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The ‘voice of the 

people’ fallacy 

We hear many fallacies in election 

years. The fallacy that seems to be most 

popular this year is that, if Donald Trump 

comes close to getting the 1,237 delegates 

required to become the Republican nominee, 

and that nomination goes instead to 

someone else, then the convention will 

have ignored “the voice of the people.” 

Supposedly Republican voters would be 

outraged, many would stay home on election 

day, and some might even vote for 

the Democrats’ nominee, whether Hillary 

Clinton or Bernie Sanders. 

Mr. Trump has more than once made the 

veiled threat that he would run as a thirdparty 

candidate if the Republicans failed to 

“respect” him. And, of course, Trump himself 

would decide what “respect” means. 

Insofar as the voting public believes the 

fallacy that choosing someone other than 

Trump is ignoring “the voice of the people,” 

when Trump has the most delegates, his 

threat carries weight. 

In reality, Trump has never gotten a 

majority of the votes in any state. In other 

words, “the voice of the people” has been 

consistently against nominating Trump. 

In a poll of Republican voters in Wisconsin, 

20 percent of them said that they would 

be “concerned” if Trump became President 

of the United States, and 35 percent said 

that they would be “scared.” 

If “the voice of the people” has spoken, 

whether in Wisconsin or nationally, what 

it has said repeatedly is “no to Donald 

Trump.” The illusion of Trump’s overwhelming 

appeal to Republican voters has 

been maintained by the fragmenting of 

Republican votes because so many candidates 

were running as conservatives that 

Trump won primaries without ever getting 

a majority of the votes. 

This would not be the first time that the 

conservative majority votes in a Republican 

primary season have been split so 

many ways that someone who is not a conservative 

ends up with the nomination. 

That is how the Republicans ended up 

with Mitt Romney in 2012 and lost the election. 

That is also how the Republicans can 

end up with Donald Trump and lose this 

year’s election. Worse yet, from the standpoint 

of the country, that is how Donald 

Trump might end up in the White House. 

The Republicans in Wisconsin who were 

scared of the possibility of Trump as President 

were on to something. We should all 

be scared. 

Why? There is not room enough to list 

all the reasons. But Trump himself has 

demonstrated, over and over, how he lacks 

the depth of knowledge – and sometimes 

any knowledge at all – of complex life and 

death issues that are inescapable for any 

President of the United States. 

Ignorance is dangerous enough in itself. 

But ignorance on the part of an egomaniac, 

who announces that he is his own best 

advisor, is incorrigible ignorance. He can 

surround himself with the best minds in the 

country and it will not do any good if they 

are just there for window dressing. 

Barack Obama has already demonstrated 

what disasters a president can create when 

he ignores the warnings of the country’s 

top military leaders, as he did when he 

pulled American troops out of Iraq, setting 

the stage for the emergence of ISIS. 

Obama dealt with that problem, as he 

has dealt with other problems, by coming 

up with glib rhetoric – in this case, dismissing 

ISIS as the junior varsity. The horrors 

that have followed -- especially for women 

and girls – wherever ISIS has taken over 

in the Middle East make Obama’s slick 

words grotesque. 

So too do the terrorist slaughters in 

Europe that are virtually guaranteed to be 

repeated in America. 

The unprecedented public criticisms of 

President Obama by four of his former secretaries 

of defense, not to mention retired 

four-star generals, demonstrate that having 

knowledgeable and experienced advisors 

cannot make up for headstrong ignorance 

on the part of a president. 

A headline on Bret Stephens’ column in 

The Wall Street Journal, “Trump Is Obama 

Squared,” hit the nail on the head. After 

seven long years of disaster after disaster, at 

home and abroad, under the Obama administration, 

have we learned nothing about the 

dangers of choosing an untested candidate 

for President of the United States on the 

basis of his saying things we want to hear? 

Elections are not held to make us feel 

good at the time, but to select someone 

with the depth of knowledge and character 

to be entrusted with our lives and the future 

of the nation. 

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To the Editor: 

As I read this article [Mid Rivers Newsmagazine, 

April 6], I kept hoping for an 

honest, unbiased review of the Affordable 

Care Act. Unfortunately, I found a onesided, 

anecdotal, biased report. 

I saw that the author of this report was 

a Susan E. Sagarra, I tried in vain to read 

somewhere in the piece about her. A quick 

check on the Internet told me she is an 

author, researcher, etc., who most recently 

was the editor for a Missouri-based thinktank, 

the Show-Me Institute. Ms. Sagarra 

refers to this group for much of her information. 

On further research, I found that this 

self-proclaimed “nonpartisan” think-tank 

is in fact led by wealthy conservatives 

and Republican campaign staffers. It was 

founded in 2005 by billionaire right-wing 

political donor, Rex Sinquefield. 

As a new resident of the area, I have read 

many of your articles and been happy to 

learn about my new area’s attractions and 

people. However, I was dismayed that 

the main editorial is always the one by 

Thomas Sowell, a well known ultraconservative 

writer. I was saddened to see that a 

purported news analysis article was of the 

same ilk. 

Please realize that your readers are looking 

for sensible discussions about important 

issues and not for the standard either 

“conservative” or “liberal” viewpoints. 

Carolyn Harris 

Regarding Thomas Sowell 


I wanted to write a quick note about the 

fine job Mr.Sowell does in his column in 

the Mid Rivers Newsmagazine. This is the 

first thing I read when I get the magazine 

and thoroughly enjoy his informative and 

well written column. I’m so thankful for 

his conservative, factual and relevant subject 

matter. 

Dan Oehlert 

Regarding a letter 

from Walt Gamache 


I appreciate that you try to include dissenting 

opinions in your letters to the editor. 

Regarding the lengthy letter from Mr. 

Walt Gamache [Mid Rivers Newsmagazine, 

April 6] in response to Thomas Sowell’s 

“Random Thoughts,” he wasted a lot of 

space with his tirade. Simply put, anyone 

who disagrees with him is uninformed, a 

racist and religious bigot, uneducated and 

not fit to be allowed to express their opinion 

or beliefs. 

This in a nutshell is what is wrong with 

our country. The only freedom Mr. Gamache 

wants me to have is to agree with him 

or remain silent. 

But I am informed and I vote and there 

are millions just like me. 

Char Schultz 

• • • 


This guy [Walt Gamache, Letters to the 

Editor, Mid Rivers Newsmagazine, April 

6] should have half the I.Q of Thomas 

Sowell. Another far left whacko is 

amongst us. 

Joe Dodson 

• • • 


Such vitriolic diatribes concerning Dr. 

Sowell and President Bush are nothing 

new from the left, so I will get to a more 

important point. 

Walt Gamache, whether he is black 

or white, cannot speak for all African- 

Americans or anyone else concerning 

their thoughts, or any other process in 

their lives. Somehow though, he feels he 

is entitled to do so, based on what, I have 

no idea. 

I thank you, Mr. Gamache, for giving 

the rest of us regular folks a peek into 

what you and others of your affiliation 

really think about African-American citizens. 

Walt’s final statement speaking for how 

and what all African-American citizens 

are supposed to think and believe sounds 

like something straight from the office 

of lifelong Democrat Sen. Robert [KKK 

Kleagle] Byrd. Byrd vigorously opposed 

the integration of the military, and wrote 

in 1946 that the KKK was “needed today 

as never before.” 

Let us not forget Secretary Hillary and 

President Bill Clinton’s praise for Sen. 

Byrd. Talk about blatant hypocrisy. They 

are the Clintons, though. 

I digress. 

Quoting Walt Gamache: “Your picture 

[Dr. Sowell] shows me that you are 

African-American, [you wouldn’t think 

it could get worse but it does] but your 

comments demonstrate to me that most of 

the public and African-Americans [apparently 

African- Americans aren’t included 

in “the public”] would think your beliefs 

are not those of an African-American 

person.” That statement is racist beyond 

belief, but, you have to consider the 

source. 

Perhaps Dr. Sowell should apologize to 

Walt for being so uppity and not thinking 

and speaking in a way that Walt would 

approve. Shame on Dr. Sowell. Maybe in 

time and with counseling from Walt, Dr. 

Sowell will get his mind right, Boss. 

This may be the party Mr. Gamache 

clings to: the party of Andrew Jackson 

and his solution to the Cherokee Nation, 

Woodrow Wilson making interracial 

marriage illegal and segregating the U.S. 

military in WWI, Franklin D. Roosevelt 

confiscating the private property of and 

imprisoning Japanese American citizens 

based strictly on their appearance, Lyndon 

B. Johnson … well, I cannot quote his 

comments concerning African American 

citizens, Mid Rivers Newsmagazine 

would not print them. 

The GOP has Abraham Lincoln with 

the Union army eliminating the horrors of 

slavery and President Eisenhower sending 

1,200 soldiers of the 101st First Airborne 

Division from Fort Campbell Kentucky to 

Little Rock Arkansas to protect black students 

and desegregate the public schools 

in the Democrat- controlled south. 

One more thing, this is from CNN: 

“Most people don’t realize today, that in 

proportional terms, a far higher percentage 

of Republicans voted in favor of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964 than did Democrats. 

More than 80 percent of Republicans 

in both houses voted in favor of the 

bill, compared with more than 60 percent 

of Democrats.” 

And here’s a quote from Ohio Republican 

Rep. William McCulloch: “The 

Constitution doesn’t say that whites alone 

shall have our most basic rights, but that 

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DARDENNE PRAIRIE 

City to contract with 

county animal control 

Dardenne Prairie’s Board of Aldermen 

was forced to “bite the bullet” and approve 

a contract with St. Charles County to provide 

animal control services and adopt the 

county’s animal control ordinance. 

The board voted 5-1 at its April 6 meeting 

to approve the contract, which will cost 

the city $15,500 annually. Only Alderman 

John Gotway [Ward 3] was opposed. 

Until this year, the county provided 

animal control services to county municipalities, 

which often had their own individual 

animal control ordinances. However, 

earlier this year, the County Council 

approved a plan to charge municipalities 

for annual animal control services. After 

Mayor David Zucker described his “sticker 

shock” at the bill, the city asked county 

officials in February for a more detailed 

explanation of why they would charge the 

city $15,500. 

Zucker suggested at that time that the 

city might want to enter the agreement 

for one year, and work with other cities to 

see if a private contractor could provide 

animal control services before renewing 

the agreement. Since then, Zucker said 

one private contractor, who provides services 

to other cities in Lincoln County, 

had suggested in a telephone call that his 

service had “response times of at least an 

hour.” 

“If you’ve got a stray dog menacing 

somebody, you can’t wait around for an 

hour,” Zucker said. 

The county stopped responding to 

animal control calls in Dardenne Prairie in 

March, Zucker said. 

“I’m concerned that if we don’t get this 

approved somebody is going to get hurt 

and the responsibility will be on us for not 

taking action,” he said. “Basically we have 

to bite the bullet on this and spend the rest 

of the year finding out whether it’s feasible 

to develop alternatives. If we can’t, we’ll 

continue to deal with the county.” 

The city also is required to adopt the 

county’s animal control ordinance, which 

Zucker said is largely the same as the city’s 

present ordinance. 

The city isn’t expected to receive anything 

from the county in terms of fines paid 

by residents. 

“Cash flow is through a series of deep 

valves that only go in one direction,” 

Zucker said. “There is no back flow.” 

Lake Saint Louis also has entered into 

an agreement to allow the county to take 

over its animal control services. Lake Saint 

Louis is being charged $19,629 annually. 

O’FALLON 

Founders’ Day opens 

door to the past 

To honor its humble beginnings, the city 

of O’Fallon will hold its annual Founders’ 

Day and Garden Expo from 10 a.m.-2 

p.m. on May 7 in Fort Zumwalt Park, 1000 

Jessup Lane. 

Visitors to O’Fallon can step back in 

time as the city celebrates life like it was 

in the late 1800s. 

Founders’ Day features a mix of 

hands-on activities and demonstrations 

showcasing 19th-century skills, such as 

blacksmithing, cow-milking, finger-weaving, 

beekeeping and more. 

“It’s really celebrating the history of how 

O’Fallon started,” festival coordinator Jennifer 

Hoisington said. 

Kids are invited to try their hands at 

soap carving and cattle-roping, as well as 

making souvenir crafts to take home. In 

addition to the hands-on fun, storyteller 

Steve McPhail will portray pioneer hero 

Johnny Appleseed during several performances 

throughout the day. “Appleseed” 

also will be walking around throughout the 

day, interacting with guests in character. 

The Louis and Clark Fife and Drum 

Corps also will perform throughout the day. 

New this year is a petting zoo, featuring 

bunnies, chickens and other animals. 

Admission, parking and all activities are 

free, and handmade goods and concessions 

will be available for sale. 

The Garden Expo portion of the event 

kicks off at 10 a.m. with an Arbor Day 

Ceremony featuring O’Fallon Mayor Bill 

Hennessy. Guests can plant seedlings, and 

the first 100 guests will get a free seedling 

of their own to take home. 

Vendors will have folk arts and crafts, 

garden décor and live plants for sale, and 

concessionaires will have food for sale. 

The combined event also marks the 

opening of tours for Fort Zumwalt and 

the Heald Home. With the exception of 

May 8, the historic structures are open for 

touring on the second and fourth Sunday 

of every month from May through September. 

Tours take place from noon-3 

p.m. on those days. 

The Heald Home recently was renovated, 

according to Hoisington, and the revamped 

interior features storyboards to walk guests 

through the history of the location. 

Tours will be available at the Founders’ 

Day and Garden Expo at a cost of $5 

for adults. Tours are free for kids 11 and 

younger, when accompanied by an adult. 

ST. PETERS 

Community forum sparks 

suicide discussion 

A community forum on suicide prevention 

featured as much audience participation 

as panel discussion as attendees and 

experts shared views and advice on recognizing 

and helping vulnerable youth, 

adults and veterans. 

The forum, “Let’s Talk … A Community 

Forum on Suicide and its Prevention,” on 

March 30 was sponsored by the St. Peters 

Health & Wellness Advisory Committee, 

a group of community volunteers that 

advises the city’s Board of Aldermen and 

city officials. 

Members of a three-member panel that 

led the discussion said suicide attempts, 

particularly by young people, continue to 

rise. And suicide is a major issue for young 

veterans who are trying to re-enter civilian 

life. 

Heather Davidson, director of youth services 

for SSM Behavioral Health Services, 

said about 30 young people between the 

ages of 15 to 24 die of suicide each year in 

the St. Louis area. 

According to the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention [CDC], there 

were 41,149 suicides in 2013 in the 

United States. About 1.3 million adults 

age 18 and older attempted suicide in 

2015, with suicide the second leading 

cause of death among persons aged 13 

to 34.





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The CDC statistics are about two years 

behind, according to Davidson. 

“They’re going up – we’re seeing much 

of that on the youth side, and also on the 

adult side,” Davidson said. 

Molly Dwyer-Simonsen, team leader of 

outpatient behavioral health programs at 

SSM Behavioral Health Services, said that 

five years ago, suicide was the 10th leading 

cause of death. 

“Now, it’s eighth,” Dwyer-Simonsen said. 

“That kind of puts things into perspective 

that it’s jumped up that much in less than 

five years. It was more prevalent than 

we’re aware of.” 

Dwyer-Simonsen said genetics can play 

a role in some forms of depression as can 

drug and alcohol abuse. Having an experience 

with someone who committed suicide, 

the news media, and use of the Internet can 

increase risk factors. 

“It makes it [suicide] more plausible and 

somehow more acceptable to actually think 

about that and go through with it,” she said. 

Davidson said economic issues and 

cyber-bullying through the Internet also 

can create depression and anxiety. She 

said medical professionals also are seeing 

higher numbers of gay and lesbian young 

people. 

Webb, who works with Marines and 

other veterans, said veterans organizations 

have actually seen a drop in suicides 

locally, largely because agencies and organizations 

are providing direct treatment 

and engaging veterans. 

Often the issues behind suicide may not 

stem from combat in, say, Afghanistan, but 

arise when veterans come home. 

“When he or she comes home, they’ve 

lost purpose,” Webb said. Because of 

changes at home while they are in the military 

they feel they often don’t fit in anymore, 

he said. 

Among the prevention tips offered, the 

experts suggested being alert to changes in 

behavior and appearance. For example, if 

someone starts to sees a veteran with all 

their “stuff folded and neat you need to 

start worrying,” Webb said. 

“We need to start to observe,” Dwyer- 

Simonsen said. “When we notice something, 

we need to get connected and care 

about one another and be okay with being 

a little obtrusive,” she said. 

While panelists emphasized the need for 

open and direct communication, they also 

said parents and families also have to set 

limits and expectations for their children 

to abide by. 

Attendees and panelists agreed that the 

“stigma” of suicide needs to be overcome 

with people being more willing to talk 

about it openly. Dwyer-Simonsen said 

attendees can become advocates for suicide 

prevention, particularly by asking 

lawmakers who control budgets to provide 

funding for programs to help. 

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drug monitoring program [PDMP] to 

track addictive opiate medication is again 

being challenged this year. 

But establishing a statewide PDMP 

could remain an elusive goal for health 

advocacy groups and law enforcement and 

government officials. State legislation creating 

a PDMP and a bill that allows more 

use of an emergency medication for heroin 

overdoses are poised in the Missouri General 

Assembly this legislative session. 

Whether any of that legislation becomes 

a reality remains unclear at presstime. 

Authorities say the use of opiate-based 

painkillers such as OxyContin and Vicodin 

can become addictive and lead to users 

turning to heroin, which is stronger and 

cheaper. A PDMP is viewed as a means to 

track “doctor shoppers” who obtain prescriptions 

to abuse and sell the drugs. 

“I’m 100 percent in favor of a prescription 

monitoring program, it’s an absolute 

necessity,” said St. Charles County Prosecuting 

Attorney Tim Lohmar. 

There have been moves in that direction 

recently – notably St. Louis County agreeing 

to develop its own PDMP because of 

the lack of legislative progress in the last 

few years. St. Charles County officials say 

they are examining what St. Louis County 

has done. 

The bills in the General Assembly are 

mired in a standoff and some legislators 

say that will mean that a PDMP may be 

again squashed. “I think that’s a huge mistake,” 

Lohmar said. 

This year, State Sen. Robert Schaaf 

[R-District 34] is sponsoring bill creating 

a drug monitoring program – a change 

from his position in the past of opposing 

any PDMP program. Schaaf’s bill would 

warn physicians and pharmacists that a 

patient had received a medication – a red 

flag would come up, he said. 

Schaaf’s PDMP would not allow access 

to more specific records. It would use an 

existing database developed by the State 

Data Center through the Missouri Office 

of Administration. The act would require 

voter approval and expire on Aug. 28, 2021. 

A physician, Schaaf has opposed a state 

PDMP for years, including leading an 

eight-hour filibuster that killed legislation 

last year. 

The bill he and a small group of senators 

killed last year and in 2014 was sponsored 

by state Rep. Holly Rehder [R-District 

148]. Rehder’s bill would require the Missouri 

Department of Health and Senior 

Services to start a database to track opiate 

prescriptions. Her bill was approved by a 

91-68 vote in February, but requires a vote 

in the Senate, where it has stalled in the 

past and may stall again this year. 

Schaaf said in an interview that he’s 

willing to compromise with his bill or have 

Rehder’s bill put to a vote. But he said he’s 

unwilling to “compromise the liberty of 

his constituents.” 

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version, it just puts the people at risk.” 

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Rehder’s bill would allow a wider number 

of people and agencies access to medical 

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five states have been hacked. 

“If grandma has her OxyContin on the 

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grandma’s house will be broken into if 

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PDMPs are ineffective, he said, because 

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“I think there is a small subset of people 

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because of some criminals.” 

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“I don’t know if they have ever been 

tested in the courts,” he said. He said it 

would be great to have a vote on a PDMP 

because it may be turned down by state 

voters. 

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month that she was optimistic about a 

bill being enacted because of a change in 

House leadership. When looking at other 

states – California formalized its PDMP in 

1939 – there have not been privacy issues, 

she said. 

Rehder’s district is in the southeast 

corner of the state near Kentucky, Tennessee, 

Arkansas and Illinois. 

“What my pharmacists are seeing is that 

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Zoo officials make case for St. Charles County to place sales tax on ballot 


Saint Louis Zoo officials met with the 

St. Charles County Council to set the stage 

for potentially placing a sales tax increase 

on the ballot to help pay for increasing 

expenses and upkeep of the zoo. 

The council took no action after meeting 

with zoo officials and supporters during an 

April 11 work session. Enabling legislation 

pending in the Missouri General Assembly 

has to be enacted before the county could 

decide whether to put a sales tax on the ballot. 

A bill under consideration in the legislature 

would allow St. Charles, Jefferson, St. 

Louis and Franklin counties and the city of 

St. Louis to place on the ballot an increase 

in sales tax of as much as one-eighth percent 

to support the zoo. 

Currently the zoo receives support from 

the Metropolitan Zoological Park and 

Museum District, formed in 1972, which 

provides property tax revenue from the 

city of St. Louis and St. Louis County. 

The district provides financial support 

for the zoo, the Missouri Botanical Garden, 

The Missouri History Museum, the St. 

Louis Science Center, and the St. Louis 

Art Museum. The zoo received about $20 

million in revenue from the district in 2015, 

according to the district’s website. 

Jeffrey Bonner, president of the zoo, told 

the council that the zoo has spent $62 million 

over the last eight years to improve the 

nationally renowned zoo, which is more 

than a century old. 

But the zoo still has $52 million in 

deferred maintenance, Bonner said, along 

with other needs for animal conservation 

and breeding. 

Revenue from tax support hasn’t gone 

up, and costs continue to rise, he said. 

The zoo can raise prices, Bonner said, but 

“there is only so much you can charge for a 

hamburger.” Philanthropy also is a major 

support but it also can be unpredictable, he 

added. 

Councilman Joe Cronin [District 1], 

chair of the council, suggested charging 

admission as one way of raising money. 

The zoo historically has not charged 

admission. He noted that other institutions 

and museums here and around the country 

charge admission. 

“The thing that comes to mind, and I’ve 

heard it from a number of my constituents, 

is why not a small admission fee,” Cronin 

said. “You’re already charging an admission 

fee at the Botanical Gardens.” 

Sale taxes are regressive, “meaning 

that folks in my district, a working family 

in Wentzville, it takes more out of their 

budget than someone that’s eating lobsters 

in Ladue,” he said. 

A sales tax is also a disadvantage to small 

business owners like himself because every 

time it goes up its more of a disadvantage 

for them compared to online retailers like 

Amazon, Cronin added. 

“I don’t understand the insistence on 

free admission,” Cronin said, adding that 

a charge of $5 or $10 a person might raise 

more revenue. 

Zoo officials said legislation now may 

prohibit them from changing the free 

admission policy. Cronin asked why zoo 

officials can’t get that policy changed if the 

county is willing to put something on the 

ballot allowing a sales tax for the zoo. 

Mathew Geekie, president of the St. 

Louis Zoo Association, said an admissions 

charge may lower attendance, which could 

also mean lower concession and food sales 

and a loss of revenue. 

Some zoos, such as the San Diego Zoo, 

charge as much as $50 for individual 

admissions, which Geekie said might have 

more of a financial impact on a family 

from Wentzville than a sales tax would. 

“One of the things that is a highlight of 

St. Louis is a free zoo,” said Jeff Rainford, 

another association representative and a 

former longtime aide to St. Louis Mayor 

Francis Slay. “I think it’s a big part of St. 

Louis identity; people are emotionally 

attached to it.” 

Results of an opinion poll of 400 St. 

Charles County residents in February 

showed that 59 percent wanted to maintain 

a free zoo even if a sales tax were imposed, 

Rainford said. In all, 68 percent of those 

polled would support up to a one-eighth 

cent sales tax, he said. 

The poll also showed that 61 percent 

agreed that the county should step up and 

support institutions like the zoo. Rainford 

said the poll indicated 92 percent of county 

residents polled viewed the zoo favorably 

– 82 percent “very favorably.” Only 11 percent 

of polled residents felt the zoo wastes 

too much tax money. 

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would provide more financial information 

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funding would be spent before asking 

directly to place a sales tax increase on the 

ballot. Zoo officials also are meeting with 

officials in other counties. 

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time you will see us,” Rainford said. 

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The St. Charles County Council heard a 

pitch from a group seeking a property tax 

increase to provide more money for programs 

that provide assistance to seniors. 

Jamie Opsal, project manager for 

Seniors Count of St. Louis, told council 

members at their April 11 meeting that the 

tax increase would help provide funds for 

a county whose population is aging. 

Seniors 60 years and older are estimated 

to rise to more than 27 percent of its population 

in 14 years, she said. That compares 

to 12 percent in 2000. 

Opsal said the Daughters of Charity 

Foundation of St. Louis, which provides 

funding to nonprofit organizations providing 

senior services, discovered a Missouri 

statute on the books since 1990 that 

allows counties to place a “senior tax” on 

the ballot. The tax could be similar in 

some ways to the county’s Community 

Children’s Fund. But the senior fund 

would require voter approval of a property 

tax increase of 5 cents for each $100 

in assessed valuation. 

Opsal said that would equate to about 

$9.50 a year for the owner of a $100,000 

home. The tax would generate about $4 

million annually in the county. 

More funding for housing, transportation, 

medical and food needs would help 

allow seniors to “age in place,” she said. 

Opsal said Seniors Count is a coalition 

of more than 200 nonprofit, health 

care, religious and business organizations 

working to place similar measures 

on the ballot in the city of St. Louis, and 

St. Louis and St. Charles County. Any 

tax increase has to be approved in each 

county and the city. 

The St. Louis County Council agreed on 

April 12 to place a similar measure on that 

county’s November ballot. Similar senior 

funds are already in place in 51 Missouri 

counties but have never been introduced in 

the St. Louis area, Opsal said. 

Representatives from various organizations 

also spoke in favor of the effort. 

Miriam Mahan, executive director for Sts. 

Joachim and Ann Care Service, one of the 

largest nonprofit social service providers 

in the county, said more funding is needed 

to provide services, particularly among 

low-income seniors. “There are no options 

for seniors,” Mahan said. 

The council took no action on the request. 

County Councilman Joe Cronin [District 

1] questioned how seniors are being helped 

by raising their property taxes. 

“We’ve got older people trying to stay in 

their homes anyway,” he said. “It’s like a 

catch-22; you’re going to give them extra 

services but you are going to charge them 

more taxes,” Cronin said. 

Many seniors are moving out of the 

county because of higher taxes, he added. 

Councilman Joe Brazil [District 2] said 

the request for tax increases from a variety 

of institutions, ranging from the St. Louis 

Zoo to local school districts, is rising. 

“I’m not saying I’m opposed, I’m just 

saying when it’s not just you it’s everybody 

else standing in line for more money,” 

Brazil said. 

Councilman Terry Hollander [District 5] 

said all the money raised stays local and 

would be administered by a local board 

with its members appointed by the county 

executive. 

The county has two similar boards now. 

The Community and Children’s Resource 

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fund. The Developmental Disabilities 

Resource Board provides funding for 

agencies serving persons with developmental 

disabilities. Each board administers 

funding in a similar way very successfully, 

Hollander said. The boards review agency 

funding requests from agencies providing 

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Dardenne Prairie aldermen delay 

next steps on Bopp Property 


The Dardenne Prairie Board of Aldermen 

has again continued a public hearing 

for a development plan for 15.79 acres of a 

tract known as the Bopp Property, located 

north of Feise Road near Bryan Road, to 

allow the owners of the tract to submit a 

new traffic study. 

The board voted April 6 to continue the 

public hearing on a planned unit development 

[PUD] request submitted in February 

by the tract’s owners, the Cora Bopp 

Limited Partnership. The public hearing 

also had been continued from the board’s 

March 16 meeting. 

City officials are also not expected to make 

a decision on a site plan for the first specific 

tenant discussed for the tract, a Walmart 

Neighborhood Market, until at least May. 

The partnership owns 86.5 acres in the 

area, with the 15.79-acre area slated as the 

first portion to be developed. 

The PUD request covers five parcels 

on the 15.79 acres - a 50,000 square-foot 

grocery store, 24,000 square feet of retail 

space, 26,000 square feet for a bank or 

retail space, 3,000 square feet for a fast 

food restaurant and a 740-square-foot gas 

station. Two of the five parcels would be 

purchased by Walmart for the Neighborhood 

Market store and gas station. 

On March 9, Walmart announced plans to 

build the approximately 46,000-squarefoot 

grocery store and gas station. The 

store is about a fourth of the size of a regular 

Walmart Supercenter store and smaller 

than competing supermarkets, and would 

be the third Neighborhood Market recently 

opened in St. Charles County. 

Development of the store and of the 

overall 86.5-acre Bopp Property has drawn 

a sharp response from Dardenne Prairie 

and nearby O’Fallon officials worried 

about the impact the development could 

have on Bryan Road’s traffic. 

City officials had a number of questions 

for the partnership, particularly about 

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the traffic issue. Access points for traffic 

have to be approved off Feise Road by 

Dardenne Prairie. Rights of way off Bryan 

Road are controlled by O’Fallon. 

Dardenne Prairie Mayor David Zucker 

told the board at its April 6 meeting that 

partnership officials were expected to provide 

new traffic and other additional information. 

The public hearing would remain 

open until the board’s April 20 meeting, 

when the board could also consider the 

PUD request. 

The board also is expected to consider 

the site plan for the Walmart Neighborhood 

Market store sometime in May. The site plan 

will first be submitted to the city’s Planning 

and Zoning Commission, then to the board. 

Zucker said he met with Walmart officials 

to discuss city requirements for the 

building, and presented them with a picture 

of a similar Walmart store in Pleasanton, 

California. “We can make a lot of people 

happy with a building that looks like this, 

as opposed to the industrial warehouse 

look they submitted with their original proposal,” 

Zucker told aldermen. 

Zucker said he assured Walmart officials 

that the city also is amenable to revising 

a city ordinance adopted in 2004 that sets 

architectural standards along Bryan Road 

and other parts of the city. 

Meanwhile, Zucker said partnership officials 

have not gotten any feedback regarding 

traffic from O’Fallon officials. 

O’Fallon officials wanted access points 

on Bryan Road to line up with that city’s 

road cuts on the east side of the road. They 

also have asked for an overall traffic study 

for the entire Bopp Property. 

“What I propose for our government is 

that we take care of our business; we make 

sure our requirements are satisfied,” Zucker 

said. He said the city wants a “sound traffic 

study” that will allow the board to make 

an informed judgement based on good 

data. O’Fallon will just have to play catch 

up- that’s all I need to say about O’Fallon,” 

he said. 

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Rehder said. “My bill allows physicians 

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it’s under HIPAA law, so they can’t just 

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everybody.” 

HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability 

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Saeger student wins Winston 

Churchill speech competition 

Saeger Middle’s Elena “Lanie” 

Sanders won the National Churchill 

Museum’s middle school speech contest, 

proving that a little positive, hardworking 

attitude can lead to big things. 

The annual contest was hosted by the 

National Churchill Museum in Fulton, Missouri. 

In order to qualify for the contest, 

students first had to win a local tournament, 

so Sanders competed against other students 

from the St. Louis Metro along with students 

from the Kansas City and Springfield areas. 

“Winning was a rush of excitement,” Sanders, 

a seventh-grader at Saeger, said. “This 

has been a great learning experience for me.” 

Spectra teacher Teresa Maher knows how 

valuable these types of opportunities are for 

students. Spectra is a program specifically 

tailored for students who are identified as 

gifted. 

Elena “Lanie” Sanders, 

winner of the National 

Churchill Museum’s 

speech contest. 

“Giving students the chance to speak 

publicly and in front of an audience of 

strangers, is a life skill that they can take 

with them long after the public school days 

are done,” Maher said. “It gives them a 

chance to take pride in their written work 

and to inspire people with their own words. 

There’s an irreplaceable value in that.” 

Sanders delivered her speech again at the Missouri 

State Capitol in honor of Fine Arts Education 

Day. She performed an encore of her 

speech at the prestigious Churchill Kemper 

Brunch and Lecture earlier this month. 

Churchill, regarded as one of the greatest 

public speakers of all time, was giving a 

speech to the British House of Commons in 

1904 when he was 23 years old. According to 

history, he forgot his speech, left the podium 

and buried his head in his hands in shame. 

But he didn’t give up. Churchill kept working 

at his speech skills and the rest is history. 

“I love that the Winston Churchill 

Museum hosts this contest every year,” 

Maher said. “He was such a dynamic 

leader and speaker and I like that these 

students learn about him and see the 

relevance and power of his words.” 

Sanders, like Churchill, kept working hard 

until her speech was good enough to be the 

best in the state. “The topic is something 

I am passionate about,” Sanders said. “I 

want others to know the value of having a 

hard working attitude.” 

Duchesne student selected 

to scholars academy 

Duchesne High school sophomore 

Connor Freeman has been selected for 2016 

Missouri Scholars Academy. 

The Missouri Scholars Academy is a 

three-week academic program for gifted 

students in the state of Missouri. It is held 

on the campus of the University of Missouri. 

The program is designed to give gifted 

students special opportunities for learning 

and personal development in order to realize 

their full potential. With a select faculty, 

a specially designed curriculum and interesting 

extracurricular activities, students 

become part of a unique learning community. 

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private schools statewide participate, 

exchanging ideas and learning approaches 

to develop individual talents. 

Francis Howell Joerling Scholarship 

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Memorial Scholarship to Allison Stevens. 

Stevens is a senior at Francis Howell 

High. She has been involved with the Limelight 

Theatre Drama department throughout 

her four years of high school and has been 

involved with several play productions. 

In addition, Stevens is a member of the 

National Honor Society, the Technical Student 

Association, is a Viking Edge leader, 

and has carried a 4.0 GPA throughout her 

school career. She plans on majoring in 

engineering at Missouri University of Science 

& Technology next year. 

The scholarship is especially meaningful 

to Stevens and her family as they were 

friends with Trevor Joerling and his family, 

in whose honor the scholarship was created. 

Stevens and her parents have fond memories 

of time spent with Trevor, including 

setting up a kickball tournament in honor of 

Allison Stevens with Francis Howell Drama 

Director Charles Mueller. 

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Trevor, who lost a brave fight with cancer 

in 2014, would have been a senior as well 

this year, graduating with Stevens. 

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By DEANNE LEBLANC 

At the Partners for Progress annual STEM 

Breakfast, GM-Wentzville plant manager 

and STEM expert Nancy Laubenthal offered 

a keynote address that was meant to inspire 

the students in the audience. Her goal: to 

encourage the 18 students being honored to 

continue making a difference in their community 

and in the world as they continue 

their journey with STEM in the future. 

The annual STEM Breakfast honors 

outstanding high school students for their 

achievements in science, technology, engineering 

and math [STEM]. Partners for 

Progress President and CEO Greg Prestemon, 

Partners for Progress Education 

Chair Randy Schilling, and student Hannah 

Martin from Assumption School also were 

featured speakers at the event. 

The students honored at the event were: 

• Sarah Darnell, Living Word Christian 

• Brittany Kraft, Duchesne High 

• James Clemens, Fort Zumwalt East 

• Matt Urbeck, Fort Zumwalt North 

• Marcus Forrest, Fort Zumwalt South 

• Tyler Hoffmann, Fort Zumwalt West 

• Brenden Bratsch, Francis Howell Central 

• Elise Kaminski, Francis Howell High 

• Jacob Beckmann, Francis Howell North 

• Brianna Farrell, Lewis & Clark Career 

Center 

• Andrew Sides, Lutheran St. Charles 

• Shelby Beasley, Orchard Farm 

• Matthew Reidenback, St. Charles High 

• Alexander Lu, St. Charles West 

• Keenan Bross, St. Dominic High 

• Rajon Scott, Wentzville Holt 

• Cameron Graham, Wentzville Liberty 

• Alicia Alexander, Wentzville Timberland 

Laubenthal has been the GM-Wentzville 

plant manager for the past three years. She 

spoke about her rise to leadership in the 

company and the growth of General Motors. 

The company is the largest employer in St. 

Charles county. 

Soon, it will require millions of lines of 

code to make car parts move, Laubenthal 

predicted. Missouri will need to fill 143,000 

STEM jobs by 2018, she said, and it is predicted 

that 60 percent of all jobs will require 

post-secondary education by 2018. 

“It is a systemic issue,” Laubenthal said. 

Interest in STEM-related subjects drops 

dramatically as children age. By high 

school, 40 percent of the students who once 

showed an interest in STEM have lost the 

spark that drew them to it when they were 

young, Laubenthal said. 

“Keeping middle school students interested 

in STEM before they reach ninth 

grade dramatically influences future choices, 

especially in girls,” she noted. 

At the breakfast, Partners for Progress 

announced its first tech challenge middle 

school grant. The organization is offering 

$1,000 grants for St. Charles County 

schools [grades 6-8] in the 2016-2017 academic 

year. Applications will be accepted 

through Sept. 2, 2016. A Lego Robotics Kit 

was donated on behalf of each of the STEM 

award winners, to their respective elementary 

schools. 

Eighteen St. Charles County students were honored for their achievements at the recent 

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Francis Howell Central spikers 

poised for another big season 

Double-digit scores and high-fives are 

regular sights when one watches the Francis 

Howell Central boys volleyball club put 

in work on the floor. 

The Spartans won a state title in 2012, 

won the GAC South Conference championship 

in 2015 and already are well on their 

way to another banner season this spring. 

Howell Central began the middle of 

April firmly perched in second place with 

a 10-4 mark and just two games behind 

rival Francis Howell North in the conference 

race. 

“We have got off to a pretty good start 

and in all six rotations we’ve got somebody 

that can do the job,” Francis Howell Central 

coach Mark McAfee said. “The kids 

play together well, they like each other and 

they support each other for the most part.” 

The Spartans came out of the box rolling 

in their first four matches as they defeated 

conference foes Fort Zumwalt South, 

Francis Howell, Fort Zumwalt East and 

Fort Zumwalt North in matches played 

from March 24 to March 31. 

Next was a two-day appearance in the 

St. Louis Classic Tournament on April 1-2. 

In the Classic, the Spartans faced top area 

teams from Class 3 and Class 4. 

Howell Central knocked off Ritenour 

[25-6, 25-18] and Bayless [25-9, 25-10] 

on April 1 to win its first two matches 

in four straight sets before losing a hard 

fought three-set match to Class 3 power 

St. Mary’s to wrap up the opening day of 

tournament play. 

On the final day of play, Central defeated 

Eureka and Mehlville in four sets before 

falling to archrival Howell North in its last 

match of the tournament in three sets. 

This season, senior Hunter Buckman and 

junior Nathan Goestenkors are providing 

the Spartans with strong serving to start 

rallies. 

Buckman has an 85-percent serve average 

and had 10 aces heading into mid- 

April. Goestenkors is serving at a blazing 

96-percent clip. Connor McAfee also has 

been strong with10 serving aces. 

Goestenkors, a 6-4 outside hitter, has 

been strong along the front line with a 

team-leading 71 kills and an average of 

almost three kills per game. 

Buckman, the Spartans’ other big outside 

hitter at 6-foot-2, has 43 kills and is 

knocking down nearly two kills per game. 

The front line defense for the Spartans 

is led by Buckman, Goestenkors, 6-foot-6 

junior middle blocker Parker Zelei, and 

junior middle blocker Collin King. 

Junior libero/defensive specialist Japu 

Mawi anchors the back line for Howell 

Central. Mawi has been the Spartans’ 

saving grace in the back court, averaging 

just fewer than 5.5 digs per game and 

recording almost 190 headings into late 

April. 

Other key contributors for the Spartans’ 

early success are junior right side/outside 

hitter Nathan Schroeder, junior setter Max 

Jarus and junior middle hitter Connor 

Rohde. 

Central is not particularly strong at any 

one spot, but the Spartans have a 15-player 

roster that is two-deep at every spot on 

the floor and gives the club flexibility and 

depth in long matches and tournaments. 

Those qualities should pay off again in the 

postseason. 

“One of the hardest things is getting the 

kids enough work in practice so they can 

actually get in a game and contribute,” 

McAfee said. “I think our strength is that at 

all six rotations we’ve got somebody that 

can do the job.” 

Last season, after winning the GAC 

South title, the Spartans advanced to the 

Class 4 quarterfinals, finishing at 25-10-2. 

Once again this spring the expectations 

are just as lofty for this senior-laden club. 

“You win 25 games, it’s a pretty good 

season,” McAfee said. “We hope we’re 

going to match that or do better than that 

this season. Our goal every year is to win 

conference and we’re a little behind the 

eight ball with Howell North taking the first 

of the two-game series there. So, hopefully 

we can continue to beat the teams we need 

to beat in conference and hopefully we’ll 

play them at home this year and it will be 

for the conference championship.” 

New football coach takes 

helm at Francis Howell High 

Westminster Christian 

Academy’s varsity 

football coach Cory 

Snyder announced 

Tuesday, April 12, that 

he has accepted the 

head coaching position 

at Francis Howell High. 

Snyder, who has led 

Coach Snyder 

the Class 4 Wildcats as head coach for the 

last five years, will be leaving Westminster 

on July 1. 

Snyder, 36, acknowledged he had mixed 

emotions about the decision. 

“It’s a little bittersweet,” Snyder said. 

“I’m excited to get going but there’s a little 

bit of sadness, too. This is the only place 

I’ve ever worked. I’ve been here 15 years. 

I came here right out of college. This is my 

first move. I just felt like I needed to make 

a change and grow and get a bit uncomfortable 

and continue to grow.” 

Snyder takes over a Vikings program 

that was impressively built by coach Bryan 

Koch, who resigned Feb. 26. Koch, 34, led 

Francis Howell for nine years. Koch, a 

1999 Francis Howell graduate, went 72-33 

in his time leading the program. Snyder 

met his new players the same day he met 

with those at Westminster. The Wildcats 

were not surprised by the news. 

“It kind of leaked out last week. The guys 

all knew about it but it was good to finalize 

it and make it formal,” Snyder said. 

Snyder began teaching and coaching 

football at Westminster in 2001. He came 

to Westminster after completing his undergraduate 

degree at Washington University, 

where he played football for the Bears. 

In 2002, he was named defensive coordinator 

for the Wildcats. Those were the 

formative years for Westminster’s football 

program, said Head of School Tom Stoner. 

Snyder said he has enjoyed seeing the 

program prosper. 

“I remember when it was all just starting,” 

Snyder said. “I have been involved in 

most of the major moments of the program. 

That’s been pretty special. That made it a 

hard decision to leave.” 

But Snyder said he thought that move 

would be a good opportunity for him and 

his family. 

“When I saw Bryan stepped down, and 

I don’t know him personally but I have a 

lot of respect for him, it was intriguing to 

me,” Snyder said. “We live in that district. 

My kids are in the third grade and second 

grade. So that was important. 

“I thought it was worth a phone call 

and email. The more I learned about it, it 

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I PRESCHOOL & CHILD CARE CHOICES I 19 

CHILD CARE CHOICES 

Expert tips for choosing preschool 

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There is a lot to consider 

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childcare provider. Location, 

affordability and reputation are 

among the first things that come 

to mind, but other factors are 

important, too. 

Following are some excellent 

online resources designed to 

help parents choose a program 

that will provide their children 

with a strong foundation for their 

development and education. 

• Childcareaware.org, the website of Child 

Care Aware®, is a hub of information for 

parents and childcare providers. Its “Parents 

and Families” section helps parents learn 

about the elements of quality programs and 

assists them with locating those programs 

within their own community. 

The site includes numerous tips for evaluating 

childcare providers, covering points 

to consider when measuring the quality 

of caregivers/teachers, a facility’s overall 

setting, activities offered and general considerations, 

such as whether parents agree 

with the provider’s discipline practices and 

if the sounds of happy children are heard 

on site. 

• Families.naeyc.org is part of is the 

website of the National Association for the 

Education of Young Children (NAEYC), a 

professional membership organization that 

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for children from birth through age 8. 

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in the selection of a quality childcare 

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- The “What to Look for in a Program” 

section contains tips to help parents 

select safe, nurturing and stimulating 

learning environments for infants, toddlers 

and preschoolers. 

- The “Signs of Quality” section covers 

the 10 research-based standards the 

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programs, including childcare centers, preschools 

and kindergartens. In order for a 

program to earn NAEYC accreditation, it 

must meet all 10 standards. 

NAEYC standards cover relationships, 

curriculum, teaching, assessment of child 

progress, health, teachers, families, community 

relationships, physical environment, 

and leadership and management. 

They were developed using input from 

early childhood experts and educators 

from across the country. 

- The “Search for an Accredited Program” 

section enables parents to search by program 

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in their area and is updated every 

Friday with new accreditation decisions. 

• Getreadytoread.org, one of the 

National Center for Learning Disabilities’ 

websites, has a helpful section called 

“Choosing a Preschool: Simple Tips for 

Parents.” It emphasizes the importance 

of preparation in making a preschool 

choice and offers information to help 

parents make those preparations. 

To clear up some common confusion, 

the site explains the various terms 

used to describe preschools’ educational 

philosophies, including the Montessori 

Method, Reggio Emilia Approach, Waldorf 

Approach, Bank Street Approach and High/ 

Scope Approach. 

Common terms associated with preschool 

settings, such as “teacher-led,” 

“child-led,” “co-operative” and others also 

are explained. 

Finally, the site includes recommended 

questions to ask when visiting preschools 

and checklists parents can use when visiting 

and comparing various preschools. 

• Healthychildren.org, a website from 

the American Academy of Pediatrics 

(AAP), has a section devoted to helping 

parents choose quality childcare. The site 

contains a list of pertinent questions parents 

can ask of potential care providers, 

addressing topics ranging from hours of 

operation, daily scheduling and staffing 

to specific policies on matters such as 

health standards, medication management, 

nutrition, discipline, media, outdoor 

play and more. 

The site also features a chart outlining 

the AAP’s recommendations on the appropriate 

child-staff ratio and maximum group 

size for children of various age groups. 

To access the information, visit healthychildren.org, 

and enter “choosing childcare” 

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By Melinda Myers 

Keeping your garden looking its best 

throughout the growing season and into fall 

is possible with the help of low maintenance 

spring planted bulbs. Plant them in spring 

among other annuals or perennials and 

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Whether your gardens and containers are 

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Grow dahlias in sunny areas with at least 

six hours of sunlight for the best floral display. 

Simply plant the tuberous roots four 

to six inches deep with the stem facing up 

after the danger of frost has passed. 

Use dahlias in a cutting garden or as an 

attractive screen along fences and property 

lines. Use the shorter, more compact border 

dahlias like “Gallery Pablo” in containers 

on your patio, balcony or deck for you and 

the hummingbirds to enjoy. 

Wait until the danger of frost has passed 

to plant cannas in full sun to partially 

shaded locations. Plant the canna rhizomes 

horizontally two to three inches deep with 

the growing point facing up. Take advantage 

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in the landscape. Use as a vertical accent in 

a large container or select dwarf varieties 

for smaller pots. 

Calla lilies are another spring planted 

bulb that thrives in full sun or part shade. 

The speckled foliage adds color to the 

garden all season long. Include these 1- 

to 2-foot plants in the front or middle of 

the flower garden or as a vertical accent 

or filler in a pot. And don’t forget to cut 

a few flowers to enjoy indoors. The black 

flowers of “Night Cap” teamed with the 

white blooms of “Crystal Clear” create an 

elegant display. 

Like the other bulbs, wait for the danger 

of frost to pass before planting them outdoors. 

Plant the knobby rhizomes two to 

four inches deep with the growing point 

facing up. 

Add some color and plenty of wow 

factor to shaded areas with the foliage of 

caladiums and elephant ears. These tropical 

beauties thrive when soil and air temperatures 

are warm. Wait for the danger 

of frost to pass and the soil to warm, 65 

to 70 degrees, before planting them in the 

garden. 

Use caladiums to brighten containers, 

dress up window boxes or edge a 

shady pathway. The colorful leaves stand 

out amongst the greens of shade gardens. 

Team variegated varieties with complimentary 

colored begonias, coleus or impatiens. 

Include elephant ears in the garden or 

containers. Their large heart shaped leaves 

give a tropical feel to the patio, deck or 

pool area. Consider planting one, two or 

more to create an impressive welcome for 

guests or a bold statement in the landscape. 

Make this the best season yet with the 

help of spring flowering bulbs. You’ll enjoy 

the variety and late season color these easy 

care plants provide. 

• • • 

Editor’s Note: Gardening expert Melinda 

Myers has more than 30 years of horticulture 

experience and has written over 20 

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Gardening” and the “Midwest Gardener’s 

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Concrete surfaces are known for their 

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According to concrete manufacturer The 

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paint colors for the home. 

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instills feelings of tranquility, so 

it is ideal for use in bedrooms or family 

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a bonus, light blue and green tints are in 

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• Other “go-to” colors for rooms designed 

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beige, brown and taupe. More enveloping 

than blues and greens, these quiet tints and 

shades impart more warmth and coziness 

to a space. 

• Yellow can be warm and welcoming, 

but it is also attention-getting and can lift 

the spirit and brighten the outlook. Like a 

splash of brilliant sunshine, yellow walls 

work well in a kitchen or breakfast area 

where most homeowners start the day. 

Show-Me Green 

• Shades of orange – tangerine and apricot, 

for example – also are energizing, so 

they too are good choices for rooms where 

mornings are enjoyed. 

• Reds are energizing, but need to be used 

sparingly, since their bold appearance can 

literally increase heartbeat. Red is a good 

choice for a formal dining room; studies 

show that red can increase appetite, which 

explains why it is the wall color of choice 

in so many restaurants. 

Zimmer cautioned that tone, or brightness, 

also plays an important role in creating 

mood when selecting a paint color. 

Keep in mind that brighter tones invigorate, 

while muted colors tend to be more calming 

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washers, clothes dryers, water heaters, 

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refrigerators, freezers and heat pumps. 

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various factors known to affect colorectal 

cancer risk. They found that drinking 

between one and two cups of coffee a day 

was associated with a 26-percent reduction 

in the odds of getting colorectal cancer, 

and the risk decreased by as much as 50 

percent among those drinking more than 

2.5 servings per day. 

Participants drank a variety of coffees, 

including espresso, instant, decaffeinated 

and filtered coffee, and study results were 

the same regardless of the type of coffee 

consumed. 

Researchers said they were surprised 

to learn that caffeine alone did not provide 

the protective effect. They noted that 

Researchers at USC found that drinking coffee is 

associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer. 

coffee contains elements that could limit 

the growth of potential colon cancer cells, 

encourage colon mobility and even prevent 

cancer by protecting the body from oxidative 

damage. 

Study author Stephen Gruber, M.D., 

director of the USC Norris Comprehensive 

Cancer Center, said while the study 

demonstrated that coffee is associated 

with reduced colorectal cancer risk, more 

research is needed before advocating for 

coffee as a preventive measure. 

“That being said, there are few health 

risks to coffee consumption,” he said. “I 

would encourage coffee lovers to revel in 

the strong possibility that their daily mug 

may lower their risk of colorectal cancer.” 

Broken hearts 

Results of a large, observational study 

found the death of a partner to be associated 

with increased risk of atrial fibrillation 

[irregular heartbeat] for up to one year. 

Researchers compared data on more 

than 88,000 people newly diagnosed 

with atrial fibrillation to information on 

more than 886,000 healthy individuals. 

Among bereaved individuals, the risk of 

developing an irregular heartbeat for the 

first time was found to be about 40 percent 

higher than for those who had not 

lost a partner. 

The most significant risk was observed 

among people younger than age 60, who 

were more than twice as likely to develop 

atrial fibrillation if they had lost a partner. 

The risk was greatest one to two weeks 

after a partner’s death, then gradually subsided 

for a year, at which point it became 

similar to that of those who had not lost a 

partner. Having a partner die unexpectedly 

also seemed to heighten the risk. 

Atrial fibrillation occurs when rapid, disorganized 

electrical signals cause the upper 

chambers of the heart to contract very 

quickly and irregularly. As a result, the 

heart’s upper and lower chambers do not 

work together as they should. People do 

not necessarily notice symptoms of atrial 

fibrillation, although it can cause chest 

pain and is a risk factor for heart failure 

and stroke. 

Social media and depression 

There is a connection among young 

adults’ social media use and depression, a 

National Institutes of Health-funded study 

suggests. 

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh 

School of Medicine questioned 

nearly 1,800 adults aged 19-32 about their 

use of the most popular social media platforms 

and gauged their level of depression 

using an established assessment tool. 

On average, participants spent about an 

hour per day on social media and checked 

social media sites 30 times a week. More 

than 25 percent of participants showed 

“high” on indicators of depression. 

Young adults who checked their social 

media accounts most often had 2.7 times 

the likelihood of being depressed, compared 

to those who checked their accounts 

the least. Those who spent the most time 

on social media each day had 1.7 times the 

risk of depression, compared to those using 

social media the least. 

Researchers were unable to establish 

a direct “cause and effect” relationship, 

noting that some young adults who already 

are depressed may rely on social media 

to fill a void, while others may become 

depressed as a result of their experiences 

on social media, for example. 

“Future studies should examine whether 

there may be different risks for depression 

depending on whether the social media 

interactions people have tend to be more 

active vs. passive or whether they tend to be 

more confrontational vs. supportive,” senior 

study author Brian Primack, M.D., said. 

Beware of bristles 

Beware of loose brush bristles when 

eating grilled foods. 

That is the advice of researchers who 

estimated roughly 1,700 people visited 

emergency rooms between 2002 and 2014 

because of injuries caused by ingesting 

wire bristles that had come loose from 

grill brushes. The number of injuries 

does not include those suffered by people 

treated at urgent care centers and other 

outpatient centers. 

“The issue is likely under-reported and 

thus underappreciated,” study author C.W. 

David Chang, M.D., said. “Because of the 

uncommon nature of wire bristle injuries, 

people may not be as mindful about the 

dangers and implications.” 

Most of the injuries were in the head and 

neck area and occurred during the summertime. 

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), before 

placing food on a grill, the surface should 

be examined carefully for the presence of 

bristles that may have dislodged from a 

grill brush and could wind up in cooked 

food. The CDC suggests considering the 

use of products other than grill brushes to 

clean residential grills. 

On the calendar 

BJC HealthCare offers free diabetic foot 

screenings from noon-2 p.m. on Thursday, 

April 28 at Middendorf-Kredell Library, 

2750 Hwy. K in O’Fallon. Registration is 

required. Call 928-9355. 

• • • 

American Red Cross community blood 

drives are from noon-4 p.m. on Friday, 

April 29 at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, 

10 Hospital Drive in St. Peters, and 

at Progress West Hospital, 2 Progress Point 

Parkway in O’Fallon. An appointment is 

not required but may speed the donation 

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Gateway Region YMCA and St. Charles County officials held a ribbon-cutting March 22, 

celebrating the grand reopening of the newly renovated fitness area at the St. Charles 

County Family YMCA branch located at 3900 Shady Springs Lane in St. Peters. 

business 

briefs 

PEOPLE 

St. Charles Mayor 

Sally A. Faith has named 

Larry Dobrosky as the 

city’s director of administration. 

Dobrosky most 

recently served as Deputy 

City Manager for the City 

of El Mirage, Arizona. 

He is a graduate of Arizona State University 

and also served in the U.S. Navy. 

• • • 

St. Louis-based Gershman 

Mortgage has 

added Jeremy Knox 

as a loan officer at the 

company’s St. Peters 

office located at 201 Salt 

Lick Road. Knox has six 

years of experience in 

Dobrosky 

Knox 

the residential loan industry and holds both 

a B.S. in criminal justice and a MBA from 

the University of Central Missouri. 

PLACES 

Coldwell Banker Gundaker’s St. 

Charles County office recently raised more 

than $22,000 to benefit Ronald McDonald 

House Charities of St. Louis at its 10th 

Annual Trivia Night, Raffle and Auction. 

More than 400 guests attended the event, 

which was held March 5 at St. Charles Borromeo 

School. 

• • • 

SSM Health has opened a new $10.4 

million outpatient health care facility near 

the campus of SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital 

– Wentzville to provide convenient 

health care access to the growing population 

in western St. Charles, Warren and 

Lincoln counties. Located one-half mile 

north of Interstate 70 on Wentzville Parkway, 

the 22,000-square-foot outpatient 

center provides patients access to primary 

and specialty health care services, including 

imaging services. 

• • • 

The Greater St. Charles County Chamber 

of Commerce recently announced the 

three finalists for its annual Small Business 

of the Year Award. The winner will 

be announced at an awards luncheon to be 

held on Friday, May 6, at the St. Charles 

Convention Center. Finalist companies 

include CPay LLC, a St. Charles-based 

payroll processing and employee recruitment 

consulting firm; Wright City winery 

and event venue Cedar Lake Cellars; and 

financial planning firm Sommer Investments 

LLC, located in St. Peters. 

AWARDS AND HONORS 

The St. Charles County 

Association of Realtors 

has named Chuck Martoia, 

manager of Coldwell 

Banker Gundaker’s 

St. Charles County office, 

as its 2015 Realtor of the 

Year. The award is given 

Martoia 

annually to an association member based on 

his or her commitment to the state and local 

industry organization as well as community 

involvement. 

EVENTS AND NETWORKING 

The Western St. Charles County Chamber 

of Commerce sponsors a Morning Meet 

Up on Tuesday, April 26, from 7:30-9 a.m. 

At SSM Hospital-Lake Saint Louis, 100 

Medical Plaza in Lake Saint Louis. The 

event is free for chamber members. RSVP 

to the chamber office at (636) 327-6914. 

• • • 

The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce & 

Industries hosts a Business After Hours 

networking event on Tuesday, May 10, 

from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at The Brass Rail, 

4601 Hwy. K in O’Fallon. Appetizers and 

drinks will be provided. Register online 

at www.ofallonchamber.com or call Sara 

Henderson at (636) 240-1818.

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The 2nd annual Trivia Night to benefit the 

Social Opportunities and Recreation (SOAR) 

program is on Friday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. 

at Pezold Banquet and Meeting Center, 5701 

Hwy. N in Cottleville. The event features a 

cash bar. Teams are welcome to bring their 

own snacks. For more information, to purchase 

a table/tickets or to donate an item(s) 

to the auction/raffle, call (636) 980-7342. 

• • • 

A Trivia Night Benefit for Powell Terrace 

Food Pantry is at 6 p.m. on Friday, 

April 29 at First Baptist Church of Harvester, 

4075 S. Hwy. 94, St. Charles. For questions, 

call (636) 724-3036 or emailbogeyhillsbaptist@sbcglobal.net 

for tickets. 

• • • 

The William Pezold Knights of Columbus 

Council 7198 Ladies Auxiliary holds a fashion 

show at noon on Sunday, May 1, at the 

Knights of Columbus Hall, 5701 Hwy. N in 

Cottleville. A light luncheon will be served at 

1 p.m. Call 240-6078 for reservations; payment 

must be made by April 25. 

• • • 

The Foundry Art Centre’s Trivia Night is 

on Friday, May 13, at 6 p.m. at 520 North 

Main Center, St. Charles. The evening features 

trivia by Arch Rivals, raffles and games, 

complimentary beer and drinks and prizes. 

To register for a table or become a sponsor, 

visit www.foundryartcentre.org or call (636) 

255-0270. 

• • • 

Friends of the Saint Louis University 

Liver Center’s eighth annual Shoot for a 

Cure event is on Saturday, May 14, 8 a.m. at 

Strathalbyn Farms Club, 552 Wolfrum Road, 

Weldon Spring. The event is geared towards 

intermediate and experienced shooters. Registration 

begins at 8 a.m. with a required 

safety meeting at 9:15 a.m. and a shotgun 

start at 9:30 a.m. Breakfast is served at 8:15 

a.m. For details, call (314) 576-3078 or contact 

lduff@friendsoftheslulc.org. 

FAMILY & KIDS 

Food Truck Frenzy and Rascals Fan 

Fest is at 5-8 p.m. on Friday, April 29, at T.R. 

Hughes Ballpark, 900 T.R. Hughes Blvd. in 

O’Fallon. This spirited rally features free 

activities for all ages, food trucks and live 

music by the Uncovered Band. A free showing 

of the movie “Inside Out” will take place 

on the field inside the ballpark after the event. 

• • • 

A Backyard Campout is Saturday, May 

21, from 4 p.m.-10 a.m. at Youth Activity 

Park, 7801 Hwy. N in Dardenne Prairie. Children 

and parents camp out under the stars and 

enjoy dinner and a light breakfast, an outdoor 

scavenger hunt, activities and games. For 

more information or to register, call (636) 

949-7535 or email parks@sccmo.org. 

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The St. Peters Choral Society Spring 

Concert is at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 24 

at Fort Zumwalt South High, 8050 Mexico 

Road in St. Peters. Tickets are available from 

members or at the door. Call (636) 447-5341 

or visit www.stpeterschoralsociety.org for 

more information. 

• • • 

Lindenwood’s Spring Dance Concert is 

from April 28-30 at the J. Scheidegger Center 

for the Arts on the campus of Lindenwood 

University. Performances start at 7:30 p.m. 

Tickets cost $10. For more information, call 

(636) 949-4433. 

• • • 

“Beauty and the Beast” will be performed 

at Wentzville Christian Church, 1507 Hwy Z, 

on Friday, May 6 at 7 p.m. and on Saturday, 

May 7 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. In addition, a 

special Mothers’ Day matinee is on Sunday, 

May 8 at 2 p.m. Admission is free and open 

to the public. For details, call (636) 327-6622 

or visit www.wentzvillecc.org. 

SPECIAL INTEREST 

Journey West: Experience Life on the 

Frontier is on Saturday, April 23, from 9 

a.m.-5 p.m. at the Daniel Boone Home, 1868 

Hwy F, Defiance. Experience pioneer life 

with hands-on programs and demonstrations 

at the historic Daniel Boone Home. Call 

(636) 798-2005 or visit www.danielboonehome.com 

for more information. 

• • • 

Park Partner Day in Civic Park is on 

Saturday, April 30, from 9-11 a.m. at 308 

Civic Park Drive in O’Fallon. Participants 

spend time with the Parks and Landscape 

crews as they get the park ready to welcome 

spring and summer crowds. To volunteer, 

visit www.ofallon.mo.us/volunteer or call 

(636) 379-5417. 

• • • 

View a transit of Mercury on Monday, 

May 9, from 6 a.m.-1:45 p.m. at the Broemmelsiek 

Park Astronomy Viewing Area, 

1615 Schwede Road in Wentzville. The event 

occurs when the planet Mercury comes 

between the Sun and the Earth. The parks 

department will provide the public with safe 

viewing opportunities throughout the event. 

For more information, email (636) 949-7535 

or contact parks@sccmo.org. 

• • • 

The Foundry Art Centre Landscape 

Painting Workshop is Thursday-Friday, 

May 19-20 at the Foundry Art Center, 520 

N Main Street in St. Charles. Paul Jackson’s 

Dramatic Landscape Workshop is a step-bystep 

demonstration of his painting process, 

including informal lectures, discussions, 

demonstrations and critiques. Register at 

foundryartcentre.org or call (636) 255-0270. 

• • • 

A Senior Picnic In The Park is on Thursday, 

May 19, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Dardenne Prairie 

City Hall, 2032 Hanley Road, Dardenne 

Prairie. Enjoy yard games and more, and 

vote on the movie for the July event. In the 

event of inclement weather the event will 

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(636) 755-5308. 

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