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Take Care Of Dad On Father’s Day They say that people mellow with age.

However, the older I get, the less patience I have with cleverness.

If increased government spending with borrowed or newly created money is a “stimulus,” then the Weimar Republic should have been stimulated to unprecedented prosperity, instead of runaway inflation and widespread economic desperation that ultimately brought Adolf Hitler to power.

Just days after Colin Powell informed us that the American people were willing to pay higher taxes in order to get government services - and that Republicans therefore needed to stop their opposition to taxes - California voters resoundingly defeated a bill to raise taxes in order to pay for the many government services in that liberal state.

Who was it who said: “I cannot tell what powers may have to be exercised in order to win this war”? George W. Bush?

Dick Cheney? Donald Rumsfeld? Actually, it was Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a “fireside chat” broadcast on Sept. 7, 1942.

He understood that survival was the No. 1 right, without which all other rights are meaningless.

They say adversity concentrates the mind. Now that Republicans have been badly beaten in two consecutive Congressional elections, what Republican leaders in Congress are saying today makes more sense than what they said when they were in power.

When my sister’s children were teenagers, she told them that, if they got into trouble and ended up in jail, to remember that they had a right to make one phone call. She added: “Don’t waste that call phoning me.”

We will never know whether they would have followed her advice, because none of them was ever in jail.

One of the most important talents for success in politics is the ability to make utter nonsense sound not only plausible but inspiring. Barack Obama has that talent.

We will be lucky if we escape the catastrophes into which other countries have been led by leaders with that same charismatic talent.

When I think of the people with serious physical or mental handicaps who nevertheless work, I find it hard to sympathize

with able-bodied men who stand on the streets and beg. Nor can I sympathize with those who give them money that subsidizes a parasitic lifestyle which allows such men to be a constant nuisance, or even a danger, to others.

How surprising is it that Barack Obama, who spent decades hanging out with people who spewed out their hatred of America, did not say anything in the presence of foreign rulers like Hugo Chavez and Daniel Ortega, when they spewed out their hatred of America?

We seem to be moving steadily in the direction of a society where no one is responsible for what he himself did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did, either in the present or in the past.

Why let discussions with visiting celebrities be a constant distraction during a televised tennis match or baseball game?

If we each sat down and wrote out all the mistakes we have made in our lives, all the paper needed would require cutting down whole forests.

Much discussion of the interrogation of captured terrorists ignores the inescapable reality of trade-offs. The real question is: How many American lives are you prepared to sacrifice, in order to spare a terrorist from experiencing distress?

Governments should govern, not micromanage, the economy. A government unrealistic enough to think it can micro-manage is likely to do a worse job than most.

Inspiring as it is to study the history of the struggles and sacrifices that created and preserved America, it also is painful to see how all those investments of efforts and lives are being frittered away today for short-sighted and self-centered reasons.

Why the mere relocation of imprisoned terrorists from Guantanamo to prisons in the United States is a moral issue in the first place is by no means clear, because morality deals with behavior, rather than location. But putting them within the jurisdiction of liberal circuit court judges who can find reasons to turn them loose is a much more serious issue. © 2009 Creators Syndicate, Inc.

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Meadowridge was very interesting. I live McCaskill and Obama have stated their in the adjoining subdivision (Meadow- anti handgun and CC views publicly. That ridge) and have lived here for 23 years. is fact. Clair McCaskill and Barack Obama There were several meetings with the support legislation severely restricting the city of St Peters prior to the construction right to purchase and carry handguns. The of this project. A petition signed by 300 next step in their agenda is to make posresidences in the subdivision was submit- session and carry, illegal. These laws will ted to the city opposing the rezoning of this not confiscate any guns. They will simply land in the first place. This land was zoned make it illegal to posses and or carry them. commercial and was for sale since I moved Canada banned handguns. Three years in in and no takers. prison for possession of a formerly legally The city did not want to listen to us since purchased handgun. The law forces you to we do not live in the city of St Peters. I turn your legally purchased handgun over would suggest that you revisit the proceed- to authorities. ings prior to the first spade being turned on The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, this project. This was a disaster waiting to (RCMP), will not come to your home and happen and we all knew it. confiscate your handgun, however, the The only thing that was green about this choice is yours, keep the gun and suffer the project was the money that was going into consequences or turn it over to the RCMP someone’s pocket. to avoid prosecution.

If you want a real story find out what The NRA has done more to promote went on behind the scenes that allowed firearm safety (see Eddie Eagle) and is this project to be approved in the first place. responsible for reducing gun related acciThis is what happens when government dents by 80 percent over the last 30 years does not do its homework. in this country.

I have been told, but it’s not confirmed, Greg DaLay that the remaining units have been sold and that the cost of completion of approximately $150,000 versus the cost of $350,000 already in the buildings. The Something amazing problem appears that since one bank owns the land and others the postage stamp that To the editor: the building is sitting on, it creates issues In April something amazing happened in with access to the property. our community. More than 1-million items Since we in the subdivision have no were collected through Girl Scouts of Eastsay over this project we are just wait- ern Missouri’s 12th annual April Showers ing for the next ball to drop. The city Personal Care Item Drive. These items will is only looking out for the developers, directly benefit thousands of local families banks, and their own interests not ours. and individuals in need.

Not only are the buildings falling down, This impressive result is only possible now a contractor is installing barricades in thanks to the generous support of our comfront of the area across the street to limit munity members who contributed these access to a vacant piece of land. items. Personal care items play an imporCan’t wait to see happens next. tant role in the health and well being of the John Schlum people in our community.

April Showers is an ideal opportunity for Insults our Girl Scouts to engage in community service and build skills that will help them To the editor: develop into the next generation of lead“Ammo supplies dwindle� (MRN, May ers.

20, 2009): Jeannie Seibert should get I extend my sincere gratitude to all of the her facts straight. Please do not insult the Girl Scouts, parents and volunteers who intelligence of hard working law abiding devoted time and energy to this remarkable citizens by disseminating nonsense about program, and to the members of our comthe left. munity who donated personal care items.

Clair McCaskill states that the NRA is Marcia Barber fear mongering. Really?

Chief Executive Officer “And as for the concealed carry rights of Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri

Publisher Doug Huber General Manager Tim Weber Managing Editor Terry Dean Marketing Director Sharon Huber Business Manager Erica Ritter Graphic Designers Angela Carmody Chris Conley Steve Glover Ellen Thomas

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EDITORIAL

Will we never learn?

A university professor named Geoffrey Nunberg once wrote that “nothing betrays the spirit of an age so precisely as the way it represents the future.”

Last week, ABC News took it upon themselves to attempt to represent the future with a program called “Earth 2100” - and in the attempt, they absolutely betrayed the spirit behind the representation.

“Earth 2100” is, at best, a depiction of a fictional worst-case scenario played out through the eyes of a character named Lucy.

The program theorizes that, unless drastic changes are made in the way we treat the planet, mankind will be completely wiped out by the year 2100.

At worst, “Earth 2100” is the most irresponsible piece of propaganda ever to grace U.S. airwaves under the banner of being “news.”

ABC News and the show’s host, veteran reporter Bob Woodruff, have chosen to call this program a “new kind of journalism.”

Let the record indicate that is the exact point where ABC News demolished any shred of credibility they may have had.

This is not a new kind of journalism. It is an old kind of science fiction. Call it that - fiction, or simply prediction - and we can all go home. It is entertainment. It is fiction. But when supposedly credible news departments start packaging up pseudoscience and extrapolating it 100 years into the future - it ceases to be anything resembling news or journalism. It is an agenda.

The fact that makes this debacle even worse is that human beings are notoriously bad at predicting the future - and trying to forecast the next 100 years is remarkably difficult, some might even say impossible.

The problem lies in the fact that our best suppositions are based on the current reality

and then carried forward on a linear plane.

But great achievement does not follow a linear plane. Great achievement tends to be a jumping off point that creates a brand new plane - it is not stem off a branch, it is a whole new branch.

An example of this linear thinking exists in a set of predictions made by the editors of Popular Mechanics in 1950 called “The Home of the Future.” They predicted that “because all her furniture is waterproof, the housewife of the year 2000 can do her cleaning with a hose.” Not only did they miss the technological innovation, they completely missed the social revolution that would remove such a large number of women from the role of “housewife.”

The worst assumption that “Earth 2100” makes is that for the next 100 years, nothing will happen. Birth rates, inventions, life spans, economies, medicines, will all be static according to this “new journalism.” But the thought of the next 100 years going forward unchanged defies all reason and logic.

When Popular Mechanics made its predictions in 1950, we had not yet discovered DNA or the integrated circuit that would make personal computers possible. The suburb was a relatively new creation, for goodness sake.

Go back another 50 years and the predictions get even worse. A Ladies Home Journal article from 1900 predicted the eradication of mosquitoes and most other bugs by the year 2000. Ridiculous?

Absolutely. But at least the Ladies Home Journal article did not dare to call itself journalism.

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St. Peters Piano/Voice Lab Celebrates the Music of Broadway will play at 7 p.m. on July 2. And families can pull up a lawn chair and enjoy Back to the Future III on June 26. All of the concerts start at 7 p.m. in the park and the movies begin at dusk at the amphitheatre.

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O’FALLON Watch out criminals Businesses in O’Fallon now have the chance to band together against crime.

Businesses and non-profit organizations are invited to join the O’Fallon Police Department’s new City-wide O’Fallon Business Watch program.

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The free business program also includes alerts and information about neighborhood crime issues, tips on catching criminals in the act, providing timely, effective information to the police and training for specific areas of crime prevention and detection for things such as shoplifting, fraud and hightech security equipment.

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Fallen soldiers were honored on May 25 as members of the Armed Forces marched 7 miles in tribute. The march started at the 9-11 Memorial on WingHaven Blvd. and concluded at O’Fallon’s Veteran’s Memorial Walk on Belleau Creek Road where a special Memorial Service was held. “We are soldiers remembering our own,� said SPC (Specialist) Jayme Abercrombie, Company C, 138th Infantry, Missouri Army National Guard. Abercrombie organized the event. “We are (also) doing this for the families of the individuals, letting them know we will not forget these soldiers and what they did for our country.�

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ST. CHARLES Man electrocuted A St. Charles man died in his backyard after being electrocuted earlier this month.

Kevin Baker, 48, was using a hot glue gun to repair a leak in the liner of his outdoor pond when the wire from the glue gun connected with water in the pond and electrocuted him.

Baker, of the 400 block of Hunters Ridge, was found unresponsive at the bottom of the pond by his 25-year-old son.

Free to furlough Giving County employees some scheduled, unpaid time off may be a way the county can save some money.

Sales tax revenues, which account for 60 percent of the operating budget, in St. Charles County were down 2 percent last year. As a result, the county had to cut eight positions and leave 12 additional positions unfilled in the current budget.

St. County Executive Steve Elhmann introduced a Voluntary Furlough Plan last month that would allow full- or part-time employees to take unpaid time off in the form of a reduced work week or work day. “If the voluntary furlough plan were implemented, it would be entirely voluntary, meaning the employee has to ask for the unpaid leave and his supervisor has to agree with it,� said John Sonderegger, for the county. “Benefits, such as health and dental insurance, as well as sick pay and vacation time allotments, would remain in effect during the furlough.�

Sonderegger said if it passes, it would allow for the county executive to put the plan into effect at his discretion. “As of now, there are no immediate plans to use it,� Sonderegger said.

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The newly reconstructed walking trail and additional restrooms at Civic Park were recently unveiled to residents at a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 2.

The trail features two loops: a one-third mile conventional walking trail, and a quarter-mile ADA-compliant trail.

The trail provides easy access to the west-side parking lot as well as an ADAcompliant playground, the Civic Park bandstand, the Civic Park Veterans Memorial and the newly-installed restrooms. The ADA-accessible trail was funded by Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds through the city of O’Fallon. “The project was planned by city of O’Fallon Leadership candidates and the work was partly accomplished by city staff.

Their work will be much appreciated by citizens for years to come,� Springer said.

Pack a cooler and grab a lawn chair because Tuesdays are the night to spend at the park in O’Fallon.

The summer concert season is in full swing with free O’Fallon Jammin’ concerts from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays in Civic Park. Plastic, a cover band for ‘80s hits, will play at the next concert on June 16. The popular concerts are in need of some volunteers are needed to help with children’s activities, crowd counting and other assistance.

Volunteers may help out with one or all of the 11 upcoming concerts, which feature popular local bands performing a variety of music, including rock and roll, pop, disco, rhythm and blues, country, swing, jazz and show tunes.

To volunteer, please contact Volunteer Services at 379-5408 or volunteer@ ofallon.mo.us. For more information, visit ofallon.mo.us/volunteer.

Jammin’ is sponsored by the city of O’Fallon’s Parks and Recreation Department, with support from local businesses.

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O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 7 a.m. July 4, starting at the Bank of Old Monroe, at the corner of T.R. Hughes and Tom Ginnever Drive. The cost of the race is $20 when registering before July 1, or $25 up until the day of the race. To register, call the chamber at 240-1818, or visit fleetfeetstl.com, click on “Race Calendar� and go to the July 4 entry.

Country music headliner Craig Morgan and special guest Chris Young will perform on the Main Stage on Friday, and contemporary rockers Gavin DeGraw and Sister Hazel will take the stage on Saturday.

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Exiting… soon?

Lowery left to wait for looming pink slip O’Fallon mayor plans to conduct a nationwide search for new city administrator

BY MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEY Last January, O’Fallon City Administrator Bob Lowery Jr. said he thought his job may be in jeopardy. That was after the City Council placed him on administrative leave during an investigation by some council members—council members who eventually ran into a brick wall.

Now, seven months later, just about when the previous fallout has dissipated, new O’Fallon Mayor Bill Hennessy says ousting Lowery is still in the works.

“I will be going out for a nationwide search for a city administrator. I’m trying to get my feet wet first, but it will be coming shortly,” Hennessy said. “He (Lowery) knows. I’ve sat down with Bob.” Hennessy, 51, was elected in a threeway race for mayor on April 8, a race that included a campaign promise to replace Lowery as city administrator. Hennessy’s opponents, Jim Frain and Pierce Conley both said they would keep Lowery as city administrator.

“I’m getting along fine with Bob; I have not taken any responsibilities away from him. He is still city administrator and running the city,” Hennessy said. “But I will be doing a nationwide search to replace him.”

According to Missouri law, Lowery can

be fired by Hennessy “at will,” but that decision must be supported by a simple majority vote of City Council members. If there was a tie, the mayor could break it.

If council members wanted to remove the city administrator without mayoral consent, it would take a two-thirds majority of the council.

Lowery was conspicuously absent at Hennessy’s swearing in and first council meeting as mayor. It was announced that he was out celebrating his wedding anniversary.

“I made a campaign promise to go out for a nationwide search for a city administrator and plan to bring that to the council,” Hennessy said shortly after his election.

“They’ll make the decision to support it or not support it. I have made that comment at the League of Women Voters election forum, and people know that was my idea and I won’t back off that idea (of replacing Lowery.)

“I don’t know whether he would be reduced to another position, and I could not say one way or another. That would be based on decisions as a group,” Hennessy said.

Councilman Bob Howell, Ward 4, who was elected to the council in April after serving eight years on the Planning and Zoning Commission, said he knows there have been discussions between Lowery and Hennessy.

“I know they do want to part on speaking terms, and as far as I know it’s been cordial conversation between the two,” Howell

said. “Hopefully it works out best for both parties.”

Howell added, “I have heard nothing but good about Bob, and I think he has been a great asset.”

Lowery’s long winding road leading to the exit door of City Hall began in January when City Council placed him on administrative leave.

He was elusive during that period and refused to comment saying he feared reprisal.

Lowery was on administrative leave until early March.

O’Fallon Public Relations spokesman Tom Drabelle said at the time that there was no formal statement regarding Lowery’s employment situation. After Lowery’s return, he said he believed he had been exonerated and asked that results of an investigation related to his work performance be released. The City Council refused to release the report.

There was also speculation about whether Lowery had pushed for the resignation of former Police Chief Jerry Schulte. After 34 years in the O’Fallon Police Department, Schulte submitted his retirement notice via e-mail on Dec. 12, 2008, two days after being offered an early retirement package by former Mayor Donna Morrow and Lowery. A closed session meeting of the City Council was held to discuss “personnel issues,” but several city councilmen said they had no knowledge prior to the meeting of any actions against Chief Schulte and had no knowledge that city

staff had plans to offer Schulte the retirement package.

The drama surrounding Lowery began sometime earlier, however. Last June (2008), under Morrow’s leadership, Lowery Jr. was chastised for going behind her back during the decision-making process in an attempt to annex the Busch Wildlife area.

There were also allegations by city staff that Lowery was verbally abusive to employees.

Councilman Pierce Conley said Lowery is city administrator, and everything seems to be fairly quiet.

“I would certainly like to see him stay on,” Conley said. “How can we do a nationwide search when we still have a city administrator? It seems like we have a city administrator, and Hennessy’s campaign promise to do a nationwide search is a bit premature.

You can’t have two city administrators, so I guess if Hennessy wants to replace Lowery, he’ll have to find a way to get rid of him.”

Police trap ends with gunfire, dead man

By AMY ARMOUR Maurice Johnson, a 30-year-old Wentzville man, was shot and killed by O’Fallon police, June 1, after entering the apartment of his former girlfriend and child.

The O’Fallon Police Department dispatch received a phone call at 8:54 a.m. from an individual at the Rock Creek Elementary School requesting a well-being check on a female resident in the apartment complex on Mill Creek Parkway in O’Fallon.

The individual was concerned after learning the female resident, whose child attended Rock Creek, had received threatening phone calls from Johnson the previous weekend. It was alleged that a gun shot had been heard in the background of one of the phone calls to the female resident.

Six officers were dispatched to Mill

Creek Parkway and found the residence was locked. There was no response from inside the residence.

A neighbor saw the police officers and offered to call the female resident, who then returned home. She gave the keys to the police officers and requested they search the residence because the suspect had tried to find her the previous weekend. There was no one found inside, but the female resident told police officers that Johnson would return if the police left and he thought she was home.

Two police officers remained in the back bedrooms of the apartment and the remaining four officers left to patrol close by in the area.

“We think he was somewhere close by because as soon as the other police officers

left, he showed up almost immediately,” said Interim Police Chief William Seibert.

Johnson entered through the back door of the apartment and came into the hallway.

“The officers confronted the suspect and advised him that he was under arrest,” Seibert said. “The suspect went for his waistband and produced a hand gun.”

Gunfire ensued and the suspect was struck and killed. Siebert said it had not been determined who shot first.

“Both of the officers are experienced, having 7 and 11 years of service,” Siebert said.

At 9:31 a.m. a call of shots fired and a call for an ambulance was placed by officers on the scene.

This was not the first time police responded to calls at this residence. Siebert

said the female resident had an ex parte against the suspect and there were warrants out for Johnson for domestic assault in the last month.

Diana Damke, with the O’Fallon police department, said the female resident filed an ex parte on Johnson on March 23. An ex parte is a temporary restraining order.

The full order of protection against Johnson was granted April 8. And as recent as two days prior to the shooting, Johnson was suspected in an auto theft.

“Maurice was a suspect in a stolen motor vehicle (case) inWarren County,” Damke said.

The police officers, who were not injured, were placed on administrative leave which is according to department policy. The female resident and her child were not injured.

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BY MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEY For those with a flair for the flare, an excitement for the explosion, the city of O’Fallon wants you to know that although fireworks are legal in St. Charles County, they are illegal within the city of O’Fallon—unless you obtain a permit from City Hall.

The O’Fallon City Council is enacting an amended ordinance to be approved just in time for Fourth of July festivities. According to the new amendments, if you want to shoot off fireworks in the city of O’Fallon, you need approval from your neighborhood association and the O’Fallon Fire Department, and a permit issued at City Hall.

“Get an OK from the Fire Department and a permit from the city,” said O’Fallon Mayor Bill Hennessy. “It’s my understanding that the Fire Department will take a look at where you will shoot the fireworks and determine how safe that area is prior to issuing a permit.”

Such fireworks are likely to be illegal Councilman Pierce Conley said the new explosives that can seriously injure you,” ordinance adds two new layers of approval, Council officials said. making it more difficult for those who Consumer fireworks regulated by the shoot fireworks.

Consumer Product Safety Commission are “In the past you had to go to City Hall, but identifiable by their brightly-color packthere were issues whether City Hall would ages with safety warnings on the packagissue permits to an individual,” Conley ing. The packaging sets forth the country said. “It’s adding a layer of enforcement of origin, which is normally China. Typifor something the council is concerned cal consumer fireworks include fountains, about.” cones, sparklers, fire crackers, bottle rockThe National Council on Fireworks ets, roman candles, ground spinners and Safety reminds you that if you plan to multi-shot products. shoot fireworks, purchase them from a Illegal explosives are often unpackaged licensed store or stand. and are wrapped with plain brown paper.

Never buy firework devices from an indi- They are unlikely to have any safety warnvidual’s house, or out of someone’s car. ings, or place of manufacture.

Weldon Spring fireworks stands will get permits – this year

By AMY ARMOUR Aldermen Donald Stelling and Mickie Ball love fireworks—but they don’t want any fireworks stands in Weldon Spring.

“The use of fireworks (by individuals) would decrease if fireworks stands were not here,” Ball said. “I don’t think (public) fireworks displays should ever be taken away…it just needs to be (with) a permit.”

Stelling said he would like to restrict individuals from purchasing and setting off fireworks, adding “We’re not trying to do away with the organized fireworks.”

But the two aldermen were outvoted, when the Weldon Spring Board of Aldermen voted 4-2 in favor of approving the permits for five fireworks stands located

within city limits.

Ball said she had several concerns with allowing fireworks stands in the area, including the number of injuries associated with fireworks, the pollution created by the fireworks and the litter following the fireworks.

Mayor Don Licklider said the total impact fireworks stands have on the area is about $100,000.

“If we do away with fireworks stands– people will get them in Cottleville. All we would be doing is moving the revenue to another town,” Licklider said. “If people want to buy fireworks, they’re going to buy fireworks. It’s Americana. It’s what we do.

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St. Peters found to have acted properly in information request lawsuit

By JEANNIE SEIBERT Another year has come, just as another legal opinion has been delivered in support of the city of St. Peters.

In a lawsuit begun in September 2007, the most recent ruling from the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Division 2 affirmed the opinion of a lower court which supported the city of St. Peters’ decision to deny a request for information by the Great Rivers Environmental Law Center.

Now, in a May 2009 ruling, appellate judge, the Hon. George W. Draper III, ruled, “This court agrees with the trial court that there was not a preponderance of evidence within the stipulated facts to find the city knowingly or purposely violated the Sunshine Law because the city availed itself to the procedure of Section 610.027.6 (of the law).”

This reiterates 11th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Ted House findings handed down in September 2008, one year to the month after the suit was filed.

At issue was the law center complaint that it had sought to attain records pertaining to the city’s development of the Lakeside 370 property and was denied. This development was already the subject of another lawsuit filed by Great Rivers Habitat Alliance (GRHA) and enjoined by St. Charles County government.

As the subject matter was already in liti-

gation, the city, after receiving the law center’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, sought the advice of the state Attorney General as to whether or not the request should be honored.

Gov. Jay Nixon was Missouri Attorney General at the time and advised the city that it would be within its rights to withhold the documents as they were also subject to an active lawsuit, protected and not subject to the FOIA request.

While the Great Rivers Environmental Law Center and Great Rivers Habitat Alli-

ance (GRHA) are two separate entities, GRHA’s initial lawsuit was in play prior to the law center’s and remains active, awaiting a hearing by the state Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, the city is racking up legal points as the Missouri Attorney General and two courts have found the decision to withhold the requested documents to be within the bounds of the law.

St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano said, “We are very pleased that after a thoughtful and thorough review, the Court of Appeals agrees with the Circuit Court that the city

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During the same time period, and in the same general area, several incidents of vandalism occurred to include spray painting profanity and property damage, according to a police department news release.

All eight victims reported property missing from their vehicles including compact disks, chewing tobacco, a backpack, sunglasses, over-the-counter medications and small amounts of cash. In one incident, a digital camera and case was reported missing. In all the cases, the vehicles were left unlocked, according to the news release.

Lake Saint Louis Police Chief Michael Force said, “Please help deter this behavior by locking unattended vehicles, removing valuables from sight and leaving outside lights on to make it just a little bit harder for those who would take our property.

Anyone with information about these incidents should contact the Lake Saint Louis Police at 625-8018 or leave a message on the agency’s tip line at 625-7995.

of St. Peters followed the law regarding this issue.

“The city of St. Peters very conscientiously follows local, state and federal laws and regulations,” Pagano said. However, “We will continue to do what is necessary to protect the city and our residents’ interests.”

The Law Center’s original request was for documents regarding the city’s application efforts to revise a flood insurance study and rate map through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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FRANCIS HOWELL World view Elementary students in the Francis Howell School District had the opportunity to walk through and sit inside a 20-foot diameter model of the earth on May 27 through May 29. The Earth Balloon Program provides a new perspective of our Earth that helps students to understand their place in it.

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“I think the process provided our fourthgraders with insights into what actually goes into drafting a bill into law. ‘We The People’ means all the people, even the ones who are 10 and 11,” said paraprofessional educator Judith Puder. “When you do the work, step by step, you get a view you just can’t get from a book. Being able to question elected officials and participating in a mock bill debate placed our students right in the middle of the lesson.”

After much discussion and research, the class decided that their bill would designate the mastodon of the species “Mammut Americanus” as the official Missouri prehistoric mammal.

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By AMY ARMOUR It’s an afternoon geared to tickle your taste buds and rev your engine.

The third annual Taste of Cottleville & Car Show will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 27 in historic Cottleville. The event is sponsored by the Cottleville Missouri Main Street Association and proceeds will benefit the Cottleville Firefighters Community Outreach (CFCO).

“It’s a fun family event. We find lots of kids with mom and dad walking the streets of Cottleville,” said Mike Reiter, with Cottleville Ventures. “It’s a nice casual, relaxed day.”

Car enthusiasts of all kinds will have the chance to check out a multitude of vehicles ranging from hot rods to luxury cars to custom motorcycles to off-shore boats.

One of the downtown streets will be blocked off to accommodate the display of four fancy cars—including a Lamborghini, a Rolls-Royce, a Masarati and a Bentley.

“We have a really neat display from the fellows at the Bentley dealership,” Reiter said.

The Car Show will also include a $150,000 Corvette that worked as the pace car for the last Brickyard 400. The Corvette Club will also be participating and visitors can check out a variety of vintage Corvettes.

“We hope to have 100 cars participating,” said Cheryl Mackey, owner of Posh Unique Boutique and president of the Cottleville Missouri Main Street Association.

The cars will be staged at several locations throughout historic Cottleville, she said.

The GTO Club will also be on hand with six or seven GTO’s on display.

“We’ve gotten the word out this year and we’re expecting at least as many (cars) as last year and then some,” Reiter said.

“There will be a wide, wide variety of vehicles.”

Families will have a hand in choosing their favorite. There will be awards honoring the Best of Show and the People’s Choice. And for the first time, children will have a choice—the Kid’s Choice Award.

The cost to enter a car is only $15 before June 26. Applications can be picked up at

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But it’s not all about the cars. Visitors can also taste some Cottleville cuisine from the Thyme Out Cafe, Mannino’s Market, Jo’s Bar or Sherlock’s Steak and Seafood. The Cottleville Fire Protection District will have BBQ for sale to benefit the CFCO. And all of the businesses in historic Cottleville will also be open and waiting for customers, many offering special sales during the event, Mackey said. Shoppers can peruse Aly’s, Posh Unique Boutique, Cottleville Crafts or the Polka Dot Paper Company to mention a few.

Mackey said she hopes the event draws a crowd of about 2,000 to 3,000 people.

About the CFCO The proceeds from the event will benefit Cottleville Firefighters Community Outreach (CFCO).

“We are very excited,” said Skip Stephens, Cottleville firefighter and president and chairman of CFCO. “It’s going to be a great event. We’re honored to be the charity of choice for this event.”

The CFCO is a separate entity from the Cottleville Fire District, and is a non-profit that helps victims of fire, as well as families in need. The organization also has a mission to raise awareness and education on safety.

The CFCO has adopted a needy family for Christmas, provided Christmas gifts to a family who lost their home to fire two weeks before Christmas and provided gift cards to those in need.

The CFCO will be hosting its annual golf tournament on July 18, and 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit the organization.

Since starting the CFCO the community has been very generous, Stephens said.

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By AMY ARMOUR After a year-long review, the outdoor education committee has worked out some of the kinks of a popular, annual fifth-grade campout program.

Last spring, the Fort Zumwalt School District Fifth-Grade Outdoor Education Committee was formed to review some of the issues of concern involving the annual campout at Cuivre River State Park. The outdoor committee, consisting of parents, staff and teachers, addressed three major concerns of the camp, including: safety and security issues, staffing and medication.

Assistant Superintendent Jackie Floyd reported the results of the committee to the Fort Zumwalt Board of Education at its meeting on May 18.

The committee had sent out an electronic survey to parents and staff to gather feedback about issues regarding the campout.

Floyd said they had a 20 percent return on the survey.

Safety and security was addressed last year when the camp added security from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly. The security was provided by the Lincoln County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department. The increased security will

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The committee recommended maintaining the current five day/four night stay at the park and keeping the $180 fee for the camp.

Floyd said that according to the survey most parents (97 percent who completed the survey) were comfortable paying the $180 camp fee. Students also have the opportunity to offset camp costs through fundraising, she said.

Staffing the program has been difficult and the committee recommended offering teachers and faculty a small stipend for chaperoning the trip. Recruiting more at the high school levels for camp counselors will also be more aggressive with staff visiting the high school and middle school faculty meetings annually to promote the outdoor education program.

Floyd said the committee would also recommend adding one more nurse or staff member to help provide students with medications on the first night.

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“There are other things that have been shown to help as well, like regular exercise,” Bateman said. “Patients can also use practical management cognitive strategies to help them adapt, such as keeping a calendar with notes or using a pillbox with the days sectioned off.”

Early diagnosis also allows patients and their families time to gather information about the disease and its progression and to plan for the future, both emotionally and financially.

The Alzheimer’s Association offers a number of programs for people with undiagnosed early stage memory loss and for those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

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Defining the dining difference at Logan’s

By SUZANNE CORBETT Success rests on making a difference, especially in the restaurant business. Since opening last February, Logan’s Restaurant, owned by Mike and Christa Otter, has been making a significant difference in the O’Fallon dining scene.

Logan’s is what Otter calls a mom and pop operation.

The restaurant was created using the Otters’ own concepts, beginning with the name.

“We named it after our daughter,” said Christa Otter, recounting how the decision to open Logan’s always felt right. “When we found this location, we knew it was special. Mike and I worked together on its design, so it’s is a combination of us both.”

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The menu at Logan’s mirrors the décor - fresh, with a nice blend of causal and sophisticated fare. For example, Chicken Marsala shares house specialty status with Cedar Plank Salmon and Carbonara laced with grilled chicken. A menu surprise is French Onion Chicken, a nice twist and lighter take on Cordon Bleu that crowns sautéed chicken breast with melted Swiss Logan’s Restaurant owners Mike and Christa Otter collaborated on their restauran’s design. cheese and a French onion sauce. grilled chicken, melted fontina cheese and proscuitto with Grilled, aged steaks are featured items and all are basil pesto mayo on ciabatta. Grilled pork loin with pepper enhanced with a specialty butter or sauce. KC strips arrive jack and apple chutney is another sandwich worth samwith herb-garlic butter; a wild mushroom-bacon butter and pling. red wine sauce enrobe the filet Mignon; and a rich, creamy Above the norm on pizza selections are the Balsamic horseradish sauce is designated for grilled rib eyes.

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At Greendale, 55+ adults can relax among their peers in a quiet-but-active environment, free from the bicycles, trampolines and toys found in most familyoriented neighborhoods.

The 56 condominiums, located off Hwy. 94 on Sherman Drive, are configured in two 4-story buildings with elevators.

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pool appliances, Lennox energyefficient heating & air conditioning, fold-down seat in the master shower, covered parking, and much more.

Greater Missouri Builders has even provided an in-home computer package with internet connection in each condominium, and current residents often stay in touch daily with email.

But the activity in Greendale is not usually confined to the individual condo. Instead, residents enjoy an active social life, often relaxing in the on-site community activity center, which includes a lounge area, coffee bar and computer communications center.

Here residents can watch TV, read, get online, have get-togethers, play cards, or just enjoy each others’ company.

“It’s nice for people to have a common area to gather,” said community sales manager Sharon Dover. “So often people get stuck in the grind of staying inside their own homes. Greendale gives people the opportunity to stay active and social.”

Currently, Greater Missouri Builders is helping to make the idea of moving to Greendale as easy as possible. Their new “Hold Your Hand” program provides new condo buyers a list of valuable services at no extra charge.

These include helping to find a realtor to list and sell their existing home at a very competitive rate, sending movers to pack and move you, sending a cleaning crew to help clean your old home when you move out, and providing dinner in your new home on move-in day!

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To reach Greendale and speak with Dover about your new condominium, visit the display center. Take Hwy 94 south of I-70 to a right turn on Sherman Drive. For more information call 636-946-1400 or visit the company website at www.GreaterMissouriBuilders.com.

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