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Patio Dining Local outdoor cuisine

Volunteers in Medicine Talking style with

CLINTON KELLY

From reality TV Show “What not to wear”

SUMMER BREEZE Warm-weather looks

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| VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE— - Mission to Haiti - St. Charles Volunteers In Medicine | OUTDOOR DINING— Take it Outside | HOME BUYING Talking with the pros | FASHION - Recipe for a Successful Fashion Week - Clinton Kelly - Summer Breeze - Lloyd Boston

ON THE COVER | Photographer Lance Tilford owns Limelight Studio in St. Charles and his work can be seen at www.lancetilfordphotography.com.

Stylist Tamara Tungate is one of the top makeup artists in the St. Louis area and her blog can be found at www.tamaratungate.com.

Sutton Lasater’s jewelry can be found at www.suttonlasater.com.

West Model Talent Management website: www.westmodelmanagement.com

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A note on Streetscape’s fashion spreads: The fashion spreads we design and shoot for Streetscape feature St. Charles and West County designs and locations, and many of our models are from St. Charles and West counties as well.

We’re not trying to chase New York or Paris fashion. We like to focus on the incredible diversity, unique locations and merchants we have right in our own backyard.

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| SEASONAL HUNT | DYNAMIC DUO | LOCAL AUTHORS | STATE YOUR BUSINESS | BEAUTY ADVISOR | BOUTIQUE PROFILE | SOCIETY

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BEHIND THE SCENES PUBLISHER & FOUNDER C O M M E N TA RY

TOM HANNEGAN Tom, Co-Owner of Hannegan Real Estate & Construction, LLC holds a master’s degree from Lindenwood University. Hannegan shares his passion for real estate, community volunteering, and his appreciation of St. Charles in Street Scape magazine.

Summer Breeze!

Welcome to the 16th edition of Streetscape Magazine. As always, we invite you to come as our reader and stay as our friend.

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS ROBIN SEATON JEFFERSON Robin has been a writer/journalist for more than 18 years working in print and electronic media. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from UM–St. Louis, with minors in writing and criminal justice.

NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER FOR OUR FALL BACK TO SCHOOL FASHION SHOOT! Streetscape Magazine’s Fall 2010 issue will have a fashion spread devoted to back-toschool trends; we'd like to feature some of St. Charles BEST and most beloved teachers.

Please nominate the teacher of your choice by sending their name, school, grade level and subject they teach, and why they’re so great via email to Lance@LTphoto.us. This is open to any teacher of any private or public school from kindergarten through high school. Those teachers with the most nominations will be contacted and asked if they’d like to participate in our fall fashion shoot (ahem--they do not have to be models.)

ANN HAZELWOOD Ann Hazelwood is an accomplished quilt author, historian, and appraiser with 9 books to her credit. Her speciality is Missouri travel. www.booksonthings.com

Lance Tilford Lance Tilford Photography Limelight Studio

TAMI SCOTT Makeup / Hair Salon / Academy Society - Brides Models - Makeovers 314-346-8834 www.TamiScottStudio.com

636 294 6411 www.lancetilfordphotography.com www.limelightstudio.us As you know, Streetscape has a knack for recognizing outstanding businesses, organizations and individuals. That’s why in this issue, we are featuring several individuals and organizations that go above and beyond in their professions every day to help others. It’s also why we are introducing a new kind of awards ceremony. We are calling it “Beyond the Best—Top 50 in Business” award. The event, to be held Thursday, October 21, 2010 at The Columns Banquet Center, will recognize executives, employees and board members of St. Charles County for excellence in their chosen fields. Look in this issue for nomination forms.

MARY ELLEN RENAUD Mary Ellen is a seasoned Public Relations & Marketing professional. You can contact her at Universal B.P.R. (cell) 314-660-1975 renaud7207@centurytel.net.

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Remember to support Streetscape advertisers.

MICHAEL SCHLUETER Michael photographs people and places for advertising and corporate accounts locally and nationally.

“The exploration and discovery process is what keeps photography so exciting for me.”

Have a fun and happy summer.

Be thankful! Be passionate. Life is not only good. It is GREAT!

EVENT PLANNER

Thomas P. Hannegan Publisher and Founder Streetscape Magazine

DONNA COSTELLIA Donna was a tourism professional for 25 years as the Assistant Director of the St. Charles CVB. She is now an independent meeting & event planner. Contact Donna by email at donna@streetscapemag.com or 314341-2790 for your next event.

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As part of its continuing “Fourth Friday at the Foundry” concert series, on Friday, June 25th at 8:00 pm, the Foundry Art Centre will be welcoming renowned jazz pianist Carolbeth True with her group Two Times True, featuring David True on drums, Glen Smith on bass, Larry Johnson on saxophone and the vocals of Christi John Bye. Information about the Foundry event, including ticket prices and how to purchase, can be found at www.foundryartcentre.org

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FEATURED ARTISTS

Plein Air Artists two of a kind

outdoors it’s phenomenal how it can change so fast,” said Wilmes. “It’s very cool.”

Wilmes also enjoys painting portraits—and her grandchildren are her favorite subjects.

Last spring, Wilmes painted four large murals in the rotunda at Pitman Funeral Home.

“I do like to challenge myself and keep growing with my art. I try to work with a lot of different mediums,” said Wilmes. udy Brown knew she wanted to paint by the time she was six years old. She took lots of classes, attended the art institute and attained her degree in art education in Linda Wilmes 1963. Brown taught elementary art for a year before having children. Once her two daughters were born, Brown painted in her rare spare time.

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“I started painting in between children,” said Brown. inda Wilmes knew she was going to be an artist before she could even print her own name. She started drawing as a child, using every piece of scrap paper she could get her hands on.

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In high school, she took art classes and painted her first oil painting.

After retiring eight years ago, painting has become a skill she constantly hones. Brown paints in watercolors, pastels and watercolor collages. “I almost have so many paintings I don’t know what to do with them,” said Brown.

“From that point on I knew what I wanted to do,” said Wilmes. “I had a lot of support from my family and my teachers.”

Brown has taken classes in watercolor and is a member of a watercolor society that meets weekly.

Wilmes has painted in oils, acrylics, watercolors and pastels. She’s involved in several art groups, including the Missouri Watercolor Society and the St. Louis Artists Guild. In addition, Wilmes teaches art classes for adults in her home studio and gallery.

“We support each other’s work, criticizing it in a gentle way,” said Brown. “I enjoy painting with a group of women. We get a lot of good feedback.”

Wilmes was one of the winners in a Plein Air Art Competition.

Streetscape Publisher and Founder Tom Hannegan chose Wilmes as one of the winners in the competition. In her winning piece of art, Wilmes utilized pastels to recreate the Conservatory on Main Street.

In the last few years, Wilmes has enjoyed plein air painting—mostly painting watercolors or pastels of landscapes. Plein air painting takes the artist outside to paint, rather than in a studio. The term comes from the French expression, “en plein air” which means in the open air.

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Brown meets with several artists every week to paint in a different outdoor location—from Tower Grove Park to the Missouri Botanical Garden to the Zoo to the Mississippi River.

“I like the sensory experience of getting everything from painting outside,” said Brown. “When you paint onsite there’s a richness to the experience.”

Appropriately, Brown finds her inspiration in the scenery. “I like a subject that is very organic, with lots of movement,” said Brown.

“That movement is interesting to me. Plants have a lot of rhythm.”

Brown said she’s a fast and spontaneous painter and she never knows

what exactly she will paint that day. “It depends on what speaks to me,” said Brown.

Brown was one of the winners in the Plein Air Art competition. The artists met on the corner of Main and Boonslick to paint a scene of their choice. Brown chose to paint the Booneslick Bed & Breakfast.

“It’s more sterile to paint in a studio…there’s not as much freshness or spontaneity involved,” said Brown.

And Brown is trying to pass her love of art down through the generations. All of her grandchildren received a watercolors kit for Christmas, complete with new brushes and watercolors.

“I’m trying to pass it along,” said Brown. ■

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HEALTH WATCH

Hypnotherapy

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photo by Michael Schlueter

awn Ferguson, certified hypnotherapist and instructor at Ferguson & Associates Hypnotherapy, said she was trying to improve her own life when she came upon hypnotherapy. “I was going from seminar to book to seminar, but it never lasted long.

I realized that all I was changing was my actions. I wasn’t changing my beliefs. I realized that until I changed my beliefs nothing on the outside would change because the outside is just a mirror of what’s going on on the inside.”

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Ferguson said that through hypnotherapy, a person can direct the changes and transformation that they want to make to the part of them that holds those faulty beliefs. With these changes, “you can make a radical transformation in a very short period of time,” she said.

It is said that some 80 percent of our beliefs are accepted by the age of eight, Ferguson said. “So we limit ourselves in that eight year old thinking.”

Many of Ferguson’s clients ask whether they can be hypnotized at all.

She said if you can count from 10 to one, you can be hypnotized.

“Actually those who are strong-willed with above average intelligence find they achieve excellent results.”

She said a person is aware of all suggestions they are given and will never do anything against their will whether that be “clucking like a chicken or telling where the family jewels are.”

People often fear being “stuck in hypnosis,” she said. “If you were placed in a hypnotic state and the therapist left, you would naturally drift off to sleep, awakening refreshed.”

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“Most people are surprised to find that they drift in and out of a light hypnotic state many times during the day; while driving or intently focusing on something,” Ferguson said. “We help you reach a deeper form of this state in a relaxed, controlled setting. During this time your subconscious is available for positive input for the success that you want to achieve.”

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People need not fear hypnosis, Ferguson said. “All hypnosis is selfhypnosis,” she said. “You are always in control. Your hypnotist is just a facilitator and guide.”

Hypnosis is about getting control not losing it, Ferguson said. She said many people confuse mind control or brainwashing with hypnosis. “When long term suffering is involved, your mind will do what it needs to do to keep you safe. There is a difference between what involves suffering and hypnosis which involves life enhancement.”

In her practice, Ferguson works with the individual’s three main learning modalities, which she said everyone employs. They are visual or seeing, kinesthetic or feeling, and auditory or hearing. “Each of us uses one primary learning modality,” she said.

Hypnosis is a heightened state of awareness and concentration combined with relaxation. But it’s also a naturally occurring state, Ferguson said. “It’s an alpha brain wave state that happens at least 100 times a day.” She likens this state to a person driving a car and realizing they are at their destination with no recollection of how they got there. She said people should be careful what they are listening to on the radio as a person is highly suggestible during these times.

your subconscious mind to achieve your positive conscious goals,” she said.

Ferguson said hypnosis can help with weight loss, smoking cessation, stress, fear, failure and pain management. It can help build confidence, end nervous habits and even help with excessive spending. Stuttering, bed wetting and fears and phobias can also be addressed.

Ferguson can work with children.

Basically, hypnosis helps people take control over the habits that have controlled them—habits they picked up thinking they would make them feel better, she said.

Sessions are $107 for 1-1/2 to 2 hours. Occasionally insurance covers hypnosis as an alternative therapy. Ferguson & Associates Hypnotherapy has two locations in St. Charles and South County. For more information, call 636-699-7791 or visit www.fergusonhypnotherapy.com. ■

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RECOGNIZING ST. CHARLES COUNTY EXECUTIVES, EMPLOYEES, AND BOARD MEMBERS October 21st, 2010 at the The Columns Banquet Center Doors open at 6:00 PM $65 per person, Tables of 8 $500, Tables of 10 $600 (includes 2 drink tickets and meal) Nomination deadline: Friday, July 16th 2010 50 Winners Announced: Friday, July 31st 2010 To nominate a deserving person, please complete this form and include photo. In addition, please attach in 300 words or less the reason (professional, civic and personal) why this person is worthy of recognition.

Nominees must live or work in St. Charles County.

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What is your favorite travel tip?

Anne Burch | City Planner for St. Charles If you are flying somewhere, I suggest you be aware that you have to take your shoes off, as well as your belt etc., so just be ready in line ahead of time, so you don't have to gripe.

Gail Messner | Legal Secretary for Hazelwood and Weber Bring a scented candle with you.

It's good to freshen up a stale room. Have a clip handy for curtains and clothes.

Robin Jefferson | Free Lance Writer We have great trips! We play games with our kids, like “would you rather?”

Roger Guilickson | Strengeth and Conditioning Coach for the St. Louis Rams Choose a rest stop before you really need it. Enjoy the journey, not just the destination.

Scott Tate | St. Charles Chamber President I roll my clothes for the suitcase.

It saves space and prevents wrinkles.

Craig Felzien | Regional DirectorExternal Affairs for AT&T- Mo. Never underestimate the power of the Concierge staff. They love the challenge and can handle it all from child care, event tickets, dinner plans, planning ahead for continued travel, and even social opportunities like date nights for couples and romantic getaways. They can offer a unique or eclectic twist for a total “must see and do” experience, regardless of the destination.

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YOU CAUGHT OUR EYE

Hazelwood & Weber Partner Scott Williams on preaching and lawyering

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photo by Michael Schlueter

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ost of what happens here is like an iceberg. It’s underground. You don’t see it,” said Scott Williams, a health care attorney and partner with the Hazelwood & Weber law firm of St. Charles. “We use the law firm to fund what we love.”

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And what they love is helping people. From the Boy Scouts to the Salvation Army to the poverty-stricken people of Nicaragua, the attorneys at Hazelwood and Weber spend countless hours giving back to the community they say has given so much to them.

“When I started out I had a kind of romanticized view of the law,” said Randy Weber, a partner of the firm. “As we get older our concept of justice changes, and we also realize the successes we’ve enjoyed are not simply because of our own skills but truly because of the assistance that God has given us. No one can enjoy the successes we’ve had and be so arrogant as to believe they are truly the result of our own efforts.”

Williams did not set out to be a lawyer. In fact, the preacher and father of two attended a Christian liberal arts school, FreedHardeman University in western Tennessee where he studied Bible and ministry. He later completed a philosophy degree while ministering for a church in Arkansas. Scott and wife, Catherine, ministered at several churches in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi before he decided to attend law school at the University of Mississippi. He graduated first in his class in 1986.

During law school, Scott worked Friday and Saturday nights at a hotel in Mississippi, and then drove 60 miles to preach on Sunday mornings and evenings. Catherine worked as a waitress and later as a church secretary to help support Scott through law school.

“We sold everything we had to go to law school. I borrowed my dad’s old car, and then bought an old VW Beetle with a moon roof.

Rain came in through the roof and up through the rusted floor boards.”

Scott said he “never meant to be a lawyer, nor did Catherine intend to marry a minister. She had the misfortune of meeting and falling

Weber has worked extensively with the Salvation Army, Boy Scouts and Catholic Charities. Other attorneys at the firm have worked with and supported Boone Center, Inc.; the St. Charles Community College; Youth In Need; the St. Louis Zoo and many other organizations and charities.

Attorney David Hamilton and his wife, Ruth Kim, were co-chairs and the presenting sponsors of the annual 2009 Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club “All That Jazz” fundraiser—of which the firm was a sponsor—together with Dick Miles and Pat Whittaker. The event raised over $230,000 to fund club activities.

Along with being one of the best defenders of healthcare professionals in the area, Williams is also an ordained minister. He pastors the New Heights Christian Church in Bridgeton, MO.

Scott Williams, partner Hazelwood & Weber

“God has blessed us physically, spiritually, emotionally and materially so we can in turn be a blessing to others,” he said. “The law practice seeds our involvement in all areas of our lives. All of our lawyers are men and women of integrity, people with deep spirits. They all take seriously the Lord’s calling to be a blessing to others.”

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in love with me.” The two married when he was 20 and she was 19. They had a daughter a couple of years later and were just barely getting by financially. As fate would have it, Scott met a lawyer while ministering in a church in Arkansas. “He seemed to have a romantic life,” Scott said. “It appeared that way anyway.”

Scott said he was the first in his family to go to college. Born in Kennett, MO, Scott lived there until the age of nine; spent several years growing up in Michigan where his step-father was an auto worker, then moved back to Missouri to live with his father at the age of 16.

The Williams have been in the ministry in one way or another— either deeply involved in a church or preaching—since their college days.

“I love studying the Bible. I love making it practical for people,” he said. “I’m much happier and more productive as a lawyer when I’m preaching.”

Scott said that, “God supernaturally increases the length of my day so I can get it all done.” In a field that most would consider highly stressful, Scott thrives. He said it’s his faith as well as his prayer life that keep him relaxed and always hopeful.

“If you do well in this business, you tend to feel very responsible, but being convinced that ultimately you are working for God equips you to deal with the stress of whatever business you’re in.”

Scott spent a few weeks in Managua, Nicaragua in Central America last October with members of Harvester Christian Church. Their mission was to dig a fresh-water well for the people in a remote area in the rain forest, and to deliver the Gospel. A flight to Siunna, Nicaragua, an eight-hour truck ride over bumpy dirt roads, and a two-hour boat trip would deliver them to the Misquitu Villages— a primitive sampling of rain forest Mayans who enjoy no electricity or running water.

“It was an extraordinary experience,” Scott said, “for many miles there are no electric lights. You look up to the sky and there are more stars than you have ever seen in your life.”

On the flip side, Scott never so appreciated the blessing of a hot shower until he couldn’t get one. “Digging a well is a dirty job.

I’ve never been so dirty in my life with no possibility of getting clean.” When a pig died underneath the building he was sleeping in, the villagers threw it into the river. Consequently, Scott was avoiding the river as even a potential bathing spot, but the filth of his own flesh soon overtook the fear of whatever was lurking in the water, and he bathed as best he could.

Scott said he loves practicing law almost as much as preaching. “I love the challenge of being an advocate for someone, finding where the truth lies. People ask me all the time, ‘How can you be a preacher and a lawyer at the same time?’ Most of the lawyers I know are honorable men and women. Digging down into an old dusty book, the Bible is not fundamentally different from the research we do on law cases. Jesus described himself as an advocate.

So preaching and lawyering are really ways of following in Jesus’ footsteps.” ■

Managua, Nicaragua (Top to bottom) - Digging a fresh water well - Church with well in foreground - Principolka River wash day - Herding cattle on Nicaraguan Road

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STATE YOUR BUSINESS

Carol’s Treasure Chest Generations of collectors

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hoppers looking for anything from a 1950’s dining room set to a mounted deer head to collector china can find it at Carol’s Treasure Chest.

Carol’s Treasure Chest opened its doors at 343 North Main Street in St. Charles on Oct. 1. The 2,300 square foot antique shop is jampacked with treasures from owner Carol Fisher’s family.

All of the merchandise in the shop is from Fisher’s family estates— and everything is for sale. “I opened up the shop to do something with the items from the estates,” said Fisher.

“Everything has a special memory…but I kept all the really special items,” said Fisher.

Opening up the shop also gave Fisher a chance to re-enter the workforce. Fisher retired from her career as a retail manager two

years ago, and opening the shop has been keeping her busy.

All the items for sale in the shop were inherited by Fisher and her sister Deborah Oswald, who is a consultant to the shop. And all four of the estates were from family members who collected different kinds of items throughout the years.

“They just had a tremendous amount of things. You have to do something with it because you can’t keep everything,” said Fisher.

“This is a better way of doing it rather than 30 years of selling it on Ebay.”

Fisher’s late husband Andy was an avid collector of many types of items—from knives to walking sticks to salt and pepper shakers to R.S. Prussia porcelain. “He loved it. We had a lot of everything. He would see it, like it and buy it,” said Fisher. “My husband was a great collector.”

Fisher and her husband spent lots of time travelling across the country to different antique shops. Besides a fully-stocked shop, Fisher is leasing 400 square foot storage space with more family treasures to sell.

“He just loved antique shopping,” said Fisher. She herself is a collector of Josef Original figurines, many of which are for sale at the store.

Despite the high volume of items, the shop is immaculately organized with plenty of space to browse through the eclectic collections. “Most antique shops are so cluttered and crowded. We tried to keep it organized…like how you would display a home,” said Fisher.

A special room within the shop is dedicated to delicate fine china and crystal. Whether its crystal chandeliers, candleholders, lamps or fragile china dishes and figurines, the room is full of delicate treasures.

Sisters, Deborah Sanders Oswald (sitting) and Carol Sanders Fisher (standing) in front of photos representing six generations of the Johnson Family.

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And this shop is definitely not just for women. With 18 animal mounts including an albino deer, a wild hog, and a fox, along with a collection of knives and Beer Steins, men have been drawn into the store. “Since we’ve been open we’ve sold more of the men’s stuff than the finer crystal and china,” said Fisher.

The shop also has several sets of furniture from a rattan living room

set to a 1950’s dining room set, to bedroom and nursery furniture. The shop also has more than 40 different lamps, as well as many pictures and paintings for sale.

“I have three sets of bedroom furniture that I don’t even have out yet.

People need to stop in and shop often because when I sell an item I bring out another to replace it,” said Fisher.

The shop also has a ‘general store,’ which sells snacks and oldfashioned candy. Customers can purchase a cold water or soda from the custom-built refrigerator. Tourists can also pick up travel Tylenol, a disposable camera or extra batteries. “It’s like a little general store for local merchants,” said Fisher.

The touristy area of Main Street was the perfect spot for Fisher to open her shop. Fisher chose Main Street for her location because she loves the area. “Main Street is the place to be. We were looking for a tourist area and walking traffic,” said Fisher. “And we really liked the atmosphere (of Main Street)…I moved to St. Charles six years ago…and I just fell in love with the area.”

Carol’s Treasure Shop is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information about the shop, call 925-2800.

“There are a lot of memories here, but I can’t keep everything,” said Fisher. ■

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HEALTH WATCH

Mission to Haiti D r. H a n k C l e v e r ’s e x p e r i e n c e Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos by Michael Schlueter

ermatologist Dr. Hank Clever had no idea what he was getting himself into when he signed on to travel to Haiti for a medical mission. Still, he said the experience has changed him forever and offered him and others the opportunity of a lifetime.

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Clever had planned his trip to the poorest country in the Americas some six months before a massive earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, devastating the capital city, Port-au-Prince.

More than 150,000 people were killed and buried later in mass graves following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

Initially, Clever went to Haiti as a replacement for a St. Louis doctor who was unable to attend, with a group of maxillofacial surgeons from Jasper, IN. But one trip to the poverty-stricken country and he was hooked. “It’s a place where people just grab your heart. There are no dermatologists on the island,” Clever said.

“People say if you go once you’re going to go Dr. Hank Clever back. They were right.”

Clever said the conditions in Haiti even prior to the earthquake were deplorable. But the lessons he learned there are invaluable. “These are some very heroic, tough people living in dire circumstances even without an earthquake,” Clever said. “They are cheerful despite their poverty. It’s a real good lesson in life. We really don’t have to have all the stuff we have to be happy.

These folks truly have nothing and we in the U.S. have way too much.”

Even the poorest in America do not compare to the Haitian people and their sufferings, Clever said.

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no hope of ever getting anything. They have no government support or safety net of any kind, no food or shelter, no change of clothes, and no where to go period. They truly have nothing.”

The only functioning hospital in the country is located just north of Port-au-Prince. The Hôpital Sacré Coeur is a 73-bed facility located in the town of Milot. Clever said following the earthquake, survivors attempted to reach the hospital by any means they could.

Some walked. Others were brought by helicopters by the United States Navy.

Clever was brought in to care for the wounds of the injured. He said the hospital—although something of a comfort to a few of the tens of thousands of injured—left nothing to the imagination of the condition of health care on the island.

“There is no communication on the island, no phones. There was only one very antiquated computer with Windows 95, I think. Internet connection was done via satellite. It was really very rudimentary medicine. If we went back 100 years in the United States the medicine was still more modern then what they have. There was a plywood door on a spring in the intensive care unit.”

Following the earthquake, more than 400 people were being cared for in the 73-bed facility, Clever said.

“They were on straw mats on the floor. Some of them couldn’t get up or set up because they were missing an arm or a leg. Some had pressure sores.

They were infected and stinking.”

Clever said Americans were “so responsive to what was going on in magnanimous ways.” Six operating rooms were constructed with donations from the United States, he said.

Hôpital Sacré Coeur was built in 1986 by the organization CRUDEM (Center for the Rural Development of Milot)

which was founded in 1968 by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart of the Montreal Province to improve the infrastructure of Milot. Since the hospital was built, it has served adults and children living in abject poverty—people whose basic health needs are exacerbated by their poverty. Today, CRUDEM is focused primarily on healthcare.

A Christian organization, CRUDEM provides accessible health care to the poor of northern Haiti and trains Haitian medical personnel to staff the hospital, supplemented and supported by volunteer specialists. For more information on CRUDEM or donating to the cause, visit www.crudem.org.

Clever said he didn’t consider his efforts in Haiti as anything out of the ordinary. “I’m like a brick in a building. There is not one brick that is more important than any other.

I didn’t have a lot of skills to help. The biggest thing I could do down there was to pray.”

Ironically, one of the most renowned preachers in America, Pat Robertson, missed the point, Clever said, when he said the Haitians were being punished for their sins.

“Pat Robertson missed it. The earthquake happened for us, not for them,” he said.

“It was a wakeup call for us to realize God has his children down there and we need to be more attentive in spite of our material things. They’re taking the punishment for us so our hearts can open up and we can see the futility in all of the things we’ve got. It really is our opportunity to help see that those people really are wealthy in ways we are not.”

Statistics from the CRUDEM website hold that of Haiti’s 8.6 million people, some 80 percent lives in abject poverty—per capita income is roughly $480 per year in U.S. currency. In Haiti, 54 percent of people live on less than a dollar a day and 78 percent on less than $2 USD. The life expectancy in Haiti is the lowest in the Western Hemisphere. For women, it is 54 years; for men, it is 51 years. Infant mortality before age one is 76 deaths per 1,000 (by contrast, the U.S. rate in 2004 was 6.8 deaths per 1,000 births, according to statistics from the CDC). Malnutrition affects 35 percent of children under the age of five, and 118 children out of 1,000 die before reaching the age of five. The incidence of diseases ranging from intestinal parasites to HIV/AIDS is extremely high. Only about 71 percent of the population has access to safe drinking water, and only 34 percent has access to sanitary sewer systems. There is one doctor for every 10,000 inhabitants. ■

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HEALTH WATCH

Volunteers In Medicine

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photo by Michael Schlueter

or me it’s all coming full circle,” said Dr. Filippo Ferrigni. “I started out as a volunteer with the Boy Scouts.”

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Ferrigni also spent nearly three decades as medical director of the Intensive Care Unit at SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles and St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake St. Louis.

Now, when he could be taking a well deserved hiatus in Florida, he’s giving away his time and services at Volunteers In Medicine in St. Charles, one of a national network of free clinics emphasizing the use of retired medical and lay volunteers to care for the uninsured.

on day one, right out of the box. It’s a good feeling.”

Ferrigni’s first patient was Joseph Williams. The basketball enthusiast and former businessman lost his six-figure job and ended up with a wife, three daughters and no health insurance. Ferrigni discovered Williams was carrying a blood sugar level of 463.

Williams said the clinic paid for 12 of his medical tests. “I don’t know what I’d have done without them. The doctors here pay attention. They care about the patients and put in a lot of hard work. They need more doctors to volunteer. They just can’t keep up with all of the patients and the appointments.”

“Joseph was such an incredibly satisfying case, such a terrific patient,” Ferrigni said. He’s bright and committed to the plan. I am about empowering people and in this setting it’s very possible.”

Over 89 million Americans are without health insurance for all or Williams now serves on the VIM Board of Directors in an advisory part of 2006 and 2007. Among the total uninsured, 64.2 million capacity. are adults (18 to 64 years of age) and the vast At 88 years old, Dr. Dr. Martin Bergmann (left) and Dr. Filippo Ferrigini. majority (79.3 percent) Martin Bergmann has are from working spent the last five years as families. the medical director for VIM’s mission is to provide care to the uninsured within a culture of caring so that everyone in a community has access to health care. And that’s just what the 11 physicians, 23 nurses and 15 clerks do at the VIM office which is housed in the Salvation Army building on North Fourth Street in St. Charles.

The free clinic was started in 1996 by a group of parishioners from Faith United Methodist Church in St. Charles with fund from church member Ginger Hollrah. Some of the first medical professionals to work for VIM in St. Charles were Dr. Robert Kingsbury, Dr. Clifford Storm and The Rev. David Fitzgerald along with nurses Caroline Coffey and Anita Hockett.

The retired Ferrigni had intended to split his golden years between St. Charles and Florida, but found out early on that St. Charles was getting a little more attention—two-thirds of the year, in fact. “In intensive care you get the sickest of the sick. You have a ton of help,” Ferrigni said of his position with the hospital as opposed to working in a free clinic. “This is a different environment.”

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VIM. A heart surgeon, Bergmann actually trained Ferrigni and enlisted his help at VIM. “It’s the fact that you can sit down and talk to people. You feel you really are helping people in a very direct way,” Bergmann said.

Bergmann graduated from medical school some 65 years ago, before there was heart surgery. “There was only chest surgery,” he said. Bergmann worked for Jewish Hospital and later Barnes in St. Louis. He was 76 years old when he retired.

He was still performing heart surgery at 70. “He can work circles around any 50 year old,” said Anita Hockett, nurse and current clinical director of VIM. Bergmann’s parents were pediatricians. His son Dan is a surgeon.

Bergmann said VIM is the only clinic around “that’s free and that sees to it that all of their patients get medicine. Ninety percent of our outlay is on medication,” he said. “We run this clinic on a dime.”

And they do. VIM in St. Charles holds the title for the lowest cost per patient in the United States according to the National Association of Free Clinics and the Missouri Association of Free Clinics.

“People are the asset you need,” said Ferrigni, referring to the volunteers who operate the clinic.

Ferrigni said in addition to the doctors who volunteer at the clinic, “there are a huge number of doctors who will see our patients in their offices.” Pharmaceutical companies and local doctors also donate medication to the clinic.

It is estimated that in 2009, VIM provided $26 in service for every dollar given to the clinic. Further, a conservative estimate reflects— taking into account all assistance from hospitals, private physicians, pharmaceutical indigent drug programs—over $2.7 million in care was provided on a budget of $122,508. With more than 5,400 patient visits, the all-volunteer staff provided some 9,605 hours of service to the clinic in 2009.

“Most people don’t realize that every talent you have is given by God. He expects you to give back of your time,” Bergmann said. “More doctors should realize that it’s a gift given by God to give back to others.”

The clinic sees about 75 patients per day twice a week. “Everyday has its own story,” Hocket said. “The most gratifying time is when people who have been a patient come back. They’ve gotten a job and the give something out of their first paycheck to the clinic.”

For more information on Volunteers In Medicine, call 636-7244848. ■

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A LA CARTE

Outdoor Dining Ta k e i t O u t s i d e

umbrellas (over the tables) were big enough to keep us from getting wet,” said Inman.

Story by Amy Armour Photos by Michael Schlueter

arm and sunny weather in St. Charles equals outstanding business for local restaurants—especially those with outdoor seating.

The winery offers a full menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner, in addition to hosting wine-tasting evenings and murder mystery dinner theatre. One Sunday a month, diners can enjoy live music.

Hungry customers have plenty of opportunities to grab a bite to eat or a cold drink, while enjoying the gorgeous weather in St. Charles this summer. Historic Main Street offers diners a variety of outdoor ambiance to enjoy before, after or even during work.

“I love to come out here when it’s nice and warm,” said Lesa Bruns, who ate outside at the Winery last month. “It’s just a neat place to eat.”

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Whether it’s an outdoor cobblestone patio, a deck overlooking Main Street or a sidewalk café, finding an outdoor spot to enjoy a meal is within walking distance.

The Winery of the Little Hills, located at 501 South Main Street, offers seating for up to 300 people on its spacious outdoor patio. With seven fire pits situated throughout the multi-level patio, as well as a flowing water fountain and beautiful landscaping, it’s the perfect location for a glass of chilled wine, a lunch with friends or dinner with the family.

“It’s really great on a nice day. We’ll stay very busy,” said Jessica Hinderliter, banquet manager.

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“(Winery of the Little Hills) is one of my favorite places to eat,” said Jada Inman, who had lunch on the outdoor patio at the restaurant in April. “I love the quaintness of Main Street and eating lunch and looking at the trees and hearing the birds.”

Inman said she has eaten outside in the rain at the Winery. “I wanted to eat outside so bad even though there was a light rain. The

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In addition, The Winery also can host bridal showers, wedding receptions and banquets.

The Vine Wine Bar & Bistro, located at 325 South Main, sees a 20 percent increase in business when the weather is nice. The Vine has two outdoor patios which seat about 40 people each.

The upscale restaurant serves delicious dishes that include seared ahi tuna, orange roughy and tuna tar tar.

“When it’s nice whether we’re full outside,” said Michael Gatto, owner of The Vine.

This summer the Vine will have live music on Friday and Saturday nights. Gatto said the music will range from folk music to light rock.

Outdoor seating is essential for business at Braddens located at 515

when it’s not real, real hot.”

Homemade American and French cuisine, along with famous pies, keep customers coming back for more.

“We have the best coconut cream pie,” said Hafer.

The Vine Wine Bar & Bistro

South Main Street. With black wrought iron tables topped with huge beige umbrellas, the outdoor patio seats about 100. Several fire pits are centrally located for cooler evenings. Portable overhead heating keeps customers warm all year round.

For an outdoor café feel, Garden Café Ala Fleur located at 524 South Main Street has soups, salads and sandwiches served on a garden patio.

“Our outdoor seating is our business when the weather’s good,” said Chris Mueller, owner of Garden Café Ala Fleur.

And with a little music a few nights a week, the restaurant is hopping on hot summer nights. The restaurant plans on providing all types of soft listening music on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday nights this summer.

Garden Café Ala Fleur has two outdoor seating areas to accommodate a total of nearly 100. The front patio area can seat 45 and the back patio, situated in a garden with a gazebo can accommodate 50. Portable fire pits are utilized for the cool nights.

“When we have the music our business doubles,” said Stoviak.

Families can have a meal and entertainment this summer at the cafe, but music will probably not be included. Mueller said this summer she plans to bring in entertainment in the form of magic shows, balloonists and artists.

Cut-to-order steaks, homemade soups and pies also help bring business into the restaurant.

“Ninety percent of our menu is homemade,” said Stoviak.

Homemade food and outdoor atmosphere also draws in the crowds at The Mother-In-Law House Restaurant located at 500 South Main Street.

The café is both family and dog-friendly. Pets are welcome to join their owners for lunch or dinner on the outdoor patio.

Families, friends and businesspeople looking to enjoy the summer weather while enjoying a meal only need to take a stroll down Main Street. ■

“When it’s nice outside, it’s wonderful,” said Donna Hafer, owner of the Mother-In-Law House Restaurant.

An outdoor patio located on the side of the restaurant seats 30 at its wrought iron tables topped with umbrellas.

Hafer said the patio also helps draw attention to the restaurant.

“The outdoor seating has really made a wonderful difference,” said Hafer, who said sometimes it was hard to determine which buildings on Main Street were actually restaurants.

Diane Mossberger enjoyed lunch outside on the patio at the Mother-In-Law House restaurant this spring.

Mossberger said she loves to eat outside, especially in the early months before the bugs come out.

“I’ve been inside all winter. I’m glad to get outside,” said Mary MacFall, who was enjoying lunch at the MotherIn-Law’s House Restaurant. “I just like to be outside

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8 – 11pm

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Roland Williams Tickets $20.00 each Includes 2 drinks (Must be 21 or older) Complimentery photo of you on a FatboyHarley Davidson Provided by St. Charles Harley Davidson Picture provided by Schlueter on Location 1 entry in raffle drawing Tickets on sale at www.ticketweb.com

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T R AV E L

A MISSOURI MILE with Ann Hazelwood

FREE MISSOURI! he old cliché “the best things in life are free,” happens to be true in many circumstances, especially in Missouri. The economic conditions welcome and appreciate anything FREE. Another cliché is that we should all “take time to smell the roses.”

Many FREE opportunities are right under our nose and frequently are taken for granted. My suggested ideas are to remind you where to look, seek, and find! Share and enjoy!

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Nature provides us beauty, fresh air and energy. In our St. Louis Region, one of our best jewels is Forest Park. Sledding down Art Hill has entertained generations. The Katy Trail is now 50 years old!

It can take you across the state in a 200 mile stretch of scenic spots.

Lush gardens, like Chance Gardens in Centralia, Mo. has the best rose garden in the state. Alley Springs on the Jack Fork River has a red barn grist mill that is the most photographed spot in our state.

Table rock has 750 miles of shoreline for great fishing and

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swimming. Gardens and state parks are endless in throughout our state and are FREE! If you are a history buff, or want to learn and see at the same time, you’ll enjoy the FREE tour at our state’s capitol in Jefferson City.

The “Missouri Town 1855” in Lee Summit can show you buildings from 1840 to 1860. You can learn all there is about Shakespeare at the “Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, in Kansas City. Some museums like the “Lewis and Clark Boat House and Nature Center” in St. Charles, offer great visuals, explaining their journey.

If you love the history and beauty of cemeteries, Calvary and Bellefontaine in St. Louis are nationally recognized. The Science Center in St. Louis has also remained FREE, which is a blessing to many families.

Most art is FREE! Cities like Salem, Cuba, Louisiana, and Cape

Girardeau Missouri, have outdoor, hand painted murals that are amazing! The St. Louis Art Museum is the “state of the art” museum. Special exhibits are FREE on Fridays, as of this writing. Crown Center in Kansas City has a “Chalk Walk” in June, where artists create “chalk art” on the sidewalks, as you watch.

Many art shows are FREE in hopes you might make a purchase.

Music can always be found FREE in some capacity. A limited number of outdoor concerts are provided by the St. Louis Symphony or you can enjoy weekly community concerts in your local parks. The Musical Institute in Innsbruck, Missouri is top notch attracting young musicians and FREE concerts are scheduled. The Muny Opera (circ. 1917) continues to offer a FREE seat section. A romantic plus!

Religious themed places like historic churches are always FREE to explore, like the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis. The Sacred Heart Academy in St. Charles has a FREE tour. It is where Saint Philippine Duchene is buried. In Fulton, Missouri you can see the reconstructed church from England, where Sir Winston Churchill gave his “iron curtain” speech.

Holidays offer many FREE events and parades. The Governor’s Mansion has a FREE candlelight tour during the holidays. The “Drummer Boy” is a magnificent percussion performance at Grace St. Louis Church, and many other denominations offer special programs.

FREE fun can be found at the many festivals that occur in Missouri. The Balloon Race in Forest Park is a feast for your eyes. Purina Farms in Gray Summit has FREE wagon rides, animal petting, and pet shows in a farm setting. Don’t forget to mention when someone is having a birthday, wherever you go, as there is usually a FREE surprise waiting for you! The St. Louis Zoo is one of the top zoos in the country and is probably the best “FREE FIND” in the state!

Businesses that you frequent can also be FREE entertainment for you. The aquarium at the Bass Pro Shop in Springfield, Missouri is just one of their attractions. Union Station (circ. 1894) in St. Louis has music, restaurants and a hotel that everyone wants to see. Kansas City is the “city of fountains” and claim they have more than the city of Rome! You can grab a map to explore them all!

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HOME BUYING

Home buying talking with the pros

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos by Michael Schlueter

with income up to $225,000, an $8,000 tax credit if they purchased a home by April 30, 2010.

hough the homebuyer tax credits offered by the Federal Government expired on April 30, realtors and bankers are hoping their boost on local homebuying is anything but short-term.

The state of Missouri through the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC) is still offering $1,250 to Missouri homebuyers to pay for their first year of real estate taxes. And St. Charles County and its municipalities also offer first-time homebuyers down payment or closing costs assistance through their various programs for attending home ownership training classes.

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“Contracts have to have been accepted by that date and they must close by June 30,” said Mark Stallmann, chief executive officer of the St. Charles County Association of REALTORS. “As I understand it, there are no plans to extend the tax credit. Various state and local programs are available for down payment assistance to first time buyers and interest rates remain at very low levels. So, it remains a great time to buy a home.”

The St. Charles County Association of REALTORS was formed in 1946 and serves about 2,000 realtors and affiliate members.

The Federal Government had offered first time homebuyers, those who had not owned a home in the last three years and individual homebuyers with taxable income up to $150,000 or married couples

The St. Charles County Association of REALTORS reports that sales of existing homes rose 15 percent in St. Charles County during the first quarter of 2010, over the same period last year. In addition, the median home price rose during the same period to $169,000, an increase of $2,000 over last year. “In a further sign of the rebounding market, 26 percent more homes went under contract during the first quarter of this year than during the same period in 2009,” Stallmann said.

Joanie Jennings, a realtor with REMAX Properties West, became a realtor three years ago when the market began to decline. She said today she is busier than ever. “It’s been a lot tougher but that’s all I’ve ever known,” she said. “I tell my clients they better put an offer in because if they wait a day or two it’s gone.”

Jennings said the tax credit definitely helped. Still, other aspects of home ownership are always in demand. “Owning is better than renting and everybody needs a place to live. That is never going to change. The wise person is going to say, ‘I’d rather invest.’ Also there are tax advantages to home ownership.”

Merle Schneider, owner Schneider Real Estate

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Toni Kaufer, owner TK Homes

Linda Boehmer of Prudential Select Properties agrees. “You might see a slide (after the tax credits are gone) but the truth is that other factors that make buying a home a good investment are still in place. Homes have never been more affordable and interest rates are at historic lows,” Boehmer said. “People will always need homes. It’s supply and demand.

Demand will go up as supply goes down. Market value changes every time a house closes in the market. Comparables change often. Values change fairly rapidly.”

A homebuilder for nearly 20 years, Toni Kaufer, owner of TK Homes, has sold over 3,300 houses in St. Charles County. She started her development at Harvester and Caulks Hill Roads in late 2005 and sold the majority of her lots in 2006 and 2007. Although she saw a decline in 2008, she said sales are picking up again. Of the 151 homesites she started with, only 38 remain. “Building permits are up and purchasers are buying inventory homes. I see the increase in traffic,” she said.

Like McDonalds Restaurants, Merle Schneider, owner of SCHNEIDER Real Estate can boast “over 1 billion sold” in land, commercial and residential properties. Now in his thirty-fifth year of business, the long-time realtor remembers the days of running to his lap top, hopping around on one foot with one shoe on trying to get everything done.

“I’m in that mode now, negotiating one contract on the phone, one on the lap top and emailing a third party,” Schneider said. “The vitality is definitely there. Everybody I talk to from the title companies to land sales is swamped.”

Schneider said he does not think the loss of the tax credits will be a “deal killer” for many people. “The Midwest is historically the last to fall and the first to recover and we don’t have as big of swings between our highs and lows,” he said.

Schneider said it’s hard for people to distinguish between what is happening in St. Charles County from what is happening nationally. The coastal states took a much harder hit than Midwesterners, he said, and are bouncing back much quicker as a result.

“This area is in full recovery. We’ve been doing nothing but adding momentum,” Schneider said. “We are not going to compete with the volume we saw in 2006 and 2007, but we’re returning to what I call a ‘new normal’. It’s a healthy new normal. The recovery is from the bottom up and the center out, from the lower price range moving up to the middle and higher prices and then from the heart of St. Charles to rural areas.”

Another indicator that the local homebuying economy is in recovery mode, said Schneider, is that homes are staying on the market for shorter time periods. “In December 2008 the median days a home stayed on the market peaked at 70 days. It’s been declining ever since.”

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affordability standpoint, homebuying is better than it has been in 20 years. “Of course the tax credits helped, but people buy homes because they are affordable. Last year, 68 percent of mortgages were refinances. In 2010, it’s flip-flopped.”

Kusman said First Bank has closed more than $70 million in mortgage loans in the first quarter of 2010 and some 65 percent of those are purchase mortgages.

Kusman said people need to change their assumptions about selling their homes if the market is ever to totally rebound. “What is the real value of a home today? People think they can’t get what they want out of their house, but want to buy another house cheaper,” Kusman said.

“They want the five-year-ago price on the home they are trying to sell, but they want today’s price on the home they are trying to buy. They are still going to have a lower payment and interest rate. They need to change their mindset that they haven’t lost anything. They are buying a new house with a lower payment. Once people understand that, everyone wins.”

It’s anybody’s guess whether home values will continue to rise and home sales will remain on the increase, but local realtors and bankers are hopeful and both buyers and sellers have much to gain in the interim. “It’s starting to come. People are feeling stronger about the economy,” Kusman said. “When a price point sticks for a while people get used to it.” ■

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St. Peters Story by Amy Armour

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t. Peters history has been captured into a book designed to grace coffee tables everywhere—and it’s now available for purchase.

The city of St. Peters celebrates its 100th Anniversary as a town in 2010 and in recognition of the milestone a group of residents have spent months several months researching, collaborating and writing a historical book about St. Peters.

St. Peters At Its Best is 156-page historical book that spans the complete history of the city of St. Peters starting with the French and Germans settling along the Dardenne River in the early 1900s.

“We really worked to make sure we covered the entire span (of history) and we treated it evenly,” said Chris Winslow, chairman of the historical celebration committee. “The story of the city in the 1970s had really never been told.”

The committee, consisting of former city employees and mayors, along with long-time city residents and former aldermen, spent countless hours delving into the city’s rich history.

“There’s a lot of really interesting stuff in the book,” said Winslow. “It was fascinating to me.”

Researching for the book taught even its writers some unknown facts of the city.

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of St. Peters citizens who have inhabited the city for more than 40 and 50 years.

Residents wanting to see if their family made it into the history book without reading the entire 156-pages can simply skim through the index.

“If you want to see if your family is included in the book, you can look up the name in the index,” said Winslow.

In honor of the 100th anniversary, a committee also put together a cookbook filled with more than 600 recipes. The recipes--collected from city residents and their families—represent a variety of dishes including some from other countries.

“Many of the recipes were handed down from families through generations,” said Durajczyk. “The recipes represented a lot of people’s heritage.”

Celebrating St. Peters Cooking also includes a recipe for soap handed down from the 1800s.

Cookbooks can be purchased at the front desk at city hall. The cost is $15 and includes tax. The proceeds from the cookbook sale will be used for new signage for the city of St. Peters.

St. Peters At Its Best can be purchased for $30 including tax at St. Peters City Hall, the Rec-Plex or the St. Peters Community Arts Center.

“We wanted to make sure we captured the history. It’s a very balanced book from beginning to end,” said Winslow. ■

Winslow said there was a St. Peters baseball team at the turn of the century that played against the St. Louis Cardinals.

“There’s some fascinating people in the book that I never really knew were a part of St. Peters,” said Winslow.

The book also features many historical photos—including one with a former President of the United States.

Former St. Peters Mayor Albert Wiegland donated a photo of himself with President John F. Kennedy. Wiegland, a former in-house astronaut at McDonnell Douglass, had his photo with the President who was visiting the space capsule while it was being constructed.

The book is full of historic photos of the city, including the McClay House, the Railroad Stations and All Saints Church. The book also includes photos of the 1900s Main Street.

“We were very worried about where we would get all the pictures for the book. And then in the end it became a challenge to choose which ones to use because not all of them would fit,” said Winslow.

The book also documents the development of Mid Rivers Mall, including its official opening in 1987.

“We picked the photos that told the story of the city the best,” said Winslow.

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Meet Millie

SEASONAL HUNT

training to be a hunting dog Millie is Roberts’ new addition to the family—a well-tempered, obedient puppy which he said already displays “great hunting instincts.”

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here’s a new family member in the Roberts household. And although there may be some upfront costs now, there won’t be any student loans to follow. There won’t be any weddings to pay for. And Jamie Roberts won’t be walking this little girl down the isle. He will however, put her through a school of sorts, as he trains the yellow, 7-week-old Labrador Retriever to become his life-long hunting companion.

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Roberts grew up on 27 acres in St. Charles, hunting squirrels every day after school. “I’ve been hunting my whole life, as long as I can remember,” Roberts said. “I always had a passion for target practicing and shooting a gun. Back then there really was nothing else to do.”

Roberts said his father taught him how to hunt, although he never had the passion for the sport that his son did. “He wasn’t as interested as I was. I think he just wanted to make sure I didn’t shoot myself.”

A partner in “The Siding Co.” in St. Charles, Roberts now lives in St. Paul, MO. His love of hunting has grown into a love for having and training dogs to assist him with his passion. His own dog—Pepper— died last fall. He had been hunting with the black Labrador for years.

Jamie Roberts with Millie

“The more I’ve hunted, the more I’ve enjoyed working with dogs,” Roberts said. “It’s unique to see what the dog does and how the hard work pays off.”

Like Pepper, Millie is an upland hunting dog. While some dogs work better with water fowl, such as ducks and geese, upland hunting dogs or pointing labs have been bred for at least half a century to assist the avid hunter in finding and retrieving pheasant, quail, woodcock, doves and other upland birds. These birds can be hunted in the air.

They characteristically walk in fields and jump up and fly.

But while Labradors work beautifully with upland birds, they are also great swimmers, Roberts said. “Labs are excellent swimmers, so pointing labs are your best option. They have all the bases covered.”

“Pointers run around a field. They smell the pheasant, stop, point and lift their leg up,” Roberts said. The hunter then shoots the bird and the dog retrieves it.

“The dog’s reward is retrieving and bringing the bird back. They just enjoy working,” Roberts said. “The happiest dog I’ve ever seen is a working dog. Those dogs love to please their master. They just love working. They know what their purpose is and they love going out and doing it.”

Roberts said labs instinctively know what to do—to go out into the field and retrieve the bird—and are bred for instinct. “A dog will naturally go get something. But they won’t know to bring it to me, to sit and retrieve,” he said. That’s where the training comes in.

After training, Roberts will be in complete control of the dog. “She won’t move after I shoot something until I give the command. She comes back to my side and doesn’t let go until I tell her to,” Roberts said. “You’re directing that instinct to do a particular thing, when I want (the bird) not when the dog wants it.”

Roberts will train Millie constantly with hand signals and blind retrievals. Ultimately he will be able to blow a whistle to stop the dog.

He will be able to steer her from many feet away in the field with hand signals.

Emotionally, Roberts will get very close to the dog, forming a bond that Millie will share with no one else. “You have to get the dog to want to please you. She will hardly leave my side. The dog has to have an attachment to the trainer to do the work.”

It’s this attachment and being in the great outdoors that draws Roberts to the hunt. “It’s seeing the results of all your hard labor, like when your kids are playing soccer and score a goal. It’s a big sense of pride and enjoyment.” ■ S T R E E T S C A P E M A G A Z I N E | 37

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Dynamic Duo The Kochs

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photo by Michael Schlueter

even children—four boys and three girls—22 grandchildren, and one on the way. Such is the legacy of Ed and Cathy Koch. But that’s not all.

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The couple—married 47 years this year— met at a graduation party at a time when marriage was for keeps and doing the right thing was, well, expected.

“Our generation did what was expected of you,” Cathy said. “I never thought in my mind that there was something I couldn’t do. Every time we moved it was a new adventure. I would say, ‘Hey kids, we get to have a new adventure. You get to meet new friends’.”

And move they did.

Ed was working as a medical microbiologist at a clinical lab in St. Louis when the now defunct Falstaff Brewing Company started a brew master training program. He was chosen with two others out of 400 applicants for the training program. He said his bachelor of science degree in biology and chemistry from the University of Notre Dame helped in the job.

Angeles,” he said. Ed started at Anheuser Busch in St. Louis two weeks later.

He trained in Omaha, Nebraska; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Chicago, IL, before settling in St. Louis as a supervisor at Falstaff in 1976. The company closed in 1978.

Ed worked as an international brew master for Anheuser Busch for over three decades. During those years, he traveled among other places to Japan, Korea, China, Australia and Vietnam.

So the family set off for Baltimore where Ed would work at the Carling National Breweries until he was hired by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company in Milwaukee, WI.

Cathy, the second of six children of Damon and Leda Doherty, was born and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota and moved to St. Louis when her father’s job as an insurance salesman brought them to Richmond Heights. As if being the mother of six and a beautician by trade wasn’t enough, Leda took in ironing and wash for extra income. To this day, Cathy’s mother remains busy at age 91;

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actively involved in her church and she’s still driving!

Ed grew up in Granite City, IL, also the second of six children. His mother and father—Joseph and Felicia Koch—were physicians and surgeons. Felicia—who was one of the first women to go through Loyola Medical School in Chicago—was still walking two miles a day when she died at age 93. “She was just that kind of person,” Cathy said. She was a Woman of Achievement, the first female president of the Granite City Chamber of Commerce, and the list goes on.

“It’s no wonder all of our families can do anything,” Cathy said.

“We consider the hills people have to climb, ordinary, because of our ancestors. That’s where we came from. Our children are also like that.”

A University of Notre Dame graduate, Ed went to the Western Military Academy in Alton for high school and spent six years in the United States Navy. “Our engagement was very romantic,” Ed quipped. “It was in the South Pacific on a beach where I wrote her a letter asking her to marry me.”

Ed was assigned as an assistant port services officer at Christmas Island in the South Pacific “16 miles away and one mile up from” the last of the above ground atomic bomb tests in 1962. “My job was to take mail out to the ships when it came in. But we would sit and watch the bombs go off,” Ed said. “We would put on thick glasses and turn and kneel down. In three to four minutes you could take the glasses off and watch the mushroom cloud.”

of their old fashioned values. “Kids have too many things today,” Cathy said. “Our kids went out and played. You can’t reason with a child, nor can you be their friend. We’re their parents. We’re still their parents. We never had a child say no to us.”

Each of the seven Koch children are married, are parents themselves, and have careers as environmental safety manager, graphic artist, IT manager, teacher, bank executive, International Business person, and a new recruit.

The two recalled their trip to Singapore. At the time, the couple had three teenagers. “It was right after the caning incident,” Cathy said.

“If our kids had sprayed paint on someone else’s car, caning would have been the least of their punishment.”

The Kochs say, like raising children, marriage is a job in itself that must worked on and nurtured. “Marriage is not a 50/50 proposition.” Ed said, “Marriage takes 100 percent from each person. Each person must give 100 percent or it doesn’t work.”

And it looks like they’ll be working on it for a while longer. The two are scheduled to leave St. Charles County soon for Gulf Shores, AL where they will live out their well-deserved golden years on a 44-foot Silverton boat with two state rooms, two heads, a galley and a salon.

(For those of you without sea legs, that’s two bedrooms, two baths, a kitchen and a living room, respectively.) No one doubts the two will be a success at retirement on the water either. Just ask Joseph, Christopher, Mary, Juli, Andy, Anne or Jim. ■

Some of the Navy men were damaged physically by the fall out of the bombs. Ed wasn’t one of them. “For years we got notices in the mail from the Atomic Veterans Association. They thought I’d sue them for having so many children, but that didn’t work out,” he joked. “Two kids were born while I was still in the Navy.”

Upon leaving the Navy, Ed came to St. Louis to help Cathy’s father with a harbor he was developing at the end of Blaise Station Road.

Ed had grown up on the river so Cathy’s father hired him to develop the Commodores Cove Harbor (now Duck Club).

Ed traveled the world. He went to college, served in the Navy and had a career that took him to exotic places and spanned three decades. But Cathy was not the ordinary housewife either, and Ed will be the first to say it.

“None of this would have worked without Cathy,” Ed said. “I give her 100 percent of the credit.”

At one point Cathy drove herself and her five children—one a sevenday-old infant—to Baltimore from St. Louis to see Ed. She made the clothes for all seven children and was known to be sewing or knitting in the middle of the night just to catch up. She was a homework editor, cheerleader and coach, social coordinator, chef and baker, and planner for all seven children, often with Ed traveling. The house was always spotless and organized, all of the kids were in several activities each, and no one ever missed practice or was late.

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Local Authors Kelley Lamm, Karen Hoffman and Shera Dalin ocoa & the Chocolate Fairy make life delicious sprinkling xo's when you dream. May every child have beautiful dreams and imagine amazing adventures.

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Because when dreams begin magic happens and chocolate sprinkles for ever more. XO hera Dalin and Karen Hoffman have co-authored the book "The Art of Barter--How to Barter for Almost Anything," from SkyHorse Publishing, and will speak on leveraging our time and talents to impact the bottom line.

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Author Kelley Lamm with Kocoa and family.

Co-authors Shera Dalin (left) and Karen Hoffman (right) promote their book “The Art of Barter” with StreetScape Magazine’s Mary Ellen Renaud.

Shera Dalin is a journalist, whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Latina Magazine, St. Louis Magazine and other national and regional publications. She has covered a wide variety of stories for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Associated Press, United Press International and other news organizations. She is always open to barter opportunities.

Karen Hoffman is Your Business Dream Champion, a coach that has been called "The Queen of Possibilities" by St. Louis Magazine and has received several awards including the SBA's"Home Based Business Champion of the Year," eWomen Network-International "Business Matchmaker of the Year," and the RCGA "Pacestter Award" for helping small business.■

by Dianna Graveman and Don Graveman Starting in St Charles, the book visits German settlements and a number of wineries along the Missouri River. Using a broad range of pictures, this book tells the story of Missouri’s wine growing region.

Arcadia Publishing, Hardcover, $21.99

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STATE YOUR BUSINESS

Mexico Road Florist stop and smell the flowers Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photo by Michael Schlueter

exico Road Florist owner Karen Conant said flowers are not just for special occasions anymore. In fact, she encourages people to “treat themselves” with flowers.

“Buy your own flowers for your desk or whatever.”

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Conant has loved flowers for as long as she can remember. At four years old, the San Diego native was packing gladiola bulbs on her uncle’s gladiola orchard in California. “We always did the alter flowers for the local church,” she said. “Now I do many of the flowers for church alters locally.”

That’s why the former stock broker and financial consultant jumped at the chance to buy Mexico Road Florist when it was up for sale in 2004. The store, formerly owned and started by Denise Buddemeyer, has operated from the same location for over three decades.

“Business has quadrupled since I purchased it. Sales have been up 20 percent over the last year,” Conant said. “I think that’s because we’re sincere about what we do.”

Mexico Road Florist owner Karen Conant

Mexico Road Florist is the exclusive florist for David’s Bridal in St. Peters and gets most of its business through referrals.

“Flowers are a necessity in a lot of ways. Flowers bring joy to people,” Conant said. “We honor people with them at funerals.

There’s birth and marriage, any celebration, even getting out of the doghouse. There is a constant need for flowers in so many ways.”

Conant said trends occur in flower buying just like in the clothing industry. Buyers are getting away from plain basic designs, she said, and going with more customized designs which are different and unique.

“And people love cash and carry,” Conant said, “where they can pick out their own bundle.”

Conant said Mexico Road Florist is famous for its unique designs.

“If you want carnations we will have carnations but you will see a variety of mixed flowers in my cooler.”

Conant said although tropical flowers have to be shipped, she buys locally whenever she can. “I try to keep it in St. Louis.”

Mexico Road Florist specializes in fresh flowers from hydrangeas to birds of paradise to gerber daisies to star gazer lilies. European dish gardens, silk arrangements and gourmet and fruit baskets are also featured.

Still, the most popular flower is the rose, she said, which she carries in a minimum of 20 different colors.

Mexico Road Florist can deliver flowers to St. Louis, St. Charles, St. Peters, O’Fallon, Lake St. Louis and Wentzville, with same day flower delivery in St. Peters available at no extra cost. Conant can also make deliveries nationwide through her network of reliable florists.

Online ordering is available for customers to surprise their loved ones with fresh, fragrant flowers or fruit baskets without stepping foot in the store. All of Conant’s bouquets and plants are attractively arranged by one of her skilled floral designers.

Mexico Road Florist is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The shop is always closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Father’s Day, Independence Day and Labor Day. For more information, call www.mexicoroadflorist.com. ■

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FASHION WEEK

Recipe for Creating a Successful Fashion Week Ing red ien ts: Story by Kate Santellano

hhh….if only putting on a fantastic show were that easy! The truth of the matter is that it takes several months of planning and loads of people to put on a successful fashion show.

While you may not have to preheat an oven like a recipe, you do need to mix everything together perfectly.

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Mix all ingredients with 1 Great Magazine lights, camera’s, music, 1 Vision food in an awesome 1 Cool venue venue and you have one 1 Dynamic hair team great show!

1 Creative makeup team 1 Cup Beautiful models ¼ Designers, clothes, accessories

Tom Hannegan, publisher of Streetscape Magazine, along with his dynamic team of organizers, believe they have found the recipe for success for The Second Annual Greater St. Charles Fashion Week.

According to Hannegan, he started the Greater St. Charles Fashion Week, “A Perfect Fit,” in 2009 “to provide a community celebration of fashion in an awe-inspiring atmosphere catering to all ages of fashionforward women in and around St. Charles County.” The four day extravaganza will take place at Ameristar Casino Resort and Spa August 25-28, 2010.

Such a vision, however, has several key ingredients. Besides the food, location and event details, a strong backstage team can make or break the event. While showcasing the talents of local designers and fashion of the metro area and beyond, the Greater St. Charles Fashion Week will showcase several local beauty artists.

Makeup is a key element in making the designers vision come to life.

Tami Scott, owner of Tami Scott Studio, created her own line of makeup based on her years of working with models, brides and women in every area of society. The team, having been extensively trained by Scott, executed backstage makeup artistry last year for St. Charles Fashion Week and is a trusted name for numerous other fashion shows throughout the St. Louis area since 2000. “We know how to work quick and get multiple models runway ready with stunning makeup looks that are wearable by any woman.”

Another key component involves hair. And lots of it! Pinning, teasing, curling, styling is a true craft. Cary O’Brien, owner of Cary O’Brien’s Design and Color Spa, believes “the vision must run through the show for good continuity. All moving parts flow toward the vision, hair, and makeup and of course the outfit.” His philosophy on making a good stylist great involves encouragement and mentoring which is “something the industry is losing.” Watching his team work, think, sweat and grow gives O’Brien satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment.

O’Brien will be a key element of the Greater St. Charles Fashion Week, according to Kristy Lee, Fashion Show Coordinator and Senior Grad Student at Lindenwood University. Lee has worked several shows with O’Brien and his staff. Kristy has been instrumental in pulling the backstage team together for this year’s Greater St. Charles Fashion Week. “A strong backstage team is the foundation for a successful fashion week. Hair, makeup and models must work seamlessly to prepare for the show. Even if everything is perfectly planned, something can go wrong at any moment. Zippers could rip or shoes could break, so having the other elements such as hair and makeup in sync is a must.”

Julia Childs brought the art of French cuisine to millions of Americans who watched her passion and genuine love of cooking on her television show. She has said there is a true art to mixing the ingredients together.

This revelation is not exclusive to food. It is true in many industries, including the world of fashion shows. In art, of course, you need a canvas. In fashion, you need a model.

Gail Lasater, Director of West Model & Talent Management has been providing excellent quality runway talent to the St. Louis market for over six years. West Model and Talent is the exclusive talent provider for the Greater St. Charles Fashion Week. By carefully selecting new faces in the St. Louis market, training and developing models, she now has Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy’s and Dillard’s as her primary runway clients. Recently, Sutton Lasater joined the agency as Assistant Director who will focus on scouting and placing talent in other markets such as New York, LA, Chicago, Miami and even Europe. According to Lasater, finding the perfect models is only part of the job. Much time is spent scouting new faces. Once the models are determined, hours of walking seminars and training are provided to ensure a successful walk.

“Rebounding after a fall on the runway is a reality, but how to compensate for that takes training,” Lasater said.

Just as over- or under-mixing can affect the outcome of an entrée,it can make an event tasteless or lifeless and less than memorable. Fortunately, Hannegan’s team has just the right mix of ingredients, energy and talent to make for a deliciously successful fashion week. The only missing ingredient will be YOU, if you’re not there to enjoy it! So please plan to attend the Greater St. Charles Fashion Week. Go to www.streetscapemag.com/fashionweek.aspx for more information. ■ S T R E E T S C A P E M A G A Z I N E | 45

FASHION

Clinton Kelly “Make Over America”

“St. Louis, you’re a bunch of chickens,” he quipped when he offered to put one unsuspecting St. Louis woman in front of the famous 360-degree mirror. “Oh, it’s a gold loafer,” he said of the volunteer’s shoes. “Shoes set the tone for an outfit and this tone is a big old yawn.”

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos by Michael Schlueter

linton Kelly urged St. Louis women to “take control over things you wear” during a recent stop in the gateway city. He said he’s “frustrated on a daily basis” because too many women have “opted out on style.” The co-host of TLC’s popular “What Not to Wear,” Kelly said it’s the “bane of his existence that the athletic sneaker has become adopted as casual footwear” and that t-shirts and hoodies are now commonplace among the wardrobes of so many women in America.

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Kelly said it’s one of the reasons he decided to “Make Over America” one city at a time. Kelly stopped in St. Louis April 24 as one of the eight cities—including Las Vegas; Washington, D.C.; Albany; Seattle; Cincinnati; Houston and Raleigh—he was visiting over the Spring season. He and Macy’s joined forces in February to make over 12 women in each market.

More than 8,500 women entered the “Make Over America” tour contest online, where they uploaded a photo or video and answered questions on why they should be selected for a Clinton Kelly makeover.

In each city, makeovers culminated in a runway show to unveil the results. St. Louis’ show was held at Macy’s West County.

Salon Papillon, located at Hwy. 270 and Manchester Rd., was chosen as “Make Over America’s” exclusive salon. Salon owner Teresa Brewer said each of the women was given their own stylist for the makeovers. “We changed their styles and gave them an updated look that was very doable for them to achieve at home,” she said. “They were a little hesitant at first but they all loved the results.”

A graduate of Boston College with a degree in journalism from Northwester University, Kelly was an editor at Mademoiselle and Marie Claire magazines. He made his debut on TLC’s “What Not to Wear” in 2003 with co-host Stacy London. Kelly is notorious for offering unflinchingly honest style appraisals with humor and compassion and he didn’t disappoint during his stop in St. Louis.

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But he didn’t stop there. Pointing out the next volunteer’s baggy jeans, and stressing that women need to wear clothes that fit them, he said, “This is what we call junk in the front trunk.”

He finished off by telling her she had a “pancake butt” or better yet, a “unicheek.”

Kelly said even stay-at-home moms should pay attention to their style.

“It’s the most important job,” he said.

“Look like you matter. You should look like the star of your own little show.”

Kelly said he encourages women to buy the things they like and have them tailored to fit their own individual body shape and style, as well as having a professional bra fitting. He said women should expect to try on at least 20 pairs of jeans to find one they are satisfied with.

In all his years of critiquing the wardrobes of women all over the country, the rarest comment he gets is that they love their bodies the way they are, he said. “It’s because they’re bombarded by beautiful women who ‘don’t have any pores.’ After numerous stylists, makeup artists and wardrobe consultants work on these seemingly picture-perfect women, Kelly said, Photoshop “erases any form of humanity” from them. “Don’t compare yourself to women on the magazines. Who you are is absolutely perfect.”

Kelly cautions women not to expect clothing they like to fit right off the rack. It takes lots of shopping and much comparison and perhaps some tailoring to get the right fit. “People who look good work hard at it,” he said.

“And don’t cover yourself in oversized stuff,” Kelly said. “Then when you gain five to 15 pounds you don’t know it because your pants still fit. You need clothes that fit you so you know.”

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Of the 20 or so trends that come out each year, Kelly said, many are for the younger women. But be not discouraged, he said.

Women in their forties and above can utilize most of the trends if they follow some simple criteria for choosing trends. Kelly said these women should never participate in a trend that shows too much cleavage. They should never participate in a trend that shows too much leg. (He said there will always be a young girl in short shorts at whatever function you’re attending and she “will win”). The 40-plus crowd should never participate in a trend that reveals the belly button, or one that encourages them to wear something “that one might see on a hooker.”

Kelly said advising models and celebrities “doesn’t hold interest” for him. “A lot of celebrities are really tall and beautiful. It doesn’t take much to make them look good. They’re used to being beautiful. I like seeing a woman blossom and feel really beautiful for the first time.”

Nevertheless, it’s these very women whom Kelly sought to reach with “Make Over America.” “The tour addresses women and fit issues for normal size women that we see every day,” he said. “They can be just as beautiful.”

Kelly is also the designer of his own QVC clothing line, author of “Freakin’ Fabulous,” co-author of “Dress Your Best” and spokesperson for Macy’s. His new book, “Oh No She Didn’t” will be released in October. The book outlines the top 100 style mistakes women make and how to avoid them. ■

The most difficult part of Kelly’s job, he said, is that people don’t want to talk to him at parties. “I have that effect on people at parties. People need to drink a couple of drinks to approach me.

Then they say, ‘Oh my God, I love your show. Don’t look at what I’m wearing.’ You don’t know how often I get that.”

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Celebrity-Style Summer Beauty Story by Tami Scott

ver wonder how the celebrities always look great no matter what? Well they gave all the best products and assistance money can buy. But you don’t need all that to maintain looking gorgeous this summer. Just take my advice and you’ll look fresh and red carpet ready everyday!

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The warmth of summer is something we all can appreciate. The way the sunshine makes us look and feel throughout the summer months as well as the activities that go along with great weather it’s just a great combination.

So keeping your beauty routine during the sultry summer months is essential.

For your skin - Start with SPF - the necessity for protecting your skin.

You’ll be so thankful when you have less wrinkles and sun spots than anyone you know. If you have already experienced the after math of too much sun, choose a product to wear during the day and one for after you cleanse at night with glycolic, salicylic or fruit acid that will slough off any dead skin cells and lighten some of those problems.

Face Primer – My line TAMI SCOTT MAKEUP has a 3 in 1 product. This product primes the skin for even coverage of foundation or powder to glide on smooth. Has salicylic acid to slough dead skin cells while you wear it, and SPF for protecting that new skin!

Mix your foundation with oil free moisture or a wet sponge dilutes the product to give you lighter and sheerer coverage, great for summer! Or just wear powder if a foundation is more than you need.

I carry a great Mineral powder that wears all day or my Liquid Mineral foundation is light enough for all skin types.

Shadow Magnet – Great Product in my TAMI SCOTT MAKEUP line. Holds your shadow on for hours. If you have perspire or have oily eyelids or your shadow never stays all day or changes color this product goes on before applying shadow and will not let you down!

No lip liner or go with nude- Go without a noticeable lip liner in the summer. Makes lips look natural. Some of us need lip liner to define and accentuate or fill in where we are lacking so use a liner that is in a nude tone or perfectly matches your natural lip color, and then apply a sheer lipstick or gloss!

If you perspire (tissue and blotting papers and blotting powder) - In the event that you do need to take down some shine, try powdered blotting papers. They absorb the oil or perspiration or oil from your skin and replace it with a light powder all in one blot! You can always use a tissue to do the same, just blot (press) don’t rub. The use TAMI SCOTT invisible blotting powder (in a compact, great for the purse) Hair products are so important to good summer hair If you have curly hair – don’t fight it this time of year. Let those curls do what they want and give your hair a rest from all the blow drying and flat ironing. After shampooing add a leave in conditioner and cover with a mousse, gel or balm that will seal in the moisture of the conditioner. It will keep your curls springy and naturally bundled together. Go a little bohemian for the summer!

If you have straight hair, you’ll need something in your hair as you take it from wet to dry like a mousse or light gel for control and hold.

Also find humidity proof hairsprays and even finishing sprays.

Controlling the humidity that gets into your hair is essential to keeping great looking hair.

It’s always fun to get a few highlights for summer, even if it’s just around the face. It brings a sun kissed look to the hair that surrounds your face and enhances your overall glow!

If you have any questions on any subjects or products mentioned in this article, please contact me through my website www.TamiScottStudio.com I can meet with you individually or set up a Beauty Bar party for you and a group of friends for 2-6 people!

Have a beautiful Summer!

Your Essential Beauty Advisor - Tami Scott ■

Color – brighter and bronzer and shimmer – You can go a little brighter with pinks and corals during the summer to accommodate a richer skin tone if you get tan or use a bronzer to give yourself a sun kissed glow if you don’t tan. A shimmer powder is beautiful on sun kissed skin to highlight it with a touch of shine to make the skin look flawless! I carry all these products as well.

Waterproof mascara – a must in the humid months and for around all your water activities. No more raccoon eyes or mascara running down your face. I have a waterproof mascara in my line that stays on and comes off easily without harming your lashes.

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BOUTIQUE PROFILE

Seve’s Boutique Sisters Open New Main Street Boutique

knowledgeable service from Seve’s Boutique. The staff provides personalized service to each of its customers.

Story by Amy Armour Photo by Michael Schlueter

“We pick out things we like and things that we know our customers like,” said Dickens.

“We know what our customers like and we bring it back for them.”

ashion-forward shoppers who want a new outfit that absolutely cannot be found at the mall should check out Seve’s Boutique in St. Charles.

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“We don’t like to carry things that you see everywhere else. We wanted (clothing) that you can’t find anywhere around here,” said Amber Dickens, co-owner of Seve’s Boutique.

Seve’s Boutique is co-owned by sisters Amber Dickens, 27, and Nicole Thrash, 33.

The boutique first opened in April 2008 in the Mark Twain Mall in St. Charles. It moved into its current location at 201 South Main Street in St. Charles in November 2009.

The 1,300 square foot shop is stocked with trendy, fashionable clothing for women who are looking for a more unique wardrobe.

The shop carries all types of clothing from casual dresses and jeans to dressy tops and nightlife wear.

“The shop is for anyone who wants to be cute and trendy and different,” said Dickens.

The sisters travel to New York and Las Vegas on a regular basis to buy its unique stock.

And to ensure that the boutique stays trendy and fresh, Dickens said she only buys six of every item.

“We have new stuff in every week. We keep our stock fresh and new,” said Dickens.

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There is only one item the sisters carry in the shop that can be found elsewhere in the metropolitan area—It! Jeans.

“It! jeans have a special fit that’s made to fit everybody, not just skinny straight up and down girls,” said Dickens.

Dickens said It! jeans are also a fabulous combination of comfortable and fashionable.

“They shape to your body and they’re the most comfortable jeans.”

And the cost won’t break the bank. It! jeans sell for between $60 and $90 a pair at Seve’s Boutique.

The shop also sells fun gift items, like coffee mugs, wine glasses, flasks and pill boxes. And to complete an outfit, Seve’s Boutique also carries unique accessories like sunglasses, purses, jewelry and shoes.

The shop is named after the sisters’ dad, David Tierney, who passed away from cancer two years ago.

Tierney’s nickname was ‘Seve’ after the famous golfer Severiano Ballesteros. The nickname was started by golf buddies and soon came to be as popular as his given name. When ‘Seve’ passed away, the sisters were reminded of how short life could be.

“So we said why don’t we do something together as a family— something fun,” said Dickens, who is also a full-time fourth-grade teacher.

So, the sisters decided to go into business together. In honor of their father, Seve’s was the natural name for the shop.

“It’s awesome that we get to work together. We go on buying trips together and my mom helps out sometimes,” said Dickens. “We’re a really close family. It’s nice to work together.”

And customers are treated like family at Seve’s Boutique. The shop has fun in-store parties for its customers on a regular basis.

“We send out an email blast to our customers and we have snacks and drinks in the shop,” said Dickens.

Dickens hopes Seve’s Boutique will draw more shoppers to St. Charles.

“We grew up in this area and there are not really a lot of boutiques out here,” said Dickens. “Hopefully, we will bring more shoppers to St. Charles.”

Seve’s Boutique is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday; and noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, call 925-8584 or visit www.sevesboutique.com.

“We get new and exciting things every week, you should shop at Seve's because we have unique and trendy things that you won't see everywhere else,” said Dickens. ■

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Lloyd Boston L e t ’s g o s h o p p i n g

Story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photos by Michael Schlueter

tyle guru Lloyd Boston recently showcased his spring “How To Wear It” philosophies from desk to dinner, work to weekends and everything in between as part of a fashion seminar featuring the latest styles from Jones New York.

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The noted fashion stylist, best-selling author and television host visited Macy’s West County in April for a fashion show, wardrobe seminar and personal consultations. The style expert offered 5-minute shopping appointments with several St. Louis area women for a one-on-one personal styling experience.

For close to a decade, Boston has been a regular television contributor and style editor to NBC’s “Today Show,” a longtime contributor to ABC’s “The View” and currently hosts “Closet Cases” on Fine Living Network (FLN).

His focused broadcast journalist work with New York’s “Full Frontal Fashion” has made him a leading voice of New York Fashion Week for more than 15 seasons. The former vice president of art direction for Tommy Hilfiger and event spokesperson for both Hilfiger and Lenscrafters, Boston has also covered the Oscars, Emmys and Golden Globes from the red carpet.

Featured on Oprah, Boston has authored three books including “Before You Put That On: 365 Daily Style Tips for Her,” “Make Over Your Man: A Women’s Guide to Dressing Any Man in Her Life” and “Men of Color: Fashion, History, Fundamentals.”

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In 2007, Boston teamed up with Jones New York as their first male spokesperson and exclusive style guru.

In this role, Lloyd travels the country touching the lives of countless women through personal appearances, style clinics and his online fashion forum.

Boston told St. Louis area women that “florals are back in a new way. These aren’t your mom’s florals. They’re florals that make you look feminine and pretty.”

He told them not fear white. “Some women are still afraid of white pants.”

But Boston said white pants can be “fresh, modern and young. They set you apart in the room.”

Women were advised to look at clothes and how they can work for them. “That wrap top can work for a size six or 16. He told petite women to ensure they don’t “disappear in the room by making sure everything above the waste pops.” And curvy gals: “Muted florals work for the body and compliment your figure.”

Boston told women that “bare legs take 10 years off your body” and gave women suggestions for each body type. Petite women should wear jackets cut at the hip. Curvy women should choose a size that fits their bodies, not the size they want to be in.

“Ladies do you hear me?” he quipped.

Boston finished the Jones New York fashion show with, “I’m going to say three words the men in our life never say: Let’s go shopping.” ■

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SOCIETY

SOCIETY SIGHTINGS … by Teri Seiler hings heated up at Old Hickory Country Club as Vice President and General Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, John Mozeliak, shared the inside scoop on the Cardinals’ organization during Sports St. Charles Countys’ annual Hot Stove Lunch. The event, which kicked-off with NFL Hall of Famer Jackie Smith singing the National Anthem, was packed with over 300 true-blue St. Charles County Cardinals fans such as Don, Kay, and Todd Dilly, Ernie Dempsey, Senator Tom Dempsey, Tom Wapelhorst, Tom Wehde, Mike Hansen, Tom Williams, Charlie Williams, County Executive, Steve Ehlmann, Dale Poslosky, Chuck Brooks, John and Debbie Kastner, Terry Hollander, Harold Burkemper, Dennis Maher, Tom Engle, Eric Stuhler, Alan Orf, Gary and Vicki Koenig, Darrell Roegner, Dale Brown, Scott Queen, Val White, Mary Ellen Renaud, Bill Charnisky, State Representative Sally Faith, Steve and Jim Lange, and Wayne Oetting. Sharing the microphone with Mozeliak were National Baseball Hall of Famer, Lou Brock; former Third Baseman and 1975 Golden Glove Award Winner, Ken Reitz; Globe Democrat on-line Sports Editor, Rob Rains; and the voice of the Cardinals, John Rooney (who barely made it to the event after being admitted to the hospital around 5:00 a.m., that same morning, for a bad case of food poisoning). Former St. Louis pitcher, Rick Horton, was his usual congenial self and “kept the ball rolling” as emcee of the event. Cardinal’s keyboardist extraordinaire, Ernie Hays, provided all the “la-la-la’s” to all the “blah-blah-blah’s”. It was a fun and very successful event as over $10,000.00 was raised during the two-hour event.

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After our minor league baseball team, The River City Rascals, became the 2009 West Division Champions last fall, Chris Franklin, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the team, decided it was time to play a different diamond. So, after presenting a beautiful diamond engagement ring to his sweetheart, Tammy Kulosa, the two were married this spring at the beautiful Joliet Horticultural Center in Illinois. Over 200 guests, representing four different professional baseball teams – Normal CornBelters, Joliet JackHammers, Chicago White Sox and The Rascals - such as: Steve, Pam, Jackson and Sarah Malliet, Zach Prehn, Matt Oppelt, Steve and Ellen Brook, Justin Blackmer and Chris Rizzotti – were a part of the grand slam event.

Spring time brings end-of-school field days, dance recitals and spring musicals. A few folks seen working behind the scenes at Immanuel Lutheran’s recent rendition of High School Musical, Jr. directed by Pamela Loesel and Joanne Bader – with Allen Loesel in the musical director’s chair – were: Barb Biggers, Becky Holtgrieve, Gloria Holtgrieve, Vicki Leimkuehler, Jean Niewald, Carolyn Wiegmann, Linda Borchers, Dorothy King, Tom King, and Assistant Principal, Diana Meers. School principal 62 | S T R E E T S C A P E M A G A Z I N E

Dr. Rebecca Schmidt was on-hand to greet the theatre-goers and pass out programs. It takes a great group of volunteers to pull off a production such as this and from what I saw…Disney could be calling soon.

Hawaii was beaconing, so Joan Buchheit and Rose Buehler decided to treat ladies in our community with a trip to the Aloha State via a delightful evening of fun and fashion polynesian-style at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Westbury Drive. As guest arrived, Sally Montgomery and Maxine Winston welcomed them with the traditional lei greeting. After enjoying a delicious dinner prepared by Don Ostmann and fellow Knights, ladies such as Elaine McKay, Barb Doodnick, Nancy Hollway, Becky Sullentrop, Geri Schoene, Mary Ann Ell and Kitty Kelley enjoyed learning from Bobbie Netsch (Michelle’s Clothing Store) what every fashionable woman’s closet “must have” for summer.

Strutting this season’s classic trends were June Miller, Rosalie Coleman, Jeanette Garrison, Jenell Brucker, Elaine Boehle, and Nancy Abel. Pat Staley, her daughter, Sandi Zednichek, with her daughter, Jessica, proved that fine dressing transcends three generations as they modeled together. Dori Neumeier provided the sights and sounds of Hawaii by directing The Hui Hula ‘O Pinahele dancers who entertained the guests at the sold-out event.

All proceeds raised by the Ladies of the Knights Auxillary #853 are distributed to various charities during the Christmas season.

Audrey Yarbrough was all smiles as close to 250 people recently filled the ballroom at Old Hickory Country Club to enjoy the fun and share their funds with the organization she founded in 1987 known as F.A.C.T. (Family Advocacy and Community Training).

Guests arrived in big hats and bow ties to honor the spirit of the Kentucky Derby. Al and Kathy Wansing, Max and Dorothy McGowan, Frank and Kathy Conard, Minnie Brown (who looked ever-so-fashionable in her classic black, Audrey-Hepburninspired hat) Max and Michelle Mitts, Carla and Sam Hollins, Kathy Krueger, Greg and Marge Greenwald, had the opportunity to browse and bid on close to 140 baskets before sitting down for dinner at tables adorned with fresh, fragrant, red roses donated by Skip Cassoutt (Hearts & Roses Florist). During dinner, F.A.C.T. board president, Lynn Harmon, recognized three distinguished honorees: Dr. Jerry Marks; Former St. Peters Mayor, Tom Brown; and Senator Scott Rupp with the organization’s Advocate of the Year Awards. A few of the guests who helped the organization raise approximately $50,000.00 with the help of volunteer auctioneer, Andy Garratt, were: Joe Aiello, who purchased a week’s stay at a beach-front home in North Carolina; Ben and Carol Blanton, who won the bid for a Frederick Remington sculpture titled Coming Through the Rye; Craig Frahm, with his purchase of a dinner for eight guests at his lovely abode to be prepared and served by Skip Strode of Bristol’s Restaurant; and Richard Gould (spouse of Executive Director, Denise Gould) who went to bat for his wife’s organization, by bidding and winning a Tony LaRusso autographed bat. Midge Smith, Deb Smith, and Debbie Faulkner, tri-chairs of the event, can sit back and enjoy a mint

julep, or two, or three…knowing they brought home a winner!

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The annual Athena Award luncheon was recently held at the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau. This year’s event was coordinated by past-award recipient Linda Techmeyer, who took the luncheon to another level by adding two workshops for attendees featuring Richard Mendenhall, who spoke on Leadership in the 21st Century; and, Adrian Bracy, who spoke on Leading in a Time of Change. John Antes, of Barnes Jewish St. Peters Hospital, a major sponsor of the event, shared with the crowd the hospital’s commitment to women leaders and how important the women in their organization are to the success of the hospital. Neal Ewing and Jan Duke, of Bommarito Oldsmobile, who have sponsored the award practically since its inception, were also on hand to show support; as was Missy Palitsch of Continental Title. A few past recipients seen in the crowd who were anxiously awaiting the announcement of this year’s winner were Judy Bateman, Billy Collier, Lorna Frahm, Phyllis Schneider, Karen Thomson, and Grace Nichols. Martha Mertz, founder of the Athena Award, flew in from Sedona, Arizona to address the crowd that included nominees Peg Capo, Martha Kampen, Denise Leibel, Kelly Behlmann, Carol Alexander and Christine Medley. And the winner was: Denise Liebel with the Community Council of St. Charles County. Congratulations to Denise and all the outstanding nominees!

Dorothy Dorrell, Dianne Nichols, Keitha Strebel, Karen Carl, Joan Hogarth, Kathleen Harover, Nancy Suter, Betty Hedges and Betty Knapp were dressed to a tee as they and over 100 other women attended the United Methodist Women’s Annual Mother’s Day Tea recently held in the glass pavilion of the beautiful church located on First Capitol Drive. A sampling of teas were offered the guests as they nibbled ever-so-English-like on scones with cream, assorted finger sandwiches, and a delicious array of delicate desserts.

Linda Cooper, president of the organization, and her committee consisting of Jodie Ricketts, Myra Bickel, June Hopkins, Shirley Russell and Helen LaBanca organized the event which included a tea-lightful show of fashions from the early 1900’s all the way to 2010 strutted by age-appropriate models. A few guests seen enjoying the show were Joanne Parrott, Lu Cross, Patti Raposo, Max Huster, Maxine Pyles, Claudette Jones, Pastor Robin Roderick, Pastor Debby Bartley, Anita Hockett, Phyllis Noland, Laura Bergmann, and Norma Koetter. Monies raised from the event are used to support various missions throughout the world.

Fundraising is a way of life for so many of us in our community as we try to improve our home town. If you form a great group of hard workers who share a common love and goal for the cause, it can be a lot of fun and a great way to make long-lasting friends, which is the method used by Mary Lou Hannegan and Dianne Burkemper. The two-some are co-chairing the 2011 Crystal Ball for the Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Charles County. Dianne recently opened her beautiful estate manse, overlooking the majestic Missouri River, and invited the likes of Dianne Garrison, Kim Scheidegger-York, Mary West, Doris Bennett, Jeanette Koechner, Karen Kirk, Mary Platz and Judy Peters for a delicious and delightful lunch to get their creative juices flowing. In case you wondered, this is how the whole “Will Work for Food” thing got started.

Approximately 100 lady golfers braved the wrath of Mother Nature’s cold, windy, and damp spring sting to raise $15,000.00 for the SSM St. Joseph Foundation’s Eleventh Annual Ladies Only Golf Tournament held at Bogey Hills Country Club. Actually, there were some men seen at the event such as Shawn Saale, Tom Hughes, Gaspare Calvaruso, and Drew Rector who found their rightful places at the event as beverage servers to golfers such as Mayor Patti York, Sherlyn Hailstone, Pat Komoroski and Sherry Hausmann. Showing they had the drive necessary to win were Dr. Laura Sprague, Ellen McDaniel and Maralee Britton by claiming title to the Longest Drive contests. Hitting the ball on pin were Debra Aylsworth, Mary Enger and Sharon Gietl as victors of the Closest to the Pin contest. Carole Carpenter went in-the-hole to win the Putting Contest. Proving they were straight shooters were Jennifer Ott and Sue Veron. Walking away with this year’s top team title were Connie Cissell, Lori Hartman and Angel Walters.

Now, that’s a group of ladies who are on the “right course” for making things better for less fortunate women and children in St.

Leisa Duff and Kathi Miller recently organized a day in the country for outdoorsy-types who enjoy horseback riding, hiking, fishing and sporting clays at St. Charles County’s exclusive and unique Strathalbyn Farms Club located on 120 pristine acres in Weldon Springs. Debbie Kienstra, Geoff Orf, David Hamilton, Ruth Kim, Dr. Iliana Bouneva, and Dr. Harvey Solomon were just a few names in the crowd of 100 guests who helped raise needed funds for the Friends of the SLU Liver Center. At the aftershoot dinner, held in the clubhouse, Dr. Bruce R. Bacon, who worked with and cured Naomi Judd of her diagnosed Hep C, spoke of the need for further research on liver diseases. Then, Vic Turvey, past president of the organization, enticed guests to show him the money as emcee-extraordinaire. He politely encouraged people to overbid on items such as hand-rolled cigars that went to Dr. Saleem Abdulrauf for twice their value. The evening ended with a large bonfire, cigars and s’mores. The event raised a lot of money so what s’more could they ask for?!

Keith Haislip, Jerry Hollingsworth, Dr. Robert MacDonald and Brian Scheidegger are shooting to raise money for the Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Charles County by quad-chairing the Second Annual Sporting Clay Shoot on Saturday, July 17 from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Blackhawk Valley Hunting Preserve. Cost is $250.00 per team. For further information call 636-946-6255 x 104 and talk to Jeanette. This sells out fast!

The 2009-2010 school year is about to end and sadly so are the careers of several local teachers who have made an impact on thousands of students over the past 40-plus years. Choosing to retire but not fade away are Kathleen Hopper, Upper School Principal at the Academy of the Sacred Heart; along with Mary Glenn, Jean Pusczek, Maureen Layton, Sue Hurst and Rita Allen. Going out with a bang and blow-out retirement party hosted by her hubby, Kurt, is Teacher of the Year at Fairmount Elementary School, Marty Beanblossom. Congratulations - you have all earned an A+ retirement.

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