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Seductive Beliefs One of the painfully revealing episodes in President Barack Obama’s book “Dreams From My Father” describes his early experience listening to a sermon by the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Among the things said in that sermon was that “white folks’ greed runs a world in need.” Obama was literally moved to tears by that sermon.

This sermon may have been like a revelation to Barack Obama but its explanation of economic and other differences was among the oldest – and most factually discredited – explanations of such difference among all sorts of peoples in all sorts of places. Yet it is an explanation that has long been politically seductive, in countries around the world.

What could be more emotionally satisfying than seeing others who have done better in the world as the villains responsible for your not having done as well? It is the ideal political explanation, from the standpoint of mass appeal, whether or not it makes any sense otherwise.

That has been the politically preferred explanation for economic differences between the Malay majority and the more prosperous Chinese minority in Malaysia, or between the Gentile majority and the Jewish minority in various countries in Europe between the two World Wars.

At various other times and places, it has been the preferred explanation for the economic differences between the Sinhalese and the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka, the Africans and the Lebanese in Sierra Leone, the Czechs and the Germans in Bohemia and numerous other groups in countries around the world.

The idea that the rich have gotten rich by making the poor poor has been an ideological theme that has played well in Third World countries, to explain why they lag so far behind the West.

None of this was original with Jeremiah Wright. All he added was his own colorful gutter style of expressing it, which so captivated the man who is now president of the United States.

There is obviously something there with very deep emotional appeal. Moreover, because nothing is easier to find than sins among human beings, there will never be a lack of evil deeds to make that explanation seem plausible.

Because the Western culture has been ascendant in the world in recent centuries,

the image of rich white people and poor non-white people has made a deep impression, whether in theories of racial superiority – which were big among “progressives” in the early 20th century – or in theories of exploitation among “progressives” later on.

In a wider view of history, however, it becomes clear that, for centuries before the European ascendancy, Europe lagged far behind China in many achievements. Since neither of them changed much genetically between those times and the later rise of Europe, it is hard to reconcile this role reversal with racial theories.

More important, the Chinese were not to blame for Europe’s problems – which would not be solved until the Europeans themselves finally got their own act together, instead of blaming others. If they had listened to people like Jeremiah Wright, Europe might still be in the Dark Ages.

It is hard to reconcile “exploitation” theories with the facts. While there have been conquered peoples made poorer by their conquerors, especially by Spanish conquerors in the Western Hemisphere, in general most poor countries were poor for reasons that existed before the conquerors arrived. Some Third World countries are poorer today than they were when they were ruled by Western countries, generations ago.

False theories are not just an intellectual problem to be discussed around a seminar table in some ivy-covered building. When millions of people believe those theories, including people in high places, with the fate of nations in their hands, that is a serious and potentially disastrous fact of life.

Despite a carefully choreographed image of affability and cool, Barack Obama’s decisions and appointments as president betray an alienation from the values and the people of this country that are too disturbing to be answered by showing his birth certificate.

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cle by stating she is a clone of Todd Akin and that Mr. Akin has served his district ably. How is that possibly losing credibility? Rep. Akin is possibly the most moral person serving in the U.S. Congress at this time. If I were Ms. Wagner, I would shout it from the mountaintops I believe what Todd Akin does.

Concerning Mr. Covington’s comment that he doesn’t remember Ms. Wagner’s comments about $4 per gallon gas when G.W. Bush was president: I can guarantee him that any person that was paying for gas had plenty of choice comments to say about any number of politicians and various oil companies. Just because you don’t remember doesn’t mean it did not happen.

Obama’s foreign policy? Please. Where has he not gone and apologized for America’s greatness and cried about how bad we are? And about Obama’s policies (getting) bin Laden – we are thankful that Obama had enough good sense to continue the Bush policy concerning chasing terrorists.

The next point really struck a raw nerve with me. He states that Rep. Akin has lived off the taxpayer’s money most of his career, first in the military and then in politics. As a veteran myself, I would like to thank Rep. Akin for his military service to this nation.

Second, a military person makes peanuts compared to what they are putting up in return. Someone joining the military signs a blank check to the government with an amount up to their life. I would bet a dollar to a doughnut Mr. Covington has never served in the military, so he should really mind his manners when complaining about military members.

His statement that Ms. Wagner’s statement that she is a “common sense conservative” is enough to end any further intelligent discussion is laughable. The entire letter was nothing but liberal blabber, and intelligence was nowhere to be found.

Claude Kurtz Manchester

To the Editor: Well, just when I thought I had seen it all. I know I’m not smart enough to decide on my own whether I should go into a restaurant that allows smoking; that’s why the law was passed, right – to protect me from smoke? Obviously, I can’t do that on my own. Now I am told that because of meth dealers and users and everything else methrelated, I have to go see my doctor to get something that takes care of the sniffles. So in order to stop that little tickle in the back of my throat, I need to make an appointment, make sure my insurance is all up to speed and sit in a waiting room. I then get to go to the store and pick up that high performance medication. Probably have to hop around in a circle three times, answer who won the 1972 batting title for the National League and sing the school song for the University of Syracuse or Idaho before dropping off my doctor’s note.

I’m tired of being reduced to having to live my life based on the lowest common denominator of society. Some people can’t decide to stay out of smoking friendly joints – well, let’s ban it altogether. They can’t take care of themselves the way we want them to, so we’ll do it for them. Some heathens cook up meth using cold medicine, gasoline and an old Nike shoelace, and now I have to jump through hoops to fix a sore throat. San Francisco has banned the use of toys in Happy Meals because kids are attracted to them. Gee, never thought of that. And now people are trying to get rid of Ronald McDonald completely. Unreal.

I get the point of trying to keep things safe and healthy, but at what cost? When does it end? Proponents of the smoking and the medicine requirements can never answer that question. The reason is because they don’t feel it should ever end. They are always looking for ways to “make my life better.” Noble concept of an elected official, but truth be told, back off. You know what will make my life better? Staying out of it.

I did just fine before you got involved, and Drill, Baby, drill I’ll do much better if you stay uninvolved.

To the Editor: Eric Elverhoy There is a most simplistic solution to Wildwood solving every financial problem currently facing the U.S., almost immediately, without cutting the budget or raising taxes.

In 2010, the United States produced 43.5 Defending Ann Wagner percent of the oil it consumes. We have an To the Editor: abundance of oil and could become energy Please allow me to reply to the May 25 independent as quickly as we are allowed letter concerning an article in West News- to access our own resources. I suggest we magazine about Ann Wagner. do that. The dollars we currently send to Mr. Covington begins by saying that Ms. the Middle East would remain in our own Wagner lost any credibility early in the arti- country. We would still be able to produce

an additional abundance of oil.

Just think – any additional oil we drill could then be used to pay off our debt to China. China consumes 3,200,000 barrels per day, and if we could sell them oil at $100 per barrel, we could repay our debt rather quickly. Since the U.S. is not a member of OPEC, we could price our oil at a lesser cost, thereby reducing the cost of energy to our citizens, our businesses and the countries who would purchase from us.

Within a few short years, we could become the World Power we have been in the past instead of a country who is dependent on the actions and whims of other countries of which we do not approve. Our children and grandchildren would have the same opportunities we had instead of the future they are currently facing.

How about it?

Hannelore E. Bugby Town & Country

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To the Editor: The challenges that President Obama and his administration inherited were immense: two wars, an economy in freefall, record deficits, a health care system in crisis, etc.

In spite of unprecedented opposition of the Republican Party, the president has made an incredible amount of progress toward laying a new foundation for growth, building an economy that works for all Americans and improving America’s image and level of respect around the world. Yet, in a letter in “Opinion” (West Newsmagazine, May 25), a writer wrote in part, “Mr. Obama is failing at everything the incompetent clown touches. Such utter ineptitude is unparalleled in scope in American history.” This statement represents typical right wing rhetoric, a baseless charge and name-calling.

I respectfully offer an opposing view from three American scholars: “In foreign policy, President Obama has set the stage for engagement and multilateralism. He has reset relations with Russia, made overtures to the Muslim world in his Cairo speech and provided a philosophic discussion of war, peace and human rights in his Nobel speech.” (Doris Kearns Goodwin, political historian, January 2010) “All progressives since Theodore Roosevelt wanted health care reform, all Democrats since Harry Truman fought for it, and only Barack Obama got it. … This is his huge accomplishment.” (Douglas Brinkley, political historian, October 2010) “The bailout of the auto industry pro-

tected against absolute devastation in the economies of the Midwest. … And it is now turning out to be a huge financial boon for taxpayers.” (Norm Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, October 2010) It is interesting to note that the right wing vilified the president for investing in the auto industry. However, in addition to preventing hundreds of thousands of job losses across the country and revitalizing the backbone of America’s manufacturing sector, loans made to GM and Chrysler have been repaid in full, with interest. The government continues to have stock ownership in GM that when sold will result in a substantial profit for the American taxpayers. Can a reasonable person classify this failure? Would a reasonable person conclude the elimination of Osama bin Laden was a failure?

The Obama administration achieved legislation to address longstanding problems including but not limited to, Wall Street reform, credit card reform, middle class tax cuts, children’s health insurance, fair pay for women, reformed student lending, a new GI Bill, repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” protection against hate crimes, arms control agreement with Russia, etc. Would a reasonable person conclude the passage of said legislation a failure?

It is unfortunate that some individuals are so blinded by prejudice and hatred; certain “facts” are unable to penetrate their brain.

The fact of the matter is, when evaluating President Obama’s performance, rather than ineptitude, a reasonable person would have to conclude that the achievements of his administration are unparalleled in the history of the American presidency. I am aware that there are certain “facts” that some individuals are unwilling or mentally unable to accept. However, a reasonable person objectively analyzing the “facts” can come to no other conclusion.

James Gordon St. Albans CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS In the May 25 article “Committee recommends cage for deer control,” the statement that Town & Country’s use of sharpshooting for deer control was an “epic failure” was incorrectly attributed to Jeff Meyer.

West Newsmagazine regrets the error.

The May 25 article “Stars come out for free summer concerts at West County parks” should have stated that the Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce hosts the summer concert series in Faust Park.

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DNC chair throws truth to ‘wolves’ Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz falsely claimed that seniors with preexisting medical conditions would be denied Medicare coverage under the GOP’s plan. The House GOP plan specifically says insurance companies “must agree to offer insurance to all Medicare beneficiaries.”

She also repeated a false Democratic talking point that future beneficiaries – those who are now younger than 55 – would be left on their own to buy insurance in the private market. The GOP plan, as we have written before, would provide subsidies for future beneficiaries to buy private insurance from a Medicare exchange set up by the government.

Wasserman-Schultz, the new chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, made her comments May 29 on “Face the Nation.”

Wasserman Schultz, May 29: “What they would do is they would take the people who are younger than 55 years old today and tell them, ‘You know what?

You’re on your own. Go and find private health insurance in the health care insurance market. We’re going to throw you to the wolves and allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions. We’re going to give you X amount of dollars and you figure it out.’”

She is simply wrong to say that the GOP plan would allow insurance companies to “throw you to the wolves and allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for pre-existing conditions.”

The Republican plan – dubbed “Path to Prosperity” by its chief architect, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin – would make no changes in Medicare for those 55 and older. But it would make significant changes to Medicare for those younger than 55 – just not as described by the Florida Democrat. The plan would provide future beneficiaries with government subsidies to purchase health insurance through a Medicare exchange set up by the government.

Path to Prosperity: Health plans that choose to participate in the Medicare exchange must agree to offer insurance to all Medicare beneficiaries, to avoid cherry-picking and ensure that Medicare’s sickest and highest-cost beneficiaries receive coverage.

DNC spokesman Hari Sevugan said “we stand by the statement” that the GOP plan

would deny coverage to future beneficiaries with pre-existing conditions. Sevugan provided excerpts of testimony given April 5 by Michael F. Cannon, director of health policy studies at the libertarian CATO Institute, at a hearing of a House oversight subcommittee. But in that testimony, Cannon said, “All seniors under the chairman’s proposal, as I understand it, will be able to obtain health insurance coverage.” And those with pre-existing conditions “will get larger vouchers” because payments will be “risk-adjusted so that people with severe illnesses will get larger vouchers.”

Sevugan made the point that the government subsidies – or “vouchers,” as Cannon calls them – won’t keep up with insurance premiums and, as a result, seniors would be forced to go without coverage. But that’s not what the DNC chairwoman said. She said the GOP plan would allow private insurers to “drop you for pre-existing conditions,” and that’s just not true.

Wasserman-Schultz also misrepresents Ryan’s plan when she says it tells future beneficiaries: “You’re on your own. Go and find private health insurance.” This mischaracterization of Ryan’s plan has become a Democratic talking point — one we wrote about when President Barack Obama made a similar inaccurate claim. As we described earlier, Ryan’s plan would provide federal subsidies to private insurance from a governmentcreated Medicare exchange.

It’s fair game to debate whether the subsidies are adequate to cover insurance costs. But it’s wrong to say that the GOP plan would “throw you to the wolves and allow insurance companies to deny you coverage.”

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In QUOTES “I don’t mean to be disrespectful: He could not run one Godfather’s Pizza restaurant. Instead of being decisive, he dithers.”

- Herman Cain, GOP presidential candidate and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, on President Obama.

“Please take to heart, if you’ve got something personal, deal with it in the back room.”

- Press McDowell, former Ballwin alderman, addressing the current Ballwin Board of Aldermen.

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News Br iefs BALLWIN Dollars and sense Ballwin management and city staff during a 2010 audit report presentation on May 25 received high marks for the city’s financial statements.

Rick Gratza, a partner with the firm of Kerber, Eck 7 Braeckel, presented the audit report, which identified no material weaknesses, instances of noncompliance, or significant deficiencies.

Graphs and charts representing the city’s growth of unreserved fund balance, change in net assets, and additional financial ratios for 2007-2010 were presented for comparison.

Noting the city’s percentage of debt service (8 percent) to non-debt expenditures was particularly impressive, Gratza gave high marks for the city’s year-end general fund balance, as the percentage of expenditures at 67 percent far exceeded acceptable levels. “Anything over 20 percent is very good, so that’s terrific,” Gratza said.

Scramble for Backstoppers The Ballwin Police Department will host its fifth annual Charity Golf Scramble to benefit The Backstoppers at 12:15 p.m. on Mon., June 20 at Ballwin Community Golf Course. The cost to participate is $75 per

starting from the Creve Coeur Government Center. The course, which is certified with splits accurately measured and marked, loops through the Creve Coeur business golfer/$300 per foursome, which includes district and residential streets. Parking lunch and dinner. There will be prizes will be available at DeSmet Jesuit High and an appearance by the St. Louis Rams School. cheerleaders.

Those interested in participating can Upon the death of a police officer, fire- download a registration form at crevefighter, publicly funded paramedic or EMT, coeur.org. For more information, call (314) The Backstoppers provides financial assis- 569-8999. tance to his or her family.

DES PERES For more details or to register, contact Officer Rob Rogers at (314) 605-1450 or Buzz Westfall Award rrogers@ballwin.mo.us, or Officer Dan The St. Louis County Municipal League Hawk at 207-2318 or dhawk@ballwin. recently held its Year of the City Dinner to mo.us. recognize local government officials and present awards to area cities for innovative programs.

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ELLISVILLE Petition granted The Ellisville City Council on May 18 officially granted the petition from a retirement community to amend the use for two of its buildings from independent living to assisted living.

The changes will come for Gambrill Gardens, located at 1 Strecker Road. Gambrill Gardens officials informed the council that the 293-unit center is occupied by many residents who have lived there for more than 25 years, and some of them need more care than what currently is provided at the facility. The retirement community will also be making minor changes to its campus, including new sprinkler systems and a community room.

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A day to remember Members of the West County EMS & Fire Protection District volunteered their time on Memorial Day to escort residents of Delmar Villas West to the gravesites of their departed friends and loved ones at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery.

Pictured here are Firefighter-Paramedics Greg Bewig (left) and Brian Heppermann excorting 100-year-old Garden Villas resident Charlotte Passanise to her husband’s gravesite.

WEST COUNTY Bad times on I-64 Due to the ever-increasing congestion on I-64 between Spoede Road in West County and Route 94 in St. Charles County, MoDOT traffic engineers have analyzed the morning and evening travel times on that stretch of roadway. The morning review focused on eastbound travel from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., and the evening review focused on westbound travel from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

MoDOT officals found that during the morning commute: • Travel times begin to slow down between 6:45 and 7 a.m.

• The worst time to travel is between 7 and 7:45 a.m.

• Travel times do not fully improve until after 8:30 a.m., especially at the slow-down spot of eastbound I-64 between Route 141 and Mason Road.

During the evening commute: • Travel times begin to slow down between 4 and 4:30 p.m.

• The worst time to travel is between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m.

• Travel times do not fully improve until after 6 p.m. and continue to be slow over the Missouri River bridge, which has a reduced speed limit due to its narrow conditions.

“By knowing the worst time to travel, we are asking all I-64 drivers to consider adjusting their travel times to spread out the peak demand,” MoDOT Assistant District Engineer Tom Blair said. “By leaving 15 minutes earlier or waiting until closer to the end of the peak period, you could actually get to your destination faster. It’s not feasible to widen the highway due to the extreme costs that it would entail, but we can all work together to spread out the demand on the road.”

As of May 24, MoDOT began posting messages on the electronic message signs on I-64 informing motorists of the worst travel times.

Blair said MoDOT officials will be ana-

lyzing traffic data on I-64 monthly and providing the public with the most up-to-date information on the worst time to travel.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY High-tech warnings St. Louis County safety officials have accelerated the emergency activation of 60 new, high-tech warning sirens in light of a pattern of extreme storms that have pummeled the region. The new sirens, many of which are located in parts of St. Louis County that have never had siren coverage before, were activated on May 27.

“The unusually damaging storms that we have experienced throughout the region have prompted safety officials to advance the date that these sirens were expected to come online,” St. Louis County Municipal League Executive Director Tim Fischesser said. “We were only able to do this because of the confidence St. Louis County voters had in upgrading our warning system by passing a 1/10-cent sales tax increase in 2009 and the diligent work of the St. Louis County Emergency Communication Commission.”

While completion of the countywide system is still several weeks away, safety officials worked with the contractor on the project to get many of the sirens activated as quickly as possible during actual weather events.

Currently, the county has 188 sirens working from the older system. The new sirens have “beehive”-type speaker systems that point in every direction, replacing older sirens that rotated and were susceptible to malfunction. The new sirens eventually will be able to give voice messages as well. Since the sirens are digital, they will have more flexibility as technology changes. Duff Barney, of the Emergency Communication Commission, said some of the new sirens are in parts of West County where population has expanded and there were few residences decades ago.

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By SARAH WILSON AND BRIAN MCDOWELL

Upon learning of the devastating tornado that ravaged Joplin, Mo., on May 22, West County residents, businesses, fire districts, schools, churches and other organizations rallied to provide assistance. Following is a sampling of those efforts.

Tim Dorsey, deputy chief of West County EMS & Fire Protection District and a member of a federal urban search and rescue team that is located in Columbia, Mo., received a call a few hours after the tornado struck. He was one of 85 members of his team that met in Columbia and drove to Joplin with three tractor trailers full of equipment. The team arrived in Joplin at 4 a.m. on Monday morning and started working at sunrise.

“We were saying that it reminded us of pictures we’d seen of Hiroshima, Japan, after the bomb was dropped,” Dorsey said.

“Just total devastation. The buildings and the trees just had that look. It was very humbling.”

Their first assignment was conducting searches for survivors through rubble in several of the city’s residential areas. They then moved to a commercial section of the city, which included the Home Depot where several people were killed.

“Knowing what they’ve gone through made it very emotional,” Dorsey said. “You compare what happened there to the recent storm here in North County, it’s no contest.

It was as bad as I’ve ever seen.”

Six employees of the West County EMS & Fire Protection District responded to the tornado, and the district sent an ambulance and its battalion chief to the area.

Greenscape Gardens in Manchester organized a barbecue during the weekend of Memorial Day to benefit the family of a Greenscape Gardens employee who was affected by the tornado and raised more than $2,000 from the event. Customers also donated food, clothing and shoes for Joplin victims.

CBL St. Louis coordinated a St. Louiswide drive at its five malls to collect items for children affected by the recent tornadoes.

Chesterfield Mall, Mid Rivers Mall, South County Center, St. Clair Square and West County Center became collection sites for new and gently used clothing and shoes, new and gently used toys, new and gently used books, coloring books and crayons, diapers, wipes, soap and shampoo, toothbrushes and toothpaste, baby food and formula, bottles and sippy cups, blankets, pillows and sheets.

Bins were set up to collect the items from May 24-30, and the following week, items were delivered to Joplin and distributed to residents through the help of local service

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An aerial view shows the destruction of residential neighborhoods in Joplin, Mo., on May 24. The tornado that hit Joplin on May 22 at presstime has claimed 122 lives and was the deadliest single U.S. tornado in about 60 years.

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Students, staff and families of Lafayette High pitched in also to help victims of the Joplin tornado. The project began on May 24, when teacher Marty Taylor emailed the staff to ask for donations. Since then, the school community responded with eight carloads of items, in addition to more than $1,000.

“The amount of generosity shown by the Lafayette community is truly overwhelming,” Taylor said. “I could never thank the students, staff and Lafayette community enough for what they have done to help.”

Lafayette’s choir department also played a significant role in the project.

The items were donated to St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Joplin.

The Monarch Fire Protection District collected donations of pet food to be distributed in tornado-ravaged Joplin. Towels, newspapers and monetary donations of cash or check also were accepted.

Firefighters collected the pet food and monetary donations on May 29. Donations were accepted at three of its firehouses in Chesterfield.

Monarch firefighter Chris Overy and his wife Karin spearheaded the donation campaign.

“We have horses and we wanted to do whatever we could to help out,” Chris Overy said. “We thought that giving assistance for people’s pets would be a great idea.”

The Eureka-Pacific Elks Lodge from

May 28-29 hosted a drop-off site for supplies to be transported to Joplin. Collected items included water, non-perishable food items, first-aid supplies, moist towelettes, instant formula and diapers, blankets, personal hygiene products, feminine supplies, clothes, sunscreen and hand sanitizers.

Three French Hens in Wildwood collected items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouthwash and gloves and purchased $700 of items for delivery to Joplin.

Service International, Inc., part of St. Louis Family Church in Chesterfield, established a base of operations in the Joplin area to recruit volunteers to help.

Fan-A-Mania/Pro Image stores, located at Chesterfield, West County, The Mills, and St. Clair Square malls, accepted items such as food, clothing, toiletries, baby supplies, monetary donations, home goods, tools, etc.

Sport Clips in Creve Coeur collected any tornado-relief donations and made an effort to make sure the donations got to people who would benefit from them.

Vantage Credit Union sent $2,000 to National Credit Union Foundation for emergency relief in Joplin.

Employees also joined in on the relief effort with a dress-down day. All proceeds, which at presstime total $1,400, went to the American Red Cross. In addition to the dress-down day, they collected toiletries and had spare change jars out in the credit From Top: Donation stations at union branches so members could contrib- Lafayette High School, Three French Hens, and Greenscape Gardens. ute to the cause.

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By BRIAN MCDOWELL Louis Sachs left an indelible mark on the city of Chesterfield. The development of the Chesterfield Valley, Chesterfield Mall and the city’s commitment to both parks and the arts all stem from decisions made

by Sachs. The real estate developer died of heart failure on May 27 at the age of 83.

“Louis was a visionary and had such a deep love for Chesterfield,” Kathy Higgins, longtime president of Sachs Properties, said. “We are feeling such a loss. He was such a good friend to all of us. I have never met a more kind and good individual.”

Sachs was born to an immigrant family; his father was from Lithuania, and his mother was from Russia. His father graduated from Washington University and founded Sachs Electrical Engineering.

Sachs also attended Washington University and worked for his father’s company until the age of 35.

Later, Sachs started his own real estate development business, Sachs Properties.

He eventually owned multiple properties of varying sizes around Chesterfield. At the time, most of the area was either woods or farmland.

Sachs was instrumental in the building and development of what he called “Chesterfield Village.” The highly specific plans that Sachs drew up for the area closely resemble what the central core of the city looks like today – a large and teeming commercial district with plenty of room for walking, biking and greenspace. Sachs owned 1,500 acres of this area, and his involvement in development started when he convinced a group of shopping mall builders to build Chesterfield Mall at its present location in the early 1970s.

The company currently owns more than 1 million square feet of office and retail space, hosting 200-plus businesses.

Sachs’ widow, Mary, said her husband developed a great interest in the history of the area after talking to some of the farmers who originally owned the land that became Chesterfield and hearing stories from them about original settlers. He started collecting historical material from the area. His interest compelled him to name streets in his developments after notable past residents of the area.

Mary Sachs described her husband as the most intelligent, strong-willed person she ever has known. She said in business, Sachs was itemized, detailed and very hands-on.

“When he was in the room, architects that worked on his projects pretty much had no choice but to get out of the way,” she said.

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Sachs was a philanthropist also, donating to many West County entities and organizations. He financially supported Faust Park, where the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House was built and named after his father’s second wife. He donated land to the YMCA to build the organization’s only community theater and paid for the auditorium. Sachs donated land to the Jewish Community Center, STAGES St. Louis, Junior Chamber International world headquarters, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Kol Am Temple and Ascension Catholic Church. He donated land to the city of Chesterfield for its trail system.

A parcel of land Sachs donated to the St. Louis County Library became the Samuel C. Sachs branch, named for Sachs’ father.

He was also instrumental in the upcoming construction of a new property in Chesterfield that soon will host the library’s collection of genealogical materials. Sachs funded the restoration of the old Antioch Baptist Church cemetery and provided the site for the Kemp Auto Museum in Chesterfield Valley.

Sachs created Chesterfield Arts, a nonprofit organization devoted to fostering art appreciation throughout the community. He led the idea of adding numer­ous sculptures throughout the area, personally donating at least 10 pieces to the effort, including the replica of the well-known sculpture “The Awakening” that rises from the ground in the city’s Central Park.

For his many efforts, Sachs in 1999 was named Chesterfield Citizen of the Year and in 2003 received the annual “Spirit of Chesterfield” award from the Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce. Chesterfield was rewarded the Creative Community Award from the Missouri Arts Council in 2011 due largely to cultural contributions Sachs made to the area.

“He never wanted this kind of glory,” Mary Sachs said. “He hated it. He told me he did all this so when he went to heaven, he could look down and say, ‘Not bad.’”

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Wildwood reviews own ethics violations rumors this week about why Don was not approved for this council, and the ones I’ve heard are completely inappropriate.”

Resident Dan Topik said he was disapBy SARAH WILSON pointed in how the council had acted in Wildwood City Council on May 25 regard to Kozlowski’s nomination. approved a motion to examine two vio“I’m sure there are hidden agendas as to lations for which the council would be why some of you did not want him on the responsible in regard to Don Kozlowski’s council,” Topik said to the council. “We consideration for the open councilmember were really impressed with the way the city seat in Ward 1. During his reconsideration, was functioning, and then to see something the council voted 8-7 against Kozlowski’s like this come and really disregard the appointment, keeping the seat open.

On May 9, the council swore in Kozlowski with a vote of 8-6 but later determined the vote was one seat short, according to the city charter, which requires a vote by the majority of the council (nine votes). City Attorney Robert Golterman assumed responsibility for the confusion and said such activity could be a violation of the charter.

Also at issue was that Councilmember Holly Parks (Ward 2) on May 19 allegedly sent an email to select city councilmembers asking them not to appoint Kozlowski.

“I feel that we should find someone to represent Ward 1 rather than their own personal agenda as demonstrated on the night Mr. Kozlowski was seated on council, despite the charter,” Parks said in the email.

Golterman said the email could be considered a violation of the Missouri Sunshine Law. “Having for the first time this evening heard the allegations, the city does have a Sunshine Law policy that dictates that the city and all of its officials will comply with the law. The city also has a charter provision regarding political activity, so that has been cited too as possibly being violated,” Golterman said. “The city council polices its own members in terms of their activity, so if there’s something that would need to be investigated, it would need to be generated by the city.”

Some residents of the city as well as staff at the city council meeting responded unfavorably to the allegations.

“I really think this is a miscarriage of justice in a number of different ways,” John Gragnani said. “I’ve heard all kinds of

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wishes of the residents of Ward 1, I think, is really an unjustified act.”

Golterman said the city council would further discuss the violations at its next meeting on June 13. “[This] was not just an example of a violation of our code on political activity but more importantly an example of a barrier of this city,” Councilmember Tammy Shea (Ward 3) said. “It is a failure to have a fair consideration of a qualified, respected, demonstrated volunteer to serve in a ward

that wanted him, a failure on the part of the city to receive competent legal advice, and not for the first time, and a failure on the part of city councilmembers to demonstrate the highest level of ethical standards. “… I’m very sad for Wildwood today, I’m really embarrassed by the action of this council, and I look forward to having the opportunity to investigate a violation of our code, because I think it’s essential to restoring some respect due to this community and not to mention Mr. Kozlowski.”

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Press McDowell, who has lived for more than 20 years in Ballwin, served as Ward 1 alderman from 2001-2005 and again in 2009 to fulfill the unexpired term of Tim Pogue, who was elected to the mayor’s office.

“I’m speaking as a citizen of Ballwin, as a former alderman, as a former member of the Planning & Zoning Commission and as the first African-American alderman in the city’s history,” McDowell said.

The city of Ballwin, McDowell said, was always based on a foundation of mutual respect and “has always been a jewel to be proud of.”

Board of aldermen meetings never were intended as a venue for voicing political vendettas, lashing out at other aldermen or presenting an image of that city that is anything other than one of mutual respect, he said.

“When I read the West Newsmagazine and the rhetoric I see coming out of the meetings, out of the city of Ballwin that I was a part of for so many years, it saddens me greatly,” McDowell said. “I find it deplorable.”

Recalling his days as an alderman, McDowell said, “When we had a disagreement, we always solved those disagreements in the backroom. When we came out, we came as a unified force, addressing the citizens as one, and we respected each other.”

McDowell said he did not want to make his reproach personal but said he felt it was important to address Alderman Ron Markland (Ward 2).

“Mr. Markland, I sat there and listened to you. I listened to you when you made attacks on the city of Ballwin and I listened to you as an alderman,” McDowell said. “But some of the attacks that you are doing and some of the things you are doing … they are not good. And they are not a good representation of the city of Ballwin, and they should not take place.

“To have a political vendetta – all of that ends when you take the oath of office.

You’re here to work as one team, and the things you’re saying are not true, and not right. That is not representing the city of Ballwin.”

Then, turning his attention to the mayor and board of aldermen, McDowell said,

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“So, gentlemen, pay close attention. You are given a tremendous opportunity. Not everybody gets this opportunity to do what is right before the people. Please take to heart, if you’ve got something personal, deal with it in the back room.”

Asked after the meeting if he could be more specific about his issues with Markland, McDowell said a lot of what Markland was doing was “unwarranted and unfair.”

“I have a problem with his challenge to the election because his challenge to the election is unwarranted and it has no foundation,” McDowell said. “The other thing I challenge him on is his position on government waste and the bidding process. It is absolutely untrue and has no merit whatsoever.”

McDowell said also he challenged Markland on his position on the Schnucks development.

“It is historical data,” he said of the Schnucks project. “It is closed and I think his constant bickering – utilizing it as a hammer for other political officials – is unwarranted and unfair.”

Asked for his response to McDowell’s comments, Markland said, “I don’t know what to say other than I tried to get the message across (regarding recent candidacy certification concerns). But it seems like people have swept it away, and to me that’s the wrong thing to do. If it ever does get to a legal aspect, I want everybody to know my opinion.”

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Ballwin aldermen continue to seek election procedure guidance

By BETSY ZATKULAK In the wake of the April 5 municipal election, many questions have been raised about whether candidates running for a seat on the Ballwin Board of Alderman met the qualifications for office. The questions focused primarily on whether candidates had paid taxes in a timely manner. Similar questions were also raised after the 2010 election.

Previously, City Attorney Robert E. Jones issued a legal opinion to the board, essentially stating that the city’s only obligation is to gather all of the completed forms and submit them to the Board of Elections for inclusion on the ballot.

At the April 11 meeting, Alderman Frank Fleming (Ward 3) made a motion asking Jones to give the board some guidance on election procedures – to review, research, and recommend any needed changes to the candidate verification process for future elections. At the April 25 meeting, Jones was not able to produce definitive guidelines, and Fleming made a motion for Ballwin to formally request an opinion from the Board of Elections.

The motion passed unanimously, and Jones drafted and sent a letter to the Board of Elections, but as of May 23, the city had received no response to the letter.

“It has become clear that the Board of Elections does not verify the qualifications of candidates by doing things like checking their tax records,” Fleming said, in an email to West Newsmagazine. “So, the purpose of my motion was to focus on future elections.

“Someone should have the responsibility for verifying candidate qualifications.

Since the Election Board is the authority, the motion was essentially to ask them who should be responsible for verifying the candidate qualifications. If they say that Ballwin should be responsible, then we will have to come up with a procedure for that. If the Board of Elections say that they are responsible, then we will just continue to gather the signed candidate forms and submit them as we have been.”

State bridge project progressing Fourteen new bridges opened to traffic in Missouri the week of May 23, pushing past the halfway point the number of the Missouri Department of Transportation’s completed Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program projects.

There are now 410 new or rehabilitated bridges. When completed, the Safe & Sound program will have repaired or replaced 802 of the state’s lowest rated bridges. This year, 80 new bridges have been built.

Fleming said the issue is of interest also to other elections throughout St. Louis County, including the county assessor’s race, in which the payment of taxes was also an issue.

Additionally, several aldermen want clarification as to which state statutes Ballwin should follow regarding candidate qualifications and elections in general. As the city attorney covered at a recent meeting, there are a number of state statutes that seem to apply to the city.

“At its most simple level, the obvious intent is to have people in office who pay their taxes,” Fleming said. “But the question is who should be responsible for checking that out, and if necessary, who has the authority to declare a candidate unqualified to be placed on the ballot.”

Since the Board of Elections has not responded to the city’s letter for clarification, the board has decided to take it to the next level, which is the secretary of state.

According to Fleming, Ballwin’s letter

to the secretary of state will ask the same questions asked of the Board of Elections.

“And (the letter) may go a little farther by asking what we should consider to be the definitive state statute to follow where we have found conflicting statutes,” Fleming said.

At their May 23 meeting, the Ballwin Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to have Jones draft a letter to the secretary of state asking for guidance on the election process.

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Like many other teenagers have done through the years, 17-year-old Zach Krause and a few of his classmates at Priory decided to throw together a rock band to compete in their school’s Battle of the Bands. Krause plays drums for Ska Force One, whose roster is filled out by other West County residents. The saxophone player was a German au pair who is an acquaintance of Krause’s mother.

It turned out that forming Ska Force One worked out well for Zach and his friends, as the band on May 28 was declared the Grand Champion of the inaugural West County Talent Bash. Hundreds of people braved cloudy, misty and drizzly weather to come to the new Chesterfield Central Park Amphitheater to witness the event, where close to 70 performers of all ages and abilities showcased their talents. The acts were judged by members of the audience, KTRS Radio personalities and other local celebrities.

Even though this was only their third performance as a band, Krause said he and his fellow musicians were confident heading into the event.

“I knew it would go well if we all played the best we could,” Krause said. “We were lucky that the crowd was so cool and that they got so into it.”

Ska Force One electrified the audience with their energetic version of the song “Sellout,” which originally was performed by the band Reel Big Fish. The victory earned Ska Force One a trophy, gift certificates to local businesses, a basket of items from Chesterfield Arts and an on-air appearance on the KTRS morning show.

Other Talent Bash winners included singers Joshua Harmon, Evan Robinson, and Shannon Slattery, musician Gary Sluhan, dance troupes Dancing Through Life and

Dance Incorporated, and rock band Million Hits A Punk. All winners received trophies and gift certificates.

The Army National Guard Award for the most patriotic performance went to the St. Louis Strutters – a group of choreographed, synchronized tap dancing ladies between the ages of 53 and 79. The Strutters danced to the “Military Trilogy,” paying respects to anyone that’s ever served in the armed forces, and closing with “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.” St. Louis Strutters member Bev Chervitz said winning an award at the inaugural Talent Bash ranked high on the Strutters’ list of accomplishments.

“It was fun,” Chervitz said. “It was something different for us, being one of the first groups to participate in the first Talent Bash was very special.”

From her perspective, Chervitz said, the event was very professionally run, and she was glad that the audience hung in there and cheered even though it was raining during her group’s performance.

“We don’t let things like that affect us,” Chervitz said. “We’ve marched in the cold in the downtown Thanksgiving parade wearing our little outfits. We just love to perform wherever we can.”

The Talent Bash closed with a bang – a fabulous fireworks display, courtesy of Three French Hens in Wildwood.

“Overall, I was very pleased with it,” Frank Schmer, who organized the event, said. “We exceeded expectations. I wish we had better weather for it, but all the performers showed up and persevered, and everyone that showed up seemed to enjoy themselves.”

Schmer said the only parts of the Talent Bash that he is considering changing before he runs it again next year are small issues with the stage and with sound.

“And hopefully we’ll have better weather then,” Schmer said.

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What’s the buzz? Cicada Brood 19

By MARCIA GUCKES Some neighborhoods are going buggy with the once-in-every-13-years buzzing of periodical cicadas, while others remain nice and quiet.

According to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), the difference is due to the difference in types of trees in various areas. Cicadas prefer deciduous trees – or trees that drop their leaves each fall – like maples, oaks and fruit trees. So, if those kinds of trees were in your neighborhood 13 years ago, then the cicadas that burrowed into the ground back then are emerging again this spring.

Also, the cicadas may emerge at different times depending on the temperature of the soil. So, if the soil in a certain neighborhood is warmer than another, then that neighborhood will start hearing the cicadas buzz sooner.

Dan Zarlenga, a media staff person in the MDC’s St. Louis office, said that the millions of cicadas emerging this year during the months of May and June are known as Brood 19. At times, the numbers of cicadas may seem overwhelming, but Zarlenga said it is just another one of nature’s cycles.

“This emergence includes parts of Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas and several south-

ern states. This is not really an ‘infestation’ like a Biblical plague of locusts,” Zarlenga said. “This event was fully anticipated and is merely a natural and normal occurrence in the life cycle of these insects.”

According to Zarlenga, the huge numbers of cicadas are also part of the natural cycle.

“Insects are low on the food chain and get eaten by many things,” Zarlenga said. “By emerging by the millions like this, periodical cicadas overwhelm their predators with sheer numbers. There are so many that, even when so many get eaten, enough still live to reproduce.”

Reproduction is the goal of the wave-like buzzing sound made by all of those male cicadas. They use a pair of tymbals, or ridged drum-like membranes. The sound is similar to the sound made by waving a large saw in the air.

These choruses have been measured as loud as 100 decibels – about the same sound level as a lawn mower. In fact, it is the loudest sound known in the insect world. The females are attracted by the loud songs and join the male chorus to find a mate.

Once they have mated, female cicadas pierce small branches on woody plants to

One of the cicadas that only appear every 13 years. (Photo courtesy of Missouri Department of Conservation)

insert their eggs. They excavate a series of Y-shaped egg nests in living twigs and lay up to 20 eggs in each nest. A female may lay as many as 600 eggs.

Once the egg hatches, the cicada begins to feed on the tree fluids. At this point it looks like a termite or small white ant.

Once the young cicada is ready, it crawls off the tree and falls to the ground where it will dig until it finds a root on which to feed.

Once a root is found, the cicada remains underground for 2 to 17 years, depending on the species.

Zarlenga said most of the trees they gather in are not harmed by cicada activity, so insecticides are not recommended.

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There are no serious consequences to larger, healthy trees.”

Cicadas cause no harm either to humans or animals. Cicadas do not bite or sting.

Zarlenga said he has heard reports of dogs getting sick and vomiting because of eating too many cicadas, but they are not harmful for dogs to eat. In fact, a quick search of the Internet reveals recipes using cicadas, including cicada quiche, wontons, tacos, and even German chocolate cicada cake.

How do they taste? “Neutral to nutty I’m told,” Zarlenga said. “I’ve tried them but my rather insensitive palate could not detect much flavor.”

There are other broods that emerge every 17 years. Zarlenga said one of those, known as Brood 20, will emerge in the St. Louis region in 2015.

If the chorus of cicadas seems loud this year, just wait until 2219. According to the MDC website, that is when Brood 19 and Brood 20 will emerge at the same time, every 221 years.

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By TED DIXON JR. In muddy grounds on the morning of May 19, officials from the city of Ellisville and McDonald’s gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new restaurant.

The Ellisville City Council in December gave the go-ahead for the McDonald’s, which currently is located at the southwest portion of Manchester and Clarkson roads, to move across the street to 15901 Manchester Road at the northwest corner of that intersection.

The design for the store, which is slated to open Aug. 19, will feature brick accents, stack cultured stone and striped metal awnings. Two monument signs will be placed on the site – one at the southwest entrance, another at the northeast corner.

McDonald’s officials said the new store will be contemporary like several of those seen in the St. Louis area. It will be approximately 5,000 square feet in size, have about 40 parking spaces, a sidewalk along the west side of the drive-through lane that will allow easier access to the parking lot, and pedestrian access on the north side of the facility.

“We’re hoping to generate a lot of money for the city as well as McDonald’s,” said Michelle Banducci, owner of the new restaurant. “We will have a traditional and state-of-the-art McDonald’s.”

Ellisville Mayor Matt Pirrello gave his official blessing to the new store.

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By TED DIXON JR. In a move that could potentially spearhead a Walmart Supercenter, the Ellisville City Council has adopted a resolution that identifies St. Louis-based Sansone Group as the main developer for any commercial projects at the intersection of Manchester and Clarkson roads.

The city of Ellisville expressed an interest in revitalizing the area near the intersection, which has suffered from declining performance, and was accepting proposals for ideas. The only proposal received was from Sansone Group.The area involved is comprised of 37 parcels located principally along the southern right-of-way of Manchester Road. It encompasses 27.6 acres, excluding the Manchester Road and Kiefer Creek Road right-of-way.

Sansone Group officials have met with the city of Ellisville and have expressed an interest in bringing a Walmart Supercenter to the city. The talk of bringing the giant box store to the city has been met with robust discussion since last fall, with some speaking against it and others in favor of the development.

At the May 19 city council meeting, Ellisville Mayor Matt Pirrello said the resolution allows Sansone Group to move forward with a development project, not the development therein. In other words, nothing specific for the area was on the table.

Pirrello said the resolution’s main purpose was simply to authorize Sansone Group as the main developer.

“We’re not approving anyone for a TIF (tax increment financing) or a Walmart,” Pirrello said.

Ellisville City Attorney Paul Martin concurred with Pirrello, saying the resolution would give the city council the opportunity to begin the process of getting started with the project.

“If the council is not satisfied with the look of the project, you can always walk away from it,” Martin told the council.

Martin said that if another developer comes out of the blue with other ideas, the council could take a look at those ideas as well and the resolution could be rescinded.

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By BRIAN MCDOWELL In 2009, the East/West Gateway Council of Governments (EWG) chose the 5.5-mile stretch of Manchester Road spanning from Route 141 to Route 109 in West County as one of its Great Streets Initiative projects.

The objective of the project is to find ways to reinvigorate and improve the “Main Street” (Manchester Road) of the five communities along the corridor: Manchester, Winchester, Ballwin, Ellisville, and Wildwood.

According to EWG, the overall intent of the Manchester Road Great Streets Master Plan is to outline a roadmap for short- and long-term land use changes and transportation and associated public improvements to the corridor. Recommendations from that effort are to be used to respond to capital improvement requests in the five communities, guide the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) and the communities’ future transportation projects, and guide local officials when they are deciding on land use and redevelopment projects along the corridor.

But before the 30-year, $50 million plan can move forward, all five municipalities must approve it, and to date, only two have done so. The Ellisville Planning & Zoning Commission adopted the Great Streets Master Plan on April 13, and on May 2, the Ballwin Planning & Zoning Commission approved it.

Ballwin City Planner Tom Aiken said no public comments about the plan were made at the meeting, and there was very little about the plan that concerned Ballwin’s commissioners. He said the plan followed many recommendations that were contained in a 2007 city plan to improve Manchester Road’s route through Ballwin.

In Ellisville and in Ballwin, planning and zoning officials had the final say in approving the Great Streets Master Plan; neither the Ellisville City Council’s nor the Ballwin Board of Aldermen’s stamp of approval was required.

The Wildwood City Council heard a presentation about the Great Streets Initiative and accepted it a couple of months ago.

However, according to Wildwood City Administrator Dan Dubruiel, approval of the plan has yet to be officially adopted by the city. Dubruiel said the Wildwood Planning & Zoning Commission would discuss the matter soon, but he said he did not yet know specifically when that would

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Dubruiel said he had been working with the other four municipalities involved with the plan and that they were starting to develop a strategy by which it could be most easily implemented.

The Manchester Planning & Zoning Commission has held a few discussions about the plan, including one at a meeting on May 23. A few commissioners expressed concerns about whether approving it would affect the city’s ability to make future zoning decisions within Manchester, but commissioners said they wanted to make it clear that they are not “struggling” to pass the Great Streets Initiative.

“We’re engaging in careful deliberation,” Planning and Zoning Commissioner James Labit said.

According to Manchester Planning & Zoning Commissioner and Alderman Mike Clement (Ward 2), commissioners are waiting to review a resolution currently being drafted by city staff and the city attorney.

“My own sense is that the draft document will express support for Great Street goals,” Clement said, “but seek to recognize the need for municipal control and oversight, too.”

At presstime, the resolution is scheduled for presentation on June 6 to the Manchester Board of Aldermen.

Winchester City Administrator/Clerk Barbara Beckett said she had attended several meetings with representatives from the other cities involved and with officials from Metro and Ameren UE to discuss the Great Streets Master Plan. She said there are aspects of the plan that appeal to her, including improvements to a bus stop in Winchester that would make it handicap accessible.

The plan was presented to the Winchester Planning & Zoning Committee at a special session on May 18. An estimated 20-25 members of the public, including several who own businesses that would be affected by the plan, showed up to ask questions.

Beckett said because members of the committee were unable to answer many of those questions, it was decided to hold another meeting at an undetermined future date to present further information to the public.

“We are going to talk to the other cities for thoughts and ideas on exactly what this plan is and how it will affect our residents,” Beckett said. “Many of those questions are open-ended and hinge on other issues.”

Final approval of the plan in Winchester must be made by the city’s board of aldermen.

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Vintage baseball event to bring nostalgia to Manchester

By BRIAN MCDOWELL Anyone who has wondered how the game of baseball was played more than a century ago will have the chance to witness a vintage version of the game in Manchester this summer.

The game of baseball has evolved over time, but 150 years ago, most of its basic elements already were in place. Teams consisting of nine players each tried to hit thrown balls so they could run around the bases and cross home plate more times than their opposition. Aesthetically, however, the game bore little resemblance to the major league stadium spectacles of today, where hulking multi-millionaires hit 100-mph fastballs for towering home runs.

Pitchers in the 1860s were not allowed to throw overhand. Defensive players in the field did not wear gloves. Players were called out on three strikes, but there were no such things as balls or walks. Stealing bases and sliding into base were considered ungentlemanly. Cursing, spitting and arguing were also against the rules, and players who did so risked incurring a 25-cent fine.

The terminology used to describe the game also was quite different back then: The batter was called the “striker,” the pitcher was a “hurler,” ballplayers were called “ballists,” fans were referred to as “cranks” and infielders were “base tenders.”

Ed Nickels, a collector of vintage baseball memorabilia, on May 18 gave a lecture

to the Old Trails Historical Society about how America’s pastime was born and how it has changed. According to Nickels, baseball came from a period of time when the country was switching from an agricultural to an industrial economy. When people started to move from rural areas to cities, men had more of a need for socializing and leisure time. That caused them to form fraternity clubs that emphasized the need for physical fitness, and the game of baseball, which had much in common with British games such as cricket and rounders, gave them a way to socialize and stay fit.

Nickels’ lecture promoted an upcoming vintage baseball event that will be held at 4 p.m. on Sat., July 30 the Manchester Athletic Association ball field. The event will give spectators a taste of what baseball was like before players started playing for pay and before some of the modern rules were put in place. Two area teams, the St. Louis Brown Stockings and the Lafayette Square Cyclones, will be wearing historically authentic uniforms from the period and will play a double header by the rules of the time. They also will explain the rules to modern baseball “cranks” in attendance.

Refreshments will be available for purchase at the game. Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. The price of admission will be $5, and proceeds will go toward the preservation and maintenance of the Bacon Log Cabin and museum on Henry Avenue.

Ballwin resident turns 100

By SHEILA FRAYNE RHOADES What does it feel like to be 100 years old? “I don’t feel any different,” said Ballwin resident and West County native Marie Schumacher, who recently celebrated her centennial birthday.

Schumacher’s friends and family members recently joined her for a birthday party at the Ellisville Elks Lodge.

Schumacher was born in Manchester on April 24, 1911. Her family lived on Woods Mill Road, slightly south of Manchester Methodist Church.

Schumacher attended St. Joseph School in Manchester for eight years. She remembers taking a bus from Manchester to Maplewood and then riding three streetcars to get to Rosati-Kain on Lindell Boulevard, the high school from which she graduated in 1929. Her mother made the trip with her for two days, but for the next four years, she was on her own.

On Oct. 5, 1940, she married Harry L. Schumacher. The couple was married

for 43 years, until Harry’s passing in 1984.

Schumacher has three children, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Although she never learned to drive, she mowed Marie Schumacher her 1-acre lot on Henry Avenue with a power mower until she was 89.

Today, she lives with her daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Joseph Vonarx.

“We’re in Holy Infant parish, but Mom still attends St. Joe’s,” her daughter said, adding that St. Joseph’s Church in Manchester on May 1 honored her mother as a 100-year parish member.

Schumacher credited her longevity to strong genes, and she might be on to something: Her cousin, “Gus” Wynne, 105, was on hand for her birthday party.

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Selected students include: • Andrew T. Roley – Marquette High • Tyler A. Romero – Lafayette High • Conlan D. Wilson – Parkway West High • Jacob Zerr – Lafayette High

Parkway CFO The Parkway School District selected Mark Stockwell as its new chief financial officer (CFO), effective July 1.

Stockwell has Stockwell more than 27 years of accounting experience, including 12 years in public education as a CFO. For the past

four years, he has served as the CFO of the School District of Clayton. From 1999 to 2007, Stockwell was the CFO of Parkway. Prior to working in public education, Stockwell was accounting manager for the city of Carbondale, Ill., as well as an accountant for the Menard Correctional Date of issue: Center, in Menard, Ill. Client: degree Stockwell has a double bachelor’s in finance and marketing,Size: and a master’s degree in business administration from Eastern Illinois University.Colors: He is a certiPictures: fied public accountant (CPA) and a certified public finance officer (CPFO) Logos: with the National Government Finance Officers Copy: Association.

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Quality water research Missouri American Water awarded its 2011 High School Water Quality Research Award to Mrigank Gupta, a junior Gupta at Parkway West High.

The award recognized Gupta’s research in creating working fuel cells powered by bacteria typically found in wastewater.

His research in creating renewable energy from wastewater was honored at the Junior Science Engineering and Humanities Sym-

posium at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

“Mrigank’s research illustrates the creativity that his generation will bring to address our nation’s environmental challenges,” Cindy Hebenstreit, Missouri American Water director of water quality and environmental management, said. “His innovative and imaginative research could turn wastewater into renewable energy in the future.”

Merit Scholarship winner The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of its corporate-sponsored Fogarty 2011 Merit Scholarship winners, which included Parkway West High student Muriel Fogarty.

Approximately 1,000 high school seniors received corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards financed by about 200 companies, foundations, and other business organizations.

Raising the bar Two Parkway high school students were honored by the State Board of Education and the Missouri Bar as recipients of the 2011 Levens

Outstanding Achievement in Citizenship award. The Parkway recipients included Caroline Levens, Central High, and Jennifer Mahan, South High.

Mahan Every public high school is eligible to nominate one senior for the citizenship award. Students are selected on the basis of their academic achievement in civics and government courses, performance in civics and government-related extracurricular activities, and exemplary community service. Students also must submit an essay about the importance of citizenship.

Sustainable art St. Louis Community College (STLCC) recently hosted “Sustainability: It’s an Art,” an invitational, juried art exhibition for local high school students. This is the third year the college has invited students to participate in the show that features 2- and 3-D artwork that speaks to an environmental consciousness in either the theme of the artwork or materials used in its creation.

Three overall winners included: • Alex McDaris – Lafayette High • Monique Mullen ­– Eureka High • Emily Perkins – Lafayette High There were also first, second, and third place awards given to each high school.

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Pet Project Since March, Rockwood Early Childhood students have been actively engaged in a service-learning project to increase their knowledge of animals and provide assistance to those in need. Teachers have Early Childhood students learning to take care of pretend pets as part of a service-learning project focused on animals. utilized interactive white board lessons and virtual field trips to deepen student understanding of family pets and farm animals. During “Pet Day,” students also made collars, leashes, food, shelter and pet portraits for their pretend pets.

Coupled with classroom lessons, students and staff participated in a collection drive to benefit the Humane Society of Missouri. Nearly 1,000 items were collected, including towels, peanut butter, bleach, stuffed animals, toys and dog treats.

“This project has allowed students to show responsibility as they take care of their pretend pets as well as gather, sort and prepare items that will benefit animals in need of care,” Dr. Elizabeth Mrozowicz, Rockwood Early Childhood behavior analysis coordinator, said. “Students have learned that animals need food, water and shelter to survive, and they have done an excellent job working together to help make this possible.”

Students, parents and teachers in May also took a field trip to the Humane Society to drop off the donations.

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Holocaust still holds lessons for Marquette students

By MARCIA GUCKES May 1 was Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day established by the U.S. Congress as a time to commemorate the 12 million people, including 6 million Jews, who died at the hands of the Nazis. Five classes, 108 students, from Marquette High School in the Rockwood School District, on April 28 took the opportunity to learn about the Holocaust with a field trip to the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in Creve Coeur.

The students stood silent before the wallsized, black and white photo of people in coats and hats lined up to board a train.

In the lower corner of the photo, a small girl was shown swinging from her parents’ hands, her feet kicking at the air while her parents smiled toward the camera.

“They didn’t know where they were going,” the museum tour guide told the students. “They didn’t know that they would be separated and that the father would be sent to a concentration camp and the woman and child to a gas chamber.”

Then, the guide directed the students to turn around to a picture on the opposite wall. The students stood stunned before the image of a man kneeling at the edge of a

deep trench filled with bodies stacked one upon the other while a soldier held a gun to the man’s head.

“This is how the Nazis killed many Jews until they decided it was too slow and used too much ammunition,” the guide said, explaining that the Nazis decided to use gas chambers, killing 12,000 people every 24 hours.

Gruesome pictures and disturbing stories are not the characteristics of a typical field trip. But, the Marquette students are not your typical students, either. They are freedom writers. They are students whose teacher, Ami Holthouse, uses “The Freedom Writers’ Diary” as inspiration and resources of the Freedom Writers’ Foundation (FWF) “to engage, enlighten, and empower at-risk students to reach their full potential.”

Holthouse said she was following the lead of the teacher whose work forms the base of the teaching techniques endorsed and encouraged by the FWF. For example, she said she brought to the classroom nine new novels, some of which, like “The Freedom Writers’ Diary,” were written by people the students’ age.

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Marquette High School student Taron Street shakes the hand of Holocaust survivor Mendel Rosenburg. The two met during a class field trip to the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in Creve Coeur. (Photo courtesy of Ami Holthouse)

the year and tell them to write their story and impress on them the importance they have in the world – that they’re a voice and that their individual personalities are so important and that they can make real change,” Holthouse said.

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Rockwood to put tax increase on November ballot

By MARCIA GUCKES The Rockwood school board at its meeting on May 19 unanimously approved a resolution to put a tax levy increase on the November ballot but did not set an amount for the increase. The amount of the tax increase will be determined by Aug. 30, which is the deadline for putting issues on the November ballot.

The current tax rate is $4.2752, and the last time the district asked for a tax increase was in 1994.

School board member Steve Banton, who presented the resolution for a tax increase, said the board wants “to provide residents with the opportunity to decide whether they want to continue the Rockwood advantage or the alternative, which is many cuts.”

Board member Matt Doell said residents would have to choose between two things no one likes.

“They’ll have to choose a tax increase or choose cuts to services,” Doell said.

Since 2008, the district has cut $22 million in expenditures and used $17 million from its savings to balance its budget.

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Holthouse took her students to the St. Louis Holocaust Museum because the teacher who inspired her and the FWF took her class to the National Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles. The Marquette students have gone also to places such as the Missouri History Museum, a play produced by the The Black Rep at the Grandel Theater in St. Louis, and several local college campuses. A small group went to New Orleans and visited historically black colleges in that area.

At the Holocaust Museum, several students said that although they could not personally relate to the experiences depicted there, they could learn from them.

“People are going to be talking about it for awhile,” Abby Watson, 18, said.

“Seeing real pictures is a lot different (from reading books).”

“I see why she (Holthouse) brought us here – so we can look at different aspects of lives and not just our community,” Rahnesha Dudley, 18, said. “We need to know about different things so we can adapt to different environments, or different people, or issues, or lifestyles.”

Taron Street, 18, said, “I was quite shocked. The first book we read about the Holocaust said they were mass murdered, but I’m learning there was a lot more involved.”

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The school board has already started considering cuts for the 2013-2014 school year, totaling almost $15 million. Broz said if voters approve a tax increase, then those potential cuts will not need to be made.

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The students also met a Holocaust survivor, Mendel Rosenburg, who detailed events of his life from the night in 1939 when he was 13 and the Nazis knocked on his family’s door in Lithuania and took his father and brother, to the day in 1945 when American troops liberated him from the concentration camp at Dachau, Germany.

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On May 11, Trailnet presented the Ellisville Bikeable Walkable Community Plan to the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission, and it was unanimously approved.

The plan basically is a document to guide Ellisville in making bicycle- and pedestrian-related improvements.

Ellisville Parks & Recreation Director Lisa Blumer said the plan will connect existing park trails throughout the city with schools, churches and other venues. It is a long-term plan that could take up to 20 years to complete, she said.

In the summer of 2009, Ellisville received federal funding for developing the plan.

The idea behind the nearly 100-page plan is to create a more interconnected, safe, convenient network of trails, on-street facilities and sidewalks and street crossings.

Kevin Neill, project manager at Trailnet, said Ellisville lacks a coherent design of sidewalks, which makes it difficult for residents to walk or bicycle to key locations.

The city and Trailnet hosted public forums to gather input from residents, and Neill said discussion centered around the need for more sidewalks on streets leading to destinations such as elementary schools.

Residents identified also problem areas in the city, such as the Clarkson Road/Manchester Road intersection.

“They (residents) related their experience and they don’t like their kids walking across Manchester and Clarkson,” Neill said. “The conditions there are really deplorable. In a city as small as Ellisville, people want to see safer roadways and

intersections.”

Goals listed in the plan include developing “bicycle boulevards” and corridors parallel to principal arterials to provide safe bikeways and applying consistent road markings and signage standards for bicyclists and walkers. Also with aid from the plan, the city can develop continuous bike and pedestrian connections to the Meramec Greenway using Kiefer Creek Road and the Rock Hollow Trail.

The plan suggests signage to designate bike routes and indicate direction and distance to significant destinations. A bike route along Froesel Road is recommended.

To improve conditions for pedestrians, the plan recommends the existing trail in Bluebird Park, which is stated to be in poor condition, be either replaced or removed.

If the trail is eliminated, fitness stations currently along the trail could be relocated alongside multi-purpose walking trails in the park.

Trailnet’s plan emphasized the importance of public education provided through a community-wide bike and pedestrian route map, which would be distributed to residents to encourage bicycling and walking.

The plan encourages Ellisville to utilize the Safe Routes to School program, which encourages kids to walk and bike to school and educates parents, school districts and city staff on the benefits of walking and bicycling to school.

As the city begins the phased implementation of the plan, there could be concerns relating to budgeting, timelines and development opportunities.

“It (the plan) puts the city in a better position to go after competitive funding sources,” Neill said. “It puts it in a good position to achieve federal dollars.”

Blumer said the city will look for federal funding opportunities.

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Spor t s High school girls’ lacrosse The Eureka girls’ lacrosse team finished third in the state after defeating St. Joseph’s Academy 8-7. After losing 13-7 to Ursuline in the semifinals, the Wildcats were determined to end their fourth season on a winning note. They won third place by slipping by St. Joseph’s. Eureka finished with a 15-6 record.

“There is no doubt that the girls were slightly disappointed in the outcome of the Ursuline game,” Eureka Coach Ellen Wright said. “I think losing a game with that much at stake would be disheartening for any team. But this team was well aware that there was still something at stake – something to earn – and they were all very excited to battle St. Joe for the third-place title.

“They have worked very hard all season to build a reputation – a reputation as being not just one of the better teams in the state, but also a team that demonstrates incredible character on and off the field as well.

This Eureka team had something to prove, and there was still work to be done.”

Senior Melissa Menchella netted five goals to spark the Wildcats to victory.

Menchella finished the season with 96 goals and 20 assists.

“Melissa is an unbelievable athlete, who day in and day out, contributed great things to this team,” Wright said. “She is so

good with the ball and sees the field very well, anticipating where she needs to be and where the ball needs to go. She is an incredible goal scorer and is able to dictate the pace of the game when the ball is in her stick, not only because of her athletic ability, but because she is a very smart player as well.

“Basically, Melissa is a tremendous athlete and a very gifted lacrosse player. There isn’t anything she doesn’t contribute on either end of the field or as a leader.”

The victory was a big one for the program.

“Taking the third-place title means a lot,” Wright said. “This team has worked very hard to be successful. They expected excellence and continually desired to play to their potential. They were never satisfied, even on their best day.

“They built a reputation this season, and I am hoping that it is something that we continue to build on each year as new athletes begin to invest in the foundation laid for them by this team. This was a great victory for Eureka, and I hope that future lacrosse players in this program are excited about the direction we are moving.”

Eureka will be losing eight seniors.

“I am sincerely going to miss each one of them tremendously,” Wright said.

But the cupboard will not be bare. Seven starters will be back.

The Eureka girls’ lacrosse team.

“I have high hopes for what the future holds for this program,” Wright said. “We have a lot of strong athletes developing on all three levels, so I am anticipating a lot of good things down the road.

“It has been nothing but a privilege to share in this experience with such an amazing group of high school athletes. I consider myself the luckiest coach at Eureka High School, not just because of what this team has accomplished, but simply because of who they are. They are truly wonderful.”

High school boys’ lacrosse Marquette’s Ben Bowler has signed a letter of intent to play men’s lacrosse at Missouri Baptist University.

Bowler has been a two-year starter at goalie for Marquette and captain for the past two years.

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The soccer squad finished with a spring record of 8-0 and an overall mark of 15-1-2 counting games from last fall.

Coach Orville Birdsong said the team was started about eight years ago in the West County YMCA soccer program, when he volunteered to be a coach.

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Metro Stars (back row, from left) Coach Orville Birdsong, Devin Ulmer, Bill Hague, Andrew Steinmann, Aby Sarangee, Vasya Birdsong, Aadithya Palaniappan, Adam Birdsong, Praveen Bagavandoss, Dustin Rood, Coach Jim Brattain, and (kneeling, from left) Grant Mangan, Harry Brattain, Terence Huang, Agam Saluja, Aiden Pratt, Michael DeMartino, Nolan Walsh, Sajjad Sarwari. Not pictured: Jason Chen and Coach Patrick Kessler.

“We have seen kids come and go over the years, but the core group has been together for the past four to five years,” Birdsong said.

Some of the team leaders were: • Devin Ulmer, captain, plays forwardcenter and was the main scorer of the team.

Out of the 18 goals scored this season, Ulmer scored 12 of them.

• Vasya Birdsong, captain, played goalie; only four goals were scored against Metro Stars.

• Praveen Bagavandoss, captain, played midfield center. He helped shut down drive after drive in the middle of the field and consistently fed the ball to the front line.

• Bill Hague played fullback-center and ran the whole back line.

The team is also part of the Missouri Youth Soccer Association (MYSA) and can play in any MYSA tournament or select tournament it chooses to enter.

Birdsong said he likely will enter two tournaments this summer.

“Since the majority of my players will be freshmen next fall, my goal is to train them up to make their high school teams,” Birdsong said. “Currently, I have players who will attend Marquette, Parkway Central and Parkway South next year. Even though the season is over, we’ll keep practicing until the fall tryouts.”

Birdsong received the 2011 Missouri Youth Soccer Association’s Boys Coach of the Year in a non-select league.

“I still can’t believe I won,” Birdsong said.

The team celebrated with its annual endof-the-season soccer banquet. Every boy received a league championship trophy, and Birdsong’s wife, Cindy, put together a DVD of all the games to give to each team member.

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Emde is one of Parkway West’s primary 2 meters. “(That) means he is expected to make things happen on the offensive front, whether it be score goals or set other teammates up,” Cerutti said.

Emde is a quiet leader for the Longhorns.

“He is a leader-by-example kind of individual,” Cerutti said. “We have other guys on the team that are a lot more vocal but he leads by how he plays in the water. Players like to emulate him because he does a lot of things really well. He does pull younger players aside and give them a bit of advice when he notices something that they could improve on. He does this a very professional way.”

Cerutti is glad to have Emde back for another year.

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The Principia boys’ track team (from left): Isaiah Laster, Ross Furbush, Steve Hammond, Jordan Anderson, Conrad Bollinger, Matts Wilcoxen, Jake Roometua, Austin Holmsley and Richard Bonsi with Coach Jamie Bollinger.

Principia track team takes surprise second at state meet

By WARREN MAYES The Principia boys gave Coach Jamie Bollinger a big gift at the state track and field meet.

The Panthers finished second in the Class 2 state meet at Lincoln University in Jefferson City.

Bollinger, a Principia graduate, is leaving the program after being the coach for the past eight years. He has accepted a position as the executive director for a boys’ and girls’ summer camp in Maine.

“Having them doing as well as they did is a gift I will remember for a long time,” Bollinger said.

He acknowledged his expectations going into state were not sky high.

“They were very low,” Bollinger said. “I was hoping that the boys might make the top 10. This has been a rebuilding year. Our overall numbers were lower and we had little to no experience.”

Principia finished with 50 points. Maplewood-Richmond won state.

Coming in second excited Bollinger.

“I am absolutely elated,” Bollinger said.

Senior Austin Holmsley won the 800 in 1 minute, 58.22 seconds. The school record is 1:52.2 and was set in 1967.

“Austin is a very bright young man, and he ran his race not only physically strong, but technically perfect,” Bollinger said.

“Tactically, he made no mistakes.”

Senior Ross Furbush was eighth in the race in 2:03.82.

“Only having a couple of years of racing experience under his belt, Ross ran a good race technically,” Bollinger said.

Holmsley is a four-time state qualifier.

“He has done well for the team each year,” Bollinger said. “He had led his 4x800 relay team to victory three out of the four years that he ran it.”

The 3200 relay team won in 8:03.99.

Holmsley, Furbush, junior Conrad Bollinger (the coach’s son) and senior Jordan Anderson made up the team.

“All four boys ran their season best, and overall they bettered their season best time by 16 seconds,” Bollinger said. “That’s unheard of, especially at the state meet.”

Conrad Bollinger finished second in pole vault, gong 13 feet, 6 inches.

“His goal was to jump 14 feet at state,” Bollinger said. “I am very pleased with his performance. … Conrad was in a great position having cleared 13-6 before they stopped the competition (due to severe weather).”

Jake Roomeutua was sixth in the vault at 13-3.

“Jake cleared 13-3 before the storm,” Bollinger said. “He was way over the bar so we were hopeful that he was going over 14 feet but once again, to start off jumping right at your upper limits is pretty tough.”

The 400 relay team was fourth in 44.32.

Boys on the team were junior Richard Bonsi, Furbush, senior Jordan Anderson and junior anchor Isaiah Laster.

The 1600 relay team finished second in 3:28.99. The relay team was Furbush, Bollinger, Bonsi and Holmsley.

“This was good effort,” Bollinger said.

Bollinger said Anderson also competed in the high jump but did not place.

On the girls’ side, Liz Gilman was fifth in pole vault at 10-0.

“This was a good effort, but as a coach, you would always like to see them do better,” Bollinger said.

Overall, Bollinger said he was pleased with how the season turned out for his track teams.

“Doing so well, it was a great going away present,” Bollinger said.

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Westminster football team readies for a season of firsts

By WARREN MAYES The Westminster Wildcat football team will start the 2011 season with a new head coach, new athletic director and new stateof-the-art facilities, which include a 2,000seat football stadium, cutting-edge fitness center and locker room.

The Westminster football team never has had a home stadium. Games have been played on a field at their Creve Coeur campus, with parents cheering from lawn chairs and students observing from a small set of bleachers. Last year, due to the Ladue School District’s construction on the campus, all games but one were away games. The thought of having a gleaming football stadium for the team to call its own has been merely a dream.

Earlier this month, at strength-and-conditioning training, Coach Cory Snyder told the football players they were going on a field trip. After school the following day, the boys loaded onto a bus headed for the new campus in Town & Country.

When they arrived at the building, Athletic Director Alan Miller, who is stepping down after the school year ends, stood waiting for them and proceeded to take the team on a tour of the locker room and

weight room.

“The guys thought that the trip was cool,” said Snyder, who recently was promoted as the head coach. “I think they enjoyed walking around and picturing their locker room and thinking about he first game of the season.”

It was an eye-opening trip.

“We are very excited about the new stadium,” Miller said. “Cory Snyder and I took the football team over to look at the stadium and they were amazed. We have been playing on grass, without a press box, and without convenient locker rooms for so long that I don’t think they could believe it was really happening.

Certainly the youngsters were more than pleased with the facilities.

“We’ve heard a lot about the new campus and the football stadium,” junior Landon Burke, a team captain, said. “It is pretty amazing to see it firsthand and to realize that it is actually happening. It makes me excited to start the season.”

Snyder said he believes everyone will benefit from the new surroundings.

“The facilities are very nice. We feel blessed as a program for what we will have in the future,” Snyder said.

Westminster Christian Academy’s new stadium in Town & Country will be ready for the start of the 2011 football season.

Planning for the new campus has been in the works for some time.

“Many people were involved with the planning over the past several years,” Miller said. “We looked at a lot of other stadiums and different types of artificial turf in particular. Our goal was never to have the biggest or best stadium in the region. Rather, our goal was to provide our kids with as many quality opportunities for participation in athletics as possible.

“For instance, we will have a track for the first time in our school’s history, and that should really build enthusiasm about our track and field program. And our artifi-

cial turf field can be used in good weather or bad for many different sports, as well as for our P.E. program.

The location of the stadium, in front of the school, will naturally funnel a lot of students to that area whenever a game is underway.”

The Wildcats will get to show off their new stadium when they open the 2011 season against Wheaton Academy on Aug. 25. Kickoff will be at 5 p.m.

“I think that it will help us to create an exciting environment at games and give some appeal to playing football,” Snyder said. “We are excited to start the season.”

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By WARREN MAYES Mitch Rutledge set a goal for himself as a freshman at Whitfield, and that goal became a reality when the junior won the Class 2 state golf tournament at Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield.

Rutledge was the medalist with a twoday total of 145. He shot a 74 in the opening round and followed it with a 71. His total was eight strokes better than Southern Boone County’s Kyle Stone in second place.

“I was thrilled because it had been something that I had been working on so hard since my freshman year,” Rutledge said. “I really worked extra hard this year to give me a better chance at winning state, and the work paid off.”

His victory did not surprise Whitfield Coach Harold Barker.

Mitch’s game has improved a lot since his freshman year, but it is his maturity and work ethic that set him apart this year,” Barker said.

Certainly Rutledge did his part in helping the Warriors repeat as state champions.

“Our goal was definitely to win a team championship,” Rutledge said. “We knew we had all the resources to do so from the beginning of the season and we worked really hard to make it happen.”

It was a year for Rutledge to savor. He won the district championship with 77. In the first-ever sectional, Rutledge was the medalist as well with a 67.

“I felt I played well in both, but the con-

ditions reflected the scores,” Rutledge said.

“At districts, it was very windy and it was a grind for everyone. Sectionals were perfect conditions.”

Those were not his only victories this spring. Rutledge also won the very tough Bulldog Battle at WingHaven. In addition, he was the medalist in five of Whitfield’s duals this season.

Barker said winning the district and sectional against quality fields was difficult; however, Rutledge did not struggle in his rounds.

“Mitch made it look easy, but he never took anything for granted,” Barker said.

At state, Rutledge finished the first round with a two-stroke advantage.

“I felt I played well the first day. I played very consistently and just had two doubles on the back, which hurt my score,” Rutledge said. “I felt good with the way I played and was confident going in to the second day.”

However, the second day got off to a rocky start; he had a bogey and a triple bogey on the second and third holes. But he stayed focused and pulled it together.

“I had a very shaky start but really got it together after my fifth hole,” Rutledge said.

Barker said that is one of his strengths.

“Mitch finds a way to stay positive and focused no matter what,” Barker said.

Rutledge did not know how far he was ahead until the end.

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He credited his success to Barker.

“Coach Barker has been a great mentor and coach this year,” Rutledge said. “He has helped me really grind through the school year this year. Whenever I had a bad grade or when I was struggling in a class, Barker always made sure that I got my work done. He also has been a huge help this year in the recruiting process.”

That is all part of the job, Barker said, adding that it helps that Rutledge is coachable.

“Mitch takes feedback very well and listens well,” Barker said. “Once he gets and understands a plan for a particular course and event, he executes it very well. Mitch stayed focus and his confidence certainly grew as the season went along.”

Rutledge works hard at his game but doesn’t have any gurus working with him.

“My dad (Bob) has always been my biggest swing coach,” Rutledge said. “I get lessons every now and then, but I feel like I can always trust my dad’s opinions.”

Barker said Rutledge has all the qualities of a fine golfer.

“Mitch has tour length and total control of his driver and long irons,” Barker said.

“This allows him to get to specific sides of a fairway and attack holes with shorter irons more often. It’s hard to be critical of Mitch, but he would be the first to tell you that his putting and wedge play could improve.

“I know he has a few tournaments scheduled this summer and knowing Mitch, he will do his best to improve.”

Rutledge is being recruited by Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, and Ball State, but first there will be his senior year at Whitfield.

“My goals for my senior season will be to work hard, get good grades, and lower my scores,” Rutledge said.

Of course, Barker is happy to have the state medalist back for another season to try and help Whitfield nail down another state championship.

“Absolutely. I am interested to see how well he will lead this program next year,” Barker said.

Does Rutledge have a chance to repeat as medalist at state next year?

“The sky is the limit for Mitch,” Barker said. “I think with his work ethic and attention to detail, he will be there in the end to defend his championship. Results are never guaranteed, but one thing I know for sure and that is Mitch will always be positive and will look to improve.”

Diamond kings The 9-and-under Ballwin Royals won the recent St. Louis County American Red tournament championship.The Royals dominated during the tournament, outscoring their opponents 29-4 in three games.

Ballwin began the tournament with a convincing 14-0 victory over the Ballwin Storm. Pitcher Andrew Buescher hurled the shutout for the Royals.

In the second game, the Royals played the The 9-and-under Ballwin Royals: Matthew Arnold, Andrew Storm once more and Buescher, Carson Estes, Ryan Findlay, Dylan Hunter, Carter exploded to a 9-1 vic- Hutchinson, Brendan Kelly, Michael Olson, Luis Sanchez, tory. Big hits from Luke Scalf, Ben Swift, and Joshua Wetzel. Coaches are Sean Carson Estes and Luke Asbury, Evan Estes, Robbie Hutchinson, Michael Olson and Scalf, combined with Jared Wetzel. sharp defensive play in the field, sent the Royals into the championship game.

Ballwin played the undefeated Manchester Stingrays and won the title with a 6-3 decision. Buescher again handled the pitching chores. The Royals built an early 6-0 lead, but the Stingrays refused to go away. Manchester pulled three runs at 6-3 in the final inning before the Royals quelled the uprising to claim the tournament championship.

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By MARCIA GUCKES They can give comfort in the dark of night, open up a child shut down with anger, or provide company for a lonely spouse. They are Sweet Dreams Picture Pillows and are made by a Ballwin couple and a platoon of local volunteers. The pillows are made for families of military personnel serving far from home.

Ballwin resident John Stoeffler, a Korean War veteran, in 2008 after giving a talk to the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) got the idea of putting the picture of a deployed military parent on a pillow.

Stoeffler said he told the D.A.R., “Those we honor today are dead and there’s nothing more we can do for them. But we can honor their memory further if we find a family in need today and we try to help them out to the best of our ability.”

That thought sparked an idea.

“I woke up one morning and I thought about the children of those who are deployed,” Stoeffler said.

Then, Stoeffler said, he thought about the pillows, “blankies” and “lambies” his nieces and grandchildren carried around with them.

“What if we put a picture of a deployed mom or dad on a pillow with a nice fleece back and we give it free to them?” Stoeffler said he wondered. “I talked to my wife, and she thought it was good so we made one up, and it’s all been word of mouth since then.”

Word of the pillows has spread all around the world. Stoeffler now sends pillows to families left behind in military towns all across the nation and as far away as Germany, Turkey and Japan.

He said it takes about an hour of time and $7.76 in supplies and shipping to make a pillow. When he gets an order and a picture, he transfers the picture to material using

his home computer and a transfer sheet.

His wife, Linda, bastes the pieces together and they stuff it. The pillows then go to the Stoeffler’s “Pillow Platoon,” 15 local volunteers who do the finish sewing. Finally, Stoeffler boxes and ships the pillows.

He said he has received a lot of help and discounts from local businesses and organizations, as well as contributions from across the nation. He remembered one donation that especially touched his heart.

“I think it was a school up in Michigan.

They picked up an article about us on the Internet and they held a little fundraiser of sorts and sent us $114.16. I love the 16 cents.”

The response Stoeffler received to a pillow last year on Mother’s Day still chokes him up.

“The boy was 3 or 4 years old,” Stoeffler said. “The little boy was not mad. He was absolutely angry. He would not talk to his dad when he called. When his (the father’s) picture came up on Skype, he would leave the room. Then he got the pillow and showed it to everybody. Next time his father called, he answered the phone.”

Sometimes the military parent is gone forever. Stoeffler recalled a request to send a pillow to the son of military man killed in action.

“We got it out right away and we got an email back saying, ‘You made the mostloved pillow you’ll ever make. He goes to bed at night with his arms around it and when he wakes up in the morning, his arms are still around it.’”

The pillows can provide comfort for the adults left behind, too. Stoeffler said he heard from one mother who said she put her children’s Sweet Dreams Picture Pillows around the house during the day so she could feel like her husband was with her.

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Chesterfield sculptor receives special commission

Parkway Central grad will carve Peabody Opera House bears

Cassimatis at work.

By SHEILA FRAYNE RHOADES A Chesterfield sculptor recently was honored with a commission to carve two new bears for the Peabody Opera House, which formerly was the Kiel Opera House.

Chris Cassimatis, 31, was selected to sculpt the animals, a project that marks his first large scale commission and his first public work.

“The owner of Monkey Do Productions, a St. Louis-based design company, was approached by a Peabody representative to find a local sculptor to create limestone

bears to flank the new 14th Street entrance to the Opera House,” Cassimatis said. “I had worked with Monkey Do in the past and was asked to submit a bid. Fortunately, my bid was accepted and the design process began.”

The two existing stone bears, which are Market Street landmarks, were carved in 1933 by two separate artists; Victor Holm created the bear on the west side of staircase, and his student, Robert Cronbach, created the other. The bears’ design refers to the bear in the Missouri state seal.

Although the new bear design is not his own design, Cassimatis submitted to the architect and owners of Peabody a slightly changed clay model for their approval.

Cassimatis said, “The mirror image bears are going to be very similar to the East bear and will be carved at 75 percent the size of the originals,” he Cassimatis said.

Friend and fellow sculptor Jeff Metz is collaborating with Cassimatis on the project, which Cassimatis said is simply too large to do alone in his studio.

“I will be renting space in an old industrial building in south city,” he said. “It will take between two and three months to complete the carving, with the finished sculptures to be installed sometime in July or early August.”

Cassimatis is a 1997 graduate of Parkway Central High School. He studied at the University of Oregon, earning a Bachelor of Science in Art with a minor in Asian Art History. He returned to St. Louis after a 10-year absence.

“Upon graduation, I spent time perfecting my abilities as a sculptor in Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, and Texas,” he said.

Cassimatis works with a variety of materials in a style that always is abstract.

“Stone, glass, steel and wood appeal to me for their timelessness, durability and reusability,” he said. I can gather steel from the side of the road, glass from antiquated camera lenses, stone and wood from industry bone yards.

“I enjoy bringing objects together from distant lives and locations and manipulating them into a finely finished sculpture.”

Five of his sculptures currently are on display at The Vino Gallery in the Central West End. “Chris’s sculptures are chiseled with precise, clean lines, captivating forms, a natural sense of balance, and simply put – visually stunning,” said Matt Pruyn, art director of The Vino Gallery.

“We are honored to be the first gallery to showcase Chris’ sculpture work and look forward to showing more of his artwork in the future.”

Cassimatis’ parents, Susan and Nick Cassimatis, said they believe their son’s commission to sculpt the bears at the Peabody Opera House will be his entrance into the professional art world.

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First Alert: A peek into the lives of West County paramedics

By BRIAN MCDOWELL A firefighter uses a wrench to turn the top of the fire hydrant. A hose is connected to the nozzle on front of it. The other end of the hose is attached to the fire truck, and the ladder on top of the truck is raised and aimed. Soon, a powerful nozzle at the top of the truck’s ladder fires 1,500 gallons of water a minute at the target, a group of bathing suit-clad fifth graders from Hanna Woods Elementary.

The children chant, “Water! Water!” as the huge stream rains down upon them.

That event at Paul A. Schroeder Park in Manchester was the first stop of the day for the firefighters and paramedics of the West County EMS & Fire Protection District.

“We do this several times a year for summer camps and stuff,” Paramedic Don Valentine said.

A West Newsmagazine reporter recently rode along on one of the department’s ambulances to get a taste of what the job is like. It was not all fun and games.

When an emergency call comes in, firefighters and paramedics have 60-90 seconds to get dressed and on their vehicles.

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At the hospital, a nurse handed paramedics paperwork, officially transferring the patient’s care to the hospital.

Valentine estimated West County EMS paramedics average six calls a day.

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Valentine said. “Weather is a big factor in that – heat related or cold related injuries, car accidents caused by the rain. And then, we’re also available to help other units in the area. Then, of course, there are the nine assisted living facilities in this area. We do a lot with them.”

Bacon said firefighters and paramedics see awful things on a regular basis.

“We’re just thrust into these situations,” Bacon said. “And sometimes it is hard and does have a notable effect on people.”

He said the worst cases are those involving deaths and serious injuries of children Becoming a West County firefighter or paramedic requires years of experience, attendance at a fire academy, six certifications, and two hours a day of ongoing training. Much time is spent training, maintaining equipment and working out, which they are encouraged to do for at least an hour a day. West County firefighters and paramedics work 48-hour shifts followed by 96 hours off. They make their own food and do their own laundry. They are housed in two-bed dormitory rooms.

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By BRIAN MCDOWELL An historic landmark in Ballwin will soon be getting a facelift, courtesy of a 17-year-old junior at Parkway West High School. Harrison Klemm is planning on building a brick sidewalk in front of the Bacon Log Cabin as his Eagle project, one of the requirements of becoming an Eagle Scout. The sidewalk will stretch from Spring Meadows Drive to the front porch of the cabin.

The Bacon Log Cabin was built in the 1820s just off of Henry Road and once was the center of 700 acres that slaves farmed prior to the Civil War. The Old Trails Historical Society currently owns the building, which houses a museum of local history.

Klemm said he has wanted to built the sidewalk ever since the fifth grade, when he visited the museum with a troop of Boy Scouts.

“A brick walkway would be more fitting of that time period,” Klemm said.

Klemm attributed his love of history – his favorite subject – to spending hours listening to his grandfather tell stories about the past.

He estimated that building the sidewalk will take about 24 hours, and the project will be spread out over two weekends this summer.

Mike Doorack, owner of Masonry Forte Inc. (MFI), donated the bricks for the project. To cover additional costs, the public can purchase an engraved brick for $50.“We need to sell at least 20,” Klemm said, “and if we sell any more than that, it will just go to help Old Trails maintain the cabin. So, selling as many as possible would be good.”

For more information, visit oldtrailshistoricalsociety.com.

Moving on Congressman Todd Akin on May 30 was joined by family and friends as he held a decommissioning ceremony for the Town & Country home he has occupied for 50 years.

When his family moved there, cornfields surrounded the distinctive red home and assorted barns and workshops that now are skirted by upscale homes and within sight of St. Luke’s Hospital and Maryville University.

Akin’s parents raised their family on the property, he and his wife, Lulli, raised and home-schooled their six children there, and for the past 12 years, the homestead has been the site of patriotic Fourth of July potluck picnics. Last year’s celebration attracted thousands and included appearances by a World War II tank and Lewis and Clark and Revolutionary War-era re-enactors.

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By MARCIA GUCKES Chesterfield officials estimate that about 10,000 people attended the event celebrating the grand opening opening of the city’s new amphitheater.

The celebration featured live performances by a variety of bands and entertainment acts, food and beverage vendors, hot air balloon rides and a car show.

The $7 million amphitheater is located

near “The Awakening,” the bigger-than life sculpture in the city’s Central Park, 631 Veterans Place Drive. Construction on the amphitheater began in January 2010 after voters approved the funds in 2004 as part of funding for Central Park.

The amphitheater seats 2,500 with a combination of 300 fixed seats and lawn seating. It is available for theatrical, musical, educational, and corporate events.

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By SHEILA FRAYNE RHOADES A growing trend to induce a baby’s birth for reasons of convenience has sounded an alarm in the health care community. Some expectant mothers attempt to schedule deliveries for non-medical reasons, such as making sure relatives will be in town for the birth, coordinating the husband’s time off with birth or ensuring the delivery will be performed by a specific doctor. In some instances, the patient may simply be tired of being pregnant.

Research published in the July 2010 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology revealed the prevalence of elective deliveries: In a study of 7,804 women giving birth for the fist time, labor was induced in 44 percent of the deliveries, and 40 percent of those were elective inductions.

According to a recent survey by UnitedHealthcare, more than 92 percent of women surveyed said they believed it was safe to deliver before the full 39-week gestational term recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). And while a doctor may agree to an early delivery for non-medical reasons, many health care professionals say risks to the mother and baby outweigh any social benefits.

According to the ACOG, the final weeks of pregnancy are critical to a baby’s development. A baby’s lungs and brain mature late in pregnancy. Compared to a full-term baby, an infant born between 34 and 36 weeks gestation is more likely to have problems with breathing, feeding, maintaining temperature, and jaundice.

At 35 weeks, a baby’s brain weighs twothirds of what it will at 39 weeks; the lungs may not be fully developed until 39 weeks; and babies born before 39 weeks can be at increased risk for respiratory problems and other conditions that might require special care. Babies born between 34 and 36 weeks are more likely to die than are full-

term infants and at greater risk for cerebral palsy and developmental delays. They are more likely also to need oxygen following delivery and specialized attention in a neonatal intensive care unit.

“It’s a double-edged sword, because yes, induced births are technically much safer than 40 years ago, but still there are too many risks,” said Robert W. Smith, M.D., market medical director for UnitedHealthcare of the Midwest.

“Even with the best technology, it’s not an exact science. We at UnitedHealthcare encourage women to talk with their doctors – to know and understand what is happening with their babies and how an induction will affect them.

“It’s imperative that doctors give honest answers to patients’ questions. We have to get the word out. Women should always ask their doctors, ‘How will you induce my labor, and will induction increase the chance of a need for C-section?’”

Studies show that 34 percent of women who had elective induction of labor ultimately had a C-section, suffered greater blood loss and had an extended hospitalization.

“Anything before 39 weeks is inappropriate, and it’s still dangerous whether it’s a first or second baby,” said Dr. Octavio Chirino, chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of Obstetrical Services at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center. “When a woman has a first elective induction, she is more likely to have an unripe cervix, which will make labor longer and more difficult. It also increases the chances for a Caesarian section, which may lead to more complications.

“At St. John’s we constantly educate our physicians to wait for 38 ½ weeks. At three weeks early, it’s a real problem unless medically needed. And as for multiple births, the best timing is 37 ½ - 38 ½ weeks.”

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Lance Berkman kickstarts Cardinals’ season

By BRIAN MCDOWELL

Even though he is the surprise breakout star for this year’s St. Louis Cardinals squad, Texas native Lance Berkman admitted that he expected to spend his entire career with the Houston Astros. Berkman played with the National League Central team for more than 10 years and was selected for the All-Star Game five times.

He helped the Astros make it to the 2005 World Series, where they were swept by the Chicago White Sox. Baseball fans in Houston affectionately bestowed upon him the name “The Big Puma.”

While with the Astros, Berkman of course played the Cardinals multiple times, spent a lot of time in St. Louis and developed a lot of respect for Cardinals Manager Tony LaRussa and the team.

“Every year of Tony’s tenure, this team’s been competitive,” Berkman said. “That is amazing.”

In 2010, Berkman struggled with a knee injury, and the Astros decided to trade him to the New York Yankees for two minor leaguers.

“I could have rejected the trade,” Berkman said. “I had that power, but I accepted it. If they were trying to trade me, why wouldn’t I? You know, what the heck? So, I guess you could say it was a mutual thing.”

Berkman finished out the season with the Yankees, hitting a key home run in their playoff series against the Minnesota Twins but otherwise struggled at the plate.

The Yankees opted not to renew his contract, and Berkman in early 2011 signed with the Cardinals as a free agent.

“I used the off-season to work out and get strong again,” Berkman said.

“Obviously, that’s made a difference.”

At the time when the team signed Berkman, LaRussa expressed his high expectations.

“He has matched those expectations,” LaRussa said.

Indeed. At presstime, Berkman had the highest batting average among the Cardinals’ regular starters, and he led the team in home runs this season.

“People think I’m crazy when I say this, but I don’t like high highs or low lows,” Berkman said. “I like the transition period, the trying to make things better. So, this season, I started off with a hot streak. Now I’m on a little bit of a cold streak. But I am going to try to get back. That is what I like to do. “ Standing in the hallway of the Cardinals clubhouse before a game against the Philadelphia Phillies in which he would go on to hit a game winning single

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“I know where I stand,” Berkman said. “I can’t help it, with all the media saturation these days.”

The switch-hitting 35-year-old outfielder said he is hitting better right-handed this year than he ever has before.

“I’ve always been better left-handed, but this year, I’m feeling more comfortable hitting right-handed than ever,” he said.

Berkman said all of those years playing for the Houston Astros made him comfortable in joining the Cardinals.

“It feels like a natural transition,” he said.

“I’ve been playing them so long, I’m familiar with the players and Tony and the organization.”

He is trying to stay realistic about the Cardinals’ chances to compete this year.

“We’re not a perfect team, but we don’t play in a perfect division,” Berkman said.

“That’s what makes seasons here interesting.”

He said he is enjoying his stay in St. Louis and his time as a St. Louis Cardinal.

However, Berkman said he does not have the expectation that he will remain on the team for the rest of his playing career.

“I’d like to be here,” Berkman said. “I really like it here. Unfortunately, it’s an unpredictable business.”

When asked if at this point in his career there were any pitchers who intimidate him, Berkman answered, “I don’t feel intimidated by any pitchers. There are guys where I have to fight to get a hit – Cliff Lee, Josh Jonhson from the Marlins. There are guys that have deserved their reputation.

I’ll put it that way.”

Berkman said he no longer watches entire baseball games on TV for the fun of it.

“I like watching good hitters hit,” Berkman said. “If I can catch a game when a good hitter’s at the plate, I’ll stop and watch what he does.”

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He offered up an interesting idea for increasing the popularity of Major League Baseball.

“I think they should shorten the season,” Berkman said. “I’d cut it down to 120 games. That would make the playoffs the marquee event they should be.

“Now, with the World Series being played in the fall, it doesn’t get as much attention as it should. Everyone’s focused on college football and pro football. The

World Series should never be overshadowed by anything. It should happen at the end of the summer.”

Berkman said that when he retires, he wants to be the coach of the University of Texas baseball team.

But before that day comes, he wants to accomplish one more goal as a player.

“My goal is to win a World Series,” Berkman said. “That is what keeps me going.”

Hometown “BIGGEST LOSER” Achieves Real Weight Loss Results By: BARB KLEIN NBC’s Biggest Loser contestants have been criticized for their extreme weight loss results not being safe or realistic. They put their lives on hold, live on a ranch full time with around-the-clock support. Results are rumored to be “forced” to ensure high TV ratings.

St. Louisan Becky Staerk didn’t necessarily have a television-worthy story, but one that hits closer to home for most men and women. Becky had fallen out of shape and weighed almost 200 pounds. “I joined Fitness Together in July and I was almost 200 lbs and had a body fat of 47%! I was disgusted with how I had let myself go. I was depressed.”

Fitness Together is a private personal training studio located in Creve Coeur and Des Peres. They customize each program to each individual. The secret to their clients’ success is a three pronged approach which includes strength training, cardio training, and nutrition. “After calling Fitness Together and hearing about their holistic approach to Fitness & Nutrition, I knew I had come to

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Within the first 8 weeks I lost 18 pounds and dropped my body fat by 12%. Ialso increased my lean muscle by 13 lbs and I was feeling great for the first time in a long time!”

In just 5 months time Becky lost 35 pounds. Her body fat dropped to an all time low of 23%. “I felt great, and my friends and family could not believe the results I had achieved.”

And forget telling yourself Becky took off 6 months from her life and moved to some fitness compound. She incorporated this into her daily life. “I did all of this while working full time and managing my family.”

No cameras. No primetime. Just real life results. And that’s enough to make her smile.

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Men and women who need to lose weight and get in shape are encouraged to schedule a complimentary consultation with Fitness Together by going to their website: www.fitnesstogether-stl.com or calling the Creve Coeur studio (314) 985- 6718 or Des Peres (314) 909-9565.

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Carriers from the Ballwin Post Office gave the food they gathered – more than 45,000 pounds – to Circle Of Concern.

“We need every can of food we can get,” Circle Of Concern Director Glenn Koenen said. “The number of people asking Circle for food is soaring. This April we fed 17 percent more people than we did last April.

We fed 1,866 people last month, sharing enough food for about 40,000 meals.

“The food collected by letter carriers fills our warehouse, giving us things we’ll need in the coming weeks.”

Circle coordinated volunteers who sorted and boxed the food when it arrived at the Ballwin Post Office. The 45,000 pounds of food filled more than 1,600 boxes. Loaned trucks from Kay Bova Realty, the Sue Martin Home Selling Team and Uncle Bob’s Self Storage were used to transport the food from Ballwin to Circle Of Concern.

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Food from the Manchester Post Office went to the St. Vincent DePaul Society at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Letter carriers from other area post offices gave food pantries near them or to the St. Louis Area Food Bank, which will share it with pantries across the region.

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“The girls in Girls on the Run also volunteer with different projects, which is how they got involved with the Adopt-A-Highway program,” said Laurie Luck, a parent volunteer who started the Girls on the Run program at Pond Elementary. “They all seemed so excited about it, and I’m ecstatic that they felt good about it. The icing on the cake was when a driver stopped us and thanked us for our hard work.

“I think I grow more than the kids do; it’s been so rewarding.”

Each year for the next three years, Luck said, the girls will clean up the highway as part of their community service project. They plan also to collect clothes for recent tornado victims.

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“This demonstrates to people in this city that we have outstanding gardeners in Town & Country,” Jan Boehm, treasurer for the garden tour, said. “They’re dedicated gardeners that really, really take pride in what they do. This gives the public a chance to come in and see these gardens.”

One of the featured gardens at the event will be the Joan Williams Garden, which the homeowner, artist and former master gardener Joan Williams has created, planted and maintained. Mature miscanthus plants frame the front of the home and are surrounded by boxwoods and spiraeas. The white-streaked blades of grass echo the whiteness of the home, and in the month of May, the spiraeas blossom into a sea of pink. Along the long stretch of the driveway is a terraced garden planted with a variety of perennials and annuals. Butterfly bushes, spiraeas, boxwoods, miscanthus and maidenhair grass supply the anchors for the garden’s peonies, iris, bee balm, daisies, lavender, vinca, begonias, dusty miller, artemisia and lamb’s ear.

The terraced garden ends at the rear of the house, where one is greeted with potted mandevillas; hanging baskets of petunias; ageratums; begonias; geraniums; euphorbia; a shade garden filled with hostas and a variety of hydrangeas. Bright pink impatiens outline and add a burst of color to the curving lines of the shade garden.

“I love the impressionistic painters,” said Williams, who also is a member of the garden tour. “This year, I have tried to duplicate the soft pastel colors in their

paintings with my chosen plants that bloom pink, lavender, blue, whites and gray greens. As a gardener, the earth is my canvas, and my paints are the plants that create nature’s masterpiece – my gardens.”

Another garden certain to please is Chuck and Karen Lenz’s, a successful garden built upon passion, love and acquiring knowledge of plants.

Walking along the driveway proceeding toward the rear of the home, mature ginko, Japanese maple and dogwood trees greet and lead toward the lovely water garden at the rear of the home. The waterfall was recently renovated and flows naturally down a terraced garden into a pond filled with water lilies and koi fish. Siberian iris, Japanese iris, azaleas, maidenhair grass, butterfly bushes, liriope, creeping Jenny, coral bells, hydrangeas and a blue spruce tree surround and outline the waterfall. The use of old bricks, which Chuck Lenz rescued, provides the garden a definite charm.

Except for the heavy work, the homeowners have designed and planted their own garden.

“For us, gardening is a creative expression, which results in a serene and relaxing environment that provides us with continual enjoyment,” Karen Lenz said.

The garden tour is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sat., July 9 (rain or shine). Pre-sale tickets cost $12, and tickets on the day of the tour cost $15. Tickets are available at the Town & Country Municipal Center from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays.

To inquire when tickets will be available for sale, call Mary Olsen at (314) 587-2804.

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By MARCIA GUCKES This is the first year the city of Chesterfield is rewarding homeowners with especially beautiful front yards the Yard of the Month award. The city’s Beautification Committee gave its first awards for the month of May to residents in Wards 2 and 3. Next month, winners will be chosen from Wards 1 and 4.

The winning yards for May belong to Richard and Myra Overfelt at 1260 Beaver Creek Road (Ward 2), and Jerry and Lisa Griffin at 2078 Meadowbrook Way Drive (Ward 3).

Each home selected is given a handmade wooden sign to display for the month honoring its achievement.

Janet LeGrand, a member of the Beautification Committee, said they look for a well-groomed yard that also offers color, texture and uniqueness. She said it is the extra details, such as neatly edged sidewalks and flowerbeds, which can set a yard apart.

A total of eight awards will be given this summer with two per month from May to August. Each of the city’s four wards will win twice during this summer and then not again until 2013, because the Yard of the Month awards will alternate years with a tour of the best gardens in Chesterfield.

“Two years ago, the committee drove around looking for the best landscaping at large and small businesses,” LeGrand said.

This year, she said, the committee decided to award homeowners instead and to change the way they found the winners.

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to make nominations because we don’t know every little neighborhood,” LeGrand said.

She said the committee will drive by all of the nominated homes and then vote on the ones they think are potential winners.

The committee had four nominations for the month of May. The two that were not chosen will be looked at again and possibly awarded a prize in another month.

LeGrand said the committee will vote on the June Yard of the Month winners at its next meeting on June 14. She said that she will probably deliver the award signs to the winning homeowners either that day or the next.

Anyone can nominate a home in Chesterfield for the award. A short nomination form is available at Chesterfield City Hall or on the city’s website at chesterfield. mo.us/beautification-award-nominationform.html.

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Motorized recliners that have convenient levers and are available in a variety of fabrics also are gaining popularity.

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Added convenience for aging is not exclusive to the living room, however. The kitchen can be one of the hardest in which to get around with big appliances and a small cooking space.

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The bathroom is another room that should provide more practicality than aggravation.

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Instead of having to climb over the tub wall to get in, anyone can simply step in, test the water temperature before filling the tub and lift a wall that weighs less than a halfgallon of milk.

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Guests are invited to wear their favorite shade of blue in honor of autism. Tickets can be purchased for $25 online at wepay. com/tickets/shades_of_blue or at the door for $35. Call 536-3266 for details.

••• Broadway Fantasies Goes to the Movies is at 7:30 p.m. on Sat., June 11, 2 p.m. on Sun., June 12, 7:30 p.m. on Sat., June 18 and 2 p.m. on Sun., June 19 at John F. Kennedy High (550 Woods Mill Road).

The cast includes attorney Joe Dreyer, Musen Steinbach Weiss Marketing Communications partner Ed Musen, and sportscaster and columnist Howard Balzer. The 22nd annual volunteer-based performance benefits the County Older Resident Programs (CORP). Tickets are $17. To purchase, email tickets@broadwayfantasies. com, call (314) 615-4041 or visit broadwayfantasies.com.

••• The Sons of the American Legion Marty Hardesty Memorial GI Joe

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••• The annual St. Thomas United Church of Christ Chicken Supper and Bazaar is from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sun., June 12 at the church (17842 Wild Horse Creek Road in Chesterfield). The dinner includes all-you-can-eat fried chicken, potato salad, cole slaw and more. The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Carry-outs are available. Call 532-3556.

••• The Kemp Auto Museum hosts “Big Truck Day” to benefit Operation Food Search from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Sun., June 12 at the museum (16955 Chesterfield Airport Road). Children and truck-lovers of all ages are invited to the free family-friendly event, which includes face painting, live music and some of the area’s largest and loudest big trucks. For more information, contact 537-1718 or visit kempautomuseum.org.

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biennial black-tie party includes food from more than 60 restaurants, caterers and bars, a silent auction and performances by The O’Jay’s, Fabulous Motown Revue, Charles Glenn Duo, Electric Soul, Groove Thang, Griffin and the Gargoyles and DJ Andrew Mullins. Proceeds benefit the zoo in its efforts to save endangered species. Those age 21 and older are welcome. Reservations are $225 and $175 for Zoo Friends.

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••• Festivities begin for the second annual Ronald McDonald House Charities Bike Ride at 6 a.m. on Sat., June 18 in Forest Park. There are five race options with food and drink, as well as medals and activities.

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••• Marines face off against police officers and firefighters in First to Fight at 7 p.m. on Mon., June 20 at Scottrade Center. The amateur boxing tournament benefits Backstoppers and Semper Fi Society. Call (314) 664-4972 or visit scottradecenter.com.

••• The ALS Association St. Louis Regional Chapter hosts the annual St. Louis Walk to Defeat ALS at 10 a.m. (registration at 9 a.m.) on Sat., June 25 in Forest Park.

There are 1- and 3-mile routes, music by the Lightnin’ Bottle Band, and participants receive a T-shirt for raising at least $25.

The event raises funds for local patient programs and national research to fight ALS. To register, visit walktodefeatals.org or call (314) 432-7257.

FAMILY AND KIDS The city of Chesterfield hosts a showing of “Despicable Me” at dusk on Fri., June 10 at the Chesterfield Amphitheater. Bring a blanket or chair and some snacks and enjoy. Visit chesterfield.mo.us.

••• The city of Eureka hosts a showing of “How to Train Your Dragon” at 8:45 p.m. on Fri., June 10 on the lawn of City Hall. The event is free. Call 938-6775 or email parks@eureka.mo.us.

••• Stargazing is from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Mon., June 13, Mon., July 11, Mon., Aug. 8, Fri., Sept. 9, and Fri., Oct. 14 on the grounds of the Gateway Arch. National Park Service rangers and volunteers from the St. Louis Astronomical Society are leading the free telescope viewing. Visit CoreofDiscovery.com for details.

••• Mad Science for preschoolers is at 10:30 a.m. each Thursday from June 16 through Aug. 4 at the St. Louis Carousel in Faust Park. The fee is $10 per child per class and includes a carousel ride for child and adult.

The program is designed for children ages 3 to 5. Topics include magnetic attraction, sea life and bug buddies. To register or for information, call (314) 615-8383 or visit the carousel gift shop or stlouisco.com/ parks.

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••• OperaOne presents a dress rehearsal of local St. Louis artists performing selections from J.S. Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” and G.F. Handel’s “Messiah” is at 6:30 p.m. on Fri., June 10 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (327 Woods Mill Road in Ballwin). The suggested donation is $5 at the door. Call 391-6685.

••• The 21st annual Concert Under the Stars featuring the Gateway City Big Band is at 7 p.m. on Sat., June 11 at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church (808 N. Mason Road in Creve Coeur). Tables of eight include a pre-concert cocktail reception, which can be reserved for $180. Lawn seats are $7 in advance or $9 at the door. Call Alice McLaughlin at 434-5906.

••• The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce presents a summer concert featuring Scott Laytham and Karl “Trickee” Holmes Duo from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tues., June 14 at Faust Park. The concert is free and concessions are available for purchase. For details, call 532-3399 or visit chesterfieldmochamber.com.

••• The city of Eureka presents Concerts on Central featuring Cruzen at 7 p.m. on Fri., June 17 on Central Avenue between Dreyer Avenue and West Frisco Avenue. The event is free, and food and beverages are available at local businesses. Call 938-6775 or email parks@eureka.mo.us.

••• The city of Chesterfield hosts The Phins in concert at 7 p.m. on Sat., June 25 at the Chesterfield Amphitheater. Visit chesterfield.mo.us.

SPECIAL INTEREST The Eureka Parks and Recreation Cepartment hosts a Coffee Club for active older adults at 9 a.m. on Thurs., June 9 at the Eureka Community Center. For $2, guests receive coffee, tea, pastries, chair exercise and blood pressure checks, sponsored by Comprehensive Chiropractic. Call 9386775 or email parks@eureka.mo.us.

••• The inaugural Harrah’s High Steaks BBQ Bash is on Sat., June 11th on the Harrah’s Casino parking lot (777 Casino Center Drive in Maryland Heights). Amateurs and professionals compete for “High Steaks” payouts, which will be a total of $20,000 distributed between four main categories (ribs, chicken, pork steak, Chefs Choice), Peoples Choice and Grand Champion Awards. Call Frank Schmer at 2566564 for details.

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NEWSMAGAZINENETWORK.COM ••• Westward Hoe Garden Club hosts a progressive dinner and garden tour at 6 p.m. on Tues., June 14 and features three homes in the Claywood subdivision in Ballwin.

For details, call Jean at 391-6469.

••• St. John Church hosts a four-part workshop, “All You Need to Know to Land a Job” from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays, on June 15, 16, 22 and 23 at the church, Commons A (15800 Manchester Road in Ellisville).

John Meyer, retired senior vice president of human resources for IAM animal foods worldwide, leads the seminar. The event is free and open to the community, but pre-registration is required. Contact Linda Perino at 779-2331 or email lperino@stjstl. net for details.

••• The Eureka Parks and Recreation Department hosts a Thursday Social for active older adults at 11 a.m. on Thurs., June 16 at the Eureka Community Center.

Lunch and a program are included for $5.

For details, call 938-6775 or email parks@ eureka.mo.us.

••• The Missouri Eagle Forum presents Jessica Vaughan in “Illegal Immigration: Where o we go from here?” at 7 p.m. on Wed., June 22 at the Deer Creek Club (9861 Deer Creek Hill in Ladue). Vaughn is director of policy studies for the Center for Immigration Studies. For information, visit cis.org.

••• The Eureka Parks and Recreation Department hosts a Coffee Club for active older adults at 9 a.m. on Thurs., June 23 at the Eureka Community Center. For $2, guests get coffee, tea, pastries, chair exercise and blood pressure checks sponsored by Comprehensive Chiropractic. For details, call 938-6775 or email parks@eureka.mo.us.

••• The Fourth of July is celebrated as St. Louis residents would have in 1861 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sun., July 3, and Mon., July 4 at the Old Courthouse. The free event includes authentic music, costumes, a special reading of the Declaration of Independence and firing demonstrations.

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By BRIAN MCDOWELL Blake Hutchcraft has been in the car business since he worked at his father’s dealership when he was 12 years old. He currently wears many hats at Barreth Automotive in Washington, Mo., working as the dealership’s sales manager, used car manager, new car manager and finance manager.

“This is really the only dealership I’ve heard of where one manager handles all that,” Hutchcraft said. “I’ve got quite the block of weights on my shoulders.”

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JAPANESE SUSHI RESTAURANT

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Conveniently located off Hwy 44 at Kingshighway & Hampton exits

Di Gregorio Foods 2232 Marconi Ave. www.digregoriofoods.com

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(1 block South of Old Hwy. 141 & Big Bend)

(636) 225-8737 Open Daily 11:30 am -11 pm

15310 Manchester Road

636-391-3700

Open 24 Hours • Senior Discounts • Daily Specials

95 Every day

Purchase 1 Breakfast Entree or Omelette plus 2 drinks and receive

One Breakfast Entree or Omelette FREE Valid Mon-Fri • 6am-11am only Equal or lesser value. Dine in only. Not valid with an other offers, discounts or specials. Gingham’s Homestyle Restaurant. Expires 6/30/11.

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One block North of Clarkson & Manchester

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Timber Creek Grill is ‘your neighborhood bar with great food’

By Suzanne Corbett Timber Creek Grill owner Pat Tully knows how to satisfy hungry customers because he knows what it takes to make a successful grill.

“Timber Creek Grill’s menu is a combination of what I think an American grill should have – burgers, a couple of steaks and pizza,” Tully said.

His 30-plus years of restaurant experience have given him an edge when it comes to creating a menu that works.

“We’ve been here six and half years, and we’ve been successful because of the menu and bar,” said Tully, who modified the menu to offer more less expensive items, such as appetizers and more sandwiches, while emphasizing its pizza and wings.

“Our pizza and chicken wings have always been our specialty.”

Timber Creek’s menu goal is to have something for everyone. Those on the go

Timber Creek Grill 1120 Technology Drive #108 O’Fallon (636) 329-0001 11 a.m. to 1 a.m., Mon. – Sat.; 11 a.m. to midnight on Sun.

are encouraged to try “Grab-a-tizers” – great to nosh on with a drink or perfect for a small- plate supper. Grab-a-tizers feature a variety of tastes, from breaded mushrooms to mozza cheese stix to potato skins.

Spinacchi, wontons filled with spinach artichoke dip, is a new addition to Timber Creek’s Grab-a-tizer list.

Apart from the popular Grab-a-tizers are Timber Creek’s famous wings, which are among its most popular items. Wings have seven variations, with the restaurant’s famous dirty wings rated as the star attraction.

“Dirty wings are fried until golden, tossed in hot sauce then dropped back into the fryer for about 30 seconds to set the sauce. There’re not as messy to eat,” Tully said. “People love the dirty wings, but my favorite wings are the zingers, which are tossed in a combination of barbecue and hot sauce.”

Timber Creek’s spotlight also shines on its pizzas, which are built on a homemade crust and layered generously with fresh toppings.

Top-selling pizza combos are the meatlovers, topped with five kinds of meat, and the chicken Alfredo, with white sauce and topped with grilled chicken, red onion,

provel and cheddar cheeses.

Burgers are a menu staple with eight different styles and three meat picks: beef, bison or the trendy turkey. All burgers weigh eight ounces and are cooked to order on a 2,000- degree chargriller. Several sides are available, but when ordering burgers, consider opting for the seasoned fries.

Counted on the sandwich roster, which lists 20 different sammies, are classics, such as the eight-ounce strip steak and the Timber Creek version of the hot brown, an open-faced grilled turkey topped with Alfredo sauce, cheddar cheese, tomato and bacon.

Chicken grills garner rave reviews, especially for the blue creek chicken grill (chicken topped with blue cheese, bacon and mushrooms) and the SOB (chicken topped with Swiss cheese, grilled onions Timber Creek Grill owner Pat Tully and bacon).

Entrees are limited by design – one chicken, a steak and two fish dishes. However, there is a Sunday night special, a one- bar stools in the world.” pound pork chop dinner and a Monday No matter where you sit, Timber Creek’s night strip steak dinner special. All can be cold drinks, hot food and friendly service enjoyed in the dining room, the patio or in are priced right. the cozy bar, which includes over-stuffed “We’re your neighborhood bar with great bar stools, which Tully claims are “the best food,” Tully said.

Special Father'S

Day Brunch & BBQ

D I N I N G

Call For Details & Reservations.

Authentic Italian and Mediterranean Cuisine Formerly Trattoria Branica

We Love our Dads❤

Celebrate Father’s Day

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call Mike at 636-675-7641

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ing West County since 1980.

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Hauling

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Call: 636-379-8062 or email: jandjhaul@aol.com

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Toll free 1-888-STl-JUNK (888-785-5865) or 314-644-1948

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$30 diagnostic charge only for first ½ hour Day, evening and weekend appointments available.

COMPLETE COMPUTER SERVICES FREE Pick-up & Delivery. Only $59 Per Hour. Chambers Computers 15274 Manchester Road, Ste 275 (New Ballwin & Manchester Rds.) Call Mike today at (636) 220-2395 www.chambers-computers.com Specializing in Home Offices and Small Businesses. County Computer Consulting LLC, can support your computers and networks. Call Ray for more information at 636-391-3853 or www. CCC-LLC.BIZ.

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Family Owned & Operated.

10+ years experience.

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CNA & Caregivers Positions Available

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Reasonable Reliable Service Mowing•Trimming•Fertilizing Weed Control•Edging Bed Maintenance•Insured

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DON ' T BR EAK Y O U R BA C K !

Total Landscape Makeovers!

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Back in September economists were cautiously optimistic that by now the housing market would begin a return – albeit a slow one – to normal levels. A full recovery isn’t expected until around 2015. While the fears of a “double dip” recession are lessening, we’re now faced with a “double dip” in home values. The prices of singlefamily homes have dropped to their lowest level since 2009, falling below where they were when the housing market collapsed.

The Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller index shows that single-family home prices fell 4.2 percent nationally in the first quarter from the previous quarter, leading analysts to conclude that prices have fallen by even more than the 31% decline during the Great Depression.

“The peak-to-trough decline is worse,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “It highlights the severity of the problems in the housing market.”

In St. Louis, according to the most recent Zillow Home Value Index, the median single-family home price for first quarter 2011 is now $127,900, a 4% drop from the previous quarter and a 9.6% decline from first quarter 2010.

Still, there’s some good news. More people bought new homes for a second straight month in April, a hopeful sign. If you have a steady job and a healthy credit rating, near-record low mortgage rates and falling prices make this just about an ideal time to buy. If you’re looking for deals, they’re out there and they may never be this good again. Just check out the offerings from the home builders in this column.

Here’s what else is happening: To start, Greater Missouri Builders’ Queensbrooke Townhomes grand opening is happening now. “To celebrate we have special pricing on three ready-to-move-into units,” says Kim Whalen, sales and marketing director for GMB. “The homes are priced at $138,900 and $139,900, which is at least a $20,000 savings over the grand opening prices!” Greater Missouri has only three condominiums remaining at $99,900 at Queensbrooke, she adds. “ These are all 1,000 square feet in size and in an elevator building with covered parking space.”

Take Highway 94 (First Capitol) to north on Harvester Road to left on Queensbrooke Boulevard to left on Queens Court

Place and follow signs to displays. Buyers also will find price reductions at GMB’s Crown Square where all units are priced at $99,900. That small sum buys you two big bedrooms 2½ baths and a two-car garage.

Crown Square is located within walking distance of Mid Rivers Mall. Take I-70 west to south on Mid Rivers Mall Drive to right on McMenamy Drive to the entrance on the left. For information on Queensbrook and Crown Square call Debbie Terwilliger at 636-936-3615 or visit www.greatermissouribuilders.com.

Thomas & Suit will grand open The Enclave at Sommers Pointe in style, with a barbecue and tours of its brand-new display model on Saturday, June 18, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Community Sales Manager Nancy Hitt invites everyone to stop by the new O’Fallon community, enjoy face painting and a barbecue presented by Laclede Gas, and see all that the 2,260-square-foot Alberta ranch display model has to offer.

In addition, visitors can register to win a $50 gas card. This model has a wide-open floor plan, with 11-foot ceilings accentuating the great room, breakfast room, hearth room and kitchen.

“Be sure to look at the luxurious master suite, with an amazing room-sized walk-in closet that’s 10 feet 7 inches by 10 feet 1 inch,” Hitt adds.

To reach the neighborhood, take Highway 40 to south on Highway N a half mile to left on Sommers Road, then right on Pointe Loma Boulevard to the display. For information and directions for all Thomas & Suit communities, visit www.tshomes. net or call Nancy Hitt at 636-561-2120.

Timing is everything at Payne Family Homes “When time is of the essence, a Payne Inventory Home is your best move,” says the builder’s new ad campaign, which has been so effective that four of the eight available inventory homes have already sold.

“Now we’re down to four completed inventory homes,” a Payne spokesperson said, adding that “buyers have seen great value in purchasing a “Fast Move” home at Payne Family Homes.” If you hurry you, too, can get in on a great deal, which includes a low-maintenance, detached Cape Cod luxury villa with two bedrooms at The Pointe at Heritage Crossing or two ranches and a 1½-story at Ohmes Farm.

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12925 TAUNTON COURT TOWN & COUNTRY Wonderful one owner home. Stately 2 sty, 4BR/2.5ba, circle drive,1.022 acre lot, ingrnd pool.$495,000

17463 HIGHLAND WAY CHESTERFIELD Beautiful 2 sty 4BR/5ba in Wildhorse Subd/Highlands. Great family home, park-like level backyard.$492,000

824 TIMBER GLEN LANE BALLWIN Beautiful ranch off Kiefer Creek, updates galore. 3 car garage, aggregate driveway, Great Room, FP. $424,999

14580 CROSSWAY COURT CHESTERFIELD GORGEOUS 4BR, 3ba 3000 sq ft home w/open FL PL situated on park-like lot.Custom kitchen.$339,900

850 PHEASANT WOODS DRIVE MANCHESTER Updated 4BR, 3.5ba 2 sty.

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1523 TOWNE DRIVE ELLISVILLE Updated and spacious movein ready 2-sty. Private park-like backyard, updates throughout. $249,900

1207 KIEFER WOODS CIRC (BALLWIN) Spacious 2sty, 4BR, 4ba, W/O fin LL. Gourmet ktch, SS appls. $465,000 1280 HANNA RD (BALLWIN) Beautifully appointed throughout, exceptional home, 3BR, 2.5ba, 2 car garage. $249,900 1205 BLAIRSHIRE DR (BALLWIN) Don't miss this 3+ BR ranch in Ballwin.Great yard, and a finished basement. $179,900 161 CUMBERLAND PARK CT #G (BALLWIN) Absolutely stunning 3BR, 2ba condo in West County! $99,750 716 STONEBLUFF CT (CHESTERFIELD) Beautifully appointed villa ranch, numerous ammenities, gourmet kitch. $675,000 2221 STONEGATE MANOR CT (CHESTERFIELD) Beautiful 2 sty, 4BR on level lot. Expanded kitchen. $575,000 1597 MILBRIDGE DR (CHESTERFIELD) Detached 2 sty Villa! 3BR/3.5ba! Updated kitchen, private patio, fin LL. $300,000 14305 QUIET MEADOW CT E (CHESTERFIELD) Updated townhouse in gated community! 2BR, 3.5ba! $259,900 15523 CENTURY LAKE DR (CHESTERFIELD) Great 5BR home with a fenced in back yard, main floor laundry. $259,000 2423 BAXTON WAY (CHESTERFIELD) Lovely wood floors & open spaces in this gracious 2BR, 2.5ba ranch villa.$237,700 14308 CONWAY MEADOWS CT #303 (CHESTERFIELD) Wonderful open floorplan ranch condo! 2BR, 2ba. $179,500 2335 MANORGROVE (CHESTERFIELD) Delightful 2BR, 2 updated baths in Broadmoor. 2 parking places. $160,000 15593 BEDFORD FORGE DR #24 (CHESTERFIELD) 3rd flr unit overlooking lake & woods. Complete remodel. $144,900 1511 HAMPTON HALL (CHESTERFIELD) Lovely updated, ground floor condo in the heart of Chesterfield. $129,900 14443 BANTRY LN (CHESTERFIELD) Spacious 2BR,2ba condo, garage, main flr laundry, great rm w/fireplace. $109,900

208 FOX CHAPEL LN (CLARKSON VALLEY) Exceptional 2 sty, numerous updates, addns.Marble entry foyer. $724,427 1579 TERRA VISTA (CREVE COEUR) Attached villa waiting for you to complete.

Upgraded fixtures, wood flrs. $320,000 1575 TERRA VISTA (CREVE COEUR) New construction! 2BR, 2ba attached villa waiting for you. $320,000 801 MARY MEADOWS (CREVE COEUR) Location, price & Ladue Schls, brick ranch. 3BR, 2.5ba, finished LL. $200,000 700 SUMMER OAK (ELLISVILLE) 4+BR/4.5ba, cul-de-sac, .62ac lot. Gourmet kitchen, jack and jill bath. $444,900 1412 VIRGINIA DR (ELLISVILLE) Over 3,400 sq ft living area in Ellisville. Brick ranch 3BR, 2ba w/LR, FP. $210,000 1331 PARKVIEW EST DR (ELLISVILLE) Lovely 8 yr old townhouse close to shopping, parks & hiway. Wood flrs. $144,900 312 CLAYTON CROSSING #201 (ELLISVILLE) Pristine 2nd floor condo unit, freshly painted, newer carpet. $125,000 712 EMERALD OAKS CT (EUREKA) Open spacious ranch on cul-de-sac, vaulted great rm & kitchen. $234,500 935 QUEENSBRIDGE (MANCHESTER) Spectacular renovation. Gourmet kitchen, butlers pantry, main flr laundry. $239,900 11827 CHARLEMAGNE DR (MARYLAND HEIGHTS) 2BR/l.5ba townhome w/one car attached garage. $114,900 236 MERLOT LN (ST ALBANS) Lovely 1.5 sty w/additional lot, neutral decor, 2 sty great rm, kitchen w/granite. $599,900 1133 ARBOR CREEK #2D (ST LOUIS CO) This 2BR, 2 bath condo shows like a display! Open floor plan. $129,900 160 JUBILEE HILL DR #C (ST LOUIS CO) Updated ground floor condo priced to sell. Well kept, move-in ready. $97,500 10367 OXFORD HILL DR #5 (ST LOUIS CO) Great value, spacious 1BR/1.5b unit.

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1832 TAWNY ASH DR (ST LOUIS CO UNINC) Spacious Westport Crossing townhouse. Fresh paint & carpet.$139,900 440 KILLEARN LANE (TOWN & COUNTRY) Beautifully appointed throughout, meticulousloy maintained 1.5 story . $699,900 715 AUBER RIDGE CT (UNINC STL CO) Lovely 2-sty loaded w/updates. 4BR, 3.5ba W/O LL. Wooded cul-de-sac. $239,900 395 LARIMORE VALLEY DR (WILDWOOD) Custom 1.5 sty, 2.4 acre lot, inground pool, gazebo, porch. $1,549,900 1116 SHEPARD OAKS DR (WILDWOOD) Exceptional 1.5 sty, 3.16 acre lot, gorgeous inground pool. $1,399,900 1506 QUAIL HOLLOW CT (WILDWOOD) Huge price reduction. Gorgeous 1.5 story on acre w/panoramic view! $669,000 1309 KATSURA CT (WILDWOOD) 1.5 sty, quiet cul-de-sac, backs to trees, open flr plan, 2sty great rm. $539,900 2145 MINT SPRING LN (WILDWOOD) Wonderful brick front 5BR atrium ranch on 3 ac. Granite countertops. $514,900 967 SHEFFIELD FOREST CT (WILDWOOD) NEW price. Gated Community.

Fabulous move-in ready 2 sty. $449,900 1645 BENTSHIRE CT (WILDWOOD) Wonderful 4BR 2sty on level cul-de-sac lot. Kit with 42 cabinets. $444,500 2060 MEDICINE BOW CT (WILDWOOD) Treed private .58 ac cul-de-sac lot. Inground pool, 4+BR, 3.5ba . $325,000 1426 EAGLE RIDGE RD (WILDWOOD) Move-in ready 4BR, 3ba custom-built greatroom ranch. $265,000 2508 ELM FOREST CT (WILDWOOD) Great rm ranch, open flr plan, 3BR, 2ba.

Beautiful fenced level yard. $199,900 216 WATERSIDE DR (WILDWOOD) Spacious 3BR, 2 full bath, 2 car garage end unit overlooking lake. $169,900 123 IMPERIAL CROWN WAY #J (WILDWOOD) Fabulous 2BR/2ba condo w/carport.

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