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Cruel and stupid 

President Trump’s attorney general, Jeff 

Sessions, ordered federal prosecutors to 

seek maximum penalties for drug-related 

crimes. 

This is both cruel and stupid. 

It’s cruel because Session’s 5,000 prosecutors 

must now push for long jail sentences 

even for people who pose no violent 

threat and for some who are utterly innocent. 

It’s stupid because it will cost America a 

fortune but won’t make us safer. 

The U.S. already locks up more people 

than any other country. We have 4 percent 

of the world’s population but more than 20 

percent of the world’s prisoners. 

This happened partly because of bad 

reporting by people like me. Decades ago, 

my colleagues and I made people more 

terrified of crime than they needed to be, 

by covering all the grisly details of local 

crimes. 

“If it bleeds, it leads” became the mantra 

in newsrooms. 

Our scary reporting, combined with a 

doubling in the crime rate from about 1960 

to 1990, led politicians to say, “We must do 

something!” 

Politicians reacted to the media hype by 

passing three-strikes laws and intensifying 

the war on drugs. 

Three-strikes laws worked, if “worked” 

means locking people up for longer periods. 

But taking away judges’ ability to use 

their own judgment is cruel to some defendants. 

It’s also not clear that the longer sentences 

made us safer. Crime dropped just 

as much in states that liberalized sentencing 

rules as in states that did not. 

Intensifying the drug war definitely did 

not work. America locked drug sellers up 

but drug use remained the same. Fat blackmarket 

profits enticed new groups of sellers 

to enter the business. 

Now, almost no one claims that getting 

stoned is a good thing. Drugs, like alcohol, 

should be kept away from children. I 

admire President Trump’s self-restraint. 

He says he’s never used drugs, cigarettes 

or alcohol partly because his brother, Fred, 

drank himself to death. Drugs, cigarettes 

and alcohol do a lot of damage. 

But they don’t do it to everyone. Lots of 

American adults manage drug or alcohol 

use while still raising families and going 

to work. 

Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama 

used drugs when they were young, but 

then, when they became presidents, they 

hypocritically supported the drug war. 

They locked up other Americans who had 

less power than they had. 

That didn’t stop drug sales. The drug war 

just drove the trade into the hands of nastier 

criminal gangs. Violence between those 

gangs is a much bigger problem than the 

drug use itself. 

As Neill Franklin, a former Baltimore 

police officer and drug warrior, puts it, 

“Drugs are problematic. But the policies to 

prohibit their use are 10 times more problematic.” 

During Prohibition, gangs like Al 

Capone’s shot each other over alcohol. It 

wasn’t because alcohol suddenly made 

people more violent during those years. It 

was simply because a popular product was 

made illegal. The murder rate dropped by 

half when Prohibition ended. 

Trump says he’s worried about violence 

in black neighborhoods and violence committed 

by drug gangs along the U.S.’s 

southern border. He’s right to worry. So 

legalize the stuff! Take sales away from the 

black market. 

That’s all he’d have to do to take the 

money and allure out of gang life. When 

drugs are legal, customers buy intoxicants 

from ordinary stores, businesses that settle 

disputes with lawyers instead of guns. 

There are no beer or tobacco gangs. Jack 

Daniels is a mind-altering substance, but 

liquor sellers don’t shoot each other. 

Jeff Sessions ought to factor that into 

claims people make about drug laws 

enhancing “safety.” 

The strangest part about his renewed 

drug war is that we have a clear example 

of how well people do with loosened drug 

laws. 

Portugal decriminalized every drug. 

There was no surge in drug abuse – in fact, 

the number of young users and problem 

users dropped. 

Give freedom a chance. Dismiss Jeff 

Sessions. End three-strikes laws. Legalize 

all drugs. 

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

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In response to food shaming 

To the Editor: 

Recent stories and apologies about the 

Rockwood School District’s food shaming 

incident have really offended me. How 

much do struggling families have to give 

up so everyone can be treated the same? 

I agree that the situation that was 

described should have been handled differently; 

there should never be good food 

thrown away for any reason. What would 

be wrong with, if the student is behind in 

cash that the parents have provided, they 

are given the lunch that day and sent home 

with a note that they will not be provided 

with the same lunch the next day if funds 

are not added to the account or arrangements 

are not made if the parent is waiting 

for a payday? 

Why is our society trying to make everyone 

identical copies of each other? Every 

child should get the same things whether 

it can be paid for by their parents or not. It 

is just that the parents that are paying for it 

have to pay more to cover for the parents 

that will not pay for it. 

I grew up in poverty. My father, who did 

not have an education, had a good-paying, 

respectable job that he could afford to 

provide the basics for our family of seven. 

When the company that he worked for 

went belly-up, because he did not have an 

education, he could only find a job making 

a lower wage, and we had to use food 

stamps and go to food pantries and receive 

help for housing. At the age of eight, I can 

remember going around the neighborhood 

to shovel driveways, cut grass or do other 

chores for anyone so I could afford to get 

my own school clothes and school supplies. 

Now that I have grown and struggled 

through school and college, and have a 

family of my own and look back on that 

time, it makes me stronger. I learned 

to work for what I wanted. I learned to 

respect things because I know the value of 

everything. 

Kids now do not have values. Kids now 

do not care about others’ things because 

they are given everything. People say that 

the childhood that I had was too hard and 

that kids should not have to go through that. 

If I could go back and do it all over again, 

I would not change a thing. I did not get 

everything that other kids got. I saved up 

to buy the name-brand clothes and I acted 

just like everyone else, and most people I 

went to school with probably did not know 

how poor we were. 

Halfway through high school, I realized 

that I was miserable because I was focusing 

on what everyone else thought of me. 

Relating to today’s kids, I was focused on 

how many “likes” I got per post. Then I 

stopped all that. I gave up on doing what 

everyone else wanted, and I focused on 

what I wanted. I struggled, working two 

full-time jobs and taking an average of 20 

credit hours per semester to get through 

college. 

I have struggled with work and life and 

have fallen many times. That hard childhood 

that everyone says I shouldn’t have 

had, is what keeps me going. I know that 

once I fall, I just need to work harder to 

get up again. There is so much corruption 

in the 34 percent of every tax dollar of 

aid that is given, that the people that truly 

need the help cannot get it because there 

are others that are offended because their 

child cannot get food if they do not pay on 

their account. If you go to a restaurant, you 

have to pay for the food you get. So why 

should our schools have to do it any differently? 

Let our children know that there are 

differences out there. That way, once they 

are older, they know they have to work for 

what they want. 

G. Heron 

Save Clayton Road 


“Clayton Road” – These words conjure 

up a picture of a roadway that runs from 

Skinker at the city/county line to Hwy. 

100 in West County. It is one of only a 

few streets in the St. Louis area that carries 

a reputation of an address that one 

would be proud to be associated with. It 

runs through county towns with the highest 

average income per household in the 

St. Louis area [Clayton, Ladue, Frontenac, 

Town & Country and Chesterfield]. 

As one traverses this esteemed street, 

one passes high-end restaurants, quick 

food eateries, hospitals, public and private 

schools, churches, strip malls, high-end 

plazas, low-profile gas stations, supermarkets, 

grocery stores, exercise centers, a 

private golf course, senior living facilities, 

fire stations, parks, modest and high-priced 

homes, and, yes, car washes. All of these 

types of edifices assume an architectural 

compatibility complementing the aura of 

Clayton Road. 

There is a proposal before the Chesterfield 

Zoning Commission to approve the 

building of a BriteWorX Carwash on the 

northwest corner of Baxter and Clayton. 

Consider driving west from Woodsmill to 

Clarkson with a picture of the proposed 

BriteWorX Carwash pasted on the passenger’s 

side window. [Editor’s note: a 

photo was submitted with this letter, which 

is available to view online at www.westnewsmagazine.com.] 

As you drive that 

15-20 minute route, consider if the Brite- 

WorX building fits the special “Clayton 

architectural integrity” that makes Clayton 

Road, Clayton Road. 

The developers project that 300 cars will 

patronize their business every day. Imagine 

the traffic, noise and visual pollution 

this business will bring to our community. 

Consider the fact that this project will be 

like the camel’s nose under the tent. What 

awful-looking buildings will follow? Will 

Clayton Road ever be the same? 

William Shakespeare said, “What is the 

city but the people?” Chesterfield is the 

people. The people of Woodfield are the 

city of Chesterfield. The people oppose 

allowing BriteWorX Carwash to be built 

on the corner of Baxter and Clayton roads. 

If you agree that BriteWorX Carwash 

will ruin what makes Clayton Road the 

icon it is, please contact Cassandra Harashe, 

project planner for the city of Chesterfield. 

Dick Goldbaum 

Responding to ‘Not 

a Ponzi Scheme’ 


Thanks for printing Mr. Hall’s letter 

[“Not a Ponzi scheme,” West Newsmagazine, 

May 3] pointing out that a healthcare 

free market does not exist because both 

supply and demand are controlled by 

“The Combine” [my term, not Mr. Hall’s, 

for insurance companies, pharmaceutical 

producers and distributors, together with 

for-profit hospitals and providers]. “Ponzi 

scheme” makes a good sound bite but is 

completely inappropriate for a system that 

has provided millions of Americans with 

billions in Medicare benefits for more than 

50 years. 

I would add another observation not 

often mentioned: the negative impact of 

employer-sponsored healthcare, which 

continues to siphon away billions of dollars 

that would otherwise add to corporate 

investments, profits and payrolls, all while 

diverting management and personnel talent 

away from what a company does best – 

creation, production and sale of products 

at a profit. This is especially problematical 

when we recognize that decades of costly 

and inept management of employer-provided 

healthcare is largely responsible for 

the disastrous runaway inflation within the 

healthcare economy. 

The roots of today’s healthcare economy 

go back to WWII and FDR’s Office of 

Price Administration [OPA], the agency 

responsible for wage and price controls 

aimed at preventing the wartime economic 

boom [rapidly full employment, enormous 

amounts of new cash and debt] from overwhelming 

America’s emergence from The 

Great Depression’s monstrous unemployment 

and shortages of financial resources. 

That is when The Combine put into the 

field an army of its own: skilled and expensive 

lobbyists and ad men, who, to this day, 

control the best Congress money can buy, 

and con both the general public and corporate 

America into believing that defending 

a fictitious healthcare “free market” 

against the greatest government in human 

history is preferable to using that government 

to provide alternatives to expensive 

chaotic and inefficient healthcare systems, 

which have been unable to protect all citizens 

against a relentless and formidable 

enemy – namely, sickness and injury. 

Except for the USA, companies across 

the range of postwar industrial nations of 

the world have focused on what they do 

best while leaving it to governments to 

provide single-payer healthcare coverage 

to help make them more competitive, especially 

against U.S. companies distracted by 

the healthcare needs of employees. 

It is impossible for any healthcare system 

involving trillions of dollars and millions 

of stakeholders [patients, providers, manufacturers, 

insurance companies and government] 

to be perfect. But decades of success 

and periodic improvements, including 

finding ways to work with private insurance 

companies on some aspects of coverage 

[e.g., extended services in the U.K., 

Medicare Advantage Plans in the U.S.] 

show that single-payer is the only workable 

and affordable way to cover everyone. 

The so-called “free market” could not do 

it, Obamacare doesn’t do it and Trumpcare 

won’t do it. 

Medicare for all will do it. 

Bill Howard 

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EDITORIAL 

To the Class of 2017 

Graduates and distinguished members 

of our community, we thank you so much 

for inviting us here today to deliver this 

[completely fictitious] commencement 

address. 

Graduates, what a journey awaits you! 

Most people of a certain age will trip over 

themselves to mention that you now enter 

a world facing challenges unlike any a 

graduating class has ever faced before. Of 

course, that is also what was said to last 

year’s class, and the class before that, and 

the class from a decade ago, and so on, so 

forth, ad infinitum. 

As we remember it, our school years felt 

as though they were spent pushing a giant 

boulder up the steepest mountain. Every 

year since has felt like we were running 

down the other side of that mountain, the 

boulder bounding behind us like a scene 

from “Indiana Jones.” That is life. That is 

“adulting,” to use the popular phrase. 

The world would have you believe that 

the boulder is always growing in size 

and heft and velocity, and that you must 

sprint faster than any generation before to 

escape it. We are here to tell you that is 

fake news. 

Consider for a moment, if you will, the 

boulder rolling towards people of your 

age a century ago. One hundred years 

and one month ago, President Woodrow 

Wilson appeared before Congress to 

request a declaration of war against Germany 

and officially enter this great country 

into World War I. One hundred years 

and one week ago, Congress passed the 

Selective Service Act, allowing the president 

to draft people roughly your age into 

military service. It is also worth noting 

that 100 years ago, some 80 percent of 

you would not be graduating high school 

at all. 

None of this is to say that you enter a 

world without challenges. Quite the opposite. 

We simply hope to imbue some level 

of comfort by reminding you that the challenges 

you face are not unprecedented. 

While your challenges are not unprecedented, 

your universe of choices very 

well may be. Choice is the boulder of 

your generation. Choice has created a 

world of unprecedented complexity. Our 

great desire is that you learn to embrace 

that complexity. 

You see, dear graduates, what we 

know, what your parents and grandparents 

know, what President Wilson knew 

100 years ago, is that the boulder careening 

down the mountain is the very stuff 

of life. It is not chasing us, but rather 

propelling us forward. You must embrace 

the complexity and learn to find order in 

the chaos. 

Today, you may stare out at this 

vast universe of choices and feel overwhelmed. 

That’s natural. It is how you are 

supposed to feel. Remember that there is 

simplicity at the heart of the chaos. Do not 

try to make every choice. Not today. You 

cannot stop the boulder from rolling down 

the hill. 

What you can do is remember what 

started it rolling at all. You are starting 

off on a magnificent journey. More than 

you think right now, you already know 

who you are and what you believe. More 

than you think right now, you know your 

authentic self. When faced with the horrible 

decision of entering a war, President 

Wilson said this: 

“It is a fearful thing to lead this great 

peaceful people into war, into the most 

terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization 

itself seeming to be in the balance. 

But the right is more precious than peace, 

and we shall fight for the things which 

we have always carried nearest our hearts 

– for democracy, for the right of those 

who submit to authority to have a voice 

in their own governments, for the rights 

and liberties of small nations, for a universal 

dominion of right by such a concert 

of free peoples as shall bring peace and 

safety to all nations and make the world 

itself at last free.” 

Dear graduates, if you follow this 

advice and always fight for the things carried 

nearest to your heart, we promise that 

all the complexity will become as clear as 

crystal. We truly wish you the best of luck 

on the journey you begin today! 

IN QUOTES 

“It doesn’t hold water. 

I won’t support it. 

It’s that simple.” 

– Tom Buschatzke, Arizona’s 

director of water resources, on 

an idea put forward to artificially 

control the level of Lake Mead, 

which is at an all-time low 

“Right now, I’m 

terrified every 

time it rains.” 

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[Photos courtesy of Ranken Jordan] 

Barretts Elementary students Keegan Zalaudek [left] and Savion Walker 

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Maybe it’s a 

sign that my 

clients are 

“maturing.” I’m 

getting more 

calls now from 

their children. 

Mom and dad 

or both are acting 

a little strange; their bills are not 

getting paid; they have to go into the 

hospital or nursing home, and decisions 

need to be made; or they have 

both died. Typically these calls come 

from the child who has been put in 

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And when mom and dad get to the 

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People cavalierly say, “Just go on and 

pull the plug,” but actually doing it is 

another matter entirely. And then 

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After mom and dad die, then 

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accounts, or bank accounts 

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about probate? Probate can be a 

scary idea, but it may be necessary. 

If mom and dad did create a trust, 

there are a lot of questions about 

trust administration. For instance, 

under the law, a trustee has to provide 

beneficiaries with an accounting. 

Most people don’t have an accounting 

background, so this can be 

quite a challenge. Just doing the inventory 

can be traumatic. 

In order to help people deal with 

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BALLWIN 

Contract awarded 

for pool painting 

The swimming pool area at The Pointe 

at Ballwin Commons will be spruced up 

this summer when crew members from a 

St. Louis company paint the facility. 

The natatorium will be closed for about 

two weeks beginning Aug. 7 while painters 

from the Joseph Ward Painting Co. paint 

the walls, play structure and the exterior of 

the water slide. Ductwork cleaning also is 

included. 

According to Linda Bruer, director of 

parks and recreation, much of the interior 

has never been painted while areas that 

have been are in need of painting again. 

Ward received the contract for the work 

with a low bid of $26,740. 

The entire Pointe complex also will be 

closed Aug. 10-11 for its annual maintenance 

program. 

While the painting job is underway, 

those with memberships at The Pointe will 

be able to use the North Pointe Aquatic 

Center at no extra charge. Amended hours 

for special classes and activities will be 

posted on the city’s website and available 

at The Pointe’s front desk. 

Banners to fly soon in city 

Motorists, bicyclists and others traversing 

on Manchester Road in Ballwin soon 

will have a welcome mat, of sorts, rolled 

out for them. 

Dark blue banners with white lettering 

and a gold graphic will appear by the 

end of May on street light extension poles 

between Ries and Holloway roads. 

The banners will declare: “Welcome to 

Ballwin” and “live, work, play Ballwin.” 

The banners are part of Ballwin’s efforts 

to enhance the Great Streets Initiative, a 

program throughout West County communities 

that already has included new street 

signage and lights, landscaped medians 

and other enhancements along Manchester 

Road. 

Infinite Signs & Graphics, a West 

County firm, is making the banners based 

on a design refined by a Ballwin employee 

group headed by Abby Johnson, Ballwin’s 

city clerk whose background includes a 

degree in graphic design. 

Board of Aldermen set 

summer schedule 

The Ballwin Board of Aldermen will 

hold only one meeting each month from 

now through August. 

Aldermen met May 8 and won’t meet 

again until June 12 and the second Mondays 

in the remaining summer months, 

July 10 and Aug. 14. 

The board traditionally holds just one 

meeting monthly from May through 

August. Regular meeting times on the 

second and fourth Mondays of each month 

at 7 p.m. will resume in September. 

ELLISVILLE 

City names new police chief 

In a chamber lined with uniforms and 

badges from all across West County, the 

Ellisville City Council officially appointed 

and swore in the police department’s new 

chief of police. 

Steve Lewis was sworn in by City Clerk 

Leigh Dohack at the May 17 city council 

meeting before a crowd including his wife 

and son and officers from both the Chesterfield 

and Ellisville police departments. 

“I hope to do the best job that I can to 

continue the legacy of this department 

of being an excellent police department,” 

Lewis said upon being sworn in. 

Lewis held many positions in the Chesterfield 

Police Department for about 24 

years, including captain, commander of the 

division of operational support and director 

of emergency management, all since 1993. 

Prior to Chesterfield, Lewis served for four 

years as an officer with St. Louis Metropolitan 

Police Department starting in 1989. 

“I have almost three decades of law 

enforcement experience and I hope to 

bring that to this agency,” Lewis said. “To 

the men and women of the Ellisville Police 

Department, thank you. I ask you to put 

your faith in me because I guarantee I’ll put 

my faith in you.” 

Lewis will replace former Ellisville 

police chief, Tom Felgate, who retired on 

March 1. 

“I applied here with an open heart, knowing 

that the Ellisville Police Department is 

one of the finest in the area, and I just hope 

I can continue to bring that excellence,” 

Lewis said. 

His first day on the job in Ellisville will 

be May 22. 

City Council amends, 

approves RV legislation 

The Ellisville City Council passed legislation, 

on May 17, revising the city’s 

ordinance pertaining to the parking of 

motor vehicles, recreational vehicles and 

trailers on private property. The amended 

ordinance passed on a 6-1 vote, after hours 

of discussion between the public and councilmembers. 

“The proposed changes really just go 

into a few things,” City Attorney George 

Restovich said. “It doesn’t impact your 

ability to own or have [a recreational vehicle] 

or be able to park it [on private property], 

it just cleans it up in terms of it being 

behind the front building line.” 

The original ordinance maintains that no 

motor vehicle shall be parked forward of 

the front building line unless the vehicle 

is garaged or parked on a driveway or 

surfaced parking area. The amended ordinance 

includes changes mostly in regard 

to the parking of vehicles in the right-ofway. 

It states that recreational vehicles can 

only park forward of the front building line 

if it is not within the right-of-way and if 

the vehicle is less than 30 feet in length. 

Vehicles stored at any residence forward of 

the front building line must be garaged or 

parked on a driveway. 

The final ordinance also states that recreational 

vehicles of 30 feet or longer shall 

not be parked outside of a fully enclosed 

building or structure with a few exceptions. 

One exception is that any recreational 

vehicles of 30 feet or longer can temporarily 

park on a driveway for loading purposes 

as long as it is not within the right-of-way 

more than twice per month for a period of 

not more than 72 hours per occurrence. If 

a recreational vehicle of 30 feet or longer 

cannot be parked on a driveway without 

encroaching upon the right-of-way, then a 

recreational vehicle may be parked on the 

street abutting the property no more than 

twice per month for no more than 24 hours



per occurrence. 

“It allows for people who would be 

affected by this to utilize a timeframe to 

come and pack things up,” Restovich said. 

To address concerns with parking larger 

vehicles, Councilmember Cindy Pool [District 

3] moved to amend the bill [prior to its 

final passage] to allow current RVs longer 

than 30 feet to remain on the owner’s 

premises as long as they are only parked 

behind the building line and parked on a 

specified concrete surface. The motion was 

approved 5-2. 

MANCHESTER 

City limits incoming 

massage businesses 

A temporary six-month moratorium on 

new massage therapy businesses opening 

within the city limits of Manchester has 

been lifted in favor of a final decision. 

At the regular Board of Aldermen meeting 

on May 1, the ordinance amending 

the Code of Ordinances was unanimously 

approved, limiting the number of massage 

therapy businesses to five. Manchester 

previously had no code provisions regulating 

the types of businesses within the 

city, except for businesses requiring liquor 

licenses. 

At the Feb. 6 Board of Aldermen meeting, 

Planning, Zoning and Economic 

Development Director Melanie Rippetoe 

and Manchester City Attorney Patrick 

Gunn explained that Manchester had an 

inordinately high number of retail massage 

businesses for a city of its size. Gunn felt 

further investigation was prudent. 

Comparing Manchester to nearby communities 

and using an algorithm that compared 

the number of residents with the 

square mileage of retail business zoning, 

Gunn determined the number could be set 

as low as three massage businesses but felt 

that setting it at five would be acceptable. 

He said that current massage therapy 

businesses in Manchester have grandfathered 

protection under this new code 

amendment and chiropractic offices offering 

massage as part of their treatment are 

not affected. 

Ward 1 alderman named 

A new alderman was appointed at the 

regular city of Manchester Board of Aldermen 

meeting on May 15. 

Nelson Nolte was nominated by Alderman 

Paul Hamill [Ward 1] and seconded 

by Alderman Mike Clement [Ward 2] to 

fill the vacancy left by former Alderman 

Barb Stevens, who resigned last month. In 

a unanimous vote, Nolte was appointed to 

serve as one of two Ward 1 aldermen. 

Learning of the vacancy, Nolte 

approached Mayor Dave Willson about his 

interest in the aldermanic position. He has 

served on the Planning and Zoning Commission, 

helping to advise the board since 

October 2015. He said he felt his experience 

in municipal government to date 

would make him a qualified candidate to 

fill the unexpected vacancy. 

The longtime Manchester resident is a 

corporate attorney who handles intellectual 

property and business litigation. He 

will serve as alderman until April 2018, 

when the Ward 1 seat will be up for reelection. 

After an immediate swearing in by City 

Clerk Ruth Baker, Nolte began actively 

serving as a voting member of the board. 

Nolte stepped down from his duties on the 

commission to take this position. 

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WEST NEWSMAGAZINE I NEWS I 13 

Elk Trails residents call for flood prevention efforts in Eureka 

By JESSICA MESZAROS 

The floodwaters of the Meramec River 

may have receded, but Eureka residents are 

still dealing with the repercussions. Some 

neighborhoods, like the combined communities 

of Elk Trails and Fawn Meadows, 

have reached out to the Eureka City Council 

for support after more than 50 houses of 

112 in the neighborhood reported sewage 

water overflow that damaged basements 

and destroyed foundations. 

Located off Hwy. 109, the Elk Trails 

neighborhood sits across from The Legends 

Country Club and adjacent to the 

Meramec River, which caused massive 

flooding in early May with record-breaking 

heights over 46 feet. 

Gretchen Bedo, an Elk Trails resident for 

37 years, said, “Even an inch of water is 

1,000 square feet in our homes. It can ruin 

a basement.” 

At the May 16 city council meeting, residents 

filled the chambers at City Hall and 

spoke to councilmembers for almost two 

hours during the guest session, inquiring 

about the efforts of the council and the 

Eureka Disaster Relief Committee to assist 

with flood remediation and calling for further 

prevention efforts. 

“I love my house and I love my neighbors, 

and I’ve had people ask me why I 

don’t just move,” said Sharon Wasson, 

an Elk Trails resident and Eureka High 

instructor. “Then I ask them, ‘How would I 

move? Who is going to buy a house that’s 

been flooded twice?’” 

“We’re looking at our housing values, and 

they are going down the drain,” said Bob 

Drewes, an Elk Trails resident for 29 years. 

Costs from 2015 flood damage totaled 

over $56 million. According to residents, 

many costs for 2017 are still unaccounted 

for and will need further assessment 

because of leftover damage from 2015. 

“I’m a widow, and this has taken a toll,” 

said Diana Scheuer, another Elk Trails resident. 

“I guess I was blessed. I lost a lot in 

2015, so in 2017, I didn’t have as much to 

move this time.” 

Residents cited the elevation of levees 

in nearby Fenton and Valley Park as altering 

hundreds of acres of local floodplains. 

They also identified the recently-raised 

driving range across from Eureka High as 

possibly having routed floodwaters to the 

nearby neighborhoods. 

“I want to know a solution,” Eddie 

Pawlak, Elk Trails resident for five years, 

said. “A lot of people have different ideas, 

and hopefully this city council can get the 

ball rolling.” 

According to Eureka Mayor Kevin 

Coffey, the city has arranged appointments 

with the offices of Sen. Roy Blunt [R-Mo.] 

and Rep. Ann Wagner [District 2], as well 

as organizations that send help and assess 

the damage of an area, such as St. Louis’ 

Flooding in the Elk Trails subdivision across from Eureka High. 

[Photo courtesy of resident Eddie Palwak] 

City Emergency Management Agency 

[CEMA] and the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency [FEMA]. 

“We’re trying to find the right answer, 

and we’re talking to experts about what we 

can do,” said Alderman Wes Sir [Ward 1]. 

“There are limitations with what the city 

can do by itself.” 

The Meramec River is managed by the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, limiting 

Eureka’s scope of control over levee construction 

or altering river regulations. In 

March 2014, the Corps was involved in 

litigation regarding river-related flooding 

in Missouri, and they asserted that 

the increased flooding along the Missouri 

River resulted from Corps policy changes. 

According to Sir, follow-up about flood 

levees and sewer maintenance currently 

is under discussion with other local and 

federal officials. Sir hopes to have updates 

within the next 30 days. Updates also are 

planned for the city’s official website and 

social media accounts. 

See ELK TRAILS, page 16 

Wildwood contemplates use of future Prop P tax revenue 

By MARY SHAPIRO 

Wildwood’s City Council is determining 

what to do with funds coming to the 

city from the April 4 passage of Proposition 

P, which approved a half-cent sales tax 

for providing funds to improve police and 

public safety in St. Louis County and each 

of its municipalities. 

The new revenue won’t be used to supplant 

existing city police funding allocations 

or go to purposes other than law 

enforcement, which city officials said 

would not be what voters, who approved 

the tax, desired. 

City Administrator Ryan Thomas told 

councilmembers, during a May 8 work 

session, that new revenue resulting from 

Prop P is estimated at $1,777,709 per 

year. That revenue can be used to fund 

current or future law enforcement and 

public safety-related costs. A monthly 

distribution of this new revenue should 

begin in December and the amount 

should increase with growth in countywide 

sales, he said. 

Thomas said the city’s current year police 

budget totals $3,220,481, which provides 

for a total of 34 full-time positions [including 

six supervisors, 27 police officers and 

one office administrator], a number that 

has remained the same for more than eight 

years. He said potential uses of the new 

revenue could include: 

• Funding of future increases to the police 

services agreement with St. Louis County. 

The agreement is adjusted annually to fund 

increased costs and a portion of the new 

revenue could fund future increases. 

• New police personnel. Thomas suggested 

the addition, over the coming three years, 

of a second full-time desk officer to provide 

for full coverage during city meetings 

and availability to residents during the 

night; two additional supervisor positions 

that could provide for 24-hour supervision 

at the Wildwood Precinct; a parks officer 

for extra security in parks and trails; and 

a traffic officer to support neighborhood 

traffic safety issues, particularly due to new 

development growth. 

• A portion of the new revenue could provide 

new police equipment, such as equipment 

for speed surveys, traffic counts and 

surveillance. 

• Public safety capital improvements and 

security measures. Some of the monies could 

be used for some unfunded road and pedestrian 

safety projects, such as rural roadway 

shoulder widening/bike lanes, intersection 

safety improvements and pedestrian crossing 

improvements. Enhanced security could 

be provided at city-owned facilities, such as 

city hall, parks and trail corridors, including 

surveillance cameras, emergency call boxes 

or other measures. 

• Support for existing police service 

expenses of the city. 

Councilmember Larry McGowen [Ward 

1] said he supported the use of some of the 

funds for projects such as speed humps, 

to slow traffic in neighborhoods, or short 

bump outs [widened areas of a street] on 

Wildwood Horse Creek Road and other 

narrow roads to allow for improved use by 

motorists and cyclists. 

However, Councilmember Marc Cox 

[Ward 4] said that many voters approved 

Prop P to specifically support law enforcement, 

overlooking the possibility that some 

money would go to other public safety purposes. 

“A concern is that part of the money 

going to cities not be used to supplant and 

offset general fund money already going 

to the police,” Cox said. “I don’t want to 

see this money diverted to something else 

because we have a new pot of cash.” 

Councilmember Dave Bertolino [Ward 

5] agreed, adding “100 percent of what 

we receive should go to police other than 

maybe for a glaring public safety need.” 

When Councilmember Jerry Porter 

[Ward 6] said the city might consider using 

some of the funds to improve private roads 

in some subdivision, which he said police 

must drive on, Thomas said public tax dollars 

cannot be used for that purpose. 

“I can’t speak strongly enough against 

that suggestion,” Councilmember Jeff 

Levitt [Ward 7] said, countering Porter’s 

suggestion. “This money needs to go to 

police officers and not to things that could 

loosely be called public safety.”

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In addition, the Eureka Disaster Relief 

Committee is still helping individuals in 

the entire Eureka community, including 

Elk Trails. The committee is working with 

local relief organizations, including Central 

Baptist Church, Most Sacred Heart 

Catholic Church – St. Vincent de Paul, 

Eureka/Pacific Elks Lodge #2644 and the 

Eureka Lions Club. In addition to collecting 

donations of about $9,000 to help with 

flood clean up, the committee also plans to 

purchase and distribute 100-200 balloon 

The community is rallying around a veteran 

police officer of the city of Manchester. 

Police Sgt. Sheree Waterhouse, who has 

over 20 years’ service, is in serious condition 

at a St. Louis-area hospital following a 

vehicular accident in Franklin County that 

occurred on May 12 while Waterhouse was 

on her way home from work. 

A Ford F-450 work truck struck Waterhouse’s 

car from behind at an intersection, 

which pushed her into oncoming traffic, 

striking a third vehicle. The work truck 

also struck another vehicle. Waterhouse 

was the only one seriously injured in the 

crash, which is still under investigation. 

Early reports indicate she sustained a 

substantial head injury and is under heavy 

sedation in the intensive care unit at a local 

hospital. Because of the sedation, the extent 

of her injuries is unknown, although it is 

reported she has opened her eyes, moved 

her feet and squeezed her husband’s hand. 

The Manchester police are hopeful she 

will make a full recovery, although no longterm 

prognosis was known as of presstime. 

The Manchester Police and the Waterhouse 

family have asked that the community 

please respect her privacy; no visitors 

are allowed at this time. 

“Pray. Please pray,” urged Manchester 

Police Chief Tim Walsh. “There’s not a lot 

we know. There’s not a lot we can do. But 

we can pray.” 

A crowdfunding account has been created 

at www.youcaring.com/shereeandcraigwaterhouse-822641 

to help with 

finances for the Waterhouse family. Donations 

also can be made at any First Community 

Credit Union location, under the 

Sgt. Sheree Waterhouse Benefit Fund. 

Additional fundraisers are being planned, 

but no concrete plans are in place. 

Waterhouse is a community-oriented 

policing officer [known as COPS]. According 

to the U.S. Department of Justice, 

community policing emphasizes proactive 

problem-solving in a systematic and 

routine fashion. Rather than responding 

to crime only after it occurs, community 

policing encourages agencies to proactively 

develop solutions to the immediate 

underlying conditions contributing 

to public safety problems. Additionally, 

Waterhouse heads the Manchester Shop 

With a Cop program, which she started 

several years ago. 

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emergency. 

“We’ve been sending people out to 

do property assessments, and also sending 

people out to do the mucking, which 

involves cleaning out the mud, tearing out 

drywall and anything else that needs to be 

done,” Sir said. “If anyone hasn’t done that, 

they need to get in touch with our committee 

so we can get out there and help them.” 

For many residents, feedback from the 

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about how the public might perceive the city 

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But supporters of funding the event said 

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Chesterfield to further relationships with 

surrounding municipalities as well as state 

leaders and referred to the event as a working 

session instead of a party. 

“It was put together as a working event 

for us, as the elected representatives of the 

people of Chesterfield, to host members 

from the surrounding municipalities, who 

are in the capacity of an elected official, 

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without use of taxpayer funds 

Chesterfield City Council at its May 15 meeting. 

purpose of there being a working session 

and not a party,” Councilmember Randy 

Logan [Ward 3] said. “I didn’t see anywhere 

that we were going to get party hats 

or anything.” 

However, Councilmember Ben Keathley 

[Ward 2] said, “I think it’s great to build 

relationships with our councilmembers and 

fellow councilpersons and state legislators, 

but I question the rationality of the idea 

that we have to spend thousands of dollars 

to do it. 

“Mr. [Bruce] DeGroot, our state representative 

for Missouri, is [in the audience] 

today and nobody is paying him to be here. 

This is how we build those connections 

with those kinds of representatives and 

other government officials.” 

DeGroot, a former Chesterfield councilmember, 

won the District 101 seat in the 

Missouri House in November 2016. 

Hurt proposed the possibility of using 

private donations to the city from anonymous 

donors to fund the event, allowing 

the event to receive funding without the 

use of taxpayer money. According to City 

Attorney Chris Graville, the donations only 

would be able to remain truly anonymous 

if they were given to the city in the form 

of cash. 

Councilmember Guy Tilman [Ward 2] 

offered an amendment to simplify the 

event by eliminating all sources of funding 

and suggesting that politicians and 

other visitors bring their own refreshments 

or purchase them from the amphitheater’s 

concession stand on the day of 

the event. 

“Let’s keep the money out of it,” Tilman 

said. “If people show up and we have a 

great event out of this, we’ll revisit it next 

year, but let’s remove the entire mystique 

and let’s just keep it simple. Let’s have the 

event and see what happens. Bring your 

wallet, and if you want to buy something, 

pay for it yourself or bring a picnic basket. 

“We’ll see if we can build some relationships.”





Getting the best value in insurance begins with education 

From right: Sal Baldanza with Dara D. Fowler, 

Taylor A. Stewart & Michael W. Larkin 

Buying insurance can be complicated and 

costly, right? Wrong, said State Farm 

agent Sal Baldanza, who has opened a new 

office at 17539 Chesterfield Airport Road in the 

Chesterfield Valley. 

According to Baldanza, buying insurance that 

meets individual needs and budgets is all about 

getting the right information to make the best 

decision for you and your family. 

“We have a very consultative approach at our 

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Honored guests and students at a Hanna Woods Elementary assembly on May 18, which was 

held to thank local “heroes” following a bus accident on May 11. 


For the staff and students of Hanna 

Woods Elementary, superheroes came in 

many forms on May 11 but none of them 

wore capes. Uniformed first responders and 

men and women in street clothes came to 

the aid of 13 children and their bus driver, 

Lavitta Conrod, following an accident that 

sent a Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation 

bus careening off Interstate 44. 

Miraculously, no one was critically 

injured. 

Those superheroes were joyously saluted 

at a Hanna Woods assembly on May 17. 

Theresa Dodd, Leslie Johnson and Michael 

Nelson were first on the scene that morning. 

“I live nearby. I heard screams and 

wanted to help,” Nelson said. “I went to the 

kids to see if anyone was hurt. There was 

one child bleeding, but I could tell all the 

kids were going to be OK.” 

Despite not being sure of what he would 

see approaching the scene, Nelson didn’t 

hesitate. “I hope I would never have to, but 

I would it do it again if I could,” he said. 

Edmund Nash, the father of Emiyah, one 

of the children who was on the bus that 

morning, is thankful to people like Nelson, 

who stepped in to bring comfort to the 

frightened children. 

About 20 first responders, from 10 different 

local agencies, responded to the call 

for help in what Kirkwood Fire Chief Jim 

Silvernail called the “biggest bus accident 

he had ever encountered” in his 21 years 

as a firefighter. Silvernail said that, while 

the bus was driving along I-44 in Crestwood, 

the bus landed in the Meachum Park 

neighborhood in Kirkwood. Orchestrating 

the right agencies to come to the scene was 

a challenge, he said. 

Addressing the children’s needs was a 

team effort between police officers, firefighters, 

paramedics, Parkway officials, 

the Missouri Department of Transportation, 

and finally, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, 

who treated all the children and released 

them back to their parents that same day. 

Bus driver Conrod sustained moderate 

injuries and was in the hospital for six 

days. Having just been released from the 

hospital the night before, she was unable 

to attend the assembly in her honor. Those 

on the scene and those who have visited 

with Conrod since said that her concern 

has been consistently for her students, 

despite her own injuries. Chief Silvernail 

said it took three different extraction techniques 

to finally extricate Conrod from the 

driver’s seat. A tree came through the dashboard, 

narrowly missing her. 

“It is obvious from the accident site that 

Lavitta had incredible control of the bus,” 

Silvernail said. “She was also incredibly 

lucky. The accident could have been devastating.” 

Two students on the bus, heroes in their 

own right, took their responsibility of being 

fifth-grade leaders very seriously. 

Abdimalik Abdi and Richelle Gipson 

successfully found a door that would open 

and led their younger classmates out of the 

bus, with Abdi leading in the front, and 

Gipson shepherding from behind. 

“We are looked at as leaders and we knew 

we needed to help, even though we were 

scared and we knew we were hurt, too,” 

Abdi said. He even tried to help the bus 

driver before he exited the bus. 

While none of the children sustained injuries 

worse than a few fractures, cuts, scrapes 

and bruises, and possibly a delayed concussion, 

the emotional impact of riding the 

bus again loomed as a huge hurdle. To ease 

student concerns and show unconditional 

support, Hanna Woods Principal Dr. Patrick 

Shelton and two teachers rode the bus on 

May 12 and again the following Monday. 

“Our kids have shown such grit and 

determination to face their fears. Their 

strength of character has really shown,” 

Shelton said. “We are so proud of the bus 

driver, a true hero.” 

Nearly all the students returned to school 

the day after the accident; and in the week 

since, Shelton said all the children have 

ridden the bus, despite their apprehensions. 

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retiring after 11 years of service in Parkway 

and over 30 years in education. 

Beckner has served Parkway as coordinator 

of student assessment for the 

last five years. Before that, he was assistant 

principal of Northeast Middle for 

five years. Superintendent Keith Marty 

said, “Whether through the development 

of personalized learning, integration of 

learning and character education, or the 

design of authentic assessments, I’m confident 

Kevin will continue his consistent 

commitment to our Parkway mission and 

goals.” 

The Book Battle team from The Fulton School at St. Albans 

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Devoted readers battle 

it out in literary style 

Thirty-one local schools competed in 

the 11th annual Area-Wide Middle School 

Book Battle on May 4 at Pattonville 

Heights Middle. 

Parkway Central placed second, beating 

third-place winner Rockwood South 

by a margin of only one-quarter of a point. 

Also finishing in the top half of all schools 

were The Fulton School at St. Albans, who 

placed 11th, and Valley Park Middle, who 

placed 13th. 

The Book Battle gives middle school 

students the opportunity to discuss current 

books of interest. The committee develops 

questions for each book that are formatted 

so each answer is the title and author of 

a book on the list. Some of the questions 

are fairly obvious, while others require a 

deeper understanding of the book. In addition, 

more difficult questions in challenge 

rounds and tiebreakers require team members 

to provide details from the books. 

Scholastic Books, Main Street Books 

in St. Charles and the St. Louis County 

Library sponsored the event. 

Rockwood Drug-Free 

Coalition contest winners 

The Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition 

recently announced the winners of a substance 

abuse prevention video/poster contest, 

which was open to all middle and high 

school youth who attend school or live in 

the Rockwood School District. 

Winners used their creativity to promote 

a drug-free lifestyle. Their posters will 

be displayed throughout the community 

at schools, city halls, recreation centers, 

churches, Six Flags, on local TV stations 

and at the annual Rockwood art fair. 

The high school poster awardees are 

Becca Treat, first-place winner from 

Lafayette High; Wil Tulloch, secondplace 

winner from Lafayette High; and 

Will Schuemann, third-place winner from 

Eureka High. The middle school poster 

awardees, all from Rockwood Valley 

Middle, are Ava Scaglione and McKenzie 

O’Neal, first-place winners; and Katherine 

Blythe, third-place winner. 

First round of National Merit 

Scholarship winners announced 

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation 

released the names of the first group 

of winners in the 62nd annual National 

Merit Scholarship Program. 

More than 1,000 distinguished high 

school seniors have won corporate-sponsored 

National Merit Scholarship awards 

financed by about 200 corporations, 

company foundations and other business 

organizations. Most of these awards are 

renewable for up to four years of college 

undergraduate study and provide annual 

stipends that range from $500 to $10,000 

per year. Some provide a single payment 

between $2,500 and $5,000. Recipients 

can use their awards at 

any regionally-accredited 

U.S. college or university 

of their choice. 

The local recipients are 

Elyse Duffie and Rebecca 

Parker, Parkway South; 

Ashley M. Harness and 

Nora S. Madaras, Marquette; 

Alexandria J. 

Schomaker and Jacob W. 

Swyers, Ballwin residents; 

Claire Y. Huang and Haley 

E. Massa, Parkway Central; 

Katherine M. Dames 

and Emma C. Hillermann, 

Alice Liu 

Eureka; Michel Ge, MICDS; Sarah G. 

Crooks, Rockwood Summit; and Griffin F. 

Sauter and Shruthi Ramalingam, Lafayette. 

Assistant superintendent named 

Kevin Beckner has been named the 

Parkway School District’s assistant 

superintendent of teaching, learning and 

accountability, effective July 1 pending 

board approval. 

Beckner replaces Lisa Merideth, who is 

Rockwood student advances 

to National Spelling Bee 

Wild Horse Elementary fifth-grader Alice 

Liu won the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Spelling 

Bee on March 18 at McKendree University. 

Liu will now compete in a series 

of qualifiers to appear in the final rounds of 

the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which 

will be televised May 31 and June 1. 

“Her love for reading 

starting from a very early 

age is the number one 

factor,” said Liu’s father, 

Fenglong Liu. “Her accumulated 

vocabulary over 

the years of reading laid 

the foundation for her to 

advance to the preliminary 

round in the St. Louis 

regional last year. So her 

determination for redemption 

this year was the inspiration 

to keep her going.” 

Fenglong says Liu’s 

fourth-grade teacher, Erin 

Hausmann, and her fifth-grade teacher, 

Brian Hultquist, have played a role in her 

success, as have staff members at Crestview 

and the Center for Creative Learning. 

Liu’s accelerated, individualized 

instruction challenges her to realize her 

full potential without being constrained by 

grade boundaries. 

A year ago, Liu also won first place in a 

state math competition, qualifying her for 

the MathLeague.org National Championships 

in Houston. There, she placed 13th 

out of about 50 students.


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Teacher of the Year celebrates 30-year career teaching kindergarten in Rockwood 


Diane Dressel loves many things: red 

licorice, NASCAR and all the students in 

her kindergarten class at Pond Elementary. 

After 30 years of teaching and serving over 

1,000 students and their families, her hard 

work earned her West Newsmagazine’s 

2017 Teacher of the Year Award. 

“When you think of a kindergarten teacher, 

her face just pops into your head,” said Dr. 

Dave Cobb, executive director of elementary 

education for Rockwood. “She’s amazing 

in her craft, and to teach for that many 

years, you have to be passionate at your job.” 

On the morning of May 12, in Pond 

Elementary’s library, West Newsmagazine 

and its Excellence in Education sponsors 

surprised Dressel, in the presence of her 

kindergarten class and Rockwood faculty 

members, with the news of her award. 

Dressel was given an iPad, a commemorative 

plaque, balloons, a dinner certificate 

and a bouquet of hydrangeas. 

“I was so surprised,” Dressel said. “I’m 

literally still in awe. I brought the plaques 

to school so I can hang them in our room. I 

look at them and think, ‘Is this real?’” 

Dressel was nominated by Jill O’Dell and 

Sarah Wade, whose children she teaches. 

“She’s an amazing, amazing teacher, 

inside and outside the classroom,” Wade 

said. “She really lives for her students.” 

According to O’Dell, Dressel is known 

for her devotion to her students, including 

staying late on weekends to perfect 

lesson plans and setting play dates before 

the school year to ensure new students feel 

comfortable on their first day. 

“It just makes me realize that the amount 

of time that I’m putting in is so worth it,” 

Dressel said. “It’s not about what I’m doing, 

it’s about what I’m doing for the kids.” 

Dressel also attends students’ athletic 

events to cheer them on. 

“She came to my basketball game once,” 

student Alex Wade said. “I really appreciate 

her. I don’t even want to go on to 

another grade because I still want her to be 

my teacher.” 

Dressel said, “I enjoy seeing my kids 

out of their setting, because it just builds 

those relationships with the parents as well 

as with the kids. If the parent gives me a 

schedule, or if I’m invited, I’m there.” 

Dressel’s parents, Lars and Doris, were 

on hand for the surprise presentation. 

“It’s very exciting,” Doris Dressel said. 

“I don’t know where the time goes.” 

Dressel graduated from Saint Louis University 

and began teaching at Geggie Elementary 

in 1987. After one year, Dressel 

was hired by Pond Elementary, where she 

has worked for the past 29 years. During 

that time, Dressel also has been a ROSE 

Award Recipient and was Pond’s 2009 

Teacher of the Year. 

In addition to helping the district adopt 

tuition-free, full-day kindergarten options, 

Dressel also was a member of the Kindergarten 

Transition Committee for Rockwood 

and helped craft Pond’s current 

science and math curriculum,. 

According to student Egnazzio Salia, 

Dressel utilizes innovative strategies to 

make daily lessons engaging. Activities 

have included students creating puppet 

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Celebrating excellence in education are [from left] Dr. Dave Cobb, Rockwood’s executive 

director of elementary education; Pond Elementary parents Sarah Wade and Jill O’Dell; 

Andrea Lockwood, Pond Elementary assistant principal; West Newsmagazine Publisher 

Sharon Huber; Diane Dressel; Tammy Noel, owner, Sylvan Learning Center; Brenda Bader- 

Tucker, senior vice president, Busey Bank; Dr. Carlos Diaz-Granados, Pond Elementary School 

principal; and Board of Education member Randy Miller. 

[Photo courtesy of Karl Weinrich] 

shows and writing news stories to present 

at a news desk for a classroom newsreel. 

“She’s awesome,” Salia said. “She 

always does a lot of new things.” 

The West Newsmagazine Teacher of 

the Year Award is presented annually to 

one West County teacher who has made 

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The MICDS track and field team is the new Class 4 champions. 

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By WARREN MAYES 

High school boys track and field 

Parkway Central ran away with the Class 

4, District 3 track and field meet that was 

held on its home turf. 

Parkway Central finished with 217 

points to easily win the district championship. 

Ladue was second with 148, followed 

by MICDS [90] and Priory [63]. 

Senior Charlie McIntyre won the 800-, 

1,600- and 3,200-meter races. For an 

encore, he ran the third leg on the winning 

1,600-relay. He won the 1,600 in 4 minutes 

and 35 seconds and followed that by winning 

the 800 in 1:59. He won the 3,200 in 

10:10.2. 

Other Colts also did well. Sophomore 

Ryan Long won the triple jump with a 

distance of 43 feet, 9.5 inches and went 

21 feet to win the long jump. Senior Oluwaseun 

Olorunda won the javelin with a 

throw of 133-6. Senior Will Jost captured 

the pole vault by going 12-6. Senior Darius 

Ramsey won the 110 hurdles in 14.58 and 

the 300 hurdles in 39.96. 

In the Class 5 District 2 meet, Lafayette 

won with 148 points. Kirkwood was a distant 

second with 114. 

Lancers standout senior Austin Hindman 

won the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter 

races. Hindman won the 800 in 1:57.03. 

He captured the 1,600 in 4:24.51 and the 

3,200 in 9:43.09. Hindman will run at the 

University of Missouri this fall. 

Lafayette won the 3,200-relay in 7:59.30. 

William Preckel won the discus with a 

toss of 154-10 for Lafayette. 

High school girls track and field 

Defending Class 4, champion MICDS 

won the Class 4 District 3 championship at 

Parkway Central with 176 points. That was 

just enough to get past Parkway Central, 

which finished with 174 points. 

MICDS junior Zionn Pearson won the 

long jump by going 18 feet, 1.25 inches 

and the triple jump with a distance of 

36-3.25. Senior Claudia Williams won the 

high jump by clearing 5 feet. 

Rams junior Cara Johnson won the 100 

in 12.56 seconds. Sophomore Jhordin Galmore 

won the 200 in 25.6. Senior Colleen 

Sliney won the 3,200 title in 11:51. 

The MICDS 400-, 800- and 3,200-relays 

were champions with times of 49.48, 1:43 

and 9:48, respectively. 

Parkway Central senior Lizzie Dejoie 

won the 400 in 57 seconds and the 800 in 

2:25. Senior Paige Wallace won the discus 

with a throw of 115-4. 

The Colts’ 1,600-relay team won in 4:03. 

In the Class 5, District 2 meet, Lafayette 

won with 156 points, far ahead of No. 2 

Kirkwood’s 112 points. Natalie White won 

the 300 hurdles in 47.14 for Lafayette. 

Water polo 

The Parkway West Longhorns finished 

fourth in the state water polo tournament. 

Entering the postseason, the Longhorns 

were the No. 4 seed. 

The Longhorns fell 11-6 to Lindbergh in 

the third-place game. Parkway West lost 

12-2 to eventual state champions St. Louis 

University High in the semifinal game. 

Parkway West finished with a 28-7 

record this season. 

Senior Mitchell Griffin, a 2-meter player, 

was the area’s leading scorer with an amazing 

142 goals and 50 assists for 334 points. 

He scored 98 goals as a junior for Parkway 

West. 

A three-year starter, Griffin will play for 

Lindenwood University this fall. 

College Soccer 

Parkway West graduate Tucker Watts 

learned a new position in spring soccer 

at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. 

Watts, who will be a junior this fall, 

switched to a right defender. 

“I was playing right wing in the fall and 

I’ve switched to right back,” Watts said. “I 

have learned a lot. I’m playing in the role 

coach wants me. I’m not used to it yet but 

I’m starting to like it a lot more.” 

In 11 starts and playing 17 games for 

the Chargers, Watts scored two goals and 

recorded five assists. 

“I was a bit disappointed with myself last 

fall and it was also a disappointing team 

performance,” Watts said. “I’m a strong 

believer in not getting content in staying at 

the point you’re at because there’s always 

something you can elevate. We’ve worked 

really hard as a team this spring to set ourselves 

up for success in the fall.” 

He’s also very good on the academic side 

of his college life. Watts was a unanimous 

selection to the 2016 Gulf South Conference 

All-Academic Men’s Soccer Team. 

A finance major, he has a 3.71 cumulative 

GPA. 

“I’m very proud to be selected to the All- 

Academic team,” Watts said. “My parents 

always preached an importance in academics 

and work ethic to me and I have them to 

thank for that. Now that I’ve achieved that 

award, I want to earn it again these next 

two years.” 

In the spring season, Alabama-Huntsville 

went 3-1-1 and Watts started every game. 

“This summer, I am really looking to 

speed up my play and improve all facets of 

my game,” Watts said. “My game has definitely 

improved after two years in college. 

We’ve played some of the top 25 teams 

the past few seasons and playing against 

these players has only made me better and 

given me more desire to get better. There is 

always something you can be better at and 

I try every day to do something better than 

how I did it the day before.” 

Amateur golf 

Ballwin native Sam Migdal began his 

2017 golf season just like he did in 2016. 

The 2016 Metropolitan Player of the Year 

won his second Old Warson Cup title. 

Migdal, a De Smet Jesuit and University 

of Central Missouri graduate, played 

Phil Caravia in the semifinals. Caravia was 

seeking his second Old Warson Cup title, 

having won the championship in 2014. 

Migdal built his lead to 3-up through nine 

holes and then closed out the victory at 14 

with a 5 and 4 victory. 

In the other semifinal news, Town & 

Country’s Skip Berkmeyer played Chad 

Niezing. They halved the first two holes 

but then Berkmeyer rolled off four straight 

wins to build a 4-up lead at the turn. Niezing 

chipped away to get back two holes but 

Berkmeyer ended the match at 16 for a 3 

and 2 victory. 

In the final, Berkmeyer gained the upper 

hand with a long birdie putt on the first 

hole. Migdal, with a par at 4, got the match 

back to even. Migdal continued his string 

of pars through the front 9 to take a 4-up 

lead. 

Berkmeyer sunk his second birdie of the 

match on No. 11. 

Migdal got the hole back on No. 12 after 

a bogey by Berkmeyer. He closed out the 

match on 16 with a par to win 4 and 2.





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Zweifel is first Division I signee in Marquette water polo history 


In the history of the Marquette water 

polo program, high-scoring senior Trevin 

Zweifel is its first athlete to earn a Division 

I scholarship. He will play for La Salle 

University in Philadelphia. 

“It is a great honor, and I hope there are 

many more [signees] to follow,” Zweifel 

said. “We have a lot of talent in St. Louis, 

but college coaches don’t look to the Midwest 

for players. I wish high schools would 

dedicate a lot more money and resources 

into water polo to help the sport grow and 

generate more recognition for Midwest 

players nationwide.” 

Certainly, Zweifel deserved to be 

noticed. In his senior season, he scored a 

whopping 103 goals and added 49 assists. 

“He went way over my expectations,” Marquette 

coach Tim Mosby said. “I thought 

maybe 80 goals.” 

Primarily a 2-meter player, Zweifel 

played every position this year except for 

goalie. 

“I played a lot of positions this year and 

sometimes it was a struggle because I was 

definitely out of my comfort zone,” he said. 

“This year was a transition and growth year 

for Marquette. We had two seniors and we 

brought up eight JV players to the varsity 

team, one of whom had never played water 

polo before and couldn’t swim when he 

started. 

“I gave my best effort this spring, but it 

is difficult to play your best when many of 

your teammates are still learning the game.” 

The Mustangs finished 13-8; a 9-6 loss to 

Clayton ended their postseason run. 

Zweifel said, “One of the best things 

about this season was playing with my 

sister [sophomore Taryn Zweifel]. She is 

a top-notch player and I owe a lot of my 

goals this year to her incredible assists. She 

has so much passion for the game, and I 

think her drive and determination really 

motivated a lot of the other players as well.” 

He described himself as a “team player.” 

Mosby described him as a talented athlete. 

“He’s aggressive and a fast swimmer,” 

Mosby said. “He’s a great shooter and 

passer. His ability to get up out of the water 

and shot accuracy makes him a great goal 

scorer.” Mosby said Zweifel also was a 

natural as captain. “He’s like a third coach 

out there.” 

A four-year starter, Zweifel believes he 

improved a great deal from freshman to 

senior year. He said his first year he was 

intimidated by his teammates, “but I can 

honestly say I learned something 

from each of them, and it 

has helped me develop into the 

player I am today.” 

Of course, Mosby was a big 

help to him, too. 

“I am so grateful for coach 

Mosby. I have had three different 

coaches in my four years, and 

when coach Mosby became head 

coach, the whole atmosphere 

and focus of our team changed,” 

Zweifel said. “He is driven and 

goal-oriented, but he is also a 

player’s coach. He knows the 

value of each and every player 

to the team as a whole, and he 

taught me to be a fighter and demand nothing 

but the best from myself every game.” 

Zweifel also credited his club coach 

Gregg Emde, who coached previously at 

Marquette for 10 years and now is the head 

coach at McKendree University. Zweifel 

has played for the Mad Dog club team 

since he was 10 years old. 

“Coach Emde is more than a coach, he is 

also my mentor. I was just a scrawny little 

kid with very little confidence, and he made 

me feel like a champion. He believed in 

me and, consequently, I started to believe 

Trevin Zweifel [with ball] in action for Marquette. 

in myself,” Zweifel said. “My first year, I 

played with 15- and 16-year-olds, many of 

whom went on to play in college as well. I 

was scared to death when I played my first 

game, but I gave it my all. After the game, 

coach Emde told all the other players I was 

a ‘beast’ and I played as hard if not harder 

than everyone else on the team. 

“Looking back it was kind of funny, 

because I think I played for less than a 

minute total, but I never forgot it and I still 

try to play like a ‘beast’ every time I get in 

the pool.” 

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CBC records its best finish ever in state high school rugby tournament 


The CBC Cadets rugby team ended the 

2017 season with its highest finish in the 

program’s history. CBC placed third in 

the recent state tournament in Jefferson 

City, finishing 2-1. 

“Third-place is the highest ranking 

CBC has ever had and we will just build 

on it next year,” CBC coach Mike Nabholz 

said. 

The Cadets ended with a 6-1 record 

in the regular season. At the Ruggerfest 

Tournament, CBC repeated as meet 

champions by winning all four games. 

Nabholz said he believed in his squad 

and thought they could win at state. 

“We felt like we were state contenders 

from the start,” Nabholz said. “We just 

came up a little short against the Junior 

Blues in a 24-17 loss in the second game 

of the tournament that put us in the thirdplace 

game. Our young men were very 

confident going into the tournament, and 

it never wavered.” 

CBC opened against Winnetonka and 

rallied to score a 21-17 victory. For Nabholz, 

the comeback victory showed just 

how much heart his club has. 

“Winnetonka came out strong with their 

big guys upfront and had 

a 17-0 lead at halftime,” 

Nabholz said. “CBC got 

fired up and realized they 

were getting tired, so we 

were able to move around 

a lot better the second half 

and came back to win.” 

“The biggest difference 

was CBC’s conditioning,” 

he added. “You could tell 

we were wearing them 

down and there was nothing 

they could do.” 

Senior Diego Haro, who 

attends Parkway South, 

caught Nabholz’ eye with 

his play in that game. 

Haro got the offense fired up and ready 

to take on the second half. 

The Game 2 loss to the Junior Blues, 

which left the Cadets playing for third 

overall, was a tough one. 

“We knew they were going to be a 

tough team, but we felt like if we could 

play our game, we would be victorious,” 

Nabholz said. “We went back and forth 

on the first tries, but we found ourselves 

down 17-10 at halftime. 

“In the second half, each team was just 

The 2017 CBC rugby team, after placing third in the state tournament. 

as tough as the first half and scored one 

try each. We were marching down the 

field with no time remaining to try to tie 

the match, but it didn’t go our way.” 

CBC was not going to fold after the 

loss, Nabholz said. To close out the tournament, 

they played the Liberty Jays of 

Kansas City. 

“I pulled the seniors away from everyone 

and reminded them that this was 

their last game of their high school 

career,” Nabholz said. “I also told them I 

was so proud of them, and, no matter the 

outcome of the game, they were incredible 

young men that had endured three 

incredible battles over the state tournament 

weekend.” 

Nabholz knew his Cadets would 

respond to the challenge, and the Cadets 

scored a dominating 42-19 victory. 

“I feel like our boys wanted to make a 

statement to themselves after the loss to 

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Parkway continues review of sexual health curriculum framework 

By MARY SHAPIRO 

While the Parkway School District continues 

its review of the use of outside presenters, 

about 17 speakers attended the May 

10 Board of Education meeting to express 

opinions for and against the Best Choice 

abstinence-based sexual education program 

provided by ThriVe St. Louis that has been 

used in district schools in recent years as 

part of the sexual health curriculum. 

Parkway recently suspended the use of 

the ThriVe speakers after receiving concerns 

from some parents. 

Since 2010, Best Choice personnel had 

been asked to come into district schools 

to do lessons, mostly in the high schools, 

but occasionally in a middle school, and 

mainly for lessons on abstinence, according 

to district personnel. TriVe does not 

charge Parkway for the lessons and its personnel 

come in at the request of individual 

teachers only, officials have said. 

Some of the residents speaking said they 

supported Best Choice. 

“Professionals and doctors from the most 

prestigious St. Louis universities say the 

Best Choice curriculum is right on track – 

you can’t argue with that data,” said Gary 

Muck, of Creve Coeur. 

Bill Neukum, of West County and a district 

parent, said Best Choice “is the only 

curricula out there that talks about adoption 

and is medically sound, scientifically 

sound and legally sound within what the 

state requires.” 

But others were concerned about Best 

Choice. Pam Hill, of Ballwin, asked Parkway 

to permanently remove ThriVe/Best 

Choice guest speakers, adding “my concerns 

with ThriVe centers on its teaching 

methods, its lack of transparency regarding 

its curriculum materials and the fact that its 

presenters are not qualified teachers.” She 

said she didn’t see the need for an outside 

group to teach about abstinence when the 

revised curriculum already is abstinencebased. 

Parent Mary Kaeser-Miller, of Ballwin, 

said she supported efforts to have Parkway 

teachers facilitate all of the health education 

curricula. “We do not need ThriVe 

teaching in our schools due to lack of 

transparent lesson plans and shaming-style 

lessons,” she said. 

Board President Beth Feldman told 

those making public remarks that Parkway 

superintendent Keith Marty and his 

staff are completing a review of “how all 

outside presenters within the sexual health 

curriculum framework support and complement 

the board-approved, abstinence-based 

sexual health curriculum delivered by our 

highly-qualified and certified health teachers.” 

“When this work is complete, Dr. Marty 

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our classrooms and will communicate 

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the Junior Blues,” Nabholz said. 

“The boys were so proud and they 

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went up against three of the hottest teams 

in the state of Missouri and won two of 

three games.” 

In the state tourney, Nabholz said 

every senior stood out. The seniors were 

captain Gabe Kettering, Adam McTigue, 

Alex O’Brien, Austin Barbeau, Brandyn 

Best, Dan Hill, Cam McCarthy, Haro, 

Malachi Swigart, Matt Kinnunen, Joe 

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and Seth Hoy. 

Those 14 seniors will, of course, move 

on after graduation. However, Nabholz 

said the cupboard is not bare. 

“We have great juniors, sophomores 

and freshmen coming up,” Nabholz said. 

“We will be bringing back about 13 players 

for next year. 

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Having any unusual spots on the skin examined by a dermatologist is one important 

recommendation during Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month. 

health 

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Spotting melanoma 

May is national Melanoma/Skin Cancer 

Detection and Prevention Month, sponsored 

by the American Academy of Dermatology. 

When detected early, all skin 

cancer – including melanoma, its deadliest 

form – is highly treatable. And because 

research has shown that women are nine 

times more likely than men to notice melanoma 

on others, this year the academy has 

launched a SPOT Skin Cancer campaign, 

called “Check Your Partner. Check Yourself,” 

to encourage women to look over 

both their own and their partner’s skin 

once every month for signs of skin cancer. 

This is especially important for men over 

the age of 50, who are at a higher risk of 

developing melanoma. 

In general, any suspicious-looking spots 

on the skin, or any area that is changing, 

itching or bleeding, should prompt a visit 

to a board-certified dermatologist. Signs of 

melanoma often are identified with the letters 

ABCDE, and include: 

• Asymmetry: one half of the spot is unlike 

the other half. 

• Border: the spot has an irregular, scalloped 

or poorly defined border. 

• Color: the spot’s color varies from one 

area to another; it may contain shades of 

tan, brown or black, and sometimes even 

white, red or blue. 

• Diameter: melanoma spots are often 

larger than 6 millimeters in size, about the 

diameter of a pencil eraser, but they can be 

smaller. 

• Evolving: the spot looks different from 

others and is changing in size, shape or 

color. 

For people already battling melanoma, 

researchers at the University of Missouri are 

working to add a significant new weapon 

to the fight. For many years, research has 

concentrated on melanoma cells that are 

uniform in size and color, making them 

easier to examine microscopically. But 

melanomas don’t always come in the same 

shape and color, and the focus on one type 

of cell can lead to misdiagnosis, according 

to Luis Polo-Parada, an associate professor 

of medical pharmacology and physiology 

and an investigator at Missouri’s Dalton 

Cardiovascular Research Center. 

The Mizzou team has devised a new tool, 

a modification of a special microscope 

which uses a laser, to detect and analyze 

variations in melanoma cells that are more 

similar to cancers developed by most 

patients. Through the use of an emerging 

technology called photoacoustic [PA] 

spectroscopy, their work may eventually 

make diagnosing variations in melanoma 

cells easier, faster and more efficient. Their 

study, which recently appeared in the Royal 

Society of Chemistry publication Analyst, 

outlines the new techniques. 

“Overall, our studies show that by using 

modified techniques, we will be able to 

observe non-uniform cancer cells, regardless 

of their origin,” Polo-Parada said. 

“Additionally, as these melanoma cells 

divide and distribute themselves throughout 

the blood, they can cause melanomas 

to metastasize. We were able to observe 

those cancers as well. This method could 

help medical doctors and pathologists to 

detect cancers as they spread, becoming 

one of the tools in the fight against this 

fatal disease.” 

Childhood bullying linked 

to adult health risks 

Young boys who are bullied, as well as 

those who bully them, may suffer long-term 

health consequences in adulthood, according 

to a new study. Psychology researchers 

from the University of Pittsburgh tracked 

a group of 300 men who were participants 

in the Pittsburgh Youth Study, which began 

when they were in first grade and continued 

through their early thirties. Along with 

regularly assessing the men’s psychosocial, 

behavioral and biological risks for poor 

health, the researchers collected information 

on bullying behavior when the boys 

were 10 to 12 years old. 

Their results showed that men who 

were bullied as kids tended to have lower 

incomes and more financial problems. 

They also tended to feel unfairly treated by 

others, and were less optimistic about their 

futures. On the other hand, men who were 

bullies during childhood were more likely 

to smoke, use marijuana and be aggressive 

and hostile more than 20 years later. 

Both groups experienced high amounts of 

stress as adults. Because earlier research 

has linked such psychosocial factors to an 

increased chance of health problems like 

heart attacks, strokes and high blood pressure, 

the researchers concluded that both 

the bullies and their victims could be at 

higher risk for poor health, including cardiovascular 

issues, as they get older. 

“Most research on bullying is based on 

addressing mental health outcomes, but we 

wished to examine the potential impact of 

involvement in bullying on physical health 

and psychosocial risk factors for poor 

physical health,” said Karen A. Matthews, 

Ph.D., who leads the university’s Cardiovascular 

Behavioral Medicine Research 

Program. “The childhood bullies were still 

aggressive as adults and victims of bullies 

were still feeling like they were treated 

unfairly as adults. Both groups had a lot of 

stress in their adult lives – so the impact 

of childhood bullying lasts a long time!” 

The study was published in Psychological 

Science, a journal of the Association for 

Psychological Science. 

“Going gluten-free” could 

raise health risks for some 

For people with celiac disease, an autoimmune 

disorder which now affects more 

than 3 million people in the U.S., avoiding 

gluten from all sources is necessary 

to prevent potentially serious intestinal 

inflammation and other health problems. 

However, among those who do not have 

the disease or any known sensitivity, 

gluten also seems to have gotten a bad rap 

in recent years – the number of Americans 

who follow a gluten-free diet for perceived 

health reasons has tripled since 2009, 

according to national nutrition statistics. 

But giving up gluten may not be the best 

choice for most Americans, according to 

a large new study that sought to find out 

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New statistics show that Americans spent 

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• Liposuction: 235,237 procedures with an 

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Home Alone, a program designed especially 

for children ages 9 and 10 who may 

be staying home along for the first time, is 

on Tuesday, June 6 from 9-10:30 a.m. at 

the St. Luke’s Hospital Institute for Health 

Education, 222 S. Woods Mill Road in 

Chesterfield. Topics covered in the session 

include handling the unexpected, stranger 

danger, simple first aid, dealing with loneliness 

and boredom, storm safety, trust 

and honesty. Children may not register 

for Home Alone and Sitter Skills classes 

on the same day. Cost is $15 per child. 

Register [using the child’s name] at www. 

stlukes-stl.com; for more information, call 

(314) 542-4848. 

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Sitter Skills, a program for beginning 

babysitters, is offered on Tuesday, June 6 

from noon-2:30 p.m. at the St. Luke’s Hospital 

Institute for Health Education, 222 

S. Woods Mill Road in Chesterfield. The 

course is designed for girls and boys age 

11 and older to help make the babysitting 

experience a success. It covers babysitting 

basics, safety information, first aid and 

child development. Participation certificate, 

babysitting handbook and bag, and a 

light snack are provided. Children may not 

be registered for Sitter Skills and Home 

Alone classes on the same day. Cost is $20 

per child. Register [using the child’s name] 

at www.stlukes-stl.com; for more information, 

call (314) 542-4848. 

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital’s annual Tour de 

Wellness is on Sunday, June 11 from 7 

a.m.-1 p.m., beginning at the Chesterfield 

Amphitheater, 631 Veterans Place Drive 

in Chesterfield. The Tour de Wellness is 

a West County recreational cycling event 

that celebrates healthy living and raises 

awareness about the increased risks of a 

sedentary lifestyle. Beginner, intermediate 

and advanced routes are available for 

riders of all levels. Proceeds support wellness 

screenings and educational health 

programs in the St. Louis community. For 

information and to register, visit www. 

st.lukestourdewellness.com; call (314) 

205-6231 with questions. 

• • • 

Babysitting 101, presented by BJC, is 

offered on Saturday, June 17 from 9 a.m.-1 

p.m. at St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care 

Center, 13001 N. Outer Forty Road in Town 

& Country. Topics include the business of 

babysitting, child development, safety and 

first aid, and fun and games. A workbook 

and light snack are provided. The course 

fee is $30 per person. To register, call (314) 

454-5437 or (800) 678-5437.

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Dear Friends and Neighbors, 

Ballwin Days is “40 Years and Going Strong” this year! Come out and help us 

celebrate 40 years of community spirit from Thursday, June 8 through Sunday, 

June 11. Grab a wrist band on Thursday evening and check out all of the 

rides ahead of time! The amazing K9s in Flight returns with performances all 

weekend long. The Ballwin Days Parade kicks off the festivities on Saturday, June 

10 at 9 a.m. New this year is a car show on Saturday from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. 

For those with a competitive edge, join us for the Ballwin Days run or Pickleball 

Tournament. With a variety of good food, rides and great entertainment, there 

will be something for everyone. Check out our most up-to-date schedule at 

www.BallwinDays.com. As always, the Board of Aldermen and I appreciate 

the generous support of the local businesses, the dedication of the Ballwin Days 

Committee and city staff for supporting this community event. This is just one of 

the many reasons Ballwin is a great place to live, work and play! 

Mayor Tim Pogue 

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Ballwin Days never fails to pack a 

musical punch. At this year’s festival, 

get ready to rock, ride and roll with a 

series of great entertainment acts. 

Local rock band Queens Blvd. 

kicks things off on the Main Stage on 

Friday, June 9 from 7-11 p.m. This 

energetic outfit brings their trademark 

youthful swagger to the 1980’s 

hit parade. 

Audience members will be livin’ 

on a prayer with this high-octane 

show that brings back the best of 

Def Leppard, Guns ‘N Roses and 

Bon Jovi. Tease that hair and bust out 

the stonewashed denim and shoulder pads 

– the eighties are back in a big way with 

Queens Blvd. 

On Saturday, June 10, the rock keeps 

rolling with Night Moves from Kalamazoo, 

Mich. They pay tribute to the great Bob 

Seger right down to the look and sound of 

lead singer Jack “Mandu” Parkhurst, who 

once fronted Seger’s Silver Bullet Band. 

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you back to cruisin’ down “Mainstreet” 

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BALLWIN DAYS 

This year marks the 36th anniversary of 

the Ballwin Days 5K and 1-mile runs, setting 

off from Vlasis Park on Sunday, June 

11. The 5K run begins at 8 a.m., with the 

1-mile adult and 1-mile youth runs immediately 

following. 

Entry fees are $15 for 1-mile, $40 for the 

5K or $45 for both. 

The third annual outdoor Pickleball 

Tournament starts at 8 a.m. on Saturday, 

June 10 at the Vlasis Park tennis courts. 


Night Moves 

“Fire Lake” because “Rock and Roll Never 

Forgets,” even as you “Turn the Page” on 

the “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man” and the 

“Beautiful Loser.” 

The tunes wrap up on Sunday, June 11 

from 2-5 p.m. in the Beer Garden with 

country singer Matt Kennon. This Atlanta 

native knows the power of music and can 

move you to tears. 

Kennon has shared the stage with many 

of today’s top artists, including Kenny 

Chesney, Blake Shelton, Train, Darius 

Rucker, Uncle Kracker, Lee Brice and The 

Band Perry. 

His songs, including “The Call” 

and “You Had to Pick on Me,” 

carry emotional messages that hit 

home with people struggling with 

issues like suicide, post-traumatic 

stress and bullying. Kennon has 

devoted the last few years to 

developing a special anti-bullying 

program that has appeared in 83 

schools in seven states. 

Don’t miss any of the great 

music at the 2017 Ballwin Days 

festival. 

Pickleball, 5K competitions return 

Pick your partner [ages 13 and up] and 

make sure to register. The tournament fee 

is $40 per team of two. 

Participants can compete in Mixed or 

Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles. 

Divisions will compete in preliminary pool 

play and the top team from each pool will 

advance to the single elimination playoff. 

Spectators are welcome and encouraged. 

Register for both events in person at The 

Pointe or online at www.ballwin.mo.us.

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Thrilling rides 

Miller Spectacular Shows returns in 

2017 to thrill Ballwin Days festival-goers. 

The 70-foot Thor, Zero Gravity Tilt-a- 

Whirl, Pharaoh’s Fury and Big Wheel 

Ferris Wheel are just a few of the exciting 

rides to be found on the Midway. 

Thursday, June 8, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. is 

Armband Night, offering unlimited rides 

that evening for only $20 per armband. 

Ticket prices for June 9-11 are $1 per ticket, 

with three or more tickets required per ride. 

Discounted tickets will be sold in blocks 

of 22 tickets for $20 at the festival and 

in advance during regular business hours 

through Friday, June 9 at the Ballwin Government 

Center, 14811 Manchester Road. 

Fabulous food 


Festival-goers won’t leave hungry. A great 

lineup of nonprofits and restaurants will 

offer options to tempt every palate, including 

barbecue, stuffed jalapeno poppers, crab 

rangoon, cheesesteak sandwiches, fried 

Oreo cookies, turkey legs, Italian favorites, 

Ted Drewes frozen custard, kettle korn, 

Mediterranean food and so much more! 

The Beer Garden will serve adult beverages 

from Grey Eagle Distributors, including 

local craft beers from Urban Chestnut. 

Free shuttle service 

As in previous years, parking is not permitted 

in Vlasis Park during the festival, 

except for vehicles with handicapped tags. 

Free shuttle service to and from the park is 

available from the Target at Holloway and 

Manchester roads, and from Olde Towne 

Plaza, 14890 Manchester Road. 

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THURSDAY, JUNE 8 

6:30-9:30 p.m. 

• Soft opening/armband night 

FRIDAY, JUNE 9 

4:30 p.m.-midnight 

• Ballwin Days shuttle buses 

5 p.m. 

• Festival opens at Vlasis Park 

• Rides and Midway open 

• Pretty Baby voting begins 

6 p.m. 

• Opening ceremonies [Main Stage] 

• Posting of colors - Metro West Fire District 

Honor Guard 

• Opening remarks 

• Outstanding Senior presentation 

Special awards 

6:30-7 p.m. 

• K9s in Flight at the lower baseball diamond 

7-8:30 p.m. 

• On the Main Stage – Queens Blvd., 

presented by West Newsmagazine 

8-8:30 p.m. 


8:30-9:30 p.m. 

• BackStoppers Ceremony [Main Stage] 

9:30 p.m. 

• Fireworks 

9:30-11 p.m. 

• On the Main Stage – Queens Blvd., 


11 p.m. 

• Ride ticket and beer sales end 

11:30 p.m. 

• Festival closes 

SATURDAY, JUNE 10 

9 a.m. 

• Parade 

10:30-midnight 


11 a.m. 


• Pretty Baby voting resumes 

Noon 

• Pickleball tournament begins 

12:30-1 p.m. 


1:30 p.m. 

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• On the Main Stage – Night Moves, 


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• BackStoppers ceremony [Main Stage] 

9:30 p.m. 

• Fireworks 

9:30-11 p.m. 

• On the Main Stage – Night Moves, 


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10:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. 


11 a.m. 


• Pretty Baby voting resumes 

Noon-12:30 p.m. 


Noon-5 p.m. 

• Ballwin Days Kids Korner 

2-2:30 p.m. 


2-5 p.m. 

• Beer Garden entertainment – Matt Kennon 

2:30 p.m. 

• Pretty Baby voting ends 

4:30-5 p.m. 


6:30 p.m. 


• Pretty Baby awards in the Beer Garden 

7 p.m. 

• Festival closes – see you next year! 

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ANNIVERSARY CAR SHOW 

SATURDAY, JUNE 11 

3-6 p.m. 

Auto enthusiasts, start your engines! 

Ballwin Days features the 40th Anniversary 

Car Show. The show celebrates cars of all 

ages with trophies, live music and concessions. 

Registration begins at 1:30 p.m. To register, 

call (314) 322-8929 or email BallwinDays- 

Dan@gmail.com. It’s open to any car, but 

the first 50 cars to register are eligible for 

one of 10 trophies. Parking spots are firstcome, 

first-served. 

All proceeds from the $10 entry fee benefit 

The BackStoppers, Inc. 

KIDS KORNER SCHEDULE 

SUNDAY, JUNE 11 

Noon-1:30 p.m. 

• Children’s songs performed by 

Mr. Saxophone 

Noon-3 p.m. 

• Pictures taken with Clydesdale 

from Castlewood Stables 

Noon-4 p.m. 

• Petting zoo provided by Cindy’s Zoo 

Noon-5 p.m. 

• National Guard inflatables and games 

• Lowe’s Home Improvement hands-on crafts 

• Creative face painting 

1-2 p.m. 

• Tekno Bubbles Bubble Bus rocks 

with music, bubbles and much more 

1-3 p.m. 

• Stray Rescue pet adoption 

2-4 p.m. 

• World Bird Sanctuary presented by 

Missouri-American Water 

• Jeff Koziatek and his comedy 

juggling act on stilts 

• Spunky Beans Balloons 

West Newsmagazine thanks 

Dan Aiken, Darryl Holman and Jim Lieber for 

providing information on Ballwin Days 2017. 




K9s in Flight return 

Pretty Baby contest 

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K9s in Flight, the premiere canine sports 

show, is back in action at Ballwin Days 

2017 featuring a lineup of all rescue dogs. 

The world-class show features exciting 

diving tricks and acrobatic flying disc routines 

set to music. 

Watch dogs jump as far as 25 feet off a 

dock into a 15,000-gallon swimming pool 

to catch a toy, or jump as high as 10 feet in 

the air, to catch a thrown disc. 

K9s in Flight’s motto is “Adopt a dog, 

save a life!” 

Ballwin Days 2017 marks the 37th 

anniversary of the festival’s Pretty Baby 

Contest, an event where area babies have 

helped raise over $75,000 for SSM Cardinal 

Glennon Children’s Medical Center 

over the years. Help make this a recordbreaking 

year for Babies Helping Kids! 

Since the first contest in 1981, over 2,000 

babies have been entered for Pretty Baby 

honors. A photo of each contestant will be 

on display in the Pretty Baby tent where 

family, friends and festival-goers can cast 

their monetary votes. 

Each cent donated counts as one vote, 

and special prizes are awarded to the four 

babies with the most votes at the final ceremony 

on June 11. Cash or check donations 

are accepted. All proceeds go to Cardinal 

Glennon. For details and entry instructions, 

visit www.ballwindays.com or email PrettyBaby@BallwinDays.com. 

The contest is 

open to all children age 3 years and under. 

Photo entries must be received by June 3. 

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Celebration to honor, raise money for 

BackStoppers, Inc. 

On July 8, 2016, the Ballwin community 

was impacted by the catastrophic 

injury sustained by Ballwin Police Officer 

Michael Flamion, while conducting a 

traffic stop on New Ballwin Road. In the 

aftermath of that incident, BackStoppers, 

Inc. was there to provide financial support 

to the Flamion family. 

BackStoppers, Inc. was started in 1959. 

Today, the nonprofit organization serves 

a total of 13 counties in Missouri and 

five counties in Illinois. Since its inception, 

it has taken care of 160 families of 

first responders, including providing catastrophic 

injury relief. 

Currently, BackStoppers, Inc. is caring 

for 81 families with 66 dependent children, 

equating to a total annual financial commitment 

of approximately $1.3 million. 

BackStoppers, Inc. was here for Ballwin 

when one of the city’s finest needed the 

organization’s support. Now, the Ballwin 

Days committee wants to recognize and 

support the organization’s efforts. 

On Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 

10, Ballwin Days will honor BackStoppers, 

Celebrate 40 years of memories 

at Ballwin Days parade 

The Ballwin Days Parade, a festival 

favorite since 1978, celebrates 40 years of 

memories on Saturday, June 10, with the 

theme of “40 Years and Going Strong.” 

The parade rolls out at 9 a.m. on Steamboat 

Lane adjacent to The Rock Church in 

Ballwin [formerly Ballwin Baptist Church]. 

It proceeds north to Kehrs Mill Road then 

turns east into Vlasis Park. The parade 

ends on Park Drive near the Ballwin police 

station. 

Watch for the special parade marshals, 

who have made Ballwin Days the great 

BackStoppers, Inc. supported Ballwin Officer 

Michael Flamion following his catastrophic 

injury on the job in July 2016. [Jim Erickson photo] 

Inc. for its dedication to first responders in 

the St. Louis region. 

There will be one ceremony each night, 

commencing at approximately 8:45 p.m., 

just prior to the fireworks display. In 

addition to BackStoppers, Inc., Ballwin 

Days also will be recognizing and saluting 

local first responders along with the 

Ballwin VFW and the Army National 

Guard. 

Festival-goers are encouraged to stop by 

the BackStoppers, Inc. booth on the fairgrounds 

during Ballwin Days to learn more 

about the organization and to say “thanks.” 

Mayor Dick Andrews [back seat]; Police Chief 

and Mrs. Red Loehr 

festival it is today! Parking for parade 

viewing is available on the east side of the 

Target parking lot. For more information, 

visit www.ballwindays.com/parade.html. 

The second annual Ballwin Days Pancake 

Breakfast will be on Saturday morning 

from 7-11 a.m. at Salem in Ballwin 

United Methodist Church. Proceeds benefit 

the Boy Scouts. Tickets may be purchased 

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BALLWIN DAYS 


Don Mertz, Skip Schrader honored as 

Ballwin’s 2017 Outstanding Seniors 

Each year, the Ballwin Days committee 

honors a senior citizen for contributing to 

the city and making the community 

a better place in which 

to live. This year, the Ballwin 

Days committee has selected 

two very special individuals 

to receive this award – Donald 

Mertz and Harold “Skip” 

Schrader. 

Donald Mertz, 84, is a lifelong 

resident of Ballwin. He 

grew up near Baxter and Clayton 

roads, at what used to be 

known as “Stringtown.” Don 

served our country in the Army 

at the end of the Korean War. 

In 1957, he married his wife, 

Alice, at Holy Infant church, 

where he still is a member. Donald Mertz 

The couple has six children. 

Don has volunteered with the American 

Legion for 40 years and served on the city’s 

Board of Adjustment for 35 years. In addition, 

Don has served as a member of the 

Ballwin Athletic Association Board and 

helped with the Ballwin Historical Society 

and Meals on Wheels. He coached Khoury 

League for both boys and girls for 15 years. 

With all six of his children playing ball, 

Don spent many nights helping Ballwin 

ball players improve their skills. He also 

helped out with Cub Scouts at Woerther 

Elementary when his children were young. 

Harold “Skip” Schrader is 90 years old 

Harold “Skip” Schrader 

2017 Ballwin Days Committee 

A special thank you to all of the dedicated members 

of the 2017 Ballwin Days Committee, 

whose hard work has made the festival possible. 

and also has lived in Ballwin all of his life. 

He and his wife, Daisy, have four children 

and attend St. John’s United 

Church of Christ. 

Skip said he remembers Ballwin 

as a farming community 

with a population of a mere 300 

residents and recalls people 

coming to Schrader Funeral 

Home by horse-drawn wagons, 

when Manchester Road was 

a two-lane gravel road. Skip 

began working at the funeral 

home in 1952 and is currently 

its president. 

Skip attended Old Ballwin 

School, 308 Jefferson St., and 

still gets together once a year 

with his fellow classmates. 

Don was a Merchant Mariner 

for two years and served our country in 

the Army during the Korean War. Through 

the years, he has supported many athletic 

teams in Ballwin including Khoury League 

teams, since the league’s inception. He 

also has been a member of the Bonhomme 

Lions for over 50 years. 

The city of Ballwin is very lucky to have 

such special senior citizens that have made 

such a difference in the community, helping 

to make it a great place in which to 

work, play and live. 

Congratulations to both Skip Schrader 

and Don Mertz, Ballwin’s Outstanding 

Seniors for 2017.



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business 

briefs 

PEOPLE 

Rep. Jean Evans, R-Manchester, was 

named Freshman Legislator of the Year for 

Family and Children Issues in the Missouri 

House of Representatives. Evans received 

the award from House Speaker Todd Richardson, 

who recognized her work to advance 

legislation that protects young people from 

abusive relationships and human trafficking. 

• • • 

Lewis Rice announced the hiring of Chesterfield 

native John “Jack” Terschluse and 

Creve Coeur native Griffin Lowry for its 

Summer Associate Program in St. Louis. 

Terschluse and Lowry are both first-year law 

students at Washington University School 

of Law. 

• • • 

Hambley 

Michael Hambley 

was recently hired as 

executive director of 

Friendship Village Chesterfield 

[FVC]. Hambley 

most recently worked as 

president and chief executive 

officer of an Ascension 

continuing care retirement community 

in Chattanooga, Tenn. Before that, he held 

a series of healthcare positions in Kansas, 

from executive director of an assisted living 

and skilled nursing community, to business 

development, chaplain and financial director 

positions for hospice and home care 

agencies. 

• • • 

Suzanne Sheldon- 

Krieger was named 

chief compliance and 

risk officer for both 

Friendship Village 

Chesterfield [FVC] 

and Friendship Village 

Sunset Hills [FVSH]. 

Sheldon-Krieger 

Sheldon-Krieger holds a bachelor’s degree 

in nursing from the University of Missouri. 

Upon graduation, she worked with underserved 

populations at Deaconess Hospital in 

St. Louis and the Family Care Health Center. 

Her law career started in 2001 with the Missouri 

Attorney General’s office. She then 

moved through three St. Louis law firms 

with increasing responsibility and spent five 

years as director of risk management and 

corporate compliance and in-house counsel 

at Lutheran Senior Services. 

• • • 

Operation Food Search [OFS] recently 

hired Wildwood resident Brian Wieher 

as director of child nutrition programs. In 

this position, Wieher will manage OFS’ 

summer and after-school meal programs. 

He also will work with community partners 

to increase the number of children, 

from birth to age 18, who are connected to 

nutritious food throughout 

the year. Wieher 

is an award-winning 

school nutrition specialist 

with more than 

20 years experience in 

developing, implementing 

and managing nutri- 

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tional and other public health-related 

programs. He has extensive background in 

project management, public relations, customer 

service, food service and nutritional 

requirements for K-12 schools. 

PLACES 

Chesterfield-based Certified Care Management, 

which specializes in personalized 

care consultation regarding health, wealth 

and legal decisions for clients, recently celebrated 

its one-year anniversary in business. 

President Sharon Greenstein-Gorman is a 

certified care manager and brings over 10 

years experience to the field of senior care 

and family advocacy. 

• • • 

The West County Chamber of Commerce 

announced the nominees for the Don 

Essen Heart of the Chamber Award and the 

Heritage Award, which will be presented 

at the 60th Anniversary Gala. The Don 

Essen Heart of the Chamber Award nominees 

are Pam Budke, CHAMP Assistance 

Dogs; Shannon Drohan, Simply Organized; 

Robin Monks, Foresters Financial Services; 

April Bryant-Porter, 9round; and Debbie 

Ward, Silver Tablet Marketing. The Heritage 

Award nominees are Allen Roofing & 

Siding; ELCO Chevrolet-Cadillac; Hochschild, 

Bloom & Company; R. Jon Bopp, 

Attorney at Law; and West County EMS & 

Fire Protection District. The gala is on Saturday, 

June 10 at The Country Club of St. 

Albans, 3165 St. Albans Road. Tickets are 

$85 per person; $800 for a table of 10 and 

can be purchased by calling Deb Pinson at 

(636) 230-9900. 

NETWORKING & EVENTS 

A Creve Coeur Young Professionals 

meeting takes place on Wednesday, May 

31 from 5-6:30 p.m. at Drunken Fish, 639 

Westport Plaza in Maryland Heights. Contact 

Katie O’Dell at (314) 991-2602 for 

more information. 

• • • 

A First Thursday Coffee is held on June 

1 from 7:30-9 a.m. at NHC Town & Country 

Healthcare, 13995 Clayton Road in Town 

& Country. The event is free for chamber 

members and $15 for guests. For more 

information, call (636) 532-3399 or email 

info@chesterfieldmochamber.com. 

• • • 

Party off the Parkway occurs the first 

Thursday of every month starting June 1 

from 4-8 p.m. at Chesterfield’s Central Park, 

located at 16365 Lydia Hill Drive. Featuring 

food from local food trucks and restaurants, 

live music, pop-up beer gardens, a farmer’s 

market, light exercise programs and kids’ 

art events. Admission is free and open to 

the public. Contact Lisa Brozynski at communications@chesterfield.mo.us 

for more 

information. 

• • • 

The Eureka Chamber of Commerce hosts 

a golf tournament on Friday, June 2 at 

Aberdeen Golf Club, 4111 Crescent Road in 

Eureka. $450 per foursome [includes lunch, 

dinner, beer and soft drinks]. Registration 

and lunch begin at noon; shotgun start at 

1:30 p.m. Field is limited to 120 golfers. For 

more information, contact Shannon Haney 

at (636) 938-6062 or John Jones at (636) 

938-1207. Register at www.eurekachamber. 

org/events. 

• • • 

A First Friday Coffee is held on June 

2 from 7:30-9 a.m. at the U.S. Army West 

County Recruiting Station, 13956 Manchester 

Road in Ballwin. Members and nonmembers 

are welcome to attend. Contact 

Deb Pinson at (636) 230-9900 or dpinson@ 

westcountychamber.com for more information. 

• • • 

A West County Young Professionals 

meeting takes place on Thursday, June 

8 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Walnut Grill, 

1386 Clarkson-Clayton Shopping Center 

in Ellisville. Members and their guests 

are welcome. There is no fee; individuals 

pay for their own lunch. Register online at 

www.westcountychamber.com or call Deb 

Pinson at (636) 230-9900 for more information.

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1290 JUNGERMANN (AT MCCLAY - ST. PETERS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (636) 922-3000 

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8562 WATSON RD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (314) 842-3271 

4631 HAMPTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (314) 353-5486 

2211 LEMAY FERRY RD. (AT REAVIS BARRACKS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (314) 892-6037 

524 OLD SMIZER MILL ROAD (DIERBERG’S PLAZA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (636) 343-2808 

12444 TESSON FERRY RD. (NEXT TO DIERBERG’S). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (314) 842-7570 

ILLINOIS 

4237 S. STATE ROUTE 159 (GLEN CARBON, IL). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (618) 288-5276 

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8034 BIG BEND (WEST OF MURDOCH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (314) 961-1373 

15372 MANCHESTER (ELLISVILLE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (636) 227-9443 

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Tours of Assumption Greek Orthodox Church are featured at the St. Louis 

County Greek Fest, May 26-29. 

local 

events 

BENEFITS 

The Eureka Knights of Columbus 

BBQ is at 11 a.m. every Friday and Saturday 

from May 26 through June 17 at “The 

Spur” concession stand, located near the 

intersection of Hwy. 109 and S. Central/St. 

Augustine Road. Eat there at picnic tables 

or carry out. 

• • • 

The annual West County Bible Church 

Rummage Sale is from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on 

Saturday, May 27 at 82 Henry Ave. in 

Ellisville. Proceeds benefit the people of 

Barranquilla, Colombia through scholarships 

for children and church planting 

missions. 

• • • 

The 2017 Take Steps for Crohn’s & 

Colitis Walk is at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, 

June 4 at the Tremayne Shelter at Creve 

Coeur Lake Park, 13725 Marine Ave. in 

Maryland Heights. Registration begins at 

1:30 p.m. Festivities include live entertainment 

and music, children’s activities and 

refreshments. For more information, visit 

www.cctakesteps.org, call (314) 863-4747 

ext. 4 or email lduff@crohnscolitisfoundation.org. 

FAMILY & KIDS 

Spring Fling is every weekend through 

May 31 at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly 

House, Faust Park, 15193 Olive Blvd. in 

Chesterfield. Each week highlights a different 

pollinator through fun facts, crafts, 

games and other family-friendly activities. 

Most activities included in admission. 

Learn more about bees, ladybugs, bats 

and, of course, butterflies. For details, visit 

www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. 

• • • 

LifeLight Youth Theatre presents “Seussical 

Jr.” from Thursday-Saturday, June 

1-3 at Westminster Christian Academy, 800 

Maryville Centre Drive in Chesterfield. Free 

pre-show events include a Seussical Carnival 

in the lobby and a pre-show reception 

with local restaurants on Friday. Visit www. 

lifelightarts.com or call (636) 294-2978. 

• • • 

A Youth Athletic Challenge for youth 

ages 8-17 is from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, 

June 3 at Chesterfield Athletic Complex, 

17925 N. Outer 40 Road. Each division 

winner will be recognized. To register, visit 

www.chesterfield.mo.us/youth-athleticchallenge.html. 

• • • 

Movies Under the Stars is at dusk on 

Thursdays, June 8 and June 29 at Chesterfield 

Amphitheater, 631 Veterans Place 

Drive in Chesterfield. Watch “Moana” on 

June 8 and “The Secret Life of Pets” on 

June 29. Grab a fixed seat or bring a blanket 

or chair for lawn seating. Concessions 

are available to purchase, and attendees 

can bring food and beverages. For more 

information, visit www.chesterfield.mo.us. 

• • • 

Luau at the Pool is from 6:30-8:30 

p.m. on Friday, June 9 [rain date June 10] 

at Manchester Aquatic Center, Schroeder 

Park, 359 Old Meramec Station Road in 

Manchester. Families can challenge each 

other to contests and games. When the pool 

closes,watch the movie “Sing” on the big 

screen in the park. No coolers allowed in 

Aquatic Center. 

FESTIVALS & CONCERTS 

The annual St. Louis County Greek 

Fest is from May 26-29, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. 

Friday-Sunday and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on 

Monday at Assumption Greek Orthodox 

Church, 1755 Des Peres Road in Town & 

Country. Free admission and parking. For 

details, visit www.stlouisgreekfest.com. 

• • • 

Party Off the Parkway is from 4-8 p.m. 

beginning Thursday, June 1 at Central Park, 

16365 Lydia Hill Drive in Chesterfield. 

Food, beer, wine, live music from Three 

Pedros, yoga in the park, a farmer’s market, 

art events for kids are featured. Event 

repeats each Thursday. Admission is free 

and open to the public. For more information, 

visit www.chesterfield.mo.us. 

• • • 

Manchester’s Outdoor Summer Concert 

Series begins with Boogie Chyld from 

7-10 p.m. on Friday, June 2 at Schroeder 

Park, 359 Old Meramec Station Road 

in Manchester. Concert-goers can bring 

chairs, blankets and picnics. For details, 

visit www.manchestermo.gov. 

• • • 

The Sounds of Summer Concert Series 

is at 7:30 p.m. on select Saturdays, beginning 

with Rattle & Hum on June 3 at Chesterfield 

Amphitheater, 631 Veterans Place 

Drive in Chesterfield. Concerts feature 

interactive art. Grab a fixed seat or bring 

a blanket or chair for lawn seating. For 

details, visit www.chesterfield.mo.us. 

• • • 

Ballwin’s Concert in the Park Series 

begins with Lennartz, Mebruer and Friends 

at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7 at New Ballwin 

Park, 329 New Ballwin Road. Bring a 

blanket or chair and some snacks. For more 

information, visit www.ballwin.mo.us or 

see the next issue of “Ballwin Life.” 

• • • 

The Bluebird Park Concert Series 

kicks off with the Jeremiah Johnson Band 

at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 8 at Bluebird 

Park, 225 Kiefer Creek Road in Ellisville. 

All performances are on the amphitheater 

stage and are free of charge. Bring your 

own seating. No glass bottles. For more 

information, call (636) 227-7508 or visit 

www.ellisville.mo.us. 

• • • 

Creve Coeur Summer Concerts in the 

Park begin with Boogie Chyld at 6 p.m. on 

Thursday, June 8 at Millennium Park, 2 

Barnes West Drive in Creve Coeur. Concert-goers 

can bring food or peruse food 

trucks and booths. The Tappmeyer Homestead 

opens at 5 p.m. For more information, 

visit www.creve-coeur.org. 

• • • 

The Des Peres Summer Concert Series 

presents Contagious at 7 p.m. on Friday, 

June 9 at Des Peres Park, 12325 Manchester 

Road in Des Peres. Concert-goers can 

bring blankets, lawn chairs and coolers; 

alcohol is allowed, but glass bottles are not. 

Concessions available for purchase. For 

details, visit www.desperesmo.org. 

• • • 

The Chesterfield Wine and Jazz Festival 

is from 3:30-10:30 p.m. on Saturday, 

MEMORIAL DAY 

See EVENTS, page 59 

Ballwin hosts a Memorial Day 

Ceremony at 11:15 a.m. on Monday, 

May 29 at Vlasis Park, 300 Park Drive, 

in concert with the Ballwin Historical 

Commission. Light refreshments will 

be served and a tour of the Schmidt- 

Dahlke Log Home will be available. 

• • • 

Ellisville hosts a Memorial Day 

Ceremony at 10 a.m. on Monday, 

May 29 at Bluebird Park, 225 Kiefer 

Creek Road.

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SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE PARK 

Creve Coeur is proud to announce our 

FOURTH SUMMER OF 

FREE FAMILY-FRIENDLY CONCERTS 

Millennium Park | 2 Barnes West Drive 

Pack a picnic basket or enjoy a snack from a food truck. A selection of 

booths from the Creve Coeur Farmers Market will be on hand. 

Boogie Chylde 

Thursday, 

June 8 - 6 pm 

Maple Jam Band 

Thursday, 

July 13 - 6 pm 

Abbey Road Warriors 

Thursday, 

August 10 - 6 pm 


In a Chesterfield City Council meeting 

already notable due to the absence of 

Mayor Bob Nation, with Councilmember 

Dan Hurt [Ward 3] serving as president 

pro tem, councilmembers examined a 

plan to send 5 percent of a cash settlement 

received from a class, action lawsuit 

against TracFone Wireless, Inc. to the Missouri 

Municipal League’s advocacy fund 

to be used for litigation purposes. 

The council’s Finance & Administration 

[F&A] Committee voted on May 8 to 

recommend the action to the council. The 

league represented 295 Missouri municipalities 

in a class, action lawsuit when the 

prepaid wireless provider refused to pay 

license taxes on its services. Chesterfield’s 

settlement share was $30,847; 5 percent of 

the amount would equate to about $1,542. 

Some councilmembers were not in favor 

of sending the money to the organization 

and cited concerns about providing funds 

to a lobbyist organization. 

“At this point, we lose control of it,” 

Councilmember Ben Keathley [Ward 2] 

said. “It doesn’t go toward our residents 

anymore. It goes toward a lobbyist group. 

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Distribution of TracFone settlement 

fund splits Chesterfield City Council 

We don’t know what they would use the 

money for and if that would be consistent 

with what we want. 

“I think it’s inappropriate that we give 

taxpayer funds to a lobbyist organization to 

begin with, but I think it’s even more damaging 

if that money is used to the possible 

detriment of our residents.” 

Other councilmembers saw the contribution 

as a small price to pay for the league’s 

assistance, on the city’s behalf, in achieving 

the class-action settlement. 

“In the past, when we’ve had previous 

fights about reimbursement and payment 

by these telephone-related entities, this 

has been the traditional way that they 

have been funded,” Councilmember Barry 

Flachsbart [Ward 1] said. “When the 

money is recovered, a small percentage of 

it goes back to the lobbying effort that the 

Missouri Municipal League does. I believe 

that this is an appropriate thing and that we 

should indeed pay our share.” 

The council was split evenly over a vote, 

with Hurt breaking the tie. The result was 

a 5-4 vote in favor of sending the funds to 

the league, although the issue may circle 

back to the council for future consideration 

if requested by the mayor. 

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All in a day’s work 

At Ranken Jordan, one special therapist proves to be a true champ 

By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH 

Murphy doesn’t mind if his ears are 

pulled, hair is mussed or if the hugs around 

his neck are bit tight – it’s all in a day’s 

work. 

Truth is, he likes getting physical and he 

dishes out some affection of his own with 

a lick to the face or hand. The three-yearold 

yellow Labrador retriever works with 

children facing serious medical challenges 

– and sometimes with their parents – at 

Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital 

in Maryland Heights. His job might be 

likened to someone who can hold hands, 

although in his case, holding out a paw 

may be more appropriate. 

Lauri Tanner, the chief executive officer 

for Ranken Jordan, said Murphy proves his 

worth every day. 

He arrived last June after completing his 

training with CHAMP Assistance Dogs, 

Inc., a nonprofit organization, whose 

executive director, Pam Budke, also is 

chairman of the board for the West County 

Chamber of Commerce. CHAMP stands 

for Canine Helpers Allow More Possibilities 

and Murphy is living up to the name. 

He works with Tanner and other hospital 

personnel to use his special skills as a facility 

dog – doling out comfort, assistance 

and hope. 

Nola Ewers, director of CHAMP’s assistance 

dog program, said the trick is finding 

the right dogs – ones that have an “impeccable 

temperament” and “take everything 

in stride.” 

Ewers said several breeders in Columbia, 

Missouri, provide some of the organization’s 

dogs, who are initially trained and 

socialized by University of Missouri students. 

Murphy and a Ranken Jordan patient 

The dogs have to be taught largely by 

voice command and the training program 

involves building a bond with the dog. The 

idea is getting the dog to want to work for 

you, Ewers said. The training is, kept light 

and engaging. 

As the dogs get older, they are evaluated 

to see what might be their best role. Dogs 

that work in a public setting have to be 

curious but confident to the point that nothing 

phases them. Promising animals get 

intense and advanced training from female 

inmates at the Women’s Eastern Reception, 

Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia, 

Missouri. The training starts at about 

eight weeks and can take several years. 

Finding the right handler to take over the 

dog is almost as important as finding the 

right dog. The handler has to show a tremendous 

amount of consistency in his or 

her command of the animal. Some people 

are good with animals, but not as handlers, 

Ewers said. Others simply have the knack. 

Worth the wait 

Ewers said her group is getting more 

requests for facility, and other, dogs. 

“People see the success, they see the 

impact the dogs have on children, not 

just in the courthouse, but with dogs like 

Murphy at Ranken Jordan,” she said. 

The hospital waited four years for a 

facility dog. Murphy, who was born three 

years ago on New Year’s Eve, was worth 

the wait. 

“He’s very motivating and he just brightens 

everyone’s day,” Tanner said. Murphy 

isn’t rattled easily, he likes people and is 

affectionate and approachable. 

His day can include two hours of petting 

therapy for children. He helps with enforcing 

the hospital’s treatment model of getting 

young patients 

out of bed and physically 

active. That 

can include helping 

teenagers who are 

depressed or in pain 

to get out of bed, or 

prompting kids to 

work harder during 

physical therapy 

sessions by simply 

being playful around 

them. 

“They [the kids] 

are just having fun, 

not realizing it’s real therapy,” 

Tanner said. 

Murphy is a calming 

presence for kids with high 

blood pressure and those 

who have seizures; with 

others, he’s happy to take 

walks; and he plays catch 

with kids who need help 

with their motor skills and 

strength. 

“He’ll play catch for eight 

solid hours if you want to,” 

said Tanner. But how long 

Murphy really can work is 

a bit of an unknown. “The 

dog will kind of let people 

know if it’s tired or doesn’t 

want to work,” Ewer said. 

“Eventually [Murphy 

may] get to the point where 

he would rather lay on the 

couch just like the rest of 

us and not want to go to 

work,” said Tanner, who is 

Murphy’s chief handler and 

takes him home every night. 

“Right now, he’ll tear out of 

the house each morning.” 

Tanner said some of Murphy’s work 

deals with special cases. For instance, a 

therapist might allow Murphy to snuggle 

with a child who has difficulty maintaining 

body temperature. Reportedly, he’s warmer 

than blankets. 

He’s also helpful in healing the mind. 

“He’s such an emotional support,” 

Tanner said. An example is Murphy’s work 

with a recent out-of-town patient, the only 

survivor of an auto accident that killed his 

parents. 

“Six years old from Nashville, he sustained 

a cervical spine injury, but really 

what he sustained worse than that was 

a broken heart. So we had to try to heal 

his heart first before we could begin the 

therapy of helping him through his cervical 

spine injury and get him up walking and 

doing all the things a 6-year-old should do. 

And [Murphy] was his big buddy,” said 

Tanner. 

“The greatest compensation I could ever 

have as a CEO is that I have the pleasure 

of living with Murphy,” said Tanner. “You 

should hear the kids squeal when I’m 

walking out at the end of the night. No one 

asks me how I am anymore. They talk to 

Lauri Tanner with Murphy and a Ranken Jordan patient 

Murphy or they ask, ‘Where is Murphy?’ 

He is the king.” 

Even the construction workers building 

an addition to the hospital know Murphy, 

she said. 

“We call him the chief puppy officer, so 

he’s an executive,” Tanner said. “He participates 

in meetings and sleeps through 

them or tries to play through them. He’s 

just added such a dynamic element to our 

organization.” 

Having a dog like Murphy around an 

office, whether to work with kids or not, is 

not a bad idea. 

“It’s a positive part of your day, he’s such 

a self-esteem booster, he makes you feel 

good about yourself,” Tanner said. 

Ranken Jordan received Murphy at no 

cost, although ongoing care and support are 

provided by the organization that receives 

them usually, through a grant. Each facility 

dog would cost about $15,000 to $24,000 

to train if all expenses were calculated, 

Ewer said. 

CHAMP is one of several local not-forprofit 

organizations that train dogs for a 

variety of tasks. It has placed 69 dogs since 

1998.





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Proposed repairs to Lewis Road bridge stir controversy, prompt contracts audit 

By JIM MERKEL 

Efforts to fix a dilapidated bridge in West 

County have led to questions of whether 

they were a case of rewarding a campaign 

contributor. 

A front-page story in the May 14 issue of 

the St. Louis Post-Dispatch noted that the 

Lewis Road bridge leads only to a mansion 

and the Crescent Farms Public Golf 

Club. Businessman Michael Roberts has an 

interest in those properties through limited 

liability corporations, according to the Missouri 

Secretary of State’s office. The paper 

said businesses Roberts has have contributed 

to Stenger’s campaign. Cordell Whitlock, 

Stenger’s director of communications, 

confirmed Roberts is a Stenger campaign 

donor and the owner of the two properties. 

But campaign contributions didn’t play 

a part in the decisions to fix the bridge, 

Stenger said. It wasn’t Roberts’ money, but 

the extremely poor condition of the Lewis 

Road Bridge [that motivated those decisions], 

he said. 

“We have a safety concern. That safety 

concern has been recognized by an administration 

before mine,” Stenger said. 

The county started planning work on 

that bridge before Stenger came to office. 

However, the current county council voted 

4-3 on April 11 against a bill introduced by 

Councilmember Mark Harder [District 7] 

to start initial work on the project. County 

Councilmember Sam Page [District 2] said 

at the time that he agrees the bridge is in 

dangerous condition, but that the timing 

wasn’t right considering the county’s financial 

condition. But Stenger said the council’s 

action was retribution for Harder’s 

vote against a proposal to give the council 

a director of legal research and because 

he didn’t vote with the majority for a new 

county auditor. 

Harder said it doesn’t matter that only 

one person would benefit from the new 

bridge. On May 16, he introduced a bill 

to fix both the Lewis Road bridge and 

another nearby severely distressed bridge, 

the Allen Road bridge. A major concern is 

that the two bridges, northeast of Eureka, 

pass over Missouri Pacific Railroad lines 

and could collapse. 

“The bridge goes to where it goes,” 

Harder said. He said he’d like to tie the two 

projects together to save money. 

As for whether the Lewis Road bridge 

project should go forward, Page said there 

were several issues at play. “We need to 

understand who owns the bridge and if the 

repairs by the railroad have already made 

it safe,” he said in an email. “Until then, 

no it shouldn’t.” He also said that delaying 

any action on the bridge projects allowed 

time to uncover what was really going on. 

He said he hopes Stenger wasn’t acting to 

benefit a contributor, but that the recent 

allegations are very concerning. 

A news release issued Thursday said 

Stenger is asking Missouri State Auditor 

Nicole Galloway to do a comprehensive 

audit of the county’s process for garnering 

road and bridge contracts and the county 

council method of awarding those contracts. 

“I ask that the audit be conducted in as 

timely a manner as possible because I am 

concerned that the role politics plays in 

the process may be putting public safety 

at risk,” Stenger said in the release. “We 

are responsible for the safety of our residents. 

Part of that responsibility is ensuring 

an efficient, effective process for road and 

bridge contracts.” 

Allison Blood, a spokeswoman for 

Stenger, said the Lewis Road and Allen 

Road bridges were the catalyst for the 

request, but that Stenger wants to look at 

all of the county’s contracts. 

Stenger said he is seeking the audit from 

the state because St. Louis County Prosecuting 

Attorney Robert McCulloch is 

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Tucker has the qualifications to hold the job. 

The county council recently hired him. 

Commenting on Stenger’s request for an 

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auditor who was hired by the county council 

two months ago. He is working hard to 

bring the office up to the same standards as 

other large counties in Missouri. This is 

the key area of disagreement between the 

county council and the county executive. “ 

Nonetheless, Page said he would welcome 

the state auditor’s involvement. 

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bridge projects for political donors.” 

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Local CEO invited to White House 

By DEANNE LEBLANC 

Lisa Nichols, CEO of Chesterfield IT 

consulting firm Technology Partners, participated 

in an exclusive roundtable meeting 

this spring with President Donald Trump, 

his daughter Ivanka, Vice President Mike 

Pence and Linda McMahon, administrator 

of the Small Business Administration. 

The roundtable gathered 10 entrepreneurial 

women professionals from across 

the country to discuss the significance of 

the American economy allowing women to 

thrive. Nichols was the only Missourian in 

attendance. She said the room felt “completely 

electric” as each woman introduced 

herself and her company. 

“I truly feel the Trump administration is 

serious about empowering women-owned 

businesses to grow and thrive,” said Nichols. 

“The way they are inviting different 

groups to the table to hear real-life perspectives 

is a great way to address real-life 

challenges that are similar for all women 

entrepreneurs, despite the demographic 

differences that were represented at the 

roundtable. This was an experience that I 

will never forget, and I am just so honored 

to have been included. 

“Access to capital is the major frustration 

for women entrepreneurs. Women 

start 1,200 businesses 

per day, yet they only 

receive 3 to 7 percent 

of available funding 

despite their success 

rate.” 

During the roundtable 

discussion, McMahon 

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Nichols 

of education should be made available to 

women entrepreneurs to help them grow 

their businesses, as the SBA is trying to 

provide curricula and training for women 

when they are starting out. 

One of the suggestions was to provide 

more education around the customer 

experience. Nichols agreed and added 

some advice from personal experience: 

“I think women should be educated on 

the employee experience, as well. In our 

world, our employees are being courted 

all the time by other companies, as IT professionals 

are in very high demand. The 

demand for IT professionals far outweighs 

the talent pool, so building a culture and 

ecosystem that helps not only attract but 

retain these employees is paramount to the 

longterm sustainability of our business.” 

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Table Three: the neighborhood place for great food, fun times all summer long 



By KATE UPTERGROVE 

Great food, good friends, awesome service 

and music on the patio. What’s not to 

love about summer at Table Three? 

Located in Wildwood Town Center, 

near the intersection of highways 100 

and 109, Table Three is home to one of 

the best patios in the region and now has 

become a little happier with a late-night 

happy hour – T3 Uncorked – on Fridays 

and Saturdays from 10 p.m. to close. 

“During T3 Uncorked, all of our specialty 

cocktails, wine by the glass and 

premium beers will be offered at reduced 

prices,” explained Table Three owner 

Beth Williams. “In addition, we’ll be 

offering a late-night menu so that our 

guests can enjoy a little late-night nosh. 

“Of course, we always have live music 

in the summer on our California-inspired 

patio from 8-11 p.m. It’s a chance for us 

to create a little bit of a different vibe for 

summer.” 

Adding to that new vibe is Chef Michael 

Table Three 

Padilla, who Williams said is “adding a 

little more jazz to our menu.” 

“For summer, we’re adding some more 

regional overtones, a bit more spice and 

more tapas-style menu items,” Williams 

said. “We’re also bringing back our very 

well-known Smoked Brisket Burger, 

which is one of the most popular dishes 

that we serve. It’s a wonderful combination 

of layered brisket with house-made 

bacon jam, Cambozola cheese [a decadent 

combination of Camembert and Gorgonzola] 

and a fried egg on a glossy roll. It’s 

very, very good.” 

Other new menu items include regional 

cuisine such as Spanish Paella featuring 

andouille sausage, chicken, shrimp, mussels, 

saffron rice, tomatoes, poblano peppers 

and lobster broth. It’s the very taste 

of summer. 

“We’re also doing a French bouillabaisse 

[a traditional Provençal fish stew] and a 

house-made Scampi Pappardelle that has 

an Italian overtone to it,” Williams said. 

It’s a little bit of al fresco Europe, but 

16765 Main Street • Wildwood • www.table-three.com • (636) 458-4333 

Hours: Lunch 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday; Dinner 5-10 p.m., Monday-Saturday; 

T3 Uncorked 10 p.m.-close, Friday and Saturday; Happy Hour 4-6 p.m., Monday-Friday 

that’s not all. During happy hour only 

[Monday-Friday from 4-6 p.m.], Table 

Three guests can enjoy the restaurant’s 

legendary Fish Tacos – a delicious southof-the-border 

favorite. Grilled fish, spicy 

slaw, cilantro lime crema 

and queso fresco – it’s no 

wonder these made-to-order 

treats are considered perfect 

summer fare by Table Three 

regulars. 

“We’re going into our 

eighth patio season, so 

we’ve got it down pat. 

We’re excited to be the 

neighborhood place for 

great food and fun times all week long,” 

Williams said. 

Of course, the neighborhood is not 

limited to Wildwood. Table Three’s reputation 

for exceptional service and scrumptious 

cuisine draws customers from all 

across the St. Louis/St. Charles region. 

And, for patrons who want Table Three’s 

commitment to quality in a more private 

setting, there’s Table Three Events, 

which builds on Williams’ 24 years 

of catering experience and features 

the same care and attention to detail 

that goes into running the awardwinning 

restaurant. 

Beth Williams, proprietress of Table 

Three, invites everyone to come 

enjoy “our absolutely perfect patio.” 

“We are delighted to be able to 

entertain at large corporate and social 

events and in people’s homes,” said Williams, 

who also recently acquired her real 

estate license, adding another facet to her 

goal of helping people live well. 

“Whether in the restaurant or in our 

catered events, we’re geared toward 

healthy living, so our food is very accessible 

for people with all types of dietary 

needs,” she said. “We take very seriously 

the training our staff receives so they can 

give our customers an enjoyable experience,” 

Williams said. “Service, food and 

ambience are the big three and our defining 

difference.” 

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Call US... Let’s Talk Real Estate! 

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is not a commitment to lend or extend credit. Restrictions may apply. Information and/or data is subject to change without 

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notice. All loans 

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NMLS # 502036 

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Wonderful West County Homes 

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