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Number 18• Volume 6 Serving St. Charles, Warren, Lincoln, Montgomery, Gasconade, and Audrain Counties January 1, 2010 • Weekly•35¢ 

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Carol Hoover, owner of Pamper Your Pets Salon. 

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Carol Hoover, the owner 

started the business driven by 

her lifelong love of animals and 

her passion shows in the care 

she imparts on the pets that 

have come through her doors. 

“I can’t believe that my four 

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Carol Green, 68, St. 

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THE FOCUS NEWS Friday, January 1, 2010 

Timothy Joyce Named Re-Appointed to 

Missouri Housing Development Commission 

The Governor has re-appointed 

Timothy M. Joyce (R), 

of Warrenton, to the Missouri 

Housing Development Commission. 

The Missouri Housing 

Development Commission 

Edward Levinson pled guilty 

on bank fraud charges in connection 

with his construction 

business, resulting in more than 

$14 million in losses to banks 

and prospective home owners 

and subcontractors, Acting 

United States Attorney Michael 

W. Reap. 

“Mr. Levinson could have 

tried to save his 30-year company 

by going to bankruptcy 

court,” said FBI Assistant Special 

Agent in Charge Maxwell 

D. Marker. “Instead, by making 

false statements to banks, title 

companies, subcontractors and 

homeowners, he dug himself 

into a bigger hole and ended up 

in criminal court.” 

According to the indictment, 

Edward A. Levinson was in the 

residential and commercial real 

estate construction and sale 

business, doing business under 

the name of Levinson Companies, 

a/k/a Wynncrest, Inc., 

Terra Vista, Inc., Belle Maison, 

Inc. and Levinson Building and 

Realty Corporation, among others. 

Levinson had construction 

lending relationships with Royal 

Banks of Missouri, First Bank 

and Enterprise Bank and Trust. 

The purpose of the loans was 

initially to purchase and develop 

land and later construct residences 

for sale to the public. 

Royal Banks of Missouri financed 

the Wynncrest/Terra 

Vista Projects’ land acquisition, 

development and construction 

of residences at a Levinson 

project known as Wynncrest 

Phase I, St. Louis County, Missouri, 

in 2003, and two more 

Levinson projects known as 

Wynncrest Phase II and Terra 

Vista, both in St. Louis County, 

in 2006. 

Beginning in September 

2007, Royal Banks of Missouri 

became uncomfortable 

with their loan exposure with 

Levinson and demanded that 

Levinson obtain a third party 

disburser of money to pay sub- 

works to provide quality, safe, 

affordable housing for low and 

moderate income citizens of 

Missouri. 

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practice who served as 

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to Bank Fraud Charges 

contractors on the construction 

of homes at Wynncrest Phase 

II and Terra Vista. At this time, 

Levinson had cash flow problems 

on his construction projects 

and attempted to obtain 

more financing initially from 

Royal Banks of Missouri and 

subsequently numerous financial 

institutions. 

In November 2007, Royal 

Banks of Missouri hired an independent 

appraiser to re-appraise 

Wynncrest Phase II, and 

as a result of this appraisal, 

Royal Banks of Missouri refused 

Levinson’s request for 

additional financing. Levinson 

then went to Enterprise Bank 

and obtained the additional financing 

for Wynncrest Phase II 

without the requirement of utilizing 

a third party disburser of 

loan money. 

Levinson was indicted in 

January 2009. The indictment 

stated that in early February 

2008, Levinson refinanced 

two Wynncrest Phase II display 

homes through Enterprise 

Bank and Trust, reducing 

the loan debt to Royal Banks 

of Missouri. Enterprise also 

agreed to provide construction 

financing of pre-sold homes at 

Wynncrest Phase II up to a total 

of approximately $3,500,000. 

However, in April 2008, 

Levinson obtained an additional 

$500,000 loan from 

Royal Banks of Missouri for the 

Wynncrest Phase II and Terra 

Vista Projects. During this time, 

at Royal Banks of Missouri’s request, 

Levinson sold two lots at 

Wynncrest Phase II to another 

builder for more than $200,000 

each, reducing his debt to Royal 

Banks of Missouri and generating 

limited funds for working 

capital. 

During this time, Levinson 

contracted numerous purchasers/buyers 

of Wynncrest 

Phase II and Terra Vista lots 

and homes built to specifications 

of the purchaser/buyers. 

In return, they paid Levinson a 

lot deposit and down payment 

earnest money for the construction 

of their homes. A number 

of these purchasers requested 

their money be placed in an 

escrow account, and in each 

instance Levinson refused. 

Levinson used these contracts 

to build homes to obtain financing 

to build the specific homes 

and pay subcontractors for the 

construction of these homes. 

However, the indictment 

stated that down payments/earnest 

money and construction 

loan money was used for other 

projects, other unrelated business 

interests and other overhead 

expenses unrelated to 

the specific purposes of these 

monies. During the Wynncrest 

and Terra Vista developments 

financed by Royal Banks of Missouri 

and later Enterprise Bank 

and Trust, home buyers closed 

on homes where subcontractors 

later filed mechanics liens 

totaling in excess of $500,000. 

Some home buyers on the 

Wynncrest and Terra Vista developments 

failed to close on 

their contracted homes, which 

were never completed and lost 

all their down payments for 

the expected construction of a 

Levinson home. 

The Wynncrest/Terra Vista 

projects were foreclosed upon 

2 

beginning October 2008 by 

Royal Banks of Missouri and 

Enterprise Bank and Trust, 

resulting in losses of approximately 

$1,500,000 to Royal 

Banks of Missouri; approximately 

$1,000,000 to Enterprise 

Bank and Trust; approximately 

$300,000 to home buyers and 

approximately $500,000 in subcontractor 

liens against banks 

and homeowners and home 

owners associations. 

The indictment further stated 

that in February 2007, Levinson 

closed on an $18,000,000 deal 

with First Bank to finance the 

land acquisition, development 

and construction of homes at 

the Belle Maison project. Similar 

to the Wynncrest Phase II/ 

Terra Vista projects home buyers 

would contract with Levinson 

to build/purchase homes 

giving him deposit money and 

down payments. 

Again, Levinson would use 

these contracts to obtain loan 

money from First Bank to build 

a specific home, and again 

Levinson used deposit money/ 

down payments and First Bank 

loan money for other purposes. 

Home buyers failed to obtain 

completed homes, did not close 

on these home contracts and 

lost their down payment money 

and other payments to Levinson 

for home construction. 

Subcontractors also performed 

specific work and were 

not paid and First Bank lost loan 

money which was disbursed 

at Levinson’s direction for the 

construction of specific homes. 

In early December 2008, First 

Bank foreclosed resulting in 

losses of $8,000,000 on First 

Bank loans, approximately 

$241,000 to home buyers and 

approximately $1,000,000 on 

subcontractor liens against 

First Bank. 

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Levinson pled, he admitted 

falsifying an affidavit at First 

American Title. This affidavit 

stated all bills had been paid 

at the time the buyer closed on 

a home at Wynncrest Subdivision. 

Levinson knew the subcontractors 

and suppliers had 

not been paid. The title company, 

home buyer and lender, 

Heartland Bank, all relied on 

the affidavit at the closing on 

the home sale. 

EDWARD LEVINSON, 

Chesterfield, Missouri, pleaded 

guilty to one felony count 

of bank fraud before United 

States District Judge Jean C. 

Hamilton. Sentencing has been 

set for April 2, 2010. 

Bank fraud carries a maximum 

penalty of 30 years 

in prison and/or fines up to 

$1,000,000. Restitution is 

mandatory. 

Acting U.S. Attorney Michael 

W. Reap, who prosecuted 

the case, complimented the 

Federal Bureau of Investigation 

for their investigation and all 

victims for their cooperation, as 

well as Assistant United States 

Attorney Steve Muchnick who 

assisted in handling the prosecution. 

“Red Tape Reduction Act” 

Takes Effect on January 1 

Secretary of State Robin 

Carnahan announced that the 

“Red Tape Reduction Act” goes 

into effect on January 1st. Beginning 

next week, businesses 

will have the option of filing corporate 

registration reports with 

the Secretary of State’s Office 

every two years rather than 

annually. In addition, the “Red 

Tape Reduction Act” will allow 

businesses to change the date 

of their filing to match tax and 

other paperwork deadlines. 

“I’m proud to have championed 

this law to make it easier 

for Missouri’s more than 

400,000 businesses,” Carnahan 

said. “My office has saved 

businesses over $10 million in 

reduced fees since 2005, and 

I will continue to work to help 

small businesses grow and 

succeed in our state.” 

Dan Mehan, President and 

CEO of the Missouri Chamber 

of Commerce and Industry, said 

the changes will make a difference 

for business owners. “In 

the current economy, anything 

that makes it easier for businesses 

to succeed in Missouri 

is an advantage for our state as 

we look to grow jobs and recover,” 

Mehan said. “While allow- 

ing businesses to file every other 

year may seem like a small 

change, what it really does 

is allow companies to spend 

less time filling out paperwork 

and sending in forms so they 

can focus on what’s important 

– running their businesses and 

conducting commerce.” 

Carnahan made this bill one 

of her major legislative priorities 

last session, and it was signed 

into law July 10, 2009, by Governor 

Jay Nixon as part of HB 

481. Other provisions of the 

Act, which reduce fees by more 

than 50 percent for limited liability 

companies that file online, 

went into effect Aug. 28. 

The “Red Tape Reduction 

Act” furthers Carnahan’s 

commitment to increasing efficiency 

and streamlining the 

way businesses interact with 

government. In 2007, Carnahan 

launched the Missouri Business 

Portal (www.business. 

mo.gov), a joint venture with 

the governor’s office, as a “one 

stop shop” for businesses to file 

reports or acquire licenses. 

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Attorney General Chris 

Koster continued his crackdown 

on companies selling bogus 

auto warranty products by filing 

lawsuits against four additional 

businesses. 

Koster said the businesses 

he has filed suit against today 

used misleading telemarketing, 

letters, and postcards to market 

what appeared to be “extended 

auto warranties” to consumers, 

but actually were “service 

contracts” or “automotive additives.” 

He said the businesses 

would lead consumers to mistakenly 

believe their current 

vehicle warranties were about 

to expire and that they would 

not have another opportunity 

to purchase an extended warranty 

unless they acted immediately. 

Many potential custom- 

Gov. Jay Nixon announced 

a legislative proposal that 

would give the Missouri Clean 

Water Commission and Department 

of Natural Resources 

authority to prevent new pollution 

sources from contaminating 

distressed bodies of water. 

That authority would include 

the ability to limit permits and 

inspect a broader range of facilities 

when the water quality 

is under serious stress. Gov. 

Nixon said his administration 

would move immediately under 

the new law, if passed, to designate 

the Lake of the Ozarks for 

these enhanced protections. 

The Governor’s proposal 

would allow bodies of water that 

are accessible to the public to 

be designated as “distressed” 

by the Missouri Clean Water 

Commission, which would immediately 

trigger heightened 

scrutiny for those seeking permits 

within the vicinity of the 

distressed body. It also would 

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of waste water treatment 

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Attorney General Files Lawsuits 

Against Four St. Louis Area Auto 

Service Contract Marketers 

ers were not informed that the 

businesses were not affiliated 

with the dealership or manufacturer 

from whom the customers 

bought their vehicles. 

Many consumers were unaware 

they were not actually 

purchasing auto warranties until 

they received an auto additive 

in the mail. The companies sold 

the products as auto additives 

to avoid Missouri’s service contract 

laws, which provide some 

minimal protection for consumers. 

Consumers did not realize 

the limited value of the products 

they were purchasing. 

“This extended warranty 

scam is nothing but a ‘bait and 

switch’ scheme that preys on 

consumers’ fears having inadequate 

vehicle warranty coverage,” 

Koster said. “The ‘bait’ 

is to lure vulnerable consumers 

into extending or purchasing 

‘auto warranties.’ Then the 

‘switch’ is to sell them service 

contracts, or worse, auto additive 

warranties with inferior or 

negligible repair coverage, then 

making it almost impossible for 

the consumers to cancel the 

contract or get refunds. 

“I believe this warranty business 

is rampant with fraud, and 

Missouri continues to be at the 

center of this deception,” Koster 

said. “This office will continue 

to pursue and prosecute businesses 

such as these that 

target unsuspecting, innocent 

consumers.” 

Koster filed lawsuits against 

six companies using these 

scams in November. 

Gov. Nixon Announces Clean Water Proposal to 

Improve Water Quality at Lake of the Ozarks 

an important step forward in 

improving water quality at the 

Lake of the Ozarks and other 

waterways because the status 

quo simply is not good enough,” 

Gov. Nixon said. “This legislation 

is about giving us tools to 

limit the pollutants and waste 

that flow into our waters so 

they have the time they need to 

cleanse and renew themselves 

naturally. On average, approximately 

26,800 cubic feet of water 

flow out of the lake through 

the Bagnell Dam each second, 

and if we limit the pollutants 

that flow in, we’ll see it become 

a healthier body of water.” 

Under Gov. Nixon’s proposal, 

the Missouri Clean Water 

Commission would be granted 

the statutory authority to designate 

the Lake of the Ozarks or 

other publicly accessible bodies 

of water as “distressed” based 

on the best available scientific 

information. The commission 

would have broad discretion in 

making the determination, and 

would be required to provide an 

opportunity for public input prior 

to making its finding. 

Gov. Nixon said if his proposal 

is enacted in law, his 

administration would begin the 

process to designate the Lake 

of the Ozarks as distressed, 

based on the decades-long record 

of historical data showing 

high levels of bacteria and the 

closure of public beaches several 

times this past summer. 

“Preserving Missouri’s water 

is of critical importance, 

and it has long been clear that 

the Lake of the Ozarks is a resource 

in need of more stringent 

protection,” Gov. Nixon 

said. “Recent sampling results 

have reinforced what many of 

us have believed for years: the 

lake is heavily used but underprotected, 

and action is needed 

to change that equation. With 

stronger statutes that allow for 

more forceful action for designated 

waters, I’ll be the first to 

push to make sure the Lake of 

the Ozarks is designated as a 

distressed body, and I strongly 

believe the Clean Water Commission 

will agree with me.” 

Under the terms of the proposal, 

after the Clean Water 

Commission designates a water 

body as distressed, the commission 

and the Department of 

Natural Resources would be required 

to use heightened scrutiny 

in the permitting process in 

order to prevent new pollution. 

Specifically, the proposal would 

allow regulators to: 

* Cease issuance of permits 

to applicants in the affected 

area. Exceptions could 

be granted by the commission 

where it deems proper, such 

as where an applicant plans to 

connect a new facility to an existing 

central sewage system, 

if the director of DNR concurs 

with the permit and its conditions; 

* Begin inspection and enforcement 

of any and all on-site 

waste water treatment facilities 

which are currently not required 

to have permits, such as septic 

systems, package plants 

and lagoons. Operators of facilities 

that are contributing to 

the contamination of the lake 

could then be ordered by DNR 

to clean out their systems, connect 

with existing sewer systems, 

or cease and desist from 

use of the facility; and 

* Conduct investigations, 

including water quality monitoring, 

geologic reviews and facility 

inspections to determine how 

to improve water quality in the 

distressed body, and to determine 

if and when a body is no 

longer distressed.


The proposal gives the 

agencies charged with protecting 

clean water substantially 

greater power to control the 

flow of pollution into the Lake 

of the Ozarks from the entire 

range of waste water facilities, 

when water quality is at risk. 

The cessation of new permits 

limits new sources of effluent 

from further distressing the 

water; enhanced enforcement 

authority ensures current permit 

holders are meeting their 

obligations; and the extension 

of inspections to previously 

unregulated facilities extends 

scrutiny to a key culprit which 

has previously received little attention. 

“When water quality at the 

Lake of the Ozarks deteriorates 

to a certain level, we must have 

additional tools to ensure that 

no further damage is done,” 

Gov. Nixon said. “Based on my 

existing knowledge of the lake, 

and after being briefed on the 

baseline water quality study and 

inspection sweep I ordered this 

fall, it is clear to me that Missouri 

must have more robust 

powers for dealing with pollution 

when we see the signs of 

contamination. If passed, my 

proposal will greatly strengthen 

our hand.” 

In September, Gov. Nixon 

ordered an inspection sweep 

of 419 facilities with waste water 

permits in the vicinity of the 

Lake of the Ozarks, as well 

as a comprehensive baseline 

water quality survey. The Department 

of Natural Resources 

submitted the final results of 

this effort to the Governor’s office. 

The results noted that 82 

notices of violation and 48 letters 

of warning were issued to 

non-compliant permit holders 

as a result of the inspections 

undertaken during the sweep, 

and that sampling done in con- 

nection with the sweep yielded 

24 letters of warning and 20 notices 

of violation. Ninety-two of 

the violations have since been 

returned to compliance, while 

41 violators have been referred 

to the DNR’s Water Protection 

Program for further enforcement 

action. 

“Our recent enforcement 

sweep demonstrated that some 

serious deficiencies at existing 

waste water facilities. We will 

continue to take an aggressive 

approach to inspection and 

enforcement, so that polluters 

are stopped from doing further 

damage and are held responsible 

for their actions,” Gov. 

Nixon said. 

Results of the baseline water 

quality survey were posted 

online on Nov. 20, 2009. 

Those results and the results of 

the inspection sweep are available 

online at: http://www.dnr. 

mo.gov/loz.htm. 

Narcotics Investigation Leads to 

Charges for Martinsburg Residents 

Captain Luke Vislay, Director 

of the Division of Drug and 

Crime Control, announced the 

arrests of Michael Knipfel, 48, 

and Paul Knipfel, 45, both of 

the Martinsburg, Missouri. The 

arrests were subsequent to a 

long term undercover narcotics 

investigation that ended with the 

execution of two search warrants 

at the suspect’s homes. 

Search warrants were conducted 

by the East Central 

Drug Task Force, the Audrain 

County Sheriff’s Office, the 

Warren County Sheriff’s Office 

and the Missouri State Highway 

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in Martinsburg, Missouri. 

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search warrants, approximately 

30 lbs of marijuana, 2 ounces 

of methamphetamine, US Currency, 

numerous firearms and 

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merchandise, were allegedly 

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to distribute marijuana; possession 

with the intent to distribute 

methamphetamine; receiving 

stolen property; and cultivation/ 

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NASA Chooses Three Finalists for 

Future Space Science Mission to 

Venus, an Asteroid or the Moon 

NASA has selected three 

proposals as candidates for the 

agency’s next space venture 

to another celestial body in our 

solar system. The final project 

selected in mid-2011 may provide 

a better understanding of 

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Mission Directorate at NASA 

Headquarters in Washington. 

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the best science value among 

eight submitted to NASA this 

year.” 

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will receive approximately $3.3 

million in 2010 to conduct a 12month 

mission concept study 

that focuses on implementation 

feasibility, cost, management 

and technical plans. Studies 

also will include plans for educational 

outreach and small 

business opportunities. 

The selected proposals are: 

-- The Surface and Atmosphere 

Geochemical Explorer, 

or SAGE, mission to Venus 

would release a probe to descend 

through the planet’s atmosphere. 

During descent, 

instruments would conduct extensive 

measurements of the 

atmosphere’s composition and 

obtain meteorological data. 

The probe then would land on 

the surface of Venus, where 

its abrading tool would expose 

both a weathered and a pristine 

surface area to measure its 

composition and mineralogy. 

Scientists hope to understand 

the origin of Venus and why it 

is so different from Earth. 

Larry Esposito of the University 

of Colorado in Boulder, 

is the principal investigator. 

-- The Origins Spectral Interpretation 

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spacecraft, called Osiris-Rex, 

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and answer long-held 

questions about the formation 

of our solar system and the origin 

of complex molecules necessary 

for life. Michael Drake, 

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The samples would provide 

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Bradley Jolliff, of Washington 

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Study to Help Children Lose 

Weight and Maintain Weight 

By Jim Dryden 

Obesity researchers at 

Washington University School 

of Medicine in St. Louis are 

recruiting families with overweight 

children for a study to 

help those kids, and their parents, 

lose weight. 

The two-year study, called 

COMPASS (Comprehensive 

Maintenance Program to 

Achieve Sustained Success), 

will involve families with one 

or more children between the 

ages of 7 and 11 who are at 

least 20 percent above their 

ideal weight. 

“In the past 30 years, the 

obesity rate in children has tripled 

in the U.S.,” says Denise E. 

Wilfley, Ph.D., the study’s principal 

investigator and the director 

of Washington University’s 

Weight Management Center. 

“The earlier we address a problem 

like obesity, the better an 

individual will do, so we want 

to catch these children before 

they grow into adults with seri- 

ous problems.” 

The study is funded largely 

through the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). 

The ARRA is providing $4.6 million 

in grants from the Eunice 

Kennedy Shriver National Institute 

of Child Health and Human 

Development of the National 

Institutes of Health to support 

the study. The research will be 

conducted at Washington University 

in St. Louis in collaboration 

with Seattle Children’s 

Hospital Research Institute. 

About 20 percent of U.S. 

children are either overweight 

or obese, and that puts them at 

high risk for obesity as adults. 

Among those who are overweight 

as kids, 65 percent of 

white girls and 84 percent of 

black girls grow up to be obese 

women. Seventy-one percent 

of overweight white boys and 

82 percent of overweight black 

boys become obese men. 

Overweight and obese 

adults face mounting medical 

complications such as diabetes, 

high blood pressure, sleep 

apnea and heart disease. Previous 

studies have shown that 

because they grow taller, young 

children can get leaner even if 

they don’t drop many pounds. 

By intervening at younger ages, 

Wilfley believes it may be easier 

to alter a child’s activity patterns 

and dietary habits so that 

young children may develop 

long-lasting and healthy eating 

and activity behaviors. 

But young children don’t 

have the power to control their 

own environment, so parents 

are involved, too. To qualify for 

the COMPASS study, the overweight 

child must have at least 

one overweight parent who will 

be encouraged to actively participate 

in the program as well. 

“If you can change the parent’s 

behavior and help that 

adult acquire healthier eating 

habits and physical activity 

patterns, that’s going to have 

a positive effect on the child,” 

says Wilfley, a professor of 

psychiatry, medicine, pediatrics 

and psychology. “We are aggressively 

targeting both overweight 

and obese children and 

their parents.” 

Family-based interventions 

to help kids lose weight consistently 

have been shown to 

be effective. However, maintaining 

weight loss remains a 

challenge for both children and 

adults. In order to overcome 

the problem of weight regain after 

weight-loss treatment, families 

must learn weight-maintenance 

behaviors and skills. In 

a past study, Wilfley and her 

colleagues found that children 

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Cancer, Alzheimer’s Less Likely 

to Strike in Combination 

By Michael Purdy 

It may seem a small consolation 

from either point of view, 

but a new study has affirmed 

that patients with cancer are 

less likely to develop Alzheimer’s 

disease, and patients with 

Alzheimer’s disease are less 

likely to get cancer. 

“There were still people who 

had both Alzheimer’s and cancer, 

but it was significantly less 

common than we would expect,” 

says lead author Catherine M. 

Roe, Ph.D., research instructor 

in neurology at Washington 

University School of Medicine 

in St. Louis. “If there truly is an 

inverse association, it gives us 

one more way of finding out 

what’s going wrong in both 

cancer and Alzheimer’s, and 

that could lead us to new ways 

to treat either condition.” 

The study appears online 

Dec. 23 in the journal Neurology. 

Hints of a disconnect between 

cancers and neurological 

disorders have been building 

for years. The effect was 

first noticed in patients with 

Parkinson’s disease, who get 

cancer less often; later studies 

have suggested that multiple 

sclerosis sufferers may have 

fewer tumors, and that Down 

syndrome patients who live to 

middle age or older have reduced 

incidence of cancer. 

The premise that hunger 

makes food look more appealing 

is a widely held belief – just 

ask those who cruise grocery 

store aisles on an empty stomach, 

only to go home with a full 

basket and an empty wallet. 

Prior research studies have 

suggested that the so-called 

hunger hormone ghrelin, which 

the body produces when it’s 

hungry, might act on the brain 

to trigger this behavior. New 

research in mice by UT Southwestern 

Medical Center scientists 

suggest that ghrelin might 

also work in the brain to make 

some people keep eating “pleasurable” 

foods when they’re already 

full. 

“What we show is that there 

may be situations where we are 

driven to seek out and eat very 

rewarding foods, even if we’re 

full, for no other reason than 

our brain tells us to,” said Dr. 

Jeffrey Zigman, assistant professor 

of internal medicine and 

psychiatry at UT Southwestern 

and co-senior author of the 

study appearing online and in a 

future edition of Biological Psychiatry. 

Scientists previously have 

linked increased levels of ghrelin 

to intensifying the rewarding 

or pleasurable feelings one 

gets from cocaine or alcohol. 

Six years ago, Maria Behrens, 

M.D., then a postdoctoral 

fellow at Washington University’s 

Alzheimer’s Disease Research 

Center (ADRC), noticed 

that few nursing home patients 

in her native Chile seemed to 

have cancer. Roe, Behrens and 

their colleagues conducted a 

study using data from research 

volunteers at the ADRC and 

found that people with Alzheimer’s 

disease were slower to develop 

cancer in the future. 

For the new study, scientists 

followed 3,020 people aged 65 

and older enrolled in the Cardiovascular 

Health Study, a National 

Heart, Lung, and Blood 

Institute Study that gathered 

extensive health data on its 

participants. ADRC researchers 

monitored the subjects for 

an average of five years to see 

if they developed dementia and 

for an average of eight years 

to see if they were hospitalized 

for cancer. As the study began, 

164 patients already had 

Alzheimer’s, and 522 patients 

had been diagnosed with cancer. 

During the study, 478 people 

developed dementia, and 

376 developed invasive cancer. 

Those who had Alzheimer’s 

disease at the start of the 

study were 69 percent less 


Researchers Find Clues to 

Why Some Eat When Full 

Dr. Zigman said his team speculated 

that ghrelin might also 

increase specific rewarding aspects 

of eating. 

Rewards, he said, generally 

can be defined as things that 

make us feel better. 

“They give us sensory pleasure, 

and they motivate us to 

work to obtain them,” he said. 

“They also help us reorganize 

our memory so that we remember 

how to get them.” 

Dr. Mario Perello, postdoctoral 

researcher in internal 

medicine and lead author of the 

current study, said the idea was 

to determine “why someone 

who is stuffed from lunch still 

eats – and wants to eat – that 

high-calorie dessert.” 

For this study, the researchers 

conducted two standard 

behavioral tests. In the first, 

they evaluated whether mice 

that were fully sated preferred 

a room where they had previously 

found high-fat food over 

one that had only offered regular 

bland chow. They found 

that when mice in this situation 

were administered ghrelin, they 

strongly preferred the room that 

had been paired with the highfat 

diet. Mice without ghrelin 

showed no preference. 

“We think the ghrelin 

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Health 

Small Changes in Protein 

Chemistry Play Large Role 

in Huntington’s Disease 

In Huntington’s disease, a 

mutated protein in the body becomes 

toxic to brain cells. Recent 

studies have demonstrated 

that a small region adjacent 

to the mutated segment plays 

a major role in the toxicity. Two 

new studies supported by the 

National Institutes of Health 

show that very slight changes 

to this region can eliminate 

signs of Huntington’s disease 

in mice. 

Researchers do not fully 

understand why the protein 

(called mutant huntingtin) is 

toxic, but one clue is that it accumulates 

in ordered clumps 

of fibrils, perhaps clogging up 

the cells’ internal machinery. 

“These studies shed light 

on the structure and biochemistry 

of the mutant huntingtin 

protein and on potentially 

modifiable factors that affect its 

toxicity,” said Margaret Sutherland, 

Ph.D., a program director 

at NIH’s National Institute 

of Neurological Disorders and 

Winter weather doesn’t 

have to derail your exercise 

routine, says a Saint Louis University 

exercise expert. As you 

adjust to darker days, colder 

temperatures and slippery surfaces, 

however, it’s important 

to be mindful of safety issues 

that come with the territory of 

winter workouts. 

“A change in weather should 

bring a change to your mindset. 

As temperatures get colder, it’s 

important for athletes to adjust 

their routines,” says Tony Breitbach, 

Ph.D., director of athletic 

training education at Saint 

Louis University. “You need to 

have a winter sports strategy. 

“If you plan well, you’ll be 

able to keep up with your routine 

fairly easily. Being aware 

of winter’s challenges is the 

best way to avoid injury.” 

Breitbach offers the following 

tips to avoid injury during 

winter months: 

Watch what you wear 

In mustering the will power 

you’ll need to continue your 

workout in sub-zero weather, 

you’ll make it easier if you 

dress for temperature extremes. 

Dress in layers for 

outside exercise. The layer 

closest to your skin should be 

made of breathable wicking 

material, avoiding cotton which 

retains sweat. Next, add a thermal 

layer of fleece or cotton to 

keep in heat, and use a third, 

outer layer as a cover. As you 

start to heat up you’ll be able to 

peel off layers to manage your 

comfort level. 

Stroke (NINDS). “They reveal 

sites within the huntingtin protein 

and within broader disease 

pathways that could serve as 

targets for drug therapy.” 

Both studies were published 

online this week. One 

study, published in the Journal 

of Cell Biology, was led by Leslie 

Thompson, Ph.D., and Joan 

Steffan, Ph.D., of the University 

of California, Irvine. The other 

study, in Neuron, was led by 

X. William Yang, M.D., Ph.D., 

of the University of California, 

Los Angeles in collaboration 

with Ron Wetzel, Ph.D., of the 

University of Pittsburgh School 

of Medicine. 

Huntington’s disease is inherited, 

and usually strikes in 

middle age, producing uncontrollable 

movements of the legs 

and arms, a loss of muscle 

coordination, and changes in 

personality and intellect. It is inexorably 

progressive and leads 


Five Ways to Weather 

Winter Sports 

SLU Expert Offers Tips to Avoid Exercise Hazards 

And, remember: your furthest 

extremities are the first 

to be affected by the cold, so 

watch for pain or tingling in your 

ears, fingers or toes as a signal 

that it’s time to go inside to 

warm up. 

Watch what you eat and 

drink 

For many of us, the holidays 

bring temptations in the form of 

rich foods, holiday drinks and 

sugary desserts. If you overindulge, 

you’ll need to step up 

your workout just to maintain 

your current level of fitness. 

Staying well-hydrated is another 

concern during cold winter 

months because of dry air 

and indoor heat. Drink plenty of 

fluids, though be sure to avoid 

caffeine and alcohol-based 

beverages which also lead to 

dehydration. 

Watch for hazards 

An after-work run in August 

is a chance to enjoy the long 

summer evenings of daylight. 

In winter, it’s likely dark before 

you ever make it home from the 

office. Use caution when running 

after dark by wearing lightcolored, 

reflective clothing so 

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Because there are fewer exercise 

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No two tumors are alike, 

but analyzing the genetics of 

cancers from different parts of 

the body may reveal surprising 

details useful for treatment and 

prevention. 

That process is already 

gaining traction at the University 

of Chicago’s Institute for 

Genomics and Systems Biology 

(IGSB), where researchers 

are one year into a three-year 

project to collect and analyze 

the genetic sequence and variations 

of every gene expressed 

by 1,000 tumors. 

Over the past year, working 

closely with physicians, the 

IGSB team collected complete 

sequence data for genes expressed 

by 100 tumors -- primarily 

breast cancer, head and 

neck cancer, and leukemia. 

Correlating genetic data with 

patient outcomes, they have 

begun to identify genetic patterns 

within tumors that may 

help them predict how a cancer 

will behave. Many experts 

believe such information will increasingly 

guide treatment. 

“The long-term goal,” said 

IGSB Director Kevin White, 

James and Karen Frank Family 

Professor in human genetics 

and ecology and evolution,” is 

to translate genomic discoveries 

into useful diagnostic tools 

and therapeutic strategies. This 

should improve patient care.” 

Not to be confused with the 

“1,000 Genomes Project” -- an 

international effort to sequence 

all of the DNA from 1,000 individuals 

selected from hundreds 

of distinct populations worldwide 

-- the Chicago 1,000-cancer-genomes 

project is based entirely 

at the University of Chicago and 

tightly focused on the genetics 

of this common disease. 

“The Chicago Cancer Genome 

Project is aimed at teaching 

us how to use the genetic 

state of the cells as a guidepost 

for which treatments should be 

offered to specific patients,” 

White said. 

Cancer is a genetic disease. 

Each tumor’s genes provide 

clues about the severity of the 

disease. They can sometimes 

predict whether a cancer will 

respond to specific treatments, 

develop resistance to radiation 

or chemotherapy, relapse after 

therapy, or spread to a distant 

site. 

Many established cancer 

treatments grew out of genetic 

information, beginning at the 

University of Chicago with Elwood 

Jensen’s discovery of 

the estrogen receptor in 1958, 

which led to the development 

of estrogen blockers such as 

tamoxifen, and Janet Rowley’s 

descriptions of the first chromosomal 

translocations in 1972, 

work that led to the targeted 

therapy known as Gleevec. 

But the Chicago Cancer 


Chicago Cancer Genome Project 

Studies Genetics of 1,000 Tumors 

Genome Project is among the 

first efforts to combine a focus 

on the genes expressed 

by multiple cancers with broad 

scale, systematic implementation. 

During the pilot phase -- 

sequencing expressed genes 

from the first 100 tumors -- the 

team established and refined 

a project framework utilizing 

the latest in gene-sequencing 

technology and computational 

analysis. 

“We now know how to do 

this,” said White. “We have the 

basic structure in place. In the 

process, we have identified 

novel genes associated with 

clinical outcome in selected 

cancers.” 

The next steps are to determine 

how these altered genes 

act and expand the project to 

include more tumor types, including 

cancers of the bladder, 

lung, pancreas, prostate, as 

well as several childhood cancers 

such as rhabdosarcomas 

and neuroblastomas. 

Analyzing a wide variety of 

tumors may reveal previously 

unknown genetic similarities in 

cancers typically classified as 

different according to tissue of 

origin, White said. 

The genetics of cancer can 

be extraordinarily complex, said 

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The Chicago approach differs 

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A year ago a team from 

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Since then, genomes for breast 

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flowers for weddings, sympathy, 

graduations, Valentine’s 

Day, Mother’s Day or any special 

occasion and everyday 

floral arrangements to clients 

in far reaches of Montgomery, 

Warren, Lincoln, St. Charles, 

St. Louis and Franklin counties. 

Over the years, A Moment of 

Grace has captured the hearts 

and minds of many thousands 

of customers with their beautiful 

floral designs and fabulous 

selection of items like plush 

toys, greeting cards, jewelry, 

blankets, concrete statuary, gift 

baskets, chocolates, candies, 

cheeses and many other gift 

items. 

“Many of our floral arrangement 

recipients have become 

our regular customers. They 

are impressed with the freshness 

and the longevity of their 

arrangements they receive,” 

Cathy said 

Their bridal customer numbers 

have grown multifold too; 

many from word of mouth referrals 

from attending the weddings 

that Cathy designed flowers 

for. 

While many florists will 

need to be booked a years in 

advance for weddings, they are 

currently booking spring weddings. 

Their great staff affords 

them the ability to get the job 

done at a shorter notice. “We 

get taking brides every week 

who are getting married in coming 

spring and next summer,” 

Cathy said. 

Designing funeral arrangements 

and casket sprays has 

become a major part of Cathy’s 

business. “The funeral arrangement 

part of our business 

has experienced tremendous 

growth in 2008 and 2009,” 

she said. Cathy and her staffs’ 

beautiful designs have won the 

business endorsement from 

several local funeral homes. 


“They are truly unique in their 

effort to produce an exception- 

Missourians to Submit 

Nominations to Become 

New Poet Laureate 

Gov. Jay Nixon signed an 

executive order establishing 

the procedure that will be used 

to select Missouri’s second 

poet laureate. 

“Missouri has produced 

generations of powerful, inspirational 

and compelling poets 

and writers, including such 

timeless bards as Samuel Clemens, 

Maya Angelou and Laura 

Ingalls Wilder,” Gov. Nixon 

said. “By selecting a poet laureate, 

we pay tribute to these 

brilliant artists, and we hope to 

inspire the poets and authors 

of the future. Georganne and I 

look forward to working closely 

with the selection committee to 

identify a poet laureate who reflects 

the great traditions, richness 

and diversity of our state 

and will help fulfill this important 

educational mission.” 

Missouri’s next poet laureate 

will be named in January 

2010 and serve a term of two 

years without compensation. 

Under the Governor’s executive 

order, the poet laureate 

must be a resident of Missouri; 

be a published poet; be active 

in the poetry community; and 

be willing and able to promote 

al tribute,” said a local funeral 

home owner. 

A Moment of Grace has designed 

casket sprays with elk 

antlers, pheasant feathers, sea 

shells, bibles, hats, guns and 

holsters and even in the shape 

of a barber shop pole. 

Cathy thanked her dedicated 

staff and her loyal customers 

and funeral homes for her 

continued success. She also 

thanked Marvin and Maureen 

for bringing her a hot new item. 

“Call us or stop by for all your 

floral and gift needs and check 

out these exciting key chains 

and cell phone holders. I am 

sure you will love the designs.” 

A Moment of Grace is open 

Monday to Saturday 9 am to 

5:30 pm and can be contacted 

at 636-456-9334 or 888- 

321-4050. Orders can also be 

placed through their website 

www.amomentofgraceflorist. 

com and their FTD website 

www.amogflorist.com. 

For information on carrying 

the products, call (256) 773- 

8327 or email m2wallace@ 

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poetry in the state throughout 

the two-year term. The poet 

laureate will be responsible for 

promoting the arts by making 

appearances at public schools 

and libraries, and will compose 

an original poem in honor of 

Missouri. 

The new appointee will 

succeed Walter Bargen, who 

is completing his term as Missouri’s 

first poet laureate. Bargen, 

who was named poet laureate 

in 2008, is the author of 

more than 10 books of poetry, 

and his work has appeared in 

more than 100 magazine publications. 

He has worked for 

more than 20 years at the University 

of Missouri-Columbia as 

a senior coordinator for the Assessment 

Resource Center. 

An advisory committee, including 

three representatives 

of the Missouri Center for the 

Book and two members appointed 

by the Governor, will 

solicit, publicize and encourage 

nominations for this post. First 

Lady Georganne Wheeler Nixon 

is serving as honorary chair 

of the advisory committee. The 

committee will be charged with 

developing additional selection 

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criteria, reviewing and evaluating 

the nominations, and 

recommending candidates for 

appointment to the Governor. 

Members of the advisory committee 

must have expertise in 

contemporary American poetry 

and shall serve at the pleasure 

of the Governor. 

Gov. Nixon and the members 

of the advisory committee 

invite Missourians to submit 

their nominations for poet lau- 

Warrenton is growing, there 

would be enough business for 

three grooming houses in this 

area. But getting people to use 

a new groomer on their pets is 

what worried me.” 

“I as a new groomer knew I 

Carol Hoover 

reate. To do so, Missourians 

should point their browsers to 

Gov. Nixon’s Web site, governor.mo.gov. 

A downloadable 

application is available at the 

top of that page. 

Missourians should print 

and complete the application; 

attach three of the nominee’s 

poems; and submit the application 

to the Governor’s office in 

one of the following ways: 

Office of Gov. Jay Nixon 

Pet Groomer.........CONTINUED FROM FRONT 

would make mistakes and was 

hoping the public would understand; 

and even today, there 

are times it happens,” she said. 

“I do stand behind whatever the 

problem is.” 

Carol also said, “For sure, 

Boards and Commissions 

Department 

Attn: Poet Laureate 

Capitol Building, Room 216 

P.O. Box 720 

Jefferson City, MO 65102 

FAX: (573) 751-1495 

E-mail: boards@mo.gov (All 

materials submitted by e-mail 

should be attached as a PDF) 

The deadline for submitting 

applications is Jan. 14, 2010. 

communication is the name of 

the game. If there is something 

not the way you want it, please 

do not hold back; discuss it with 

me. There is always room for 

improvement; my commitment 

is to the customers.” 

This groomer is doing her 

part in helping customers counter 

the effects of the current 

economy. “I have added a couple 

new things here in the shop, 

and one thing I try to do is keep 

my prices down. With times being 

hard and cash not so available, 

it is very important I match 

prices if a customer mentions it 

to me,” Carol said. 

She said that a groomer is 

like an artist. “We each have 

our own way of doing things 

as far as design goes, but no 

matter what, I love my job. And 

for sure, pamper the pets that 

come in here.” 

So what has not changed in 

four years: “I still have my play 

room, day care services, teeth 

brushing, shed-x treatments 

and flea baths. The pets usually 

have the run of the place, 

depending if they get along with 

other dogs, if they are spayed 

or neutered,” she explained. 

In closing, her gratitude for 

her success is to her customers. 

“Once again, I would like 

to thank my customers and pet 

owners for their support and 

kindness. And do stop in and 

visited with me any time you 

would like. I encourage the 

owners to stay with their pets 

and comfort them while they are 

being groomed,” said Carol. 

Asked if she had some 

timely advice for pet owners, 

she said, “Please remember 

your pets are not a seasonal 

thing, they need grooming year 

round. If they are there to work 

a herd or make you laugh, then 

you need to maintain them.” 

Carol works with appointments 

and to contact Pamper 

Your Pets Salon call 636- 

456-9075. The hours are 

Monday-Saturday 8:00am to 

4:00/4:30pm. They are closed 

on holidays. 


Missouri Insurance Dept. 

Urges Decrease in 2010 

Workers’ Comp Rates 

After reviewing statewide 

data for insurance claims 

paid by employers for injured 

workers in 2009, the Missouri 

Department of Insurance is 

recommending an overall decrease 

in workers’ compensation 

loss costs by 8.1 percent 

for 2010. 

Each year, the National 

Council on Compensation 

Insurance (NCCI) files “losscosts” 

with the Department of 

Insurance for its review. These 

loss costs are used by insurance 

companies in setting their 

rates in the coming year and 

generally reflect the average 

costs of lost wages and medical 

payments of workers injured on 

the job. The department also 

makes its own recommendation 

for loss costs, after reviewing 

the NCCI filing as well as 

the underlying claim and payroll 

data. 

Under Missouri law, insurers 

and self-insurers are allowed to 

set their rates based either on 

the recommendations of the 

NCCI or of the department. 

Both the NCCI and department 

make recommendations for 

general loss costs, as well as 

for specific industry groups. 

Effective Jan. 1, 2010, the 

NCCI proposes an overall decrease 

of 1.9 percent from its 

2009 loss costs. The department 

proposes the larger decrease 

of 8.1 percent. This 

marks the fourth consecutive 

year the NCCI and department 

have recommended loss cost 

decreases. 

“If insurers implement our 

recommended decrease, Missouri 

employers could see as 

much as $80 million in reduced 

premiums in the coming year,” 

said John M. Huff, director of 

the Missouri Department of Insurance, 

Financial Institutions 

and Professional Registration 

(DIFP). “In today’s challenging 

economy, it’s important that 

state government be a strong 

and effective partner with Missouri 

businesses to keep costs 

down.” 

Huff says workers’ comp 

insurance market is increasingly 

competitive in Missouri, 

with 25 new insurers entering 

the market since 2008. 256 

companies are actively writing 

workers’ comp policies in Missouri. 

Huff says competitive 

prices are largely due to continued 

improvements in workplace 

safety, resulting in fewer 

workers’ compensation claims. 

The frequency of on-the-job injuries 

is down 60 percent over 

the past 15 years. 

The NCCI’s proposed 

change in loss costs by industry 

group is shown below: 

NCCI 1/1/2010 advisory 

loss costs 

Industry group/ Largest Decrease/ 

Largest increase/ Average 

change 

Manufacturing 

-20%/ +20%/ 0.0% 

Goods & services 

-20%/ +20%/ 0.0% 

Contracting 

-25%/ +15%/ -5.4% 

Office & clerical 

-25%/ +15%/ -5.1% 

Miscellaneous 

-19%/ +21%/ +0.5% 

Total 

-25%/ +21%/ -1.9% 

After a thorough review of 

the loss costs by the contracted 

actuarial firm, the department 

recommends that the voluntary 

loss costs be lower than the 

NCCI’s advisory loss costs by 

an additional 6.2 percent- in the 

following areas: 

Indemnity and medical 

trend, -1.3 % 

Additional impact from SB 1 

and 130, -3.4 % 

Use of voluntary market 

data, 0.1 % 

Claim expense costs, -1.6% 

Total indicated change to 

NCCI’s proposed 2010 loss 

costs, -6.2 % 

Workers’ compensation 

claims are regulated by the Division 

of Workers’ Compensation 

in the Missouri Department 

of Labor and Industrial Relations, 

and rates are reviewed 

by the state Department of Insurance. 

The DIFP’s independent review 

of loss-cost data is available 

on the department’s Web 

site. 

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Attorney General 

Warns 

Missouri Seniors 

of “Grandparent 

Scam” 

Attorney General Chris 

Koster issued a Consumer Alert 

warning Missouri seniors of a 

scam aimed at swindling grandparents 

out of their savings. 

Koster said the scammers 

will place a phone call to unsuspecting 

seniors posing as their 

grandchild, saying he has been 

in an accident, is in jail-most often 

for drunk driving-or that the 

grandchild is in some other kind 

of trouble. He said the caller often 

says that the grandchild is 

in Canada and asks the grandparent 

to wire money there via 

Western Union. Koster said one 

worried Missouri grandparent 

wired more than $20,000 after 

receiving a call from her “grandson” 

saying that he had been 

arrested for DWI in Canada and 

needed her to send money. 

Koster said that consumer 

complaint reports his office has 

received indicate that the callers 

have an uncanny amount 

of personal information about 

the family, often knowing the 

grandparent and grandchild’s 

name. 

“The fact that these scam- 


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Annual Warrenton Elks Hoop Shoot a Success 

The Warrenton Elks Annual 

Hoop Shoot was held Dec. 

19 Saturday at the Warrenton 

Field House. 

“I would like to Thank those 

who helped: Sandy Lucks, 

Steve Cameron, Ken Sharp, 

Fred Clay, Kim Murphy, Charlie 

Tucker, Fred David, Alan White 

and Kim Handlang,” said Hoop 

Shoot Director, Joe Lucks. 

The group will be sending 

five participants to the District 

Shoot at O’Fallon Jan. 16. 

In the 8-9 girls category, Miranda 

Nelson will participate; 

8-9 boys, Travis Toebben; 10- 

11 girls, Emma Housewright; 

10-11 boys, Samuel Woodrow; 

and 12-13 boys, Jesse 

Washburn. All totaled from the 

school’s competition, 1400 kids 

participated 

The Elks would like to thank 

Kathy Simpson and Jenny 

Westphal for holding contests 

in their gym classes at Rebecca 

Boone and Warrior Ridge. 

“Thank You to all who participated, 

Lucks continued. 

Census Bureau Projects U.S. Population 

of 308.4 Million on New Year’s Day 

PRNewswire-- On the eve 

of the 2010 Census, as the 

Census Bureau prepares to 

conduct an actual count of the 

nation’s population, the bureau 

projects that on Jan. 1, 2010 -- 

three months out from Census 

Day -- the total U.S. population 

will be 308,400,408. This 

would represent an increase of 

2,606,181, or 0.9 percent, from 

New Year’s Day 2009. 

In January 2010, one birth 

is expected to occur every 

PRNewswire/ -- The Insurance 

Information Institute says 

you can save money on insurance 

if you avoid five big insurance 

mistakes: 

Mistake #1: Insuring a home 

for its real estate value rather 

than the cost of rebuilding. 

When real estate prices go 

down, homeowners may think 

they can reduce the amount of 

coverage on their home. But 

insurance covers the cost of rebuilding, 

not the sales price. 

A better way to save: Raise 

your deductible. An increase 

from $500 to $1,000, could 

save up to 25%. 

Mistake #2: Selecting an 

insurance company by price 

alone. 

It’s important to choose 

a company with competitive 

prices, but also one that is financially 

sound with good customer 

service. 

A better way to save: Check 

the financial health of a company 

with independent rating 

PRNewswire-USNewswire/ 

-- On December 11, 2009, the 

National Association of Boards 

of Pharmacy(R) (NABP(R)) 

reached a bitter-sweet milestone 

in its ongoing review of 

Web sites selling prescription 

medications. NABP now lists 

more than 5,000 Internet drug 

outlets as Not Recommended. 

These sites -- 96% of the total 

number of sites reviewed - 

- have been found to be out of 

compliance with pharmacy laws 

and practice standards established 

in the United States to 

protect the public health. 

“There is a common mis- 

eight seconds in the United 

States and one death every 12 

seconds. 

Meanwhile, net international 

migration is expected to add 

one person every 37 seconds to 

the U.S. population in January 

2010, resulting in an increase 

in the total U.S. population of 

one person every 14 seconds. 

The 2010 Census is a count 

of everyone living in the United 

States and is mandated by the 

U.S. Constitution. Census data 

are used to distribute congressional 

seats to states and used 

to allocate more than $400 billion 

in federal funds to local, 

state and tribal governments 

each year. 

The 2010 Census questionnaire 

will be one of the shortest 

in history and consists of 10 

questions, taking about 10 minutes 

to complete. It’s safe, it’s 

easy, it’s important. For more 

information, visit http://2010. 

census.gov/2010census. 

Five Insurance Mistakes to Avoid 

agencies and ask friends and 

family for recommendations. 

Mistake #3: Dropping flood 

insurance. 

Many homeowners are unaware 

they are at risk for flooding, 

but 25% of all flood losses 

are in low risk areas. 

A better way to save: Before 

purchasing a home, check with 

the National Flood Insurance 

Program (NFIP) to see if it is in 

a flood zone; if so, consider a 

less risky area. FEMA recommends 

all homeowners consider 

flood insurance, available 

from the NFIP. 

Mistake #4: Only purchasing 

the legally required amount 

of liability for your car. 

In today’s litigious society, 

buying only the minimum 

amount of liability means you’ll 

likely pay more out-of-pocket. 

A better way to save: Consider 

dropping collision and/ 

or comprehensive coverage 

on older cars worth less than 

$1,000. 

Mistake #5: Neglecting to 

purchase renters insurance. 

A renters policy covers your 

possessions and additional 

living expenses if you have to 

move out due to a disaster. 

Equally important, it also provides 

liability protection. 

A better way to save: Look 

into multi-policy discounts. 

Buying several policies with the 

same insurer, such as renters, 

auto and life will generally provide 

savings. 

The Insurance Information 

Institute (I.I.I.) is an educational, 

research and communications 

organization funded 

by the insurance industry to 

explain what insurance is and 

how it works. 

Each year, the I.I.I. works 

on more than 3,700 news stories, 

handles more than 6,000 

requests for information and 

answers nearly 50,000 questions 

from consumers. 

5,000 Web Sites Selling Prescription Drugs Outside 

of Pharmacy Laws and Practice Standards 

conception that prescription 

medications purchased from 

any Web site calling itself 

a pharmacy are safe,” says 

NABP President Gary A. Schnabel, 

RN, RPh. “Patients have 

grown to trust prescription 

medications in the US because 

the manufacturing and supply 

systems are tightly regulated to 

ensure safety. What many patients 

fail to realize, however, is 

that when buying medications 

from unknown sources online, 

those safeguards vanish, and 

the odds of getting counterfeit 

or substandard medication rise 

substantially.” 

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Of the 5,231 Internet drug 

outlets NABP had assessed 

since the May 2008 launch of 

its Internet drug outlet review 

program, 5,008 (96%) of the 

sites were found to be out of 

compliance with basic criteria 

for legitimate pharmacy practice 

and were posted as Not 

Recommended on the NABP 

Web site. Of the 5,008 sites 

listed as Not Recommended: 

-- More than 75% (4,029) 

dispense drugs without a valid 

prescription. 

-- More than half (2,762) 

accept a brief online questionnaire 

in place of a prescription. 

To be valid, and to ensure 

patient safety, a prescription 

must be based on a legitimate 

patient-practitioner relationship 

that has included a face-to-face 

physical examination. 

-- Nearly 25% (1,327) post 

a physical address located outside 

the US. 

-- Nearly half (2,436) do not 

provide any physical address. 

According to the World Health 

Organization, more than 50% 

of medicines purchased over 

the Internet from sites that conceal 

their physical address are 

counterfeit. 

-- Nearly half (2,216) offer 

foreign or unapproved drugs. 

Because these drugs are not 

subject to the quality and safety 

requirements of those approved 

for sale in the US -- or 

even of those approved for sale 

in other developed countries - 

- their safety and efficacy are 

unknown. 

-- Nearly 20% (956) do not 

have secure sites that protect 

patients’ personal and financial 

information. 

Internet pharmacies listed 

as Recommended on the NABP 

Web site have been accredited 

by the VIPPS(R) (Verified Inter- 

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Internet pharmacies have successfully 

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rigorous 19-point criteria evaluation 

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ensure they adhere to the highest 

standards for pharmacy 

practice and patient safety. 

“Patients looking to purchase 

medications over the 

Internet would be well-advised 

to consider who is on the other 

end of the transaction,” President 

Schnabel says. “Virtually 

anyone with a computer and 

a bank account can sign on to 

become an affiliate of a rogue 

network, set up a Web site using 

a template, and start selling 

drugs online. Bearing in mind 

that these affiliate network programs 

are behind thousands of 

Web sites selling prescription 

drugs, it follows that the operators 

of most Internet drug outlets 

have no knowledge of or 

concern for patient safety.” 

Knowledge is key to protecting 

the public from these 

high-tech drug dealers. NABP 

continues to research Web 

sites selling prescription drugs 

and report its findings to state 

and federal regulators, and to 

educate health care professionals 

and the public on the 

dangers of buying prescription 

drugs online, thereby empowering 

patients to make informed 

choices. More information is 

available in the Internet Pharmacies 

section of the NABP 

Web site, www.nabp.net. 

NABP is the independent, 

international, and impartial Association 

that assists its member 

boards and jurisdictions in 

developing, implementing, and 

enforcing uniform standards for 

the purpose of protecting the 

public health. 

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Obituaries 

Dorothy West 

Dorothy West, 79, of rural 

Montgomery City, MO, died 

at 5:36 a.m. on December 23, 

2009, at the Audrain Medical 

Center in Mexico , MO. 

Dorothy West was born on 

September 11, 1930, in Gamma, 

MO, the daughter of Henry 

Clay West and Maude Mae 

Hendricks. She lived most of 

her life in rural Montgomery City 

except for the fifteen years that 

she lived in Indio, CA , where 

she worked as a waitress. Ms. 

West enjoyed the outdoors and 

working with her flowers. 

Ms. West is survived by two 

sisters: Leta and Mary West 

of rural Montgomery City, MO; 

and numerous nieces, nephews, 

cousins, and friends. 

Ms. West was preceded in 

death by her parents and by 

five brothers: Les, Roy, Howard, 

Calvin and Buell West. 

Funeral services were held 

at 11:00 AM on Saturday, December 

26, 2009, at the Schlanker 

Funeral Home in Montgomery 

City, MO. Interment 

was in the Fairmount Cemetery 

in Middletown, MO. Visitation 

was held from 9:30 AM until 

the time of service on Saturday 

at the Schlanker Funeral Home 

in Montgomery City, MO. Casketbearers 

included Sid West, 

Perry West, Clint Percy, Ray 

Hollensteiner, Ben West, Steve 

Davis, and Duke Rodgers. 

Memorial contributions are 

suggested to the American 

Cancer Society, c/o Schlanker 

Funeral Home, 207 Danville 

Road , Montgomery City , MO 

63361 . 

Condolences may be made 

to www.schlankerfuneralhome. 

com 

Charles Alden 

Siders 

Funeral services for Charles 

Alden Siders of Elsberry, 

MO were held at 11:00 a.m. 

Wednesday, December 30, 

2009 at Carter-Ricks Funeral 

Home in Elsberry. Rev. Tim 

Gordon, pastor of the Elsberry 

Holiness Church will officiate 

with burial in Elsberry City 

Cemetery in Elsberry. Serving 

as pallbearers will be members 

of American Legion Post #226 

in Elsberry. 

Mr. Siders, 69, passed away 

Saturday morning, December 

26, 2009 at his home in Elsberry. 

Born August 15, 1940 in 

Greenfield, MO, he was the son 

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of Allen Leroy and Mildred Fern 

Allen Siders. He was a graduate 

of Enola High School in Enola, 

PA. He served his country in 

the U.S. Marine Corp, active 

duty from January 9, 1959 until 

January 8, 1963; and in the 

reserves until January 8, 1965. 

He was united in marriage on 

May 1, 1968 in Winchester, VA 

to Dorothy Marie Smith Lanser. 

After almost 25 years of marriage, 

Dorothy preceded him 

in death on June 18, 1993. He 

was employed for many years 

as an assembly line machinist 

at the Chrysler plant in Fenton, 

MO, retiring in 2001. He then 

worked as a carpenter for B&B 

Construction, retiring in 2004. 

Mr. Siders was married again 

on October 1, 2005 in Pittsfield, 

IL to Pauline Frances Keefer. 

He was a member of the UAW 

Local #110 in St. Louis; and the 

American Legion Post #226 in 

Elsberry. 

He was preceded in death 

by his father, Allen L. Siders; 

and his first wife, Dorothy Siders. 

Survivors include his beloved 

wife, Pauline Siders of 

Elsberry; one daughter, Judy 

Hale and her husband, Mark, of 

Troy, MO; and one grandson, 

Kyle. He also leaves his mother, 

Mildred Dietz Witt of Elsberry; 

four brothers: Allen “Shorty” 

Siders, Sr. and his wife, Beverly, 

of Elsberry, Melvin “Porky” 

Dietz of Columbia, MO, Marty 

Dietz and his wife, Brenda of 

Elsberry, and Lonnie Ben Dietz, 

also of Elsberry; seven sisters: 

Joyce Hare of Harrisburg, PA, 

Linda Clark of Elsberry, Judy 

Hoerrman and her husband, 

Bob, of Kirksville, MO, Donna 

Dryden of Elsberry, Vicki 

Sanderson and her husband, 

Ron, of Bloomsdale, MO, Connie 

Wallace and her husband, 

Robert, of Foley, MO, and Betty 

Reed and her husband, Bob, of 

Louisiana, MO; several nieces, 

nephews, cousins, other relatives 

and many friends. 

Visitation was held from 4:00 

– 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 

29, 2009 at Carter-Ricks 

Funeral Home in Elsberry. 

Memorials may be made to 

the American Cancer Society 

in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral 

Home, 107 South Fifth Street, 

Elsberry, MO 63343. Online 

condolences may be made at 

www.carterricksfuneralhome. 

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Garnelle Emma 

(Schaper) Knipmeyer 

Garnelle Emma (Schaper) 

Knipmeyer, 88 of Marshfield, 

formerly of Montgomery City, 

MO, went home to be with Jesus 

at 12:40 p.m. on December 

22, 2009 at the Cox Hospital 

South in Springfield surrounded 

by her family. She had suffered 

a heart attack. Garnelle was 

born on December 4, 1921, in 

Lincoln County, MO to George 

K. and Clara Walbrink Schaper. 

She graduated from Wright City 

High School with the Class of 

1940. On August 10, 1944, 

she married the love of her life, 

Charles Wesley Knipmeyer 

of Warrenton at her home in 

rural Troy. To this union two 

daughters were born, Nancy 

and Sharon. Garnelle gave her 

heart to Jesus early in life and 

lived a dedicated life in Christ. 

She started her work career 

in the garment factory in Troy 

and as a waitress for Big Boy’s 

Cafe. In 1950 they bought a 

farm in Montgomery City, and 

she worked side by side with 

her husband being his “righthand” 

gal on the tractor, taking 

care of chickens and helping 

to make the farm a success. 

She served the Lord by being 

active in church, showing her 

love of children through VBS, 

and shared Christ through her 

smile. After retirement, Garnelle 

and Charles spent 2 1/2 years 

on the mission field of Papua, 

New Guinea and 3 months in 

Nigeria, Africa touching lives for 

Christ. She loved work and witness 

trips, traveling with friends 

and family here and overseas. 

She loved doing handwork 

and even with arthritic hands, 

she crocheted until her death. 

She touched the lives of many 

with her “God’s Will” and “Good 

Shepard” hand work. Most of 

all, she was a wonderful example 

of Christ as a Mother, 

Grandmother, and MeMe. In 

Oct. 2008, she and Charles 

sold the family farm and moved 

to Marshfield, MO, to be closer 

to her children. 

She is survived by her husband, 

Charles,of the home; two 

daughters, Nancy and husband 

Roger (Buck) Rogers of Strafford, 

MO; and Sharon Davolt 

of Independence, KS; one sister, 

Velma Ordelheide of Ft. 

Lauderdale, FL; grandchildren, 

Queda and husband Mike 

Knuckles of Clarksville, OH; Julia 

and husband Tony Sechrest 

of Windermere, FL; DeAnne 

Davolt of Cincinnati, OH; John 

W. and wife Mendy Davolt,of 

Independence, KS, and Kalin 

Barney of Montgomery City; 

Katrina Knuckles of Cincinnati, 

OH;Samantha Dixon and children. 

Kevin Barney, Jim & Kimber 

Rogers,Tabitha & Rob Gurelle, 

Angel Law, Shelly & Jeff 

McCroskey, Tessie & Stephen 

McIlvene and their children. 

She is also survived by nieces 

and nephews and their families 

whom she loved very much and 


made many happy memories 

with them. 

She was preceded in death 

by her parents, four brothersin-law 

and three sisters-in-law. 

She will be sadly missed, but is 

spending Christmas with Jesus 

this year. 

Services were conducted 

by McCoy Blossom Funeral 

Home,Troy, MO with visitation 

Sat. Dec. 26 from 4:00 to 8:00 

p.m. Funeral services were held 

at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday,Dec. 27 

at the Troy Holiness Church. Interment 

followed in Zoar Cemetery, 

Troy, Mo. Officiating was 

be Rev. Joe Davolt. Pallbearers 

were: 

Memorials may be given 

to Gideons International or 

Church of the Nazarene, Montgomery 

City, MO. Friends may 

sign the on-line guest register 

at www.mccoyblossomfh.com. 

Kristy Swan 

Mrs. Kristy J. Swan, 42, of 

Eolia, formerly of Troy, MO, 

passed away on Tues, Dec. 22, 

2009 at her residence following 

a lengthy illness. She was born 

on Aug. 16, 1967 in St.Louis to 

Donald and Lou Ann (Schuler) 

Richardson. Kristy enjoyed 

growing up with her sister, 

Dawn. At the age of 21, she 

married the love of her life, William 

Swan. They were blessed 

with two children: Meggan and 

Billy. The family had lived in 

Ferguson, Troy and lastly Eolia. 

Kristy had worked for Lewis 

Bakeries in IL. She enjoyed life 

to the fullest. Cutting grass and 

playing with her two dogs: Nika 

and Aja were some of her hobbies. 

The family liked to BBQ 

and be outdoors. Her family 

was her number one priority. 

Kristy’s wonderful granddaughter, 

Nakoma, was the apple of 

her eye. Spending her time with 

family and friends was very important 

to Kristy. 

Surviving are her beloved 

husband: William Swan of Eolia; 

her mother, Lou Ann Richardson 

of O’Fallon; her daughter, 

Meggan Swan of Eolia; her 

son, Billy Swan of Eolia; her 

granddaughter, Nakoma; her 

sister, Dawn (Joe) Wilkinson of 

O’Fallon, MO; her father-in-law 

and mother-in-law: William and 

Carole Swan of Tx; other relatives 

and friends. 

Preceding her in death was 

her father, Donald Richardson. 


on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009 at 7 

p.m. from the McCoy-Blossom 

Funeral Home & Cremation 

Center, Troy, MO. Rev. George 

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Prior officiated. Visitation was 

held on Sunday from 3-7 p.m. 

at the funeral home. 

Memorials may be made 

to the Leukemia Foundation, 

c/o McCoy-Blossom Funeral 

Home, Troy. Family and friends 

may sign the on-line guest registry 

at: www.mccoyblossomfh. 

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Leo “Tony” Anton 

Fabing, Jr. 

Leo “Tony” Anton Fabing, 

Jr., 61, of Troy, Missouri passed 

away on Thursday, December 

24, 2009. He was born May 17, 

1948 in St. Louis, Missouri, a 

son of the late Leo A. Fabing, 

Sr. and Adelthia F. Dooley. 

Leo worked for GM parts 

department for 30 years and 

retired from Behlmann GMC in 

June of 2007. He was a member 

of the Teamster Union 618 

and enjoyed playing pool, cars 

and having fun. 

He is survived by three sons: 

Troy D. Fabing and fiancé Trisha 

of Troy, Missouri, Todd A. 

Fabing of the state of Washington 

and Robert L. of the state 

of Arkansas; six siblings: Raymond 

Fabing and wife Angela 

of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, 

Edward Fabing of Delhi, Iowa, 

Terri Watkins and husband 

Drew of Watauga, Texas, Sean 

Dooley and wife Kathi of San 

Antonia, Texas and Cheryl Hollrah 

and husband Jerry of Delhi, 

Iowa and six grandchildren. 

Leo was preceded in death by 

his parents. 

Friends were received from 

4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 

December 29, 2009 at 

Kemper-Marsh-Millard Family 

Funeral Home / Troy Chapel. 


at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 

December 30, 2009 at the funeral 

home. Expressions of 

sympathy may be made to the 

American Heart Association in 

care of Kemper-Marsh-Millard 

Family Funeral Chapel, P.O. 

Box 222, Troy, MO 63379. 

Bernard Eugene 

“Ben” Fort 

Bernard Eugene “Ben” Fort, 

84, of Wellsville, passed away 

at 7:25 P.M., Thursday, December 

24, 2009 at Golden Living 

Center/Gamma Road Lodge in 

Wellsville. Visitation will be held 

from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M., Sunday, 

December 27th at the Myers 

Funeral Home in Wellsville. Funeral 

services will be at 10:30 

A.M., Monday, December 28th 

at the Myers Funeral Home in 

Wellsville. Rev. John Ray and 

621 Main St., Troy, MO 63379 

(636)-528-8823 

(877) 528-8823 

Fax: 462-2821

Obituaries 

Rev. Glenn Swarthout will officiate. 

Serving as organist will 

be Cleta Mertz. 

Burial will be in the Wellsville 

Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers 

will be Roger Cope, 

Ben Fort, Bob Fort, Howard 

Fort, Mark Ghergia and Bob 

Shields. 

Mr. Fort was born on August 

26, 1925, in Shamrock, Missouri, 

a son of Morris Andrew 

and Louie Fannie Brinegar 

Fort. 

On July 19, 1945, in Montgomery 

City, he married Betty 

Jean Erwin. They shared 64 

wonderful years together. 

Ben and Betty have lived 

at their present address since 

1975 but he had lived in the 

Wellsville/Martinsburg area 

most of his life. 

He was a member of the 

First Baptist Church in Wellsville. 

Ben had previously been 

employed as a Molding Supervisor 

for the Wellsville Fire Brick 

Company, starting in 1965 and 

retiring in 1990. Prior to the 

Brick Plant, he had worked at 

Missouri Conoco, driving the 

tank truck for rural gas and diesel 

delivery. 

Ben was also a carpenter 

and had made numerous cabinets 

through the years. He was 

a talented woodworker and 

had made several pieces of 

furniture for his family and also 

shared his woodworking gifts 

with his friends. 

He enjoyed gardening, fishing 

and mushroom hunting. He 

loved spending time with his 

family. 

Ben is survived by his wife, 

Betty Fort, of the home in Wellsville; 

two sons and daughtersin-law, 

Gary Dean and Donna 

Fort, of Lebanon, Tennessee 

and Johnnie Ray “John” and 

Joyce Fort, of Martinsburg; 

four grandchildren, Brandi Deonna 

Ghergia, and her husband, 

Mark of Joelton, Tennessee; 

James Benjamin “Ben” 

Fort and his wife, Katie, of Mill 

Valley, California; Lisa Marie 

Shields and her husband, Bob, 

of Kansas City, MO; and Melissa 

Dawn Fort of Mexico; four 

great-grandchildren, Savannah 

Leigh Price and Matthew Robert 

Ghergia, both of Joelton, 

Tennessee; Hayden James 

Shields, of Kansas City; and 

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Mia Gabrielle Fort of Mill Valley, 

California; brother, George 

Randel “Doe” Fort of Mexico; in 

addition to numerous nieces, 

nephews, cousins and a host of 

friends. 


by his parents, three brothers, 

Emil “Buck” Fort; Clarence 

Raymond “Ted” Fort and Morris 

“Jude” Fort, Jr. and four sisters, 

Clara Coil; Pauline Cope; Edna 

Fowler; and Virginia Sprick. 

Memorials are suggested 

to the American Heart Association, 

American Parkinson Disease 

Foundation or to Cancer 

Research c/o Myers Funeral 

Home, 203 East Bates St., 

Wellsville, MO 63384. 

Edna Roettger 

Edna B. Roettger, 85, of 

O’Fallon, MO passed away 

on Wednesday, December 23, 

2009 in Josephville, MO. She 

was born February 27, 1924 

to Tony Wilmes Sr. and Anna 

Hackenwerth Wilmes. 

Edna was a housewife. She 

was also a member of St. Joseph 

Catholic Church. 

Surviving her in death are 

son, Donald (Bonnie) Roettger 

of Wentzville, MO; two daughters, 

Linda K. (Joe) Schneider 

of Wentzville, MO and Marilyn 

A. (Tom) Weber of St. Charles, 

MO; two brothers, Alfred Wilmes 

of Foristell, MO and Urban 

Wilmes of Wentzville, MO; sister 

Margie Tochtrop of Wentzville, 

MO; nine grandchildren 

and three great-grandchildren. 

Preceding her in death are 

father, Tony Wilmes; mother 

Anna Wilmes; husband Louis 

Roettger; four brothers, Elmer 

Wilmes, Clarence Wilmes, 

Anthony Wilmes, Jr., and Ted 

Wilmes; and two sisters, Irene 

Eisenbath and Mary Burkemper. 

Visitation was held Sunday, 

December 27, 2009 from 3:00- 

8:00 pm at Pitman Funeral 

Home in Wentzville, MO. A funeral 

service was held Monday, 

December 28, 2009 at 10:00 am 

at St. Joseph Catholic Church. 

Burial took place at St. Joseph 

Catholic Cemetery in Josephville, 

MO. 

Memorials can be made to 

Masses or St. Joseph Building 

Fund in care of Pitman Funeral 

Home, P.O. Box 248 Wentzville, 

MO 63385. 

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Dennis Mills 

Dennis Mills, 63, of Wentzville, 

MO passed away on 

Monday, December 21. He was 

born on October 16, 1946 to 

Robert Paul Mills and Mary L. 

Smith Taylor. 

Dennis worked as a line 

worker at General Motors 

Corp. 

He is survived by mother, 

Mary Taylor of Warrenton; son, 

Aaron Mills of Atlanta, GA; 

brother, Robert Mills of Granita 

Hills, CA; two sisters, Sandy 

Numrich of Seattle, WA and Rebecca 

Ritchie of Moline, IL. 


by his father, Robert Mills. 

Visitation was held Saturday, 

December 26, 2009 at 11:00 

am at Pitman Funeral Home in 

Wentzville, MO. Robert Thompson 

officiated. 

A funeral service was held at 

Pitman Funeral Home in Wentzville 

at 11 am. Burial was kept 

private. 

In Lieu of flowers memorials 

may be made to American Cancer 

Society, in care of Pitman 

Funeral Home, P.O. Box 248, 

Wentzville, MO 63385, 

Share your condolences 

and memories at www.pitmanfuneralhome.com 

Veta Gloria Krieger 

Veta Gloria Krieger, 78, of 

Williamsburg, MO passed away 

on Friday, December 25, 2009. 

She was born on April 25, 1931 

to James A. Rogers, Sr. and 

Velma L. Gegg Rogers. 

She worked as a beautician. 

Veta was an artistic person 

who worked in various fields 

throughout her life. 

Surviving her in death are 

son, Thomas P. (Marilyn) Krieger 

of Pevely, MO; two daughters, 

Jacqueline L.(Gary) Smith 

of Williamsburg, MO and Jayne 

R. (Steven) Peuster of Columbia, 

MO; three brothers, James 

A. (Barbara) Rogers of St. Louis, 

MO, Dale (Mary Lou) Rogers 

of St. Louis, MO, and Brad 

(Sandy) Rogers of Warrenton, 

MO; six sisters, June Humphrey 

of Warrenton, MO, Barbara 

(Charles) Wiltshire of Warrenton, 

MO, Joan (Robert) Lee of 

Warrenton, MO Judy Dunne of 

Warrenton, MO, Randa Tinsley 

of Warrenton, MO Stacy 

(David) Lamb of Warrenton, 

MO; 13 grandchildren and 23 

great grandchildren; and many 

nieces and nephews 

Preceding her in death are 

mother, Velma Rogers; father, 

James Rogers, Sr; husband, 

Thomas Krieger; three daughters, 

Gloria McKernon, Carolyn 

Lathim, and Kimberly Krieger; 

and sister Sandra Wootsen. 

A visitation was held on 

Monday, December 28, 2009 

from 4:00-8:00 pm at Pitman 

Funeral Home in Warrenton, 

MO. A funeral service was held 

on Tuesday, December 29, 

2009 at 10:00am at Pitman Funeral 

Home, Warrenton. Burial 

took place at National Cemetery 

in Jefferson Barracks, MO. 


Memorials may be made 

to the Fulton Assembly of God 

Building Fund in care of Pitman 

Funeral Home P.O. Box 126 

Warrenton, MO. 

Maxine Wilmoth 

Maxine Wilmoth, 78, of 

O’Fallon, MO passed away on 

Tuesday, December 22, 2009. 

She was born on October 16, 

1931 to Willie W. Wilson and 

Beatrice E. Kilbreath Wilson. 

She worked as a food service 

hostess. 

Maxine is survived in death 

by husband, Euel “Bud” Wilmoth 

of O’Fallon, MO; daughter 

Carol “Elaine” Sheppard of 

Linn, MO; son Dannie Wilmoth 

of O’Fallon, MO; and four brothers 

W.A. Wilson of Cinncinatti, 

OH, Paul Wilson of Foley, AL, 

Wesley Wilson of Paragould, 

AR, and Joe Wilson of Troy, 

TN. 

She is preceded in death by 

her father, Willie Wilson; mother 

Beatrice Wilson; and brother 

J.W. Wilson. 

Visitation was held on Sunday, 

December 27, 2009 from 

2:00-5:00 pm at Pitman Funeral 

Home Inc. A funeral service was 

held Tuesday, December 29, 

2009 at 2:00 pm at Bradshaw 

Funeral Home in Malden, MO. 

Burial took place at Malden Memorial 

Park, Malden, MO. 

Memorials made be made 

to the Alzheimers Association in 

care of Pitman Funeral Home, 

P.O. Box 248 Wentzville, MO 

63385. 

Bobby Lee Payne 

Bobby Lee Payne, of Wentzville, 

Missouri, died on Wednesday, 

December 23, 2009 at the 

age of 73. He was born on June 

15, 1936 in Curdsville, KY. 

He was the beloved husband 

of Agnes M. Payne; dear 

son of the late Edward Fritz and 

Lena Elizabeth Payne; devoted 

father of Julie (Benny) Lade, 

Vickie Ann (Robert) Brodnax, 

Rhonda (Bobby) Young, Tony 

(Penny) Payne, Peggy (Craig) 

Collier, Vickie Jean (Joseph) 

DuBois, Kathleen (Scottie) 

Prince; cherished grandfather 

of 14 and great-grandfather of 

17. 

He is preceded in death 

by his three brothers Eugene, 

Billy Wayne, and John Parker 

Payne. 

Bobby was employed as an 

Executive at Sears for many 

years before he retired. He enjoyed 

himself at age 55 with golf 

and horse racing and was able 

to fulfill a life long dream to travel 

to Scotland with his son. 

Funeral services will be held 

on Monday, January 4, 2010 at 

noon at Haley McGinnis & lowensboro 

Funeral Home in Owensboro, 

KY. Visitation will be 

held on Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m. 

at the funeral home. Burial will 

be in Rosehill-Elmwood Cemetery 

in Owensboro. 


American Heart Association or 

American Cancer Society. 

M. Robert Braid 

M. Robert Braid, of O’Fallon, 

Missouri, died on Tuesday, December 

22, 2009. He was a beloved 

husband, father, grandfather, 

brother, cousin and uncle. 

Born and raised in Great 

Britain, he served with pride in 

the British Forces. Emigrating 

to Canada in 1958, he joined 

Brown Shoe Co. of Canada, 

and in 1969 was transferred 

to St. Louis. He retired from 

Brown Shoe Co. in 1983 as 

V.P. International Operations. 

Mourning his passing are 

his wife June, daughter Mary 

Cook, son James (Kay) and 

grandsons Ethan and Clayton, 

step-granddaughters Makaila 

and Sara, dear extended family 

members in Canada and England.Private 

family arrangements 

following cremation. 

Any donations considered 

would be appreciated and directed 

to the American Parkinson’s 

Disease Foundation. 

Celest Van Hulle 

Celest R. Van Hulle, age 

97, of O’Fallon, Missouri and 

formerly of Moline, Illinois, died 

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 

at Care Givers Inn in O’Fallon. 

He was born September 15, 

2009 in Rock Island, Illinois, the 

son of Emil and Irma DeVileger 

DeJaeger. 

Mr. VanHulle was retired 

from the John Deere Company 

in Moline where he had worked 

for thirty years and attended St. 

Luke’s Catholic Church. 

Survivors include two 

daughters, Janet M. (Charles) 

Ford and Sharon C. (Don) Willits; 

a brother, Mitchell VanHulle; 

five grandchildren, nine greatgrandchildren 

and five greatgreat 

grandchildren. He was 

preceded in death by his wife, 

Helen F. Waeyaert VanHulle. 

A memorial service for Mr. 

Van Hulle will be held in the 

Spring in Illinois. His body was 

cremated. 

Arrangements are by Alternative 

Funeral & Cremation 

Services, 2115 Parkway Drive, 

St. Peters, Missouri 63376. 

James Sturgill 

James Edward Sturgill 

was enthusiastically welcomed 

into Heaven by his Lord 

and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, 

December 22, 2009. He 

was with us for 78 years. He 

was born on October 23, 1931 

in Coxton, KY. For those of you 

who had the pleasure to know 

him, you can imagine that great 

smile as he heard the words 

“well done my good and faithful 

servant!” 

Jim enjoyed 56 years of 

wonderful marriage to his beloved 

wife, Wanda. He is also 

survived by his proud and loving 

sons. Jim and wife Linda, 

of St. Charles. Bob and wife 

Lori, of Springfield, Mo. If you 

ever wanted to see Jim’s smile 

light up, just talk to him about


the treasures of his life, his 

grandchildren: Jim (28), Brian 

(26), Jeanne (24), Lauren (24), 

Sarah (14), Adam (14), Steven 

(13). 

Jim proudly served his 

country and maintained lifelong 

friendships as part of the 798th 

Radar Squadron of the Air Defense 

Command of the United 

States Air Force. Jim worked 

and retired from the Federal 

Aviation Administration as an 

air traffic controller at St. Louis 

Lambert Airport. He invested 

his professional life to help 

keep America’s skies safe and 

free. 

While Jim was an avid 

sportsman, bird hunting was 

near the top of his favorites. 

He was a very strong Christian 

and member of Fee Fee Baptist 

Church. We all look forward 

to seeing that wonderful smile 

and hearing that great laugh 

again in the future. 


on Tuesday, December 29, 

2009 at 10 a.m. at Fee Fee 

Baptist Church in Bridgeton, 

MO. A visitation was held prior 

to the service from 9 to 10 a.m. 

and on Wednesday from 4 to 8 

p.m. at Baue Funeral and Memorial 

Center in St. Charles. 

Burial was in St. Charles Memorial 

Gardens. 


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Fund. 

Dezmon 

Dalton 

Dezmon Dalton of O’Fallon, 

Missouri, died on Monday, December 

28, 2009 at the age of 

85. He was born on November 

6, 1924 in Campbell, MO. 

He was the beloved husband 

of the late Shirley Jean 

Dalton; dear son of the late 

Joseph and Dorothy Steppets; 

devoted father of Georgia 

(Richard) Kern, Vickie (Phillip) 

Vitale, Kathy (Roger) Schaeffer, 

Rita (Paul) Fitzgerald, and 

the late Jerry Dalton; cherished 

grandfather of eight and greatgrandfather 

of ten; dear friend 

to many. 

Dezmon was employed as 

a Bottler at Anheuser Busch for 

over 35 years, was a member 

of American Legion # 299 Local 

1187, and proudly served in 

the Army during World War II. 


on Wednesday, December 30, 

2009 at 7 p.m. at Baue Funeral 

Home Chapel in O’Fallon. Visitation 

was held on Wednesday 

from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral 

home. A burial ceremony will 

be held in Zion Church of Christ 

Cemetery in Union, MO on Saturday, 

December 2 at 11 a.m. 


donor’s choice. 

Betty Bragg 

Betty Bragg, age 63, of 

Wentzville, MO, died on December 

23, 2009 at Silex Community 

Care in Silex, MO. She 

was born on May 10, 1946 in 

Missouri to Robert and Marian 

M. Daniels Bragg. 

She worked in a janitorial 

position. 

She is survived by one sister, 

Carol Ann Bragg of St. Peters, 

MO. 

She is preceded in death by 

her parents, Robert and Marian 

Bragg. 


on Tuesday, December 29 at 2 

p.m. at Pitman Funeral Home in 

Wentzville. Visitation was held 

on Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. 

at the funeral home. Rev. John 

Hogue officiated. Burial was in 

Linn Cemetery in Wentzville. 

Memorials are suggested 

to donor’s choice in care of Pitman 

Funeral Home, P.O. Box 

248, Wentzville, MO 63385. 

Carol Ann Green 

Carol Ann Green, 68, of St. 

Charles, Missouri passed away 

on Friday, December 18, 2009 

at her residence. She was born 

August 7, 1941 in St. Ann, Missouri, 

the daughter of the late 

Ralph and Martha Martin. On 

January 30, 1972, Carol was 

united in marriage in St. Ann, 

Missouri to Elbert “Don” Donald 

Green. 

Carol graduated from Ritenour 

High School. She had 

worked for National Food 

Stores as a grocery clerk. Carol 

enjoyed camping, resale shopping, 

had a real love for sewing 

and spending time with family 

and friends. 

She is survived by her loving 

husband, Elbert “Don” 

Green of St. Charles, Missouri; 

one daughter, Angela Murphy 

and husband Matthew of St. 

Charles, Missouri; two sister: 

Janet Klus of St. Louis, Missouri 

and Lynne Foster and husband 

Charles of Bucyrus, Missouri; 

one grandson, Jeffrey Murphy 

of St. Charles, Missouri. She 

was preceded in death by one 

son, Samuel Palazzolo in 1983 

and parents. 

Friends were received from 

5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday, December 

21, 2009 at the Stygar 

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held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 

22, 2009 at the Stygar 

Funeral Home in St. Charles, 

MO with Rev. Murl Nash offi- 

The Middletown Baptist 

Church Biggest Loser “Get Fit” 

Weight Loss Competition will 

begin their annual program 

Thursday, January 7. The 

weigh-in will begin at 4:30 pm 

at the church with the informational 

meeting starting at 6:00 

pm. 

The 12-week program will 

be held each week on Thursday 

nights and is free for the 

community unless the partcipant 

wants to be involved in 

the cash prizes then there is a 

weekly $5.00 fee or a one-time 

$45.00 fee (which is a $15.00 

The American Red Cross 

invites all eligible blood donors 

to make a New Year’s resolution 

to give the gift of life. Most 

of us make resolutions to make 

our lives better. Why not make 

a resolution that might make 

someone else’s life better? A 

single blood donation has the 

potential to save up to three 

lives, and donors can give up 

to six times per year. 

“Many of us make resolutions 

we spend the entire year 

trying to fulfill,” said Wilma Mc- 

Glothlin, American Red Cross 

Donor Recruitment Representative. 

“Giving blood is an easy 

way to check one off your list.” 

You can check it off your list 

by visiting one of these area 

blood drives: 

Thursday, Jan. 7, Troy Masonic 

Lodge from 4:00 – 8:00 

pm. To make an appointment 

call 358-3892. 

Thursday, Jan. 7, Western 

Troy Church Alliance at First 


Middletown Baptist Church 

Biggest Loser Contest to 

Begin January 7 

savings). All the information 

and rules will be given out at 

the initial meeting on January 

7. 

The Middletown Baptist 

Church Biggest Loser has successfully 

completed 8 weight 

loss programs with over 5,000 

pounds being lost over the 

six years of competition. This 

year’s program promises to be 

better and bigger than ever before 

with some new and exciting 

twist never before seen in 

year’s past. 

Over $1,000 worth of prizes 

will be given out at the finale of 

the weight loss competition this 

season along with lots of extra 

tips and exercise opportunities 

that are key to a successful 

weight loss program. 

Coaches for this year’s Biggest 

Loser program will be Greg 

Williams, Lisa Williams and 

Spring Lynch. Lisa Williams is 

a Certified Aerobics, Personal 

Trainer and Sports Nutritionist 

and Spring Lynch is a Certified 

Aerobics and Personal Trainer. 

For more information contact 

Lisa Williams a 573-823- 

4599. 

Make a Resolution to Donate Blood 

Grandparent’s 

Scam Warning 

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 

mers take advantage of a 

grandparent’s love for their 

grandchildren by placing these 

alarming and frightening calls 

to con them out of thousands 

of dollars is simply unconscionable,” 

Koster said. 

“I urge anyone receiving 

such a call to check with family 

members to confirm the call is 

a hoax. I also urge individuals 

to report the call to the Attorney 

General’s Consumer Hotline at 

1-800-392-8222.” 

ciating. Interment will follow in 

the St. Charles Memorial Garden. 

Expressions of sympathy 

may be made to the Humane 

Society. Arrangements under 

the direction of Kemper-Marsh- 

Christian Church in Troy from 

4-8 p.m. To make an appointment, 

call the church office at 

528-7322 or go online at http:// 

www.givelife.org enter pass 

code: westerntc. 

Other area blood drives include: 

1/4/2010, U.S. Bank, 1 Lake 

St. Louis Blvd., Lake Saint Louis, 

MO, 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM 

1/4/2010, Wentzville United 

Methodist Church, 725 N. Wall 

Street, Wentzville, MO, 3:00 

PM to 7:00 PM 

1/6/2010, Cedars at JCA, 

13190 South Outer Rd. 40, 

Chesterfield, MO, 12:00 PM to 

5:00 PM 

1/7/2010, AllCom Global 

Services, 101 Stag Industrial 

Blvd., Lake Saint Louis, MO, 

10:00 AM to 2:00 PM 

1/7/2010, First Christian 

Church, 1302 Boone St., Troy, 

MO, 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM 

1/7/2010, Troy Masonic 

Millard Family Funeral Chapel; 

P. O. Box 222, Troy MO. Online 

condolences may be made at 

www.millardfamilychapels.com 

Ph.(636) 528-3826 

Lodge #34 A.F.A.M., 611 Main 

St. , Troy, MO , 4:00 PM to 8:00 

PM 

1/10/2010, King of Kings 

Lutheran Church, 13765 Olive, 

Chesterfield, MO, 9:00 AM to 

1:00 PM 

1/10/2010, Grace Baptist 

Church, 3601 Ehlmann Rd., 

Saint Charles, MO, 12:30 PM 

to 4:30 PM 

1/11/2010, Old Hickory, 1 

Dye Club Dr., Saint Charles, 

MO, 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM 

A person can make a singleunit 

donation of whole blood every 

56 days. That blood is then 

used for cancer patients, organ 

transplant recipients, trauma 

victims and other people who 

rely on your blood donations 

that may save their lives. 

Celebrate your ability to give 

the gift of life and give blood this 

New Year’s Day and continue 

your lifesaving habit throughout 

the year. 

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From My Perspective 

By: Dorothy Lawson 

The whys of Christmas continued? 

Why did the Wise Men bring 

gifts? 

The Child (Jesus) may have 

been almost two years old. His 

family continued to make their 

home in Bethlehem. The town 

was quiet again, and that allowed 

Joseph and Mary to upgrade 

their living conditions to 

a small house. 

Soon the little family would 

be on the move once more, 

when an angel warned them 

of approaching danger. Just 

before that unexpected visit, 

however, came another one. 

A knock at the door revealed 

delegates from a faraway 

country. Joseph, always protective, 

may have been wary 

of these oddly dressed visitors. 

However, their faces were kind 

and eager their eyes bright and 

reverent. They claimed they 

had traveled for many weeks, 

at great expense and greater 

risk, to see the newborn King. 

The shepherds, of course, 

had come on the night when 

Jesus was born. However, 

just as Mary and Joseph might 

have wondered how long their 

special child would remain a 

secret to the world, there appeared 

these men to affirm that 

Jesus was the Christ, the Messiah. 

The fact that they were 

non-Jews and even foreigners 

suggested that the Child was 

more than a Jewish Messiah. 

As Gabriel said, he is the Son 

of God; therefore, he belongs 

to the world. As the world belongs 

to him. 

These wise men must have 

brought an ornate caravan for 

they would not have traveled 

such a great distant alone. 

They most likely inspired a 

great deal of talk in Bethlehem, 

just as they had done in Jerusalem. 

Indeed the couple had 

to depart quietly for Egypt soon 

afterward---and when they did, 

the gifts of these wise men may 

have financed the trip. 

How about those gifts the 

wiremen brought? We do not 

have the names of the magi 

nor the number of their delegation, 

but we are told what 

they brought. Mary and Joseph 

were unlikely to forget the extravagant 

substances that were 

laid at the child’s feet. “They 

entered the house, and saw 

the child with his mother, Mary, 

and they bowed down and wor- 

shiped him. They opened their 

treasure chests and gave him 

gifts of gold, frankincense and 

myrrh” (Matthew 2:11). 

The object of their entire rigorous 

quest was one of worship 

of a God probably not their own. 

This Child was for everyone, 

and the gifts would reflect both 

the givers and the recipient. 

We imagine the first visitor 

steeping forth and opening his 

small chest to reveal a breathtaking 

sight gold. This gift needed 

little explanation. Throughout 

the world, gold was coveted 

as the most precious of metals; 

the standard by which all other 

was measured. That is why 

gold is a royal gift symbolizing 

kingship. Only as partakers of 

divine revelation would these 

visitors from a pagan world be 

able to fall at the feet of an ordinary 

peasant child in a small 

village and acknowledge him 

as king. Their background and 

their long travel proved their 

commitment. A gift of gold demonstrated 

hearts of sacrifice. 

The little casket of gold was 

closed again and set to one side 

of the Child, who perhaps rested 

in his mothers lap, his eyes 

wide at the oriental spectacle. 

Then another visitor stepped 

forward, this time to open a vial. 

A devious fragrance permeated 

the small room, the aroma 

of frankincense, the second of 

the gifts. This was holy oil; to 

sniff it pungency reminded one 

of a visit to the Temple. As the 

cloud of fragrance spread, it 

suggested the pure and beautiful 

presence of God among 

the fellow-ship of believers. Its 

name means “whiteness” and 

typifies purity. 

Only priest could bake an 

incense offering, and only to 

“God. However, in Jesus, of 

course, all men and women 

would become priests. All people 

could step boldly into the 

Lord’s presence and no Temple 

would be necessary. If gold was 

a gift that said kingship, frankincense 

said godliness. Joseph 

and Mary may have trembled 

at this new sensation, the aroma 

of the Temple in their own 

humble home. Nevertheless, 

it helped them remember the 

presence of Jesus there should 

cause to wonder even more. 

Then the third and final gift 

was given as it was opened, 

Mary may have felt a little foreboding 

shudder. Some of the 

luxurious aroma of frankincense 

was now covered by the 

smell of myrrh. It also had a familiar 

association. 

Myrrh was an anointing oil 

use for embalming the dead. It 

would be the final smell associated 

with a lost loved one. It was 

the scent of bereavement. The 

magi brought it because was a 

precious oil for anointing, and 

a gift valued in any land. David 

had anointed with it by Samuel. 

THis aroma was slightly bitter, 

and for the common Judean, it 

was the smell of death 

The day would come when 

Jesus would offered this gift 

again, but on this latter occasion 

he would refuse it see 

(Mark 15:22-24). 


Poetizing Life: Sallie McCormick Adams 

By: Heather “Whirligigs and Wooden Toys” 

Farrar 

Many of us remember 

homemade toys under the tree. 

Each toy and gift was made 

from the heart to fill our Christmas 

mornings with joy. On a 

personal note I remember one 

Christmas when the whole family 

was involved to create a perfect 

homemade Christmas for 

me. My father handcrafted, by 

his own design, in wood, a miniature 

kitchenette painted red. 

It came complete with hooks 

for the dishes and cups, with 

shelving below, and even the 

kitchen sink! It was all just my 

size. Mom made the curtains to 

hide the shelves, and grandpa 

brought cupboard goods and 

dishes! That same year Mom 

made me a doll house and everything 

inside was hand-made 

from the décor to the dolls. 

Many wonderful years of use 

followed to my delight- and 

Cooking With Cathy 

By: Cathy Summers 

Hi everyone, 

I hope that your holiday 

was a great one. Ours was very 

blessed and memorable. This 

recipe is a really great one for 

a easy & fantastic treat. I would 

love to hear from all of you, drop 

me a line at itiscj@yahoo.com, 

Hope to hear from you soon!!!! 

Carrot Cake 

2 c flour 

2 c sugar 

1 tsp baking soda 

1 tsp baking powder 

1 tsp salt 

1 tsp cinnamon 

3 c finely shredded carrots 

1 c cooking oil 

4 eggs 

1 c chopped Walnuts 

1 c White raisins 

Beat eggs on high for 2 

minutes, slowly add sugar, mix 

well, add oil. Sift together flour 

baking soda, baking powder, 

salt, & cinnamon 

Add the dry ingredients to 

the wet mix just enough to incorporate, 

add nuts & raisins 

mix well. Pour into greased 

& floured cake pans, I use 3. 

Bake at 350 degrees till toothpick 

comes out clean, cool 

completely before icing. 

Cream Cheese Icing 

1 8 oz pkg cream cheese 

(room temperature) 

¼ c butter softened 

1 tsp vanilla 

Once the gifts were given, 

we are told the magi went home 

by another way for the purpose 

of safety The Child would go 

home by another excessively. 

However, he would choose 

the most terrible of routes. He 

made a gift of himself to all of 

theirs I am sure. This poem reflects 

that same feeling as Sallie 

remembers hers. 

Whirligigs and Wooden 

Toys. There are whirligigs and 

wooden toys in this life. 

In this life, who as playthings, 

are limited to 

Who can play with them. 

Like when I was a child I 

didn’t have much 

To play with, because I was 

too busy trying to grow UP 

in,in- one piece, in one place, 

so that I could play with life’s 

Whirligigs’ and Wooden 

Toys. 

There are many kids of toys 

in life. 

The cheery cherry Wood 

pull toy of nostalgia in the hand 

of 

Remembrances and 

Yesterday. 

Strings attached to fingers 

4 cups sifted powdered sugar 

Mix together, spread over 

cooled cake refrigerate when 

finished. 

This cake is a big hit in my 

catering services everyone like 

the simplicity of it and you can 

dress it up in so many different 

us and then returned home to 

his Father. That gift was far 

more precious than gold or any 

other substance. As our King, 

our God, and our sacrificial 

Lamb he gave us all he had! 

pull it along the floor of 

Now, 

Where wooden wheels of 

the mind make mental music 

And the age of it is harrowing. 

The blossoming of the 

sound of it 

Hums in the skulls memory. 

Where some become Whirligigs 

of smiles, and some turn 

Themselves into Weather 

Veins of Nostalgia that blow the 

winds of yesterday back to go- 

and spin around. 

Whirligigs and Wooden 

Toys 

Gifts from an other time, or 

era. 

-Sallie McCormick Adams 

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Warrenton Economic Development 

Meeting Planned for January 12 

The Warrenton Area Chamber 

of Commerce is hosting the 

Warrenton Economic Development 

Meeting themed “Past Silos 

& Smokestacks: Transforming 

East Central Missouri. The 

meeting will be held on January 

12 at the Knights of Columbus 

Hall in Warrenton from 11:45 

a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Mark Drabenstott, Director 

of RUPRI Center for Regional 

Competitiveness, will be the 

special guest speaker. 

Drabenstott is a seasoned 

observer of regional development 

and policy issues whose 

insights have gained national 

and international recognition. 

He is a native of Markle, Indiana, 

where he grew up on his 

family’s farm and learned agriculture 

and basketball firsthand. 

Mark earned his bachelor’s degree 

from Earlham College and 

his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees 

from Iowa State University. 

Mark was named founding 

director of RUPRI’s national 

Center for Regional Competitiveness 

in September 2006. 

The Center has helped regions 

craft world-class development 

strategies by helping them build 

region-wide partnership, identify 

their competitive advantages, 

and prioritize investments. 

Mark has been a global 

thought leader on regional development, 

the food and agriculture 

sector, and related 

policies throughout his career. 

He spent 25 years in the Federal 

Reserve System, and led 

the creation and development 

of the Center for the Study of 

Rural America. He has been a 

prolific researcher, writing more 

than 150 articles and editing 

10 books. He has shared his 

economic and policy insights 

very widely. Throughout his 

career, Mark has given more 

than 1,000 presentations to 

audiences throughout the nation 

and beyond. He has also 

been invited to share his policy 

insights with Congress on nu- 

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Drabenstott provides leadership 

to global efforts to understand 

the new frontier of 

regional competitiveness. He 

is chairman of the OECD’s 

Territorial Development Policy 

Committee, the premier global 

forum on regional development 

policy. The Committee 

held the first global ministerial 

meeting on regional development 

in March 2009. In 2005 

he was selected to chair a U.S. 

Department of Commerce advisory 

panel that conducted 

the first major review of federal 

economic development in 40 

years. He has also advised the 

World Bank and served as a 

trustee for the National Bureau 

of Economic Research. 

The cost for the meeting 

is $9 per person. RSVP is requested 

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Entries Sought for Fourth Annual 

Regional Poetry in Motion Contest 

Metro Arts in Transit and the 

Poetry Society of America are 

sponsoring the fourth annual 

regional Poetry in Motion® contest 

open to all residents living 

within a 50-mile radius of the 

city of St. Louis. Metro Arts in 

Transit has sponsored various 

poetry and literary contests for 

the past decade. Starting with 

MetroLines, Arts in Transit’s 

programming evolved into Literary 

St. Louis, and now Poetry 

in Motion®. 

For 2010, 15 poems will be 

selected for publication and reproduction 

on posters that will 

include visual imagery relating 

to the subject of the poem. The 

visual design will be created by 

Metro Arts in Transit at its discretion 

and will be displayed 

on MetroLink trains and Metro 

buses for up to one year. The 

winners will receive a $50 

award and will be invited to 

read their poem at the Reading 

Ceremony on Thursday, May 

20, 2010 at the Regional Arts 

Commission. 

Submittals will be judged 

by Byron Lee, freelance writer, 

Limelight Magazine and River 

City Examiner; Debra Rudder 

Lohe, program director, Teaching 

Enhancement, St. Louis 

University; Denita Elaine Robinson, 

poet and elementary 

teacher, Pattonville School District; 

Sreeja Smith, performance 

poet and author VividlyFading. 

com; Jason Sommer, author 

and professor, Literature and 

Writing, Fontbonne University. 

Entry form and rules can be 

found at www.artsintransit.org. 

Submissions must be received 

by January 25, 2010. 

Arts in Transit is located at 

707 N. First St., St. Louis, MO 

63102. For more information, 

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Events Calendar 

January 2 

The Raintree Arts Council is hosting Adult Painting Classes 

at the Lincoln County Gallery every Saturday from 2 p.m. to 

4 p.m. 


St. John’s Episcopal Church Evensong service, 3 p.m. The 

church is located on Route H near Eolia. 


Inspirational Author to Speak with Cancer Patients and Their 

Families at Free Community Health Seminar, SSM Cancer 

Care at St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake St. Louis, Community 

Education Center, 6-7:30 p.m. Bruce E. Jacobs, author 

of One Tough Journey, will share his experience with esophageal 

cancer. All attendees will receive a free copy of the 

book, a “how-to” roadmap for managing a cancer diagnosis 

and treatment. Light dinner will be served. Space is limited. 

RSVP to Cindy Broder, 636-755-3034 


I Can Do It Myself will be held from 6-7 p.m. at the Parents as 

Teachers Classroom in the Early Childhood Education Center 

at Claude Brown for PAT children ages 2-5 years. This will 

focus on the correct way for children to care for themselves. 


Moscow Mills Lions Club Breakfast will be held at the Moscow 

Mills Community Building. Serving from 7 a.m. to Noon. All- 

You-Can-Eat ... Scrambled Egs, Fried Potatoes, Sausage, 

Pancakes, Biscuits & Gravy, Milk, Tang & Coffee. Adults $7, 

Children 6-12 Years $4, Children Under 6 Years - FREE 


Homebuyers Seminar will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Meyer 

& Company Real Estate Office in Troy located at 192 N Lincoln 

Drive. There will be no cost or obligation. The event is 

sponsored by the Bank of Lincoln County and Meyer & Company 

Real Estate. 


Daddy and Me Mad Scientist will be held from 6-7 p.m. at 

PAT Classroom in the Early Childhood Education Center at 

Claude Brown. This event is open to PAT children ages 2-5 

years and DADS! Dads bring your little scientist for a fun 

filled night of experimenting. Prepare to get messy! 


Zumba to Beat Cancer. Armstrong Fitness, Midwest Dance 

Explosion and Show Me the Cure Relay for Life Team will 

host a day of family fun and fitness at Main Street Elementary 

School in Troy, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The event will benefit 

the American Cancer Society. 


Diabetes Support Group, Lincoln County Medical Center, 

6:30 p.m. 

“Stranger Danger” Parents as Teachers (PAT) program, 6-7 

p.m., PAT Classroom in the Early Childhood Education Center 

at Claude Brown in Troy. Event for PAT aged children 

from birth to 5 years. Officer Pikulski will be speaking on how 

to keep children safe. 

22nd Annual Ham & Bean Dinner, Zion United Church of 

Christ, Troy, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. 


H.O.P.P. Night (Hangin’ Out at Progress Park), Wentzville. A 

fun and safe place for kids (grades 6-8) to spend some time 

with their friends. Dance the night away and listen to some of 

your favorite songs under the supervision of staff, volunteers 

and police officers, 7-9 p.m. 


A Bridal Show will be held at Garden Gate Party Rental & 

Supply in Troy on Sunday, January 24, 2010. Come see our 

wedding retail and rental items.

Arts & Entertainment 

Russian State Ballet Theatre Presents 

Swan Lake on Lindenwood Campus 

The Russian State Ballet 

Theatre will return to St. 

Charles on January 22, 2010 

at the J. Scheidegger Center 

for the Arts on the Lindenwood 

University campus at 8 p.m. 

The Russian State Ballet 

Theatre was founded in the late 

1980’s in Moscow. 

Swan Lake will be presented 

as a full-length ballet in four 

acts with music by Pyotr Ilyich 

Tchaikovsky. The ballet was 

choreographed by Marius Petipa 

and Lev Ivanov. 

Ticket prices for this event 

range from $25 to $55. For 

more information, call 636-949- 

4433. 

La Traviata will be Performed in St. Louis 

La Traviata will be presented 

by Teatro Lirico D’Europa 

on January 16 at 8 p.m. at the 

Blanche Touhill Performing Arts 

Center on the University of Missouri-St. 

Louis campus. 

The opera explores the passion 

of a Parisian courtesan 

forced to abandon her true love 

and the intensity of a love affair 

that is doomed from the start. 

Full with rich melodies, depth of 

character, Gypsy dances, and 

the drama of romantic sacrifice, 

nothing is quite like the experience 

of a live performance of 

Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata. 

The performance is in Italian 

Teatro Lirico D’Europa was 

created in 1988 by the late former 

ballet divo and French arts 

performer Yves Josse, and 

Bulgarian opera singer Giorgio 

Lalov. 

Tickets for the general public 

range in price from $30 to 

$45. For more information, 

contact the ticket office at 314- 

516-4949. 

Enjoy a ‘Sweet’ Weekend at the 

Missouri Botanical Garden 

Cake decorating shows may 

be all the rage on television, 

but you can relish a live look 

at some exquisitely adorned 

cakes and cookies during one 

“sweet” weekend at the Missouri 

Botanical Garden. Enjoy 

“Sugared, Spiced and Everything 

Iced” displays on Saturday 

and Sunday, Feb. 27 and 

28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The 

event is included with Garden 

admission. 

See dozens of exquisitely 

hand-decorated creations from 

the St. Louis Metropolitan Sugar 

Art Guild, ranging from the 

simple and traditional to the 

colorful and whimsical. Discover 

how decorators combine 

New Year’s Eve Party 

Featuring: 

MindSpin 

9pm to 1am 

Karaoke at Main Bar 

No Charge 

Bikini Night 

is back on WEDNESDAY Night! 

Mixed DJ & Karaoke 8-12pm 

Enjoy Dollar Shots, Wristband 

Specials for Ladies, & 

Beer Specials for Men 

8pm to 1:30am 

OPEN NEW YEARS DAY!! 

JAN 1 - Bloody Mary’s, 2nd Wind Band at 5pm 

BINGO - Every Tuesday, starting at 6:45pm 

BAR POKER - Every Thursday 

KARAOKE - Every Tue, Fri, Sat & Sun Night 

MEAT SHOOT - Every Sunday thru March ’10 

Party Favors 

Champagne at Midnight 

Dinner at 8pm 

$10 Early | $15 at the Door 

gum paste flowers, piping gel, 

sugar glitter and more to produce 

one-of-a-kind cake and 

cookie designs. Guild members 

will be on hand to answer 

questions and hold impromptu 

demonstrations throughout the 

event. 

“Sugared, Spiced and Everything 

Iced” is included with 

Men’s Night 

Monday Night Football 

$10 Arm Bands for Unlimited Draft Beer 

$2 Domestic Long Necks & Rails 

Make a Pipeline to 

Beachead Pub & Bar at American Legion 

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EVENTS WEEKLY SPECIALS 

SATURDAY 5-9 P.M. 

Steak Night Every 8 oz. Ribeye, Baked 

Potato, Dinner Salad, Toast $9.95. 

Stay later and enjoy karaoke, drink 

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An exhibit commemorating 

the first century of Scouting 

in Missouri will be on display 

Jan. 7 through Feb. 27 in the 

Elizabeth Rozier Gallery at 

Jefferson Landing State Historic 

Site. The exhibit, “Be Prepared: 

Scouting Centennial” is 

presented by the Five Rivers 

District of the Great Rivers Boy 

Scout Council in cooperation 

with the Missouri Department 

of Natural Resources, which 

operates the state historic site. 

The central Missouri district 

has created an exhibit including 

memorabilia from the first 

century of Scouting in Missouri. 

The exhibit will offer visitors 

an opportunity to learn about 

Scout ranks from Cub Scouts 

to Varsity Scouting. On some 

Saturdays during the exhibit, 

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counted admission of $4 and 

free admission on Saturday before 

noon. 

Scouting Centennial Exhibit 

scheduled at Elizabeth Rozier 

Gallery in Jefferson Landing 

State Historic Site 

Scouts from local troops will 

serve as docents. 

The Elizabeth Rozier Gallery 

is located in the Union Hotel 

at Jefferson Landing State 

Historic Site, 101 Jefferson 

Street in Jefferson City. The 

gallery is open to the public 

Tuesday through Saturday, 10 

a.m. through 4 p.m. except December. 

For more information, contact 

the Missouri State Museum 

office at 573-751-2854 

or the Department of Natural 

Resources toll free at 1-800- 

334-6946 (voice) or 1-800- 

379-2419 (Telecommunications 

Device for the Deaf). For 

information on state parks and 

historic sites, visit the Web at 

mostateparks.com. 

SCC to Hold Auditions for 

“A Raisin in the Sun” 

St. Charles Community College’s 

Center Stage Theatre is 

holding open auditions for “A 

Raisin in the Sun,” a New York 

Drama Critics’ Award-winning 

play written by Lorraine Hansberry. 

“A Raisin in the Sun” shows 

the tragic impact of American 

history on a black family residing 

in Chicago in the 1950s. 

The family receives an insurance 

check after the death of 

the father and faces many conflicts, 

as each member wants to 

spend the money his own version 

of the American Dream. 

Director Hal Berry will hold 

open auditions at 1 p.m. Saturday, 

Jan. 16, and at 7 p.m. 

Tuesday, Jan 19, in the theater 

of the Donald D. Shook Fine 

Arts Building on the SCC campus 

in Cottleville. Callbacks 

will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, 

Jan. 20. 

Center Stage Theatre invites 

SCC students and community 

residents to audition. There are 

roles available for three women, 

four men and one boy in addition 

to four extras (three male 

and one female). One minute 

dramatic monologues are welcome, 

but not required. A copy 

of the script is on reserve at the 

college’s library. 

“A Raisin in the Sun” will 

be performed in the theater of 

the Fine Arts Building at 8 p.m. 

Wednesday-Saturday, March 

3-6, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 

7. There will be a high school 

matinee performance at 10 

a.m. on Thursday, March 4. 


auditions or the play, contact 

Tana Burton at 636-922-8254, 

or visit www.stchas.edu/calendars. 

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gram. Research testing adult 

maintenance interventions also 

found that this type of treatment 

can help adults sustain weight 

loss over time. 

In the COMPASS study, 

children and parents will start 

with four months of intensive 

family-based intervention to 

help them lose weight. They’ll 

meet with behavioral interventionists, 

weigh in and receive 

feedback and support regarding 

diet and activity every week 

during that period. 

During the next eight 

months, families will be divided 

into three groups: intensive 

weight maintenance therapy 

called social facilitation maintenance 

(SFM); a slightly less intense 

version of SFM therapy; 

or the current standard of care, 

which entails providing information 

and education about how 

to maintain weight loss and live 

healthy lives. 

The SFM therapy presumes 

people need a social environment 

that supports continued 

weight control. The treatment 

guides parents to encourage 

their kids to be friends with 

physically active peers and to 

ensure that play dates with existing 

friends involve physical 

activity and healthy eating. 

Those who receive the intensive 

SFM intervention will 

continue to meet with behavioral 

interventionists and other 

participating families each week 

during the maintenance phase 

of the study. A second group 

will receive a less intensive version 

of the SFM program that 

requires meetings only every 

two weeks. 

But every family in the 

study will start by receiving four 

months of an evidence-based 

intervention to help parents and 

kids lose weight. 

“All of them will get terrific 

treatment,” Wilfley says. “We 

want to see if there is a particular 

strategy that works best 

in terms of helping them keep 

the extra weight off. Or perhaps 

we’ll find that particular maintenance 

strategies tend to work 

better in particular types of 

families.” 

In previous research, Wilfley 

found that the SFM program 

helped kids maintain their relative 

weight significantly better 

than those who did not receive 

maintenance treatment. 

After four months of weight 

loss and eight months of maintenance, 

the COMPASS study 

will continue to follow families 

for another year to see whether 

children and adults remain lean. 

Although they won’t be asked 

to attend regular sessions, 

they will be evaluated and assessed 

at 18 months and again 

two years after the start of the 

study. 

The investigators plan to 

recruit 120 families in St. Louis 

and in Seattle. Study participants 

will be asked to come to 

Washington University Medical 

Center in St. Louis once a 

week for the first four months. 

How often families return to the 

medical center over the next 

eight months will depend upon 

which maintenance intervention 

they receive. 

Children or parents who are 

unable to participate in moderate 

physical activity at a level 

equivalent to a brisk walk will 

not be eligible for the study. 

Others who take medication 

that affects their weight or have 

medical conditions that require 

severe dietary restrictions also 

are ineligible, as are those with 

eating disorders or those who 

currently are participating in 

other weight-loss programs. 

The program is provided 

free of charge for those who 

qualify, and families who complete 

the study will receive a 

stipend: $50 at the end of the 

first 12 months, $75 at the 18month 

evaluation and $100 for 

completing two years of treatment 

and assessments. The 

research study is not intended 

to replace routine medical care 

for study participants, and there 

is no guarantee of direct benefit 

for volunteers. 


the COMPASS study, call Molly 

at (314) 286-1055 or e-mail 

compassprogram@psychiatry. 

wustl.edu. 

Tumors 


said White. “That’s still quite a 

lot of DNA,” he emphasized, 

the equivalent of 20 entire genomes, 

or about 60 billion base 

pairs. Collecting genetic information 

from 1,000 tumors will 

take about three years, he said, 

but it will provide information that 

“can more rapidly be applied to 

answer clinical questions.” 

The project also will gather 

genetic data on how the genes 

expressed by tumors evolve 

over time. Whenever possible, 

the researchers will compare 

tumor samples taken from a 

patient before and after treatments, 

to learn how cancers 

accumulate additional genetic 

changes that enable them to resist 

radiation or chemotherapy 

or to spread to distant sites. 

All patients must provide 

prior consent for their tissues 

to be catalogued and studied. 

Because the researchers are 

focused on how genetic clues 

can predict cancer behavior, 

the team follows each patient’s 

progress through his or her 

clinical course. 

Most patients have been 

eager to donate, said cancer 

specialist Kevin Roggin, MD, 

assistant professor of surgery, 

who offers each patient with a 

pancreatic cancer the opportunity 

to contribute to a project 

that could, over time, make a 

difference in treatment and outcome. 

“It is already starting to 

help,” he added. “We are accumulating 

data that we hope 

to develop into a molecular fingerprint, 

a DNA profile that may 

help us predict which pancreatic 

cystic tumors are likely to 

remain benign and which ones 

will develop into cancers.” 

Donating tumor tissue requires 

no extra effort or expense 

for the patient, said 

Roggin. “First we make sure 

we don’t compromise the pathologists’ 

ability to make a 

diagnosis. Second, if there is 

extra tissue, we flash freeze it 

to 80 below zero and log it into 

a database. Then we can store 

Alzheimer’s/Cancer 


likely to be hospitalized for cancer 

treatment than those who 

did not have Alzheimer’s when 

the study began. Caucasian 

people who had cancer as the 

study began had 43 percent 

less risk of developing Alzheimer’s 

disease. The latter finding, 

however, was not apparent in 

minority groups. 

To make sure that doctors or 

caregivers treating Alzheimer’s 

patients weren’t just too overwhelmed 

to notice the start of 

cancer, researchers also monitored 

cancer incidence in patients 

with vascular dementia. 

Scientists think this condition is 

caused by lack of blood to the 

brain. 

“If the decreased chance of 

cancer diagnosis was simply 

due to the fact that physicians 

don’t notice cancer in people 

with dementia, the decrease 

should have shown up for both 

the Alzheimer’s patients and 

those with vascular dementia,” 

hard, unforgiving surfaces like 

gym floors or concrete, which 

can exacerbate over-use issues. 

The bottom line? Think outside 

the gym. Be creative, trying 

ice-skating, cross-country 

skiing or a yoga class as your 

exercise. 

Watch out for injuries 

While you may be alert to 

obvious winter hazards, like icy 

sidewalks during a run, some 

more subtle dangers come from 

moving the game indoors. 

If you play court sports like 

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the tissue indefinitely and take 

what we need to generate DNA 

and RNA.” 

The project meshes well 

with the Medical Center’s established 

program in cancer 

pharmacogenomics, which 

studies how certain gene variations 

influence patient responses 

to various anti-cancer drugs 

and develops genetic tests to 

predict side effects. 

“By studying both the tumor 

and the patient we will, increasingly, 

be able to design optimal 

treatment strategies that offer 

the best hope for control of the 

cancer with the least toxicity for 

the patient,” said Richard Schilsky, 

MD, professor of medicine 

and chief of hematology/oncology 

at the Medical Center and 

past president of the American 

Society for Clinical Oncology. 

“It’s a long road from having 

a piece of genome sequence to 

improving patient care,” White 

cautioned. “But the path of discovery 

is clear. In many cases 

we know enough now to connect 

the dots.” 

Roe says. “But the drop in cancer 

risk was only seen in those 

with Alzheimer’s.” 

Could Alzheimer’s be killing 

patients before they can be diagnosed 

with cancer? Roe says 

epidemiologists have analytical 

techniques to adjust for such 

deaths. She also notes that patients 

with vascular dementia 

tended to die sooner than patients 

with Alzheimer’s, yet they 

still had a higher risk of cancer 

than patients with Alzheimer’s. 

Roe cautions that the study 

was based on cancer hospitalization 

data, meaning that cases 

of benign, inoperable or otherwise 

untreated cancers could 

not be considered. She and 

her colleagues plan to study a 

larger patient population to see 

if Alzheimer’s disease changes 

risks of specific types of tumors, 

and if certain types of cancers 

have larger or smaller effects 

on Alzheimer’s risk. 

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winter months, for example, 

you may be sharing the space 

with more people, so be aware 

of the greater chance for falling 

or colliding. 

Different activities require 

different shoes. Your summer 

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on the basketball court. Be sure 

you switch to shoes with good 

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prompted the mice to pursue 

the high-fat chow because they 

remembered how much they 

enjoyed it,” Dr. Perello said. “It 

didn’t matter that the room was 

now empty; they still associated 

it with something pleasurable.” 

The researchers also found 

that blocking the action of ghrelin, 

which is normally secreted 

into the bloodstream upon fasting 

or caloric restriction, prevented 

the mice from spending 

as much time in the room they 

associated with the high-fat 

food. 

For the second test, the 

team observed how long mice 

would continue to poke their 

noses into a hole in order to receive 

a pellet of high-fat food. 

“The animals that didn’t receive 

ghrelin gave up much sooner 

than the ones that did receive 

ghrelin,” Dr. Zigman said. 

Humans and mice share the 

same type of brain-cell connections 

and hormones, as well 

as similar architectures in the 

so-called “pleasure centers” of 

the brain. In addition, the behavior 

of the mice in this study 

is consistent with pleasure- or 

reward-seeking behavior seen 

in other animal studies of addiction, 

Dr. Zigman said. 

The next step, Dr. Perello 

said, is to determine which neural 

circuits in the brain regulate 

ghrelin’s actions. 

Other UT Southwestern 

researchers involved in the 

study were Dr. Ichiro Sakata, 

postdoctoral researcher in internal 

medicine; Dr. Shari Birnbaum, 

assistant professor of 

psychiatry; Dr. Jen-Chieh Chuang, 

postdoctoral researcher 

in internal medicine; Sherri 

Osborne-Lawrence, senior research 

scientist; Sherry Rovinsky, 

research assistant in internal 

medicine; Jakub Woloszyn, 

medical student; Dr. Masashi 

Yanagisawa, professor of molecular 

genetics and a Howard 

Hughes Medical Institute investigator; 

and Dr. Michael Lutter, 

co- senior author and assistant 

professor of psychiatry. 

The work was supported by 

the National Institutes of Health, 

the Foundation for Prader-Willi 

Research, and the National Alliance 

for Research on Schizophrenia 

and Depression. 

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to death of affected persons 

usually within 20 years after 

symptoms first appear. Individuals 

with the disease carry mutations 

that affect the huntingtin 

protein. The mutations involve 

a triple repeat DNA sequence, 

a type of genetic miscue similarly 

found in Friedreich’s ataxia, 

Kennedy’s disease, fragile X 

syndrome, and other neurodegenerative 

disorders. 

The normal huntingtin protein 

consists of about 3,150 

amino acids (which are the 

building blocks for all proteins). 

In individuals with Huntington’s 

disease, the mutated protein 

contains an abnormally long 

string of a single amino acid 

repeat; lengthier chains are 

associated with worse symptoms 

and earlier onset of the 

disease. In recent years, however, 

researchers have begun 

looking at the effects of other, 

nearby amino acids in this large 

protein — and in particular, 

biochemical changes to those 

amino acids. 

In their study, Drs. Steffan 

and Thompson investigated 

how a process called phosphorylation 

affects huntingtin. 

Phosphorylation is the attachment 

of chemical tags, known 

as phosphates, onto the amino 

acids in a protein. The process 

occurs naturally and is a way of 

marking proteins for destruction 

by cellular waste handling 

systems. The researchers liken 

it to putting a sign on a pile of 

junk that tells the garbage collectors 

to take it away. Their 

study shows that phosphorylation 

of just two amino acids, 

located at one end of hunting- 

tin, targets the protein for destruction 

and protects against 

the toxic effects of the mutant 

protein. 

“Clearance of mutant huntingtin 

is likely regulated at 

many levels, but our data establish 

that these two amino 

acids are critical,” Dr. Steffan 

said. 

Could boosting phosphorylation 

of those two amino acids 

reduce the buildup of huntingtin 

and improve symptoms of the 

disease? In parallel with the 

UC Irvine research, Dr. Yang 

and his team at UCLA were 

asking that question using an 

animal model of Huntington’s 

disease. Previously, Dr. Yang 

had created mice that carry the 

mutant huntingtin gene. These 

mice develop symptoms reminiscent 

of Huntington’s disease 

in humans, including poor coordination, 

mental changes such 

as increased anxiety, loss of 

brain tissue, and accumulation 

of clumps of huntingtin in brain 

cells. 

Through further genetic engineering, 

Dr. Yang altered the 

same two critical amino acids at 

the end of the mutant huntingtin 

protein to either mimic phosphorylation 

(phosphomimetic) 

or resist it (phosphoresistant). 

Mice with the phosphoresistant 

version of the protein developed 

symptoms of Huntington’s, but 

mice with the phosphomimetic 

version remained free of symptoms 

and huntingtin clumps up 

to one year. 

Meanwhile, test tube experiments 

by Dr. Wetzel’s group in 

Pittsburgh showed that phosphomimetic 

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huntingtin fragment reduced 

its tendency to form clumps. 

Together, data from the mouse 

and test tube experiments provide 

strong support for the idea 

that phosphorylation acts as a 

molecular switch to alter clumping 

of the mutant protein, the 

researchers said. 

The nearly complete lack 

of any signs of disease in the 

phosphomimetic Huntington 

mice may point toward new 

strategies to treat the disorder 

someday. Dr. Yang said, 

“Drugs that enhance or mimic 

the effects of phosphorylation 

may help to detoxify the mutant 

huntingtin protein.” 

If such drugs could be developed, 

Drs. Steffan and Thompson 

theorize, they would likely 

be most effective at early stages 

of the disease, but less so 

at later stages, when the clearance 

machinery appears to run 

down. Dr. Yang said he plans 

to examine older mice carrying 

the phosphomimetic version of 

mutant huntingtin to determine 

how long they are protected 

from the disease. 

The researchers received 

major funding from NINDS, 

with additional support from the 

National Institute on Aging, the 

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National 

Institute of Child Health 

and Human Development, and 

the National Institute of General 

Medical Sciences. Several 

nonprofit foundations also 

contributed to the research, including 

the Hereditary Disease 

Foundation, the Fox Family 

Foundation and CHDI Inc. 

Co-authors of the Journal 

of Cell Biology study included 

J. Lawrence Marsh, Ph.D. and 

Lan Huang, Ph.D., at UC Irvine; 

Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D., 

at Albert Einstein College of 

Medicine, New York City; Donald 

C. Lo, Ph.D. at Duke University, 

Durham, N.C.; Paul H. 

Patterson, Ph.D., at California 

Institute of Technology, Pasadena; 

and Steven Finkbeiner, 

M.D., Ph.D., at the University of 

California, San Francisco. 


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study included Xiaofeng Gu, 

M.D., Ph.D., and Erin Greiner 

at UCLA; Rakesh Mishra and 

Ravindra Kodali, Ph.D., at the 

University of Pittsburgh; Alex 

Osmand, Ph.D., at the University 

of Tennessee, Knoxville; 

and Dr. Finkbeiner at UCSF. 

NINDS (www.ninds.nih.gov) 

is the nation’s primary supporter 

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