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The left’s gambles 

Sometimes life forces us to make decisions, 

even when we don’t have enough 

information to know how the decision will 

turn out. 

The risks may be even greater when 

people make decisions for other people. 

Yet there are some who are not only willing, 

but eager, to take decisions away from 

those who are directly affected. 

Something as personal as what doctor 

we want to go to has been taken out of our 

hands by Obamacare. What job offer, at 

what pay rate, someone wants to accept has 

been taken out of their hands by minimum 

wage laws. 

Sick people who are dying are prevented 

from trying a medication that has not 

yet completed all the long years of tests 

required by federal regulations – even if 

the medication has been used for years in 

other countries without ill effects. 

One by one, innumerable decisions 

have been taken out of the hands of those 

directly affected. This is not just something 

that has happened. It is a central part of the 

agenda of the political left, even though they 

describe what they are doing in terms of the 

bad things they claim to be preventing and 

the good things they claim to be creating. 

Minimum wage laws are described as 

preventing workers from being “exploited” 

by employers who pay less than what third 

parties want them to pay. But would people 

accept wages that third parties don’t like 

if there were better alternatives available? 

This is an issue that is very personal to 

me. When I left home at the age of 17, 

going out into the world as a black high 

school dropout with very little experience 

and no skills, the minimum wage law had 

been rendered meaningless by 10 years of 

inflation since the law was passed. In other 

words, there was no minimum wage law in 

effect, for all practical purposes. 

It was far easier for me to find jobs then 

than it is for teenage black high school dropouts 

today. After the minimum wage was 

raised to keep up with inflation, for decades 

the unemployment rate for black male 

17-year-olds never fell below triple what it 

was for me – and in some years, their unemployment 

rate was as much as five times 

what it was when I was a teenager. 

Yet many people on the left were able to 

feel good about themselves for having prevented 

“exploitation” – that is, wage rates 

less than what third parties would like to 

see. No employer in his right mind was 

going to pay me what third parties wanted 

paid, when I had nothing to contribute, 

except in the simplest jobs. 

As for me, my options would have been 

welfare or crime, and welfare was a lot 

harder to get in those days. As it was, the 

ineffectiveness of the minimum wage law 

at that time allowed me time to acquire job 

skills that would enable me to move on to 

successively better jobs – and eventually to 

complete my education. Most people who 

have minimum wage jobs do not stay at 

those jobs for life. The turnover rate among 

people who are flipping hamburgers was 

found by one study to be so high that those 

who have such jobs on New Year’s Day are 

very unlikely to still be there at Christmas. 

In short, the left has been gambling with 

other people’s livelihoods – and the left 

pays no price when that gamble fails. 

It is the same story when the left prevents 

dying people from getting medications that 

have been used for years in other countries, 

without dire effects, but have not yet gotten 

through the long maze of federal “safety” 

regulations in the U.S. 

People have died from such “safety.” 

Police are dying from restrictions on them 

that keep criminals safe. 

San Francisco is currently trying to 

impose more restrictions on the police, 

restrictions that will prevent them from 

shooting at a moving car, except under 

special conditions that they will have to 

think about when they have a split second 

to make a decision that can cost them their 

own lives. But the left will pay no price. 

One of the most zealous crusades of the 

left has been to prevent law-abiding citizens 

from having guns, even though gun control 

laws have little or no effect on criminals 

who violate laws in general. You can read 

through reams of rhetoric from gun control 

advocates without encountering a single 

hard fact showing gun control laws reducing 

crime in general or murder in particular. 

Such hard evidence that exists points in 

the opposite direction. 

But the gun control gamble with other 

people’s lives is undeterred. And the left 

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‘A letter to Ann Wagner’ 

To the Editor: 

I’d like to inform Mr. Stoeffler [“A letter 

to Ann Wagner,” West Newsmagazine, Dec. 

7] that most, if not all, of what he wrote is 

total fabrication. 

First of all, the Democrat-controlled 

Senate is pure fiction. If you would start 

reading actual newspapers and stop subscribing 

to “fake news” as put out by the 

right wing establishment, you would know 

that Republicans control both the Senate 

and the House. You are guilty of perpetuating 

falsehoods and for what reason? To 

show people “you are in the know?” 

Well, this just one more instance in 

which you have been led astray, along with 

all the other Trump supporters who have 

witnessed that campaign promises are 

beginning to bite them in the butt. A perfect 

example is the tax rate for the middle 

class, which Trump campaigned on as 

the greatest tax roll back ever for people 

making less than $75,000 – it’s not going 

to happen. Trump posted on his website 

information contrary to those campaign 

promises immediately after he was elected. 

Another hard fact is that Clinton is not 

going to be investigated and “drain the 

swamp” is not happening, as you can attest 

to from his appointments thus far. As for 

all the Carrier jobs being saved, well, you 

already know that was another outright lie 

by Trump. 

You got taken, Mr. Stoeffler, as did the 

62-plus million other voters. 

If you are waiting for the wall, don’t 

bet on it. Are you curious as to why these 

things are not happening? Write to Donald 

and leave poor Ann alone. 

Lastly, where did you get the information 

that Obama encouraged illegal aliens 

to vote in the general election? Where do 

you come up with these fictitious facts? 

Wherever that is, you must check out these 

“so called facts” before communicating 

them to others. Your letter to Ann Wagner 

makes you look foolish. If you are wondering 

why she doesn’t respond to you, look 

no further than your own total misinterpretation 

of facts. For her to respond to your 

fake news would make her look foolish as 

well. 

Stu Leventhal 

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This is a perfect example of fake news. 

President Obama did not encourage illegal 

aliens to vote, saying there would be no 

consequences. 

Please see www.snopes.com for the 

complete explanation of how his remarks 

were edited to give this impression. A 

video of the interview this hoax was based 

on can be found online at www.snopes. 

com/obama-encouraged-illegal-aliens-tovote. 

Maggie Eisenberger 

• • • 


I think with all the misinformation floating 

about, it would be a good idea for you 

and your readers to check Snopes or Factfinder 

or Fact Check to check that what you 

are writing about is true. Advocating for 

impeachment for Obama for saying that 

he encouraged illegals to vote is entirely 

wrong. He encouraged Latino citizens to 

vote, not illegals. Also delineating all of 

the reasons for impeachment would be a 

good idea, so that others can set the record 

straight. 

Donna Rice 

• • • 


West Newsmagazine on Dec. 7 contained 

“A letter to Ann Wagner,” which repeats 

the now-discredited fake news that President 

Obama encouraged undocumented 

illegal aliens to vote in the Nov. 8 election. 

It is well-known that the interview 

tape was altered at Fox News by someone 

unknown to remove the word “citizen” 

following “Hispanic.” The stories’ subsequent 

circulation through unmoderated 

social media sites such as Facebook was 

to be expected. But a newspaper with an 

editor should not repeat such fake news 

without comment. 

The editors of West Newsmagazine, in 

the past, have been clear that the publication 

is their newspaper and they feel no 

obligation to be fair and balanced nor to 

print both sides of issues. That is their 

right. But no publisher who buys paper by 

the ton and ink by the barrel should promulgate, 

without comment or correction, 

fake news – even if contained in letters by 

the readers. 

Richard Anderson 

[Editor’s note: West Newsmagazine 

makes every attempt to provide fair and 

balanced news coverage; however, Letters 

to the Editor are not news and, therefore, 

are not fact-checked as news stories 

are. Letters to the Editor are, as they are 

labeled, opinion pieces that are written by 

readers. Those opinions are not meant to 

be construed as the opinions of West Newsmagazine.] 

Negotiating lower 

prescription costs 

To the editor: 

I sent an email to Sen. Roy Blunt and 

Rep. Ann Wagner asking them to support 

a proposal allowing Medicare to negotiate 

with drug companies thus reducing prescription 

drug costs. 

Yesterday [Dec. 7], Sen. Blunt dismissed 

a proposal to do just that, probably in part 

because Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced 

the idea. 

Rep. Wagner replied that she, too, is 

concerned and that several congressional 

committees are going to start looking into 

this next year in an effort to determine why 

costs keep increasing. Maybe this is akin 

to rocket science for them or they are not 

aware that the issue has been investigated 

for many years. 

I can help get them started. One of the 

reasons is that pharmaceutical/health 

product companies spend more on lobbying 

than any other industry [$238 million 

in 2015; 50 percent more than insurance 

companies, the second largest industry]. 

Roy Blunt can probably confirm this due 

to his intimate knowledge about lobbyists. 

Another reason is that drug companies 

fill our media [TV, magazines, etc.] with 

tax-deductible advertising promoting the 

latest in new, improved and more expensive 

medicines. Their marketing and 

administrative cost are around 35 percent 

of revenues. If they make minute changes 

to a drug they can gain another 20 years of 

patent protection. 

It’s no secret why drug costs are higher 

in the ironically named free market. Don’t 

wait another two, four or six years – let 

your elected officials know where you 

stand. 

Scott Risdall 

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EDITORIAL 

Saying goodbye to a hero 

John Glenn died last week at the age 

of 95. He was a remarkable American, an 

icon, a hero. 

His 149 combat missions in two wars, 

six awards of the Distinguished Flying 

Cross, 18 Air Medals, the Congressional 

Gold Medal, the Presidential Medal of 

Freedom and the Congressional Space 

Medal of Honor reside along countless 

buildings, streets and schools that bear his 

name – tributes to his greatness. 

Glenn was raised in middle America 

Ohio. He married, and stayed married to, 

his childhood sweetheart, Annie. Baseball 

legend Ted Williams was his wingman in 

the Korean War. 

Glenn was the first American to orbit 

the Earth, and 36 years later, became the 

oldest American to enter space. He served 

admirably in the United States Senate for 

24 years and made an unsuccessful bid for 

president in 1984. 

In a word, he was quintessential – a 

freckle-faced Midwestern boy who became 

a full-fledged American hero. 

His passing brings more joyful remembrances 

of a life well-lived than it does 

sadness. Yet, we do feel sadness. Where 

does it come from? We suspect it comes 

not from losing the hero who led such a 

full life, but rather from losing the context 

of the Hero with a capital-H. 

Our nation can no longer create heroes 

like John Glenn because the context of the 

quintessential hero no longer exists. 

As much as Glenn lifted America on his 

broad shoulders, America lifted Glenn. He 

was our national consciousness and we 

were his. Though a life-long Democrat, 

Glenn tended toward the political center, the 

sensible middle, the place where we once 

made deals and moved forward together. 

That place has been squashed. We tend 

to default to the excuse that those were 

“simpler times,” but that is a rationalization 

that itself is far too simple. The times that 

helped shape Glenn were fraught with peril 

and confused by massive shifts in social and 

technological capacity – just like today. 

In some sense, when we hear the slogan 

“Make America Great Again,” we hearken 

to the times in which Glenn and others 

were making great sacrifices for this great 

country. There are still men and women 

who do this today, every day. There still 

are freckle-faced Americans donned in 

hoodies and sneakers or tailored suits or 

the camouflage of soldiers – all doing great 

things for great reasons. Yet we lack the 

context to create another John Glenn – a 

true American hero. 

Our institutions are designed more for 

destruction than creation. Our broad shoulders 

are used to swinging the axes of division 

rather than building the foundations of 

greatness. 

Glenn was a Marine. Marines live under 

the banner of “Semper Fidelis,” always 

faithful. Glenn exemplified that slogan. 

Author Tom Wolfe described John Glenn 

as “the last true national hero America has 

ever had.” 

That statement is not about people, but 

about context. It is not a statement about 

Americans, but about America. We are still 

a nation well-infused with great people 

and we would be infinitely better served by 

making sure that Wolfe’s statement proves 

inaccurate. 

We can improve the context for greatness. 

We can be a nation where frecklefaced 

Midwestern boys can follow a calling 

larger than themselves and be celebrated. 

We do not have to strike down anyone who 

aspires, anyone who aims for the stars. 

We lost an American hero, but we did 

not lose its last hero. 

Our broad shoulders can be directed to 

lift-up the next great American once again. 

First American to orbit the Earth 

On Feb. 20, 1962, Glenn lifted off into 

space aboard his Mercury Atlas [MA-6] 

rocket, nicknamed “Friendship 7.” In 

doing so, he became the first American to 

orbit the Earth. 

After orbiting the Earth three times, 

Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean, 

just east of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. 

The entire trip took 4 hours, 55 minutes 

and 23 seconds. 

Glenn and his capsule were recovered by 

the Navy destroyer Noa 21 minutes after 

splashdown. 

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“You don’t need a 

plan for something 

that’s a bad idea in 

the first place.” 

– Chesterfield Councilmember 

Barbara McGuinness, on 

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merger discussions 

“Godspeed, John Glenn” 

– Astronaut Scott Carpenter to 

Glenn from the launch pad in 

1962 as Glenn began his first 

space flight, becoming the first 

American to orbit the Earth 

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Astronaut John Glenn and technicians inspect artwork that will be painted on 

the outside of his Mercury spacecraft. 

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President John F. Kennedy [left] with John Glenn and Gen. Leighton I. Davis 

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CHESTERFIELD 

City extends CVAC use contract 

The city of Chesterfield approved extending 

a contract with the Chesterfield Athletic 

Association [CAA] providing it with 

preferred user status for use of Chesterfield 

Valley Athletic Complex facilities. 

Approved unanimously during the Dec. 5 

City Council meeting, the new agreement 

extends the current contract for five years, 

with an additional automatic five-year 

extension unless either party declines to 

pursue that option. 

The CAA is an umbrella group that 

includes the Chesterfield Baseball & 

Softball Association [CBSA] and the 

Ascension Athletic Association [AAA]. 

The two organizations are the largest 

users of CVAC facilities. Together, they 

work closely with the city “to ensure that 

area youth have vibrant athletic leagues,” 

according to City Administrator Mike 

Geisel. 

Geisel said the city primarily serves as 

a facility provider, renting fields to organizations 

that handle the details associated 

with registering participants, creating 

leagues and schedules, providing umpires 

and other officials and taking care of other 

related tasks. 

In addition to paying field rental fees, 

both the CBSA and AAA have contributed 

significant capital over the years to pay for 

CVAC improvements. A current agreement 

between the city and the CAA is not due to 

expire until 2019, but the CBSA and AAA 

asked that the contract be extended to provide 

more certainty and flexibility for their 

long-term planning. 

In granting the CAA preferred user status, 

the contract, among other things, includes 

priority scheduling and favorable pricing 

for CVAC facilities. 

The council’s Finance and Administration 

Committee reviewed the proposed 

contract extension at an earlier meeting and 

unanimously recommended its approval. 

The council vote approving the new agreement 

also was unanimous. 

MANCHESTER 

Police officers receive 

commendations 

Three city of Manchester police officers 

were commended by Police Chief Tim 

Walsh for the recent arrest and prosecution 

of an offender, who was suspected of 

various crimes not only in Manchester, but 

throughout West County. 

Sgt. Randy Rains, Officer Tim Hancock 

and Officer Dave Ebert responded to a burglary 

in progress on Nov. 11. The suspect 

resisted Rains’ and Hancock’s order to surrender 

and, instead, assaulted Rains, who 

sustained minor, but visible, injuries. 

After a brief pursuit by all three officers, 

the suspect was taken into custody. Since 

the general area had been targeted with 

criminal actions, Officer Ebert initiated 

a neighborhood canvass to look for other 

vehicles or property tampered with by the 

subject. Additional stolen items were discovered 

in the suspect’s vehicle. Information 

regarding the arrest of the suspect was 

forwarded to neighboring law enforcement 

agencies, which had other criminal events 

believed to be connected to the same 

offender. 

At the city’s regular Board of Aldermen 

meeting on Dec. 5, Walsh publicly lauded 

the three officers “on their outstanding and 

extraordinary handling of this incident.” 

“Their remarkable performance marks 

them as a competent, capable and talented 

professional law enforcement team,” Walsh 

said. “Your actions reflect well on the service 

of the Manchester police department 

and I want each of you to know that your 

efforts are very much appreciated. Please 

accept my congratulations on a job well 

done.” 

WILDWOOD 

City approves landscape 

project for city hall 

Wildwood’s City Council, on Nov. 28, 

approved spending $10,000 for landscaping 

improvements to create a butterfly 

garden on the west side of city hall, at 

16860 Main Street – with labor provided 

by local Boy Scouts. 

City Administrator Ryan Thomas told 

the council during a work session that 

the butterfly garden, including a mowed 

path and some benches, will be developed 

around a transplanted Norway Spruce tree. 

“A Wildwood Boy Scout Troop has 

offered to complete this work as a Scout 

project and the landscape architecture firm, 

SWT Design, has been engaged to prepare 

the plan,” he said. “The design cost is not 

to exceed $3,000, which will provide a 

balance of $7,000 for materials, with labor 

provided at no cost through the Boy Scout 

Troop in the spring.” 

Notification area ruling 

During a Nov. 28 Wildwood City Council 

vote mandating that the entire council 

– rather than as few as one member – must 

approve expanding the notification area 

for council public hearings, only Councilmember 

Debra Smith McCutchen [Ward 5] 

was opposed. 

During a council work session that night, 

City Administrator Ryan Thomas said that, 

on past occasions, councilmembers made 

requests to staff to provide a greater level 

of public notification for a hearing, either 

through additional mailings or use of the 

city’s electronic message boards. 

Earlier this year, electronic message 

board use was called into question, as it 

only targeted a portion of the population 

impacted by an agenda item for the Villages 

at Bright Leaf subdivision development, 

he said. 

“I believe [a radius of] only 1,500 feet 

from the site wasn’t enough to notify all 

those interested in the Villages at Bright 

Leaf,” she said. 

Thomas added that, in most cases, Wildwood’s 

public notice standard practices 

already are well in excess of what is



required by city code and more extensive 

than what is done by surrounding cities. 

McCutchen said she felt a councilmember 

should have the ability to use 

city resources if the person believes extra 

public notification is necessary. 

But Councilmember Joe Garritano [Ward 

8] advocated getting a council consensus 

for spending money for an electronic sign 

or other additional notification. 

WEST COUNTY 

United Way salutes 

community giving 

The United Way has announced that its 

West Region has raised $6,242,935. 

“Raising more than $6 million for our 

West Region is a tremendous accomplishment 

for everyone because it represents a 

significant investment in the communities 

we live and work in,” said 2016 United 

Way-West Region campaign co-chair Don 

Kalicak, who also is Mercy’s vice president 

of business development. 

The West Region serves western St. Louis, 

St. Charles, Warren and Lincoln counties 

and funds raised through the community 

campaign help more than 200,000 people 

within those areas each year. 

Overall, the United Way of Greater St. 

Louis raised a total of $75,055,451 during 

its 2016 campaign. 

Monarch to acquire new vehicles 

With a bid opening for a new ambulance 

and Board of Directors approval to seek 

bids on two other trucks, the Monarch Fire 

Protection District soon will have a sizable 

turnover in its vehicle fleet. 

At its Dec. 5 meeting, the district’s board 

opened two bids received on a new ambulance 

and turned them over to staff for 

evaluation and a purchase recommendation 

to be considered at a later meeting. 

The board also approved seeking bids 

on a rescue pumper and a tanker. Plans are 

to acquire the rescue pumper on a lease 

basis and to purchase the tanker outright. 

Depending on equipment and other specifications, 

the cost of a rescue pumper is in 

the $500,000 range while a tanker likely 

will carry an approximately $250,000 price 

tag, about the same as an ambulance. 

Monarch sets filing 

procedure for April election 

Candidates for a seat on the Monarch 

Fire Protection District Board of Directors 

will have an even chance of having their 

name first on the ballot regardless of when 

they submit their papers on the first day of 

the filing period. 

The decision to use a lottery-type system 

for first-day filers was made at the board’s 

Dec. 5 meeting and will be in effect for 

those declaring their candidacy Dec. 13. 

Under the plan, any candidate filing on 

the first day will select an envelope containing 

a number. When that business 

day ends, the name of the person with the 

lowest number will be first on the ballot, 

followed by the names of any other candidates 

filing that day, from the next lowest 

number to the highest. 

After the first day, the names of other 

candidates will appear in the order in 

which they file. 

In the upcoming April election, the seat 

of Rick Gans, the current board president, 

will be at stake. Gans originally served on 

the Monarch board from 1998 to 2011. He 

was reappointed to the board in April 2015 

to fill the unexpired term of Steve Swyers 

when he resigned. 

Board candidates must have resided 

in the district and been a registered voter 

for one year immediately prior to seeking 

office and be at least 25 years old. 

Those seeking office also must file a 

statement testifying they are qualified to 

serve if elected. 

In addition, Missouri law makes persons 

guilty of a federal felony or misdemeanor 

or a state felony ineligible for any state 

elective public office and disqualifies 

anyone who owes any tax or is a past or 

present corporate officer of any fee office 

that owes taxes to the state. 

Fire protection district boards in St. Louis 

County include three members elected for 

six-year terms, with each elected on a staggered 

basis every two years. 

ST. LOUIS COUNTY 

Council asked to issue 

bonds for ice complex 

County Executive Steven V. Stenger 

wants the St. Louis County Council to 

pass legislation authorizing the issuance of 

bonds to finance an ice complex in Creve 

Coeur Park that the St. Louis Blues, youth 

hockey groups and others groups would 

use for training and other purposes. 

In a letter sent to the council on Nov. 

28, Stenger said the St. Louis Legacy Ice 

Foundation has proposed the multipurpose 

indoor/outdoor complex on about 30 acres 

in the park. The St. Louis County Industrial 

Development Authority or the St. 

Louis County Port Authority would issue 

the bonds, to be paid out of the facility’s 

revenue. 

The county would approve construction 

plans and the contractors. 

“The facility provides the county with 

a unique opportunity to increase tourism, 

recreational and entertainment activities, 

and enhance the image of the county as an 

attractive place to live, work and recreate,” 

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By JIM MERKEL 


WEST NEWSMAGAZINE I NEWS I 13 

VICC bus fire 

under investigation 

After kicking the idea around for years, 

the St. Louis County Council is preparing 

to vote on a $13.8 million contract with 

Paric Corp. to build a Creve Coeur Park 

Soccer Complex. 

With the complex, the county could play 

host to 21 large regional and national soccer 

tournaments each year and rent fields for 

about 13,000 hours, County Parks and Recreation 

Director Gary Bess said. Backers 

are touting it as a way to fill hotel rooms 

and keep restaurants busy. 

“St. Louis used to be the city for amateur 

soccer,” Bess said. He noted that in recent 

years, other cities have built similar soccer 

facilities. 

Plans call for the facility to be built on 

122 acres on the west side of Creve Coeur 

Lake on Creve Coeur Mill Road. 

The facility would include 13 lighted, regulation 

sized, artificial turf fields and two natural 

grass youth fields. One of the artificial turf 

fields would be designated for championships 

and feature bleachers for at least 500 people. 

The facility would have parking for at 

least 1,500 vehicles and a central event 

space with concessions, restrooms and a 

vendor village. Two smaller concession 

stands with restrooms also are planned. 

A $14 million bond issue funded by 

regional convention and tourism taxes will 

Chesterfield City Council approves 2017 budget 

By JIM ERICKSON 

The city of Chesterfield, on Dec. 5, 

approved its 2017 budget with spending 

cuts of more than $932,000, compared with 

an original draft submitted for study purposes 

almost three months ago. 

Councilmember Bruce DeGroot [Ward 4] 

praised City Administrator Mike Geisel and 

his staff for conducting a transparent and 

thorough budget development process in 

which elected officials were heavily involved, 

including participation in three workshops 

after receiving an initial budget draft for study. 

Describing the final budget document as 

“a collaborative effort,” Geisel reviewed 

the spending plan during a half-hour public 

hearing held before the council’s Dec. 5 

regular meeting. The number of people 

attending was small and no one offered 

comments for, or against, the proposal. 

Highlights from the budget include: 

• Projected spending from the general 

fund, the largest of the city’s budget categories, 

of just more than $20 million, a slight 

decrease from 2016’s expected outlays. 

These will not be the only soccer fields along Creve Coeur Mill Road if the new complex is approved. 

fund the project. 

Bess said that a groundbreaking is anticipated 

for February or March 2017, with 

completion of the complex occurring about 

a year after that. 

A separate bill before the council calls 

for Vetta Sports to operate the facility. Vetta 

would provide complex, turf system and 

building maintenance, along with groundskeeping 

and other public sports facility 

tasks for a three-year term, with one-year 

renewal options for up to seven years. 

Vetta was the only company to make a 

proposal to St. Louis County. It operates 

facilities in South County, Webster Groves, 

Manchester, St. Charles, St. Peters, Belleville, 

Illinois, and O’Fallon, Illinois. 

The complex’s main backer on the 

council is Chairperson Michael O’Mara 

Although total revenues are likely to be 

fractionally lower in 2017, the city expects 

to boost its general fund reserves by nearly 

$450,000 due to a lower amount of transfers 

to other funds. 

• Parks sales tax fund revenues are 

projected to increase due to higher sales 

tax receipts and more income from fees 

charged for using city facilities. With 

normal expenditures and outlays for capital 

items also lower than last year, the city 

expects reserves to increase by more than 

$250,000 by the end of 2017. The city 

expects to spend $6.17 million from the 

parks fund next year, with an additional 

$2.96 million transferred to other funds 

for debt service. 

• The capital improvement sales tax 

fund also shows lower numbers for 2017 

due to a fewer number of projects under 

way and a smaller amount of grant money 

coming in to help pay the costs. Total 

revenues are pegged at $7.7 million while 

expenditures will include $6.39 million 

and the transfer of $1.9 for debt service. 

The outlays will lower reserves more than 

[District 4]. His term on the council 

expires at the end of the year. Councilmember 

Mark Harder [District 7], who 

represents much of West County and 

previously favored a proposal for a similar 

complex in Chesterfield, opposes the 

Creve Coeur Complex. 

The Chesterfield complex proposal, backed 

by late Kansas City developer Dave Thorman, 

would have cost $12 million, of which 

the county would have contributed $4 million. 

That proposal was voted down in 2015. 

O’Mara said that a problem with the Chesterfield 

proposal was that activities would 

have been split between Chesterfield and the 

existing Lou Fusz fields in Creve Coeur. 

The Creve Coeur complex will serve all 

of St. Louis County, O’Mara said. “It’s 

going to help soccer as a whole.” 

$500,000, which is not considered a problem 

because this fund has no required 

reserve level set by council policy and the 

goal is to keep the fund balance as close 

to zero as possible. 

Other smaller revenues and outlays 

include a sewer lateral fund, police forfeitures 

and a special allocation fund for Chesterfield 

Valley. Together, outlays from those 

funds total less than $1 million. 

What the projected spending cuts actually 

wind up being will depend on whether 

unexpected situations arise that affect 

either revenues or expenditures. One such 

issue is an upcoming city employee wage 

and benefits analysis and the council’s 

reaction to it. 

The budget has been stripped of merit pay 

increases in 2017, amounting to $430,000 

on an annualized basis. Pending the findings 

and conclusions from the study an outside 

firm will conduct early next year, some 

of the merit pool funds could be restored. 

The council vote to approve the 2017 

budget was 7-0, with Councilmember 

Bridget Nations [Ward 2] absent. 

By CHARLES BOLINGER 

Rockwood Bus #90 met a fiery 

end on Interstate 44, just east of 

Lindbergh Boulevard on Monday 

evening, Dec.5. 

The bus carried 36 transfer 

program students on their way 

home from after-school activities 

at Lafayette High School. After 

seeing smoke coming from the 

engine, the students and driver 

exited the vehicle and moved to a 

safe area nearby. At least two students 

sustained minor injuries and 

were taken to a hospital for treatment. 

At a press conference on Tuesday, 

Dec. 6, Rockwood Superintendent 

Dr. Eric Knost said one 

of the engine cylinders threw a 

connecting rod, putting a hole in 

the engine block and causing an 

oil leak. In the hot engine bay, the 

oil caught fire, which spread to the 

rest of the vehicle after the driver 

and students exited. 

Knost commended the driver for 

following his emergency training 

and the students for remembering 

what to do in a serious situation. 

“We are beyond thankful that our 

students and the Durham school 

bus driver escaped with only a few 

students sustaining minor injuries,” 

said Knost. “We appreciate 

the driver’s ability to react quickly 

and get our students to safety.” 

However, Knost went on to say 

that he is very concerned about 

the situation’s seriousness and 

he requested a full investigation 

of the incident, especially since 

the transfer students’ ride home 

is much longer than that of indistrict 

students. 

“Bottom line, this degree of 

equipment failure is unacceptable,” 

he said. 

The bus shuttles Voluntary 

Interdistrict Choice Corporation 

[VICC] students who live in the 

city of St. Louis and attend Rockwood 

schools. Durham is the contracted 

bus services company that 

serves VICC students. Durham 

informed Rockwood that it started 

its own investigation into the incident, 

including sending a safety 

team to examine the remains of 

the bus.

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Scrooge and Estate Planning 

Law Matters 

And so it 

is Christmas 

(to quote John 

Lennon). That 

seems hard to 

"imagine." It 

seems as if last 

Christmas was 

only yesterday, 

but here it is 

again. I think it must be an age 

thing, but we are not going there. 

During the Christmas season, I 

thought I’d write a column with a 

Christmas theme. I hope this works. 

When my kids were growing up, 

I would read to them almost every 

night. When they were young, I read 

them a lot of Sesame Street books 

doing the voices until my voice 

would give out (that’s actually hard 

work). 

When they got older, I read the 

first six Harry Potter books to 

them… well, mostly. Harry Potter 

always did stupid things that would 

upset me. So I’d start making up my 

own storyline, which inevitably 

resulted in the utter destruction of 

Hogwarts and all the main characters, 

especially Harry. For some 

reason, my kids would realize that I 

was deviating from the story and 

taking some liberties. They would 

tell me that they were going to be 

tested on the book, so I’d have to go 

back to where I started making the 

story really interesting and read what 

JK Rowling had actually written. 

Well, the reading tradition 

continues. For the past several years, 

on Christmas, one of my sons in 

particular wants to read the 

“Christmas Carol” out loud – the 

entire story. Various kids take turns, 

but about halfway through, they 

hand it over to me. I still love 

reading to my kids. 

One scene in the “Christmas 

Carol” sticks out in my mind. It’s 

when the Ghost of Christmas Yetto-Come 

is showing Scrooge what 

will happen in the future. We see 

three characters visiting a local 

pawnbroker who is referred to as 

“Old Joe.” One of the characters is 

Mrs. Gilbert, Scrooge's laundress. 

Another is apparently the undertaker. 

The third is unnamed. 

Scrooge is horrified to find that they 

are pawning a dead man’s things, 

even the bed curtains! I don’t think 

at this point in the story that he 

realizes that those are his things. 

So how does this relate to estate 

planning, you might ask? Well, 

under Missouri law, a person can say 

where he or she wants his personal 

things – including your bed curtains 

– to go on your death. Provided that 

you have a will and include the 

required language, you can make a 

list (be sure to check it twice – it’s 

Christmas, you know) saying who 

you want to get what. That list is as 

binding as a will. 

So my advice to my readers is 

don’t end up like Scrooge. At least 

write a will that includes a list provision. 

In fact, consider creating an 

entire estate plan in the new year. 

And by the way, "Merry Christmas 

to all and to all a good night." 

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years of experience in the areas of wills 

and trusts, small businesses, and real 

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Chesterfield sets law enforcement 

collective bargaining framework 

By MARY SHAPIRO 

The city of Chesterfield has approved an 

ordinance setting up a framework for collective 

bargaining with its police department 

employees. 

The action stems from a Missouri Supreme 

Court ruling four years ago involving Chesterfield 

and University City in lawsuits 

filed by Lodge 15 of the Fraternal Order of 

Police in the Eastern Missouri Coalition of 

Police. Those actions challenged both cities’ 

refusal to recognize the union’s representative 

status and to establish a procedural 

framework for collective bargaining. 

Although some findings in a lower court 

decision were overturned, the Supreme 

Court did affirm, among other things, that 

the cities must meet and confer with the 

union. 

Approved on a 7-0 vote, the new ordinance: 

• Lists provisions for establishing an 

appropriate bargaining unit, including the 

fact that all regular full-time, non-probationary 

personnel in the police department 

are subject to the ordinance’s terms. 

• Designates the Chesterfield city administrator, 

the department head [police chief] 

and city attorney as the personnel committee 

representing the city, but says special 

counsel also can be retained for advice. 

• Calls for a “showing of interest” via 

signed authorization cards affirming that 

eligible employees want to be represented 

by the labor organization. 

• Establishes a secret ballot election 

procedure to determine if a majority of 

eligible employees want to be represented 

by the labor organization and prohibits any 

threats or coercion by either side to influence 

the outcome. 

• Declares that covered employees will 

be free to decide if they want to join and 

support the labor organization designated 

as their representative. 

• Provides for decertification of the labor 

organization if a majority of employees in 

the bargaining unit sign a petition for revocation. 

• Forbids strikes and other acts that interfere 

with the city’s operations. 

Responding to a question, Police Chief 

Ray Johnson said his department’s employees 

have not been represented by a union in 

the past. Johnson has been Chesterfield’s 

only police chief since the city was formed. 

City officials said a letter from the police 

union received earlier this year had asked 

that the collective bargaining process begin. 

Belleview Farms site work delayed 

Two years ago, the Wildwood City Council 

approved a lease agreement with St. 

Louis County for the 100-acre Belleview 

Farms tract in the Meramec River Greenway 

to be developed and used as a park. 

The lease has a 25-year term, with possible 

renewal for another 25 years. It commits 

the county to partner with Wildwood 

to provide recreational programming at 

the site. The agreement also provided for 

Wildwood to make improvements such as 

an access road, trails, a gravel parking lot, 

a shade structure and more, with a deadline 

for some work next month, Joe Vujnich, the 

city’s director of planning and parks, said. 

“It’s become apparent that it will take us 

a greater amount of time to find funding, 

get consensus on a concept plan and move 

forward on construction,” Vujnich told the 

council on Nov. 28. “So we’re asking the 

county for an estimated two-year minimum 

extension of time on improvement 

completion.” 

The council approved having staff proceed 

with those negotiations. Councilmember 

Larry McGowen [Ward 1] said the 

city’s original participation was dependent 

on the city providing no funds to the effort. 

City staff has contacted various entities – 

such as the Open Space Council and Great 

Rivers Greenway – but the city hasn’t 

received the level of funding or donation 

commitment it had hoped to obtain, he 

said. About $75,000 to $100,000 would be 

needed for planned improvements. Eight 

buildings on the site are suspected to date 

between 1875 and 1925; however, those 

construction periods can’t be verified, 

which prevents the building from being 

nominated for National Register of Historic 

Places designation, Vujnich said. That 

means the city cannot seek grant funding 

under a historic preservation option. 

Councilmember Katie Dodwell [Ward 

4] suggested making a public appeal for 

donations, such as in the city’s newsletter, 

“to keep this property pristine.” 

“This is a unique site, with a great view 

of the Meramec River Valley,” Vujnich 

said. “There would be the opportunity for 

in-kind public contributions, such as volunteer 

group labor.”



Graville named Chesterfield city attorney 




The Chesterfield City Council on Dec. 5 

approved Mayor Bob Nation’s 

appointment of Chris Graville 

as city attorney, a position he 

has held on an interim basis for 

more than seven months. 

The vote on the appointment 

was 7-0, with Councilmember 

Bridget Nations [Ward 2] 

absent. 

When Graville, who owns 

his own law firm in Clayton, 

Graville 

accepted the interim appointment in April, 

councilmembers were at loggerheads on a 

number of issues, including how to go about 

replacing Michael Herring, who had retired 

at the end of March, and who would serve in 

his capacity during a search process. 

Graville also had represented State Rep. 

Sue Allen in presenting the results of an 

analysis she had volunteered to do to determine 

if Chesterfield ordinances and procedures 

complied with state law. Although 

a House staff attorney specializing in 

municipal law conducted the study, Allen 

had asked Graville to review its findings 

with the council. 

While those issues had divided the council 

then, the vote on Graville’s appointment 

strongly suggested that time and 

opportunities to work together had erased 

any remaining questions or doubts about 

the interim attorney. Further, the goodnatured 

banter councilmembers directed at 

Graville before his appointment signaled 

their approval. 

“Is this the time for me to vote 

‘no’?” Councilmember Randy 

Logan [Ward 3] asked with a 

barely concealed grin at one 

point in the parliamentary process. 

With mock seriousness, 

Councilmember Barry Flachsbart 

[Ward 1] said he didn’t 

think the mayor would be able 

to cast a tie-breaking vote if the 

council deadlocked on Graville’s appointment. 

An employment agreement, approved as 

part of the appointment, calls for Graville 

to receive a $3,000 monthly retainer. Legal 

services provided in addition to those covered 

under the retainer will be billed at 

$175 an hour, with lesser amounts billed 

for work done by associated attorneys, law 

students and paralegals. 

Graville is required to maintain malpractice 

insurance of at least $1 million. 

In addition to his work for Chesterfield, 

Graville serves as prosecuting attorney for 

Ballwin, Clarkson Valley and Fenton, and 

is both city attorney and prosecuting attorney 

for Warrenton. 

A graduate of Parkway West High, he 

earned his undergraduate and law degrees 

at the University of Missouri. 

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West County cities earn ‘safest’ title 

By JESSICA MESSZAROS 

An updated version of The Safewise’s 

Report [www.safewise.com] list of the 

20 Safest Cities in Missouri for 2016 was 

released this fall, and it was another good 

year for West St. Louis County. 

The list was created by reviewing the FBI 

Crime Report statistics for 2014 [the most 

recent available.] Placement is based on 

statistics regarding violent crimes [murder, 

rape, robbery] and property crimes [arson, 

burglary, theft]. For fairness from city to 

city, likelihood of those crimes was calculated 

as occurring out of 1,000 people in 

each city. Cities with fewer than 3,000 residents 

were not considered for “safe city” 

designation, nor were cities that failed to 

submit a complete crime report to the FBI. 

All the cities have exceptional records 

for violent and property crime, with 95 

percent reporting no murders on the FBI’s 

most recent crime report. Eighty percent 

also reported less than ten violent crimes 

overall and 70 percent of the cities reported 

less than 100 total property crimes. 

Ballwin took third-place overall, a large 

leap from its sixth-place designation in 2015. 

The city boasts an estimated rate of violent 

crimes per 1,000 as only 0.26 and a rate of 

property crimes per 1,000 as 6.88. Ellisville 

took 10th-place on the list, a boost from its 

11th place spot last year. The rate of violent 

crimes per 1,000 is 1.09, its rate of property 

crimes per 1,000 is 8.82. Town & Country 

took 13th-place with a rate of 0.46 per 1,000 

for violent crimes and a rate of 10.51 per 

1,000 for property crimes. Webster Groves 

immediately followed on the list with 14th 

place, with a rate of violent crimes per 1,000 

about 1.81, and the rate of property crimes 

per 1,000 about 9.89. 

Other cities that didn’t make the list still 

received rankings. Creve Coeur was closest 

at 21st place. Ladue took 22nd, Chesterfield 

took 26th, Manchester took 28th, 

Wentzville took 29th, Eureka took 35th, 

Clayton took 39th, Kirkwood took 45th, 

Maryland Heights took 54th and Olivette 

took 74th place. 

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The Chesterfield City Council took final 

action Dec. 5 on three measures it discussed 

earlier - a resolution opposing the 

possible city of St. Louis’ merger with 

St. Louis County, an ordinance prohibiting 

compression-release braking on large 

diesel trucks traveling through the city and 

changes in its development code. 

On a 6-1 vote, the council approved a 

resolution opposing St. Louis becoming 

the 91st municipality in St. Louis County, 

a step the St. Louis County Municipal 

League earlier had endorsed as an idea 

that should be explored. The decision 

came after several councilmembers 

weighed in on both sides 

of the measure. 

Due to strong feelings 

on the issue, Councilmember 

Randy Logan [Ward 3] 

said he understands why 

the resolution opposing 

the action came before the 

council; however, since 

no plan or specific aspects 

have been developed on 

how the merger would 

happen, it is premature to 

oppose something without 

knowing those details, he 

observed. 

Councilmember Barbara 

McGuinness [Ward 

1] responded, “You don’t 

need a plan for something that’s a bad idea 

in the first place.” 

Councilmember Barry Flachsbart 

[Ward 1] said arguments supporting the 

joining, including a more positive view of 

crime statistics spread over a larger area, 

are weak. If St. Louis ever abolished its 

earnings tax, often blamed for discouraging 

economic development, it would 

leave the city with a huge financial gap 

that county residents likely would be 

called on to fill. 

The possible merger of basic services, 

including police and fire departments, has 

been mentioned as being more efficient, 

Flachsbart added. If those services are 

combined based on the highest prevailing 

costs, there will be no gains in efficiency, 

he said. 

Citing voter demographics in the city and 

county, Councilmember Tom DeCampi 

[Ward 4] said joining the two would mean 

far-left candidates will prevail in county 

leadership elections and that conservative 

office-seekers will not stand a chance of 

being elected. 

Logan was the only councilmember 

opposing the resolution. Councilmember 

Bridget Nations [Ward 2], who sided with 

Logan when the issue was raised at an earlier 

meeting, was not present when the final 

vote occurred. 

In other council business, on a 7-0 

vote, the council approved an ordinance 

prohibiting the use of so-called “Jake 

brakes,” often used to slow large diesel 

trucks on long downhill grades. Releasing 

compressed air in its engine cylinders 

effectively slows the big rigs; however, 

the resulting rapid-fire, loud noise has 

drawn complaints, primarily from Chesterfield 

residents living near Interstate 64 

and Route 141. 

The city already has approval from the 

Missouri Department of Transportation 

[MoDOT] to erect signs about the new law, 

which will apply throughout the community. 

Chesterfield must pay the cost of the 

signs and place them. 

Finally, new provisions in the city’s 

development code address instances 

when builders fail to complete work they 

agreed to do after receiving approval for 

various projects. Companies that post 

bonds guaranteeing developers’ performance 

also will be affected by the revisions. 

Developers who do not complete 

agreed-upon improvements within the 

prescribed time period will not be issued 

a building or other permits in the area 

involved and potentially elsewhere in the 

city. Any construction activity underway 

also will be subject to a stop work order. 

In addition, the city will not permit or 

accept the posting of any bond by a surety 

firm or affiliate that has refused to pay all 

or part of a claim the city has made in the 

preceding 10 years.



Wildwood seeks further review of 

noise complaints at Village Plaza 


Despite noise complaints and other 

issues, Wildwood’s City Council, on Nov. 

28, approved an amended liquor license for 

the owner of the new Casey’s Bar, formerly 

Brothers Bar and Grill, at 16441 Village 

Plaza View Drive. However, councilmembers 

mandated that a noise and trash collection 

study of the bar and its retail strip 

center must happen within the next 60 days. 

“I’ve spoken to residents around the 

bar and I hope the new owner addresses 

noise, trash and potential customer behavior 

issues,” Councilmember Debra Smith 

McCutchen [Ward 5] said. McCutchen 

failed in a bid to have the license approved 

for only six months, while the city reviewed 

complaints. 

“I never would have bought my villa if 

I’d known music would be played so loud 

– I hear it until 1 a.m. – so I’d ask that they 

contain the music to inside the bar,” Loretta 

Kipper said. Kipper lives next door in a condominium 

complex on Newport Drive. 

“I’ve had to call the police about noise,” 

said Denise Lahay, also of Newpoint. “The 

trash dumpster there is emptied at 6 a.m. a 

number of times a week.” 

Mary Kay Reboulet, also of Newpoint, 

said she has picked up bottles and other 

trash thrown over a fence into her yard, 

West Newsmagazine reporter Jim 

Merkel recently released “The Colorful 

Characters of St. Louis,” in which 

he highlights famous and 

infamous residents such as 

the master of the malaprop, 

Yogi Berra; former TV pitchman 

Steve Mizerany; singer/ 

dancer Josephine Baker; 

comedienne Phyllis Diller; 

former TV sports reporter Zip 

Rzeppa and more. 

Lifelong St. Louis area residents 

may recognize “that guy 

on the overpass,” Raynard 

Nebbit, who for decades has stood on an 

Interstate 44 overpass in Webster Groves 

waving at passing trucks. Merkel shares 

Nebbit’s unique story, along with those 

of oldies like Redd Foxx, of “Sanford and 

Son” fame; and newbies such as caricature 

artist Cbabi Bayoc, who once did an album 

cover for Prince. 

In his epilogue, Merkel describes his 

adding, “loud music is played every night 

but Sunday.” 

Nicholas Casey, with the new bar’s management 

company, N. Casey Enterprises, 

LLC, contended that there are other businesses 

in the center, such as a Mexican restaurant, 

that play loud music and are open 

late. He added that a bar of some kind has 

been on the site for about 30 years. 

Councilmember Katie Dodwell [Ward 4] 

said she was concerned that the council is 

“making one business person accountable 

for what could be problems of a number of 

businesses in the strip mall.” 

“We need to investigate this further, but 

not hold him [Casey] culpable for activities 

that may not occur behind his bar,” she said. 

Councilmember Marc Cox [Ward 4] 

added that his mother lived in Newpoint 

until November, “and she complained 

about trash noise a lot, as well as music 

from the Mexican restaurant and some 

employees playing music in their cars.” 

Councilmember Larry Goodson [Ward 

8] said he feared a precedent could be 

set with having a time limit on the liquor 

license, “when part of the problem is with 

trash pickup and with other businesses.” 

“I’d prefer we have our police look into 

this and talk to the businesses, so everyone 

in that center is put on notice,” Councilmember 

Joe Garritano [Ward 8] said. 

West Newsmagazine reporter pens book 

about St. Louis’ colorful characters 

own story as “how I’ve frittered away 

my life at a keyboard.” Motivated by the 

Watergate Era, he earned a journalism 

degree at the University of 

Missouri. During a reporting 

stint at the Suburban Journals, 

a publisher asked him 

to assemble his stories about 

south St. Louis into a book, 

which became “Hoosiers and 

Scrubby Dutch: St. Louis’ 

South Side,” published in 

2009. 

“Write one book and you’re 

always an author,” Merkel 

said. And so more books followed, including 

“Beer, Brats and Baseball: German- 

Americans in St. Louis” and “The Making 

of an Icon: the Dreamers, the Schemers 

and the Hard Hats Who Built the Gateway 

Arch.” 

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Noble, the Museum of Transportation and 

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THE PEOPLE’S SHERIFF 

rides into town as EPC 28 speaker 

By KATE UPTERGROVE 

“Opinion means nothing to me.” 

Taken out of context, those might seem 

like strange words to be credited to Milwaukee 

Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. After 

all, Clarke is well known for sharing his 

opinions – via podcasts on TheBlaze Radio 

Network, on Twitter and in interviews. 

Known as The People’s Sheriff, Clarke 

has 38-plus years of law enforcement 

experience. He has received the Charlton 

Heston “Courage Under Fire” award 

from the Conservative Political Action 

Conference, which is presented to an 

individual “who stands up for their principles, 

even when doing so puts them at 

risk physically, politically or economically.” 

A frequent contributor to Fox 

News on issues of created chaos, Clarke 

also is outspoken on topics that range 

from presidential politics to the American 

college system to the Ferguson riots 

to Black Lives Matter and more. 

In an interview with West Newsmagazine, 

Clarke explained that we all have 

schools of thought. “I’m from one school 

of thought” he said. “You might be from 

another. What I hope to bring to the table 

are my experiences. I peel layers back and 

poke holes in existing orthodoxies.” 

He suggests that doing so is what everyone 

should do, especially young people. 

‘Not its finest hours’ 

Asked about Ferguson, Clarke said, 

“America did not witness its finest hours in 

the days that followed the incident involving 

Darren Wilson and Michael Brown.” 

The “riot makers” moved in and “it 

became an anti-policing movement,” he 

said. 

“What I caution young people to do is 

resist the temptation to jump into a movement 

or cause without stepping back and 

doing some independent research. Read 

some varying viewpoints on the topic,” he 

advised. “Maybe this is a cause you want 

to get behind, but make a decision based on 

the research you do, not some catch phrase 

popularized by the riot makers.” 

He points to the catch phrase of the Ferguson 

protests: hands up, don’t shoot. “It 

wasn’t true,” he said. 

Clarke said he is concerned about America’s 

youth. 

“One of the groups that they [the riot 

makers] exploited was college and university 

students,” he noted. 

He said that same group gets exploited in 

other ways. In a podcast that aired on Sept. 

26, 2015, Clarke asked, “Is the American 

college system a racketeering ring?” He 

brought up the same topic in his interview 

with West Newsmagazine, calling the 

system a “travesty.” 

“For young people, this issue of education 

– I think it’s one of those things people 

are becoming disillusioned by,” he said. 

“Get a college degree and the possibilities 

are endless. But young people today are 

graduating with unbelievable debt. So I 

would caution young people to make sure 

they have a skill that there’s a demand for. 

“When you come out of college and you 

have a degree in gender studies, what the 

hell are you going to do with that?” 

He offers future and current college students 

some advice. 

“Be careful and cautious about what 

you want to pursue, so you can pay [your 

student debt] back,” Clarke said. “No 

one holds these colleges and universities 

accountable for what I think is a kind of, 

not really, but like a type of Ponzi scheme.” 

It should be the job of universities and 

colleges to guide students toward degrees 

that can turn into careers, he said. 

Education Policy Conference 

On Thursday, Jan. 26, Clarke will 

bring his school of thought to the 28th 

annual Educational Policy Conference, 

sponsored by the Constitutional Coalition, 

as the keynote speaker at the dinner 

that takes place at 7 p.m. at the Hilton St. 

Louis Frontenac, 1335 S. Lindbergh Blvd. 

Tickets for the dinner are $75 per 

person; however, dinner admission also is 

included in conjunction with a special offsite 

reception and photo op scheduled to 

take place at 5:15 p.m. in a private home. 

Admission for the reception, photo op and 

dinner is $300 per person. 

Dinner also is included in the full conference 

registration at a cost of $350 

per person. Full registration includes all 

conference sessions; the Thursday and 

Friday night dinners featuring Clarke 

and Constitutional Conservative Michele 

Bachmann, respectively; and the Friday 

and Saturday lunches featuring Hernando 

de Soto, author of “Mystery of Capital: 

Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West 

and Fails Everywhere Else;” and Jesse 

Lee Peterson, author of “The Antidote: 

Healing America from the Poison of Hate, 

Blame and Victimhood,” respectively. 

A special first-time admission 

cost of $275 is in effect 

until Jan. 13. 

The conference features 

more than 25 speakers, 

experts in their fields, who 

will address teachers, administrators, 

elected officials, 

parents and members of 

the community. Embracing 

the conference’s theme 

of “Revive, Restore and 

Rejoice,” EPC participants 

will examine the concept of 

building educational standards 

based on foundational 

principles. For more information 

or to register, visit 

www.epcconference.org or 

call (636) 386-1789. 

Clarke & Trump 

Last month, Clarke interviewed for a 

position in the Trump administration, specifically 

the position of director of Homeland 

Security. When asked on Dec. 6 about 

that possibility, Clarke said: “Yes, I’ve 

been interviewed. So what? Lots of people 

have been interviewed.” 

Ultimately, Trump selected retired 

Marine Gen. John Kelly to head the 

cabinet-level agency. As to whether 

he also might be called upon to serve, 

Clarke said, “That’s up to Donald 

Trump. I’d be honored to work in the 

Trump administration and it would 

be an honor to serve my country. 

It’s very contentious right now in the U.S. 

I don’t know if we can change that.” 

Clarke suggested that we, as a nation, 

have to try. “We have to get down to meaningful 

discourse. We have to try to move 

the balls forward,” he said. 

When asked if Trump was elected by 

adults who jumped into a movement or onto 

a bandwagon, Clarke refuted the idea. 

“I think it’s an insult to the people who 

voted for Donald Trump,” he said of the 

suggestion. “The populist is tired of the 

beltway. There’s general unrest and resentment 

about the establishment. [Trump] 

didn’t create any of that. 

“Washington wasn’t listening to us. 

When you’ve been part of something for so 

long – drinking the Potomac water I like to 

say – how do you change?” 

Acknowledging that other candidates 

ran on their experience, Clarke said, 

“Experience, yes, but the wrong type of 

experience.” 

“What better way to shake things up than 

to elect someone who ran a different campaign?” 

he asked. One, who comes from 

a different school of thought than experienced 

politicians. 

The man behind the badge 

Born and raised in the city of Milwaukee, 

Clarke’s bio says he played on the championship 

varsity basketball team at Marquette 

University High. He earned a degree 

in Criminal Justice Management from 

Concordia University Wisconsin, graduating 

summa cum laude, and also graduated 

from the FBI National Academy and the 

National Executive Institute in Quantico, 

Virginia. 

He began his law enforcement career 

with the Milwaukee Police Department in 

1978 and was elected to his first term as 

sheriff in 2002. Currently, Clarke is in his 

fourth full term. 

In 2013, he won the 2013 Sheriff of the 

Year Award from the Constitutional Sheriffs 

and Peace Officers Association for 

“demonstrating true leadership and courage 

… and staying true to the people he 

has promised to serve and protect.” 

He is registered as a Democrat, but he 

said people call him a Republican. 

“I’m a conservative,” he said. “I’m not a 

Republican, but if people call me a Republican, 

that’s OK. I’m not what matters.” 

According to his website [www.thepeoplessheriff.com], 

what matters is “seeing 

each other as individuals who, empowered 

with all the rights our Constitution guarantees, 

can work together to keep America 

safe and secure.”

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Emerson Excellence 

in Teaching awards 

One hundred local educators were honored 

at the 2016 Emerson Excellence in 

Teaching Awards. Recipients were selected 

by their schools’ administration to honor 

their accomplishments and steadfast 

dedication to the teaching profession. The 

ceremony and reception, where recipients 

received engraved Tiffany & Co. crystal 

apple boxes, were held at the Ritz-Carlton 

on Sunday, Nov. 13. 

Local recipients include Jessica King, 

Visitation Academy; Adam White, Barat 

Academy; Christina Berwin, Chesterfield 

Day School; Kim Hackman, Living Water 

Academy; Eve Diel, Parkway North ; Angela 

Lolley, Parkway Southwest Middle; Sasha 

Walchli, Green Trails Elementary; Sue Johnson, 

Bellerive Elementary; Jennifer Bettis, 

Rockwood Valley Middle; Jody Fowler, 

Kehrs Mill Elementary; Elaine McKenna, 

Rockwood Summit; Aubrea Grunstad, Valley 

Park Elementary; Scott VonderBruegge, 

Westminster Christian Academy; Jessica 

Senne, Maryville University; and Kelly 

Leavitt, Missouri Baptist University. 

“Emerson is proud to honor the most 

dedicated educators in the St. Louis area 

who are striving to create bright futures for 

all of their students,” said Executive Vice 

President Patrick J. Sly. “We are delighted 

to support these smart, talented men and 

women who are an inspiration both inside 

and outside the classroom.” 

The Excellence in Teaching Awards 

program began in 1989 and is sponsored 

annually by Emerson, a global technology 

and engineering leader headquartered in 

St. Louis. Emerson and its Charitable Trust 

fund the Excellence in Teaching and Gold 

Star Grant programs. Under its Charitable 

Trust, the company donated $9.5 million to 

more than 590 education programs, schools 

and scholarship recipients globally for the 

year ending September 2016. 

Principia introduces 

REVolutionary course 

At Principia Middle, the entire student 

body is revved up about REV, a new program 

that involves every learner from sixth 

Jacki Ripson with Geggie Elementary students 

through eighth grade. 

In explaining the concept to parents at a 

recent performance showcasing students’ 

skills and creativity, one eighth-grader said, 

“REV is a revolutionary idea involving 

revolving classes that reveal revelations in 

student thinking.” 

Basically, over the course of an academic 

year, all students revolve through 

each of three trimester-long, multi-grade 

classes in art, drumming circle and drama/ 

improv, Principia officials explained in a 

press release. Most recently, students in 

drum circle have learned to make music 

on plastic buckets as well as traditional 

African djembe drums; the improv/drama 

students have practiced what it means to 

have a “Yes, and ...” mindset as they take 

ideas and build on them in fast-paced, witty 

sketches during improv; and the art group 

developed creative costuming and insights 

about urban life and landscapes. 

Faculty said they see the REV experience 

helping to achieve a range of objectives 

that positively impact both student 

learning and the educational environment. 

Specifically, Principal Kimiko Ott said 

REV helps students increase their appreciation 

and respect for diversity and difference; 

develop the ability to listen with 

purpose and intent; and engage thoughtfully 

and confidently in their education. 

21st century sandbox 

teaches topography 

Why settle for sandcastles when you can 

build mountains? Using a new, augmentedreality 

sandbox, Parkway students soon 

will create mountains or islands. 

“It is wonderful for learning about topography 

and land forms,” said Bill Bass, Parkway 

innovation coordinator for instructional 

technology, information and library media. 

The sandbox helps students turn flat topographical 

maps into dynamic, 3-D spaces. 

“Students can move their hands over the 

sand to make it rain and see how the water 

flows down the sides of hills,” explained 

Bass. “They can see the relationship 

between sea level and mountains.” 

The sandbox will be available soon for 

Parkway teachers to use through school 

libraries. Demand is strong already among 

science, geography and business teachers. 

Ameren rewards 

Rockwood for saving energy 

During its Dec. 1 Board of Education 

meeting, Rockwood School District was 

recognized for participating in Ameren 

Missouri’s Biz Savers Program. 

Page Selby, of Ameren’s business and 

community relations department, presented 

a check to the district for $35,593.19, 

for various schools’ heating/ventilation/air 

conditioning controls and energy management 

systems projects, replacing previous 

inefficient equipment. 

Marquette High received $4,294.43 

after saving 61,349 kilowatt hours [kWh] 

of energy. The Center for Creative Learning 

earned $7,660 for saving 95,750 

kWh. Stanton Elementary received $565 

for saving 7,369 kWh. LaSalle Springs 

Middle received $203.76 for saving 2,547 

kWh. Rockwood Summit High earned 

$12,203.60 for saving 152,545 kWh and 

Selvidge Middle received $10,666.40 for 

saving 133.330 kWh. 

Selby said those projects saved a total of 

452,890 kWh. An average home uses about 

10,000 kWh annually, so those energy savings 

are equivalent to the average annual 

usage of 45 homes, she said. 

”Rockwood School District continues to 

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Molly and Max Bass, Northeast Middle students, shape sand to build mountains and waterways 

in an augmented-reality sandbox 

education as well,” Selby said. “Ameren 

representatives have presented renewable 

energy sources programs to students 

at Selvidge and Summit, and STEM city 

planning programs to third-graders at the 

Center for Creative Learning.” 

Rockwood announces 

Cornerstone Award recipients 

Each year, the Cornerstone Award offers 

the Rockwood School District the chance 

to recognize its nurses, computer support 

personnel, custodians, classroom assistants, 

Special School District teachers, secretaries, 

bus drivers and all its other non-certified 

Rockwood employees, who serve its students 

and staff every day. 

The 2017 Cornerstone Award recipients 

include Brandi Buffington, school psychologist 

at Fairway Elementary; Dawn Deaton, 

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With expected student growth in Eureka, 

Rockwood School District’s Board of Education 

continues to review how best to deal 

with serving children there. 

During patron comments at the Dec. 1 

board meeting, Marci McCrary, a teacher at 

LaSalle Springs Middle School in southern 

Wildwood [and a parent of students who have 

attended Rockwood schools] asked the board 

to “begin immediately considering how to 

solve the problem of overcrowding in the 

southern region of our district,” a problem 

she said has been going on for a long time. 

“My children both experienced trailer 

classrooms at Eureka High School years 

ago,” she said. 

In October, the board approved delaying 

plans for a planned science, technology, 

engineering and math [STEM] lab upgrade 

at Eureka High. 

In April 2015, district voters approved 

Proposition 4, a $68.95 million bond 

issue. Among other items, it included $10 

million to upgrade science labs for STEM 

curriculum in all four district high schools. 

However, Superintendent Eric Knost told 

the board that the district expects significant 

growth in Eureka schools in the coming 

years. For example, the planned Arbors of 

Rockwood and another subdivision of equal 

size lead officials to believe they’ll need to 

prepare for at least 800 additional students 

in the Eureka area, he said. That could mean 

Rockwood would need more schools in that 

area in the future, including dealing with a 

higher population at Eureka High, unless the 

district builds another high school. Another 

option may result in developing a multilevel 

building addition to accommodate a 

much larger student population at Eureka 

High. Doing that could affect science lab 

placement there. 

McCrary said student numbers in the 

southern area have remained high and 

continue to rise. “I currently have over 140 

students on my team, as do most of the 

other teams at my school,” she said. 

She said student teams of 100 to 120 are 

the norm at other district middle schools, 

including Selvidge, Rockwood Valley and 

Wildwood. 

“I am here to ask the board to make the 

issue of leveling the playing field for Rockwood 

students and educators a top priority,” 

McCrary said. “It has been going on too 

long already, fatigue is setting in, and, as we 

all know from past experience, this problem 

will not be quickly or easily solved, so it is 

imperative that we start now.” 

Knost, later that night, said that the 

district has been discussing the problem 

for some time. 

“If we spread all these new Eureka students 

throughout the district, it wouldn’t be 

popular with residents of that area,” he said. 

“We’re working on long-range planning, but 

we feel there will be a need to bring extra 

classrooms to Eureka High in the future. 

“We have not fully identified a definitive 

timeline, but more information will be provided 

in the coming months.” 

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Congratulations to the women and men of the 2016 Ballwin Police 

Department Citizen Academy. These residents completed a 10 

week course of instruction on the inner workings of their police 

department. 

Fair Housing 

Statement 

The City of Ballwin is committed to fair 

housing for all citizens. It is unlawful to 

discriminate against any person because 

of race, color, religion, disability, familial 

status or national origin. 

The City of Ballwin has enacted a fair 

housing ordinance that prohibits unlawful 

discrimination and spells out the process 

for filing a complaint. 

Holiday 

Closings 

The Government Offices of the City of Ballwin 

will be closed on the following dates: 

Friday, December 23 – Observance of Christmas Eve 

Monday December 26 – Observance of Christmas Day 

Monday, January 2 – Observance of New Year’s Day 

Monday, January 16 – Observance of Martin Luther 

King Jr. Day 

Monday, February 20 – Observance of President’s Day 

Snow Removal Policy 

The Public Works Department is 

prepared for winter storms. The 

salt dome has been filled and the 

equipment readied in anticipation of 

Old Man Winter’s worst. With your 

help and understanding, together we 

can make it to Spring. 

Streets will be pre-treated with salt 

brine rather than rock salt. Salt brine 

will coat the pavement; waiting to melt 

the snow as it falls. Salt brine is more 

environmentally sensitive in that less 

salt is used to pre-treat the pavement. 

Salt brine will be sprayed in liquid form 

during regular work hours; reducing 

Snow Emergency Parking 

During a winter storm emergency, 

crews will operate around the 

clock until the storm ends and 

all streets are cleared. You can 

assist by remembering Ballwin’s 

City Ordinance No. 1375. This 

Ordinance prohibits the parking of 

personnel costs. Once the snowfall 

begins, additional deicing will be with 

rock salt. 

Plowing begins when the snow 

accumulates to two to three inches 

and weather forecasters are predicting 

rising temperature. If the prediction is 

falling temperatures, then plowing may 

be delayed until the depth is four to 

five inches. This delay allows the salt 

brine to continue the melting action. 

Major arteries will receive top priority 

followed by the collector streets and 

then the minor subdivision streets and 

cul-de-sacs. 

winter weather forecasts of snow or 

freezing rain, and remove your cars 

from the street. Parked vehicles 

impede snow and ice removal 

efforts, and the Police Department 

will strictly enforce this ordinance. 

Tickets will be issued and vehicles 

Holiday Safety Tips 

The members of the Ballwin Police Department want to wish everyone a safe 

and happy holiday season. Please remember criminals enjoy this time of year 

because of all the shopping bags in cars, homes glittering with gifts, and malls 

and/or parking lots full of unsuspecting shoppers. With that in mind, here are some 

holiday safety tips: 

Shopping 

The most important thing is to stay alert and pay attention to what is happening 

around you. Thieves don’t like people who pay attention and notice their actions. 

Park in well-lit spaces and hide packages and belongings in the trunk before 

you arrive. Lock the vehicle every time. 

Discourage pickpockets and purse snatchers by not carrying too many packages 

at once and keeping wallets and purses close to the body or hidden in front 

pockets. 

Teach kids to meet you at the register (physically identify the location) if they get 

separated from you in the store or at the playground in the mall. 

Traveling 

Leave lights and a radio or TV on while you are away. 

Ask your neighbors or friends to remove flyers on your door and pick up any 

newspapers. 

If possible, have a neighbor or friend park in front of your house or in your 

driveway from time to time. 

Put your home on a Vacation Watch with the Ballwin Police Department by 

calling 636-227-9636.

vehicles on City streets when the City parked illegally may even be towed. 

is under a snow emergency. A snow This may result in a minimum fine 

emergency occurs whenever snow of $50.00 plus the cost of towing 

accumulates to two inches or more and storing the vehicle. Please 

or during freezing rain or ice. This advise your family and guests of 

prohibition is in effect until the street this prohibition. Your cooperation is 

has been cleared for emergency solicited and appreciated. 

vehicles. Please be aware of 

After Gift Opening 

Don’t leave boxes out for the trash that advertise items received. Thieves can 

shop the neighborhood by checking out boxes left at the curb. Cut boxes up and 

put them in a bag and trash can before setting them out. 

Don’t put your trash out until the day of trash pickup. That way no one can go 

through your trash the night before. 

Immediately write down all serial numbers for all electronics and keep the list 

in a safe place. 

Shoveling Driveways 

If you are the victim of a crime which occurred within the city limits of Ballwin, 

immediately call the police at 636-227-2951 or if it is an emergency call 911. 

As you clear your driveway of snow, 

keep in mind that the snow plow truck 

pushes snow onto the grass and into 

driveways. With over 10,000 driveways, 

City crews are unable to remove snow 

windrows left by the plow. This cannot 

be prevented, but you can minimize this 

problem by clearing a 15 feet long area of 

the curbline in advance of the driveway. 

Most, but not all, of the snow from the 

plow will be deposited in the clear area. 

Your understanding is appreciated. 

Snow plowed from roads could end up 

blocking private driveways for some time. 

Ballwin Public Works recognizes the 

inconvenience this causes. To reduce 

the amount of snow that might block your 

driveway, shovel an open area along the 

shoulder at the entrance (see illustration). 

Plow blades will then push snow into 

the area just before your driveway, 

leaving a much smaller amount in front 

of it. You can call (636) 227-9000 (press 

option 2) to speak directly to the Public 

Works Maintenance Center. If they are 

unavailable, you may leave your name, 

telephone number and a message. The 

superintendent or a foreman will return 

your call as soon as possible. The normal 

hours are Monday through Friday, 7:00 

a.m. to 3:30 p.m. However, during a snow 

storm, you may call at anytime while the 

snow trucks are plowing and salting. 

Parks and Recreation 

www.ballwin.mo.us 

Online activity registration is available by going to the city website and clicking on the blue Online Registration button. The City offers a wide variety of 

athletic, youth, teen and adult, fitness programs, swim lessons and much more. 

PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 

Party at The Pointe 

Friday, December 30, 2016, 6-9:30 pm 

Pointe Members Free/VIP $3/Reg $4 

(The Pointe at Ballwin Commons) 

Families can spend the evening swimming in The 

Pointe’s Indoor Pool, playing winter carnival games, 

jumping on the giant jungle world inflatables in the 

gymnasium, creating crafts, getting faces painted, 

and counting down to a balloon drop to conclude the 

evening. Register online or pay at the door. 

Lunch & Bingo 

Wednesday, January 4, 2017, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 

VIP/Reg $6 

Enjoy lunch, dessert, twelve rounds of Bingo and 

prizes with your friends and family each month at 

The Pointe. Register at www.ballwin.mo.us. 

Disco Swim 

Friday, January 6, 2017, 8-10 p.m. 

Pointe Members Free/VIP $4/Reg $5 

Swim at The Pointe’s indoor pool under lights and 

music that will bring you back to the 70s. Games 

and activities will make the evening fun for the whole 

family. 

Pointe Open House 

Saturday, January 7 from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. 

Free 

Come try all the amenities The Pointe at Ballwin 

Commons has to offer for free at an open house. 

Enjoy free use of the indoor pool, track, gymnasium, 

fitness center, fitness classes and more. Take 

advantage of membership specials all day and 

learn about new, all-inclusive membership options 

available at The Pointe. 

Kid’s Night Out 

Friday, January 13, 2017, 6:00-9:30 p.m. 

VIP $10/Reg $12 

Parents can take the night off while their kids, ages 

7-12, swim at The Pointe’s Indoor Pool, eat pizza, 

make crafts and play games at our monthly Kid’s 

Night Out. Preregistration is required and can be 

done online at www.ballwin.mo.us. 

Superhero Training 

Saturday, January 14, 2017, 9-11 a.m. 

VIP $6/Reg $8 


Superheroes ages 2-5 will improve their skills 

through Flash’s Obstacle Course, Spiderman’s web 

fight, Captain America’s shield toss and more. Come 

dressed in your coolest superhero outfit and vaporize 

villains with the Ballwin Parks and Recreation 

Department. Preregistration is required. 

Upside Down Indoor 

Triathlon 

Saturday or Sunday, January 21/22, 2017 

7 a.m.-2 p.m. 

VIP/Reg $25 

Participants will run 15 minutes on the treadmill, bike 

15 minutes, and swim laps in The Pointe’s Indoor 

Pool for 10 minutes in that order. Total distances will 

be tracked to determine the top finishers. Choose the 

day and time that works best for you to take on this 

unique challenge. 

Start Smart Football 

Wednesdays, January 4 - Feb 8, 5:30-6:30 pm 

VIP $35/Reg $45 


The Start Smart Sports Program gives parents the 

opportunity to work alongside their children ages 

3-5 to learn the basics of football. Learn more and 

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By WARREN MAYES 

Isabelle Clark achieves 

lifetime best 

Rockwood Swim Club’s Isabelle Clark 

competed in the 2016 USA Swimming 

Winter Nationals in Atlanta and performed 

well – swimming a lifetime best in the 100 

backstroke. Her time was 56.05 seconds. 

It was Clark’s first time competing in the 

national swim meet. 

“Absolutely, it was a good trip for her,” 

said Mary Liston, the national coach for 

the Rockwood Swim Club. “She swam her 

best time and that’s what it’s all about in 

this sport. You want to keep getting better 

and faster.” 

This winter, she’ll achieve another first 

– swimming with her high school team at 

Fort Zumwalt West. 

“This will be her first year to swim high 

school and I’m all for that,” Liston said. 

“She’s doing the right stuff with the high 

school program. I’ve never told people not 

to swim in high school. I just remind them 

to keep doing everything they need to do to 

succeed. Izzie is doing that.” 

Clark recently signed a letter of intent 

to swim in college. She will be swimming 

with Florida Gulf Coast University. 

“That’s a great match for Izzie,” Liston 

said. “It’s in Fort Myers and has a very 

strong program. They have a new coach 

there, but he has a good reputation. I’m 

thrilled with her choice. 

“She’ll be an important part of their program. 

It’s good because she gets to ease 

into the program and learn to adapt to college 

and be successful.” 

College women’s volleyball 

For the ninth time 

in her career, Missouri 

State junior Lily 

Johnson was selected 

recently as the Missouri 

Valley Conference 

Player of the Week. 

Johnson 

Wildwood native 

Johnson, a Lafayette graduate, averaged 

6.17 kills and 4 digs per set with a .333 

attack efficiency and .440 kill percentage 

in two recent Missouri State wins. She is 

now one award shy of former UNI standout 

Molly O’Brien’s record 10 career MVC 

Player of the Week honors. 

Against Bradley, Johnson hit .310 with 

19 kills and 13 digs in three sets of action. 

She became the second player in school 

history with 1,600 career kills, notching 

her 19th double-double of the year with 18 

kills and 11 digs at Loyola. Johnson also 

added a solo block against the Ramblers 

and hit .357 with just three attack errors in 

42 swings. 

An exceptional student, Johnson also 

was recognized for her effort in the classroom 

with a spot on the CoSIDA Academic 

All-District VI First Team. As a first-team 

selection, Johnson automatically advances 

to the national ballot for Academic All- 

America consideration. 

At press time, Johnson was carrying a 

3.99 cumulative grade point average while 

studying cell and molecular biology. The 

outside hitter also led the Missouri Valley 

Conference with 4.55 kills and 5.13 points 

per set. 

A four-time MVC Player of the Week 

and Scholar-Athlete of the Week this 

season, Johnson was on a school-record 

streak of 37 consecutive matches with at 

least 10 kills, breaking her own mark in 

the win against Northern Iowa. She has 10 

or more kills in 73 of her last 74 matches, 

and is tied with Kathy Crotty for second in 

MSU history with 1,570 career kills as one 

of six players with at least 1,000 kills and 

1,000 digs in their Missouri State career. 

Johnson also ranks second in the MVC 

with 0.35 aces per set, second on the Bears 

with 2.93 digs per set, and sixth nationally 

with 455 kills and 513 total points so far 

in 2016. 

District VI includes schools from Arkansas, 

Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, 

Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota 

and Wisconsin. 

College field hockey 

Lafayette graduate Kate Barber recently 

was selected by The National Field Hockey 

Coaches Association to the Victory Sports 

Tours/NFHCA Division I Senior Game. 

Barber, a senior midfielder, was named 

to the 38-woman roster. 

In the weekend prior to her nomination, 

Barber shattered two of Indiana’s season 

scoring records during the Hoosiers’ conference 

closer at No. 6 Penn State. With her 

two goals, Barber completed the highest 

single-season scoring tally, breaking Lydia 

Schrott’s 11-year record 

of 17 goals. Barber also 

broke the single-season 

points record with 40 

this season, two more 

than Morgan Fleetwood 

earned in 2012. 

Barber 

Barber’s scoring pace 

was the fastest in the nation through the 

first five weeks of the season, as she racked 

up 15 goals in the Hoosiers’ first 10 games. 

The nomination joins a lengthy list 

of career achievements for Barber, who 

picked up third team All-American honors 

from the NFHCA and Synapse Sports last 

season, along with All-Big Ten first team 

selections in 2015 and 2016. 

Away from the pitch, Barber’s scholastic 

achievements have garnered her two Academic 

All-Big Ten honors and a selection 

to the NFHCA National Academic Squad 

last season. 

Barber is the 14th Hoosier to play in 

the NFHCA Division I Senior Game since 

2003. She also earned a selection to the 

All-Big Ten first team, becoming the sixth 

Hoosier in program history to receive multiple 

first-team honors. 

Barber is one of the most prolific scorers 

in Indiana history. She currently ranks 

fourth on Indiana’s all-time goals [28] and 

points [70] leaderboards. Barber’s scoring 

pace through the first half of the season led 

all NCAA Division-I players, converting 

15 goals in Indiana’s first 10 games [1.5 

goals per game]. 

College women’s basketball 

Incarnate Word Academy graduate 

Napheesa Collier is off to a great start in 

her sophomore season for the University of 

Connecticut women’s baskeetball team. 

Recently, she scored 24 points and helped 

No. 2 UConn to win its 82nd consecutive 

game with a 72-54 victory over No. 14 

Texas in the annual Jimmy V Classic. 

UConn led by nine at the half before 

Texas closed to 51-49 with 3:18 left in 

the third quarter on a 3-pointer by Brooke 

McCarty. The Huskies then scored the next 

12 points, including the final six of the 

period to get some breathing room. Collier 

capped the burst with a nifty reverse layup





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through Monday, December 26th. 

Happy Holidays! 

Napheesa Collier on the offense for UConn. 

off a rebound that made it 63-49. 

The Huskies [7-0 at press time] are in the 

midst of the second-longest winning streak 

in women’s basketball history, trailing only 

their own 90-game run from 2008-10. 

Collier, at press time, was averaging 

18.2 points and has proved to be close to 

unstoppable when she gets the ball in her 

hands, averaging 64.9 percent with most of 

her baskets in close. 

College men’s soccer 

De Smet Jesuit graduate Ben Yeager, 

a sophomore at Saint Louis University, 

earned an Atlantic 10 Conference Player of 

the Week nod earlier this season. 

Yeager totaled 11 saves in earning the two 

wins in goal that propelled him to Player of 

the Week status. Against Rhode Island, he 

made five saves for his second-consecutive 

shutout. He, likewise, was sharp against 

George Mason, making six saves including 

several dazzling stops. Mason’s only tally 

was a SLU own goal that came in the 36th 

minute of that game. 

Yeager finished the season with a 5-2 

record. He recorded 18 saves and had a 

1.18 goals-against average. 

A four-year varsity letterwinner at De 

Smet, Yeager was a first-team All-Conference 

selection as a senior after registering 

six wins, five shutouts and a 1.24 GAA. 

Yeager was a member of De Smet’s 2011 

state championship team. 

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Lindenwood Senior 

Xhovani Dokaj recently 

was selected to the 

D2CCA All-American 

third-team. Dokaj was a 

second-team All-American 

as a sophomore at 

Dokaj 

Qunicy in 2014. 

The All-American honors for Dokaj, a 

CBC graduate, come after he was tabbed 

as the Central Region Player of the Year 

and a first-team All-Region performer. In 

addition, Dokaj was selected as the MIAA 

Player of the Year and a member of the 

MIAA first-team. 

Dokaj set the MIAA single-season 

record with 16 goals this season, while 

also leading the conference with 37 

points. This season, Dokaj found the back 

of the net in 12 of the 19 games for the 

Lions, which wrapped up the 2016 season 

with a 13-4-2 record and appeared in the 

central regional final match against Fort 

Hays State. 

At CBC, Dokaj was a member of the 

Missouri Class 3 soccer state champions. 

He also earned All-State and All-Midwest 

honors and competed in the High School 

All-American Game in Alabama. 

St. Louis Baseball Writers Dinner 

The 59th Annual St. Louis Baseball 

Writers Dinner will honor two icons of the 

St. Louis Cardinals – New Athens native 

Whitey Herzog and Germantown native 

Red Schoendienst. 

Herzog, who managed the 1982 Cardinals 

to the World Series, will receive the Red 

Medal, named for Schoendienst. “The Redhead,” 

meanwhile, will be honored for managing 

the 1967 Cardinals to the World Series. 

The dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, 

Jan. 15 at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel. 

Tickets are $150 each, with tables of 10 

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In addition to Herzog and Schoendienst, 

the dinner will honor other members of 

the 1967 Cardinals team, including Bob 

Gibson, Lou Brock, Tim McCarver, Mike 

Shannon, Bobby Tolan and Ted Savage. 

Members of the 2016 Cardinals team also 

will be feted, including Matt Holliday, Aledmys 

Diaz, Matt Carpenter, Stephen Piscotty, 

Adam Wainwright and Jonathan Broxton. 

The event begins with a reception outside 

the hotel’s ballroom from 5-6:15 p.m. 

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With apologies to Andy Williams, this 

is the most wonderful time of the year for 

Whitfield coach Charlie Sherertz - wrestling 

season has started. 

The veteran coach, entering his 21st year 

at Whitfield, has helped put the Warriors’ 

program on the map. In the last 10 years, 

Whitfield has finished first or second in the 

Class 1 state wrestling tournament. 

“I’ve been pretty anxious to get things 

rolling,” Sherertz said. 

Last year, the Wildcats finished a close 

second as a team in Class 1 at the 86th 

annual Missouri Wrestling Championship. 

Whitfield ended with 154.5 points. Seneca 

took first with 160 points. Three Warriors 

were named individual state champs. 

“We’ve done well in the last 10 years, with 

five state championships,” Sherertz said. 

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BROWVENTURES 

“We let a couple of them slip away. It would 

BEGIN be nicer, in my opinion, if we had seven state 

titles. We also had some good wins in there.” 

Sherertz said he likes his chances, but 

added, “We really need to get into the heat 

of battle and see what we’re made of; so 

far, so good.” 

This year is a first in Sherertz’s coaching 

career. He named four of his matmen as 

team captains: juniors Max Darrah, Mike 

McAteer and J.R. Ditter, along with senior 

Dylan Shotwell. 

Though Sherertz has never had four captains 

before, he said the “boys all bring 

something to be there.” 

“They earned it. They all have different 

personalities and I think they’ll all help to 

make us stronger.” 

McAteer, Darrah and Ditter are all state 

champions. 

McAteer won last winter at 113 pounds. 

It was his second title. As a freshman, McA- 

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teer won at 106, going 49-0. He defeated 

Maplewood’s Ronald Stewart for the second 

consecutive season to claim the crown. 

Darrah won at 220 pounds. 2/18/16 1:57 PM Finishing at 

48-3, he won by a 3-2 decision over Sam 

Hasekamp, of Centralia. Ditter’s season, 

however, was cut short when he broke his 

arm in the MICDS Tournament. 

Dylan Shotwell finished fifth as a freshman 

at state. 

Once again, Whitfield will compete in the 

Granite City Invitational right after Christmas. 

That meet boasts a strong field. The 

Warriors also will be in the Kyle Thrasher 

Tournament at Francis Howell and the 

MICDS Tournament as well as the Mount 

Olive and Route 141 Tournament at Summit. 

“I’m pretty comfortable with our schedule,” 

Sherertz said. “It’s solid. I just think 

you’re more hardened, more seasoned going 

against bigger schools. The pace is higher. 

Instead of getting a match or two that’s 

tough, you’re tested time and time again. 

“I’m fortunate that coaches I compete 

against see us a worthy school and want to 

wrestle us. They don’t just look at us as a 

Class 1 school, but as a worthy foe.” 

At 120 pounds, McAteer will be going 

for a third title this season. 

“Mike is not a real emotional kid,” Sherertz 

said. “He’s consistent and he does his 

thing. He quietly keeps kicking butt.” 

Darrah will be moving up to heavyweight 

this season. 

“He was 220 last year and he’s up a little 

higher,” Sherertz said. “He will start out 

there and may go back to 220. He’s in a 

good place now.” 

Sherertz is glad to see Ditter back in 

action at 126. 

“We’re anticipating big things out of 

him,” Sherertz said. 

Sophomore Wade Raeman was second 

in 106 at state last year. Max Roark, of 

Seneca, won by fall over Raeman in the 

title match. Also back will be junior Noah 

Elmore, who finished fifth and senior Richard 

Jordan, who finished sixth at state. 

Sherertz said it’s a good mix of athletes. 

“We’re all about being better teammates 

and better friends,” Sherertz said. “We’ve 

got a better chemistry going. It’s going to 

be fun.”



Principia girls set basketball records 

winning final Kennedy Tournament 



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The Principia Panthers set two 

school records and made a little 

bit of high school girls basketball 

history, winning the final Kennedy 

Tournament. 

At press time, Principia was off 

to a 4-1 start. The lone blemish was 

a narrow 63-60 loss to Lutheran 

South. Coach Shad Nichols said 

he’s pleased with how his squad is 

playing. 

“I was definitely hopeful and I 

knew it was possible that this team 

has it in them to truly make this 

a special and memorable season,” Nichols 

said. “We have a strong core that has 

played for over four years together, going 

back to middle school.” 

During the tournament, Principia set a 

team record for allowing the fewest points 

ever in a game. Senior Caitlyn Demaree 

also set a single-game scoring record as the 

Panthers went 3-0 to win the tournament. 

“We liked that it was a bracket-style, close 

to home and a true small-school tournament, 

which is something that is rare for St. 

Louis,” Nichols said. “A team improves the 

most rapidly against even competition and 

that is what the tournament gave us – games 

against schools the same size with similarsized 

personnel, so it was a great opportunity 

for improvement and success. Principia 

opened with a 54-4 win over Northwest 

Academy. It was the lowest points the Panthers 

have ever allowed in a game. 

“The previous record was a 45-7 win 

over Clayton in 2009, during my first year 

as coach,” Nichols said. “This team has 

been working hard to improve defensively. 

It has shown it can score, but we need to 

put it all together at both ends of the floor 

to truly move forward. 

“We played very well defensively with 

improved focus and effort. It was a nice 

opportunity to give some of our younger 

players a chance to develop confidence. 

[Sophomore] Tessa Boyman and [freshman] 

Jordan Fredrickson are playing huge roles for 

us this year, so it was a good game to get into 

the rhythm and speed of varsity basketball.” 

In the semifinal, the Panthers defeated 

Grandview 42-32. The competitive game 

gave Nichols a chance to see how his team 

would react. 

What made the difference in the game 

was the Panthers’ defense, Nichols said. 

“We held them to two points in the second 

quarter and only 21 through the first three 

quarters,” Nichols said. “Georgia Rather 

was a standout at the top of our defense; 

being disruptive. Cameron Bania really 

Principia Panthers girls basketball team 

played a great game at point guard with one 

turnover, getting shooters open and keeping 

us organized against an aggressive defense.” 

The win sent Principia into the championship 

game against Herculaneum. It was the 

first-ever meeting between the two teams. 

“They play a unique style,” Nichols said 

about Herculaneum. “Basically, the first 

player to catch the ball on their side of 

half court shoots a 3. Their coach has been 

quoted as saying, ‘We shoot first and don’t 

ask questions.’” 

So the game boiled down to a long-range 

shooting contest. Principia ended with an 

80-59 victory. 

“We made 13 3-pointers and they made 

15 for a combined total of 28,” Nichols 

said. “It was a fun game for high school 

girls basketball.” 

Demaree scored a record 37 points on 8 

3-pointers, breaking her own record. 

“The previous record was actually Caitlyn’s 

when she scored 35 last season versus 

Crossroads,” Nichols said. “She actually 

holds the top three games with 37, 35, and 

32 points.” 

Nichols was happy to see Demaree top 

her own record. 

“It was really special because of the setting,” 

Nichols said. “To set a school record 

for points in a championship game, when 

your team needs you the most, really shows 

a lot about the quality of her leadership and 

character, not just her skill as a player.” 

Junior Kate Hinds added in a doubledouble 

in the championship game with 13 

points and 11 rebounds. So far, Hinds is 

averaging 15.6 points a game. 

“Kate has truly broken out this season,” 

Nichols said. “Coming into the game, I 

think the defensive focus of Herculaneum 

was more on her than it was on Caitlyn. 

That’s how successful she’s been early in 

the season. She leads St. Louis in 3-pointers 

made and is averaging 7 rebounds game. 

She is putting it all together on both ends of 

the floor for us and it’s really fun to watch.” 

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Not every New Year’s Eve involves 

midnight carousing. This year, those 

celebrating with kids can ring in the 

year with festivities that emphasize fun 

and family at The Timbers in Eureka, 1 

Coffey Park Lane. 

Revelers of all ages will enjoy this 

folksy New Year’s Eve party that takes 

place from 5-8 p.m. on Dec. 31. Its spirited, 

kid-friendly activities are the perfect 

antidote to hectic holidays, allowing kids 

to be kids and giving 

parents a chance to 

relax and enjoy. 

Admission is just $2 

for members of The 

Timbers, $3 for Eureka 

residents and $4 for 

non-residents. 

All sorts of games 

will be on hand, including 

action-packed 

inflatables and games 

of skill. 

“We are really looking 

forward to doing 

this celebration up 

big and having a great 

time,” said Jordan Breeden, Eureka’s 

recreation coordinator. “Last year’s New 

Year’s Eve activities were canceled due to 

the flooding of our town and that was a real 

disappointment, so this year we are working 

hard to make the night extra special 

and fun for the whole family.” 

Party-goers should arrive with an appetite, 

as there will be a variety of holiday 

treats, certain to please even the most discriminating 

palates. 

“Nothing is more important than family 

time together,” Breeden exclaimed. “This 

is an affordable way to have fun and ring in 

the new year in a memorable way. We hope 

everyone will come out and join us.” 

Eureka’s celebration of the arrival of a 

new year is in keeping with a long-standing 

tradition that dates back nearly 4,000 

years to ancient Babylonian times. In more 

recent history, the ball-dropping in Times 

Square is perhaps the most iconic New 

Year’s Eve celebration. After attending the 

party at The Timbers, tune in to the New 

York City celebration and consider these 

fun facts while counting down to 2017. 

• The first Times Square ball was crafted 

by an immigrant metal worker named 

Jacob Starr and dropped in 1907. It was 

made of iron and wood, adorned with 100 

25-watt light bulbs, measured 5 feet in 

diameter and weighed 700 pounds. 

• The ball has been lowered every year 

since 1907, with the exceptions of 1942 

and 1943, when the ceremony was suspended 

due to the wartime “dim-out” of 

lights in New York City. 

• In 1920, a 400-pound ball made entirely 

of wrought iron replaced the original. 

• In 1955, the iron ball was replaced with 

an aluminum ball weighing a mere 150 

pounds. 

• From 1981-1988, red light bulbs and 

a green stem converted the aluminum ball 

into an apple for the “I Love New York” 

marketing campaign. 

• The traditional glowing white ball 

returned to brightly light the sky above 

Times Square in 1989. 

• In 1995, the ball was upgraded with 

an aluminum skin, rhinestones and strobes, 

and outfitted with computer controls; it 

was lowered for the last time in 1998. 

• For Times Square 2000, the millennium 

celebration at the Crossroads of the World, 

the New Year’s Eve ball was completely 

redesigned by Waterford Crystal and Philips 

Lighting to combine the latest in lighting 

technology with the most traditional 

of materials, symbolic of the past and the 

future at the beginning of a new millennium. 

• In 2007, for the 100th anniversary of the 

Times Square Ball Drop, Waterford Crystal 

and Philips Lighting crafted a spectacular 

new LED crystal ball. 

• The beauty and energy efficiency of 

the Centennial Ball inspired the building 

owners of One Times Square to build a 

permanent big ball, weighing nearly six 

tons and measuring 12 feet in diameter. 

The 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles are 

illuminated by 32,256 Philips Luxeon 

LEDs. This ball is now a year-round 

attraction sparkling above Times Square 

in full public view January through 

December. 

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Before the season is through, plan a 

trip to Santa’s Magical Kingdom 



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Now through Jan. 8, including Christmas 

Eve, Christmas and New Year’s Eve, 

Eureka boasts one of the most iconic 

attractions of the holiday season – Santa’s 

Magical Kingdom. 

Sponsored, in part, by West Newsmagazine, 

Santa’s Magical Kingdom features 

millions of lights, glistening fountains and 

even a shimmering 300-foot waterfall. A 

tunnel of dancing lights, as long as a football 

field, surrounds visitors spectacular 

special effects. 

Think there’s only one Gateway Arch? 

Think again. Santa’s Magical Kingdom 

has its very own scale model of the famous 

arch complete with a dazzling explosion of 

“fireworks” that light up the sky. 

The kingdom’s hours of operation are 

5:30-11 p.m., Friday and Saturday and 

5:30-10:30 p.m., Sunday through Thursday. 

Admission is based on vehicle size 

with family cars, trucks, mini vans, up to 

8-passenger vans and SUVs being $22; 

limousines, 12- to 15-passenger vans, commercial 

transport vans and small buses are 

$30. 

Of course, Santa makes sure to visit and 

guests can get their pictures taken with him 

[for an additional fee]. 

Legend has it that Santa asked Yogi, “If 

we use your Jellystone Park, could you 

light it up some, so it won’t be so dark?” 

“Hey, hey, hey,” Yogi replied, after he 

thought for awhile. “We’ll string Christmas 

lights everywhere. You’ll see them for 

miles!” 

Santa had an even better idea. “We’ll 

decorate the park and let families drive 

through,” he said. “They can see where we 

live and the work that we do, from building 

big toys to tiny shoe laces. We’ll bring joy 

to the families and smiles to their faces.” 

Holiday Happenings at Red Door 

UPCOMING EVENTS 

Thursday Dec 15th • 6pm to 8pm 

Bourbon and wine tasting 

Christmas open house welcomes 

Santa and his reindeer 

By GLENNA ALLEN 

Take a break from the hustle and bustle 

of shopping and baking, and bring the 

family to the Farmers & Merchants 

Bank holiday open 

house at 619 Stockell Drive 

in Eureka from 

1-3 p.m. on 

Thursday, 

Dec. 22. 

Santa and a few of 

his reindeer helpers 

will be at the bank, 

greeting guests 

before they return to 

the North Pole to make 

ready for their travels 

on Christmas Eve. The 

whole family will enjoy visiting with the 

reindeer and the jolly old gent and sharing 

a bit of the magic and excitement of the 

season. 

St. Louis children’s author, Ryan Nusbickel, 

also will be on hand to sign his 

Christmas-inspired books, including a 

pre-sale copy of his most recent work, 

“Cloudy with a Chance of Toasted Rav.” 

In this delightfully fun and funny book, 

the local author and illustrator highlights 

St. Louis food culture and yummy fare 

with humor by creating an imaginative ice 

rink made of frozen custard and storms of 

ranch dressing. 

Adding to the festivities, staff members 

from the St. Louis County Library will 

inspire creativity and imagination with 

holiday-themed crafts for kids of all ages. 

Friday Dec 16th • 6pm to 8pm 

Holiday Martini tasting 

Friday Dec 23rd • 6:30 to 8:30 

meet Alex Merrill, Owner, Winemaker and Local resident from 

Chesterfield, Mo. here to make a special appearance from Outcast 

Wines. Come taste Alex’s wines from California and find out what 

inspired him to do so. 

Dec 30th • RSVP only • $25.00 

6:30pm-730pm or 7:30-8:30pm 

Rombauer tasting and food pairing. 

Meet Heather from Nateys catering and Shannon Behnen from A Bommarito 

Wines. Sit back, relax and enjoy great wines and what food 

pairing goes best with each. 

Please call soon to reserve your space. 

For More Information or to RSVP Contact 

636-777-2669 or visit www.reddoorliquor.com 

115 S. Central Ave. 

Eureka, MO 63025

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Results of a large-scale analysis suggests that eating a handful of nuts a day 

reduces the risk of heart disease and cancer. 

health 

capsules 

New imaging center 

St. Luke’s Center for Diagnostic Imaging 

[CDI] has opened in Ellisville. The new 

facility offers MRI equipment designed to 

help improve comfort and reduce stress 

for people who have difficulties with traditional 

MRI. 

St. Luke’s CDI offers low-dose CT and 

X-ray, plus high-field open MRI, which 

provides quality images at faster scan 

times with a spacious, comfortable, opensided 

design. 

The new center is located at 19 Clarkson 

Road, at the corner of Manchester 

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A handful a day 

Eating a handful of nuts every day offers 

substantial health benefits, a recent analysis 

suggests. 

Researchers looked at data from 29 studies 

from around the world involving more 

than 800,000 people and concluded that 

eating 20 grams of nuts per day can reduce 

coronary heart disease risk by almost 30 

percent, reduce cancer risk by 15 percent, 

reduce the risk of dying from a respiratory 

disease by roughly half and from diabetes 

by about 40 percent. 

The nutritional content of nuts is what 

makes them so beneficial, researchers said. 

“Nuts and peanuts are high in fiber, magnesium 

and polyunsaturated fats – nutrients 

that are beneficial for cutting cardiovascular 

disease risk and which can reduce cholesterol 

levels,” study co-author Dagfinn Aune 

said. “Some nuts, particularly walnuts and 

pecan nuts, are also high in antioxidants, 

which can fight oxidative stress and possibly 

reduce cancer risk. Even though nuts are 

quite high in fat, they are also high in fiber 

and protein, and there is some evidence that 

suggests nuts might actually reduce your 

risk of obesity over time.” 

Apparently, only 20 grams – about a 

handful – is the amount to aim for each day, 

as eating more than that did not seem to be 

associated with any additional health benefits, 

researchers said. 

The study was conducted by researchers 

at Imperial College London and the Norwegian 

University of Science and Technology. 

ATV warning 

Injuries to children riding all-terrain 

vehicles [ATVs] are not uncommon, with 

the Consumer Product Safety Commission 

reporting that in 2014, nearly 25,000 

kids younger than 16 were treated for ATV 

injuries in U.S. emergency rooms. Many 

of those injuries were to the chest and were 

serious. 

“The sheer incidence of chest injuries 

in pediatric patients evaluated after ATV 

accidents is rather alarming and not necessarily 

the type of injuries patients and 

their families give much forethought to 

when considering the risks of ATV use,” 

said Kelly Hagedorn, M.D., study author 

and a radiology resident at the University 

of Texas Health Sciences Center in 

Houston. 

For the study, researchers reviewed 

records of 102 patients aged 18 and 

younger treated at a Houston trauma center 

for ATV-related chest injuries. The most 

common injury was bruising of the lung, 

which can lead to oxygen deficiency and 

occurred in about 60 percent of patients. 

Forty-five percent of patients were treated 

for a collapsed lung and about 34 percent 

suffered fractured ribs. Forty percent of 

patients required treatment in the intensive 

care unit and eight patients with chest injuries 

died. 

Researchers noted also that children



were injured both when driving an ATV 

and when riding as a passenger. 

Most chest injuries 

resulted from roll-over 

accidents, colliding with 

landscape or falling from 

the vehicle. 

“Our study further 

supports the need for 

increased public awareness 

of the risks and 

potentially devastating 

consequences of ATV use 

among children,” Hagedorn 

said. 

No safe smoking 

Contrary to what some people may 

believe, long-term smoking of even a 

single cigarette per day increases the risk 

of death, according to a study from the 

National Cancer Institute [NCI]. 

NCI researchers looked at the lifetime 

smoking habits of more than 290,000 

adults aged 59-82 to determine associations 

between the risk of death and smoking 

frequency. Participants were queried 

about their smoking frequency during age 

periods from younger than 15 to 70 or older. 

Study participants who consistently 

smoked 10 or fewer cigarettes per day 

had a higher risk of dying from all causes 

Serious injuries to the chest are 

not uncommon among children 

involved in ATV accidents. 

than did those who never smoked. Among 

former “low-intensity 

smokers” – those who 

once smoked 10 or fewer 

cigarettes per day – the 

death risk was progressively 

lower the younger 

they were when they 

kicked the habit. 

Looking at participants’ 

causes of death, 

the association with 

smoking habits was 

especially strong for 

lung cancer. Compared 

to those who never 

smoked, smokers who consistently 

averaged fewer than one cigarette per 

day over their lifetime were nine times 

more likely to die from lung cancer, and 

those who averaged between one and 10 

cigarettes per day were almost 12 times 

higher to succumb to lung cancer. 

“These findings provide further evidence 

that there is no safe level of cigarette smoking,” 

researchers concluded. “All smokers 

should be targeted for smoking cessation, 

regardless of how few cigarettes they 

smoke per day.” 

Researchers noted also that the study 

was somewhat limited due to the fact that 

the number of low-intensity smokers participating 

was relatively small. 

On the calendar 

Cholesterol and glucose wellness 

screenings are from 8 a.m.-10 a.m. on 

Friday, Dec. 16 at the St. Luke’s Urgent 

Care Center, 233 Clarkson Road in Ellisville. 

Participants receive their cholesterol 

and glucose numbers, plus a blood pressure 

screening and body composition measurement. 

A one-on-one consultation with a 

HeartCaring professional is included. The 

screenings require a 10-12-hour fast and 

an appointment. The fee is $20. For more 

information and to register, call (314) 542- 

4848 or visit www.stlukes-stl.com 

• • • 

An American Red Cross community 

blood drive is from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on 

Thursday, Dec. 22 at the St. Luke’s Hospital 

Institute for Health Education, 222 

S. Woods Mill Road in Chesterfield. To 

schedule an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org 

and enter the sponsor code: 

SAINTLUKES or call (314) 658-2090. For 

more information, call Carole McBride at 

(314) 542-4727. 

• • • 

“Home Alone,” a program designed for 

children ages 9 and 10 who may be staying 

home alone for the first time, or need to 

learn more skills in order for parents to be 

comfortable leaving them home alone, is 

from 9-10:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 26 at 

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Education, 222 S. Woods Mill Road in 

Chesterfield. Topics include handling the 

unexpected, stranger danger, simple firstaid, 

dealing with loneliness and boredom, 

storm safety, trust and honesty. The fee is 

$15. To register, visit www.stlukes-stl.com 

or call (314) 542-4848. 

• • • 

“Sitter Skills,” a program for beginning 

baby-sitters aged 11 and older, is 

from noon-3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 

26 at the St. Luke’s Hospital Institute 

for Health Education, 222 S. Woods 

Mill Road in Chesterfield. The class is 

taught by St. Luke’s health educators 

and covers basic information needed for 

baby-sitting, including safety information, 

first-aid and child development. 

Each participant receives a participation 

certificate, baby-sitting handbook and 

bag. A light snack is provided. The fee 

is $20. To register, visit www.stlukes-stl. 

com or call (314) 542-4848. 

• • • 

The 2017 Healthy Resolutions Health 

Fair is from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Jan. 

14 at The Lodge, 1050 Des Peres Road 

in Des Peres. Sponsored by Walgreens, 

the wellness event features area vendors 

providing information on ways to lead a 

healthier lifestyle. Admission is free. To 

learn more, call (314) 835-6150 or visit 

www.desperesmo.org. 

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BUSINESS PROFILES 

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Coming in January 

Call 636.591.0010 to reserve your space 

Breaking ground [from left] are Midwest Regional Bank executive Craig Schriewer, Kathy 

Fehlig, Diane Bender, Michael Bender, Tyler Bender, Nelson Scherrer, Kevin Carter and Cassandra 

Parrish with Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Nora Amato. 

business 

briefs 

AWARDS AND HONORS 

Joy Krieger, executive director of 

the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of 

America’s St. Louis Chapter, was honored 

as Nurse of the Year in the public 

health/case management category for the 

state of Missouri. The award was presented 

by the March of Dimes’ Missouri 

Chapter at an event held Nov. 19. 

• • • 

Chesterfield-based Manna Pro Corporation 

recently received three new product 

awards for its equine and poultry products 

at SuperZoo, the nation’s largest annual 

pet retailer show. In the bird/poultry products 

category, Manna Pro’s Cup-A-Water 

Poultry Feeder won second place and the 

Tap-It Poultry Drinker took third place; its 

Corona Pure-Flex veterinary wrap won 

third place honors in the equine category. 

PLACES 

Executives of Midwest Regional Bank 

recently participated in a groundbreaking 

ceremony to celebrate construction of the 

bank’s new facility at 17298 North Outer 

Forty Road in Chesterfield. The branch 

will offer a full array of retail and commercial 

banking products and services, 

ATM and drive-through banking. The new 

facility is expected to open in May 2017. 

• • • 

Dream House Boutique, located in 

Ballwin at 15452 Clayton Road in the 

Claymont Center, marked its grand opening 

in November with an open house and 

basket raffle. The event raised $1,500 for 

the Assistance League of St. Louis. 

Tracy McMonigle [left], co-owner of Dream 

House Boutique, presents a check to Mary 

Ann Cariola, chair of the Assistance League 

of St. Louis’ Fantastic Finds program. 

• • • 

Mantality, a low testosterone treatment 

center with three area locations including 

Chesterfield Valley, along with locations 

in Des Moines, Iowa and Omaha, 

Nebraska, recently donated $2,500 to the 

Des Moines Police Officers’ Credit Union. 

The donation was designated for the 

families of two fallen Des Moines police 

officers, Sergeant Anthony Beminio and 

Officer Justin Martin, who were murdered 

in the line of duty on Nov. 2. 

• • • 

Seniors Home Care [SHC], a familyowned 

provider of in-home elder care with 

an area location in Chesterfield, dedicated 

its new May Fleming Training Lab in Webster 

Groves with a ribbon cutting ceremony 

on Nov. 16. The lab, named in honor of 

founder Kit Whittington’s grandmother, 

allows SHC to train caregivers in a home 

setting about specific aspects of care, under 

the guidance of a registered nurse. 

PEOPLE 

Butler’s Pantry, the St. Louis area’s largest 

catering firm, has added Ashley Green 

as director of human resources. Green is 

responsible for recruitment, training and 

development, performance management 

and benefits, as well as for maintaining 

service standards and quality assurance 

for its 350-member service team. 

• • • 

RedKey Realty Leaders St. Louis 

recently announced leadership changes. 

Nate Johnson, president of Real Estate 

Solutions, will join RedKey as director of 

agent development. Shawn Kelsey, who 

has been with RedKey since 2015 as an 

agent and associate broker, will now serve 

as head broker for the firm’s West County 

location in Chesterfield. Both strategic 

moves will be in place by December 15. 

• • • 

Jeff Minnis, owner/operator of Jeff 

Computers in Manchester and owner/ 

CEO of software development company 

PlazSoft, recently completed development 

of PlazSales, a small business 

accounting software solution, which 

combines multiple business functions 

including accounting, POS, payroll, purchasing 

and inventory management. 

EVENTS AND NETWORKING 

The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce 

hosts a First Thursday Coffee on Thursday, 

Jan. 5 from 7:30-9 a.m. at Block Advisors, 

317 Clarkson Road in Ellisville. The 

event is free for chamber members and $15 

for guests. Register online at www.chesterfieldmochamber.com. 

• • • 

The West County Chamber of Commerce 

hosts a Business After Hours 

networking event in conjunction with 

Wind Down Thursday STL on Thursday, 

Jan. 12 from 5-7 p.m. at Fox and Hound, 

17416 Chesterfield Airport Road. Members 

and non-members are welcome. Hot 

appetizers will be provided; attendees 

pay for their own drinks. Pre-registration 

is not required. 

Nicholas Whittington helps his grandmother, Seniors Home Care founder/owner Kit 

Whittington, open SHC’s May Fleming Training Lab.

New Year’s Eve 

December 31, 2016 

1940’s Movie Style 

Seafood Bar, Signature Entrees, Appetizers, Desserts, Champagne Cocktails 

Live Music with Rhythm of the Nite 8-12pm 

Celebrate 


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First seating: 6:00/6:30 $65pp 2 hour dinner only 

Second seating: 8:00/8:30 $95pp dinner & festivities 

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The 23rd annual Hanukkah Celebration is on Dec. 15 at the Barnes & Noble 

Booksellers in Ladue Crossing. 

local 

events 

ARTS & CRAFTS 

The city of Chesterfield will be hosting 

an Art Exhibit at City Hall from 8:30 

a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Oct. 3 

through Dec. 30 at 690 Chesterfield Parkway 

West. The exhibit will be on display 

in the City Hall lobby and will feature 

two-dimensional artwork, including mixed 

media, paintings and photographs from 

established regional artists. 

FAMILY & KIDS 

Wildwood YMCA Kids Night Out is 

from 6:30-10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 

the Wildwood YMCA, 2641 Highway 109 

in Wildwood. Kids ages 5-12 will enjoy 

an evening of swimming, games, sports, 

dinner, crafts, friendship and much more. 

Concessions will be available for purchase. 

Kids must wear gym shoes and bring a 

swimsuit and towel. For more information 

or to register, visit gwrymca.org. 

• • • 

Little Medical School is from 9 a.m.- 

12 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17 at St. Luke’s 

Hospital, 232 South Woods Mill Road in 

Chesterfield. Children ages 5-12 will learn 

and have fun as they dress up like doctors, 

learn how to use instruments doctors use 

and understand how the body works. To 

register, visit www.littlemedicalschool.com/ 

weststlouis/events or email fun@littlemedicalschool.com 

or call (440) 610-5394. 

• • • 

Tumbling Tykes is from 6:30-7:15 p.m. 

on Mondays from Jan. 2 through Feb. 6 at 

The Pointe at Ballwin Commons, 1 Ballwin 

Commons Circle. Children ages 4-6 

will be introduced to gymnastics through 

fun activities that teach body control, agility, 

strength and balance. This class focuses 

on keeping children moving in a fun atmosphere. 

For more information or to register, 

visit www.ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

The Pointe Open House is from 7 a.m.-8 

p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7 at The Pointe at Ballwin 

Commons, 1 Ballwin Commons Circle. 

Complimentary use of fitness facilities 

including indoor track, strength and cardio 

equipment, gymnasium, indoor pool, kids 

activity center, and a variety of classes to try 

including spinning, yoga, and water aerobics. 

• • • 

Kids Night Out is from 6-9:30 p.m. on 

Friday, Jan. 13 at The Pointe at Ballwin 


Kids will have fun playing games, doing 

arts and crafts, and swimming at The 

Pointe’s indoor Pool. Pizza and drinks will 

be provided. Pre-registration is required as 

day-of registration will not be taken. Must 

bring a towel and a swimsuit. For more 

information or to register, visit www.ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

Mother and Son Superhero Date 

Night is from 5:30-8 p.m. on Saturday, 

Jan. 28 at The Lodge Des Peres, 1050 Des 

Peres Road. Couples will enjoy a special 

dinner, dancing, a photo opportunity and 

party favors. Costumes encouraged for all, 

but not required. Ages 3-10. Register by 

calling (314) 835-6150 or visit http://www. 

desperesmo.org. 

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS 

Holiday magic returns to West County 

Center in Des Peres through Christmas 

Eve. Santa’s hours are Mondays-Saturdays 

from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sundays from 11 

a.m.-6 p.m. Visits with Santa are free; 

photo packages available for purchase. 

• • • 

Visit with Santa at Chesterfield Mall. To 

learn more about Santa’s hours and all the 

holiday happenings at the mall, visit www. 

chesterfield-mall.com. 

• • • 

The Chesterfield Lions Club hosts its 

51st Annual Christmas Tree Lot at Four 

Seasons Shopping Center at Olive Boulevard 

and Old Woods Mill Road in front of 

Dierbergs in Chesterfield from 11 a.m.-8 

p.m. daily through Dec. 17. All proceeds 

benefit local organizations. 

• • • 

The 23rd annual Hanukkah Celebration 

is from 6-7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15 at 

Schnucks Ladue Crossing shopping center, 

I-170 at Ladue Road. The event takes place 

at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers and features 

Hanukkah storytelling, games for children 

and a singing presentation. 

• • • 

Supper with Santa is from 5-7 p.m. 

from Friday-Sunday, Dec. 16-18 at The 

Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, Faust 

Park, 15193 Olive Blvd. in Chesterfield. 

Guests will enjoy a pasta dinner, take a 

night stroll through the conservatory, make 

crafts and ornaments, and take pictures in 

a photo booth. Reservations required. For 

more information visit www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. 

• • • 

Breakfast with Santa is at 9 a.m. on 

Saturday, Dec. 17 at the West County 

Family YMCA, 16464 Burkhardt Place in 

Chesterfield. Enjoy holiday crafts and pictures 

with Santa. 

• • • 

Brunch with Santa is from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 

on Saturday, Dec. 18 at Walnut Grill, 1386 

Clarkson Clayton Center in Ellisville Reservations 

are required; call (636) 220-1717. 

• • • 

Members of Missouri Wing Civil Air 

Patrol’s units throughout the greater St. 

Louis area invite the public to sponsor 

Remembrance Wreaths for placement 

on the graves of veterans on Dec. 17 at 

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. 

The effort is part of the national Wreaths 

Across America program. For more information 

on how to sponsor wreaths, visit 

www.wreathsacrossamerica.org or call 

(877) 385-9504. 

• • • 

A Candlelight Dinner is from 5:30-8 

p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18 at West County 

Family YMCA, 16464 Burkhardt Place in 

Chesterfield. Enjoy dinner and entertainment 

by iSing!, an A Cappella quartet made 

up entirely of Sweet Adeline International 

members. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m.; the 

entertainment begins at 7 p.m. Call (636) 

532-3100 to register. 

• • • 

Party at the Pointe is from 6-9:30 p.m. 

on Friday, Dec. 30 at The Pointe at Ballwin 


Party-goers enjoy music, refreshments, 

face painting, and can splash and swim in 

the pool, relax with a movie, play carnival 

games and more. For more information 

and to register, visit www.ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

Family New Year’s Eve is from 5-8 

p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31 at The Timbers 

of Eureka, 1 Coffey Park Lane. Games 

and good food are featured; admission 

is charged. Open to all. For details, visit 

www.eureka.mo.us. 

SPECIAL INTEREST 

Free Modern Western Square Dance 

introduction sponsored by West County 

Spinners Square Dance Club is on Tuesday, 

Jan. 3 and Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. 

at Trinity Lutheran Church, 14088 Clayton 

Road in Chesterfield. Subsequent Tuesdays 

at $50 per person for the 12-week 

program. Children ages 8-18 are free when 

accompanied by a paying adult. For information 

contact Jack and Mary Ann at (314) 

894-2567, momarincel@gmail.com, www. 

westcountyspinners.com. 

• • • 

Lunch and Bingo is from 11 a.m.-1 

p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at The Pointe 

at Ballwin Commons, 1 Ballwin Commons 

Circle. Participants will play six rounds of 

bingo followed by lunch and dessert and 

then play six more. Price is $6 per person. 

Pre-registration is required by midnight on 

Sunday, Jan 1. Register at the Pointe, or 

online at www.ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

The Healthy Resolutions Health Fair is 

from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14 

at The Lodge Des Peres, 1050 Des Peres 

Road. Several vendors within the community 

will be available to educate on ways to 

lead a healthier lifestyle. 

• • • 

A LOAP [Lafayette Older Adults Program] 

Eagle Watching and Pere Marquette 

trip is from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on 

Tuesday, Jan. 17. The day includes a chartered 

bus for transportation, continental 

breakfast, overview of the eagles and birding, 

step-on guided eagle and bird tour of 

the area and a family-style lunch at Pere 

Marquette. For more information, visit 

www.chesterfield.mo.us or contact Stephanie 

at (636) 391-6326 ext. 401. 

• • • 

The Constitutional Coalition’s 28th 

annual Educational Policy Conference 

will take place Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 

26-28, 2017 at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac, 

1335 S. Lindbergh Blvd., Frontenac. 

Experts in their fields will address teachers, 

administrators, elected officials, parents 

and community members who are committed 

to the restoration of the country by 

building educational standards based on 

foundational principles. For more information 

or to register, visit www.epcconference.org 

or call (636) 386-1789.



Four choices remain in Chesterfield’s 

search for newest sculpture 

By JESSICA MESZAROS 

Chesterfield is a city where art isn’t just 

confined to indoor galleries; it’s interactive 

and placed outdoors for residents of all 

ages to enjoy day and night. Now, the city 

is in the midst of adding more pieces to its 

growing artistic interest. 

The city’s parks, recreation and arts 

department held its official review for its 

latest Public Art Sculpture Competition 

in city hall on Dec. 6. A panel of city officials, 

including five officials from the arts 

advisory committee, viewed mock-ups and 

proposals from four finalists, with an official 

decision remaining to be made. 

Five artists were selected through the 

city’s public art review process; however, 

an artist from Wisconsin was unable to 

attend due to car trouble, according to Tom 

McCarthy, Chesterfield’s parks, recreation 

and arts director. 

“Meeting Places” [shown] recently was installed in 

Chesterfield’s Central Park; a gallery of the finalists in the 

city’s latest sculpture competition can be found online at 

www.westnewsmagazine.com. 

Each artist gave a brief presentation, followed 

by a Q&A during which panelists 

could ask the artist questions. The event 

was open to the public and was led by 

Sukanya Mani, art specialist with the city. 

The presentations were a part of the each 

artist’s competition submission, which also 

included a scale model of the proposed 

work, also known as a maquette. 

Catharine Magel presented first, an 

unnamed maquette that emphasized twodimensional 

shapes and bright colors. 

Magel is well-known for working with 

color, mosaic and glass tiles. Her “Earth 

Rabbit” sculpture, located in Grand Center, 

was completed in 2008 for the city of St. 

Louis with help from inner city children. 

Bryce Olen Robinson presented a mockup 

called “Dueling Spirits.” The maquette 

featured only the skeletal part of the statue. 

Expanded metal and smooth surfaces 

would be added to the final product to 

prevent children or animals from climbing 

on the statue and possibly getting stuck. 

Robsinson founded Jeske Sculpture Park 

in Ferguson. The title of the work refers to 

the friendly competition between St. Louis 

municipalities. 

Matt Donovan proposed a work called 

“Broken Circle,” which shows chipmunks 

and a fox on an uncompleted circle of life. 

Donovan is known for his loosely rendered 

and representational style captured in 

bronze. Donovan works at Matt Donovan 

Studio in the greater St. Louis area and has 

had pieces featured at the Green Door Art 

Gallery in Old Webster Groves. 

Finally, artist Leland Drexler-Russell 

presented a mock-up for a statue called 

“Flow.” The statue would be interactive, 

with solar panels and motion 

sensors, allowing it to light 

up when approached from a 

15-foot radius. Multiple cattail 

clusters would line a trail to 

a Central Park Creek, ending 

with a lotus blossom on the 

water. Drexler-Russell is the 

current director of arts and 

sustainability at City of Night 

St. Louis. 

A winner was supposed to 

be chosen on Dec. 6; however, 

after a lengthy discussion, the 

panel was unable to decide. 

The decision will take another 

few weeks as the panel follows 

up with the artists on sculpture 

size, location and maintenance 

questions. 

“We had a very good, very 

healthy debate,” McCarthy 

said. “Some panelists had 

questions about some pieces and artists, 

and some panelists were really passionate 

about other pieces.” 

According to Mani, the hope is to have 

the piece installed by spring or summer 

of 2017, complete with an unveiling ceremony. 

Meanwhile, Magel recently had her 

piece, “Meeting Places,” installed on the 

north side of the lake near the trail in Chesterfield’s 

Central Park. 

“Meeting Places” is described as “a 

sculpture that explores the possibility and 

relationship between form and surface and 

the intersection of cultures East and West.” 

Magel was chosen to create the work 

as part of the Sounds of Summer Concert 

Series with Live Art. 

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Authentic flavors take customers on journey to Thailand at Rice Thai Bistro 



By SUZANNE CORBETT 

Bryan Prapaisilpa, owner of Rice 

Thai Bistro, knows freshness and flavor 

is what his customers crave. And that’s 

exactly what he gives them – authentic 

flavors derived from sourcing the best 

Thai ingredients. 

“Thai cooking is about fresh ingredients 

with everything made from scratch,” 

Prapaisilpa said. “We always start fresh, 

so we can bring out the full flavor of the 

foods. Some of our customers have never 

tasted some of these flavors before and 

they like it.” 

Prapaisilpa owns the West County restaurant 

with his wife, Nina. Both learned 

to cook from their mothers. 

Rice Thai Bistro’s cuisine is based 

on traditional recipes and preparations 

that produce lighter flavor profiles, such 

as those found in Thai curries. Unlike 

Indian curries that commonly use yogurt, 

Thai curries use coconut milk and vary in 

style based on the region where the dish 

Rice Thai Bistro 

was invented. Thai curries range in color 

from red to green to yellow, colored by 

the curry paste used, with each having a 

unique combination of spices and herbs. 

One of those spices is krachai, a key herb 

in Thai Green Curry. At Rice Thai Bistro, 

this fan favorite features a mix of bamboo 

shoots, bell peppers and peppery-flavored, 

golf ball-shaped Thai eggplants simmered 

in curry sauce. 

Massaman Beef, which is braised in 

coconut milk with onions and potatoes 

and accented with ground peanuts, provides 

a nice balance of spiciness with 

sweetness. Massaman is served with a 

side of cucumber salad, making it a tasty 

combo that has become a big seller. 

“People love the Massaman Curry 

and cucumber salad,” Prapaisilpa said. 

“People also love Jungle Curry. It’s lighter 

than the other curries because it’s made 

without the coconut milk.” 

Jungle Curry, a dish that originated in 

Northern Thailand, has been a house specialty 

since Rice Thai Bistro opened. 

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Lunch hours: 11:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m., Tuesday-Friday; noon-4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 

Dinner hours: 5-9 :30 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday; 5 p.m.-9 p.m., Sunday 

Curry continues as a main flavor element 

is Shoo Chee Cod, a Chef’s Choice 

menu selection. This sophisticated dish 

is seldom seen on menus outside Thailand 

and is considered by some to be 

true Thai gourmet. The dish features a 

seared cod filet that is plated and draped 

in a coconut milkinfused 

creamy Shoo 

Chee Curry Sauce. 

Shoo Chee is made 

from a mild red 

curry paste [without 

coriander seeds and 

cumin] before it’s 

finished with kaffir 

lime leaves, a distinctive 

flavor element that makes this 

dish a winner with gourmands. 

Wok noodles, noodle bowls and stirfried 

options also receive the same attention 

as Rice Thai Bistro’s curries and 

fancier fare, with special consideration 

given to sourcing only the finest flavors, 

such as the cuisine’s signature lemon 

grass, mint, cilantro and glanaga, an 

herb similar in look and flavor to 

fresh ginger root. 

Prapaisilpa recommends Drunken 

Noodles [Pad Kee Mao] as his 

noodle pick for guests looking to 

Nina and Bryan Prapaisilpa, owners of 

Rice Thai Bistro; [at left] customer favorite 

Crab Rangoon 

taste something different. The dish features 

flat rice noodles paired with basil, 

bell peppers, tomatoes and onions and 

“drunk” with flavor. Protein choices, such 

as beef, chicken, pork, tofu and shrimp can 

be added to create a satisfying and hearty 

meal. 

Rice Thai Bistro provides a full-flavor 

dining experience that encourages exploration 

from its Chicken Satay appetizer 

to its Red Bean Ice Cream. It’s a culinary 

journey that’s sure to have you returning 

soon for more. 

“Some costumers say they would like 

to lick their plate it was so good,” Prapaisilpa 

said. 

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