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Random thoughts on the passing scene among leaders of whole nations and empires – and the blind faith that such leaders can nevertheless inspire among the people who are enthralled by their words or their posturing.

The one thing that the national debt ceiling does not do is put a ceiling on the national debt. It just provides political melodrama when the existing ceiling is repeatedly raised to accommodate ever higher spending.

Those who want to “spread the wealth” almost invariably seek to concentrate the power. It happens too often, and in too many different countries around the world, to be a coincidence. Which is more dangerous, inequalities of wealth or concentrations of power?

Obama said to the world that Bashar Assad’s days as ruler of Syria are numbered.

All our days are numbered, but Assad will probably still be ruling Syria on Obama’s last day in the White House.

Parole is just another way of lying to the public – in this case, lying about the time that convicted criminals will spend behind bars. Suspended sentences are another form of make-believe punishment to mollify the public.

Writing about the Habsburg Empire, distinguished British historian Paul Johnson said, “Every reform created more problems than it solved.” That was not peculiar to the Habsburg Empire. The same could be said of modern welfare states, and especially our own Obamacare.

Because many of us make mistakes that can have bad consequences, some intellectuals believe that it is the role of government to intervene and make some of our decisions for us. From what galaxy government is going to hire creatures who do not make mistakes is a question they leave unanswered.

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Many people take pride in defying the conventions of society, also known as civilization. Defying them wholesale means going back to barbarism. Barbarians with electronic devices are still barbarians.

After the government shutdown crisis, the one thing that congressional Democrats and Republicans finally agreed on was to kick the can down the road a few more months, so that we can go through all this again – and perhaps again after that.

One of the best peace speeches I ever read was one delivered back in the 1930s – by Adolf Hitler! He knew that peace speeches would keep the Western democracies from matching his military buildup with their own, or attacking him to prevent his buildup from continuing. Peace speeches by Iran today serve the same purpose of buying time – until they can create a nuclear bomb.

President Barack Obama really has a way with words, such as calling the problems that millions of people have had trying to sign up for Obamacare “glitches.” When the Titanic sank, was that a “glitch”?

Among the painful signs of our time are TV programs built around paternity tests.

Apparently the way these women live, it is anybody’s guess who their child’s father might be.

Don’t you love it when a politicians says, “I take full responsibility”? Translated into plain English, that says, “Now that I have admitted it, there is nothing more for me to do (such as resign) and nothing for anyone else to do (such as fire me).” Saying “I take full responsibility” is like a get-out-of-jailfree card in the Monopoly game.

No one seems as certain that they know what the Republicans need to do to win presidential elections as those Republicans who have lost presidential elections, such as Mitt Romney, John McCain and Bob Dole. Moreover, people take them seriously, and seem not to notice that what the losers advocate is the opposite of what won Ronald Reagan two landslide election victories.

If you believe in equal rights, then what do “women’s rights,” “gay rights,” etc., mean? Either they are redundant or they are violations of the principle of equal rights for all.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Responding to ‘Separation of church and state’

revenues they will need in future years to promote competition, which should lead to maintain high quality education. They are better school products. After all, free entergambling with future revenue flows if they prise is an American way of doing things To the Editor: believe that voters will approve higher local that has made us into a great nation.

In a Letter to the Editor published in your property taxes or state income or sales taxes.

Dennis Tyberend Nov. 20 publication (“Separation of church If voters say “no,” districts will find Ballwin and state”), Donald D. Meyer, of Labadie, themselves forced to make drastic cuts goes on a diatribe against the Catholic which will result in laying off and freezChurch and me, using quotes from the era ing teachers salaries, cutting technology, Responding to ‘Expanding of Emperor Constantine, Hitler and Mus- delaying facility improvements and larger Medicaid and mental health’ solini to argue for the separation of church class sizes with fewer course options. and state. Is that not bigotry?

All these negatives will harm the future of To the Editor: I agree with him that no funds paid into the students they are dedicated to educating.

It made me chuckle to read Megan Smalthe state treasury should be provided to any Herman L. Kriegshauser ley’s delirium regarding the benefits of the particular church or religious denomination.

Clarkson Valley Affordable Care Act. She gave the impresHowever, as we all know, for many decades sion that it would help mental illness both the federal and state governments in To the Editor: patients get a job, and that Medicaid would their income tax codes have allowed indiI am writing in response to the letter by result in 24,000 more jobs for Missouri. vidual and corporate donors to shelter a por- Donald D. Meyer on “Separation of church Since there are no jobs for the 20 percenttion of their income from taxation through and state” (West Newsmagazine, Nov. 20). plus of unemployed youth at the present time the use of tax deductions for their gifts to I support school vouchers and the prin- who are not mentally ill, Planet Smalley both religious and non-religious institutions ciples of the citizens group mentioned must provide a wonderful escape from Earth! such as hospitals, charities, universities, and believe that Meyer is confused about Smalley also says the ACA will reduce secondary and elementary schools, etc. separation of church and state. There is no the federal budget.

Tax credits are similar to tax deductions such thing in our Constitution. This was a Since the Office of Management and as they also shelter donated funds from principle started by Thomas Jefferson to Budget already has said if Obamacare being subject to income taxation. They help avoid excessive entanglement. actually does work as planned (and we never become part of the state treasury. Tax The Constitution does not say when you know it will not) it will only be $1 trillion credits for education have been approved as can’t figure it out you have to revert to the dollars over budget. More like trillions in constitutional by the U. S. Supreme Court. state position, which many courts have done. deficits if we are lucky.

Since 2007 I have served on the Rockwood A pluralistic position that supports all valid What about saving the lives of those who School District (RSD) Budget, Finance and religions fairly can also be an outcome. For are not mentally ill first? Helping those who Bond Committees. RSD voters approved example, religious meetings such as bible can’t find a job first? Then, maybe, there no-tax-increase bond issues in 2008 and study by students at a public school after hours would be someone who actually could take care of people with mental illness.

2010, but rejected smaller ones in 2012 and has been ruled acceptable by many states.

The ACA will most certainly put most 2013. Also, a recent RSD survey showed a The First Amendment clearly calls for lack of support from voters for a property the free exercise of religion as well as not Americans out of full-time jobs to begin tax levy increase. Nevertheless, RSD needs establishing a state religion. The original with. It will create the largest unemployincreased revenue in future years to maintain writers of the Constitution did not want a ment and part-time society in history.

It is astounding how academics like Megan our highly rated school district. single religion to dominate the state but Smalley are so oblivious to the realities of the With property values lower and not allows for multiple religions to exist. likely to increase sufficiently in the future, In my mind I am a member of the state world. But, if you can put aside the sadness RSD needs financing from a new source of and a member of my religious organiza- for a moment that these kind of people are the revenue without always having to obtain tion. I cannot split those apart in my brain. Kool-Aid drinkers that are now running our approval from voters.

One affects the other. Acting with personal country, it does provide a chuckle that they Further, the state legislature will not moral behavior when in the secular world actually get article space in newspapers.

Vince Nania meet RSD’s needs as we are a “hold harm- is an example.

Chesterfield less school district,” which receives miniThus the Free Exercise Clause should mum funding from the state. allow me to educate my children in a reliRSD cannot meet its shortfalls of fund- gious school of my choice. This is the case ing from its two current sources. RSD needs for religious as well as private schools. All of the above donations from district individuals and The religious school has to meet minimum To the Editor: I read the various letters to the editor corporations if it is to maintain its excellent state standards.

(West Newsmagazine, Nov. 20) with great education standards. However, to receive Is this entanglement? these donations, district donors need the So, there is some state involvement here interest and shock.

Ms. Smalley, in “Expanding Medicincentive of an education income tax credit. and tax money could be used for the reliThus, in February of 2013, I filed Initiative gious school as long as it is for meeting the aid and mental health,” writes glowingly Petition 2014-022 with the Missouri Secre- state’s minimum standards. This would be a about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), tary of State in the name of “Missourians for pluralistic approach. It would not result in a.k.a. Obamacare.

She states that the good news about Education Tax Credits.” All School districts establishing any one religion but would supthroughout Missouri should support this port all religions as the Constitution allows. expanding Medicaid is that it would create petition if they want to have the increased This seems fair to me and would help to 24,000 jobs by saving the state from

uncompensated care costs per hospital.

She doesn’t explain how that happens, nor what the cost of those 24,000 jobs amounts to. Are those jobs now government jobs that, as we all know, are in perpetuity?

She continues that the good news about the ACA is it was “designed” to be a selffunded program? Is that “designed like” the ACA enrollment website? Or is it “designed like” Social Security, which we all know is bankrupt? Or is self-funded from the aspect of charging people more for insurance they don’t want or need, or taxing medical devices, or taxing residential home sales? You don’t know what’s in the bill until it’s law. If I signed a contract for my company without knowing what’s in it, I would be fired.

Glenn Mollette wrote a great article (“Colleges cutting costs, Americans should pay attention”) on colleges cutting tuition and ended with the statement that “options and competition are good for America.” I couldn’t agree more.

That contrasted with the article from Donald D. Meyer, “Separation of Church and State,” which left me in a state of bewilderment.

First, the concept of separation of church and state is a canard – it is a liberal twisting of a letter from Thomas Jefferson coining the phrase, but bears no resemblance to the language in our Constitution, which prohibits the state from imposing a religion on the people.

Mr. Meyer’s examples of Hitler requiring allegiance from the German clergy and Missouri after the Civil War passing legislation requiring the same, are in direct violation of this Constitutional principle. I cannot find that linkage in promoting a voucher concept for funding our children’s education. Parents can use the voucher to send their kids to any school, private or public, religiously affiliated or not.

What I find amusing about the topic of school vouchers is that it is simply about choice, and, as Mr. Mollette wrote, competition. Liberals are all about choice, as long as you choose their approach.

I want my kids to get a good education, and I’ll be the judge of where I send them; it’s my money, not “public money,” or “our tax dollars” as Mr. Meyer would choose to put it.

Who fights for this right to choose is irrelevant. If we had more competition in our educational system, our kids would be much better off in terms of both their “RRR” basics and their social education. God would not be forbidden in the classroom, conservative principles could be taught openly and patriotism would not be looked down on.

Jon Schulte Manchester

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Maybe, maybe not 1876. That was the year St. Louis City voted to separate from St. Louis County.

The first time the two entities attempted reconciliation was 1926. City voters were for it. County voters? Not so much.

In 1930, reunification failed again – and again in 1959 when it came in the guise of a “metropolitan district.” The concept also failed in 1962 when it was defined as a “borough plan.”

Now, Mayor Francis Slay and County Executive Charlie Dooley are talking reconciliation again. Well, at least they are talking near reconciliation. They’ve been outspoken about their opinions, but what’s yours?

That’s what Better Together wants to know.

On Nov. 19, this purportedly “grass roots” organization launched a 16-month series of public input sessions to gauge what residents think about how government services in the city and county are delivered. But, one has to wonder if the process will be prejudiced by the opinions of Dooley and Slay, who are members of Better Together – especially when Slay felt compelled to issue a statement that members are “not prejudging anything in this process.”

Better Together is sponsored – read funded – by a political arm of retired investor and political activist Rex Sinquefeld.

Sinquefeld tends not to get involved in anything without prejudging it, to make sure it fits with his well-established agenda.

If Better Together is grass roots, then Sinquefeld is the fertilizer. Long before this process began, small groups both opposed and in favor of reconciliation have popped up and started prejudging the process.

All this is merely to warn everyone that this process has very much been prejudged. It has been prejudged on many, many levels, despite what the honorable Mayor Slay may claim.

So what is the agenda here? Why is the 130-year-old reality of a divorced city and county coming up again? Who stands to win and who stands to lose?

Let’s start by looking at some numbers.

The population of St. Louis City, according to 2012 data, is just over 318,000. By the same data, St. Louis County comes in at roughly 1 million. But St. Louis County is not one entity. Making up that million in population are cities like Twin Oaks, which

has about 400 residents, or just over 1 percent of the number of people residing in St. Louis City. And Twin Oaks is by no means the smallest of cities that share the tax pool of St. Louis County, often held afloat only by the lifeline begrudgingly provided to them by larger, more economically prosperous cities. Country Life Acres has less than 100 residents, and tiny Champ, Mo., boasts just a dozen.

There are a total of 90 municipalities in St. Louis County, 23 fire districts, and more than five dozen police agencies.

Whenever people start talking about reconciliation, the assumption is that it is all about a money grab. The traditional argument against a merger is that the county would have to carry the burdens of the city, but that is not exactly accurate.

St. Louis City has a balanced budget. St. Louis County has a balanced budget. The thing that has truly kept the city and county apart for so long is not money, but power.

Why are Mayor Slay and County Executive Dooley in favor of reconciliation?

Because they would each stand to acquire greater power.

Who is against it? Likely the many, many elected and unelected officials in those 90 municipalities, 23 fire districts, and dozens of police agencies. They would all stand to lose power.

If the goal is to fix what is broken and to eliminate redundancies, then we must start our search for those who would lose by looking at who would be eliminated.

We must also consider the issue of local control. Where do you live now? Ballwin?

West County? St. Louis County? St. Louis?

You might answer that question differently depending on the context of the question.

We all remember the phrase “NIMBY,” which stands for “not in my backyard.” In a merged city/county, the backyard gets a whole lot bigger, and residents must ask who they feel comfortable with making decisions.

Economic development and sustainability as a region – a combined city and county – is a grand idea but it will take more than just a merger or even a reclaiming. If it were that simple, do you think it would have happened long before now?

West Newsmagazine encourages all its readers to pay careful attention to this series of public meetings. Prejudged or not, the impact will be significant.

Geggie Elementary was among the many area schools participating in fundraisers and community service projects that coincided with Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. During a one week period, Geggie students collected 1,658 stuffed animals to be donated to the Salvation Army, homeless women’s shelters, the highway patrol and other organizations. The animals will be professionally cleaned by Stanley Steamer. This is the ninth year the school has participated in the drive.

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News Br iefs BALLWIN Maintaining Clayton Road The city of Ballwin and St. Louis County have agreed on who will be responsible for what on the stretch of Clayton Road the state turned over to the county. The roadway involved is within Ballwin’s city limits.

Under the agreement, the county will maintain the right-of-way and all improvements on it, including any walls, fences and drainage facilities on related easements.

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Business becomes source of debate After considerable debate on whether a proposed new business is, or might become, a payday or title loan operation, the Ballwin Board of Aldermen approved a special use exception to Tower Loan of Missouri to open a lending office in the city.

Ballwin’s Planning and Zoning Commission on a 6-1 vote earlier had recommended approval of the exception in Dickens Plaza on Manchester Road. However, it quickly became clear that some aldermen were concerned about the pos-

sibility that another payday or title loan operation would be added to what they concluded was an overabundance of such businesses already in the city.

Tower Loan spokesmen at the meeting emphasized that their business was a credit-based, personal loan operation, not a title lending or payday loan enterprise.

Tower does take car titles as collateral in some instances when borrowers need a larger loan than what they would qualify for without the additional security, they noted, but having a car title alone doesn’t mean a prospective customer will receive a loan.

Aldermen Michael Finley (Ward 1) and Mark Harder (Ward 2) quizzed the Tower representatives about complaints customers have made about the company, its collection practices and the firm’s C rating by the Better Business Bureau.

Alderman Michael Boland (Ward 4) said his research had convinced him Tower was not a payday or title lender. Mayor Tim Pogue and Alderman Frank Fleming (Ward 3) also voiced support.

In the subsequent vote, Boland, Fleming, and Alderman Kathy Kerlagen (Ward 4), Aldermen Jim Leahy (Ward 3), Shamed Dogan (Ward 2) and James Terbrock (Ward 1) voted for the special use exception while Harder and Finley opposed it.

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While residents with disabilities could receive backyard pickup for free, Glantz said in a press statement issued Nov. 26 that “we have not adequately addressed the needs of a large, vulnerable group of citizens who would be burdened with the ‘unintended consequences’ of this dramatic change in service.”

“The intersection of disability and age is a dangerous place to change or reduce services!,” he wrote. “While it may be necessary to wean ourselves of this service at some juncture in the future, it is my opinion that the potential benefits of this new trash contract for the entire community, do not currently outweigh the burden to individual households.”

In his statement the mayor thanked city staff and members of the Horticulture, Environment and Beautification Committee “for the tremendous amount of time that they have spent over the past year researching and studying this issue, and reaching out to all community stakeholders in a variety of different ways.”

Despite his “no” vote, Glantz noted that “logically and financially, the proposed trash agreement makes a great deal of sense and provides appropriate direction for the city environmentally.”

Favoring the proposal were Councilmembers Cynthia Kramer (Ward 1), David Kreuter (Ward 1), Ellen Lawrence (Ward 2) and A.J. Wang (Ward 2). Opposing were Councilmembers Charlotte D’Alfonso (Ward 3), Robert Hoffman (Ward 3), Scott Saunders (Ward 4) and Jeanne Rhoades (Ward 4).

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Hochschild, Bloom’s bid of $50,800 for the three audits was the lowest of four received and lower than the 2013 proposal submitted

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Hochschild, Bloom served as Ballwin’s auditing firm from 2005-09 and from 1993-95.

CREVE COEUR Backyard trash pickup remains Creve Coeur Mayor Barry Glantz voted “no” to break a 4-4 tie at the Nov. 25 City Council meeting and defeat a proposal to end free backyard trash pickup in the city.

“A 4-4 tie vote at the city council is probably a fairly accurate reflection of community sentiment and does not send a strong enough signal that a change of this significance is warranted at this time,” Glantz said before voting.

With his vote, the council rejected a fiveyear pact with Republic Services of Bridgeton for trash, recycling and yard waste collection for an estimated annual cost of $815,321 in the first year. Under that agreement, residents would have received free curbside service, but would have had to pay $15 a month for backyard pickup. This change would have

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EUREKA Santa Claus is coming to town Santa will visit each of Eureka’s three fire stations on Saturday, Dec.14, stopping at Station 1 (4849 Hwy. 109) from noon12:45 p.m., Station 2 (1815 W. Fifth Street) from 1:15-2 p.m. and Station 3 (3570 White Oak School Road) from 2:30-3 p.m.

Tours of the fire stations and fire trucks will be given and children will have the opportunity to visit with Santa and have their pictures taken. Parents are encouraged to bring their cameras.

Additionally, Brightergy will be showing a demo on the solar panels the district installed at each location and will be making ‘smores in a solar oven. Take-home versions of the oven also will be available.

WILDWOOD Deadline drawing near in park, bridge naming contest The city of Wildwood is calling on area residents to help name the pedestrian bridge located across State Route 100, along with the associated “pocket park,”

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Filed in the federal district court of Eastern Missouri on Nov. 25, the complaint asks for sanctions and a contempt ruling against Monarch Director Jane Cunningham and Mike Bakewell, Monarch’s attorney, for an alleged breach of the court’s protective order on the documents. Also sought are the return of all the papers provided by the International Association of Firefighters Local 2665 and Andy Stecko, a Monarch employee and union officer, along with payment of court costs and legal fees.

According to the complaint, Stecko and the union provided Monarch with a number of documents and information the district subpoenaed after it and two of its directors were named in a lawsuit filed two years ago by three command officers whom the Monarch board had fired. The terminations came after courts found in favor of female firefighter-paramedics who had sued Monarch for discriminatory practices.

The documents Stecko and the union provided were to be held confidential and used only in preparing for and conducting the litigation involving the officers, the federal court ruled. However, the officers’ lawsuit never came to trial because it was dismissed last August in a summary judgment order issued by U.S. District Judge Rodney W. Sippel. A motion to reconsider that ruling and an appeal are pending.

The new complaint charges that Cunningham made a specific reference to content in one of the confidential documents during a grievance hearing on another issue early last month at the Monarch office.

Attending that hearing were a number of Monarch employees, another union official and the board’s secretary.

In response to a question from the union’s attorney who had interrupted her comments, Cunningham said she had received a copy of the confidential document from Bakewell. Bakewell conceded that was true, the complaint alleges, but added that he had required Cunningham to sign an agreement saying she would not use the document for any purpose except the officers’ litigation.

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Town & Country approves revised Maryville University rezoning later than one-half hour after sunset.

Alderman Phil Behnen (Ward 4) said he and Alderman Fred Meyland-Smith (Ward 3) had reached out to Maryville’s president Mark Lombardi especially in regard to neighbors’ concern about a large outdoor storage yard that was to have been entirely on the Ball tract. Maryville officials agreed to move most of that facility to the eastern end of the main 126.2-acre campus instead.

“Removing that outside storage was a major concession on the part of Maryville,” Behnen said. “I think this is a great comA rendering of a proposed concessions building, soccer and softball fields to be built on 15.6 promise plan that I feel the majority of the acres off Conway Road on Maryville University's northeastern edge. neighbors fully support.”

Mayor Jon Dalton was not among those

By MARY SHAPIRO voted against the rezoning and preliminary site considering the issues. He recused himself mshapiro@newsmagazinenetwork.com development plan. He favored a conditional from the discussion and any voting, saying Town & Country’s Board of Aldermen on use permit that would allow for permanent his law firm has represented Maryville Nov. 25 gave final approval to rezoning 15.6 spectator seating at the athletic fields. Alder- University in the past.

Previously, some opponents had said that acres – the so-called Ball tract – off Conway man Chuck Lenz (Ward 2) was absent.

Road on the northeastern end of Maryville Benigas unsuccessfully attempted to delay they feared the plan could merely be the start University, though the audience of about the final votes, saying a variety of changes in of a gradual creep eastward of Maryville 100 citizens was divided on the issue. the plans – made by the university to try to University uses into residential areas that The board also approved a conditional allay neighbors’ concerns – had only come to could be threatened with rezoning. However, Lombardi told the board that university offiuse permit that will allow for a mainte- the city within the past few days.

He also failed in a bid to put caps on the cials have held four meetings with neighbors nance/concessions building, two athletic fields with bleachers and parking lots – all number of intercollegiate games that could to hear their concerns and “Maryville has no features of the university’s preliminary site be played on the fields and the number of intention or interest in buying the McCallum weeks that sports camps for kids could take Properties (to the east of the Ball tract).” development plan.

The Ball tract is bounded by the Maryville After 2.5 hours of discussion on the issues, place. He was successful in amending the only Alderman Jonathan Benigas – who rep- legislation to ensure lighting on the eastern Office Park to the south, the university to resents Ward 4 in which the site is located – and northern parking lots may stay on no the west, Conway Road to the north, and the

Conway Hill subdivision and the McCallum Properties group home to the east.

Components of the proposal still in the plan include: • A natural turf soccer field to be built east of the existing practice field and just over 77 feet south of Conway Road, with two 100-person portable aluminum bleachers on the field’s west sideline.

• A softball field to be built east of the soccer field about 200 feet south of Conway Road, with a 50-person aluminum bleacher and dugouts.

• A 24,250-square-foot building to be used for concessions, restrooms, locker and team rooms and maintenance storage, which will be built a little over 478 feet south of Conway Road. About 25 maintenance and other staff members will work at the building, and maintenance vehicles will have to use a back campus road and not go onto Conway. In addition to that, another change in the plan to ease concerns of neighbors will install more evergreen shrubs on the front of the building to help disguise its front façade.

Among other revisions to the plans are that: • Parking on the Ball tract is being dropped from the original total of 186 spaces down to 177.

• A 20-by-75-square-foot open maintenance storage area, enclosed on three See MARYVILLE, page 15

Rockwood School District has a new community forum on Facebook

By MARY SHAPIRO Mshapiro@newsmagazinenetwork.com Rockwood School District now has two community action efforts focusing on its future.

Two-year-old watchdog group Rockwood Stakeholders for Real Solutions – which requested a recent state audit of the district – is being joined by the newlyformed Revitalize Rockwood forum.

Jaime Bayes, a district parent who is one of the facilitators of Revitalize Rockwood, said this Facebook page is not a group, but rather an opportunity for district parents, teachers, PTOs and residents to “lend their voice to ensure a brighter future for our district.”

A flyer for the forum notes that “there comes a time to close the door on the past and allow yourself to move beyond mistakes – that time is now for the Rockwood School District.”

“There are many in the district who do not believe their opinions are being recognized, as they may not be in alignment with other conversations,” Bayes said.

“The Revitalize Rockwood Facebook page

offers them a venue to lend their voice. It’s a great place for people to share their ideas of ways to positively impact our district.”

She said the Facebook page will inform all those who follow the page of the issues facing the Board of Education, remind them when meetings are being held and “ensure they recognize that their involvement is what is key in shaping a positive future for all the children in the district.”

For example, the forum will publicize a Board of Education Listening Time coming up at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 5 at Crestview Middle School in Clarkson Valley. The event, to be held before the regular board meeting, will let those in the community share their thoughts with the board and offer ideas on ways to make a difference.

Bayes said the Revitalize Rockwood Facebook page is “citizen led and is open to anyone wanting to celebrate Rockwood’s successes and (share) specific opportunities regarding Rockwood’s future.”

“It is truly an opportunity for district citizens to feel free to voice their opinions and positive attributes recognizing a successful school system,” she said. “As a recent poster

commented, ‘it’s time for a fresh start.’ The Revitalize Rockwood Facebook page is offering that opportunity across the district.”

Parent Eileen Tyrrell, co-founder of Rockwood Stakeholders for Real Solutions, which also has a Facebook page, said: “Rockwood Stakeholders for Real Solutions congratulates Revitalize Rockwood on their founding and welcomes them to the conversation.”

“In fact, the more people involved, the better, because we need transparency in the district,” Tyrrell said. “For example, our group has accomplished a state audit that led to improvements in the district.

(Rockwood Chief Financial and Legislative Officer ) Tim Rooney, who joined the district when the audit came about, has been able to locate more capital available in Rockwood than we first thought, and we want to move forward from that audit.”

Tyrrell said RS for RS “continues to bring to the attention of the superintendent and the board of education and its cabinet issues where we can be more transparent and accountable, so it’s very important to continue to keep that focus.”

For example, Tyrrell said RS for RS

members have watched the district’s newly formed comprehensive school improvement planning (CSIP) committee – a five-year strategic planning committee – and noted in a recent blog post that some critical student performance measures data weren’t presented to this committee.

“We found that data critical to any conversation of the future of Rockwood, so we published the information and made sure parents and others in the community had that information via email,” Tyrrell said. “We love Rockwood School District.

That’s why we want to make sure transparency and accountability are there.”

Craig Larson, Rockwood superintendent from 2003 to 2010, understands how difficult it is to run a district.

Larson, of Manchester, now is working as an educational search consultant for Missouri for School Exec-Connect, an educational leadership search consulting firm, and is also a partner with Patron Insights, a firm that does school district consulting on connecting with a comSee ROCKWOOD, page 16

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By DAN FOX dfox@newsmagazinenetwork.com The Ellisville Planning and Zoning Commission’s proposed changes to the city’s sign code remains stuck in limbo; however, other changes that councilmembers hope will increase business in Ellisville have been made.

At a meeting on Nov. 26, the city council reviewed two pieces of legislation designed to help improve business devel-

opment and retention, however, only one of these passed.

The first resolution would declare an immediate cessation of enforcement to several sections of the city’s temporary sign code, allowing businesses to place temporary signs promoting sales on their property with less restrictions from the city.

With only four councilmembers present, the motion failed in a 2-2 tie. Councilmember Cindy Pool (District 3) and Mayor Adam Paul voted against the resolution, but Paul was not satisfied with the outcome of the vote.

According to Paul, the council needs a minimum of four votes in favor of a resolution to pass it. He said he tied the vote so he could make a motion to reconsider at the next council meeting.

“Because I voted last in the order, I voted nay for the simple fact that I can do a motion to reconsider,” Paul said.

Pool said it was unfortunate that Ellisville businesses wouldn’t benefit from a changed sign code for Black Friday sales, but she said she didn’t feel the changes had been discussed enough.

“I didn’t think it was perfected,” Pool said.

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Ballwin Board of Aldermen edges closer to a final vote on city’s 2014 budget

By JIM ERICKSON ericksonjim@att.com The city of Ballwin’s 2014 budget appears to be ready for final consideration by the Board of Aldermen.

In a budget overview at the board’s Nov. 25 meeting, City Administrator Robert Kuntz said budget numbers are close to final and, after a brief discussion, received approval to have legislation for the spending plan drafted for board action at an upcoming meeting.

Use of reserves to balance the 2014 budget again is certain, Kuntz said. With total projected spending of $18.286 million and revenues of almost $17.938 million, dipping into reserves for some $348,000 is necessary, he added.

Earlier the board also had discussed using reserves to pay for $1.975 million of the amount needed for major upgrades in mechanical systems at The Pointe, the city’s community and fitness center.

Those two withdrawals will reduce the city’s reserves from just over $8 million to some $5.84 million, or 32 percent of the 2014 operating budget. Board policy calls for keeping reserves at a minimum 20 percent of projected spending.

On the capital spending side, the almost $3.5 million needed for anticipated projects is expected to exceed revenues of nearly $3.3 million, requiring use of an estimated $204,000 from an earlier accumulated surplus in that fund.

As was the case this year, it’s possible the need for any reserve funds will be less than expected due to greater-than-anticipated revenues, lower-than-expected costs,

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or both, Kuntz said. This year’s budget had called for using $610,000 from reserves, but only $156,477 was required.

Salaries and benefits for full-time employees will account for 64 percent of 2014 spending, a number that has dropped from 68 percent in 2010.

Although it won’t make an appreciable difference in the 2014 budget, a possible increase in compensation for the city attorney, municipal judge and prosecutor led to an extended discussion.

Kuntz had distributed a review of those officials’ current salaries and what they would be with 2 and 3 percent increases.

Other data also compared Ballwin’s pay to those of other area communities. Although specific comparisons were difficult due to differences in responsibilities and the way those officials are paid – retainers, hourly rates or a combination – the data indicated Ballwin was at the low end of the pay scale.

Much of the discussion centered on the possibility of raising City Attorney Robert Jones’ monthly retainer from $2,266 to $3,000, while keeping his hourly rate for work not included in the retainer at $175.

Although there was strong support for the increase due to what several aldermen said were Jones’ knowledge, record of commitment and ability to keep the city out of costly legal battles, Alderman Shamed Dogan said he couldn’t agree to what amounted to a 32 percent increase.

Mayor Tim Pogue asked the board to give the issue more thought, and there was consensus favoring further discussion at a future meeting.

to allow for more study of plan changes Jan Saint Onge, who lives on Hampshire sides with a 12-foot masonry wall and on Hill Lane, protested that “130 neighbors of one side with a fence, will be built to the Maryville have sent signatures to the city west of the building. The area will have saying this isn’t the direction we want to go. a hydraulic trash compactor, but only for “I urge the board to consider the value of the building’s use. Originally, that outside our property first,” she said. storage area was to have been 125-by-90 Marie Carroll, of Hampshire Hill Lane square feet, but 165-by-85 square feet of said, “Why residents weren’t brought in that will instead be moved to the south and sooner to the discussion of Maryville’s west, so it’s inside the main campus. long-term plans is a disgrace.

• A landscaped berm will sit 5 feet above “But others supported the plan.”

Conway Road all the way along that road “Maryville gives a lot to our community,” said Walter Lamkin, who lives on Turnon the tract .

• An existing trail on Maryville’s campus berry Park Lane.

Jack Abels, of Babler Road, said that will connect to the Ball tract’s soccer and softball fields and will be available for use “a stronger Maryville is good for Town & Country.” by the general public.

“This isn’t a zero sum game,” he said.

Stock said more than 73 percent of the And Bob Mills, who lives on Clayton Ball tract would be left as green space.

Some residents pleaded for the board to Road, surmised, “If this property isn’t oppose the building planned for the Ball tract turned into athletic fields, it will become a or to delay all votes on the issue to a later date bunch of new homes with less green space.”

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Arbors at Kehrs Mill development gets zoning change on second attempt

By DAN FOX dfox@newsmagazinenetwork.com The Chesterfield City Council has approved a residential development project planned for the intersection of Church and Strecker roads, a project that failed to pass nearly a month before.

At a meeting on Nov. 18, the council approved the zoning changes for the Arbors at Kehrs Mill development on a 6-2 vote with Councilmembers Dan Hurt (Ward 3) and Bruce DeGroot (Ward 4) opposed. The council reviewed two bills related to the project, which change the zoning of the area from a requirement of two acres per residence to a planned unit development. This will allow the project developer, McBride & Son Homes, Inc., to build 44 homes on the 58-acre site.

The project failed to get its start at the Oct. 21 council meeting due to a protest petition filed by residents in the surrounding communities. At the time, several of the residents opposed to the development said they disagreed with the number of homes to be built on the site. Because of the protest petition, the council needed at least six votes in favor of the project. They only received five.

The protest was not limited to Oct. 21.

Several residents living near the development site also spoke at the Nov. 18 meeting, voicing their concerns with the project.

Don Turner, a trustee for Country Place subdivision, asked the council why the issue was up for reconsideration when there where no evident changes to the bills’ contents.

“Hopefully, maybe it will come out in discussions here as to why it is being reconsidered,” Turner said. “When it was unacceptable last month, why is it acceptable now?”

Mayor Bob Nation responded, saying a motion to reconsider was made by a councilmember on the prevailing side of the previous vote.

Terry Brennan, a resident of Caulks Creek Ridge in Wildwood, reiterated concern over the number of homes to be placed on the site, compared to the home-to-acre ratio of nearby neighborhoods.

“I think it’s unfortunate,” Brennan said.

“Any time elected officials support developers over the overwhelming opposition of their constituents, you have to ask yourself what they’re thinking.”

Jeannie Aumiller, who represented McBride & Son Homes at the meeting, commented that she was pleased with the outcome of the vote and that the development company still had a lot to do over the next couple of months.

“I’m glad the council agreed that the plan is a big improvement over the current zoning,” Aumiller said.

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need to bring people in and show them the facts, show them the ledger sheets.

“Unfortunately, the history in Rockwood is that mistakes were made, but I think this new forum is trying to say that despite the past, educating kids today is as important as it ever has been. And, for the sake of the kids getting the best education possible, Rockwood has to move forward. They (the school district) and people in the community have to put kids at the center of the conversation.”

According to Brian Graf, clinic director with ProRehab in Chesterfield Valley, the district has been focusing on students.

Graf has worked with many Rockwood students and graduates. He said his experience has been mostly with students doing job observations over the last four years or so, but the business has hired district graduates as well.

“The students we’ve worked with definitely appear to be getting the right education and social skills,” he said. “A lot of them have gotten into physical therapy programs after they graduate, and they speak well for the district. Rockwood’s students have been well-rounded kids, and that shines a good light on what the district has been doing.”

munity and listening to citizens. He also serves as the board of trustees chair for St. Louis Community College, a frequent next step for about 40 percent of Parkway and Rockwood students. Previously, Larson served for three years as assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in the Clayton School District. Before that, he was employed by the Parkway School District for 27 years, including five years as area superintendent.

“Almost any time parents and other community members get excited and want to pay attention and come to board and other meetings, it’s a good thing,” Larson said regarding the two Rockwood entities. “That doesn’t mean the superintendent will always agree with the positions of all groups formed, but overall it’s good to have people pay attention to what’s going on.”

Larson said the district has to decide how to bring people in and how to use their interests.

“The big word is transparency, because you don’t want to have anyone think you’re against having people know how a district is doing things and why,” he said. “You

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By MARY SHAPIRO Y’s automated external defibrillator, when Mshapiro@newsmagazinenetwork.com he went into sudden cardiac arrest while While Jim Bledsoe and Doug Roberts finishing a workout at the fitness center at insist they are not heroes, Patrick Adams about 6:30 p.m. that day begs to differ.

An AED is a portable device that checks “I was blessed to have a couple of angels the heart rhythm and, if required, can send with me on Sept. 18,” Adams said on Nov. 21 an electric shock to the heart to try to during an award presentation to honor Bledsoe restore a normal rhythm. and Roberts at the Wildwood Family YMCA. Adams, 56, admits the cardiac arrest and The pair – Bledsoe is a customer service “hitting the floor” came out of the blue. He associate at the Y and Roberts is a two-year said he is a person who has passed health Y member – came to Adams’ aid, using the exams each year with flying colors, has

been working out religiously for 30 years and has been a member of the Wildwood Y since it opened in 2001.

“That day, I just remember a beautiful golden curtain closing in from my peripheral vision to my nose,” Adams recalled. “I remember seeing Jim nearby and saying goodbye to him.”

Terry Brown Eversole, HR/branch administrator at the Wildwood Y, recalls hearing Roberts yell “dial 911” just after Adams fell down. She also remembers seeing Bledsoe and Roberts working on him.

“It was terrifying,” she recalled. “Patrick was seizing, trying to breathe, but he couldn’t get any air, and he went unconscious. It would have been easy to panic, but Jim and Doug were phenomenal, like a well-oiled machine, working in concert with each other on the AED.” Roberts had been working out on a nearby treadmill when Adams hit the ground. This was the first time he used his AED training.

“I wouldn’t call myself a hero. Jim Bledsoe and the ambulance crew and the doctors are heroes,” Roberts said.

But Bledsoe, who received training as a condition of his employment at the Y, insisted, “I’m trying to play the whole thing down.”

The AED worked so well that Adams was conscious again and able to wave at people as

paramedics rolled him out the door of the Y. “My doctor said I hadn’t done anything to promulgate this happening due to my lifestyle, and I had no family history,” said Adams, who later was diagnosed with two blocked arteries after he was taken by ambulance to St. Luke’s Hospital.

At St. Luke’s, Adams got some new “hardware” installed, including a couple of stents and a pacemaker/defibrillator.

“Miracle No. 1 is that I’m still here because these two guys kicked into action, and miracle No. 2 is that three cardiologists have told me I have zero heart damage because of this, which is unheard of,” Adams said. “My wife, Liz, said ‘Doug and Jim saved your life!”

During the ceremony, Michael Ace, executive director of the Wildwood Y, said his organization had created a new award – the Wildwood Family YMCA Social Responsibility award, recognizing the value of acts of service to others. The awards to Bledsoe and Roberts weren’t the only awards given that day.

On behalf of the Wildwood Y, Ace accepted a donation of $2,100 from the Adams family that will go toward purchasing another defibrillator, in honor of Roberts and Bledsoe.

The family also donated another $1,000 – $500 each in honor of Bledsoe and Roberts – for the Y to continue to do good work in the community.

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During the exhibit, Westminster students had the opportunity to sit at the surgeon’s console and try their hand at manipulating objects with the robot. They also tried various training exercises and were scored on their skills.

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Members of the Marquette Symphonic Orchestra practice for the 2014 Missouri Music Educators Association Conference.

Robotic surgery comes to Westminster On Nov. 15, Westminster Christian Academy hosted a robotic surgery exhibit featuring the da Vinci robot, a system that is increasingly being used by surgeons to perform delicate surgeries.

Des Peres Hospital worked with Intuitive Surgical to bring the traveling da Vinci robotic system to the West County school. The exhibit was open before and after school, as well as during the day for students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) classes.

Daniel Hafenrichter, M.D., the father of Westminster sophomore Connor Hafenrichter, performed the first da Vinci procedure in the operating room at Des Peres Hospital.

The da Vinci system, used for laparoscopic surgeries, allows a surgeon better visualization of the surgery site and enables him or her to use greater precision. As with traditional laparoscopic surgery, surgical instruments and a miniaturized camera are inserted through small incisions into a patient’s body.

But instead of the doctor having to hold the instruments, at times in awkward positions, the surgeon sits comfortably at a console.

A monitor on the console shows highly magnified, three-dimensional images of the body on a monitor as the surgeon directs the robotic arm movements to manipulate the camera and the instruments. The robotic arm movements match the doctor’s hand movements and translate them into micromovements of the instruments inside the

The Marquette High School Symphonic Orchestra is one of only three high school orchestras in the state of Missouri selected to perform for the 2014 Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA) conference.

“I am so honored that our MHS Symphonic Orchestra was chosen to perform at the MMEA Conference this year. It’s definitely a huge accomplishment, and I’m very excited because this will be a huge chance for our orchestra to show our skill in an unforgettable performance,” said sophomore violinist Leslie Shang.

The 42-member ensemble will perform at Tan-Tar-A Resort on Jan. 24 for an audience of mostly vocal and instrumental music educators from across the state. This will be the orchestra’s second appearance at the conference, the first being in 2007.

“Marquette’s orchestra has been blessed so much with so many opportunities to express ourselves with our music that we work so hard to perfect. My high school experience is mostly engraved with my memories of orchestra and the passion we give every day,” said sophomore violinist Maggie Wasilewski.

A “Symphony in our School” grant from the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) has allowed the Marquette musicians to work with SLSO members, who have led sectional rehearsals for the music

that is being prepared for the January performance.

Christmas card artist A budding young artist from St. Mark’s Lutheran School in Eureka will help spread the true message of Christmas this holiday season.

Becca Stellhorn, an eighth-grader at St. Mark’s, created one of the winning designs for the Lutheran Elementary School Association’s new Christmas card collection.

The card, called “Baby Jesus,” depicts a child’s view of the Nativity and includes the message, “May the blessings of the birth of the babe in Bethlehem shine in your life this Christmas and always. Wishing you warm Christmas blessings.”

The St. Louis-based education organization introduced the cards this month to raise money for Lutheran schools in the St. Louis Metro Area. The collection features four unique, full-color images created by LESA students. Each design includes a different seasonal message and Bible verse.

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‘The 39 Clues’ author visits Rossman School Author Peter Lerangis recently visited Rossman School to share tales of adventure and writing with third- through sixthgrade students. Lerangis is the author of more than 160 books, including two books in the New York Times bestselling series “The 39 Clues.”

Captivating students with his passionate, animated storytelling, Lerangis shared the joys and challenges of life as an author and inspired students to write their own stories.

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Keeping communities safe Rockwood students competed in the local FIRST LEGO League competition at St. Charles Community College against 23 other teams from across Missouri.

The Skeeterbot Titans team is made up of Rockwood Valley Middle School students Kyle DuPerrett, Jake Fuller, Max Kennington, Drew Kodner and The Skeeterbot Titans Casey Uffelmann, along with Babler Elementary student Lauren DuPerrett.

In early fall, the FIRST LEGO League released Nature’s Fury, a challenge based on a real-world scientific topic. In response to the challenge, teams explored what can be done when intense natural events meet the places people live, work and play.

The Skeeterbot Titans built a robot that was designed to drill to detect sinkholes underground to address safety in residential and commercial development.

For their efforts, the Skeeterbot Titans won a special award for teamwork at the competition. They also earned one of only four spots to compete for the FIRST LEGO League Champion of Eastern Missouri on Dec. 8. she had her own idea for a story to write,” said parent Chantelle Harvey.

Rossman School librarian Lin Edmonston worked with Left Bank Books in St. Louis to make Lerangis’ visit possible.

Chosen as All-American Marquette senior Keith Grieshaber has been selected to play in the Third Annual Choice Hotels International High School All-American Game.

It will be held Dec. 14 in Philadelphia.

Grieshaber, a native of Chesterfield, is one of 42 of the nation’s elite boys high school soccer players from fall taking part in the game.

The players selected are seniors who have finished their high school careers and represent their high school teams during the fall season. These players have achieved many regional and national awards and will attend some of the top universities across the country.

The game is being held the same weekend and in the same proximity as the men’s NCAA Division I College Cup. The participants will arrive on Dec. 12 and will attend the semifinal games as well as the championship game on Dec. 15.

The event is being sponsored by Choice Hotels International and in part by Continental Tire, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, Adidas, Unicosports, and Soccer.com.

Experiencing the ‘Rhythm of Life’ Fifteen young adults with Down Syndrome in the St. Louis area are benefitting from music therapy thanks to a unique partnership between Maryville University

and the Pujols Family Foundation.

Last summer representatives of the Pujols Foundation connected with Cynthia Briggs, director of the Maryville Music Therapy program, to start discussions about starting a music therapy program for Pujols Foundation clients who live with Down Syndrome. Maryville helped the foundation find and hire a certified music therapist and the “Rhythm of Life” music group started in late October.

The group of 15 young adults meets once a week with the therapist on Maryville’s Sunset Hills campus. The inaugural group was limited to 15, but another 13 are on a waiting list. A student intern from Maryville’s music therapy program also participates in the program.

“The Pujols Foundation and Maryville are hoping this will be an ongoing program,” Briggs said. “By spring, I hope we will be able to meet twice a week and involve more young adults and music therapy students.”

The Pujols Family Foundation is a public not-for-profit organization headquartered in St. Louis and dedicated to raising awareness and fulfilling the needs of families and children who live with Down Syndrome and other disabilities or life-threatening illnesses. The foundation also seeks to improve the quality of life for children living in poverty in the Dominican Republic.

Former Cardinals star Albert Pujols and his wife, Deidre, who are parents of a daughter with Down Syndrome, launched the foundation in 2005.

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National Junior Honor Society students of St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Des Peres began cooking meals at Ronald McDonald House two years ago after a boy, who was staying at the house because his brother was sick, began attending the school.

The students are now in their third year of preparing meals for the families who stay at the Ronald McDonald House in West County.

It’s a labor of love, but it wasn’t an easy one.

“It took almost a year for me to get us on the calendar,” explained Denise Rice, coordinator for St. Paul’s NJHS. “It is very competitive to get onto the schedule because everyone feels good about serving there.”

The first year St. Paul’s NJHS served three times, last year five, and this year they are cooking and serving meals at the Ronald McDonald House eight times. Only four to five students and two to three adults can serve at one time, so students sign up for one cooking night during the year that works for them.

Rice said she creates the menu, but the kids buy and donate all the ingredients.

They also do all the prep work and the cooking under adult supervision.

But cooking isn’t all they do.

Two years ago and again this year, the students made bears at Build-a-Bear Workshop to donate to the families staying at the house. This year, the students built 33 bears to donate to the families.

“The real beauty of this project is that the students take such an active role,” Gretchen McGinley, St. Paul’s marketing coordinator, said. “(It’s) quite a commitment of time, money and talents.”

While this project began with a love for one of their own classmates, it has grown into a love of simply serving others.

“Developing caring servant leaders is our mission here, and this is just one of the many ways we can live that out,” McGinley said.

“It’s all just part of our mission in action.”

Rockwood employee receives Patriot Award Deborah Ketring, technology coordinator for the Rockwood School District, has received the Department of Defense Patriot Award. The Patriot Award is presented to those who make efforts to support “citizen warriors” serving in the National Guard and Reserve.

Support efforts can include allowing for flexible schedules, time off prior to and after deployment, caring for families and granting leaves of absence if needed.

Ketring was nominated for the award by Tony Spina, technology supervisor, who currently serves in the National Guard.

“I nominated Deb because of her support during my most recent deployment to the Middle East” said Spina. “She took the time to send emails and contributed to a care package for my unit and myself.

“She made sure that my family was doing well and made sure I knew that if they ever needed anything, she was a phone call away.

Not every employer is like that, so I wanted to make sure that she knew how much that meant to not only to me, but also my family.”

When the Department of Defense knocked on her door, Ketring was surprised.

“I was surprised and humbled by the award; it was an honor to receive it,” she said. “I believe it is important to be supportive of our troops in any way that I can because of the sacrifices they are making to serve our country. I appreciate all that these men and women give up for us.

“In Tony’s case, I could tell he was having a difficult time preparing to leave his wife and young daughter. He did not need the extra stress of worrying about work.

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“The team was young and had a lot of new-to-cross-country guys, but they all worked hard and competed,” O’Connor said. “I expect them to improve quite a bit by next year, which will make it a fun season.

Our varsity team was very young this year, and we have several other freshmen and sophomores who could find themselves in contention for a varsity spot next season.”

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The Lancers finished third in the state cross country meet in Jefferson City.

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Lafayette boys cross country The Lancers finished third in the Class 4 state boys cross country meet with 124 points.

Coach Sean O’Connor was happy with the boys’ performance. St. Louis University High was first and Rock Bridge was second.

“Yeah, it was a great result all things considered,” O’Connor said. “We only had two kids from last year’s team race at state for

us this year and it was only the second state trophy we have won so it was a great result.”

Sophomore Dylan Quisenberry was eighth with a time of 16:09 to earn all-state recognition.

“I am not sure if it is the fastest state time in school history or not,” O’Connor said.

“It was 44 seconds faster than his time there last year so I was very happy about that. That was his first medal at state.”

Only one harrier will be lost to graduation. This year’s team had a junior, four

Coach Scott Brandon’s Lancers finished third in the recent Class 4 state cross country meet in Jefferson City. Francis Howell won state with 103 points. Nerinx Hall was second with 113. Lafayette was third with 133.

“We are very happy with our finish at the state meet. That is our first podium finish since 2000,” Brandon said. “Francis Howell and Nerinx are both great teams.

Going into the meet, I felt there were about six teams who had the potential to place in the meet, so finishing third is fantastic.”

Sarah Nicholson finished fourth in 18:33 to lead the Lancers.

“This was a personal best for Sarah and the fastest finishing time a Lafayette girl has had at the state meet,” Brandon said. “It was her second time to medal. She finished sixth last year. Sarah has had a great sophomore season.

She has been steady and strong all year.

“Her state race was actually her best race of the season. Throughout the race she showed a lot of courage and it paid off.”

Anna West also is a second year all-state

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“Anna had an injury that sidelined her for a couple of weeks, but she was patient.

She let herself recover and came back strong,” Brandon said.

Sophomore Grace Breiten also earned all-state honors by finishing 22nd in 19:17.

“She, too, dealt with an injury during the season, but was ready to go when it counted most,” Brandon said.

“It was truly a team effort at the state meet,” Brandon said. “Everybody was important.”

Marquette state cross country It was a successful Class 4 meet for the Mustangs boys and girls.

Junior Kevin Ganahl earned all-state honors by finishing 17th with a time of 16 minutes, 16 seconds. The boys team finished sixth, which tied for best finish in school history.

The Marquette girls team placed 11th overall and was led by sophomore Hannah Pierson’s 11th place all-state finish.

Coach Mike Ebert said he was proud of the performances.

“Our boys lost a lot of seniors off last year’s team, but they rebounded well from that and from some injuries to key guys during the season to finish sixth,” Ebert said. “To a runner, they all did outstanding.” “(Kevin) has a lot of potential and will be one to look out for next year,” Ebert said.

On the girls’ side, Pierson showed she can deliver. She finished in 19:04 at state.

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Junior Maddy Brown finished third in the Class 4 girls state cross country race at Jefferson city with a time of 18:32. That time set a Parkway West record that broke the old mark set in 1992.

Coach Charlie Cutelli said Brown had a good race plan for state.

“We talk about pace and patience a lot at West,” Cutelli said. “We really focused on going out as smooth as possible the first mile and if we could do that right then the rest would fall into place. Maddy was seventh at both the first and second mile, but was able to hit that last 1.1 mile hard to finish third.”

Brown enjoyed a solid season. She was the Parkway Quad champion as well as the Suburban South Conference champ. She came in

Coach Kally Fischer’s Widcats earned a fourth-place finish at the recent Class 4 state cross country meet in Jefferson City.

Eureka was tied for third with Lafayette, but lost on the tiebreaker to come in fourth.

The Wildcats also had the state champion in Hannah Long.

“The team is good about carrying on the tradition at Eureka. The girls thrive on the past success and want to continue the greatness,” Fischer said. “We were an underrated team all season and that was motivation enough. This is a strong team, with driven qualities (that) each girl brings to make it so special.

“Getting the fourth place trophy was the best end to the season. The girls ran well.

We’re happy.

Freshman Andra Staciu was 20th in 19:14.

“Andra had an outstanding season,” Fischer said. “Rachael Yergensen is also our standout who just missed finishing allstate. Rachael really helped shape and bring Andra along this year. I give Rachael most of that credit. Andra is a talent. She has a strong future ahead of her. I think she can really earn her own legacy here at Eureka.”

Fisher said she is proud of what the team did this season.

“My girls are amazing, so well-rounded, so driven and all on the same page of accomplishing the ultimate goal of being on that podium,” Fischer said. “Each played a vital role and they recognize each other for that.”

Eilish Overby and Lauren Von Seelen will graduate, but everyone else returns.

“We will bring back a strong team next year,” Fischer said. “The girls thrive on this at Eureka. Each girl that races in a Eureka uniform impacts our team on a weekly basis, which leaves everlasting impressions and the girls want to keep that alive.”

••• Editor’s Note: Full length features on Eureka’s Hannah Long and Marquette’s Noah Kaupilla are online at newsmagazinenetwork.com. Long defended her state championship title and set a state record with her time of 17 minutes, 46.82 seconds. Kaupilla also set a state record with a time of 15 minutes, 22.34 seconds to take first at state.

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Whitfield junior Nate Gelber made school history in the Class 2 cross country championships in Jefferson City.

Gelber earned a second-place medal with a time of 16:43.36. It was the highest finish for a male runner in school history.

The Warriors girls and boys cross country teams both competed in the Class 2 championships. The girls team finished in 13th place and the boys team finished in ninth place.

Sophomore Alex Curtin earned a 19thplace medal with a time of 20:51.01. She became the second female runner in school history to medal at the state meet.

Coach Matt Politte’s teams each won district to advance to state. The boys have five district titles and have won three in a row. It was the girls’ first district title.

“Our teams ran well at the state meet,” Politte said. “It was a great opportunity to race the state course.”

Gelber ran a good race, Politte said.

“What Nate did at the state course was a reflection of a season of sacrifice and commitment,” Politte said. “Nate got out well and at the mile (mark) he was in fifth place.

During the second mile, Nate advanced into second place.”

Gelber finished just behind state champion Kaden Overstreet, of Lamar High.

The Warriors will lose one senior to graduation in Josh Tyler, who was injured the entire second half of this season and did not participate in the district or state meet.

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As a freshman, she finished 15th at state.

Cutelli is glad to have her back for another year.

“As a team we are very happy for her to return,” Cutelli said. “Not only because she runs so well but because she is a leader and role model for younger girls on the team.

Maddy became a great runner because she worked hard and having someone like that on your team can have a ripple effect for years to come.”

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“She capped off an excellent year with her best race of the season at state.

“Hannah has an amazing upside because she is a tenacious worker and is incredibly competitive. She’s also very mentally tough, which you need to be to succeed on the state course in Jefferson City.”

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By SUZANNE CORBETT When some of the nation’s top amateur bakers and cooks gathered in Las Vegas last month to compete for the Pillsbury Bake-Off $1 million grand prize, Valley Park resident Kellie White was among the 100 finalists selected by online voters.

White was also a finalist in the 44th BakeOff in 2011, where her recipe for Zesty Lime Fish Tacos won the Dinner Made Easy category. This year, her entry captured the GE Imagination At Work Award, which recognizes the most innovative recipes by awarding $5,000 in kitchen appliances and the newly debuted Golden Doughboy statuette.

“My family loves bagels, but I would never have the time to make them from scratch in the morning,” White said. “This was an easy way to create a shortcut and create fresh-baked bagels in minutes instead of hours.”

Official rules allow competitors to be finalists three times before being forced to retire from competition. White hopes to gain another shot at the $1 million prize in 2014 when the Bake-Off heads to Nashville, Tenn.

Kellie White’s Honey Sesame Bagels 1/4 cup Smucker’s Simply Fruit Seedless Blackberry Spreadable Fruit 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup honey 1 can Pillsbury refrigerated classic pizza crust 1/4 cup sesame seed 1 egg white 1. Heat oven to 450°F. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper; spray with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. In small

bowl, gently swirl spreadable fruit into butter. Set aside.

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Sprinkle with remaining sesame seed.

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2. Unroll dough on cutting board; press into 14x8-inch rectangle. Cut into 2 rectangles, 14x4-inch each. Spread half of the potato mixture on one rectangle to within 1/4-inch of long edges. Starting at one long side, tightly roll up dough; pinch seams to seal. Using serrated knife, cut roll into 14 slices. Place slices, cut side up, on cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.

3. Bake 17-21 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to serving plate. Top each pinwheel with sour cream, remaining bacon bits and the green onions. Serve warm.

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Holiday Balloon Glow in Wildwood helps local families in need

By SUE HORNOF The Holiday Balloon Glow in Wildwood is an annual tradition that packs a whole lot of family fun into two hours and helps local families in need throughout the year. Taking place from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6 at Wildwood Town Center, the 2013 Balloon Glow will include several new attractions and again help fund the Wildwood Family YMCA’s Strong Community Campaign.

“The Strong Community Campaign raises money to provide scholarship assistance so people can participate in the YMCA, whether it be in programs or for membership,” said Wildwood Family YMCA Executive Director Mike Ace. “We have an $80,000 goal this year, and the Balloon Glow helps with part of that.”

Last year, Ace said, the Wildwood YMCA’s Strong Community Campaign raised about $74,000, but this year there is more of a need.

“We’re seeing more and more singleparent families in our community that are needing help for either a program or for membership,” said Ace, noting that 100 percent of Strong Community Campaign funds go to Wildwood YMCA programs and services, and none of the money is used for administrative costs.

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by the Wildwood Business Association (WBA), an organization of local businesses that works to strengthen the local economy and promote the community.

“The Balloon Glow is WBA’s chance to give back to our local patrons to help a great cause,” said Holly Ferris, WBA president. “We raised maybe $3,700 last year, and this year, we’d like to raise a ton more.”

To that end, the WBA has added several new Balloon Glow attractions this year, including hayrides instead of carriage rides, a St. Louis Community College holiday wreath demonstration booth, and a silent auction featuring items donated by WBA members. Schnucks will sell hamburgers and hot dogs and donate 10 percent of proceeds.

“Also, instead of just having Santa photos, we’re going to have three different venues for pictures,” Ferris said. “We’re going to have Santa in a big sleigh; we’re going to have a big, plywood cutout of elves that you put your head in; and we’re going to have a photographer that’s going to do pictures by the tree.”

Of course, a 4-story hot air balloon again will light the sky, and many of the traditional attractions will return. The first 100 kids 10 and younger who visit the arts and crafts tent will receive an envelope containing between $1 and $20 in “Mystery Cash,” compliments of West Newsmagazine. Indigo

The annual Holiday Balloon Glow in Wildwood offers family-friendly fun and provides muchneeded scholarship funds for the Wildwood Family YMCA.

Joe’s will donate 10 percent of its restaurant proceeds for the evening as well as profits from hot cocoa sales, Wildwood Pub & Grill will donate proceeds from cookie sales, and Fahr Greenhouses will donate a percentage of profits from its holiday greenery sales.

There will be a holiday tree, holiday music, and giveaways for the first 300 visitors.

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are free, the WBA asks guests to consider making a minimum donation of $5 to the Strong Community Campaign.

“When people go to a Town Center event like a movie night or a concert night, the city pays for everything, but this a totally different type of event,” Ferris said. “We encourage everybody to come out and give back to the community.”

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Mercy opens behavioral health unit for youth Mercy Children’s Hospital in Creve Coeur recently opened an inpatient child and adolescent health unit for youth suffering from emotional and behavioral disorders. The first of its kind in the area, the new pediatric behavioral health unit is led by board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists.

Duru Sakhrani, M.D., Mercy Kids pediatric psychiatrist, called the unit “a giant step in eliminating the boundaries and stigma of mental illness.”

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), there are 10 common warning signs of children’s mental illness: • Feeling very sad or withdrawn for more than two weeks (e.g., crying regularly, feeling fatigued, feeling unmotivated) • Seriously trying to harm or kill oneself or making plans to do so • Severe, out-of-control, risk-taking

behaviors that can cause harm to self or others • Sudden, overwhelming fear for no reason, sometimes with a racing heart, physical discomfort or fast breathing • Not eating, throwing up or using laxatives to lose weight; significant weight loss or weight gain • Severe mood swings that cause problems in relationships • Repeated use of drugs or alcohol • Drastic changes in behavior, personality or sleeping habits (e.g., waking up early and acting agitated) • Extreme difficulty in concentrating or staying still that puts a person in physical danger or causes school failure • Intense worries or fears that get in the way of daily activities like hanging out with friends or going to classes Sudden changes in function at school or home also should raise concern, Sakhrani said.

Nuts for good health Eating a handful of nuts a day offers big health benefits, according to a large-scale study by scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the Harvard School of Public Health.

Researchers analyzed databases from The Nurses’ Health Study, which provided information on more than 76,000 women from 1980-2010, and the Health Professionals’ Follow-up Study, which took place from 1986-2010 and involved more than 43,000 men. Both studies required participants to fill out detailed food questionnaires that included questions about nut consumption.

The analysis revealed that compared to people who did not eat nuts, those who ate a handful of nuts daily were 20 percent less likely to die from any cause over a 30-year period. What’s more, those who ate nuts regularly were more slender than non-nut-eaters.

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heart disease – the major killer of people in America,” Charles S. Fuchs, M.D., senior author of the report, said in a news release. “But we also saw a significant reduction – 11 percent – in the risk of dying from cancer.”

Researchers were unable to determine whether any specific type or types of nuts were responsible for the health benefits, but the reduction in mortality was similar for peanuts and tree nuts, which include walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, macadamias, pecans, pistachios and pine nuts.

The more nuts people in the studies ate, the less likely they were to die over a 30-year period, but even less-than-daily nut consumption seemed to be beneficial.

People who ate nuts less than once a week had a 7 percent mortality reduction, and those who ate them once a week had an 11 percent mortality reduction.

Politically correct calories This holiday season, some people may pack on a few pounds not because they lack self-control, but because they are afraid of being politically incorrect.

A Duke University study showed that people sometimes choose to eat and serve unhealthy foods because they do not want to offend their guests. A research team conducted experiments into how people choose between healthy and unhealthy food options when they are picking for both themselves and another person.

“We wanted to understand if food choices would change if they were picking a dish or snack for themselves and an average-sized person versus themselves and an overweight person,” researcher Peggy Liu said.

When asked to choose either a snack of wheat crackers or chocolate chip cookies for themselves and someone else, nearly 60 percent of participants chose the same snack for themselves and an overweight person; however, when choosing food for someone of average size, they chose the same snack about 30 percent of the time.

“What the results show is that people pick the same snack to avoid offending someone they perceive as overweight,” said Gavan Fitzsimons, Duke marketing

professor. “This means that people might pick unhealthier options for themselves and others during the holidays if they think not doing so could hurt someone’s feelings.”

In related studies, participants told researchers they thought that giving an overweight person healthy food and taking unhealthy food for themselves would offend the person. Likewise, they said they feared it would be offensive to give a heavy person unhealthy food and eat healthy food themselves.

“This suggests that if you are heading back to the buffet to cut a piece of pumpkin pie for your overweight uncle, you might also cut a larger piece than normal for yourself so you don’t hurt his feelings,” Liu said.

The study was published Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

Slowpoke Generation Compared to children 30 years ago, kids today take about a minute and a half longer to run a mile, and around the globe, kids are about 15 percent less fit than their parents were at the same age.

According to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2013, cardiovascular fitness among young people has declined significantly since 1975. The change occurred worldwide and was similar for boys and girls but varied from country to country.

In a study that involved more than 25 million 9- to 17-year-olds in 28 countries from 1964-2010, researchers gauged cardiovascular endurance based on how far kids could run in a set time or how long it took to run a set distance. Results showed that in the U.S., kids’ cardiovascular endurance fell an average of 6 percent per decade between 1970 and 2000, and across nations, kids’ endurance declined consistently by about 5 percent per decade.

Researchers arrived at the data by analyzing 50 studies on running fitness.

“Young people can be fit in different ways,” lead study author Grant Tomkinson, of the University of South Australia’s School of Health Sciences, said. “They can be strong like a weightlifter, or flexible like

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But not all of these types of fitness relate well to health. The most important type of fitness for good health is cardiovascular fitness, which is the ability to exercise vigorously for a long time, like running multiple laps around an oval track.”

Tomkinson said 30-60 percent of the decline in young people’s endurance running performance was due to increases in fat mass. He noted that people who are “generally unfit” when they are young have an increased risk of developing heart disease in adulthood.

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Embracing the season Friendship Village Chesterfield (FVC) resident Lorene Rowland (left) found a novel way to display one of the autumn wreaths that were made by residents of the senior living community and offered for sale at the annual FVC Harvest Bazaar.

Free and open to the public in the FVC Theater, the Harvest Bazaar kicks off the fall season each year with the sale of crafts, gifts, jewelry, seasonal scents, home-baked treats, floral designs and other items. Proceeds from the event are used to support FVC’s creative arts studio, library and other projects.

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By JIM ERICKSON erickson.jim@att.net For Chesterfield resident Will Carpenter, humor often is the best way to make a point, whether it involves his professional work or efforts describing one of the world’s most significant diplomatic achievements – one in which he also played a major role.

“The problem ain’t what people know.

It’s what people know that ain’t so, that’s the problem.”

Carpenter, 83, easily quotes American humorist Will Rogers during a conversation both about his career in agricultural research and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

If the latter isn’t an entity you’ve heard of, you’re not alone.

“Probably 99.9 percent of the people in the world have never heard of it,” Carpenter said.

That percentage should increase somewhat on Dec. 10 when the OPCW receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.

Carpenter knows the organization as few others do. He helped to develop the international treaty that created it. Subsequently, he served as the U.S. representative to, and co-chair of, its Science Advisory Board.

That effort spanned more than two decades and, for much of that time, was in addition to his work as an executive at Monsanto.

Carpenter joined Monsanto in 1958 as a research biochemist after earning a doctorate in plant physiology at Purdue University.

During his tenure with the Creve Coeurbased firm, he rose through the ranks to become vice president and general manager of the company’s new products division and played a key role in the development and marketing of a number of products such as the herbicides Lasso and Roundup.

In 1978, the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency asked the Chemical Manufacturers’ Association (now the American Chemistry Council) to participate in the development of an international chemical weapons treaty.

“The thinking was that the (chemical) industry absolutely had to participate in the treaty process,” Carpenter said. “After all, that’s where the expertise was, and companies in the industry were the ones that would be living with whatever treaty emerged.”

Carpenter persuaded five other industry colleagues to join him. Their role was to serve as “honest brokers” between all of the parties involved, including chemical companies, diplomats and political and military leaders throughout the world.

To say it wasn’t an easy task would be a major understatement.

“There were some concerns, at first, that

we didn’t have enough people to get the job done,” Carpenter recalled. “But our specialized knowledge and interests complemented each other. I think the way things worked out showed we were equal to the task.

“The experience certainly changed our lives.”

There was early consensus among Carpenter’s team that everyone they talked to would hear the same story, not one tailored to appeal to whatever this or that group wanted to hear.

Another point of agreement was that the

190 countries have done so. Among those that haven’t are North Korea, Egypt, Angola and South Sudan. Israel and Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) have signed the treaty, but have not yet ratified it.

Two nations that were especially active in promoting the treaty were Iran and Australia, Carpenter remembered. Iran’s position was based on having been attacked with chemical weapons during the IranIraq War in the 1980s. Australia suffered a disproportionate number of casualties in chemical attacks during World War 1.

Will Carpenter with some of the awards he has received.

treaty had to include plant inspections and other provisions to verify that nations and chemical companies were in compliance.

“Post World War I, the League of Nations had a chemical weapons treaty. But there were no verification procedures in it so it was of no value,” Carpenter said. “At the end of the day, history, logic and fact demanded (verification).”

Carpenter readily admits to feeling discouraged at times during the 15 years it took to complete the treaty.

“We found that differences between various departments in our own government could be as great as those between our nation and Russia, for example,” he observed. “Fortunately, though, such instances were rare.

“Sure, there were compromises along the way. Our contribution was coming up with a treaty that was tough in its verification procedures, but also one that industry around the world could live with.”

Known as the Chemical Weapons Convention, the pact had to be ratified by at least 65 nations before it went into effect. To date,

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The treaty contained a number of aggressive timelines and not all have been met, Carpenter said. However, he firmly believes it is better to look at what has been accomplished.

For example, 80 percent of the world’s stockpiles of chemical weapons have been destroyed under OPCW supervision. And, in recent weeks, the organization was put in charge of steps to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons.

“When you consider how long it takes to get things done here in our country, where we have more than 200 years of history and one official language, is it any wonder that a brand new organization that’s dealing with many different languages might require more time to get its job done?” Carpenter asked.

The U.S. government didn’t get around to ratifying the treaty until 1997, four years after signing it. Even then, ratification in the Senate faced some strong opposition.

One of the key proponents of ratification, Carpenter said, was Joe Biden, now the nation’s vice president who then was a

Delaware senator.

The treaty is based on science, but the fact that science changes constantly led the OPCW to create the Science Advisory Board to make sure the organization kept pace with new developments. Carpenter was the first U.S. representative to serve on that body and was its co-chair during his three years as a member.

It is probably easy to conclude the OPCW is part of the United Nations. But while the two work closely together they are separate, independent entities. The chemical weapons organization is based in The Hague, Netherlands.

Carpenter was pleased to learn, via the news media, that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize would go to the OPCW. “There were some people who thought that meant I had won the award,” Carpenter said with a smile. “I just tell them not to overemphasize my contributions because there were many other people also involved, working on other parts of the treaty.”

The Chesterfield resident retired from Monsanto in 1992, but has remained active. Among other things, he has served on various corporate and advisory boards, including the foundation at his undergraduate alma mater, Mississippi State, and the Purdue Science Advisory Board.

He also chaired the leadership council of the College of Arts and Sciences at UMSL and served on the advisory board for Webster University’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Walls in a basement room display the numerous awards and honors he has received from Mississippi State, Purdue, Webster and UMSL; and from chemical and agricultural organizations and other groups.

The city of Chesterfield has issued a proclamation honoring both Carpenter and his wife, Hellen, who was in the market research department at Monsanto when he joined the company. The couple has a son and daughter, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Interesting tidbits of Carpenter family trivia include the fact that Hellen’s maternal grandfather, Dr. James Naismith, invented basketball late in the 19th century while employed as a physical education instructor in Springfield, Mass., and Carpenter, while working on his doctorate at Purdue University, tutored Lamar Lundy, went on to star as a member of the Los Angeles Rams’ “Fearsome Foursome.”

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A tree lot is now open from 2-7 p.m., Monday-Friday and from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays at Living Word Church, 17315 Manchester Road in Wildwood. Frasier firs, balsam firs and Scotch pines in all sizes, wreaths and pine roping are sold. Proceeds fund student scholarships and mission projects. Visit livingwordumc.org.

••• Young Friends of Kids with Cancer hosts its Toys and Toddies Toy Drive and Happy Hour at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5 at The Wheelhouse, 15 N. Central Ave. in Clayton. The evening includes a wine pull, appetizers, special deals and live music. To enter, a new, unwrapped toy, a kid-friendly gift card or a $10 donation is requested.

RSVP to Brandy Lucero at (314) 275-7440 or brandy@friendsofkids.com.

••• The Welcome Club Gateway to Friendship Holiday Luncheon and Auction is at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12 at Forest Hills Country Club, 36 Forest Club Drive. All auction proceeds benefit the USO and International Crisis Aid. The program includes a fashion show presented by Chico’s. Admission is $29. Call Lynda at 343-5771.

••• Old Trails Historical Society hosts Christmas Traditions, Gingerbread House & Candy Cane Shoppe from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14 at the historic Bacon Log Cabin, 687 Henry Ave. in Ballwin.

Homemade cookies, candy, jams, jellies, stocking stuffers and holiday gifts are featured. Chances for a “year of cookies” will be available for $1 per chance/$5 for six chances with the winner receiving a batch of cookies each month for a year. Proceeds support the maintenance and preservation of the Bacon Log Cabin. Call Carol at 227-6087.

••• The fifth annual St. Mark Presbyterian Church Holiday House Tour is from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14 at five West County homes that are decorated for the Christmas season. There is a train display at the church, 601 Claymont Drive

in Ballwin. Brunch is served at the church from 10-11:30 a.m., with reservations required. The cost is $10 for the tour and $7 for brunch. Proceeds benefit Lydia’s House for battered and abused women and their children. Call 227-9116.

HOLIDAY The city of Manchester hosts its annual Outdoor Holiday Decorating Contest with judging on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The contest is open to residences within the city’s limits. Call 391-6326, ext. 400.

••• Supper with Santa is from 4:30-7 p.m. on Saturdays, Dec. 7 and 14, and Sundays, Dec. 8 and 15 at The Butterfly House in Faust Park. Tickets include a pasta dinner, picture with Santa, face painting, ornament making, story time, cookies and hot chocolate. The cost is $20 for children and $15 for adults ($2 discount for members).

Reservations are required. Visit butterflyhouse.org, or call 530-0076.

••• A Cookie Walk and Christmas Craft Boutique is from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Bethel United Methodist Church, 17500 Manchester Road in Wildwood. Homemade cookies and candies priced at $7 per pound, individually priced confections, and gifts created by the Bethel Crafters and the Bethel Quilters are featured. A chili and hot dog lunch is available. Call 458-2255.

••• The city of Ballwin hosts a Holiday Boutique from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at The Pointe at Ballwin Commons.

The free event gives guests the opportunity to take a picture with Santa, enjoy complimentary food and beverages, make crafts in Santa’s Workshop and go shopping at a vendor fair. Visit ballwin.mo.us.

••• “Follow That Star: A Jazz Nativity” is at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 10 W. Lockwood Ave. in Webster Groves; at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8 at Parkway United

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The re-imagining of the Christmas story features music from The Oikos Ensemble with guest vocalist Kim Fuller. Contact Rev. Cliff Aerie at (216) 870-1548 or Rev. Keith Karau at (314) 374-4183.

••• “An Acoustic Family Christmas” is at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays, Dec. 8, 15 and 22 and Tuesday, Dec. 24 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 14088 Clayton Road in Chesterfield. Visit youmattertogod.org.

••• The Missouri Women’s Chorus presents “Christmas Carol,” a concert featuring holiday arrangements for women’s voices, at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8 at St. Anselm Parish, 520 South Mason Road in Creve Coeur. For advance tickets priced at $12, call (314) 629-5374. Tickets at the door are $15 for the general public and $10 for students with a valid ID. Visit missouriwomenschorus.org.

••• Carol Bowman Academy of Dance presents “The Nutcracker” at 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8 at the Chesterfield YMCA Theater, 16464 Burkhardt Place. Admission is $7 for all ages. For information on group rates, or to order tickets by phone, call 537-3203. For information only, call 537-3203.

••• “Sounds of Christmas” is at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8 at Living Word Church, 17315 Manchester Road in Wildwood. Children, youth and adult music ensembles perform at the event, which is free and open to all. Childcare is provided for children aged 3 and younger. Visit livingwordumc.org.

••• The Parkway Community Education Holiday Highlights Tour is from 1-8 p.m. (meet at 12:30 p.m.) on Tuesday, Dec. 10 beginning at the Parkway School District Administration Bldg., 455 N. Woods Mill Road. Featured stops include the holidaydecorated Cupples House on Saint Louis University’s campus; Walter Knoll’s floral establishment on LaSalle Street; the Missouri Botanical Garden, to view a holiday floral display with electric trains; and Our Lady

of the Snows for a buffet dinner and a drive through the Shrine’s “Way of Lights.” The cost is $81 for Parkway residents and $84 for non-residents and includes bus transportation, services of a tour guide, admissions and dinner. To register, call (314) 415-8174.

••• The city of Ballwin hosts the Hermann Holiday Tour from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, beginning with a wine tour and tasting at Stone Hill Winery. Lunch at the Concert Hall, a visit to Hermann’s City Park to enjoy Christmas tablescapes, a tour of a rectory with nearly 100 elaborately decorated Christmas trees, and a tour of Waurst Haus with free samples of brats and sausages are featured. Transportation and lunch are included in the $65-$75 fee. The event is for those aged 21 and older. To register, visit ballwin.mo.us, or call 227-8580.

••• “Silhouettes of Christmas,” a presentation of the Christmas story, is at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, Friday, Dec. 13, Saturday, Dec. 14 and Sunday, Dec. 15 and also at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14 at St. John Church, 15800 Manchester Road in Ellisville. The presentation is produced in partnership with Dance, Inc., and Lindenwood University. Tickets are $6 per person and are available by phone at 779-1060 and online at stjstl.net/soc.

••• “The Nutcracker” with Alexandra Ballet is at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15 at The Purser Center at Logan University, 1851 Schoettler Road in Chesterfield. Tickets are $16.50 for adults and $11.50 for children, with group sales rates and Logan College discounts available.

Call 519-1955, or visit chesterfieldarts.org.

SPECIAL INTEREST A “Saint Louis Italians: The Hill and Beyond” book-signing and meet-andgreet with Ande and Key Pietoso, sons of Cafe Napoli and Napoli 2ue owner Tony Pietoso, is from noon-2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Three French Hens, 16935 Manchester Road in Wildwood. Call 458-8033.

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