StreetScape Magazine - September | October 2015 by TPH Media

Table of Contents 6. PUBLISHER’S NOTE 10. BUSINESSSCAPE 16. SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY 22. ST. CHARLES LANDMARK FOR SALE 24. SOLAR IMPULSE

26. BIONIC LENS™ 30. CANCER PREVENTION 36. LOOKING FOR A NEW GUITAR? 38. DYNAMIC DUO - FRANK’S HEROES 40. USO OF MISSOURI

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Publisher’s Note Hello, friends! What an amazing, fun summer we’ve had this year! I hope you have had a chance to get out and celebrate all of the great festivities that our fantastic city offers. I would love to see you at our two signature events happening in September and October. As we go to press, the final touches are being put on our amazing event, “Romancing the Runway,” on the B Concourse at Lambert – St. Louis International Airport, Sept. 23, 24, and 25. Each evening will be its own unique experience, with a different lineup of designers and boutiques showing on the runway. As you enter B Concourse, grab a Casamigos signature drink (or two) and an appetizer and browse our boutique shopping area. There will be designers and vendors, specials and giveaways, live art demonstrations, and auctions. Enjoy getting your photo professionally taken in front of our exclusive magazine cover backdrop on the red carpet and a flipbook from 2 Chics & a Photobooth. Live artist auctions and a few more surprises each night will make this an unforgettable event! All of this is included in your ticket... a VIP ticket adds swag and preferred seating. On October 15, we will be honoring the best of the best in our community at our very prestigious event, “Beyond the Best” awards banquet at Ameristar Casino Resort Spa. This is our sixth year of celebrating 50 exceptional people in our community. Look for the full “Class of 2015, Beyond the Best Honorees” in the November/December 2015 issue. I truly hope that you enjoy all of the interesting and entertaining articles that we’ve included in this issue. They will help you look and feel great, celebrate fall, find suggestions on places to go and things to do, plus there are delicious recipes sure to delight! Sincerely, Thomas P. Hannegan

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Story by Gary Johnson, M.A. MBA Photo courtesy of St. Louis Rams

Gridiron Guru: Matt Biermann

of the St. Louis Rams Training Academy is Building Future Leaders On and Off the Field With all of the publicity surrounding poor decisions by young athletes, it is refreshing to see that people like Matt Biermann are not only developing athletic skills but leadership skills that will last a lifetime. Matt is the founder of Elite Performance Center and has formed a joint venture with the St. Louis Rams to train athletes and future leaders. StreetScape: Can you tell us about your association with the St. Louis Rams? Biermann: Seven or eight years ago, my team began working with the Rams to put on camps and work with the youth in the St. Louis area. The relationship worked so well that the Rams decided to create the first developmental academy of its kind in the NFL. We were fortunate enough to be their chosen partner. StreetScape: What is the goal of the academy? Biermann: The goal has been to work with children as young 10 StreetScape Magazine

as 5 years old all the way through college level to help develop their skills in football and in other sports, as well. StreetScape: With your background working with so many athletes , why do you think so many get to college and end up making poor lifestyle decisions? Biermann: Misinformation from social media and peer groups come right to mind. Many of these kids are great athletes that have done a lot to develop their athletic skills but also donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always work as hard at developing their character. StreetScape: What is your organization doing to try and help these athletes make better decisions both on the field and off the field? Biermann: We feel that it is our responsibility to help develop not only athletic skills but player character.

StreetScape: How are you doing that? Biermann: Several ways. We are always talking to our students about being good role models for the other players on the team. We also tell them how important it is to be a good ambassador for the school and their coaches. We are also developing a classroom style leadership program in conjunction with the Rams. The program will incorporate key elements of leadership along with guest speakers who are outstanding leaders in the community. We believe this program will really help the kids see what true leadership looks like both on the field, in the classroom and in the community. StreetScape: With experience in developing leaders I have always said that if you want to get ahead, you need to be willing to do more than just what is expected. Do you buy into that? Biermann: One hundred percent. We strongly encourage all of our athletes to participate in their school programs first because we feel that shows a commitment to their program. We then talk about putting in the extra effort by getting involved in programs like ours. StreetScape: You played football at Mizzou? Biermann: Yes, I finished in 1997 and we had a chance to go to the Holiday Bowl. We lost but it was still a great experience. StreetScape: You have worked with professional athletes, including Blaine Gabbert and Sheldon Richardson... what has that experience taught you?

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Biermann: It has taught me that great talent is not enough. If you want to do extraordinary things in life, you must be willing to put in the time. Whether you are volunteering in the community, helping people less fortunate than yourself or simply putting in the extra time in the gym, there will never be a substitute for strong work ethic. StreetScape: Based on your experience playing college football and working with some of the best athletes in the world, do you have any advice for young athletes that might be reading this article? Biermann: Yes. Enjoy the level you are at now. Keep a line of sight on your goals and what you want to achieve in life as a whole. Surround yourself with people that will build you up mentally and physically. Parents, mentors, teachers, coaches, pastors - anybody that can help develop you to be the best human being you can be. Matt can be reached at www.elitefootball.net

Gary Johnson is president of Wowed Institute and the best-selling author of Wowed! Using the Principles of Wow to Create Incredible Customer Service. He can be reached at www.wowedinstitute.com

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How to Beat Business Failure Rates Story by Danette Kohrs

I find it extremely interesting that 80% of entrepreneurial businesses fail within five years while franchised businesses enjoy an 80% success rate. What makes one business fail while another not only succeeds, but is often highly profitable? The secret? Systematize everything. Franchised business models enjoy an inverse success rate to their independent counterparts because they have a system-in-a-box; a system proven to work. The franchisee leapfrogs a decade, or two, of the trial-and-error independent businesses must endure as they figure out how to make the different functions within their business work -- and work well. Over the years, I invested in two systematized business models. Both allowed me to open my doors and instantly generate revenues that would have never been possible had I launched independently. I learned, firsthand, the power of systems within the success of operations -- and the leverage-ability -- of a business. Systems allow you to delegate and they allow you to manage by metrics -- both instrumental to long-term, sustainable growth. Systems allow scale-ability and ultimately, sale-ability. They are beyond critical; they are essential. Understanding the power of systems, we developed a systematized business growth development program to teach business leaders how to grow their companies consistently, predictably, and profitably. Our proprietary process

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identifies 8 critical business functions that drive – and sustain – business growth and it provides a step-by-step process that, when fully implemented, generates exponential results. At the heart of our system is our Growth Formula, comprised of the 4 business functions that drive growth; Fulfill – Develop – Convert – Attract. The key is to implement – and NEVER deviate from – this formula. Unfortunately, most businesses get it completely wrong; seriously compromising long-term revenues and profits. If you would like a free diagram of our proprietary Growth Engine Blueprint, visit SystemsProfitGrowth.com and use the Offer Code SS0915. Or, email trinity@trinitymarketing.com with “Growth Formula - SS0915” in the subject line.

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She Works Hard

Name: Angel Magasano Title: Co-Founder, Little Black Book: Women in Business Age: 45

Hometown / High School / Education: I grew up in the small town of Barnhart, Mo. and graduated with honors from Windsor High School where I was the Homecoming Queen. After high school I attended Missouri State University (actually it was Southwest Mo. State at the time) where I was active as a Sugar Bear. Family? I have two children, Nick (17) and Danielle (16), both accomplished musicians. How long have you been in your profession? I’ve been a marketing professional for over 20 years, but took a break to raise my children. During that time I established and ran a successful wedding cake business from home called Pisa-Cake Dessert Studio where my cake designs won several industry awards. Tess Henley and I founded Little Black Book as a way to grow our networks and connect with other women who were experiencing the same things we were... overwhelming pressure to manage a home, transport the kids, do the laundry, volunteer at school, grow a business and still look pretty. LBB is dedicated to professional and personal development in a support community of modern passionate women. Proudly, Little Black Book will be working for women in 5 professional chapters and 1 collegiate chapter by the end of 2015. I am also involved civically serving on the Board of Directors for the Wentzville Downtown Business Association, an Ambassador for the Western St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce and a founding member of the Crossroads Arts Council. Who has inspired you? I’m inspired by everyday real women who do their best to keep it together. I know a lot of them. The nearest to my heart is my mother, Barbara Smith who has always been a funny, smart woman and great mom. She taught me the importance of self confidence and poise. My celebrity inspiration would be J K Rowling, the single mother author of the Harry Potter series of books. She was rejected 12 times by different publishers before a small British publishing house finally accepted her manuscript. She uses her success to fund philanthropic ventures to aid anti-poverty and children’s welfare programs. Her strong will and dedication has made her one of the most successful and respected authors of modern history. What is your ultimate dream? My ultimate dream is to travel. I hope to be able to run my business from wherever life takes me. Advice to inspire / guide women that are just starting out in their careers? Recognize that every woman combats demons such as choosing between being a good mother and a good employee, body image problems and self confidence issues. Every woman. Talk to people; get to know them; build relationships; be yourself; forget the elevator speech. Favorite quotes? Advice you’ve always appreciated? The advice that has always stayed with me was given to me by my high school band director. He would say to embrace your failures, own your mis16 StreetScape Magazine

takes, stand up straight, shoulders back, chin up. All of the good, the bad and the ugly in your past has made you the person you are today. Be proud of that. A quote that inspires me daily is: “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” – Madeleine Albright. If I go to hell, it won’t be because I didn’t do everything I could to help other people.

Name: Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge Title: Director Lambert International Airport Age: 55 Hometown / High School / Education: Oran, Mo. / Oran High School / MIZZOU Grad in 1982 Business / Career: Started career with Ozark Airlines in 1982 at LaGuardia Airport as a customer service agent. Moved quickly through the ranks. Ozark merged with TWA in 1986 and moved to St. Louis. Quickly promoted at TWA and was the Manager of Passenger Services, Director Eastern Region Airport Operations, Director of St. Louis TWA hub, and eventually was the VicePresident of TWA’s North American Operation and an officer of the company. Merged with American Airlines in 2001 and retired in 2009 after running the hub for AA in St. Louis. Became the Airport Director January 3, 2010. How long have you been in your profession? 33 years spent in aviation. Who has inspired you? Eleanor Roosevelt inspired me because of her strength and belief in human rights. What is your ultimate goal / dream / ambition? Play a major role in moving the region forward. Advice for women just starting in their careers. Work hard, volunteer and never let the nay-sayers keep you from moving forward. Favorite Quote: “It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself” - Eleanor Roosevelt. One of my bosses that I most admired once told me that I should never be afraid to speak up and give my opinion. But always remember to do it with respect and back up with reason.

Name: Deborah J. Alessi Title: Member/Attorney at Shea, Kohl, Alessi & Kuhl, L.C.; Prosecuting Attorney for the City of St. Charles. Age: 51... I will own it. Hometown / High School / Education: St. Louis, Missouri. Normandy High School, Bachelor’s Degree from what is now Truman State University; Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri School of Law - Kansas City.

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Family... married? How many Kids? I am divorced. I did not have children when I was married. Eventually I became a foster parent to teenagers and later adopted an eleven year old boy. This was challenging as a single parent, however, the support of family and friends made it possible. Business / Career / How long have you been in your profession? 26 years.

Who has inspired you? When I was eleven years old and decided to be an attorney it was Perry Mason and Petrocelli. Then, Atticus Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird. I was young then and only knew fictional attorneys. Many people have inspired me since. They tend to have the same characteristics. They are smart, successful people who are also kind and genuine. They have enough confidence in themselves that they are willing to “build others up” and they are always giving back to the community. Those of you reading this know who you are! What is your ultimate goal / dream / ambition? I am a partner in a law firm; I have tried high publicity cases and have won awards for my trial work. Yet, I do have an ultimate goal. That is to be a Circuit Judge in St. Charles County where I have spent my career practicing law. Advice to inspire/guide women that are just starting out in their careers: If you are passionate about what you are doing and do not give up you will succeed. If you are in a predominantly male profession, do not have a chip on your shoulder. Just prove yourself by being good at what you do. That is how you earn respect. Favorite quotes? “We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Advice you’ve always appreciated? Pray.

Name: Shura Garnett Title: Regional Vice President, Spectra Venue Management and General Manager of the St. Charles Convention Center Age: 54 Hometown / High School / Education: Hollis High School, Hollis, Okla. and Western Oklahoma State, Altus, Okla. Family... married? How many Kids? Single; one daughter (Tiffany Glover) and two grandchildren (Colton and Carson) Business / Career: Management of Convention Centers and Food Service for Convention Centers How long have you been in your profession? 28 years

Who has inspired you? A lot of people. My past supervisors and mentors, Marvin Wynn, past CEO of the Chamber of Commerce from Midland Texas; Brett Mitchell, my past supervisor from Overland Park KS, John Page, my current boss with Spectra Venue Management. Friends in the industry such as Carol Wallace, president and CEO of the San Diego Convention Center Corporation; Dexter King, past president and CEO of IAVM the professional Organization that I was privileged to act as Chairman of the Board; Cliff Wallace, with the Hong Kong Exhibition Center. What is your ultimate goal / dream / ambition? To grow as far within my company as I can and then at some point be able to step back a bit, relax and do my own consulting at my own pleasure. Advice to inspire/guide women that are just starting out in their careers? Well, my career is definitely male dominated, as you can tell from my mentors. When I started in the industry it was 10% female. We’ve grown that number to 16% finally. With regard to advice: Be true to yourself; Don’t be afraid to manage with both authority and compassion; Don’t be afraid that when you make the same decisions and act in the same way that you will be judged differently than if you were a man. You will be and it’s OK. Work hard, surround yourself with good, loyal, smart employees that have skill sets different than your own… you don’t know everything. Reward them, acknowledge them, and do everything in your power to be their mentor and help them advance their own careers. Favorite quotes? Advice you’ve always appreciated? Don’t be a bull in a china closet. Sit back, listen, absorb, digest, then you can open your mouth! Name: Karen Kelly Title: General Sales Manager, FM NewsTalk 97.1 Age: 46 Hometown / High School / Education: St. Louis, St. Elizabeth Academy High School, Mizzou Family... married? How many Kids? Single Business / Career: Radio General Sales Manager for Emmis Communications How long have you been in your profession? 20 plus years. I started my career in radio as a promotions intern after graduation. Soon thereafter, added Executive Morning Show Producer and CoHost to my resume. Radio has been my passion since the day I stepped foot into this exciting industry. Who has inspired you? I am inspired by strong/self-made individuals who work hard, play hard and give back to causes they believe in. (continued on page 20) September | October

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What is your ultimate goal / dream / ambition? At the end of the day, that people remember me as someone who made an impact somehow in their lives.

Name: Sheri Steffens Title: I own The Heart of St. Charles Ballrooms, and The Old Stone Chapel. I am from Imperial, Mo. I have a bachelor’s degree from the St. Louis Conservatory of Music.

Advice to inspire/guide women that are just starting out in their careers? Listen more than talk. Always treat people like you want to be treated and most importantly take chances! Don’t live your life wondering “What if”... Favorite quotes? Advice you’ve always appreciated? “I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” – Oscar Wilde

Name: Christine Trotter Title: Development Director Age: 47 Hometown/ High school / Education: St. Louis, Mo. / Bishop DuBourg / Associate Degree, St. Charles Community College Family... married? How many Kids? Married (David Trotter), 2 children (Mary and Stephen), 6 grandchildren (David, Aeris, Chloe, Zelda, Kaden and Keila) Business / Career: Began her career as a secretary for a loan officer with Gravois Home Savings & Loan. Worked for Union Electric, now Ameren, for 20 years. Started as an entry clerk and ended her career as a Function Coordinator with 2 outlying offices under her guidance. Moved to the USO of Missouri in 2008 as an Executive Assistant and was promoted to Development Director in 2009. Established Third Party Fundraisers as part of the funding strategy which has encouraged community engagement and awareness. How long have you been in your profession? 7 years Who has inspired you? My husband... never gives up… works hard, honest, utmost integrity, and has supported me through all. My children. Both joined the military at a young age. It inspired me to volunteer for the USO of Missouri and ultimately became a full-time employee... making my pleasure and honor a full-time job. My Mom … the ultimate inspirer, endurer, and loving person! What is your ultimate goal / dream / ambition? Be a good person. Support our military to the best of my ability, love my family to infinity and beyond, and leave great memories and lessons that will be told in stories for many years to come. Having someone say “I want to be like her” is the greatest compliment ever! Advice to inspire/guide women that are just starting out in their careers? Never give up. If you are offered an opportunity to learn something new, embrace it. Work hard and be honest. Realize that everyone needs help so learn how to ask… no one can do it alone. Favorite quotes? “I may not have gone where I intended to go but I ended up where I needed to be” – Douglas Adams Sometimes the questions are complicated but the answers are simple – Dr. Seuss. I speak to everyone the same way whether he is a garbage man or a president of a university – Albert Einstein Advice you’ve always appreciated? Fair is only a word in the dictionary. Friends may be for a season, a reason or a lifetime… family is forever! Work hard and maintain integrity.

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event planning business.

Family? I have 4 great kids. They are a huge part of my life, as is my career in the

How long have you been in your profession? I started my event planning business 25 years ago. My goal is to go as far as my imagination will allow. Hotel development is my next step into the hospitality business. Who has inspired you? I was inspired after planning my own wedding. I enjoyed it so much, I decided to pursue that as my career, and never looked back. Advice to inspire/guide women that are just starting out in their careers? The most important thing I have learned is to think outside the box. Look beyond what everyone else is doing and create your own path! Favorite Quote: “To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.” – Sr. Thomas Watson I love what I do. It is so much a part of who I am. The most important lesson I have learned is that you must own your dream, as nobody else can, and run it as only you would, to make it successful!

Name: Brie Smithey Title: Owner/President, Miss Aimee B’s Tea Room & Gallery / Owner, Therassage Owner/Creator, Breeze Protein Bar Line Age: 30 Hometown / High School / Education: St. Charles, Mo. / St. Charles High Family... married? How many Kids? Husband, Zack Smithey and 2 Furbabies Business / Career: Hard work has been a huge part of my life. I spent my early working career specializing in providing supreme customer service. I used my new experience and work ethic to further my education. From there I started a wildly successful therapeutic massage business which I still own today. My husband and I are definitely obsessed with projects. We have owned multiple rental properties that we have rehabilitated and managed ourselves. Recently, we both stepped outside our normal comfort zones to embark on a new journey at Miss Aimee B’s Tearoom and Gallery. We’ve recently opened a Fit Bakery within Miss Aimee B’s offering quality whole food smoothies, fresh juice and homemade Breeze Protein Bars. It’s been challenging to say the least but very rewarding. What little free time we have is spent with our handsome furbabies, George and Boomer. How long have you been in your profession? I was a National Certified Licensed Massage Therapist for 9 years. We’ve owned Miss Aimee B’s for nearly 2 years. Who has inspired you? I’ve had so many individuals come and go in my life that have contributed to where I am today. Recently one of my dearest friends was involved in a tragedy. She has remained positive

through her mental and physical battle. She’s made me realize I need to be thankful for every single day.

ing, vegetarian cooking, mountain biking, travel, and my impressive kids.

What is your ultimate goal / dream / ambition? Just to be happy! Advice for women just starting in their careers. Every career and every life has its frequent ups and downs. Success doesn’t come find you, you have to go get it. Don’t be afraid to fail. Stay positive, work hard and stay humble. Favorite Quote: My favorite quote is from Mark Twain. Zack and I live by it! “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

Name: Lorna L. Frahm Title: Managing Member, The Frahm Law Firm, LLC Hometown / High School / Education: St. Louis County / McCluer High School / University of Missouri – Columbia BSBA; Law Degree 30 years Who has inspired you? Grace Nichols, a local female attorney, politician/judge who has mentored me throughout my career. What is your ultimate goal / dream / ambition? Leave this world with family and friends who loved me and who will be better people because of our relationship. Advice for women just starting in their careers. Chose a career where you love what you do and your “job” won’t be a job at all, but instead a way to follow your passion. Favorite Quote: “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” – Abraham Lincoln

Name: Jodi Devonshire Title: Presently, I am a doctoral applicant and research assistant at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. I coordinate and teach an enrichment program, Science, Technology and Culture, and teach various science and science & outdoor education courses. Hometown / High school / Education: Raised on the beautiful west coast. The majestic mountains and timeless shorelines of my childhood directly affected my desire to advocate for healthy living & alternative transportation. I received my Bachelor’s degree in Middle School Science Education from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Business / Career: In 2010, Tony and I opened the Bike Stop Café, a family run, socially responsible bicycle company in Historic Saint Charles, Mo. In 2015, we opened the Bike Stop Outpost, a lifestyle shop for runners, cyclists and dog walkers. The Bike Stop Cafe & Outpost’s mission is to advocate and make available healthy living choices and alternative transportation. Family... married? How many Kids? Personally, I am one part of a beautifully blended family including five kids and an extraordinary partner in life. I live an active life including music, sunshine, garden-

Name: Corrie Marnett Title: Realtor Age: 49 Hometown / High School / Education: My hometown is Port Washington, Wis., right on a harbor on Lake Michigan. Love it! Port Washington High School. I have had some college and I have taken a lot of classes over the years to continue learning. I home schooled for 20 years and it gave me the opportunity to learn so many things. My family lives in the Port Washington/Milwaukee area. Family... married? How many Kids? I am widowed. I was married for almost 23 years. I have 10 children from 29-9, 6 girls and 4 boys and 1 granddaughter. Business / Career / How long have you been in your profession? I was in banking and then went to real estate. Who has inspired you? My children inspire me,I want them to be proud of me. What is your ultimate goal/dream/ambition? My ultimate goal is to love what I do, do the very best job I can and make a difference in other’s lives. My advice to other women: Believe in yourself; don’t take yourself too seriously; do the next thing. And when you are feeling stressed dance! “Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.” – Gilda Radner

Name: Jennifer Hamilton Swatek Title: Mom and Firefighter/Paramedic Age: 40 Hometown/high school/education: Born and raised in Maryland Heights, Mo. Graduate of Pattonville Senior High School. Current student at Columbia College working toward a Bachelor in Emergency Management, minoring in Psychology. Family... married? How many Kids? I am a single (divorced) mother of three children (11, 8, 7). My children are with me every day that I am home from work. Business / Career: My business is raising my children. First and foremost they are my primary career. In addition to being “mom,” I am a Firefighter/Paramedic with Riverview Fire Protection District. (Originally Jennings Fire Department in 2012 and we merged September 1, 2015.) How long have you been in your profession? I have been a mom since 2004, then again in 2006, and finally in 2008. From 2006 to 2011 I was a stay-at-home-mom, who also would watch friends children during the day. For my paying career, I have been training since 2009. EMT school in 2009, Fire Academy in 2010, and Paramedic school from 2010-2011. I began with Jennings Fire Department in May of 2012. (continued on page 29) September | October

BusinessScape St. Andrews Cinema in St. Charles

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos by Michael Schlueter

Future of the St. Andrews Cinema Currently Unknown First dates, sticky floors and multiple viewings… these are the legacies of St. Andrews Cinema. Amy Brooks got engaged there. Chris Smith took his wife of 23 years on their first date there in 1985. It was Carrie Trent’s first job. So many others saw their favorite movies there multiple times. This reporter saw “Jaws” at St. Andrews Cinema at least eight times. When John Moseley, current owner and operator of St. Andrews Cinema, announced in June that he would close his doors after Labor Day weekend, Facebook blew up. Locals couldn’t believe their hometown treasure that held so many of their memories was closing down. But apparently the sentiment has fizzled, at least if ticket sales tell any kind of story. Moseley said in 2014 he sank his entire inheritance into digital projection and new seats in the three-screen theater that has been showing second-run movies since 1981. His family bought it from the St. Louis-area Wehrenberg chain. He said he did raise the price to $3, and attendance fell dramatically. So he dropped the price back down. And yet, attendance never came back to what it once was. “Based on this year’s attendance, people don’t seem to care we are leaving,” said Moseley. “I’m certain they will miss us 22 StreetScape Magazine

once we are gone, and they will be stuck with first-run prices. Thirty-plus years and the community has said adios. All the time, energy, money, blood, sweat and tears, and this is my reward. It’s devastating for me.”

Granada on South Gravois a dollar show. Born in 1914, he worked with his uncle in the Stewart Everett theaters in North Carolina decades ago. John said his father told him stories of playing a movie in one town and rewinding it on the way to the next.

John said he “doesn’t lose any sleep at night” that he hasn’t been fair to customers. “Who has $5, all-you-can-drink, large sodas? I’ve got one- to two-dollar candy. I’ve got dollar hot dogs.” And he asked, “Who has $5, unlimited, large popcorn?” He said he even gives extra containers to customers to share the popcorn with their families. “I got the best deal in town.”

His brother, Harman Moseley, still operates the first-run Galleria, Chase and Moolah theaters under the St. Louis Cinemas brand.

St. Andrews Cinema has one of the last remaining dollar show movie theater setups in the St. Louis area. Moseley said he has tried to be fair with customers for many years, and he is disappointed that they don’t seem to be returning the favor. As prices continue to rise on virtually every other kind of entertainment, Moseley, – like his father before him – has kept the $1 price for more than 30 years. “This is the last summer for me,” Moseley said. “It may be their last chance to come to the dollar show and see a movie. No one has run dollar movies in St. Louis longer than me and my family, since 1977.” Moseley’s father, Pat Moseley, was a pioneer in dollar shows. He made the

The Moseleys have been in the movie business for decades, but it’s said that all good things must come to an end; and maybe that’s the case with the dollar show in St. Charles County. John said there is always a chance he won’t pack it in after Labor Day, but it’s going to take a good faith effort on the part of St. Andrews’ fans. There are some diehards according to Scott Seyfried at Pace Properties, the firm charged with selling the St. Andrews property. “A lot of people want to see it continue,” Seyfried said. “Some people are trying to source funds to keep it operating. One guy is going so far as to say he wants to go out and raise funds. He said we need a Tivoli of St. Charles County.” Seyfried said most surprising is that most of the interested buyers he has spoken to

BusinessScape want to continue to operate a theater on the St. Andrews property. He said he thought investors would only be interested in the property for redevelopment. “I wanted to carry on my family’s tradition,” John said. “I put my money where my mouth was.” But even with all of his efforts, people may not be buying. John said he did $85,000 in business in June of 2014. That number dropped to $56,000 this June. Still, St. Charles Countians hold their memories close; and whether or not they still frequent St. Andrews, there is a history there that they cherish.

“The Mummy’ about a billion times in a week there.” Mary Kay James of Elsberry said she saw “Grease” there thirteen times. Mike Hellemeyer said he went on his first date there in seventh grade. He and Joyce Deptula saw “The Bad News Bears.” “I had many dates there,” said Erin Blount. “I hope that doesn’t mean I was a cheap date.”

“I got engaged there on the stage with 200 teenage boys waiting to watch ‘Mighty Ducks 2,’” said Amy Brooks. “Chuck [Brooks] had a youth group that consisted of kids from out around the harbors along the river. He called me at work and told me we were going to go with them to see ‘Mighty Ducks 2.’ I was annoyed. We got there a little late, and we sat in the back; and he left to go get food. It was packed with teenage boys. Over the intercom, they started playing the Barry Manilow Broadway version of ‘Once in Love with Amy,’ which I found a little odd. The next thing I know, an usher is standing next to me with all of these Mylar balloons and looks at me and says, ‘I need you to come with me’ and motions toward the front. I look down there and Chuck is standing there with flowers.” Amy told the theater employee she didn’t believe it. “He looked at me and said, ‘Lady, he’s worked on this for two weeks and then the organ blew up. You have to.’ I went down there and the lights came up, and the first two rows were all of our family and friends. Chuck got down on one knee and proposed. I accepted. He made me dance a little to the song. Each of our family and friends filed by and gave me a rose. I think there were about 40 of them. And then we went to a surprise engagement party. Needless to say, the teenage boys were happy to see us go.” They didn’t stay for the movie. Becky Vincent of St. Peters said she and her husband had their first date there. They saw “The Matrix.” Barb Smith said her husband Chris took her on their first date October 19, 1985. “We saw ‘Silverado’ and I fell asleep on his shoulder, because I was tired after taking the ACT that day.” The two have been married for 23 years. Barb said she still takes the couple’s two daughters to the dollar show. “The girls and I go every summer. We went and saw ‘Insurgent’ at the end of June. We saw ‘Dolphin Tale’ there a couple of years ago, and this little kid threw up right in front of us. I liked it when it was one theater. In later years, the floors were always sticky, and I seemed to sit in gum a lot. Good times, good memories.” Ah yes, the sticky floors. It seemed to be one of the common denominators, albeit the fondest, among the nostalgic reminiscings about St. Andrews. “I remember going there and constantly hearing beer cans and bottles rolling down the aisle,” said Susan Gaskill. “No wonder everyone’s feet stuck to the floor.” The second commonality was seeing movies multiple times at the theater. Zac James, currently of Portland, Ore., said he saw

Moviegoers getting popcorn and sodas before the show

Kelly Krupinski said she and her husband had “quite a few dates there over the years. I remember the organist down in the front playing before the movie. That was so awesome. Every once in awhile the movie would cut out and everyone would boo. Then they would fix it pretty quick and you would hear cheers. Hey, you couldn’t complain for the price. I still have ticket stubs from there that I saved. I also remember sometimes people would open the side doors from inside during the movie and sneak people in. I was always like, ‘Really? It costs a freaking dollar.’” Several people confessed to sneaking in their own snacks. Carol Felzien said, “Definitely fun and easy on the wallet for familyfriendly movies. I loved to sneak special requests like McDonald’s in my purse. The kids always thought that was simply outrageous. St. Andrews was a bit of a flash to the past, more of the old-time, big screen concept of the ‘60s and ‘70s. It’s definitely an era gone by.” (continued on page 29) September | October

FutureScape

Bertrand Piccard & André Borschberg in Abu Dhabi undertaking preparation flights for the first ever Round-The-World Solar Flight - January 2015

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Solar Impulse is flying around the world Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos courtesy of Solar Impulse The first plane to attempt an around-theworld, solar flight will be down until next spring.

Abu Dhabi on March 9. The route includes stopovers in Oman, India, Myanmar and China.

Irreversible damage to overheated batteries in the Solar Impulse will ground the plane in Hawaii till at least April 2016. Solar Impulse is the first plane to attempt to circumnavigate the globe without a drop of fuel. According to a spokesman for the project, the Solar Impulse team stayed with the Prototype SIA in St. Louis during the Across America Mission in 2013.

By flying above the Pacific Ocean for over 80 hours, Borschberg also broke the record for the longest non-stop solo flight.

“Can you imagine that a solar-powered airplane without fuel can now fly longer than a jet plane!” said Bertrand Piccard, initiator, chairman and pilot of Solar Impulse during the first half of the plane’s journey. “This is a clear message that clean technologies can achieve impossible goals.” An idea born in Switzerland, the Solar Impulse is the airplane of Swiss explorers Piccard and André Borschberg. They are the founders, pilots and driving force behind Solar Impulse, the first airplane of perpetual endurance. Piccard, a doctor, psychiatrist, explorer and aeronaut, made the first non-stop, round-the-world balloon flight in a Breitling Orbiter. Borschberg – an engineer and graduate in management science, a Swiss Air Force fighter pilot, and a professional airplane and helicopter pilot – is the co-founder and CEO. The round-the-world flight started from 24 StreetScape Magazine

According to the Solar Impulse press team, by remaining airborne three consecutive days and nights and producing its own power with solar energy, the plane has proven that Piccard’s vision of reaching unlimited endurance without fuel was not a crazy dream. Unfortunately, irreversible damage to overheated batteries in the Solar Impulse airplane pushes the second half of the round-the-world solar flight to next spring. “Despite the hard work of the Solar Impulse team to repair the batteries which overheated in the record-breaking oceanic flight from Nogoya to Hawaii, the solarpowered airplane of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will stay in Hawaii until early spring 2016,” according to the Solar Impulse website (www.solarimpulse. com). “The damage to the batteries was not a technical failure or a weakness in the technology but rather an evaluation error in terms of the profile of the mission and the cooling design specifications of the batteries.” The damage to certain parts of the batteries will require repairs that will take several months. The University of Hawaii, with the support of the Department of Transportation,

will host the airplane in its hangar at Kalaeloa Airport, according to a spokesperson for Solar Impulse. The round-theworld mission is expected to resume in early April 2016 from Hawaii, across the United States to JFK International Airport in New York, before making the Atlantic crossing to Europe, and then returning to the point of departure in Abu Dhabi. According to a spokesperson for Solar Impulse, the purpose of the venture is to collect millions of voices for www. FutureisClean.org, an initiative aiming to encourage governments to replace old, polluting devices with new, clean technology. In turn, those governments can save energy and natural resources and decrease CO2 emissions in a profitable way, creating jobs and economic growth, while protecting the environment. StreetScape Magazine was privileged to submit questions to the Solar Impulse team. The following are the answers received from Elke Neumann, media relations officer of Solar Impulse in Switzerland. For more information or to keep up with the journey, visit www.solarimpulse. com. StreetScape – How does the Solar Impulse differ from other planes? Neumann – The Solar Impulse program started off with the aim of building an

FutureScape airplane capable of flying night and day without fuel, propelled solely by solar energy. The result is breathtaking: the wingspan wider than a Boeing 747 (72m), the weight of an empty family car (2,300 kg) and the average 24h power of a small motorbike (15hp). On 3rd of July, the plane reached, with André Borschberg at its controls, Hawaii. We demonstrated that the plane can fly without a drop of fuel for five days and five nights. This is an historic milestone in aviation, the longest flight for a single pilot airplane in duration, ever flown with any type of airplane. StreetScape – Does it also run on fuel that it can carry if needed? Neumann – Solar Impulse (SI2) operates totally independently from fossil resources. The plane flies only on solar energy. Solar Impulse has demonstrated for the last six months that it is possible to fly only on the energy of the sun even during the night. During the day, the batteries are recharged with the solar energy, to carry the plane through the night, restarting the cycle again the next day. Following the record-breaking oceanic flight of five days and five nights (117 hours and 52 minutes) in a solar-powered airplane, Solar Impulse is undergoing maintenance repairs on the batteries due to damages brought about by overheating. Irreversible damage to certain parts of the batteries will require repairs that will take several months. In parallel, the Solar Impulse engineering team will be studying various options for better cooling and heating processes for very long flights. Post maintenance check flights will start in 2016 to test the new battery heating and cooling systems. StreetScape — How did you fight loneliness? Did you really self-hypnotize; and if so, who taught you? Borschberg — I have realized a dream. When I was a little boy, I admired these pilots which discovered aviation; those were my pioneers. When I met Bertrand, I understood that was the moment to put in reality my dream: exploring new ways. This is really a life project. This cockpit becomes our home. It protects us against the cold temperatures and against the harsh environment outside. After a short while, you feel at ease and not lonely at all. It is an emotional relationship between the pilot and the plane. The only way to fly five days and five nights is to forget about the time and focus about the present moment. You have to enjoy, to discover one’s self, feeling, living. It is almost a spiritual experience. During the five days and five nights, I have practiced Yoga techniques to keep mentally and physically focused. Bertrand, using his training as a medical doctor, uses self-hypnosis techniques to relax the mind and quickly enter a deep sleep. StreetScape — Chances of achieving your goal were slim. What does it feel like to achieve such an incredible feat? Was battery damage anticipated? How will you fix this in the future? When do you anticipate starting up again? Did you finish what you set out to do? Borschberg — I feel exhilarated by this extraordinary journey. I have climbed the equivalent altitude of Mount Everest five times without much rest. The team at the Mission Control Center in Monaco (MCC) was my eyes and my ears. The MCC was battling to give me the possibility to rest and recover, but also maximizing the aircraft’s energy levels and sending me trajectories and flight strategies simulated by computer. This success fully validates the vision that my partner Bertrand Piccard had after his

round-the-world balloon flight to reach unlimited endurance in an airplane without fuel. In view of the weather and the situation at the location in Hawaii, it is a great choice for the whole project to be able to finish the round-the-world trip successfully next year. StreetScape — Will these solar-powered machines eventually haul passengers? How far into the future do you see this happening? Borschberg — Our primary purpose is not to revolutionize aviation, but the way in which people think about energy and clean technologies. If Solar Impulse technologies were used on a massive scale, the world would be able to save up to 50 percent of the current consumption of fossil energy and produce half of the rest with renewable energies. As for the aviation industry, it is well aware of its need to change. However, this cannot be done quite as drastically as with Solar Impulse. Our project involves zero fuel. Conventional aviation cannot switch straight to zero fuel. Intermediate steps are needed, such as using lighter materials, more direct routes, or approaching airports through constant descent rather than performing level landings. Aviation will be the final area of transport able to stop using fuel. StreetScape — How many people is the plane currently equipped to carry? Neumann — The pilot of the Solar Impulse plane is alone at the control; and certain flights, such as the Pacific and Atlantic crossings, take up to five or six days non-stop. André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard are alternating the flights. After each stop, the other pilot takes over the controls of the plane.

André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard - 2014

StreetScape — Your website said your real goal was less dependence on fossil fuels. Where will you take your achievement in the future? Are there others who are noting your progress and working with you for alternative transportation or other new technologies? Neumann — Solar Impulse is convinced that with a pioneering spirit, the use of clean technologies, and political vision, we can stop the planet from wasting natural resources. With Solar Impulse, an airplane that does not consume any fuel, we are able to demonstrate the potential of new technologies in terms of saving energy and producing renewable energies. What we are able to achieve in the air, everybody can do on the ground in his or (continued on page 33) September | October

Move Over Bionic Man...

Dr. Garth Webb

FutureScape

Restoring Clear Vision Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photo courtesy of Dr. Garth Webb

A man’s own struggle to see led him to develop what could be one of the greatest inventions of the 21st century. Dr. Garth Webb, founder of Ocumetics Technology Corporation and an optometrist from British Columbia, has developed the Ocumetics Bionic Lens™ — a highly advanced, intraocular lens capable of restoring clear vision at all distances without glasses or contact lenses. Webb has had poor vision for most of his life. He said he was moved to develop a new direction for eye care because of his struggle to see and the limitations it placed on a myriad of his life experiences. “What motivated me to develop this lens is my contempt for the lack of freedom for people who have had to tolerate corrective lenses their whole lives,” Webb said. “My whole life I have been restricted because of my vision.” Webb wanted to be a cowboy in the second grade. “Cowboys don’t wear glasses,” he said. But it wasn’t just a passing dream of a little boy. As an athletic young person, he said his enthusiasm for sports was constantly curtailed by his inability to see without corrective lenses, especially western sports, such as horseback riding, water sports and competitive swimming. “It was all of those things that I had a natural aptitude for that were denied me. I don’t want other people to have their lives restricted as I did.” Webb said he curses his own contacts and progressive lenses and added that progressive lenses are compromised because they cannot possibly do the job that the eye was intended to do. 26 StreetScape Magazine

“We adapt to less-than-optimal conditions; and in my mind, that’s not proper eye care.” He calls his invention the Bionic Lens™. It is an intraocular lens that has the ability to auto-regulate, or automatically adjust, within the eye, allowing it to focus at different ranges – distance, intermediate, near and very near. “It is designed to be foldable and insertable through a 2.7 mm incision,” he said, adding that when it’s inserted with a syringe and saline solution, the button-like device will unravel and fully fit the patient’s eyes. A process much like cataract surgery, Webb said the procedure is painless and takes less than 10 minutes. He added that the lenses never degrade, so there will be no need for cataract surgery or failing vision no matter how long an individual lives. Webb said the Bionic Lens™ incorporates a patented, miniature optics system that works like a tiny digital camera powered by one’s own body. Recipients of the Bionic Lens™ will be able to shift focus from close range objects to objects at any distance and see three times better than 20/20, which is the universal standard for normal vision. Simply put, what one could just barely see at 10 feet will be crystal clear at 30 feet away with the new lens. Webb said vision will be “immediately corrected” in seconds after the lenses have unraveled and fully fit the eyes. As an optometrist, Webb conducts a great deal of post-operative work on patients who have undergone laser surgery. He said his experiences with these patients also led him to invent the Bionic Lens™.

FutureScape “It became evident that the honeymoon phase was short lived. The natural aging of the lens inside of the eye often caused people to be dependent on eyeglasses again. So they’re still not really getting the freedom they envisioned when they agreed to get the surgery. It goes against our Hippocratic conviction; and if we’re going to do that, it had better be worth it.” Webb said some 12 to 18 percent of the endothelial cells in the back of the cornea are damaged or lost as healthy corneal tissue is burned away from the effects of the laser. This endothelial cell layer of the cornea is necessary for the cornea to remain clear. “The remaining cells have to spread out on the corneal surface to keep the cornea clear.” This is extremely important, he said, because these remaining cells age and die throughout life, all while they are attempting to do the job of the original 100 percent. “It’s a quiet liability,” he said. The Bionic Lens™ is currently undergoing clinical testing. Clinical trials should begin soon on animals and then blind human

eyes. The ultimate goal, of course, is clinical approval — hopefully, sooner than later. Webb said that in June the FDA announced a new and compressed regulatory process for biomedical devices. “So that was good news. We’re hopeful this streamlining of the approval process will allow us to bring the Bionic Lens™ to American people more rapidly than we thought.” Webb said the Bionic Lens™ could be available in Canada and elsewhere in about two years, depending on regulatory processes in various countries. Webb said the Bionic Lens™, made with a familiar material, is safe and will not cause any biophysical changes within the eye. “The Bionic Lens™ is fabricated solely of one polymer that has been used extensively in intraocular devices for decades,” he said. “We are not introducing any new molecules within the eye.” According to Webb, the procedure is similar to cataract surgery, during which the lenses inside the eyes are replaced with artificial lenses. Webb said he believes the surgery will eventually be covered by insurance, unlike laser surgery, because it will not be considered cosmetic. In effect, because it will not damage the

endothelial cell layer of the cornea, it will help to prevent further complications that require more medical intervention as the eyes age. For example, people who have the specialized lenses surgically inserted will never get cataracts because their natural lenses, which decay over time, have been replaced. The Bionic Lens™ has been almost a decade in the making and cost some $3 million to develop. “The engineering is how we’re putting the lens component together. It has the dynamic capability when placed inside the eye so it can respond to the natural focusing structure within the eye. Developing the concept that allows for a lens to become dynamic and efficient in responding to these muscles took a long time. This is a whole series of patents for all of the tiny features within the lens that can integrate perfectly with the structures within the eye and that can self-adapt to the eye. It’s a tall order. It’s like asking someone to build the Titanic and then put it in a bottle. It has demanded all of my capabilities for the last ten years.”

Alongside his work on the Bionic Lens™, Webb has set up a charitable foundation called Celebration of Sight, dedicated to funding organizations that provide eye surgery in developing countries. Funds have also been earmarked for eye research institutes around the world. Webb has yet to present the lens through all of the academic channels, he said, primarily because he wanted to make it available to the general public. He wanted them to know “while they are considering cataract or laser surgery” that the technology may be available to them in as little as two years. He did, however, present the lens to 14 top ophthalmologists in San Diego the day before an annual gathering of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He said it was the “who’s who” of ophthalmology at Harvard and Yale. Webb said the surgeons were impressed with what they heard, and some will be involved in clinical trials for the Bionic Lens™. One of the doctors who has agreed to serve on his medical advisory board is from St. Louis, though he declined to mention names. (continued on the next page) September | October

FutureScape (continued from previous page) Nevertheless, Webb just keeps looking forward to the day when he will realize his dream — when real people, not just cowboys, don’t wear glasses. “I’m hoping for a day when a person will say, ‘Remember those days when we used to put up with those stupid bifocals and contacts and glasses? Do you believe it?’” ¤

Bionic Lens II

As revolutionary as the Ocumetics Bionic Lens™ is going to be for eye care, its inventor Dr. Garth Webb states it will be even more so for the communications industries. Webb said there are innumerable ways to use the technology of the Bionic Lens™ within other industries. One of the most likely industries is photographic technology. “The geometry of the human eye has got so many incredible virtues, that we as human beings don’t understand them all. If we were to redesign the camera with the geometry of the human eye, we would have a camera that would take 3D images as if it were an eye looking around and recording things as we see them. “The Bionic Lens™, functioning within a camera system, provides for an immediate assimilation of the images created by the human visual system.” Whether the photographic system would be separate from or a part of the eye is anyone’s guess or could be anyone’s choice. Webb explained the Bionic Lens™ “has room for an energy cell to be fitted within it.”

The Bionic Lens™

The Bionic Lens™ is completely transparent and is all but invisible when placed in a liquid bath; behind the iris, it does not detract in any way from the natural appearance of the eye. The cross sectional graphic of the Bionic Lens™ attached, has been color coded to display its functional components that generate both variable prismatic effect and focus change to help the eyes work in unison providing unparalleled visual performance from distance to very close range without corrective lenses.

“So we could say instead, ‘What job would you like it to do?’ The way we can engineer the Bionic Lens™ systems is almost beyond belief. It could be designed to achieve up to 50 times magnification or formatted so it could look inside like a binocular telescope. I’ve built into the Bionic Lens™ the ability to allow for the human visual system to adjust itself in so many ways. You could film your visual environment the same way your eye does. You could record what you saw and send it to a friend. They could Bluetooth it to their headset and relive your experience.” Webb hopes that people will eventually share experiences and even watch movies through headsets implanted with Bionic Lenses™. His answer is Human Visual Experience (HVE)™ through Ocumetics™ Camera Optics. “Headsets that simultaneously capture, export and project digital images are beginning to surface within the marketplace. It is expected that the headsets, appearing much like sunglasses, will supplant television, portable computers and cellular phones requiring visual display monitors. [Wearers] could watch the actors in a movie from any angle and be physically interacting with a friend in the scene watching the same movie.” The human brain is conditioned to interpret visual information that is initially formatted by the human eye, Webb said. “Any disturbance of the exquisite interaction of physics, anatomy and neurophysiology is perceived by the observer as foreign,” he said. Ocumetics™ Camera Optics preserve this delicate interaction by allowing the observer to focus and see light and color changes just as they would with their own eyes. “The optical images produced are naturally formatted for the human visual system without need for digital processing.” Webb said bio-mechanical systems must operate using the same principles found in physiological systems if they are to work efficiently together. In other words, his lenses must work like the lenses of human eyes. Ocumetics™ Camera Optics can shift focus from optical infinity to very close range more rapidly than the perceptual limits of the human brain. “The result is super wide-field videos that can change perspective or viewing distances without perceptible time delay.” This capability is essential for integrating digital visual information with real-world experiences. ¤

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She Works Hard for the

MONEY Cinema sign near Interstate 70 (continued from page 23)

She wasn’t the only one. James said she, too, was guilty of circumventing the rules. “We would go there often, and I would buy drinks and snacks at the gas station first. My sons never sat with me. I was too uncool. I bought cans of soda. One time, when the audience was quiet because the movie was starting, I heard a can rumble all the way down to the front of the theater. Both boys turned and looked at me. I’m like, ‘I have no idea who you are.’” “That was my first job. I was the popcorn girl and fixed the tape projector in 1994ish,” said Carrie Trent. “Boy oh boy, do I have stories. Such fun times with Dale the organ player, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the snacks — everything.” Though she hasn’t lived in the area for over two decades, Ida Barker said St. Andrews is one of her fondest memories. “St. Andrews Theater has been there so long,” said Barker of Norfolk, Va. “I moved to Virginia 24 years ago. But that is still one of the places I always drive by when I go home. I always look over to see if it is still there and if there is a movie listed up on the board. I get a little excited it is still there, up and running. I remember having to get there so early just to make sure we could get in and get good seats. There was always a line of people wrapped around the side of the building. I remember they would sell out, and without fail there would be an announcement to please move in toward the middle to fill seats so everyone could find a seat. And then the second announcement was to please let them know if there was an empty seat next to you. ‘The movie won’t start until everyone is seated.’ And then the third announcement stating, ‘This is a sellout show. Every seat will be filled, and the movie will not start until everyone has a seat, so you better tell us if there is an empty seat next to you.’” For more information on purchasing St. Andrews Cinema, call Scott Seyfried at 314-968-9898 or email him at sseyfried@paceproperties.com. For more information on St. Andrews, visit www.sac3.com. ¤

Jennifer Hamilton Swatek Who has inspired you? God. God has inspired me the most. Especially in the last 4 years. He has shown me that I can do anything and everything I put my mind to! In addition to Him, I have some wonderful friends and some very strong co-workers whose belief in me keeps me ticking when I want to stop.

What is your ultimate goal / dream / ambition? My dream is to raise three wonderful, helpful, appreciative, respectful, intelligent, well-rounded children! In my career, my goal is to be doing exactly what I’m doing! I have the absolute most wonderful career ever created! The area in which I work is wonderful and I feel that I am doing great things when I’m there. If there is ever a reason I am physically unable to do my job, I hope to have a backup in Emergency Management. I want to stay as close to my current field as possible. I want to help people who need it the most. It is what God has called me here to do. Advice to inspire / guide women that are just starting out in their careers? NEVER stop learning. That does not mean you have to go to college constantly. Just never stop learning. There is nothing that you cannot do. If I can raise three children almost alone, work 72 hours a week, and attend college classes online… anyone can do it! No matter who in your life gives up on you, never give up on yourself. YOU have to be your number ONE fan! Make it happen. Favorite quotes? Advice you’ve always appreciated? A wonderful, and very wise, friend told me, “Once you stop learning, you’re done!” I believe that with my whole heart. Learn something EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. ¤

September | October

CANCER

Susan Robben, Executive Director (L) with Lisa Sienkiewicz (R), President of SLOCA

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photo by Michael Schlueter

Prevention, Research and Fun Can Make a Difference

Cancer… it’s rarely expected and never welcome. But there are instances when it’s especially devastating and absolutely baffling. A child has cancer? Even the statement seems like an oxymoron. A woman who ignored her ostensibly menopausal symptoms finds out she has ovarian cancer? The odds would seem enormous. But such things do happen, and their ramifications can be overwhelming. It’s these premature and unexpected instances of cancer that leave doctors stumped and laypeople bewildered. But there are organizations and medical interventions that can bring comfort and hope to the afflicted. There are also means of prevention. Cancer in kids — Friends of Kids with Cancer was founded some 23 years ago by concerned parents, Molly Henry and Suzie Snowden, along with Jill Turec, a developmental specialist at Mercy Children’s Hospital, because they saw the need for the simplest of things: fun. They created a toy closet right where kids are treated. And it turned out to be a revolutionary idea. They wanted kids with cancer to have something to take their minds off of needles and shots – something to play with. Executive director for Friends of Kids with Cancer, Judy Ciapciak, said the organization has showered televisions, movies, board games and anything else they could think of on the young 30 StreetScape Magazine

cancer patients. The goal is to divert their attention from sickness and put smiles on their faces where there had once been only tears. “This simple idea has since developed into a philosophy that Friends abides by today,” Ciapciak said. “Treatments shouldn’t just attack viruses and cells in a child’s body. The mind, soul and, most importantly, the heart, need to be cared for as well. Treating the whole child has brought new, creative programs into the treatment centers through Friends of Kids with Cancer.” But cancer doesn’t just fight the blood cells in a child’s body; it puts a strain on the entire family. “Fighting cancer is tough enough, but doing so as a child with so little life experience, as well as the social and emotional handicaps that treatments place upon the child, can make it extremely trying,” Ciapciak said. “We fill in the recreational, educational and emotional needs of the child, his or her siblings, and the parents.” Whether it’s taking care of a family meal at the treatment center on Munchie Mondays or bringing a child’s feelings to paper through art therapy, Friends fills in the little things that sometimes get lost.

“Friends doesn’t just focus on the patients. We focus on the siblings and the whole family unit. We call the siblings the Lost Generation, because they are often lost in the shuffle.” Friends has a sibling group under the emotional arm of the organization, Ciapciak said. “Sibling groups are so important because these kids have a desperate desire to find a place within their newly-defined family. Before the cancer, everyone was running around for everyone. That stops, and then the focus is on their brother or sister, the patient. It is difficult for them to express their feelings. They don’t want to sound selfish. In this setting, they are with other kids who are experiencing the exact things they are.” Ciapciak said Friends doesn’t create miracles. It doesn’t cure the disease. “Friends cultivates mental well-being with programs that help children cope with the challenges they face, make the best out of the situation they are in, and, most importantly, remember that it’s ok to still just be a kid.”

“But ovarian cancer is not as common. It only affects one in 72. That’s a problem for a disease that is not only little known, but little noticed. The problem with ovarian cancer is that its signs and symptoms are subtle,” Sienkiewicz said. “Urinary urgency and frequency happen to you when you get older, when you have diabetes, or a urinary tract infection. Bloating, loss of appetite, pain in intercourse and diarrhea happen to us. These things don’t send up big red flags.” Women may also pass off back and abdominal pain to aging and dysfunctional or heavy bleeding to menopause. Sienkiewicz is herself a nine-year cancer survivor. A routine DNC and ablation for heavy bleeding alerted doctors of her endometrial cancer. It was the hysterectomy that followed that led doctors to her ovarian cancer diagnosis. “There is no urine or blood test that detects this disease,” Sienkiewicz said. “It’s a hard disease to diagnose because the symptoms are common to menopause.”

Ciapciak said in all her years with Friends, she’s no closer to an explanation for why kids get cancer; but she does know Friends is making a difference in people’s lives. “There is no rhyme or reason. It just happens. And it’s all ages,” she said. “From three-month-old babies to young adults, there’s really no definite protocol. You just don’t know where it comes from and what it’s going to do.” And yet Ciapciak remains hopeful. Friends lost 17 kids to cancer in 2014. “That’s a lot. These were kids we watched through treatment. It’s devastating. But the families are just so thankful. That gives us some satisfaction — that we helped them just a little bit. We keep the smiles on their faces, and that does mean something. Many of the parents come back to volunteer or sit on our board.” The programs offered by Friends of Kids with Cancer to children and their families are numerous. The organization grants wishes from shopping sprees to puppies and everything in between. Child life therapists are provided to kids on the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. The Ian Kyle Fund provides special, moraleboosting gifts during times of relapse. Smile Makers provides kids with some of the hottest tickets in town to shows and events from dozens of generous companies and individuals. Memory Makers give families memories together, like holiday shopping sprees and gift certificates. And the Young Survivors scholarship helps survivors after the cancer is treated. Friends of Kids with Cancer is offered at the three main pediatric hospitals in the St. Louis area – Mercy Children’s Hospital, SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Friends is located at 530 Maryville Centre Dr., Suite LL5, St. Louis. For more information, call 314-275-7440, email friends@friendsofkids.com, or visit www.friendsofkids.com. Ovarian Cancer — Lisa Sienkiewicz, board president for St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness (SLOCA), said people know about breast cancer. They talk about the signs and symptoms. The disease affects one in eight women.

Jenny with her parents at her “End of Chemo” party at Children’s Hospital One blood test can raise suspicion. A transvaginal ultrasound can detect it, and a manual exam can allow doctors to feel the tumors. Sienkiewicz said the organization encourages women to be aware of symptoms that are persistent, such as bloating that lasts for two weeks or happens more than 12 times in a month. Also, Sienkiewicz urges women to find out their risk factors, including family history. “You know your body. You know how it feels and how it should feel. If that’s changing, it’s a good idea to talk to your doctor.” SLOCA works to increase awareness of ovarian cancer by staffing fairs and festivals and giving presentations by trained speakers on ovarian cancer. It offers the Survivors Teaching Students: Saving Women’s Lives program, wherein survivors teach by telling their stories to medical students, nurse-practitioner and physician-assistant students, and resident doctors in the St. Louis area. SLOCA also funds a grant for research each year through the Foundation for Women’s Cancer (formerly called the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation). (continued on next page) September | October

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(continued from page 25) her everyday lives. People can take part in the movement The Future is Clean. Here they can put down their signature to make politicians act upon the use of clean technologies. StreetScape — Was the pairing of a doctor/psychiatrist with an engineer purposeful? What kind of preparation mentally and physically did you have to undergo?

Erin Sullivan (L) and SLOCA Board President Lisa Sienkiewica talk with KMOV “Great Day St. Louis” host Matt Chambers about National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in 2014.

For more information, look for SLOCA at http://www.sloca.org, on social media, email them at info@sloca.org, or call 314-9667562. They are located at 12015 Manchester Rd., Ste. 130, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Lannis Hall, MD MPH, director of radiation oncology at Siteman Cancer Center, Barnes-Jewish Saint Peters Hospital, is the clinical trials outreach leader for The Program to Eliminate Cancer Disparities at Washington University School of Medicine. She said other rare cancers include head and neck cancers and cervical cancer, which represented 66,000 of the cancers in 2014. That’s less than five percent of all newly-diagnosed cancers in the United States. Hall said scientists and doctors are now certain that human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for 99 percent of the cervical cancers diagnosed and up to 85 percent of the newly-diagnosed head and neck cancers that occur in the back of the throat. “There has been an increase in head and neck cancers in the back of the throat since 1971, and the majority of these cancers have been associated with an HPV infection. The most significant rise has been identified in white men,” she said. Hall said there are over 100 subtypes of HPV. Most low-risk subtypes of HPV infection may manifest as warts; other types can cause abnormal throat growths called papillomas. But other high-risk subtypes of HPV can cause pre-cancerous cells in the cervix that can lead to cervical cancer. Hall said the takeaway is prevention. “Most HPV infections in the oral cavity have no signs and symptoms, so the only way to prevent this infection is by reducing or eliminating the causative behavior.” The current recommendation is for girls, ages nine to 26, to undergo vaccination to prevent cervical, vulvar, anal and vaginal cancers caused by HPV infections. Also included are recommendations for boys in the same age range to undergo vaccination to prevent anal and penile cancers and genital warts. Hall said the same high-risk HPV also causes oral pharyngeal carcinomas, and there is preliminary data through a Costa Rican trial showing that infections are prevented in the throat with vaccination. ¤

Piccard — When I flew around the world non-stop in the balloon in 1999, I had to burn almost 4,000 kilograms of liquid propane in order to keep the balloon in the air. Every day, I was afraid to fall short of fuel without being able to achieve my dream of the circumnavigation. Therefore, after the landing, I decided to make another flight around the world, but this time without any fuel, with the possibility to stay airborne as long as I wanted, trying to achieve a perpetual flight. This is how Solar Impulse was born – an airplane flying only on solar power with the energy of the sun providing the electricity to run four electrical motors and at the same time to load the batteries to be able to fly at night. When I suggested that idea, this vision, to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, they were immediately very interested and launched a feasibility study that was led by André Borschberg. This is how I met André, who became my partner in this project. André is leading the technical team and running the operations for the flight around the world. StreetScape — What are the difficulties and solutions to an unheated and unpressurized cockpit? Neumann — The SI2 unpressurized cockpit is not equipped with a heating or cooling system, as it would consume too much energy and affects the weight of the ultra-light aircraft. The pilot is protected against the ambient cold or heat (+40°C to -40°C external temperatures) by high-density thermal insulation developed by Bayer MaterialScience, which maintains the temperature in the cockpit between -20° and +30°C. This range still requires the pilot to wear a specially-designed suit. In the morning, when the sun heats the cockpit, the pilot is able to remove layers of clothing to be comfortable. While flying at high altitude and subsequently lower temperatures, the pilot can add layers to ensure he is warm. The high-tech pilot suit includes heated soles and gloves, and underwear that stimulates blood circulation. Everything is considered in order to optimize pilot comfort, even the bandana which holds the sensor close against the pilot’s head, indicating blood oxygen levels. More information: Overall the airplane performed very well during the flight. The temperature of the batteries in a quick ascend/descend in tropical climates was not properly anticipated. In parallel, the Solar Impulse engineering team will be studying various options for better cooling and heating processes for very long flights. ¤

September | October

Cultivating a Positive Self-Image for Women...

Sacred Movement owner Jennifer Kasper leads a group of students in their first-ever public performance of American Tribal Style belly dance.

Connecting the mind to the body Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos by Michael Schlueter Jennifer Kasper wants women to love their bodies. She wants them to be strong and resilient. She wants them to empower and encourage each other. Kasper is building a community at her St. Charles studio for the arts of yoga and belly dancing. Sacred Movement is a place for women to come together and turn the tide on their views of themselves and society’s stereotypes. “I’m trying to build a community of women who try to empower and inspire each other to become the best version of themselves,” Kasper said. “My number one goal is to leave some sort of dent in what our American culture is doing to the female psyche. Women need to be encouraged and empowered. The yoga, the belly dancing, the “Red Tent”– these are just the tools I’m using to say, ‘You are perfect just the way you are.’” Kasper is a Yoga Alliance certified instructor, a FatChanceBellyDance® (FCBD) certified instructor, and sister studio of the American Tribal Style®, a modern art form with ancient roots. She has taught yoga since 1999. A graduate of Dragonfly Yoga Studies in both the postures and the philosophy of yoga, she is also trained in Hatha- and Vinyasa-style yogas. Kasper is not only a teacher, but is still a student of yoga. Currently she is working toward obtaining an Inspired Certification in Anusara yoga. Additionally, she is a certified Reiki practitioner. Kasper wants to dispel the myth that not everyone can do yoga. “Yoga is a form of exercise that anyone can do. Not everyone can run, but everyone can do yoga,” she said. “People are terrified to come in to a public class. They are afraid they won’t fit in or they won’t be flexible or strong enough.” 34 StreetScape Magazine

For this reason, Kasper offers a four-week introduction to yoga class that she says “introduces you really gently to yoga.” Even top-notch athletes can benefit from yoga, and many professionals are doing just that. Former Mr. Universe and “The Terminator” himself learned yoga early on in his career. Kasper said Arnold Schwarzenegger “had all these muscles, but he couldn’t move his body. After he started doing yoga, his career really took off.” Older adults can enjoy the benefits of more flexibility and greater balance, Kasper explained. “It keeps you on your feet longer and helps to keep you from falling. The best muscle you can have is a strong and flexible muscle, not just strong.” And although yoga derives from India and the Hindu culture, Kasper said there is no religion or conversion tactics going on at Sacred Movement. “It’s about connecting the mind to the body,” she said. “Connecting the mind and body makes you feel better mentally, with an open heart. That’s what we’re looking for. We’re not focused on converting anyone to any religion.” Breathing is a big component of any exercise. “It’s one of the main practices we work on and another way to help you in other activities,” Kasper said. Stress, couches and desks all contribute to poor posture these days. “The breath affects the brain,” Kasper said. “It really helps to power muscles and the body, but diaphragmatic breathing calms your brain down.” American Tribal Style® belly dance is a fusion of different dance

styles, with elements of flamenco, African and classical Indian dances. “Tribal is into the fabrics and the textiles,” Kasper said. “It’s old world like. It pulls elements of costuming from all countries it’s inspired by. It’s about working together as a group and group improvisation. It’s about creating something new on the spot every time.” With it, Kasper offers more of that group mentality and inspiring attitude. “One of my biggest goals is that I want women to begin to love whatever body they have to start.” That’s not to say people should not strive to be healthier, just start

The idea for Red Tent events came from the novel, “The Red Tent,” by Anita Diamant, that retells the biblical story of the rape of Dinah in Genesis 34 from her point of view. “In her book, Diamant not only gives a voice to Dinah and the other women of that time period, she also gives them a menstrual hut where women gather to menstruate and give birth,” Kasper said. This idea has struck a chord with today’s modern women, shares Kasper, leading to the creation of Red Tents in their own communities. Although the original function had to do with women gathering together following pregnancy and during menstruation, Kasper said the contemporary practice is a sacred space where women gather to honor all stages of womanhood. The Red Tent is for women of all ages, ethnicities and religious backgrounds. Women who are no longer cycling are needed here to make the circles whole. “In today’s hectic, modern lives, we rarely find the opportunity to truly honor and celebrate being women. We need to come

out loving themselves. “One of my biggest goals is that I want women to begin to love whatever body they have right now.” Women will often hesitate at coming into the studio, because they don’t love their bodies, Kasper said. “I ask them to shimmy, and they’re scared. They don’t want their fat to shake. They will be wearing a huge t-shirt and sweat pants. By the end of my six-week class, they will be wearing a tank top, leggings and a hip scarf around their waist. That’s a win for me. The real message is to learn to love your body. Shake what your mama gave you.” According to Kasper, women have to almost be deprogrammed. “You’ve been told your whole life that you aren’t good enough. I want women to say, ‘My body is fantastic. Look at all the things my body can do.’”

together to rest, renew, and reshape our relationships with our community of women.” Sacred Movement is located at 1368 S. 5th St. in St. Charles, in the Three Flags Business Center at the corner of South 5th Street and Ameristar Blvd. For more information, call 314-398-8184 or visit www.sacredmovementstudio.com. ¤

There are three pillars to Sacred Movement, Kasper said. Yoga and belly dance make up the first two. The third is the Red Tent. Kasper said her Red Tent events are open to everyone. “It’s an open, sacred space. It’s a time to just come in and commune with other women. There are no activities. There’s food and themes, and someone might give a talk. There is a sharing circle where a woman can share whatever she wants to where she will not be interrupted. She can cry, scream, rant, rave… whatever.” September | October

Custom Guitars

“Until someone holds it, plays it, feels it and notices all the special details I put into it, people don’t understand what goes into custom anything.” Erik Boschert with his custom made guitars

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos by Michael Schlueter Mac Davis believed in music. The Doobie Brothers bade us to listen to the music. Kiki Dee had the music in her. And Rick Emmet went so far as to call it magic power.

cord contract. But, he said, it was not to be. The band broke up after recording only a few songs.

Erik Boschert has worked in the music industry in one way or another for more than 30 years. He’s played guitar since he was 13, but when he realized the dream of being a rock star wasn’t going to sustain him, he never gave up on his dream of working in music. He believed in the music.

In the past, Boschert worked in record stores. Today, he builds custom speaker cabinets for guitar amplifiers for Stagecraft Gear. While growing up, Boschert said, his dad was always making him build things.

It’s evident when you walk through the front door of his unpretentious, early 20th-century home in St. Charles. A 12-foot, homemade mural of the English heavy metal band, Iron Maiden, adorns the back wall of his living room. He made the mural with a friend for a concert when he was just a teenager. He was one of those kids. He had the music in him.

“We were always building something in the yard or in the garage. While my friends were out partying, I was building stuff with my dad. Every Saturday morning I had to report to the garage. I resented him then, but later I realized all that I could do because of him.”

On top of the mural and along the other walls hang guitars — custom guitars that Boschert made from scratch. He didn’t order the parts and assemble them. That’s an assumption that he says kind of irks him. No, his guitars begin as blocks of solid wood – mahogany, poplar, alder or ash. All of the designing, shaping, sanding and painting, as well as the addition of hardware, is done in his basement shop. At one time, Boschert thought and expected he would become a rock star. For five years he played original heavy metal with the St. Louis band, Krude Slit. The band even signed a meager re36 StreetScape Magazine

After the band split up, Boschert got married and had a daughter. He said “the guitar was stuck in the closet” for over a decade. But he never strayed far from music. It just so happened that his new wife’s parents owned a couple of music stores. During that time, he worked in inventory for a bicycle company, tested guitar amplifiers, and assembled guitars for one of her family’s stores. For a time he even sold collectible science fiction toys online and did web design for a media company. Boschert’s father and uncle rented a place at the St. Charles County Economic Development Center (EDC), where they set up a studio for graphic artwork. Boschert worked across the hall at the EDC for Reason Amplifi-

seemed to have the money to get it done. cation for several years until he was laid off. “I was sitting in my room one night pondering what I was going to do when I grew up,” Boschert said. He had “tinkered” with guitar bodies as a teenager. In 1987, he had even lacquered comic book characters into a collage all over his guitar. “I always enjoyed messing with guitars. I just always loved them. I thought I should do something with guitars. And I really wanted to know how to build them.”

He called Moser. “They said they could offer me a four-week workshop where I could build the guitar I want and take it home with me for $3,500, and I could stay with them. They said, ‘You just have to get here.’ So I sold a bunch of stuff, loaded up my 1997 Jeep and took off to California.” Boschert said when he started his classes, he was absorbing information like a sponge; and all those Saturdays in his dad’s garage began to pay off. “I took my notepad and my camera. I was a kid in a candy store watching him build

Feeling disconnected and unsure of his next move, Boschert said he turned to Google and started searching for luthier

St. Louis. According to Boschert, it’s not an easy business to break into. “It’s hard to sell custom guitars, because musicians are notoriously poor,” he said. “It’s hard to compete with $500 to $600 guitars. That can be the cost of materials alone.” Boschert said young guitarists may go into a store and really like the way one guitar feels, but it might be “pink with green splotches.” “So they get the black one because it looks cool,” he said. “Until someone holds it, plays it, feels it and notices all the special details I put into it, people don’t understand what goes into custom anything,” Boschert said. He said his custom guitars start at $1,500 to $2,000. “This is not piecing guitars together. My guitars start as chunks of wood.”

guitars. Because of my dad, I had experience with power tools. I knew how to build things.” schools. Boschert wanted to be a guitar maker. About that time, Moser Custom Guitars in Sylmar, Calif., began offering workshops on custom, neck-through guitar building. As it turned out, Neal Moser was a hero of sorts of Boschert’s. One of the most renowned luthiers in America, Moser has worked on guitars for the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Stephen Stills, David Crosby, Joe Perry and Lita Ford. While working as an independent contractor with B.C. Rich, Moser designed the B.C. Rich Bich, which became an extremely popular guitar and is still built today. Boschert had a Rich Bich that needed repair. He had been corresponding with Moser about fixing it, but never

Boschert built a custom 10-string and drove back to St. Louis with no money, no job, no shop and no tools. “I was ready to start building guitars, but I didn’t have any means to do anything,” he said. Again he took to the Internet. He started selling and trading on Craigslist until he got enough tools to get started. One of the first guitars he built was for his nephew – burgeoning, young guitar hero, Connor Low (featured in the 2015 July/ August edition of StreetScape Magazine). He built Low a Gibson SG-style guitar.

Boschert is currently working on his first Les Paul neck-through proto build. He’s adding custom, gold mother of pearl, shell trapezoids on the neck that he handcut, and an Amazon rosewood with crème binding fingerboard. “It’s more like an heirloom. When someone buys a custom guitar, they get what they want. They don’t settle for what music stores have to offer.” For more information on ESB Custom Guitars and for repairs, installs, customization and inlays, call Erik Boschert at 314-616-4831 or email him at ESBcustoms@gmail.com or find him on the web ESBguitars.com. He can also be found on Facebook. ¤

Boschert realized one dream working alongside Moser. Now he’s working on the other. He’s already had some of his guitars in local shops, including Killer Vintage and GoMusicStL, both in September | October

Dynamic Duo

Frank’s Heroes...

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Dennis couple tugs at Veterans’ heartstrings

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos by Michael Schlueter “For a lot of these fellows, they’re not going to be Chet Adkins; we’re just in it for the fun,” said Bill Dennis, referring to “Mr. Guitar,” the 14-time, Grammy Award-winning picker who created the “Nashville Sound.” Dennis and his wife Barb offer guitar lessons to a special group each week at the Spellman Center at Lindenwood University in St. Charles. But the two aren’t trying to make a living. They’re just trying to give something back. Bill is a retired U.S. Marine, salesman and small-time picker. Barb worked nearly four decades in health care before also retiring. They have two sons and two grandsons. “We’re retired, and we’re just putting all of our energy into Frank’s Heroes now,” Bill explained. Bill teaches guitar. Barb makes coffee and does all the paperwork. 38 StreetScape Magazine

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Frank’s Heroes is Bill and Barb’s non-profit group of veterans who just want to learn to play guitar. The not-for-profit was named for his father, Army veteran and hero, Frank Dennis. Born in St. Louis in 1948, Bill was one of six kids raised by a stay-at-home mom and a decorated war veteran. Frank fought in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. That battle took place on December 16, 1944, toward the end of the war, when German forces launched a surprise attack on Allied forces. They fought on the Western front in the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia located in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg. The United States forces suffered the highest casualties for any operation during the war and bore the brunt of the attack. But the battle also severely depleted Germany’s forces, which they were unable to replace. The Battle of the Bulge was the largest and bloodiest battle undertaken by the United States during World War II. Historyplace. com describes the outcome this way: “For Adolf Hitler, the battle marked the end of eight years of offensive maneuvers in the West,

large and small, dating back to his occupation of the Rhineland. More ominously, the battle marked the beginning of the final military phase for Hitler.” Frank volunteered as an Army infantryman. Bill said his father told the family, “We have to get rid of this. It’s the only way. I have to join.” He was talking about Adolph Hitler, Bill said. “They call that the Greatest Generation, and I have to say it was. If it wasn’t for people like my dad, we might all be speaking German today.” But his dad paid dearly. “Dad was a pretty dapper looking fellow,” Bill said. “He had black hair. When he got back from the service, his hair had went white.”

ning, it was a project that we both cared about, and it was a joint effort on both of our parts.” Bill started taking guitar lessons at the age of 10. By the time Bill was 14, he was playing in bands. By 16, he had to get a permit to play in Gaslight Square, where he played with Larry Knight and the Upsetters at the Butterscotch Lounge. He performed alongside vocalist, Jeanne Trevor, who had been a fixture on the St. Louis jazz scene since the early 1960s. He also played on the Admiral, “when it still floated,” he said. He met his wife Barb at a nightclub in Florissant while playing in a band called The Gang. She worked there as a waitress. “For me, it was love at first site,” Bill recalled. “I wanted to be a music teacher,” Bill admitted. But as life would have it, kids and responsibilities

Bill said his dad suffered from what would now be referred to as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Frank returned to the states and his family severely affected from the battle with flashbacks, shakes and depression. Bill decided he wanted to help veterans, and he wanted to do it in his father’s name. “I wanted to do something in honor of my dad. That’s what he would have liked.” Bill gives guitar lessons to honor his father. “My dad experienced trauma from the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, which has led me to giving of my services for our veterans who would enjoy and benefit from learning the guitar. For me, when you see someone going through that, it’s not easy. I think music – being able to play, the camaraderie – makes people happy,” Bill said. Currently the Dennises teach veterans from Korea, Vietnam and the conflicts in Iraq. He’s had a 93-year-old female nurse from World War II listen in on his class. Bill encourages veterans to “come on by” Lindenwood University at the Spellman Center from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturdays for free guitar lessons. Right now, they’re working on “Amazing Grace.” “It just seems that when we learn a song, it makes their day,” Bill said. “Music is universal.” Barb shared she just wants to support her husband in honoring his dad. “I’m not a musician, so I don’t teach lessons; but from the begin-

came around. “I had to get a day job.” He did continue to play with various orchestras around St. Louis, even landing a stand-in gig with the Ramada Inn in Fenton, Mo., where he entertained with the Glen Miller Orchestra, a swing/jazz big band formed by Miller in 1937. “I thought I’d died and went to Heaven,” he said Frank’s Heroes is holding a fundraiser from 7 p.m. till 10 p.m. on Saturday, September 5, at the American Legion Post 312 at 2500 Raymond Drive in St. Charles. Cost is $6 per person. Attendees can bring their own food, and there will be an open bar. The St. Louis band Fanfare will perform, taking listeners all over the charts with music from Motown, R&B, classic rock, disco, pop, country, and standards, as well as jazz and big band. Bill will be raffling off guitars to raise money at the event. Frank’s Heroes also accepts donations of guitars for veterans who want to take lessons but may not have one. Bill said he and Barb can’t think of a better way to use their retirement. “I so relate to the veterans; and I think, ‘Boy, if anybody deserves a break, it’s the veterans.’” For more information on the fundraiser or Frank’s Heroes, call Bill Dennis at 314-479-5750 or visit bbajdennis@aol.com. ¤ September | October

O S U

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Entry area. Missing Man Table and a plaque honoring James S. McDonnell

A home away from home Photos by Michael Schlueter for those who serve

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson

It’s been a home away from home for millions of servicemen and women around the world since the beginning of World War II, when on Feb. 5, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt formed the United Service Organizations (USO) to provide emotional support to U.S. troops. At that time, involvement in the USO was a significant way the nation could come together to support the war effort, and USO shows quickly became the hit of a nation at war. But the USO is so much more than the Andrew Sisters singing “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.” The USO has evolved over time by developing new programs and services to meet the changing needs of troops and their families. And it has always held fast to its original mission. It is chartered by Congress as a non-profit charitable corporation and endorsed by the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense. Each President of the United States has been the Honorary Chairman of the USO since its inception. Today the USO has over 160 locations in 14 countries (including the U.S.) and 27 states. In 2011, USO centers served 8 million visitors. The USO of Missouri’s mission is to support the troops by providing morale, welfare, and recreation-type services to military personnel and their families. Executive Director Kathy O’Connor said the mission is imperative and far-reaching. “We are the only military charity that is by the side of the military member from boot camp to when they transition out of the military,” she said. “We start with them the very first day of the mili40 StreetScape Magazine

tary, when they’re headed to boot camp and as they go through training and as their career grows. We are there when they’re traveling around the world, wherever they’re stationed. We support their families while they’re deployed.” O’Connor said sometimes that support can be priceless. The organization’s United Through Reading program provides service members away from home the opportunity to be videotaped reading a book to their child, so that they may personalize the reading experience. The videotape, a stuffed animal, and a copy of the same book is then mailed to the child so that he or she can follow along with the parent. “One of the things research has shown over the years is that it is really good for young children because they can hear and see them,” O’Connor said. “If children have only communicated with their parent over the phone and are not used to their parent’s face, they may not recognize them.” Five years ago, O’Connor said a young woman came into the USO of Missouri to thank her. “She said her husband had been killed in Iraq and that tape was the only visual recording they have of her two-year-old’s father speaking directly to her. Sometimes it’s the least little things we do. We never know the impact it’s going to have on someone’s life.” One of the best parts of her job is encouraging young recruits when they leave for basic training and then seeing the positive changes in them when they return, O’Connor said.

“I will say, ‘Follow directions. Don’t give back talk. This is the beginning of great things in your life,’” she said. “It’s great to see them when they come back, and they’ll say, ‘Remember me?’” The USO also offers the Families of the Fallen program. USO volunteers assist family members of military personnel who have been killed in the line of duty when they come to Lambert to accept their loved one or when they travel to Dover, Del., for a dignified transfer. When a military member is killed overseas, they are flown to Dover and transferred to a military mortuary.

done than to be willing to sacrifice their lives, to volunteer their lives for people they don’t know and they’ve never met. We all feel proud, but mostly honored, to serve them in just the tiniest of ways for what they do for us.” To learn more about the USO, or to volunteer or donate, call 314-429-7702 or visit www.usomissouri. org. You can also write to – USO of Missouri, Attn: Donations, P.O. Box 10367, 10701 Lambert International Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63145.

“There is a formal ceremony when the remains are moved from the plane to the military mortuary,” O’Connor said. “There is another ceremony here when remains are transferred from the cargo area to the hearse. We try to make that terrible, terrible trip as bearable as it can be.” The James S. McDonnell USO is located on the lower level of Terminal 1 at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. It was established in 1981 and named for James S. McDonnell, founder of McDonnell Aircraft. The James S. McDonnell USO is one of the largest airport service centers in the world. It never closes. The doors are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Services available at the James S. McDonnell USO include: a large media room; recliner chairs; canteen area; complimentary beverages and snacks; sleeping area with twin beds and wake up service; fully equipped nursery and playroom; gaming area; toiletries and personal care items; Wi-Fi and cyber café; laptop bar; transportation information; Defense Switched Network (DSN) phone line; first aid supplies; a chaplain and notary public. Established in 2007, the Terminal 2 satellite facility is located on the lower level of Terminal 2 at Lambert. It is open from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Since 1981, the USO of Missouri, Inc., has served over 5 million traveling military and their families in the state of Missouri and the Illinois counties of Jersey, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair. The Dennis Jones Family Foundation Mobile USO was added to the outreach efforts in 2005. The unit travels throughout Missouri and Illinois to take the services and the USO spirit straight to the troops. In mid-2006, the 18,000-square-foot, Ft. Leonard Wood USO was added to the services of the USO of Missouri. O’Connor said the USO of Missouri is not funded by the government, military or the United Way. It is not part of the Department of Defense and is financially independent from the National USO. O’Connor is the daughter of two World War II veterans. Her father was Army. He passed in 2003 at the age of 89. Her mother, now 91, served in the U.S. Navy. “There is no greater thing servicemen and women could have September | October

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Known for trendy affordable fashion and accessories, Lillians opened on Historic Main Street four years ago. Owned by Beth Mohr. It is a priority to keep inventory fresh with the hottest apparel, handbags and jewelry. Lillians of St. Charles has all the ingredients for a shopping “experience”, and I invite you to stop in for that unique apparel item or accessory while enjoying the charm of Historic Main Street. You can find us at 124 S. Main Street, like our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/lilliansofstcharles, to find our hours and all the latest arrivals.

“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street: fashion has to do with the ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” -Coco Chanel. My name is Barbara Bultman and this quote has remained with me because fashion is not just what people are wearing, but is influenced by what is going on in the world around us. I live in St. Louis, Mo. and every time I begin a collection I try to take in everything that I know, and the things I don’t to create something that is innovative and will inspire others. As a recent graduate from Lindenwood University, with a BFA in fashion design and a minor in Studio Arts, I like to create structural pieces that are lively and unique, while still showing the silhouettes of the female body. I see fashion not as labels but as a way people can express themselves without saying a word. Fashion is all around us, sometimes all you need to do is look.

Founder/Creative Director, Katrina Bennett has hyperhidrosis; keeping that in mind she designs pieces with a relaxed and fluid aesthetic. The Katrina Z’Chori brand offers look good, feel good apparel with a laidback bohemian chic vibe. The brand specializes in dresses, but offers a few tops and bottoms for the fun and adventurous woman who is passionate about life and living with purpose. To learn more about Katrina Z’Chori visit us at www.katrinazchori.com or email katrinazchori@gmail.com. Follow us if you desire on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. All showcase items are available for purchase today. See us at the show to purchase any item or visit our Shop page at www.katrinazchori.com to place your order today. Thanks for your support!

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Florence DeWan – Owner / Designer of MALA FASHION DESIGN HOUSE. Her designs are for today’s contemporary woman who loves to look trendy, stylish and confident with a bit of a classic twist and at the same time feel confidant for workplace or any where she will go. www.facebook.com/malafashionhouse http://malafashionhouse.wix.com/mala-fashion-design Fdewan1999@gmail.com • Cell: 314.608.3706

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Dianne Isbell is a local designer who has been a New York Fashion Week Winner with a picture of her wearing her winning fascinator featured on the Jumbo Tron in New York’s Times Square. Selected by an elite New York marketing company to design hats and fascinators for the promotion of Lady Gaga’s “FAME” Perfume. Honored in June 2015, to have one of her hat designs selected for display in the Kentucky Derby Hat Museum. An amazingly creative lady whose designs have been selected as winners six consecutive years at St. Louis’ Annual Forest Park Forever Hat luncheon which is attended by over 1,100 behatted women. A sought-after designer whose fabulous creations have been worn for weddings, races, and special events not only nationwide, but worldwide.

Kristen Kempton (iheart Fink), St. Louis, Mo. “Fink has been a wonderful way to combine my abilities as an artist and designer by creating my own fabric designs then making one of a kind, wearable-art pieces from my imagination. I hand print fabrics using silkscreens made from my original drawings then make each garment one by one without the use of sewing patterns. This keeps each piece unique and very special. Each garment is “everyday extraordinary” so you will look forward to expressing yourself while you participate in the adventure of being totally alive.” When you buy handmade, you are supporting the arts. Art inspires the soul, you are promoting a better and more beautiful world.

Trang Nguyen - Introducing our Fall 2015 collection. The fall collection plays with the classic cut styles and introducing them to a modern image. These classic essentials can be worn from a day to night look and for any occasion. Our inspiration thrives from the simple but elegant circle skirts of the 1950s. We use the idea of a circle skirt and played with different ways of blending it together with our modern day styles. To see the full collection visit our website at www.Trangn.com.

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A fun, fashionable, and affordable boutique experience for every woman, leopard is the “spot to shop”. Leopard features tons of trendy tops and dresses, along with denim, accessories, seasonable footwear, shape wear, and Tokyo Milk Products. Leopard’s first store is next to Yucandu in downtown Old Webster Groves and the newest store is at the Streets of St. Charles, down the street from Bar Louie. Check out our website at www. leopardboutique.com and follow us on instagram (leopardboutique) to see what is in the store. We get new arrivals weekly! Only @ the spot to shop!

The focus for our collections is fit, form and function of garments in women’s lives. We take the time to select high quality fabrics and make sure that our garments fit the natural curves of a woman’s body with comfort being key . We focus on silhouettes that flatter the woman’s body and exude confidence. Our passion is to bring back the beauty of a lost era to our modern day. Our hope is that women love wearing our collection as much as we love creating it.

Amilee Turner is the founder and owner of Turneround Couture, a brand of high fashion dresses emphasizing in old Hollywood glamour. Going into her second year of business, Turneround Couture has hit today’s fashion scene with innovative designs and breathtaking dresses, with the mission to make every woman feel her most beautiful at an affordable cost. Turneround Couture is predominantly based in KCMO and St. Louis. Amilee Turner received her minor in Fashion Design from Lindenwood University. 46 StreetScape Magazine

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String Along With Me, a fashion boutique on South Main St., St Charles, has offered designer jewelry, a full line of Brighton jewelry, bridal accessories, unique clothing, hats, and handbags for more than 25 years. Janice and her staff of consultants are always ready to help customers make the best decisions when they come to accessorize.

Caroline Williard, founder of CWCouture, is a young but veteran designer whose love of fashion and clothing began as a young child when she was creating and styling clothes by age 8, influenced by her Chilean mother and grandmother who were both tailors and seamstresses. Throughout Caroline’s journey in fashion designing, she is baosted as the most wellrounded designer in the STL who can create just about anything, she has dabbled in many categories of design - bridal, haute couture, hair clothing, costumes, dancewear, swimwear, casual womenswear and menswear. Her latest ventures are into lingerie and a children’s wear store, Orkid, to début this upcoming fall/winter of ’15. CWCouture has participated in over 43 fashion shows since its conception in 2010; her latest casual wear line was featured in San Diego Fashion Week 2014. CWCouture has appeared on Fox News, Riverfront Times, Alive magazine, Uptown Magazine and has been worn by American Idol Nikki McKibbin, Looking Glass Theatre in Chicago, as well as other artists. Please visit www.cw-couture.com or contact caroline@cw-couture.com for more information

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MOss Boutique owner, Nicole Moss-Doelger, graduated with a Merchandise and Design degree from Missouri State University. She then moved to Dallas and began modeling and pursuing her career in design, which led her to Los Angeles. There she began manufacturing and designing her clothing for department stores and boutiques for many years. Shortly after moving back home she began working with her mother on custom clothing and opened MOss Boutique in 2009. While her main focus now is her store, with a wide variety of clothing brands and accessories, she still enjoys her passion by mixing in a few original designs from time to time. www.mossboutique.com

Nasheli Juliana, Caguas- Puerto Rico – With eighteen years of experience in Fashion, Nasheli’s design experience includes working as technical designer, draper, tailoring and fine sewing techniques for different designers based in New York, Italy and Puerto Rico. Nasheli is an assistant design professor for Lindenwood University Fashion Design Program. She is owner of Minted Design Studio and Nasheli Juliana fashion label.

Bachrach is a men’s clothing experience based upon a European fashion aesthetic & superior customer service. The diversity of our collection captures the unique persona of the wearer. Its versatility allows it to be styled both dressy and casual. Through this marriage of functionality and self-expression, we achieve the Bachrach look: edgy, yet universal. Visit us at www.bachrach.com

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Yolanda is the owner / designer of Yoro Creations llc. founded in 2012. Yolanda is a self-taught artist and has been creating jewelry and other accesories for a number of years specializing in custom jewelry, to includ statement necklaces, earrings, bracelets, elaborate body chains and more. Yolanda has been published in multiple magazines, publications, and television in collaboration and on her own. Her pieces have been worn by many local, and international celebrities and models, and have graced a plethora of runways. She is an international award-winning jewelry designer and has been recognized in two local contests which she won two years in a row, where she was showcased in Macy’s department store. You can find her pieces at the very prestigious boutique, The Designing Block, located in Clayton, Mo. and more to come. Yolanda’s style of jewelry is like her - unpredictable. She loves how she has been able to bring happiness to each of her customer’s lives. www.yorocreations.com

Daniel Reyes is a designer born in the city of Comayagua in the country of Honduras, but now residing in St. Louis, Missouri. He became interested in fashion at a young age watching television shows like Project Runway and also seeing his grandmother’s sewing. While working at Brown Shoe Company he had the opportunity to work some fashion shows which assured him that fashion was the world where he belonged. Buying his first sewing machine on craigslist, showing his first collection in March of 2015 for St. Louis Raw Artists, and a swimsuit collection for Melayas Tours, a Puerto Rican tourism company, with his artistic vision and the help of his talented seamstress Jane Boyett, Daniel Reyes is growing stronger than ever. Following his dreams to become a renowned fashion designer and to make Comayagua and St. Louis proud. If you would like to see more about this designer, please visit facebook.com/danielreyesSTL or www.pdanielreyes.com

My designs are very simple silhouettes with a play on structure and lines. I like mixing different textiles and fabrics together to come up with a great look. With menswear I like to see how I can push myself as far as how creative I can get. I think outside the box a lot and work my way back in.

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Fouché was founded in 2010 by Nicole Fouche’ with one vision in mind - to combine her love of modern designs with a Classic twist and make it pop in an artistic wearable form. Fouché is a line that is elegant and romantic. Fouché is inspired by vintage classics with a modern interpretation and best known for her love of Fantasy influence in her design concepts. Working in alterations for several years, Nicole decided to launch her signature Bridal Collection Fouché Bridal at StreetScape Magazine’s Romancing the Runway. www.fouchebridal.com

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Freshw Looks... Ne Tiffany Rae is an Internationally published Fashion Designer. Known for her creative abilities and pushing the limits of Fashion. The Brand includes everything from wearable Art to Wearable Technology. The Brand is partnered with SquareFruit Labs a technology company. Together they are creating out of this world Designs. www.tiffanyraedesigns.com September | October

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Which curly girl are you? Do you know how to get that curl? Face shape, products and irons can be difficult to choose, with these easy tips you can create the perfect curl for your personality! It’s not as hard as you think!

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Shorter hair styles make the best vintage wave! Use a firm hold gel in your hair and pin curl larger sections, then dry. Let the pin curls cool for about 20 minutes, then brush out with a smoothing brush. Tuck one side or add a vintage clip and you will have the best hair of whatever evening event you’re attending!

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The best hair for crimping and waving is long. Medium in thickness hair. Bold jaw lines and cheekbones make this curl a fierce one! Best way to get this look ... Double french braid your hair with a smoothing serum and sleep in it. When you wake up in the morning finger through the style, hair spay and go. *PRO TIP- if you need to touch up, use a flat iron and bend the hair in zig-zag motions, creating a crimp.

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This is for the natural girl with a longer face, longer nose and thicker hair. Wrapping the hair around a curling iron will give the uneven curl you need to achieve this look. Using a curl-enhancing cream, a 1-inch curling iron and vertical sections on the head, wrap the hair away from the face and allow to cool when done. Finger through the curls with a working hair spray or paste. To see how to's on these 3 looks from the Pro's visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4XQTs2tN8O17RouPOj77w/feed 52 StreetScape Magazine

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Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos by Michael Schlueter “Every block of stone has a statue inside it, and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.” - Michelangelo

William Kimmons is a welder by trade. But his coworkers say he has an artistic side.

It’s a safe bet Alfred Hewkin never thought he would be supporting the arts when he opened his welding shop in a 600-squarefoot, former blacksmith shop in Valley Park over forty years ago. “The Old Man,” as he’s affectionately called by those who know him, said he became a welder after reading a want ad in the local paper.

“He came in looking for a job,” said Dustin Hewkin, co-owner of Valley Park Welding and grandson to Alfred. “He’s got a very creative mind.”

“In 1957, the only ads in the paper were for welders, so I decided I’d just be one. I got married on a Friday and had to go to work on a Monday, so that’s what I done.” But as it turns out, Hewkin was just as malleable as the metals that he has worked with for four decades. Today, one of his 10 full-time employees has inadvertently brought a little culture into the dank, gray surroundings of the now 24,000-square-foot welding shop that boasts three generations of Hewkins and all of St. Louis City’s heavy equipment repairs. 66 StreetScape Magazine

Dustin said Kimmons started collecting spare and discarded pieces of metal with the intent of fashioning them into something, though coworkers had no idea what. “One day he wanted to build something. He had an old saw blade. A few days later, the next thing we know, he has a shielded scorpion. When it comes to that stuff, he’s a genius. He has something in his mind, this picture-perfect design, and he has to get it out. When he tries to tell us, we all look at him like he’s crazy. We don’t understand until it comes out like this,” Dustin said, pointing to one of the many metal art sculptures that Kimmons has made after hours in the shop. Kimmons said, though he’s always loved art, he has no formal training and didn’t even realize his talent until he started using it.

It started about three years ago when the middle of Kimmons’ three sons asked his dad to make him something that he could take to school for a sort of show-and-tell about what a welder does. Kimmons made a name plate for the boy. But then the oldest also wanted something … then the youngest; and from there, nieces and nephews began making requests. He made a skull from a half-inch, dented, steel plate; a catfish from a crooked motorcycle chain; and a crab from the clutch plate of a John Deere tractor. The teeth on a Bobcat became legs on a scorpion. “I keep odds and ends,” Kimmons said. “I throw them into a pile. Eventually, the pile will decide what it wants to be.” It could be argued that Kimmons helps the pile along with that decision, because no one else seems to see the potential of the pilfered alloys until he transforms them into something. He said he doesn’t know what all the fuss is about. “You only build Legos™ into what they’re supposed to be once. After that, you have a basket of Legos™.” For Kimmons, it comes naturally. “When I’m bored I create stuff,” he said. “My dad was a glass blower. I watched Dad take rods of glass and turn them into things. Even when I go camping, I make stuff. I can claim about six shelters I’ve made out of sticks at Johnson Shut-Ins, Busch Wildlife and other places.” But it’s the metal sculptures that intrigue his colleagues, family and others. Numerous broken bandsaw blades make up the wings of his “Avenging Angel.” “It took four months to get enough blades. We only break so many blades in a week.” Kimmons likens his art to steampunk, the subgenre of science fiction and fantasy inspired by 19th-century industrial, steam-powered machinery, which incorporates technology and aesthetic designs. His art is certainly retro-futuristic. His favorite piece is one he named “Death of a Stick Man,” which portrays two stick men made from 28 donut-shaped, steel cutouts. One is stabbing the other through the heart, and one is decapitated. The artwork is a grand release for the welder, who says he gets frustrated when he hasn’t created something for a while. “I like to build stuff. Repair work is frustrating. I’m not creating something of my own. I’m just fixing something that’s broken.” Kimmons has been asked to sell his work many times, though his six-year-old is against the idea. “He said, ‘Dad, if we sell it, we won’t be able to look at it anymore.’” Still, he is entertaining the idea and was recently commissioned to make two steel end tables. For more information about his work, call 636-222-2239. ¤ September | October

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Cheryl with her art at Lazy Lizard Acres

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos by Michael Schlueter Her art could be considered a little eccentric. It’s true… the mannequin in the 1951 Ford out by the road of her New Melle home could creep out a passerby. If not that one, then the one in the bathtub up by the house could do it. But the interesting thing is they don’t scare anyone. In fact, they’re garnering a following. Cheryl Hueffmeier is anything but common. She loves to ride horses and motorcycles. She has four Chihuahuas and two house cats that she rescued. She isn’t married and doesn’t have any children. She hasn’t had a working television in four years. And she lives in an 1,100-square-foot house on an acre of land that she has turned into a virtual botanical garden and a museum of the magnificent, albeit unconventional. Hueffmeier creates mosaics. Her tools are glasscutters, tile nippers, glue with silicone, razor blades and grout. Mosaic is a decorative art technique wherein the artist uses small pieces of glass, stone and other materials made of different colors, referred to as tesserae. The technique can be done on walls, floors, decorative items, and just about anything the artist can imagine. Hueffmeier imagined mannequins.

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and Much More. “I call them my ladies,” Hueffmeier said. Completely self taught, she’s made 10 so far, along with wall hangings, birdhouses, lamps, teacups and even shoes. Although she’s sold some items and can be commissioned to create custom designs, she said it’s hard for her to part with her art. “I hate to get rid of stuff. Everything I make is one of a kind, and I’ll never make another one,” she said. “I want to be known for the unique, not piggybanks.” She said her ladies come alive with each piece of glass or material she adds to them. “They all have their own personalities.” On weekends, Hueffmeier can be found foraging through flea markets and estate and garage sales looking for “little implement things” to repurpose. She said the salvage yard next to her property is her “power source.” One of her ladies sports a belt that was once the breast collar of a saddle, and her shoes are made from a circa 1930s’ bridle. Her body is covered in washers. Her breasts are made from taillights encased in vegetable strainers. She looks out between eyelashes

made of screens. Her face and fingernails are covered in broken compact disks.

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“Lady Teacup” is clothed in doilies, seashells and pearls. Her arms are ribbons. A teacup covers her right breast. It used to complement a fancy china plate until it fell from the shelf and broke. No worries, says Hueffmeier. “When people have heirlooms that break, instead of throwing them away, they can be used and repurposed into a mosaic piece and still enjoyed,” Hueffmeier said. She calls her property “The Lazy Lizard” due to a large population of lizards on the land, she explained. The aforementioned Ford pickup sports a lizard hood ornament. At the wheel of the Ford is “Miss Penny.” Her body is, of course, covered in pennies, her hair fashioned from twisted copper wiring. Hueffmeier’s bathing beauty sits in a clawfoot tub that’s painted red and is engulfed in pink pansies that bear a floral resemblance to bubbles. She is relaxing in her mock bubble bath below a large tea strainer adorned with chandelier crystals that mirror a showerhead. She, too, is covered in pennies, with hair of copper tubing. Hueffmeier dug up some 240 plants from her last house and brought them to New Melle, where she grew up. The whole of her yard is decorated in those and other

treasures. She’s made half-walls of stone and mortar, inserting antique bottles and other knickknacks throughout. She has made suncatchers by stacking hurricane and Depression glass vases, candy dishes and lids. She said her intention is to one day operate a bed and breakfast on the property. But for now, she continues to create, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary, one piece at a time. Hueffmeier won the blue ribbon in Framations’ most recent repurposed art show in St. Charles. For more information about her work, call 636-887-1206. ¤

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Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos by Michael Schlueter The sense of smell is the first of the senses to develop. Even before birth, our sense of smell is fully formed and functioning. And a woman’s sense of smell is much stronger than a man’s. Most people, if asked, would say they would miss their eyesight more than any other sense if lost. As it turns out, though, sight is not the strongest sense. Scientists claim that smell is the most sensitive of the senses and is most linked to our emotional recollections. In an article on www. mirror.co.uk, author Alun Palmer holds that researchers found people can remember smells with 65 percent accuracy after a year, while visual recall is only about 50 percent after just three months. Perhaps Anne Morris is onto something. The retired Lake Saint Louis mother and grandmother has been collecting perfume bottles for years. A member of the International Perfume Bottle Association since 1993, she said her mother was responsible for her love of the elegant containers. She often recalls her mother dabbing her with a bit of perfume from a Czechoslovakiancut, glass bottle, with its deep red, fan70 StreetScape Magazine

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shaped stopper (she owns one just like it now). “I still think of her when I pick up a bottle,” Morris said. “What a treasure that was to pass on to me.” Czechoslovakian perfume bottles from the early 20th century were made of blown and meticulously cut crystal. Collectors Weekly said that for some of these bottles, the diameters of the stoppers were as great as those of the bottles beneath them, “… giving these otherwise simple containers the look of a Vegas showgirl wearing an impossibly top-heavy headdress.” Morris adores them. She owns literally hundreds of perfume bottles from as far back as the mid-19th century. And they aren’t packed away in a storage closet. Morris enjoys them every day in every room of her house. “Whether it’s a slender phial, a tiny, tearshaped lachrymatory, or a round, flat-sided ampullae, perfume bottles are designed to contain magic, which is only unleashed when the bottle is opened and a drop or

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two of the precious liquid is discreetly applied,” Collectors Weekly states in its overview of antique perfume bottles. Glassblowers in Britain, Bohemia, Germany, and France made perfume bottles throughout the 19th century. U.S. glass manufacturers made perfume bottles during the 1800s. Some of these white, blue and green bottles were hexagonal and opaque, with knobby, pineapple-shaped stoppers. A favorite of Morris’ was Rene Lalique, a giant when it came to small perfume bottles, for which he used a jewelry-casting process called cire perdue (also known as lost wax) to produce. Morris said generally people collect two kinds of perfume bottles – commercial and decorative.

Commercial bottles are sold filled with perfume and usually have the label of a perfume company. Decorative bottles include any bottles sold empty with the intention of being filled with the lady’s choice of scent. A hundred years ago, it was commonplace for a woman to bring her bottle to her favorite apothecary to be filled with her chosen fragrance, Morris said. Penny Dolnick states in her article, “Scents and sensibility: Collecting perfume bottles,” on antiquetrader.com, that: “Popular specialties among decorative perfume bottle collectors include ancient Roman or Egyptian bottles; cut glass bottles with or without gold or sterling silver trim or overlay; bottles by famous glassmakers such as Moser, Steuben, Webb, Lalique, Galle, Daum, Baccarat, Saint Louis; figural porcelain bottles from the 18th and 19th century or from Germany in the 1920s and 30s; perfume lamps (with wells to fill with scent); perfume burners; laydown and double-ended scent bottles; chatelaines; atomizer bottles; pressed or molded Early American glass bottles; matched dresser sets of bottles; or hand-cut Czechoslovakian bottles from the early 20th century.”

ally did not contain any real perfume or cologne but were filled with a solution made to resemble the real perfume. Factices were advertising pieces and can make a grand and glamorous statement anywhere they are displayed, she said. The rules for value in collecting perfume bottles are the same as for any other kind of glass – rarity, condition, age, and quality of the glass, Morris said. Investment-quality bottles will have their stoppers intact and a manufacturer’s label. Before the introduction of the small plastic liners on the dowel end of a stopper in 1979, all stoppers had to be individually ground to match the neck of their specific bottle. Bottles without those liners are preferred by collectors. As with any collection, Morris said, it usually leads to another collection. Perfume bottles led her to perfume labels and scent cards, which are the cardstock sample cards that salespeople will hand out at the counter with a bit of the fragrance sprayed on them in a sort of taste test. From there came the powder boxes. She has bottles with inset stones and enameling and tiny bottles with small chains attached that a lady could wrap around her finger. Morris said these were supposed to keep the sent flowing

Is it any wonder women love perfume?

Part of Anne’s classic Perfume Bottle collection Lavin collection

Dolnick spells out a host of bottles treasured by collectors. “Among collectors of commercial perfumes, some favorite specialty collections are those including a special color of glass bottle; bottles by a single parfumeur, such as Guerlain or Caron or Prince Matchabelli; bottles by famous fashion designers such as Worth, Paul Poiret, Chanel, Dior, Schiaparelli or Jean Patou; bottles by a particular glassmaker or designer, such as Lalique, Baccarat, Viard or Depinoix; giant factice bottles (store display bottles not filled with genuine fragrance); little compacts holding solid (cream) perfume, which are often figural; tester bottles (small bottles with long glass daubers); figural and novelty bottles; and miniature perfumes (usually replicas of regular bottles given as free samples at perfume counters).” Morris has many of these treasures. In one of her bathrooms, she has several elegant glass cases which house many of her bottles, including her factices from Chanel, Lanvin Paris and Shalimar. A factice is a bottle made for the purpose of display. It was not for sale in its time. Factices can be small or giant. They gener-

as the lady danced through the night. There are sprinkle bottles and pursettes – tiny, purse-sized bottles shaped like the lipstick cases of today. Morris has a number of Prince Matchabelli “crown” bottles of varying sizes and colors. She has Elizabeth Taylor’s “Diamonds” bottles and teardrop bottles, wherein women were said to have cried their tears. She also has a 1904 World’s Fair perfume bottle which reminds her that her father visited the fair when he was six. It doesn’t really matter what kind or necessarily their monetary worth. Morris simply has a sweet spot for her bottles and says she has given them the attention they deserve. “It gives me a sense of pleasure. I never want to get rid of them. If my daughter doesn’t want them, then I always hope someone loves them as much as I’ve loved them. Collectors take care of things for the next generation. I’ve been a good caregiver.” ¤

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Let’s Shed a Little Light…. On the Subject of Lighting Chances are you are reading this article with sufficient light – natural or otherwise. Much of our surroundings are lost to us without proper illumination. Lighting is very important in our daily living, not only as a means of getting us ready for the day and helping us drive, work or play, but for its contribution to our sense of well-being. Good lighting enhances the mood, desirability and productivity in most spaces. For example, in the office, employee satisfaction and work yield can positively be affected by well-designed illumination. Parabolic louvers in recessed, fluorescent troffers have been widely accredited for their ability to diffuse excessive brightness, allowing ample lighting with less eyestrain, which, in turn, increases output. Desk lamps, added to the mix as supplementary light sources, bring an additional level of comfort. Light reflected off the surfaces of a wall creates the illusion of space, whether providing entire room radiance or highlighting specific elements. Most people will agree that natural lighting is preferred over man-made lighting because it bounces off reflective surfaces and shows colors in their truest forms. Often, in a retail environment, you will see customers taking items to the area of a store that is closest to incoming outdoor sunlight to determine the actual color of the object. All light is not created equal. Determining its purpose will shed light (pun intended) on its relativity. Correct lighting can change the ambience of any space, creating an inviting, warm and intimate setting. There is no reason for the energy consumption of high wattage lighting if a lower wattage will do the job. But, as 72 StreetScape Magazine

we age, so does our need for better lighting. Consider threeway lighting sources as a means for multiple-choice wattage benefits in areas where your ability to see specific details will be affected, especially when reading. While overhead lighting is key in home design these days, many rooms are still underserved or absent of lighting altogether. Older homes and apartments have a charm of their own but can be distinctly lacking in ceiling lights. If you have a great electrician, the sky’s the limit; but there are other alternatives. A great way to get lighting in a room that may not have an overhead chandelier or light fixture is to consider some of the wonderful hanging light fixtures that can make use of a wall outlet where wiring is unavailable in the ceiling. If wiring isn’t an issue, there are fabulous options out there created with trendy alternatives to crystal chandeliers or domed ceiling lights. Lighting throughout your home doesn’t have to be just about the lighting – sometimes it is about the artistic contribution to the room. Like every other accessory, table lamps, floor lamps, torchieres, chandeliers, uplights and lanterns are all decorative touches. Well-placed, directional, can lights (uplights) behind trees cast beautiful shadows on the wall and fill otherwise empty space. Battery-operated Luminara candles with the most natural flickering flame can be used inside bookshelves and china cabinets for a surprisingly great amount of light and drama. Floor torchiere lamps set atop tables in rooms with high ceilings can be a remarkable way to cast light upwards, filling the space with warm light. Placing a small lamp under a table against a wall provides a new space for that little

animal sculpture that would have been lost in the dark without it. Do you need the space on your nightstand for something other than a lamp? Consider hanging a small chandelier above it. Placement of wall mounted lights or a little drop chandelier in dark areas of your home adds great character and interest. Do you have guests searching for a bathroom in the middle of the night in unfamiliar surroundings? Adorn the hallway or guest bathroom with a Luminara candle set on a 5-hour timer. Lighting is aesthetic and functional and should not be overlooked when planning your home décor. Keep in mind that the older we get, the more important lighting becomes, so make room for illumination. While we’re talking about lighting, you shouldn’t forget the importance of the outdoors. Outdoor lighting around the home can enhance safety and security

and accent the unique features of a home or landscape, adding tremendous value to a property. Today’s homeowner sees his or her landscape as a source of pride, a refuge for relaxation, and a place to enjoy the time with family and friends. Outdoor lighting adds focal points and makes the textures not seen in the daylight become eye-catching details at night. Architectural features can be emphasized, which brings structures and landscaping together and sometimes even creates a resort-like feeling. Landscape lighting enjoyably extends the time spent outdoors. Many of us have decks, pergolas, pools and other outdoor seating areas. If these areas are not well lit, they will be less utilized, as we often avoid dark spaces. By adding landscape lighting – strands of lights around a shrub, outdoor light fixtures, or candle lanterns – you create a space that feels safe and relaxing. It not only brings property to life, but it also provides an excellent return on investment by creating a memorable first impression. ¤

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Real Estate Curb Appeal –

Hostas and Hydrangeas are the perfect pair for an easily maintained shade area in your gardens

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Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos by Michael Schlueter Did you know that flowers help sell your home? “Flowers in the home add a welcoming note that speaks to a potential buyer’s senses, just like a fire in the fireplace or a hot apple pie in the oven,” said floral designer, Holly Gillette, of Parkview Gardens Florist & Greenhouses. “If your home is for sale, you need every edge to distinguish your home from others on the market. Make the most of that first impression by making sure to water and mow the lawn, trim trees and shrubs, plant flowers, de-clutter your porch, and add a new doormat.” Gillette said it’s those subtle differences that speak volumes – pots of mixed annuals or green plants on either side of the front door or on the front steps; hanging baskets on the patio; a green plant in the den or a fresh cut bouquet in the front entry to greet those potential buyers. “Plants in and around your home go a long way in making people feel good about the home they are viewing and about you,” she said. “You are signaling a genuine desire to keep your home beautiful and well maintained. You care. It’s amazing what a few flowers can do.” 74 StreetScape Magazine

Whether you’re selling or keeping your home, the aesthetics of the outside can be every bit as important as the inside.

n For early spring color, plant bulbs – such as tulips, daffodils and hyacinths – at the end of October or first part of November; if you plant too early and we get a wet fall, the bulbs will rot in the ground. n Prepare your vegetable beds for next spring by enriching the soil with compost and other organic matter. n Empty and drain your hoses and rain barrels and store them for the winter before our first hard freeze. n Make sure to water through the fall if you have new young trees, shrubs and perennials. Cooler weather does not always mean wetter weather. We often have very dry fall seasons. n Go ahead and plant new perennials and shrubs in the fall so you have that extra burst of color and texture in the spring after a long winter. Actually, fall is the best time to plant, because you give the roots the opportunity to get established and avoid the

stress and withering effects of the hot summer sun. Plant at least three to four weeks before our normal frost time; there is a 50 percent chance that temperatures will drop to 28 degrees at least once by November. Make sure to add a 2- to 3-inch layer of mulch and/ or compost around the base of the plant and root area. n Trim perennials and mums in the fall. Once your plants have gone to seed and run through their life cycle, it’s time to clean them up. They can be somewhat unsightly at this point. By trimming them back, it will give the plants more energy for next year and limit potential problems like powdery mildew and insect infestations. And in the case of mums, which are shallowrooted plants, a trim to 4 to 5 inches above the ground helps keep the roots protected, as ice and snow can’t drag the plant over and expose the root area to freezing. Remember to mulch after trimming. Some plants have to come inside for the winter. Tropicals, such as hibiscus and mandevilla, are always popular, along with traditional foliage – palms, crotons, and peace lilies. But also consider herbs, such as rosemary and lavender, begonias like Dragon Wings, and the extremely popular varieties of succulents.

an organic, ready-to-use spray, or make your own. We have a recipe available that we recommend. n Plants in the ground need to have as much of the root area dug up that will fit in the chosen pot. Put a fresh layer of soil on the bottom of the pot, and then add fresh soil around the sides and top. Make sure to thoroughly water. n Plants that are in pots already need to pass inspection. Are roots coming out of the bottom? Does water just run through the pot? Both are signs that your plant needs a larger home. We recommend when you repot to go up two sizes larger in a container. So if your plant is in a 10- inch diameter pot, you should move to a 14-inch diameter pot. Buy good, porous, well-draining potting soil. It makes a huge difference when it comes to watering and growing healthy plants. n Prune or cut back your plants hard. The plant will settle into its new location and focus on developing its roots throughout the winter. So where do you cut back? Always cut back at a “joint” or junction where the leaves join the stem, and always cut at an angle. n Depending on your location and the type of plant you are bringing in, you will need to modify your watering habits. You may not need to water as much, but keep in mind that winter air in your home can be drying. We suggest that you fertilize minimally until about four weeks before you get ready to put your plant back outside. n Expect some stress and leaf drop. Your plants will need to acclimate and readjust to the new amount of light, the new pot, and the new location.

landscaping that sells Pull your gardens and outdoor living space together by echoing one or two main colors in your containers and baskets as seen here with pink shades of blossoms and burgundy foliage accents

n Choose an area where the plants can live throughout the winter that stays at a consistent temperature, does not drop below 45 degrees, and has good, bright light. n Pick healthy plants. n Treat for insects before you bring the plants indoors. Spray them once and then again in three to five days. We suggest using

Parkview Gardens Florist & Greenhouses is family owned and operated. They offer the finest floral arrangements and gifts along with top-notch service. The florist and greenhouses are open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. They are closed on Sundays. Parkview is located at 1925 Randolph in St. Charles. For more information, call 636-946-7641, 1-800-724-1925, or visit www.parkviewgardens.com. ¤ September | October

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Thinking

Keri Lammering, Conservation Education Liaison of the St. Louis Zoo explains the STEM “Box turtle Project”

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Members of the Partners for Progress (PfP) Education Committee went on a hunt during its August meeting when the Saint Louis Zoo’s Keri Lammering led them on a radio-tracking adventure to locate a turtle she had hidden on the St. Charles County Economic Development Center’s property. Lammering, a conservation education liaison with the zoo, was at the meeting to educate the county’s superintendents and principals – as well as the community and businesspeople involved in education – about the Box Turtle Project. Launched in 2012, as the turtles were coming out of hibernation, the St. Louis Box Turtle Project was the Saint Louis Zoo’s response to the growing threats facing box turtles in the Midwest and across the United States. Zoo officials hoped to also address the disconnect between young people and the outdoors, giving them the opportunity to study nature in real time close to home. Partnering with Forest Park Forever, Washington University’s Tyson Research Center, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, and local high school and college students, the Zoo’s Institute for Conservation documents box turtle movements and their health status in urban and rural areas around St. Louis, Lammering said. The study aims to increase the understanding of environmental factors that affect the health of box turtles and those that could have implications for other wildlife and humans alike. The program provides a database that will help to showcase the value of box turtles as sentinels for health issues. With the project, the Saint Louis Zoo and Washington University scientists aim to get young people to better understand ecosystems in Missouri while appreciating just “getting dirty” and enjoying the natural world, Lammering said. She and others work in Forest Park, one of the nation’s iconic urban parks that lies in the heart of St. Louis, and Tyson Research Center, a protected, 2,000-acre, natural area 18 miles from Forest Park. The project involves radio tracking box turtles to understand ranging 78 StreetScape Magazine

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keeps turtle research from slowing to a crawl with behaviors, surveys to estimate the abundance and distribution of turtles, research on turtles’ health status, and an outreach to young people. In August, there were 10 tagged turtles roaming Forest Park and 10 at the Tyson Research Center. The VHF tags are specially designed for turtles and weigh only a few grams. The tags, which emit a regular radio pulse with a unique frequency, are attached to the shell of the turtles using a small amount of non-toxic plumber’s epoxy. A radio receiver and special antenna track and locate each turtle once every seven to 10 days. The Saint Louis Zoo has introduced hundreds of school-aged children to the project through field trips and classroom visits in the last three years. It’s provided summer internships for high school and college students and trained some 20 teachers from local St. Louis schools in turtle research and conservation methods. “Students get to be biologists and do actual field work,” Lammering said. “With this project, they get to track turtles and be field biologists. They get to see what they’ve learned in the classroom in nature.” Conservationists also study the health of the box turtle population. Lammering said they observed one of her personal favorites, Georgette, as the Forest Park female turtle battled ranavirus and mycoplasma. Lammering said Georgette, upon getting the respiratory infection, maneuvered herself to a sunny spot to raise her body temperature, presumably to fight off the infection.

Like most reptiles, box turtles are cold-blooded – or ectothermic – and regulate their body temperature by basking in the sun during the cooler morning and evening hours and seeking shade during hotter times of the day. The Saint Louis Zoo’s website explains that box turtles get their name from a special hinge on the bottom part of their shell (the plastron) that allows them to close or “box” up as a form of protection against predators. Missouri has 17 species of turtles, including the ornate and three-toed box turtles, the two main turtles in this study. Lammering said St. Louis area residents may not know that wild, native box turtles are residents of Forest Park in the heart of the city or that turtle numbers are believed to be declining throughout the state of Missouri due to road kills, habitat loss and possibly disease. “It’s so funny that people don’t actually realize that wildlife exists in Forest Park,” Lammering said. “Many people think the zoo releases turtles into Forest Park.”

The Box Turtle Project

The goal of this project is to promote conservation of urban and rural box turtles in the St. Louis area by studying the ranging patterns, ecology and health status of box turtles and by developing an education and outreach program to increase awareness of the need to save turtles. The project is funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Washington University, and the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund. A Boeing grant enabled the purchase of three radio tracking systems, including antennas and receivers, at a cost of about $1,000 each. In the end, Jennifer Martin from Assumption Catholic School in O’Fallon found the hidden turtle. But Lammering hopes attendees of the meeting will find much more in the coming school year, including a willingness to get teachers and students involved in science. For more information on the Box Turtle Project, visit www.stlzoo.org/ conservationmedicine or like St. Louis Box Turtle Project on Facebook. A video is also available on YouTube, called “Box Turtles, Nature’s Ambassadors.” ¤

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Rock It To Fit Preventing Injuries While Working Out and... Learning how to workout with injuries Story by Maria Mazzola Photo by Michael Schlueter First and foremost, if you have an injury, discuss your limitations with your physician. In most cases, you may need to stay away from the part of your body that is injured. But that doesn’t mean other parts of the body can’t continue on. For example, if you have an injured knee, you can still do a bicep curl. There are two types of injuries – acute and overuse. An acute injury is usually the result of a traumatic incident, such as a fracture, dislocation, sprain or strain. An overuse injury is more common in athletes playing sports, many of which are due to training errors. This type of injury is due to repetitive movements to the bones, joints and tendons. Proper form is important in preventing overuse injuries. Coaches, as well as personal and athletic trainers are educated in how to prevent overuse injuries to their athletes or clients. Beginning a new workout — Ease into a new workout program. Start slow and then gradually build up intensity, frequency and endurance. The simple fact that you have committed to starting a new exercise routine is a huge step in itself.

for exercise. A warm-up increases your heart rate and warms your muscles and joints. Think of your muscle as a rubber band. If you pick a rubber band up and stretch it after its been sitting in cold weather, the chances of snapping that rubber band while pulling it is much greater than a rubber band that has been in warm temperatures. Your muscles work the same. I start my clients with a warm-up between five and ten minutes of running in place, jump rope, elliptical or tread mill.

Ways to prevent an injury — You can follow simple steps to stay injury free during your workout. Never live by the rule of “no pain, no gain.” This simply isn’t a true statement. Of course, you are going to feel burn and muscle fatigue; but true pain is not getting you the results you are looking for. Your body knows when certain joints and movements do not feel right. It is important to workout in proper form and at an adequate pace, only increasing your activity by 10 percent per week. Asking a personal trainer to help you with this is beneficial.

Cooling down is important to bring your heart rate back to normal. I also believe stretching after a workout helps with muscle soreness, but some fitness professionals do not believe this to be true. Bottom line, it can’t hurt to stretch the proper way.

Gently treat areas that cause you trouble. Build up strength, but don’t do exercises that hurt. For example, if you have arthritis in your knee, start lightly and go easy.

It’s important to work opposing muscles. For example, if you work your biceps, you should work your triceps as well. This helps prevent muscle imbalance, which can result in injuries or abnormalities in your physique. If you are not 100 percent sure how to do a certain exercise, then stay away from that exercise and consult a trainer. Do not

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Fuel your body with plenty of water before, during and after your workout. Eat a small, healthy meal or snack every couple of hours to keep a steady source of fuel. After your workout, eat healthy carbs.

overwork one muscle group, and switch up your exercise routine. For example, Monday may be a strength-training day. You can make Tuesday a cardio day. Wednesday you can revisit strength training, but change up the exercises for each muscle group. If you do a chest press on Monday, then maybe do push-ups on Wednesday. Rest on Thursday. Play racquetball or swim on Friday. A variety of exercises gives your muscles time to heal. By switching up your workouts, you are keeping it interesting, and you will have less chance of burn out. Take one or two days off per week. Stretching — I wrote an entire article in regards to this subject. I am a true believer in stretching, and I know for a fact that stretching properly can relieve certain injuries and/or joint pain. After thousands of dollars spent on pain management and injections to my injured back, I learned that simple stretching relieves the pain. I have had an 80 percent decrease in back pain since I have been stretching each day. If you are suffering an overuse injury, ask your physician about stretching to relieve pain, and then incorporate that in your everyday life. Treating injuries — The word to remember is RICE.

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Rest – Try not to use the area that is injured. Ice – Ice the injury to prevent or reduce swelling and inflammation (only apply ice in 20-minute increments).

Compression – Wrapping the injury can reduce swelling and provide protection.

Elevation – Keeping the injury elevated also reduces swelling.

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Ibuprofen or other anti-inflammatory medication can help ease pain and reduce swelling, but consult a physician before taking. Let yourself heal completely before returning to the activity that caused the injury. You could easily trigger a recurrence if you do, plus that particular area will not have the same strength as before. Give it time; and if you are concerned or the injury isn’t healing, see your physician. ¤

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! l l a F e m o c l e W Delicious Apples & Savory Pumpkin

I enjoy spring and summer, but there is something special about fall that makes it my favorite time of year. The heat is finally breaking, the nights are growing crisp, the leaves are changing, and the sweaters are coming out of storage. It’s a perfect time to gather my friends for a hearty meal and a yummy dessert and to spend some time telling stories around the fire pit out back. Among the many other things it brings, fall means apples and pumpkins. And that makes it easy to create some delicious meals that are sure to warm your heart and fill your tummy. On this particular evening my friends and I enjoyed a roasted pork tenderloin with apples, onions, and carrots. Besides being mouthwatering and amazingly tender, this combination creates a beautiful display on a platter. To complement this hearty main course, I chose loaded mashed potatoes, fresh roasted corn, skillet-fried green beans and pumpkin casserole. To top off the evening, we finished with a dessert of fried apple pies with vanilla bean ice cream. When I cook like this for friends, my husband always teases me about how much food I prepare. But I never want to run out of anything before everyone has had their fill, and I love to send people home with leftovers if they enjoyed the meal. However, sometimes it is nice to have a little something extra to give away – something made especially for taking home. For this occasion, I chose mini pumpkin breads that I boxed up individually and passed out as our friends left for the evening. They are a fun treat at home or a nice addition to the next morning’s breakfast. I hope you enjoy this season as much as I do; and I am delighted to share these recipes with you. Be sure to check my blog – Southern Savorings – for the rest of them. And thanks, once again, to my friend, John Harder, for taking the wonderful photos of the meal. Happy fall, y’all! www.jharderphotography.com

http://southernsavorings.com Pumpkin Bread 3½ cups all-purpose flour 3 cups sugar 2 teaspoons baking soda ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

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¼ teaspoon ground cloves 2½ cups canned pumpkin 4 large eggs 2 ⁄3 cup water ½ cup vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 350 F. u Spray two 9-inch loaf pans or 7 mini loaf pans with nonstick cooking spray. u In a large bowl, whisk together flour and next 6 ingredients. u In a medium bowl, whisk together pumpkin and all remaining ingredients. u Stir pumpkin mixture into flour mixture until well combined. u Pour batter into prepared pans. u Bake for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. u Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. u Remove from pans, and let cool completely on a wire rack. 82 StreetScape Magazine

Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Apples, Onions & Carrots 2 (1- to 1½-pound) pork tenderloins ¼ cup vegetable oil, plus more as needed 1½ teaspoons sea salt, plus more as needed ¼ jar Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon sriracha hot chili sauce 3 cloves of garlic, chopped 1 tablespoon chopped thyme ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper 2 apples, cored and sliced (Granny Smith or Golden Delicious) 2 sweet onions, sliced 1 small bag of carrots 1 cup chicken stock 1 tablespoon flour 1 tablespoon butter Heat oven to 425 F. u Use a small sharp knife to trim each tenderloin of any silver skin (this can be tough when cooked). Slide the blade under and outward to remove it. Pat pork dry with paper towels. u Salt and pepper the tenderloins on all sides. In random areas, cut slits in the pork and insert the chopped garlic. u In a heavy-duty iron skillet, heat your oil. When heated, brown your pork on all sides until you form a crust on the outside, but be careful not to overcook. This will take about 10 minutes. Once the pork is browned, place it on a platter with paper towels to cool. u Check the pan; if it looks dry, add 2 to 3 teaspoons of additional oil. If there is fat left in the pan from cooking the pork, there is no need to add additional oil. u Now, add apples, onions and carrots, stirring occasionally for about 5 minutes until lightly browned around the edges. Add some salt and pepper while cooking. u Add the leftover garlic and 1 teaspoon of the thyme. Once they have cooked down a bit, add the butter and the chicken broth. u Let it simmer, and then add the flour. Stir it in well. This will help thicken the broth as the tenderloins cook. After it’s stirred well, turn the heat off. Mix together well your mustard, sriracha, salt, pepper, and 1 teaspoon of thyme. Use a pastry brush or your hands to cover the tenderloin(s) until evenly coated. u In a heavy roasting pan, pour in the apple, onions and carrots. Add the tenderloin(s) to rest on top. Roast until an internal meat thermometer reaches about 155 degrees. When done, remove from the oven and cover with foil, letting the tenderloin(s) rest about 10 minutes before slicing. u Serve on a large platter resting atop the apples, onions and carrots.

Mini Fried Apple Pies 2 ready-made pie shells 3 Granny Smith apples 1½ tablespoon ground cinnamon ¼ cup sugar ½ to ¾ cup water (maybe a bit more to cover the apples) Vegetable oil for frying

Peel and core your apples, and cut them into small cubes. u In a heavy saucepan, add your water, sugar and cinnamon. Bring to a boil. u Add your apples and cook until soft. With a rolling pin, roll your piecrust out until it is thin. Using a round biscuit cutter, begin cutting your circles for your pies. Drain your apples. With a fork, mash the apples until they become much like applesauce. (You may leave your apples cubed, however, it makes filling the pies much easier if you mash them first). u Start filling your mini piecrust with the apple mixture, being careful not to overfill. Press the sides of the pies together and pinch the sides down with a fork. u In a heavy skillet, heat your vegetable oil. Once your oil is hot, begin dropping the pies in. You will need to reduce the heat once they start cooking. Cook one side until brown and flip them over and cook the other side until brown. Place them on a platter with paper towels to absorb the extra oil. While they are still hot, sprinkle them liberally with cinnamon sugar. Serve these warm with a scoop or two of vanilla bean ice cream, and then sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Enjoy! Note: It may take several tries before you master the temperature of the oil. The pies have a tendency to burn easily; so don’t be afraid to reduce your heat after the initial batch. It’s much easier to make up the pies all at one time and then fry them. September | October

The newly formed Crossroads Arts Council, based in Wentzville, will be launching their organization with a community art project at the Wentzville Octoberfest Wine and Art Festival scheduled for October 17 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Wentzville’s historic Village Center. The Crossroads Arts Council is the outgrowth of the very successful art show hosted by WASSI last April. The event highlighted all of the talented artists in and around Wentzville and was an indication of the wealth of talent in St. Charles County and the surrounding area. The mission of the Crossroads Arts Council is to cultivate, nurture, and grow the arts in our community by supporting local artists. We hope to promote civic values, and make the city an attractive place to live, work, and visit. An interactive community mosaic art project will be managed by the CAC at the Octoberfest. The community is invited to create their own clay piece that will become a part of a larger mosaic to be permanently installed at Splash Station, Wentzville’s water park. Donations will be accepted. The Octoberfest is a premier one day event which will offer many local breweries and wineries the opportunity to offer sampling of their products under the protection of a large tasting tent. Along with the enjoyment of fine wine, an adjacent area of juried artists from around the Midwest will offer fine art for sale at many price points. Local food trucks along with a stage to provide musical background for a day of fun and enjoyment will be located alongside the Historical Society’s caboose. Tickets to the Octoberfest wine and craft beer tasting event can be purchased in advance for $20 at www.WentzvilleOctoberfest.com. It includes wine and craft beer tastings from each business represented and a souvenir glass. VIP packages are available. Wine, beer and food will be available for sale.

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to Help Kids Learn Outside the Classroom Bus routes have resumed, school bells are ringing again, and kids with backpacks are appearing at your door each afternoon, hungry for a snack and the attention of a parent. There are so many supporting details that go into a good education that sometimes it’s easy to worry if kids are getting enough of academics. I liken it to vegetables. They are a very important, but often overlooked, part of a balanced diet. And sometimes, in order to get your kid to eat any vegetables at all, you have to resort to sneaking them in or dressing them up a bit. Now, we’re not trying to suggest replacing regular schooling, but rather empowering and encouraging you to sneak bits of education into your kids’ everyday lives here and there. No matter where your kids attend school, the number one ingredient to a successful education is you, the parent. Don’t worry if you aren’t feeling much like a teacher. Chances are, you have some teaching experience and don’t even realize it – using the toilet, riding a bike, tying shoes, and driving a car – are all things parents typically teach their kids. And, even if you haven’t crossed these milestones or have missed them (maybe Dad had them the week they learned some of the “lessons”), if you are spending time with your kids, loving on them, and supporting them the best you know how, you are already doing a fantastic job. But what if you’re out of fresh ideas for sneaking in some “brain bites”? This list should get you started. The kids won’t even know they’re learning! Language arts (spelling, reading, grammar, writing): Did someone do something especially nice for your children this summer? How about writing a good, old-fashioned, thank-you note? Kids can work on penmanship, spelling, writing, and grammar and learn good manners to boot. If they’re too young for that, you can buy some bathtub crayons and have them practice writing their alphabet that way. (If it’s in Grandma’s house, just please clean it off before she sees it!) Math: While some people view this as a naughty, four-letter word, m-a-t-h can be fun! Younger kids can help with school lunches, counting and sorting food as you assemble the meals. When purchasing snacks, if you have your kids at the store with you, they can read the prices to you, which is good practice for number recognition. Older kids can help do price comparisons on school purchases, especially things like clothes and computers. If they are especially proficient in saving you money, consider giving them a portion of what you saved. Since your routine is likely to be changing, you may find that

Story by Sarah Moeller your eating preferences do, too, and that you need to change up your menus. When I was a kid, I loved helping my mom figure out the cost of different recipes. While there are programs and spreadsheets available for doing this quickly by yourself, doing it with a child can be quality time that is also educational. Science: While your kids would probably love to blow things up in the kitchen, science can be a little bit less dramatic than that. We like finding bugs around the yard and then looking them up on the Internet or going to the library to get a book about them. Geography: While the invention of GPS was a wonderful thing, kids can still benefit from getting paper maps and tracing the routes to Grandma’s, the store, their dream vacation, and so on. You can even combine this with a math lesson and measure distances while figuring out the time required to travel to your destination. Does your car have a GPS on the dash? My kids really like looking at where we are on the map. It isn’t a replacement for a paper map, but it does things a paper map can’t do. Used in combination with a paper map, your kids will have lots of fun. And, they may even travel better in the car on future road trips, since they have the map to focus on. Okay, this is going to sound weird… but have you ever been eating a potato chip and noticed that it looked like something else? Like maybe a state? Or a country? I loved playing that game as a kid. You get a bag of chips, and everyone takes turns pulling them out and discussing what they look like. Naturally, this also doubles as snack time. Interactive globes are fun for parents and kids alike! I consider them to be a low-tech, yet very effective and extremely fun way to learn geography facts. They aren’t a replacement for atlases, but they do have their place in the world, so to speak. Atlases can usually be found in the library, if you want to go that route. (Sorry – I couldn’t resist.) As you can see, with just a little creativity and imagination, you can spend quality, educational time with your kids without spending a fortune. Your time is very precious, and you can really use it wisely by helping your kids learn when you are with them. It all depends on how much you want to do. You know your kids better than anyone else does; you are an expert on them. No doubt you can come up with even better ideas than the ones listed here and help to make learning fun for them and for you! ¤ September | October

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Story by Kelly Lamm Sadly, since the beginning of time, there have always been those unable to live and let live. Different personality traits, upbringings, cultures and the survival of the fittest have led people to fight and even bully one another. Remember in gym class when we were taught to play dodge ball, and the object of the game was to hit another person with the ball? We found out quickly who it was that might not like us as the ball whizzed across the floor aimed at our heads. We live in a world where not everyone gets along, and quite often it leads to bullying. It is a dangerous game that can be life altering; and alarmingly, its occurrence is rising dramatically. Unfortunately, it seems, it is not a priority in our world these days to teach children kindness, the acceptance of others’ differences, and to properly communicate. If it was, it could help lead children to become more compassionate adults with the ability to get along with others. Here are a couple insightful quotes from two very influential men in history … “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” — Theodore Roosevelt “The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.” — John Hancock Today bullying is prevalent at school and at work. A child is bullied every seven minutes! In the work force, it is found that as many as one-fourth of American employees experience some form of bullying. Bullying focuses on a person rather than a task; and the recipient feels powerless to stop it, whether he or she is a child or an adult. Worst of all, individuals who experience bullying find that it’s just as hard to explain and stop the abuse as it is to suffer through it. The following are some signs that bullying is taking place at work or school: • Being left out of school-or work-related social events. • Individuals leaving an area when you arrive. • Being given the “silent treatment.” 88 StreetScape Magazine

• Being treated rudely or disrespectfully . • Having someone spread rumors about you that aren’t true but that nobody denies. • Being shouted at. • Having your work interfered with or sabotaged. • Being the recipient of mean pranks. • Being threatened or put down in front of others. Have any of these happened to you or someone you know? The challenge in helping people get along and resolving bullying behavior is finding an avenue for getting support. If left unresolved, bullies get the message that adults find mean behavior acceptable; and with children, the problem may get worse and eventually involve more kids. We need to create and have support networks at home, school and work. People need to work together to create a safer environment for all kids and adults. Schools and work places are increasingly realizing that, if an individual is picked on, it’s not an isolated problem. Mean and humiliating behavior impacts the entire school or workplace and it is up to us to stop it! It is up to us to create a healthier school and work environment. When bullying occurs, there are things that can be done that may help resolve a situation: • Be rational and consider making an outline to help you tell the story in a logical and organized way; highlight key points or important events. • Keep emotions in check, as your story will be better received if you remain calm. Research has found that targets were considered less believable if they showed negative emotions while sharing their story. • Be consistent as it is difficult to remember details, especially when you are upset. Document abuse as it happens, using a calendar to piece together events; write down what you report to your supervisor or teacher so you can keep your story straight. • Be focused and avoid sharing details that might seem unrelated to the actions of the bully. • Show understanding of others’ points of view as you will sound even more reasonable if you acknowledge that the bully may not recognize how his or her actions have affected you.

• Acknowledge you know that what you are saying may be hard to believe. • Be specific and use clear, specific, concrete language and examples when you tell your story. By portraying yourself as a victim, you’re being trapped as someone defenseless and weak. You need to know and believe that you are not a victim, but an important person who is a survivor! No matter how hard it may be to get through a bullying situation, keep focusing on the future. Seek out support so you will know and feel that you are not alone. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt “One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” — Michael J. Fox “It gets better. It seems hard, you know, I think being different is always gonna be a tough climb. There’s always gonna be people that are scared of it. But at the end of the day you give those bullies, those people, that are so ignorant, if you give them the power to affect you, you’re letting them win. And they don’t deserve that. What you’re doing by being yourself is you’re keeping it real, and you’re being really brave.” — Adam Lambert Let’s try to get along and help one another. We all have differences, and it is okay to have a different opinion. That is what can stimulate a great conversation. We should all have the opportunity to be ourselves and offer to the world our special gifts without being bullied. Think before you speak or take action. “Words have special powers. The power to create smiles or frowns. The power to lift up or put down. The power to motivate or de-motivate. The power to teach good or evil. The power to express love or hate. The power to give or take. The power to heal or harm. Choose your words carefully.” — A.D. Williams Words are powerful, and actions are remarkable; choose wisely and live deliciously. I offer you one last quote… “I would rather be a little nobody, then to be an evil somebody.” — Abraham Lincoln For additional support or help, go to: The Trevor Project – http://www.thetrevorproject.org The Jed Foundation – http://jedfoundation.org The Jed Foundation Love is Louder Project – http://www.loveislouder.com Kind Campaign – https://www.kindcampaign.com Stomp Out Bullying – http://stompoutbullying.org ¤

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Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Big Joel’s Safari Petting Zoo and Educational Park

Big Joel’s Safari Petting Zoo and Educational Park is a working farm and recognized by the Missouri Farm Bureau as an agri-tourism attraction. Owners of the zoo and park, Big Joel and Mimi, have been working and raising animals for many years. Many of their larger animals, such as Gus, the camel, and Pumpkin, the bison cow, have been in residence since they were only a few weeks old. Admission to Big Joel’s is $6. Children two and under are free. From April 11 through Nov. 1, the zoo and park offer camel rides for $5 per rider on Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. More than one person can ride, but there is a 250 lb. limit. The park also offers unlimited bouncing in the Safari Bounce House for $3. Visitors can feed the animals by purchasing cups of food – $4 for a large souvenir cup and $2 for a small souvenir cup, with half-price refills. The Keet Shack allows visitors the opportunity to purchase a parakeet feed stick for $1 and feed the parakeets in the open bird aviary. Seasonal wagon rides begin in October in conjunction with Big Joel’s Spooky Safari. For $3 each, visitors ride in the old hay wagon to the large field, which is home to most of the deer, elk, bison, geese and watusi cattle. The Education Station offers visitors a chance to learn cool facts about animals and about Big Joel’s. It also provides an opportunity to touch animal artifacts, such as ostrich eggs and deer antlers, and even touch one of the animal ambassadors, such as the snakes or alligators. Crafts with Mary offers paint-and-take ceramics for $3 per item. Big Joel’s also offers birthday parties and educational tours for schools. For more information on Big Joel’s Safari Petting Zoo and Educational Park, find them on Facebook or visit www.bigjoelsafari.com. 90 StreetScape Magazine

Faust Heritage Festival

On Saturday and Sunday, September 19 and 20, an old-fashioned folk festival will be held with 19th-century period homes, period dressed staff, and traditional arts and crafts, such as blacksmithing, rope making, and pottery firing. Food vendors will be available, as well as hands-on activities for children. Faust Park will also be offering History Hayrides on October 9 and 10 at 6, 7 and 8 p.m. In addition, bonfires and live music will be a part of the event. Tickets must be purchased from the website. For more information about Faust Heritage Festival, call 314-615-83258, or visit www.stlouisco.com/parks/. Faust Park is located at 15185 Olive Boulevard, Chesterfield, Mo.

Golden Valley Farms®

Family-owned Golden Valley Pumpkin Patch was opened in 2010 by Andrea Unnerstall, a college student at the time, with the help of her family and friends. It’s located on the historic Jasper Farm, the first farm in the Washington Mo., area to deliver milk into town, right off of Highway 100. The original barns, sheds and brick home built in 1900 transport visitors back to a time when Washington was a small farming community. Golden Valley Farms® offers birthday parties, evening events and field trips. A hayride around the farm is available for the whole family in a straw wagon pulled by the farm’s tractor. Kids can play in the Haynasium, which is like a jungle gym made from hay bales, including slides and tunnels, or choose to spend hours crawling around in a big bin of corn. The farm also features pony rides, a petting zoo, a kids’ haunted house, a fun barn, a pumpkin cannon, a cargo net climb, pig races and face painting. Jasper’s Hay Town lets visitors pick the perfect pumpkin, gourd,

mum or corn stalks. There is also a mini hay maze that the kids can slide and crawl through. On October 25, from 7 to 11 p.m., Golden Valley Farms® is hosting an evening event where you can bring your own flashlights and wander around the corn maze after dark. At this special nighttime event there will be a bonfire, as well as two family-friendly Halloween films. Golden Valley Farms® is located at 6320 Highway 100, Washington, Mo. Prices are as follows: children under 3 are free, children (3 - 12) are $8, adults (13+) are $6, and seniors (65+) are $4. For more information, call 314-650-0148, visit www.gvfarms.com or like Golden Valley Farms® on Facebook.

McPike Mansion

Come out for the 17th Annual Ghostly Halloween Campout 2015 on Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25. The campout is an overnight or evening Halloween adventure for adults 18 or older. Cost is $35 per person and includes Dowsing 101, Looking for Ghosts, Grounds Tours and a Dark Session in the Cellar. You’ll also receive a McPike Mansion Souvenir and door prizes. A light supper of hot dogs, chili and more will be served, as well as breakfast or donuts and coffee in the morning. Visitors are asked to bring tents, camping gear and their cameras. No alcohol is allowed. The historical McPike Mansion was built in 1869 by architect Lucas Pfeiffenberger. The original owner of the Mansion was Henry Guest McPike. The Mansion was last purchased and is now owned by Sharyn and George Luedke. Their intention was to restore it and turn it into a bed and breakfast and banquet room. Instead, they have transformed it into a landmark of one of the most haunted houses in Alton; and the mansion has found itself on the list of the Top Ten Haunted Houses in the United States For more information, visit www.mcpikemansion.com.

ROAR Fest: Halloween with the Tigers

Spend some time with rescued tigers for Halloween. Crown Ridge Tiger Sanctuary will feature ROAR Fest: Halloween with the Tigers at 1 p.m. on Saturday, October 24, for all ages. The price is a $10 donation per adult, $5 for kids in costume, and kids 3 and under are free.

a spooky good time watching the tigers receive Halloween goodies. Crown Ridge is located at 19620 Crown Ridge Road, Sainte Genevieve, Mo. For more information, call 573-883-9909 or visit www. crownridgetigers.com. Crown Ridge Tiger Sanctuary is a 501c3 nonprofit big cat rescue organization that provides homes for abused and neglected big cats rescued around Missouri. Crown Ridge offers many types of tours for all ages to see the cats and learn about tiger conservation.

O’Fallon Fall Fest

O’Fallon Fall Fest Street Dance: A free, fall dance party will be held at the O’Fallon Fall Fest on Friday, October 9, from 7 – 10 p.m. Visitors can dance to the music of all of their favorite rock and roll hits from the 1960s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s and now. Festival concessions will be available for purchase. On Saturday, October 10, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., visitors can celebrate the arrival of fall as they listen to acoustic music, enjoy ongoing entertainment for the family, and shop for jewelry, fall and holiday decorations, and much more, while chowing down on delicious, festival-style food and beverages. For more event information, see the fall edition of O’Fallon’s quarterly newsletter. You can also contact Marsha Seymour at mseymour@ofallon.mo.us or 636-379-5502. O’Fallon Fall Fest Run (5K and 10K): The O’Fallon Fall Fest Run will take place on Saturday, October 10, at 7 a.m. The 3.1-mile and 6.2 mile races, has divisions for all ages. In addition, a zombie costume contest is a part of the Fall Fest Run for the race participants. The races will begin outside O’Fallon’s Municipal Centre, 100 North Main Street, O’Fallon, Mo. Complimentary snacks and beverages will be served after the race, with the awards ceremony beginning at approximately 8 a.m. Awards will be presented to the top three male and female runners overall and in each division. There will also be awards given for the top three best zombie costumes worn by race participants. The annual Fall Fest will open nearby in Civic Park at 10 a.m. Register through October 8 at the O’Fallon Parks and Recreation Office, 400 Civic Park Drive. Cost is $18 per person for the 5K and $23 per person for the 10K. Race Day registration is $20 per person for the 5K and $25 per person for the 10K and will be held on site from 6 – 6:45 a.m. Online registration is available until Sunday, October 4. If you would like to volunteer for this event, the city of O’Fallon would love your help! Just contact volunteer@ofallon.mo.us or call 636-379-5507. For more information, call 636-379-5502 or visit www.ofallon.mo.us/fall-fest. ¤

Enjoy a Halloween celebration with rescued tigers, and have September | October

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Summer is at an end, and most people have taken their annual vacations; but here are a few places that aren’t too far away that could do quite nicely for a little fall getaway to satisfy your wanderlust before the cold sets in.

The Cheshire – Built in the 1960s just outside of St. Louis, its

half-timber facade and delicate flower gardens suggest a 16th-century English inn. The Cheshire’s website says it’s believed that the 4-star inn’s founder drew inspiration from Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese – a 350-year-old London tavern. This English influence can be felt throughout the inn, from complementary tea served throughout the day, to the European-inspired breakfasts, to a British-style pub where visitors can enjoy a pint of ale. Guest rooms, trimmed in period furnishings, reflect old-world styles and recall the trends of the Tudor Revival. The Cheshire offers 1,700 types of wine at The Restaurant to pair with truffle, honey-glazed duck breast or locally-sourced, spit-roasted chicken. Fox and Hounds Tavern serves traditional fish ‘n’ chips and artisanal cheeses in a pub-style setting.

Ha Ha Tonka State Park is filled with remarkable geological features. The Missouri State Parks’ website describes a 70-foot-wide natural bridge, spanning 60 feet and reaching more than 100 feet into the air. The Coliseum is a steep-sided sinkhole measuring 500 feet long and 300 feet wide. Whispering Dell Sinkhole is 150 feet deep with two bluff shelters – Counterfeiters’ Cave and Robbers’ Cave – both of which were used as hideouts by criminals in the 1830s. Trails and boardwalks make it easy for visitors to experience this honeycomb of tunnels, caverns, springs and sinkholes. Visitors can peer into caves, trek through and around sinkholes, or climb from the spring to the castle on wooden steps that circle the spring’s chasm. Tall bluffs – 250 feet high – tower over the gorge through which Ha Ha Tonka Spring, (Missouri’s 12th largest) discharges approximately 58 million gallons of water daily.

For more information visit www.cheshirestl.com.

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Castle Ruins in Missouri – So, one doesn’t have to go to Ireland

The Pythian Castle – The Pythian Castle is located at 1451 E.

to see a castle. It turns out Missouri has several, and one is in the heart of one of the state’s most glorious parks. Ha Ha Tonka State Park has something for avid hikers, nature lovers and sightseers alike. High on a bluff overlooking Ha Ha Tonka Spring and Lake of the Ozarks sits the ruins of a stone castle. It was built by Robert M. Snyder, a wealthy Kansas City businessman, who first visited the site in 1903. At the time, he envisioned building a private retreat reminiscent of a European-style castle; however, the castle was never finished while he was alive. Construction began in 1905, only to be halted a year later when Snyder was killed in one of the state’s first automobile accidents. The castle wasn’t completed until 1922 when Snyder’s sons fulfilled their father’s dream. More than 400 species of plants have been recorded in Ha Ha Tonka State Park. A nature trail, along with a seven-mile backpack trail, allows visitors to experience the rich woodland landscape of the park. 92 StreetScape Magazine

Pythian Street in Springfield, Mo. It was built in 1913 by the Knights of Pythias, a fraternal organization, and served as an orphanage, as well as a home for children and widows of its members. The U.S. Military took over the castle in 1942 and renamed it The Enlisted Men’s Service Club. At that time it was used for entertaining and rehabilitating injured U.S. troops. The amenities for the soldiers included a movie theater, ballroom, bowling alley, pool hall, library, and arts and crafts area. Entertainment was provided by many famous movie stars, performers and comedians during that time. Now owned by Tamara Finocchiaro, visitors can walk through the halls year round on history tours, ghost tours and murder mystery dinners. It’s also available for weddings, proms and corporate parties. An episode of Sy Fy Channel’s “Haunted Collectors” told the story of German and Italian prisoners-of-war who were kept in the army hospital out back of the castle during World War II. The Pythian Castle is also considered by some to be one of the more haunted

Treehouse Cabins – How about a little getaway in a treehouse?

Treehouse Cabins is operated by Myron and Ann McKee, third generation owners of the River of Life Farm. The farm is located in the heart of the Wild Trout Management Area on the North Fork of the White River.

places in the Ozarks and was investigated by the television show “Ghost Lab” in 2011. For more information on the Pythian Castle, call 417-865-1464 or visit www.pythiancastle.com.

Unclaimed Baggage Center – Now, this one’s about seven hours away, but it is interesting nevertheless.

Touted as America’s only lost luggage store, the Unclaimed Baggage Center was technically started in 1970 when Doyle Owens headed to Washington, D.C., with an idea, a borrowed pick-up truck, and a $300 loan to pick up his first load of unclaimed baggage. He sold the contents on card tables in an old rented house and was an instant success. Over the next 40 years, relationships with airlines and other transportation companies were forged, and Owens’ venture became known as the ‘land of lost luggage’. Products from the ordinary to the amazing poured into Scottsboro, Ala., from around the world. Media and curious visitors followed from every corner of the globe. Today, Unclaimed Baggage Center covers more than a city block. It hosts over a million visitors annually from every state and over 40 foreign countries and is one of Alabama’s top tourist attractions. The center’s website describes the process of how lost baggage gets to them in this way: “Although over 99.5% of domestic airlines’ checked bags are picked up at the baggage carousel, lost luggage is an unfortunate part of airline travel. The airlines conduct an extensive three-month tracing process with the remaining .5% of unclaimed bags in an effort to reunite them with their owners, resulting in an astonishingly small fraction of a percent of bags that are ultimately orphaned. Claims are paid on these remaining lost bags, and only then do the airlines sell the remaining unclaimed baggage property to Unclaimed Baggage Center. These purchasing agreements provide an important service to the airlines by giving a second life to unclaimed items.” For more information, visit www.unclaimedbaggage.com.

Open year-round, it’s perfect for a family vacation or a special romantic getaway in a real treehouse. Treehouse accommodations are set on the river’s edge and within view of the North Fork River. Treehouse offers some of Missouri’s premiere honeymoon cabins. Visitors can take a float trip down the North Fork River or enjoy some of the finest rainbow trout fishing in the Ozarks. Hikers can set out on the McKee’s 350-mile property for breathtaking views or traverse the Mark Twain National Forest, which is close by. Treehouse Cabins sponsors Kolkata Treehouse in Kolkata, India, which is a home for under-privileged children. Treehouse Cabins at River of Life Farm is located at 1746 River of Life Drive, Dora, Mo. For more information, call 417-261-7777, visit www.riveroflifefarm.com/missouri-lodging / or send a message to myron@treehousecabins.com.

Road Trip on Route 66 – Route 66 is one of

the most famous highways in the United States, and visitmo.com lists Missouri as home to more than 280 miles of the “Mother Road.” The state features some of the route’s most historic tourist attractions. Visitmo.com recommends starting in St. Louis, taking the “scenic route” and spending a few days to cover the best parts of Missouri’s portion of Route 66. Their plan includes stops in St. Louis at the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, and The Museum of Transportation. Then it’s on to Route 66 State Park in Eureka, Mo.; Meramec Caverns in Stanton, Mo.; The World’s Largest Rocking Chair four miles outside of Cuba; historical murals in Cuba, Mo.; and the Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Mo. The second leg of the Route 66 Trip, according to visitmo.com, begins in Cuba, Mo., and continues the great American road trip by heading west to see everything from picturesque courthouses to re-creations of old Route 66 filling stations. Explore the Route 66 Museum, quaint bed and breakfasts, wineries and more as you take one of the great American road trips down Route 66 in Missouri. Other recommended stops include St. James Winery; the Stonehenge Replica in Rolla, Mo.; the Wooden Railroad Trestle Bridge in Devils Elbow, Mo; Dowd’s Catfish and BBQ in Lebanon, Mo.; Jordan Valley Park, in Springfield, Mo.; Gary’s Gay Parita, a re-creation of a 1930s Sinclair gas station, in Ash Grove, Mo.; the Jasper County Courthouse in Carthage, Mo.; Grand Falls, on Shoal Creek, in Joplin, Mo.; and the Creekside Cottage Bed and Breakfast in Joplin, Mo. www.visitmo.com/route-66.aspx ¤ September | October

Main Street Book Review A dramatic departure from Stewart’s other NYT bestselling titles, “Girl Waits With Gun” is the fictionalized life story of an actual historical figure – Constance Kopp, one of the first female sheriffs’ deputies in the United States. Constance and her sisters live on a farm in rural New Jersey, 16 years after a deep family secret drives them from the city. An altercation in town with a silk factory owner and his thuggish cronies leads to months of threats, bricks through windows, gunshots and danger. The local sheriff tries to help the Kopp sisters with their plight, teaching them to shoot revolvers and running patrols past their house. A tale of mystery, suspense, ladies with guns, and sisters banding together, “Girl Waits With Gun” is a delightfully fun read that will put Amy Stewart solidly on the historical fiction map.

Title: Girl Waits With Gun Author: A my Stewart Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt $27.00

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Available September 2015 at Main Street Books 307 S. Main St., St. Charles Mo. 63301 (636) 949-0105 www.MainStreetBooks.net Follow us on twitter @mainstreetbooks

“The Sky is Never the Limit When You Have Imagination”

Friends of the Library, George & Dianne Ga rrison are advocates for literacy programs and education. They belie ve that when a child is able to read at an ea rly age it opens unlim ited possibilities. They were honored to serve as the 2015 Co-Chairs for the second annual IMAGINE GA LA & AUCTION, be nefited the library’s early literacy and outre ach programs, and rec ognized the invaluable role libraries play in ou r lives. We are fortunate in St. Charles County to ha ve literacy programs such as READY TO READ, TAKE 20 and READ, and BOOKS YOU, supported by the to St. Charles City-Coun ty Library Foundation. We know develop ing strong reading an d literacy skills from an early age is the ga teway for learning su ccess. Through these existing programs the Library Foundation is able to serve fragile families, at-risk youth and homebound reside nts. Carol Rasco, President and CEO of Reading is Fundamental, Inc. states, “When children have access to books, we empower them to develop a lifelong lov e for learning which str engthens us all.” We acknowledge the future of our country is inextr icably linked to our skills in literacy. It is important to support reading programs! W hope, as you learn mo e re about the Library Fo undation’s programs and the impact they ha ve on transforming liv es, you will provide your financial support so these current progra ms will continue and new programs can be developed.

Dianne & George Garrison

With our appreciation and gratitude, Dianne and George Ga rrison

Photo by Michael Schlueter

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Save the Date: The St. Charles City-County Library Foundation will host our 7th annual Art Uncorked on Saturday, November 14th 2015. Library Foundation Website: www.stchlibraryfoundation.org The Library Foundation is creating a series of Storybook Walks throughout St. Charles County to offer a unique approach to reading. In collaboration with our community partners, the Storybook Walk provides a new outdoor adventure that champions family connection, early childhood development, and health and wellness. Each month a new book is posted at several stations along a trail, allowing families and friends to enjoy a story as the walk the path and take in the scenery. Stories are handpicked by library staff with a child’s enjoyment in mind. New stories are featured monthly so that the fun continues year-round. Take a walk with us and read a new story each month at these locations: Quail Ridge Lodge 5501 Quail Ridge Pkwy, Wentzville 63385 - Located just behind Quail Ridge Lodge on the paved trail. St. Charles Community College 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Dr, Cottleville 63376 Fox Hill Park Fox Hill Rd, St Charles 63301 - Located near the Huncker Street parking area, just down a short paved path. For more information about the Take 20 and Read Campaign www.take20andread.org and the programs it supports, including... Ready to Read: http://stchlibraryfoundation.org/ReadyToRead Books to You: http://stchlibraryfoundation.org/BooksToYou or go to www.stchlibraryfoundation.org. September | October

THE WAYWARD CRITIC RETHINKING HORROR: Where Horror and Horrible Diverge Story by Lance Tilford Halloween is fast approaching; I think it now gets a solid twomonth marketing window, second only to Christmas. (Seriously, I just saw Halloween junk at Costco – as of this writing, it’s not even the end of July. Now that’s scary!) Plenty of horror movies will hit screens big and small; so let’s stoke those fearful fires in our annual ritual of trying to scare the crap out of ourselves. First, let’s separate scary movies from gory movies. They share the “horror” genre label, but movies that rely on violence, gore and gross-out special effects are rarely artful in their ability to scare; their goal is to shock and disgust. That’s fine (the original “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” remains the champion in this genre), but it isn’t horror. Gross-out movies are often horrible – i.e., Eli Roth movies like “Hostel” and “Cabin Fever” or Tom Six’s “Human Centipede” flicks – but rarely horrifying. Horror should get under your skin, into your dreams, and make you think twice about that dark alley – or your shower, garage, hallway, toaster or clothes hamper. Let’s also split true horror movies from fantasy movies, such as “Ghostbusters,” “Poltergeist,” or “Gremlins.” Ditto for science fiction movies like “Alien” or “The Fly.” The best of any of these will certainly elicit chills, but true horror usually comes from something comfortably familiar that becomes threatening, with or without some level of supernatural involvement. “The Blair Witch Project” sparked the entire “found footage” genre by taking the “realness” of amateur videocams and turning it into a document of ever-increasing paranoia and dread. The first couple of “Paranormal Activity” movies further exploited the effect — then ruined it with last-minute CGI effects. It’s no surprise that almost always it’s the small, independentlymade horror films that pack the most punch; low budget and mini96 StreetScape Magazine

mal special effects help keep the focus on realistic ambience, acting craft, and smaller expectations. The recent, critically-praised film, “It Follows,” eschews gross-out effects for a more classic, psychological creep-out, connecting horrible consequences to normal teenage behavior. Last year’s low-budget Aussie import, “The Babadook,” offered a chilling and intimate small-scale story of a mother and son in danger from their own imaginations. By comparison, last year’s big-budget “Dracula Untold” was a costly attempt by Universal to reboot its classic icon. However, it fell flat in its poorly written origin story and overblown CGI, because it forgot to employ a very important convention of the horror genre: it failed, utterly, to be scary. One recent, personal favorite horror film would barely be classified as horror. “Compliance” (2012) produced jaw-dropping revulsion by detailing a horrific crime of human cruelty ripped straight from real-life news stories. In it, a fast-food joint cashier is accused of stealing from a customer and forced – via a phone interrogation by a “policeman” – to endure increasing acts of humiliation at the hands of her coworkers. This movie is guaranteed to creep you out, because it happened; and we’re all capable of being there. If it’s the classics you prefer, I’d point you not to the well-known stable of Universal monster flicks – like “Dracula,” “Frankenstein” and “The Wolfman,” – though they are all masterpieces of noir. But instead I suggest you seek out the lesser-known, Val Lewton-produced gems of the 1940s, such as “I Walked With a Zombie,” “Bedlam,” “Cat People,” and “The Body Snatcher.” Or, most especially, I’d recommend the 1957 “Curse of the Demon,” in which a skeptical scientist is forced to realize that the curse placed on him by a vengeful “magician” is all too real. Turner

Classic Movies (TCM) often puts these in late-night rotation through October, so check your TV schedule. If your tastes are more gothic and small screen, I’d ignore the wildly campy spectacle of “American Horror Story,” which finally imploded last season; catch, instead, Showtime’s brilliantly atmospheric two seasons of “Penny Dreadful.” It brings new life to 19th-century, gothic horror staples, such as vampires, Dr. Frankenstein, werewolves, and sexy witches. It’s brilliantly produced and wonderfully acted by stars Eva Green and Timothy Dalton, with a perfect mix of camp and pathos. Look up a scariest movies list and you’ll see the same suspects across the board: “Psycho,” “The Exorcist,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” and “The Shining” (don’t get me started on this; the scariest thing was Jack Nicholson’s ridiculous performance and how Stanley Kubrick let him get away with it). Also on this list is some modern fair like “The Ring” and “The Conjuring.” But “Jaws” was scarier because sharks are freakin’ real; this is why Discovery Channel has Shark Week rather than Demon Week. What’s scared you the most… something that happened in a movie or in real life? Close your eyes; feel that shiver of a memory. Now open them back up and look around you; there’s a horror movie waiting to happen. And if you can’t get enough horror before the end of this year, just remember that next year is an election year; and the airwaves will be filled with horrifying political ads! Don’t worry… in a magazine, no one can hear you scream. ¤

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Society Ms. Missouri Senior America - 2015 July 12, 2015 • Florissant Civic Center, Florissant Mo. On Sunday, July 12th, the Florissant Civic Center was the scene as seven beautiful, talented, and spirited ladies came together from all parts of the “Show Me” state to compete for this coveted title. Mary McIntosh wowed the judges with her musical theater vocal to: “Mother Knows Best” to the Walt Disney movie “Tangled.” Mary McIntosh from New Haven, Missouri was crowned Queen 1st runner-up – Nancy Pittman, Manchester, Missouri 2nd runner-up – Mary Ann Schwandt, Ballwin, Missouri Ms. Congeniality – Mary Ann Schwandt “The Best of Times is Now!“ was the theme and the ladies certainly lived up to it. Other contestants included: Lori Bardot, Judith Dyer, Carole Pashea, and Joyce Shaw. The Senior Pageant celebrates women over the age of 60 – “The Age of Elegance”. These women exemplify dignity, poise, maturity and inner beauty. They are a vital part of our community. They love living life to the fullest, and want to share this spirit with others. Mary McIntosh will participate in the Ms. Senior America Pageant in October, 2015 in Atlantic City. For more information: www.MissouriSenior.org

Joyce Shaw (far right), a St. Charles resident and contestant of the recent 2015 Ms. Missouri Senior America pageant.

Joyce played the original piano arrangement from “Beauty and the Beast.” Photos courtesy of Missouri Pageant Alumnae Club

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