West Newsmagazine 7-11-18

Vol. 23 No. 18 • July 11, 2018 

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Prop A 

The Right-to-Work Debate 

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RANDOM THOUGHTS 

A Community Conversation 

By JESSICA MESZAROS 

This week, West Newsmagazine 

talks with Jack Massa, owner of 

the local “Massa’s, of course!” restaurant 

chain. Jack and his brother 

Bill opened Massa’s Old Place on 

North Lindbergh Boulevard in 1974. 

Before that, Jack was an aeronautical 

engineer with McDonnell Douglas. 

Jack and his wife, Linda, will celebrate 

their 45th wedding anniversary 

in August. The couple has two 

daughters and one son. 

What habit do you have now that you 

wish you had started sooner? 

I have a habit of complimenting people 

more now or just saying “thank you” more. 

I did quit smoking. It’s been about 15 to 18 

years. I used to say, “When I reach 80, I’ll 

start smoking again.” Now that I’m almost 

74 years old, I don’t think I’m going to 

take it back up when I’m 80. That’ll be my 

non-habit. 

What’s a memory you’ll never forget? 

I was about 10 years old, my brother and 

my mom and I went up to Chicago and we 

stayed at the Sherman Hotel. My brother 

took ballet and he was at a ballet school 

up there. That meant that I was by myself 

and could run around downtown Chicago 

by myself. So, I got in the elevator in the 

hotel by myself, and it goes down one or 

two floors. The next time the doors open, a 

black person walks in the elevator with me. 

I look up at this guy, and he smiles down at 

me. He kind of looks familiar, but I didn’t 

know any black people. We got down to 

the first floor, and the doors open. We’re 

walking by the front desk, and the gal 

behind the desk says, “Sammy, you have 

a thing here.” I turned around and looked 

again. It was Sammy Davis Jr. 

Have you ever saved someone’s life? 

I have. I was out at Edward Air Force 

Base, and I was a young aeronautical 

engineer. Being an engineer, I did some 

work with the pilots in the simulators in 

St. Louis. There was one area of the envelope 

where they’d fly so high and so fast 

[that] when they’d do maneuvers with 

the stick – basically a roll – the airplane 

would diverge and it would basically 

destroy itself. So, I was out at Edwards Air 

Force Base and Irv Burrows was the chief 

test pilot for McDonnell Douglas. He flew 

Jack Massa with his daughters, Kim [left] and Tammi 

first flights in the F-15 and all that. They 

wanted Irv to go to a specific area and do 

a half-stick roll and a full-stick roll. Well, 

that was a bad area [of the envelope]. I said, 

“Irv, we’re not going to do a full-stick roll. 

Let’s do a quarter-roll.” So, he did that, 

and then I said, “OK, now do a half-stick 

roll.” He did, and it was still tight. Then 

I said, “Do less than a three-quarter stick 

roll.” With that, suddenly, the plane started 

to diverge. Immediately, he got off the 

stick. It slammed him sideways against the 

cockpit and [he] really took some lateral 

G-force. If he would have done a full-stick 

roll like he was supposed to, he would 

have been dead. The plane would have 

been destroyed right there. It would have 

torn the whole thing apart. If I wasn’t there, 

we would have lost the plane, but more 

importantly, we would have lost Irv. 

If you could have dinner with three 

people, living or dead, who would you 

choose and why? 

One person for sure, because I miss him, 

is Stan Musial. He used to come into our restaurant, 

and Stan was the nicest guy you’ve 

met in your entire life. The last time I saw 

him was at our old Kirkwood restaurant, 

and he actually stood up and played the harmonica 

in front of everybody. His wife was 

in a wheelchair at the time. That’s the last 

time I saw Stan. People call him “Stan the 

Man,” but he really was just the neatest guy 

you’d ever want to know. Of course, I’ve 

had two of my best friends die. Certainly, 

I’d relish being able to have a dinner with 

both, because I think of them. Those would 

be my three people, especially my friends. 

One of them died in 2000 and the other one 

passed away last year. 

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

In response to ‘Workers deserve 

to try freedom to work’ 

To the Editor: 

I read the letter by Sen. Dave Schatz 

[“Workers deserve to try freedom to work,” 

West Newsmagazine, June 27]. I am a 

union member and have been for 45 years. 

Changing the name of the bill doesn’t 

change the meaning of what it will do. This 

is still the “right to work” bill. 

I joined my union in 1973. I was not 

forced to join this union. I wanted to join. 

It didn’t matter that I would have to 

work in some of the most dangerous conditions 

of the construction trade because 

I was paid fairly to do my job, and being 

a young man with a young wife, this was 

important to me. 

I learned my trade by going to apprentice 

school for three years at night so 

I would be able to give the customer 

the best product and the best value for 

their dollar. When we say we can do the 

job, we mean it. We were trained for it. 

Anyone can say, “Sure, I can do that,” 

but without the training, you do not get 

the best result. 

My wages paid for everything I 

received. Pension, healthcare and everything 

we receive from our wages is negotiated 

with the contractors and is agreed 

on by everyone, contractors and workers 

alike. Without my union, I have no doubt 

that I wouldn’t be retired. I’d still be 

working to afford basic necessities. 

We are voting on this bill because 

the legislature passed the law [in 2017] 

without any input from the working 

people of Missouri. Over 300,000 Missourians 

signed petitions to put this law 

to a vote. I cannot ignore 300,000 Missouri 

voices. 

These voices could be of a brother, 

sister, nephew, niece, father, grandfather, 

aunt, uncle, son or daughter, neighbor 

or friend, or some of their family 

members. 

In 1959, President Eisenhower signed 

into law the Landrum-Griffin Act. This 

law basically sets the rules for how 

unions operate. The National Labor 

Relation Act protects union members 

from corrupt and exploitive unions and 

employers. Workers already have the 

right to tell their unions “yes” or “no,” 

which I personally have done many 

times. 

Missourians do live in a better climate 

thanks to our unions. Unions are not the 

enemy. On Aug. 7, vote “no” on Prop A 

and save the future for Missourians. 

Mark Barrientos 

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To the Editor: 

This letter is a response to Sen. Dave 

Schatz and his commentary on freedom 

to work. 

Call it “freedom to work,” or call it by 

the name we all know as “right to work.” 

Whatever you decide to call it, it is basically 

a wolf in sheep’s clothing. People 

already have a right to work. This just 

guarantees them the right to work for 

less. 

Contrary to your statement, freedom to 

work does not “force unions to be more 

accountable to their members.” What it 

does do is force unions to represent all 

of the people who work in a particular 

company that has a union, even though 

all the people do not have to pay for this 

representation. So, certain people get to 

reap the benefits of union representation 

as it relates to wages, pensions, healthcare 

and overtime pay without having to 

contribute one red cent. 

The only thing right to work does is 

to weaken the union. That is the overall 

intention of every Republican in the Missouri 

legislature. 

In Sen. Schatz’s letter he mentions 

some of the bordering states to Missouri 

as not having gone backward since they 

became right-to-work states. Let me 

give you some statistics on that. Oklahoma 

is a border state and right-to-work 

state. Its median income is $49,176. That 

is $8,441 lower than the U.S. median 

income. Oklahoma ranks 47th out of 50 

states in educational quality. Arkansas, 

also a border state and right-to-work 

state, has a median income of $44,334, 

which is $13,283 lower than the U.S. 

median income. Arkansas ranks 45th in 

educational quality. Lastly, Mississippi 

is a border state and a right-to-work state. 

Its median income is $41,754 or $15,863 

lower than the U.S. median income. The 

state ranks 50th in educational quality. 

All of these figures sound pretty backward 

to me. 

By contrast, Missouri’s median income 

is $51,746, just $5,871 lower than the 

U.S. median income. Missouri ranks 

30th in educational quality. These figures 

are not terrific, but as you can see, we are 

in a better position than our neighboring 

right-to-work states. 

It’s no secret that if, as a state, your 

workers are making a lesser income 

then, as a state, you are collecting fewer 

tax dollars. Fewer tax dollars mean less 

funds for things such as roadwork, education 

funding and the like. 

In closing, I urge all of the citizens of 

this state to really educate themselves 

on this wolf in sheep’s closing legislation. 

It was wrong and defeated the first 

time around in 1978. That scenario has 

not changed. Please vote “no” on Proposition 

A. 

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Dueling drug programs 

The St. Louis County Council and County 

Executive Steve Stenger are working on 

initiatives to fight the opioid epidemic – 

they’re just not working together. 

14 

Mom escapes from Alcatraz 

Eureka triathlete and mom of two, Sarah 

Haskins has claimed her second victory as 

the lead female competitor in the annual 

Escape from Alcatraz. 

26 

Prop A: Debating right to work 

Pat White Jr. of the Greater St. Louis 

Central Labor Council and Dan Mehan 

of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce 

and Industry face off on Prop A. 

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EDITORIAL 

Is it patriotic to protest? 

Lately, protesting has become so de 

rigeur. Last week, in a perfectly ironic 

scene, a woman attempted to scale the 

Statue of Liberty, on July Fourth no less, 

to advocate for the abolishment of the 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement 

agency. Protest is the hip thing of the 

moment, and thus the occurrences and 

reports of organized, semi-organized 

and utterly disorganized protest have 

skyrocketed. 

The uptick could be traced to the Tea 

Party, or Occupy Wall Street, or perhaps 

Colin Kaepernick pushed us to where we 

are today. No matter, it is indisputable 

that nary a day goes by where something 

is not being protested. 

All of this dissent inevitably gives 

birth to catchy slogans. The one that 

caught our eye is “Protest is Patriotic.” 

T-shirts and bumper stickers are available, 

and there’s even a hashtag, so it 

must be true. 

But does that sentiment stand up to 

scrutiny? Is it patriotic to protest? 

We should start by defining patriotism. 

Merriam-Webster defines it as 

“love for or devotion to one’s country.” 

And what about protest? The relevant 

Merriam-Webster definition is “a usually 

organized public demonstration of 

disapproval.” 

So, is it possible to disapprove of 

something while simultaneously remaining 

devoted to it? Most parents would 

answer that “of course, it is.” We love 

and are devoted to our children, but part 

of our job as parents is to correct behavior 

of which we disapprove. 

There you have it, case dismissed. 

Obviously, it is patriotic to protest. 

Everybody take to Twitter and let the 

hashtags fly! 

Wait a minute, not so fast. We left 

some words out of that previous analogy, 

namely “public demonstration.” 

Let’s take another look at our parenting 

analogy. 

A few years ago, a mother was frustrated 

that her son had been demonstrating 

anger. He had been fighting and 

using homophobic slurs at school. The 

mother decided to “publicly disapprove” 

of this behavior. She dressed him in a 

tutu, brassiere and women’s boots. She 

shaved portions of his head and wrote 

the word “bad” in marker on his scalp. 

Then, she took him to Walmart and 

made him walk around. 

Does anyone think that this mother’s 

behavior toward her child is appropriate? 

We hope not. Yet her behavior 

fits within our definition of “protest.” 

Further, it is certainly possible that the 

mother maintained “love for or devotion 

to” her child, despite her actions. Yet, it 

is obvious that her behavior is inappropriate. 

Why? It is likely to further deepen 

the anger of an already angry child. 

At the end of the day, that is the rub 

when debating the patriotism of protesting. 

In an already divided country, 

it hardly seems like the best course to 

publicly shame the holders of different 

opinions. Can some protests be patriotic? 

Sure. But most simply are not and 

are even double cursed by also being 

ineffective. 

Have we answered our question? Is it 

patriotic to protest? 

No, we have artfully dodged it to this 

point: We know that there is zero patriotism 

and almost limitless foolishness 

involved in scaling a national monument 

as a form of protest. We know that we 

respect differing opinions while having 

no patience for public acts of shaming. 

We value meaningful discussion over 

shouting and name-calling. 

For now, we will answer by paraphrasing 

Supreme Court Justice Potter 

Stewart when he famously ruled on pornography: 

We cannot define a patriotic 

protest, but we know it when we see it. 

Beyond that, we hope that all protests 

become far, far more rare. 

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“There are no winners 

in a trade war. We urge 

the two governments 

to come back to the 

negotiation table.” 

– William Zarit, chairman 

of the American Chamber 

of Commerce in China 

“We must recognize 

that opioid addiction is 

a disease rather than 

a crime or a choice.” 

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Small Package; Big Problems 

Law Matters 

I recently got 

a call from another 

attorney. 

She had a "difficult" 

probate 

case and wondered 

if we 

would mind 

taking it over 

from her. Since the beneficiary was 

the Catholic Cathedral Basilica, I 

agreed without really getting all the 

details. My paralegal warns me (maybe 

it’s abuse) not to do things like that. 

It turns out it was actually two 

estates. The first decedent was the 

tenant (the “Tenant”) of a house 

owned by the second decedent (the 

“Landlord”). The house was in the 

City, so the Tenant’s estate had to be 

probated in the Probate Court there. 

The City Probate Court is really 

swamped, so this can present a problem. 

From what we’ve been able to 

determine so far, the Tenant’s estate 

has less than $40,000 worth of assets 

in it, so we should be able to do what 

is called a small estate administration, 

an easier process than a full estate. The 

problem is that the house is a mess, so 

we’ll have to hire someone to clean it 

out. 

The Tenant’s will provides that 

everything goes to the Landlord. The 

Landlord lived in the County. Since 

he owned the house, this will probably 

be a full estate. In order to probate an 

estate, we need a personal representative. 

In this case, the Landlord had a 

will that named a personal representa 

tive (the “PR”), but the PR is elderly 

with health issues. However, after 

talking about what was involved, he 

did agree to serve. That was a relief 

since it can get really complicated 

when there isn’t a named PR willing 

to serve. 

In addition to the house and the 

furnishings, there appears to be some 

life insurance. The problem is that 

life insurance companies (in fact any 

financial institution) won't talk to 

you until you have a PR appointed. 

So it looks like there is going to be 

a lot of administrative work for a 

relatively small probate estate. 

In the end, there will be a nice 

sum of money (but not a fortune) 

going to maintain one of the gems of 

our region. The Cathedral Basilica is 

the largest single collection of mosaics 

outside of Ravenna, Italy – the 

second largest in the world! And 

they’re beautiful! So I feel justified in 

taking on a couple of involved, albeit 

small, probate estates. But I’m sure 

I’ll hear different from my paralegal. 

Oh well. 

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BALLWIN 

City approves Reinke 

Road contract 

Ballwin and Ellisville are partnering on 

a street improvement project on Reinke 

Road near the new Rupple Farms subdivision 

and have approved a contract for the 

work. 

Krupp Construction, Inc., was the lowest 

of three bidders on the project, which calls 

for realigning a section of Reinke Road to 

improve sight lines for motorists traveling 

on the roadway. 

New concrete curbs and gutters and a 

storm sewer also are included to improve 

drainage in the area. 

The winning bid was $252,623, an 

amount to be shared equally by the two 

cities. Ballwin had budgeted a somewhat 

higher cost as its share of the project. 

Plans call for the work to be completed 

during the current construction season. 

City submits 5-year map plan 

The city of Ballwin has submitted its 

five-year map plan outlining areas that 

could be involved in annexation moves if 

there is interest by all the parties involved 

in such a change. 

State law requires municipalities to 

submit a map to the St. Louis County 

Boundary Commission every five years. 

Whether the areas identified as annexation 

possibilities will be actively pursued 

depends on many factors, including the 

wishes and ultimate approval of voters in 

the areas involved. 

In short, nothing will happen immediately 

or unexpectedly. 

The two main areas identified on the 

Ballwin map are part of unincorporated St. 

Louis County. One tract involved is south 

of Kiefer Creek to the municipal boundaries 

of Ellisville and Wildwood, south of 

Breeze View and Lenoa drives and south of 

Big Bend to the boundaries of Twin Oaks 

and Valley Park. The maximum southern 

boundary would be the Meramec River. 

Also included is an area that would 

extend Ballwin’s northeastern limits. That 

parcel extends east of Hwy. 141 to Weidman 

Road and would be between the Town 

& Country city limits and Manchester 

Road. 

The Kylewood subdivision, also in unincorporated 

St. Louis County east of Reinke 

Road, is a third area identified. 

Ballwin officials said they had informed 

Ellisville, Manchester, Town & Country, 

Twin Oaks, Valley Park and St. Louis 

County of the map plan’s details. 

The map Ballwin submitted five years 

ago was similar to the new one. 

CREVE COEUR 

Resident survey results available 

The city of Creve Coeur conducted 

its triennial resident survey during May 

2018. The survey was mailed to randomly 

selected households in Creve Coeur. Survey 

questions addressed both opportunities and 

challenges facing the community. 

The city contracted with ETC Institute, 

who compiled and analyzed the survey 

responses. The results of the survey were 

presented to the City Council during the 

council work session on June 25. Residents’ 

responses to the survey will help 

guide elected officials in setting priorities 

and making service improvements over the 

next three years. 

The full report is available online at 

creve-coeur.org. 

DES PERES 

Tree survey results available 

The city of Des Peres was awarded a 

Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance 

[TRIM] Grant from the Missouri 

Department of Conservation to conduct an 

inventory of all street and park trees within 

the city limits. This tree inventory was conducted 

in March and April of 2018 and will 

help the city in developing a plan to deal 

with the emerald ash borer, which could 

affect the city’s 175 “good” and 411 “fair” 

and “poor” ash trees. 

A copy of the 2018 Tree Inventory, which 

identifies the location, species and condition 

of all trees situated along a city street 

or within a city park, is available online at 

desperesmo.org. 

MANCHESTER 

Electronic recycling 

event scheduled 

The city of Manchester hosts a Midwest 

Recycling Center [MRC] electronics 

recycling collection event from 8-11 a.m. 

on Saturday, July 21 in Paul A. Schroeder 

Park, 359 Old Meramec Station Road. 

MRC sets the guidelines and fees and 

provides the collection service. Questions 

concerning the program should be directed 

to MRC at (636) 223-0150. 

Qualifying items will be accepted only at 

the Schroeder Park drop-off site during the 

established time period. Dropping off any 

items prior to or after a scheduled event 

time is prohibited. 

MRC reserves the right to refuse any 

item for any reason. 

This is a drive-through event. Participants 

are to remain in their vehicle and 

in line. Items being dropped off will be 

removed from the vehicle by MRC staff. 

Participants are not to hand carry an item 

or items to the drop-off point. 

MRC accepts a variety of items for recycling. 

Fees are charges for recycling some 

items, such as TVs and CRT monitors. Payment 

of those fees may be made by cash or 

check only. A list of fees is available online 

at mrcrecycling.net 

Other acceptable items that are collected 

free of charge, include all computer equipment, 

accessories, and cables; medical, 

dental and laboratory equipment, with the 

exception of biohazards; all telephones, 

cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras and 

related items; batteries [except alkaline 

batteries], large and small appliances; 

audio visual equipment, speakers, etc.; 

scrap metal and metal containing items; 

metal office furniture and equipment; and 

lawn and garden equipment [gas and oil 

must be drained prior to drop off. 

The following items are not accepted: 

CDs/DVDs, VHS tapes, hazardous materials, 

ballasts containing PCB, alkaline batteries, 

light bulbs, fluorescent tubes, and 

smoke/carbon monoxide detectors. 

WILDWOOD 

Plein Air finalists named, 

artwork on display 

Artwork now on display at Wildwood 

City Hall is the result of the 4th annual 

Wildwood Plein Air art event held on May 

5. Winners were selected and awarded on 

June 15. All of the pieces had to be created 

outdoors and on the morning of the event. 

• Best in Show for Traditional Art was 

awarded to “Marianist Retreat” by Gary 

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• Best in Show for Photography was 

awarded to “Fire Escape & Cast Shadow” 

by Jim Descher. 

• Student Awards were given to “Dew 

Drops on a Flower” by Tatiana Petroni and 

“Lilac” by Melanie Reichert. 

Each category also contained various 

honorable mentions. 

The event entries, which include realistic 

photography, multimedia paintings and 

more, are on display through Aug. 27 at 

Wildwood City Hall, 16860 Main Street. 

The works can be viewed in the 1st Floor 

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[Ward 3] were absent. A Ward 6 council 

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St. Louis County announces dueling initiatives to fight opioid abuse 

By ELLEN LAMPE 

Two separate initiatives, released within 

days of each other, are attempting to 

combat the same issue, each one seemingly 

without the organizer’s knowledge of 

the other; one proposed by the members of 

the St. Louis County Council and one by 

St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger. 

On Monday, June 25, a press statement 

from Councilmember Mark Harder’s office, 

released on behalf of all seven members of 

the county council, announced immediate 

plans to combat the region’s opioid crisis 

by establishing a bi-partisan task force and 

requesting $1 million in emergency funding. 

The task force is uncertain, at this time, 

from where the funding will come. 

Harder indicated that the dollar amount 

requested was less a concrete number and 

more a way to indicate that the task force is 

going to do “whatever it takes.” Once ideas 

have been submitted and an action formulated, 

funding will be sought. 

The following day, Tuesday, June 26, a 

resolution, introduced at the weekly council 

meeting to establish the task force, was 

unanimously approved. After the meeting, 

Harder held a press conference on the new 

initiative. 

“I have been preaching about this 

for a long time in my community and 

the West County area. We’ve held 

many town hall meetings in the Parkway 

School District, and I think this 

is something we can’t push under the 

rug anymore,” Harder said. “We hope 

this task force will give us some good 

answers and good ideas that will help 

the whole community.” 

The task force is to be comprised 

of one appointee from each council 

member and four appointees from the 

county executive, forming an 11-person 

task force. Recommendations for those 

appointees were due by Tuesday, July 

3, and will meet over the course of 

July and August, ultimately forming an 

action plan due by Friday, Aug. 31. The 

scope of the task force includes, but is 

not limited to, expanding education and 

prevention programs, implementing drug 

take-back programs, improving regional 

treatment services, expanding medicationassisted 

therapies, Narcan/Naloxone training, 

cracking down on the over-prescription 

of opioids and investigating entities suspected 

of over-prescribing opioids. 

Harder noted that this initiative will 

remain county-wide for now, but is open 

Stenger signs his opioid initiative at a June 28 

press conference. 

to collaboration with the city or any other 

surrounding counties. 

Just one day later, on Wednesday, June 

27, a press release came from Stenger’s 

office announcing a press conference to be 

held Thursday, June 28 for a “major opioid 

initiative.” 

“We must recognize that opioid addiction 

is a disease rather than a crime or a choice,” 

Stenger said at the press conference. “As 

such, we will adjust our policies, martial 

our resources and direct our concerted 

energy toward education, prevention, treatment 

and recovery.” 

The scope of the county executive’s 

region-wide initiative includes a 30-page 

action plan formed with the Department 

of Public Health and collaboration from 

representatives of 25 community partners, 

including BJC HealthCare, Mercy Health 

System, SSM Health, St. Louis University’s 

College for Public Health, United Way, 

St. Louis Regional Health Commission 

and the National Council on Alcoholism 

and Drug Abuse. 

Stenger was joined by members of those 

organizations as well as St. Louis County’s 

Public Health Director Dr. Faisal Khan 

and the Missouri Institute of Health’s Dr. 

Rachel Winograd at the press conference. 

“This is the first step, years in the making, 

in formulating a collaborative and comprehensive 

regional response to an issue that 

confronts our entire community,” Khan 

said. “I want to recognize and thank the 

many partners – and that list is very long.” 

Winograd added, “We have tools that 

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Intersection of Route 100, Taylor Road sees lane reconfiguration in Wildwood 


The center lane of Taylor Road in Wildwood will no longer 

allow left turns onto westbound Route 100, as indicated by 

the arrows 

[Graphic by City of Wildwood] 

Locals and visitors to the city of 

Wildwood will have a new road 

regulation to make note of when 

exiting the Town Center area onto 

State Route 100. 

The Missouri Department of 

Transportation [MoDOT] recently 

changed the structure of the 

permitted turning movements 

from northbound Taylor Road 

onto Route 100. The change was 

spurred, in part, by an increase in 

traffic on southbound Taylor Road. 

Drivers can no longer turn left 

onto westbound State Route 100 from the 

center lane of Taylor Road, which moves 

directly through the middle of the Town 

Center’s downtown area. [The road serves 

as the primary access to the location from 

intersections at both Route 100 and Manchester 

Road.] Instead, the center lane now 

will be used only for vehicles wishing to 

remain on Taylor Road by driving straight 

through the Route 100 intersection. 

Other lanes on Taylor will remain 

unchanged. The left-turn lane will continue 

to allow drivers to enter westbound Route 

100 and the right-turn lane will allow drivers 

to enter eastbound Route 100. The 

current north leg of the intersection continues 

to be part of an ongoing improvement 

process to serve the new Villages at 

Brightleaf neighborhood, which is located 

to the north of Route 100, between Route 

109 and Taylor Road. 

“People are getting used to it already, 

which is good,” Rick Brown, the city’s 

director of public works, said. “That center 

lane is now going to be devoted to Brightleaf 

traffic, which continues to grow as it 

develops.” 

The official Wildwood Traffic Engineering 

Study released in February 2018 from 

consulting firm HRGreen noted that 

previous traffic engineering studies 

completed for the Main Street 

Crossing and Villages at Brightleaf 

subdivisions had suggested rising 

average annual growth rates of .5 

percent to 1 percent along the Route 

100 and Route 109 corridors. The 

rise is attributed to the increase in 

residential neighborhoods and retail 

in the area. However, new residences 

and business in Wildwood aren’t the 

only causes of a rise in local traffic. 

According to the 2018 traffic study, 

newer communities in surrounding 

areas, such as Eureka and Ellisville, 

also have contributed to increased traffic 

along Hwy, 109, Route 100 and other 

popular streets in the Wildwood area. 

The traffic study indicated that future 

build-out for the area at Route 100 and 

Taylor Road is expected. The city also will 

need to address significant increases in traffic 

volume to serve ongoing Town Center 

development, including heavy westbound 

left-turn movement, which is expected to 

continue operating at full capacity into the 

future. 

The study predicts that the area’s afternoon 

peak traffic period likely will experience 

average vehicle delays at about 300 

percent greater volumes than those currently 

experienced. 

The traffic study also recommends the 

installation of dual northbound left-turn 

lanes, a dedicated northbound thru-lane 

and the removal of the split-phase signal 

operation. 

However, according to Brown, there are 

no plans so far by the city to widen Taylor 

Road in the near future. 

“We believe the current size of the road 

is sufficient enough for the level of traffic,” 

Brown said. 

In addition to the lane renovations, 

MoDOT also has agreed to increase the 

length of the green-light cycle for northbound 

traffic from Taylor Road and will 

continue to monitor the operations of the 

intersection for an upcoming two- to threeweek 

period. 

An electronic message board has been 

placed onsite warning drivers of the change. 

The city still is working with MoDOT to 

have additional signage installed to give 

drivers more warning before approaching 

the intersection. 

According to Brown, additional signage 

also is planned for the Villages of Brightleaf 

neighborhood and the Taylor Road median.

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The Ballwin Planning and Zoning Commission 

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on the measure by the Board of Aldermen. 

On a 7-1 vote at its July 2 meeting, commission 

members approved the SUE, this 

time for a scaled-back version of a plan 

that had received an exception a year ago. 

At issue are plans by the ELCO Chevrolet 

Cadillac dealership on Manchester 

Road for a three-acre site formerly occupied 

by Ballwin Nursery and just south 

of the auto dealer on the east side of Old 

Ballwin Road. 

A lot on the southwest corner of the Old 

Ballwin-Manchester intersection also has 

become involved because it and the nursery 

property are being used as parking lots 

for new and employee vehicles. Both uses 

are violations of the city’s zoning rules. 

The dealership had leased the lot for a 

number of months before recently acquiring 

it. However, ELCO representatives at 

the July 2 meeting said the parcel has been 

put up for sale. 

At a May commission meeting, the 

dealership had submitted a revised plan 

related to its SUE request – a proposal that 

received a cool reception due to the lack 

By JIM ERICKSON 

Ballwin could face a downgrading in its 

classification by the International Organization 

for Standardization [ISO] if it 

doesn’t update its residential and commercial/industrial 

property codes by Dec. 8. 

In addition to reflecting the level of 

safety-related standards that apply in the 

city, an ISO classification downgrade 

would raise the rates insurance companies 

charge property owners for insurance. 

Family residential property in Ballwin 

now has an ISO Class 5 rating while commercial 

and industrial facilities are at Class 

4. Both will go to Class 10 if the codes are 

not updated. The primary reason is that the 

city still has 2006 building codes in effect. 

Building officials, design professionals 

and construction industry representatives 

review the codes at the national level and 

update them periodically. 

In a report to Ballwin aldermen at their 

June 25 meeting, Assistant City Administrator 

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proposal requested by ELCO dealership 

both of progress on the original plan and 

a specific timetable for building a service 

center that has been listed as the primary 

use of the former nursery property. 

Faced with a commission vote that could 

have denied the SUE request, ELCO opted 

to delay that decision-making until a later 

meeting when it could submit a furtherrevised 

plan. The new SUE request and plan 

for the site now call for a 10,100-squarefoot 

service center, or about half the size 

of the first proposal, but also includes a 

timetable calling for construction to begin 

this fall after various site preparation steps 

are completed. 

ELCO officials said they recognized the 

problems and apologized for them. Nonetheless, 

Mayor Tim Pogue, who had criticized 

ELCO for the zoning code violations 

earlier and for allowing the overgrowth 

of vegetation on the nursery site, voted 

against the SUE request. 

For repeated violations, the city could 

levy a fine of up to $1,000 per car per day 

for illegal parking on the properties. Driveby 

observations prior to presstime have 

shown dozens of vehicles parked daily at 

the two locations. Ballwin also has cited the 

dealership twice for vegetation overgrowth. 

The SUE request will come before the 

board of aldermen at an upcoming meeting, 

perhaps as early as the July 23 session. 

Building codes need updates in Ballwin 

2015 international codes dealing with 

buildings, plumbing, mechanical and fuel 

gas requirements and the 2014 National 

Electrical Code. Roberts has recommended 

all be adopted without amendment. 

City officials also have asked the Home 

Builders Association [HBA] for input on 

updating the 2015 residential code and 

have taken the group’s comments into consideration. 

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the chapter dealing with energy efficiency. 

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Sarah Haskins, of Eureka, won her 

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San Francisco, California, on June 3. 

Competing in the female professional 

division, Haskins has competed in the race 

three times and never placed lower than the 

top five. She won the race in both 2014 and 

2018 and placed fourth in 2016. 

With its beginning in 1981, Escape from 

Alcatraz is one of the oldest triathlons in 

the country. The race consists of a 1.5-mile 

swim, an 18-mile bike ride and an 8-mile 

run. Haskins finished the race in 2:15:46, 

only 15 minutes behind the first overall 

winner. 

She hit a bump in the road when she 

approached the bike portion of the triathlon. 

She had mounted her bike too early 

and her back tire was not fully across the 

line. This resulted in Haskins receiving a 

mounting penalty and a one-minute standdown. 

“My body had already passed the mount 

line, but an inch of my rear wheel was 

not,” Haskins said. “I was really in shock 

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on the bike it’s due to drafting, but since I 

was in front I knew that it was strange.” 

The penalty allowed one of the other 

competitors to catch up with Haskins and 

stay a steady 15 seconds behind. Haskins 

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on the 8-mile long run. 

She began competing in triathlons as an 

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Summer Olympic games in Beijing, China. 

Finishing 11 out of 55, Haskins was one of 

two Americans to place top 15. 

“[Competing in] the Olympics was 

always a childhood dream,” Haskins said. 

“To be on the Olympic start line was an 

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This style of triathlon is not an Olympic 

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behind one another to reduce the amount of 

drag [air pressure or friction] and conserve 

energy. In nondraft racing, the cycling portion 

of the event is an individual time trial 

with no assist from positioning. 

Haskins said that while she looked up to 

former swimmers, such as Summer Sanders, 

growing up, her main role model was 

her mother. 

“She’s an extremely hard worker. Looking 

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always put everyone first, especially her 

children. She sacrificed everything to 

make sure they had whatever they needed,” 

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at 4 a.m. and made sure I had everything 

I needed.” 

Haskins is a mother of two. With a 

5-year-old girl and a 13-month-old boy, 

participating in triathlons at such a high 

level is a balancing act not many can do. 

“My training has shifted just as my children’s 

needs have shifted. It’s something 

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think the balance of having the family lifestyle 

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do it. She tells them the opposite. 

“It’s definitely obtainable for any level 

of athlete. Find what your weakness is 

whether it’s swim, bike or run, and find a 

coach to help,” Haskins said. “Finding a 

group to work with also will help keep you 

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Soaring to the rank of Eagle 

Achieving the rank of Eagle Scout with 

the Boy Scouts of America takes time and 

dedication. Yet, three Parkway South High 

graduates did just that. 

Luke Hoeferkamp, Douglas Koury and 

Will Nolte are with Troop 787, sponsored 

by Carman Trails Elementary. They held 

their Eagle Court of Honor at Manchester 

United Methodist with Master of Ceremonies 

Nelson Bay and guest speaker Chris 

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Mayor Mike Clement spoke at the ceremony 

as a special guest of the families. 

For Hoeferkamp’s Eagle project, he 

designed and built six benches for outdoor 

classroom use at his alma mater 

Parkway South Middle. Koury designed 

and constructed a food box for the 

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be used for the storage of cleaning and 

feeding supplies. Nolte designed and 

built musical playground equipment for 

preschool students at Manchester United 

Methodist Church. 

The three Eagle Scouts are lifelong 

friends, having joined Cub Scouts together 

in first grade. 

Parkway North grad enjoys 

successful theater career 

As a 6-year-old girl, former Creve Coeur 

resident Kaitlyn Mayse watched her first 

musical, “West Side Story.” At the time, 

she didn’t know that she would go on to 

pursue theater as a career, but she did know 

that she loved it and wanted to be a part of 

the action. 

Throughout her youth, Mayse performed 

in various productions with Union Avenue 

Opera Theater, Opera Theater of St. Louis 

and The Muny. Once she entered high 

school at Parkway North High, she became 

involved in the theater program there. 

Mayse also had roles in productions with 

COCA and Dayspring Theater, where her 

experience served as the foundation for her 

strong passion for theater and encouraged 

her to further pursue it. 

After graduating high school, Mayse 

went on to Indiana University where she 

earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 

musical theater. During her college years, 

she studied under instructors who helped 

her grow in her singing, acting and dancing, 

as well as participate in shows that gave 

her the opportunity to develop her niche 

for fairy tale musicals, such as her role of 

Rapunzel in “Into the Woods.” Mayse also 

became more involved in regional theater 

in Bloomington, Indiana, and in St. Louis. 

She starred as Belle in “Beauty and the 

Beast” with Variety St. Louis and Greta 

in “Greta” with Bloomington Playwright’s 

Project. 

She earned her BFA in 2016 and headed 

to New York City to audition for shows. 

She landed her first role in NYC in the 

off-Broadway show, “The Thalia Festival.” 

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ensemble member, woodland creature and 

understudy of Elle in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 

“Cinderella” in the 2017-2018 

traveling musical. In December of 2017, 

“Cinderella” came to the Fox Theater and 

Mayse was able to perform on the same 

stage that sparked her love for performing. 

After many performances throughout the 

nine-month tour, Mayse was offered the 

lead role of Elle for the 2018-2019 season. 

Her training and dreaming has paid off, as 

she will now be touring the nation doing 

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Local gymnast springs onto big 

stage with ‘Little Big Shots’ 

By SHANNON WORLEY 

Seven years ago, Nate Erkert stepped 

into a gymnastics facility for the first time. 

He was invited by his neighbor to join her 

for “bring a friend day.” A couple hours at 

the gym was enough for Erkert to see the 

excitement and fun that it brings. Within 

a few months, Erkert had started doing 

gymnastics and quickly fell in love with 

the sport. Now, Erkert is 10 years old and 

is the current state and regional champion 

of his events. 

Nate Erkert and Carina Rose 

Recently, he was seen displaying his 

trampoline and tumbling skills outside of 

gymnastics competitions on the television 

series, “Little Big Shots.” It was his first 

time doing anything like this. 

“You have to be ready for the crowd and 

all the cameras. It was kind of scary at first, 

but then we got used to it after a couple 

practices,” Erkert said. 

On the show, Erkert performed with 

Carina Rose Kelly, an aerial artist who 

initially applied for the show. After submitting 

a routine and being told by “Little 

Big Shots” to find a partner to join her act. 

Erkert was recommended and thus, began 

the impressive duo. 

“It was a great experience,” Erkert said. 

His time on the show allowed him to meet 

the host, Steve Harvey. “I loved talking to 

Mr. Harvey. I’ve seen him on Family Feud 

so it was so cool to talk to him.” 

The episode of “Little Big Shots” featuring 

Erkert and Rose aired on Thursday, 

June 28 but can be viewed online at nbc. 

com/little-big-shots. 

Erkert has been at three gyms during 

his gymnastics career, and now trains at 

Hi-NRG Gymnastix. He 

has been on the competitive 

trampoline and tumble team 

at each gym. He competes 

in trampoline, double minitrampoline 

and tumbling 

at local, state, regional 

and national competitions 

throughout the season. 

For the past two and half 

months, Erkert has been 

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Gymnastics Championships. 

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level 10 for trampoline and double minitrampoline 

and level nine for tumbling. 

Erkert decided that he wanted to put a spin 

on things and create his own routine for the 

competition. 

“I asked my coach if I could make my 

own routine. I wrote the routine down on a 

piece of paper and gave it to my coach and 

we worked together to make the routine 

possible,” Erkert said. 

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at the championships held in Greensboro, 

North Carolina, July 3-7. 

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Fourth-grader hits hole-in-one 

If Mason Reynolds decides he needs a 

lucky number, nine would be a good choice. 

Reynolds, who is 9 and attends Ellisville 

Elementary, scored a hole-in-one recently 

at Forest Hills Country Club in Clarkson 

Valley. The ace came on the par 3 No. 3 

hole. It was set up at 109 yards and Reynolds 

used a 9-iron off the tee. 

On the tee box, Reynolds said he thought 

to himself, “I’m going to hit this on the green.” 

But since the green was elevated, Reynolds 

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Mason Reynolds scored 

his first hole-in-one at 

Forest Hills Country Club. 

he couldn’t find his ball. His scorer told 

him to check the hole. Sure enough, there 

was the ball. 

“He actually played the rest of the round 

with it,” said Jason Reynolds, Mason’s 

father. “Now, he knows, if it happens again, 

pocket the ball.” 

Mason plays in the junior golf program 

at Forest Hills as well in Junior PGA 

events. He takes lessons from Forest Hills 

pros Gideon Traub and Marvin Herrod. 

“He loves golf and plans on playing his 

whole life,” Jason said. “But he also plays 

hockey, baseball, soccer, basketball and 

tennis. He hit the hole-in-one six months 

to the day from his grandpa’s passing. His 

grandpa was a golf fanatic, so maybe he 

helped from above with the ace.” 

American Legion baseball 

The District 10 all-star game ended in a tie. 

After 10 innings of play at ABC Ballpark, 

the North and South squads called it 

a night. The final score was a 3-3 tie. 

The South squad was led by Eureka 

coach Alex Wolters. The North team had 

Thoman Boothe coach David Markley as 

its skipper. 

The South rallied to tie the game in the 

ninth inning. Ballwin Post 611’s Alex Venturella 

scored the tying run. 

Port wins Metropolitan Women’s 

Amateur Championship 

Ellen Port plans on playing more competitive 

golf this summer, and she’s off to 

a good start. 

Port recently stepped down as the women’s 

golf coach at Washington University. 

Before that, she spent 32 years coaching at 

John Burroughs. 

In June, Port won her 16th Metropolitan 

Women’s Amateur Championship at Sunset 

Hills Country Club. She posted a 6-over 

150 to win the tournament. That means she 

brought the Jayne M. Watson Trophy back 

to her home for another year – until next 

year’s tournament. 

“I was a little surprised I won,” Port said. 

“I didn’t think I had a prayer. I’m shocked 

nobody surpassed me. Winning on your 

home course is always fun.” 

Port was five shots behind the first-round 

leader Logan Otter, who will be a redshirt 

Ellen Port with the Jayne M. Watson Trophy 

junior this fall at Michigan State. Otter, 

who is from St. Peters, played for Port at 

John Burroughs. 

Port rebounded in Round 2. Despite two 

double bogeys on her card, she had five 

birdies en route to a 1-under 71. It was the 

only sub-par round of the championship – 

and it was good enough to win the event for 

Port for the 16th time. 

How does Port feel about winning the 

championship that many times? 

“Well, it means I’m old and been around 

the block a while,” Port quipped. “The 

Metro is always a good two-day event. I 

love playing in it. It’s nice to know you can 

still compete.” 

Of her coaching career, Port said, “I 

can’t say the ‘R’ word yet. I don’t know 

if I am or not. My kids are in college. I’m 

taking a little sabbatical here.” 

Lafayette coach to 

lead Team Missouri 

Lafayette girls golf coach Katrina Clark 

will lead Team Missouri in the 50th annual 

Four-State Junior Girls Golf Championship. 

Last year, Team Iowa won the title with 

a 618 point total. Team Kansas was second 

at 628. Team Nebraska finished third at 

634. Team Missouri finished fourth at 657. 

This year’s team members are Sarah 

Bell, of Jackson; Sam Cornelius, of 

Hamilton; Taryn Overstreet, of Jackson; 

Olivia Sowers, of Columbia; and 

Amber Wilson, of Camdenton. 

Team Iowa will be on its home turf. 

This year’s tournament will be played 

at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames, 

Iowa. 

The two-day championship’s format 

consists of individual stroke play each 

day with the four low scores of each 

team added each day and totaled after 

the final round to determine the winner. 

Team Missouri has won 13 total 

championships with the most recent in 

2015. 

College women’s lacrosse 

North Central College’s Addie 

Records, a 5-foot-3 freshman was



named to the 2018 All-College Conference 

of Illinois & Wisconsin [CCIW] 

team. 

Players were nominated and voted upon 

by the CCIW’s seven head coaches. 

Records, a Chesterfield resident who 

went to Cor Jesu, started all 19 games 

this season as an attacker. She ranked 

second on the team in scoring with 51 

goals while leading the team in assists 

[32]. Records also recorded 36 ground 

balls and 16 caused turnovers. She scored 

a season-high six goals against Augustana 

and turned in a season-best six assists at 

Carthage. 

She was named CCIW Offensive Player 

of the Week once and also named to the 

Academic All-CCIW. 

College beach volleyball 

Florida Gulf Coast College’s Ashley 

Glickert, a Chesterfield native, earned an 

ASUN Conference Player of the Week 

honor with her playing partner Giovanna 

Borgiott. 

The No. 3 pair, helped lead the program 

to a 7-3 regular season conference finish 

and a No. 2 seed in this ASUN tournament. 

Their finish is the best regular season conference 

record in program history. 

“I’m happy to see them rewarded with 

this honor,” FGCU head coach Matt Botsford 

said. “5-0 in their last five matches is 

quite an accomplishment, and they have 

really hit their stride at the perfect time. 

They are playing quality volleyball right 

now, and you can sense their connection 

out on the court.” 

Glickert, a Parkway Central graduate, 

was a senior this season. Borgiotti, of 

Vienna, Virginia, was a sophomore. 

Glickert, who finished her career as 

the first four-year beach-only player in 

program history, went from three wins as 

a freshman to a 16-win senior campaign. 

In fact, after losing her first nine career 

matches, she won 13 of her final 14 in 

2018, including her final eight. 

She concluded her career tied with Madi 

Wilcox for the most postseason wins in 

program history [eight] and won 10 or 

more matches at multiple pairs – 23 at No. 

3 and 15 at No. 2. 

As a senior, Glickert teamed with Borgiotti 

to have the best season of her career, 

finishing 16-9. The duo tied a school 

record with eight straight victories to close 

the season. Their 14 wins from the No. 3 

spot is second in program history. 

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Grilled meats linked to 

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is – grilling delicious burgers, hot dogs, 

chicken and other meats outside is synonymous 

with summer. But those at risk 

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of grilled meat to long-term blood 

pressure increases. 

The research, conducted by a team at 

Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of 

Public Health in Boston, looked at more 

than 100,000 participants in three different 

long-term studies who ate at least 

two servings of beef, poultry, or fish each 

week. They analyzed detailed information 

provided by the participants about how 

they cooked their meats, including their 

frequency of outdoor grilling, and compared 

those cooking methods with the later 

development of high blood pressure. None 

of the participants had high blood pressure 

when they enrolled, but more than 37,000 

of them developed the condition during an 

average follow-up period of 12-16 years. 

The analysis found that, for the participants 

who regularly ate meat, the risk of 

developing high blood pressure was: 

• 17 percent higher in those who grilled, 

broiled, or roasted beef, chicken and/or fish 

more than 15 times per month, compared 

with less than four times a month; 

• 15 percent higher in those who preferred 

their meats well-done, compared 

with those who preferred rarer meats; 

• 17 percent higher in those estimated to 

have consumed the highest levels of heterocyclic 

aromatic amines [HAAs] – chemicals 

formed when meat protein is charred or 

exposed to high temperatures – compared to 

those with the lowest HAA intake. 

“The chemicals produced by cooking 

meats at high temperatures induce oxidative 

stress, inflammation and insulin resistance 

in animal studies, and these pathways 

may also lead to an elevated risk of developing 

high blood pressure,” said Gang Liu, 

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Liu added, however, that this study 

identifies a trend but does not definitively 

prove cause and effect. “Our findings suggest 

that it may help reduce the risk of high 

blood pressure if you don’t eat these foods 

cooked well done and avoid the use of 

open-flame and/or high-temperature cooking 

methods, including grilling/barbequing 

and broiling,” he said. 

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the American Heart Association’s 2018 Epidemiology 

and Prevention – Lifestyle and 

Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions. 

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Americans’ addiction to sugary foods and 

beverages begins at a very young age – and 

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new study. Research presented at the American 

Society for Nutrition’s annual meeting 

in June found that 99 percent of toddlers 

between the ages of 19 and 23 months consume 

an average of 7 teaspoons of added 

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recommendations for children under age 2, 

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are 6 teaspoons or less per day for children 

ages 2 through 19 and for adult women, and 

9 teaspoons or less per day for adult men. 

“This is the first time we have looked 

at added sugar consumption among children 

less than 2 years old,” said lead 

study author Kirsten Herrick, a nutritional 

epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention [CDC]. “Once kids 

start eating table food, they’re often eating 

the same types of foods that mom and dad 

have in their diet, and other research has 

demonstrated that adults exceed recommendations 

for added sugar too.” 

Although there is no chemical difference 

between sugars found naturally in 

fruits, vegetables and other whole foods 

and sugars that are added to food products 

during processing or preparation, those 

added sugars are considered more damaging 

to health. They often add calories 

without the nutritional benefits of foods 

containing natural sugar, such as the fiber 

and vitamins in an apple. 

Overeating sugary foods early on can 

influence a child’s food preferences, leading 

to less-healthy food choices later in 

life. Over the long term, consuming high 

amounts of added sugar goes hand-in-hand 

with obesity, asthma and dental cavities, as 

well as risk factors for heart disease such as 

high cholesterol and high blood pressure. 

In the current study, Herrick’s team 

analyzed data from more than 800 infants 

and toddlers between the ages of 6 and 23 

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months who participated in the 2011-2014 

National Health and Nutrition Examination 

Survey [NHANES]. To measure added 

sugar, researchers counted any calorie-containing 

sugars added to a food item, including 

cane sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, 

honey and other forms of sugar. They did 

not include artificial zero-calorie sweeteners 

or naturally occurring sugars found 

in fruits, vegetables and milk. Although 

the study did not detail the specific foods 

that contributed most heavily to children’s 

added sugar intake, other research has 

identified breakfast cereals, baked goods 

and other desserts, sugar-sweetened beverages, 

yogurt and candy as frequent sources 

of added sugar in children’s diets. 

On the calendar 

St. Luke’s Hospital offers a Sitter Skills 

course on Monday, July 16 from noon-2:30 

p.m. at the hospital’s Institute for Health 

Education, 222 South Woods Mill Road in 

Chesterfield [North Medical Office Building, 

Level 2]. This program for beginning babysitters, 

age 11 and older, includes information 

on safety, basic first aid, child development, 

behavior management and babysitting as a 

business. A babysitting resource book, certificate 

of participation, tote bag and light 

refreshments will be provided. The course 

fee is $25 per child. Register online [using 

the child’s name] at stukes-stl.com. 

• • • 

A Red Cross community blood drive is 

on Friday, July 20 from 2-6 p.m. at Wildwood 

Family YMCA, 2641 Hwy. 109 in 

Wildwood. To schedule an appointment, 

visit redcrossblood.org. 

• • • 

Mercy Hospital St. Louis offers a Sitter 

Skills program for children between the 

ages of 11 and 13 on Friday, July 20 from 

6-9 p.m. at the hospital’s campus, 615 S. 

New Ballas Road, in Classroom 2 on the 

seventh floor. The course offers information 

about infant care, child development, 

interactive play, safety, handling emergency 

situations and marketing babysitting 

services. Children are asked to bring a doll 

or stuffed animal to class to learn how to 

change diapers. A light snack will be provided. 

The course fee is $30 per child. Register 

online at mercy.net. 

• • • 

BJC sponsors a Family & Friends CPR 

course on Saturday, July 23 at the Missouri 

Baptist Hospital Clinical Learning 

Institute, 3005 N. Ballas Road. The course 

offers instruction and hands-on practice for 

parents and child care providers for adult 

hands-only CPR; infant and child CPR with 

breaths; introduction to adult and child AED 

use, and relief of choking. It is taught by 

registered nurses using the American Heart 

Association’s curriculum. While the course 

does not offer CPR certification, participants 

will receive a card which certifies participation 

in the class. Cost is $25 per person 

[10-15-year-olds must be accompanied by 

an adult]. Register online by visiting https:// 

classes-events.bjc.org/. 

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital offers cholesterol 

and glucose wellness screenings on 

Friday, July 27 from 8-10:30 a.m. at St. 

Luke’s Women’s Center in the Valley, 6 

McBride & Son Corporate Center Drive, 

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Shingles, a painful reactivation of the 

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A painful rash that typically develops in 

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body, shingles is often preceded by tingling, 

pain or itching in the area where the rash 

soon develops. The rash consists of blisters 

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and clears up completely within a month. 

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nerve pain, called post-herpetic neuralgia, 

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It was approved for use in people over 50, 

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over time. 

In late 2017, a new vaccine called Shingrix 

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Immunization Practices [ACIP] officially 

recommended Shingrix for adults over age 

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those who have already received Zostavax 

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A new, highly effective vaccine to prevent 

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The CDC recommends that healthy adults 

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separated by two to six months. 

Shingrix has been shown to be more than 

90 percent effective against both shingles 

and post-herpetic neuralgia, and protection 

remains at a level above 85 percent for at 

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According to the CDC, Zostavax may 

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When it comes to walking for exercise, a faster pace may equate to a longer life. 

gests that walkers who speed up their pace 

could actually live longer. 

University researchers compared the 

results of 11 surveys, which included about 

65,000 residents of England and Scotland, 

with death records. The survey participants 

self-reported their walking pace, and 

researchers also took into account factors 

like total physical activity, age, sex and 

body mass index. 

Overall, the study found that walking 

at what participants deemed an “average” 

pace was associated with a 20-percent 

reduction in risk of death from any cause 

compared with walking at a slow pace, 

while walking at a brisk or fast pace was 

associated with a reduction of 24-percent. 

Looking at heart disease in particular, the 

effects of walking pace on the risk of death 

were even more striking among older age 

groups. Average-pace walkers aged 60 

years or older experienced a 46 percent 

reduction in risk of death from cardiovascular 

causes, and fast-pace walkers 

showed a 53-percent reduction compared 

to those who walked at a slow pace. 

Achieving a speedy enough pace to 

receive these health benefits is not the 

same for everyone, according to the study. 

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kilometers [3.1-4.3 miles] per hour, but it 

really depends on a walker’s fitness levels; 

an alternative indicator is to walk at a pace 

that makes you slightly out of breath or 

sweaty when sustained,” said lead author 

Emmanuel Stamatakis, a professor in 

the university’s School of Public Health. 

“Assuming our results reflect cause and 

effect, these analyses suggest that increasing 

walking pace may be a straightforward 

way for people to improve heart health and 

[decrease] risk for premature mortality.” 

In light of their findings, the research 

team is calling for walking pace to be 

emphasized in public health messages 

about the benefits of exercise. The study 

was published in a special issue of the British 

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lected by Johns Hopkins researchers shows 

that a higher proportion of male to female 

sex hormones may also be a culprit. 

Although the researchers said that their 

observational study could not prove cause 

and effect, they said it does suggest that 

having a more “male-like” hormone profile 

seems to increase the risk of heart disease 

and stroke in women after menopause, 

independent of other risk factors. 

For the new study, the researchers 

looked at data from more than 2,800 postmenopausal 

women with an average age of 

65, who had participated in the federally 

funded Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis 

[MESA]. Researchers initially took 

blood samples and measured levels of testosterone 

and estradiol [the main type of 

estrogen], then followed the participants 

for 12 years. 

When testosterone and estradiol levels 

were compared with instances of heart and 

cardiovascular diseases, they found that 

higher testosterone was associated with 

increased risk while higher estradiol levels 

were linked with lower risk. For every 

standardized unit increase in the ratio of 

testosterone to estrogen, there was a 19 

percent increase in the women’s cardiovascular 

disease risk, a 45-percent increase in 

coronary heart disease risk and a 31 percent 

increase in heart failure risk. 

“A woman’s sex hormone levels and 

ratios of them isn’t something that physicians 

regularly check,” said Dr. Erin 

Michos, associate professor of medicine 

at the Johns Hopkins University School of 

Medicine. “Because an imbalance in the 

proportion of testosterone to estrogen may 

affect heart disease risk, physicians may 

want to think about adding hormone tests 

to the toolbox of screenable risk factors, 

like blood pressure or cholesterol, to identify 

women who may be at higher risk of 

heart or vascular disease … But this needs 

further study.” 

Asked why higher levels of male hormones 

may affect women’s risk, Michos 

The simple step of taking a daily probiotic 

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said there is ample evidence from past 

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whereas estrogen relaxes blood vessels 

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which are positives for the heart and vascular 

systems. 

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Probiotics are a popular daily supplement 

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a healthy balance of bacteria in the intestinal 

tract. Recently, Swedish scientists 

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useful in protecting women’s bones against 

fractures. 

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After a full year had passed, researchers 

measured the women’s bone loss in 

their lower legs with a CT scan, comparing 

it with measurements they had taken 

when the study began. The women who 

received the powder containing active probiotics 

had lost only half as much bone as 

those who had received the placebo. The 

research opens the door to a new way to 

prevent fractures among the elderly, said 

Dr. Mattias Lorentzon, a professor of geriatrics 

and one of the study’s leaders. 

“Today there are effective medications 

administered to treat osteoporosis, but 

because bone fragility is rarely detected 

before the first fracture, there is a pressing 

need for preventive treatments,” Lorentzon 

said. 

Previous research has shown that intestinal 

bacteria affect the skeletons of mice, 

but this is the first study in which probiotics 

were used to investigate their effects on 

bone loss in older people. The discovery 

that probiotics can significantly reduce 

bone loss has important future implications, 

Lorentzon added. “Older women are 

the group in society most at risk of osteoporosis 

and fractures. The fact that we 

have been able to show that treatment with 

probiotics can affect bone loss represents a 

paradigm shift.” 

Osteoporosis – or brittle-bone disease – 

is characterized by porous and weak bones, 

which can cause them to break even when 

subjected to low amounts of stress. The 

proportion of the population with osteoporosis 

increases with age, and most women 

over 80 have the disease. 

On the calendar 

BJC sponsors a Today’s Grandparents 

class on Tuesday, July 24 from 6:30-9 p.m. 

at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, 3023 

N. Ballas Road, Building D, Suite 400. 

This two-hour class serves as an update for 

grandparents-to-be. It will focus on current 

trends in infant care as well as provide 

tips on local and distant grandparenting. 

Discussion is encouraged. A tour of the 

hospital’s OB division is included. Cost is 

$20 per person. Register each participant 

online at https://classes-events.bjc.org. 

• • • 

Join an orthopedic physician for Knee 

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discussion about minimally invasive knee 

replacement surgery and other treatment 

options for arthritic knees. The free session 

is on Tuesday, July 31 from 6-7 p.m. 

at St. Luke’s Hospital, 232 S. Woods 

Mill Road in Chesterfield, in the third 

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www.stlukes-stl.com. 

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital presents a Pelvic 

Health Basics: Total Control Intro Class 

on Wednesday, Aug. 8 from 6-7 p.m. at the 

hospital’s Desloge Outpatient Center, 121 

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symptoms and treatment options for urinary 

leakage, bladder control issues and 

other pelvic health concerns, as well as 

preventive strategies. The program is free. 

To register, visit stlukes-stl.com; to speak 

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• • • 

Missouri Baptist Medical Center offers a 

free monthly caregiver program, Supporting 

the Caregiver, on Tuesday, Aug. 14 

from 1-2:30 p.m. in Auditorium 1 on the 

hospital’s campus, 3015 N. Ballas Road. 

Learn about signs of, and risks for, “compassion 

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resources for caregivers. To register, call 

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• • • 

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CITY OF WILDWOOD, MISSOURI 

Statement of Revenues and Expenditures 

For the Period July 1, 2017-December 31, 2017 

Audited 

Combined General & Capital Impr. Funds 

Revenues 

Year to Date 

Combined General & Capital Impr. Funds 

Taxes 

Expenditures 

Year to Date 

STL County Local Sales Tax $4,857,657 

Administration 

Local Option Tax 128,192 

Personnel $650,147 

Public Safety Tax 427,961 

Operating 409,512 

1/2 Cent Capital Imp Tax 2,358,507 

Contractual 475,523 

Utility Tax - Electric 1,440,170 

Capital Expenditures 126,792 

Utility Tax - Gas 467,124 

Special Projects - 

Utility Tax - Telephone 531,464 

Operating Transfer - 

Utility Tax - Water 280,831 

1,661,974 

Cigarette Tax 87,864 

Clerk / Council 

Cable Franchise 469,169 

Personnel 204,257 

11,048,938 


Licenses and Permits 


Merchant’s License 44,360 

Capital Expenditures - 

Liquor License 14,978 

Special Projects 17,078 

Vending Machine License 875 

284,471 

Permit Fees & Internet Pole 18,485 

Municipal Court 

P&Z Permits/Fees 23,265 


101,963 


Charges for Services 

Contractual 581 

False Alarm Fees 1,200 


Subdivision Inspections 304,253 

305,453 

Parks Department 

241,835 

Intergovernmental 


Motor Fuel/Gas Tax 1,434,296 


Road & Bridge Tax 992,154 


St. Louis County Grants - 

Capital Expenditures 1,780,598 

Federal/State Grants 1,427,733 


Local Records Grant - 

2,659,879 

Planning Department 

3,854,183 

Fine and Forfeitures 


Court Fines 350,596 

Operating 115,495 

Court Costs 42,958 


Officer Training 7,166 


Crime Victims Fund 1,326 


Bond Forfeitures 11,692 

957,932 

Police Department 

Alt. Cmty. Service 202 


Inmate Security Surcharge 7,160 

Contractual 3,217,052 

421,098 


Interest 208,064 

Public Works 

3,220,129 

Other Income 


Other Income 27,088 


Parks & Rec. Revenue 51,396 

Contractual 1,066,535 

Community Garden 4,120 

Capital Expenditures 3,381,582 

NID Admin Fee 6,500 

Special Projects 111,076 

CID Admin Fee 11,500 

5,180,167 

100,604 

Other Financing Sources 

Interfund Transfer 54,469 

Total Expenditures $14,206,388 

Sale of Fixed Assets - Beginning Fund Balance $26,702,466 

54,469 

Transfers In (Out) - 

Total Revenues $16,094,772 

Ending Fund Balance $28,590,851 

Other Funds 

TOWN CENTER SEWER 

Year to Date Ending Fund Balance - 

Revenues 

Interest $1,481 

EAST and WEST AREA TGA TRUST 

Special Assessments 186,496 Revenues 

Other 135 

188,113 

Licenses and Permits 

Interest Income 

$124,670 

3,071 

Expenditures 

Admin/Legal $6,949 Expenditures 

127,742 

Principal Bond Payments 140,000 

Transfers Out $17,758 

Interest Expense 17,713 

164,662 

Beginning Fund Balance 

17,758 

$339,633 

Beginning Fund Balance $402,434 

Ending Fund Balance $449,617 

Ending Fund Balance $425,885 

ESCROW 

Year to Date 

Revenues 

Interest $22,204 

Expenditures 

Misc & Transfers Out 36,711 

Beginning Fund Balance $14,507 

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to a union. 

A “yes” vote on Prop A will confirm SB 

19 as law and make Missouri a right-towork 

state. A “no” vote will result in SB 

19 not becoming law; Missouri will remain 

a non-right-to-work state. If passed, this 

measure will have no impact on taxes. 

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is more complicated than simply who pays 

union dues. Key talking points on both 

sides of the issue have been job growth 

and politics. Here’s what both sides want 

voters to know. 

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Prop A: The Right to Work debate 

West Newsmagazine asked a sampling of 

voters, interviewed in Chesterfield Valley, 

what they know or think they know about 

Prop A and how each expected to vote. 

Marsha replied, “Isn’t it the right to 

work?” She added that she really didn’t 

know how she would vote. “I’ve been 

leaning each way. We have a good friend 

whose whole family are union people 

and they’ve swayed me.” 

Patrick replied, “I know it’s a tax 

increase. I typically don’t vote on that 

because it doesn’t always necessarily get 

used for what you say, so typically as 

rule, I’d say no.” 

Karen replied, “I don’t know anything 

[about Prop A].” Then, added, “I would 

vote no because I’m a school teacher and 

MSTA would be a part of my union and 

I would hate for people to say that they 

would have to go away.” 

Jason Greer, a labor relations consultant/educator 

and president of Greer 

Consulting Inc., said what Prop A really 

comes down to, is choice – the ability to 

choose to join a union or not – and the 

union’s fiduciary responsibility to represent 

all employees, dues-paying or not, 

when a union contract is present. 

Regarding job growth 

Pat White Jr., president, Greater St. 

Louis Central Labor Council AFL-CIO 

The opposition [those seeking a “yes” 

vote on Prop A] will tell you that Prop A 

is a job creator, but if you look at recent 

years … [you’ll see that] in 2016, Missouri 

outperformed every state around us. 

We have eight states around us and out of 

those eight states, only one, besides us, is 

not a right-to-work state and that’s Illinois. 

In the last data that we have, Missouri outperformed 

all of those states in job growth. 

The opposition is going to say look at 

Indiana, look at Michigan … those states 

have just become right to work in the last 

five or six years. What we’re trying to get 

folks to look at is Mississippi, Alabama, 

Oklahoma … The most recent state around 

us that went right to work, that wasn’t in 

the last few years, was Oklahoma and that 

was in 2001. Mississippi, I believe, was the 

first state. If you see what they spend on 

education, on their average wage, and just 

simple things like that, the way that folks 

live down there … living conditions are 

terrible, poverty levels are higher, on-thejob 

injuries and on-the-job deaths go up. 

On-the-job injuries go up, I want to say, 33 

percent and on-the-job deaths, I know, go 

What voters know and need to know about Prop A 

“I don’t think that either side has really 

given voters a nuts-and-bolts explanation 

of what Prop A is and what Prop A 

might mean,” Greer said. “This bill [SB 

19] is really about a check and balance 

– and that check and balance is the hope 

that, if Missouri does go right to work, 

the state prospers economically as some 

states have prospered from going right to 

work. On one side, we’ve seen empirical 

numbers point out that union organizing 

actually went up in some right-to-work 

states. On the other side of that equation, 

some states have been negatively 

impacted by right to work and union 

density decreased.” 

Greer said Prop A has become an emotional 

issue, but added that when voters 

step into a voting booth, it may be time 

to put emotions aside. 

“What I often tell people is, in this day 

and age of information, you can be your 

own best advocate,” Greer said. “Be 

mindful of your decision. When you vote, 

no one is going to be in the booth with 

you. It’s you. You have to make the most 

informed decision, not always the most 

emotional, but the most important decision 

as to what’s right for you and your family.”



up over 50 percent and that’s not union or 

non-union, that’s everybody. 

Safety rules are just lax. No one is held 

accountable if you are on the job and the 

job is unsafe. If the worker tells the boss 

that the job is unsafe and the employer 

says, “Do it or you’re fired,” the worker 

has to do it. Now, if they have a union representative 

there or if they’re in a union, 

the worker can get off that job and call the 

union and say, “Listen, this guy wants me 

to …” Then, the union comes out and the 

worker doesn’t lose any pay and it gets 

settled. 

As far as education goes, it’s proven that 

in right-to-work states, education funding 

goes up by almost $8,000 a year. If there 

are more people paying into the tax base, 

there’s more money going to the school 

districts. Another key is that women in 

union jobs make 6 cents less an hour, but 

women in non-union jobs make 16 cents 

less per hour. It’s an equality thing, too. 

There’s just so many things that it lift ups 

... [and ] all of these things, in my opinion, 

outweigh the argument that right to work 

is a job creator. 

Dan Mehan, president/CEO, Missouri 

Chamber of Commerce and Industry 

How many booms and busts have we 

had since [2001 when] right-to-work legislation 

was passed in Oklahoma, not just the 

2008 financial meltdown, but booms and 

busts in the energy market? Oklahoma’s 

economy goes as the energy market does, 

so that ad [touting Oklahoma’s decline] in 

itself is extremely misleading. If you factcheck 

it, and we are, there is a definite need 

to challenge that argument. 

Evidence from the Bureau of Economic 

Analysis shows that from 2005-2015, job 

growth in right-to-work states was 8.6 percent 

and in non-right-to-work states was 5 

percent. 

What labor will like to tell you is “they 

[employers] just want to pay you less money.” 

That’s completely false. Whether you look at 

West Virginia, Michigan, Indiana or Wisconsin 

– those four most-recent states to go right 

to work – there has never been one example 

that they [labor] have been able to deliver 

where somebody had their salary cut or their 

wages cut because they went right to work. It 

just doesn’t happen. 

In the same analysis, it shows that in that 

same time period, ‘05-’15, the percentage 

of wage growth was exactly identical, 7.7 

percent, in right-to-work and non-right-towork 

states. 

Furthermore, gross domestic product 

growth was 15.3 percent in right-to-work 

states and 11.9 percent in non-right-towork 

states in that same time frame. 

It’s extremely important that we remain 

a right-to-work state so that Missouri can 

remain competitive with the rest of the 

country and, frankly, the rest of the world. 

Regrading politics 

Mehan: What Prop A would do is 

uphold what the Missouri legislature 

passed and the governor signed into law 

in 2017 making Missouri the 28th rightto-work 

state in the union. And what right 

to work does is simply prohibit forcing 

someone to join a union and pay union 

dues, forcing them to forego part of their 

paycheck to give union bosses money to 

do whatever they want with and support 

political causes and the like [while] the 

rank and file really has no say in where 

their money is going. This is a freedom of 



speech issue … because once you have to 

pay a union you get little say in what that 

union does and it’s just enriching big labor 

bosses and supporting people like Hillary 

Clinton and Nancy Pelosi, which they did. 

Labor unions overwhelmingly supported 

Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid and a lot 

of people in labor unions certainly didn’t 

share that opinion; however, their money, 

part of their paycheck, went to that campaign 

without them having a say in it … 

Missourians need to decide if they want 

to support a political candidate not be 

forced to do so by being compelled to join 

a union and pay union dues. 

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White Jr.: Most unions cannot spend 

money on a political campaign unless that 

money comes voluntarily through their 

members. I belong to the gas workers 

union [Local #11-6]. Our guys, including 

myself, gave a buck a week that went into 

a separate account for political reasons 

only. My union dues did not go toward 

politics at all. My union dues took care 

of rent at the union hall. My union dues 

took care of collective bargaining … the 

officers that we paid to represent us on a 

regular basis. Political action committees 

are voluntary donations and voluntary 

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BENEFITS 

It’s Christmas in July as The Kaufman 

Fund raises money to supply Christmas 

trees to veterans. Residents who dine at 

Raising Cane’s, 15698 Manchester Road 

in Ellisville, on July 18 can help The 

Kaufman Fund earn 15 percent on all profits 

between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. 

• • • 

A Music For Food Concert is at 7 p.m. 

on Monday, July 23 at Ascension Church, 

230 Santa Maria Drive in Chesterfield. St. 

Louis Symphony violist Xi Zhang, Chicago 

pianist Krisitine Nyberg and St. Louis 

award-winning guitarist Todd Mosby will 

perform a concert to benefit the St. Nicholas 

food pantry. Price of admission is a 

food donation. 

• • • 

Gateway to Hope’s Polo Match is at 4 

p.m. on Saturday, July 28 at the McGehee 

Polo Field at Spirit Valley Farms, 17899 

Wild Horse Creek Road in Chesterfield 

Valley. In partnership with St. Louis Benefit 

Polo, attendees will enjoy an afternoon 

of polo competition while raising funds for 

breast cancer patients. General admission 

is $25 per carload [bring chairs, blankets 

and picnic supplies]. Reservations will be 

held at the gate. No rain dates or refunds. 

• • • 

The 16th annual Golf Tournament to 

benefit the Wildwood YMCA is at 10:30 

a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16 at The Legends 

Country Club, 625 Legends Parkway 

in Eureka. Cost is $200 per player and 

includes lunch, a round of golf, tournament 

gifts, and course refreshments. For 

more information or to register, visit 

gwrymca.org/wildwood. 

FAMILY & KIDS 

A Dive-In Movie featuring “Moana” is 

at 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 14 at The Lodge 

Outdoor Pool, 1050 Des Peres Road in 

Des Peres. Water park tubes are first come, 

first served. No outside flotation devices 

allowed. The outdoor pool and concession 

stand will be open. For more information, 

visit desperesmo.org/774/Dive-In-Movie. 

• • • 

A free Movie under the Stars, “Coco” 

is at dusk on Thursday, July 26 at Chesterfield 

Amphitheater, 631 Veterans Place 

Drive in Chesterfield. Some fixed seating 

is available, but movie-goers must bring 

their own chairs or blankets for lawn 

seating. Concessions will be available 

for purchase. For more information, visit 

chesterfield.mo.us. 

• • • 

The Baby Kid Expo is from 9 a.m.-2 

p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11 at Greensfelder 

Recreational Center at Queeny Park, 550 

Weidman Road in Ballwin. Bring the 

family for a day of fun and information on 

education, health, recreation, wellness and 

more, as well as various activities for children 

to enjoy. For more information, visit 

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FESTIVALS & CONCERTS 

Ellisville’s Free Summer Concert 

Series presents Whiskey Dixon from 7-9 

p.m. on Thursday, July 12 on the Amphitheater 

stage in Bluebird Park, 225 Kiefer 

Creek Road in Ellisville. Bring seating and 

food and drink [no glass]. 

• • • 

Creve Coeur’s Free Summer Concerts 

in the Park presents My Friend 

Mike from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, July 

12 at the Tappmeyer House in Millennium 

Park, 2 Barnes West Drive in 

Creve Coeur. Bring drinks and snacks 

or browse food trucks and Creve Coeur 

Farmers Market booths. 

• • • 

The “Hot Summer Nights, Cool Summer 

Sounds” Des Peres concert series presents 

Butch Wax and The Hollywoods 

from 7-9:30 p.m. on Friday, July 13 at Des 

Peres Park, 12325 Manchester Road in Des 

Peres. Bring blankets, lawn chairs, snacks 

and beverages [no glass]. Concessions 

available for purchase. 

• • • 

The Sounds of Summer Free Concert 

Series presents Petty Cash Junction 

at 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 14 and Dogs 

of Society on Saturday, July 28 at Chesterfield 

Amphitheater, 631 Veterans Place 

Drive. Outside food and beverages [no 

glass] are allowed. 

• • • 

The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce’s 

31st Annual Concert Series 

presents The Scott Laytham and Karl 

Holmes Duo from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, 

July 17 at Faust Park, 14941 Olive Blvd. 

in Chesterfield. Free entry. Food trucks and 

concessions open at 5:30. 

• • • 

Wildwood’s Music on Main series 

features Neil Hewitt from 6:45-9 p.m. on 

Friday, July 20 at the Town Center Plaza, 

16860 Main St. in Wildwood. Music and 

complimentary soda, water, kettle corn, 

Sno-cones and hot dogs. 

• • • 

The Gateway Jazz Festival is from 

12-5 p.m. on Saturday, July 21 at Chesterfield 

Amphitheater, 631 Veterans 

Place Drive in Chesterfield. 2018 Lineup: 

Boney James, Will Downing, Jonathan 

Butler, Alex Bugnon and more tba. Festival-goers 

may bring a picnic lunch and 

non-alcoholic beverages in a small cooler. 

Food and beverage vendors will be onsite 

to serve guests and add quality to the 

event. For tickets and more information, 

visit gatewayjazzfest.com/tickets. 

• • • 

The Ballwin Sunset Concert Series presents 

The Retro Band on Wednesday, July 25 

at New Ballwin Park, 329 New Ballwin 

Road. Bring a lawn chair and snacks. For 

more information, visit ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

The last of Manchester’s Free Summer 

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Chair from 7-10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 3 at 

the Corey J. Donnelly Memorial Amphitheater 

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PLACES 

Empowering Youth and Communities 

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Lamp & Lantern Village in Town & Country. 

EYC Academy was founded in 2014 by 

a team of seasoned educators in St. Louis 

to bring outstanding one-to-one education 

to sixth- through 12th-grade students. The 

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inaugural cohort of Regional Food Economies 

Fellow. Ragain is the director of 

advocacy and research at Operation Food 

Search, a nonprofit hunger relief organization. 

Ragain was selected based on her 

development of a new portfolio of innovative 

food prescription program, Fresh Rx: 

Nourishing Healthy Starts, which focuses 

on improving birth outcomes for food insecure 

pregnant women and their babies. 

• • • 

The Holocaust Museum & Learning 

Center has named Fran Poger as its 

next chair. Poger, who succeeds Myrna 

Meyer, will start her term in September. 

She began volunteering at the museum 

in 2002. For many years, Poger taught 

elementary school and served as assistant 

principal, then principal at Spoede School 

in the Ladue School District. The Holocaust 

Museum is located at 12 Millstone 

Campus Drive in the Kopolow Building on 

the Jewish Community Center campus in 

Creve Coeur. For more information on the 

museum, visit HMLC.org. 

PEOPLE 

Thomas Insurance Advisors, 632 Trade 

Center Blvd. in Chesterfield, recently hired 

Travis Johnson as an insurance broker. 

Prior to joining Thomas Insurance Advisors, 

Johnson worked as a field sales agent 

at AAA Missouri. 

• • • 

Manchester native Jennifer Snyder, DO, 

is returning home to the St. Louis area to 

join Julie Busch, MD; and Dermond Henry, 

DO; of St. Anthony’s at Kirkwood Family 

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of Family Physicians. 

• • • 

The Wallace Center at Winrock International 

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EVENTS & NETWORKING 

The Chesterfield Chamber of commerce 

holds its monthly Business Roundtable 

from 7:30-9 a.m. on July 19 at the Midwest 

Banking Centre, 500 Chesterfield Center 

in Chesterfield. Kim Henson with Circle of 

Marketing and Kelly Standing with Standing 

Media will lead a discussion on “The 

Art of Networking.” Admission is free, but 

registration is required; register online at 

chesterfieldmochamber.com. 

• • • 

The West St. Louis County Chamber of 

Commerce holds a General Membership 

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

on Thursday, July 26 at The Wildwood 

Hotel, 2801 Fountain Place in Wildwood. 

Hear from surrounding cities on updates 

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EVENTS, from page 28 

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Babes in the Woods programs will be 

held from 10-11 a.m. each third Wednesday 

of the month through September at Rockwoods 

Reservation, 2751 Glencoe Road 

in Wildwood. These are special outings 

designed specifically for kids from infants 

to three-year-old toddlers. Each session 

will include hands-on touch tables, song 

time, outdoor walks, story time, and more. 

Programs this summer include: Aquatics 

[July 18], Birds [Aug. 15] and Monarch 

butterflies [Sept. 12]. Each program is 

free, but advanced registration is required 

online at mdc.mo.gov. 

• • • 

The Old Trails Historical Society hosts 

a Bacon Log Cabin Tour from 2-4 p.m. 

on the first and third Sundays of every 

month through October at 687 Henry Ave. 

in Ballwin. The cabin stands where it was 

built in 1835. Tours are free but donations 

for the upkeep of the building will 

be accepted. For questions or for private 

tours, call (636) 386-5603. 

• • • 

The Lafayette Older Adults Program 

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

second and fourth Mondays of the month at 

Ballwin Golf Course clubhouse, 333 Holloway 

Road in Ballwin. The program is for 

people 55 and older and consists of social 

time, speakers, and entertaining music 

and performances. After lunch, members 

gather to play bingo or cards. Coffee, soda, 

and dessert are provided, but participants 

must bring their own sack lunch. 

• • • 

GriefShare is at 3 p.m. on Sundays 

through Sept. 2 at King of Kings Lutheran 

Church, 13765 Olive Blvd. in Chesterfield. 

GriefShare is a weekly seminar and support 

group to help people who are grieving 

the death of someone close. Each session 

includes a video seminar and grief study. 

Participants can join the group at any time 

as each one is independent. Free and open 

to all. For more information, call (314) 

469-2224 or visit GriefShare.org. 

• • • 

The Ballwin Historical Commission’s 

third Speaker Series Event, “Lincoln 

Mania” is at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 

14 at the Pointe in Ballwin, #1 Ballwin 

Commons Circle. Presented by Richard 

Benach, noted Lincoln presenter, who will 

regale the group with tidbits about Lincoln 

family history. The event is free and light 

refreshments will be served. For more 

information, call (636) 227-2743. 

• • • 

The Wildwood Historical Society hosts 

a car and marine show with an antique 

tractor display from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on 

Sunday, July 15 on the Historical Society 

Grounds, 1870 Hwy. 100, one driveway 

west of Stovall’s Grove. The fee to enter a 

car in the car show is $20. General admission 

is free. The museum will be open 

for tours and lunch will be available for 

purchase in the air conditioned hall, along 

with bake sale items, a 50/50 and attendance 

prizes. 

• • • 

Wildwood Historical Society hosts 

Mark Goldfeder with Old Films speaking 

on the “Street Car Era in St. Louis,” at 

7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 17 on the Historical 

Society Grounds, 1870 Hwy. 100, one 

driveway west of Stovall’s Grove. All are 

welcome to enjoy the speaker and an ice 

cream social. 

• • • 

Old Trails Historical Society invites the 

public to a free presentation by awardwinning 

author, Nicole Evelina at 7 

p.m. on Wednesday, July 18 at the West 

County EMS and Fire, 223 Henry Ave. in 

Manchester. Nicole will present the story 

of Victoria Woodhull who was the first 

woman to run for president in 1872, 48 

years before women were granted the right 

to vote. Impoverished as a child, Victoria 

became a self-made millionaire. 

• • • 

All About Owls is from 10-11 a.m. on 

Saturday, Aug. 11 at Chesterfield Amphitheater, 

631 Veterans Place Drive in 

Chesterfield. Free to attend. All ages. No 

registration. 

• • • 

Conquer Castlewood Team Adventure 

Race is at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 

12 at Castlewood State Park, 1401 Kiefer 

Creek Rd. in Ballwin. Two-person teams 

will canoe 1-2 miles, bike 4-5 miles on the 

trails, ad run 2-4 miles. Canoeing equipment 

is provided. For more information or 

to register, visit ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

Thornhill Open House is from noon-4 

p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25 and Sunday, 

Aug. 26 at Faust Park, 15185 Olive Blvd. 

in Chesterfield. Visit the home of Missouri’s 

second governor, Frederick Bates. 

Then, tour a restored residence from the 

earliest days of Missouri statehood. To 

register, visit stlouisco.com/parks. 

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Local author Jim Merkel has released 

a second edition of “The Making of an 

Icon: The Dreamers, the 

Schemers, and the Hard 

Hats Who Built the Gateway 

Arch.” 

The new edition coincides 

with the $380-million 

aesthetic overhaul of 

the Gateway Arch and the 

re-opening of the Arch 

Museum. 

Newly expanded content 

includes more stories 

and interviews with local 

workers who helped build 

the structure, as well as 

visionaries, protesters and 

others who played a role 

in the creation and ongoing 

maintenance of the 

structure. 

The second edition also 

goes beyond the structure’s 

history to touch on 

the property’s recent improvements and 

how they relate to Arch architect Eero Saarinen’s 

original vision for the monument. 

“A big part of [the second edition] is all 

save and improve lives, but people don’t 

know about them or they can’t access them, 

or that access is dependent on where they 

live or who they know or how much money 

they make. But it doesn’t have to be that 

way.” 

Two separate initiatives. Both with the 

same sincere intention of combating a 

growing public health epidemic. Both 

conceived with high levels of cooperation 

and communication – just not between the 

county executive and the county council. 

Both Harder and Stenger insist the dueling 

proposals are not a political matter. 

“I am proud to join my colleagues in supporting 

this true bi-partisan, non-political 

effort,” Harder said in his press release on 

June 25. 

Two days later, Cordell Whitlock, the 

county executive’s director of communications, 

said, “This [two separate but similar 

drug initiatives] isn’t politically motivated.” 

Despite the lack of communication, 

Harder and Stenger said they hope they can 

reach across the table to work together. If 

not, each initiative will go forward separately. 

“I’m really surprised by it all. It seems 

@WESTNEWSMAG 


Former West Newsmagazine reporter 

releases updated Gateway Arch book 

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, from page 11 

“The Making of an Icon: The 

Dreamers, the Schemers, and the 

Hard Hats Who Built the Gateway 

Arch” by Jim Merkel 

the construction in the area, and how it’s 

grown and improved,” Merkel said. 

In addition to updated stories and brand 

new interviews, the second edition also 

contains over 60 photos, 

including a center spread 

of full-color photos and 

historic photos scattered 

throughout. 

A book signing for the 

new edition will be held 

from noon-4 p.m.on July 

14 at Circa STL Restaurant 

and Tavern, 1090 Old 

Des Peres Road in Des 

Peres. The event is free 

and open to the public. 

Other upcoming book 

signings include one 

on July 31 from 7-8:30 

p.m. at the Spencer 

Road Branch Library in 

St. Peters. The event is 

free, but registration at 

the library website is 

required. 

Merkel also will attend 

a book signing from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on 

Aug. 25 in Wildwood’s Town Center Plaza 

during the city’s annual Celebrate Wildwood 

event. 

very odd when we announced ours that 

he would come out with something at the 

same time,” Harder said. “We’re going to 

go forward with ours. We’ve extended the 

olive branch to the county executive from 

the start; we could’ve excluded him from 

the start. If he’d like to join us, that’s fine. 

If he’d like to take his ball and go home, 

that’s fine, too. It’s unfortunate that we 

have to have competing task forces over 

the same issue. We were there first.” 

Stenger does not see it that way. 

“This is what I think happened,” Stenger 

said on June 28. “I think the council sort 

of got wind of what we were doing here 

... and I think within about four hours of 

learning that, they came up with an attempt 

to sort of upstage this event today.” 

But he added, “I don’t think that this initiative 

will really be combined with what 

they [the county council] have done.” 

When asked why the county councilmembers 

were not informed of an initiative 

of this stature that falls under their jurisdiction, 

Stenger said, “They were actually. 

They were informed that a plan was being 

developed, I believe, by members of the 

Health Department. They had not seen the 

actual plan because the plan was released 

today.”

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After coming up short for 

more than half a decade, inflation 

in the U.S. is back on track. 

Indicators show inflation rose 

2 percent in May, meeting the 

central bank’s target and marking 

the highest rate seen since 

April 2012. 

One thing that we all know 

is that the prices of things keep 

rising, and a nickel is not worth 

a nickel any more. When prices 

increase and the value of money 

decreases, you have inflation. So 

how does inflation affect house prices? In 

real estate, inflation means that there are 

more buyers looking to buy than there are 

houses to sell, and this leads to a rise in 

house prices. As the price goes up, there 

will be fewer houses that buyers will 

qualify for. What’s more, once they lock in 

their mortgage, inflation reduces the value 

of each dollar. The good news is, since a 

house is a commodity, it tends to appreciate 

pretty much in sync with rising inflation. 

So although owning a home won’t 

make you rich it does provide some protection 

against rising prices. 

Bottom line: Don’t wait to buy hoping 

for better terms. Today’s prices and loan 

rates may be the best you’ll get for a while. 

Here’s what’s new in new homes: 

Move into a ready Fischer home now 

and enjoy the rest of summer 

Think shopping for a brand-new home 

and enjoying a summer vacation are 

mutually exclusive? Well, think again. 

Fischer & Frichtel has an excellent selection 

of completed luxury homes available 

for immediate possession in prime West 

County locations. 

Making a summer move is easier – no 

snow or ice to worry about. Families with 

children can be settled in before school 

starts and still have time to enjoy the rest 

of the season. Fischer’s move-in-ready 

homes typically include a variety of premium 

upgrades, and shoppers can see 

exactly what they’re buying before making 

an investment. And for those with a home 

to sell, the resale market is the hottest it’s 

been in years. 

Owner-ready in Chesterfield, for example, 

Warwick on White Road is featuring a fourbedroom 

Arlington II ranch from the builder’s 

high-end Estate Collection. With more 

than 4,000 square feet of living space, this 

residence is priced at $930,879 and lavished 

Fischer & Frichtel’s Arlington II Ranch 

with designer features, including a finished 

lower level and expanded three-car garage. 

Directly across Hwy. 100/Manchester 

Road from Wildwood Town Center, The 

Villages at Brightleaf is a new “lifestyle” 

development that’s selling at a fast pace. 

Nearing completion in Woodland Village, 

Fischer’s first move-in-ready offering is 

a three-bedroom Woodside ranch, listed 

at $672,148. Loaded with amenities, this 

spacious home includes a fabulous island 

kitchen, three-car garage and an oversized 

patio. 

Just 1.5 miles further west is upscale 

Wakefield Forest. Set on a 3.65-acre, 

wooded homesite, a customized version 

of the Arlington II ranch has been specially 

priced at $739,900 – a savings of more 

than $64,000. Highlights include exquisite 

finishes throughout, a large deck, walkout 

lower level, first-floor bonus room and fireside 

hearth room. 

Time is running out to own in Fischer’s 

view-packed, gated enclave at Pevely 

Farms in West St. Louis County, but just 

finished and ready for move-in is a Woodside 

that virtually defies description. Every 

aspect of this four-bedroom ranch has been 

custom-designed, from the great room’s 

box beam ceiling to the deluxe kitchen, 

opulent master retreat, and finished lower 

level – all for $805,896. 

One more opportunity sure to interest 

snowbirds and empty nesters: an elegant 

luxury villa – with exterior maintenance 

services provided – is scheduled for late fall 

delivery at Village View in prestigious St. 

Albans. For detailed information on these 

and all of Fischer’s 

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visit fandfhomes.com. 

- Kevin Weaks

CHESTERFIELD 

Finished Basement 

Warwick on White Road 

Arlington II - Ranch 

14340 Warwick Gate Dr. (Lot 1) 

4 BR / 3.5 BTH / APX 4,137 SF 

$930,879 

ST. LOUIS COUNTY 

Finished Basement 

Pevely Farms 

Woodside - Ranch 

344 Stonewall Dr. (Lot 124) 

4 BR / 3.5 BTH / APX 4,064 SF 

$805,896 

WILDWOOD 

Kitchen/Hearth Room in our popular Woodside Ranch floorplan 

Why buy a pre-owned home that needs repairs and has outdated 

or unattractive features and finishes? We have a large selection 

of Move-In Ready homes in our St. Charles and St. Louis County 

communities—some ready now, some nearing completion. All of them 

feature Fischer & Frichtel’s legendary construction quality, beautiful, 

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designers, and a 10 year limited warranty. 

For a complete listing of Move-In Ready Homes, including homes in 

St. Charles County, visit fandfhomes.com and click on the “Move-ln 

Ready Homes” tab. We would also be happy to build you a home in 

one of our communities. Or, if you have your own land, we can Build 

Where You Want. 

July Completion 

The Villages at Brightleaf 

Woodside - Ranch 

2453 August Grove Ct. (Lot 40A) 

3 BR / 2.5 BTH / APX 2,689 SF 

$672,148 

WILDWOOD 

Wakefield Forest 

Arlington II - Ranch 

17690 Wakefield Meadow Ct. (Lot 4) 

3 BR / 2.5 BTH / APX 3,017 SF 

$804,867 - SALE $739,900

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