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RANDOM THOUGHTS 

A Community Conversation 

No charge for our 

first meeting! 

This week, West Newsmagazine talks with 

Bret Heinrich, president and CEO of Wings 

of Hope, a Chesterfield-based nonprofit 

that provides global aviation programs, 

including U.S. medical transport, to help 

communities around the world become selfsufficient 

with programs in education, economics 

and food security. In 2016, Heinrich 

became the nonprofit’s first top executive to 

hold the title of CEO as well as president. 

What is special about the place in which 

you grew up? 

I grew up in Dwight, Illinois. My graduating 

class has 69 students in it, so we 

quite literally grew up together. Everyone 

knew each other, and the bonds that we 

had remain special to this day. I would do 

anything for my classmates and for my 

hometown to this day. We maintain close 

contact. It was, and is, a small town literally 

surrounded by corn fields. It was our 

little corner of paradise. 

What invention doesn’t get a lot of love, 

but has greatly improved the world? 

The rubber band. The rubber band is not 

appreciated as it should be. I use rubber 

bands for so many different things. I use 

them to close up bags of chips that aren’t 

fully eaten, and rubber bands can be used 

to repair things. It’s a very simple device. 

The easy answer is air conditioning, but 

that gets a lot of love. 

Pilot Rick Bergman with Payton and [at right] 

Wings of Hope President/CEO Bret Heinrich]. 

[Wings of Hope/Carol Enright photo] 

What were some of the major turning 

points in your life? 

When I was considering where to go to 

college, I was all set to go study forestry 

at a major public university and, at the last 

minute, I decided that I wanted to play college 

football at a small school in central 

Illinois named Eureka College. 

It was there that I met my wife, and that 

was a major turning point in my life ... I 

didn’t really know who she was, but I just 

felt compelled to meet someone named 

Anne Shaw. I don’t know if God was whispering 

in my ear to seek this woman out, but 

I found her, and that has been a major [turning] 

point in my life. 

I would say also that, as I was leaving 

school, I applied for a fellowship to go teach 

in Japan. I was a David Murray Fellow and 

that experience changed my life because it 

took me from there to being offered a job 

years later by the president of the college I 

taught at, who was starting a nonprofit organization. 

That’s how I got pulled into the 

nonprofit sector. The world of philanthropy, 

fundraising and making a difference by 

serving a mission, all of that was opened up 

to me just based on a decision to apply for a 

fellowship to go teach in Japan. 

And, of course, the birth of my three 

beautiful children. When you become a 

parent, that becomes a turning point in your 

life, and nothing is ever the same after that. 

What do you wish you knew more about? 

I wish I knew more about math as my 

kids were growing up. With each new grade, 

my wife and I would look at each other and 

say, “OK, this is third-grade math. Is this 

the last year we’ll be able to help our kids?” 

or “OK, this is fourth-grade math. Will this 

be the last year that we can help our kids?” 

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Do you think humans will ever be able to 

live together in harmony? 

You know, that’s a great question. I 

oftentimes think that the things that are 

our greatest strengths are also the things 

that divide us the most. I would place the 

unique, wonderful diversity of people in 

this world as something that is incredibly 

beautiful, and ironically, it’s also very divisive. 

... I personally have a strong Christian 

faith, and that’s important to me. I 

think if people are able to connect across 

their diversity, across faiths, across all the 

things that tend to divide us but still make 

us unique and who we are, we have a great 

opportunity to live in harmony. One of 

the great equalizers is education. I really 

believe if we can help bring others to their 

full potential through education, then there 

is a shot at living in harmony. 

Now, as a Cubs fan living in St. Louis, I 

don’t think there will ever be true harmony 

in this universe.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Solutions to school shootings 

To the Editor: 

If I have a stack of dirty dishes and 

want them to get clean, I do not stand 

there wringing my hands and proclaiming 

“something must be done” or “this is 

not acceptable” or “I need a common sense 

solution.” Demonstrating my firm grasp of 

the obvious does not get the dishes clean. 

So I wash the dishes, because that’s what 

works. Common sense. 

After the Twin Towers were brought 

down by hijackers, regulations were 

changed allowing armed pilots and random 

air marshals aboard flights. Blood did not 

flow in the aisles of aircraft, and we have 

not had a single hijacking since. 

In 1974, Israel suffered a mass school 

shooting by terrorists. The government 

immediately put armed guards in schools 

and allowed teachers to arm themselves. 

In the 43 years since then, there have been 

two attempted attacks on schools. In both 

cases, the gunmen were stopped/killed by 

armed teachers. 

Do what works. It’s common sense. 

Paul Lovegren 

• • • 


I was watching this “listening” session 

with the high school survivors at the White 

House who were offering solutions to 

school mass shootings, some obvious truths 

were missed. 

1. Our population will increase. As the 

population increases, people with mental 

health issues will increase. More guns will 

be sold. Only one of those things we can 

absolutely control. 2. These so-called “gunfree 

zones” – schools, movies, malls, concerts 

– are the norm in this country. They are 

suppose to be gun-free. 3 Arming teachers 

and putting them in a “combat” situation 

[and it is combat] takes a certain kind of 

person. 4. What is the end game when more 

and more people are armed? How many 

people have to be armed before we are all 

safe? 5. It’s people with guns that are the 

problem, not the people without guns. 

This country’s gun culture, this country’s 

love affair with guns are the problems. Why 

make it easier for someone to kill a lot of 

In this Issue 

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On the Ballot 

Propositions on the April 3 

ballot are presented in exact 

ballot language. 

innocent people in the shortest amount of 

time using a combat type weapon that can 

hold a high capacity magazines? What 

are the gains and what are the loses so far 

for owning this type of weapon? Anyone? 

Those were the truths that were missed. 

Mike Alalof 

More CCR discussion 


Wow. I have only just picked up the 

West Newsmagazine from my mailbox and 

already I feel the urge to comment. 

Regarding the letter from Dale Schmid 

[West Newsmagazine, Feb. 21], which was 

in response to the letter from Mary Gross 

opposing Representative Wagner’s support 

of House Bill #38: 

1. Very few people are “anti-gun” and very 

few people think that guns are always bad. 

This is a myth perpetrated by people and 

organizations that benefit from such myths. 

2. Many people – upwards of 80 percent 

in most polls – believe that there should be 

common sense measures in place that protect 

the general populace from the consequences 

of accidental or deliberate gun injuries and 

death. These people are not “anti-gun,” in 

fact, many of them are gun owners. 3. It’s 

true that driver’s licenses are recognized 

from one state to another. In order to get a 

license, one must prove one’s identity, pass 

both a written as well as a practical [driving] 

test, carry liability insurance, and renew on a 

periodic basis, usually with some additional 

testing. Perhaps if similar tests and liability 

insurance requirements [requisite for permits] 

were required for gun ownership consistently 

in all 50 states, there would be less 

“anti-gun” people opposing concealed carry 

reciprocity. 

Kathleen Lastarria 

• • • 


Mary Gross’ letter regarding concealed 

cary reciprocity prompts me to correct some 

inaccuracies in her letter. The Concealed 

Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 [HR 38] will 

do away with the confusing patchwork of 

state laws that risks making criminals out of 

otherwise law-abiding gun owners, by allowing 

those qualified to carry concealed firearms 

in one state to carry in other states that 

allow residents to do so. Despite anti-gunners’ 

doomsday prognostications, existing 

reciprocity agreements have created a trove 

of data showing such a policy would pose no 

danger to the public. Attorneys general from 

24 states signed a letter affirming their support 

of HR 38 before the bill went before the 

full U.S. House of Representatives. 

This letter explains that the bill is necessary 

to eliminate a long-standing problem 

for law-abiding gun owners. 

HR 38 will not change any state’s laws 

regarding concealed carry. It merely allows 

legally permitted residents from other states 

to protect themselves in another state. The 

permitting laws of the host state still remain 

in effect. The traveler is obligated to abide 

by the laws of the state in which they are 

presently located, not their home state. It is 

the same reciprocity permitted for drivers. 

Each state recognizes the driver’s license 

from any other state. HR 38 simply recognizes 

the concealed carry permits issued by 

another state. 

America’s highest ranking law enforcement 

officers understand that law-abiding 

citizens should be able to exercise their 

fundamental right to self-defense while 

traveling across state lines without fear of 

breaking the law. Remember, these licensed 

people have undergone a criminal background 

check and have shown proficiency 

with their firearm to their home state before 

a permit is issued. 

I believe Rep. Ann Wagner has listened 

to her constituents as well as the attorneys 

general, the highest ranking law enforcement 

officer of each state, in recognizing 

that licensed individuals should be able to 

protect themselves outside their home state, 

as they do within the borders of their home 

state. Remember, the NRA is the world’s 

largest training organization for firearms 

safety and proficiency. Hundreds of thousands 

of law enforcement officers are 

trained annually by NRA-certified instructors. 

Rep. Wagner has voted to keep us safe 

and should be applauded for keeping her 

oath upholding the U.S. Constitution! 

Kevin Cummins 

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Amazon’s first local fulfillment 

center is expected to benefit the 

entire region. 

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Wildwood teen Melanie 

Green is making a name 

for herself in rodeo. 

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The Race to be Mayor 

Meet the candidates in the 

Manchester and Ellisville 

mayoral races. 

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Back to the Future 

It’s a Friday night in 1985, where are 

you? 

Likely, in the ‘80s, ‘90s and even into 

the early 2000s, you were at the mall. 

Malls were the thing – it’s where you 

went Friday night, the place where you 

shopped or walked or dined. The place 

where families could go with plenty of 

space and attractions for each generation 

to do their own thing. 

Not so much today. Shopping malls are 

reminders of bygone days. 

But trends that fade away make way for 

new trends … and perhaps hope, even in 

the age of Amazon. 

According to a BBC article, 2007 saw 

no new malls built in America – the first 

time that had happened in 50 years. As of 

2018, companies like Amazon, Wish and 

eBay serve as the gatekeepers of a new age 

of shopping convenience and once vibrant 

shopping centers across the United States 

are becoming “dead malls.” 

High vacancy rates, low consumer 

levels, no surviving anchor stores and no 

retail successors to fill those vacancies. 

These are the death knells of the modern 

mall. 

For St. Louisans, a plethora of dead 

malls come to mind. The Mall at Wentzville 

Crossings, Crestwood Plaza and St. 

Louis Centre have all achieved dead mall 

status and some may think Chesterfield 

Mall might not be far behind. 

But is it? 

Despite the recent loss of stores like 

H&M, American Girl and Finish Line, 

Chesterfield Mall is not a dead mall. And 

its future is hopeful. That’s right, we said, 

“hopeful.” 

Chesterfield Mall is surrounded by hightraffic, 

generally safe neighborhoods and 

businesses. The perfect spot for a mixed 

use community built around the new trends 

in local retail – convenience and walkability. 

For Chesterfield Mall, a ray of hope lies 

just beyond the horizon: redevelopment. 

Turning dead malls into mixed-use 

developments is not a new concept. Across 

the country, dying malls are being redeveloped 

with spaces for offices, educational 

facilities and homes. 

Imagine Chesterfield Mall brought back 

to life with apartments, restaurants and 

retail all springing up in one convenient 

location. 

It begs the question, what does the 

“mall of the future” look like? It’s not 

just a hub for shopping. Modern malls 

across the country are taking off the roof 

– literally – to make room for assets like 

plants and foliage that can be sustained 

with rainwater. Generic stores are being 

replaced with designer outlets and local 

boutiques that offer goods more difficult 

to purchase online. Food courts are being 

replaced with sit-down restaurants that 

serve locally sourced cuisine. Rooftops 

are being cleared for additional seating 

areas that offer sweeping, multi-story 

views. 

Imagine sitting on the rooftop watching 

the sun set over St. Charles County. Have 

you ever seen one of those sunsets? The 

Missouri River valley is breathtaking at 

sunset. 

We digress. The simple fact is this: malls 

that previously offered only retail shopping 

opportunities have taken a community-focused 

approach. They have evolved 

from shopping malls to lifestyle centers. 

Chesterfield Mall is no exception. 

Modernization has happened before for 

similar malls – and it works. 

It’s not a coincidence that the most populated 

corner of Chesterfield Mall happens 

to be the area with the most mixed uses – a 

movie theater, a sit-down restaurant, a hair 

salon, a food court along with traditional 

retail and office space. 

How do you fight internet convenience? 

Give the people want they want. 

While traditional shopping trends might 

be dying, the desire to live and shop locally 

clearly are not. 

We’ll say it again, we’re hopeful, optimistic, 

even giddy over the untapped 

potential that Chesterfield Mall still holds. 

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looks like a tree.” 

– City Manager Bill Schwer, 

on a proposed cell tower 

near Bluebird Park 

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BALLWIN 

Trees removed at municipal 

golf course 

Golfers braving late winter’s brisk winds 

are finding a little less tree trouble at the 

Ballwin Golf Course. 

Eleven trees, including seven ash, a large 

oak and three honey locust, have been cut 

down in recent weeks. The ash specimens 

were deemed not worth saving from the ongoing 

invasion of the emerald ash borer while 

the others were generally in poor condition. 

Although the removals are noticeable to 

those familiar with the nine-hole layout, 

they represent a small fraction of the 427 

trees remaining on the golf course property. 

Another 18 trees also rated in poor condition 

during an overall inventory completed 

last year with a grant from the state 

conservation department are scheduled to 

be cut down during the next two years. 

Meanwhile, 15 ash trees in good condition 

are being treated with chemicals to 

keep the destructive ash borers at bay for 

as long as possible. 

Plans call for replacing the trees that have 

been removed but no decisions have been 

made on the species to be added, according 

to Linda Bruer, Ballwin’s director of parks 

and recreation. 

CHESTERFIELD 

Street improvements planned 

As part of its annual public works 

improvements, Chesterfield will replace 

selected portions of pavement on a number 

of city streets during the upcoming construction 

season. 

One project includes work on Ladue 

Farm Road in Ladue Farm Estates, River 

Bend Drive and Shady Valley Drive in 

River Bend Estates, and Westernmill Drive, 

Millchester Circle and Millbriar Circle in 

Westmill Estates. 

A second project includes work on 

Schoettler Valley Drive in Schoettler 

Valley Estates, Countryside Manor Drive 

in Countryside at Chesterfield, and Coventry 

Farm Drive, Coventry Farm Court and 

Coventry Glen Court in Coventry Farm. 

The Chesterfield City Council awarded 

contracts for both projects to J. M. Marschuetz 

Construction Co. of Eureka. The bid price for 

both projects was nearly $1.74 million. 

Council authorizes two 

structure changes 

The Chesterfield City Council has given 

final approval to measures eliminating a 

staff position and changing the structure of 

a committee. 

At its March 5 meeting, the council 

repealed an ordinance establishing the 

position of coordinator of alcohol and drug 

abuse prevention. Although authorized 

many years ago, the position never has 

been filled. 

The council also changed the structure 

of the Finance and Administration Citizens 

Advisory Committee from one established 

by statute to one authorized by policy. 

The changes were part of the council’s 

ongoing effort to review and update the 

city’s ordinances and policies to make 

them current and consistent. 

MANCHESTER 

Elected official compensation 

procedure changes 

A bill was introduced at the Manchester 

Board of Aldermen meeting on March 5 

that would establish a new means of calculating 

compensation for elected officials in 

office prior to April 3 of this year. 

Currently, the mayor receives $450 for 

each regular board meeting and the six 

aldermen are compensated at $225 per 

board meeting. Board meetings occur on 

the first and third Mondays of each month. 

Under the proposed ordinance, the mayor 

would receive $900 monthly and aldermen 

would receive $450 monthly. The amount 

per month is unchanged; however, the new 

ordinance changes the way payments are 

distributed. Elected officials would not 

receive additional compensation for ancillary 

meetings, such as the budget sessions 

or special meetings held during the year. 

The proposed ordinance adds language 

that addresses absences by the mayor or 

aldermen at the board’s regular monthly 

meetings. Under the proposed ordinance, 

the mayor elected on April 3 and his successors 

in office may have two excused 

absences per year at the regular monthly 

meetings. After two excused absences, not 

including canceled board meetings, the 

mayor will have $450 deducted for each 

absence and, following the same guidelines, 

aldermen will have $225 deducted 

for each board meeting absence. 

WEST COUNTY 

Annual ‘Trash Bash’ 

seeks volunteers 

The Missouri Department of Conservation 

[MDC] hosts the 10th Annual Confluence 

Trash Bash from 9 a.m.-noon on 

Saturday, March 24. 

Volunteers will help clean up rivers and 

creeks that lie within the Confluence Greenway. 

Past cleanup efforts have drawn 

over a 1,000 volunteers who have removed 

5,000 tires and more than 61 tons of trash 

and scrap from area streams and rivers. 

Participants should report for sign up 

between 8 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. A free breakfast 

is available for all volunteers before 

the cleanup begins. 

In West County, volunteers can choose 

from the following starting locations: 

• Creve Coeur Park, 2160 Creve Coeur 

Mill Road 

• Chesterfield River’s Edge Park, 17089





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N. Outer 40 Road, #140 – This location 

is accepting volunteers age 16 and older 

only. Volunteers are asked to meet in the 

Taubman Prestige Outlets mall parking lot 

13-14 and head into the Bike Stop Cafe for 

breakfast and registration. 

Specific cleanup sites will be assigned 

near each of the starting locations. After 

the cleanup, prizes will be awarded to volunteers 

who find the weirdest, biggest and 

most expensive trash that morning. 

Individual volunteers, civic groups and 

youth organizations are encouraged to volunteer. 

No experience is required. Volunteers 

will be provided a free T-shirt, bags 

and gloves, courtesy of the St. Louis Metropolitan 

Sewer District. Transportation 

is available for school and other groups 

by contacting Colleen Scott at Colleen. 

Scott@mdc.mo.gov. 

Pre-registration is required; registration 

can be completed online at goo.gl/gL36Vb. 

Participants are reminded to dress appropriately 

for weather conditions and in 

clothes they don’t mind getting wet or dirty. 

Sensory-friendly 

Easter Bunny visits 

West County Center hosts free sensoryfriendly 

visits with the Easter Bunny from 

9-11 a.m. on Sunday, March 18 exclusively 

for families of children with special needs. 

This special event takes place before the 

mall opens its doors to the public. 

Kids within every spectrum of special 

needs and their families are invited to 

experience the tradition of a visit with 

the Easter Bunny. To make this time especially 

calming, mall lights will be dimmed 

and all background music will be turned 

off. 

“We are excited to be partnering with 

Autism Speaks to help us plan this special 

time,” Sean Philips, CBL Properties marketing 

director, said. “It is important that 

all kids have an opportunity to visit the 

Easter Bunny, especially children who may 

not be comfortable in the traditional mall 

environment.” 

Space is limited, and families are encouraged 

to reserve their complementary ticket 

in advance on eventbrite.com [search 

“west county center - bunny cares”]. One 

ticket per group/family is required. 

ST. LOUIS 

Conference on dyslexia planned 

The St. Louis Learning Disabilities 

Association and Decoding Dyslexia will 

present a day-long conference from 8 a.m.- 

4:30 p.m. on Mondy, April 30 at Orlando’s 

Event Center, 2050 Dorsett Village in 

Maryland Heights. 

Dr. Richard Selznick, Dr. Nancy Mather 

and Ms. Kim Stuckey will present short 

seminars to inform parents and educators 

about the particulars of dyslexia, assessments 

and interventions, and the Missouri 

state mandate for children in public schools 

to be screened for dyslexia starting in the 

2018-19 school year. The conference will 

conclude with a panel discussion featuring 

all three speakers. 

Registration fees are $65 for parents 

and $100 for teachers and administrators. 

Lunch is included. Proceeds from the conference 

will help give local children with 

learning disabilities the tools and strategies 

they need to reach their full potential. 

To register, call (314) 966-3088 or visit 

ldastl.org. 

Decoding Dyslexia - MO is a grassroots 

movement driven by Missouri families 

concerned with the limited access to educational 

interventions for dyslexia and 

other language-based learning disabilities 

within public schools. 

St. Louis Learning Disabilities Association 

is a nonprofit organization providing 

students of all ages, parents and professionals 

with education, support and consultation. 

St. Louis LDA helps students with 

learning differences, dyslexia, attention 

deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism 

spectrum disorder find a path to success. 

Book fair proceeds result 

in 14 nonprofit grants 

Fourteen St. Louis-area nonprofit organizations 

have received grants from proceeds 

generated from the 2017 Greater St. 

Louis Book Fair. 

“We are excited to announce 14 area 

agencies have received grants generated 

from our successful 2017 Greater St. 

Louis Book Fair,” said Marilyn Brown, 

director of the Greater St. Louis Book 

Fair. “We want to extend a big thank you 

to the community and our sponsors for 

their generous support, enabling us to 

provide monetary grants to a wide range 

of local education and literacy programs 

for the underserved.” 

The agencies awarded grants were 

Assistance League of St. Louis, Books 

for STL Kids [formerly First Book – St. 

Louis], Cardinal Ritter Senior Services 

– Foster Grandparent Program, English 

Tutoring Project, Gene Slay’s Boy’s and 

Girl’s Club – Blue Print for Reading Success 

Program, Haven of Grace, Home 

Works, Kingdom House, Our Lady’s Inn, 

L.I.F.E. Foundation, MindsEye, Parents 

as Teachers – Normandy, Ready Readers, 

and the St. Louis County Library Foundation. 

The Greater St. Louis Book Fair 

presenting sponsors are the Clark-Fox 

Family Foundation, First Bank, Hogan 

Transport and Town Planner ® . 

The 2018 Greater St. Louis Book Fair is 

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Ballwin, MO 63011, at 7:00 P.M. 

Text amendment to the Code of Ordinances regarding Period of Validity for SUE’s in 

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preceding the hearing. Offices are open between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday 

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On the Ballot: Propositions and Charter Amendments 

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The following propositions and charter 

amendments will be on ballots in West 

County communities in the April 3 elections. 

Each is shown in exact ballot language. 

All require ‘yes’ or ‘no’ votes. The 

majority needed for passage is noted below. 

DES PERES 

Simple majority required 

Proposition L: Shall the City of Des 

Peres continue to impose a current sales 

tax of one-half of one percent for the purposes 

of funding local parks and recreation 

facilities for the City including The Lodge? 

ELLISVILLE 

Simple majority required on each 

Proposition 1: Shall the City of Ellisville 

resolve to support a merger of St. Louis 

City and St. Louis County? 

Proposition 2: Shall the City of Ellisville 

resolve to support the City of St. Louis 

entering St. Louis County as the 90th 

municipality? 

EUREKA 


Proposition E: Shall the City of Eureka 

impose a citywide sales tax at a rate of 

one-half of one percent for the purpose 

of improving the public safety of the City, 

which shall be utilized for police facility 

and equipment costs, bridge and roadway 

infrastructure and flood control measures? 

MANCHESTER 

Four-sevenths majority required 

Proposition S: Shall the City of Manchester, 

Missouri, issue its general obligation 

bonds in the amount of $16,000,000 for 

the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, 

extending, repairing and improving the City 

streets and sidewalks, including acquiring 

any land or right-of-way necessary therefor? 

WILDWOOD 

Simple majority required on each 

Proposition 1: Shall subsection [d] of 

Section 3.2 of the City Charter of the City 

of Wildwood be amended to limit the term 

a person may serve on the City Council to 

a total of eight [8] years as set forth in Section 

Two of City Ordinance 2309? 

Proposition 2: Shall subsection [d] of 


of Wildwood be amended to limit the term 

a person may serve as Mayor to a total of 

eight [8] years as set forth in Section Two 

of City Ordinance 2310? 

Proposition 3: Shall Section 4.7 of the 

City Charter of the City of Wildwood be 

amended by adding a new subsection [k] 

providing procedures for the appointment 

of officers, boards commissions and committees 

upon the Mayors failure to provide 

for such appointment as set forth in Section 


Proposition 4: Shall subsection [b] of 


of Wildwood be amended to require voter 

approval for expenditures on certain capital 

improvement projects exceeding Three 

Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars 

[or as adjusted annually] as set forth in 

Section Two of City Ordinance 2311? 

Proposition 5: Shall subsection [a] of 


of Wildwood be amended to limit service 

on boards, commissions and committees to 

two [2] full terms as set forth in Section 


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Proposition U: Shall the municipality of 

Winchester be authorized to impose a local 

use tax at the same rate as the local sales tax 

by a vote of the governing body, provided 

that if any local sales tax is repealed, reduced 

or raised by voter approval, the respective 

local use tax shall also be repealed, reduced 

or raised by the same action? A use tax 

return shall not be required to be filed by 

persons whose purchases from out-of-state 

vendors do not in total exceed two thousand 

dollars in any calendar year. 

Amazon brings fulfillment center to St. Peters to the benefit of entire region 

By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH 

Amazon’s first fulfillment center in Missouri, 

planned for St. Peters and expected 

to create more than 1,500 jobs, will benefit 

the entire St. Louis region. 

That’s according to St. Charles County 

and state officials gathered at a news 

conference on March 7 to discuss the 

announcement that a new 855,080-squarefoot 

center to house the Amazon facility 

will be built at Duke Realty’s Premier 

370 Business Park along Route 370 in St. 

Peters. 

St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano said he 

was “ecstatic” about the announcement 

saying that Amazon was attracted to the 

city because it has an amazing quality of 

life, great schools, quality housing and a 

world-class workforce. 

County Executive Steve Ehlmann 

agreed with Pagano that the announcement 

heralded a great day for St. Peters and the 

entire region. 

“This facility is going to be a two-minute 

drive from a Missouri River bridge. So 

this is not just going to benefit potential 

employees in St. Charles County but in St. 

Louis County, St. Louis City, the entire 

region,” Ehlmann said. 

Ehlmann and city officials say they 

expect some workers at the facility will be 

willing to drive 45 minutes or more to work 

at Amazon. 

About 12 years ago, when Ehlmann and 

Amazon press conference on March 7 

Pagano were discussing the business park, 

Ehlmann said he said to Pagano that he 

hoped St. Peters wasn’t going to simply 

move a lot of retail development into the 

business park. He said Pagano guaranteed 

that the city was not going to do that. 

“We are going to look for real companies 

that create real jobs, we’re not just [going 

to] move jobs from one part of the region 

to the other,” Ehlmann said Pagano told 

him. “I think that is very, very important 

for people to understand that this is a situation 

where we’re bringing new jobs to the 

region and everybody is going to profit.” 

A groundbreaking for the center could be 

as early as March 19, Pagano said. 

The building is expected to be finished 

and operational by May 1, 2019, said Matthew 

C. Hrubes, vice president of leasing 

and development for Duke Realty. City 

officials noted that the Amazon facility 

may be larger than advertised because it 

will have two floors – maybe with as much 

as 2.4 million square feet. 

Employees will work alongside robotics 

to pick, pack and ship small items, such as 

books, electronics and toys, to customers. 

According to an Amazon news release, fulltime 

employees in the company receive 

competitive hourly wages and comprehensive 

benefits including health and disability 

insurance, and 401[k] and company stock 

participation from day one. The company 

also offers generous paid leave. 

“We’re excited to continue growing our 

team with our first, state-of-the-art fulfillment 

center in Missouri,” Sanjay Shah, 

Amazon’s vice president of North America 

Customer Fulfillment, said in a statement. 

“Our ability to expand in Missouri is the 

result of two things: incredible customers 

and an outstanding workforce. Amazon is 

committed to providing great opportunities 

for employment and creating a positive 

economic impact for the region.” 

Those new employees may not be buying 

new houses in St. Peters because the city 

now has little land available for new single-family 

housing developments. However, 

Pagano said the city is looking into 

multi-family developments and that existing 

homes sell quickly in the city. 

“We’ve got some more land elsewhere 

in the county,” Ehlmann said slyly at the 

press conference, which drew laughter 

because the county has been the leading 

location for single-family home development 

in the region for a number of years. 

Amazon officials were not present at the 

news conference. Instead, they released a 

written news release announcing the center 

early in the morning on March 7. 

“They were impressed with the Missouri 

story, too,” said Rob Nixon, director of the 

Missouri Department of Economic Development, 

who spoke at the news conference. 

“And they are telling us that very fact by 

this decision today.” 

Pagano thanked the members of a team 

that worked on attracting Amazon, including 

the county’s Economic Development 

Council, Duke Realty, Ameren and other 

groups such as the Missouri Partnership 

and the St. Louis Regional Chamber. 

Some, but not all, of the incentives 

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Chesterfield’s Riparian Trail 

Chesterfield eyes trail extension 

By JIM ERICKSON 

The city of Chesterfield could add to its 

trail system if some developments now 

pending actually occur. 

Legislation for an initial step to extend 

the Riparian Trail had its first reading at the 

March 5 City Council meeting. The measure 

would authorize the city administrator 

to sign a Transportation Alternative Funds 

Program Agreement with the Missouri 

Highways and Transportation Commission. 

Its second reading and final approval are 

subject to agreements on several related 

fronts. 

Constructed in 2011 with grant funding, 

Phase I of the Riparian Trail is a half-mile 

of crushed stone and boardwalk running 

through the woods along Chesterfield 

Creek near the city’s Central Park. 

The city’s goal has been to extend the 

trail to Old Chesterfield Road. That project 

is included in the Chesterfield Bikeable 

Walkable Plan approved in 2010. 

Since then, St. Louis County has resurfaced 

Baxter Road from Clarkson to Wild 

Horse Creek roads. Originally, the county 

had planned to reduce traffic lanes on 

Baxter from five to three to accommodate 

two dedicated bike lanes. After Chesterfield 

officials and many residents voiced 

concerns about that strategy, a compromise 

was reached to maintain five lanes 

on Baxter while the city pursued the extension 

of the Riparian Trail from August Hill 

Drive to Wild Horse Creek Road. 

The city applied for and received a state 

Transportation Alternative Program [TAP] 

grant for $1 million, the maximum funding 

allowed, to help pay for the extension. The 

Chesterfield Valley Transportation Development 

District would pay the remainder 

of the now-estimated $1.54 million total 

cost due to the new path’s ultimate connection 

to Old Chesterfield Road and the 

existing Levee Trail. 

In total, the extension measures about 

nine-tenths of a mile. 

Still to be completed are negotiations 

with Chesterfield Village Inc. [CVI] 

because the proposed Riparian Trail extension 

will be constructed mostly on land 

CVI now owns. 

An agreement with CVI almost eight 

years ago enabled the city to build the 

initial Riparian Trail segment, as well as 

the Lydia Hill-August Hill connection, 

on land donated by the corporation. In 

return, CVI received “credits” for open 

space, tree canopy and other requirements 

related to future Chesterfield Village 

developments. 

A similar arrangement is anticipated for 

the extension, but it also would include 

conveying to the city The Awakening 

sculpture and the Chesterfield Ridge 

Center Drive bridge. Officials say without 

a new agreement, likely in the form of an 

amendment to the first one, the city will not 

be able to construct the trail extension. 

Also pending is a contract for engineering 

design and construction engineering 

services for the extension. Now on hold 

pending the conclusion of the land agreement 

with CVI, the engineering contract 

will require approval by the city council 

and the Missouri Department of Transportation. 

The city already has asked for proposals 

from firms interested in providing the 

engineering services, has reviewed the 

credentials of those that have applied and 

selected the firm of George Butler Associates 

[GBA] for the project. 

GBA is based in Lenexa, Kansas, and 

has offices in a number of other cities 

including Chesterfield and O’Fallon. A 

contract with the company likely will not 

be executed until an agreement with CVI 

is in place.



Ballwin alderman files for state 

office while running for Ward 2 seat 


Ballwin Alderman Kevin Roach [Ward 

2] has filed candidacy papers to 

seek the Republican nomination 

for state auditor in the Aug. 7 primary 

election. 

Roach also is running for reelection 

to his aldermanic seat in 

the April 3 election where he is 

being challenged by Katie Zaitz- 

Fink. Roach has served on the 

Ballwin board since April 2015. 

Zaitz-Fink was quick to 

respond to Roach’s state auditor 

filing with a post on her candidacy 

Facebook page. After 

noting that Roach is running for 

state auditor, she added “... if 

elected, he would have to resign 

his seat as Alderman of Ward 

2.” a statement that is not true. 

Roach 

Zaitz-Fink 

If elected auditor, Roach could remain a 

Ballwin alderman. 

As of March 7, Roach and two other 

Republicans, David Wasinger, of Huntleigh, 

and Paul Curtman, of Washington, had 

declared their candidacies in the state auditor 

race. Incumbent Nicole Galloway, a Democrat, 

is the only one from her party 

who has filed for the office. The 

filing deadline is March 27. 

Asked about his candidacy for 

statewide office and if it would 

interfere with his work as alderman, 

Roach said, “It’s too soon 

to say.” 

“There’s still a lot of work to 

do in Ballwin and I’m committed 

to that. Ballwin is where I 

grew up,” he said. He added that 

he does not plan to resign from 

the Ballwin board if he wins the 

August primary. “I have a perfect 

attendance record during my 

years on the board and I plan to 

maintain that,” he pledged. 

On Facebook, Zaitz-Fink 

posted “I can assure you that I have no 

other aspirations for any other public office 

and that I am fully invested in serving my 

community of Ballwin.” 

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Ellisville City Council expresses interest 

in possible cell tower near Bluebird Park 

By JESSICA MESZAROS 

A void in cell coverage may be filled in 

the city of Ellisville and, for the first time 

in history, it could be with the city’s leafiest 

cell tower. 

“This has been done in other municipalities, 

but this will be the first tower in Ellisville 

that looks like a tree,” City Manager 

Bill Schwer said. 

At the March 7 City Council meeting, an 

ordinance was passed authorizing Mayor 

Pro Tem Dan Duffy to execute an option 

and ground lease agreement on behalf of 

the city with Global Signal Acquisitions IV, 

LLC, for city-owned property near Bluebird 

Park. The goal is to increase the area’s 

bandwidth capabilities. 

The vote was 4-0 in favor of the agreement, 

with councilmembers Ken Newhouse 

and Bones Baker [both of District 2] 

absent. The bill was introduced by Councilmember 

Cindy Pool [District 3.] 

According to Schwer, the city previously 

was approached by the company to 

install the tower to fill a detected service 

void in the area. No exact location has been 

pinpointed, but two areas have frequently 

A cell tower tree 

been discussed by the council. Both 50 W. 

Oak Hill Drive and 225 Kiefer Creek Road 

are possible locations and lie to the north of 

Bluebird Park. 

The tower could be up to 200 feet tall and 

is intended to be designed as a tree to better 

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Chesterfield approves city administrator’s pay increase 




On its third attempt, the 

Chesterfield City Council gave 

final approval to an ordinance 

granting City Administrator 

Mike Geisel a 2-percent pay 

increase effective Jan. 1, 2018. 

The 5-3 vote, with five votes 

being the minimum needed for 

passing an ordinance, came 

at the March 5 council meeting. 

The measure had been up 

Mike Geisel 

for approval at two earlier meetings after a 

January closed-door performance evaluation 

session when the council endorsed the 

salary hike, also on a 5-3 vote. 

Action initially was delayed when the 

council failed to approve a change in its 

rules to allow the required two readings of 

the ordinance at the same meeting. Later, 

the vote was postponed due to two councilmembers 

being absent. 

Based on the March 5 vote, the pay 

increase ordinance would not have received 

the required five votes for passage due to 

the absences at the late February meeting. 

Councilmembers Tom DeCampi and 

Michelle Ohley [both of Ward 4] and Ben 

Keathley [Ward 2] opposed the pay hike but 

said they had no complaints about Geisel’s 

performance since his appointment as city 

administrator in August 2016. 

“This is about the taxpayer,” 

DeCampi asserted after presenting 

data that he said 

showed the average annual 

pay of the top administrators 

in the 14 largest cities in the 

state is $156,000, $14,000 

below Geisel’s $170,000 salary 

before any increase. 

Geisel’s compensation 

should be based on the value of the job in 

the marketplace, not on how much he has 

saved in budget-cutting efforts, DeCampi 

said. Keathley added that he had received 

two emails questioning the suggested 

increase for Geisel in light of revenue 

declines and his current pay being higher 

than average. 

But Councilmember Barbara McGuinness 

[Ward 1] said achieving budget cuts 

and other efficiencies were part of the job 

the council had asked Geisel to do, and she 

applauded his success in those efforts. 

While also complimenting Geisel’s 

performance, Councilmember Dan Hurt 

[Ward 3] noted it was important to him 

to have “someone I can trust” in the city 

administrator’s position. 

Hurt and McGuinness, along with councilmembers 

Barry Flachsbart [Ward 1], 

Guy Tilman [Ward 2] and Randy Logan 

[Ward 3], supported the pay increase. 

With the 2-percent hike, Geisel’s salary 

now is $173,400. 

CELL TOWER, from page 13 

portation and construction vehicles, such 

as tractor trailers, would be able to reach 

the two specified locations. According to 

Schwer, the company could be granted 

access to the city-owned properties via a 

combination of existing city roads and 

trails within the park, depending on the 

location of the potential tower. 

“It could be a combination of both, but 

it’s really going to depend on where that 

final location is going to be,” Schwer said. 

According to Schwer, updates on the 

tower’s location and progress will be 

added to future city council agendas. The 

council’s decision at the March 7 meeting 

indicated an interest in bringing the tower 

to the area; however, no definitive decision 

regarding the tower’s construction has 

been finalized. 

“I actually just reached out to them 

[Global Signal Acquisitions IV, LLC] 

earlier today with some more questions,” 

Schwer said on March 8. 

The concept of aesthetically designing 

cell towers is nothing new, as they already 

have been installed in other municipalities 

and cities, including areas in St. Charles 

and in Twin Oaks, where the tower is disguised 

as a flagpole.

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As Parkway students ‘walk out,’ BOE candidates discuss school safety 

By BONNIE KRUEGER 

On the heels of the recent shooting 

at Marjory Stoneman Douglas 

High in Parkland, Florida, Parkway 

students are heeding a nationwide 

call to action through the 

#National School Walkout sponsored 

by Women’s March Youth 

Ames 

EMPOWER on March 14. 

With the support of Superintendent Dr. 

Keith Marty and secondary school principals, 

middle and high school students will 

be allowed to participate in a 17-minute 

walkout at 10 a.m. to represent the 17 lives 

lost at Stoneman Douglas High. Organizing 

the walkout at Parkway South High are 

freshmen Ella Miller, Emmaleah Stapp and 

Iris Cameron. 

“The thoughts and prayers by Congress 

were appropriate and genuine, but it’s not 

enough. By participating in the walkout, 

we hope to get the attention of local lawmakers 

and they can take it to the next 

level for change,” Miller said. “We have 

the right to be safe and this gives us a place 

to show our support so the school shootings 

don’t continue to happen, especially 

in Parkway.” 

Parkway secondary principals met with 

Bonnett 

Schindler 

Marty and other school administrators to 

formulate a plan for executing the walkout 

in an orderly and safe fashion. According 

to Parkway Chief Communications Office 

Paul Tandy, “Teachers and administrators 

are in support of the national walkout if 

students choose to participate. We want 

to provide a safe avenue for students to 

express their First Amendment right to free 

speech and peaceably assemble.” 

The attack in Parkland was the third deadliest 

school shooting in U.S. history and 

has sparked a new round of school safety 

debate – one that West Newsmagazine took 

to the Parkway Board of Education candidates. 

Each candidate was asked to look 

at school safety from a global perspective 

and to share what steps they would encourage 

Parkway to take to address community 

and parental concerns. 

Candidate Amy Bonnett, a Parkway 

Seltzer 

Taylor 

graduate who has children in the west area, 

spoke about the next Parkway bond issue, 

which includes proposed security measures. 

“Ideas being proposed for the next bond 

issue include installation of a double entry 

vestibule at all middle and high schools,” she 

said. “This is vital to increasing the safety 

at our schools, it is imperative. Additional 

proposals include increasing adult safety 

monitors at elementary schools, extending 

wall height in the open-style classrooms to 

improve lockdown security, expanding the 

use of ballistic safety film on windows and 

implementing an enhanced visitor entry 

system that includes background checks. A 

double entry vestibule is key! I would like 

to see this moved closer to the top of things 

to do, but feel that all schools would benefit 

from this type of entrance design, not 

just our middle and high schools.” 

Candidate Jonathan Taylor, who has 

a child in the south area, shared, 

“While Parkway has taken great 

steps to increase the level of 

security at all schools throughout 

the district, there is always room 

for improvement. One measure I 

support is to expand the partnership 

already in place with local 

law enforcement and increase 

the presence of school resource officers 

[SROs] at all schools throughout the district.” 

Currently, there are 10 commissioned 

police officers serving as SROs in 27 

Parkway schools, including three from St. 

Louis County, four from Chesterfield, one 

from Creve Coeur and two from Manchester. 

Fred Crawford, Parkway’s chief of 

security, said that, in addition to the SROs, 

the district has informal agreements with 

police officers from various nearby municipalities 

to routinely visit campuses as an 

added security measure. 

Most of the candidates broached the 

subject of allowing guns in the classroom; 

however, candidate Matt Schindler, who 

has children attending south area schools, 

opposed the idea. 

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I have spoken with parents and with 

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teachers. One Parkway teacher, who is 

a veteran and served two tours of duty in 

Afghanistan, stated that he unequivocally 

does not support guns in the classroom. 

Students will not be safer and their education 

will suffer. Guns in the classroom 

would change the culture of teaching and 

shift resources of time and money away 

from educating,” Schindler said. 

Candidate Jeanie Ames, who has children 

in the central area, offered a different 

perspective. 

“The debate over the Second Amendment 

and student safety is a red herring. 

They are not mutually exclusive. In 

fact, firearms in the hands of responsible, 

law-abiding, trained faculty or staff is an 

option which, eventually, should be fully 

explored,” Ames said. But she added that 

dealing with adolescent psychological 

and mental health issues also should be 

addressed. 

“Teachers and administrators should be 

educated about ways to identify students at 

risk, what signs to look for and how best 

to intervene. Programs, such as PROM- 

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AMAZON, from page 11 

offered to attract Amazon were discussed; 

some still are months away from being 

finalized. 

The St. Peters Board of Aldermen may 

decide at its March 8 meeting whether to 

issue $75 million in industrial revenue 

bonds to help pay for the new facility at 

4000 Premier Parkway in the Premier 370 

Business Park. 

The business park’s current tenants 

include Best Buy, Reckitt Benckiser and 

SAIA. Earlier this year, FedEx announced 

it would be bringing 300 jobs to a nearly 

500,000-square-foot facility to be built just 

down Premier Parkway from the Amazon 

site. Grove Collaborative, a San Franciscobased 

online retailer, also may be moving 

to the business park. 

Amazon will benefit from $2.6 million in 

nearby road improvements that St. Charles 

County officials are seeking from the 

County Road Board, Ehlmann said. 

The Road Board makes recommendations 

on the use of a half-cent transportation 

sales tax that provides local funding 

for road improvements. Road Board funding 

has been used in completing the last 

leg of Route 364 and Route A near a new 

logistics operation center near the GM 

plant in Wentzville. 

Improvements associated with the 

business park include lane widening on 

Premier Parkway, seven traffic signals 

and improvements to an intersection on 

Route 370. 

there, they were recognized, but the emphasis 

on liability and contrived attempts to 

institute social justice allowed no room for 

common sense or urgency. Doing nothing 

is not an option.” 

According to the Broward County Public 

Schools’ webpage, PROMISE [Preventing 

Recidivism through Opportunities, Mentoring, 

Interventions, Supports & Education], 

is “an intervention-based program 

designed to correct student behavior.” 

Candidate Kevin Selzer, a Parkway 

graduate with children in the north area, 

agreed with Ames. 

“As a district, we need to really listen 

to our students and address their socialemotional 

needs, particularly those with 

mental health issues,” Seltzer said. He suggested 

engaging students in the conversation 

about school safety and making sure 

students are prepared to respond in a case 

of an emergency. He believes students may 

hold the key. 

“Following this latest tragedy, the students 

of America have assumed a leadership 

position. They are inspiring this nation 

and hopefully inspiring real change,” Seltzer 

said. 

What tax incentives the city may offer 

will depend on negotiations over the next 

few months, said Cathy Pratt, St. Peters’ 

group manager of staff support services. 

The city has offered incentive packages in 

the past. FedEx received $5.84 million in 

local tax abatements over 10 years, with 

FedEx making payments in lieu of taxes 

[PILOTS] to local jurisdictions including 

the Fort Zumwalt School District, St. 

Charles County Ambulance District and 

others. 

City Administrator Russ Batzel noted 

that PILOTS often are much higher than 

taxes on existing properties, which may 

only be a few hundred dollars. 

Amazon could receive $7.95 million 

in sales tax exemptions from the state 

of Missouri to help support the project, 

said Maggie Kost, a spokesperson for 

the Missouri Department of Economic 

Development. She added that Amazon 

could receive $2.98 million in sales tax 

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$100,000 from the Skilled Workforce 

Missouri program to fund development 

and operations. 

While much remains to be determined, 

Pagano lauded the city’s “FasTrac” process 

that he said has been a key in speeding 

along economic development projects 

that have attracted developers. He predicted 

Amazon would be successful in the 

city. 

“The last thing I want to say is ‘welcome, 

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A group of Rockwood high school students collaborates with fifth-grade 

Blevins student Lachlan Costabile on the Little Thinkers Theatre project. 

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Collaborative drama program 

joins students together 

It was quite the scene in the multipurpose 

room recently at Lafayette High. Nearly 

55 Rockwood students and 10 theatre 

arts teachers worked with local actor and 

teaching artist Ed Reggi to devise a project 

called Little Thinkers Theatre. 

Elementary writers and middle and high 

school theatre arts students worked collaboratively 

to produce the theatrical works. 

Poised and engaged, students read scripts 

aloud, improvised and rehearsed their lines 

and performed scenes for each other for 

feedback. 

The process started when Rockwood 

elementary students wrote and submitted 

stories for consideration to develop 

into scenes. Thereafter, the theatre arts 

teachers selected a handful of worthy stories. 

Blevins Elementary student Lachlan 

Costabile’s story was one of several to 

make the cut. The fifth-grade playwright 

served as director and helped a group of 

Eureka High theatre arts students develop 

their characters. 

Junior Jerod Turner said he enjoyed 

working with his fifth-grade counterpart. 

“We did a cold read-through, and he 

casted everyone. Then we got up and 

started doing blocking, and we performed 

for students from Selvidge,” said Turner. 

“They’re very cool to work with,” said 

Costabile. “I’ve learned a lot about the 

value of directing and leadership.” 

Alongside Costabile was Susanne Allmendinger, 

a drama and speech teacher at 

Eureka High. “His diction was unbelievable,” 

noted Allmendinger of Costabile’s 

narrative. “The high school students really 

liked his story. They loved the tone, and 

they fell in love with him through the 

script.” 

Rockwood Fine Arts Coordinator Megan 

Meier explained the purpose of the workshop. 

“It’s getting kids excited about writing, 

developing relationships across school 

levels and giving our theater students experience 

with devised works,” said Meier. 

She added, “It’s been interesting to see 

the relationships – the way the older students 

have welcomed the younger students 

in leadership roles that the elementary students 

have taken on and giving direction 

and sharing their vision for their work.” 

The public is invited to view the final 

performances on April 20 at 7 p.m., at Marquette 

High. 

Local performers shine in 

Teen Talent Competition 

High school students from West County 

recently competed in the preliminary 

round of the Fox Performing Arts Charitable 

Foundation’s 8th Annual St. Louis 

Teen Talent Competition. 

The following students advanced to the 

semifinals, earning the chance to perform on 

The Fabulous Fox Theatre’s stage on Saturday, 

April 28 and win scholarships and prizes: 

Marquette High junior Josie Anders, 

modern/contemporary dancer; Lafayette 

freshman Nathaniel Mahone, musical 

theatre act; Lafayette senior Jordan Christian, 

aerialist; Visitation Academy senior 

Hazel Herman, singer-musical theatre; 

Lasya-The Grace dancers [Bharatanatyam] 

– Mounica Ghandi, Parkway South fresh-



man, Samanvita Kasthuri, 

Parkway South sophomore, 

Sadhana Matheswaran, 

Lafayette High sophomore, 

and Nivedita Prabhu, 

Rockwood Summit High 

sophomore; John Burroughs 

freshman Madison Nelson, 

singer-musical theatre; and 

Villa Duchesne junior Caroline 

Otto, singer. 

Visit foxpacf.org/programs/teen-talent-competition/ 

to learn more about the 

competition, which recognizes 

the talented teens who 

aim to be the radio, TV, film 

and Broadway entertainers 

of tomorrow. 

Parkway on honor 

roll in AP exam scores 

Missouri students have increased their 

scores on Advanced Placement [AP] 

exams, with recent data showing that 12.2 

percent of 2017 graduates in the state 

scored a 3 or better on AP exams. It’s an 

increase of nearly one percent from 2016 

and double the percentage from 2007. 

Parkway is one of only three Missouri 

school districts who attained the AP District 

Honor Roll for increasing access to AP 

classes for their students while maintaining 

or increasing the percentage of students 

earning scores of 3 or higher on the exams. 

AP classes offer several advantages for 

students, including portability of scores 

to a variety of colleges and universities 

in Missouri and across the country. A 

score of 3 indicates a student is qualified 

in a subject, 4 is well qualified, and 5 is 

extremely well qualified. Students who 

score 3 or higher have been shown to earn 

higher grade point averages in college and 

are more likely to graduate from college in 

four years. 

Teachers do not need AP certification 

to teach AP classes, but proposed syllabi 

must be approved by a panel of current 

AP instructors and higher education representatives. 

Content-specific training is 

available to better prepare teachers to successfully 

offer their AP courses. 

All-State musicians include 

Rockwood, Parkway students 

Local students from Rockwood and 

Parkway recently performed at the 2018 

Missouri Music Educators Association 

conference. 

A total of 25 students from Rockwood 

attended. 

Representing All-State Choir: Anshul 

Raman, Marquette High; Sarah Sheehy, 

Eureka. 

Representing All-State Band: Jennifer 

Superintendent Dr. Eric Knost poses with Rockwood students 

at the 2018 MMEA Conference. 

Jones, Rockwood Summit High; Drew 

Leslie, Noah Korenfeld, Geoffrey Ladue, 

and Liam Newman [alt], Lafayette High; 

Dylan Potthoff, Marquette High; and 

Courtney St. John and Jonah Stuckey, 

Eureka High. 

Representing All-State Orchestra: 

Nicholas Beck, Rockwood Summit High; 

Rohan Bohra, Emily Lin and Michael Lu, 

Lafayette High; Alex Cho, Abby Grace, 

John Krudop, Sarah Nayoung Yoo, Emma 

Weeks, Claire Zhang and Kevin Zhou, 

Marquette High. 

All-State Band Honorable Mentions: 

Alexandria Boden and Elisa Holtzman, 

Rockwood Summit High; Andy Min, 

Lafayette High; and Benjamin Shafer, 

Eureka High. 

A total of 19 students from Parkway 

attended. 

Representing All-State Choir: Aletha 

Bastin, Dominic Doray and Ariana Stein, 

Central High; Meher Arora and Saayli 

Khambekar, North High; Amanda Leemann 

and Nathan Wren, South High; Joon 

Bang, West High. 

Representing All-State Band: Anthony 

Kandilaroff, North High; Gwyn Allendorph, 

West High. 

Representing All-State Orchestra: Colby 

Heimburger, Hannah Li, Liya Liu, April 

Moon, Jinghui [Jane] Wang, Mary Xu, 

and Ellie Yang [alt.], Central High; Linnea 

Johansen, South High; and Jason Wan, 

North High. 

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for local ensembles, prior to auditioning 

for All-State. Their auditions had to be precisely 

performed, with the technical skill 

and understanding that made them stand 

out from hundreds of other students from 

across the state, competing for the same 

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Some lessons are not taught in textbooks. 

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Jacobi currently teaches 

at the St. Michael School 

of Clayton and previously 

served as Head of Lower 

School at St. Louis Country 

Day School and Head of 

Middle School at MICDS. 

Recently, Jacobi released 

“Young Lincoln,” a biography 

of Abraham Lincoln 

geared toward young adult 

and middle school readers. 

Jacobi has researched and 

written about Lincoln for 

over 30 years, publishing 

multiple op-ed pieces on 

the former president. However, it was on 

a seventh-grade field trip with students to 

New Salem, Illinois, that the idea to write 

the book was born. 

“Our students became very intrigued with 

Lincoln on the trip,” Jacobi said. “They 

asked me, the teacher, whether there was 

a book they could read. These are seventh- 

and eighth-graders, and there are quite a 

few juvenile stories about Lincoln and then, 

there are, of course, adult biographies, but 

there was nothing in-between.” 

Writing a book that would capture the 

imaginations and educate 

those “in-between” readers 

became Jacobi’s goal. 

The book took about seven 

years to write and went 

through three iterations. 

Jacobi wrote the book from 

the first-person perspective 

of an adolescent Lincoln. 

Jacobi said the book 

weaves “the reliable Lincoln 

stories ... into a story 

that students in middle 

and high school would 

like because we all need to 

know about Abraham Lincoln.” 

It traces the future 

president’s life from childhood to early 

adulthood while detailing the struggles 

of coping with life on the frontier. Jacobi 

also discusses some of the more harrowing 

parts of Lincoln’s life, such as the loss 

of his sister in childbirth and his temporary 

abandonment by his father. According to 

Jacobi, the book strives to contextualize 

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those traumatic events for an adolescent 

audience. 

“There’s almost an epidemic of our 

students having anxiety and depression,” 

Jacobi said. “It’s very prevalent, and 

there’s a lot of pressure coming at them 

from expectations from their parents and 

schools, but the world they live in is so 

hectic. I think one of the ways this book 

can speak to them is to let them know that 

adolescence is a time where you can feel 

sad and alone.” 

Lincoln wasn’t the only one experiencing 

turbulence in the early- to mid-1800s. 

In “Fire, Pestilence and Death: St. Louis 

1849,” Ballwin native Christopher Alan 

Gordon details one of the most trying years 

in St. Louis history, marked forever by a 

massive cholera outbreak and the Great 

Fire that destroyed about 430 buildings. 

Gordon is director of library and collections 

for the Missouri Historical Society 

and the book is published by the Missouri 

Historical Press. 

“Other historians have written bits 

and pieces about 1849,” Gordon said. 

“They’ve examined the cholera epidemic 

or examined the Great Fire, but some were 

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Parkway approves changes to 

2018-19 school calendar 


Parkway is changing its school calendar, 

beginning with the 2018-19 school year. 

The biggest change impacting families 

and students is in the 2-hour delayed start 

that currently falls on the first Wednesday of 

each month from September through April 

and correlates with in-service professional 

development days for teachers. Beginning 

in 2018-19, those 2-hour delayed starts are 

moving to the last Wednesday of the month 

from August through April. 

Moving the delayed start days means 

fewer disturbances to class time in weeks 

with holidays that fall on Mondays in the 

same week, explained Communications 

Manager Annie Dickerson. 

Responding to the requests of parents 

and Parkway employees, the district also 

will align its spring break once again with 

Rockwood. In 2019, spring break will be 

March 18-22. There are many families who 

work in one district, while their children 

are enrolled in the other. 

Another hotly debated date is the first 

day of school, which will fall on Aug. 14 

in 2018. Part of the criteria for selecting a 

start date is that it falls more than 10 days 

prior to the first Monday in September, 

LOCAL AUTHORS, from previous 

written from a higher narrative. This is a 

story that needed to be written – a bootson-the-ground 

narrative that gives a sense 

of the excitement and outright despair that 

went on in the city. People 

were surviving but coming 

out stronger.” 

According to Gordon, 

the book serves to provide 

a glimpse into the city’s 

tumultuous times while 

simultaneously highlighting 

local figures who lived 

through the trauma and 

survived despite the crisis. 

Two of those figures 

– Elizabeth Keckley and 

Edward Bates – came to 

know Abe Lincoln personally 

later in life. 

Keckley gained her 

freedom in St. Louis and 

wrote the autobiography “Thirty Years a 

Slave, and Four in the White House,” referring 

to the time she served as dressmaker 

and maid to Mary Todd Lincoln. 

Bates became the first attorney general of 

Missouri after it was admitted to the union 

and served as the United States Attorney 

Cover of “Fire, Pestilence and 

Death: St. Louis 1849” by 

Christopher Alan Gordon 

Delayed start dates is one of the changes 

occurring in Parkway in 2018-19. 

which ensures that high school final exams 

are taken before winter break. 

“This is always the challenge. No one 

wants to start too early in August, but we 

have to ensure students have a certain 

number of days in a semester, which ends 

at winter break,” Dickerson said at a recent 

PTO Leadership meeting. 

The 2019-20 calendar, which the Board 

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amount of courage, but they were everyday 

people faced with disaster and challenges. 

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it. I think it’s not only a testament to the 

people of this city, but to the people of this 

country.” 

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The Whitfield Warriors are the Class 1 state wrestling champs. 

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By WARREN MAYES 

Whitfield wins Class 1 

state wrestling crown 

The Whitfield Warriors won their seventh 

state championship in Class 1 at 

the recent meet at the Mizzou Arena in 

Columbia. Coach Charlie Sherertz’s squad 

finished first with 240 points, a school 

record and the third-highest score in state 

history. Seneca was a distant second with 

124 points. 

“It’s a good record for the school for sure,” 

said Sherertz. “You know what, I thought it 

was a long shot to the break the state record 

for points but I thought we could make it 

interesting that way. And we did.” 

Whitfield’s previous best team score 

was 176 in 2008 when the Warriors won 

their first team title. Team crowns followed 

in 2009 [160 points], 2012 [169.5], 2013 

[126], 2015 [153.5] and last season [174.5]. 

Whitfield earned five individual titles at 

the meet. That tied a program record set in 

2008 and equaled in 2012. 

“We’ve never had more than five championship 

titles,” Sherertz said. “We had 

nine finalists and 10 medalists at this state 

tournament. That’s the most in program 

history. It will be hard to top that.” 

The Warriors were led by Mike McAteer’s 

fourth state championship title. McAteer is 

only the second Warrior to accomplish that 

feat. He won at 126 pounds. 

Other Whitfield winners were freshman 

Logan Ferrero at 106 pounds; sophomore 

Connor McAteer at 113 pounds; senior J.R. 

Ditter at 132 pounds for his second state 

title; and junior Zac Russell at 170 pounds. 

“The team this year was really good, they 

set all the records,” Sherertz said. “I have 

to consider them one of the best, if not the 

best, team that we’ve had at Whitfield. We 

had a lot of depth.” 

CBC wins Class 4 

state wrestling title 

Led by four individual state champions 

and headlined by four-timer and University 

of Missouri wrestling signee Malik Johnson 

at 126 pounds, CBC racked up 155.5 

The CBC Cadets are the Class 4 wrestling champs. 

team points to capture its first Class 4 state 

championship. 

CBC beat out Park Hill [142], with 

defending champion Staley [118] and 

Seckman [103.5] also earning state trophies. 

It is the first state championship for 

a non-Kansas City school since Oakville 

won in 1998. 

Coach Cornell Robinson, in his fourth 

season at CBC, is helping to make history 

with the Cadets’ program. Last year, the 

Warriors finished as a runner-up to Staley 

in Class 4. It was the Cadets’ first wrestling 

trophy. 

In this year’s contest, Johnson capped a 

30-0 season with a 7-5 decision over Seckman 

senior Cameron Fusco, who ended 

45-2, in the 126-pound title match. 

Senior Cevion Severado, who also will 

wrestle at Missouri, won his first title at 

113. 

Sophomore Joshua Saunders won his 

second state championship with a 5-1 decision 

over Parkway South junior Garret 

Kloeppel in the 132-pound class. Kloeppel 

is a two-time state finalist. 

Senior D.J. Shannon scored a 3-2 decision 

over Park Hill’s Devin Winston at 182 

pounds. It was a battle of returning champs. 

Shannon, who will wrestle at West Virginia, 

won his third state title. He placed third as 

a freshman. 

Freshman Vincent Zerban [30-5] lost 8-7 

in the 120-pound final to Seckman junior 

Kai Orine [50-2]. The win made Orine a 

two-time state champ. 

Robinson is proud of what his Cadets 

have accomplished. 

“It was a pretty exciting year for us,” 

Robinson said. “We all really had fun. We 

almost went 5 for 5 in the finals. All the 

guys came out banging and ready to roll.” 

Honoring local football talent 

The National Football Foundation’s 

St. Louis Tom Lombardo Chapter has 

announced the 2018 scholar-athlete award 

recipients, who will be honored at its 

annual awards banquet on May 6. 

Each year, the Lombardo Chapter awards 

11 top area football players with a $1,500 

scholarship. 

This year, a total of five West County athletes 

are being honored. They are DeAndre 

Campbell, of Parkway Central; Chad 

Briden, of Westminster Christian Academy; 

Jake Melvin, of Lafayette; Doug Koury, of 

Parkway South; and Clayton Jensen, of 

Parkway West. 

The other players to be recognized are 

Samuel Evans, of St. Louis University 

High; P.J. Hensley, of Ladue; Anthony 

Brown, of Webster Groves; Jack Ederer, 

of Fort Zumwalt North; Josh Unland, of 

Francis Howell; Jared Mullen, of St. Francis 

Borgia; and Jackson Wilson, of Malden. 

Brenden Smith, of Warrenton, was 

named the Most Inspirational/Courageous 

Player. Nick Leduc, of Washington University, 

was named the College Scholar- 

Athlete. 

To attend the banquet and share in honoring 

these local athletes, contact Bob 

Bunton at (636) 891-8011 or via email at 

glfbnton@swbell.net. 

College women’s swimming 

Marquette graduate Rachel Bullington 

paced the Maryville University women’s 

swimming and diving team with a fourthplace 

finish in the 1-meter diving contest at 

the recent Great Lakes Valley Conference 

Swimming and Diving Championships at 

the Crawfordsville High Aquatic Center in 

Crawfordsville, Indiana. 

Bullington, a sophomore, has qualified 

for the 2018 NCAA Division II Championships. 

She shattered the 11-dive school 

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Danny Conley ends senior season with second state title 

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Senior Danny Conley leaves his wrestling 

career at Chaminade knowing he has 

set the bar for those who follow. 

He capped off his career with his second 

consecutive title at the recent Missouri 

state championships at the Mizzou Arena 

in Columbia. This time, Conley won at 

heavyweight after winning at 220 pounds 

as a junior. He also medaled as a sophomore 

at 182 pounds. 

Conley, who finished his high school 

career with a 169-22 record, is the most 

decorated grappler in Red Devils’ history. 

“Danny’s career was simply amazing,” 

coach Todd Schumacher said. “He 

made huge strides each season, especially 

making the jump from sixth place to state 

champion in one year. He didn’t let our 

move to Class 4 last year phase him. In fact, 

he was excited to face tougher talent.” 

The record books have Conley’s name in 

a prominent spot. 

“He broke all our program’s records 

for wins in a career, which were previously 

held by his brother Buddy, who now 

wrestles at Indiana University. He also has 

the most wins in a season and top performance 

at state,” said Schumacher, noting 

that Conley was the first state champion for 

Chaminade. 

Intermat.com’s latest high school rankings 

recently were released and Conley 

ranked No. 20 in the nation at 285. He 

moved up to heavyweight after winning at 

220 last year. 

“I have moved up at least one weight 

class every year my whole high school 

career,” Conley said. “I will be wrestling 

heavyweight next year, so I thought it 

would be nice to get used to wrestling the 

bigger competitors.” 

Conley did not pack on extra weight 

for the move. He weighed just 225 to 230 

pounds in a solid season that included regular 

season wins in tournaments at MICDS, 

Granite City and Francis Howell. He also 

was a district champion to earn his trip to 

state. 

“Besides state, the main highlight was 

winning the Granite City [Redd Schmidt 

Invitational] tournament in December,” 

Conley said. “The finals matchup was my 

first big match at heavyweight, and I was 

able to beat the No. 19 wrestler [Adrian 

Hitchcock from Neosho] in the country 

12-5. I think that was when people started 

taking me seriously as a heavyweight. “ 

The only blemish on his record was a 

loss to Terrese Aaron, of Mexico, in the 

finals of the St. Charles tournament. Aaron 

is a two-time heavyweight state champ in 

Class 2. The score was 4-3. 

“Looking back, that loss was the best 

thing that could’ve happened to me. It 

motivated me and showed me I wasn’t 

invincible,” Conley said. 

At state, Schumacher was confident in 

Conley’s chances at heavyweight. 

Danny Conley 

“He was far and away the favorite to win 

his weight class,” Schumacher said. “A lot 

of that had to do with his style, which is 

using his speed and strength to his advantage. 

Most heavyweights don’t have a lot 

of speed, so it’s hard for them to keep up 

with Danny’s pace.” 

In his first three state matches, Conley 

had two pins and a 6-0 decision. In his 

Round of 16 match, Conley won by a fall 

over Jackson’s Owen Leible in 50 seconds. 

In the quarterfinals, Conley scored 

a 6-0 decision over Jefferson City’s Nate 

McKaye. In the semifinals, Conley won by 

a fall over Scott Arnold, of Francis Howell 

Central, in 3 minutes. 

In facing Ozark’s Jace Gorn, Conley had 

a fresh opponent. A good one, too. 

“I had no history with him,” Conley said. 

“He has been ranked No. 2 pretty much all 

year.” 

Schumacher added, “We knew Gorn had 

lost to Adrian Hitchcock … [and] Danny 

beat Hitchcock 12-5 at the Granite City 

Tournament in the championship match. 

We also knew Gorn was a very tall and 

muscular guy, who got a scholarship to 

play football at Missouri Southern University 

next year.” 

Conley said Gorn is a true heavyweight. 

“He weighs every bit of 285 and was the 

biggest competitor in the bracket,” Conley 

said. “He used his size very well and made 

it really tough to finish my offense.” 

Before the match, Schumacher told 

Conley “go out there and have fun because 

this was the last time [you’ll] wrestle as 

a Chaminade Red Devil.” He said Conley 

wrestled a smart match, finishing with an 

escape to start the third period and scoring 

the only point in his 1-0 victory. 

When it was over, Conley said his main 

emotion was “relief.” He had accomplished 

his goal. 

“I’ve worked extremely hard now for 

multiple years and to finish my senior year 

with a second state title was really special,” 

Conley said. “I will never forget that weekend. 

SPORTS BRIEFS, from previous 

records in both 1-meter and 3-meter diving 

during the Lincoln College Diving Invitational 

in January. Her record in the 1-meter 

dive qualified her for the Division II Diving 

Championships. 

Bullington set a new mark in the 1-meter 

event with 399.15 points and then added 

a new record in the 3-meter competition 

with 418.40 points. She now holds all four 

Rachel Bullington 

school records in the diving events. 

Bullington is the first Saints swimmer 

or diver to qualify for the NCAA Division 

II Championships in program history. 

Athletes qualify for the national meet by 

recording qualifying times or points during 

the regular season. 

The Championships will be held in 

Greensboro, North Carolina, beginning 

Wednesday, March 14 through Saturday, 

March 17. 

College men’s basketball 

De Smet Jesuit graduate Nolan 

Berry, a Maryville University senior, 

has been named the 2017-18 Great 

Lakes Valley Conference Men’s 

Basketball Player of the Year to 

highlight the post-season awards for 

the Saints men’s basketball team. 

The 6-foot-10 center was a 

unanimous selection to the All- 

GLVC first team and voted to the 

All-Defensive Team. 

Junior forward Robin Thompson, 

an MICDS graduate, earned 

second-team All-GLVC honors. 

The teams are selected by a vote of the 

league’s head coaches. 

Berry is Maryville’s first GLVC Player 

of the Year. He finished the regular season 

averaging 18.8 points per game, good for 

second in the GLVC, and with a leagueleading 

11.0 rebounds per game. He 

recorded 16 double-doubles while shooting 

61.3 percent from the field, which 

ranks third in the league. Berry hit 53.1 

percent of his shots [26 of 49] from 3-point 

range and converted at 77 percent at the 

free-throw line. He was second on the team 

with 70 assists and tops the team with 32 

blocked shots. In conference games only, 

Berry was even better than his season 

averages with 19.2 points a game and 

11.5 rebounds a game. Nationally, he was 

eighth in the nation in rebounds per game, 

tied for eighth in double-doubles and 13th 

in field goal percentage. 

Thompson averaged 13.3 points and 6.3 

rebounds while shooting 60.1 percent from 

the field. He recorded six double-doubles 

and notched season highs of 21 points 

against William Jewell and 12 rebounds 

versus Missouri S&T. Thompson scored 

in double figures on 22 occasions. He was 

second on the team with 26 blocked shots 

and 17 steals. 

College baseball 

Quincy University senior outfielder J.C. 

DeMuri, a Parkway West graduate, has 

been named a preseason All-American by 

Collegiate Baseball. 

DeMuri was the Hawks’ top offensive 

threat last season, leading Quincy with 

a .350 average, 79 hits, 10 doubles, four 

triples, 11 home runs and 61 RBIs. 

In his first season in a Hawks uniform – 

after transferring from Division I Southern 

Illinois-Carbondale – DeMuri was a lineup 

mainstay, starting in 59 games. He spent 

all season hitting in the middle of the order 

for QU and was named second-team All- 

Region and first-team All-GLVC during 

his junior season. The Hawks finished last 

year with a 37-23 record and their first trip 

to the NCAA Division II World Series. The 

Hawks enter this season, DeMuri’s senior 

year, ranked 16th in the country.

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Whitfield senior Melanie Green 

is ready to saddle up and do what 

comes naturally – race around 

barrels and weave through poles. 

Green, of Wildwood, has been 

competing in rodeo even before 

beginning kindergarten. 

“I love everything about it,” 

Green said. “I love being able to 

have these amazing animals in my 

life ... I couldn’t imagine my life 

without horses. 

“I have been barrel racing since 

I was 4 years old, and have ridden 

horses my whole life. My mom 

rode horses when she was little, she did 

jumping and so does my sister. I was the 

one who drifted off into barrel racing and 

rodeo because I loved to go fast on horses.” 

Green competes in barrel racing and 

pole bending. 

Barrel racing is one of the fastest events 

in the rodeo world. While cowboys hold 

down bucking broncos and spinning bulls, 

cowgirls charge through the gate in a race 

against the clock, paired with their reliable 

steed. The faster the rider completes the 

pattern, the higher up on the leaderboard 

the pair will land. 

Three barrels are set up in a cloverleaf 

pattern in the arena, and the rider must 

cleanly negotiate the pattern. 

The rider enters the arena at a gallop and 

runs toward the first barrel. A rider can 

choose between starting at the left-most or 

right-most barrel and turns a complete circle 

around the barrel. The rider then steers her 

horse toward the second barrel, circles it, 

and charges toward the third. After rounding 

barrel three, the rider pushes her horse 

toward the finish line at top speed. 

Pole bending is a timed event in which 

horse and rider run a weaving or serpentine 

path around six poles arranged in a line, 21 

feet apart. According to the National High 

School Rodeo Association, the poles must 

be six-foot tall and no more than 14 inches 

in diameter. The purpose of a universal 

pattern is to be able to track and compare 

times everywhere poles are run. 

Good horsemanship is the foundation 

for success in both pole bending and barrel 

racing. The horse and rider team must work 

as one in order to excel. Green does just 

that when she competes. 

She is a member of the Missouri High 

School Rodeo Team, whose events are 

open to contestants in the sixth through 

12th grade. 

To improve, Green practices in two states. 

“I practice at my house in Wildwood 

and in [Trenton] Texas,” Green said. “My 

trainer [Chris Martin] lives in Texas and I 

spent the whole summer there getting lessons, 

working and riding horses. I learned 

a lot this past summer and I hope to go 

back again. 

“He taught me to work really hard to 

achieve my goals. He helped me strengthen 

my skills and taught me his methods that 

enabled him to get to The American Finals 

at The AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. ” 

Green said she works with her horses – 

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Melanie Green 

and goes to barrel races “almost every 

weekend.” 

“I have had Tiger the longest. I have had 

her for six years,” Green said. “My bond 

with my horses is very special. They have 

shaped me into the person I am today. We 

had to learn to trust each other. 

She has several state championship titles 

to her credit and has competed in both 

national and world events. Competing last 

December in Las Vegas was a big event for 

her. 

“I ended up placing 16th out of 65 really 

competitive horses and riders from all 

across the country in the second round,” 

Green said. “I didn’t make the finals but 

just being able to qualify there was such 

a blessing. 

“My goal is to keep going to barrel races 

and rodeos,” Green said. “I want to qualify 

for nationals in the High School Rodeo. I 

already qualified for state.” 

She said rodeo is a sport she can compete 

in for many years. 

“I see myself doing this my whole life 

because it basically is my life. I have come 

so far that I know I wouldn’t stop now.” 

But she said, “I couldn’t have gotten to 

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Farmers Insurance ® agent Jenny Goskie 

recently celebrated the grand opening of her 

new office in Wildwood, located at 16753 

Main St. in the city’s Town Center. Goskie 

combines her insurance understanding 

and know-how with a personalized and 

straightforward approach to help make 

consumers more knowledgeable about 

their insurance coverages and options. 

• • • 

Devin Cline is the new 

interim contemporary worship 

leader at Living Word 

Church, located at 17315 

Manchester Road in Wildwood. 

Cline is pursuing 

music and audio engineering 

education through Floridabased 

Fullsail University. 

• • • 

Cline 

Bill H. Maynard, director of golf course 

maintenance operations at The Country 

Club of St. Albans, recently completed his 

term as the 81st president 

of the Golf Course Superintendents 

Association of 

America. Maynard has 

been a member since 2010 

and was elected secretary/ 

treasurer in 2015 and vice 

president in 2016. 

• • • 

Dr. Gene Cohen, DDS, 

of Chesterfield, provided 

free dental care to children 

during the most recent 

Give Kids A Smile event 

held at Saint Louis University’s 

Center for Advanced 

Dental Education. Volunteers 

provided 357 kids 

with $283,445 in free dental 

care. Give Kids A Smile has 

hosted 33 consecutive free 

dental clinics in St. Louis 

since 2002, providing a total 

of $9.1 million in care to over 

16,000 kids. 

PLACES 

Dr. Cohen and Alhussain, of 

Ballwin, at the Give Kids A 

Smile event. 

Mercy Hospital St. Louis has earned 

certification as one of the world’s most 

technologically advanced hospitals by the 

Healthcare Information and Management 

Systems Society [HIMSS]. Certification 

at HIMSS Stage 7 puts Mercy Hospital 

St. Louis in the top 6 percent of hospitals 

internationally, related to its use of IT and 

electronic health records [EHR] capabilities. 

Stage 7 is an industry-recognized barometer 

signifying an organization’s highly effective 

use of technology in delivering care. Well 

ahead of government incentives, Mercy 

made the strategic decision in 2004 to install 

Epic EHR software, making it one of the first 

in the nation to implement a fully integrated 

electronic patient record system. 

• • • 

The Saint Louis Crisis 

Nursery recently held an 

Eat. Shop. Love. event at 

Plaza Frontenac, where 

the nonprofit collected 

over 400 handbags 

and $1,000 for struggling 

moms. The Nursery 

asked supporters to 

bring gently used handbags 

filled with toiletries, 

lotions, gift cards 

and gas cards as well as 

gently used accessories to the event. 

NETWORKING AND EVENTS 

The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce 

holds its monthly General Membership 

Meeting from 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. 

on Wednesday, March 21 at Persimmon 

Woods Golf Club, 6401 Weldon Spring 

Road in Weldon Spring. $35 for members, 

$40 for guests registering by March 

21; discounts available before March 19. 

Walk-ins will not be guaranteed a meal. 

• • • 

The West County Chamber of Commerce 

hosts its monthly General Membership 

Meeting from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 

on Thursday, March 22 at The Wildwood 

Hotel, 2801 Fountain Place. Guest 

Speaker Brian McRae will discuss “The 

Five Commitments of a Radically Referable 

Business.” $25 for members, $30 for 

non-members; a $5 surcharge for registration 

less than 48 hours and walk-ins. Register 

at westcountychamber.com. 

• • • 

The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce 

sponsors a Business After Hours from 

5-7 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 at The 

Sheridan at Chesterfield, 16300 Justus Post 

Road, Suite 145. Free for members, $15 for 

guests. For details, call (636) 532-3399 or 

email info@chesterfieldmochamber.com. 

• • • 

Progress 64 West hosts its fifth annual 

Legislative Update at 11:15 a.m. on 

Friday, March 30 at the DoubleTree by 

Hilton Hotel, 16625 Swingley Ridge 

Road in Chesterfield. John Nations, president 

and CEO of Bi-State Development, 

moderates a legislative panel discussing 

infrastructure and transportation issues 

for the region. Register and pay at progress64west.org. 

For details, call (314) 

795-2200. Individual seats are $75 and 

includes lunch. 

CORRECTION: The West County 

Chamber of Commerce’s Government 

Affairs & Transportation Forum was incorrectly 

listed in the March 7 issue of West 

Newsmagazine as taking place on Friday, 

March 16. This is not a valid event. The 

Forum was held on Feb. 16. West Newsmagazine 

regrets this error. 

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health 

capsules 

By LISA RUSSELL 

National Kidney Month focuses 

on body’s ‘unsung heroes’ 

Most people probably don’t give much 

thought to their kidneys on a day-to-day 

basis. Yet these essential organs always are 

hard at work, filtering the body’s waste and 

helping to control basic functions like blood 

pressure and red blood cell production. 

Statistics show that 1 in 3 American 

adults currently is at high risk for developing 

kidney disease. Because kidney 

damage can occur without physical symptoms, 

many people currently have some 

stage of kidney disease, but don’t know it. 

Risk factors include high blood pressure, 

diabetes, a family history of kidney failure 

and being over the age of 60. 

During the month of March, designated 

as National Kidney Month, the National 

Kidney Foundation urges adults to “Take 5 

for Your Kidneys,” and has provided a list 

of five simple steps Americans can take to 

protect their kidney health: 

1. Get routine tests. Ask your doctor 

for an ACR urine test or a GFR blood test 

annually. These kidney function tests are 

especially important if you have diabetes, 

high blood pressure, are over age 60 or 

have a family history of kidney disease. 

2. Minimize NSAID use. Regular use 

of over-the-counter pain medicines, such 

as aspirin, ibuprofen and other NSAIDs 

[nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs], 

can harm the kidneys, especially for those 

with existing kidney disease. Reduce use of 

NSAIDs if possible, and never exceed the 

recommended dosage. 

3. Cut the processed foods. Processed 

meats, cheeses, snacks and other processed 

foods can be significant sources of sodium, 

nitrates and phosphates, all of which are 

linked to kidney disease. 

4. Exercise regularly. Consistent exercise 

benefits the entire body, including 

the kidneys. Getting active for at least 30 

minutes a day also can help control blood 

pressure and lower blood sugar, both vital 

to kidney health. 

5. Control blood pressure and diabetes. 

These two conditions are the leading 

causes of kidney disease and kidney failure. 

Managing high blood pressure and 

controlling blood sugar levels can slow the 

progression of kidney disease, so both are 

essential to maintaining good kidney health. 

Some new parents still are not 

putting their infants to sleep safely 

Many new mothers and fathers still 

have not gotten the message from health 

authorities about recommended safe infant 

sleep practices, according to officials at 

the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention [CDC]. Failure to follow those 

practices currently contributes to roughly 

3,500 sleep-related deaths among American 

infants each year. 

According to a CDC Vital Signs report 

published in January, about 1 in 5 mothers 

still put their infants to sleep either on their 

sides or stomachs; more than half share a 

bed with their infants; and more than onethird 

still use soft bedding such as pillows, 

blankets, stuffed toys and bumper pads in 

their babies’ cribs. The report was based 

on data from the national Pregnancy Risk 

Assessment Monitoring System [PRAMS], 

which monitors self-reported behaviors 

and experiences among parents before, 

during, and 2 to 6 months after pregnancy. 

“This new report shows unsafe sleep 

practices are common,” said CDC Director 

Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D. “It is clear that we 

all have more work to do and everyone has 

a role to play.” 

Since the agency launched its national 

“Back to Sleep” safe sleep campaign in 

the 1990s, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 

and accidental infant suffocation deaths 

have decreased significantly. However, 

“our progress has slowed [and] we need 

to reinvigorate this important work,” said 

Fitzgerald. 

“We must do more to ensure every family 

knows the American Academy of Pediatrics 

recommendations – babies should 

sleep on their backs, without any toys or 

soft bedding, and in their own crib. Parents 

are encouraged to share a room with the 

baby, but not the same bed. These strategies 

will help reduce the risk and protect 

our babies from harm,” she added. 

Pictures may influence 

behavior – in a flash 

Ten milliseconds is a nearly imperceptible 

period of time … but it may be long 

enough to subtly impact emotions and 

behavior, according to recent research conducted 

at the University of California, San 

Diego. 

For more than a decade, a team of scientists 

at the university has been studying 

the effects both words and pictures have 

on people exposed to them. For example, 

a previous study found that showing brief 

images of happy faces to thirsty people led 

them to drink more of a beverage immediately 

afterwards, whereas images of scowling 

faces led them to drink less. In their 

new study, which was published in the journal 

Frontiers in Psychology, the researchers 

expanded the scope of their tests beyond 

faces to other types of images and words. 

“We wanted to compare two major kinds 

of emotional stimuli that people encounter 

in their life: words and pictures, including 

those of emotional faces and evocative 

images of objects,” said Piotr Winkielman, 

Ph.D., a professor of psychology who leads 

the research. “We also tested if it matters 

whether these stimuli are presented very 

briefly or for a longer period of time.” 

While viewing a series of emotionally 

neutral images on a computer screen, study 

participants also saw brief flashes of faces, 

pictures or words that were either positive 

or negative. After the task, the research- 

Mercy earns Top 

Hospital honors 

Mercy Hospital St. Louis recently 

was named a Top Hospital for 2017 by 

The Leapfrog Group, an independent 

hospital watchdog organization. The 

group surveyed the performance of 

more than 1,900 hospitals nationwide 

to establish qualifications for the award, 

examining many areas of hospital care 

which included infection rates, maternity 

care and prevention of medication 

errors. Mercy St. Louis received a Top 

Teaching Hospital distinction. 

“We are proud to recognize Mercy 

Hospital St. Louis as a 2017 Leapfrog 

Top Hospital. This demonstrates 

extraordinary dedication to patients 

and the local community. The entire 

staff and board deserve praise for 

putting quality first and achieving 

results,” said Leapfrog president and 

CEO Leah Binder. 

A complete list of institutions honored 

as 2017 Top Hospitals is available 

online at leapfroggroup.org/ 

tophospitals.





I HEALTH I 27 

ers provided a soft drink and allowed the 

participants to drink as much as they liked. 

The experiments compared the effect of 

emotive words, such as “panda” [positive] 

and “knife” [negative], with that of positive 

and negative visual images, including 

happy or angry facial expressions or 

images of emotionally charged objects, 

such as a gun or a cute dog. 

As in previous studies, participants 

drank more after seeing happy faces than 

after seeing angry faces. They also drank 

more after seeing positive objects than 

after seeing negative objects. In contrast, 

positive or negative words did not impact 

consumption either way. 

Surprisingly though, nearly invisible 

images – shown for only 10 milliseconds 

– had the same effect on behavior as clearly 

noticeable images shown for 200 milliseconds 

[0.2 seconds]. Participants also did 

not notice any changes in their mood after 

seeing the images, even while their behavior 

did change. 

“In our experiment, the duration of the 

emotional cue did not matter for its ability 

to influence consumption,” Winkielman 

said. “This echoes some previous studies; 

however, we need stronger evidence to 

confidently claim that fleeting images work 

as well as more noticeable images in altering 

behavior.” 

lower overall risk of dying during the study, 

compared with single people who didn’t 

own dogs. The study authors noted that 

dogs may ease stress, loneliness and depression, 

all factors that can contribute to heart 

disease. Caring for a dog also may require 

people to be more physically active and 

socially connected, which can positively 

impact their overall health. The study was 

published online in Scientific Reports. 

On the calendar 

An American Red Cross blood drive 

is on Sunday, March 18 at St. Alban Roe 

Catholic Church, 2001 Shepard Road in 

Wildwood. To register for an appointment 

time, visit redcrossblood.org 

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital offers cholesterol 

and glucose wellness screenings from 

7:30-9 a.m. on Friday, March 23 at St. 

Luke’s Convenient Care [inside Dierbergs 

Des Peres], 1080 Lindemann Road in Des 

Peres. Receive cholesterol and glucose 

numbers, along with a one-on-one consultation 

with a registered nurse/health 

coach, which includes blood pressure and 

body composition measurement. A 10-12 

hour fast and advance appointments are 

required. The cost for all screenings is $20. 

To register, visit stlukes-stl.com. 

• • • 

A Babysitting 101 course, sponsored by 

St. Louis Children’s Hospital, is offered 

from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, March 

24 at Missouri Baptist Medical Center’s 

Clinical Learning Institute, 3005 N. Ballas 

Road. Topics covered include the business 

of babysitting, child development, safety 

and first aid, and fun and games. A workbook 

and light snack are provided. There is 

no minimum age requirement; the course 

fee is $30. To register, visit stlchildrens. 

org/registration or call (314) 454-KIDS. 

Come in Now to See One of St. Louis’ 

Best Selections of Furniture and Fireplaces 

In more ways than one, dogs 

are good for the heart 

Results of the largest study ever conducted 

on the relationship between dog 

ownership and human health suggest that, 

beyond the unconditional love canine pets 

provide, they actually are beneficial to 

heart health. The 12-year study included 

more than 3.4 million Swedish adults ages 

40 to 80. By comparing data on the health 

conditions of those adults with dog ownership 

registries, researchers found that dog 

owners had a lower risk of death due to 

heart disease, as well as from other causes. 

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Beyond giving love and affection to their 

owners, dogs may provide them with health 

benefits as well. 

This benefit especially was evident in 

single dog owners. People who lived alone 

with their dogs had an 11 percent lower risk 

of having a heart attack and a 33 percent 

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Realtors 

of 

WEST ST. LOUIS 

COUNTY 

Christi Miceli 

Christi Miceli is a longtime West County resident with over 26 

years in the real estate business. With high energy and personal 

services, Christi strives to make the buying and selling process 

smooth and rewarding for her clients. Christi keeps herself 

educated on the continuously changing real estate market, part 

of what makes her a leader in sales at RE/MAX Suburban. She was the #1 Agent at 

RE/MAX Suburban for 2017 and is a Five Star Real Estate Agent award winner for 

the eighth year in a row. To Christi, clients are not just customers; they are family. 

Christi is a sponsor of Children’s Miracle Network, The BackStoppers and Susan G. 

Komen Foundation. 

636.812.4400 • 16647 Chesterfield Grove • Chesterfield 

(c) 314.750.0765 • Christim@remax.net 

REALTOR® 

Cheryl Wambach 

REALTOR® 

Gretchen Kingma 

OTR/L, REALTOR® 

Cheryl Wambach, CRS, SRS, ASP, a REALTOR® with Berkshire 

Hathaway Home Services Alliance Real Estate, knows her job entails 

much more than just a business transaction. Buying or selling a home 

or property is an important life event, and Cheryl believes getting to 

know each client personally and cultivating relationships throughout 

the process is paramount. With more than 12 years of direct selling experience, Cheryl 

knows the value of listening to her clients, which then helps her develop a plan tailored to 

their exact requirements. Cheryl specializes in St. Louis County – particularly West County 

– but she also serves St. Charles, Franklin and Jefferson counties. To Cheryl, clients are not 

just customers; they end up becoming friends. Call today to see what she can do for you. 

636.530.4043 • 17050 Baxter Road, Suite 200 • Chesterfield 

(c) 636.579.1482 • www.cherylwambach.com 

Gretchen Kingma, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist turned real 

estate agent specializing in community transitions and aging-inplace 

services. GK Real Estate powered by Keller Williams Realty 

pairs real estate services from the number one brokerage in St. Louis with occupational 

therapy expertise. As “The OT Realtor,” Gretchen is able to offer her clients a unique 

perspective, whether they are selling a home to move into a care community, downsizing, 

searching for a functional home where they can age in place, or looking to modify their 

existing home to meet their evolving needs. Gretchen always puts the best interests of 

her clients first; she works with all demographics, whether they be 

first-time home buyers or the geriatric population. 

314.677.6024 • 10936 Manchester Road • St. Louis 

(c) 314.609.3715 

Charlie St. Onge 

President/Owner 

Barb Woodham 

Real Estate Sales/Broker 

Charlie St. Onge, CCIM, is the president and owner of St. Onge 

Management & Exchange Corporation, which was established in 

1993. Charlie’s specialties include commercial property brokerage, 

sales, leasing, 1031 property exchanges, property management, 

site selection, estate property liquidation, lease versus own analysis, and consulting in 

property zoning and development opportunities. Charlie works one-on-one with his 

clients and helps them define their real estate goals and objectives. Charlie is a member 

of the St. Louis Association of Commercial REALTORS®, the West St. Louis County 

Chamber of Commerce, on the St. Louis Commercial Board of REALTORS® and the 

REALTOR® Advocacy Board, and actively involved in his church and the community. 

636.451.2725 

www.stongemanagement.com 

Barb Woodham with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Alliance 

Real Estate is known as “The Real Estate Lady” to clients, friends 

and family and has been passionately selling/listing homes in the 

St. Louis metropolitan area for 32-plus years... and still going 

strong! Barb’s background in finance, public relations, business 

and decorating made for a perfect fit when creating “The Woodham Team” alongside 

her son, Jason. Being entrusted with a family’s largest investment – their home – is 

a responsibility Barb does not take lightly. With a “Five Star Customer Satisfaction” 

designation and community service dedication, Barb would be honored to be your “Real 

Estate Lady”! 


(c) 314.346.2272 • www.reladyproperties.com 

Heather Schulte 

REALTOR® 

Peter Lu 

REALTOR® 

For Heather Schulte, a REALTOR® with Berkshire Hathaway Home 

Services Alliance Real Estate and Wildwood resident, her passion is 

meeting new people and helping them find the right house to call 

home. Heather’s business is built on dedication, communication, 

determination and trust. Motivated by helping others, Heather caters 

and adapts to all her clients’ real estate needs. She knows buying and selling is one of the 

biggest decisions in a client’s life, and she believes guiding her clients through that process 

is a privilege. Heather is a member of the National Association of REALTORS®, St. Louis 

REALTORS® and Missouri Association of REALTORS®; she also is heavily involved in 

community service and volunteer efforts at schools and nonprofits. 


(c) 636.236.1097 • www.heatherschulte.com 

Peter Lu with RE/MAX Select has been helping folks buy and sell 

homes since 2006. He has experienced the market highs and lows 

and has had great success helping his clients navigate through the 

good, the bad and the ugly. He is committed to helping clients 

find the home of their dreams without the stress and worry the 

process can entail. Whether you’re buying or selling a home, Peter’s passion for real 

estate and in-depth knowledge of the market makes him an invaluable partner. Peter 

and his team pride themselves on their service, high standards and exceptional rate. 

Call Peter Lu today to see how he can list your home for 4 percent! 

636.779.8080 • 174 Clarkson Road, Suite 100 • Ellisville 

(c) 314.662.6578 www.STLRemaxSelect.com





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Sean Banankhah 

Managing Broker 

Tryla Brown Larson 

REALTOR® 

Integrity, in-depth community and market knowledge, marketing savvy, 

negotiation skills and a high-quality professional network are hallmarks 

of how Sean Banankhah, GRI, managing broker of RE/MAX Select, 

works. In his 22 years of experience as a real estate professional, Sean 

has found that providing the best service means putting his clients 

first. He prides himself on being accessible, a good listener and communicator, and 

responding quickly. Serving clients who are buying or selling in St. Louis and St. 

Charles counties, Sean listens to his clients’ desires and gives forthright and candid 

advice. Sean’s motto is, “once a client – always a friend.” He looks forward to sharing his 

enthusiasm for the community with you. 

636.779.8080 • 174 Clarkson Road, Suite 100 • Ellisville 

(c) 314.374.7326 • www.STLRemaxSelect.com 

Tryla Brown Larson worked for decades in sales and business 

development before becoming a REALTOR® for Berkshire 

Hathaway Home Services Alliance Real Estate. She has extensive 

knowledge of the housing market in the St. Louis metropolitan area. 

Tryla is described as driven, assertive, positive, social, responsible, 

motivated, dedicated and creative. She is a lifelong learner who is continuously studying 

the ever-changing real estate market to provide clients with the best real estate services 

possible. Tryla uses tried and true methods, goes above and beyond, and thinks outside the 

box to persistently and aggressively do everything in her power to successfully assist clients 

with their real estate needs. Call Tryla Brown Larson today to see what she can do for you. 


(c) 314.910.2286 • www.TrylaBrownLarson.com 

Sharon Hutson 

REALTOR® 

Cathy Shaw-Connely Home Sales Manager 

Sharon Hutson, with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Alliance 

Real Estate, has been a REALTOR® in the greater St. Louis 

area since 1989. She also has served on the board of directors for 

the St. Louis Association of REALTORS®. An award-winning 

REALTOR®, Sharon takes a personalized, caring and handson 

approach to helping clients. She holds a graduate designation from the Graduate 

REALTOR® Institute, and REALTOR®, e-PRO and Certified Residential Specialist 

designations from the National Association of REALTORS®. Clients trust Sharon to 

offer the most efficient way to buy or sell homes, condos or land in St. Louis and St. 

Charles counties. 


(c) 314.614.4575 • www.sharonhutson.com 

Cathy Shaw-Connely, home sales manager at Tom Shaw 

Realtors, has over 40 years of experience in the real estate 

business, with millions of dollars in sales each year. As one of the 

top producing agents in the St. Louis area and 11-time winner 

of the St. Louis Magazine Five Star Real Estate Agent award, Cathy prides herself 

on superior service, follow-up and being available to her clients. She has worked in 

all areas of the real estate market in St. Louis, Chesterfield, Wildwood, St. Charles, 

Franklin and Jefferson counties – including homes, acreage, horse properties, new 

constructions, farms and more. Call Cathy and look no further. 

636.532.1922 • 17813 Edison Avenue, Suite 200 • Chesterfield 

(c) 636.346.4960 • www.shawrealtors.com 

Vennessa Mastroianni 

Broker/Owner 

Randy Alaniz 

REALTOR® 

Vennessa Mastroianni is the owner and broker of Realty Masters, 

St. Louis, a team of knowledgeable and honest professionals whose 

top priority is service. 

“We view real estate as more than just a transaction,” Vennessa 

said. “Real estate sales happen when something big has happened in someone’s life – a 

new job, marriages, children. We help people through that transition.” 

Coming from a successful career in real estate in her home country of Australia, Vennessa 

moved to St. Louis, her husband’s native city, in 2010. She serves as a board director for 

Missouri Association of REALTORS®, Council of Independent Real Estate Brokers 

and Mid America Regional Information Systems. 

636.220.7830 • 14396 Manchester Road • St. Louis 

(c) 636.345.6534 • www.RealtyMastersStl.com 

Randy Alaniz, with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Alliance 

Real Estate, loves and knows West County. He has been a West 

County resident for 35 years and has been selling homes in the 

area for nearly nine years. Though he specializes in serving West 

County, Randy has extensive knowledge of the greater St. Louis 

area as well as the surrounding counties. He assists sellers and buyers with everything from 

luxury homes to investment properties. Randy is on the board of directors for St. Louis 

REALTORS® and Missouri REALTORS® and, in 2017, he was recognized by St. Louis 

REALTORS® as REALTOR® Associate of the Year. Randy’s goal is not to just help 

others buy and sell houses, but to be their trusted real estate advisor for years to come. 


(c) 314.308.1923 • www.WestCountyHomes.com 

Alicia Robinson 

REALTOR® 

Dawn Gluesenkamp REALTOR®, Relocation expert 

Alicia Robinson, with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services 

Alliance Real Estate, is an award-winning REALTOR® who takes 

pride in providing the best experience for her clients during the 

home buying or selling process. Alicia has an eye for detail and 

strives to provide the utmost level of customer service, ensuring 

her clients have a positive real estate experience. Alicia handles all types of residential 

properties in and around the greater St. Louis area. Wherever a client’s needs may be, 

she goes. Alicia enjoys the personal relationships formed through working in real estate; 

she has become friends with many of her clients and works off of their referrals to other 

friends and family. 


(c) 314.265.9643 • www.arobinsonsellstl.com 

Dawn Gluesenkamp, SRES, ABR, GRI, MBA, a premier 

condo, townhome and villa realtor with RE/MAX Suburban, and 

her team of specialists stand ready to assist clients in meeting 

their real estate goals. Dawn’s commitment to results, decades 

of experience, enthusiasm, dedication to customer service and 

integrity are what make her a consistent top producer. Dawn 

is in the RE/MAX International Hall of Fame, the RE/MAX 100% Club and she is 

a relocation consultant. She is an expert problem-solver and negotiator. In addition 

to condos, townhomes and villas, Dawn sells residential homes. When you are in the 

market to buy or sell, call Dawn. 

636.812.4400 • 16647 Chesterfield Grove • Chesterfield 

(c) 314.422.2400 • www.DawnSellsVillas.com

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– By BONNIE KRUEGER & JESSICA MESZAROS 

Candidates in two West County municipalities face competition for each city’s top elected office 

Candidates were asked: 

Question 1: Why are you running 

for this office, and what are your top 

priorities if elected? 

Question 2: What are your qualifications 

for holding public office? 

Question 3: Given that new land 

for development is limited within the 

city, what are your thoughts regarding 

economic development? 

Question 4: In the age of internet 

shopping, are you concerned/do you 

have a plan for recouping the loss of 

sales tax revenue? 

Question 5: Over the next two 

years, what are the deliverables you 

would like to bring to the residents 

of your city? 

Manchester 

In Manchester, current Ward 2 Alderman 

Michael Clement faces off against incumbent 

Mayor Dave Willson. 

Question 1 

Michael Clement: I really think it is 

time for change, and while there are a lot of 

things done right in our community, I think 

I can bring better leadership to the city to 

address the issues that need change. 

I want to be far more diligent in looking 

at revenues and expenditures on a quarterly 

basis and at year-end. Currently, there is 

limited data available for us to work from 

when we are looking at short- and long-term 

budget needs. By reviewing [data] quarterly, 

it allows us to spot potential pitfalls and 

make corrections immediately or changes 

we need to make for the future. 

There is a need to engage the stakeholders 

of the community: residents, business 

owners and the board of aldermen. What I 

would do as mayor is to invite residents, in 

an informal setting, [to have a dialog] about 

the community to see what’s working and 

what are the concerns. What we need are 

face-to-face conversations. I would hold 

separate subdivision trustee meetings to 

address those specific issues. 

Finally, improve communication between 

the board of aldermen and mayor; in part, 

making sure we are all on the same page. 

Dave Willson: I am the incumbent and 

have been mayor since 2008. I find being 

mayor very rewarding, especially interacting 

with the citizens, business owners and 

community partners. Out of 86 Missouri 

municipalities, Manchester was ranked the 

15th best city to raise a family, with Manchester 

ranked as safest city overall. We 

have a great community and I want to keep 

that momentum. 

Dave Willson 

My top priority is ensuring that city 

employees are at a comparable level in salary 

and benefits to nearby cities. If we don’t 

value our experienced employees, we won’t 

be able to provide excellent services. 

Question 2 

Michael Clement: I moved to the area 

back in 1976. I was part of the annexation 

effort in 1999 and have served as subdivision 

trustee. In 2001, I was elected as Ward 

2 Alderman so I am very familiar with 

municipal government. I’m very active in 

my church and the community. 

Dave Willson: I have been in the same 

house since 1974. Since Chadwick operates 

without trustees, I have not been a subdivision 

trustee, but I was involved with the 

annexation effort in 1999. I am active in 

my church and I engage with area schools, 

both public and private, like Christ Prince of 

Peace. With six Parkway schools within city 

limits, I value my partnership with them. 

I enjoy being involved with Boy Scouts 

and other local and state programs to be 

informed and involved on a personal and 

municipal government level. 

Question 3 

Michael Clement: It is time for the city 

to look again at the historic district, which is 

from Route 141 to Henry Road. Since Manchester 

is landlocked with little opportunity 

for growth, the city needs to see if something 

can be done. As part of the effort to increase 

business activity, I will be meeting with and 

listening to small business owners, asking 

them, “How can the city make it easier to 

work and grow your business?” 

With all efforts, I want to make sure the 

city staff is on the same page, working 

together to support our businesses. 

Dave Willson: Our planning and zoning 

director does a fantastic job bringing businesses 

to Manchester. Our challenge is that 

the historic areas with vacancies are older 

commercial properties that are not ADA 

[Americans with Disabilities Act] compliant 

and need a lot of updates to meet code. Just 

in the last few years, we’ve brought in Joey 

B’s, Culvers, Bob’s Furniture and Academy 

Sports, which have been great additions to 

our city. 

While we are landlocked, on the residential 

side, we have three new subdivisions 

currently under construction for family 

growth. There are eight new homes in a 

small subdivision on Big Bend; 33 new 

homes in a property on Sulphur Spring 

Road, and 13 new homes on Hanna Road. 

Question 4 

Michael Clement: The Highlands 

[currently under tax increment financing] 

is continuing to generate strong sales tax 

revenue, and my visual observation is that 

Costco is bigger today than two years ago. 

Walmart also is going well. At this point, 

I’m not sure the data is there to say that there 

is a significant loss of sales tax revenue to 

online sales, but it’s something to watch 

over the next several years, consulting with 

the finance director. 

Michael Clement and his wife, Gloria 

Dave Willson: We had a meeting in 

February to address this issue. I have spoken 

to neighboring city administration and the 

board of aldermen has looked at different 

ways to bring in more revenue. At this 

time, the board decided against addressing 

the issue but the budget is always reviewed 

quarterly to review this matter should it 

become a bigger issue. 

Question 5 

Michael Clement: It really comes back 

to communication. The ability to communicate 

and know the government is the biggest 

goal. Volunteerism, helping others, is 

also so important. Our residents have a lot 

of skills to tap into. I envision partnering our 

residents to help other residents, who may 

need help with their yard or home [and] who 

may not have the means to do it themselves. 

I want to do more for the underserved community 

and value the diverse melting pot 

community we have in Manchester. 

Dave Willson: With the new parks, recreation 

and arts building, we will be adding 

a lot of programming opportunities, especially 

with Manchester Arts. It is such an 

asset to our residents and unincorporated 

community members who use our facilities. 

We want to continue working on the 

emerald ash borer issue and continue investigating 

the deer population challenges. We 

also will continue to work on stormwater 

and sewer repairs, and work on a bond issue 

for street and sidewalk repairs. 

Ellisville 

In Ellisville, resident Mike Roemerman, 

Mick Cahill and Councilmember Cindy 

Pool are seeking the mayor’s office. 

Question 1 

Mike Roemerman: I am running to 

give back to the community. When I ran 

for mayor three years ago, I was really running 

for the same reason then. … I have a 

lot of experience in business and communities, 

and I’m at a point where I’ve realized 

how important the community connection is 

from more than a neighborhood standpoint. 

Community helps people realize their life 

goals in areas other than real estate in the 

neighborhood. … One of my top priorities ... 

is helping grow our tax revenue organically. 

… The other thing that goes along with that 

is trying to educate our citizens a little bit 

more on what’s involved in the process, 

and why it’s important for us, as a city, to 

consider any commercial development offer 

that comes before us, because that’s what 

helps provide the services citizens want. 

Mick Cahill: I’m running for office, first 

of all, because I love my town. I have been 

a councilmember for four years prior to this 

year and now, the position of mayor is open 

and I think we need somebody with a clear 

head to get in there and work for the community. 

As for my agenda, I want to keep 

the system going the way it is, but what I’m 

really looking for is to help the citizens in 

the town build a stronger retail space and 

fill some of the voids we have along Manchester 

and Clarkson roads. … We have a





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great parks system, and I want to keep that 

going strong. … I think what’s happened in 

the past is that we haven’t worked toward 

our long-term goals, just short-term goals. I 

don’t want to go that route. I want to pursue 

long-goals and stop bringing in services that 

bring no money to the community. 

Cindy Pool and her daughter, Bridget 

Cindy Pool: I’m running for office 

because we’re kind of at a crossroads now, 

especially with economic development. 

You hear it in our meetings, ‘What are we 

going to put where?’ and ‘What can we 

put where?’ Our job as councilmembers ... 

is that we’re supposed to find the best possible 

use for any available property, and 

we haven’t been doing that for the last five 

years. We’ve basically been letting anything 

go anywhere, and I’d like us to get back to 

following our comprehensive plan, which is 

there for a purpose. … I want to get back 

on that path of what we’re supposed to be 

doing and what is best for the city. 

Question 2 

Mike Roemerman: I’ve been the chairman 

of our Economic Development Commission 

for quite some time. I’m on the 

Planning & Zoning Commission. I’ve been 

a business owner, a real estate investor for 

25 years and I’ve been in several corporate 

positions with national companies. I was 

also a partner in a large insurance company 

for quite some time. I understand the way 

liability works and I understand the way real 

estate works. I understand how a business 

runs, and at the end of the day, our city is a 

business … I’m a citizen, I love our neighborhoods 

and I’m always going to listen 

and try and make the best decisions ... I’ve 

always been a creative problem-solver, and 

I do it with a high level of integrity. 

Mick Cahill: My real qualification is that 

I have been elected to office in Ellisville. I 

Mick Cahill 

served in a four-year term on the council as 

of last year, so I understand how the system 

works. I’ve been involved in the city of 

Ellisville for all 28 years I’ve lived in this 

town, very rarely missing any meetings. … 

over 20 years ago, we had old streets in the 

community, and that’s when I first started 

getting into the government here. It took 

five years to get something passed where 

we could bring the roads in Ellisville up to 

county standards. I was proud of myself. I 

went to every meeting for five years to get 

that done. 

Cindy Pool: I was elected first in 2013, 

and then re-elected last year. ... this past 

year, I was appointed by my peers to the 

Municipal League of Metro St. Louis Board 

of Directors and also to the board of Missouri 

Municipal League.. Not only do I 

have this experience with the city, … but 

I’ve also been able to network with all these 

other municipal leaders in the county and 

across the state … being a part of both those 

leagues really opened up a lot of opportunities 

not just for learning experiences, but 

also to share ideas and see what other cities 

are doing … our job is bigger than just our 

4.4 square-miles. Everything that happens at 

the county level and at the state level affects 

us, and we have to stay on top of that, and 

that’s something I think is super important 

for our next leader to definitely be in tune to 

and pay attention to, so we can cut things off 

ahead of time, whether it’s about TIFs or the 

city-county merger. 

Mike Roemerman and his son, Grant 

Question 3 

Mike Roemerman: The Shop Ellisville 

campaign [www.shopellisville.biz] is the 

beginning of that, … and to promote the city 

outwardly to businesses and developers to 

attract the source of businesses that won’t 

be impacted by internet shopping, and that 

will still help bring some revenue to our city 

… If we promote that community spirit, I 

think we’re more likely to get a little more 

involvement on that. When communities 

come together, it does attract prosperity. It’s 

all the small things that matter. If that’s the 

difference in some XYZ company coming 

to Ballwin, Chesterfield or Ellisville, they 

see us and think, “Wow, I’ve heard great 

things about the community.” That’s what I 

want people to know us for. 

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The show boasts aerial ballet 

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“Most of the acts are pretty similar 

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vice president. This year, Taylor also is 

the temple’s circus chairman. 

“St. Louis is kind of unique because 

people in St. Louis know who the Shriners 

are, so they like to come out and help 

us,” Taylor said. “They respond to us. It 

lets them see who we are.” 

Who they are is a band of brothers 

that, according to their website, are “distinguished 

by an enjoyment of life and 

a commitment to philanthropy.” Their 

philanthropy includes a network of 22 

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Clowning around at the Moolah Shrine Circus. 

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ability to pay. 

The annual Moolah Shrine Circus 

allows this band of brothers to “have a 

great time [and provide one while] helping 

kids.” 

Animals appearances in the show 

include elephants, horses, tigers, camels 

and more. Attendees also will be able to 

get up-close and personal with the animals. 

Ride opportunities for animals like 

the ponies and elephants will take place 

before the show, during intermission and 

after the show. People also will 

have the chance to take pictures 

of the performers or ride the children’s 

train during those times. The 

Moolah Clowns also will be offering 

face painting. All proceeds 

from the fundraiser will go back to 

helping the Moolah Shriners. 

Circus season kicked off at 11 

a.m. on March 10 with the 76th 

Annual Shrine Circus featuring 

colorful cars, floats and clowns. 

The three-ring spectacle takes 

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Arena, 2002 Arena Pkwy. in St. 

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local 

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 

Tony Viviano and his band’s special St. 

Patrick’s Day Dinner Party is from 7-10 

p.m. on Saturday, March 17 at Table Three 

Restaurant, 16765 Main St. in Wildwood. 

Enjoy Irish fare or order from Table Three’s 

full menu. Everyone dining in that evening 

will be entered to win a one-night stay with 

breakfast for two at The Wildwood Hotel. 

No cover charge; call (636) 458-4333 to 

confirm availability. 

• • • 

The Maryville Symphony Orchestra 

concert is at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 18 at 

Bonhomme Presbyterian Church, 14820 

Conway Road in Chesterfield. Music by 

Bach and Mozart will be performed featuring 

St. Louis flutist Paula Kasica. The 

concert is free; everyone is welcome and a 

reception follows. 

• • • 

The Spring Art Fair is from 5-9 p.m. 

on Friday, March 23; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on 

Saturday, March 24; and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on 

Sunday, March 25 at Queeny Park, Greensfelder 

Recreation Center, 550 Weidman 

Road in Ballwin. Purchase original works 

of fine art and fine craft directly from the 

artists. $5 at the door. For a $1 off coupon 

or details, visit ArtFairAtQueenyPark.com. 

BENEFITS 

Old Trails Historical Society hosts a 

free presentation about Bridge Bread at 7 

p.m. on Wednesday, March 21 at West 

County EMS, 223 Henry Ave. in Manchester. 

Delicious products available for purchase. 

• • • 

A Used Book and Bake Sale is from 3-8 

p.m. on Thursday, March 22; 8 a.m.-5:30 

p.m. on Friday, March 23; and 8 a.m.-2 

p.m. on Saturday, March 24 at The Pointe, 

1 Ballwin Commons Circle in Ballwin. 

Gently used books can be donated to The 

Pointe starting March 19. For more information, 

visit ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

Saint Louis Crisis Nursery’s Razzle 

Dazzle Ball, “A Garden of Hope,” is 

from 6:30-11:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 

7 at Westport Sheraton Lakeside Chalet, 191 

W. Port Plaza Drive in St. Louis. For tickets, 

visit crisisnurserykids.org/events or 

call (314) 292-5770. 

• • • 

Play Ball! Trivia Night is at 7 

p.m. on Saturday, April 7 at VFW Hall, 115 

Mimosa Lane in Ballwin. Light snacks provided. 

Soda, beer and drinks available for 

purchase. Attendance prizes, raffle baskets, 

50/50 drawing and games. Proceeds provide 

scholarships to local students, sponsor 

service clubs at high schools and help 

support Circle Of Concern food pantry, 

Camp Wyman and Oasis tutors. To register, 

call Paul Eckler at (636) 273-5398 or paul. 

eckler@att.net. 

FAMILY & KIDS 

A St. Patrick’s Day Party is at 10 a.m. 

on Saturday, March 17 at Samuel C. Sachs 

Branch, 16400 Burkhardt Place in Chesterfield. 

Kids ages 4-9 can come celebrate St. 

Patrick’s Day with fun and crafts. Registration 

required. For details, call (314) 994- 

3300 or visit slcl.org. 

• • • 

Butterfly House Adventures - Tropical 

Adventure: A World of Color is from 

10-11 a.m. on Sunday, March 18 at The 

Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Faust 

Park, 15193 Olive Blvd. in Chesterfield. 

Kids ages 6-12. To register, visit missouribotanicalgarden.org. 

• • • 

Tumbling Tykes is from 6:30-7:15 

p.m. on Mondays, March 19, 26 and April 

2 at The Pointe, 1 Ballwin Commons 

Circle in Ballwin. Children ages 4-6 will 

get an introduction to gymnastics through 

fun activities that teach body control, 

agility, strength and balance. To register, 

visit ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

A Puppet Show is from 10-11 a.m. 

on Wednesday, March 21 and Thursday, 

March 22 at Wildwood City Hall, 16860 

Main St. in Wildwood, in the Community 

Room on the first floor. The Peppy Puppet 

Troupe will perform the story of “Goldilocks 

and the Three Bears.” For details, 

visit cityofwildwood.com 

• • • 

Tumbling Tots is from 10-11 a.m. on 

Wednesday, March 21 at the Eureka Community 

Center, 333 Bald Hill Road in 

Eureka. The event features “open gym”- 

style gymnastics, tumbling, gross motor 

and more. For children ages 6 months to 3 

years. To register, visit eureka.mo.us. 

EGG HUNTS 

An Adult Egg Hunt is from 7:30-10 

p.m. on Friday, March 23 at Schroeder 

Park, 359 Old Meramec Station Road in 

Ballwin. Warm up at the end of the night 

by the bonfire. BYOB [no glass]. Registration 

required. For more information or to 

register, visit ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

An Equine Assisted Therapy Egg Hunt 

is at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 24 at 

Longview Farm Park, 13525 Clayton Road 

in Town & Country. Registration begins at 

11 a.m.; the hunt starts at noon. For more 

information, call (314) 971-0605. 

• • • 

The Spring Egg Hunt is from 10 a.m.- 

noon on Saturday, March 24 at Fairway 

Elementary School, 480 Old Fairway 

Drive in Wildwood. The hunt will be split 

into three age groups: 3 years old and 

under, 4-6 years old, and 7-11 years old. 

Bring your own basket. For questions, call 

(636) 458-0440. 

• • • 

A Youth Easter Egg Hunt & Arbor 

Day Celebration is from 10 a.m.-noon on 

Saturday, March 24 at Drewel Park, 2 Hill 

Drive in Eureka. There will be separate 

areas for ages 2 and under, 3-4, 5-7, and 

8-10. Each age group will start in 5 minute 

increments. Free hot dog lunch provided. 

Pictures with the Easter Bunny and a free 

tree for each participant [one per family]. 

• • • 

An Adult Easter Egg Hunt is from 7-9 

p.m. on Saturday, March 24 at Legion Park 

Pavilion, 333 Bald Hill Road in Eureka. 

Adults ages 21-plus can grab a flashlight 

and basket and hunt for more than 1,000 

prize-winning eggs. Light refreshments 

provided. Participants can bring their own 

food and beverages; no glass. 

• • • 

The City of Ellisville’s Easter Egg 

Scramble is at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 

24 at Bluebird Park, 225 Kiefer Creek 

Road in Ellisville. Ages 1-9 can attend this 

free event. Mr. and Mrs. Bunny available 

for photos. For details, call (636) 227-7508. 

• • • 

Meet the Easter Bunny is from 10 

a.m.-noon on Friday, March 30 at Farmers 

& Merchants Bank is, 619 Stockell Drive 

in Eureka. Enjoy photos with the Easter 

Bunny; a petting zoo from Arch Acres 

Misfit Farms; and crafts and activities by 

St. Louis County Library. 

• • • 

An Underwater Egg Hunt is from 

7:30-8 p.m. on Friday, March 30 at The 

Lodge Indoor Pool, 1050 Des Peres Road 

in Des Peres. Kids ages 8-14 can grab their 

swimsuit and goggles and get ready to hunt 

underwater for eggs. Participants can win 

prizes and candy. Registration ends March 

23. Visit TheLodgeDesPeres.com for more. 

• • • 

The Get Hopping Egg Hunt is at 10 a.m. 

on Saturday, March 31 at Des Peres Park, 

12325 Manchester Road in Des Peres. For 

children ages 3-6. Easter Bunny available 

for pictures. The event is free; no registration 

required. For more information, visit 

desperesmo.org/418/Egg-Hunt. 

• • • 

A Youth Easter Egg Hunt is at 11 a.m. 

on Saturday, March 31 at Vlasis Park, 300 

Park Drive in Ballwin. The hunt will be 

divided in sections for various ages. The 

Easter Bunny will be on hand for pictures. 

The event is free; no registration required. 

For more information, visit ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

Living Word Church, 17315 Manchester 

Road in Wildwood, hosts an Easter 

Sunday Egg Hunt at 10:15 a.m. on 

Sunday, April 1. For kids in fifth grade and 

under. For details, visit livingwordumc.org. 

SPECIAL INTEREST 

The Fanfare of Quilts Quilt Show is 

from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, March 17 

and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sunday, March 18 at 

Greensfelder Recreation Center at Queeny 

Park, 550 Weidman Road in Ballwin. Featuring 

350 quilts on display, special exhibits 

and more. Cost is $7; good for both days. 

For details, visit bitsnpiecesguild.com. 

• • • 

The Lafayette Older Adults Program 

meets from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on the 

second and fourth Mondays of the month 

at the Ballwin Golf Course, 333 Holloway 

Road in Ballwin. The program is for 

people 55 and older. After lunch, members 

gather to play bingo or cards. Coffee, soda 

and dessert are provided, but participants 

must bring their own sack lunch. 

• • • 

Wildwood Historical Society Program 

and Meeting is at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, 

March 20 at 18750 Hwy. 100 in Wildwood. 

Program speaker is Stephen Kling, author 

of “The Battle of St. Louis & The Attack 

on Cahokia.” For questions, call Sandra K. 

Becker-Gurnow, president at (314) 374- 

3159. 

• • • 

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

p.m. on Wednesdays, March 21; April 4 

and 18; and May 2 at The Pointe, 1 Ballwin 

Commons Circle in Ballwin. Preregistration 

is required by the Monday prior to the 

event. To register, visit ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

An American Red Cross Blood Drive 

is from 3-7 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 in 

the Park Administration Building in Bluebird 

Park, 225 Kiefer Creek Road in Ellisville. 

Walk-ins are welcome. Donors must 

show ID. To schedule an appointment, visit 

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MAYORAL RACES, from page 31 

Mick Cahill: It’s sad that we’re not able 

to get the taxes from internet sales, … but 

I’m assured ... that is all going to change 

and it’s going to change sooner than later. 

Not just Ellisville, but every community 

across this nation is losing revenue because 

of internet sales. … but what we can do is 

try and keep the businesses in our town that 

already exist and bring in businesses that 

provide services you can’t get online. I’ve 

found that I cannot get my hair cut through 

the internet … We need to put in places 

like that. We need coffee shops and things 

that will attract people. One thing this town 

needs is a couple more real, sit-down restaurants, 

and that would be a priority for me to 

bring some of those in here. 

Cindy Pool: I think it’s promoting our 

local businesses, obviously. We have a business 

page on our website, but people just 

don’t go there very often. … Highlight the 

uniqueness of our area so maybe we’ll have 

more people who want to start these smaller 

businesses and stick it out, because it’s hard. 

It’s really hard right now. Everybody is concerned 

about the sales tax issue, but I think 

if the state legislators can fix the Amazon tax 

and get those taxes to the local municipalities 

when we have all these deliveries, that 

would obviously help us a lot. I think people 

generally like to shop local. It’s very popular 

and kind of a trend, but I think people will 

go back to local shopping eventually, but we 

have to be a part of that, too, with promotion. 

Question 4 

Mike Roemerman: A more dynamic 

Shop Ellisville campaign. Our business 

directory site has been blank for the last six 

years, and now it’s not. We have an active 

directory. … but the big deliverable goal is 

to avoid cutting any services, because if we 

can’t get the revenues up, that’s what the 

next step would be unfortunately. There are 

cities all over that have cut trash service. We 

still pay for trash service, and that’s a big 

goal of mine is to keep paying for that service. 

… I want to continue to keep operating 

with a high level of efficiency. 

Mick Cahill: I’d like to fill in some of 

the dead space in our town. I’d like to build 

on our park system. We have a great parks 

system, and I’d like to continue to build on 

it. I do not want to have any services lost 

to the community, like right now, we have 

great services for our residents and I want 

to keep them strong. … I’m going to work 

really hard with our city manager to find out 

the best ways to keep our city going at the 

same pace as it is now or how to grow as the 

term goes on. … I want to build business 

while at the same time keeping residents 

safe and secure. 

Cindy Pool: My main objective is to 

have consistent and responsible governance. 

Whether you’re a resident, a business owner 

or maybe a new business wanting to come 

into the city, you know what is going to be 

expected. You know what our requirements 

are, and it’s not this guessing game, because 

right now, it kind of is. … With residents 

I’ve spoken to, that’s the biggest thing I’ve 

heard “ is no more fast food.” It’s hard to 

balance that free market idea with oversaturation. 

Question 5 

Mike Roemerman: I’d like our occupancy 

level to be higher, especially regarding 

some of the vacancies we have in quality, 

available commercial spaces. … I want us 

to move down a positive road. I want there 

to be a very continued increase of positive 

citizen satisfaction levels. You know, on a 

scale of 1 to 10, are you satisfied with your 

city? … we’ve got a diverse community, 

which is awesome. I really like that, and I 

like that we’ve got a good variety of individuals 

that make up our city, because that 

makes it interesting. 

Mick Cahill: We can only grow if we 

can start filling some of these locations, and 

that’s not so much what’s happened in our 

town. We have been filling in spaces with 

daycare centers, nursing homes and banks, 

and places like that. Those places bring 

absolutely no income into our city. We need 

to move away from that and start bringing 

in services that the people will want to use, 

other than the banking and the daycare. We 

need to bring in some other facilities, like 

sit-down restaurants. Retail shops where 

there are boutiques. … We’ve got a great 

location here in West County. 

Cindy Pool: I really see great things for 

the future of Ellisville. We have residents 

who have been here for 50 plus years, and 

they’re dedicated, and they’ve invested 

in our community, and I want to keep that 

sense of community. ... Sometimes it’s just 

those simple things with getting back to 

the basics and involving the community 

with goofy stuff like that. … We really are 

unique, and I want to preserve that sense of 

community while keeping our commercial 

corridor relevant, but also listening to the 

experts. … I think we’ll get there. I do. Like 

I said, let’s go back to basics and run the city 

how it was supposed to be run. 

• • • 

Editor’s note: For more from the Ellisville 

candidates, see westnewsmagazine.com. 

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Michael Kuentz, of Maryland Heightsbased 

Lenders One, has been included in 

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Hot 100 report, featuring 100 professionals 

who are “turning up the heat, challenging 

the status quo and redefining today’s 

American mortgage industry.” 

PLACES 

Founder and Chief Executive Officer 

Doug Schukar has transferred 100 percent 

of his ownership stake in DAS Acquisition 

Company, LLC/USA Mortgage to 

employees through an Employee Stock 

In the same way a picture can say 1,000 

words, the right aesthetic and curb appeal 

can say many things about a home. Whether 

those things are good or bad might make 

the difference between a great offer or a 

lukewarm pass from potential home buyers. 

For staging a home without trial-anderror 

or breaking the bank, here are a few 

key tricks to follow: 

Organize and declutter. While homeowners 

might not notice the spare set of 

shoes by the door or the old receipt on the 

counter, prospective buyers will. 

Concentrate on spaces most frequently 

viewed by prospective buyers on walkthroughs: 

the living room, kitchen, master 

bedroom and dining room. Clear countertops 

and pick items up off the floor. 

According to ProfessionalStaging.com, 

decluttering also can make a space look 

larger to potential buyers. 

Neutralize your designs. Even if a 

house is sparkling clean, too many personal 

touches still can distract potential buyers 

from envisioning themselves in the space. 

Personal items can easily be packed up in 

boxes and stored away temporarily until 

a house is sold. Neutral colors, traditional 

and impersonal assets are safer options 

that appeal to potential homeowners of any 

taste. 

Deodorize. While stashing away personal 

items and clutter is a common practice, 

homeowners with small children or 

real estate 

Ownership Plan. USA Mortgage is a division 

of DAS, a mortgage bank founded 

by Schukar in 2001. The stock transfer 

was finalized Dec. 31, 2017, following 

the completion of an independent valuation. 

DAS/USA structured its ESOP to be 

broadly accessible to all full-time personnel. 

More than 280 employees are based at 

its headquarters in Creve Coeur. 

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The Villages at Brightleaf’s grand 

opening is from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, 

March 25 at Hwy. 109 and Taylor Road in 

Wildwood, across from Town Center. Tour 

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and Fischer & Frichtel. For more information, 

visit LiveAtBrightleaf.com. 

Tips & Tricks: Staging for quick sale 

Keeping rooms clutter-free is the first step in 

successful home staging. 

pets might want to invest in a professional 

cleaning service to eliminate any noticeable 

stains or odors. 

Like personal objects, odors or stains 

can prevent prospective buyers from imagining 

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garages, basements, ceiling fans and even 

the tracks on sliding doors all can reflect a 

home’s cleanliness. Having freshly baked 

cookies, right from the home’s oven, is a 

common trick used by professional agents. 

So is using air fresheners between showings. 

Don’t Neglect the Outdoors. A home’s 

outdoor appearance is the first thing prospective 

buyers see. Lawns should be 

mowed, surfaces should be power-washed 

and paved surfaces should be clear of 

debris. 

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