sales, and a 31-day period would encompass the time between Black Friday and Christmas, when most retail businesses make most of their profit.

Additionally, violations of the city’s current limit on the use of these banners have been common, Vujnich has said, with many businesses and institutions exceeding the time limit and using banners often to drive customer and attendee traffic to their locations and events.

He said the added time for the banners to be up under the planned changes – from no more than 21 days a year to about 120 days maximum a year – “is a substantial increase.”

In the future, any violation would mean a banner could be removed immediately and the user couldn’t have another one for 60 days, Vujnich said.

“The intent of the changes is not to be punitive, but so that temporary banners don’t appear to be permanent,” he said.

However, Councilmember Marc Cox

(Ward 4) said he was concerned that, after a banner was up for 31 days between Black Friday and Christmas, another couldn’t be put up for 60 days, “so that, for holidays (like Valentine’s Day) that occur between times a banner could be up, a business owner would be out of luck.”

Vujnich countered that businesses are even more limited under current laws because “they could have a banner for two weeks during December and then again for a week for Valentine’s Day, and they’d have used up their time for the whole year.”

“We’re on a slippery slope here,” Councilmember David Sewell (Ward 6) predicted. “We’re already moving from 21 days a year maximum use of banners to up to 31 days for four times a year. Each time we turn around, we’re being asked for more time for these banners. I’m afraid we’ll wind up with a visual mess, with lots of clutter. And this will be an administrative nightmare. These temporary banners are out of control, and we’ve had nothing but headaches because of them.”

Vujnich agreed that temporary banners always will be a challenge for the city “unless we have no regulations or an outright ban on them.”

However, he said, “We need to do any

changes fairly and recognize that the business community and institutional users have special needs.”

Councilmember Sue Cullinane (Ward 3) admitted she was conflicted over the issue.

“I’ve had phone calls and other conversations especially with those from churches, who plan, for example, a Vacation Bible School and an August event and would have to choose which of the two to promote,” she said. “I’m hung up on that 60-day wait period.

“I don’t want clutter, but there’s got to be some leeway, because temporary banners are how not-for-profits draw people in.”

Vujnich stressed that institutional users outside the commercial district now aren’t allowed to have any temporary banners in place. “Yet, for example, the Wildwood YMCA has a permanent temporary banner set up next to their reader board,” he said.

Summing up, Councilmember Paul Wojciechowski (Ward 8) acknowledged that even when the proposal is fine-tuned, “this law won’t be everything to everybody, and we’re not here to serve every situation, but if the changes can address most things for most people, we’ll be doing pretty good.”

“We need to tweak the proposal, but a total retooling isn’t in order,” he said.

Ellisville City Council to prepare legislation on trailer, RV parking near residences

By DAN FOX dfox@newsmagazinenetwork.com At a May 21 work session, the Ellisville City Council once again discussed the issue of parking trailers, recreational vehicles, boats and other non-car motor vehicles at residential properties.

Central to the discussion was Ellisville Ordinance 3093, the current law on the books for dealing with the parking of motor vehicles (which includes boats, RVs, campers and trailers) at a residence. Ordi-

nance 3093 limits the number of motor vehicles allowed at a residence to two, and also prohibits the parking of boats, trailers, campers and RVs in front of the building line. A moratorium placed on Ordinance 3093 currently renders it unenforceable.

At the start of the work session, Councilmember Matt Pirrello (District 1) made a motion to have city staff draft a bill to repeal the existing law set in place by Ordinance 3093, reinstate the law that was in place before 3093 and amend that law to

prohibit commercial tractor-trailers.

Councilmember Roze Acup (District 3), who seconded Pirrello’s motion, said that she believes it might take time to resolve the issue, and that she supports the idea of fixing and enacting the old ordinance while the council deliberates the issue.

“I think that, just based on this discussion, we still have a lot of work to do,” Acup said.

Pirrello’s motion failed by a vote of 4 to 3. The council then went in a different

direction and approved a motion made

by Mayor Adam Paul, which directed the city manager to draft an ordinance amending Ordinance 3093. The changes to the ordinance would include rewording the law to allow only one boat, trailer or RV to be kept at a residence at any given time. It would also strike the section in Ordinance 3093 that requires people to store their vehicles on an improved surface, like asphalt or gravel.

Paul’s motion passed on a 4 to 3 vote.

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By JIM ERICKSON ericksonjim@att.net The approach used in St. Louis County to distribute sales tax revenues is one of a number of issues being reviewed in an independent study by a group of academicians.

Rep. Sue Allen (R-100), one of seven state legislators who represent various parts of Chesterfield, provided information about the study at that community’s May 19 City Council meeting.

Allen applauded Chesterfield officials for their advocacy efforts in the Missouri General Assembly on behalf of the city, especially on the sales tax pooling and distribution program that applies to St. Louis County and its numerous municipalities.

More than half of the city sales tax revenue from Chesterfield businesses goes into a pool that is distributed to other communities with smaller sales tax income.

Allen chaired a joint interim committee on St. Louis-area governance and taxation that was instrumental in launching the independent study. That project is being handled by a group affiliated with the Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and includes other experts from Saint Louis University

and Webster University.

The study group’s report on its findings and any recommendations should be forthcoming by the end of June, Allen predicted.

In addition to the sales tax pooling system, other issues on the study’s agenda include the impact of the county providing more municipal services or reducing the number of municipalities through consolidation, any correlation between the sales tax pooling system and the use of tax increment financing, and the effects of the St. Louis Boundary Commission.

Allen noted that at public meetings and hearings her committee held last year, many people testified on the issue of a St. Louis City-County merger; however, that topic was not one the committee was asked to investigate.

Because the sales tax pooling system involves only municipalities in St. Louis County, legislators from other parts of the state are not that concerned or interested in it, Allen said.

“It’s going to be up to the people here in the St. Louis area to do some serious negotiating to reach an appropriate compromise,” she noted. “My hope is that something eventually can be worked out.”

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Chesterfield Elementary teacher named West Newsmagazine’s Teacher of the Year

By DAN FOX dfox@newsmagazinenetwork.com Jennifer Cochran was sitting in a tiny chair at a table with several of her students when a troupe of people entered her classroom on May 19 to present her with the West Newsmagazine Teacher of the Year award.

Cochran’s kindergarten class cheered and clapped as the Chesterfield Elementary teacher was presented with a gift bag, flowers and an iPad. The kids cheered again when Colleen Schoendienst, owner of the Chesterfield Valley (Long Road) and Town & Country (Lamp & Lantern Village) McDonalds, gave sunglasses to the entire class along with tickets for free ice cream cones.

Cochran said she was surprised and overwhelmed when she received the news.

“Nobody goes into teaching for the accolades,” Cochran said. “Because, honestly, in teaching they are few and far between. You do it because you love children and you want to make a difference in the world. But they are appreciated when they do come.”

Jennifer Kelly, whose son is in Cochran’s class, wrote the note nominating Cochran for Teacher of the Year. In her recommendation, she talked about how Cochran noticed that her son needed a little extra help. Kelly said Cochran quickly took steps to set him

on the best path moving forward.

“She’s an amazing teacher,” Kelly said.

“She’s getting 30 little perfect kids at a time; she’s grooming them to be great citizens of the world.”

Kelly said another aspect of Cochran’s teaching that she admires is how Cochran keeps the parents involved in their kids’ daily activities.

“She’ll take all these pictures and send them to you, so you get to be a part of everything that’s happening in their day,” Kelly said.

As a mother of three, Cochran’s dealings with children stretch well outside the classroom.

Two of her children were adopted from outside the U.S. She has a daughter from Russia and a son from the Philippines. Cochran said she and her husband are looking to adopt a fourth child, also from the Philippines.

She said that having children from outside America has made her recognize the important things in life.

“I try not to make a big deal out of little things,” Cochran said.

Chesterfield Elementary principal Dr. Meg Brooks said Cochran is a “unique individual.”

“She does it all and more,” Brooks said.

“You never see her with anything but a big smile on her face.”

Jennifer Cochran (denim jacket) with (from left) Brenda Tucker of Pulaski Bank; Sharon Huber, publisher of West Newsmagazine; McDonalds owner Colleen Schoendienst, Jennifer and Mike Kelly, and Renee Johnson, owner of Renee Johnson’s Dance Studio. (West Newsmagazine photo)

Cochran said receiving the award reminds her of the work that other teachers have done for her children.

“It’s a great reminder for me as a mom,” Cochran said. “I try to always recognize and thank my children’s teachers, because I know how hard they work. It’s just a good reminder for me that I need to

keep doing that.”

Sponsors for West Newsmagazine’s 2014 Teacher of the Year award are Auto Spa Etc., Mattress Direct, Town & Country and Chesterfield Valley McDonalds, Pulaski Bank of Ballwin, Renee Johnson’s Dance Studio and Schrader Funeral Homes and Crematory.

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By JIM ERICKSON ericksonjim@att.net The Central County Emergency 911 Board of Directors has approved a review of projected income and expenses to see if it is possible to lower the amount its ownerusers that are assessed for dispatch services.

Historically, the six fire and emergency medical service districts that own CCE have paid a higher amount than districts that contract for dispatch services but have no ownership interest. Owner-users levy a tax of 5 cents per $100 assessed valuation on real and personal property in their respective areas; then pass through the funds collected to CCE. Most of the operations that only contract for CCE dispatching services have a tax levy of 3.5 cents per $100 assessed valuation.

A resolution on the issue originally came before the CCE board last year but action on it was delayed as CCE focused on a major expansion effort.

Tim Flora, who represents the Metro West Fire Protection District on the board, raised the issue again when directors met May 15 and the decision to move ahead with the analysis received unanimous approval.

As part of the resolution, the board asked CCE Executive Director Mike Turner and the center’s accounting firm

of Berman Schraier & Co. to look at projected income and expenses for the rest of 2014 and into next year to see if the 2015 budget can incorporate the reduced rate.

Two of CCE’s owner-users – Metro West and the Meramec Ambulance District – already have requested that their status be changed to contract-users. Three others – Maryland Heights, Creve Coeur and West County fire protection districts – have said they may choose to have their dispatching services provided by the new St. Louis County emergency communications center now nearing completion in West County.

Monarch Fire Protection District is CCE’s sixth owner-user. All have a seat on the dispatch center’s six-member board.

Looming large in the analysis will be CCE’s debt, in the form of a bank line of credit that the dispatch center took on last year to help pay for two major expansion programs. CCE had expected to receive reimbursement from the St. Louis County Emergency Communications Commission for 70 percent, or almost $1 million, of the $1.4 million spent on the expansion.

However, the ECC tabled CCE’s grant application because it failed to show the savings necessary to justify the money requested.

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Joe Vujnich, the city’s director of planning and parks, told the City Council on May 27 that the trailhead, at 225 Grand Avenue in the city’s Glencoe neighborhood, and trail is one of the most popular in West County and grows in use each year.

The current trailhead site includes only two picnic tables, two screened portable toilets and a gravel parking lot that can accommodate 15 to 20 cars.

“The trailhead also is the de facto parking lot for the Wabash Frisco and Pacific (12-inch gauge) steam railroad that operates every Sunday, from May through October,” he said. “The proposed improvements are the result of a year-long public outreach effort in the surrounding Glencoe community and a survey of user needs and desires.”

Proposed improvements include:

• Removing the current parking lot and restoring the area to grass for use as non-regulation size play fields for soccer, baseball and softball.

• Shifting the parking lot to the south, creating 40 parking spaces closer to the railroad property.

• Retaining the picnic tables.

• Adding a 1,500-square-foot pavilion and shade structure, built to look like a train shed.

• Adding a permanent restroom facility.

• Extending the trailhead to the west side of Grand Avenue so that users of the Hamilton Carr Trail won’t have to cross the street to make the Al Foster Trail connection.

“I love the idea of the building looking like a train station, because the (12-inch gauge) railroad is a real popular attraction for those in this region,” Councilmember Sue Cullinane (Ward 3) said.

Vujnich said $400,000 was budgeted for improvements this year and another $50,000 is being added for 2015.

“We don’t see the improvement work causing a disruption for trailhead users,” he added.

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Missouri Gold Star Schools named

Board President Bill Brown (from left) with Board Vice President Loralee Mondl, Rockwood Teacher of the Year Lynne Harman and Rockwood Interim Superintendent Dr. Terry Adams.

Rockwood District Teacher of the Year named Center for Creative Learning teacher Lynne Harman was selected as the 2014 Rockwood Teacher of the Year. She also was the Rockwood Elementary Teacher of the Year for 2014.

“My paternal grandmother taught on an Indian reservation,” Harman said. “From her I learned that teachers have to be resourceful and wear many hats in order to recognize how each child learns best. My sister was a kindergarten teacher who showed me the value to teaching the total child.

“My challenges in education have been many, and the rewards are truly priceless,” Harman said. “However, my accomplishments in teaching elementary, middle and high school are not the awards or the recognitions; they are quite simply my students and their success.”

Harman has been with the Rockwood School District for 25 years. She spent time at Lafayette and Marquette high schools teaching language arts. She also was a Writing Center facilitator and later a Writing Center director. She currently is an educator of fourth- and fifth-grade students at the Center for Creative Learning.

Separately, Crestview Middle School Librarian Bridget DuMont was named Middle School Teacher of the Year, and Rockwood Summit High teacher Sarah Moonier was named High School Teacher of the Year.

College credit certification achieved

Westminster Christian Academy students who enroll in the school’s engineering program can now receive dual credit for successfully completed courses.

Westminster is the first private school in the state of Missouri to receive college credit certification by national STEM program provider Project Lead the Way (PLTW).

PLTW is a nonprofit organization that provides STEM programs to elementary, middle and high schools across the United States.

Westminster is a registered member of the PLTW Engineering program, utilizing curriculum that teaches students to apply engineering, science, math and technology to solve complex and real-world problems.

“It can be difficult as a private school to meet all the rigorous requirements of

Two Parkway schools – Henry Elementary and Mason Ridge Elementary – are among only eight schools across the state to be named 2014 Missouri Gold Star Schools.

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education bestows this honor to schools performing at a high academic level. Both schools now will be considered for the Blue Ribbon Award from the U.S. Department of Education.

Parkway has previously earned 14 Blue Ribbon Awards and 17 Gold Star Awards.

The Gold Star Schools program was established by the state Department of Education in 1991 and aligns with the national Blue Ribbon Schools program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

Blue Ribbon Schools will be announced this fall.

Rockwood facilities manager recognized as industry leader Rockwood School District believes its buildings belong to the community and should be made available for community use when it does not conflict with Wooldridge the district’s mission of educating students.

As facility usage manager for Rockwood, Denise Wooldridge is responsible for working with schools and community groups to manage the day-to-day scheduling related to the use of district facilities outside the school day.

Wooldridge has been recognized as a Campus Champion for 2014. The award, presented by the SchoolDude Company,

recognizes effective facility use and management.

“Most people are unaware how much district facilities are used outside the school day, both by school groups and community groups,” said Community Education Director Mike Seppi. “Although it’s a tremendous amount of work, we appreciate Denise’s ability to make the process look seamless.”

Parkway North wins best in state in mock trial Parkway North High won the Mock Trial State Championship on Sunday, March 30 at the Thomas Eagleton Federal Courthouse in St. Louis. The win qualified the school as the sole Missouri representative at the National Championship held May 8-11 held in Madison, Wisconsin. The team finished in 41st place at that competition.

The state win was North’s first mock trial championship and Parkway’s first championship since the mid-90s.

Teachers Scott Nilsen, social studies, and Megan McCorkle, English/language arts, were the team sponsors. Students who made up the team include: Maya Elfanbaum, Alayna Huthsing, Allan Khariton, Layla Kousari, Adam Potts, Sage Elfanbaum, Rebecca Howard, Abby Lammers, Evan Lehmann, Amanda Lopatin, Rachel Monsey, Eesha Sabherwal, Maddy Thomas and Valerie Zhuravel.

The Missouri High School Mock Trial Competition is the largest and most established program coordinated by Bar Association of Metro St. Louis (BAMSL).

As the only statewide lawyer-related education program, it serves more than 600 students from more than 65 schools throughout Missouri.

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Local gymnast wins big in California Marquette freshman gymnast Taylor Styer is the best in the nation in rings for his age group. That distinction came after competing in the recent 2014 Junior Olympic National Gymnastics Championships in Long Beach, California.

“After the first day of competition I sat in first place and I thought, ‘I could win this,’” Styer said.

He scored a 13.9 on the second day, leaving him with an overall score of 27.9 and a first-place finish in the rings for Level 9.

Styer admitted that he could not believe it.

“When I saw the standings at the end of the competition, I kept my cool,” Styer said.

“I just smiled even though I really wanted to scream. I am now ranked first in the nation.

“I went into the competition just to have fun, so my performance on the first day (a 14.0) really surprised me. I was extremely nervous going into the second day which was Mother’s Day. My mom kept saying how nice it would be for me to win on Mother’s Day, making me even more nervous.

“When I stuck my dismount, I knew that I had won.”

Styer also competed in the vault and finished 15th.

“Vault was a little more disappointing for me,” Styer said. “I competed on a brand new vault for nationals and it was very new and foreign to me. I landed it on the first day, qualifying me to the second day in fifth place. I ended up falling on my vault on the second day.”

Now Styer will enjoy a well-deserved break from competition, but training never stops, he said.

“Next season, I will be moving up to Level 10,” Styer explained. “I am already training new skills and will continue to do so through the summer.”

He said the national meet was “extremely humbling and fun.” And he gave credit to his coaches, Donny Spradling and Mike Filla.

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De Smet Jesuit’s Daniel W. Trost tied for 57th with a 171. Parkway South’s Jacob Kuhnmuench tied for 59th with a 173.

Chaminade’s Luke Radetic tied for 71st with a 178. Parkway West’s Peter Back tied for 73rd with a 181. Chaminade’s Thomas Schneider III and Parkway Central’s Alexander Shin Yao tied for 76th place with a 183. Lafayette’s Conrad Maloney tied for 79th with a 185. Lafayette’s Riley Katsev tied for 82nd with a 187. Lafayette’s Jay Lee came in 85th with a 189.

••• In the Class 3 state tourney at Fremont Hills Country Club in Springfield, defending champion MICDS finished third with a team score of 640. Priory was eighth with a 674.

MICDS’Andrew Lilly led all local scorers with a 150 to finish fourth. His teammate Michael John O’Keefe was 12th with a 157. Lawrence Keeley tied for 19th with a 162. Brian Trelstad tied for 57th with a 173.

Blake Adamson tied for 83rd with a 184.

Priory’s top finisher was Thomas Weaver, who tied for 23rd with a 164. PatTaylor Styer rick O’Brien tied for 42nd with a 169. Eric “I’d like to thank my coaches – coach Stange tied for 47th with a 170. Andrew Donny and coach Mike – for investing their Stange tied for 51st with a 172. Liam time and energy in training and preparing Mardis tied for 60th with a 174.

Westminster Christian Academy’s me so that I could compete well at nationAndrew Port tied for 28th with a 166. Jackals,” he said. son Klein tied for 51st with a 172. Nicholas George tied for 71st with a 178.

High school boys golf ••• De Smet Jesuit finished second at the In the Class 1 state tourney at Rivercut Class 4 state high school boys golf tour- Golf Course in Springfield, The Fulton nament at Dalhousie Golf Club in Cape School at St. Albans’ Skyler Savoy finGirardeau. ished 15th with a 168. His teammate Alec The Spartans shot a 648, eight strokes Loyd tied for 25th with a 175 while Paul behind Rock Bridge.

Hofstetter tied for 38th with a 183.

Three area golfers finished in the top 10.

Senior Raymund Gonzales, of Parkway South, was third with a 153. Sophomore High school baseball Frankie Thomas, of Marquette, tied for The Gamers Baseball Program has fourth with a 154. De Smet Jesuit senior announced the recipients of the 2014 Jimmy Siegfried tied for sixth with a 155.

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Chaminade’s Thomas Rudawsky tied They are Parkway South’s Adam Mundle for 14th with a 160. De Smet Jesuit’s Jack and Vianney’s Jake Hemphill, both fiveKlingel and Chaminade’s Joseph Ter- year Gamers. schluse tied for 32nd with a 166. Michael J. Mundle will be attending Westminster Silberberg, of De Smet Jesuit, tied for 37th College to play baseball and study accountwith a 167. Lafayette’s Michael Kanan and ing. He has a 4.2 grade point average. His De Smet Jesuit’s Nicholas G. Redmond favorite subjects are math, statistics and tied for 47th with a 169. Chaminade’s Mat- geography. Mundle also played percussion

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Hemphill will be attending Quincy University to play baseball and study business. He has been very active in coaching and mentoring younger Gamers Mundle players. He has a 3.6 GPA and enjoys golf and inventing.

Both young men will receive a $2,500 scholarship to their respective colleges from Northwestern Mutual. The Northwestern Mutual Scholarship is awarded to student-athletes who represent the core principles of the Gamers Program. The 2014 class was loaded with players who met the criteria, making the selection process very challenging.

“We are proud to support youth sports both nationally and locally.

We support the Gamers’ mission of using baseball as a platform to teach important life lessons to young men,” Hemphill said Scott Underwood, Wealth Management Advisor at Northwestern Mutual. “These two young men represent the best of youth baseball here in the St. Louis region.”

Matt Whiteside, director of the Gamers Baseball Program, agreed.

“Jake and Adam are fine young men. It has been an honor to coach and mentor them over the past five years,” Whiteside said. “They have very bright futures.”

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Second-seeded Parkway West scored a 13-12 victory over the top-seeded defending state champions, the St. Louis University High Junior Billikens, to win the Missouri Water Polo championship game at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters.

“SLUH was the opponent we wanted,” Parkway West coach Charlie Cutelli said.

“They were one of the few teams to beat us during the regular season. They have a great coach and group of great athletes.

Beating the other top team in the area was the only way we wanted to do it.”

It was the third championship for the Longhorns. Parkway West won in 1984 and also in 2012.

Four of the seniors – Grant Keesling, Chandler Klemm, Nicholas Klemm and Josh Emde – were also on the varsity in 2012. Cutelli was happy for them to end their careers with a state title.

“In 2012, they were the ones looking up to the seniors,” he said. “This year they were the seniors.”

Despite missing graduation day, Cutelli said his Longhorns were focused.

“They were surprisingly OK with it,” he said about missing the graduation ceremony. “I think they realized that most athletes would love to be participating in a game like this one.”

Parkway West beat John Burroughs 15-8 in the semifinals to advance to the championship.

“John Burroughs was new to us,” Cutelli said. “The fear of the unknown is powerful and I think this got us started off a bit sluggish.

“But, we settled down and were able to

pull away. So, playing someone new to us with talented players was very beneficial before the final game,” he added.

The Longhorns were familiar with the Junior Billikens. SLUH had beaten Parkway West twice –12-9 and 6-5 ̶ during the season.

“We knew it was going to be a close one.

They handled us at Forest Park Community College but we bounced back and lost on a last-second shot at the Lindbergh Invitational,” Cutelli said.

SLUH wasted no time in setting the tone for the game, scoring in the first 17 seconds.

However, the Longhorns were not rattled.

“We came right back and then it became a game of ping-pong,” Cutelli said.

There were nine ties and five lead changes. Even when Parkway West got a decent lead, Cutelli said he was not secure.

The two teams were tied at 12 with less than four minutes to play. Cutelli knew what he wanted.

“We needed to get one more and then lock down on defense,” he said. “This was definitely a more offensive-centered game.

If we could get one or two stops then we would have a shot at securing the win.”

Emde, whose father coached the 1984 Longhorns to a title and who also played with his brother Steven on the 2012 title team, scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal.

“He was at about the 7 meter and stepped in and shot cross goal upper corner,” Cutelli said. “It was well-placed.”

That didn’t mean the Junior Billikens gave up.

“With less then 30 seconds left on the clock, we tried to play keepaway but some poor passing resulted in a turnover and a kickout,” Cutelli said. “SLUH got a great look with 2 seconds left and somehow our goalie got a hand on it.”

It was Cutelli’s second title as the coach. He gave the credit for the title to the Longhorns.

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Mercy has begun construction on a fourstory, 120,000-square-foot virtual care center at the intersection of Hwy. 40 and Clarkson Road. Slated to open next year, it will accommodate nearly 300 health care workers and staff facilitating ‘round-the-clock care via audio, video and data connections across the Mercy network and to other locations.

The facility will serve as the command center for all of Mercy’s telemedicine operations, which include the nation’s largest, single-hub electronic intensive care unit (eICU) and more than 75 other services.

Mercy has estimated the center will manage more than three million telehealth visits over the next five years.

“There’s a decreasing number of physicians in both rural and urban areas, while at the same time, there’s a growing senior population that will require more care,” Dr. Tom Hale, executive medical director of Mercy’s telehealth services, said in a Mercy news release. “Telemedicine will have a significant impact by letting virtual physicians and nurses to be the first point of triage and care for patients in the hospital, emergency room or even at home.”

The new facility represents a development investment of about $50 million.

ADHD and smoking Studies have shown that adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are as much as three times more likely to smoke cigarettes as their peers who do not have ADHD, but recent research showed that stimulant medications can lower the likelihood of smoking.

An analysis of more than a dozen studies involving more than 2,300 participants found that treatment with a stimulant was associated with a reduced risk of smoking, particularly among adolescents.

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Beware of pool chemicals Almost 5,000 people visited U.S. emergency rooms in 2012 due to preventable injuries from pool chemicals, according to information from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More than one-third of injuries occurred at homes.

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High cholesterol linked to fertility problems A National Institutes of Health study suggests that high cholesterol levels impair fertility.

Researchers enrolled in a study roughly 500 couples that were not being treated for infertility but were trying to conceive a child.

They followed the couples until pregnancy or until they had tried for as long as one year to achieve pregnancy, testing blood samples of men and women for cholesterol. Conception took longest for couples in which both partners had high cholesterol. When a woman had high cholesterol but her partner did not, achieving pregnancy also took longer, compared to couples in which both partners had cholesterol levels in the acceptable range.

Prior to the study, the researchers theorized that blood cholesterol could be related to fertility because cholesterol is used in the manufacture of the hormones testosterone and estrogen.

“We’ve long known that high cholesterol levels increase the risk for heart disease,”

said study author Enrique Schisterman, of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

“In addition to safeguarding their health, our results suggest that couples wishing to achieve pregnancy could improve their chances by first ensuring that their cholesterol levels are in an acceptable range.”

Pain, but no gain Physical therapy is not effective for relieving pain associated with osteoarthritis of the hip, according to new research.

Professor Kim Bennell at the University of Melbourne in Australia led a study for which patients with hip osteoarthritis underwent 10 sessions of one of two treatment regimes: active physical therapy, or placebo treatments that included inactive ultrasounds and gel.

“For 24 weeks after treatment, the (physical therapy) group continued unsupervised home exercise, while the placebo group self-applied gel three times a week,” Bennell explained. “To our surprise, patient outcomes were roughly the same at the 13and 36-week intervals.”

Research results were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Cereal ‘Hall of Shame’ After analyzing more than 1,500 cereals, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) compiled a “Cereal Hall of Shame” of 12 cereal products that are more than 50 percent sugar by weight, 10 of which are marketed to kids and their families.

According to a report issued last month by the EWG, an environmental health research and advocacy organization: • No children’s cereal is unsweetened, and some contain as many as six types of sweeteners.

• On average, children’s cereals and granolas contain more than 2.5 teaspoons per serving – more than what is contained in two Keebler Fudge Stripe cookies.

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On the calendar “Eat Well, Be Well” is from 5:30-8 p.m. on Monday, June 16 at the von Gontard Conference Center at Mercy Hospital, 621 S. New Ballas Road in Creve Coeur. The MS Center of Saint Louis presents the educational program that focuses on nutrition for multiple sclerosis. Guided by Mercy’s executive chef, attendees create a wellbalanced meal at their seats. A Mercy dietician presents “Nutrition in MS: Fad, Fact or Fallacy.” Admission is free, but guests are asked to register no later than June 9. Visit mscenterstl.org, or call 893-1280.

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“This is the third year that we have been fortunate enough to be a part of West County Restaurant Week, which has raised over $2,000 for the Autism Speaks St. Louis chapter,” said April Bloom, senior coordinator - St. Louis for Autism Speaks.

Each guest who donates to Autism Speaks will be entered into a raffle to win four tickets to a St. Louis Cardinals game in the Grey Eagle suite, courtesy of Grey Eagle Distributors.

Matteo Terzo, an owner of Gianfabio’s Italian Cafeº in Chesterfield, said his business has taken part in West County Restaurant Week since its inception.

“The event is great exposure for us, lets people see the good value and taste a nice three-course meal from restaurants in the West County area, and also benefits a good cause,” he said.

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Talent Bash featured two sets of three judges. The first set of judges included Brian Vaccaro from Mozingo Music, awardwinning actor Ben Nordstrom and Lisa Bobrzynski from the city of Chesterfield.

The second set of judges consisted of Nikki Franklin from TalentPlus, Mike Kociela of Entertainment St. Louis and Jeanie Hood, owner of Three French Hens.

Connor Low, one of the members of the teen duo Irie Sun, winners of the Teen Solo category, agreed that the Talent Bash provides an outlet for a lot of the talented people in the area.

“It’s just a great thing,” said Low, 14, who with partner Jessie Philips, 17, performed a cover of Amy Winehouse’s “Valerie.”

“We both love the song,” Low said. “We both shined on it.”

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Dear friends and neighbors, 6, through Sunday, June Festival kicks off on Friday, June Our 37th Annual Ballwin Days place the evening of take will year, a “soft opening” also s Thi .

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Singer-songwriter and rising country star Matt Kennon will entertain fairgoers.

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Fun awaits for kids of all ages Lots of great activities and shows await little ones at this year’s Ballwin Days Kids Korner.

Animal-loving kids can have their picture taken with “Cadillac” the Clydesdale, “Amore” the Quarter Horse and “Lucky” the pony.

Children also can participate in handson science experiments with Nitro Joe, get an up-close view of fascinating creatures in “The Reptile Experience,” make their own recipe with a little help from Schnucks Kehrs Mill/Ballwin and create great arts and crafts thanks to St. Louis County Library and Lowe’s Home Improvement of Ballwin.

Paul Gregor’s Live Carnival Music and

Circus Show will perform at Ballwin Days on Saturday.

Sunday’s highlights include tekno bubbles’ Bubble Bus, which will rock the audience with music, bubbles and more; balloon twisting by Leland & Whiskers; Jeff Koziatek and his comedy juggling routine; and the Babaloo sing-along show.

Kids Korner also offers games, face painting, airbrush tattoos and more all day, every day.

And, for families looking for a new furry friend, Stray Rescue will be on hand both Saturday and Sunday, offering pet adoptions.

Check out all the Kids Korner fun from noon–5 p.m. on both festival days.

School of Rock Music Stage showcases local youth, bands A new entertainment feature is the School of Rock Music Stage, which will feature performances by many talented area musicians under age 19.

The stage is sponsored by School of Rock, the new performance-based music school located on Manchester Road in Ballwin.

Ballwin Days attendees can bring their chairs, or blankets to sit on the hill, and enjoy performances by local groups including Irie Sun; The Public; Decedy; Simple Machines; Lighthouse Divers; No Shoes, No Shirt, No

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The School of Rock House Band, made up of some of St. Louis’ best young musicians, will perform on the Main Stage on Saturday beginning at 5:45 p.m. to kick off that evening’s musical entertainment.

Performances will take place on the School of Rock Music Stage on both Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

More information about bands to be featured and when each is scheduled to appear can be found online at ballwin.schoolofrock.com.

Ballwin Days hosts Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Performance Team The high-flying Purina® Incredible Dog Team will perform throughout the weekend.

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Free shuttle service for Ballwin Days guests As in previous years, no parking will be permitted in Vlasis Park during the Ballwin Days festival, except for vehicles with handicapped tags. Free shuttle service to and from the park is available from the following locations: • Target at Holloway and Manchester roads • Olde Towne Plaza, 14890 Manchester Road Shuttles will run continuously beginning 30 minutes prior to the opening of the festival each day, until 30 minutes after its closure.

Parking for visitors with disabilities will be available on the lower parking lot of the Ballwin Government Center, 14811 Manchester Road. Shuttle service will be available for those who need assistance.

Fairgoers can be picked up either at the ADA accessible lot or the main shuttle drop-off site. Return shuttle service also will be available.

Parade marches back into Ballwin Days lineup After a short hiatus, the parade makes its way back to Ballwin Days on Saturday.

This year’s theme is a salute to St. Louis’ 250th birthday. The parade begins promptly at 9 a.m., starting at the corner of Steamboat Lane and Manchester Road.

It travels north on Steamboat Lane, then proceeds east on Kehrs Mill Road until it enters Vlasis Park on the southwest side.

A map of the parade route is available for viewing online at ballwindays.com.

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• Ballwin Days 2014 opens at Vlasis Park • Rides and Midway open • Pretty Baby voting begins 5:30 p.m.

• Tennis Tournament begins presented by The Racket Man 6:30 p.m.

• Opening Ceremonies • Posting of colors – Metro West Fire District Honor Guard Main Stage area • Opening Remarks 5-6 p.m.

• Main Stage Entertainment “Decedy” presented by West Newsmagazine and School of Rock 6-6:30 p.m.

• Purina® Pro Plan® Performance Team presented by Delmar Gardens 7-9 p.m.

• Main Stage Entertainment “Jeremiah Johnson Band” presented by West Newsmagazine and School of Rock 8-8:30 p.m.

• Purina® Pro Plan® Performance Team presented by Delmar Gardens 9:15-9:30 p.m.

• Fireworks presented by West County Nissan 9:30-11:15 p.m.

• Main Stage Entertainment “Matt Kennon Band” presented by West Newsmagazine and School of Rock

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• Ride Ticket and Beer Sales end 11:30 p.m.

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• Ballwin Days Parade presented by West County Nissan 10:30 a.m.-midnight • Ballwin Days Shuttle Buses 11 a.m.

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• Beer Garden entertainment featuring “Chris Bandi” 6-7 p.m.

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• Main Stage Entertainment “Younger than Yesterday” presented by West Newsmagazine and School of Rock 11 p.m.

• Ride Ticket and Beer Sales end 11:30 p.m.

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• Ballwin Days 2014 opens at Vlasis Park • Pretty Baby voting resumes Noon-12:30 p.m.

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• Sand Sculpture destruction 6:30 p.m.

• Ride Ticket and Beer Sales end • Pretty Baby Awards at the Main Stage 7 p.m.

• Ballwin Days 2014 Closes See you next year!

Kids Korner presented by Twin Oaks Christian School 2-4 p.m.

The World Bird Sanctuary brings a variety of birds, including a Bald Eagle, to Ballwin Days, presented by Missouri American Water.

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Photo opportunity with “Cadillac” the Clydesdale, “Amore” the Quarter Horse and “Lucky” the pony Noon-4 p.m.

Paul Gregor’s Live Carnival Music and Circus Show Noon-5 p.m.

Kids’ Arts and Crafts Tent presented by St. Louis County Library and Lowe’s Home Improvement of Ballwin Noon-5 p.m.

Fun recipes to create and eat presented by Schnucks Kehrs Mill/Ballwin Noon-5 p.m.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 8 Noon-3 p.m.

Photo opportunity with “Cadillac” the Clydesdale, “Amore” the Quarter Horse and “Lucky” the pony Noon-5 p.m.

Kids Arts and Crafts Tent presented by St. Louis County Library and Lowe’s Home Improvement of Ballwin Noon-5 p.m.

Fun recipes to create and eat presented by Schnuck’s Kehrs Mill/Ballwin Noon-5 p.m LEGO and Spin Art presented by Bricks4Kids.com 1-2 p.m. tekno bubbles’ Bubble Bus 1-3 p.m.

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Back by popular demand, Jeff Koziatek and his comedy juggling routine 3:30-4:15 p.m.

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West Newsmagazine thanks Darryl Holman, Jim Lieber and Kenny Duenke for providing information on Ballwin Days 2014.

Miller Spectacular Rides will return in 2014 to provide Ballwin Days guests with an exciting array of thrills for all ages – including the impressive Giant Gondola.

For an early look at the great rides of the Midway, check out Armband Night on Thursday, June 5, from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Armbands are $20 and allow unlimited rides on that evening only. Food trucks also will be on site to provide a variety of delicious food options.

Ticket prices remain the same as in 2013: $1 per ticket, with guests needing three or more tickets for each ride. As in the past, discounted tickets will be available.

Discounted tickets will be sold in blocks of 22 tickets for $20 at the festival. Advance purchase tickets will be available in blocks of 24 tickets for $20 and may be purchased during normal business hours through Friday, June 6 at the Ballwin Government Center, 14811 Manchester Road in Vlasis Park.

Pretty Baby contest celebrates its 34th year This year marks the 34th consecutive year of the Pretty Baby contest. Since its launch in 1981, the contest has featured more than 2,000 area babies and raised $68,800 for SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center.

A photo of each nominated baby will be on display at the Pretty Baby booth on the Midway. There, visitors can cast a monetary vote for their favorite entry. Every penny donated counts as one vote; donations of cash or checks will be accepted.

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Bob Berry named Outstanding Senior Each year the Ballwin Days Committee honors one of the city’s senior residents for contributing to the community and making Ballwin a better place in which to live.

This year, the Ballwin Days Committee recognizes Robert “Bob” Berry.

Bob, who is 90 years young, moved to Ballwin in June of 1963. Following a transfer from Kansas City, Bob and his wife, Boots, chose Ballwin because he was told it was the best place to raise their two children, Rebecca and Bob Jr. The Berrys joined St. Mark Presbyterian Church soon after they arrived. Over the years, Bob has served in many capacities for the church, including as an elder and a clerk of session.

Bob also has dedicated many years to both Boy Scout Troop 631 and Business Persons Between Jobs, a nonprofit assisting individuals who are facing unemployment.

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Scouts will be in the park all weekend working to complete community service projects. Their hard work will assist the Ballwin Days Committee in its continued efforts to recycle as much of the trash generated by the festival as possible.

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Triathlon of horseback riding comes to Queeny Park this weekend

By DANIEL BOEMEKE If you have been to Queeny Park, you have probably encountered someone on horseback or noticed a horse trailer or two in the parking lot.

To some it may seem like a bother, having to park around large trucks with equally large trailers in tow, or having to jump to the side of the trail to yield to an animal when it seems as if that animal would walk right over you without a second thought.

But what many people do not realize is the unique relationship the park shares with equestrians and how that relationship benefits park enthusiasts.

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While the events require dozens of eventspecific volunteers, QPEE has 30 regular members and is governed by a nine-person executive board, headed by Wildwood resident John Bopp, who serves as the organization’s current president. Members attend monthly meetings and must commit to a minimum of 24 total hours of work each year, a quota that most hit by the time the first hoof hits the ground of the year’s first event.

Obviously the primary focus of all this planning is the two-day event in June, but each of the smaller events serve as fundraisers for the horse trials and therefore must be well planned to ensure a successful main event.

On site throughout the year, QPEE volunteers help to maintain many of the trails and fields throughout the park by leveling out multi-use trails, mowing the grass and clearing away manure and debris. Volunteers and members are always welcome and can find more information online at QPEE.org and on Facebook under Queeny Park Equestrian Events.

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allows competitors to gain points toward earning a spot in a larger event such as Rolex. This opportunity is unsurpassable for young riders, some of whom make it to the world stage.

Meghan O’Donoghue, who has ridden several times in the Queeny Park Horse Trials, finished 12th overall in the most recent Rolex event becoming the top finishing rookie in the entire event. That achievement has allowed her to turn toward international competition and her journey started right here in West County.

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Wayne C. Kennedy’s dream The land on which the park stands was originally the estate of Edgar M. Queeny, a St. Louis businessman most known for putting Monsanto on the map as a world-renowned chemical company. In 1964, Queeny sold the land to the American Investment Realty Company. It then was purchased by St. Louis County Parks in 1970.

In 1978, after having visited the Rolex three-day equestrian event in Lexington, Kentucky, then St. Louis County Parks Director Wayne C. Kennedy decided Queeny park had the perfect setup for a St. Louis horse trial event.

Kennedy enlisted the help of local stable owners Dick Wessel and Brock Fitzgerald to organize the event and by the summer of 1982 the idea had become reality. Thus, for the last 32 years Queeny Park has been the home of Queeny Park Equestrian Events, Inc., or QPEE, an all-volunteer organization that strives to give local horse enthusiasts the opportunity to “strut their stuff” and hone their skills with the hopes of one day making it to an event like Rolex, or simply exercise the disciplines they have mastered during many hours of training.

Each year, the organization puts on multiple events, including three hunter pace events where pairs of riders ride to beat an unknown time on a course that is not yet known to them; a mini-event (a one-day version of their largest event) that gives competitive riders a place to try their skills against local competition; and a two-day, full event that covers all three areas of competitive English riding – cross-country, dressage and stadium jumping. This last event is considered the triathlon of horseback riding and occurs each year in June.

This year the two-day event will take place June7-8 and draw riders from all over the region.

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• The population of those age 65 and older is projected to be nearly 40 percent Baby boomer media use minority in 2050, compared to about 20 Despite today’s high-tech media options, percent minority in 2012. high-income baby boomers are holding • The 85-and-older population is profast to printed publications and TV shows. jected to be about 30 percent minority in Luxury Institute, a New York-based 2050, up from 16.3 percent in 2012. independent research and consulting firm, • The proportion of the total population surveyed adults in households with an of people age 65 and older is projected to annual income of at least $150,000 about increase in all developed countries between their media preferences and found: 2012 and 2030. While the U.S. population • High-income adults aged 50 and older is expected to age during this period, it is spend nearly three hours per week reading projected to remain one of the younger printed newspapers and magazines. developed countries with 20 percent of its • Baby boomers surveyed watch TV population aged 65 and older in 2030. about seven hours per week and set aside about four hours weekly to watch proLooking ahead at long-term care grams they have recorded.

A nationwide survey revealed that a major• Compared to those of the millennial gen- ity of Americans aged 40 and older believe eration and members of Generation X, baby there is a need for an improved system for boomers said they were least likely to use long-term care for the nation’s elderly. sites like Facebook and Twitter. Sixty percent In March and April, the independent of those aged 50 and older said they use social research organization NORC at the Unimedia, compared to 85 percent of those aged versity of Chicago (formerly known as the 21-34 and 74 percent of those aged 35-49.

National Opinion Research Center) inter“Even though technology is constantly viewed a nationally representative sample evolving, older generations are still keeping of adults aged 40 and older and found: pace, though they do have habits that prevail,” • Those experienced with long-term care Luxury Institute CEO Milton Pedraza said. are less likely to think they can rely on family as they age, compared to those with Aging nation no personal long-term care experience.

The nation’s population of adults aged 65 • One-third of those in the 40-and-older age and older is projected to nearly double by group are deeply concerned that they will not the year 2050, according to the U.S. Census plan properly for the care they might need Bureau. Driving the growth are baby boom- when they get older, but two-thirds have ers – those born from 1946-1964 – who in done little or no planning for such assistance. about 25 years will comprise 21 percent of • Sixty percent of those interviewed have the population. experience with long-term care as a caregiver, Two new Census Bureau reports address care recipient or financial provider of care. the projections. “An Aging Nation: The • Forty percent of caregivers 40 and older Older Population in the United States” have provided care to their mothers. covers future demographic changes and • Compared to last year, Americans are their impact on the overall population. “The more supportive of a government-adminisBaby Boom Cohort in the United States: tered long-term insurance program similar 2012 to 2060” focuses on the structure of to Medicare (51 percent in 2013 vs. 58 perthe baby boomer population. cent in 2014).

Following are some key findings from the reports: See NEWS AND NOTES, page 44

Celebrating 35 years Gambrill Gardens, a senior living community that began as a dream of Merrydelle Gambrill May and the Missouri Conference of the United Methodist Church, is celebrating its 35th anniversary. Its original mission of providing affordable community living in a Christian environment remains the principal core of its ministry.

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“This poll shows that a majority of Americans support system improvements to create the kind of care we want for older loved ones now and for ourselves in the future.”

Husbands key to happiness What is the secret to marital bliss for older couples?

According to a University of Chicago study, a healthy husband who has an agreeable nature might be the key.

“Wives report more conflict if their husband is in poor health. If the wife is in poor health, there doesn’t seem to be any difference in terms of the quality of the marriage for the husband,” said James Iveniuk, lead author of the study. “Wives whose husbands show higher levels of positivity reported less conflict. However, the wives’ positivity had no association with their husbands’ reports of conflict.”

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The researchers were surprised to find also that being with the horses inspired study participants to push the limits of their physical limitations. For example, some who never Equine therapy for dementia left a wheelchair asked for help standing up.

Spending time with horses seems to Gwendolen Lorch, study co-author, said have a therapeutic effect on people with the farm setting may have contributed to Alzheimer’s disease. the success of the therapy.

A small, collaborative study conducted by “They found the quietness and smells of Ohio State University (OSU), an adult day- the country very relaxing and restful,” Lorch care center and a farm-based equine therapy said. “This was in contrast to their normal center showed that after grooming and bath- daycare environment and their intercity ing horses, walking them and feeding them dwelling. It is difficult to tell what factors grass, people with dementia were less likely made this successful, but we do know that A recent study found that spending time with to resist care or become upset later in the day. it was most likely a combination of events.” horses has a favorable effect on people with dementia.

“We wanted to test whether people with dementia could have positive interactions with Cervical cancer underestimated horses, and we found that they can – absoA study published in the journal Cancer white women in that age group, the new lutely,” said Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, OSU found the rate of cervical cancer in the U.S. rate was 24.7 cases per 100,000 women; associate professor. “The experience immedi- to be higher than previously reported, par- for African-American women, the new rate ately lifted their mood, and we saw a connec- ticularly among older women. was 53 cases per 100,000 women. tion to fewer incidents of negative behavior.”

The reason cited for the discrepancy is “Our corrected calculations show that Researchers said that while study par- the fact that previous calculations included women just past 65, when current guideticipants were with the horses they smiled, women who had undergone hysterecto- lines state that (routine Pap smear) screenlaughed and talked to the animals. mies and were no longer at risk for cervical ings can stop for many women, have the Back at the daycare center, staff compared cancer. highest rate of cervical cancer,” said Anne the behavior of those who spent time with Data from the latest research, conducted Rositch, the study’s lead author. horses to that of adults who did not. They at the University of Maryland, showed the Senior study author Patti Gravitt said the tracked the time the adults fidgeted, resisted incidence of cervical cancer for women latest findings will be an important considcare, became upset or lost their tempers and aged 65-69 to be 27.4 cases per 100,000 eration when reevaluating cervical cancer found those who visited the farm were better women, while the previously reported rate risk and Pap smear screening guidelines for behaved throughout the days on which they was 14.8 cases per 100,000 women. For older women.

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Earlier this year, Harris Poll conducted the 15th Annual Transamerica Retirement Survey – one of the largest and longestrunning surveys of its kind. Results showed that three generations of workers have three very different outlooks for retirement.

“Times are changing so rapidly that the retirements of baby boomers, Generation X and millennials will not only be a radical departure from their parents’ generations but from each other as well,” said Catherine Collinson, TCRS president.

Baby boomers – those born between 1946 and 1964 – reported an estimated median retirement savings of $127,000, which in many cases is not enough to fund retirement needs.

According to the survey: • Thirty-six percent of baby boomers expect Social Security to be their primary source of retirement income, compared to 26 percent in 2007.

• Sixty-five percent of baby boomers plan to work beyond age 65, and more than half expect to continue working at least parttime after retiring.

• Only about one in five (21 percent) baby boomers plan to immediately stop working upon retirement.

• Twenty-six percent of baby boomers have a plan to fall back on if they are forced into full retirement from their current jobs sooner than expected.

Generation X workers were born between 1965 and 1978 and are members of the first generation with access to 401(k) plans for most of their careers. They reported an estimated median total household retirement savings of $70,000 but said they will need to save $1 mllion (median) in order to retire in comfort.

According to the survey: • Twenty-seven percent of current Generation X 401(k) participants have tapped into their deferred compensation plan by utilizing its loan and/or early withdrawal features.

• Roughly half of Generation X workers expect to self-fund retirement with 401(k)s, 403(b)s or IRAs. • More than half of Generation X employees plan to work beyond age 65 or do not plan to retire.

• About 90 percent of Generation X workers highly value 401(k)s and similar plans as an important benefit.

• Among Generation X workers offered a retirement plan, 84 percent participate in it and contribute 7 percent (median) of their yearly salary.

Millennials – those born after 1978 – started saving for retirement at an unprecedented median age of 22. Referring to them as a generation of super savers, Collinson said they have “heard and responded to the message they need to start early and save as much as possible.”

According to the survey: • Sixty-six percent of millennials expect to self-fund their retirement through 401(k)s, 403(b)s, IRAs or other savings and investments.

• Seventy percent of millennials have begun saving for retirement.

• Among millennials offered a 401(k) or similar plan, about 70 percent participate, contributing 8 percent (median) of their annual salary. Among those whose employers offer a matching contribution, the salary contribution rate increases to 10 percent.

• Two out of three millennials said they likely would change jobs if it meant getting better retirement benefits.

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Wildwood pilot flies storied plane to Tanzania

By CAROL ENRIGHT At 8:07 on a chilly April morning, Wings of Hope pilot and Wildwood resident Don Hoerstkamp taxied down a Spirit of St. Louis Airport runway in a 1974 Cessna 206 to begin the first leg of a 75-hour flight spanning 10,000 miles – including one 2,200mile, 17-hour stretch over the frigid North Atlantic. A month later he touched down on a rugged runway in Tanzania.

The trip was the culmination of months of preparation, which included equipping the plane with a 160-gallon ferry tank – strapped in right behind the pilot – to provide enough fuel for the plane to make the trans-Atlantic flight. (It is no surprise that talk of Charles Lindbergh and his historic flight filled the Wings of Hope hangar that morning.) If any of this made Hoerstkamp nervous, it certainly didn’t show.

Hoerstkamp is an experienced aviator and a longtime volunteer for Wings of Hope.

For years, he has flown in the U.S. for the Chesterfield-based aviation charity – transporting sick and disabled patients to centers of advanced medical care – using the nonprofit’s twin-engine, specially outfitted air ambulances. But this was easy work compared to what he faced in April when he was headed on a risky flight to deliver the 158th Wings of Hope airplane to its humanitarian operation in Tanzania, the east African country that is home to the Maasai, a poor, tribal people that Wings of Hope has been helping for more than 20 years.

Surprisingly, Hoerstkamp said he did not find it difficult to stay awake, even during the 17-hour trip from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Santa Maria, Azores, Portugal. He tried using an over-the-ear device designed to alert him when his head dropped.

“But every time, I looked down at a navigation device or fuel selector, it would go off, so I stopped wearing it,” he said.

Before he left Chesterfield, Hoerstkamp asked why, at 67, he would volunteer for such a dangerous journey, he simply said: “It needs to get done, and I think I can get it done.”

Wings of Hope provides desperately needed medical care to 30,000 Maasai each year, primarily via flying medical clinics.

And the base had been without a plane for nearly four months. Hoerstkamp knew that every day the base remained without a plane, people would die.

Plane with a past Every pilot knows the Cessna 206 is a workhorse. Nowhere is this reputation for toughness more on the line than when a 206 is flying humanitarian missions for Wings of Hope.

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The plane was shipped to St. Louis, where it was refurbished and returned to Guatemala. A couple of years later, it was transferred to another Wings of Hope base in the South American country of Guyana. By 2008, the 206 was back in St. Louis, where it was used in the U.S.-based Medical Relief and Air Transport Program transporting disabled and chronically ill patients to specialized medical care.

Then, the plane’s engine was transferred to another plane heading to South America. So the 206 took a vacation from the field until 2013 when refurbishing work began for Hoerstkamp’s journey to Africa.

Man on a mission On May 22, more than a month after he took off from Chesterfield and after many stops and starts due to weather, engine trou-

Shortly thereafter, it was sent to Guatemala. bles, and delays with paperwork and permits, “Our primary mission was to help people Hoerstkamp touched down in the northern get reestablished in their villages after the Tanzanian city of Arusha. civil war,” said Daniel Creech, who was “Everyone was happy to see the airplane – the first field director for Wings of Hope and me, because I brought it,” he joked. in Guatemala.

To say the locals were joyous at his arrival Wings of Hope also used the plane in is an understatement.

Belize. It was on a return flight from San “The mission receives an average of one Pedro, Belize, on March 9, 1998, that the 206 emergency call every two days. Without this faced an emergency. While over the water, aircraft, it is nearly certain that unnecessary one of its three propeller blades broke off. deaths occurred,” Hoerstkamp said. “During “To say there was extreme vibration doesn’t that same time, the mission also would have do it justice,” Creech said. “It was literally delivered about 20,000 vaccinations, as well tearing the engine right out of the mounts.” as prenatal and curative care.”

Creech shut off the engine and made an In Tanzania, the plane will fly weekly emergency landing about 30 miles off the medical clinics and emergency medical coast of Ambergris Caye, the largest island evacuations. It will also be used to deliver in Belize. Fortunately, some local fishermen humanitarian assistance to the tribal people saw him splash down and, within 10 minutes, on an ongoing basis. pulled Creech out of the shallow waters.

But nothing is easy in the remote regions Wings of Hope flew a crew down to served by Wings of Hope.

Belize. With help from local villagers, they In fact, Wings of Hope President Doug were able to retrieve the plane from the Clements sums up fieldwork with this phrase: bottom of the Caribbean.

“The easy things are very difficult, and the “In Belize, we were always there for the difficult things are virtually impossible.” community,” Creech said. “So if Wings of For Hoerstkamp, just getting to Tanzania Hope needed anything, the community was bore witness to that phrase as his experience there for us.” refueling in Djibouti (the tiny East African

nation that shares a border with Somalia) illustrates.

“I had to wait on the ramp in stifling heat for nearly an hour for the fuelers to show up.

Then, the fuel had to be bought in increments of 200 liters, because it had to be purchased by the barrel; take one liter out of a barrel and you had to pay for the whole thing. The cost per barrel was about $1,100. We bought two barrels. The fuel was then hand-pumped, taking 15-20 minutes per barrel to transfer.”

Even though Hoerstkamp was only in the air for a little over three days total, the flight that began on April 16 took over five weeks as a result of a series of starts and stops due to weather, engine troubles, and delays with paperwork and permits.

Hoerstkamp had to reroute his flight more than once to comply with air traffic control restrictions and to avoid hostile airspace (e.g., he couldn’t fly over Libya). But he said the most demanding aspect of the journey was flying without autopilot.

“Because there was no autopilot, the aircraft required constant inputs to maintain heading and altitude,” he said. “Also, because of language differences – although they spoke English – it was often difficult to understand what the (air traffic) controllers were saying.”

He said the best part of the flight was his layover in Malta, a beautiful country in the Mediterranean Sea, and the worst was the night he spent in Djibouti.

“Djibouti is not for the timid,” he said.

Hoerstkamp said everyone he encountered on the trip received him with open arms.

“Virtually without exception, everyone, regardless of the country, was friendly and helpful,” he said. “Here’s just one example: While waiting on the ramp in Djibouti, a Danish flight crew came over and gave me several packages of Danish biscuits for the trip to Nairobi.”

Of course, the biggest reception he received was when he touched down in Tanzania.

A seasoned flight instructor, Hoerstkamp planned to remain at the base in Tanzania for a few weeks teaching the local pilots how to better land on short, rugged bushcountry airstrips.

It’s a dedication Clements sees in all Wings of Hope pilots. Like Hoerstkamp, these volunteers must be not only adept at navigating the unpredictable nature of aviation in remote areas, they must be “jacks of all trades” to support the charity’s work providing health care, education and sustainable food and water to the world’s poor.

“They’re not pilots,” said Clements.

“They’re humanitarians who happen to be pilots, who happen to be good mechanics, who happen to know how to raise chickens and fish and pigs, who happen to know how to grow crops, who happen to know how to find fresh water by drilling a hole or collecting it from the sky. They also happen to know how to be extremely kind to the people they help.”

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PEOPLE Ballwin resident Carmen Jacob, CEO of NextGen Information Services, Inc., a national staffing, recruiting and consulting firm in St. Louis, has been named Jacob a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2014 Award in the Central Midwest.

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PLACES Red Leaf IT Asset Recovery and Recycling recently opened in Chesterfield Valley. The company provides businesses with pick-up and recycling of decommissioned IT equipment. If the equipment still has resale value, Red Leaf will make an offer to purchase it based on current market conditions.

••• St. Louis County Library has received a large donation for its Special Collections Genealogy Department. The children and grandchildren of William C.E. and Bessie K. Becker made the donation, which further secures the library’s national reputation as a genealogical hub.

Gary Backsmeyer, an American Family Insurance agent in Ellisville, has received the company’s American Star Excellence in Customer Experi- Backsmeyer AWARDS AND HONORS ence Certification. The achievement recogRick’s Ace Hardware, of Town & Counnizes American Family agents who have try, held a drawing sponsored by Scotts on demonstrated the highest level of com- April 15. The winner was Larry Snyder, of mitment to outstanding customer service. Ballwin, who received an iPad as his prize.

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••• The West County Chamber of Commerce hosts a ribbon-cutting and networking event on Thursday, June 12, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at About Faces, 910 Kehrs Mill Road in Ballwin. Members and guests are invited to enjoy an evening of food and drinks while welcoming About Faces to the community. Botox cosmetic services also will be offered. The event is free for members, who may register online, and $15 for non-members, who should contact Deb Pinson at 230-9900 or email dpinson@westcountychamber.com.

••• The West County Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual Monte Carlo Night on Saturday, June 21, from 6-11 p.m. at The Wildwood Hotel, 2801 Fountain Place. The event features dinner, prizes and a silent auction along with a real casino experience including blackjack, craps, roulette and poker. Individual tickets cost $50, which includes open bar, dinner and $10,000 in gaming “money” for the evening. Sponsorships also are available at various levels. To register, visit westcountychamber.com. For more information, call 230-9900.

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Estancia Mexican Restaurant brings fresh cooking style to Chesterfield

By SUZANNE CORBETT When a new restaurant opens, it’s always cause to celebrate.

Since March 31, when Estancia Mexican Restaurant opened in Chesterfield Valley, there’s been an ongoing fiesta, thanks to Estancia owner Mark Sesti.

Sesti managed the venerable Hacienda Restaurant with his sister, who owned the Rock Hill culinary landmark.

After years honing his skills and with well wishes from the family, Sesti struck out on his own.

“I learned a lot there and decided to branch out on my own,” he said.

After finding “the perfect location,” the building that housed the shuttered Tahoe Joe’s, Sesti brought his style of Mexican cuisine to Chesterfield Valley.

“I looked for quite a while for the right location,” he said.

“One of our goals for the location was to accommodate large groups. Here, we can seat 250 so you can bring in your ball or soccer team without a reservation. Or, if you have a happy hour group we can take care of you.”

Taking care of customers is Sesti’s top priority. It begins with offering a menu rooted in tradition and American inno-

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vation – a cooking style Sesti calls Mexican American.

Mexican American, not to be confused with TexMex, is a flavor profile that has been described as cleaner, fresher and not quite as spicy. In Sesti’s opinion, it’s a style that most people want today – appealing to a broader base.

Estancia’s menu reflects those flavor preferences that embrace the classics while creating new dishes with a Mexican twist such as Beef Enchilada Soup or the Spicy Carnitas Pizza, topped with slow-roasted pork, cilantro pesto and mozzarella.

There’s also a lighter side. Roasted Tilapia Tacos is an excellent example of lighter Mexican fare that has become one of Estancia’s top sellers. It is a delicate dish of fish seasoned with lime, garlic and Serrano chiles, and topped savory blend of cheeses, sautéed onion, poblano chili, red with fresh avocado salsa before being folded in soft flour bell peppers and mushrooms. Quesadilla gourmands will tortillas. Another unexpected treat is the Black Bean appreciate that they can be ordered with fajita beef or mesHummus, a Mexican take on a Middle Eastern specialty. quite chicken.

“We’re trying to take it to the next level. We’re tweaking Top sellers to date are the Spinach Enchiladas, Fajitas, classics that bring them up to another level,” Sesti said.

Poblano Chicken Empanada and Estancia’s number one Estancia’s menu combinations include vegetarian and dish, the Ultimate Burrito. The Spinach Enchiladas comes gluten-free dishes along with such traditional favorites as in as a close second to the Ultimate Burrito. And, of course, crispy tacos, fajitas and burritos. for people who love to mix and match their own plates, the All of Estancia’s recipes are created with the highest “Create Your Own” is a tremendously popular menu option. quality ingredients and the best authentic seasonings. For Estancia’s large, comfortable, full-service bar features example, the beef tacos combine high-grade ground beef unique and seasonal libations such as its Watermelon Marwith Sesti’s own special seasoning blend. The steak for garita and Peach Mango Sangria. fajitas is hand-sliced and marinated to achieve a balance Estancia’s menu is solid and has already gained a loyal of flavors that layers beautifully with sautéed and grilled following. But Sesti says it is still evolving. bell peppers, onions, cheese and fresh-made pico de “You have to keep growing and keep making it better.

Gallo folded into a warm tortilla. Sesti even transforms It’s all about quality and service. It’s all about what the the simple quesadilla into the Top Shelf Quesadilla – a customers want,” he said.

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Com mu n it y Event s BENEFITS The 33rd Annual Ballwin Days 5K Run, 1-Mile Adult Race/Sprint and 1-Mile Walk/Youth Run are on Sunday, June 8 at Vlasis Park, 100 Vlasis Park Drive. The 5K begins at 8 a.m. and the 1-mile run/walk and youth run begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. Entry fees are $35 for the 5k and $15 for the 1-Mile Adult Race and Walk/Youth Run. Register at ballwin.mo.us.

••• The second annual Tour de Wellness takes place on Sunday, June 8 at the Chesterfield Amphitheater, 631 Veteran’s Place Drive. The ride supports St. Luke’s Center for Cancer Care, and has three separate routes, which are 16, 32 and 70 miles respectively. For more information, call (314) 205-6231.

••• An annual fried chicken dinner and bazaar is from 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday, June 8 at St. Thomas United Church of Christ. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children. Carry-outs are available.

For information, email ucc.st.thomas@ gmail.com.

••• Ballwin Ladies Auxillary Post 6274 hosts mouse racing at 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 21. Live music for dancing will follow at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person and available for purchase at the Ballwin VFW, 115 Mimosa Lane; by telephone 386-8735; or purchase at door on day of event.

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Ballwin Days 2014 is held from June 6-8 at Vlasis Park. The event runs from 5-11:30 p.m. on June 6, 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m. on June 7 and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. on June 8.

Ballwin Days features live concerts and music, a parade and more. For more information visit www.ballwindays.com.

••• The annual Creve Coeur Days returns for its 47th year from June 26-29 at De Smet Jesuit High School, 233 N. New Ballas Road. The community festival features a parade, rides, food and gaming

booths. Hours for Creve Coeur Days are 6-10 p.m. on June 26, 6-11 p.m. on June 27, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. on June 28 and noon-6 p.m on June 29. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.crevecoeurdays.com.

••• The city of Chesterfield hosts Movies Under the Stars at dusk on Fridays, June 13 and July 25, at the Chesterfield Amphitheater. On June 13, Disney’s “Frozen” will be shown; on July 25, “Despicable Me 2.” For more information, visit chesterfieldamphitheater.com.

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The city of Ellisville hosts its 2014 Bluebird Park Summer Concert Series from 7-9 p.m. on Thursdays in June and July at the Park. Upcoming performances include: Dr. Zhivegas (June 5), The Jeremiah Johnson Band (June 12) and Ticket to the Beatles (June 19). For more information, visit ellisville.mo.us.

••• The Scott Laytham and Karl Holmes Duo is featured at the Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce Summer Concert Series in Faust Park, 15185 Olive Blvd, on Tuesday, June 10 from 7-9 p.m. Gates open at 5:15 p.m. for seating; concessions are available beginning at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free.

Concert-goers are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket. For additional information, visit chesterfieldmochamber.com/ summer-concert-series.

••• Ballwin’s Sunset Concert Series presents Miss Jubilee from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11 at New Ballwin Park, 329 New Ballwin Road. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket. Admission is free.

••• A Manchester Community Band Concert is at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 14 at Paul A. Schroeder Park, 359 Old Meramec Station Road in Manchester. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket. Admission is free. For additional information, visit manchestermo.gov/man-

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••• Trilogy is featured at the Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce Summer Concert Series in Faust Park, 15185 Olive Blvd, on Tuesday, June 17 from 7-9 p.m. Gates open at 5:15 p.m. for seating; concessions are available beginning at 5:30 p.m. Admission is free. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket. For additional information, visit chesterfieldmochamber.com/summerconcert-series.

••• The City of Chesterfield hosts its Sounds of Summer Concert Series at 8 p.m. on select Saturdays through Sept. 6 at the Chesterfield Amphitheater. Hear Wayman’s Revelation on June 7, Breakfast Club on June 21, Well Hungarians on July 26, Spin the Bottle on Aug. 9, Magazine (a tribute to Heart) on Aug. 23, and Dogs of Society (a tribute to Elton John) on Sept.

6. For more information, visit chesterfieldamphitheater.com.

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The Ellisville Farmer’s Market is from 4-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 5 at Bluebird Park, 225 Kiefer Creek Road. Everything for sale is homegrown or homemade, and the market features several activities for kids. For more information, visit www. ellisvillefarmersmarket.org.

••• The Green Homes Festival is from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, June 7 at the Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd. The festival showcases affordable, practical options for sustainable living, along with positive ways to maintain the health of people and the planet. The festival is included with Garden admission. For details, visit mobot.org/greenhomesfest or call (314) 577-5100.

••• Guests are invited to Friday Night @ the Firehouse with Rabbi Shmuel and Chana Greenwald at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 13 at Aish Firehouse, 457 N. Woods Mill Road, Chesterfield. Enjoy an interactive Shabbat learners’ service, children’s program and traditional Shabbat dinner with homemade challah. The cost is $15

for adults, $8 for kids ages 5-11, or free for kids under 5. To RSVP, call (314) 8622474 or email cwolff@aish.com.

••• The city of Creve Coeur’s Historic Preservation Committee hosts Treasures of Creve Coeur, a guided bus tour of historic Creve Coeur, from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, June 14, beginning and ending at Millennium Park, 2 Barnes West Drive.

The tour is narrated by St. Louis County historian Esley Hamilton, and guests can enjoy refreshments after the tour at the historic Tappmeyer House. Buildings of historical and architectural significance, as well as acclaimed examples of mid-20th century modern design are featured on the tour. The cost is $25 per person. For reservations, call (314) 432-3961.

••• Wildwood Historical Society hosts its June program at 7 p.m. (potluck dinner at 6 p.m.) on Tuesday, June 16 at its meeting hall, 18750 Highway 100, Wildwood.

Terry Schott shares “History of a Rural Pontiac Dealer,” a program about his family’s business, which was open from 192085. For more information on the Society, visit wildwoodhistoricalsociety.org.

••• Citizens of Creve Coeur are invited to unite for a drug-free crime prevention event during Creve Coeur Night Out, from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17. Residents are encouraged to plan block parties and cookouts in their subdivisions, sending the message that police-community partnerships can change the course of crime in neighborhoods. To participate, contact Crime Prevention Officer Grace Fico at (314) 442-3075.

••• The Holy Infant Council of Knights of Columbus holds its monthly adult bingo on Saturday, June 21 at 7 p.m. at 627 Dennison Drive. Cost is $20 per person and games will feature a minimum $50 payout.

Admission includes 15 games of bingo and drinks. For more information call 2566511.

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The Kay Bova Selling Team has all the resources to help you through the buying or selling process. Coordinating the services from the Title Company, inspectors, mortgage lender and contractors is only a part of the service provided by Kay Bova’s Team.

To help make your move even more convenient, Kay Bova Selling Team provides a moving truck to help with your move (free of charge).

“It’s our way of saying “thank

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You can often see their truck around town, moving furniture, distributing toys, or transporting goods for food drives.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING City of Ellisville Notice is hereby given that the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Ellisville will hold public hearing at the Ellisville City Hall, #1 Weis Avenue, on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. to consider a Petition by Kerryton Place Subdivision Homeowners Association for an amendment to an approved Planned Residential Development pertaining to rear yard setbacks within the R-2 Planned Residential Zoning District.

Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Ellisville will hold a public hearing at the Ellisville City Hall, #1 Weis Avenue, on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. to consider a Petition by Kerryton Place Subdivision Homeowners Association for an amendment to an approved Planned Residential Development pertaining to rear yard setbacks within the R-2 Planned Residential Zoning District.

These public hearings are in compliance with Title IV, Land Use, of the Municipal Code of the City of Ellisville.

320 Remington Way Ballwin • $429,900 Meticulously maintained, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, Upgrades throughout. Open floor plan, in-law suite w/ kitchen & full bath, energy efficient home

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Quality service Reasonable Rates

No hauling or waiting for equipment - I come to you!

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Near Rt.100 and 109. Call 314809-4483.

Garage Doors WEST COUNTY GARAGE DOOR SERVICE Proudly serv-

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Springs, cables, electric openers.

Door replacement. Evening & weekend service available. Call 636-388-9774.

J & J HAULING

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Help Wanted NOW HIRING CAREGIVERS AND NURSES. Immediate openings for all areas of St. Louis especially Chesterfield, Ellisville & Ballwin. Private Duty cases only.

All shifts avail. Apply in person at 141 N. Meramec, Suite 102, Tues. & Thurs. 9am-11am or 1pm-3pm.

Questions? Call 314-863-3030.

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Help Wanted The Wildwood Hotel is HIRING: We are seeking enthusiastic, smiling faces for the following positions: Breakfast Attendant, Room Inspector / Room Attendants, Room Attendant.

Please apply in person at The Wildwood Hotel, 2801 Fountain Place, Wildwood, MO 63040.

We are located in the Wildwood Town Center with easy access to Metro.Please…no calls.

The West County YMCA is now accepting applications for: • Facility Manager - Full Time, West County and Wildwood ($38 - $42 annual) • Lead Custodian Part Time PM ($9.12 to 11.41 hourly) • Custodian Part Time AM & PM ($7.50 to $9.38 per hour) Benefit package includes a Free YMCA Membership. EOE M/F/D/V. Must pass criminal background screening. E-Verify Employer.

Mail resume/application to: HR, 16464 Burkhardt Place Chesterfield, MO 63017 or email: LLinck@ymcastlouis.org

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Att: J. Warner Three French Hens 16935 Manchester Rd. Wildwood, MO 63040

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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.

Hauling Skips Hauling & Demolition!

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Temporary Service We are currently recruiting for the following positions in St. CharlesCounty and surrounding area: • Sheet Metal Assemblers Machine Operator • Metal Fabricator (Drill, Punch Press, Grinders & Welders • Welders (Mig and Tig) • General Laborers (All Shifts) • Landscapers • CNC Machinist (All Shifts) • Material Handler/Warehouse •Shear & Press Brake Operators • Production Workers

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Looking for self starters, creative and enthusiastic individuals with great customer service skills. Must have retail merchandising and sales experience.

Must be available to work minimum 30 hours a week and be available for rotating weekends.

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Fast Repairs. All makes and models. Same day service.

Free Estimates. Custom wood and Steel Doors. BBB Member, Angie's List. Call 314-550-4071.

GARAGE SALE: June 7, Saturday from 8am - 4pm. Honda selfpropelled mower, tools, microwave, shelves, plants and miscellaneous. 1610 Strecker Woods Court, Wildwood, MO 63011.

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Public Notice - PUBLIC NOTICE Notice to the principal is notice to the agent to the agent is notice to the principal.

I, Dan Peterka and Ronda Peterka under penalties of perjury am competent to declare as follows: I, Dan Peterka and Ronda Peterka have the paramount claim on the following property herein described.

Lot twenty-on (21) of Pierremont Plat No. 6, a subdivision in St. Louis County, Missouri, as per plat thereof recorded in Plat Book 110, Page 88 of the St. Louis County records also known as address: 909 Danton Court Ballwin, MO 63011 Notice of Default and Administrative Judgment was served on Meramec Bank hereinafter "BANK" and BANK consents to judgment with claim No.70023150 000399689499 in the amount of $25,819,366.56 (Twenty five Million, Eight Hundred Nineteen thousand, Three Hundred Sixty-Six dollars and Fifty-Six cents) due and owing as a result of a breach of contract.

Case # I3SL-AC20705 and I3SLCC00397. If said property is attempting to be sold in violation of this notice: CAVEAT EMPTOR! *Equity will not suffer a wrong to be without a remedy.

I am: Dan Peterka, Authorized Representative, Natural Person(s), In Propria Persona: Ex Relatione DAN PETERKA. RONDA PETERKA). All Rights Reserved: pursuant to U.C.C. 1-207/308; 1-103 c/o here address: 104 West Main Street, Warrenton, MO 63383

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ANYTHING IN PLUMBING - Good Prices! Basement bathrooms, small repairs & code violations repaired. Fast Service.

Certified, licensed plumber not a handyman. Call or text anytime: 314-409-5051.

Interior/Exterior • Wallpaper Dry Wall • Crown Molding & Trim

Fully Insured • Free Estimates • Residential & Commercial

$75 Per Avg. Rm Size

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Plumbing

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PAINTING & REPAIR

314-849-5387

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Painting

Retaining Wall Specialist

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314-280-2779 Accept major Credit Cards

PIANO LESSONS: Masters Degree in Composition w/ Piano major, 5 yrs. in Europe, 30 yrs. teaching experience to all ages. Taught music theory and piano at college level. Manchester & Strecker. Call Arthur at 636821-3099.

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Painting

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All Around Construction LLC - All interior and exterior remodeling and repairs. Historic restoration, molding duplication. Finished basements, kitchens, baths and decks. Liability, workmens comp, and EPA certified in lead removal.

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Enter t ai n ment

Marc Broussard and Mingo Fishtrap play at the Old Rock House on June 5

CONCERTS

Tommy Emmanuel, June 12-13, The Sheldon Music of The Who, June 13, Powell Symphony Hall Spanish Gold, June 13, Old Rock House Ambassadors of Harmony, June 14, The Touhill Music of The Rolling Stones, June 14, Powell Symphony Hall Father’s Day Explosion, June 15, Chaifetz Arena The 5 Browns, June 20, Powell Symphony Hall The O’Jays & Chaka Khan, June 20, The Fox Theatre Chris Robinson Brotherhood, June 21, The Pageant

LIVE PERFORMANCES

Brian Owens, June 5, The Sheldon Always… Patsy Cline, June 4-22, Stages Marc Broussard, June 5, Old Rock House St. Louis The Monkees, June 5, The Fox Theatre A Prairie Home Companion, June 14, Steve Earl and The Dukes, June 5, The The Fox Theatre Pageant Kurt Elling, June 6, The Sheldon New Mastersounds, June 6, Old Rock House Classical Favorites, June 7, Powell Symphony Hall STYX, Foreigner, June 7, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Jamie Cullum, June 8, The Pageant Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, June 8, The Whole Earth Nuclear Orchestra plays at Old Rock House the Old Rock House on June 11th.

The Flaming Lips, June 10, The Pageant John Butler Trio, June 11, The Pageant Billy Elliot The Musical, June 16-22, The Whole Earth Nuclear Ukulele Orches- Muny tra, June 11, Old Rock House Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, June 18-29, OAR and Phillip Phillips, June 12, The Stages St. Louis Fox Theatre River City Rumble, June 21, Family Arena Tarzan, June 25-July 2, The Muny Jamie Cullum comes to the Pageant on June 8.

COMEDY

Tom Dustin, June 4-8, The Funnybone Cocoa Brown, June 12-15, The Funnybone Dwyane Kennedy, June 18-22, The Funnybone Eddie Izzard, June 19, The Fox Theatre

TICKETS AND INFORMATION Chaifetz Arena: metrotix.com, (314) 534-1111 Chesterfield Amphitheater: chesterfieldamphitheater.com, (636) 537-4000 Dramatic License Theater: brownpapertickets. com, (800) 838-3006 The Family Arena: metrotix.com, (314) 534-1111 The Muny: www.muny.org The Fox Theatre: metrotix.com, (314) 534-1111 J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts: (636) 949-4433 The Funny Bone: visiontickets.com, (314) 469-6692 Loretto-Hilton Center: repstl.org, (314) 968-4925 Lumière Place: ticketmaster.com, (866) 448-7849 Mustard Seed Theatre: brownpapertickets.com, (800) 838-3006

Old Rock House: metrotix.com, (314) 534-1111 The Pageant: ticketmaster.com, (866) 448-7849 Peabody Opera House: ticketmaster.com (866) 448-7849 Powell Symphony Hall: slso.org, (800) 232-1880 Scottrade Center: ticketmaster.com, (314) 622-5435 The Sheldon: sheldonconcerthall.org, (314) 533-9900 STAGES St. Louis: stagesstlouis.org, (314) 821-2407 The Touhill: touhill.org, (314) 516-4949 Upstream Theater: brownpapertickets.com, (800) 838-3006 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater: ticketmaster.com, (866) 448-7849

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