Mid Rivers Newsmagazine 4-18-18

Vol. 15 No. 8 • April 18, 2018 

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Are we Future Proofed? 

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PLUS: Preschool & Childcare Choices ■ The Muny Turns 100 ■ Décor & Lifestyles

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RANDOM THOUGHTS 

This week, Mid Rivers Newsmagazine 

talks with St. Charles Mayor Sally Faith. 

Faith began her second term as mayor in 

April 2015. Previously, she represented 

St. Charles County [District 15] in the 

Missouri House of Representatives. Faith 

also has served on the St. Charles County 

Council [District 5], as a St. Charles Community 

College trustee and on the boards of 

Bridgeway, Focus St. Louis, Connections 

to Success, New Frontier Bank, Habitat for 

Humanity and the Foundry Art Centre. 

What is the most historic thing to happen 

in your lifetime? 

Going along the line of patriotism and 

people, I wanted to be a part of the government 

and I’ve been very fortunate to 

be a part of many levels of government. 

I was on the first board of trustees for the 

St. Charles Community College. I was one 

of six that was elected. I was on the St. 

Charles County Council for several years, 

then I went to Jefferson City as a state rep 

with the Missouri House of Representatives. 

The voters voted for me, bless their 

hearts. When I was term-limited in Jefferson 

City, I came home to St. Charles, and 

I always wanted to be mayor. Then, I was 

elected to mayor. I’m very appreciative of 

and fortunate for that. I know it’s not just 

because I’m a woman. I know that I work 

hard and I try to communicate. I think all 

those things are what make life successful. 

What is something that happens in our 

country that people from other countries 

might find strange or bizarre? 

We have a sister city in Ludwigsburg, 

Germany. They come here, and we go over 

there. We also have an Irish sister city [Carndonagh, 

Ireland] and vice versa. The students 

exchange places ... they come and they tour 

our jails and our schools, and I just love it 

A Community Conversation 

Mayor Sally Faith [left] with Officer Shelley Shirk and Lilly, 

one of the city’s police horses. [City of St. Charles photo] 

... The fact that a woman is a mayor, I think 

they’re impressed by it. 

If you had a personal flag, what would 

you put on it? 

I would put on that flag a photo of 

another flag. A flag inside a flag that would 

talk about my commitment and my feelings 

about the United States. I’m very 

patriotic, is what I’m trying to say. And the 

flag would also say “Sally” on it. 

What is the hardest lesson that 

you have ever learned? 

That’s a good question. I’ll 

tell you what, the lesson that 

Jefferson City taught me was 

that you can’t give up, and you 

can’t do it in a hurry. I have 

carried that over. You might 

take four steps forward and 10 

backward, but you can’t give 

up. That’s hard for me, but I 

keep going. If it’s something 

that’s really important for you, 

you keep going. 

What TV show character might 

be fun to change places with for a week? 

I would like to be on a talk show because 

I could talk – forever and ever. I always 

thought that I could never make a living 

at selling something, but I realized that all 

you’re doing is talking about something 

you’re sold on. If I’m sold on [something], 

I can talk about it forever. 

What do you think you do better than 90 

percent of people? 

Well, the word “better” is a word to 

struggle with. What I think that I’m good 

at is reaching out to people and talking to 

them and asking questions. I get [rejected] 

once in a while when I reach out, but I 

don’t stop and I keep going. I guess that’s 

a form of communication. I love communicating, 

and I think I do a really good job 

at that … and that I’m reachable. It is easy 

to get burned out and just withdraw. So, 

it’s my responsibility, for me and nobody 

else, to say, “Sally, it’s time to shut the door 

and not talk to anyone for three days. On 

Saturday and Sunday, just veg out and hug 

the cats” ... You think all the time, “I just 

have to go, go, go.” You can’t go, go, go. 

We’re human, in politics and in our everyday 

lives, our work, our jobs, our this and 

that, we need to find that spot ... We have 

to keep charging ourselves. 

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EDITORIAL 

Pack up the big top 

This Saturday is World Circus Day. 

It’s true. We confirmed the date on 

weirdholiday.com [seriously], and the 

internet never makes mistakes [not 

seriously]. The shadow of the upcoming 

celebration of circuses seems like 

an opportune time to delve into Missouri 

politics. 

So, what to make of the saga of 

embattled Gov. Eric Greitens? It’s 

pretty simple, really. There are no winners. 

We all lose. 

We lose because our nightly news 

telecasts and newspaper stories have 

become the stuff of tawdry tabloids and 

romance novels. Objective truth is elusive. 

Everybody has an agenda, everybody 

has a story to tell and everybody 

has a price at which they are willing to 

tell it. 

We lose because Eric Greitens was a 

man of great potential and whether he is 

able to serve out his current term or not, 

his political career is over. Greitens’ 

short time as governor of the Show- 

Me State has indeed shown us far too 

much scandal, far too many nefarious 

dealings, far too little transparency. His 

potential was overridden by his naked 

ambition and now, well, his nakedness. 

He is just another man who is far too 

human to thrive in an age where far too 

much is known about humans. 

We lose because a criminal proceeding 

of great personal and political 

importance is being handled [or better 

yet, mishandled] by a bumbling prosecutor 

with a political axe to grind. Let 

us remember a couple things: 

• Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has 

Mulch . Topsoil charged . Wood the Chips governor . Wood with Recycling 

felony invasion 

of privacy. The premise of that 

Decorative charge Rock is . Gravel that Greitens . Compost 

took a compromising 

photo of the victim against her 

will. 

LETTER TO THE EDITOR 

To the Editor: 

Jeffery Waller advocates the states call a 

Constitutional Convention to enact a balanced 

budget amendment. That is a dangerous 

proposal. 

If such a Convention were held there is 

nothing that restricts the delegates to consider 

only the balanced budget proposal. 

They could propose any changes to the 

Constitution they considered appropriate 

such as: abolish the Electoral College 

and have the president elected directly 

To date, nobody has seen that photo 

nor verified its existence. 

• The victim repeatedly asked for privacy 

and fought against these charges 

being filed at all. In other words, the 

governor has been charged with a crime 

with no evidence against a victim who 

did not wish to pursue charges. 

We lose because taxpayers are funding 

both the prosecution and the defense 

in this case. The circuit attorney has 

hired investigators, who apparently 

cannot remember whether or not they 

took notes when talking to the alleged 

victim, at a cost of $10,000 down and 

$250 per hour plus travel costs for the 

out-of-state firm. Greitens has hired an 

impeachment attorney with taxpayer 

funds at a rate of $320 per hour, which 

is at least reportedly half the attorney’s 

usual fees. 

We lose because all of this, every bit, 

serves as a massive distraction from the 

everyday goings on of the people of 

Missouri. We require our political entities 

to serve the function and facility 

that we elected them to perform. This 

is not that. This is a million miles from 

that. The circuit attorney is not expected 

to conduct political witch hunts. The 

governor is not expected to embarrass 

himself and our state through stories of 

infidelity, sexual depravity and professional 

misconduct. 

This whole thing has become a circus, 

the kind with only sad clowns. 

In recent days, most of Missouri’s 

political establishment has stated that 

Gov. Greitens no longer has an ability 

to lead the state and needs to step 

down. We agree, so long as the circuit 

attorney steps down as well. Their last 

act can be to take down the tents, clean 

up the animal droppings and get this 

circus out of our state. 

by the popular vote [probably a good 

idea]; change the presidential term to six 

years and limit each president to one term 

[maybe a good idea]; term limit the members 

of Congress and the Supreme Court; 

limit the possession of hand guns and high 

capacity magazines to law enforcement 

officers [wouldn’t the NRA choke on that]. 

A Constitutional Convention presents 

dangers to all sides of the political spectrum. 

Mr. Waller, be careful what you ask 

for; you might get more than you want. 

Bob Hoff 



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Ordinance further restricts 

solicitations on public roads 

Lake Saint Louis has gotten stricter with 

panhandlers who have been asking for 

donations from drivers at intersections. 

As expected, the city’s Board of Aldermen 

approved a modification of a city 

public safety ordinance at its April 2 meeting 

that will prohibit solicitation by people 

standing in road medians, particularly along 

Hwy. N and at the intersection of Lake Saint 

Louis Boulevard and Interstate 70. 

City officials have been hearing complaints 

about aggressive solicitation. While 

the city has a loitering ordinance that prohibits 

hindering vehicle flow or pedestrian 

traffic, Police Chief Chris DiGiuseppi told 

aldermen that a possible solution may 

involve toughening up that ordinance. 

“I don’t want [solicitors] to be hurt,” 

DiGiuseppi said. 

DiGiuseppi drafted new language to add 

to the city’s existing loitering ordinance 

limiting access to the medians but still 

allowing people to stand on public rightsof-way 

on the side of the road. If that 

becomes a public safety problem, the city 

can add an ordinance that limits solicitation 

in the rights-of-way, DiGiuseppi said. 

He added that the ordinance change 

doesn’t prevent charitable groups from 

seeking roadside solicitations. It’s just 

that charitable groups, like panhandlers, 

cannot block or hinder traffic or stand in 

the median. 

O’FALLON 

Festival headliners announced, 

parade participants, vendors sought 

The city of O’Fallon has announced 

the entertainment schedule for the 2018 

Heritage & Freedom Festival July 2-4. 

The schedule was released at the city’s 

April 12 city council meeting by Jennifer 

Hoisington, the city’s tourism and festivals 

manager. 

Country Music Night takes place from 

4–11 p.m. on July 3 with “The Voice” 

season 11 contestant Tarra Layne and 

singer/songwriter Jerrod Niemann scheduled 

to perform. 

On July 4, it’s all Rock ‘n Roll from 

noon-10 p.m. with featured performances 

by Portrait - The Music of Kansas, an alloriginal 

band member performance by St. 

Louis-based ‘90s rock band Stir and, in the 

evening, Grammy-nominated grunge and 

hard rock band, Daughtry. 

Admission to the festival grounds at the 

Ozzie Smith Sports Complex, 890 T.R. 

Hughes Blvd., is free. 

Free parking also is available with free 

shuttle service provided on July 3-4. 

Clubs, civic organizations, businesses, 

churches, school groups and Scout troops 

are being sought to participate in the Heritage 

& Freedom Festival parade. 

The parade will step off at 9:30 a.m. on 

Wednesday, July 4 in downtown O’Fallon. 

All entries are required to be decorated 

and prizes will be awarded to the winners. 

Judges will consider how well each entry 

adheres to the 2018 theme of “America 

Through the Ages” and will award extra 

points for music and mechanical movement. 

Mayor Bill Hennessy will present the 

Mayor’s Choice Award, a plaque and a 

magnetic placard to display throughout the 

parade. First- and second-place plaques 

will be presented for the Best Color Guard. 

Cash awards of $200 for first place and 

$100 for second place will be given for the 

Best Musical Float and the Most Patriotic 

Float. In the Best Overall category, first-, 

second- and third-place winners will 

receive prizes of $500, $400 and $300, 

respectively. 

Parade applications, FAQs, requirements, 

resources and tips for designing 

an entry are posted on O’Fallon’s festival 

website at heritageandfreedomfest.com/ 

parade. Applications also can be picked 

up at City Hall, 100 North Main St.; the 

Renaud Spirit Center, 2650 Tri Sports 

Circle; and the Parks and Recreation 

Administrative Office, 400 Civic Park 

Drive. The deadline to apply is noon on 

Friday, May 18. 

Volunteers are needed to assist with the 

parade. To volunteer, contact the Volunteer 

Services Department at (636) 379-5417 or 

by sending an email to volunteer@ofallon. 

mo.us. 

Vendors can apply for a booth at the 

Heritage & Freedom Festival now through 

May 11. Applications with complete 

information are available online at heritageandfreedomfest.com 

or at the Parks 

and Recreation Administration Office, 400 

Civic Park Drive. The office is open from 

8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday. For additional information, contact 

Hoisington at (636) 379-5605 or by email 

at jhoisington@ofallon.mo.us. 

For more information on the festival, 

visit heritageandfreedomfest.com. 

City’s grant program helps 

residents in need 

For low-income residents and others who 

qualify for help, the city of O’Fallon offers 

a variety of programs such as zero-interest 

loans for home maintenance, down payment 

support for new homeowners and transportation 

to essential living destinations. 

Resident homeowners who need to have 

an aging heating/cooling unit replaced, a 

roof repaired or new windows installed 

are encouraged to check into O’Fallon’s 

Home Improvement Program. A limited 

amount of funds are available each year 

to provide five-year forgivable loans of up 

to $5,000 to help with home maintenance 

and code violations. Applicants must have 

owned and lived in their home for at least a 

year, be current on their mortgage and real 

estate taxes and meet household income 

limits and other criteria to qualify. 

Additional programs include one that 

assists low-income resident homeowners





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with the replacement or repair of aging 

siding and one that provides down payment 

assistance for low income, first-time 

homebuyers seeking to purchase a home in 

O’Fallon. 

The city of O’Fallon also partners with 

OATS, Inc. to provide transportation to 

essential living destinations for eligible 

residents with disabilities; with the Mid- 

East Area Agency on Aging [MEAAA] to 

provide medical transportation services to 

a limited number of eligible residents; and 

with Saints Joachim & Ann Care Service 

in administering the Emergency Homeless 

Prevention Program 

Additional information about O’Fallon’s 

grants and assistance programs is available 

online at ofallon.mo.us/grants-assistance. 

To apply for any of these programs, contact 

Alexis Jaegers at (636) 379-5411 or by 

emailing ajaegers@ofallon.mo.us. 

Calling all Rascals fans 

O’Fallon’s Food Truck Frenzy & Fan 

Fest is from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Friday, April 

27 at CarShield Field, 900 T.R. Hughes 

Blvd., home of the River City Rascals. 

The rally features free parking, admission 

and activities that include inflatables, 

oversized backyard games and a baseball 

clinic on the field. The clinic is open to students 

in first through eighth grades. Clinic 

registration takes place from 5:30-6:30 

p.m., and the clinic itself is from 6:30-7:30 

p.m. Clinic stations include hitting, pitching, 

infield fielding and outfield catching 

and throwing. Participants should bring 

their own baseball gloves. 

ST. CHARLES COUNTY 

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out trails at Quail Ridge 

The St. Charles County Parks and Recreation 

Department is seeking volunteers to 

assist with a spring Trail Work Day from 9 

a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, April 21 at Quail 

Ridge Park in Wentzville. 

Lunch will be provided to all who lend a 

helping hand. 

Volunteers are asked to bring a pair of 

gloves, sturdy boots and safety glasses as 

well as a willingness to help park staff and 

members of Gateway Off-Road Cyclists 

[GORC] in building sustainable naturalsurfaced 

trails. In addition to assisting with 

general trail maintenance, volunteers will 

help reroute a section of a popular trail in 

the park. 

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and groups can register by calling the 

parks department at (636) 949-7535 or 

visiting “Parks and Recreation” online at 

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Tru by Hilton hotel sees approval by O’Fallon planning commission 

By JESSICA MESZAROS 

Traveling professionals might soon find 

a new home away from home in O’Fallon. 

At O’Fallon’s Planning and Zoning 

Commission [P&Z] meeting on April 5, 

four different line items pertaining to the 

creation of a new Tru by Hilton Hotel were 

presented to the commission. The commission 

approved all items pertaining to the 

new hotel, including the rezoning of the 

property from Highway Commercial District 

[C3] to High Tech Corridor District 

[HTCD] to allow for the building’s proposed 

five-story height, a conditional use 

permit [CUP] to allow a hotel use within 

the district after rezoning, a motion for a 

preliminary plat and a proposed corresponding 

site plan. 

The proposed development and rezoning 

will return to the city council for a first 

reading and public hearing at the April 12 

meeting. The new hotel would be located 

east of Hwy. K on the northwest corner of 

the Technology and Crusher drives intersection. 

The company behind the new project is 

St. Peters-based Radiant Hospitality, with 

St. Louis-based Civil Engineering Design 

Consultants [CEDC] serving as the architect 

for the proposal. The potential property 

site is owned by Walmar Investment 

Company. 

Tru by Hilton is a brand of hotels that 

was announced in 2016 and trademarked 

by Hilton Worldwide. The chain was created 

to reach a client base of younger professionals 

across the country. 

“It’s a new hotel experience that Hilton 

has come up with that targets young adults, 

The site map for the proposed Tru by Hilton hotel. 

millennials,” Paul Boyer, of CEDC, 

said at the April 5 meeting. “Their 

facilities are set up with large lobbies 

where they have public space. 

They’ll have common work areas, 

game rooms, lounges and so forth.” 

Other examples of the hotel 

chain’s design include a sleeker 

aesthetic and compactly designed 

rooms. 

Some of the amenities in place at 

existing Tru locations include free 

Wi-Fi, 24-hour lobbies, 55-inch televisions, 

build-your-own-breakfast 

bars, and an open room layout with 

platform beds and hanging closets. 

Food and alcohol are available 

round-the-clock in what the hotel 

calls its “Eat and Sip” lobby market. 

The location also would include a 

social media wall that, according 

to Boyer, “would be a live feed of 

Twitter accounts, Facebook and Instagram 

on a digital display.” 

Due to the compact design and the 

emphasis on public space usage, rooms are 

typically priced at $100 or less. The hotel 

also would feature sidewalks to increase 

walkability in the area. According to 

Boyer, the location serves as a destination 

for traveling business professionals and 

that O’Fallon is “a good area for it.” 

“You see MasterCard and similar businesses 

in the area, [and] other types of 

facilities are really targeting this type of 

young professionals, so it’s a facility that 

would be typically suited for that,” Boyer 

said. 

The proposed location is currently undeveloped 

but is bordered by existing commercial 

zoning and land uses. Examples of 

surrounding businesses include QuikTrip, 

Lion’s Choice and Progress West Hospital 

along Progress Point Parkway. 

The five-story hotel would face Hwy. K 

and is expected to include about 103 units 

with about 63 percent overall site coverage. 

The remaining area will be dedicated 

to green space. The accompanying parking 

lot is expected to hold about 111 cars. 

The rooms lack amenities like in-room 

kitchens that prevent the building from 

being classified as an extended-stay facility; 

however, the commission added a condition 

to the passed legislation stating that 

a new site plan would have to be resubmitted 

to the city if the hotel ever wanted to 

pursue extended-stay options in the future. 

According to Boyer, the facility hopes 

to break ground as soon as possible provided 

the council approves the company’s 

request. 

“My four children are now 35 to 41, and 

that is right on target,” Commissioner Jim 

Frain [Ward 1] said. “If I went home and 

showed them this, they’d say, ‘We’ll come 

see you, dad, but we want to stay there.’ 

It’s very nice.” 

The proposed O’Fallon location 

wouldn’t be the brand’s first home in St. 

Charles. Construction for another Tru by 

Hilton hotel is underway on Camelback 

Road, near the Streets of St. Charles with a 

tentative completion date of August 2018. 

Amazon development could benefit from County Road Board funds 

By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH 

St. Charles County taxpayers are 

expected to get the bill for most of the local 

road and transportation improvements in 

the Premier 370 Business Park that will 

serve new developments, particularly a 

new Amazon fulfillment center, that are 

expected to open in 2019. 

The St. Peters Board of Aldermen 

approved a bill at its April 12 meeting to 

enter into an agreement with St. Charles 

County to use money generated by the 

county’s half-cent transportation sales tax 

to help pay for those improvements. The 

St. Charles County Council approved a bill 

at its April 9 meeting to allow the use of 

county transportation sales tax money after 

applications for its use were presented to 

the St. Charles County Road Board. 

The Road Board is a citizen advisory 

board that makes recommendations to the 

County Council for spending the county’s 

half-cent sales tax. 

St. Peters will be eligible to receive 

about $2.787 million for the design and 

construction of lane and traffic signal 

improvements along Spencer Road, Lakeside 

Drive and Premier Parkway. 

County funds would amount to $2.24 

million or 80 percent of the work’s construction 

cost. Developer Duke Realty 

would provide $481,662 or 17 percent, 

and the city would provide $78,338 or 3 

percent of the project’s cost. 

The second application presented to the 

board is for work starting at 4000 Premier 

Parkway that would provide widening and 

traffic signal improvements totaling $1.10 

million. If approved, the county will provide 

$550,000 or 50 percent of the construction 

cost with Duke Realty providing 

the balance. 

The work is expected to include two 

entrances built off Premier Parkway – one 

for workers and one for trucks – and the 

widening of Premier Parkway to four lanes. 

Additional work is expected to include 

five traffic signals and improvements near 

Lakeside Drive. 

Bill Benesek, the city’s director of transportation 

and development services, said 

the improvements are extensive but the 

site will have a lot of traffic. The Amazon 

development is expected to add 1,500 new 

jobs and plans for parking around the plant 

show space for 2,500 vehicles. 

Premier 370 Business Park will need 

road improvements not only because 

of the 493,000-square-foot Fed Ex and 

855,000-square-foot Amazon facilities 

but also because of Grove Collaborative, 

Inc., which is adding a new fulfillment 

center at 1000 Premier Parkway and more 

than 200 jobs. The park now has two 

regional trucking stations with 160 loading 

docks and more than 1 million square 

feet of warehouse and light industrial 

facilities. 

“We need the road improvements,” St. 

Peters Mayor Len Pagano said prior to the 

April 12 meeting.





Legislators talk transportation during Progress 64 West luncheon 

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The topic was transportation when business 

and government leaders gathered on 

March 30 for the Legislative Update luncheon 

sponsored by Progress 64 West, a 

civic organization dedicated to improving 

life along the I-64 corridor in St. Louis and 

St. Charles counties. 

Moderated by John Nations, president 

and CEO of Bi-State Development Agency, 

the topic quickly turned to road improvements 

and how to pay for them. One potential 

answer is Missouri Senate Bill 617 that 

its sponsor, Sen. Bill Eigel [R-District 23], 

called the “largest tax cut in the history of 

the state of Missouri.” SB 617 could raise 

Missouri’s motor fuel tax to fund road 

improvements while lowering the state’s 

income tax and corporate tax rates. 

Eigel, who represents an area near 

Weldon Spring in St. Charles County, said 

his bill – tax overhaul legislation – sailed 

through the state Senate last week with 

little debate and was advancing toward 

final passage. 

The bill was one of a number of legislative 

options for raising money for transportation 

discussed at the luncheon by a panel 

that included Sen. Jill Schupp [D-District 

24], Rep. Bob Burns [D-District 93] and 

Sen. Dave Schatz [R-District 26] in addition 

to Eigel. 

Eigel’s bill would lower the state’s 5.9 

percent income tax rate to 5.25 percent 

for most state taxpayers. To offset the cuts, 

the state would end the federal individual 

and corporate tax deductions and cap lowincome 

tax credits at $135 million. The 

bill also would phase in an 8-cent increase 

in the state’s 17-cent motor fuel tax along 

with a consumer price index adjustment to 

those fuel taxes until 2025. Eigel said his 

bill would provide an extra $2.5 billion for 

roads and bridges over the next 10 years. 

“I think we have a good product here,” 

Eigel told luncheon attendees. However, 

he questioned whether the state’s voters 

would approve increases in motor fuel 

taxes. “I think, and I share this with a lot of 

my constituents, [that there are] concerns 

that increases in any kind of tax have not 

been, typically, well received,” Eigel said. 

“We polled, and I’ve seen very recent data 

that indicate that, if a vote on a fuel tax 

would go to the people, the results would 

not be affirmative. 

“What I’m trying to do with Senate Bill 

617 is offer an avenue where we can see a 

short-term increase in fuel tax to provide 

Offering insight at Progress 64 West’s Legislative Update were [from left] Bi-State Development 

Agency CEO John Nations, Rep. Bob Burns, Sen. Jill Schupp, Sen. Bill Eigel and Sen. Dave Schatz 

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[transportation] funding, [while] at the 

same time, what we’re doing is as a part of 

a broader tax measure that will lower the 

overall tax burden for taxpayers.” 

But Eigel’s enthusiasm drew a tepid 

public response from at least one local legislator. 

Schupp, although lauding Eigel’s willingness 

to work with Democrats as well 

as Republicans on the more than 400-page 

bill, said, “It’s not a bill, at this point in 

time, I’m willing to support.” 

She said it’s necessary for state legislators 

to do something about roads and 

bridges given the reports about some 

bridges she’s seen. “How can any of us 

want to wait until there is a major accident 

and people lose their lives because we 

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Candidates file for St. Charles County offices up for re-election in August primary 


As expected, a number of candidates 

have filed for St. Charles County government 

offices up for re-election as part the 

political party primary on Aug. 7. Other 

offices didn’t draw much attention. 

County Executive 

Incumbent County Executive Steve Ehlmann 

faces no opposition in the Republican 

primary for another four-year term. 

But he may have a Democratic challenger 

in November. 

Lorna L. Frahm of St. Charles, the prosecuting 

attorney for the city of St. Peters, 

filed as a Democratic candidate for county 

executive on the last day of filing on Tuesday, 

March 27. Frahm was appointed as 

prosecuting attorney for St. Peters in 2007 

by St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano. She is a 

1985 graduate of the University Of Missouri 

School Of Law. The prosecuting 

attorney handles enforcement of city ordinances. 

She also opened The Frahm Law 

Firm, LLC in 2001. 

Ehlmann has been county executive 

since 2007 after being elected in November 

2006. He also served as a member of 

the Missouri House of Representatives 

from 1989 to 1993, and in the Missouri 

Senate from 1993 to 2001. He also served 

as an associate circuit judge from 2001 to 

2003 and as a circuit judge in 2003 for the 

11th Judicial Circuit. 

County Council 

A Republican incumbent in the District 

1 County Council seat – Joe Cronin of 

St. Paul – drew two Republican primary 

opponents, Tony Lavasco and Tom Johnson, 

both from O’Fallon, and a Democratic 

challenger, Cheryl Hibbeler who is a 

former County and O’Fallon councilmember. 

Hibbeler also is from O’Fallon. 

Mike Elam, the incumbent councilmember 

from District 3 who lives in Dardenne 

Prairie, has no Republican opposition but 

faces a challenge from Christine Hedges, a 

Democrat from St. Charles. 

John White, the incumbent Republican 

councilmember from District 7, also has 

no Republican opposition in the primary. 

Paul Woody of St. Charles, however, is 

the lone Democrat candidate filing for the 

District 7 post and could face White in the 

November election. 

Incumbent Councilmember Terry Hollander 

[District 5] faces no Republican or 

Democratic opposition. 

Director of Elections 

The office that drew the most 

attention was director of elections. 

Incumbent Rich Chrismer is not 

seeking another four-year term. Six 

candidates have filed for the office 

in the Republican August primary 

– Adam Schwadron of St. Charles, 

Catherine Rouse of O’Fallon, Kurt 

Bahr of St. Charles, Mark A. Koester 

of St. Peters, Michael [Mike] 

E. Carter of St. Peters and Arnie C. 

[AC] Dienoff of O’Fallon. 

Bahr is a former state representative 

from the 102nd District, who 

served eight years in the state legislature. 

Carter has been a municipal judge in Wentzville. 

Dienoff, a citizen activist who often 

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on March 27 only to refile it the 

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John Callahan, of O’Fallon, filed as the 

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Other races 

Republican Mary Dempsey of St. 

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Prosecuting Attorney Tim Lohmar, Collector 

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Division 8; Elizabeth W. Swann, Division 

9; Norman C. Steimel III, Division 10; 

Philip J. Ohlms, Division 11; and Mathew 

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didn’t step up to the plate and do what we 

need to do for funding transportation infrastructure?” 

But she questioned whether 

the legislation would be “revenue-neutral” 

meaning it would not lower state revenue 

appreciably. Schupp pointed out that the 

state already implemented two tax cuts in 

a gradual tax reduction in 2014 and that a 

federal income tax cut signed by President 

Donald Trump could affect general revenue 

moving forward. 

Schupp said she didn’t want to take 

money out of the general revenue, which 

funds public education, and leave children 

with less than they deserve. 

“General revenue neutrality will at least 

ensure that we have the money we currently 

have in the budget to support public education, 

and that includes higher education, 

and some of the other elements that are 

funded out of our general revenue budget,” 

Schupp said. “I don’t want to walk down 

the yellow brick road to becoming Kansas 

and that’s one of my concerns.” 

Schupp said all of these pieces – higher 

education, public education and infrastructure 

– have to be looked at together “before 

we start putting into place continued tax 

decreases, as much as my constituents 

would love to see and that and I would love 

to give it to them.” 

“We have to make sure we fund those 

things that we know are important for the 

economic growth and the growth of the 

people of the state of Missouri,” Schupp 

said. She added that she looked forward to 

working with her fellow senators in achieving 

that goal. 

In regard to other bills being considered 

to raise transportation funding, Schatz said 

there are several other bills being heard by 

the Senate Transportation, Infrastructure 

and Public Safety Committee, of which he 

is chairman. 

One bill, Senate Bill 734, would allow a 

10-cent increase in gas and diesel fuel taxes. 

Another bill, Senate Bill 1050, would 

authorize a four-tenths-of-a-cent sales tax. 

If approved, the sales tax would fund the 

Missouri Highway Patrol, allowing $250 

million in road funding currently used to 

fund the patrol to be shifted to roads and 

bridges. Both measures would require a 

vote of the people. 

Schatz said a 10-cent increase didn’t do 

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continue to ignore the problem and kick 

the can down the road,” Schatz said. 

Burns told those gathered that everybody 

coming to Jefferson City talks about the 

importance of education and fixing roads 

and bridges to spur economic development. 

He added that he hoped it wouldn’t take a 

tragedy to spur something getting done. 

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Meanwhile, Nations noted that other 

transportation issues have the potential to 

impact the state’s economy. He pointed to 

a report published by a statewide transportation 

task force in January that talked 

about funding and changing technology 

such as Uber, alternative fuels and selfdriving 

cars. 

Nations also noted that the state’s transportation 

system is critical to the movement 

of freight, which is another economic 

factor for the state. He noted that Bi-State 

and the St. Louis Regional Freightway 

announced on March 27 that they had 

signed memorandums of understanding 

with the Port of Plaquemines in New 

Orleans and American Patriot holdings 

with the goal of increasing freight movement 

along the Mississippi River. 

Burns, who sits on a legislative transportation 

subcommittee on barges and docking 

facilities, said that the state has a “big economic 

advantage because barges moving 

upriver from Louisiana don’t have to be 

broken down” when traveling on the Mississippi 

until they reach the locks and dam 

at Alton. He said some issues being worked 

on by the subcommittee include dredging 

rivers to keep them deep enough for barge 

traffic and the replacement or repair of the 

127-year-old Merchants Bridge across the 

Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis. 

Schatz noted that an increase in the present 

fuel tax is the right way to go today, but 

in “15 to 20 years from now we may have 

to look at something that is more technology 

driven” as alternative fuels and the 

possibility of driverless vehicles come into 

play. He also sees more pressure on state 

roads as ports get more developed. More 

and more items being be shipped there will 

be placed on trucks for delivery, he said. 

About a third of the present fuel tax is 

paid by nonresidents, Schatz said as an 

argument for increasing that tax. “It’s the 

smartest way to do it; it doesn’t put the 

whole burden on the citizens of Missouri,” 

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Celebrating 100 years of meeting 

at The Muny in Forest Park 

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throughout the 12-day festival. Art for sale daily 

from the easel and at our “pop-up gallery.” 

April 18-29 

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The Purser Center 

at Logan University 

and the next generation of performers 

Congratulates the Muny on 

100 years of excellence! 

Dance Academy • Dance Experience 

Dance Incorporated • Krupinski Academy of Dance 

M & M Dance • Studio Art of Dance 

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SYMPHONY DINNER WITH ARTISTS 

Saturday, April 21 

Purchase tickets at 

augustahentagefoundation.org 

The Broadway musical “RENT” made it 

musically known that a year can be measured 

in 525,600 minutes in the song “Seasons of 

Love.” To figure out how many seasons of 

entertainment The Muny has brought to St. 

Louis audiences, multiply that by 100. 

“The fact is no other city in the country 

or the world has a Muny,” declared Artistic 

Director and Executive Producer Mike 

Isaacson. 

Isaacson will help ring in the institution’s 

100th birthday this season, along 

with Muny staff and patrons, some of 

which have held seats for generations. 

“For a lot of people, it’s tradition,” 

Kwofe Coleman, director of marketing and 

communications, said of families passing 

season tickets down from one generation 

to the next. 

Coleman has worked at The Muny for 20 

seasons, starting at age 16 as an usher. 

“What’s unique about The Muny is that 

there are multiple generations represented 

in the audience. If you look at our most 

coveted seats, those are maybe six or seven 

generations of families that have held 

those seats,” Coleman said. “It’s a source 

of pride for people in St. Louis, and I think 

it should be.” 

In honor of The Muny’s 100th birthday, 

the theater is holding a variety of celebrations 

– including a gala, a special show, a 

free birthday party and a museum exhibit 

– that allow the people of St. Louis to look 

back at The Muny’s achievements while 

also looking forward into its future. 

“You can’t celebrate The Muny without 

celebrating St. Louis,” Isaacson said. “A theater 

is ultimately made up of its audience and 

its people, so we need to celebrate that idea.” 

Multiple celebrations are planned for the 

St. Louis community, including the already 

sold-out Centennial Gala on May 18. That 

St. Peters Choral Society 

Spring Concert 

St Peters Choral Society under the direction of 

John H. Smith, will present its 27th annual Spring 

Concert; Songs of Faith and Hope. 

with special guests - Lindenwood University’s Voices Only 

Sunday, April 29 • 2:00 p.m. 

Ruth Urban with Tom Ewell and Ethel Levey 

in The Muny’s 1941 world premiere of “New 

Orleans.” 

[Photo courtesy of The Muny] 

same evening, a special one-night show 

titled “An Evening with the Stars” will be cohosted 

by Tony and Grammy Award-winning 

artist Heather Headley and Tony, Emmy and 

Golden Globe Award-nominated artist Matthew 

Morrison. Tickets will be available to 

non-subscribers beginning May 7. 

“On that night, we’re also going to make 

an announcement that will be historic,” 

Isaacson said. “We’re not just celebrating 

our history, we’re going to step into the 

next 100 years. That’s all I can say.” 

On May 20, The Muny will kick off its 

100th Birthday Bash with a family-friendly 

event on the theater’s historic campus. Amenities 

will include food trucks, live entertainment, 

interactive behind-the-scenes 

demonstrations and themed kids’ activities. 

In addition, the Muny Memories exhibit 

at The Missouri History Museum will 

provide an in-depth exploration of over 

100 years of audition materials, backstage 

secrets and more. The exhibit opens June 9. 

“We just want for the people who have 

supported us for 100 years to be able to 

come back and have a piece of the magic,” 

Coleman said. “And there will be cake, too, 

of course!” 

Fort Zumwalt South High School Auditorium, 8050 Mexico Rd. St. Peters, MO 

Tickets are available from members: 

$10 for adults • $5 for kids 12 and under 

Tickets are also available online at 

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3355223 

For further info go to our web site 

www.stpeterschoralsociety.org 

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Senior goalie Limoges gives Francis 

Howell control, peace of mind in goal 

By JONATHAN DUNCAN 

Francis Howell girls soccer coach Brady 

Demling has plenty of things to worry 

about during games, but who is minding 

the Vikings goal is not one of them. 

Thanks to the savvy and dominant performance 

of goalkeeper Hope Limoges, 

the Vikings are off to arguably their best 

start in school history this season. 

Limoges, a senior keeper for the Vikings, 

has played a prominent role in Howell’s 

impressive 7-1 start. She has started all 

eight games and has already recorded six 

shutouts so far and appears to be poised for 

a monster senior season. 

Francis Howell goalie Hope Limoges 

“She has been a great, great help and asset 

to this program for sure the last couple of 

years,” Demling said. “A lot of the games 

we play are 1-0, 2-0 games and I have a 

lot of confidence in her and the team has 

a lot of confidence in her and that’s really 

showing.” 

A first team All-Gateway Athletic Conference 

South selection last year, Limoges 

has a .967 save percentage heading into the 

third week of April. Her start is even more 

impressive considering she had to bounce 

back from a concussion she suffered last 

November while playing with Sporting 

STL-Kayser/Uphoff. 

Then, four months and a week after 

recovering from the concussion, she suffered 

an off-season knee injury on a trail 

run in mid-February, which delayed her 

soccer season preparation even further. 

“The concussion and the knee injury definitely 

slowed her down early but she put 

in the work and got herself back on track 

and has done really well,” Demling said. 

While Limoges is enjoying the season so 

far, she doesn’t hesitate to credit her back 

line defense, for helping to keep a lot of 

opposing odd rushes and shots from being 

potential problems in the goal box area. 

Senior center backs Morgan Ebert and 

Natalie Jostes, and senior defender Catherine 

Eyler have allowed Limoges to take 

away quality shot chances and stop potential 

rushes well before they become a problem. 

“Our defense is one of the best defenses 

I’ve seen in my four years of playing at the 

school,” Limoges said. “We all really work 

well together and communication is like a 

big thing that our team is really good at in 

the back.” 

As a junior, Limoges developed into one 

the area’s top keepers as she went 10-7 

with seven shutouts. 

“Last year was probably one of the best 

years I’ve played and so far this year, I’ve 

impressed myself with how well I’ve been 

playing since overcoming the injuries with 

my knee and my concussion,” Limoges 

said. “I’ve been more developed personally, 

working more with the goalkeeping 

coach, running more and training more to 

become a better player.” 

Although Limoges is a bit on the short 

side for a goalie at 5-foot-8, she has strong 

footwork and athleticism. 

“I love using my feet because not many 

goalies can. I’ve always been a field player 

and a goalie, and that allows me to have 

some foot skills and contribute to the team 

with my feet,” Limoges said. “I think my 

size throws people off and they think they 

can like shoot high on me but I can hang on 

the crossbar and be able to reach the corners 

and get low to the ground and move 

very agilely.” 

“She’s become very good with her footwork 

and I know she has worked on that,” 

Demling said. 

Another major asset that allows Limoges 

to be strong in goal is her ability to communicate 

and direct the Vikings back line. 

“She has a really good presence back 

there,” Demling said. “She’s always yelling 

and screaming to get people where they 

need to be.” 

Limoges, who is heading to Milliken 

University to play soccer next year, credits 

her parents, Steve and Heather, for involving 

her in soccer at an early age. 

“My parents were like ‘you’re gonna 

play a sport,’ so they put me in everything 

and soccer was kind of like the one that I 

stuck with,” Limoges said. 

Ultimately, goalie became the perfect 

spot on the pitch for Limoges. 

“I just love the fact that like I can get 

down and grab the ball and be really 

aggressive on the ball and that I’m really 

good at goal and can take control on the 

field,” Limoges said. “I love making all the 

big saves.” 

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Andrew Tollefson, who was recently named the winner of the 2017 Youth Leadership 

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By ELLEN LAMPE 

Francis Howell student wins 

Youth Leadership Award 

Andrew Tollefson, a junior at Francis 

Howell North, recently was awarded the 

2017 Youth Leadership Award. Organized 

by the Governor’s Council on Disability, 

the award recognizes young adults with 

disabilities who demonstrate their leadership 

abilities by going above and beyond 

in their community. Andrew was chosen 

for the award based on his involvement in 

a wide variety activities that improve the 

quality of life of people with disabilities. 

“As a student with motor and communication 

differences, Andrew knows first-hand 

the challenges that a label can present, but he 

has made it his life’s mission to help people 

see beyond their first impression,” said Cathy 

Fortney, therapy services coordinator for the 

Francis Howell School District. “He always 

has a warm smile and a contagious laugh. 

He’s truly a delight to be around!” 

Andrew strives to help people better 

understand the ability behind disability. 

Not only is he a force to be reckoned with 

academically [he has had perfect attendance 

since the sixth grade, has a near 4.0 

GPA and is a repeat Honor Roll member], 

he is extremely active in extracurricular 

activities. Andrew is a 

member of the Knights 

of Excellence and We Are 

All Knights Club; he mentors 

students year-round 

and serves as a tutor at 

Henderson Elementary, 

listening to students read 

and assisting the classroom 

teacher. 

During elementary 

school, Andrew attended 

DisABILTIES Awareness 

Week with other students 

in his grade. Being 

inspired by the event, he 

began sharing his story 

with students. 

“I hope that they can 

see during my presentations that I can do 

almost everything that they can do with the 

help of technology and paraprofessional 

support,” Andrew said. “By sharing my 

personal story and answering their questions, 

I think people are more aware and 

accepting of those with special needs. I 

think it’s important for everyone to see that 

Claire Casler with homemade care 

packages for those in need. 

students with disabilities are kids just like 

they are and we want to be included too.” 

Warren Elementary student’s act 

of kindness goes a long way 

A small act of kindness can seem very 

big to the person on the receiving end. 

Even the simplest acts, like a smile or a few 

caring words, can have a positive impact. 

This is something Claire Casler, a fourthgrader 

at Warren Elementary in the Francis 

Howell School District, knows well. 

In March, after hearing about other 

students in her school performing acts of 

kindness, Claire decided she wanted to do 

something. With her mother’s assistance, 

Claire began making small care packages 

containing a toothbrush, toothpaste, 

deodorant, tissues and lotion. The care 

packages were given to fellow students 

as well as the Cottleville Sharing Shed, a 

donation-based organization that provides 

basic household items to those in need in 

St. Charles County. 

“Each was made complete with special 

hand-written notes with encouraging 

words,” Julie Yadlosky, 

a school counselor at 

Warren, said. 

“The other kids in 

the class seemed really 

impressed that she was 

able to come up with 

the idea and organize all 

the gift bags,” Claire’s 

teacher, Cheri Alloway, 

said. “This is such a great 

example of generosity and 

I am glad the class got to 

hear all about her acts of 

kindness. She really is a 

proactive kid!” 

While the time and 

effort to put together 

the donations may have 

seemed small to Claire, it’s clear that her 

care packages had a big impact. 

Fort Zumwalt student earns 

Girl Scout Gold Award 

In March, Fort Zumwalt South High 

junior Keely Mannion earned the Gold 

Award, the highest achievement in Girl 

Scouting. Earning the award means Mannion 

exemplifies a leader who has transformed 

an idea or vision for change into 

an actionable plan with a measurable and 

sustainable impact. 

Mannion’s vision for change included 

helping restore a local park’s wetland. 

Vicki Philips, Mannion’s troop leader and 

St. Peter’s director of parks operations, 

helped in a big way. Phillips shared a list 

of projects that need to be completed at 

St. Peter’s Lakeside Park. Mannion came 

across a project description that simply 

read, “plant trees in water.” Mannion said 

she knew from reading this, the project 

was definitely going to be an adventure. 

Leading a team that included her Girl 

Scout troop, family members and friends, 

Mannion wrapped the roots of more than 

300 trees in burlap and then planted them 

directly into the 140-acre recreational lake, 

ultimately helping restore the park’s wetland. 

During the process of earning the 

Gold Award, Mannion said she learned how 

to organize her teams and their responsibilities, 

helping grow her leadership skills. 

“My favorite part of the project was 

seeing the result of what the park looked 

like before and after,” Mannion said. 

“These plants are going to help animals and 

the lake because the vegetation will help 

create a cleaner lake.” 

Teens advance to Talent 

Competition finals 

At 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, local 

finalists in the 8th Annual St. Louis Teen 

Talent Competition will take the stage at 

The Fabulous Fox Theatre. 

Included are Fort Zumwalt High senior 

Shree Govani; Francis Howell Central 

senior Jennifer Ferry; Francis Howell 

North High sophomore Kelsey Carnes; 

Fort Zumwalt West High sophomores 

Lillianna Matthews, Aaron Moore, Allan 

Stacy, Everett Remstedt and Jalen Thompson; 

and Fort Zumwalt North High sophomore 

Robyne Sieh. 

Admission is free and open to the public; 

however, tickets are required and available 

at The Fabulous Fox box office and 

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MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE I PRESCHOOL & CHILDCARE CHOICES I 17 

Tips for preschool parents from preschool teachers 

Preschool is a time for a lot of new 

beginnings for a young child. There is a 

new environment, a new teacher, new rules 

and new friends. Following are tips from 

area preschool teachers on how parents can 

help their children adjust to preschool: 

• One of the best things a parent can do is 

establish a consistent morning routine and 

do his or her best to stick to it. Change can 

be scary, but consistency helps a child feel 

safe. Parents might be surprised to learn 

how a child’s day can be thrown off simply 

by arriving to school late. 

• Sometimes parents have to pick their 

battles. If allowing your child to wear his 

Halloween costume in April or to wear the 

same tutu over her pants every day means 

arriving to school on time and happy, go 

for it. Don’t worry about what the teacher 

might think. In fact, if a child comes to 

school in the same outfit day after day, the 

teacher will likely simply assume that he 

or she must really love it – and sympathize 

with the parent who has to wash the same 

thing over and over again! 

• Remember to feed your child! Not 

all preschools have budgets for providing 

nutritious produce at snack time, and 

children end up eating processed foods 

like cookies and snack crackers. A proteinrich 

breakfast can provide a child with the 

energy and nutrients needed to play and 

learn. 

• If your child is screaming and crying at 

drop-off time, give a warm hug and a kiss 

and be on your way. It’s hard to leave a 

child in distress, but prolonging a goodbye 

will only make things worse. Your child’s 

teacher has been trained to comfort and 

engage your child. With a consistent dropoff 

routine, your child soon will learn what 

to expect. 

• If your child has a hard time taking a 

nap at school, ask if you can send a special 

blanket or toy to provide a sense of security. 

• Does your child have a favorite TV 

show, song or character? If so, be sure to 

tell your child’s teacher so he or she can 

easily connect with your child and establish 

rapport. 

• If there is something stressful or out of 

the ordinary in your child’s life at home – 

such as a new sibling, parents who are out 

of town, a recent move or the loss of a pet, 

for example – consider sharing that information 

with the teacher. Doing so can help 

the teacher better understand a possible 

change in behavior and be sensitive to the 

needs of your child. 

According to early childhood educators, 

mastering specific social, motor and cognitive 

skills in preschool will ease a child’s 

transition to kindergarten. 

Outlined below are things 

kindergarten teachers will 

be looking for and things 

you can observe over the 

course of your child’s preschool 

experience. 

“Kindergarten Entry 

Skills,” a survey published 

by the Early 

Childhood and Parenting 

Collaborative [McEntire, 

2007], identifies a general 

range of skills and teacher 

expectations for children who are entering 

kindergarten. 

Social skills identified in the survey 

include: functioning within a cooperative 

learning environment; working independently 

and cooperatively within large and 

small groups; attending to and finishing 

tasks; listening to a story in a group; following 

two- or three-step oral directions; 

taking turns and sharing; caring for his/her 

personal needs; caring for his/her belongings; 

following rules; respecting the property 

of others and routines; and working 

within time constraints. 

Motor skills that kindergarten teachers 

specified as important include: mastery of 

many large muscle skills, such as walking, 

running and climbing; fine motor skills 

that require eye-hand coordination, such as 

using a pencil, crayons or scissors; and the 

ability to print his/her own name. 

Kindergarten teacher expectations of 

cognitive skills include: the ability to discriminate 

between sounds and objects that 

are alike or different; knowing the names 

and sounds of letters and the names and 

quantities of numbers; the ability to sort 

and group objects by name, colors, shapes 

and sizes; recognizing his/her name in 

writing and knowing his/her address and 

telephone number; expressing himself/herself 

fluently using a variety of words, and 

having the ability to retell simple stories 

and maintain simple conversations. 

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Are we future proofed? 

Creating a talent pipeline in St. Charles County 


A few months ago, the St. Louis region 

sought to be among the top contenders in a 

national competition for Amazon’s second 

headquarters location. It failed to make the 

list. It also learned some harsh lessons. 

Scott Drachnik, director of St. Charles 

County’s Department of Workforce and 

Business Development, and his counterparts 

throughout the St. Louis region are 

doing a post-mortem on the Amazon process. 

That’s important because indications 

are that Apple and other companies may be 

seeking new facilities. 

“They [Apple] don’t want to do a big 

cattle call like Amazon,” Drachnik said. 

“One of the lessons we discussed, when all 

the economic development people were 

together, was that we pursued the Amazon 

thing as if it was a real estate deal and it 

wasn’t. It was a people deal. 

“We used to say ‘location, location, location.’ 

Then, ‘incentives, incentives, incentives.’ 

Now, it’s ‘workforce, workforce, 

workforce.’” 

Drachnik noted that 3 percent of recent 

college degrees in the region were in computers 

and math; 18 percent were in business. 

When compared with information 

technology, twice as many students graduated 

with degrees in literature, liberal arts 

and communications. 

“That’s got to be a factor, that a company 

[like] Amazon would look at and say ‘wait 

a minute, I don’t see the graduates or the 

programs turning out [graduates] we can 

use down the road.’ The talent pipeline 

worked against the region,” Drachnik said. 

Still, the job news in recent years has not 

been bad. 

St. Charles County’s unemployment rate 

was as low as 2.9 percent last year, the 

lowest among counties in the St. Louis 

region. But many of those jobs are parttime 

in restaurants and retail and generate 

relatively low incomes. 

“We’re creating the wrong kind of jobs 

for the type of community we are and the 

kind of success we want for our kids,” 

Drachnik said. 

The jobs that often lead to the desired 

success are skilled jobs that require a bachelor’s 

or higher degree and have wages 

that start at $48,000 or more. Examples of 

those positions include computer system 

analysts, mechanical engineers, civil engineers 

and web developers. A major emphasis 

also has been placed on increasing 

employment in mid-skilled jobs – welders, 

carpenters, machinists – which call for specialized 

training and provide higher wages 

and benefits but which employers say are 

hard to fill these days. Societal changes 

may play a role. For years, young people 

have been sent to college rather than into 

the skilled labor workforce. Now, that 

workforce is in decline. 

“It’s a perfect storm,” Drachnik said. 

The struggle to find better 

employees 

Manufacturing is alive and well, Drachnik 

said, a billion dollar industry in St. 

Charles County – a larger industry than 

local government, public education and 

healthcare. For years, young people have 

been sent to college rather than into the 

skilled labor workforce. 

The employment situation is the result 

of a “massive transformation not just in St. 

Charles County but in Missouri and it’s a 

global phenomenon,” Drachnik said. It’s 

not just involving baby boomers and millennials 

but a job creation boom based on 

new technology. “A perfect storm,” he said. 

Irvin Belaska welding on a project for the P-8 program at Seyer Industries. 

Mandy Schlef working on an item for the F-35 Program at Seyer Industries. 

[Photos by Brian Flinchpaugh] 

Millennials entering the workforce often 

have different interests and career goals, 

Drachnik said. Young people, who in some 

cases can stay on their parents’ health 

insurance until age 26, are taking longer to 

get married and can take longer to finish 

college. 

At the same time, there are 100,000 baby 

boomers expected to retire each day for the 

next decade. 

“People are scrambling to fill all the jobs 

from which people are retiring or that have 

been created [by emerging technologies],” 

Drachnik said. He added that it’s a tight 

labor market that is skewed toward workers 

with skills and experience. 

Drachnik likes to quote Orchard Farm 

School Superintendent Tom Muzzey, who 

said, “People need to realize we’re not 

training the students in St. Charles County 

for $12 to $15 an hour jobs.” 

“What he meant by that was with robotics, 

with STEM, with coding, with Project 

Lead the Way, with Singapore math, with 

internships, with all those things, they [students] 

are not leaving and going out and 

looking for a job in a warehouse or retail or 

at a fast-food restaurant,” Drachnick said. 

“They’re anticipating being an entrepreneur. 

They are anticipating being a computer 

wizard or high-tech medical worker, 

that sort of thing.” 

In the last decade, there has been an 

obvious emphasis on STEM education – 

science, technology, education and math. 

“I think it has gotten down to the middle 

school level,” said Barbara R. Kavalier, 

Ph.D., president of St. Charles Community 

College [SCC]. The result may be 

increased workforce readiness. 

An impetus for this movement is the 

2014 Workforce Innovation Opportunity 

Act, designed to build stronger bridges 

between workforce, education and business. 

Drachnik described it as more and 

better partnerships, communications and 

collaborations to “emphasize career pathways 

to pursue the American dream.” 

Kavalier noted that St. Charles County 

may be leading the way regionally in 

STEM education. 

“Many middle school students, for example, 

have what’s called a Raspberry, a little 

computer device that allows them to learn 

basic coding. That’s pretty incredible I 

think,” she said. For its part, SCC is building 

bridges with public schools throughout 

the county to increase workforce development 

and job possibilities. 

“We’re fortunate because we have a very 

strong and rigorous science and math program 

here,” Kavalier said. “[We’re] well 

positioned to meet the needs of STEM 

education in the county.” 

When Kavalier was hired about a year 

and a half ago, community business leaders 

told her that the college needed to expand 

its workforce and technical programs, that 

there was a “significant shortage of middle-skilled 

jobs that require some college 

but not a degree.” 

As a result, she said SCC has made certificate 

and non-credit training a priority. 

The college also has stepped up its course 

offerings. The purchase, in 2016, of the 

28-acre former Barat Academy campus in 

Dardenne Prairie allowed the college to 

expand its nursing and allied health care 

programs. Additionally, it has expanded its 

welding program, and Kavalier said SCC is 

in the process of developing a new agricultural 

program. There are “so many issues 

that fall under that umbrella,” she said, 

“from food production to organic farming 

to technology to GIS and culinary training.” 

According to Kavalier, SCC also may





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create new training programs, such as an Both men agree that finding the right 

affordable culinary arts training needed employee takes work. 

by restaurants. For students and employers, 

the demand is real. Each semester, the plans to invest $25 million into the com- 

In the next five years, Seyer Industries 

college has an enrollment of about 7,000 pany and add 125 jobs. It hires highly 

students who take credit courses and about trained machinists. 

20,000 individuals each year who take “We’re hiring skilled labor, we’re not 

workforce courses. 

looking for $9-an-hour folks,” Seyer said. 

Drachnik sees the same need. His Wages at his company are around $15 to 

department works closely with both the $16 per hour. 

community college and businesses. It also Seyer said his company historically had 

maintains a website [stlcc.edu/workforce] worked closely with area technical schools 

that features job listings and information to fill job openings, but in the last two 

for both employers and job seekers. Additionally, 

it hosts about 130 job fairs each come from an employee referral program 

years, more than half of his new hires have 

year, some of which are at locations outside 

the region and occasionally outside “If we’re looking for a skilled machin- 

that reaches into other companies. 

the state. Social media also plays a role ist, someone who is going to operate a $1 

in contacting prospective students/future million piece of equipment, we obviously 

employees, he said. 

want them to have machinist skills,” Seyer 

During the recession, as many as 800 to said. Still, he said the company hires “a 

1,000 people per day came through the door person more than the skill.” 

at the county’s Missouri Career Center. “We can train them in the skills,” he said. 

That number is down to 800 to 1,000 per To that end, Seyer and other local manufacturing 

companies are embarking on an 

month and not all of those candidates are 

workforce ready. 

apprenticeship program. 

Drachnik and Kavalier say one of the State and federal funding allows companies 

to accept apprenticeship candidates 

issues is that parents often want their child 

to get a degree and may frown on courses who work at a company and in a classroom 

that teach skills that could lead to a manufacturing 

or middle-skill job. 

garners them a certificate upon completion 

as part of a program that, if successful, 

“I would say the majority of students and a full-time job. 

are still traditional with hopes of receiving Seyer said his company is looking into 

their associate’s degree and transitioning an apprenticeship opportunity where high 

to the university or coming here to complete 

their general education core requirepany 

two days a week and get classroom 

school students would work at the comments 

[before] transferring,” Kavalier said. training three days a week with full-time 

“That’s still the largest population now.” employment in the future. 

But there’s so much more to learn. The program is modeled after apprenticeships 

offered at German manufacturing 

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Tax law changes aid young people 

with autism, other special needs 

April is Autism Awareness Month, 

which aims to increase the public’s knowledge 

about Autism Spectrum Disorders as 

well as the many challenges presented by 

autism, now estimated to impact one in 

every 68 American children. One of those 

challenges is certainly financial – government 

estimates show that the cost of raising 

a child with a disability is nearly four 

times national averages. 

To help Americans better manage this 

significant challenge, Congress enacted the 

Achieving a Better Life Experience [ABLE] 

Act in 2014. The legislation enables families 

to save up to $100,000 in accounts for 

the benefit of a disabled person, without 

jeopardizing that individual’s eligibility for 

Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income 

[SSI], and other government benefits. Prior 

to the ABLE Act, individuals with disabilities 

were unable to have assets totaling 

more than $2,000 or to earn more than 

$680 per month without forfeiting eligibility, 

which deterred many teens and adults 

with special needs from experiencing the 

independence and improved social skills 

that come with having a job. 

Now, families taking advantage of ABLE 

accounts will have some additional flexibility 

in planning for their loved ones with 

special needs, as a result of the Tax Cuts 

and Jobs Act signed into law by President 

Donald Trump last December. 

The changes stipulate that, starting in 

2018, the amount of money that can be 

deposited in an ABLE account per year 

without jeopardizing public benefits has 

risen from $14,000 to $15,000. A provision 

in the new tax law also allows families 

who saved money in 529 savings accounts 

before learning their child had a disability 

to roll over those funds to an ABLE account, 

up to the $15,000 maximum annually. In 

addition, while 529 accounts could previously 

only cover costs for college, they can 

now pay for a child’s K-12 education in a 

public, private or religious school. 

The tax bill also includes changes to 

benefit people with disabilities who are 

employed. Under the new laws, teens and 

adults who are working can save beyond 

the $15,000 threshold up to the federal 

poverty line, to potentially accumulate as 

much as $27,060 per year in savings without 

losing other benefits. 

Spotlighting alcohol-related 

dangers to young and old alike 

Every April for the past three decades, 

the National Council on Alcoholism 

and Drug Dependence [NCADD] has 

sponsored Alcohol Awareness Month to 

increase public focus on the problems 

related to alcohol and other drug use and 

dependence in the U.S. This year’s theme, 

“Changing Attitudes: It’s not a ‘rite of passage,’” 

is primarily focused on parents 

who often see underage drinking as just 

another part of their children’s transition 

to adulthood. Instead of looking the other 

way, parents who have conversations with 

their kids about the potential dangers of 

alcohol and drugs can reduce their likelihood 

of using them by as much as 50 percent, 

according to the NCADD. 

“Alcohol and drug use is a very risky 

business for young people, and parents can 

make a difference,” said Andrew Pucher, 

NCADD president and CEO. “The longer 

children delay drinking and drug use, the 

less likely they are to develop any problems 

associated with it. That’s why it is so 

important to help your child make smart 

decisions about alcohol and drugs.” 

• • • 

One of the alcohol-related decisions 

all young people face, which recently 

was investigated in a study conducted by 

researchers from the National Institutes 

of Health, is whether to get into a car 

driven by someone who has been drinking. 

Alarmingly, about one-third of recent high 

school graduates in the study said they had 

ridden with a substance-impaired driver. 

The study also found that during the first 

two years after high school graduation, 23 

percent of young adults had ridden with 

a marijuana-impaired driver at least once, 

while 20 percent had knowingly ridden 

with an alcohol-impaired driver, and 6 

percent had ridden with a driver who was 

under the influence of other drugs. 

The authors noted that having ridden 

with an impaired driver in the past was 

linked to a higher risk of doing so in the 

future, as well as of driving while impaired 

themselves. For those in the study who 

attended a four-year college, living on 

campus increased their likelihood of riding 

with an impaired driver. 

The researchers gathered data from the 

NEXT Generation Health Study, which 

took place over seven years and included 

more than 2,700 U.S. adolescents starting 

at grade 10, to reach their conclusions. 

Their results were published in the Journal 

of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 

• • • 

A second recent study, which focused 

on people at the other end of the age spectrum, 

found that alcohol use disorders are 

the biggest preventable risk factors for all 

types of dementia, especially early-onset 

dementia. 

Conducted in France, the study included 

people who had been diagnosed with 

mental and behavioral disorders or chronic 

diseases attributable to long-term alcohol 

use. Of the 57,000 cases of early-onset 

dementia found in those under age 65, 

57 percent were related to chronic heavy 

drinking. [The World Health Organization 

defines that as consuming four to five 

drinks per day on average for men, and 

three drinks per day for women.] Alcohol 

use disorders were also linked with other 

independent risk factors for dementia 

onset, including smoking, high blood pressure, 

diabetes and depression. 

On the calendar 

BJC sponsors a Family and Friends 

CPR class on Wednesday, April 25 from 

6:30–9 p.m. at Progress West Hospital, 2 

Progress Point Parkway in O’Fallon, in 

Conference Room B. This class is designed 

for parents, grandparents, babysitters [ages 

10-15 if accompanied by an adult] and 

childcare providers. The class does not 

include certification. The fee is $25 per 

person. Registration is required by calling 

(636) 344-5437. 

• • • 

An American Red Cross community 

blood drive is on Friday, April 27 from 

noon–4 p.m. at two locations: Barnes-Jewish 

St. Peters Hospital, 10 Hospital Drive 

in St. Peters, in Medical Office Building 

1, Suite 117; and Progress West Hospital, 

2 Progress Point Parkway in O’Fallon, in 

Conference Room B. Appointments are 

not required, but may speed the donation 

process. Use sponsor codes BJSTPETERS 

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online at www.redcrossblood.org or by 

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The O’Fallon Founders’ Day and Garden Expo takes place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on May 5 at Fort Zumwalt Park. 

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 

St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre’s “Celestial 

Universe” All-Media Art Show and 

Competition is now through April 29 at St. 

Peters Cultural Arts Centre at City Hall, 1 

St. Peters Centre Blvd. in St. Peters. All 

works relate to sky, outer space or heaven. 

For more information, call (636) 397-6903, 

ext. 1624, or go to stpetersmo.net/arts. 

• • • 

The After Hours Community Band’s 

annual Spring Concert is at 7:30 p.m. 

on Tuesday, May 1 at Calvary Church, 

3998 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in St. Peters. 

Music for the evening includes show tunes, 

marches and movie themes. Admission is 

free. For more information, visit ahcb.org 

or call Joyce at (636) 946-7848. 

BENEFITS 

First Baptist Church of Harvester’s 

Trivia Night is at 6 p.m. on Friday, 

April 27 at 4075 South Old Hwy. 94 in 

St. Charles. Bring your own snacks and 

drinks [no alcohol]. Complimentary coffee, 

lemonade and tea available. Proceeds 

benefit the Powell Terrace Food Pantry. 

For reservations, call (636) 724-3036 or 

email bogeyhillsbaptist@sbcglobal.net. 

• • • 

The Megan Meier Foundation’s Trivia 

Night is at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at 

St. Dominic High School, 31 St. Dominic 

Drive in O’Fallon. Tables of 8 are $20 per 

person in advance, $25 per person at the 

door. The event includes raffles, prizes and 

50/50. Beer and soda provided. For more 

details or to register, visit meganmeierfoundation.org/trivianight.html. 

• • • 

St. Charles Basketball Club’s fundraiser 

3-on-3 basketball tournament 

for boys and girls in fourth grade through 

high school is on Saturday, April 28 and 

Sunday, April 29 at Mathews-Dickey Boys 

and Girls Club, 4254 North Kingshighway 

Blvd. in St Louis. Cost is $60 per 4-player 

team; guaranteed three games. Register at 

tourneymachine.com. For more information, 

contact Jerry at (636) 262-489. 

FAMILY & KIDS 

The St. Louis Learning Disabilities 

Association and Decoding Dyslexia’s educational 

conference is from 8 a.m.-4:30 

p.m. on Monday, April 30 at Orlando’s 

Event Center, 2050 Dorsett Village in 

Maryland Heights. Proceeds from the conference 

help give local children with learning 

disabilities the tools and strategies they 

need to reach their full potential. Call (314) 

966-3088 or visit ldastl.org to register. 

• • • 

Archway Counseling and Wellness presents 

“Time Out for Parents” from 8:30 

a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at 

The Loft Banquet Center, 18 North Central 

in O’Fallon. Morning session from 9 

a.m.-noon; afternoon session from 1-4:30 

p.m. The educational conference covers a 

range of parenting challenges as well as 

useful information for parents of children 

from birth to college. Register early. For 

a complete list of speakers, topics and to 

register, visit timeoutforparents.com. 

SPECIAL INTEREST 

The World’s Largest Garage Sale is 

from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, April 21 at 

the Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway in St. 

Charles. Early bird admission [7-7:45 a.m.] 

is $10; general admission [8 a.m.-1 p.m.] is 

$5; children age 12 and younger are free. 

• • • 

Farming Ways of the Frontier is from 

10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, April 21 at 

Historic Daniel Boone Home, 1868 Hwy. 

F in Defiance. Browse through produce, 

O’Fallon Founders’ Day and 

Garden Expo is from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 

on Saturday, May 5 at Fort Zumwalt 

Park, 1000 Jessup Drive West in 

O’Fallon. Families can enjoy a spring 

day filled with live music, heritage 

demonstrations, gardening experts and 

clubs, an Arbor Day ceremony [at 10 

a.m.], tree seedling giveaways [while 

supplies last], historic Heald Home 

and Zumwalt’s Fort self-guided tours 

[$5 package for ages 11-plus], and 

the St. Charles Model Railroad Club 

Open House. Vendors will sell handmade 

items and live plants. Food will 

be available for purchase from Sorelle, 

including gyros, pulled pork, hot dogs, 

nachos and cotton candy; and Kona Ice 

will be selling refreshing shaved ice. 

There’s something for the whole family. 

Visit ofallon.mo.us/founders-day for 

more information. 

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plants and crafts from local farmers and 

artisans. Try various heritage activities 

such as candle dipping, butter making, fire 

starting, or paper marbling. Registration is 

available at bit.ly/2u7W5JK or by calling 

the parks department at (636) 949-7535. 

• • • 

Shred It & Forget It: Save a Tree, Plant 

a Tree is from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, 

May 5 at the Health and Environmental 

Services Building, 135 Ecology Drive in 

St. Peters. Limit five banker-size boxes per 

vehicle. Trees available for St. Peters residents 

with a Resident Privilege Card from 

9-10 a.m. After 10 a.m., the trees will be 

given out on a first come, first served basis. 

For more details, visit stpetersmo.net. 

• • • 

Recreational Tree Climbing is on Sunday, 

May 6, at Indian Camp Creek Park, 2679 

Dietrich Road in Foristell. Expert instructors 

will teach climbers how to ascend into 

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ropes and other safety equipment. Ages 

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Kirk Stange, owner/founder of Stange 

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into the Law Society at the University of 

Missouri School of Law. In addition to 

practicing law, Stange spends time educating 

attorneys and other law professionals 

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Stange serves on the National 

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of directors of the Missouri Collaborative 

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• • • 

St. Charles-based Arrow Senior Living 

Management, a sales and management 

company for 15 senior living communities 

across five states, announced that Will 

Marshall, CPA, has joined the company 

as chief financial officer. For the past nine 

years, Marshall served as a CPA in private 

practice. 

• • • 

Russ Talley, of O’Fallon-based Hansen’s 

Tree Service, recently achieved 

master arborist accreditation. 

• • • 

Michael Hughes, PE, has been 

appointed senior engineer for Murphy 

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engineer, brings more than 20 years of 

experience creating innovative cost-efficient 

designs in manufacturing as well as 

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NETWORKING AND EVENTS 

A Lunch ‘n’ Legislators meeting is from 

noon-1 p.m. on Friday, April 20 at Rendezvous 

Cafe & Wine Bar, 217 S. Main St. in 

O’Fallon. Open to chamber members and 

the community. To register, contact Erin 

Williams at (636) 240-1818. 

• • • 

The Greater St. Charles Chamber of 

Commerce sponsors a Morning Brew networking 

event from 7:30-9 a.m. on Tuesday, 

April 24 at Valenti’s Market & Deli, 

105 N. Main St. in St. Charles. There is no 

fee for chamber members. Contact Lori 

Tainter at lori@gstccc.com for more information. 

• • • 

The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce & 

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April 24 at Old Hickory Golf Club, 1 

Dye Club Drive in St. Peters. Registration 

includes lunch and is $20 in advance; $25 

after Friday, April 20. Register online or 

contact Cathy Bounds at (636) 240-1818 

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• • • 

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Service 7 days. Debris, furniture, 

appliances, household trash, 

yard debris, railroad ties, fencing, 

decks. Garage & Basement Clean-up 

Neat, courteous, affordable rates. 

Call: 636-379-8062 or 

email: jandjhaul@aol.com 

HELP WANTED 

ASST. COOK, SENIOR CENTER 

ST. CHARLES, MO 

8:00a – 1p M-F, $10.59/hr. Vaca & 

Sick time. H/S Diploma Or Equiv. 

1yr exp. w/ Commercial food prep. 

Pre-emp. B/C & Drug Test. EOE 

For more information: 

call 636-207-4231 or e-mail 

lreich@mid-eastaaa.org 

Wendy’s is now hiring 

Crew Members and 

Shift Supervisors! 

For our St. Louis Market 

— Including — 

• Ballwin, 

• St. Charles 

• Chesterfield 

• St. Peters 

Apply online at 

www.BFCareers.com 

HELP WANTED 

HELP WANTED 

ASST. COOK, SENIOR CENTER 

O’FALLON, MO 

7:00a – 1p M-F, $10.59/hr. Vaca & 

Sick time. Medical Benefits Eligible 

H/S Diploma Or Equiv.1yr exp. w/ 

Commercial food prep. Pre-emp. 

B/C & Drug Test. EOE 

For more information: 

call 636-207-4231 or e-mail 

lreich@mid-eastaaa.org 

HOME IMPROVEMENT 

HAPPY HANDYMAN SERVICE 

"Don't Worry Get Happy" 

Complete home remodel/ repair 

- kitchen & bath, plumbing, 

electrical, carpentry. 24HR 

Emergency Service. Commercial 

and Residential. Discount for 

Seniors/Veterans. 636-541-9432 

LANDSCAPING 

Chris' Lawn & 

Tree Service LLC 

Locally owned & operated 

Full Service Lawn Maintenance 

& Tree Care Company 

Mowing • Fertilization 

Mulch • Shrub Trimming 

636-265-7007 

314-482-3707 

+ + 

LANDSCAPE 

REHAB 

REPAIR, REDO, OR ALL NEW! 

Walls - Stairs - Walks - Patios - Pits 

clean it all up or out! 

Beds - Bushes - Trees - Dirt - Rock - Mulch 

• FREE ESTIMATES • 

636-775-5992 

MULCH,MULCH,MULCH! 

BRUCE & SON 

636-322-9011 

Do you have a caregiver's heart? 

Serving St. Charles 

County for over 

29 years! 

Gateway 

Region YMCA 

Are you looking for 

a SUMMER JOB? 

Are you an euthusiastic individual 

who loves working with children? If 

so, then we are looking for YOU to 

join our team! The Gateway Region 

YMCA is seeking seasonal staff at 

our St. Charles location for the following 

position: 

• Summer Camp Counselor • 

To apply or find out more about 

this position please visit 

www.gwrymca.org/careers 

or for questions email: 

recruitment@gwrymca.org 

or call: 314-436-1177 

• Local Openings 

• Flexible Scheduling 

• Weekly Paychecks 

• Night Shift Differential 

Call for an appointment. 

Senior Services, Unltd. 

A Not-for-Profit Agency 

140 Jungermann Road 

(Next to Barnes St. Peters Hospital) 

636-441-4944 

www.SeniorServicesUnltd.com 

PAINTING 

ADVANTAGE 

PAINTING CO. 

Interior & 

Exterior Painting 

Drywall Repair • Taping 

Powerwashing • Wallpaper Stripping 

Top Quality Work • FREE Estimates 

636.262.5124 

INSURED 

MENTION AD & RECEIVE 10% OFF 

PAINTER 

DAN VOLLMER 

• I AM INCORPORATED INC. • 

INTERIOR SPECIAL 2015 

$75 Per Avg. Rm Size 

(12'x12' Walls 3 Room Minimum) 

FOR 35 YEARS 

FREE ESTIMATES: CALL DAN 

(636) 265-0739 

exterior painting! 

PLUMBING 

• ANYTHING IN PLUMBING • 

Good Prices! Basement 

bathrooms, small repairs & code 

violations repaired. Fast Service. 

Certified, licensed plumber - MBC 

Plumbing - Call or text anytime: 

314-409-5051 

PRAYER 

ST. JUDE NOVENA 

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus 

be adored, glorified, loved 

and preserved throughout the 

world now and forever. Sacred 

Heart of Jesus, pray for us. St. 

Jude, Worker of Miracles, pray 

for us. St. Jude, Help of the 

Hopeless, pray for us. Say prayer 

nine times a day; by the 8th day 

prayer will be answered. Say 

it for nine days. Then publish. 

Your prayers will be answered. 

It has never been known to fail. 

Thank you, St. Jude. JCV 

SOFTBALL LEAGUE 

Men’s 55+ Senior Softball League 

Slow pitch league in St. Charles 

County is accepting applications 

for the 2018 season. Doubleheaders 

on Weds at 5pm Kiwanis 

Park. If interested email: 

herbieo.jr@gmail.com or call 

Herb Olmsted 314-960- 2872 

WATERPROOFING 

TOP NOTCH Waterproofing & 

Foundation Repair LLC 

Cracks, sub-pump systems, structural 

& concrete repairs. Exterior 

drainage correction. Serving Missouri 

for 15 years. Finally, a contractor 

who is honest & leaves the 

job site clean. Lifetime Warranties. 

Free Estimate 636-281-6982 

WINDOW CLEANING 

VOSSOME WINDOW CLEANING 

Start your Spring off BRIGHT 

Local owner - 10yrs experience 

-Spring Cleaning Special- 

10 windows for $149 

$8-$10/each for the rest 

Call 314-775-1080 

vossomewindowcleaning.com 

MID-RIVERS 

CLASSIFIEDS WORK! 

636.591.0010

BESEDA 

FLOORING 

& M O R E 

www.besedaflooring.com • 636.926.9989 

SAVE UP TO 

*SELECT FLOORING STYLES 

SAVE * SPECIAL FINANCING UP AVAILABLE TO 

APRIL 12 - MAY 24 

Organic Beauty 

$ 

3 93 

sf 

Opulent Style 

$ 

3 35 

sf 

5773 Westwood Drive | St. Charles | (636) 926-9989 | www.besedaflooring.com 

Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. • Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Free In Home Estimates!

Mid Rivers Newsmagazine 4-18-18

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