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An unmitigated
disaster
Republican party leaders may have worried
that Donald Trump would not only
lose the general election for the presidency,
but would so poison the image of the party
as to cause Republican candidates for Congress
and for state and local offices to also
lose. Now they seem to be trying to patch
things up, in order to present an image of
unity before the general elections this fall.
Regardless of how that attempt at patching
up an image turns out, Trump’s candidacy
could be not only a current political
setback for Republicans, but an enduring
affliction in future elections.
For decades after Republican President
Herbert Hoover was demonized because
the Great Depression of the 1930s began on
his watch, Democrats warned repeatedly,
in a series of later presidential elections,
that a vote for the Republican candidate
was a vote to return to the days of Herbert
Hoover.
It was 20 years before another Republican
was elected president. As late as the
1980s, President Ronald Reagan was called
by the Democrats’ speaker of the house,
“Hoover with a smile.” When a high official
of the Reagan administration appeared
before Congress to explain the administration’s
policy, a Democratic senator said,
“That’s Hoover talk, man!”
Actually, it was a policy proposal the
opposite of that of the Hoover administration,
but who in politics worries about the
truth? The point is that Hoover was still
being used as a bogeyman, more than 40
years after he left office, and nearly two
decades after he was dead. Trump’s image
could easily play a very similar role.
The political damage of Donald Trump
to the Republican party is completely overshadowed
by the damage he can do to the
country and to the world, with his unending
reckless and irresponsible statements.
Just this week, Trump blithely remarked
that South Korea should be left to its own
defenses.
Whatever the merits or demerits of that
as a policy, announcing it to the whole
world in advance risks encouraging North
Korea to invade South Korea – as it did
back in 1950, after careless words by a
high American official left the impression
that South Korea was not included in the
American defense perimeter against the
Communists in the Pacific.
The old World War II phrase – “loose
lips sink ships” – applies on land as well
as on the water. And no one has looser lips
than Donald Trump, who repeatedly spouts
whatever half-baked idea pops into his
head. A man in his 60s has life-long habits
that are not likely to change. Age brings
habits, even if it does not bring maturity.
Nations around the world risk their
own survival when they ally themselves
with the United States in the fight against
international terrorists – and we need their
cooperation in that fight, in order to track
down hidden terrorists and the hidden
money that finances them.
If nations cannot have confidence in
American commitments and American
leadership, we are not likely to get their
cooperation. And the stakes are life and
death.
What the Republican establishment once
feared most – that Trump would lose the
nomination and run on a third party – now
seems to be a danger that has passed. But
a far larger danger to something far more
important, American society, is that Trump
could be elected President of the United
States.
Those who talk about “the will of the
people” need to know that neither Donald
Trump nor Hillary Clinton represents the
will of the people. Polls repeatedly show
these two with the highest negative reactions
of any of the candidates in either
party. A majority of the people polled have
negative reactions to each.
Hillary Clinton’s much-vaunted “experience”
has been an experience in carrying
out a policy that has failed disastrously
from the Middle East to Ukraine to North
Korea. We don’t need more of that kind of
experience.
What was once feared most by the
Republican establishment – a third party
candidate for president – may represent
the only slim chance for saving this country
from a catastrophic administration in an
age of proliferating nuclear weapons.
If a third party candidate could divide
the vote enough to prevent anyone from
getting an electoral college majority, that
would throw the election into the House
of Representatives, where any semblance
of sanity could produce a better president
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Lincoln did not end slavery
To the Editor:
In Mr. Daley’s fine letter summarizing
why the Republican party is not racist
[Mid Rivers Newsmagazine, April 20], he
includes as an example, “Lincoln and the
Union army ending horrendous slavery.”
Taken alone that example implies revisionist
history. Ending slavery was not their
intent.
The Emancipation Proclamation came
two years into the war, and freed no slaves
at the time. It had five war effort purposes.
Ending slavery was not one of them. Its
purpose was to weaken the enemy’s ability
to continue the fight.
If the South had sought only to preserve
slavery, they would not have seceded from
Lincoln’s Union. Slavery was state law,
not federal law. Lincoln offered to keep his
hands off slavery. The Republican-dominated
Congress passed the Corwin Amendment
to make slavery perpetual. There had
never been a bill presented in Congress to
end slavery. By his own words, Lincoln
sought to keep the slave-based economy
because it was supplying three-fourths of
the revenue to the federal budget.
Slavery ended and citizenship was
granted to freedmen seven months after
the war ended and after Lincoln’s death. It
was a war that Lincoln anticipated would
last only a few weeks – or else he probably
would not have begun that worst chapter
in American history. It resulted in destroying
the very thing he sought to keep – the
South’s economy. When slavery did end,
it was for Republican political greed and
votes. It did not end for humane reasons.
As for the Union army, that was the first
instance of government-enforced racial
segregation in this country. Black units
were reportedly used as cannon fodder to
determine the enemy’s gun positions and
were not paid equally with whites. The
Republican administration then imposed
social racial segregation in the former
Confederate states, where it remained in
effect for the next century and through
many administrations of both parties.
Lincoln’s Whig/Republican party and
the Democratic party of the mid-19th century
have somehow reversed themselves in
political theory over the decades. Republicans
should not be bragging about being
“the party of Lincoln” because by today’s
standards he’d be a socialist Democrat.
Given false credit for ending slavery by
his surviving radical cabinet – the winning
side’s attempt to justify an unjust war
by providing a [false] morale cause – my
guess is that Lincoln was rolling over in
his casket even before his funeral train
reached Springfield. Rolling over perhaps
to the tune of “Dixie,” his favorite song.
Bob Arnold
Taking steps to fix
America’s tax policy
To the Editor:
I’m writing in response to coverage of
Congress’s work on tax legislation.
When Congress passed a tax deal right
before the holidays, what most headlines
did not focus on is they included a critical
lifeline for millions of working families
across America, finally making key provisions
of pro-work tax credits permanent.
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
and Child Tax Credit are some of this
country’s most effective policies, helping
millions of working Americans make
ends meet every year. If Congress had
again neglected critical provisions of these
credits – otherwise set to expire – 16 million
Americans, including eight million
children, would have fallen into [or deeper
into] poverty. I’m glad to see Congress
saved these key EITC and Child Tax Credit
provisions by making them permanent
before adjourning. We need to make sure
this major step forward for more than 50
million Americans doesn’t get overlooked.
President Obama and House Speaker
Ryan both support bipartisan efforts to
expand the EITC for low-income workers
without children. Let’s build on last year’s
tax package by taking the next step to fix
this gap in tax policy in 2016!
Isabel Betancourt
Promoting health care for all
To the Editor:
I believe in the United States Constitution
when it says all persons are created
equal.
In order to be truly equal, all persons
in these United States should have health
care. Other industrial nations have health
care for all. Working people that make too
much money for Medicaid, but not enough
to get help through the Affordable Care
Act to buy private health insurance, are
currently not equal in Missouri.
Our state legislature continues to refuse
to expand Medicaid to close this gap. I like
to see maximum return of my federal tax
dollars to Missouri, but this is not happening
because of the refusal to accept 90 percent
reimbursement of expanded Medicaid
expenses.
Three years ago, the Republicans in Jefferson
City said they wanted to “fix” Medicaid
before they expanded it. Instead they
have done nothing. If our state representatives
and senators cannot find a way to
accomplish health care for all, they should
be replaced at the next election with people
who can.
William Cramer
Predicting a Trump
presidency
To the Editor:
On July 20, 2015, I stated, based on
my observations of public reaction, that
Donald Trump would be the Republican
nominee for president. Most people did not
believe that to be realistic.
In October, I stated, based on further
observations, not only would Trump be the
nominee, but he will go on to win the presidency
in a Reagan-style landslide. That is
when some people started calling me a nut.
Step one is accomplished. Trump is the
nominee. Despite media bias, despite conservative
prejudice, despite liberal prejudice,
despite objective doubts about the
man, I still believe step two also will be
accomplished by Mr. Trump in November.
Let me be clear, Donald Trump is an
autocrat. But, so too is the presumptive
Democrat nominee.
If the public must have an autocrat as
the next president, I would rather have one
who intends to increase America’s wealth
rather than one whose policies will continue
to dissipate America’s wealth.
Money is redistributed in one of two
ways:
1. Created wealth is redistributed into the
economy through wages and salaries.
2. Existing wealth is handed out based
on a political formula.
Donald Trump believes in wages, salaries
and the dignity that engenders.
Hillary Clinton represents a thought
process which is fairly new in America
but is taking root. She and the Democrat
Party believe people get “their allowance”
from the government whether they have
worked or not. Bernie Sanders supporters
are a prime example of this. Dignity is not
an issue.
Larger paychecks will solve most of
America’s problems.
I encourage everyone to vote for wages,
salaries and the dignity that engenders.
Lee A. Presser
Time to wake up, America
To the Editor:
The political process in this country is a
chaotic nightmare designed to benefit only
the politicians. They point fingers at each
other to not only confuse their constituents
but to prolong their own lucrative careers.
They create the illusion that compromise is
unattainable and the worst of all possible
worlds and inherent in that message is
extreme polarity of thoughts and emotions.
A very simple way to rectify this situation
is not only term limits, but a wellthought-out,
streamlined and easy-to-use
recall program with financial penalties
and incarceration for flagrant offenders.
We, the people, will otherwise subject ourselves
and our prodigy to the legacies of
monstrous greed and flagrant abuse.
William E. Quinn
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To accommodate the O’Fallon Cup Criterium
bicycle race, Fort Zumwalt Park
in O’Fallon will be temporarily closed
to vehicles at dusk on Friday, May 20,
through 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 21.
The race will be held on May 21 and the
public is invited to attend the event at no
cost.
Race heats begin at 9 a.m. and continue
until 4 p.m. Spectator parking will be available
at First Baptist Church of O’Fallon,
8750 Veterans Memorial Parkway.
More information about the race is available
online at www.momentumracing.net/
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City celebrates Armed
Forces Day
The public is invited to attend an Armed
Forces Day ceremony that will begin at 11
a.m. on Saturday, May 21 at O’Fallon Veterans
Memorial Walk, 800 Belleau Creek
Road. Free parking is available.
Armed Forces Day is dedicated to honoring
the men and women serving in the five
branches of the U.S. Military: the Army,
Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard.
Col. Terri L. Chaney, support group commander
of the 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri
Air National Guard, will deliver the keynote
address. Chaney deployed to Operation
Northern Watch, Operation Southern
Watch and Operation Enduring Freedom.
O’Fallon Veterans Memorial Walk is
just off the I-70 overpass at the southeast
corner of Belleau Creek Road and Veterans
Memorial Parkway.
ST. CHARLES COUNTY
Historic Daniel Boone
Home changes hands
The historic Daniel Boone home has new
owners – the citizens of St. Charles County.
The County Council approved a donation
agreement between Lindenwood University
and the county at its April 25 meeting. Along
with the property, which includes more than
20 historic structures moved there in recent
years, the county is also expected to receive
maintenance equipment.
County officials also are expected to
retain existing staff, making room in the
county’s budget to pay for up to five fulltime
and other part-time positions.
In exchange for donating the property,
Lindenwood will receive a $500,000 credit
in rent costs for commencement exercises
held at the county-owned Family Arena,
Lindenwood officials have said. The
annual rental cost has been about $60,000
a year for commencement ceremonies.
The Boone Home adds significantly
to the acreage in the county set aside for
parks, county officials have said. The
home is located off Hwy. F in the largely
rural southwestern part of the county near
New Melle.
“The Boone home is the gem of St.
Charles County,” said Councilman Joe
Brazil [District 2]. “We really didn’t want
it to go to a private investor either; we want
to secure it so everybody could use [it].”
Councilman Mark Elam [District 3] said
the property is a great asset that fits well
with other county parkland. “It’s a seamless
fit,” he said.
County Executive Steve Ehlmann said
at a news conference on April 29 that “it’s
safe to say that we will be continuing what
Lindenwood has been doing out there, but
we have long-term plans as well to develop
the entire acreage as a county park [and]
to develop the types of amenities that go
along with that.”
The four-story Georgian-style structure
was built by Daniel Boone’s son, Nathan.
Daniel Boone spent his final years at the
home and died there in 1820.
Lane closures coming to I-70
Drivers who use Interstate 70 should
be aware that the Missouri Department
of Transportation crews will start closing
lanes of eastbound I-70 between Route 94
and Fifth Street on Friday, May 20 at 9:30
p.m. with all lanes closed by 11 p.m. The
closure is necessary to demolish the Fairgrounds
Road bridge.
In addition, westbound I-70 will be
reduced to one lane throughout the weekend
of May 20 with intermittent full closures
of about 15 minutes each as crews
remove girders from the old bridge.
The lanes will reopen by Monday, May
23 at 5 a.m. with the exception of the left
lane on both eastbound and westbound
I-70 between Route 94 and Fifth Street.
Those lanes will remain closed around the
clock for two months.
Other impacts include:
• Westbound I-70 will be reduced to one
lane during the overnight hours of Thursday,
May 19. Crews will begin lane closures
at 8 p.m. with three lanes closed by
11 p.m. All lanes will be back open by 6
a.m. Friday morning.
• The entrance ramp from Fifth Street to
westbound I-70 will be closed Thursday,
May 19 from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
• Fairgrounds Road over I-70 will close
starting Friday, May 20 at 7 a.m. The road
will be closed for about 120 days.
• The entrance ramp from Fifth Street to
westbound I-70 will be closed the weekend
of May 20. It will remain closed for
about two months.
Motorists can detour around the closures
by taking Interstate 64, Route 364 or Route
370. Veterans Memorial Parkway, which
carries only eastbound traffic, will be open
for those trying to access the local businesses
along that road.
The work is part of construction of the new
full interchange being built at I-70 and Fairgrounds
Road. For more details on the I-70
and Fairgrounds Road/Fifth Street improvement
project, go to www.modot.org.
Council clears way for storage
facility despite some opposition
The St. Charles County Council has
approved rezoning and a conditional
use permit that will allow a U-Haul selfstorage,
truck rental and sales facility near
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The council agreed at its May 9 meeting
to approve the rezoning to general commercial
district and the conditional use
permit after hearing a revision to plans for
a three-story building. They also heard that
the storage facility may be appropriate for
the property.
The 3.6-acre site is on the north side
of the South Outer Road of I-64 and the
south side of Hawk Ridge Trail at I-64.
The property is already zoned general
commercial; however, the zoning change
would be from the existing general commercial
adding a conditional use permit to
allow the U-Haul facility, which is owned
by Gerald and Glennon Keeven.
The Lake Saint Louis Board of Aldermen
approved a resolution opposing the
rezoning application and filed a remonstrance,
which required at least five of the
county council’s seven members to vote in
favor to approve it.
In a letter to the county, Lake Saint Louis
City Administrator Paul Markworth said
the I-64 corridor in the area in question has
been designated as a high-technology corridor
by the county since 1994. “A more
appropriate use of the property in our view
is for this to be zoned for office and for
retail that serves the area office workers,”
Markworth’s letter states.
Residents of the nearby Springhurst
Terrace Condominiums in O’Fallon also
opposed the application when it came
before the St. Charles County Planning
and Zoning Commission in March.
County Councilman Joe Brazil [District
2] said at the May 9 meeting that indications
are that it is not clear that the property
is within the high-technology corridor.
Robert Myers, the county’s director of
planning and zoning, told commissioners
that the county’s master plan changed in
2008 that didn’t include as many areas as
part of a high-tech corridor along I-64.
Myers said a residential zoning for the
area may not be appropriate like nearby
property because of its proximity to a noisy
I-64 and an island between the service road
and interstate. The planning and zoning
commission recommended approval of the
rezoning and conditional use permit.
The Dardenne Prairie Board of Aldermen
agreed earlier this month not to take a
position on the issue.
Councilman David Hammond [District
4] said U-Haul officials came back to the
county with a nicer looking building than
the metal building they originally submitted.
Councilman Joe Cronin [District 1]
noted that this was a “pretty high-tech
storage facility” and high-technology businesses
use facilities like it for storage.
The board voted 6-1 in favor of the rezoning
with Brazil casting the lone no vote.
“Good luck to you folks, make it pretty,”
Cronin told the Keevens.
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St. Peters voters will be
asked to approve a $12 million
no-tax-increase bond
issue this August to fund a
new city aquatic park, a golf
course clubhouse and other
park improvements.
The city’s Board of Aldermen
voted 8-0 at its April 28
meeting to place the bond
issue on the Aug. 2 ballot.
Once there, state law will
require more than a simple
majority vote for approval. Missouri law
requires a “supermajority” vote to approve
general obligation bond issues. Either a
two-thirds [66.67 percent] or four-sevenths
[57.14 percent] majority vote is required
for passage depending on when the election
is held.
The St. Peters bond issue will require a
four-sevenths majority vote to pass.
The two major projects the bond issue
would fund, if approved by voters, include:
• a $3.5 million aquatic center on a former
athletic field just south and almost directly
across Mexico Road from the city’s Rec-
Plex complex
• a $5.7 million golf and banquet center
to be located at 200 Salt Lick Road, just
south of Interstate 70.
The board has been discussing the
proposals since January and approved a
resolution on Feb. 11 stating that the city
planned to reimburse itself from the sale of
the bonds for capital expenditures and studies
needed to develop a $10 million bond
issue. Since the resolution was passed, the
project’s description was altered and bonds
to be issued increased to $12 million.
In recent months, city officials have
looked at two separate studies – one for the
aquatic center, the other for the golf course.
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The aquatic center study, conducted
by Westport Pools, includes a design that
features an eight-lane competition pool,
a “lazy river,” a splash pad for children, a
one-meter diving board, two deck slides
and a beach in addition to shade areas, a
party pavilion and a bathhouse. The center
has been likened to an outdoor “community
center,” city officials have said. If
voters approve the bond issue, the aquatic
center project could be completed in 2018.
The golf and banquet center study, by
Powers Bowersox Associates, Inc., would
provide a state-of-the-art facility to support
golf course operations as well as
recreational and community events. The
proposal would include space for storing
golf carts, new banquet facilities with
seating for 350 people, expanded parking,
kitchen improvements, covered space for
golf events, and patio and deck space. The
present facility, located at 200 Salt Lick
Road, would be demolished to make way
for the new facilities.
The bond issue comes after heavy rain
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County to survey residents on what they want from local, regional parks
By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH
Do St. Charles County residents use or
even know much about their county parks?
Do they go to the St. Louis Zoo or attend
St. Louis Blues or Cardinals games? What
recreational amenities should county parks
offer? How much do they like to hunt and
fish? Do they attend amateur sports?
Questions like these will be part of what
County Executive Steve Ehlmann is calling
a “scientific survey” of community opinions
on local and regional parks, entertainment
opportunities and recreational activities.
The St. Charles County Council agreed
on May 9 to a $43,000 bid from a consulting
firm, Show Me Victories of St. Louis, to
conduct the survey in the next few months.
The survey is expected to help guide
the county’s planning and decisions on its
park system, and perhaps influence county
officials on whether they want to support
recreational, cultural and entertainment
amenities in other parts of the St. Louis
area, such as the St. Louis Zoo.
The survey may get underway in early
June with results available for county officials
in mid-July. The telephone portion
of the survey is expected to involve 600
respondents and other participants can fill
out the survey on the county’s website.
“This would be a scientific survey to find
out exactly how much our people think
about our parks, how much they use them
and how they use other facilities, not only
in St. Charles County, but in the entire
region,” Ehlmann said.
He said he was prompted to include the
survey in budget discussions with the council
when St. Louis Zoo officials told him
in December that a zoo survey shows St.
Charles County residents’ support for the zoo.
Zoo officials met with the council in
April to explore whether the county would
agree to place a sales tax increase on the
ballot to help pay for increasing expenses
and upkeep at the zoo. They said more than
90 percent of county residents in the zoo’s
own survey in February viewed the zoo
favorably.
“That may be true, but I’d like to go
ahead and find out, number one, to what
extent to they use those institutions in St.
Louis City and County, to what extent do
they go to professional sports – whether
it’s the Cardinals or the Blues – or out to
O’Fallon for minor league stuff,” Ehlmann
said. “To what extent are they using our
parks as opposed to municipal parks?”
Legislation pending in the Missouri General
Assembly has to be
enacted before the county
could decide on whether
to put a sales tax on the
ballot. The bill would allow
St. Charles, Jefferson, St.
Louis and Franklin counties
and the city of St. Louis
to place a sales tax measure
on the ballot.
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, St. Louis Science Center and St.
Louis Art Museum.
Ehlmann said if county officials want to
continue a discussion about St. Louis city
and county institutions, he would like to
know how important they are to county
residents.
“Unless we do a more scientific survey, I
don’t think we really know how much the
man on the street really feels on some of
these issues,” he said.
Kayaking is one of the options available at St. Charles County’s
Broemmelsiek Park.
Councilman Mike Klinghammer [District
6] said it was critical that the county
find out what types of activities residents
want to see in their parks before it spends
millions of dollars.
Councilman Mike Elam [District 3] said
there are marketing opportunities that need
to be explored for publicizing the park
system and agree that the county has to ask
what kind of activities people want there.
“We have a wonderful park system,” Elam
said. “The problem is that it’s a great secret
that we have a wonderful park system.”
Joann Leykam, the county’s director of
administration, said the county did a major
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Mid Rivers Newsmagazine readers select 2016 Teacher of the Year
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By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH
Mary Eaton, a longtime kindergarten
teacher at Living Word Christian School in
St. Peters, sensed something was up when
she was talking to her mother.
It came out of the blue.
“She was telling me yesterday on the
phone that I was a great teacher,” Eaton
said. “She said ‘you’ve had such a great
year and you’re such a great teacher.’”
Eaton had a quizzical look on her face as
she told the story.
“I’m like, ‘thanks mom. We were truly
talking about something else, it was completely
off the subject,” she said.
Her husband, Paul, piped in, “It was killing
her.”
Eaton agreed.
“It was killing her [Eaton’s mom]; now
I’m going to tell her I know why she said
all that,” she said with a laugh.
What was “killing” Eaton’s mother was
that she was one of the few people who
knew that on May 12 her daughter would
receive the Mid Rivers Newsmagazine
2016 Excellence in Education award and
be named Mid Rivers’ Teacher of the
Year. She had been selected by a panel out
of hundreds of entries.
Mary Eaton [center] with [from left] LWCS Principal James Drury; Shelia Hunt, CenterPointe’s
regional director of business development; Brad Cranmer, Sylvan Learning’s director of
marketing; and Jackie Basler, CenterPointe’s community liaison.
Sponsors of the award include Center-
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O’Fallon, SuperCuts in O’Fallon and
Sylvan Learning Center.
The announcement was made before students
and staff – along with Eaton’s husband
Paul and sons Caleb and Joshua, who were
also in on the secret – gathered that morning
in the school gymnasium and chapel.
“I had no idea. In fact I was thinking
about all the people it was going to be in
my head as I was sitting in the chair. I did
not think at all it was going to be me,” she
said. “I was completely shocked.”
A look of surprise came over her face
when Vicky Czapla, advertising manager
for Mid Rivers Newsmagazine, made the
announcement. That lead to wiping away a
few tears as she was called up for the presentation
and for a whirlwind of applause,
picture taking and thanks from staff, family
and finally her 12 kindergartners.
By the time pictures were taken with her
6-year-old “kiddos,” Eaton was back in
charge.
“Can I get my boys to stand next to me
right here and can I get my sweet girls to
stand in front of the boys?” she asked.
A little bit of adjusting here, scooting and
fidgeting there, and students were ready
with smiles and a resounding “cheese” as
photographers snapped away.
Being in charge in a classroom of students
whose heads come up just above her
waist, is something that Eaton has been
doing for a longtime now.
Eaton, 47, has taught kindergarten at
Living Word Christian School, a private
nondenominational school, for 14 of her 20
years as a teacher and educator. She started
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May 18, 2016
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By DAN FOX
The O’Fallon City Council has approved
a budget amendment that will put a new
police pay plan in place starting June 25,
which will result in a pay increase for
police officers. The council passed the
ordinance at its April 28 meeting.
At that meeting, City Administrator
Bonnie Therrien said the council had asked
staff to review police officer salaries in
December and come back with a recommendation
regarding the present salary plan.
Several months earlier, the council had
discussed the same issue when a motion
for a 3 percent pay raise was made, but the
suggestion failed to get the required votes
with a finally tally of 4-6.
When the idea of a police pay increase
was first proposed, proponents of the
increase expressed concerns regarding the
current pay rate, including the increasing
hazards of a police officer’s job and
recruitment issues stemming from poor
compensation.
On April 28, Therrien called the recruitment
issue a “national phenomenon.”
“I have done a survey of fellow city
administrators,” Therrien said. “Everybody’s
having issues trying to recruit officers.
But when you also have an obstacle
such as police pay … it is really important
we take a hard look at that.”
Therrien said in comparison with St.
Charles County, O’Fallon’s minimums of
police pay were lower.
In the former plan, the minimum and
maximum salaries for an officer were
$46,592 and $67,496, while the new
plan features a minimum/maximum of
$51,750.40 and $73,008. The different
ranks, from sergeant through chief of
police, feature increases as well, with an
approximate 3.18 percent increase per
rank for each of the 12 steps.
Another change in the new pay plan is
the number of steps required to reach the
maximum tier of pay. The previous structure
had 16 steps for a police officer – the
new proposal reduced that to 12.
If implemented midway through 2016,
the city estimates the cost will be an
unbudgeted $183,435. Full-year implementation
costs for 2017 would be
$479,141 above what is currently allocated
in the budget.
Councilmember John Haman [Ward 3]
said the council can’t wait five years to
redo the pay plan, and that it should be a
living document.
“If this passes and we settle on this one,
it cannot stay stagnant, we’ve got to stay
on top of it, we’ve got to re-evaluate every
other year,” Haman said.
Councilmember Rick Lucas [Ward 1]
complimented city staff on the proposed
pay structure. “This needs to happen in
every department … re-evaluate every
position and the whole structure, make
sure we are in line with where we need to
be,” Lucas said. “I hope this is just the first
step of many.”
The council suspended rules in order
to vote on the ordinance twice, passing it
unanimously on the second vote.
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Her sense of play and friendliness
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giving her boss, St. Charles
County Police Chief David Todd,
a wet facial as she licked him last
week when she was being introduced
at a press conference.
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the County Police Department.
Bonnie is the department’s, and perhaps
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out, locate and recover hidden electronics
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those involving child pornography.
She is one of five Labradors in the
second graduating class of the Electronic
Storage Detection canine training program
conducted by the Connecticut State
Police, which trained the first specialized
electronics-sniffing dogs back in 2012.
The other recent graduates went to police
departments in Virginia, Alaska and Massachusetts
and to the FBI.
The 2-year-old, 53-pound yellow Labrador
made her first public appearance on
May 5 at a news conference at the department’s
headquarters office in O’Fallon.
The appearance was a joint affair, also
featuring Det. Brigid Oldani, 48, who
serves as Bonnie’s handler. Oldani, who
spent 25 years as a St. Louis city police
officer, describes the team as “two blonds.”
She’s been a county police officer for the
last three months and is a member of the
county’s Cyber Crime Task force. She said
being paired up with Bonnie fulfills her
dream of working with a canine officer.
“I’m a huge dog lover,” Oldani said.
Oldani and Todd said Bonnie provides
a new tool that police can use in dealing
with the growing emergence of technology
in child pornography cases. Child pornography
is more widespread with the rise of
the Internet and can be readily stored on
electronic devices.
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oxide, which surrounds
the memory boards of all cellphones and
computers. Another compound, hydroxycyclohexyl
phenyl ketone, was discovered
in DVDs, CDs and floppy disks.
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A $2,500 donation from the Marc Bulger
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Rams quarterback, allowed the county to
purchase Bonnie from Guiding Eyes for
the Blind, a New York-based breeder of
service dogs. A $2,000 federal grant provided
funding to send Oldani to the training
program in Connecticut for six weeks.
On May 5, Oldani put Bonnie through
her paces during three flawless demonstrations
where staff members hid electronic
devices in the grass and in a vehicle.
“Let’s get to work,” Oldani said, with
a food treat container on her waist. The
phrase alerts Bonnie to get ready to search.
Bonnie likes to play but she knows when
it’s time to go to work, Oldani said. She
responds to food rewards in searching for
items. Throughout the process, Oldani
must be watchful of Bonnie’s breathing
and body language and redirect her.
“It’s kind of a dance with her, because she
also keys off my body language,” Oldani
said. “If I’m stressed, if I’m uncertain, she
picks up on that. We both have to have a lot
trust in each other to be honest with you.”
With the command “You’re free,” Bonnie
relaxes.
Bonnie is not only Oldani’s team
member but also a member of her family.
Their training, Oldani said, has helped
them bond. Like other canine unit members,
Bonnie goes home with her handler
when off duty.
At home the clown often comes out
again. Oldani said there are squeeze toys
and neighborhood kids to play with and
two older household dogs to annoy with
her energy. But Bonnie is also an ongoing
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Agencies, community team up to give infants loving start
May 18, 2016
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By DEANNE LEBLANC
Ten nonprofit agencies throughout St.
Charles County recently worked together
to help the county’s smallest residents
during the 10th annual Shower of Love.
Each year, Shower of Love provides
hundreds of struggling families with their
children’s most basic needs – formula, diapers
and wipes.
Since its inception, the event has raised
over $768,000 in donated diapers, wipes,
formula, clothing and other baby care
items. With the help of over 250 volunteers,
who solicit items at local grocery stores,
the items are distributed through agency
partners to approximately 250 to 300 families
each year. The goal is to collect enough
items to supply needy children with life’s
basic necessities for at least one year. It
comes with only one catch – the hope of
giving every baby a strong and loving start.
The collaborative effort benefits Sts.
Joachim and Ann Care Service, Birthright of
St. Charles and Wentzville, Crisis Nursery,
Nurses for Newborns, Our Lady’s Inn, Mary
Queen of Angels, The Sparrow’s Nest Maternity
Homes, ThriVe, and Youth In Need.
Bruce Sowatsky, executive director of
the Community and Children’s Resource
Board, which founded Shower of Love,
said the agencies work well together and
are not in competition with one another.
“It’s a little bit like the loaves and the
fishes,” Sowatsky said. “It multiplies to a
degree when we all work together. That’s
the hallmark of this community, working
not only between nonprofits, but [between]
the business community and the local governments.
That’s a very special connection
and has helped [Shower of Love] continue
to be successful.”
Local businesses, schools and nonprofits
hosted drives to gather the child care
items. Volunteers from partnering agencies
also collected items at local grocery stores
throughout St. Charles County.
St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano said the
annual collection is “a way of being there
when people are in need the most and that
is always a good thing.”
“If you put value in someone, they will
succeed,” he said.
Shower of Love Coordinator Michelle
McElfresh gave high praise to the local
communities and the event’s large contingent
of volunteers.
“The public has been tremendously generous
in their support of this collection drive
over the years. We add more businesses,
churches and schools every year who want
to help by having their own drive, while
contributing to the greater cause of reducing
child abuse and neglect in our county,”
A room filled with love disguised as diapers
McElfresh said.“My hope is that when families
are feeling desperate, they will picture
this room full of these items and the people
that are here to support them.”
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study on what residents wanted in its park
system several decades ago.
“Here we are almost 20 years later and
it’s a good time for a course correction if
we need to do one,” Leykam said.
Meanwhile, on April 29 the county
accepted a donation from Lindenwood
University of the historic Daniel Boone
Home and nearly 300 acres. The resulting
new park will add to 3,174 acres in county
parkland that now includes 11 parks.
The county opened the 80-acre College
Meadows Park in Cottleville last year, as
part of an agreement with St. Charles
Community College on land owned by the
school.
The Pitman Hill/Kisker Park near
Weldon Spring is expected to pen in 2017.
Along with opened parks, the county also
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Purses and other valuables were
taken from five vehicles parked
at Legacy Park in Cottleville on
Wednesday, May 4 – four with front
passenger-side windows smashed
to gain entry and one through an
unlocked door.
It all may have happened in 15
minutes – between 10 a.m. and
10:15 a.m. – about 200 feet from
where about 100 first- and secondgraders
were playing and the vehicles’
owners were attending a school
outing. The break-ins were also about 500
feet from the city police station, but no one
said they heard or saw a thing, according to
Cottleville Police Lt. Craig Hebrank.
Hebrank said the thefts may have been
a “crime of opportunity” because purses
could be seen on the front seats of the vehicles.
Police routinely advise that valuables,
including electronics and purses, should be
placed in a trunk or under a car seat so they
are not easily visible.
Police say a blunt object rather than
a rock may have been used to smash the
car windows. Once the windows were
smashed, someone reached in and grabbed
the purses, Hebrank said. He noted that a
car alarm may have been activated if a car
door had been opened.
“Even out here, and anywhere in general,
people have a false sense of security,” he
said. “[People think] ‘Hey, I’m close to my
car, gosh, I’m only going to the park for a
little bit.’ The next thing you know…”
The purses contained credit and gift
cards. Hebrank said little cash and no jewelry
was taken. Two of the five cars were
parked next to each other, followed by a
work truck, and two other cars were parked
along Fifth Street just inside the park. The
other car was parked across from two cars.
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Hebrank said police have some good
leads on possible suspects, but as of May 6
no arrests had been made.
First- and second-graders from Warren
Elementary were on a field trip to the park
and were using a park pavilion. No suspicious
persons seen nearby were reported.
The noise from the group and staff and
parents paying attention to children may
offer an explanation. “When you get 100
first- and second-graders near the playground
area, that’s a pretty noisy bunch,”
Hebrank said.
He said there had been no recent reports
of car thefts or incidents in nearby subdivisions
that may have tipped police off
that something might be afoot. Cottleville
police contacted Kirkwood police about an
incident Monday night where six vehicle
windows were smashed.
“It’s a great park and safe park; unfortunately
something like this happened,” he
said. Police officers routinely patrol the
park’s playgrounds and dog park when
they return to the police station, located at
city hall. “We haven’t seen anything prior
to that.
“What happened on Wednesday equaled
our entire output of 2015 for cars broken
into. It’s just a rarity out here.”
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Complications could jeopardize cricket
fields proposed for Barathaven Park
By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH
Making a “pitch” for cricket in Dardenne
Prairie depends on the ability of its proponents
to pay for a place to play it.
A related issue, involving parking near
the proposed cricket fields and where
soccer fields already are in use, also could
be a thorny issue facing city officials.
Dardenne Prairie Mayor David Zucker
laid out a complicated scenario at the
city’s Board of Aldermen meeting on May
4 involving an area of Barathaven Park,
where the cricket playing surfaces could be
located between existing soccer fields.
Adjacent to the 80-acre park are parking
lots used by park visitors that are part of
the former Lindenwood University Nursing
and Allied Health Center building and
property, which may be sold now that nursing
classes are no longer being taught there.
Zucker said the city currently has no
assurance that anyone buying the Lindenwood
property would allow the present
parking lots to be used by the public for
park activities. If parking isn’t allowed, the
city may consider using an easement to
build a driving lane and a new parking lot
that would take up space possibly set aside
for the cricket fields.
Cricket in Dardenne Prairie became a
topic of discussion in February when the city
received a request from the American Cricket
Academy and Club of St. Louis for several
fields or “pitches” to be built in city parks.
Ajay Jhamb, a spokesman for the academy
and a Dardenne Prairie resident, said
the academy is willing to pay for the cost
of laying out the pitches in areas between
soccer fields at Barathaven Park.
The city last year approved a contract to
relocate a trail near Dardenne Creek controlled
by the Gateway Greenway, the regional parks
and trail district, around the fields and conduct
repairs. That work would leave room for the
installation of several pitches.
Cricket, one of the most popular sports in
the world, is a bat-and-ball game played by
teams of 11 players on a rectangular 22-yard
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field or “pitch.” It shares some terminology
with baseball because a “batter” strikes a
ball to score “runs” during “innings.”
Zucker told the board that the city
received change orders from the contractor
for the trail relocation that indicate the
cost of adding cricket pitches as $26,887
for one pitch, $35,500 for two and $46,500
for two pitches plus a practice pitch.
The cost figures were turned over to
Jhamb to evaluate and for fundraising purposes.
The city also wants to act on the
change orders later this month and doesn’t
want the work dragged out into June. However,
if the academy has the funding by that
time, they can enter a written agreement
with the city to pay for the additional work.
The parking situation adds a risk factor
on the cricket question, and Zucker noted
that the academy may want to make a minimal
investment for now.
“It’s a tough challenge for them,” he said.
Parking also poses a potentially expensive
challenge for the city as any new
owner of the Lindenwood property does
not have to open up its parking lot.
“I have no idea if the new owner will say
to the world ‘hey, you kids get off my parking
lot,’” Zucker said.
The easement that the city could exercise
to build a new parking lot was granted by
Lindenwood to Great Rivers Greenway,
Zucker said. It would allow the construction
of an access driveway from the parking
lot area across a baseball field to reach
space for building an 80-space parking
lot adjacent to a soccer field. The last city
estimate for this scenario was $178,000
and the cost now could be at as high as
$200,000, Zucker said.
Exercising the easement option may
lessen the attractiveness of the property
and may offer an incentive for working
out an agreement for parking that would
transfer when the property is sold, Zucker
said, noting that the city has discussed the
situation with Lindenwood.
But he added, “We don’t have to drive
off that bridge at this time.”
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County may opt out of tax holiday
in effort to hire narcotics officers
Applications now are being accepted to
fill 20 summer youth jobs administered
through the Missouri Job Center of St.
Charles County. The jobs are for youth
ages 16-24 from income-eligible families.
The program, called “Summer Job
League 2016,” receives state and federal
funding. Participants must be from families
whose gross monthly income does not
exceed 185 percent of the federal poverty
guidelines. For example, income can be no
more than $1,832 for a family of one, or no
more than $4,385 for a family of four.
Employers participating in this program
include county and city parks departments,
animal shelters, day care facilities, business
offices, retail operations and other county
The St. Charles County Council is considering
whether to opt out of the annual
Missouri back-to-school sales tax holiday
in August and earmark that revenue for
law enforcement efforts to fight heroin and
opiate abuse.
“We have a serious drug problem in
this community and in St. Louis City and
County,” said County Councilman Joe
Brazil [District 2] at the council’s May 9
meeting. “A little of it has to do with our
being the only state that doesn’t have an
opiate registry but we have to work through
state legislators, or hopefully something
locally, but [either way] something has to
be done. We have more people dying from
heroin than car accidents.”
Brazil introduced a bill at the meeting to
earmark the county’s portion of its sales tax
during the tax holiday on Aug 5-7 to hire
two additional narcotics detectives to help
with drug enforcement issues.
The bill closely follows a memorandum
from County Executive Steve Ehlmann,
which recommends to the council that the
$172,093 anticipated to be raised “would
be for the purpose of funding two additional
detectives in the [county] police
department specifically assigned to drug
enforcement duties.”
Brazil said that, while he at first wasn’t
for opting out of the sales tax holiday,
the additional revenue could help with
enforcement that might cut back on crime.
The council discussed the bill and could
take action as early as its next scheduled
meeting on May 31. While councilmembers
were supportive, one raised a question
about whether opting out could be counterproductive
to raising the needed funding.
“This problem has really rattled me to my
bones,” said Councilman Mike Klinghammer
[District 6] “This problem we have with
heroin is truly scary. It’s gotten to be so mainstream
and so prevalent and once people try
it, it’s almost impossible to turn it around.”
But Councilman Mike Elam [District
3], who said he appreciated the idea, questioned
whether skipping the holiday may
prompt shoppers to buy their school supplies
in Chesterfield or other parts of St.
Louis County that haven’t opted out of the
tax holiday. That might be counterproductive
for the county, he said.
“The numbers that we think we’re getting
that day, we may not be getting that day
because we’re giving people an incentive
to buy somewhere else,” Elam said. He
asked that the county talk to economic
development directors about the issue.
Ehlmann said St. Peters did not waive their
sale tax in 2008 or 2009 and asked County
Finance Director Robert Schnur to look into
the impact that the lack of a waiver that year
had on major merchants in St. Peters, including
some at the Mid Rivers Mall.
Cronin said that, while he’s not a fan of
sales taxes, he didn’t think residents would
shop elsewhere and would be supportive of
the county.
“They want to keep the damn drugs away
from their kids,” Cronin said.
The tax holiday began in 2004 when the
state of Missouri agreed to not collect its
portion of the sales tax on such items as
clothing, school supplies and computer
equipment. Local governments throughout
the state, including municipalities and the
county, also have waived their local sales
taxes during some years.
Summer Job League 2016 seeks applicants
businesses. Jobs pay $8.50 an hour for a
maximum of 240 hours. Weekly schedules
can be full- or part-time, depending on the
position. Applicants must be residents of
St. Charles County and pass a drug test.
“Our goal is to help eligible youth in
St. Charles County earn up to $2,000 this
summer while working in an interesting
job environment close to home,” said Scott
Drachnik, executive director of the Missouri
Job Center of St. Charles County.
Pre-registration for the Summer Job
League is available online at www.summerjobs.mo.gov.
For more information,
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Francis Howell builds 21st
century skills through music
At Francis Howell middle schools,
there’s a new kid in town – the Music
Production and Technology class. The end
goal is to see more creativity in the music
classroom.
The Music Production and Technology
class is the collaborative work of Dr. Chris
Greiner, director of student learning, and
Michelle Ridlen, K-12 fine arts curriculum
content leader. A few years ago, they gathered
some of the piano keyboarding teachers
to brainstorm a new kind of program.
The idea was to put together a state-of-the
-art program that uses 21st century skills
and technology to allow students to create
and produce musical ideas.
Teachers Ginger Herin, Patrick Keller
and Michael Lacey researched options and
together built the Music Production and
Technology curriculum from the ground
up. They visited a similar program for
high school students in the Clayton School
District, as well as the audio production
program at Webster University for ideas. It
took over two years, and a lot of hard work,
before the curriculum was complete.
“I think it’s probably safe to say, that for
all of us on the curriculum team – we have
invested many years and energy into fostering
creativity and music education for students
in our district and so we would have
been excited to help create any kind of new
music class,” said Keller, who teaches the
class at Saeger Middle.
This year was the first year the class was
offered and it “didn’t take long for me to
overhear talk in the hallways of this cool,
new MPT class,” Keller said. “I was seeing
a different kind of kid get excited and be
inspired by the class. That was very cool
to see. Some of these kids had no interest
in the performance aspect of a class like
band or choir, but were thrilled to play the
role of music producer, or maybe they just
wanted a place to create away from the
typical spotlight of a music class.”
Out of a class of 25 seventh-grade students
at Saeger, 12 said the skills they are
learning are something they could see
themselves doing as a future career.
“In other classes we are open to our opinions,
but it’s always through worksheets.
In here you may have guidelines, but they
aren’t that strict and you can be creatively
open minded - there aren’t that many
boundaries,” said student Taylor Krieg.
One of the main class projects for the
year is called “Introduce Yourself Through
Music,” where students make a presentation
about themselves. It’s like opening a
window to self-exploration with music and
technology.
“Maybe it’s a student who doesn’t shine
in too many areas throughout the day.
Maybe it’s the kid whose voice you rarely
hear. Suddenly you hear a confident, booming
voice speaking passionately about
their life. I’ve been close to tears several
times,” Keller said. “Many of the kids
have shared some powerful stories and
topics. The music they produce is amazing.
Any time a middle school student is
able to express themselves through music
or with their voice it is a success, and now
they’ve got an MP3 that they’re able to
have [that experience] forever or share [it]
with others. That’s one of the goals, getting
them to share.”
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Foundation awards over
$10,000 in grants
The Wentzville School District Foundation
has announced the winners of its 2016
Teacher Mini-Grants. Foundation Directors
Dr. Curtis Cain, Janet O’Brien, Martin
Ghafoori and Mary LaPak handed out 12
checks totaling $6,000 to deserving teachers
at eight different district buildings. In
addition, Liberty High, Wentzville Middle,
Lakeview Elementary and Pearce Hall
received building grants totaling $4,500.
Those receiving awards and their projects
are:
• Keri Skeeters, Greg Lawrence and Samantha
Knoll, District Film Festival
• Marc Tiernan, Green Gym
• Ed Picone, Green Smart Project Lead The
Way Room
• Sally Schulte, Chelsea Kuhn and Stacy
Outman, Alternative Seating for K-5
• Barb Stepp, Club Sphero
• Kim Broadley, Full STEAM Ahead
• Kelly Oliva and Sarah Genenbacher, The
Refashion Runway Camp
• Constance Hallemeier, Wii Love Statistics
• Laura Ives, Building Reading Hype with
Authors Using Skype
• Danielle Todd, Play with a Purpose
• Erica Wagner, Community of Readers
Program
• Danielle Eads, Understanding Visual
Impairments
• Ed Picone/Project Lead The Way, School
Robot
• Sarah Genenbacher, Advanced Fashion
Construction
• Doug Holler and Alexa Hanna, It’s All
About the Money, Money
• Tricia Mahoney, Community Closet
WordMasters perfection
Paul McClain, a sixth-grader at the
Academy of the Sacred Heart, received a
perfect score in the second of three meets
at this year’s WordMasters Challenge, a
national vocabulary competition involving
nearly 150,000 students.
Competing in the difficult Blue Division,
Paul earned a perfect score of 20 at the
competition’s recent meet. Nationally, only
11 sixth-graders achieved a perfect score.
Paul and his classmates were coached by
Mrs. Laura Craig.
The WordMasters Challenge is an exercise
in critical thinking that first encourages
students in grades three through eight,
to become familiar with a set of interesting
new words [considerably harder than
grade level], and then challenges them to
use those words to complete analogies
expressing various kinds of logical relationships.
Working to solve the analogies
helps students learn to think both analytically
and metaphorically.
Youth Tour winners announced
Cuivre River Electric Cooperative has
named six local students as members of its
Youth Tour delegation for 2016.
To qualify, the youth presented essays
entitled “My Favorite Cooperative Principle”
to judges and guests attending the
Cuivre River Electric Cooperative’s 48th
Annual Youth Tour Final Competition.
Speeches and cooperative quiz scores
determined the selection of the Youth Tour
delegates, who will travel to Washington,
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first experience. If you make it a positive,
loving one where they feel safe and secure
and loved, I think they can just soar.”
That enthusiasm is shared by parents of
the children she teaches.
“I’m so unsurprised by this,” said Teri
Kramper, the mother of Alex, one of her
students, as she gave Eaton a hug. “She’s
outstanding, I can’t say enough good
things about her.”
Steve Pogulis, another parent, shares
much the same sentiment.
“First and foremost is her passion for
teaching the kids and really being invested
in them,” Pogulis said. “It’s to the point
that she is really a big advocate for what’s
best for the kids even though sometimes it
might not be the happy message that the
parents want.”
Pogulis said Eaton has spent time not
only in the classroom, but in tutoring some
children outside the classroom who have
special needs and also encouraging their
Christian faith.
“She lives it, breathes it, walks it, and she
goes above and beyond to help the kids,”
he said.
After the presentation, Eaton and her son,
Caleb, tried to calculate how many kindergarten
students she’s taught. The count got
up toward 200. And that experience has its
special rewards later in life. Her “kiddos”
grow into students and then adults. And
sometimes they remember.
A few years ago she met a “gentleman”
at her church who was age 23 at the time.
“He was in one of my very first classes
and he goes ‘Are you Mrs. Eaton?’ I say,
‘yes, and you’re Miles.’ I remembered
him,” she said. “He had the same little
sweet face that he had, I imagine it was my
second year of teaching, and it was precious,
and he gave me a big hug. And that’s
why we do the job we do to impact kids for
the glory of God so we can reach them and
give them the truth and love on them and
give them a successful first year.”
After all these years, Eaton said she still
loves what she does, though it takes a lot of
patience and energy.
“You don’t sit all day,” she said. “But
they [kindergartners] say the funniest
things, they do the funniest things, you
just giggle and laugh with them and enjoy
those moments with them, and they are so
eager to learn and they are so fascinated by
life and the world around them. They really
haven’t been tainted, they’re open.”
Ten more years?
“Sure. Lord willing I will do this 10 more
years,” Eaton said. “As long as I feel I have
the patience and if I feel I have the energy.
I don’t want to be the grumpy teacher who
is waiting for a certain date to retire, I’m
going to retire when the Lord tells me that
I need to move on.”
Kids still remain who they are, she said.
“I think you see changes but I think that’s
because of the society in which we live.
Kids don’t get outside as much as they
used to,” she said.
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Mid Rivers Teacher of the Year Mary Eaton with her students at Living Word Christian School.
“But the heart of the kid is still the
same, they want to explore, they want to
learn, they want to touch things, they want
to have fun in the classroom. And that
never changes. Learning has to be active
and that’s one of the things I tried to do
throughout the years is make it active.”
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A recent study showed that moderately
farsighted preschoolers and kindergarteners
lag behind on their reading skills,
creating both concern
and controversy about
whether or not they
should be prescribed
eyeglasses.
Someone who is farsighted
can see distant
objects clearly but is
unable to bring close
objects – such as words
on a page – into proper
focus. The medical term
for the condition is “hyperopia.”
According to the American Association
for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
(AAPOS), hyperopia early in life is
normal, and rarely does it mean that a child
needs glasses. Kids who are excessively
farsighted may develop crossed eyes,
blurred vision or discomfort, and for them,
glasses are in order, according to AAPOS.
At Ohio State University, a research
team evaluated the vision and early reading
skills of nearly 500 4- and 5-year-olds,
none of whom wore glasses but about half
of whom were moderately farsighted.
All of the children were given the Test
of Preschool Early Literacy, and those with
worse near vision or decreased depth perception
achieved the lowest scores. The
scores were poor enough to put them at
risk for future reading problems, researchers
said.
“This study suggests that an untreated
vision problem in preschool, in this case
one that makes it harder for children to see
things up close, can create literacy deficits
that affect grade school readiness,” said Dr.
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Marjean Taylor Kulp, professor of
optometry and leader of the study, said
there is a lot of disagreement among professionals
about how to
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in preschoolers. She
said some are opposed
to prescribing glasses
because they think the
children have the ability
to overcome their
farsightedness.
“But some doctors
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to prescribe glasses
because it could help improve vision or
educational skills,” Kulp said.
Others have suggested providing literacy
testing to children who are farsighted.
“Preschool children with moderate
hyperopia and decreased near vision may
benefit from referral for assessment of
early literacy skills,” said Elise Ciner, O.D.,
study co-investigator. “Educational interventions
for children with early deficits can
lead to greater educational achievement in
later years.”
The study results underscore the importance
of vision screening in early childhood.
As Kulp pointed out, children who
are moderately farsighted usually do not
complain of any vision problems because
they have no reference for comparison.
“Experiences in early childhood classrooms
are often young children’s first
exposure to key early literacy building
blocks,” the study authors wrote, noting
that when they enter kindergarten and first
grade, children are expected to have some
vocabulary, phonics and reading skills.
“Educational achievement requirements
and visual demands for preschoolers are
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D.C., this summer.
The six students chosen are Kacie Francois,
of Timberland High; Leo Kniffen
and Justin Rice, both of Warrenton High;
Kai Rogers, of Winfield High; and homeschool
students Emily Baalman and Clare
Citrowske. Anna Chandler, of Warrenton
High, will serve as a Youth Tour first alternate
and Sarah Turner, of Lutheran High,
will serve as the second alternate, should
any of the delegates be unable to attend.
The six runners-up in the contest
received a $500 Cuivre River Youth Tour
scholarship to the university or college of
their choice. Those students include Turner
and Chandler as well as Rebecca Purcell,
of Francis Howell North High; Richard
Schneider, of Timberland High; and Karley
Kaimann and Abigail White, both of Winfield
High.
Teachers honored at this year’s banquet
included Michelle Dunaway and Mike
Storm, both of Francis Howell High; Jordyn
Kiel, of Francis Howell North High; Amy
Klein, of Lutheran High; Carmen Watson,
of Silex High; Jeremy Boesch, Bridget
Campbell, Amanda Moody, Megan Sellers
and Kevin Porter, all of Timberland High;
Amanda Franke and Kristine Heimburger,
both of Warrenton High; and Sharon Bader
of Winfield High.
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The 22 students comprising
those acts also
were competing for
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and special prizes. Judging
the acts was a distinguished panel of
performing arts professionals with careers
spanning film, TV and Broadway.
And when the judging was done, Audrianna
Bartholomew, a senior at Fort
Zumwalt West was awarded the Capes
Sokol Musical Theatre Scholarship worth
$2,500. The scholarship can be used for
any advanced education or training of
her choosing once she has graduated high
school.
Mike Isaacson, artistic director of the
Muny, spoke with Bartholomew after the
show about her goals for the future and
possible opportunities that await her at the
Muny.
The finals were videotaped by The Nine
Network for a special St. Louis Teen Talent
Competition program to be aired on Monday,
June 20 at 7 p.m. This special presentation
will give a wider audience the opportunity
to see St. Louis’ talented teens perform.
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Twelve metro area high school acts
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Sydney Balducci gets ready to score.
Freshman phenom pushes
Holt to conference success
Sydney Balducci was not expected to
contribute much in any role on the Holt
girls varsity soccer team when the season
began in late March. Fast forward to mid-
May and it’s hard to imagine the Indians
soccer team’s successful campaign without
Balducci playing a big role in it.
Balducci, a freshman forward, has been
simply superb for Holt through 10 games
heading into early May. At that time, she
was tied for the team lead in goals [8] and
was second on the team in points [19].
“I’ve been really happy with the way
the season has gone so far,” Balducci said.
“I’ve worked really hard and I feel like I
deserve it [the success]. I’m really happy
the opportunity came up.”
The chance to shine on the field arrived on
April 7 against Washington, when Balducci
scored two goals in a 3-0 Holt victory.
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did a lot of the little things that coaches tell
players to do,” head coach Greg Schroeder
said. “She was able to show that she not
only had the talent, but the desire to win
the ugly games and score the ugly goals.”
Scoring has come in bunches at times
for Balducci and, by late April/early May,
she had become virtually impossible for
opposing teams to keep out of the goal box
or scoring goals. In fact, at presstime, she
was one of the top three scorers in the GAC
Central conference along with three assists.
“She’s got a good haul of goals considering
how many games she’s been in, and
among the area leaders, she’s a got a good
haul, so we’re impressed,” Schroeder said.”
Moving into the starting lineup after being
in a fill-in role, Balducci said she has been
able be more aggressive with the ball – not
just shooting but passing to help to help set
up other teammates for scoring chances.
“I can get the ball out, and my team is great
with passing the ball and taking shots,” Balducci
said. “It has been working out for us.”
Soccer has been in Balducci’s blood
since the fourth grade. Before joining Holt,
she honed her abilities playing with the
Missouri Rush.
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factor in the Indians’ offense, has been
her ability to see the field much better and
adjust her attack with the ball based on
what she sees downfield.
“I’ve really looked down at the ball at lot
[when moving with it previously] and I’ve
worked a lot on looking up and knowing
where to pass,” Balducci said.
Holt entered the month of May with a
7-0 GAC KAREN
Central record to claim the conference
title. Balducci is more than happy
to be a part of that success.
“It’s really been a good year,” Balducci
said. She hopes that success carries over
into the postseason for her and her teammates.
“We all know each other and how
we play when to make those runs. We’re
looking to win districts.”
Looking downfield, the future looks
bright for Balducci.
“She’s had a big role in our offense this
year and to be a freshman in the top three in
scoring for your team is very impressive,”
Schroeder said. “She has the intangibles of
being able to get the cheap goals [as well
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St. Charles Community College
signs soccer recruits for fall
St. Charles Community College’s women’s
soccer recently welcomed four signees
for the fall 2016 season. Those recruits
include Amanda Heider, Breana Colombo,
Kelli Jungewaelter and Samantha Garvilla.
“All four players are going to elevate our
games,” head coach Josh Tyler said. “They
are all quality players that should step in
right away and make an immediate impact
on the field.”
Heider, of Hazelwood West High, also
played club ball at Missouri Rush for
Coach Diane Monahan. At Hazelwood
West, she was part of an All-Academic
Award Team. In 2014, she was awarded
Second-Team All Conference, and in 2015,
she was awarded First-Team All Conference.
“Amanda came to our winter session at
SCC, and I immediately noticed her work
ethic,” Tyler said. “She has great field presence,
and I believe she is prepared to work
hard at the next level.”
Colombo, of Oakville Senior High,
also played club ball with the AFA Fillies
Soccer Club for Coach Jason Wyland, the
women’s soccer’s assistant coach at SCC.
“Bre has been battling to get back to the
level she was at, and I have full confidence
she will be a great asset for SCC on the
field,” Wyland said.
Jungewaelter was Colombo’s teammate
for both Oakville and AFA Fillies and will
remain her teammate at SCC.
“Kelly is one heck of a competitor,”
Wyland said. “She is a hard-nosed player
who stops at nothing until she wins the ball.”
Samantha Garvilla with her father, John
[standing] and Josh Tyler
Garvilla, of Francis Howell High, is a
three-time State Cup Champion with the
St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club,
coached by Scott Stephan. She attended
Darlington School in Rome, Georgia, her
freshman and sophomore years of high
school on a soccer scholarship. After tearing
her ACL for the third time, she returned
to Francis Howell and switched to the
goalkeeper position.
Garvilla is a two-year varsity player,
who also earned All-Academic Honors.
“I have been very impressed with Sam,
not only as an incredible athlete, but as a
person,” Tyler said. “She has persevered
through 10 surgeries and has continued to
be dedicated to play at a high level. I see
players quit playing after one surgery, so
this is quite a testament to her dedication to
be the best she can be.”
SCC starts practice on Aug. 1. The game
schedule will be released in June.

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Fort Zumwalt North clips Fort Zumwalt South to claim conference title
By JONATHAN DUNCAN
One big task has now been crossed off the
list for the Fort Zumwalt North Panthers.
It took about a week and an extra inning
to make it happen, but the wait was more
than worth it. Zumwalt North slogged
through a rainy afternoon on May 9 and
faced a determined archrival in Fort Zumwalt
South, but thanks to a two-run eighth
inning rally, the host Panthers came from
behind for a 5-4 victory.
Fort Zumwalt North [17-5] claimed
the Gateway Athletic Conference Central
championship with that victory as the Panthers
finished conference play with a conference
best 7-1 mark.
Fort Zumwalt South [11-17, 5-3] finished
second in the conference. The Bulldogs
came out early, scoring a run in the
top of the first to grab an early lead.
Josh Mesler walked with one out and
came home to score from third on a basesloaded
walk to Jake Laffluer to make it 1-0.
In the bottom of the second, the Panthers
came back with a big answer as Zumwalt
North pushed three runs across the plate.
Eric Rothermich started the inning with
a single to left and Garrett Darrah singled.
Connor Zangriles walked on a 3-2 pitch
to load the bases and Nick Bohannan followed
with an RBI to tie it 1-1.
The Panthers added two more runs off
Fort Zumwalt South starter Travis Barton
and moved ahead 3-1 after two innings.
In the top of the fifth, the Bulldogs
pushed across another run against Zumwalt
North starter Dylan Elledge to pull
within 3-2.
Zumwalt South would not go away in the
seventh as the Bulldogs touched Panthers
reliever Jacob Gentry for a run to even the
score at 3-3.
In the home half of the seventh, Zumwalt
North had a chance to grab the walk-off
win but could not bring a run home which
moved the game into extra frames.
South plated its final run in the top of the
eighth against Bohannan, who came on in
relief of Gentry to go up 4-3.
That lead would not hold up in the bottom
of the eighth. The Panthers, who banged
out 12 hits on the afternoon, responded
with two more runs to get the walk-off win
and claim the conference championship.
Zangriles led the Panthers bat brigade
with three hits and scored twice. Malik Holts
was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI. Darrah, Alex Owens,
and Eric Rothermich each had two hits.
Hardee’s Iceplex to close in
Chesterfield, Topgolf likely
Hardee’s IcePlex in Chesterfield Valley
will end operations next spring to make
way for a high-end entertainment complex
and golf driving range.
John Ross, who holds the majority ownership
interest in the 22-acre site and the
ice skating facility on it, said Wednesday,
May 11 that he had informed employees
and tenants of the transaction. Ross said
the IcePlex building will be demolished in
connection with the new development. He
estimated that the required approval process
with the city of Chesterfield will take
six to nine months, meaning the IcePlex
likely will close in March or April 2017
and work will start on the demolition and
the new operation soon after.
Chesterfield officials have confirmed
that plans were submitted late in the day on
May 11 for a Topgolf driving range/entertainment
facility to be built on the vacated
property. Topgolf locations include not
only climate-controlled driving range bays
on multiple decks but also full-scale entertainment
complexes with dining and bar
facilities, other games and dozens of highdefinition
TVs throughout the building.
Meanwhile preliminary plans for a building
with three NHL-size skating rinks have
been prepared and agreements are in place
with the Chesterfield Falcons and St. Louis
AAA Blues hockey teams to use the facility
when it’s built. The property under consideration
is located between the Comfort Inn
on Chesterfield Airport Road and Interstate
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A study found that the number of children treated in emergency departments for traumatic
brain injuries sustained on playgrounds has increased significantly in recent years.
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Playground danger
A study slated for publication in the
June issue of Pediatrics found a significant
increase in the number of children treated
in recent years in emergency rooms for
traumatic brain injuries that occurred on
playgrounds.
According to the report, “Nonfatal Playground-Related
Brain Injuries Among Children,
2001-2013,” during the 12-year study
period an average of more than 21,000 kids
aged 14 and younger were treated for traumatic
brain injuries each year.
The study found also that:
• More than 95 percent of children were
treated and released.
• More than half [53.5 percent] of those
inured were aged 5-9.
• About one-third of injuries occurred
either at places of recreation or sports or
at school.
• Playground equipment most commonly
associated with traumatic brain
injuries were monkey bars or playground
gyms and swings.
• The annual rate of emergency department
visits for traumatic brain injuries
increased significantly from 2005-2013.
Despite recent safety upgrades to playground
equipment and surfaces, the study
authors said steps such as better adult
supervision and methods to reduce risky
child behaviorare needed to reduce injuries.
Growing packet problem
Many consumers apparently are not
getting the message about the danger that
detergent packets pose to children.
A new study published in this month’s
issue of Pediatrics looked at data on more
than 60,000 calls made in 2013 and 2014
to U.S. poison control centers to report
unintentional exposure to laundry and
dishwashing detergents among children
younger than age 6.
For all kinds of laundry and dish detergents,
exposures increased over the study
period but the biggest boost involved
laundry detergent packets [17 percent] followed
by dishwashing detergent packets
[14 percent].
Serious health problems reported from
laundry detergent packets included coma
[17 cases], respiratory arrest [six cases],
pulmonary edema [four cases] and cardiac
arrest [two cases].
In October 2012, the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention warned of
the dangers associated with laundry detergent
packets, or pods.
“Parents and caregivers should keep laundry
detergent pods, as well as other household
cleaning products, out of reach and out
of sight of children,’” the CDC said.
Predicting obesity
It is possible to predict obesity in a child
as young as 6 months of age using body
mass index [BMI] as an indicator, according
to a study presented this month at the
Endocrine Society’s national meeting.
At Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical
Center, researchers observed that at
roughly 4 months of age, the BMI trajectories
of children who were classified as
“obese” by age 6 began differing from BMI
trajectories of children who maintained a
normal weight.
“BMI at 6, 12 or 18 months of age above
the 85th percentile on the growth chart can
accurately predict children at risk for early
childhood obesity,” said Allison Smego,
M.D., lead author of the study. “These children
have a high lifetime risk for persistent
obesity and metabolic disease and should
be monitored closely at a very young age.”
Currently, recommendations do not call
for BMI to be measured before age 2, but
Smego said a change is in order.
“Pediatricians can identify high-risk
infants with BMI above the 85th percentile
and focus additional counseling and education
regarding healthy lifestyles toward the
families of these children,” she said. “Our
hope in using this tool is that we can prevent
obesity in early childhood.”
Antibiotic overload
Doctors’ prescriptions for oral antibiotics
in 2010-2011 may have been “inappropriate”
about 30 percent of the time,
according to a report in this month’s issue
of JAMA.
According to the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention [CDC],
antibiotics have been widely used for
so long that the infections they are
designed to kill have adapted to them,
reducing their effectiveness. Every year
in the U.S., the CDC reports, at least 2
million people experience antibioticresistant
infections, and at least 23,000
people die from those infections.
Aware of but unsure of the extent of
antibiotic overuse, a team from the CDC
conducted a study using national data from
2010-2011. Summarizing their findings,
they wrote:
“Half of antibiotic prescriptions for
acute respiratory conditions may have
been unnecessary, representing 34 million
antibiotic prescriptions annually.
Collectively, across all conditions, an
estimated 30 percent of outpatient, oral
antibiotic prescriptions may have been
inappropriate.”
On the calendar
“Fitness on the Go: Apps and Trackers”
is from 7-8 p.m. on Monday, May
23 at the St. Charles City-County Library
District’s Middendorf-Kredell branch,
2750 Hwy. K in O’Fallon. The program
for adults provides information on free fitness
apps for Android and Apple devices
and one-on-one assistance with setting
up apps and/or synching fitness trackers.
Attendees should bring a fully charged
mobile device or tracker. To register, visit
youranswerplace.org, and click on “Programs
& Events.”
• • •
St. Luke’s Hospital presents “Are You at
Risk for Diabetes or its Complications?”
from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Wednesday, May
25 at WingHaven Medical Building, 5551
WingHaven Blvd. in O’Fallon. The screening
is designed for those at risk of type 2
diabetes or those with a history of diabetes
who wish to better manage their health. The
individual consultation with a certified diabetes
educator includes a non-fasting A1C
blood test (finger stick with immediate
results), blood pressure and an individual
action plan. The fee is $12, and an appointment
is required. Call (314) 542-4848.
• • •
BJC HealthCare presents “Lower Back
Pain … When to be Concerned?” from
4-5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7 at McClay
Library, 2760 McClay Road in St. Charles.
David Minges, M.D., orthopedic spine surgeon,
presents information on the causes
of lower back pain. Admission is free, and
registration is not required. For more information,
call 928-9355.

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Seven things to know
about Lyme Disease
By DEANNE LEBLANC
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month
and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention estimates that 300,000 people
are diagnosed with Lyme Disease in the
U.S. every year. That’s 1.5 times the
number of women diagnosed with breast
cancer, and six times the number of people
diagnosed with HIV/AIDS each year.
But diagnosing Lyme can be difficult.
Here are seven important things to know
about Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
It’s everywhere. Tick-borne diseases have
been found in every state, every country and
every continent – except Antarctica.
According to the Tick Borne Disease
Alliance, Lyme and other tick-borne diseases
are prevalent across the entire United
States. Ticks do not know geographic
boundaries. A person’s country of residence
does not accurately reflect their total
tick-borne disease risk, since people travel,
pets travel and ticks travel, creating a
dynamic situation with many opportunities
for exposure for every individual.
Children are at the highest risk. Children
suffer the worst from Lyme and coinfections
because they are the most active
outdoors and their symptoms can be mistaken
for other illnesses. The hardest hit
age group is ages 5-14.
Dr. Charles Ray Jones, a leading pediatric
authority on tick-borne diseases, says some
common symptoms in children with Lyme
are frequent fevers, increased incidence of
ear and throat infections, irritability, joint
and body pain, poor muscle tone, gastroesophageal
reflux, cataracts and other eye
problems, developmental delay, learning
disabilities, and psychiatric manifestations.
It’s debilitating. One person can have
up to 50 painful symptoms that cycle on a
weekly basis because of the systemic and
cyclical nature of the bacteria. The bacteria
is spiral shaped so it can screw into
the joints and muscles, causing joint pain,
migraines, nerve damage, paralysis, eye
issues, insomnia and other debilitating problems.
Investigators in four National Institutes
of Health-sponsored re-treatment trials
documented that for Lyme Disease patients,
quality of life was consistently worse than
that of control populations and was equivalent
to that of patients with congestive heart
failure. Pain levels were similar to those of
post-surgical patients, and fatigue was on
par with that seen in multiple sclerosis.
It can go hand-in-hand with autoimmune
diseases. Many tick-borne disease
researchers and doctors are finding
that their patients that have MS, ALS, early
onset Alzheimer’s, Lupus and many other
autoimmune and incurable diseases are
positive for Lyme. Some recent research
done with post-mortem ALS and Alzheimer’s
sufferers revealed the borrelia (Lyme)
bacteria was in their brains and other areas
of the body. The Tick Borne Disease Alliance
recommends that Lyme disease be
considered in the diagnosis of MS, ALS,
seizure and other neurological conditions,
as well as arthritis, CFS, Gulf War Syndrome,
ADHD, hypochondriasis, fibromyalgia,
somatization disorder, autism,
orthostatic hypotension, encephalitis, meningitis
and patients with various difficultto-diagnose
multi-system syndromes.
You might not get that “bullseye” rash.
Up to 40 percent of tick-borne disease
sufferers never have the telltale rash associated
with Lyme Disease. By the time
those patients are diagnosed the illness is
much harder to treat. Additionally, fewer
than 50 percent of patients with Lyme
even remember a tick bite at all, according
to the International Lyme and Associated
Diseases Society.
Short course antibiotic treatment is
not enough. The Centers for Disease Control
recommends 2-3 weeks of antibiotics
for a tick bite [if you get symptoms] immediately
following the bite, and no treatment
if you don’t have symptoms. However,
symptoms may come later, which can
result in chronic Lyme Disease down the
road.
According to the Tick Borne Disease
Alliance, “There has never in the history of
this illness been one study that proves even
in the simplest way that 30 days of antibiotic
treatment cures Lyme or tick-borne
diseases. However, there is a plethora
of documentation in U.S. and European
medical literature demonstrating that short
courses of antibiotic treatment fail to eradicate
the Lyme spirochete and other tickborne
bacteria.”
Awareness and education are the key
to prevention. Do tick checks often. Do
them even if you have only been in your
back yard. Ticks are not just in the woods.
Use DEET and other insect repellent, but
also dress for the activity you will be participating
in. If you are camping, wear long
socks tucked into pants so that ticks can’t
crawl under your clothing and attach to
your skin. Check your pets after they go
outside so they aren’t bringing ticks into
the house or getting ticks on them.
Make sure to remove ticks properly. Use
tweezers and pull straight out. Never use
matches or alcohol, doing so will cause
them to regurgitate their bacteria into you.
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Memorial Day observances
ST. CHARLES COUNTY
The St. Charles County Veterans Committee
and St. Charles City Veterans Commission
will host their annual Memorial
Day Program at 1 p.m. on May 30 on the
grounds of the St. Charles County Historic
Courthouse/Executive Office Building,
100 N. Third St. in St. Charles.
The event is free and open to the public.
Jerry Bradley, of Marine Corps League
Detachment 725, will lead the program.
The agenda includes a musical selection
performed by the St. Charles Municipal
Band as well as a roll call of departed veterans
and a rifle salute.
Attendees are asked to bring lawn chairs,
as seating is limited. In case of inclement
weather, the event will be held at the St.
Charles County Administration Building,
201 N. Second St., Room 115/116.
For more information, contact George D.
Newell at [314] 369-6506.
ST. PETERS
St. Peters’ Veterans Memorial Commission
hosts a Memorial Day Ceremony at 10
a.m. on May 30, at the City Centre at 1 St.
Peters Centre Blvd. For more information,
call (636) 477-6600.
BONNIE, from page 14
isn’t chasing suspects or clearing buildings
daily. Her career expectancy is about nine
or 10 years, a longer professional life than
most patrol dogs. Oldani credits Guiding
Eyes with developing top-notch animals
with low rates of hip
dysplasia, a malady
that often affects
breeds such as Labradors.
In the office, Bonnie’s
friendliness also
helps to lower the
stress levels of her
fellow officers.
“So when you go
home at night, it’s hard
to get that [the mental
stresses of the job] out of your mind,
but now when I go home with her she’s
such a clown and definitely distracts me
and gives me a lot more to think about,”
Oldani said.
Bonnie is expected to be available to
help other law enforcement agencies, and
she may not be the last new member of the
county’s canine unit. Tank may be on the
way, possibly paid for by money seized in
drug deals and made available by federal
officials.
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Some of the electronics products that
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The Lake Saint Louis Veteran’s Committee
presents a Memorial Day Ceremony on
Monday, May 30, at 11 a.m. in Lake Saint
Louis’ Veteran’s Memorial Park, 200 Civic
Center Drive. The event is open to the
public. The one-hour ceremony features
patriotic music by the Choral Arts Singers,
along with participation by the Boy and
Girl Scouts, the Daughters of the American
Revolution and the Knights of Columbus.
Air Force ROTC –Detachment 207 will
join with the Color Guard of VFW Post
10350 in honoring the American flag. The
guest speaker for the event is Ralph Barrale,
chairman of the Lake Saint Louis
Veterans Committee and World War II
Veteran. For more information, call (636)
625-1200.
O’FALLON
O’Fallon hosts its Memorial Day Ceremony
from 11 a.m.-noon on Monday,May
30, at the Veterans Memorial Walk, 800
Veterans Memorial Parkway. All are welcome
to the ceremony, which honors soldiers,
sailors, airmen and Marines who
gave their lives for the country. For more
information, call (636) 240-2000
Tank is a Bavarian bloodhound, who
may be available in June from a facility in
southern Missouri, Todd said.
Bloodhounds are renowned for their
noses and dynamic sense of smell. Typically,
they are used to search for people.
Todd said the police
are called out five or
six times a year to find
people who wander
into the woods, say,
along the Katy Trail,
and get lost. Helicopters
often can’t see
those people through
the wooded cover and
thermal imaging can
fail when people don’t
stay in one place.
Previously, the county had a bloodhound
named Scully. But Scully is now retired.
Todd said that a few years ago, county
police and searchers were looking for a
5-year-old child lost in the woods near
Wentzville. Scully had retired. A last sweep
was being conducted through an area.
“Somebody heard coyotes howling,” Todd
said. “The coyotes had treed the child …
the dog would have been so much quicker.
“I’m a big proponent of taking care of the
public. The dog is just another tool.”

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Monkey Joe’s, an indoor play and party center, opened in April at 4732 Mid Rivers
Mall Drive, celebrating its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting. Monkey Joe’s includes
wall-to-wall inflatables, providing play for children ages 12 and younger on a walk-in
basis along with party packages, private event hosting and fundraising opportunities.
business
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Group has added
Nathan Darling, of
O’Fallon, as corporate
vice president of strategy
and business development.
Darling, who Darling
has nearly 20 years of
experience in business development and
strategic direction, will identify new
opportunities to help grow Bethesda’s
business, as well as expand opportunities
with Bethesda’s current business partners
and preferred providers.
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Thomas A. Niedringhaus,
president of
O’Fallon-based Rainbow
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‘THIS HAS GOT TO STOP’
A mother’s plea leads to a movement with one goal: Stop Heroin
By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH
Nicky Vigna and Billy Joe Richardson
share some things in common. Both were
fresh from high school, with warm and
loving friends and family to support them.
Both of their lives were just beginning to
unfold.
Then they found heroin.
Soon, both struggled with addiction
and recovery. They were each 20 years
old when they died from heroin overdoses,
becoming two more statistics in the
growing toll of what
authorities now say is
a “heroin epidemic.”
Both now rest in
graves near each other
in St. Charles Memorial
Gardens Cemetery.
Those they left
behind have not
accepted their departures
quietly. Their
parents and siblings,
along with a growing
circle of families
experiencing the same
heartbreak, and others fighting their own
addiction, are saying enough is enough.
A mother steps forward
When Gee Vigna lost her daughter, Nicky,
she discovered a lot of parents, friends and
families with their own Nickys. And she
knew it was time to act.
Nicky’s death has not faded away. She’s
remembered, along with the others like
Billy Joe, by her survivors who are holding
organized community walks to spread the
word that what is happening should stop.
The announcements of local walks are a
regular feature of the Walking for Wellness:
Stop Heroin Facebook page. Typically, the
posts tell where walks will be held – often
at Mid Rivers Mall in St. Peters. On Tuesday
nights, a mixed group of young, old
and middle-aged people appear, wearing
bright shirts with “Stop Heroin” printed on
the front and back. Some carry small signs;
some carry photographs of loved ones
they’ve lost.
Gee Vigna, through force of personality
and passion, has turned what started as a
simple gesture of grief into a movement
expanding throughout the country.
“I characterize myself as a train wreck,”
she said earlier this month during an interview.
She and her daughter Brittany’s Walking
for Wellness: Stop Heroin nonprofit
provides support to families grieving for
those they have lost to heroin and opiates,
as well as persons in recovery and addicts.
The organization and its walks are, in part,
an education effort aimed at removing the
stigma of heroin and opioid abuse and
trying to save other lives.
Nicky’s father discovered her in her bedroom
on Jan. 3, 2013.
“I was at work and I got a call that there
is a medical emergency at [my] house,”
Vigna remembers. “And she was gone.”
It was Nicky’s second heroin overdose.
The first, on Feb. 4, 2010, was also in her
bedroom. That time responders were able
to bring her back using Narcan, a chemical
treatment that can bring people out of
an overdose. The years between the overdoses
were marked by the struggle against
a drug “like no other,” Vigna said.
Nicky was 17 and a senior at Fort Zumwalt
South High when she was first introduced
to painkillers and then to heroin by
a friend.
“In our household, it was St. Joseph’s
Baby Aspirin and Aleve – that’s what we
had,” Vigna said. “The common thread
with every parent is that they have no idea
what’s going on.”
She added that, at the time, heroin was
never talked about in the schools and
media.
“So, when she first overdosed, I was told
that my daughter was a heroin addict by
a paramedic who was injecting her with
Narcan to bring her back to life,” she said.
“There were needle marks in her arm. No
one in the family knew.”
Nearly three years later, it was time to
grieve.
“I always walked all the time; for me
it was a way to clear my head a lot of the
time,” Vigna said. An advertising specialty
business person, she heat-pressed the words
“Stop Heroin” on a shirt and started to walk
her Chadwick subdivision in St. Peters.
A neighbor stopped her; she knew Nicky
had died. The woman said her son had
been a heroin addict for 10 years. Both had
lived in silence.
The woman had never talked to Vigna
before.
The woman said her life was a disaster
and so chaotic that she didn’t have time.
The next day, Vigna walked through the
neighborhood with the same shirt on and
another neighbor stopped her and said her
nephew was a heroin addict.
“I called Nicky’s sister Brittany and I’m
like ‘this has got to stop, this has got to stop
now, this has got to stop.’ I walked two
days and I walked literally 50 feet this way
and 75 feet that way in a neighborhood
where everybody says it [heroin] is not a
problem out here.”
The subdivision has $200,000 or more
homes.
“This is happening everywhere and no
one is talking about this,” Vigna said.
The neighbors had walked by each other
for 10 years – the shirt seemed to make
her more approachable. “And that’s how it
began,” Vigna said.
Soon Vigna and Brittany developed the
Facebook page that discussed how Nicky
died. They called their effort “Walking for
Wellness: Stop Heroin.” Their first official
walk was on May 21, 2013.
“They just started coming, and they
started coming and coming and coming –
people in recovery, people who were active
users, people who had lost kids, people
who were friends of ours for support and
it was just amazing,” Vigna said. “We just
kept getting emails from all over the country
from grieving parents asking how to
organize a walk in [their] area,” she said.
The first walk outside the St. Charles/
St. Louis area was in Louisville, Kentucky,
and drew 500 people. Vigna said there are
now walks in at least nine cities around the
country, as far away as New Hampshire
and southern Indiana.
“It became a great
big support group,”
Vigna said.
Soon calls came
from schools asking
her to talk to students
and staff, and then
more calls asking her
to talk at community
meetings and forums.
The experience has
shaped Vigna’s opinions.
She said she has
learned that heroin
shouldn’t be used even once, that recovery
is expensive and health insurance is a
necessity, that recovery is a lifelong struggle
that goes beyond a three-week stay in
rehab, that young people need more drug
education than the DARE program taught
in fifth grade by police.
School administrators and parents have
to talk about addiction and act now, Vigna
said.
“A reactive approach ends up in you
burying your kids,” she said.
A father says ‘not even once’
Joe Richardson, a former baseball
player who played for the Boston Red Sox,
recently told middle-schoolers crowded
into the Hollenbeck Junior High gymnasium
in St. Charles that he had lost three
of the boys he had coached in baseball to
heroin overdoses.
One of them was his son, Billy Joe.
“I lost my son on Aug. 8, 2012, at 1:30
p.m. on a Sunday,” Richardson said. “I got
a call from a police department that my son
had overdosed on heroin. He’s gone.”
Richardson, along with Jeff Mozingo, is
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“That was my only son and he was a
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Richardson said his son, a graduate
of Francis Howell North High, took 10
months to die after sampling heroin. The
second player was dead in six months,
and the third died five minutes after first
using the drug. He now visits his son at St.
Charles Memorial Gardens. He asked if the
students wanted to be visited there.
“I’m telling you if you want to get curious
about heroin it’s going to take your
life,” Richardson said.
Heroin these days is purer than in the past
and attacks the brain more quickly, making
it easier to become addicted and harder to
break that addiction, Richardson said.
Heroin turned Billy Joe “into someone I
didn’t know anymore.”
He became involved in crime, but Billy
Joe returned from his last rehab stint a
changed person, Richardson said. He had a
job, a girlfriend and was clean for 90 days.
Then, he relapsed and died.
“We need to get our head out of the sand
and realize we have a problem, we have
issues in our schools, communities, in our
state, our country,” Richardson told the
students at Hollenbeck. “We have an epidemic
and it’s not going away. The only
way we can beat this is education.”
After the presentation, students came up
to both Mozingo and Richardson and said
how much they liked the presentation.
“I do think we are making a difference,”
Richardson said. “If we save one kid a
school I think it’s worth it, but I think
we’ve done more than that.
“All we can do to combat this is education
– educate, educate because you arrest
the head guy [drug dealer] and there’s a
guy behind him to take over. This is not cut
the head off and the snake dies.”
Gee Vigna [right]
A price to pay
Vigna and Richardson said that the road
to any kind of recovery for substance abusers
is difficult, not only for the users but
also their families. Beyond the expense
there is heartache.
Vigna said that, for parents, the time in
a recovery program for a substance abuser
is “the best three weeks of your entire life
after you have been living with an addict.”
“Your purse can stay out, your [car] keys
are there, your car is in the garage, your
money is still in your wallet, you sleep
at night, you’re not getting any late night
phone calls. It’s a vacation from your child.”
But that changes when the user gets
out. Recovered users have to deal with the
allure of heroin for the rest of their lives so
continued treatment is needed.
Continued treatment means there are
meetings to attend, and often addicts lose
their driver’s licenses. Sometimes there are
felony convictions. Sometimes the coping
skills aren’t there for substances abusers.
Who will be driving to these appointments
and dealing with authorities? It’s
often the parents, Vigna said.
Nicky was a “privileged addict” who had
transportation and a roof over her head. Yet
because the need for the drug is so strong,
users often steal to fund their habits. Richardson
and Vigna said that their children
lied, stole and looked at crime.
“She [Nicky] became the lying, stealing
thief that they all do,” Vigna said.
Richardson said he not only lost a son,
but his daughters lost a brother who was “a
knight in shining armor.”
Life after their deaths holds many regrets.
Vigna said she and her family knew so
little and were naive about so many things.
“You realize you did so much wrong,” she
said.
A family also really never adjusts to the
loss, she said.
It’s hard for Richardson to visit his son’s
grave and, because of the memories, a
family vacation spot in Florida.
Vigna said the details of managing the
walks and the nonprofit can be difficult.
“Does it become overwhelming for a
family sometimes? Yes, it does,” she said.
“But so is the loss of a child.”

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The sounds of summer return to
Sunset Fridays at 370 Lakeside Park
By GLENNA ALLEN
Throughout summer St. Peters is home
to Sunset Fridays, a robust series of free
concerts held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday nights
at 370 Lakeside Park, 1000 Lakeside Park
Drive.
The outdoor venue features an expansive
Corporate Pavilion that seats more than
300 guests on comfortable furniture and
has a large concrete courtyard placed right
in the center, perfect for guests to set up
their own chairs and get a front row seat
next to the band. Surrounding the pavilion
are large grassy areas where guests can
lounge on blankets or in folding chairs
while enjoying picnics, stunning views of
the lake and great music.
Some perennial favorites return to this
year’s musical lineup, along with an infusion
of new performers.
Kicking off the series on May 20 is fan
favorite Wade Trent, who brings a mix of
rock and country to the stage.
Online radio stations from TheRoots.
FM, including Groove Jazz and The Rock,
will broadcast live one hour before each
concert starts.
All of the bands are family-friendly and
the Gator Island Grill opens at 6 p.m. on
concert nights, providing a special menu
of grilled food, homemade chips, ice cold
beer, wine and soft drinks. Coolers and
snacks also may be carried
into the park. However,
glass containers are prohibited
and outside alcoholic
drinks may not be brought
into the Corporate Pavilion
area.
“Sunset Fridays are a
great way to wind down
from a busy week,” Mayor
Len Pagano said of the St.
Peters tradition. “With great
entertainment, delicious
food and refreshments and
the beautiful setting right
on the lake at 370 Lakeside Park, it’s the
perfect way to start off the weekend!”
There are several close parking lots adjacent
to the pavilion, including ADA accessible
parking, as well as ADA accessible
parking directly in front of the pavilion.
The area includes paved walking paths
to the pavilion from the parking lots and
along the lake, as well as an indoor restroom
facility.
Sponsors of Sunset Fridays include
TheRoots.FM, Mid Rivers Newsmagazine,
SSM St. Joseph Hospital and Commerce
Bank.
Here’s who’s onstage all summer long:
May 20: Wade Trent – rock/country
May 27: Acoustik Element – Spanish
and Latin acoustics
June 3: Oh Brother – rock
June 10: Sins of the Pioneers – bluegrass
June 17: Joe Mancuso Trio – jazz
June 24: Acoustic Music Jam – acoustic
hits
July 8: Marissa Harms/Wade Trent –
pop/country
July 15: The Catapults – blues/funk
July 22: Dawn Weber Jazz Trio – jazz
July 29: Blues Plus – blues, rock and
country
Aug. 5: Oliver Nelson, Jr. Quartet – jazz
Aug. 12: Delta Sol Revival – blues, rock
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Across St. Charles County, summer
concert series are kicking off.
local
events
BENEFITS
The Sts. J and A Kids Kickin’ Cancer 5K
will be held on Saturday, May 21, 8 a.m. at
Sts. Joachim and Ann Church, 4112 McClay
Rd, St Charles. The 3.1-mile Run/Walk will
begin in the parking lot of the church, loop
through the Park Charles neighborhood,
and end at the church. Runners can register
online at www.supportjanda.org. To sign up
to volunteer, make a donation or become
a sponsor call (314) 303-0248 or email
amyarmour@sbcglobal.net.
• • •
Unlimited Play will host the 3rd Super
Hero Dash on Saturday, June 4 at Brendan’s
Playground in Westhoff Park, 810
Sheppard Drive in O’Fallon. Registration
opens at 7 a.m., a warm-up starts at 8 a.m.
and a 5K and 1-Mile fun run/walk and roll
at 8:30 a.m. To register, visit tinyurl.com/
UP-Heroes. For sponsorship information,
contact Kelly@unlimitedplay.org.
• • •
YMCA Trout Lodge and Camp Lakewood
holds its 24th Annual Charity
Golf Tournament on Wednesday, June 8
at Tapawingo National Golf Club, 13001
Gary Player Drive in Sunset Hills. Golf
begins at noon, followed by a buffet dinner,
live and silent auctions. For more information,
visit www.troutlodge.org/event/24thannual-charity-golf-tournament
or call
888-FUN-YMCA ext. 220.
FAMILIES AND KIDS
The First Time Ride Clinic is on Saturday,
May 21, 9:30 a.m.-10 p.m. at Youth
Activity Park, 7801 Hwy. N., Dardenne Prairie.
This private clinic is designed for young
skateboard, scooter and BMX riders new
to the skate park scene. Explore the 33,000
square-foot course, learn park etiquette and
get riding tips from experienced staff. Register
by calling (636) 561-4964.
• • •
Movies in the Park continue with “Indiana
Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark” at 8 p.m.
on Saturday, May 21 at Heritage Museum,
1630 Heritage Landing, St. Peters. Popcorn
is free, and soda and candy are available for
purchase. Moviegoers should bring a lawn
chair or blanket to sit on. Upcoming showings
include “The Avengers: Age of Ultron”
on June 18, “Ant Man” on Sept. 17 and
“Frankenstein” and “Bride of Frankenstein”
on Oct. 15. Call (636) 949-7535 for details.
• • •
The St. Louis RibFest runs from Friday,
May 27-Monday, May 30 and can be reached
by shuttle from the parking lot at 3801 Mueller
Road in St. Charles. Admission is free
and the event is family friendly. There will
be numerous food vendors including national
BBQ champions and some favorite local
joints. Live music is played on two stages
throughout the weekend. There will be a
large children’s play area and craft beers for
the adults. For more information, call (314)
625-3998, or contact mikecalvin64@gmail.
com or S.stout33@me.com.
• • •
The Meadows’ Summer Movies begin at
dusk on June 4 with the movie “Paddington,”
at 20 Meadows Circle Drive. Future movies
include “Into the Woods” on June 24, “Annie”
on July 2, “Despicable Me 2” on July 16,
“Big Hero 6” on July 30, “Jurassic Park” on
Aug. 13 and, for mom and dad, “Casablanca”
on Aug. 27. Lulu’s Shaved Ice is at all the
movie nights.
• • •
A Youth Lock-In is on Saturday, June 4,
6 p.m.-6 a.m. at Youth Activity Park, 7801
Hwy. N, Dardenne Prairie. Youths 12 years
and older will have all-night access to the
33,000 square-foot skate/bike park and all
its amenities, where they can join in skating,
biking and scooter competitions with prizes
and a pizza party at midnight. Call (636)
561-4964 to register.
• • •
The Cottleville Safety Town Program
is from Monday-Friday, June 6-10 at Saeger
Middle School, 5201 State Hwy. N in St.
Charles. Safety Town is a one-week program
designed for children 4-6 years of age. Sessions
are from 9-11 a.m. or 12-2 p.m. For
more information, visit cityofcottleville.com
or call (636) 498-6464.
• • •
Youth Fishing Camp takes place June
8-9 at Quail Ridge Park, 560 Interstate Drive
in Wentzville. This two-day fishing camp is
perfect for beginner and intermediate anglers.
Participants will learn and use a variety of
fishing techniques while practicing in ponds,
lakes and streams in the park. Lunch is
included. For more information, call (636)
949-7535 or contact parks@sccmo.org.
• • •
American Legion Post 313 co-sponsors
a tractor-pull on Friday, June 10, from
3-11:30 p.m. at Lone Wolf Park, 2 Main St.,
St. Peters. Food and beer garden with live
music by Johnny Chase, and a shuttle bus
available from Mid Rivers Mall. Visit www.
americanlegionpost313.com for details.
MUSIC & MORE
The Sunset Fridays Concert Series
begins with Wade Trent on Friday, May 20
at 370 Lakeside Park, 1000 Lakeside Park
Drive, St Peters. Food, soft drinks and beer
will be sold at the pavilion. Additional performances
include Acoustik Element on May
27, Oh Brother on June 3, Sins of the Pioneers
on June 10, Joe Mancuso Trio on June
17, Acoustic Music Jam on June 24, Marissa
Harms/Wade Trent on July 8, The Catapults
on July 15, Dawn Weber Jazz Trio on July
22, Blues Plus on July 29, Oliver Nelson Jr.
Quartet on Aug. 5 and Delta Sol Revival on
Aug. 12. For more information, visit www.
stpetersmo.net/sunset-fridays.aspx.
• • •
The Outdoor Summer Concerts series
starts with Leland’s Road from 6-9 p.m. on
May 21 at City Hall Park and Dardenne Athletic
Fields, 2032 Hanley Road, Dardenne
Prairie. Additional performances include
Freeze’s Pond on June 11, Contagious on
July 9, Fresh Rain on Aug. 6 and Fanfare
on Aug. 20. For more information, contact
Mathew@dardenneprairie.org or call (636)
755-5308.
• • •
The Lake Saint Louis Concert Series
begins with Pennsylvania Slim at 7 p.m. on
Saturday, May 21 at Boulevard Park Amphitheater,
2550 Lake St Louis Blvd. Additional
concerts include Fanfare on June 4, Rough
Ryders on July 16, Lucky Old Sons on July
30, Mirage on Aug. 13, and Butch Wax & the
Hollywoods on Sept. 24. Visit www.lakesaintlouis.com
for more information.
• • •
The Wentzville Kidz Praize Group presents
“Sermon on the Mound”, a baseball
themed musical, at 6 p.m. on Sunday, May
22, at Wentzville Christian Church, 1507
Hwy. Z (one mile south of I-70). The program
is free and open to the public. The
evening includes a cake and cookie reception
after the 45-minute presentation. For more
information, call (636) 327-6622 or visit
wentzvillecc.org.
• • •
O’Fallon’s Food Truck Frenzy is on
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Park, 3589 Hwy. K. The event features a
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308 Civic Park Drive, O’Fallon.
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trucks and concessions will be available
at nominal prices. Bring chairs or blankets
for lawn seating. Additional performances
include Petty Cash Junction on
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on July 12, Gentlemen Bandits on July 19,
Groovethang on July 26, Memphis Ride on
Aug 9, Retro Boogie on Aug. 16 and My
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call (636) 379-5614.
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The Meadows Summer Concert Series
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at 20 Meadows Circle Drive, co-sponsored
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For more information, call (636) 695-2626
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The Muny’s 2016 Season premieres
with “The Wizard of Oz” from June 13
-22 at, 1 Theatre Drive, St. Louis. All performances
begin at 8:15 p.m. Additional
upcoming performances include “42nd
Street” on June 24-30, “The Music Man”
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“Fiddler on the Roof” on July 30-Aug. 5
and Elton John & Tim Rice’s “Aida” on
Aug 8-14. For more information and tickets,
visit muny.org/shows/2016-season.
• • •
One Pulse will perform at 7 p.m. on
Friday, June 17 at the Foundry Art Centre,
520 North Main Center, St. Charles. Their
latest show, “The 4th Dimension,” brings
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and treats the audience to classic
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255-0270 for tickets.
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