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THOMAS SOWELL

‘Empathy’ versus law

Justice David Souter’s retirement from the Supreme Court presents President Barack Obama with his first opportunity to appoint someone to the High Court. People who are speculating about whether the next nominee will be a woman, a Hispanic or whatever, are missing the point.

That we are discussing the next Supreme Court justice in terms of group “representation” is a sign of how far we already have strayed from the purpose of law and the weighty responsibility of appointing someone to sit for life on the highest court in the land.

That President Obama has made “empathy” with certain groups one of his criteria for choosing a Supreme Court nominee is a dangerous sign of how much further the Supreme Court may be pushed away from the rule of law and toward even more arbitrary judicial edicts to advance the agenda of the left and set it in legal concrete, immune from the democratic process.

Would you want to go into court to appear before a judge with “empathy” for groups A, B and C, if you were a member of groups X, Y or Z? Nothing could be further from the rule of law. That would be bad news, even in a traffic court, much less in a court that has the last word on your rights under the Constitution of the United States.

Appoint enough Supreme Court justices with “empathy” for particular groups and you would have, for all practical purposes, repealed the 14th Amendment, which guarantees “equal protection of the laws” for all Americans.

We would have entered a strange new world, where everybody is equal but some are more equal than others. The very idea of the rule of law would become meaningless when it is replaced by the empathies of judges.

Obama solves this contradiction, as he solves so many other problems, with rhetoric. If you believe in the rule of law, he will say the words “rule of law.” And if you are willing to buy it, he will keep on selling it.

Those people who just accept soothing words from politicians they like are gambling with the future of a nation. If you were German, would you be in favor of a law “to relieve the distress of the German people and nation”? That was the law that gave Hitler dictatorial power. He was just

another German chancellor at the time. He was not elected on a platform of war, dictatorship or genocide. He got the power to do those things because of a law “to relieve the distress of the German people.”

When you buy words, you had better know what you are buying.

In the American system of government, presidential term limits restrict how long any given resident of the White House can damage this country directly. But that does not limit how long, or how much, the people he appoints to the Supreme Court can continue to damage this country, for decades after the president who appointed them is long gone.

Justice John Paul Stevens virtually destroyed the Constitution’s restrictions on government officials’ ability to confiscate private property in his 2005 decision in the case of “Kelo v. New London” - 30 years after President Gerald Ford appointed him.

The biggest danger in appointing the wrong people to the Supreme Court is not just in how they might vote on some particular issues - whether private property, abortion or whatever. The biggest danger is that they will undermine or destroy the very concept of the rule of law - what has been called “a government of laws and not of men.”

Under the American system of government, this cannot be done overnight or perhaps even during the terms in office of one president - but it can be done. And it can be done over time by the appointees of just one president, if he gets enough appointees.

Some people say that who Obama appoints to replace Justice Souter does not really matter, because Souter is a liberal who probably will be replaced by another liberal. But, if no one sounds the alarm now, we can end up with a series of appointees with “empathy” - which is to say, with justices who think their job is to “relieve the distress” of particular groups, rather than to uphold the Constitution of the United States. © 2009 Creators Syndicate, Inc.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Great streets

that make a great street, and these include seat belts. pedestrian access, green space, aesthetics The Chesterfield Police obviously are and many other factors. We hope to be able not aware of the wealth of data pertaining to bring this project to fruition in partner- to the use of rewards to increase specific ship with all of our current businesses. The behaviors. The data show that rewards tend city of Ellisville has a long track record of to be effective, if at all, only in the short partnership with our business community, term and only in specific contexts that are and we hope this project can further that associated with the reward. Rewards also relationship. tend to lessen any intrinsic motivation Finally, let me address the comment by associated with the behavior (wearing seat the author that the Ellisville newsletter belts) and tend to minimize the legitimate depicted a rendering of the intersection reasons for the behavior. of Clarkson and Manchester “where the I will not even touch on the ethical conWest County Lanes would be affected.” A siderations of getting our children to wear simple look at a map would indicate that seat belts in the same manner as we would the West County Lanes is in fact several housebreak a pet dog. But it would not surblocks east of the intersection and was prise me if the police expand the program in no way depicted on the rendering. In to include slapping those individuals with addition, that rendering, as stated in the a rolled-up newspaper who do not have Trailblazer, was simply intended to give an their seat belts on. example of what type of future design and It surprises me that schools have gone to development could take place at that inter- such lengths to ensure that our children eat section over time. It was never stated or only healthy foods only to have policemen even implied that the city would be taking passing out sugary treats in the parking lot. over properties to make that happen.

Certainly we have better uses for our police Several of the inaccuracies in this article officers than making them distributors of could have been addressed had the author suckers at our local schools for educational placed a phone call to myself, another purposes virtually guaranteed to fail. member of our City Council or a member But, on the positive side, maybe we of our staff. Unfortunately, it appears that could eliminate the expense of red-light simple but important bit of research was cameras by just having officers stand at never done. dangerous intersections and give suckers The Great Streets Initiative is a vital to drivers who appropriately stop. component to the future prosperity of West And if the suckers for seat belts program County and the city of Ellisville. It will will likely fail, having high school students take a significant amount of partnership decorating fake seat belts for prizes must between all affected stakeholders to bring also be deemed a ludicrous educational this effort to fruition. endeavor.

I appreciate the coverage that West NewsIf Chesterfield is looking to reduce budget magazine is giving this effort. However, I expenses I would suggest they begin with would hope that before any future articles the obvious - by eliminating the position of are published, the writers and editors make Patrolman Paul Powers and the programs a better effort to verify their facts, speak he has implemented. Maybe the true soluto all sides involved and provide a higher tion is to let professional educators do their standard of journalism to its readers. job without the assistance of the ChesterMayor Matt Pirrello field Police. Chesterfield policemen are to City of Ellisville be admired and praised for the work they do, but they are not educators. Let them do the job they are trained and paid to do.

Val D. Turner Chesterfield

To The Editor: This letter is in response to your recent cover story regarding the Great Streets Initiative. I am pleased to see the West Newsmagazine taking the initiative to cover this important project currently being undertaken by five West County communities.

However, I am extremely troubled and disappointed to see several blatantly false statements in the article.

First, let me clarify that the project, as proposed at this time, is a planning project and not a construction project. The proposed contract with East-West Gateway and the consulting team from Design Workshop is for research, analysis and recommendations on how to revitalize the Manchester corridor. There is no property acquisition or construction being discussed at this point.

Several months ago, the city did engage in conversations with more than 30 property owners along the Manchester and Clarkson Road corridors. The purpose was to involve them regarding the city’s ongoing, pro-active approach to private/ public partnerships as it relates to the future of economic development within Ellisville. During the course of these meetings, questions were raised regarding the use of eminent domain if a property owner did not wish to be included in a potential redevelopment.

It was clearly and repeatedly stated that the city would simply look elsewhere in lieu of any taking of property. The purpose of those meetings, frankly, was to avoid such misinformation and include our business owners in all aspects of any future city economic development plan. We wish to be their partner, not their adversary. The development of partnerships has proven results in avoiding the use of eminent domain.

The city of Ellisville cares a great deal about the health and vibrancy of our business community. We have taken many steps to ensure that our business corridor is prosperous, and that is one of the fundamental reasons behind our involvement We have been suckered in the Great Streets Initiative. We want to To The Editor: make the community better for our resiIt is a shame that the Chesterfield Police dents and our businesses. This is a long- are not held to the same accountability term effort for which there is no quick fix. standards for the educational programs Right-wing extremism?

This corridor has developed for more than they initiate in our schools as the schools To The Editor: 50-plus years and trying to transform it for themselves are for their programs. If the Thanks to Thomas Sowell for focusing the next generation will take time, patience Chesterfield Police had to meet account- on Janet Napolitano’s alert to the nation and partnership from everyone involved. ability standards for their educational pro- that he, I and most of our friends could The Great Streets Initiative is not about grams, it is highly unlikely that we would be on her “You Might Be a Right-Wing replacing our current businesses with some- have officers standing outside of schools Extremist If . . .” list. She has profiled me thing new. Rather, there are many elements distributing suckers to children wearing for sure.

• I “reject federal authority in favor of state or local authority,” especially where the U.S. Constitution is clear. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison also wanted a weaker federal government with most power assigned to the states. They too might have been ìright-wing extremists.”

• I am indeed a “disillusioned veteranî of a war that resulted from our president lying to Congress and to the American people.

The Vietnam War was greatly enlarged by Lyndon Johnson’s deliberate falsifications of the Gulf of Tonkin incident. After 58,000 Americans lost their lives in Southeast Asia, and 50,000-plus in Korea a decade earlier, fighting to stop Communism, our current president coddles and coos Communist dictators in Latin America, even the one who probably helped assassinate President John Kennedy. Yep, I am seriously disillusioned. How about you, Marine Sowell?

I wonder how President Kennedy (and Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, Ford and Reagan) would feel about President Barack Obama embracing our country’s 60-year sworn enemy. Nikita Khrushchev would feel vindicated, but even he thought Castro’s hatred of America was out of control.

• I am strongly “dedicated to [the] opposition to abortion.” According to the Obama administration, supporting every pre-born childís right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness makes us “potential terrorist recruits.”

• I am a conservative Christian who believes the “Bible’s description of end times.” Better alert the neighbors, right, Janet?

• I have “food, ammunition and weapons.” In fact, I have owned at least one shotgun or rifle since I was 15 years old.

And I come from a long line of people who have “stored food,” more indicators of dangerous wacko-ism, according to Napolitano.

• And I admit to having a “pro-enforcement fervor” concerning the federal laws and constitutional responsibilities to protect our borders from invasion by foreign nationals (oops, “undocumented workers”). Yes, you, too, might be a “right-wing extremist” if you ask our government to differentiate between legal and illegal.

So much for her “assessment.” My assessment is she may be more dangerous to the American way of life than those whom she defames. Ms. Napolitano, please go away. If President Obama does not have the spine to fire you after all his other embarrassingly flawed appointments, then do the right thing. Resign.

Don Folkemer Manchester

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Flags of our fathers

Quotable: “I hardly play a note. In fact, I’d say that six out of the top 10 collectors don’t play the harmonica. I always tell people, you don’t have to be a painter to collect a Rembrandt.”

- Chesterfield resident Harland Crain, who hopes to be selected for Guinness World Records for having the world’s largest private collection of harmonicas.

“Recently, I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was OK to give me.”

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EDITORIAL

The roads more traveled On Thursday, the public is invited to Parkway Central High School to view the final process of a project 40 years in the making - the expansion of Hwy. 141.

The last decision to be made in order to complete a north-south thoroughfare that would connect Hwy. 141 to the Maryland Heights Expressway is the exact route the connector would take to link up between Ladue Road and Creve Coeur Mill Road.

This new route would effectively connect U.S. 61-67 in Jefferson County to Route 370 in northwest St. Louis County.

Construction could begin as early as 2010 and be completed by spring 2012.

Transportation projects often find public support to be elusive. These projects tend to be disruptive. They are bothersome, expensive, and have a definite lack of sexiness that people tend to appreciate in a public works project.

These difficulties make marketing the projects difficult. The St. Louis County

Highways and Traffic Department lists several local benefits to this project, largely focused on safety, traffic mitigation and air quality.

All important items, but all very boring.

The reality of a project like this one exists in a very simple equation - transportation equals commerce; commerce equals revenue; revenue equals services; services equal quality of life. Some estimates put the economic impact of Hwy. 141 at $20 billion over the next 20 years. Translation?

Your family will be safer. Your life will be more convenient. Your house will be worth more money. That is the value of a new and improved Hwy. 141.

The value actually increases when a person looks at the big transportation picture for the area. The new expansion of Hwy. 141 will significantly relieve congestion on I-270, which already is going to be helped by a new I-64 and the Page Ave. extension. Add to that some of the

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work currently planned for arterial roads, such as a new interchange at Long Road in Chesterfield Valley, and the realigning of the connection between Long Road and Kehrs Mill; the relatively new Olive Blvd. and I-170 interchange in Olivette; the eventual widening of Hwy. 109 combined with the straightening of Eatherton Road; the revamping of Manchester Road through five different area municipalities via the Great Streets Initiative.

Put all this together and a person can begin to see an overall picture of seamless traffic flow in every direction throughout West St. Louis County.

The other aspect of this big picture is less rosy. The fact is that all of this road building is wonderful, but it also is an antiquated method of dealing with transportation issues. If St. Louis County and outlying counties continue their current rate of growth, we will not be able to build enough roads fast enough to accommodate

the traffic. Mass transit will have to become a viable alternative in West County - and it most likely will need to happen within our lifetime. Mass transit is more efficient, and at some time our roads and highways will hit the point of diminishing returns. We will be building, rebuilding and repairing far more than we can afford.

That point of affordability is another major concern. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is going broke.

Stimulus funds have offset that problem for another couple of years, but we will need to create a sustainable funding system for MoDOT - and again, we need it quickly or we will be watching all these beautiful new roads crumble before our very eyes.

The slogan that St. Louis County used to support the expansion of Hwy. 141 was “Finish the job.” It is a good slogan for a great project, but there are more jobs that need to be finished once Hwy. 141 is complete.

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BALLWIN Wireless signs at crosswalks The Ballwin Public Works Department is installing new wireless crosswalk warning systems at the existing crosswalks near Holy Infant School and Selvidge Middle School on New Ballwin Road.

All of the equipment is solar-powered with wireless communication between the signs.

The warning systems are expected to be operational beginning the week of May 18.

CREVE COEUR ‘Reading is Hot’ program Ever wondered how exciting it would be to ride on one of those giant fire trucks blaring down the street? That dream has become a reality for some local elementary school students as they have participated in the Creve Coeur Fire Protection District’s “Reading is Hot” Program.

The “Reading is Hot” Program is a literacy program designed to encourage ele-

mentary school children to read. Students had the opportunity to compete during a two-week contest held this spring. The 10 students in each grade who read the most minutes won a drawstring bag and were entered into a drawing for the grand prize of a ride to school on the fire truck. The grand prize winners will be picked up at their front door by the Creve Coeur Fire Protection DistricWt for a ride to school on one of the department trucks.

This is the second year for the program and the vision of the program is to stress the importance of reading to all the elementary school students within the Creve Coeur Fire Protection District.

ELLISVILLE Former officials honored The Ellisville City Council honored two outgoing City Councilmembers and welcomed two new ones at its May 6 meeting.

Ellisville City Councilmember Richard Lacaille (Dist. 2) has served two full terms since July 2000. In a resolution honoring him, it said that he served the city with a “balance of pride and practicality, courage and determination and extraordinary thoroughness and passion.” Ellisville Mayor

Matt Pirrello said he has been at extreme odds over the course of his term with Lacaille, but any differences on city issues would always come to a well-balanced conclusion, Pirrello said.

Lacaille thanked the residents of his district for their repeated votes of confidence.

“The city is what it is because of the city administration,” Lacaille said. “That’s what makes the city run.”

City Councilmember Charles Pavlack (Dist. 3) served for the past six years. The resolution honoring him stated that he provided added effectiveness with his forthright and direct approach to issues. Pirrello said he considers Pavlack a trusted friend and appreciated his devotion to the city.

Pavlack also thanked city staff and the residents.

“We’re leaving (the city) in very good hands,” Pavlack said.

Taking their place on the City Council is Linda Reel (Dist. 2) and Rozanne Acup (Dist. 3). Pirrello said that now with five women, this is the most women the city has had on its City Council.

nance now states that making, creating or permitting any steady or intermittent, loud, unusual, disturbing or unnecessary noises exceeding 70 decibels at any point would be deemed “loud, unusual, disturbing or unnecessary noise.” The number “70” was implemented into the new language.

The ordinance also includes a sub-section in which the noise level limits do not apply to the following: 1. The operation of construction devices, with sound control devices equivalent to or better than the original equipment that are operated during daytime hours.

2. The repair, maintenance or construction of public facilities of the state, county or municipal government.

3. Emergency work to repair or maintain private utility facilities.

4. The necessary operation of emergency signal devices.

The legislation does apply to any radio, music player such as “boom box, tape cassette, TV or any audio system of musical instrument if it exceeds 70 decibels.

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Turn down that radio The Ellisville City Council on May 6 approved an ordinance amending its municipal code regarding loud noises.

Ellisville Mayor Matt Pirrello said this ordinance had created a lot of “buzz” among city residents. He said he received various phone calls from the public thanking the city for making these changes. The ordi-

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Circle of Concern opens new center Circle Of Concern has moved into its new center. The larger, modern building is just north of Circle’s old home. It retains Circle’s long-time address of 112 St. Louis Ave. in Valley Park. Circle also is keeping its main phone number: 861-2623.

The new center is two and a half times the size of the building it replaces. It has 6,750 square feet of space, including a food pantry three times the size of Circle’s old pantry. The center is the focus of the $1.35 million expansion project for the charity. “A number of small items remain to be completed,� Circle Director Glenn Koenen said. “Landscaping is still a few days away and we’re waiting for our awnings. And, it will take a week or so to get all the boxes unpacked. Still, it was wonderful to open the doors to the new center.�

Circle Of Concern will have a formal ribbon cutting and open house beginning at 2 p.m. on Sun., June 7, 2009. The public is invited to attend.

but has since been slated for finish at least three weeks later than expected. The section of Weidman Road was closed on March 30 after damage to the bridge’s abutment occurred. Heavy rains and snow melt during the last weekend of March caused erosion problems that required immediate repair. “Under a best-case scenario, the old bridge would have been removed and the new one put in within a month of closure,� said Dave Wrone, public information manager for St. Louis County’s Department of Highways and Traffic. “However, we’re now looking at a 45- to 60-day project.�

St. Louis County will pay the developer of a subdivision immediately west of the bridge $120,000 to perform the bridge work.

Motorists must still use either Mason Road or Hwy. 141 to circumvent the closure. Weidman serves as a north-south connector to Manchester Road and Clayton Road.

Listening post with Sen. Bond A representative for U.S. Sen. Christopher S. “Kit� Bond (R-Mo.) will host a Listening Post Forum from 9 to 10 a.m. on May 13 at Manchester City Hall. “My best ideas come from Missouri and I depend on the feedback I get from the thousands of Missourians that use these meetings each year,� Bond said. “My job is to serve Missourians, but I need to hear about a problem if I am going to help solve it and that’s what these Listening Posts are for.�

Lane Koch will be representing Bond at the forum.

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The organization, which was created in 1917, has more than 45,000 clubs and 1.3 million members worldwide, making it the largest service organization in the world.

Members serve the community in a variety of ways, which are determined by each individual club.

Dennis Donze, who will serve as the extension chairperson for the new Wildwood club, has served the organization for 20 years. “It is about doing something for others,ĂŽ Donze said. ĂŹWe work for the betterment of people who are less fortunate than ourselves.â€?

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‘We owe these people so much’ Honor Flight Network brings veterans to national memorials

By SHEILA FRAYNE RHOADES On Memorial Day, Americans take time to remember members of the U.S. armed forces who were killed in service to their country. Throughout the year, volunteers with Honor Flight Network work to honor America’s living veterans, by transporting them to Washington, D.C. to visit war memorials erected in their honor.

Each day, approximately 1,200 veterans pass away, and Honor Flight is working to honor as many of them as possible while they are living. Top priority is given to World War II survivors and to veterans who are terminally ill. The program was estab-

Ballwin resident Rich Triola (center) on an April 25 Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C.

lished for World War II survivors, but any veteran with a documented life-threatening illness is given priority whenever possible to go to the top of the waiting list.

While the cost of freedom is not free, the Honor Flight program is. The non-profit organization is entirely dependent on private donations to underwrite trips to the nation’s capital to honor veterans, who also enjoy three free meals, souvenir caps, T-shirts and memorial books. By year’s end, Honor Flight Network will have transported more than 42,000 veterans through its 76 hubs.

Volunteers do whatever possible to make the experience memorable, rewarding and safe. Each veteran is given due honor and respect from the moment they leave until they return. Upon arrival at the airport, a welcoming flag line stands at attention; a ground crew helps veterans through the terminal and onto the plane. Each veteran is assigned a guardian volunteer, who pays his or her own way, to provide assistance throughout the trip.

“We owe these people so much,” said James E. Tayon, who in 2007 co-founded the Union, Mo.-based Franklin County Honor Flight hub, which already has flown more than 400 veterans on 11 flights.

Last November, guardian volunteer

Honor Flight Network travelers at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Bob Schure (back row); Bill Effinger, Jennifer Jackson and Mary Lou Rogers (middle row, from left); Robert Rogers (seated), and Carl Ramsey (kneeling) at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Mary Lou Rogers flew with her father-inlaw, Robert Rogers, 91, a U.S. Navy veteran and resident of Delmar Gardens West in Chesterfield.

“Every veteran is personally visited by a volunteer,” Mary Lou Rogers said. “When we tell them they’re going, many react as if they had won the lottery, as some have been on the waiting list for as long as two years. For many, it’s the first time in over 60 years that they feel important. Their buttons could pop off their shirts, they’re so proud. They feel as if their sacrifices have finally been recognized.”

U.S. Navy veteran and Chesterfield resident Raymond Robinson, 89, described the Honor Flight trip – his first trip to Washington, D.C. – as “immensely interesting.”

“Our honor guard reception at the airport

was unexpected and very moving,” Robinson said. “Our every wish was fulfilled and each detail of the trip was fantastic.”

Former Prisoner of War Bob Effinger, 84, of Valley Park, also recently made the trip.

“It was fabulous, and I enjoyed it very much,” Effinger, a U.S. Army Corps veteran, said. “Surprisingly, the long day didn’t even wear me out – I was too excited.

But I sure was tired the next day. Ten years ago, I wouldn’t have talked about my war experiences. Now I can.”

Manchester resident and former Women’s Army Corps member Jackie Spector, 85, who in September went on an Honor Flight trip with 11 other female veterans, described the experience as “absolutely See HONOR FLIGHTS, page 15

Missouri lawmakers repeal motorcycle helmet law

By CASEY GODWIN Any weekend the temperature hits above 50 degrees and the skies are fair, Jacob Garcia and his 19-year-old teenage daughter Angel, of Des Peres, are bound to be out cruising on their pair of black motorcycles.

They have matching jackets and gloves, but Angel Garcia’s helmet is blue while her father’s is black.

“I love having something that the two of us can share,” Jacob Garcia said. “I know she’s safe because she’s with me.”

Legislation that is heading to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk may change the way the father-daughter pair ride. Senate Bill 202, which passed in the Missouri Legislature on April 29, repeals Missouri’s 40-year helmet law, allowing anyone 21 and older to ride without helmets on any Missouri road, excluding interstate highways.

Garcia said he would not mind feeling

“the wind in his hair” but said he would not want to set that example for his daughter, who would not legally be allowed to ride without a helmet.

“I do think I should have a right to chose, but then the dad in me comes out and knows I wouldn’t want my kids to ride without a helmet,” Garcia said.

Opponents of the bill say that helmets not only impact the safety of the individual, but the public as a whole.

“When someone is injured in a motorcycle crash it doesn’t just affect that person,” said Dale Findlay, executive director of the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety. “It affects our healthcare system. If the person doesn’t have insurance, it costs the taxpayers; it causes increases in insurance rates, not to mention emotional trauma regarding friends and family associated with those seriously injured or killed in motorcycle

crashes.”

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there was a 13 percent increase in motorcycle crash fatalities nationwide, from 93 in 2007 to 107 in 2008. The administration also said 80 percent of motorcycle crashes result in injury or death.

Findlay said he is concerned that the age limit would not be enforced.

“It’s almost impossible to enforce a minor-only law,” Findlay said. “You would have to stop each individual and check their age.”

The NHTSA found that of the 10 states that have repealed motorcycle helmet laws, helmet use dropped from 99 percent to 50 percent. Motorcycle crash fatalities also saw a sharp increase in those states.

Garcia said he has out-of-state friends who have the ability to ride without hel-

mets in their state.

“We know the risks better than anyone,” Garcia said. “Crashing a bike is very serious and that’s why everyone I know takes it very seriously and drives safely. Helmets haven’t even been proven to be 100 percent effective anyway. There’s no telling if wearing the helmet is going to save your life.”

Statistically, helmets have been found to be 39 percent effective in preventing fatalities and about 67 percent effective in preventing head injuries. Findlay said that these numbers are still significant when it comes to saving lives and preventing permanent brain damage.

“There are traffic rules, speed limits are regulated, seat belts are mandatory, and even drunk driving is illegal. Why shouldn’t people be made to wear motorcycle helmets on the road?” Findlay said.

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By ADAM LAMPEL After extensive discussions following the discovery of a conflict in Wildwoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s municipal code, the City Council has agreed that a two-thirds majority vote is required to overturn a Wildwood Planning and Zoning Commissionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision of denial.

The decision protects the city against possible legislation that could have arisen if the city had chosen to honor the other requirement on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books that called for a three-fourths majority. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because one part of the municipal code stated that three-fourths (or 12 votes) would be required to overturn a denial and another part said two-thirds (11 votes), any time a denial was addressed and only garnered 11 votes (from the Wildwood City Council), it left the door open for litigation against the city,â&#x20AC;? Wildwood Mayor Tim Woerther said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The change closes that gap and eliminates any difference in the municipal code.â&#x20AC;?

Woerther called the process a long and strange path but added that this is not the first time there has been a conflict in the municipal code. The conflict was first brought to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention in January 2008 during a City Council meeting, and at that point, the issue was referred to the Planning and Zoning Commission.

The city had been using the three-fourths requirement until the discovery of the conflicting code. The commission found that

since 2000, there had been 23 denials and all of them would have stood regardless of which requirement was honored. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In other words, it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have made a difference whether the two-thirds or threefourths rule had been applied,â&#x20AC;? Wildwood City Councilmember Bart Cohn (ward 1) said.

Despite that fact, the argument survived for more than a year without resolution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Although no practical argument could be made for one requirement or the other, the City Council began a philosophical debate on the merits of the three-quarters or two-thirds requirement,â&#x20AC;? Cohn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Half of the council believed appointed officialsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; determinations should have less bearing on the determinations of elected officials, while the other half of the council believed there should be greater consideration given to the denial of a planning and zoning application.â&#x20AC;?

Cohn said the issue came down to whether the committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role was purely advisory or if their determinations should hold more weight.

The Planning and Zoning Commission voted almost unanimously for the twothirds requirement, with Woerther the sole hold-out. Ultimately, the commission recommended a two-thirds requirement, and the City Council followed suit, saying that the debate had gone on long enough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It took a little while, but we finally got it straightened out,â&#x20AC;? Cohn said.

Hundreds turn out regarding proposed Schnucks in Ballwin Hearing is postponed to accommodate crowd

By GRETCHEN A. HARMAN A public hearing regarding a proposed Schnucks supermarket on the southeast corner of Kehrs Mill and Clarkson Roads was halted. The Donald â&#x20AC;&#x153;Redâ&#x20AC;? Loehr building in Ballwin was packed, with several hundred residents who were stuck outside the meeting.

The hearing during the Ballwin Planning and Zoning Commission on May 4 regarding the proposal was postponed after hundreds of people showed up to voice their opinions. The crowd was so large that it spilled into the hall and out onto the street. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel it would be in the best interests to reschedule the meeting,â&#x20AC;? said Jim Mello, attorney for Schnucks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are many people who are outside who cannot hear the presentation or be heard themselves.â&#x20AC;?

Mello requested that the Schnucks proposal be the only agenda item at the future

meeting, possibly with extended hours to discuss the issue.

Ballwin Planning and Zoning Chairman Michael Wind agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think with the nature of the petition this makes sense,â&#x20AC;? Wind said.

The next meeting is scheduled for May 27. The proposed property is located at 2511 Kehrs Mill Road, a 4.27-acre site at the southeast corner of Kehrs Mill Road and Clarkson Road.

The property, which has one single-family residence, is surrounded by the Clarkson Crossing Subdivision to the east and south.

A National City Bank is across Clarkson Road to the west and the Picardy Hills multiple-family subdivision is across Kehrs Mill Road to the north while Marquette High School is located diagonally across Clarkson Road from the site.

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Proposal would make St. Louis County assessor an elected official Voters will get chance to decide

By CASEY GODWIN The St. Louis County assessor may become an elected position, if voters approve a measure that the Missouri Legislature recently passed.

The Missouri House of Representatives on May 5 voted 87-73 in favor of placing the proposed constitutional amendment on the next statewide election ballot. The Missouri Senate had approved the proposal 28-6 in March. Unless Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon calls for a special election earlier, the measure will be on the November 2010 ballot.

Senate Joint Resolution 5 (SJR5) requires all assessors in counties with a charter form of government – except Jackson County – to be elected. St. Louis County has appointed its assessor since the 1970s and would see that practice changed upon voter approval.

Missouri Sen. Jane Cunningham (R-Dist.

7) said that requiring the assessor to be elected rather than appointed is the first step towards bringing accountability to the system.

“It puts the decision in the hands of the voter,” Cunningham said. “The property owners (in St. Louis County) have been extremely unhappy with the assessment system over the last few years and they have paid dearly. Next time, before paying dearly, they will be able to change who the assessor is. Right now we’re spending $30 million every year just on that assessor’s

HONOR FLIGHTS, from page 13 awesome.”

“At my age I’m pretty cynical, but the trip came as a total shock,” Spector said. “I felt as though I had made a difference.”

On return flights, packages of letters are distributed to veterans during a mail call that brings some to tears.

“On that plane coming back, I felt like I really did something,” said U.S. Army veteran and Ballwin resident Rich Triola, 89, one of 36 veterans who on April 25 took the Honor Flight trip. “The mail call was a wonderful surprise, filled with thank-you notes from school kids and my own family members.”

Recently, St. Charles resident Jennifer Jackson, Mary Lou Rogers, retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Bob Schure and others formed Greater St. Louis Honor Flight.

“Now we desperately need volunteers and contributions to get it up in the air – approximately $15,000 to set up the maiden flight,” Schure said.

office in St. Louis County. A lot of that is all those horrible appeals and the lawyers the county has to hire.”

However, not all area representatives are in favor of making St. Louis County’s assessor an elected position. Missouri Rep. Jill Schupp (D-Dist. 82) said the proposed constitutional amendment is not the proper way to fix what is wrong with St. Louis County.

“This is a local issue, it’s a St. Louis County issue and not a state issue,” Schupp said.

Schupp said the real problem is the tax rates.

Throughout the state, 112 counties use elected assessors. St. Louis County is one of only three jurisdictions to appoint its assessor.

“I don’t think singling out the assessor as the problem is an accurate way to portray the situation,” Schupp said. “The fact that we have an appointed assessor versus an elected assessor is a good thing. An elected assessor is just another politician who is accessible to other interest groups.”

Schupp said regardless of her views, she believes voters ultimately have the right to make that decision.

St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley was not available for comment.

However, his spokesperson, Mac Scott, said that Dooley’s feeling is “that he always favors hearing from the voters of St. Louis County on issues that affect them.”

Local Honor Flight Network information Honor Flight of Franklin County Contact James E. Tayon at 584-8144 or visit franklincountyhonorflight.org.

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By CASEY GODWIN The Pointe at Ballwin Commons needs a theme for an exciting new game room that is scheduled to open this fall.

“The Pointe’s been open for 13 years and since then we’ve had a pretty traditional game room,” said Linda Bruer, Ballwin’s Parks and Recreation director. “We want to have something that is up-to-date and more active for the kids.”

Currently, the youth activity room has foosball, air hockey and pool tables. Those tables will be moved into the lobby and replaced with a completely new ñ and modernized ñ set-up.

The city has budgeted $47,928 to change the room, of which $29,975 will be funded with a grant from the St. Louis County Municipal Park Grant Commission. Slated for purchase for the new set-up are a Dance Dance Revolution arcade game, Wii games and accessories for multiple players, a new rubberized floor, Sportwall and a Skywall.

Hedy Boone, deputy director of Ballwin’s Parks and Recreation, described the Skywall as a motorized climbing wall that can be adjusted to change speeds and the look of the rock wall in order to accommodate different skill levels.

“The boulders and rocks are in motion so you have to keep climbing,” Boone said.

“You’re always moving, but you also don’t get very high off the floor so if you fall, it isn’t more than a few feet.”

The wall will be 10 feet high, including the padded floor.

The Sportwall is a new interactive game that engages the body while incorporating cognitive decision-making skills. Two 4-by-7-foot panels will line a wall with scattered globes of light. As a light flashes on, the player uses a foam tool to hit the globe. The speed and intensity of the game increases as the player advances.

Submissions for a title or theme for the new youth activity room will be accepted until May 22. The winner will receive $100 in Ballwin bucks. Entry forms can be found on the city’s Web site: ballwin.mo.us.

The indoor pool at The Pointe also will receive renovations later this summer.

Between Aug. 10 and Aug. 14, the pool will be closed while a new drain cover is installed. Bruer said the new drain cover is required to comply with the federal Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act that was enacted last year. The work, which will be completed by Westport Pools for $10,260, will be completed during an annual draining and cleaning. Pass holders for The Pointe will be allowed entry into the North Pointe Family Aquatic Center

during the closure.

Members of The Pointe may have noticed new fitness equipment within the last couple of weeks as well. Recently, Ballwin agreed to a three-year lease for 23 pieces of new cardio equipment, including 10 treadmills, five ellipticals, two Precor AMT machines which combine the workouts of a stair climber and elliptical, and two Expresso bikes.

“The Expresso bikes have a monitor and with a program you can feel like you’re riding through a scene,” Boone said. “They will be able to connect to the Internet so that you can race the person next to you through the scene, race someone at a different location, or record your stats.”

Boone also said that the North Pointe Family Aquatic Center has a new rock climbing wall at the deep end of the pool.

The wall was installed during the last week of the 2008 pool season. Members will be able to use the new 12-foot wall when the pool reopens on May 23.

In addition, last year, a spinning bike room was added next to the daycare room at The Pointe.

“I’m not sure many people have realized we have this,” Boone said. “I don’t think they know we removed the plastic jungle gym in that room and put in several spinning bikes, so that would be new to a lot of people.”

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Waterway Gas and Car Wash presented a proposal to Ellisville for approval of a gasoline, car wash and convenience store at 130 Clarkson Clayton Center.

Waterway returns to Ellisville with new proposal

By TED DIXON JR. More than two years after the Ellisville City Council rejected its proposal, officials for Waterway Gas and Car Wash presented a proposal to city officials for approval of a gasoline, car wash and convenience store at 130 Clarkson Clayton Center.

In its ruling in January of 2007, after listening to the concerns of numerous residents, the City Council ruled that the car wash would bring additional and unwanted traffic problems at the busy shopping center and surrounding neighborhood.

Waterway Vice President and General Counsel Michael Goldman said his company operated a facility for many years at Manchester Road in the city, but he said it was closed because that site no longer worked for them.

“The access and the building weren’t good enough,” Goldman told the City Council.

So Waterway expressed its interest in relocating in the city to the site at Clarkson Clayton, where several restaurants have occupied the space, most recently Buffet City. The building has since been demolished.

Goldman said the original plan included curb cuts on nearby Oregon Trail and Ozark Trail. He said the main entrance received a great deal of public concern because it would create a lot of traffic on Clarkson Road.

Goldman said company officials have made some modifications in Waterway’s new proposal. Most notably, curb cuts on Ozark would no longer be part of the equation, Goldman said. He said any cross traffic concern on nearby Field Ave. would be

gone. Also, the entrance into the Dierbergs grocery store would be widened by putting in an additional lane.

Goldman said he would like to have a curb cut on Clarkson, but a city traffic report concluded it would not be the best idea, that the best option would be to have entrance on the side streets. Also, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is not too keen on that idea, Goldman said. So this scenario still needs to be worked out with MoDOT. “If we get approved on the curb cuts, that would make our day,” Goldman said.

“If not, that would not be economically viable.”

Goldman said Waterway’s business would be a good fit for Ellisville.

“What I am really asking is bringing back a corporate citizen who desperately wants to come back to Ellisville,” Goldman said.

“Waterway wants to be in Ellisville. It’s a site where we can be economically successful. But without the front access, we don’t have confidence.”

Goldman also said the company would like additional hours of operation if the project is approved. He said he prefers the hours of operation to be 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the winter and 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the summer.

At the previous public hearing in 2007, there was rigorous discussion amongst residents about the entire plan. This time, not a single member in the audience spoke either in favor of or in opposition to the car wash.

Four residents did raise their hand when Ellisville Mayor Matt Pirrello asked who was against it.

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Public Hearing City of Ballwin, Missouri May 27, 2009 A public hearing is scheduled before the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Ballwin on May 27, 2009 at the Pointe At Ballwin Commons Community Center, #1 Ballwin Commons Circle, Ballwin, MO, 63021, at 7:00 P. M. upon the following: 1. Petitions from Mr. David Fontana representing Schnuck Markets, Inc, 11420 Lackland Rd, St. Louis, MO, 63146, to change the zoning of the approximately 4.25 acre parcel of land at the southeast corner of the intersection of Kehrs Mill Rd. and Clarkson Rd. commonly known as 2511 Kehrs Mill Rd., Chesterfield, MO, 63017, from R-3 Single Family Residential to C-1 Commercial with a Residential Commercial Overlay District to allow the construction of an approximately 41,000 square foot retail commercial building.

The City of Ballwin will consider the zoning ordinance or district regulations as provided herein, or may adopt different changes or provisions, without further notice or hearing, as the Board of Aldermen may deem to be in the public interest. The public hearing may be continued, by announcement at the public hearing, from time to time, as deemed necessary by the Planning and Zoning Commission, without publication of the time and place of the continued public hearing. Petitions of protest against zoning district boundary changes, duly signed and acknowledged, must be submitted by owners of thirty percent or more of either: (1) the area of the land (exclusive of streets and alleys) included in the proposed change(s), or (2) within the area determined by lines drawn parallel to and one hundred and eighty-five feet distant from the area proposed for a zoning district change, public rights-of-way excepted. These petitions will be considered in determining the percentage of favorable votes by the Board of Aldermen necessary to make the zoning district change in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Ballwin.

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By DIANE PLATTNER A young Chesterfield resident who was diagnosed as a toddler with autism recently won national recognition for her artistic abilities.

Victoria Wright, 11, recently was chosen to represent Missouri in the 2009 All Kids Can . . . CREATE! exhibition. Wright was among approximately 50 artists chosen from more than 4,500 submissions to be exhibited in Washington, D.C.’s, Union Station from June 1-21. Her artwork then will be part of a two-year national children’s museum tour.

The exhibit is an effort to improve the lives of children with disabilities through recognizing and expanding inclusive arts education, said Victoria’s mother, Michelle Wright.

“She is a child with autism and as such does things in public that can draw attention to her - negative attention,” Wright said. “This was an opportunity to display her God-given talents to the community. She brings joy and beauty to the world. She deserves to be recognized for the positive contributions she makes and not only the negative behaviors associated with her disability.”

Wright said she entered her daughter’s artwork last November in the competition, which VSA Arts sponsors. VSA Arts is an affiliate of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which aims to create a society where all people with disabilities learn through, participate in and enjoy the arts.

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Wright attributes much of her daughter’s success to teachers at the Archdiocesanoperated St. Gemma Center for Autism, which recognized and nurtured her ability.

“They provide her with the environment, encouragement and patience that she needs to express her artistic abilities,” Wright said. “They recognized a gift in her when no one else did. They deserve the recognition for seeing this and believing in her.”

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Piccirillo was among 60 high school students selected out of more than 560 entrants nationwide to present their projects to a top panel of epidemiologists in Washington, D.C., and one of 12 national finalists selected at the competition in which nearly $500,000 in scholarships were awarded. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The YES Competition is one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prestigious science competitions for high school students,â&#x20AC;? said Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., MBA, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;tMarilynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impressive work demonstrates that a new generation of epidemiologists is emerging, which holds great promise for improving the health of our nation.â&#x20AC;?

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By DIANE PLATTNER Several Rockwood School District middle school students are trying to convince both local and state lawmakers to support a public smoking ban.

On April 30, dozens of middle school students from Rockwood Valley Middle School and Selvidge Middle School traveled to Jefferson City where they attended a miniature legislative session to make a presentation of their research on public smoking bans to various esteemed judges.

Both Rockwood schools scored top marks, with Rockwood Valley selected to present its portfolio at a national competition.

The trip was part of Project Citizen, a middle school voluntary civic education program designed to develop interest in public policymaking and the ability to participate competently and responsibly in government. The students chose the public smoking ban issue after investigating public policies related to tobacco as part of their schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Youth Empowerment in Action (YEA) curriculum this semester. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Personally, I am in support of a public smoking ban because I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like breathing smoke,â&#x20AC;? Rockwood Valley student Emily Weinhold said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smokers need to be aware they are causing health problems in others and not just themselves.â&#x20AC;?

Weinhold, who was among four seventhgrade students presenting on behalf of her school, began with problems associated with second-hand smoke, including its health risks, such as lung cancer and heart disease.

Weinhold also said states that have a smoking ban have lower death rates than those without smoking bans.

Student Alison Dunavant presented alternative policies to solve the issue, beginning with a possible smoking ban in the city of

Wildwood. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Mom, who smokes, agrees with the smoking ban in public because she does not want others to be affected by her choice,â&#x20AC;?

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Dunavant also said that 75 percent of Ballwin residents surveyed in the wake of that municipalityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smoking ban support it, along with the mayors of several other area municipalities who are urging a St. Louis County-wide public smoking ban.

Dunavant then presented the alternative, a statewide ban, which she said has the benefit of improving employee health, thereby saving on illness costs. Dunavant said five of eight of Missouriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neighboring states already ban smoking in public. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We could help influence other states that have not made big strides,â&#x20AC;? Dunavant said.

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Student Ben Lawrence shared an action plan presented in May to the Wildwood City Council. That action plan includes rallying community support, writing letters to the editors of major area newspapers and presenting a petition of signatures supporting a smoking ban to city officials.

The goal is to get the Wildwood City Council to pass a public smoking ban, Lawrence said.

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Rockwood community reviews middle school block schedule

By DIANE PLATTNER Rockwood School District parents and community members recently attended a meeting to provide input on the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s middle school block schedule.

The Town Hall format meeting was held May 4 at the districtĂ­s administrative annex in Eureka.

Rockwood patrons were invited to share information and get feedback regarding the effectiveness of the middle school block schedule as well as discuss specific areas that LaSalle Springs Middle School Principal Debbie Brandt, Wildwood Middle School Principal Greg need improvement.

Batenhorst and Rockwood Valley Middle School â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will be very interested in Principal Andrew Loiterstein. learning our parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and community membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ideas as we reflect on our progress and make recommenda- Penny Vyskocil said she attended the meettions to further our quest for excellence in ing because of her curiosity about the dismiddle level education,â&#x20AC;? said Karen Seiber, trict.

RockwoodĂ­s executive director of secondâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m curious about whatĂ­s going on,â&#x20AC;? ary schools.

Vyskocil said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a child in middle All six Rockwood middle schools imple- school and I just want to learn more about mented the current block schedule in the what the school district plans to do in the 2001-02 school year. The schedule provides upcoming years.â&#x20AC;? a 90-minute block of language arts every Rockwood officials said that beginning day; 90-minute blocks every other day for in September, they will gather information, social studies, science, math and physical including the following: education; and 42-minute class periods â&#x20AC;˘ Administering surveys to parents, staff daily for elective classes. The schedule and students. also provides a contact day (C day) one day â&#x20AC;˘ Conducting focus groups with stakeper week when students attend all classes. holders.

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By DIANE PLATTNER Mandy Schmidt, 6, of Manchester has been appointed to this summer’s Children’s Congress in Washington, D.C., where child delegates diagnosed with diabetes will urge lawmakers to help find a cure for the disease.

Mandy, a first grader at Wren Hollow Elementary in the Parkway School District, was diagnosed with Type I (juvenile) diabetes when she was just 10 months old. She now must visit her school nurse approximately seven times every day to treat her disease.

“Without a working pancreas, this disease must be tended to every few hours around the clock, a fact most people don’t realize,” said Mandy’s mother, Robin Schmidt.

“The multiple trips to the nurse’s office are not unusual and a huge injustice to diabetic children everywhere.”

Mandy will be among only 150 youngsters, ages 4 to 17, all diagnosed with juvenile diabetes, who will represent all 50 states and the District of Columbia at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)’s Children’s Congress, scheduled for June 22-24.

“In January I got the call that Mandy had been chosen, and boy, it felt like we won the lottery,” Schmidt said. “This is a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity to make a difference in the lives of so many living with diabetes. Needless to say, we are elated to have been given the chance to be heard.”

Chosen from more than 1,500 applicants for the event, Mandy also was thrilled.

“Mandy’s first words were, ‘I’m going to the White House to talk to the president,’” Schmidt said. “Then I explained, ‘Well not literally, but you’ll sure be close.’”

JDRF’s International Chairman Mary Tyler Moore will lead the event, which is held every other summer and will include Congressional visits from the child delegates. Moore, select delegates, researchers, and business and community leaders will testify at a Senate hearing on the need for continued diabetes research funding. Under the theme of “Promise to Remember Me,” they will ask Congressional members to support an increase in federal funding for diabetes research.

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Greater Missouri Chapter of JDRF at this summer’s event will be Turner Rapp, 15, of Ladue, Victoria Liu, 13, of Frontenac and Lizzie Kurowski, 15, of Swansea, Ill. In addition, six international delegates from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Israel, Greece and the United Kingdom will partner with the U.S. delegates to convey a clear message to the U.S. government that diabetes is a global problem that requires a global effort.

“We will stop at nothing to put an end to this disease, even if it means going to Capitol Hill,” Schmidt said. “This serious commitment of ours could make the difference by producing a cure for our little girl and so many others living with diabetes. To know that we were a part of making that cure happen, well, the feeling would be indescribable.”

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Illinois did not want to give Sommerfeld scholarship money for his freshman year.

He plans on studying business at Missouri.

“I really liked it there,” Sommerfeld said about his visit to Missouri. “They’re very nice. It just seemed like a better fit.”

Marquette handed Parkway South its first loss of the season with an 11-4 victory. Ryan Abernathy had three hits and a run batted in (RBI) for the Mustangs, who pounded out 14 hits in the win. Erik Enchelmaier, Mike Corbeil, Kyle Grieshaber, Nick Peterson and David Ullrich all had two hits apiece for Marquette. Matt Meyer picked up the victory, pitching into the fifth inning.

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In the recent St. Louis Soccer Classic, the Angels were triumphant, winning all three games by shutout. Nerinx Hall went 2-0-1. St. Joseph’s defeated Jenks (Okla.)

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Parkway West graduate Blaine Gabbert has grabbed the No. 1 quarterback slot after spring practice for Missouri.

Gabbert, a sophomore, led Missouri’s passing attack in the Black and

It is time for district track, and Parkway Central is the place to be Saturday (May 16) to see which boys and girls will make it to state.

Schools participating in the boys’ district include Chaminade, Christian Brothers College (CBC), DeSmet, Eureka, Kirkwood, Ladue, Lafayette, Marquette, Parkway Central, Parkway South, Parkway West and Webster Groves.

Schools participating in the girls’ district include Eureka, Kirkwood, Ladue, Lafayette, Marquette, Nerinx Hall, Parkway Central, Parkway South, Parkway West, St. Joseph’s Academy, Ursuline Academy and Webster Groves.

Gold spring game with 93 yards on 9-of-17 throwing.

“Blaine Gabbert is certainly ahead of all the guys right now, but you’re going to see him as well as some of the other quarterbacks really improve in the summer and as the summer gets closer,” Mizzou Coach Gary Pinkel said. “Blaine Gabbert is still the No. 1 quarterback and he certainly proved that this spring. But let the competition continue. We’ll make a decision on that and all the positions prior to the Illinois game.”

Gabbert said he has things he can do to improve.

“All the quarterbacks have done well this spring with improving since the spring, so I think we’ve done a pretty good job,” Gabbert said. “From the vocal standpoint, you got to speak a lot more. I’ve always been loud, but last year you have to know your place but now I have to step up.”

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Clinton Bourbonais, who was named to the Robertson Cup All-Tournament Team, connected for the Cup-winner Dan Weiss in the extra session. Grant Gorczyca, a CBC graduate, scored the other two Bandits goals.

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By WARREN MAYES Chesterfield native Scott Jostes can add National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champion and American record holder to his extensive list of swimming accomplishments.

The Chaminade graduate, a two-time Missouri Swimmer of the Year, is a sophomore at Texas and recently swam in the NCAA Championships for the Longhorns. Jostes was a member of Texasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 800-yard freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships held at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas.

The relay team members included Dave Walters, Ricky Berens, Jostes and Michael Kleuh. They finished in 6 minutes, 10.16 seconds (6:10.16), which was a new NCAA and American record. Jostesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; split time was 1:33.20 on the third leg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew the team was capable of breaking the record,â&#x20AC;? Jostes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I replaced Matt McGinnis, who swam on the recordbreaking relay last year, and I knew I could split as fast as he did. Both Ricky Berens and Dave Walters have dropped time in their 200 freestyles this year, so I knew we could break it.â&#x20AC;?

His time in the third leg was good, Jostes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am happy with the split especially after I swam the 100 back earlier in the night,â&#x20AC;?

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To own the new record is a great achievement, and Jostes said he and his teammates take great pride in it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was exciting,â&#x20AC;? Jostes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I realized how big of a deal it was when Ricky Berens, who won gold in Beijing (at the 2008 Summer Olympics), was more excited about the win than I was. It felt great helping senior Michael Kleuh to a win in his last NCAA meet.â&#x20AC;?

Here are Jostesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; other results from the meet. â&#x20AC;˘ 200 freestyle relay - finished fourth in 1:15.90 and set a new American record.

Jostesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; split was 19.08 on the third leg. â&#x20AC;˘ 200 medley relay - finished fifth in 1:23.97 and set a new American record. â&#x20AC;˘ 100 backstroke - finished 14th overall

and placed sixth in the consolation final with a time of 46.76.

Texas placed second as a team at the NCAA Championships. Coming into the meet, Jostes was seeded in the top 10 in the 100 back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was anticipating making it back to finals in that event,â&#x20AC;? Jostes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had no idea what relays I was going to be on, so my main goal was to concentrate and score in the 100 back. Going into the meet I thought we could get the 800 free American record, but I had no idea the American record in both of the 200s were within reach. I actually didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know we broke the 200 free relay record until an hour after the race. Having Jimmy Feigan (second place in both the 50 and 100 free) on those relays made breaking those records possible.â&#x20AC;?

Taking part in the NCAA meet was a rewarding experience for Jostes, who swam in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials and placed 31st in the 100 back (56.72) and 98th in the 50 free (23.66). He credited Coach Eddie Reese with helping get him prepared for his first college championships. Jostes did not swim in the meet as a freshman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Before the meet we did a great deal of mental preparation,â&#x20AC;? Jostes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eddie (Reese) knows how intense the meet is and how stressful it can be. We had the 2001 NCAA team that won in College Station come talk to us about what to expect and how to prepare ourselves. Members of that team included Olympians Ian Crocker and Brenden Hansen. I knew I was going to be nervous, but I just tried to look at it like a normal meet. Having a great team behind you helped take some of the weight off of my shoulders.â&#x20AC;?

Jostes admitted he would have liked to have done better in the 100 back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was disappointed after prelims when I was ninth by a few hundredths,â&#x20AC;? Jostes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did my best at finals and I feel like I swam to the best of my ability. Looking back upon it, I am happy scoring in the event. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be too hard on myself for not making finals in it considering I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even make it to the NCAA meet last year.â&#x20AC;?

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By STEVE GLOVER Chesterfield resident Harland Crain is hoping to get his own name into the Guinness World Record book with a unique claim of having the world’s largest private collection of harmonicas. Crain has begun the application process, which also includes a detailed verification process that ensures that each harmonica is a unique item instead of having thousands of the same style of harmonica. Crain has accumulated approximately 6,000 harmonicas over the past 15 years.

“It’s an excruciating process,” Crain said regarding attaining certification from the Guinness World Record book. “My problem is that with about 6,000 harmonicas, I have to prove that each one is unique and not a bunch of duplicates. So I have to find a way to clearly identify each one of the harmonicas so that I can verify what I say as being truthful. Then I have to get people who are respected in the community to verify that I’m a respected member of the community. I’ll then have to find someone, most likely another collector, who can authenticate each one of the harmonicas.

Finally, we’ll have to take still pictures and have professional video documenting the collection.”

Crain got into collecting harmonicas when his grandfather left him six harmonicas.

“I had them in a drawer and I had collected other things in the past like kaleidoscopes, wine and firearms,” Crain said.

“But I sold all of my firearms and that gave me some money. One day my wife’s brother called me and said that he had 30 harmonicas in a box at an estate sale (and) wanted me to come over and take a look at them. I ended up buying them. I then thought that this was something that was easy to collect because it’s small. At the time that I started collecting, most of them were inexpensive

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Crain said he likes to focus on older or unique harmonicas rather than trying to have someone authenticate that the harmonica was actually signed or played by the artist.

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Some of Crain’s harmonicas actually date back to the mid-1800s.

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But the most interesting thing about Crain’s harmonica collection is that he does not really play the harmonica.

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An elderly man debates prices with a pharmacist on an arsenal of drugs while a line of people shift back and forth on frustrated feet, waiting to pick up prescriptions that were called in hours ago. A young woman’s prescription is meant to finally diminish a terrible migraine that has been plaguing her life for days. A $20 bill in hand, it seems it should be as simple as forking it over and going home.

The man eventually accepts defeat and makes his purchase. The woman steps to the counter, head throbbing, and asks for the prescription.

As the pharmacist begins to bag the prescription bottle, she says, “That will be $85.”

Suddenly, the headache becomes sharper, almost unbearable. The pharmacist realizes the cost is much higher than expected and quickly returns to the back to grab a different bottle. The price is a comfortable $15, only it is not what the woman had intended to buy; it is a generic.

And she wonders, what is the difference?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers generic and prescription drugs to be essentially the same. In fact, companies that manufacture brand name medications are linked to about 50 percent of generic drug products, meaning an exact copy of the brand name drug sometimes is sold as a generic.

“The active ingredient is exactly the same,” said Jill Sailors, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at St. Louis College of Pharmacy. “They have to be the same dose, same intended use, same administration and the risk has to be the same. Essentially, the pharmacological effects are exactly the same.”

What differs are the fillers and dyes, Sailors said.

“Sometimes patients will say the generic drug doesn’t work the same as the brand name, and that has to do with the fillers and the effect that filler is having on the patient,” Sailors said.

When a prescription is written, the physician has the option of allowing the pharmacist to use his or her own discretion on whether to fill with brand name or generic medication, or whether the pharmacist should stick to brand name only.

“If the patient says the brand name is too expensive and wants the generic, but the doctor has ordered the brand name only, the pharmacist is legally obligated to get physician approval,” Sailors said. “If a substitute is permitted, then the pharmacist is legally obligated to give the patient

the most economical drug available.”

“Occasionally, the most economical drug may be the brand name. Health insurance companies and governmentfunded programs such as Medicaid rely on formularies to determine which medications will be covered.

and Drug Act into law, which created a set of guidelines to ensure safety in food and medications. However, safety was the only concern the Food and Drug Administration held regarding drugs. Companies still could manufacture medication they claimed cured any ailment, and market it as such, without proof the drug actually worked so long as it met the safety guidelines.

In 1962, an amendment was added to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act providing a proofof-efficacy requirement. The step was “Sometimes a company or the government will have a big improvement in the pharmaceutical industry, but it formed a contract with the original manufacturer (of the still had a major flaw. Companies producing generic drugs brand drug) to keep that drug on their formulary,” Sailors were required to jump through the same hoops that were said. “If the manufacturer gives a good enough deal, then required of the original brand name that the company was they’ll use that as their product to dispense, but that is very copying. The costs associated with that level of testing rare.” simply were not worth the effort for a generic drug, and Formularies, which are lists of prescription medications consumers were left without the opportunity to purchase a that an individual’s insurance plan will pay for, typically more affordable alternative. are developed through a series of committees that include The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoraphysicians or outside firms, such as locally-based Express tion Act of 1984, commonly known as the Hatch-Waxman Scripts.

Act, for its chief sponsors, changed the playing field in A spokesperson for Express Scripts provided documenta- the American pharmaceutical market. Under the act, a tion that explained the company’s formulary development company producing a generic drug would only have to process. Express Scripts officials make their determination prove bioequivalence to the branded name drug, knockbased off a series of four committees that assess a drug ing decades and millions of dollars off the process. The based on clinical appropriateness, not cost, and evalua- generic drug industry has since flourished. tions from independent physicians.

“All the chemistry has to be the same, so if there is a Some healthcare companies will use a tier system that branded drug out there that’s a 50 mg tablet, the generic places drugs in different cost brackets. Regardless of what has to also be a 50 mg tablet,” Unwin said. the insurance provider will pay, it is the pharmacist’s job The road to approval for a brand name drug is consumto give the patient the best price option depending on an ing in both time and money. From the time a drug is patindividual’s needs. ented, it can take up to 15 years and between $750 million to $1 billion to get a drug to market. The FDA requires a branded drug to prove safety and efficacy through sevThe long road to approval eral phases of testing. After a drug is developed, which The FDA is responsible for testing and approving all can take a considerable amount of time and resources in drugs, as well as recalling drugs on the market that prove and of itself, the end goal is to successfully complete two to be dangerous. controlled clinical trials.

“The need for regulations stem from the time of ‘snake “Not only does the company making the brand name oil’ salesmen that could basically sell you anything,” said have to learn to reproduce it consistently, but they then go Steve Unwin, president of the St. Louis Cetero Research through animal testing procedures before they can submit facility, which conducts trials for generic drug manufac- an investigational new drug application to the FDA,” turers. “The government finally stepped in and said ‘we Unwin said. “That gives them permission to start testing have to make sure what you’re selling is actually safe’.” the drug on humans.”

In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Food Once the application is approved, the first of three phases

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of testing on humans can begin.

Phase one testing is done on healthy, normal people using a fraction of what eventually would become a dose. Upon successful completion of these trials, a second phase begins, called dose range finding.

During dose range finding, the company begins experimenting with increasing the dosage to determine what the safest dose would be. This can mean causing a group of otherwise healthy individuals to experience symptoms such as vomiting in order to discover when a dose is too high.

“It’s a very slow, incremental process,” Unwin said. “This phase can also give the company an early indication in how the drug is going to behave in those people who have the disease it is intended for.”

Unwin said that the trials are conducted under intensive supervision and monitoring, and that safety is the priority.

The third and final phase involves two clinical trials with a large group of people suffering from the illness the medication is intended to treat. The intention of these trials is to prove the drug is not only safe, but actually does what it is meant to do.

Upon successful completion, the drug company may submit a new drug application to the FDA. Typically, the FDA takes two years to study results before it will decide whether or not to approve the drug.

Patents expire after about 20 years. Most of that time is eaten up by development and study of the drug. Once the patent expires, generic drug manufacturers can buy rights to the drug and market their version with FDA approval.

“A bioequivalence trial has to be conducted to prove the drug behaves the same in a human as the branded drug,” Unwin said.

The bioequivalence trial involves healthy, normal people. Upon successful comple-

tion, the generic drug company will submit an abbreviated new drug application for FDA approval. Generic drugs do not have to be tested in a manner intended to prove efficacy because the active ingredient will be the same as the branded drug.

Sailors said that is where the cost difference comes into play.

“The original manufacturer has already done the developing and research, so when the generic company buys the rights to the drug, all that work has already been done,î Sailors said. “That’s why the generic is going to be cheaper. They’re not recovering those costs.”

Slight variations Unwin said that side effects between brand name and generic drugs have to be similar in order for the FDA to approve the generic drug.

“That’s why sometimes you’ll see a generic drug being recalled,” Sailors said.

“It’s because the FDA found that there were some slight differences in the effect of the medicine. They will withdraw the ability for the manufacturers to distribute the medication until they are able to come up with the same side effects as the name brand.”

Because the active ingredient is the same, the body will metabolize the drug identically.

“That’s the point of the bioequivalence study,” Unwin said. “Basically you’re studying how the drug was absorbed into the blood stream and comparing that to the branded drug. The criterion for them to be close is very strict.”

In the final analysis, with the exception of an occasional allergic reaction to a generic drug, the only real difference then between brand name and generic is the price.

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By WARREN MAYES Parkway West water polo goalie Charlie Campbell scored a goal in his first game this season for the Longhorns, but he already had reached his most important goal â&#x20AC;&#x201C; becoming cancer-free. Campbell, 16, learned in late November that he had Hodgkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lymphoma. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a shock,â&#x20AC;? Campbell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a real bad cough and it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go away during the (fall) swimming season.

I thought it was going to be some kind of sinus infection.â&#x20AC;?

Campbell was prescribed medication, but the cough would not go away. However, nothing was revealed on an X-ray. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After that he thought it might be some kind of walking pneumonia, so he threw in a chest X-ray as well,â&#x20AC;? Campbell said.

That is when his journey to beat cancer began. He got the news at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mercy Medical Center from his doctor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was pretty scary,â&#x20AC;? Campbell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basically he told us I had some sort of unknown mass in my chest.â&#x20AC;?

Campbell was sent to the David C. Pratt Cancer Center at St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A radiologist told me he saw it was a tumor and that it took over two-thirds of my chest and it was wrapped around my trachea,â&#x20AC;? Campbell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I was coughing. It needed immediate attention because it was choking me.â&#x20AC;?

Campbellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s medical team placed him in the intensive care unit (ICU) unit for a week. Each night he was given oxygen because his blood oxygen level was low.

After two days, he was started on radiation and then chemotherapy.

His parents, Dave and Mary Lou, encouraged him. His older brother, Thomas, is a senior at Parkway West. An older sister,

Sally, is a senior at Sanford University in Birmingham, Ala. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people came to visit me,â&#x20AC;? Campbell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was awesome.â&#x20AC;?

He told them all he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;great and I am going to be cured.â&#x20AC;? He was concerned with making sure everyone was OK and feeling good and not feeling sorry for him.

Parkway West water polo Coach Charlie Cutelli, a biology teacher, said the news about Campbell caught everyone off guard. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was very sudden and unexpected,â&#x20AC;?

Cutelli said.

Once he was out of ICU, Campbell went to the pediatrics wing for a few days. He then was given a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine to help him breath and was allowed to go home in mid-December.

Then came the chemo treatments that lasted 12 weeks. It was aggressive treatment because of how big his tumor was in his chest cavity. Campbell said it was a grueling ordeal, but he stayed positive and upbeat as much as possible during the treatments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each treatment was a four-week cycle,â&#x20AC;?

Campbell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Each cycle consisted of three chemo treatments in the first week and one time in (the) next two weeks with a break in the last week to recover.â&#x20AC;?

When he was unable to attend school, he stayed up with his school work with the help of his friends, tutors and his teachers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had to go through chemotherapy and then radiation,â&#x20AC;? Cutelli said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He did his best to make it to school even during these times. During the beginning of the season See PARKWAY WEST, next page

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PARKWAY WEST, from prior page he was still going through radiation treatment, but he still came to practices (mornings included) and worked hard.”

It would have been easy to get discouraged during such tough times, but Campbell chose to stay optimistic.

“It was tough,” Campbell said.

After two cycles, his doctors did a scan to see how much of the tumor was still cancerous. The results were good and the chemicals were doing their job. He had a CT scan after everything was completed, which determined he needed radiation and underwent a month of radiation treatments for five mornings each week.

“That was the hardest, having to go every day,” Campbell said. “I had some side effect symptoms from that. My throat hurt real bad and I was tired.”

Plus it was now March and the water polo season had started.

“I couldn’t go to practice,” Campbell said. “That was hard on me.”

When he was well enough, he did go and work out. It was a matter of time before Campbell could get back in the water.

“I would say it was not until after spring break that both Charlie and I felt he was at full capacity and ready to compete,” Cutelli said. “So it took a couple of weeks to get back into the swing of things physically and mentally, but that was to be expected after all the stuff he had been going through in the past couple of months.”

On April 1, Campbell had his last radiation treatment.

“Instantly, I felt so much better,” Campbell said.

Campbell was the only member of his team to attend a summer water polo camp at The Naval Academy. He went hoping to bring home some skills and techniques to share with the other players.

“I think it was very important for him,” Cutelli said about Campbell getting back to playing. “His No. 1 passion is water polo. Not being able to get in the water to play or even practice was bothering him.

At the same time, it gave him something to strive for during treatments. He had a goal to be ready for high school water polo and he ended up meeting that goal.”

His first game this season was against Parkway South.

“Coach threw me in,” Campbell said.

“The other goalie was cheating out to stop a counterattack and coach told me to shoot and I scored. That was real fun. That got me started. It was fun.”

Campbell slowly began playing more and splits time with Jake Lyonfields, the other main goalie for Parkway West.

“His play has been great,” Cutelli said.

“Charlie’s forte is his communication skills and passing ability.”

At the end of April Campbell had a CT scan.

“It showed I had no cancer,” Campbell said. “That’s great news. It was a real good feeling. I was relieved. It was a tough journey. Everybody helped out a lot. All my teammates visited me in the hospital.

They’re real good. They’re a good bunch of kids.”

Cutelli agreed.

“The other kids still treat Charlie like they always have,” Cutelli said. “I wouldn’t say there was a noticeable difference in their attitudes. If you didn’t know Charlie had cancer, you probably would not have suspected it. He did not complain at practice about anything.”

Cutelli said he has noticed a big difference in Campbell in recent weeks.

“He has definitely gotten stronger,” Cutelli said. “It took some time to get him back mentally and physically to be the goalie he was. I eased him into the season.

I would push him on swim sets but not too much. We built on his training in the early weeks of the season. I am happy to say I think he is where he was last year at this time, which is great.”

For Campbell, that was his goal all along.

To read more about Campbell’s journey through his ordeal, visit his blog at charleswcampbell.blogspot.com.

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Ladies, grab a girlfriend and spend an evening indulging yourselves for a change. Learn about the latest techniques for beauty at any age and enjoy complimentary non-alcoholic “mocktails,” hors d’oeuvres and register for fabulous door prizes including spa packages! Stay for the whole event or attend sessions that interest you the most.

The Creve Coeur Days Festival, one of the largest festivals in the county, will be held on the campus of Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital. Join us for four days of carnival rides, food and entertainment May 14 - 17!

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In 1967, Harold Dielmann, then the mayor of Creve Coeur, helped put together the first Creve Coeur Days celebration. It was to commemorate the completion of the I-270 and Olive Street Road intersection. The annual event is one of the largest community festivals in St. Louis County.

This year, Creve Coeur Days runs from Thurs., May 14 through Sun., May 17. For the first time, the event will be held at the Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital campus on Mason Road south of Olive Blvd. Coincidently, Harold Dielmann once again is the mayor of Creve Coeur.

There is a big difference between Creve Coeur Days and other local community festivals. Creve Coeur Days is planned and organized by an independent, non-profit committee with the double goal of bringing recognition to Creve Coeur and raising funds for charitable and philanthropic endeavors.

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The composition of the board changes from year to year as new members join and others depart. Many come as a result of their participation in Creve Coeur Days through one of the non-profit organizations that have a booth on the Carnival Midway, a venue that service organizations use to help raise funds for philanthropic work.

Through the years, the volunteer-run festival has raised and contributed more than $170,000 for area charities, philanthropic and civic organizations. Among the past beneficiaries are Shriners Hospital, Salvation Army, D.A.R.E., Ronald McDonald House, Variety Club, Camp Rainbow, Protestant Children’s Home, Jewish Women International humor cart, Hosea House, local Boy Scout troops, and many more.

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New Creve Coeur Days parade route Bring the kids out on Sun., May 17, to watch the Creve Coeur Days parade, the culminating event of the Creve Coeur Days Festival. The parade steps off promptly at 1 p.m., and this year there is a new parade route. The parade travels west on Olive Blvd. from Pulaski Bank at 12300 Olive Blvd. to Mason Road, then turns south on Mason to just short of the Creve Coeur Days Carnival Midway. The Midway is south of the medical buildings on the Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital campus.

Joe and Terri Lott, Parade chairpersons, advise those planning to view the parade to come out early and claim the best viewing spots. Although the parade will be visible from the south side of Olive, best vantage points will be on the north side of Olive along the parade route and on either side of Mason Road just south of the intersection.

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The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce holds a general membership meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Wed., May 20 at Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center. Admission is $18 for members and $25 for non-members. To register, call 532-3399 or visit chesterfieldmochamber.com by May 18.

The West County Chamber of Commerce holds Networking After Hours from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Fri., May 15 at Xenon International Academy (15435 Clayton Road). Admission is free for members and $15 for guests. To register, call 230-9900 or visit westcountychamber.com.

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2. A petition from Dan Thies, Bill Biermann and Bob Brinkmann of Clayton Henry, LLC and WB Properties, LLC, 16650 Chesterfield Grove Rd., Suite 100, Chesterfield, MO, 63005, to consolidate the parcels commonly known as 14448 and 14464 Clayton Rd, and 775, 781, 785, and 793 Henry Ave., into three parcels, to dedicate a private roadway on portions of said parcels and to vacate a portion of the former Henry Ave. public right-of-way adjacent to said parcels..

The Annunciation, as depicted on the ceiling of Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Town & Country.

Tours of area’s ‘newest art treasure’ offered at Greek Fest

By SUE HORNOF The annual Greek Fest at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Town & Country is a favorite Memorial Day weekend activity for people throughout the St. Louis area, but one impressive aspect of the festival often is overlooked.

“If people are taking the time to come to the festival, they owe it to themselves to come in and tour the church,” said Tony Tharenos, an Assumption parishioner who referred to the church as “the newest art treasure in St. Louis County.”

The interior of Assumption Greek Orthodox Church is graced with remarkable artwork that took Greek iconographers six years to create. Byzantine-style renderings done in the traditional Orthodox Christian style were hand-painted on large linen panels in Athens, Greece, then shipped here and affixed by the artists and their apprentices to the basilica’s ceiling and walls.

“There is no other example of this in St. Louis,” Tharenos said. “(Assumption) is the only Greek church in the vicinity with original traditional Byzantine artwork that was produced in Greece.”

Money for the project was raised through hundreds of church fundraising luncheons and parishioner contributions. Work on the first phase – half of the ceiling and half of the walls – began in 2000 and was completed in 2003. The artists then returned to Greece and completed the remainder, which was placed in 2006.

Parishioners Art Liyeos and George Pelican oversaw many details of the project.

“Dr. Pelican and Art Liyeos found the iconographers and handled the communi-

cation between the iconographers and the church board,” Tharenos said, adding that Pelican traveled to Greece numerous times to oversee the work.

Those unfamiliar with the symbolism behind traditional Byzantine iconography still can appreciate the beauty of the work, but each element of the project holds significance.

“Everything in Byzantine iconography has a purpose or a regimentation,” Pelican said. “The placement of everything is symbolic. … We started with the image of Christ – the central and highest figure in Christianity.”

“The idea of an icon, going back in history, was to tell the story of the faith,” Liyeos said.

The church ceiling features 24 scenes depicting the life of Christ, and eight scenes feature the Virgin Mary, in whose honor Assumption Greek Orthodox Church was named.

Also depicted are scenes from the Old Testament. Side walls feature saints in a hierarchy, with each saint depicted in the costume of his or her time.

Tharenos said that even parishioners who see the work regularly are fascinated by it.

Church tours will be offered at the top of even-numbered hours throughout the Greek Fest 2009, which runs from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Fri., May 22 through Sun., May 24 and from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Mon. May 25.

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church is located at 1755 Des Peres Road in Town & Country. For more information, call (314) 966-2255 or visit stlgreekfest.com.

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Parent educators visit families participating in the program in their homes several times throughout the year for about an hour, bringing with them fun learning activities for the kids and helpful literature and advice for parents. Educators share ideas for stimulating learning and answer questions about developmental milestones and behavioral issues. PAT educators may even help parents identify issues early on that could affect a child’s development, such as speech problems, behavioral issues or disorders such as autism.

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Preschool & Childcare Prescription for reading The best way to instill in children a love of reading is to read to them from the time they are very young. Reach Out and Read, a nationwide nonprofit organization that works with doctors and nurses to encourage parents to read aloud to their young children, offers these tips for reading to kids at various age levels: 6-12 months â&#x20AC;˘ Pause and let the child complete the â&#x20AC;˘ Hold the child comfortably; gaze sentence. face-to-face.

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• • • “Studio Night Live,” a free community open house featuring hands-on art activities for all ages, 2009 summer camp information, snacks and prizes, is from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fri., May 29 at Chesterfield Arts (444 Chesterfield Center). Call 519-1955 or visit chesterfieldarts.org.

BENEFITS The Chesterfield Lions Club holds a barbecue from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Fri., May 15 and Sat., May 16 at the Four Seasons Plaza parking lot (on Olive Blvd. just west of Woods Mill Road). Proceeds support various area organizations in need.

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• • • A plant sale featuring annuals, perennials, houseplants, vegetables and mixed planters is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sat., May 16 at Bethel United Methodist Church (17500 Manchester Road) in Wildwood.

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• • • The Missouri Fiddlers and Old Time Country Music Association Fiddlers Contest is at 2 p.m. (registration begins at 12 p.m.) on Sat., May 16 at Stovalls Grove (18720 Stovall Lane) in Wildwood. Adult and junior competitions, more than $700 in prizes and a barbecue pork dinner are featured. Admission is $10 with proceeds benefiting the Association. Call 405-3024.

• • • A Habitat for Humanity Pops Concert is at 3 p.m. on Sun., May 17 at The United Methodist Church of Green Trails (14237 Ladue Road) in Chesterfield. Admission is free. Call (314) 469-6740.

• • • The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center and Art Trends Gallery hold a blood drive from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tues., May 19 at Art Trends Gallery (703 Long Road

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By SUZANNE CORBETT Building a menu based on his family’s Sicilian heritage while celebrating the joy of food has allowed Rich LoRusso to redefine Italian dining in St. Louis since opening LoRusso’s Cucina in 1986.

“We’ve always said we’re not your usual Italian,” Rich LoRusso, LoRusso’s Cucina owner and chef, said, explaining that since opening, his goal has been to bring his customers the very best Italian dining experience. “Since we’ve first opened, we’ve grown with our customers’ taste, and our menu has reflected that through the years. For example, our wine list has expanded, and we’ve added more pastas, most from our Pasta Bowl Contest winners.”

LoRusso’s Pasta Bowl Recipe Contest, an annual event since 1998, places the winning recipe on the menu for a year; when ordered, $2 from each sale is contributed to Operation Food Search. LoRusso’s Cucina has contributed nearly $60,000 since the contest began. Many pasta winners from past years have found a permanent spot on

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Among the nine pastas on the menu are the latest Pasta Bowl winner (campanelle pasta tossed with Italian sausage, baby portabellas, spinach and grape tomatoes in garlic olive oil), and classics like the Tutto Mare (capellini pasta topped with sea scallops, green lip mussels and gulf shrimp with a touch of tomato and mushroom in a rich, creamy clam sauce), and Canneloni Al Forno (delicate tubes filled with beef, veal and pork baked with a marinara and cream sauce and crowned upon request with wild Terri and Rich LoRusso. mushrooms).

Entrées make up the largest section of the One LoRusso’s special that has nothing to do with food menu and include veal, beef, chicken and seafood. Among is an award winning wine list, the recipient of the presLoRusso’s culinary litany and favored since the early years tigious Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for the past of operation are the Tenderloin Mudega, Veal Saltimbocca three years. During May, all wine at LoRusso’s is offered and the Chicken Spedini. at 50 percent off on Tuesday nights.

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636-537-1776

Hauling Services

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J & J HAULING

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Call: 636-379-8062 or email: jandjhaul@aol.com Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hauling: Service 7 days. We haul construction debris, furniture, appliances, tree limbs, household trash, yard debris, railroad ties, bagged leaves, etc. Neat, courteous, professional, competitive rates. (314) 434-6837

Help Wanted Caregivers Wanted. Experience with all aspects of home care. Must have good communication skills. Work where you are appreciated!

Call 636-391-0000 PT/FT earn 75K+ Mortgage Protection Specialist. Great opportunity for Insurance Agents, Mortgage Brokers, Real Estate Agents, Teachers and more.

Leads provided, will train. Call 636-778-0592 Looking For Friendly Sales Help

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Saving people money so they can live better.

West St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Walmart, is sponsoring a Job Fair.

Tuesday, May 19th, from 10am to 6pm West St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce Job Fair St. Louis Community College in Wildwood 2645 Generations Drive, Wildwood, MO 63040 The West St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce Job Fair will feature dozens of employers with ready-now positions. Career center advisors from the St. Louis Community College will also be on-site to assist with resume writing and interviewing skills.

Your Town and Country Walmart Store is Expanding and Moving to Manchester!

Join us today! Apply in-store at the hiring kiosks or online at walmart.com/apply and reference Store #1177.

Walmart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

RN's, LPN's and CNA's

We Need Nurses In Your Area We are the leading private duty nursing company in St. Louis.

Work when you want. All shifts available. Applications accepted Tues/Wed/Thurs. from 9am to 11am and 1pm to 3pm. We are located in Clayton at 141 N. Meremac, Suite 102. Questions call us at 314-863-3030. We're looking forward to working with you.

Window Services

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121 Plaza Drive Wildwood Town Center Highway 100 & Taylor 636-458-1001 On-Call Scheduler Private Duty Nursing Company is looking for EXPERIENCED On Call person to answer calls Mon-Fri 4:30pm - 8am and 24 hours on weekends Fri 4:30pm thru Mon 8am. Blackberry provided whie you do on call. Every other week rotation. Medical Knowledge a plus. only experienced applicants need apply.

Fax resume to 314-863-3070 or email to Contact@advancenursing.org Work from home full-time or part-time for an Inc. 500 Company. No inventory; customer service skills and computer required. Flexible schedule.

Contact Lisa at 636-207-1319 or www.wellness4urfamily.com

To Advertise 314-610-3313

Home Improvement

DAVIS HOME REPAIR & MAINTENANCE

K Pro Home Improvement LLC Kitchens, Baths, Basements, Decks 12x12 from $3500.

Granite tops from $25 sf., Hardwoods from $6 sf., Ceramic, Painting. 25 yrs experience.

Call 636-443-3015

REPLACEMENT WINDOWS AND DOORS INC.

Sales & Installation Of ) # !& ! ")% ""$% Repairs On Vinyl Windows: , * Windows To Stay Open , # " Insulated Glass , Windows Repaired & Your Home

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Home Improvement Building Maintenance Services (BMS) Heating & cooling, plumbing & electrical, painting & carpentry, deck staining & drywall. Your home improvement and repair specialist!

Residential & Commercial.

Insured and bonded. Call us today at 314-583-5250

CARPENTRY--DOORS AND INTERIOR TRIM--WINDOWS AND SIDING--STORM AND GENERAL HOME REPAIRS. 25 PLUS YEARS EXPERIENCE. 636-394-7927

Painting, Carpentry, Electrical, Plumbing, Door replacements, all Odd jobs, No job too small! Very Reasonable Prices! Free Estimates!

All work Guaranteed! 636-791-2079

Painting, Carpentry, Interior & Exterior Door Installation. Plumbing, Bathroom Remodel, Handyman Services. No Job Too Small. References Available. Call Waid

(314) 277-7891 JS Home Services

Handyman â&#x20AC;˘ Carpenter All odd jobs my speciality 20 Plus Years Experience Free Estimates!

Siding, Termite Damage & Decks $50 OFF $200 labor cost with this ad 1 time use Licensed, Bonded, Insured.

Call Jim at 314-420-3562

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Landscaping/Lawn Care

LAWNS PLUS

Interior and Exterior Painting

Spring is here and we are ready for the new year!

We are year round groundskeepers with owner on every job, for all of your landscaping needs with special attention to detail since 1981.

Just a few of the services we provide: Seasonal lawn and bed care (all aspects), complete estate care, customized landscape design, plantings, mulching, constructing patios, walks and retaining walls; leaf, brush and storm debris clean up. For a free consultation and estimates.

Call Ron at (314)698-6272

Kraemers' Lawn Service LLC Grass cutting and trimming.

Commercial & Residential.

Lawns starting at $25 a cut.

Free Estimates. Reliable. Insured.Call Terry 314-413-6445 or 636-458-1077

Craig's Lawn Maintenance LLC Spring cleanup, weekly mowing, trimming & blowing, aeration, seeding fertilization, mulching & more! Insured / Workmen's Comp. Senior discount. Call Craig at 314-3307883 or 636- 394-9978

MCLEAN EXCAVATING insured â&#x20AC;˘ free estimates

314.265.9003

Spring Cleanup! Leaf r e m o v a l , mulching, tree & brush removal, stump removal, trimming, planting, garden tilling, and gutter cleaning, mowing ! Snow Removal. Valley Landscape Co. (636) 458-8234

Morales Landscaping LLC. Spring clean-up and mulching.

First cut free for New Customers. Grass cutting $30 and up.

Leaf, bush and tree removal.

Retaining walls, patios and much more. Call 636-699-5189

LYONS LAWN SERVICE

MIENER LANDSCAPING Rock walls, patios, pruning, chainsaw work, etc. Friendly service, with attention to detail. Call Tom 636.938.9874

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Landscape Design & Installation â&#x20AC;˘Retaining Walls â&#x20AC;˘Ponds â&#x20AC;˘Drainage Work â&#x20AC;˘Landscape Lighting â&#x20AC;˘Lawn Mowing & Fertilization â&#x20AC;˘Leaf & Gumball Cleanups â&#x20AC;˘Pet Cleanup & Mole Trapping Fast Free Estimates (636) 296-5050

Mole Services OUTDOOOR SOLUTIONS Now offering mole trapping services. 636-296-5050.

Mulch Services Double Ground Oak Mulch, All Natural. Buy by the pick-up or dump truck load. Spread prices and dump prices available.

Call 314-808-3330

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Painting Services

Premium mulch or topsoil delivered to your home.

All types of Bobcat work also available. All major credit cards accepted. Call Al!s Greenhouse at 314-739-2476.

Painting Services

Window and Gutter Cleaning Power Washing www.painting-pros.com

636-527-2501

NuCoat Painting Co. Interior and Exterior. Pressure washing, wallpaper removal.

Specialist in preparation and detail. Spring discounts. Free estimates. 314-651-8442

CORNET PAINTING

Meeting all of Your Interior Painting needs at an ECONOMICAL PRICE! Only the FINEST MATERIALS for Your Home Free Estimates/No obligation cornetpainting@sbcglobal. net 636-458-7720

To Advertise 636-591-0010 x 109

314-846-6499

Sign up now before the spring rush www.cedarbeautiful.com

314-849-5387

Insured â&#x20AC;˘ Free Estimates â&#x20AC;˘ Residential & Commercial Member of the Better Business Bureau

A-1 Custom Painting & Wallpapering, we handle your design needs, professionally trained.

Faux finishes, texturing, marbling, graining. Interior & exterior, insured, free estimates.

All work done by owner. Call Ken or Hugo at 636-274-2922 or 314-640-4085. 24 years experience.

PA I N T I N G

SHEARN LANDSCAPING. Reliable Lawn Service by Shearn Landscaping. Chesterfield Residents we will beat current service by 10% on mowing. Shearn also offer total maintenance services. Call Dennis at 636-530-1998 or 314-591-2787

Call 314-426-8833

ittle Joe's awn and andscape

314.941.1851

Serving West County Since 1989

Roofing Services

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POOP SCOOPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;N SERVICE

Professional Painting

Interior / Exterior

Reasonable, References

Call 314-662-4734

A-ACCURATE ROOFING SIDING & GUTTERS no job too Large or too Small, Affordable Roofing residential & commercial, all types of roofing, 40 year experience, call for a Free Estimate, 636-939-5109 or 1-800-459-ROOF

314-770-1500 www.yuckos .com

Guitar Lessons GUITAR LESSONS Now Accepting New Students.

Lessons in your home.

Experience includes: band leader, music composer, vocalist, references available, CDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s published (CASANOVA)$30/hr.

Anytime...

Anywhere...

MILBOURN ROOFING New or Repair, Do Own Work No Job too small LIcensed & Insured 38 years in business Free estimate 10% senior discount Credit cards accepted 314-484-1548

Call Joe 636-346-7146 or 636-458-2066

Plumbing Services ANYTHING IN PLUMBING. Good Prices!

Basement bathrooms, small repairs & code violations repaired.

Fast Service. Call anytime: 314-409-5051 Affordable Plumbing Repairs and bathroom remodeling.

Call Craig 636-458-1161 or 314-614-4840

Tree Services A trim specialist. Ornamentals to Oaks. Storm damage/maintenence, through clean-up.

Experienced, insured, arborist, references. 314-832-9097 COLE TREE SERVICE Tree and stump removal. Trimming, deadwooding. Free estimates.

Insured. 636-475-3661 Website www.cole/tree/service.biz

Tuckpointing Services

since 1992

Marriage Ceremonies Renewal of Vows Commitment Ceremonies

Lawn Maintenance, Fertilizing, Mulch, Retaining Walls Landscape Design, and Installation Call for a FREE Estimate.

West County Pet Care. Pet Sitting & Dog Walking. We take care of Pets in your home where Pets prefer.

Daily, Weekly Rates. Insured 636-394-6852 314-401-5516

314-651-0261

Landscaping/Lawn Service

PAINLESS NO Down Time NON-Invasive Summer's coming!

SmartSpaStLouis.com 314.821.NEWU (6398)

includes paint Call Today

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Fat Melting- REALLY! Let us "Show You" FREE! QUICK results.

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Canine Waste Management.

Our trash can not yours' 314-605-7301

3 rooms $490

314-623-1781

Spring Clean-up, Edging, Mulching, Grass Cutting, Fertilizing, Spraying, Sodding, Seeding, Planting, Weeding, Trimming, Dethatching, Brush Removal, Retaining Walls, Patios & Draining Work

CELLULITE REMOVAL

Great Spring Rates

Wedding Services

CALL RICH

Pet Sitter. Vacation with peace of mind while your pets are cared for comfortably in their home where they prefer.

Daily visits, affordable rates.

Call: (636) 938-1375 or www.mypamperedpetsitter.com

Piano Lessons, for children and adults. 19 years experience. In my Chesterfield home. Baxter & Clarkson Call 636-536-1230

Decks â&#x20AC;˘ Play Sets â&#x20AC;˘ Fences â&#x20AC;˘ Tiewalls Work Guaranteed â&#x20AC;˘ Insured â&#x20AC;˘ References

Jim's Paint & Trim Service.

Interior & Exterior painting, crown and decorative moulding, wallpaper removal, texturing, drywall and rotten wood repair. Call 636-778-9013

Spa Services

Piano Lessons

DECK STAINING â&#x20AC;˘ BY BRUSH ONLY You've seen the mess now call the best!

314-852-5467

Pet Services

Realestate For Sale

Builderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lot For Sale

(314) 703-7456

Pre-Foreclosure price $143,742

To Advertise In Classifieds 636-591-0010 x 109 314-610-3313

Appraised for $225,000, must sell by June 15.

2617 Valley Road, Near Clarkson & Clayton.

636-262-5822

MILBOURN TUCKPOINTING Chimneys, Walls, Spot & Solid Waterproofing, Caulking Do Own Work â&#x20AC;˘ No Job Too Small Licensed & Insured 38 years in business Free estimate 10% senior discount Credit cards accepted 314-484-1548

Upholstery Services St. Francois Upholstery Co. 35 Years Experience. Local References. Cliff Byrd Jr. (owner) Call 636-390-8532 email:stfranuph@aol.com

Waterproofing Basement waterproofing, yard & gutter drains, storm sewer installation and replacements.

33 Years Experience. Free Estimates Call Tony 636-6752231 or 636-527-9263

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REAL ESTATE SHOWCASE

St. Louis' Premier Real Estate Boutique Expands To Larger Office On Manchester Provided by West Newsmagazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Advertising Department

K

ay Bova Realty is a full service real estate brokerage boutique. Built on the philosophy that passion breeds success, Kay Bova Realtyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s savvy team of professionals has created a powerful brand that services an extensive list of clients, providing concierge level real estate service.

Proudly demonstrating the success of real estate brokerage is not based on size but knowledge & personal attention to their clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests. Thus, strongly enforcing their slogan â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Enough to Provide Excellent Service, Small Enough to Careâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We recently moved to a larger office just 2 doors east of our old office on Manchester Rd.," states Kay Bova. The new office has a

large conference room, kitchen, reception area and space for more realtor offices. Or, as Kay refers to them â&#x20AC;&#x153;living room, kitchen, sun room, and family room.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to make you feel as though Our Home is Your Homeâ&#x20AC;? says Kay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our focus is to make you feel special. Buying or selling a home can be a very stressful experience. We want to take that stress away from you. After all, this is what we are trained to do.â&#x20AC;?

Kay Bova Realty has all the resources to help you through the buying or selling process. Title company, inspector, mortgage lender, can all coordinate with you through the Kay Bova Realty home. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found that most of our clients are too busy to run from office- to- office to accomplish the many tasks involved in a home purchase or

sale. We feel your time is very valuable and if we can do anything to make it more convenient for you, we willâ&#x20AC;?, says Kay. To help make your move even more convenient, Kay Bova Realty volunteers the use of their community service vehicle for clients and charities. You can see their truck around town moving furniture, distributing toys, or transporting food for school carnivals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We love to help our community in any way we can,â&#x20AC;? says Kay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Providing service is our main focus, and this service goes far beyond the time of closing. We are building a lifetime relationship.â&#x20AC;?

Kay Bova Realty would like to invite anyone to call or stop by to see their new home. When you drop in you will find much more than professional realtors, you will find a family you can count on!

Visit Kay Bova Realty at 14567 Manchester Road from Hwy. 141, We s t on M a n chester (1/4 mile west of Baxter Road) or call 636728-1881.

Kay Bova 636-728-1881 www.SellingStLouis.com

W E S T R E A L E S TAT E

For Sale or Lease Beautiful Home on 3+ acres,5BR, 4full BA quiet country setting, close to Hwy 44/100.

Rockwood School District.

High ceilings, extra garage for car or work space above ground pool. $399k/$2100 a month Call Vince at

314-809-4483

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16014 Pierside Lane $488,900 Stunning 4 or 5 bedroom Atrium Ranch in Oaks on Kiefer Creek.

4520 sq. ft. original display with fabulous custom upgrades inc. temp controlled 3/C garage, soundproofed media room, gorgeous limestone fireplace, 42â&#x20AC;? cherry cabinets & plantation shutters. Fully updated with incredible taste and quality inc. replacement windows w/remote cont. shades, granite surfaces in kitchen, high-end stainless appliances inc. SUBZERO fridge/freezer & new roof in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;07. Truly a MUST SEE! Please visit www.PiersideLn.com for photos and info.

Carole Fitzgerald 314-677-6480 carolefitzgerald@kw.com

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636-549-1129 www.TheKrauseTeam.com

545 Rustic Valley Dr. Wildwood $215,000 3 bed, 2 bth greatrm ranch exudes pride of ownership!

Vaulted ceiling, Woodburn frplc & built-in bookshelves, Mulit-level deck,Part finished lwr level w/ large fam rm area

16319 Lakeshore Terrace Court Wildwood Beautiful 1.5 story Barclay with open floor plan, 4BR/3.5BA and w/o lower level. Also inc. maint. free deck, 3-car garage, cul-de-sac lot and upstairs bonus room.

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Paige Hellmann 314-606-7409 RE/MAX Properties West â&#x20AC;˘ 636-532-5900

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Linda Azar Features elevator, gym, theatre, guest quarters and 11 car garage!

Linda Azar - 314-616-2182

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