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Bad weather plays a role, but flying also 

is nastier because American airports use 

50-year-old technology. 

This shouldn’t surprise us. Government 

bureaucracies always are slow. That’s as 

true on the tarmac as everywhere else. 

It’s not Federal Aviation Administration 

workers’ fault. They’re just following the 

government rulebook that says you must 

not change something without getting permission 

first. You must not buy anything 

without going through cumbersome acquisitions 

regulations. 

The FAA’s new NextGen system was 

designed to make the system more efficient 

by using satellites instead of ground-based 

radar. It would let planes fly closer to each 

other, speeding up everything. This technology 

has existed for two decades, but 

because of the bureaucracy, it’s still being 

rolled out. 

“By the time the government gets the 

equipment, many times it’s no longer stateof-the-art,” 

complains Transportation Secretary 

Elaine Chao. 

Outside government, people constantly 

invent better computers, phones, foods, 

music. Within government, people follow 

the old rules. 

So President Trump did the right thing 

when he said he wants to privatize air traffic 

control. 

“Our air traffic control system is stuck, 

painfully, in the past,” said the president. 

“Billions of tax dollars spent and the many 

years of delays, we’re still stuck with 

an ancient, broken, antiquated, horrible 

system that doesn’t work.” 

Trump is right. “Antiquated, horrible” 

are common descriptions of government 

monopolies everywhere. 

The usual crowd of statists condemned 

privatization. “Fees will go up, seat size 

will go down,” complained Sen. Chuck 

Schumer. 

He reminds me of the senators who 

warned that natural gas prices would 

“skyrocket” if Ronald Reagan lifted price 

controls. The opposite happened – prices 

dropped. Deregulation brought privatesector 

competition. Competition made 

all of us better off. I wish Sen. Schumer 

understood that. 

The private plane industry worries about 

paying higher landing fees. But that would 

probably be fair. We small plane users freeload 

off commercial aviation. Hundreds of 

passengers on a big jet sometimes wait for 

a Cessna to land. Everyone should pay user 

fees to cover costs we impose. 

Some resisters of change claim skies will 

become “chaos” because rival air traffic 

control services won’t talk to each other. 

This is absurd. Privatization is not a risky 

libertarian experiment. Canada privatized 

20 years ago. There’s no “chaos.” There 

are fewer delays. 

Sixty countries now have forms of userfee-supported 

air traffic control. 

Some are developing ways for each 

plane to use computers to keep track of its 

proximity to other planes and change flight 

plans to avoid getting too close. 

“These countries already use advanced 

tracking and communications technology 

that our controllers can only dream about,” 

says the Reason Foundation’s Bob Poole. 

Poole has researched transportation alternatives 

for decades. He says, “Upgraded 

air traffic control technology would mean 

shorter lines for planes waiting to take off, 

more direct routes between cities and fewer 

delays for planes waiting to land. That 

would result in shorter trip times, less fuel 

used and fewer emissions.” 

In the 1980s and ‘90s, both Democrats 

and Republicans talked about privatizing 

air traffic control. But that stopped after 

Sept. 11, 2001. When people are scared, 

they want government in control. 

But that means centralized control that 

avoids disaster by operating slowly, hypercautiously 

checking routes and runways one 

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as weather or landing conditions change. 

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them from one controller to another, much 

like a bartender sliding a beer down a bar. 

All this human interaction sends ripples of 

delay through the crowded skies. 

Private is better. It’s already working 

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 



Regarding Trump’s popularity 

To the Editor: 

The bonds of association are no more 

apparent than those of political party loyalty. 

Members rationalize, defend and even laud 

the most aberrant of those with matching 

allegiance. And so it is with Dennis Prager, 

who writes in a current column chastising 

conservatives who refuse to warm to our 

new president. 

Prager praises the White House occupant 

with assorted examples of his conservatism. 

His assertions that Donald Trump has deep 

attachments to any belief aside from those 

of self-adulation seem almost ludicrous! 

For someone who has insulted many people, 

including international allies; uses a gossip 

medium to communicate mostly in irrational 

outbursts; and ignores wiser counsel 

on vital issues, Trump offers little appeal 

to rational minds. His frivolous behavior 

would more likely repel than attract. 

Trump’s popularity is buoyed by the 

shallow rhetoric of political talk show 

hosts who advocate partisan causes and 

denounce any thought or notion that diminishes 

their ratings. Such hollow endorsements 

do little to validate his qualifications 

to lead; domestically, internationally or 

even toadying admirers inside the White 

House! Prager’s rallying cry on Trump’s 

behalf doesn’t alter that. 

Gene Culver 

Addressing the national debt 


It is astonishing to me the reaction and 

criticism President Donald Trump has 

received for getting America out of the 

Paris Accord. 

This non-binding agreement committed 

American taxpayers to billions of dollars 

in future payments to combat so-called 

global warming. Consider these figures: 

America’s national debt is $20 trillion and 

headed up. Annual interest on the national 

debt is $285 billion. America’s Gross 

Domestic Product is $18 trillion. Foreign 

aid is $49 billion. Annual payments to the 

United Nations are $3.3 billion. 

Our national debt is the 800-pound 

gorilla that needs to be tamed ASAP. Additionally, 

we are bogged down in undeclared 

wars, one of which, Afghanistan, we 

have been involved in for over 15 years! 

We need to get out of Afghanistan immediately, 

if not sooner. 

I hope and pray the president fulfills 

his campaign promise of “Make America 

Great Again” by getting our fiscal house 

in order. It boggles the mind that with our 

national debt, we continue to give foreign 

aid! However, to do this, the president 

will need the help and cooperation of the 

House and Senate. Good luck with that, as 

the Democrats will do nothing to help him 

and this nation. 

Larry Schwartz 

Respecting the president 


As Independence Day approaches, we 

recall a time when a diverse group of 

people united to form our country, bound 

by the common belief that we are endowed 

with certain rights and freedoms. More 

than two centuries later, we still reap the 

benefits of our forefathers’ actions thanks 

to the efforts of countless men and women 

who have sacrificed, and continue to sacrifice, 

to ensure these rights and freedoms. 

One of these basic rights is our freedom 

of speech. But just because we may have 

the right to say something does not mean 

it is right to say it. Although Kathy Griffin 

may have had the right to have her photo 

taken while holding a bloody severed head 

of President Donald Trump [or any other 

person] and refer to it as comedy, it was 

not right to do so. This wasn’t an accident 

or a misstatement; it was planned, deliberate, 

hateful and, in my opinion, in no way 

humorous. What was humorous was that 

Griffin later held a press conference claiming 

that she was the victim. 

What was not humorous was the fact that 

the president’s 12-year-old son, who was 

obviously traumatized by Griffin’s violent 

act, became a target of liberals. Can we at 

least agree that it is not right to further traumatize 

a 12-year-old boy? 

I understand that there are millions of 

people who did not vote for Donald Trump, 

and frankly he was not my first choice 

either. But, yes, he is our president. 

The Never-Trumpers on both the left, 

including Hillary Clinton, and on the right 

need to realize that Trump won because 

there were millions of voters [evidently 

forgotten by the experts and politicians] 

from diverse backgrounds who were not 

predicted to, but did, vote for him. They 

didn’t vote for Trump because he was a 

Republican or because he was not a Democrat. 

They voted for him because he was 

not a politician. Perhaps they realized that, 

after generations of both Democrats and 

Republicans in office enacting failed policies, 

their lives were not getting any better 

and they wanted change. This longing for 

change was the same reason that President 

Obama was elected. To continue to deny 

that Donald Trump is president ignores the 

suffering and the voice of those who voted 

for him in an attempt to better their lives. 

As Americans, we should share the 

common goal of making our country, and 

our world, a better place, even though we 

may have different visions of what that is. 

The failed policies of both Democrats 

and Republicans served as a catalyst for 

... [making] Donald Trump president, not 

Russian interference, or Wikileaks or Hillary’s 

unsecured emails. 

Lynn Link 

Regarding the proposed 

Children’s Museum 


I’m sure we, the taxpayers, will be told 

this is the Great Comprehensive Master 

Plan that the city of Lake Saint Louis overwhelmingly 

voted on. The only problem 

with the city’s master plan is that the residents 

weren’t given a fair chance to vote 

on the plan and a very large portion of the 

plan was voted on by non-residents. 

The city has adopted a plan to use only 

the half-cent sale tax increase voted on 

four years ago to address our infrastructure 

and keep our parks repaired. I wonder 

what money the city used to fix our streets 

before the half-cent sales tax came about. 

My point is this: the streets and curbs are 

crumbling and other infrastructure have 

been in dire need of repair for years, yet 

the city wants to put our hard-earned taxpayer 

dollars into a nonprofit organization 

[the proposed United Services Children’s 

Museum] that counts on donations to get 

by. This reminds me of the $6 million parking 

garage Lake Saint Louis built at The 

Meadows, yet no one parks there. 

Also, the city decided The Meadows 

shouldn’t pay taxes and then, after a few 

years, The Meadows was sold! 

We, the residents of Lake Saint Louis, 

are being raked over the coals again. This 

museum belongs in the city of St. Louis 

and should it come here, I guess the city 

will want you, the taxpayer, to pay for 

extending MetroLink out this way. 

This is a crooked sham and that business 

about “think about the kids” went out the 

window along time ago. No thanks. 

Rick Morris 

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Members of the Caroline Close Stuart Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution lead a grave clean-up 

in Mt. Zion Cemetery. 

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O’FALLON 

Sewer rate public 

hearing scheduled 

The city of O’Fallon will conduct a 

public hearing from 4-6 p.m. on Tuesday, 

July 18 at the O’Fallon Municipal Centre, 

100 N. Main Street, concerning proposed 

changes to the city’s sewer rates and fees. 

The hearing will be held in the Multi-Purpose 

Room on the first floor. 

For more information, contact Chris 

Horvath, the city’s water and sewer manager, 

by emailing chorvath@ofallon.mo.us. 

DAR clean up local cemetery 

to honor veterans 

Armed with scrub brushes and water, 

the Caroline Close Stuart Chapter of the 

Daughters of the American Revolution 

[DAR] set out on June 10 to provide sunshine 

to some of the patriots buried at the 

Mt. Zion Cemetery on Hwy. K in O’Fallon. 

While marking the grave of Samuel 

Wells with a wreath last December, several 

DAR members noticed that many of 

the older grave markers were covered with 

grass and dirt. Saddened by the condition 

of the graves, they brought the matter to 

the attention of Cornerstone United Methodist 

Church, which owns the cemetery. 

Chapter members said they were 

unanimously in favor of cleaning up and 

restoring the final resting place of several 

Revolutionary soldiers and families buried 

here. As part of the cleaning project, the 

members also helped the church survey 

the grounds for any undocumented burials 

records for which may have been lost in a 

church fire. 

Boy Scouts from Pack 873 and Troop 

873, under the supervision of chapter 

member Marlana Strasburg and The 

Nathan Futrell C.A.R. Society, represented 

by Emma Gunther and under the supervision 

of Sheila Gunther, also helped with 

the clean up. 

“Cleaning up this cemetery is a small but 

worthwhile task,” said Preservation Chairman 

Penny Pitman. “The least we can do 

is to dignify this sacred ground not only 

in remembrance and honor of our patriots’ 

sacrifices but also for the freedom we 

enjoy today.” 

The DAR has plans for more projects in 

the coming months. To learn more, contact 

Helene Reece, regent at (636) 284-7535. 

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St. Charles County’s first all-inclusive 

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this month after getting a bit of a 

facelift. 

The anniversary celebration is set for 

Saturday, June 24 with festivities kicking 

off with a 5K and 1-mile run starting 

at about 8:30 a.m. Other activities start at 

9:30 a.m. and end at noon. Children can 

enjoy free bounce houses, balloon artists, 

music games, magicians and face painters. 

Food trucks will be on site. And the 

playground will be open before and after 

a ribbon-cutting ceremony that starts at 

about 10 a.m. 

The playground, which was closed in 

March for refurbishing, has actually been 

open since mid-May. 

Darren Noelken, the city’s director of 

parks and recreation, said the parking lot 

at Hawk Ridge Park, off Orf Road will 

be closed. Street parking spots will be 

reserved for accessible parking and food 

trucks. The city also is asking that drivers 

avoid using Orf Road, east of Lake Saint 

Louis Boulevard, from 8:30-9:30 a.m. 

Instead, celebration parking will be at 

the National Equestrian Center at 6880 

Lake Saint Louis Boulevard. A complimentary 

shuttle service will be provided to 

and from the event parking lot. For more 

information, contact parks officials at 

(636) 561-4620 or at www.lakesaintlouis. 

com/parks. 

Zachary’s Playground began when 

Todd and Natalie Blackmore found their 

son, Zachary, couldn’t play with other 

children in most playgrounds because a 

disability confined him to a wheelchair. 

In 2002, the Blackmores were introduced 

to a more accessible playground in Washington, 

D.C., and they began work on creating 

a similar playground in Lake Saint 

Louis. 

The playground opened in 2007 and featured 

a specially designed playground, the 

rubberized surface and later a splash pad. 

The playground was one of the first in the 

St. Louis area and became a “destination” 

attraction for families here and from other 

parts of the county. Now, there are other 

inclusive playgrounds in the county. 

The soft, pliable surface is a key component 

of a facility designed to accommodate 

children with disabilities who often can’t 

play on standard playground equipment. 

The cost of maintaining that equipment 

is high and maintenance is required every 

eight to 10 years. Heavy use and wheelchairs 

often rip up the surface. 

In January, the Lake Saint Louis Board

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of Aldermen has approved awarding a 

$300,000 contract to All Inclusive Rec. 

LLC for the design, materials and installation 

of a new surface for the playground. 

Funding for the project is from revenue 

from Proposition P, a 10-year, half-cent 

sale tax that city voters approved in 2013, 

which will fund a number of parks and 

public works projects. 

ST. CHARLES COUNTY 

Building code legislation 

tabled again 

The St. Charles County Council, on 

June 12, again tabled legislation adopting 

updated international building codes, but 

not before two councilmembers rose to 

their defense. One of those councilmembers 

used to be the county’s top building 

official. 

Councilmember Dave Hammond [District 

4], the county’s former building commissioner, 

said today’s residential and 

commercial building codes incorporate 

research and input from a variety of professionals, 

ranging from architects to real 

estate professionals, to safeguard people’s 

lives. Adopting updated codes incorporates 

new and improved technology and 

materials into the building process, he said. 

“What people expect when they go into 

a house is that the floor doesn’t collapse or 

the roof doesn’t fall in or the wiring doesn’t 

catch fire – that’s why we have building 

codes,” Hammond said. “And the only 

thing we’re doing is trying to keep up with 

new codes and new building standards that 

are used throughout this country.” 

Other countries that don’t have comparable 

codes are still seeing people dying 

when buildings collapse or burn, he said. 

International building codes originated 

in this country and are now called international 

because much of the rest of the 

world wants to adopt them, he said. 

“Now other countries are looking at us 

and saying ‘hey, you guys have a great 

record.’” Hammond said. 

Hammond’s comments came after the 

council again heard from residents opposing 

the county adopting a series of international 

residential, building, plumbing, 

mechanic, fire and electrical codes. The 

county is currently using the 2009 international 

codes and typically amends it about 

every six years to include code changes. 

An ad-hoc committee that includes 

Cronin and Joe Brazil and Councilmember 

Michael Klinghammer [District 6] has 

been reviewing the code with county staff 

and suggesting changes. Cronin submitted 

a substitute bill at the June 12 meeting that 

include changes but the council opted to 

delay final action to allow more review. 

Cronin said he was concerned about the 

impact of codes on the rural parts of the 

county while safeguarding new home construction 

in places like Wentzville and lowering 

the cost of new homes. Builders told 

him that the new codes could add $6,000 

to $10,000 to the cost of new homes. 

The substitute bill addresses many but 

not all 2015 codes concerns, including 

lowering fines for violations and limiting 

regulations of fences in rural areas, he said. 

About a dozen or more residents urged 

the council during the public comment 

portion of the meeting not to adopt the 

2015 codes. Some voiced similar concerns 

at the council’s May 30 meeting. 

Councilmember Terry Hollander [District 

5] took issue with some of the public 

comment. “It seems to me that you are 

against building codes,” Hollander said. 

He said the adoption of building codes 

has not hindered the growth of the county. 

If there was such a huge problem, many 

people would be coming before the council. 

“I have not seen that in my eight years 

on the council.” 

In the last six weeks, he also said he 

has not gotten a call from builders saying 

the updates are off base. Residents have 

done a great job in pointing out problems, 

which the substitute bill may help correct, 

he said. 

Brazil, however, was skeptical, suggesting 

that the county administration was 

“pushing” for their passage. He said he and 

Cronin represent the most rural parts of 

the county. Other councilmembers don’t 

receive complaints about building issues 

because residents deal with municipalities 

that have their own building departments, 

he added. 

Brazil drew some sharp criticism from 

other councilmembers and County Executive 

Steve Ehlmann, who defended a staff 

memo on the issue. 

Klinghammer said the county has not 

“rubber-stamped” the new code changes 

and has listened to comments and may 

make more changes that are reflected in 

the substitute bill. 

He said the world has changed from the 

time someone could buy a pile of lumber 

and build their own house. “That’s not 

the situation that we’re in today,” he said. 

“The houses that we live in are a whole lot 

safer because of that.” 

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The veterans’ group for St. Charles 

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day from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on June 28 

at the intersection of Second and Monroe 

Streets in St. Charles. 

Veterans who are county employees, 

along with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, 

will collect worn and damaged U.S. Flags 

for proper disposal at a ceremony later this 

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Realistic training prepares first responders for mass casualty event 

By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH 

Even though only part of a training 

exercise, it’s a scene no one wants to see 

or experience. The question is what to do 

when, and if, it happens. 

The “victims” are scattered around a 

school bus parking lot with obvious signs 

of injury – the aftermath of a fictional bus 

crash. The victims actually are mannequins 

or special volunteers decked out with 

bandages and fake blood stains, as school 

districts can be squeamish about students 

participating in graphic play-acting. 

But it’s a scene that has played out for 

real in the past, most recently involving 

a Parkway School District bus crash on 

Interstate 44 this May involving 13 students. 

Authorities are increasingly worried 

about a wide range of potential incidents 

that could prompt mass casualties. How 

well emergency responders – firefighters 

and ambulance district paramedics, in this 

case – react dictates how many people get 

prompt treatment and survive. 

And that response requires training, finetuning 

and practice – something the St. 

Charles County Ambulance District has 

delved into deeply over the last several 

months. 

The exercise was one of six mass 

casualty incident training exercises that 

occurred in May, involving about 500 

emergency responders and held at a former 

bus parking area at the Wentzville School 

District administration center. Ambulance 

district officials expect to conduct similar 

exercises elsewhere in the county this year. 

Rick Lane, training officer for the ambulance 

district, said they’ve 

been doing these exercises 

independently for over a 

decade. 

According to Kyle Gaines, 

the district’s community 

relations director, the news 

of the day factors into their 

planning. 

Scenarios can include 

shooting incidents, chemical 

leaks, fires, earthquakes, 

a terrorist attack or the 

aftermath of a tornado. It’s 

important that the training 

both be realistic and depict 

situations that have happened and could 

happen again. “If I have any reasonable 

involvement and engagement, I’ve got 

to make it plausible,” Lane said, explaining 

that an exercise involving spaceships 

coming down from Mars doesn’t count. 

The key to responding to a mass casualty 

incident is adjusting emergency personnel’s 

everyday 

response. 

“It’s such a different 

response 

demand for the 

paramedics than their typical call,” Lane 

said. “We’re asking the first responder to 

react to a situation where there are more 

patients than there are resources. And it 

changes everything when it happens.” 

Mass casualty incidents can vary. Obviously, 

a large number of people hurt is a 

mass casualty incident, but even eight to 

St. Charles County Ambulance District conduct training exercises in 

Wentzville in May. 

[Photos courtesy of SCCAD] 

10 patients can tax immediate responder 

resources, Lane said. “It’s anytime the 

patients exceed the resources available on 

the scene,” he said. 

Lane said paramedics have to become 

managers at the scene and “do the most 

good for the largest number of patients in 

the shortest period of time.” 

Paramedics faced with large number of 

hurt people have to ration their resources 

and conduct what’s called triage – sorting 

See CASUALTY, page 31 

Drug, alcohol treatment center legislation gets first reading, no action from County Council 


The St. Charles County Council may 

decide soon whether to allow an inpatient 

treatment center for drug and alcohol 

abuse patients on an 11.53-acre unincorporated 

tract near the Rte. 364/Arena Parkway 

interchange, not far from the Missouri 

River. 

The council gave first readings at their 

June 12 meeting to two bills – one for a 

rezoning to single-family residential with 

floodway fringe and floodway overlay districts, 

and the other for a conditional use 

permit to allow a convalescent home institution. 

The bills are sought by Harris House, a 

longtime treatment provider with locations 

in South St. Louis and Chesterfield. 

Harris House, a not-for-profit corporation, 

offers inpatient and outpatient 

treatment as well as transitional housing 

programs for people struggling with alcohol 

and drugs. 

The $11 to $12 million center would 

be on the south side of South River Road, 

about 400 feet east of Arena Parkway. The 

center would be housed in a 44,000-squarefoot, 

two-story building, with space for up 

to 60 treatment beds and 40 employees. 

The facility would not have a view of the 

nearby Katy Trail and would have a 101- 

space parking lot. 

The new facility will be designed to 

provide inpatient treatment and detox program 

for adults age 18 and older requiring 

a 28-day maximum stay, and will be in 

competition with other private and not-forprofit 

treatment programs. 

Harris House officials met with the 

council at their April 10 work session to 

brief them on their plans. Harris House 

had a contract on two tracts of land that 

would be combined to form one tract along 

Arena Parkway. At that time, agency officials 

mentioned that they held a “meet and 

greet” earlier this year with local residents 

to outline their plans. 

The rezoning and conditional use permit 

requests were submitted to the county planning 

and zoning commission, which recommended 

their approval at their May 17 

meeting. The council took no final action 

on the requests at their June 12 meeting. 

The council’s next scheduled meeting is 

June 26. 

The treatment center proposal drew both 

protests and support from area residents 

during a public comment portion of the 

council meeting. 

Carol Pitzer, who lives along South 

River Road, said she had nothing against 

Harris House but the influx of traffic and 

people could take away much of what 

makes the area attractive. “It’s very country,” 

she said. 

An influx of people also might heighten 

concerns about security and the impact 

of the center on property values, she said, 

adding that she would have to lock doors 

and windows at her home. 

“I don’t understand why this has to 

happen in a neighborhood when there [are] 

so many other places they can go instead 

of a private rural neighborhood,” she said. 

Angela Wheelehan, a teacher in the Francis 

Howell School District, said the area 

needs a treatment center, particularly with 

the growing heroin epidemic in the area. 

She said she struggled to find a place 

where her 22-year-old son could receive 

treatment, until she found Harris House. 

But the treatment required long commutes 

to St. Louis. People have told her 

they wished there were other places in the 

area. 

“Property values are important to me. I 

pay taxes,” Wheelehan said. “But I also 

think human life is as well.” 

Clients in the Harris House inpatient 

program cannot leave the facility without 

an escort. Clients also don’t have private 

vehicles at the facility; they often are 

picked up or dropped off. 

The facility will not be a halfway house, 

nor a mental health facility or a methadone 

clinic, although methadone patients will be 

treated, agency officials said. Clients will 

be screened and must have no violent history, 

suicide inclinations and criminal history 

other than substance-related offenses 

such as a DUI. 

Agency officials said the facility will not 

have a negative effect on local property 

values. The property also is on a bluff area 

and not prone to flooding from the nearby 

Missouri River. 

Meanwhile, County Executive Steve 

Ehlmann said, as he did at the April work 

session, that he was recusing himself from 

the issue because a relative is involved 

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United Services shares details of proposed children’s museum 

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A new children’s museum that supporters 

say could be a “destination” attraction 

for Lake Saint Louis may become reality – 

if its prime proponent can raise the money 

needed to build it. 

United Services for Children, a prominent 

nonprofit agency that has provided 

therapy and preschool education for children, 

recently outlined more details about 

its ongoing efforts to explore the possibility 

of creating a children’s museum. The 

details were presented at a special Board of 

Aldermen meeting on June 6 and included 

conceptual drawings for a 54,000-squarefoot, 

two-story building, with 40,000 square 

feet of space for exhibits and classrooms. 

The museum has a $25 million price tag; 

a proposed location on 4.7 acres just east 

of Interstate 64 in The Meadows of Lake 

Saint Louis; possible partnerships with 

the city and The Meadows owner, Cohen 

Equities; and a name – the Midwest Children’s 

Museum. The final detail – yet to be 

put in place – is the ability to pay for it. 

Denise Liebel, president and CEO for 

United Services, told aldermen and city 

officials that the museum plans to launch 

its fundraising efforts at a June 22 meeting. 

She said as many as 200 key stakeholders 

will be asked to help “open the right 

doors” for raising money. United Services 

is working with The Rome Group, a St. 

Louis-based nonprofit consulting firm, on 

fundraising and development plans. 

Liebel said the agency wants to determine 

in a “concentrated period of time” 

if the community has an appetite for the 

project. 

“If we determine over the next 10 weeks 

that there are people out there [who] will 

commit to this, then we’re full steam 

ahead,” Liebel said. “But if people say it’s 

a really great idea but we don’t have the 

money for it, then we’re going to say it’s 

a really great idea but maybe the timing 

wasn’t right.” 

Liebel said the group has commitments 

worth about $2.5 million now. “If we know 

in the next 10 weeks that we have over $10 

million in commitments, we would be 

motivated to get going,” she added. 

United Services has been studying the 

idea for three years. The idea arose out of 

changes in how preschool care and therapy 

are being provided. School districts now 

provide services that were once contracted 

through United Services. The agency, 

which is a United Way of Greater St. Louis 

United Services CEO Denise Liebel shares 

plans for the Midwest Children’s Museum 

with LSL aldermen on June 6. 

member, has provided children’s services 

for more than 40 years out of its location at 

4140 Old Mill Parkway in St. Peters. 

The museum would include classrooms 

for pediatric therapy, early intervention 

and preschool programs that are still conducted 

by the agency. “This allows us 

to live out our mission in an incredibly 

enhanced environment,” Liebel said. 

United Services staff visited a number of 

children’s museums around the country to 

get an idea of what might work in the St. 

Charles market. Then, last year, Liebel quietly 

briefed local businesses, organizations 

and governments, such as the Lake Saint 

Louis board and the St. Charles County 

Library District Board of Trustees, about 

the museum. 

The plans and concept drawings, 

unveiled on June 6, were produced by 

M+H Architects of St. Louis. 

There are already children’s museums 

in the St. Louis region, such as the Magic 

House and City Museum in St. Louis, that 

are outstanding facilities, Liebel said in 

an interview last August. However, population 

growth is shifting to the western 

part of the St. Louis region and families 

to the west of St. Charles County may be 

attracted to a more local museum. 

Liebel said the agency’s museum would 

be designed from the ground up and not 

use another building that has to be retrofitted, 

with accessibility being the priority for 

all visitors. 

Michael Deane, an associate with M+H, 

described a museum space that is open, utilizes 

natural light, is architecturally unique 

and a complement to The Meadows. Liebel 

said the museum would have interactive 

See MUSEUM, page 14 

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Mid Rivers Newsmagazine gets hard hat tour of 

O’Fallon’s soon-to-be-completed Justice Center 



By NATHAN RUBBELKE 

Inside the O’Fallon Justice 

Center [Nathan Rubbelke photo] 

A $28 million project in O’Fallon that 

will provide a new police and courts headquarters 

is heading into the homestretch. 

Construction of the 

O’Fallon Justice Center is 

at least 75 percent complete, 

Project Manager Chris 

Clercx said during a recent 

tour of the facility given to 

Mid Rivers Newsmagazine. 

The center is expected to 

open in September. 

“It’s moving right along,” 

Clercx said. 

Located along Bryan Road, 

south of Veterans Memorial 

Parkway, the two-story facility 

is around 95,000 square 

feet and will provide a significantly 

larger space for the 

city’s municipal court and police department. 

When completed, the Justice Center will be 

home to approximately 175 employees. 

The city retained McCarthy last year as 

the construction manager on the project, 

which is financed by a bond issue and property 

tax increase approved by voters in April 

2015. So far the building has come under 

budget with Clercx telling the City Council 

at its May 25 meeting that the project had a 

total funding surplus of $1.4 million. 

The recent tour of the facility 

began in the building’s 

basement, which includes a 

garage that will fit upward of 

45 to 50 police cars as well. 

Also within the basement is an 

indoor shooting range, slated 

to be installed next month. 

“This is one feature [the police 

department] is really excited 

about,” Clercx said. 

The main entrance of 

facility will include a lobby 

with access to the courtroom, 

restrooms and the records 

area. Public parking for the 

facility will be located in 

front along Bryan Road. A secure parking 

lot for employees will be located behind 

the center. 

Features on the first floor include a staff 

entrance, locker rooms, the building’s 

primary evidence center, a fitness room, 

briefing rooms, offices 

and storage space. Also 

included is the police 

detention center, which 

has 15 holding cells. The 

current police headquarters, 

located at city hall, 

has only four holding cells. 

The office for Police Chief Roy 

Joachimstaler will be located on the facility’s 

second floor. That level also includes 

office space for detectives, higher command 

and the major case squad as well as 

multiple interview rooms. 

The Justice Center also will include a 

new 911 call center, located on the second 

floor. The dispatch area will have its own 

kitchenette and bathrooms. 

One of the “huge benefits” of the projects 

is a training room that will be able to seat 

up to 80 police officers. Adjacent to that 

room will be a firearms simulator, which 

will allow O’Fallon police officers to practice 

dealing with active shooter situations. 

The center also includes a staff break room 

that has access to an outdoor patio. 

Crews are currently putting the finishing 

touches on the facility and furniture will 

The O’Fallon Justice Center is about 75 percent complete. 

[Nathan Rubbelke photo] 

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to ensure the building’s major systems 

are functionally optimally, is in progress. So 

far, Clercx said there haven’t been any major 

issues throughout construction process. 

“Everything has gone pretty smooth. I 

don’t have any issues with it,” he said. 

Mayor Bill Hennessy said it has been 

exciting to drive down Bryan Road and 

see the building come together. He said it 

will provide the city’s police force with the 

tools needed to do its job. 

“When they move in this fall, our officers 

will find everything they need for training, 

storing gear, meeting with supervisors or 

writing reports, and it will be in an ideal 

location for the officers to do what they 

need to do and get out on the streets and in 

our neighborhoods as quickly as possible,” 

Hennessy said. 

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Lake Saint Louis looks toward possible limits on business signage 


Lake Saint Louis merchants may face 

new requirements that may limit temporary 

signs or lettering on storefront windows. 

The city is considering changes to its 

ordinance governing signage that may 

allow 20 to 25 percent of windows to be 

covered by temporary signs. The city’s 

Board of Aldermen discussed the changes 

at a work session on June 5. 

Assistant City Administrator George 

Ertle outlined the possible changes and 

reviewed the city’s present sign ordinance 

that limits temporary signs to 30 days and 

allows signage to cover up to 75 percent 

of a merchant’s window. Ertle said he had 

reviewed sign requirements in neighboring 

municipalities and noted that other 

cities limit signs to covering just 20 to 25 

percent of window space. However, aldermen 

were cautious about setting specific 

regulations. 

Ertle said the city could amend its ordinance 

to follow requirements similar to 

those in other cities or enforce its present 

requirements more thoroughly, meaning 

long-existing signs may have to come 

down. 

Ertle pointed out that there also are other 

factors to be considered, such as: 

• how the city regulates electronic and 

store hours signs 

• whether to allow stores with signage on 

their windows to be “grandfathered” and 

not forced to meet new requirements if 

changes are made to the city code 

• how long would businesses have to 

come into compliance with new regulations 

• what commercial areas would be 

affected by the new requirements 

Though no actions were taken, Alderman 

John Pellerito [Ward 3] suggested some 

changes may be needed. “We’re starting to 

look like Hwy. K in O’Fallon,” he said. 

Other aldermen had mixed feelings. 

Alderman Gary Turner [Ward 1], stressing 

that the city wants to encourage business, 

said, “The last thing I want to do is overregulate.” 

Mayor Kathy Schweikert noted that 

some businesses have signage and letters 

on their windows that have been 

there a long time. Other aldermen asked 

if enforcement would take city staff away 

from other work. 

City Police Chief Mike Force added that 

covering store windows also causes a challenge 

for police, because too much coverage 

means police officers cannot see inside 

the store particularly well when they are on 

patrol. 

Markworth suggested that those merchants 

who may be out of compliance be 

allowed a certain amount of time to come 

into compliance with whatever regulations 

the city ultimately chooses, rather than 

being grandfathered. 

“I think that would made the most sense,” 

Markworth said. 

He added that any changes in the code 

requirements likely will have to go before 

the city’s planning and zoning commission 

for review and a recommendation to the 

board. He said city staff will develop some 

language for a new bill, though no date for 

further action was set. 

“I just want us to use 

the common phrase 

‘c-s’ – common sense,” 

Turner said. 

Shop owners in Lake 

Saint Louis may need 

to consider advertising 

forms other than window 

signs if proposed 

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The Missouri Supreme Court has denied 

the transfer of a case challenging the constitutionality 

of a St. Charles County Charter 

amendment that bans red-light cameras 

in both incorporated and unincorporated 

areas of the county. 

The May 30 ruling affirms a Missouri 

Court of Appeals decision from January, 

supporting a judgment from November 

2015 by the 11th District Circuit Court in 

St. Charles County upholding the constitutionality 

of the amendment. 

The amendment to prohibit red-light 

cameras countywide was placed on the 

November 2014 ballot and approved by 72 

percent of county voters. The amendment 

was challenged by the cities of St. Peters, 

O’Fallon and Lake Saint Louis, and former 

O’Fallon Alderman Jim Pepper and former 

Dardenne Prairie Mayor Pam Fogarty, who 

filed suit against the county’s election 

authority and county. 

“This is a good day and another victory for 

the voters of St. Charles County,” County 

Executive Steve Ehlmann stated in a county 

news release. “The charter form of government 

gives the power to the people to tell 

city and county governments what they 

want in their communities. Over 72 percent 

of our voters approved the charter amendment. 

This is clearly what voters wanted.” 

exhibits and be primarily designed for children 

up to age 8. “We want to design it in 

such a way that the 8-year-old’s parents also 

get intrigued and drawn into different exhibits,” 

she said. 

Liebel added that the museum will have a 

number of impacts. 

“For Lake Saint Louis, it will put you 

on the map as a destination for tourism for 

sure,” she told the aldermen, “and this is an 

economic development project for sure.” 

She added that the project will generate 

jobs and construction, and will attract more 

shoppers and retailers to The Meadows. 

The agency’s 2014 marketing and 

research study suggested that the museum 

would draw 190,000 people during its first 

year. Liebel said that, at the time of the study, 

they didn’t know the Wentzville School District 

would continue to grow as quickly as it 

has or that a first shift would be added to 

the nearby General Motors assembly plant. 

Those changes mean more people may be 

attracted to a museum, she said. 

Cohen Equities has offered to give United 

Services three acres on which to build the 



State Supreme Court upholds 

red-light camera vote, ban 

MUSEUM, from page 11 

Automated red-light cameras take photographs 

of vehicles that run red stoplights, 

and violators were assessed fines of $110 

or more per violation. St. Peters was the 

only governmental body in St. Charles 

County that was using red-light cameras. 

The city’s use of red-light cameras sparked 

a debate among some councilmembers and 

city officials, which eventually resulted in 

the amendment being placed on the ballot. 

City officials had said they wanted the 

election result voided because they questioned 

the county government’s authority 

over municipal laws. “It’s not about redlight 

cameras, we don’t have the intention 

of having them and we have never had 

them,” said Lake Saint Louis Mayor Kathy 

Schweikert at one point. 

“Some in the cities complain the county 

cannot tell them what to do – and they are 

right,” Ehlmann added in the news release. 

“The action by the County Council to put 

this on the ballot could have been taken up 

by the people through an initiative petition,” 

he said. “The council and the people 

took action because a statewide bill to ban 

red-light cameras has been killed for three 

successive years by lobbyists in Jefferson 

City. 

“The rights of the voters of this county 

were upheld by the 11th Judicial Circuit 

Court, the Missouri Court of Appeals and 

the Missouri Supreme Court.” 

museum. Lake Saint Louis officials have 

said that, if the museum moves forward, 

they may purchase almost two acres adjacent 

to the museum site for use as a public 

park. 

Board members were enthusiastic during 

M+H’s presentation of drawings and plans. 

“I think we’re a little quiet over here 

because we’re so surprised,” said Alderman 

John Pellerito [Ward 3]. The museum offers 

great visibility from Interstate 64, he said. 

“It’s very exciting.” 

Pellerito said the city has always viewed 

The Meadows as a destination attraction. 

The museum “would be the icing on [the] 

cake,” he said. 

Mayor Kathy Schweikert said the 

museum would help establish The Meadows 

as a town center for the community, 

something a comprehensive plan study indicates 

residents want. “This is just perfect,” 

Schweikert said. “I think our residents will 

be excited.” 

Liebel could not place a time frame on 

when she would like to see the museum 

doors open to the public. 

She said it isn’t unusual for a project like 

this to take 10 years to become a reality.





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The former Sammelmann Farm and Homestead site 

County park under development 

may receive historic name 


The park with no name may have one 

soon. St. Charles County’s 120-acre property, 

under development between Kisker 

and Pitman Hill roads, could be “Baltic 

Creek Park” if the County Council agrees. 

The proposed name was submitted to the 

council at its June 12 meeting and could be 

voted on at the council’s June 26 meeting. 

“I think it’s kind of catchy,” County 

Executive Steve Ehlmann told the council. 

“It does say a little bit about the history of 

the area.” 

A small creek flows through the property, 

but county officials didn’t know its name 

until they found it on an old map. Ehlmann, 

who has written a history of the county, 

also said German immigrants could well 

have lived in the area, though he said he 

can’t prove that. 

“Baltic Creek Park – obviously it’s your 

call, but that’s our recommendation to 

you,” Ehlmann said. 

The new park is expected to be completed 

and ready to open in 2018. The 

council approved a $6.82 million contract 

to C. Rallo Contracting Co., Inc. in February 

for development of the property, which 

the county bought for $6 million in 2014. 

Plans call for the county to intensively 

develop about 90 acres of what formerly 

was known as the Sammelmann Farm 

and Homestead. The property is on undeveloped 

land in an area with extensive 

residential development and fewer parks 

than other parts of the county. Amenities 

will include an off-leash dog park, two 

lakes, a large inclusive playground, walking 

and biking trails, three rentable shelters, 

a fishing dock, multiple walking trails that 

cross streams, and a walking and bicycle 

trail near Pitman Hill Road that will cross 

Baltic Creek. 

The design of St. Charles County’s 

newest park closely follows input county 

officials received from residents in a 2014 

survey. Residents suggested the park 

remain as natural as possible with hiking 

and biking trails receiving the highest 

ranking, followed by picnic areas, lakes 

and natural conservation areas. 

The park was purchased with money 

from the County’s Park Fund, a voterapproved 

local use tax dedicated to park 

funding. The council makes final decisions 

on hiring contractors and the plan. Councilmembers 

had few questions about the 

plan in October and asked none when they 

approved the bid from C. Rallo this month. 

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turn tabs into cash 

It takes countless soda cans to collect 

enough tabs to fill the back of an SUV, 

but a group of first-graders in the Francis 

Howell School District did just that. 

The service project, which started in a 

Fairmount Elementary classroom, surpassed 

expectations to become more than 

a lesson. Students in Kristen Van Giesen’s 

class took on a project to collect the aluminum 

tabs from the tops of cans for Ronald 

McDonald House Charities. 

Van Giesen knew how much her students 

wanted to help others – and Van Giesen 

gave them a reason. Two of her close 

friends lost their young child to cancer. 

During the family’s time of need, they 

were able to stay at a Ronald McDonald 

House at no charge. 

“Since Ronald McDonald gets most of 

their money from tab donations, I decided 

to have my class, as well as other firstgraders, 

administrators, teachers and custodial 

staff, collect tabs the entire year,” 

said Van Giesen. 

Overall, they collected nearly 20 large 

buckets of tabs. Van Giesen’s friends were 

“overwhelmed and blown away” by the effort. 

They visited the class and praised the generosity 

of the school community. They also 

accepted the tabs to give to Ronald McDonald 

House on their child’s birthday. 

Raising awareness 

of mental health 

To bring awareness to mental health, students 

at Francis Howell High organized a 

“Stop Stigma” campaign to talk about what 

is often considered a sensitive topic. They 

also raised nearly $500 for CenterPointe 

Hospital. 

Throughout the campaign, students held 

bake sales and penny drives, and they 

Daniel Boone Elementary’s service group, Raccoons Giving Back 

looked for opportunities to remove barriers 

to discussing mental health issues and how 

to get help. 

Students presented a $500 check to CenterPointe 

Hospital for its adolescent program. 

Larry Anders, Francis Howell High’s 

marketing coordinator, helped guide the 

effort. Susan Mathis, chief executive officer 

of CenterPointe Hospital, as well as 

managers and therapists, acknowledged 

the students with a letter of appreciation. 

Daniel Boone Elementary 

makes wish a reality 

Daniel Boone Elementary in the Francis 

Howell School District worked for a year to 

grant the wish of a child with kidney cancer. 

Students, staff and the Daniel Boone 

community raised $5,000 for the Make-A- 

Wish Foundation to send a 5-year-old boy 

named Thomas to Disney World. On May 

17, the school celebrated by presenting a 

check to the family and representatives 

from Make-A-Wish. 

Daniel Boone’s service club, Raccoons 

Giving Back [RGB], is sponsored by Chad 

Millard. 

“This has been a year-long process. We 

could not have better support from our 

community, staff and the RGB Club,” Millard 

said. “To raise money, we’ve had a car 

wash, star donations and other efforts from 

our RGB Club. The school has done so 

much to make sure that we can fully fund 

Thomas’ trip to Disney World and to meet 

Mickey Mouse.” 

The mission of the Make-A-Wish Foundation 

is to grant the wishes of children 

with life-threatening medical conditions, to 

enrich their experiences with joy, strength 

and hope. The St. Louis chapter was 

founded in 1983; more than 5,000 wishes 

have been granted in Missouri. 

“I’m amazed at all of the hard work the 

students put in to grant Thomas’ wish,” 

said Alisha Abbot, development manager 

with Make-A-Wish. “It’s because of them 

and their community that we’re able to 

make his wish come to life.” 

Talented teens accepted 

to fine arts academy 

The Missouri Fine Arts Academy [MFAA] 

accepted two students from Francis Howell 

High for its summer residential program. 

Juniors Emily Hale and Camryn Szarwinski 

will attend the three-week program at Missouri 

State University from June 4-24. The program 

is for highly motivated student artists in visual 

arts, theatre, dance, creative writing and music. 

Students who attend MFAA are enrolled in an 

interdisciplinary studies class at MSU and can 

earn three college credit hours after completing 

the program. 

Laura Samuelson, an art teacher at Francis 

Howell High, said the Missouri Fine 

Arts Program is important for the opportunities 

it unlocks for students. 

“We couldn’t be more proud of Camryn 

and Emily,” said Samuelson. “This shows 

that our program is producing excellent 

quality that our students exhibit not only in 

our district, but in the state. It also positions 

our students to be more eligible for 

scholarships when they apply for college.” 

To apply for MFAA, students submit a 

portfolio or audition video, essay and evaluation 

form. Applications are reviewed by 

a panel of artists and educators. 

Fort Zumwalt students earn 

substantial scholarships 

Graduating seniors from Fort Zumwalt 

School District’s five high schools [North, 

South, East, West and Hope] earned more 

than $40 million in scholarships this year. 

The total, as reported by the district, is 

$40,073,317. 

One of those scholarship recipients was 

Taylor Lindenbusch from Fort Zumwalt



West, who received a 

$1,000 Excellence Scholarship 

from St. Johns 

Bank. The locally owned, 

full-service community 

bank has awarded more 

than $64,000 in scholarships 

to high school 

seniors who demonstrate Lindenbusch 

above-average talent, 

effort and a vision for their future. 

Seventh-grade service 

To close the end of their seventh-grade 

experience, students from DuBray, North, 

South and West middle schools collected 

more than 3,000 items for local food 

pantries. As part of annual seventh-grade 

celebrations, the schools held a friendly 

competition to collect canned goods for 

the community. Students from the class of 

2022 were able to support four local pantries 

for the summer months with the donations 

they raised. 

County teen crowned Junior 

Miss Missouri Tourism 

The World’s Junior 

Teen Miss Missouri 

Tourism program has 

a new titleholder: 

Brenna Wagoner of 

St. Charles County. 

Wagoner won the 

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in Maryville, 

earning an opportunity 

to compete for an international title 

this summer. 

A good spokesperson for the state, Wagoner 

said she enjoys Missouri’s “wonderful 

state parks and interesting caves you can 

visit.” She enjoys camping, reading, crafts 

and making homemade body care products. 

She also is a member of the St. Peters 

Figure Skating Association, school band 

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service projects. Her favorite endeavor 

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program that promotes community 

outreach, poise, confidence and personal 

development while bringing attention to 

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Free children’s ‘Lunch at 

the Library’ this summer 

The Kathryn Linnemann Branch of the 

St. Charles City-County Library will offer 

free lunch to children under the age of 18 

during summer break. 

Lunch will be served Monday-Friday 

from noon-1 p.m., June 8-Aug. 9. Registration 

is not required. The library is located 

at 2323 Elm St. in St. Charles. 

The program is a partnership with the St. 

Louis Area Foodbank. 

Local students earn 

musical theatre awards 

The inaugural St. Louis High School 

Musical Theatre Awards recently were 

presented at the Fabulous Fox Theatre with 

local performers among the winners. 

Francis Howell Central won for Outstanding 

Orchestra with its production of 

“Once Upon A Mattress.” Anna Meyer of 

Fort Zumwalt North received a Special 

Recognition Award for her role as the fiddler 

in “Fiddler on the Roof.” 

The awards are a partnership between 

the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation, 

The Muny and The Fabulous Fox 

Theatre. In its inaugural year, the program 

registered 26 schools to have productions 

adjudicated. More than 250 high school 

students performed on the Fox stage at the 

May 28 ceremony, which was hosted by 

Ken Page and directed by Tony Parisi. 

Winners for Outstanding Actress and 

Outstanding Actor will compete in the 

National High School Musical Theatre 

Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards, 

on June 26 in New York City. 

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The Duchesne girls soccer team at state 2017 

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By JONATHAN DUNCAN 

High school girls soccer 

It wasn’t quite a perfect finish in the 

Class 2 and 3 girls state soccer tournaments 

for the Duchesne Pioneers or the Fort Zumwalt 

South Bulldogs, but both teams came 

away from Swope Soccer Village with 

good vibes after the June 4 weekend. 

Four-time defending champion Duchesne 

had their hopes for a school-record fifth 

consecutive state championship ended by 

eventual champion Cape Notre Dame in a 

2-0 semifinals loss on May 31. The Pioneers 

did not pout, though. Duchesne bounced 

back and turned in a championship effort 

the next day, pulling off a 3-2 victory to 

claim third place in the tournament. 

“It’s always nice to make it to the Final 

Four, and it’s a successful season if you 

made it there. From there, anything can 

happen,” Duchesne coach Patrick Turner 

said. 

Junior Maria Wilder scored two goals 

and senior forward Natalie Schroeder 

scored her first career goal in her final 

game to lead the Pioneers to the third-place 

trophy. 

After being 7-10 late in the season, the 

Pioneers finished the season winning seven 

The Fort Zumwalt South girls soccer team at state 2017 

of eight games to reach state for the fifth 

straight season. 

In the Class 3 Tournament, Fort Zumwalt 

South’s girls made their first trip to 

the Final Four and the Bulldogs acquitted 

themselves fairly well thanks to a hardearned 

third-place finish. 

Fort Zumwalt South lost a heartbreaking 

semifinal match to Webster Groves in the 

semifinals on June 1, battling them to a 0-0 

tie in regulation but losing 3-1 on penalty 

kicks. The Bulldogs, who did not allow a 

regulation or overtime goal in either game, 

were equally stout in the third-place game 

a day later as they battled Washington to 

a 0-0 tie. Per state rules, both teams were 

awarded a third-place trophy due to state 

time limits on third-place games. 

“I think in both games, we were the better 

team [offensively] but we just couldn’t find 

the back of the net,” Fort Zumwalt South 

coach Jim Layne said. “We did a great job 

defensively and giving our team an opportunity 

to be successful.” 

Fort Zumwalt South was led by senior 

forward Claudia King, senior center back 

Stacy Muehling, senior midfielder Madison 

Schmied and senior goalie Grace 

Gehner. 

The bar has been raised by this group of 

Bulldogs. “This group was phenomenal,” 

Layne said. “They kind of came out of 

nowhere.” 

High school baseball 

All that stood between Fort Zumwalt 

West and a storybook ending to the 2017 

baseball season was one out. One measly 

out. 

The Jaguars, winners of six straight playoff 

games, were that close to claiming the 

school’s first state title, but Jefferson City 

scored a run with two outs in the seventh 

and added another with a walk-off hit 

batter, beating the Jaguars 2-1 for the Class 

5 championship on June 3 at CarShield 

Field in O’Fallon, Missouri. 

“Without a doubt, both battled, and both 

pitchers kept making pitches. Unfortunately, 

we just came out on the wrong side 

of a great high school baseball game,” Fort 

Zumwalt West coach Eric Gough said. 

“What an experience being in that, and 

what a ride.” 

Despite loading the bases in three different 

innings and coming up empty, the 

Jaguars still got ahead, thanks to Tyler Eckman’s 

two-out, RBI-double. That would 

be the only run they could get against Jefferson 

City and their ace lefthander Jacob 

Weirich. 

6/13/17 8:37 AM 

The Jaguars were unable to close the deal 

over the final six innings as Jeff City won 

its first title in 28 years. In the end, Fort 

Zumwalt West’s 24-15 record, plus the program’s 

first district title, sectional, quarterfinal 

and semifinal rounds, made the trip to 

the state tournament well-worth all of the 

hard work and struggle. 

“It just shows that all the hard work 

and all the years of hard work that Coach 

Gough has put in,” junior third baseman 

Jake Verschoore said. “He’s building us 

toward more and more winning baseball. 

The teams are just getting better and better 

as we go.” 

Gough said that the community and 

school support during the magical run to 

the title game was nothing short of amazing. 

“It’s been such a fun ride to see all the 

fan support from the alumni, the administrators, 

staff, the teachers and family 

and friends, and maybe most importantly, 

future Fort Zumwalt West baseball players,” 

Gough said. 

As the game ended, the Jaguars coach 

shed a few tears, but not because of the 

loss. “I cried my butt off yesterday, not 

because we finished second in state, but 

because I’ll never get to coach these guys 

again,” Gough said. “Those seniors, I’ll 

never be able to coach again. I’m so proud 

of what they accomplished this year.” 

Student and athlete 

community service 

During the 2016-17 academic year, 

Francis Howell High activities, clubs and 

sports were actively involved in the community 

through outreach and charity fundraising 

efforts. Leadership development, 

community service and outreach are all 

vital components of the school’s activities 

and sports. 

School programs took part in 51 projects 

over the course of the 2016-17 school 

year, benefiting 25 different charities. For 

the year, $40,034 was raised for charities 

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Living history: St. Peters resident Mary Craden turns 100 



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By DEANNE LEBLANC 

When you turn 100, one party just isn’t 

enough. 

St. Peters resident Mary Craden turned 

100 on June 5 and, that evening, over 100 

family and friends honored her with a 

gala celebration. The following afternoon, 

more partying was underway at the Aspen 

Trails Senior Living Community. At that 

event, St. Peter’s Mayor Len Pagano made 

an appearance. 

Pagano presented Craden with a framed 

personal letter and even sang “Happy 

Birthday” with the rest of the party-goers. 

In the letter, which he read aloud, he 

reminded Craden that she lived during the 

most eventful century of the world’s history. 

Craden interrupted the mayor and 

jokingly said, “I know. I’ve lived it. I was 

Rosie the Riveter!” 

Rosie the Riveter, a fictional character, 

was featured in an ad that became the most 

iconic image of working women during 

World War II. Craden couldn’t contain her 

patriotic pride as she explained her important 

job to the mayor. 

“I was a bullet inspector and the boys 

overseas all got good bullets. There were 

no mistakes made by me!” she exclaimed. 

pening 

er with 

Craden’s diligent work ethic and strength 

of character resonated with Pagano, who 

acknowledged that Craden also worked 

for the Francis Howell School District as a 

cafeteria worker until she was 95 years old. 

“There were many great things done 

over the last 100 years and you are a part 

of that,” Pagano said in his congratulatory 

remarks. “You are history.” 

Laughter followed his last comment, but 

there is truth in it. Craden has lived through 

the end of World War I, World War II, the 

Korean War, the Cold War, the Vietnam 

War and 9/11. She heard Martin Luther 

King speak, saw President John F. Kennedy 

assassinated and witnessed President 

Richard Nixon resign. Craden made sure 

to let everyone know that she remembers 

it well. 

“I have lived through many wars and the 

Great Depression. I remember when hamburger 

meat was 25 cents a pound,” Craden 

said. Her family said she has many interesting 

stories to tell. 

Craden was born in St. Louis but moved 

to New York when she was 3. When she 

was 10, her family moved back to the St. 

Louis area and she has been here ever since. 

She was married twice, the second time at 

age 80 after her first husband passed away. 

She has 10 children [7 stepchildren], 25 

grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 

12 great-great-grandchildren. Her family 

agrees that she loved all her children like 

they were her very own. 

Stepdaughter Pat Brown said, “It seems 

like she’s been in our life forever. We just 

love her. She’s our mom and she has always 

treated us that way. It doesn’t matter if you 

are a ‘stepkid’ or not.” 

Craden’s cousin, Paul, who recently 

turned 90, shared, “She’s still smart as a 

tack, isn’t she?” He couldn’t stop talking 

about Craden’s big heart and how well she 

loves others. “She’s always been there for 

me, for everyone in this family. I love her 

very much,” he said with tears in his eyes. 

Craden said her love of life keeps her 

spirit young. Her favorite hobby is dancing 

and she loves Tony Bennett, but she 

confesses that she doesn’t like to listen 

to current popular music. “Today, when I 

watch ‘The Voice,’ the contestants sound 

like they are howling, not singing!” Craden 

said. She also explained that she is not too 

excited about the technological advances 

that have been made in the last decade. “I 

have a smartphone but I can’t seem to learn 

to handle it. I hate it! It fuzzes up my brain.” 

She said the secret to a long life must 

Mary Craden with Mayor Len Pagano 

have to do with genetics because, “I don’t 

do anything the experts say to do. I only eat 

junk food, I don’t drink water and I never 

exercise! I don’t feel like I’m 100, I feel 

like I’m around 70.” 

Although she has had two heart attacks 

and two cancer operations, she said it 

doesn’t bother her at all. 

“I feel great! I pushed for 100, so I’m 

not too sure what I should push for now, 

maybe 105,” Craden said with a laugh. 

Craden said what she has learned from 

history is to “be yourself and always do 

what’s right.” 

As for the next generation, she shared, 

“Always be honest and do everything that 

you’re told to do by your parents.” 

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Men of all ages are encouraged to live healthier during National Men’s Health Month. 

health 

capsules 

For men only 

Past research has shown that men are 

25 percent less likely than women to have 

visited a doctor over the past year, and 

almost 40 percent more likely to skip recommended 

age-appropriate health screenings. 

During National Men’s Health Month 

in June, men of all ages are encouraged to 

make their health a priority. The U.S. Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

has offered the following simple steps men 

can take to improve their overall health and 

solve small problems before they become 

big ones. 

• Get enough sleep. Most adults need 

between seven and nine hours of sleep a 

night. Not getting enough has been linked 

with conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, 

depression and obesity. 

• Eliminate tobacco. Even for longtime 

smokers, quitting has many benefits including 

a reduced risk of cancer, heart disease 

and other life-threatening illnesses. Avoiding 

secondhand smoke is also a must, because it 

causes serious health problems as well – especially 

for babies and children, who should be 

kept away from smokers at all times. 

• Make time for exercise. All adults 

should get at least 2 ½ hours of moderate 

aerobic activity a week, and should 

do some type of strengthening activity on 

two or more days a week to exercise major 

muscle groups. Dividing exercise into 

smaller amounts of time during the day 

doesn’t diminish its benefits. 

• Eat a variety of healthy foods. Eating 

a variety of fruits and vegetables daily is 

important for their nutritional and diseasefighting 

benefits, along with lean protein 

and whole grains. Limit intake of foods 

and beverages that are high in calories, 

sugar, salt and fat. As far as alcohol is concerned, 

limit intake to no more than two 

drinks per day. 

• Keep stress in check. Everyday stress 

is unavoidable; however, excessive stress 

has been linked in studies to a higher risk 

of coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, 

high blood pressure, depression and other 

serious problems. 

• Get regular checkups. Certain diseases 

and health conditions have no symptoms 

until they are serious, so visiting a 

doctor every year helps identify those 

issues before it’s too late. Know your 

important health numbers, including blood 

pressure, cholesterol level and body mass 

index. Between checkups, symptoms such 

as chest pain or shortness of breath should 

prompt an immediate medical visit. 

U.S. life expectancy statistics 

vary widely by area 

Babies born today in the U.S. may have 

shorter expected lifespans than their parents 

did decades ago, depending on where 

they live. A new study comparing mortality 

data by county from 1980 and 2014 found 

that the gap between counties with the 

highest and lowest life expectancies has 

widened significantly over that period, by 

more than 20 years in some areas. 

Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, 

had the lowest life expectancy in America 

in 2014 at 66.8 years, while Summit 

County, Colorado, had the highest at 86.8 

years. For the U.S. as a whole, life expectancy 

has increased by about five years 

since 1980, from 74.07 to 79.08 years. 

Missourians’ life expectancy increased 

by exactly four years over the 35-year 

period, from 73.73 to 77.73, while St. 

Louis County residents in 2014 had a 

higher-than-average 79.49-year expected 

lifespan, compared to 75 years in 1981. 

Although much of the U.S. saw increases 

in life expectancy since 1980, areas of 

Kentucky, West Virginia, Alabama and 

several states located along the Mississippi 

River had a lower life expectancy in 2014 

than 30 years earlier. 

Researchers at the Institute for Health 

Metrics and Evaluation [IHME], located 

at the University of Washington in Seattle, 

conducted the comparison study. They 

also examined the risk of dying among five 

age groups, as well as the extent to which 

health risk factors, socioeconomics and 

race, and healthcare access contributed to 

the growing inequality in expected lifespan 

by area. 

“Looking at life expectancy on a national 

level masks the massive differences that 

exist at the local level, especially in a 

country as diverse as the United States,” 

said lead author Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, 

a researcher at IHME. “Risk factors like 

obesity, lack of exercise, high blood pressure 

and smoking explain a large portion of 

the variation in lifespans, but so do socioeconomic 

factors like race, education, and 

income.” 

The authors claimed that those health 

risks, and resulting illnesses like diabetes 

and heart disease, explained 74 percent of 

the variation in lifespans by county. They 

proposed that a combination of socioeconomic 

factors – poverty, income, education, 

unemployment and race – were 

independently related to 60 percent of the 

inequality, and access to quality healthcare 

contributed to 27 percent. 

The study was published in JAMA Internal 

Medicine. Life expectancy data for 

every U.S. county can be viewed online, 

using IHME’s Health Map interactive tool, 

by visiting https://vizhub.healthdata.org/ 

subnational/usa. 

“Extreme” binge drinking becoming 

common among adults 

Almost 32 million American adults, 

or 13 percent of the population over age 

18, have consumed more than double the 

number of drinks considered binge-level 

drinking at least once over a one-year 

period, according to a recent survey analysis. 

This “extreme” level of drinking is 

associated with increased health and safety 

risks, and is especially significant considering 

that more than 50,000 Americans 

die every year from injuries and overdoses 

associated with high blood alcohol levels. 

Compared to past surveys, the number of 

adults who binge drink at an extreme level 

also appears to be rising. The study was 

conducted by researchers at the National 

Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 

[NIAAA], part of the National Institutes of 

Health. 

Binge drinking, defined as having four 

or more drinks on one occasion for women 

and five or more drinks on one occasion for 

men, often produces blood alcohol levels 

above 0.08 percent, the legal limit for driving 

in the U.S. However, the survey found 

that many adults drink far beyond that 

level, defined as extreme binge drinking. 

The NIAAA study analyzed three levels 

of past-year binge drinking by sex. These 

levels were defined as four to seven drinks, 

eight to 11 drinks, and 12 or more drinks 

on a single occasion for women; and five 

to nine drinks, 10 to 14 drinks, and 15 or 

more drinks on one occasion for men. 

After controlling for factors including 

age, race, sex, marital status, education, 

drug use and smoking, people who drank





I HEALTH I 21 

at the three extreme binge levels, compared 

to those who did not binge drink, were far 

more likely to be injured or require an 

alcohol-related emergency department 

visit; have an alcohol use disorder; be 

arrested or have legal problems because of 

alcohol use; or be the driver in an alcoholrelated 

traffic crash. For example, “level 

three” binge drinkers were 93 times more 

likely than non-binge drinkers to have an 

alcohol-related emergency room visit. 

“As a society, we are justifiably concerned 

about extreme binge drinking among 

underage individuals and college students. 

This study indicates that other groups in the 

U.S. population also engage in this harmful 

behavior and are at increased risk for 

adverse consequences,” said Ralph Hingson, 

Sc.D., director of the NIAAA Division 

of Epidemiology and Prevention Research. 

The study appeared in the American Journal 

of Preventive Medicine. 

Popular cookbooks provide little guidance on 

safe food preparation, a new analysis found. 

Cookbooks found lacking 

in food safety guidance 

Although popular cookbooks provide 

step-by-step instructions for preparing 

delicious recipes, the vast majority of them 

give little to no guidance on preparing 

foods safely – and even when they do, their 

advice is inaccurate, a recent study found. 

“Cookbooks tell people how to cook, so 

we wanted to see if cookbooks were providing 

any food-safety information related 

to cooking meat, poultry, seafood or eggs, 

and whether they were telling people to 

cook in a way that could affect the risk of 

contracting foodborne illness,” said Ben 

Chapman, an associate professor of agricultural 

and human sciences at North Carolina 

State University. Chapman’s research 

team evaluated a total of 1,497 recipes 

from 29 cookbooks that appeared on The 

New York Times bestseller list for food and 

diet books. All of the recipes made reference 

to handling raw animal ingredients: 

meat, poultry, seafood or eggs. They evaluated 

each recipe according to three specific 

questions: 

• Does the recipe tell readers to cook the 

dish to a specific internal temperature? 

• For recipes that do include a temperature, 

is it one that has been shown to be safe 

[for example, cooking chicken to 165°F]? 

• Does the recipe perpetuate food-safety 

myths – such as telling readers to cook 

poultry until the juices “run clear” – that 

are unreliable ways to determine if the dish 

has reached a safe temperature? 

Their analysis found that only 123 recipes, 

or 8 percent of those reviewed, indicated 

a specific internal temperature for the 

dish, and about a third of those mentioned 

a temperature not high enough to be safe. 

Nearly all [99.7 percent] of the recipes they 

analyzed provided subjective information 

such as cooking time, which can vary 

widely based on differences in pan size, 

cooking equipment and other variables. 

Quick reference information about safe 

cooking temperatures can be found online 

at www.fsis.usda.gov or at www.foodsafety. 

gov/keep/charts/mintemp.html. 

On the calendar 

St. Louis Children’s Hospital sponsors 

Babysitting 101 on Saturday, June 24 from 

1-5 p.m. at Kisker Road Branch Library, 

1000 Kisker Road in St. Charles. Topics 

covered in the class provide an introduction 

for babysitters of all ages and include 

child development, safety and first aid, the 

business of babysitting, and fun and games. 

A workbook and light snack are provided; 

cost is $30 per person. To register, call 

(314) 344-5437. 

• • • 

An American Red Cross Community 

Blood Drive is held on Friday, June 30 

from 1-5 p.m. at two locations: Barnes- 

Jewish St. Peters Hospital, 10 Hospital 

Drive in St. Peters, in Medical Office 

Building I; and Progress West Hospital, 2 

Progress Point Parkway in O’Fallon, in 

Conference Room B. Appointments are 

not required, but may speed the donation 

process. Use sponsor codes BJSTPETERS 

or PROGRESS WEST when signing up 

online at www.redcrossblood.org or by 

phone at (800) 733-2767. 

• • • 

Free health screenings are available on 

Wednesday, July 12 from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at 

Progress West Hospital, 2 Progress Point 

Parkway in O’Fallon, in Conference Room 

B. Screening tests include lung function 

and blood pressure checks, cholesterol 

lipid panel, glucose panel, body composition 

analysis and body mass index [BMI] 

calculation. Participants should fast for at 

least 10 hours prior to screening. Preregistration 

is required and is available online at 

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O’Fallon Heritage & Freedom Fest: Frolicking, fireworks and freedom 

By KATIE WARD BEIM-ESCHE 

The city of O’Fallon celebrates 241 

years of American independence with the 

2017 Heritage & Freedom Fest, its biggest 

festival of the year. 

This action-packed event runs from July 

2-4 at the Ozzie Smith Sports Complex, 

900 T. R. Hughes Blvd. in O’Fallon. As 

always, admission, parking and live entertainment 

are free. Details are online at 

www.heritageandfreedomfest.com. 

Parking, directions, accessibility 

Free parking is available at Fort Zumwalt 

North and Christian high schools [off 

Tom Ginnever Avenue]. On July 3 and 4, 

air-conditioned buses transport patrons to 

a drop off point near the festival entrance. 

For those who want a premium parking 

spot with closer access to the festival 

entrance, park at the T. R. Hughes Ballpark 

west side parking lot. The cost is $10 on a 

first-come, first-served basis. 

To access the festival from Interstate 70, 

visitors should take Exit 220 [Louisiana/ 

Elsberry] to Hwy. 79. Continue north on 

Hwy. 79 to left on T. R. Hughes Boulevard 

and follow the signs to free parking. From 

Interstate 64, visitors should take the Hwy. 

K exit and turn north on Hwy. K, which 

becomes Main Street after passing under 

I-70. Turn right on Tom Ginnever Avenue 

and follow the signs. 

The city of O’Fallon works to make Heritage 

& Freedom Fest physically accessible 

for all its patrons, including providing an 

accessible [ADA] parking lot in Westhoff 

Park with shuttle service. 

Vehicles must display an official disabled 

persons license plate or hang tag to enter 

the ADA-accessible lot. No general parking 

is allowed and there is no ADA-accessible 

parking at any other locations. 

To use a non-traditional mobility device 

on festival grounds, check in at the main 

entrance. More information is available at 

www.heritageandfreedomfest.com/accessibility. 

Pets and other animals are not allowed, 

unless they are trained service animals. 

Family Day and Kids’ Zone 

The fun gets going on Sunday, July 2, 

also known as Family Day. From 4-10 

p.m., carnival rides are available at discounted 

prices. Guests can purchase a 

Sunday-only “unlimited rides” wristband 

for $20 at the festival. 

Fireworks and other live entertainment 

are not scheduled on opening night, but 

the carnival midway and vendors are open. 

The Bubble Bus is on hand from 4-8 p.m., 

and the family-friendly sideshow, Gilliam 

Family Illusions, performs at 6 and 8 

p.m. For $5 per session, kids can bounce, 

flip and roll while wearing giant inflatable 

globes in a wacky match of Knockerball. 

In the Kids’ Zone, which is available all 

day until shortly before fireworks, smaller 

patrons can celebrate [and weary parents 

can rest] with hours of free family fun. 

Jump and play on giant inflatables, take 

part in parachute games, play with hula 

hoops and giant checkers, and get faces 

painted. Crafts include making patriotic 

visors and decorating patriotic glasses. 

Independence Day parade 

O’Fallon’s Heritage & Freedom Fest 

Parade officially kicks off the city’s Independence 

Day celebration at 9:30 a.m. on 

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This parade is one of the largest and 

most colorful in the area, drawing large 

crowds of patriotically dressed attendees 

and a multitude of parade entries vying 

for cash prizes and trophies. Categories 

include “Best Overall,” “Best Musical 

Float,” “Most Patriotic Float” and the coveted 

“Mayor’s Choice Award.” 

The 2.1-mile parade route starts at the 

corner of Main and Third Streets, travels 

north on Main Street to Tom Ginnever 

Avenue, where it turns east, and ends at T. 

R. Hughes Boulevard near the entrance to 

the festival. 

Spectators coming to watch the parade 

with family or friends are encouraged to 

arrive early to avoid traffic closures and 

find a spot along the route. Pets are discouraged 

from attending due to the large 

crowds and extreme weather; extra-hot 

pavement may burn paws. 

For those who can’t attend Freedom 

Fest but still want to watch the parade, it is 

aired on the city’s government access cable 

channel, O’FallonTV, which is found on 

Channel 991 [Charter Cable] or Channel 

99 [AT&T U-Verse]. 

Live entertainment 

On Independence Day, Legends Undercover 

performs at 2 and 4:30 p.m. The St. 

Louis-based cover band brings energy and 

charisma to a wide variety of feel-good 

music. Sing along to familiar hits with an 

updated sound. Concert-goers might hear 

anything from Chuck Berry and U2 to 

Lady Gaga and The Killers. 

Rock supergroup World Classic Rockers 

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line up. Bassist Nick St. Nicholas and 

guitarist Michael Monarch are best known 

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Drummer Aynsley Dunbar was the original 

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Greg Walker was the lead vocalist 

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Throughout the festival, Gillam Family 

Illusions puts on a fast-paced, high-quality 

magic show with a Christian spin. This Jefferson 

City-based act is a family affair, so 

the mystifying tricks are clean and appropriate 

for all ages. Expect illusions, music 

and audience participation. 

The U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America 

“Shades of Blue” Jazz Ensemble performs 

at 4:45 p.m. on Monday, July 3. 

This group of professional, enlisted musicians 

plays traditional big band jazz, bebop, 

swing and modern jazz. Listen for classics 

from Glenn Miller and Count Basie, mixed 

in with pieces by contemporary composers. 

Whether performing for a head of state, 

before hometown crowds or for the troops 

at home and abroad, the Shades of Blue 

reflects the heritage and pride of the United 

States Air Force. 

Whiskey Morning, who takes the stage at 

6:45 p.m. on July 3, is a five-piece country 

band from St. Louis. Their classic sound, 

harmonies and old-fashioned twang live up 

to their motto: “Country like country when 

country meant country.” 

Country star Eric Paslay – known for 

megahits “Friday Night” and “Song About 

a Girl” – lights up the Heritage & Freedom 

Fest at 8:45 p.m. The Texas native and 

Grammy nominee currently is on a nationwide 

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Fireworks spectacular 

The festival’s famed fireworks display is 

named for the city’s inspirational Heritage 

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The Fireworks Spectacular lights up the 

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In St. Charles County courts, 

kids can count on a special friend 


Sully doesn’t mind if his ears are pulled, 

if his hair is mussed or if the hugs around 

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

work. 

Last November, Sully joined the St. 

Charles County prosecuting attorney’s 

office. But he isn’t your typical dogged, 

hard-nosed prosecutor. He’s just a dog. 

Actually, he’s more like a comforter. A 

2-year-old golden retriever, he has an 

important role – that of “courthouse dog” 

or “facility dog,” as proponents prefer. 

Trained at a women’s prison, he likes 

dishing out his own unique brand of affection 

– a lick to the face or hand, a gentle 

nuzzle with his wet nose or maybe just staying 

quietly close enough to calm victims 

who find themselves in the criminal justice 

system, particularly children involved in 

sexual, emotional or physical abuse. 

Sully is one of a growing number of 

highly trained assistance animals in St. 

Charles and St. Louis counties. He is more 

frequently called in to provide assistance 

to children who face being interviewed 

for depositions or participating in court 

proceedings and trials. His job might be 

likened to someone who can hold hands, 

although in this case, holding a paw may 

be more appropriate. 

“I think [of him] more as a comfort 

item because that’s really what he does,” 

explained Assistant Prosecuting Attorney 

Rebecca Shaffar, Sully’s boss, who takes 

him home at the end of each day and cares 

for him. “Being a dog, he gives some comfort 

and possibly some security so [victims] 

can then talk or don’t feel afraid with 

him there.” 

Reka 

The idea of dogs providing this 

kind of support is not new. According 

to a paper published by the 

American Bar Association, in the 

1700s, Society of Friends officials 

said farm animals may have helped 

with the rehabilitation of patients at 

a facility they founded in England 

for people with mental illnesses. The 

concept gained traction in the U.S. 

legal system starting in 2003, when 

Seattle prosecutor Ellen O’Neill- 

Stephens promoted the use of highly 

trained assistance dogs to provide 

comfort to children and adults who 

were victims of crime. O’Neill- 

Stephens and veterinarian Celeste 

Walsen founded the Courthouse Dog 

Foundation in 2012, which promotes 

the support dog concept in the U.S. 

and internationally. 

In the local court system, Reka, Sully 

a 4-year-old chocolate Labrador 

retriever, is a true pioneer. Since 2015, she 

has been working at The Child Center in 

Wentzville, a child advocacy center that 

works with state and local agencies in a 

multi-county area, supporting children who 

are victims of sexual or physical abuse, or 

who may have witnessed violent crimes. 

TRUE CHAMPS 

Both Sully and Reka are graduates of 

CHAMP Assistance Dogs, Inc., a nonprofit 

organization based in North St. Louis 

County. CHAMP stands for Canine Helpers 

Allow More Possibilities and is one of 

several local not-for-profit organizations 

training dogs for a variety of tasks. Nola 

Ewers, director of CHAMP’s assistance 

dog program, said facility dogs also are 

used in St. Louis City and St. Louis County 

courts. Most work with counselors or 

trained handlers to use their special skills 

in a more public setting. 

Sully is unique. Handled by a staff 

member, rather than a volunteer, authorities 

say he may be one of Missouri’s first fulltime 

courthouse dogs. His role, according 

to Ewers, “is to make the kids feel able to 

tell whatever may have happened.” 

“Particularly with children, it can be 

intimidating to be there and tell their side 

of the story,” Ewers said. “The dog there 

gives the child something else to focus on 

so they can kind of get a little bit of that 

stress and anxiety out, so they can tell their 

side of the story to prosecutors and everyone 

in the courtroom.” 

Shaffar said Sully shows up for 

work every day at the prosecutor’s 

office with Shaffar, gets dressed in 

his special vest [identifying him as 

a facility dog] and collar, and begins 

his day. He can appear in the courtroom 

and sit quietly. Often, he comes 

to an interview room. Typically, he 

sits on one end of a couch and puts 

his head on a child’s lap to be petted. 

The interaction is always supervised 

by Shaffar, who says Sully also helps 

the prosecutors. 

“It [Sully’s presence] certainly 

makes the kids easier to talk to,” she 

said. 

That’s also true of Reka, said Amy 

Robins, supervisor of forensic services 

at The Child Center and one of 

Reka’s three handlers. Reka’s primary role 

is to sit with children during a “forensic 

interview,” in which staff members have 

to ask them detailed questions about what 

may have happened to them. 

The interviewers are child-friendly but 

have to remain neutral and unbiased – they 

can’t respond in the same way to a child 

crying as they would outside an interview 

situation. The interview also is viewed 

by prosecutors and other staff. Kids over 

5 know that and often feel intimidated, 

Robins said, adding that Reka seems to 

understand this situation. 

“Sometimes she will do funny things to 

try to get them to laugh,” Robins said. “If 

she has a kid who is crying a lot, she may 

try to climb into their lap or try to eat the 

tissue that they have. It’s really amazing, 

the sense she has for which kids need her 

the most.” 

Petting Reka can reduce trauma in a 

lot of ways – research shows it supports 

an increase of serotonin in the brain, so it 

allows an increase in comfort, Robins said. 

“I’m really not a dog person per se, but 

I knew that Reka would be really great for 

our agency,” said Robins, who provides 

home care for Reka. “It is hands-down the 

best decision our agency has ever made.” 

IT’S ALL IN THE TRAINING 

Sullys and Rekas are rare. 

“Not every dog can be a facility dog, 

because they obviously have to have the 

temperament,” Shaffar said. Sully doesn’t 

scare easily or get upset by loud noises. He





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also has to like people. Shaffar said Sully 

tries to visit with as many staff as he can in 

the morning when he arrives. 

For Ewers, the search for “perfect dogs” 

is ongoing. CHAMP, she said, looks for 

dogs with “impeccable temperament” who 

“take everything in stride.” Ewers said several 

breeders in Columbia, Missouri, provide 

some of the nonprofits with animals 

that are initially trained and “socialized” by 

a group of University of Missouri students. 

The dogs have to be worked 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 must be curious 

but confident to the point that nothing 

fazes them. Promising animals get intense, 

advanced training from female inmates at 

the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic 

and Correctional Center in Vandalia, 

Missouri. The training starts when the dog 

is about 8 weeks old and can take several 

years. All in all, training can cost up to 

$24,000, according to Ewers. 

Finding the right handler to take over the 

dog is nearly as important as finding the 

dog itself. 

“We’re also looking for the handler that’s 

going to be a good [work] 

partner for the dog, because 

there is a lot to learn in how 

to handle a dog,” Ewers said. 

“We actually start the visits [to 

the dog’s future placement] 

before the dog ever arrives.” 

The handler has to show a 

tremendous amount of consistency 

in their command of the 

animal. Some people are good 

with animals but not good as 

handlers, Ewers said. Others 

simply have the knack. 

“You don’t know, until the 

day they show up and say 

‘this dog,’ what you’re going 

to get,” Shaffar said. “They 

won’t give you a hint [of] what 

sex, what breed or anything.” 

Sully, who arrived in 

November, had to be broken 

in to a new environment and home. “He’s 

curious about everything. When you take 

him someplace new, you have to be aware 

of that fact, so that I’m on my toes more,” 

Shaffar said. But so far, so good. She said 

there have been a few crazy moments 

when Sully’s gotten rambunctious at home, 

but never at the office or in court. 

Local judges appear to have accepted 

the dogs in court, though Shaffar said it is 

possible that defense attorneys could raise 

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Amy Robins and Reka 

objections. Robins said that hasn’t happened 

so far in court involving child cases. 

And Ewers said her group is getting more 

requests for facility dogs. 

CHAMP has placed 69 dogs since 1998. 

Sully arrived after a two-year waitlist 

period. The Child Center is waiting on a 

second dog – this one to help with parents, 

Robins said. A lot of parents going through 

this crisis need that support, she said. They 

hope to have another dog in six months. 

TIME FOR WORK 

The dogs seem to like their work. “[Reka] 

is by far the happiest employee here on 

Monday morning,” Robins said. “I have six 

individuals in my unit. I think every single 

one of them would say that the best part 

about coming to work is having Reka greet 

them at the door, tail wagging, with a toy 

in her mouth.” 

In fact, Reka maintains her own Facebook 

and Instagram pages – a testament to 

her popularity. 

But how long Sully and Reka can work 

is a bit of an unknown. Despite their calm 

yet affectionate demeanor, they are serious 

working dogs. If it’s tired or doesn’t 

want to work, the dog will let people know, 

Ewers said. 

Robins said they are careful not to overwork 

Reka. She’s limited to two interviews 

a day, though she works most days – sometimes 

in interviews, sometimes in short 

petting sessions. 

“Reka really has fun and is outgoing and 

very puppy-like,” Robins said. “However, 

when you put her vest on, she just knows 

it’s time to go to work and she just hones 

into those kids and parents who really need 

her kind of snuggles.” 

ON THE COVER: CHAMP facility dogs Sully 

[left] and Reka. [Photos courtesy of Amy Robins] 

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The annual Firecracker Run is Tuesday, July 4. 

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ATHLETICS 

The annual Firecracker Run takes place 

on Tuesday, July 4 with registration beginning 

at 6 a.m., followed by a 10K run at 7 

a.m., a 5K run at 7:10 a.m. and a 1-mile 

Fun Run at 8 a.m. All races begin and 

end at CarShield Field, 900 T.R. Hughes 

Blvd. in O’Fallon. Runners can register in 

advance at www.ofallonchamber.org/firecracker.html 

or in person on July 4. 

• • • 

The annual Police Officer Tom Smith 

Jr. Memorial Golf Outing is at 1 p.m. on 

Saturday, July 15 at Incline Village Golf 

Club, 10220 Fairway Drive in Foristell. 

Registration is at 11:30 a.m.; cost is $440 

per foursome. Single players welcome. For 

more information or to register, visit www. 

tomsmithjrmemorial.com. 

• • • 

The St. Peters Kiwanis Golf Tournament 

is at noon on Sunday, July 16 at 

Warrenton Golf Course, 24805 Hwy. 47 in 

Warrenton. Fee of $90 covers one round of 

golf/cart, food, beverages and dinner after 

play. Participants can qualify a prizes, raffles 

and activities. For details/registration, 

email stpeterskiwanisclub@gmail.com or 

call (636) 336-6575. 

• • • 

Late Skate and Ride is from 10-11:50 

p.m. on Friday, July 21 at Youth Activity 

Park, 7801 Hwy. N in Dardenne Prairie. 

Skate, ride, rock-climb or play into the 

night on the course, sand volleyball court, 

half-court basketball and inside complex. 

For more information, call (636) 561-4964. 

• • • 

The 2017 Lake Saint Louis Triathlon 

takes place on Saturday, August 19 

at the LSL Community Association, 100 

Cognac Court in Lake Saint Louis. This 

is the oldest organized triathlon in the St. 

Louis metro area. Competitors challenge 

themselves with open-water swimming 

and biking/running through hilly terrain. 

Register by July 31; no race-day entry 

allowed. For more information, visit www. 

lakesaintlouis.com. 

BENEFITS 

The In Plain Sight photography project 

is on display from June 29-Aug. 20 

at St. Peters Cultural Art Centre, 1 St. 

Peters Centre Blvd. Take a self-guided 

tour through the exhibit. The project culminates 

with a live auction of the photos 

at the St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre 

on August 19. Proceeds of the auction 

directly benefit the homeless in the community. 

For more information, contact 

Karen Grant at (636) 441-1302 or visit 

www.InPlainSight.live. 

• • • 

SunRise United Methodist Church holds 

a Blood Drive from 3:30-7:30 p.m. on 

Monday, July 10 in the church lobby at 

7116 Twin Chimney Blvd. in O’Fallon. 

Contact Rick Oliver at (636) 219-9949 

with questions and to set an appointment. 

Walk-ins welcome. 

• • • 

Rendezvous for Alzheimer’s is from 

5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 18 at Rendezvous 

Cafe and Wine Bar, 217 S. Main St. 

in O’Fallon. Thirty percent of proceeds 

fund Alzheimer’s research and services 

for families. No RSVP necessary; just tell 

servers you are there for the Alzheimer’s 

fundraiser. For questions, email laura. 

mccoy@homeinstead.com. 

• • • 

The 7th Annual Wendy Knop Memorial 

Golf Tournament is on Saturday, July 22 at 

The Links at Dardenne, 7000 Brassel Drive 

in O’Fallon. Fry-Wagner honors Reese 

Werner, a 4-year-old cancer patient battling 

acute myeloid leukemia and chemotherapyinduced 

cardiomyopathy. All proceeds from 

the tournament go directly to Reese and her 

family. For donations or sponsorship information, 

contact Kelli Grundig at (314) 813- 

2009 or kgrundig@fry-wagner.com. 

FAMILY & KIDS 

A Youth Lock-In is from 6 p.m.-6 a.m. 

on Saturday, July 1 at Youth Activity Park, 

7801 Hwy. N in Dardenne Prairie. This 

event provides a safe place for kids to get 

active and play extreme sports. Youth 12 

years and older have all-night access to 

the 33,000-square-foot skate/bike park 

and all its amenities. Features skate, bike 

and scooter competitions with prizes and 

a midnight pizza party. Preregistration 

required. Call (636) 561-4964 to register. 

• • • 

History Explorer Kids Camp is from 

9 a.m.-noon from July 10-14 at the Heritage 

Museum, 1630 Heritage Landing in 

St. Peters. This half-day camp engages 

children ages 6-14 with local history experiences 

using historic-themed activities, 

challenges and crafts each day. Call (636) 

255-6000 to register. 

• • • 

Full Day Nature Camp is from 9 a.m.-3 

p.m., rain or shine, from July 10-14 at 

Quail Ridge Park, 560 Interstate Drive in 

Wentzville. Designed for youth ages 9-13, 

this full-day program allows day campers 

to discover and observe nature using 

hands-on experimental activities in a safe 

environment. Campers use sensory awareness 

and science to interact with their environment. 

Call (636) 949-7535 to register. 

• • • 

Youth Summer Theatre Camp is from 

9 a.m.-4 p.m. from July 10-14 at O’Fallon 

City Hall, 100 N. Main St. in O’Fallon. 

Participants create an original short play; 

learn the fundamentals of theatre and 

acting through exploration and games; 

create costumes, scenery and props; and 

put on a show for family and friends on 

the last day. Bring your own lunch; snacks 

are provided. For more information, visit 

www.ofallon.mo.us. 

• • • 

Fish University 102 is from 8:30 a.m.-4 

p.m. on Wednesday, July 12 at Quail Ridge 

Park, 560 Interstate Drive in Wentzville. 

Wannabe anglers ages 8-15 learn and use 

a variety of fishing techniques in the park’s 

ponds, lakes and streams. Children fish on 

their own. Preregister at (636) 949-7535. 

FESTIVALS AND CONCERTS 

Sunset Fridays continues with Paul Bonn 

and The Bluesman from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on 

June 23 at 370 Lakeside Park, 1000 Lakeside 

Park Drive in St. Peters. Outside alcoholic 

beverages may not be brought into the 

Corporate Pavilion area. Food, soft drinks 

and beer sold at the pavilion. No glass containers 

allowed. Additional performances 

include Marissa Harms and Wade Trent on 

July 7 and Joe Mancuso Trio on July 14. For 

details, visit www.stpetersmo.net. 

• • • 

The Lake Saint Louis Summer Concert 

Series rolls along with Fanfare at 7 p.m. on 

Saturday, June 24 at Boulevard Park, 2550 

Lake Saint Louis Blvd. Concert-goers may 

bring chairs, food and beverages. Glass 

is prohibited. For details, visit www.lakesaintlouis.com. 

• • • 

The O’Fallon Jammin’ Concert Series 

continues with the Missouri National 

Guard 135th Army Band from 6:30-9 p.m. 

on June 27 at Civic Park Bandstand, 308 

Civic Park Drive in O’Fallon. Admission 

and parking are free. Food truck and concessions 

available. Bring chairs or blankets 

for lawn seating. For details, call the 

O’Fallon Events Hotline at (636) 379-5614 

or visit www.ofallon.mo.us/jammin. 

• • • 

The St. Charles County Symphony 

Orchestra gives a free patriotic concert 

at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28 at 119 S. 

Main St. in St. Charles [in front of the Old 

Post Office]. For more information, visit 

www.scsymphony.us/schedule.html. 

• • • 

The Dardenne Prairie Summer Concert 

Series continues with Fanfare from 

6-8 p.m. on Saturday, July 15 at City Hall 

Park, 2032 Hanley Road in Dardenne Prairie. 

Residents and visitors are encouraged 

to bring lawn chairs and blankets. Concessions 

are available for purchase. For details, 

visit www.dardenneprairie.org. 

• • • 

The St. Charles County Heritage 

Museum Movies in the Park series continues 

with “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” at 

8:30 p.m. on July 15 at 1630 Heritage Landing 

in St. Peters. Bring chairs and blankets 

to watch films under the stars on a giant, 

inflatable screen. For more information, visit 

www.stccparks.org or call (636) 255-6000. 

• • • 

Lake St. Louis Craft BeerFest @ The 

Meadows is from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, 

July 22 at Clock Tower Plaza at The Meadows 

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PLACES 

Paul Dreher, his wife, Bethany, and sons, 

Tyler and Nathan, recently celebrated 

the grand opening of Gateway Swings, 

located at 9031 Veterans Memorial Parkway 

in O’Fallon. Gateway Swings offers 

high-quality swing sets and play sets made 

by Backyard Adventures in addition to 

trampolines, basketball poles, lacrosse 

goals and rebounders. Families are invited 

to stop in and test the displays. 

• • • 

Midwest BankCentre recently celebrated 

the opening of its second branch, 

located at 1820 First Capitol Drive in St. 

Charles, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. 

The 5,200-square-foot bank, staffed by 

six banking professionals, features three 

indoor teller stations, customer computer 

kiosks, a 24-hour ATM and two drive-up 

banking lanes. A community meeting room, 

equipped with a big-screen TV, WiFi service 

and a whiteboard, is available to local 

student, community and business groups. 

• • • 

Siteman Cancer Center recently 

opened its newly expanded and renovated 

37,000-square-foot outpatient facility at 

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, located 

at 10 Hospital Drive in St. Peters. In addition 

to allowing more physicians to serve 

patients, the facility offers access to the same 

advanced treatments, including more than 

500 clinical trials, available at Siteman’s 

other satellite locations in the region and on 

the Washington University Medical Campus 

at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The multidisciplinary, 

coordinated care provided by 

Washington University radiation oncologists, 

medical oncologists and surgeons at Siteman-St. 

Peters helps to ensure that patients 

can see as many as three physicians in one 

visit and determine a treatment plan. 

• • • 

Anheuser-Busch Employees’ Credit 

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recognizes the credit union for its exceptional 

efforts in improving the financial 

capabilities of the communities it serves 

through education. ABECU and its divisions 

have 30 locations nationwide, including 

14 in the St. Louis metropolitan area. 

• • • 

Hawk Ridge Family Chiropractic 

staff and patients recently raised $5,300 

for Faith Christian Family Church’s youth 

camp. With strong ties to the community, 

the Lake Saint Louis practice chooses various 

charities to support throughout the year. 

PEOPLE 

Wendy Rackovan, 

vice president of marketing 

and communications 

of the Greater St. 

Charles County Chamber 

of Commerce, has 

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program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 

Foundation. Given to professionals across 

the country, the Regent Scholarships recognize 

recipients for their involvement in 

industry professional organizations, community 

service and professional background. 

• • • 

CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, 

has named Michelle Herring, coowner 

of CMIT Solutions of St. Charles/ 

Chesterfield, to its 2017 Women of the 

Channel list. Herring earned the honor 

following nomination from the editors of 

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based on their achievements as executives 

and the amount of influence they have over 

the technology channel. 

NETWORKING AND EVENTS 

The Western St. Charles Chamber of 

Commerce hosts Lunch and Leads 

from noon-1 p.m. on Monday, June 26 

at Rizzo’s Bar & Grill, 1155 Wentzville 

Parkway in Wentzville. Members 

and non-members are welcome. There 

is no fee, individuals pay for their own 

lunches. For more information, contact 

Tony Mathews at info@westernstcharlescountychamber.com. 

• • • 

A Morning Meetup is from 8-9 a.m. 

on Tuesday, June 27 at Dardenne Prairie 

City Hall, 2032 Hanley Road in Dardenne 

Prairie. Members and non-members are 

welcome. RSVP to the Western St. Charles 

Chamber office at (636) 327-6914. 

• • • 

The Greater St. Charles Chamber of 

Commerce’s Annual Golf Tournament 

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

27 at Whitmoor Country Club, 1100 Whitmoor 

Drive in Weldon Spring. Registration 

begins at 10 a.m., followed by lunch. 

Ball-throwing contest starts at 11:30 a.m. 

with a shotgun start at noon. Awards, 

drinks and buffet dinner follows golf at 

5:30 p.m. Cost is $150 for an individual, 

$600 for a team of four. Register online 

at www.gstccc.com or contact Terry 

McCrum at (636) 946-0633 or terry@ 

gstccc.com for more information. 

• • • 

The Greater St. Charles Chamber of 

Commerce hosts a weekly Networking 

Happy Hour on Wednesday, June 28 

from 4-7 p.m. at Kokomo Joe’s, 4105 N. 

Cloverleaf Drive in St. Peters. For more 

information, contact Madeleine Strupp or 

Angel Johnson at (636) 447-5656 or madeleine@kjfun. 

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Looking for a great breakfast or lunch, give O’Fallon Family Restaurant a try 



By AMY ARMOUR 

A love of cooking and a dream of 

owning a business has come true for 

Ibrahim Tunga, who opened his very 

first business this spring – the O’Fallon 

Family Restaurant. 

Located at 1322 Sunburst Drive, the 

O’Fallon Family Restaurant opened its 

doors on March 13. The family-friendly 

restaurant is open seven days a week from 

6:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and offers an extensive 

and mouth-watering breakfast and 

lunch menu. From omelets to homemade 

biscuits and gravy to pancakes, country 

skillets and French toast, the restaurant 

offers a wide variety of breakfast options 

to tempt the pickiest palate. 

“We are known for delicious food, very 

generous portions and very affordable 

prices,” said Tunga, who also cooks at 

the restaurant. 

For a unique and filling breakfast, the 

Pony Shoe Skillet is a popular menu item. 

It features made-from-scratch home fries 

covered in a white gravy, topped with two 

O’Fallon Family Restaurant 

eggs and a choice of meat. 

“People really like it,” Tunga said. 

The Double-Up Breakfast also is a 

diner-favorite – offering an enormous 

amount of food – two eggs, four pieces of 

bacon or sausage, two pancakes or slices 

of French toast and home fries. 

Looking for lunch? The restaurant is 

known for its juicy, half-pound burgers 

made with the finest, fresh ground beef. 

The patties are handmade and charbroiled 

to a smoky perfection. Diners can choose 

from the typical Bacon Cheese Burger, 

Mushroom and Swiss Burger, or BBQ 

Burger. For a twist, try the Breakfast 

Burger topped with an egg, the Cancun 

Burger capped with the restaurant’s 

famous chili, or Tunga’s personal favorite 

– the Cajun Burger topped with blue 

cheese, jalapeno and made-from-scratch 

chipotle sauce. 

In addition to burgers, the restaurant 

also offers fresh salads, specialty sandwiches, 

soups and patty melts. A kid’s 

menu offers items like Mickey Mouse 

pancakes, chicken tenders, a hot dog or 

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Hours: 6:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Daily 

grilled cheese. 

“My restaurant is unique in the 

area; there aren’t any other family 

restaurants in the neighborhood – 

many of my customers have mentioned 

that we are just what the 

location needed,” said Tunga. 

The spacious 3,300-squarefoot 

restaurant can seat about 85 

and can accommodate large parties. 

“I am very proud of its cozy 

and comfortable environment, 

and of the very tasty food the 

team is making in the kitchen – 

and it’s all affordable, too,” said 

Tunga. 

Tunga was born and raised in 

Turkey where he attended hospitality 

and business management school. 

In addition, he studied cooking at a vocational 

school in Turkey. 

“I always wanted to run my own business,” 

he said. Tunga learned to cook 

American food while living in Wyoming 

and working in different restaurants. 

He said he chose to 

serve breakfast and lunch 

because those are his favorite 

meals to cook. 

“[Cooking] is not as easy 

Ibrahim Tunga, owner of O’Fallon Family Restaurant 

I thought, but it is fun. And it is a really 

good feeling when you hear people say, 

‘this is really good food,’” Tunga said. 

“It’s a very good feeling that people like 

your food, it’s a very good feeling when 

you hear some nice compliments about it,” 

said Tunga. 

While the restaurant does not offer 

catering at this time, pick up is available. 

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p.m. on the second and fourth Sundays of 

the month, through Sept. 24, at Fort Zumwalt 

Park, 1000 Jessup Drive in O’Fallon. 

Admission for both is $5 per person, and 

kids 10 and under are free. Call (636) 379- 

5614 to arrange a group tour. 

• • • 

The Foundry Art Centre hosts 2nd 

Thursdays: Living Art from 5:30-8 p.m. 

on the second Thursday of each month 

through October, at the Foundry Art Centre, 

520 N. Main Center in St. Charles. This 

series of free art-making events highlights 

art as a cultural, physical or mental necessity. 

Visit www.foundryartcentre.org/2ndthursday 

or call (636) 255-0270. 

• • • 

The Rachel Rueweler Art Exhibit is 

open from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. through July 14 at 

the Renaud Spirit Center [RSC], 2650 Tri 

Sports Circle in O’Fallon. The Cultural Arts 

Center Gallery is open, and free, during regular 

business hours in the RSC. For details, 

visit www.renaudspiritcenter.com. 

• • • 

Church on the Rock hosts a post-traumatic 

stress disorder [PTSD] presentation 

at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 26 at 

900 Birdie Hills Road in St. Peters. Featuring 

a presentation by Dr. Karen A. Loaiza, 

clinical psychologist and VA Specialist. All 

veterans and spouses are invited to attend. 

For questions, call (636) 240-7775. 

• • • 

Community Living’s Big Kahuna Bartender 

Challenge is from 6-9:30 p.m. on 

Tuesday, June 27 at Gettemeier’s, 269 Salt 

Lick Road in St. Peters. Community Living 

staff compete with the Board of Directors to 

earn the most money from bar skills and tips. 

For more information, visit www.communitylivingmo.org/events 

or call (636) 970-2800. 

• • • 

The History of the Declaration of Independence 

is from noon-5 p.m. on Sunday, 

July 9 at the Historic Daniel Boone Home, 

1868 Hwy. F in Defiance. Anne Williams 

discusses the document, with recitations of 

the historic statement at 1:15 and 3:15 p.m. 

in the Old Peace Chapel. Paid tours of the 

Boone Home occur at the top of each hour. 

Call (636) 798-2005 for more information. 

CASUALTY, from page 10 

their patients for priority transport and treatment 

based on the severity of their injuries, 

in the briefest period of time. Sometimes 

they have as little as one minute to make 

decisions about patients facing immediate 

life threats. It still can be a slow process; 

if there are 60 patients, that means at least 

an hour. 

There also are often unforeseen variables 

on scene – it could be cold or raining or 

dark. One variable built into the Wentzville 

exercise was a patient who only spoke 

Spanish. Still, Lane sees responders and 

firefighters are up to the challenge. 

“I always tell my first responders that I 

consider them the best problem-solvers 

there are. Every time they get an alarm, 

there is a problem to solve,” he said. 

The training exercises are geared toward 

paramedics and fire departments, particularly 

some of the small departments in the 

county that don’t have as many full-time 

firefighters, Lane said. He said firefighters 

and paramedics often don’t train with 

police, whose responsibilities on the scene 

are different. 

Lane asked teachers, principals and 

administrators who witnessed the Wentzville 

exercise what their role was on the 

scene. According to Lane, some staff members 

said they would drive to the scene to 

assist. That action is among the most dangerous 

things that they can do, because 

more parked vehicles and traffic could 

block ambulances and emergency vehicles. 

If they do come to the scene, for example, 

to a bus accident, school officials should 

have basic information to share with 

responders, such as the number of students 

on the bus, their ages or if the bus was transporting 

students with special needs. That 

information sometimes can’t be gotten from 

a bus driver, who often is the most severely 

injured person in an accident, Lane said. 

Gaines said another concern is having 

a group of parents show up at an incident 

searching for their children, which can 

turn into a mob scene and interfere with 

responders trying to help them. 

Training, such as the recent mass casualty 

drill, help prepare emergency personnel to 

respond appropriately in all situations.



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