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This week, <strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> <strong>Newsmagazine</strong><br />
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Talcott, our summer intern.<br />
Talcott is a student at the<br />
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in journalism and new<br />
media production.<br />
What makes a good life?<br />
Happiness. No matter what<br />
you’re doing in life, no matter<br />
what’s going on, just try to<br />
stay positive and stay happy. If<br />
you’re not making enough money, don’t<br />
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make sure you’re happy.<br />
What goal do you think humanity is not<br />
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So, my main focus, from a global standpoint,<br />
is the environment. Humanity, in<br />
general, is trying to stop global warming<br />
and climate change, but we aren’t doing a<br />
very good job with it … The U.S. pulled<br />
out of The Paris Agreement, and the U.S.<br />
is kind of pulling back from other environmental<br />
restrictions that we’ve had in the<br />
past. I feel like we’re not doing enough,<br />
and I feel like if we were to focus on one<br />
aspect of the environment for five or six<br />
years, we’d be able to fix some things. If<br />
we were able to do that with the environment,<br />
we’d be able to do it with other things<br />
... [The distraction] is mainly political. It’s<br />
one side not wanting to and the other side<br />
wanting to, and then everyone trying to<br />
take the side they think is best instead of<br />
focusing on the main issue. They’re not<br />
focused on finding a solution, they’re<br />
focused on picking a side. That is why we<br />
haven’t been able to really come up with<br />
anything [to help the situation].<br />
Do you think that children born today<br />
will have better or worse lives than their<br />
parents?<br />
I think it kind of depends on where they<br />
grow up. From what my parents have<br />
talked about, I definitely have a better<br />
life than they had. Obviously, technology<br />
changes things with how kids are going<br />
to talk to each other, grow up and learn<br />
on their own, because there [are] a lot of<br />
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A Community Conversation<br />
<strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> <strong>Newsmagazine</strong> intern, Baylor Talcott.<br />
If you didn’t have to sleep, what would<br />
you do with the extra time?<br />
That’s a tough one to answer because I<br />
don’t really sleep much in the first place<br />
anymore … When I’m not writing or<br />
working on articles, I’ll spend my time<br />
playing guitar and learning new chords.<br />
That’s probably what I’d do with most of<br />
my time. I try to learn as much as I can.<br />
What is the most interesting documentary<br />
you’ve ever watched?<br />
Interesting for everyone else probably<br />
isn’t going to happen, but to me, it was<br />
on how refried beans are made … I found<br />
out they’re not even fried in the first place.<br />
They’re baked … If someone ever wants<br />
to hear a weird fact, I say that. It doesn’t<br />
come up often, but when it does, it can be<br />
kind of funny. It was an hour-and-a-half<br />
documentary on the Food Network, which<br />
I religiously watch.<br />
What is the funniest thing you’ve seen<br />
a kid do?<br />
I was dating a girl in high school who<br />
would babysit, so I used to go over and help<br />
her. We were watching a movie and, appropriate<br />
or not, there was a scene where a guy<br />
started streaking. We had a 6- or 7-yearold,<br />
and you would think, at that point, he<br />
would know, “Don’t do everything you see<br />
on television or in movies.” That didn’t<br />
happen. After we watched the movie, we<br />
took him out to … a little community lake<br />
... there in Eureka. It was a little crowded.<br />
So, he had the idea to be funny. He took off<br />
his pants and started streaking across the<br />
entire lake, jumped in the lake and started<br />
swimming naked. I was crying, laughing<br />
at the time, but she was not having any<br />
of it. She was trying to get him out, and I<br />
couldn’t even help at all. It was hysterical.<br />
It’s still vivid in my mind.<br />
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A 100-YEAR FAMILY LEGACY OF TOP-NOTCH LOCAL DENTAL CARE<br />
A deep-rooted history<br />
In 19<strong>18</strong>, Dr. Earl John Poe graduated from Saint Louis University Dental<br />
School, setting out on what would be the beginning of a successful career.<br />
Little did he know it would also be the beginning of a 100-year family legacy.<br />
Today, his family is in its fourth generation of carrying on his passion for<br />
quality care and leadership, with some of the most respected dental and<br />
orthodontic care in the region.<br />
Dr. Earl John Poe Sr. Dr. Earl John Poe Jr. Dr. Richard Demko Dr. Jackie Demko<br />
Dr. Poe’s son, Dr. Earl John Poe Jr., was the first to continue the legacy. After<br />
he graduated from SLU Dental School in 1944, he joined in practice with his<br />
father in downtown St. Louis.<br />
Dr. Poe Sr. was a member of numerous professional organizations and<br />
dental societies, an active Rotarian and member of the Missouri Athletic Club.<br />
Dr. Poe Jr. carried on that spirit of civic involvement; he taught at SLU Dental<br />
School, was president of the St. Louis Dental Society, served for the U.S.<br />
Army in the Koran War, and was a pilot and an artist.<br />
Dr. Poe Jr. had two daughters, Kathy and Nancy, who both went to work for<br />
the family dental practice as dental assistants.<br />
The family legacy was furthered when Nancy married Dr. Richard Demko, a<br />
1974 graduate of SLU Orthodontics School.<br />
When Dr. Poe Jr. died in 1987, Dr. Richard was ready at the helm to carry<br />
on the third generation of his father-in-law and great-father-in-law’s legacy.<br />
“They were great men. They were highly recognized by the St. Louis Dental<br />
Society. They were very involved, very giving, and did a lot more than just<br />
dentistry,” Dr. Richard said.<br />
Dr. Richard taught at SLU Orthodontics, served in the school’s Dental<br />
Education Department, founded the Department of Dentistry at St. Luke’s<br />
Hospital and served in the U.S. Army.<br />
Dr. Richard established his own orthodontic practice, Demko Orthodontics,<br />
with locations in Chesterfield, St. Charles and Washington, Missouri.<br />
In 2000, a new Dr. Demko came on the scene – Dr. Richard and Nancy’s<br />
daughter Jackie, who graduated from SLU Orthodontics School that year.<br />
The two enjoyed working side-by-side, and it wasn’t<br />
long before Dr. Richard knew Dr. Jackie was ready to take<br />
over.<br />
“After about three years of her working for me, I knew she<br />
was ready,” he said.<br />
In 2003, Dr. Richard retired and Dr. Jackie carried on the<br />
fourth generation of her family’s legacy.<br />
A fourth-generation family practice<br />
Dr. Richard said he at first discouraged his daughter from<br />
going to dental school. “I thought it’d be too tough on her.<br />
She went anyway. Now, she’s at the top of the ladder.”<br />
“I wanted to be my own boss, be creative and apply science,” Dr. Jackie<br />
recalled. “And what my dad did looked pretty cool! It’s a culmination of all<br />
my passions.”<br />
Dr. Jackie said the road to dental and orthodontics school was not easy,<br />
but it’s one that shaped her.<br />
“I was diagnosed with ADD in about fourth grade,” she said. “I always<br />
learned differently from everyone else. I looked at my grandparents and<br />
my dad and I didn’t think I was the same. When I got in to dental school, I<br />
thought, ‘Oh wow, I can do what they’re doing!’ It felt like it must be innate,<br />
in my genes, and that this is where I’m supposed to be.”<br />
Dr. Jackie works at all three Demko Orthodontics locations, where she<br />
specializes in highest quality orthodontic and dentofacial orthopedics for<br />
patients ranging from ages 6 to 86.<br />
Dr. Jackie prides herself on her treatment of the entire patient, not just<br />
their teeth. She says many people aren’t aware that with proper dental and<br />
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orthodontic care, other health issues can be fixed as a result.<br />
“I’m thinking about the whole function of the body. I’m not just looking<br />
at straightening teeth; I’m looking at allergies, asthma, sleep apnea, nasal<br />
problems, etc.,” Dr. Jackie said. “If you go to an orthodontist who isn’t thinking<br />
about these things, these problems will never get fixed.”<br />
Dr. Jackie and her staff work to always keep patients’ best interests at the<br />
forefront. With honesty and integrity, Dr. Jackie lays out all options available to<br />
a patient as well as any pros and cons – helping parents and children choose<br />
the treatment best suited for them, their budget and their schedule.<br />
Among Demko Orthodontics’ offerings are braces, Invisalign, AcceleDent<br />
and orthopedic development treatments to fix things such as crowding and<br />
overbite. And, for patients wanting to complement their great smile, Dr.<br />
Jackie also is certified to provide Botox and fillers.<br />
More than just dental care<br />
Like her father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Dr. Jackie is heavily<br />
involved in the community. In addition to being involved with numerous<br />
dental, orthodontic and charitable organizations, Dr. Jackie has begun to<br />
write her own story through CODE:SMiLE.<br />
In 2009, she established the nonprofit organization as a way to build<br />
self-esteem in children. The concept was born out of life lessons Dr. Jackie<br />
learned when she struggled with ADD.<br />
“With CODE: SMiLE, I was trying to emulate something my dad had<br />
inadvertently done for me,” Dr. Jackie said. “When I would get down and<br />
depressed, my dad would put stories down in front of me of people who<br />
were going through and overcoming hardships. I always seemed to have<br />
these stories to look to at pivotal moments when I was doubting myself.”<br />
With this in mind, Dr. Jackie began sharing her own story with young<br />
patients at her practice – hoping it would serve as one of those success<br />
stories she looked to as a child.<br />
“I began to see the impact my<br />
story was having on my patients,<br />
and I wanted to replicate that on a<br />
larger scale for people who aren’t<br />
my patients,” Dr. Jackie said.<br />
What started as being an<br />
inspirational role model for her<br />
patients turned into a wide-reaching<br />
nonprofit.<br />
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Trump must step down<br />
To the Editor:<br />
Why are so many people shocked at<br />
what President Donald Trump has done?<br />
Those folks that voted for President<br />
Trump knew he had no credibility. He has<br />
declared bankruptcy at least four times<br />
and has been married four times, yet he<br />
still runs around. Other countries are discounting<br />
the USA as credible. He must<br />
step down to save the USA. His ego is<br />
huge.<br />
Bonnie Viviano<br />
Actions speak louder than words<br />
To the Editor:<br />
President Donald Trump’s nomination<br />
of a well-qualified Supreme Court Justice<br />
provides an excellent opportunity for Sen.<br />
Claire McCaskill to demonstrate whose<br />
side she is on: the Missourians who voted<br />
for the Trump agenda by a margin of 19<br />
percent, or the Hollywood Elites who<br />
filled her coffers at their Beverly Hills<br />
fundraiser in May.<br />
Sen. McCaskill boasts of her “listening”<br />
to her constituents at numerous town<br />
halls throughout the state, but sadly that’s<br />
where it ends. She consistently votes with<br />
the east and west coast elitists who are<br />
funding her campaign. Her record coincides<br />
with that of ultra-liberal Elizabeth<br />
Warren 88 percent of the time. Among her<br />
numerous “nay” votes were Neil Gorsuch<br />
to be Associate Justice of the Supreme<br />
Court, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the<br />
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection<br />
Act.<br />
The old adage “Actions speak louder<br />
than words” has never been more true. I<br />
urge Missourians to pay attention to how<br />
McCaskill actually votes when it’s our<br />
turn to vote in November.<br />
Bev Eggering<br />
In this Issue<br />
10<br />
End of an era<br />
Sandfort Farm to be<br />
developed as singlefamily<br />
homes.<br />
Regarding the tragedy<br />
on Table Rock Lake<br />
To the Editor:<br />
I arrived in Okinawa in 1958, two<br />
weeks after a typhoon roared through a<br />
Marine Corps’ artillery base there killing<br />
29 men.<br />
DUWKs [ducks] were employed out of<br />
de-activation to recover the bodies swept<br />
out to sea. The ducks were ideal for this<br />
task because they could drive over the<br />
unseen underwater boulders while traversing<br />
shallow water [waist high]. The<br />
ducks served a purpose, but they were<br />
difficult to maintain [water seepage<br />
around the wheels, continuous pumping<br />
needed, top heavy, limited human capacity,<br />
tended to roll lengthwise] and the<br />
Marines were scared to death to ride in<br />
them.<br />
After the recovery, the ducks were<br />
de-activated again and sold to the tourist<br />
trade, never to be used again by the<br />
Marines.<br />
Could the tragedy on Table Rock Lake<br />
be prevented? Perhaps. But ducks are<br />
not seaworthy. Maybe the passengers in<br />
Branson rushed to one side to observe<br />
something. If ducks are going to be used,<br />
mandatory life vests need to be worn<br />
and more frequent inspections by Coast<br />
Guard are needed.<br />
Tom Paton<br />
Let’s remember Mike Matheny<br />
with grace<br />
To the Editor:<br />
There is so much talk and everyone has<br />
an opinion about Mike Matheny being<br />
fired. The news follows all of it, the good<br />
and the bad.<br />
Let’s remember the man and his abilities<br />
and his kindness.<br />
He was a great catcher for the Cardinals<br />
in his youth, and we all watched and<br />
admired that talent for several years.<br />
He learned to speak fluent Spanish,<br />
which helped our foreign men feel welcome<br />
when they were drafted by the St.<br />
Louis Cardinals. You could tell in his<br />
speaking and watching him in the dugout,<br />
he had so much respect and friendship<br />
with the players. He had been in their<br />
shoes, and knew the responsibility and<br />
hard work it was to be a major league<br />
baseball player.<br />
Personally, I remember, with tears<br />
still in my eyes when I think of it, being<br />
in Chesterfield Valley on the day he<br />
opened the baseball field he had sponsored<br />
and funded for children with<br />
disabilities. He gave a beautiful short<br />
speech, not bragging, but explaining his<br />
mission.<br />
Shortly after that, several school buses<br />
drove up and children poured onto that<br />
field with laughter and smiles. I will<br />
never never forget that sight. He welcomed<br />
them and, a short while later, it<br />
was announced: “Let’s Play Ball!” And<br />
they did.<br />
My husband and I and our friends sat<br />
through the entire game with our hearts<br />
pumping 100 beats per minute. We were<br />
so elated. I so remember one little boy on<br />
second base in a wheel chair, and being<br />
there was the thrill of his life. I am sure<br />
they all enjoyed that field many times,<br />
and to this day it is there. I hope it still is<br />
being used.<br />
Mike was not playing for the Cardinals<br />
at that time and had played for<br />
other teams. I am not sure if he even<br />
lived here at that time, as was after his<br />
retirement.<br />
I am sure many of you also have fond<br />
memories of Mike. Let’s remember<br />
those.<br />
Greta Clark Corkhill<br />
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Indoor smoking ban could<br />
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DARDENNE PRAIRIE<br />
Residents seek to keep<br />
flag flying at Station 15<br />
Dardenne Prairie residents and city officials<br />
recently were asked whether they<br />
would mind if wireless communications<br />
equipment and antennas were hung on a<br />
flagpole at Ambulance Station 15, located<br />
at 1120 Feise Road. The catch? The pole<br />
would no longer fly the American flag.<br />
The verdict? They did mind.<br />
On July <strong>18</strong>, the city’s Board of Aldermen<br />
approved a resolution suggesting that<br />
new wireless equipment and antennas be<br />
hung – somewhere else. It was sent to the<br />
St. Charles County Ambulance District.<br />
The resolution carries no legal weight<br />
and cannot force the ambulance district to<br />
continue to use the flagpole for flying flags.<br />
It simply urges the district to “retain the<br />
flagpole.”<br />
“Ultimately, the ambulance district gets<br />
the call,” Dardenne Prairie Mayor David<br />
Zucker said.<br />
The request came after the ambulance<br />
district was approached by SBA Communications<br />
with a request to upgrade cellular<br />
communications equipment currently<br />
attached to the tower, which also flies the<br />
American flag. The upgrade would include<br />
placing more equipment or antennas on the<br />
tower, preventing it from being used as a<br />
flagpole.<br />
Kyle Gaines, communications director<br />
for the district, said the tower provides<br />
about $1,500 a month in revenue to the<br />
district. But he added that the amount of<br />
money generated by the new equipment<br />
isn’t that high.<br />
“We wanted to be a good neighbor, so we<br />
reached out to the aldermen,” Gaines said.<br />
“We don’t want to make a decision in a silo<br />
and say, ‘Tough, have at it.’”<br />
Zucker said, following the district’s<br />
request, the city did an online survey of<br />
residents to see if they approved of the district<br />
allowing the flagpole to be eliminated.<br />
He said 92 percent of respondents said they<br />
wanted to retain the flagpole while 8 percent<br />
had no objection.<br />
“Everybody was of the strongly held<br />
opinion that the flagpole was a real plus<br />
and they wanted to see the flag flying,”<br />
Zucker said.<br />
The resolution states that the display of<br />
the American flag at Station 15 “is overwhelmingly<br />
desired by [Dardenne Prairie]<br />
citizens.” It also thanks the district for<br />
seeking public input.<br />
Gaines said the district’s board of directors<br />
may have to make the decision on<br />
keeping the flagpole. While the topic was<br />
not discussed that the board’s July 26<br />
meeting, it could be discussed in August.<br />
O’FALLON<br />
Openings, closings on<br />
East Terra Lane<br />
East Terra Lane at Hilltop Way reopened<br />
last week. The road opened to westbound<br />
traffic only from T.R. Hughes to Main<br />
Street. That change is permanent and message<br />
boards are in place to help drivers<br />
navigate the new traffic flow.<br />
Additionally, the new Vine Street connection<br />
to the Sonderen Loop road is open<br />
to traffic.<br />
East Terra, the city’s north outer road,<br />
was partially closed on June <strong>18</strong> from Hilltop<br />
Way to Main Street, including access to<br />
Sonderen, to allow construction of a new<br />
I-70 ramp to take place as part of the I-70<br />
corridor improvements.<br />
Immediately after opening one section<br />
of East Terra Lane, closures began on<br />
another section. The road now is closed<br />
just west of T.R. Hughes. This section will<br />
be worked on until November or December<br />
to construct the westbound slip ramp to<br />
exit I-70 onto East Terra Lane. Westbound,<br />
one-way traffic will remain open during<br />
this work.<br />
Work on the south outer road also is continuing<br />
and should be completed before the<br />
end of the year.<br />
Information and a map of the area showing<br />
closures and detours can be accessed<br />
online at fallon.mo.us.<br />
Block grant hearing<br />
scheduled for Aug. 16<br />
The city of O’Fallon will conduct a<br />
public hearing at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug.<br />
16 at the O’Fallon Municipal Center, 100 N.<br />
Main St., concerning the Fiscal Year 20<strong>18</strong><br />
Annual Plan for the O’Fallon Community<br />
Development Block Grant [CDBG] Program.<br />
A second public hearing is scheduled<br />
for Friday, Aug. 17 at 9 a.m. at Calvary<br />
Church, 3998 <strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> Mall Drive in St.<br />
Peters.<br />
Those who need assistance or auxiliary<br />
aids for either meeting should contact<br />
Public Assistance Specialist Alexis Jaegers<br />
at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.<br />
Jaegers can be reached at (636) 379-5411<br />
or ajaegers@ofallon.mo.us.<br />
ST. CHARLES COUNTY<br />
Family Arena talks continue<br />
St. Charles County officials are still considering<br />
selling the Family Arena, even<br />
though there were no takers last month<br />
when the county sought requests for proposals<br />
[RFPs] from anyone willing to purchase<br />
the property.<br />
Now, the county plans to negotiate and<br />
discuss a purchase agreement with an<br />
unidentified party that expressed an interest<br />
in the county’s multi-purpose event<br />
venue in early July. That request prompted<br />
the need to call for RFPs.<br />
“We are still working with the initial<br />
party,” said Bob Schnur, the county’s<br />
finance director who has managed the<br />
arena property operations the last three<br />
years. He said the next step for the county<br />
is to develop a purchase agreement; however,<br />
he did not identify the party making<br />
the offer or how much they were offering.<br />
“We believe it’s a legitimate offer,”<br />
Schnur said. “We’ll see how it goes with<br />
the purchase agreement. That’s the next<br />
step. How long that takes will drive when<br />
we would actually bring some sort of<br />
legislation to the council.” He added that<br />
there is no time limit on discussions, that<br />
the county is under no obligation to accept<br />
any offer for the arena and that the County<br />
Council would have to approve any purchase<br />
agreement.<br />
County Executive Steve Ehlmann told<br />
the council at its July 9 meeting that the<br />
unidentified party had made an unsolicited<br />
offer which prompted the county to seek<br />
proposals to purchase the property.<br />
“We will make a decision if that is in the<br />
best interest of the people of St. Charles<br />
County to sell or not to sell,” Ehlmann said
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Dardenne Creek<br />
at the time.<br />
Ehlmann said that the arena has become<br />
“less of a burden” financially with Schnur<br />
managing its operations.<br />
The $27 million Family Arena, funded<br />
by bonds, was built with the idea originally<br />
that a private operator would run it; however,<br />
as early as 2001, the county took over<br />
the direct operation after a private contractor<br />
was unsuccessful.<br />
The 10,000-seat Family Arena at 2002<br />
Arena Parkway with 3,500 parking spaces<br />
was built in 1999 at a time when there were<br />
no medium-sized multi-purpose venues in<br />
the St. Louis area.<br />
The arena can seat more than more than<br />
6,000 for half-house concerts and more<br />
than 11,000 for full concerts. The arena has<br />
been used by a number of hockey, soccer,<br />
indoor football and basketball teams, and<br />
as a venue for circuses, ice shows, trade<br />
shows and graduations.<br />
Blue way canoe route<br />
gets dual approval<br />
St. Charles County and St. Peters have<br />
formally agreed to develop a “blue way”<br />
canoe route connecting a new county park<br />
along the Mississippi River at the mouth<br />
of Dardenne Creek with St. Peters’ 370<br />
Lakeside Park.<br />
The St. Peters Board of Aldermen<br />
voted 8-0 at its July 26 meeting and the<br />
St. Charles County Council voted 6-0 at<br />
its July 30 meeting to approve a cooperative<br />
agreement that also will involve the<br />
Dardenne Creek Drainage District No. 3<br />
for preparing a portion of the creek for the<br />
canoe route. Councilmember Joe Brazil<br />
[District 2] was absent.<br />
370 Lakeside Park is about 3.5 miles<br />
upstream of the new county park, now<br />
known as <strong>Rivers</strong>ide Landing. Blockages<br />
from felled trees and other debris now<br />
present obstacles to canoes on the creek<br />
between the St. Peters park and a crossing<br />
of Hwy. B over the creek. The same<br />
stretch runs through land maintained by<br />
the Dardenne Prairie Drainage District.<br />
The district will do much of the work of<br />
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removing logs and debris, with the county<br />
and city contributing toward the cost. The<br />
city and county agreement states that<br />
the total amount to be spent on the work<br />
should not exceed $15,000.<br />
The county is responsible for 83 percent<br />
of the cost, with St. Peters responsible for<br />
17 percent. The agreement represents a<br />
one-time effort to see if the route can be<br />
established and expires on Dec. 31, 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
St. Peters Alderman Patrick Barclay<br />
[Ward 4] said during the board work session<br />
at the July 26 meeting that there has<br />
been phenomenal interest is trying to<br />
establish the blue way route.<br />
Festival of the Little Hills<br />
On Friday, Aug. 17 to Sunday, Aug. 19<br />
Festival of the Little Hills returns to Saint<br />
Charles’ Historic Main Street and Frontier<br />
Park. The festival is open from 4-10 p.m.<br />
on Friday, 9:30 a.m.-10 p.m. on Saturday,<br />
and 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday.<br />
A family-friendly event, the festival<br />
also features crafters, vendors and artisans<br />
as well as a Kids Korner. Entertainment<br />
includes King Benny, Trixie Delight,<br />
Connor Low Jazz Trio, The Driftaways,<br />
The Lone Rangers, Borderline, Dr. Zhivegas,<br />
4th Street Band and Catfish Willie.<br />
Details at festivalofthelittlehills.com.<br />
A variety of local band provide entertainment<br />
for all ages at Festival of the Little Hills.
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End of an era: Sandfort Farm to be developed as single family homes<br />
By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH<br />
For many years, Bob Sandfort, his two<br />
brothers and sister had a sense that time<br />
would run out on their more-than-a-century-old<br />
farm in St. Charles. The question<br />
was when. The answer is now.<br />
Three homebuilding companies broke<br />
ground on a new residential subdivision<br />
on the 125-acre Sandfort farm during ceremonies<br />
on July 30 at the property, which<br />
is located near the north side of Interstate<br />
70 between Zumbehl and Truman roads. It<br />
was one of the largest pieces of undeveloped<br />
land in the city of St. Charles.<br />
Located near the Blanchette Memorial<br />
Bridge across the Missouri River from St.<br />
Louis County, the old farm will now be<br />
known as the Villages at Sandfort Farm.<br />
Bob said the siblings simply decided it was<br />
time to sell the land in this way.<br />
“One factor was we felt that we should<br />
make the decision rather than pass that decision<br />
on along to other generations because<br />
they are spread out all over the country,”<br />
One of the largest undeveloped properties in St. Charles County<br />
will not be undeveloped for long.<br />
Bob said after the groundbreaking ceremony.<br />
“Another is that we’re getting older.”<br />
The youngest sibling is Ruth Ann<br />
Hummel, age 70. Neil Sandfort is the oldest<br />
at 78. Brother David is 74 and Bob is 76.<br />
“We aren’t able to take care of [the farm]<br />
as well as we’ve been able to in the past,”<br />
Bob said.<br />
The three companies developing the subdivision<br />
are among several who have been<br />
eyeing the property for years. The property<br />
is near popular shopping, dining and entertainment<br />
destinations, employment and<br />
schools. It will be served by the St. Charles<br />
School District.<br />
Lombardo Homes, McKelvey Homes<br />
and Payne Family Homes will build 253<br />
single-family homes ranging in size from<br />
2,400 square feet to more than 4,000<br />
square feet. In a news release, the developers<br />
described the homes as ranging from<br />
“villas to custom homes for everyone from<br />
first-time buyers to empty-nesters.” The<br />
development will feature a community<br />
swimming pool, 33 acres of common<br />
ground, walking paths<br />
and a playground.<br />
“We are excited to begin<br />
this project,” said Ken<br />
Kruse, president of Payne<br />
Family Homes. “There<br />
are very few new construction<br />
opportunities<br />
available in his highly<br />
sought-after area of St.<br />
Charles. Sandfort Farm<br />
will offer buyers the best<br />
of everything including<br />
a convenient location,<br />
top-quality construction,<br />
modern amenities, green<br />
space and a quality school district.”<br />
Construction on display homes<br />
is expected to begin in August<br />
with sales slated to begin in<br />
November.<br />
What may be lost in the transaction<br />
is the property’s history.<br />
The land was originally owned<br />
by a slave owner from North<br />
Carolina who began acquiring<br />
property in the area in the <strong>18</strong>30s.<br />
In <strong>18</strong>36, the original plantation<br />
house was built followed<br />
by other buildings including a<br />
smokehouse. Orchards also were<br />
planted.<br />
“There is one pear tree left from<br />
the trees they planted,” Bob said.<br />
That original property owner<br />
died in <strong>18</strong>44 and his son took<br />
over. Then, the Civil War forced<br />
the sale of the property because<br />
a lack of slave labor greatly reduced the<br />
ability of the property owner to farm its<br />
thousands of acres.<br />
Sandfort said his ancestor was among a<br />
wave of German immigrants who bought<br />
up pieces of farmland and property in the<br />
area. That ancestor acquired the farm on<br />
April 29, <strong>18</strong>79.<br />
“My ancestor bought in on the courthouse<br />
steps, taxes due,” Bob said.<br />
German heritage farms featured different<br />
kinds of crops including soybeans,<br />
corn and wheat along with livestock such<br />
as hogs, cattle and chickens. Bob said the<br />
county was still quite rural when he was a<br />
boy. St. Charles had a population of about<br />
13,000 and horses were still be used for<br />
farm work; tractors were just coming in<br />
Bob Sandfort in front of his family’s ancestral farmhouse.<br />
when Bob was a child.<br />
His father followed after his father, who<br />
followed after his father, who also followed<br />
after his father – all became farmers.<br />
Sandfort’s father died in 1998. The property<br />
had not been farmed for years.<br />
“None of [my father’s] children were<br />
basically farmers,” Bob said.<br />
Bob has a doctorate from the University<br />
of Missouri in electrical engineering and<br />
worked for Monsanto for years locally and<br />
for five years in Europe. Then, he became<br />
president and chief operating officer with<br />
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. in St.<br />
Peters.<br />
The property is too small for a grain farm<br />
See SANDFORT FARM, page <strong>18</strong><br />
O’Fallon Council approves citywide traffic study to address volume, ‘hot spots’<br />
By JESSICA MESZAROS<br />
At its July 26 meeting, the O’Fallon<br />
City Council discussed and approved a<br />
resolution that would create an agreement<br />
between the city and Lochmueller Group,<br />
a St. Peters-based engineering consultant<br />
company, to perform a citywide traffic<br />
study.<br />
The resolution comes on the heels<br />
of the recently approved I-70 Roads<br />
Improvements Project, currently underway<br />
in O’Fallon, and the council’s July<br />
12 approval of enhanced traffic-calming<br />
measures.<br />
The contracted amount for the traffic<br />
study is $124,993. It came before the<br />
council with recommended approval<br />
from the city’s public works department.<br />
According to legislation presented at<br />
the July 26 meeting, the city originally<br />
budgeted $125,000, in 2017 for the traffic<br />
survey. A mid-year budget request is<br />
being processed to roll that funding into<br />
the 20<strong>18</strong> budget.<br />
Lochmueller Group will conduct a full<br />
investigation of traffic in the city to include<br />
observations of current traffic operations<br />
such as queuing and other possible delays,<br />
an examination of popular commercial<br />
corridors such as Hwy. K and Mexico<br />
Road, a compilation of traffic volume data,<br />
a determination of performance measures,<br />
identification of peak traffic times for local<br />
roadways and more. In addition, the study<br />
also proposes to use GIS [Geographic<br />
Information System] crash data to map and<br />
analyze the city’s five-year crash history<br />
and identify 10 “hot-spot” crash locations<br />
for further investigation.<br />
The goal of the study is to compile<br />
professional recommendations for future<br />
road and intersection improvements. One<br />
of the key areas of study is future growth<br />
patterns, to help city staff in prioritizing<br />
funding for future projects. Evidence from<br />
the study also could help justify projects<br />
in grant applications to the County Road<br />
Board and East-West Gateway Council of<br />
Governments, potentially increasing the<br />
chance for funding outside of the city’s<br />
own budget.<br />
The resolution passed 7-1, with Councilmember<br />
Jeff Schwentker [Ward 4] voting<br />
in opposition. Councilmembers Tom Herweck<br />
[Ward 2] and Jeff Kuehn [Ward 4]<br />
were absent.<br />
According to Schwentker, his concern<br />
stemmed how close the cost of the bid<br />
comes to the full budgeted amount, which<br />
was already public knowledge.<br />
“My only concern was that this was<br />
public information back when we budgeted<br />
it in 2017,” Schwentker said. “When<br />
we budgeted $125,000 to do a traffic study,<br />
which I believe is very well needed, but we<br />
budgeted $125,000 and it’s coming in at<br />
$124,993. I don’t think that’s a coincidence.<br />
I don’t like the way that we budgeted this<br />
in 2017, and it was public information for<br />
the people that were bidding on it, so now<br />
I’m a little disappointed because I think a<br />
traffic study needs to be done.”<br />
The city anticipated that the study would<br />
begin this month and conclude in early<br />
2019.
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Indoor smoking ban in public places could be placed on November ballot<br />
By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH<br />
A countywide indoor smoking ban<br />
may be placed on the Nov. 6 ballot for St.<br />
Charles County voters to decide.<br />
Smoke Free St. Charles County, a coalition<br />
of health groups and citizens, turned<br />
in what they said were petitions with more<br />
than 30,000 signatures seeking to place<br />
the smoking ban on the election ballot in<br />
the form of a charter amendment.<br />
The petition was submitted to the St.<br />
Charles Election Authority on July 25. A<br />
similar petition may be submitted in St.<br />
Louis County in several weeks, the organization’s<br />
Facebook site states.<br />
The petition would ban smoking in all<br />
enclosed public places such as restaurants,<br />
hotels, motels, membership clubs,<br />
casinos, stores, bars, employment and<br />
vehicles owned or used by an employer.<br />
“Everyone has the right to breathe<br />
smoke-free air, and St. Louis County and<br />
St. Charles County have the opportunity<br />
to protect that right at the November<br />
polls,” a statement on the Smoke Free<br />
St. Charles County Facebook page reads.<br />
“Our communities have unwavering support<br />
for smoke-free environments, and<br />
need your support to make it happen.”<br />
Smoking ban advocates have been<br />
discussing the petition in both counties<br />
dating back to last year. The ban in St.<br />
Charles County would apply to municipalities<br />
and the unincorporated areas;<br />
Lake Saint Louis and O’Fallon already<br />
have smoking bans.<br />
For the charter amendment to go on the<br />
St. Charles County ballot, petitions must<br />
be signed by registered voters equal to at<br />
least 10 percent of the total vote for governor<br />
in 2016 in five of the County Council’s<br />
seven districts – that would be about<br />
20,000 signatures.<br />
But the process isn’t as simple as<br />
dropping off petitions at the election<br />
authority. Along with meeting voter<br />
total requirements in five council districts,<br />
the signatures have to be verified<br />
by the county Election Authority, said<br />
Rich Chrismer, director of the county<br />
election authority.<br />
“Anybody not a registered voter and who<br />
doesn’t live in our county is automatically<br />
stricken. That’s why we tell people when<br />
they are doing petitions they need to have<br />
a good buffer,” Chrismer said.<br />
“Everyone has the right to<br />
breathe smoke-free air ...”<br />
– Smoke Free St. Charles County<br />
Chrismer said officials from Smoke<br />
Free St. Charles County first said they had<br />
about 21,000 signatures when they turned<br />
in the petitions. Later, Chrismer said they<br />
told him they had more like 30,000 signatures<br />
or more.<br />
“So we have no idea how many they<br />
have,” Chrismer said.<br />
“If they have 21,000, they are in trouble.<br />
If it’s 30,000, they are OK,” he said.<br />
A problem for the election authority<br />
is getting the count completed. Back in<br />
2004, due to issues reviewing signatures<br />
on another petition drive, voter registration<br />
cards were placed in computer-accessible<br />
files where signatures can be more<br />
quickly reviewed.<br />
Chrismer said the verification is faster,<br />
but with 20,000-30,000 signatures to<br />
review, it’s going to take time. And Chrismer<br />
said he has just 14 staff members.<br />
“We’re going to try but we have this<br />
election [the Aug. 7 primary] coming up<br />
in 11 days,” Chrismer said. “That’s our<br />
priority.”<br />
The deadline for placing items on the<br />
Nov. 6 ballot is Aug. 28. Smoke Free<br />
St. Charles County will have to ask the<br />
county council to agree to place the charter<br />
amendment on the November ballot.<br />
Chrismer also noted that the petition<br />
and ballot language are lengthy.<br />
“It’s three-and-a-half pages long and<br />
it’s very extensive,” he said. “I don’t<br />
know how they are going to get all the<br />
language down to a number that can fit on<br />
the ballot.”<br />
Bar and restaurant owners and the<br />
Ameristar Casino in St. Charles have<br />
opposed bans in the past. Councilmember<br />
Joe Cronin, [District 1] has been the one<br />
councilman who has explored smoking<br />
bans in public places.<br />
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Opponents file suit to overturn Missouri Bluff development approval<br />
By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH<br />
Opponents of a controversial proposal to<br />
build subdivision homes in the forested Missouri<br />
Bluffs area along the Missouri River<br />
have filed suit seeking to overturn a June<br />
decision by the St. Charles County Council<br />
that gives a go-ahead to the development.<br />
Great <strong>Rivers</strong> Environmental Law Center<br />
filed suit on July 25 in St. Charles County<br />
Circuit Court on behalf of two plaintiffs to<br />
void the rezoning and planned unit development<br />
[PUD] that would allow more than<br />
260 homes to be built on the bluffs.<br />
The plaintiffs in the case are Weldon<br />
Woods Inc., and Bettie Yahn-Kramer, a<br />
Weldon Spring resident who lives near the<br />
site. The seven-count lawsuit states that the<br />
county failed to hold a public hearing on<br />
the planned unit development request and<br />
rezoning that the county adopted. The suit<br />
also alleges a possible state Sunshine Law<br />
violation for lack of a 24-hour public notice<br />
on the plan before the council on June 25,<br />
which the suit alleges violated the county’s<br />
master plan for development.<br />
“The people were never allowed to speak<br />
on this plan to put in 276 housing units,”<br />
said Kathleen Henry, an attorney for Great<br />
<strong>Rivers</strong> Environmental Law Center, a nonprofit<br />
public interest environmental law<br />
firm.<br />
The original proposal for the property<br />
was filed in December 2017 involved<br />
a rezoning from agricultural to R1-A<br />
planned unit development for a largely-tree<br />
covered 386.52-acre tract adjacent to the<br />
Missouri Bluffs Golf<br />
Course and located<br />
south of the Missouri<br />
Research Park, west of<br />
Interstate 64 and north<br />
of the Missouri River.<br />
The rezoning included<br />
a detailed site plan for<br />
the property.<br />
The University of<br />
Missouri, which owns the ground, has indicated<br />
they would sell the property to the<br />
developers with the approval of an acceptable<br />
zoning and concept plan. However,<br />
the plan ran into strong opposition from<br />
nearby residents and an environmental<br />
group worried about its impact on the Katy<br />
Trail, other wildlife areas and the quality of<br />
life of nearby homes.<br />
The county’s planning and zoning commission<br />
voted 8-1 in March to recommend<br />
“I’ve never seen something<br />
where the developer could come<br />
back so many times with such<br />
different proposals.”<br />
denial of the original Whittaker plan. Commissioners<br />
said it was a good potential<br />
development but inappropriate for the site.<br />
The multi-phased development began<br />
with a plan that proposed 315 single-family<br />
and 120 multi-family units submitted last<br />
December.<br />
The council has delayed votes at its April<br />
30 and May 21 meetings,<br />
allowing the<br />
developers, Missouri<br />
Bluffs Golf Ventures<br />
and NT Home Builders,<br />
headed by developer<br />
Greg Whittaker,<br />
to revise the proposal.<br />
What the council voted<br />
on in June included a<br />
proposed 140 single-family homes and up<br />
to 136 multi-family units.<br />
At its May 21 meeting, the council<br />
approved a motion stating that it would<br />
announce when a vote would take<br />
place at the council meeting before that<br />
vote is scheduled to occur. The council<br />
announced at its June 11 meeting that it<br />
was expected to vote on the controversial<br />
proposal on June 25, giving notice as it<br />
said it would. The lawsuit notes that a<br />
– Attorney Kathleen Henry<br />
revised substitute bill was submitted on<br />
June 20 and new PUD was filed on June<br />
25, the day of the council meeting. There<br />
was no time for a public notice of a hearing,<br />
Henry said.<br />
“I think the procedures did get lost,”<br />
Henry said. “I’ve never seen something<br />
where the developer could come back so<br />
many times with such different proposals.”<br />
Henry said voiding the rezoning<br />
“would mean starting over from square<br />
one with a new proposal to the [county]<br />
planning and zoning commission with a<br />
public hearing.”<br />
Meanwhile, in a statement released on<br />
Aug. 3, county officials said they believe<br />
the council’s actions to adopt the rezoning<br />
and PUD were “in compliance with<br />
the Missouri Constitution, state law, the St.<br />
Charles County Charter and county ordinances.”<br />
“I can tell you that the county feels it has<br />
properly proceeded in all respects,” said<br />
County Counselor Keith Hazelwood on<br />
Aug. 3. “I know we feel as though we’ve<br />
acted legally in all stages of the process.”<br />
Brad Goss, an attorney for the developers,<br />
could not be reached for comment on<br />
Friday afternoon.<br />
Spec building approved for business park<br />
By BRIAN FLINCHPAGH<br />
Build it and they will come – words<br />
that apparently apply to the Premier 370<br />
Business Park because a new, large “spec”<br />
building has been given the go-ahead by<br />
the city of St. Peters.<br />
The city’s Board of Aldermen has<br />
approved issuing $12.8 million in industrial<br />
revenue bonds to build a 375,200-squarefoot<br />
facility on 24.65 acres at 1001 Premier<br />
Parkway in the business park. The land<br />
is owned by a subsidiary of Duke Realty<br />
Corp., which is developing the park.<br />
The project is expected to be substantially<br />
completed by Feb. 1, 2019. The developer<br />
will “seek to sell the project or find one or<br />
more tenants to occupy the project” according<br />
to the project’s development plan.<br />
The aldermen voted 8-0 at their July 26<br />
meeting to approve a bill to issue the bonds.<br />
The facility would be the latest addition to<br />
the park, that also will include an Amazon<br />
fulfillment center, of more than 800,000<br />
square feet, which may generate more than<br />
1,500 jobs. That project is scheduled to be<br />
finished and operational by May 1, 2019.<br />
The park’s other tenants include Best<br />
Buy, Dayton Freight, Reckitt Benckiser,<br />
SAIA and Grove Collaborative.<br />
The plan for the site notes that the city is<br />
not currently offering real or personal property<br />
tax abatement on the project; however,<br />
it also notes that once a purchaser or tenant<br />
is identified, “the city will determine if it is<br />
desirable to offer property tax abatement.”<br />
On other projects in the park, the city<br />
has offered tax incentives, including sales<br />
tax exemptions on building materials and<br />
property tax abatements. The building of<br />
the 496,309-square-foot FedEx facility on<br />
114 acres in the business park prompted the<br />
city to offer a 10-year abatement of property<br />
taxes up to $5.84 million and involving<br />
10 local tax jurisdictions as well as the<br />
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Duke Realty also spurred recent development<br />
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at 1000 Premier Parkway that became<br />
the Grove Collaborative facility. City officials<br />
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Finding non-processed options at the<br />
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because a food is labeled “organic” or “natural”<br />
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Though canned vegetables and soups may<br />
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typically high in sodium. Sandwich bread,<br />
pre-packaged lunch meat and even condiments<br />
also should be chosen carefully.<br />
Though mildly processed foods can be<br />
OK in moderation, it’s best to make things<br />
from scratch at home so you can know<br />
exactly what ingredients are included.<br />
According to Mary Beth Rudroff, a<br />
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one store-bought processed food to avoid<br />
is granola bars. Though they are marketed<br />
as a “healthy snack,” many store-bought<br />
granola bars are loaded with simple-carbohydrates<br />
and added sugars, which don’t<br />
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“They can have a lot of sugar, and a<br />
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[children] to be involved in the process and<br />
is a healthier alternative.”<br />
If your child buys lunch at school, talk<br />
to them about making healthy choices.<br />
Teach them the basics of a balanced lunch,<br />
the various food groups and the value of<br />
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A food and beer lover’s<br />
paradise in O’Fallon<br />
Mike’s Grill and Tap is a family-owned<br />
and -operated food and beer lover’s paradise<br />
in O’Fallon, boasting fresh renovations, an<br />
updated menu and expanded hours.<br />
The restaurant came under new ownership<br />
in July 2017, though it’s coincidentally still<br />
owned by a Mike – Mike Holmes.<br />
“I’m there every day,” Mike, who has lived in<br />
the area for 15 years and is a former owner of<br />
Sherlock’s in Cottleville, said. “Meeting new<br />
people, connecting with customers, at the end<br />
of the day, I like to be out on the floor to talk and<br />
say ‘thank you’ to everyone.”<br />
The restaurant’s menu features original,<br />
mouthwatering items such as Sizzling Steak<br />
Kabobs, Nachos Roma, Taco Salad, Bayou<br />
Penne Pasta and a variety of juicy burgers –<br />
while ensuring there are a host of beverages<br />
with which to pair.<br />
Mike’s Grill and Tap is known for its 24 draft<br />
beers, many of them locally sourced. Yearround,<br />
visitors can taste the Angry Irish Wife<br />
red ale that was created by O’Fallon Brewery<br />
specifically for Mike’s Grill and Tap.<br />
“It’s important for us to work with the little<br />
mom and pop breweries, but at the same time<br />
it’s important to give the customer what they<br />
want,” Mike said, adding that he is always<br />
listening to customers’ input and suggestions.<br />
With recent renovations to the bar, dining<br />
room and other parts of the restaurant,<br />
customers dine in a great atmosphere that’s<br />
friendly to any age or demographic.<br />
The fresh, made-from-scratch food and the<br />
cold drinks can now be enjoyed seven days a<br />
week for lunch and dinner. Catered events onand<br />
off-site are also available.<br />
By KATE UPTERGROVE<br />
Twenty-four years ago, a group of men<br />
held a prayer breakfast in St. Charles<br />
County. The year before, a young soldier<br />
led a three-vehicle convoy through<br />
intense gunfire in the capital<br />
of Somalia to help return a<br />
wounded Army Ranger to<br />
their base. Perhaps you’ve<br />
heard of that operation – it<br />
is known as Black Hawk<br />
Down.<br />
But what do those men<br />
have in common?<br />
This year, that former<br />
Army officer – Major Jeffrey<br />
Struecker – will be<br />
the keynote speaker at<br />
the 24th annual Businessmen’s<br />
Prayer Breakfast of<br />
St. Charles County. Despite its name, the<br />
breakfast is open to all men and women –<br />
and it typically sells out, so if you want to<br />
go, you have to act fast.<br />
Sponsored in part by <strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> <strong>Newsmagazine</strong>,<br />
the breakfast is at 7:30 a.m.<br />
on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at the St. Charles<br />
Convention Center. Doors open at 7 a.m.<br />
Admission is $25 per person. Tickets are<br />
available for purchase online at ministrytomen.net<br />
or by calling (636) 720-1202.<br />
Struecker retired as an Army chaplain<br />
with over 22 years of active federal service.<br />
Today, he is the lead pastor at Calvary Baptist<br />
Church in Columbus, Georgia, and an<br />
award-winning author with five books in<br />
print.<br />
“I was heavily influenced by my experience<br />
as an enlisted soldier in the United<br />
States Army,” Struecker said. “The experience<br />
taught me the basis for my leadership<br />
today. Although I was active in sharing<br />
my faith as an enlisted soldier, it heavily<br />
influenced the type of Army chaplain that<br />
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in this day and age, largely because of the<br />
expensive farm equipment required, Bob<br />
said. “You have to have several thousand<br />
acres to be successful in that endeavor.”<br />
Deciding what to do about the family<br />
farm is a familiar dilemma in St. Charles<br />
County, one that has played out in the last<br />
30 to 40 years. The cutting of Interstate 70<br />
through the county prompted many farmers<br />
to sell their land for residential and<br />
other development.<br />
“We weren’t under that kind of financial<br />
enlisted soldier in the Army taught me to<br />
rely on the Holy Spirit in every aspect of<br />
my life.”<br />
Struecker will talk about some of those<br />
experiences with those gathered for breakfast<br />
on Sept. 5. And, of course, he’ll talk<br />
about faith.<br />
“I don’t hide my faith<br />
when I speak about my<br />
experiences in Black Hawk<br />
Down,” Struecker said.<br />
“There’s no way to separate<br />
what I went through in<br />
Mogadishu, Somalia, from<br />
my faith. However, I think<br />
there is a lot you can learn<br />
about facing challenges of<br />
life from my experience in<br />
Somalia. I believe, even if<br />
you have no real faith background,<br />
you will walk away<br />
encouraged from this event.”<br />
The founders of the Prayer Breakfast and<br />
the men running it today say the power of<br />
the breakfast is in its ability to inspire.<br />
“Its purpose is to allow people to hear<br />
speakers that are very successful business<br />
professionals and community leaders<br />
sharing their stories of inspiration and<br />
faith,” said Ron Hollis, who is co-chair<br />
of the event, along with Dennis Boenker.<br />
“People do come to the event to do some<br />
networking, but it’s inspiration that is the<br />
big takeaway.”<br />
The breakfast is organized and hosted by<br />
Ministry to Men, a 501[c][3] organization<br />
that also hosts “about 40 men’s bible studies<br />
held weekly around St. Charles County.”<br />
“Every business leader has to make<br />
tough decisions on occasion. Every field of<br />
business experiences tough circumstances<br />
occasionally. It’s great leadership that gets<br />
a business through those challenging circumstances,”<br />
Struecker said. “The Businessmen’s<br />
Prayer Breakfast will help you<br />
be a better leader and a better businessman<br />
or woman. I can’t wait to see you there!”<br />
pressure and we held on for a while,” Bob<br />
said. “But none of the siblings of mine<br />
were going to be farmers, it was already<br />
obvious for some time that something<br />
would have to be done.”<br />
At first, the Sandforts put the property<br />
in a conservation reserve program to limit<br />
erosion and foster bird life.<br />
“That was very nice, very pleasant, we all<br />
enjoyed that very much but it was a lot of<br />
work,” Bob said. “As I say, we’re getting<br />
older.”<br />
Now, the land will be enjoyed by other<br />
families.
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Mannino’s Market in Cottleville<br />
center in St. Peters in mid-July. The new<br />
facility represents $3,708,500 in total capital<br />
investment and is expected to create<br />
210 new jobs in the region.<br />
PEOPLE<br />
Ellen Reed, executive director of<br />
Turning Point Advocacy Services, has<br />
announced her retirement. The organization<br />
held a celebration in her honor on July<br />
27 and launched the Ellen G. Reed Legacy<br />
of 100 Sparkling Lights fund. Additionally,<br />
the nonprofit has added John Armstrong<br />
and Mary Salois to its governing<br />
board. Turning Point serves individuals<br />
and families in Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln,<br />
Montgomery, Warren and western St.<br />
Charles counties.<br />
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St. Charles resident and business owner<br />
Miranda Bell has been named to The Sparrow’s<br />
Nest Teen Maternity Home board of<br />
directors. Bell is the co-owner and business<br />
manager of Rhythm & Thyme Mobile<br />
Kitchen.<br />
• • •<br />
Thomas Crocco, of O’Fallon, has been<br />
named as a 10 Best in Missouri For Client<br />
Satisfaction by the The American Institute<br />
of Criminal Law Attorneys.<br />
• • •<br />
George W. Sheets recently assumed<br />
the role of fire chief for the city of Saint<br />
Charles Fire Department. Sheets has more<br />
than 36 years of fire and emergency medical<br />
service experience, serving 22 of those<br />
years as a fire chief.<br />
Business<br />
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PLACES<br />
Mannino’s Market is proudly celebrating<br />
the 20th anniversary of its Cottleville<br />
location. The store, located 5205 Hwy. N in<br />
Cottleville, is known for its full service meat<br />
and deli counter and its fresh baked goods.<br />
A family-owned business, the market has<br />
been passed down through four generations<br />
and counting. Visit Mannino’s online at<br />
manninosmarket.com or stop in seven days<br />
a week. A 20th anniversary party is from<br />
noon-4 p.m. on Sunday Aug. 12.<br />
• • •<br />
Grove Collaborative, a natural home<br />
products company which delivers products<br />
directly to consumers, cut the ribbon on<br />
their new 137,000-square-foot fulfillment<br />
Grove Collaborative ribbon cutting<br />
NETWORKING & EVENTS<br />
The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce &<br />
Industries hosts a Lunch ‘n’ Legislators event<br />
from noon-1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 17 at Rendezvous<br />
Cafe & Wine Bar, 217 S. Main St. in<br />
O’Fallon. Registration is required and can be<br />
made online at ofallonchamber.org.<br />
• • •<br />
The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce<br />
& Industries hosts a “Painting it Forward”<br />
from 7-9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24 at<br />
Pinot’s Palette, 10 Meadows Circle Drive<br />
in Lake Saint Louis to benefit Bridgeway<br />
Women’s Shelter. Damsels in Defense will<br />
share safety tips. All painting supplies are<br />
included in the $40 per person cost. Details<br />
and registration online pinotspalette.com.<br />
• • •<br />
The Greater St. Charles Chamber of<br />
Commerce hosts Morning Brew from<br />
7:30-9 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at Krispy<br />
Kreme Doughnuts, 6021 <strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> Mall<br />
Drive in Cottleville. Admission is free.<br />
Register online at gstccc.com.
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A condition known as “iPad neck” or<br />
“tablet neck,” which refers to persistent<br />
pain in the neck or upper shoulders caused<br />
by slouching, bending unnaturally or sitting<br />
without back support while using a<br />
tablet computer, is a growing problem in<br />
the U.S. – especially among young women,<br />
according to researchers at the University<br />
of Nevada - Las Vegas.<br />
Working with hospitals and physical<br />
therapy centers in Nevada, UNLV led a<br />
survey of university students, staff, faculty<br />
and alumni about their tablet usage<br />
habits along with their neck and shoulder<br />
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New drivers at highest<br />
risk for accidents<br />
The period between Memorial Day<br />
and Labor Day is often referred to as the<br />
“100 deadliest days” for teenage drivers,<br />
because their rate of fatal car crashes<br />
climbs by 15 percent compared to the rest<br />
of the year. However, teens with newly<br />
issued driver’s licenses may be at very high<br />
risk year-round, according to a new study<br />
conducted at Virginia Tech.<br />
The study, recently published in the<br />
Journal of Adolescent Health, showed<br />
that teens were eight times more likely<br />
to be involved in a collision or near miss<br />
during their first three months after getting<br />
a driver’s license, compared to their final<br />
three months with a learner’s permit. New<br />
drivers were also four times more likely<br />
to engage in risky behaviors behind the<br />
wheel, such as accelerating rapidly, braking<br />
suddenly and making hard turns. By<br />
comparison, teens with learner’s permits<br />
had about the same rates of crashes and<br />
risky driving behaviors as adults.<br />
Data for the study was collected using<br />
software and cameras installed in the participants’<br />
cars. It is one of the first to follow<br />
participants’ driving continuously, from<br />
when they first obtained their learners permits<br />
through the end of their first year of<br />
licensed driving.<br />
The rate of crashes and near-crashes was<br />
found to be similar in male and female new<br />
drivers. However, the research showed that<br />
risky driving, which did not differ by gender<br />
during the learning period, was higher<br />
among boys with new licenses than girls.<br />
The incidence of risky behaviors decreased<br />
over time for girls during their first year of<br />
licensed driving, but not for boys.<br />
“During the learner’s permit period, parents<br />
are present, so there are some skills<br />
that teenagers cannot learn until they are<br />
on their own,” said Pnina Gershon, Ph.D.,<br />
the study’s lead author. “We need a better<br />
understanding of how to help teenagers<br />
learn safe driving skills when parents or<br />
other adults are not present.”<br />
In the future, the researchers plan to<br />
explore whether the length and quality of<br />
practice driving time can predict the risk<br />
of crashes during the early independent<br />
driving period. They also will look into the<br />
influence of passengers on young drivers’<br />
behavior during the learning period and<br />
through their first months of independent<br />
driving.<br />
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From black cohosh to ease menopausal<br />
symptoms, to echinacea to prevent colds,<br />
to ginkgo biloba to improve memory – the<br />
list of herbal remedies marketed to consumers<br />
as health aids is virtually endless,<br />
and potentially confusing as well.<br />
Although plants have been used for<br />
medicinal purposes for thousands of<br />
years, herbal supplements still aren’t as<br />
strictly regulated as over-the-counter or<br />
prescription medications, and supplement<br />
manufacturers do not have to<br />
get approval from the Food and Drug<br />
Administration [FDA] before putting<br />
their products on the market. Yet many of<br />
these supposedly “natural” supplements<br />
can have medication-like effects, or can<br />
interact significantly with prescription<br />
medicines, making it important for supplement<br />
users to have up-to-date information<br />
about possible unwanted effects<br />
of these supplements.<br />
To help consumers navigate the wealth<br />
of information about popular herbs and<br />
herbal supplements, the National Institutes<br />
of Health [NIH] recently launched Herb-<br />
List , an app that provides research-based<br />
data about the safety and effectiveness of<br />
herbal products. Developed by the NIH’s<br />
National Center for Complementary and<br />
Integrative Health, HerbList is designed<br />
for consumers, healthcare providers and<br />
others to quickly access scientific information<br />
about the most popular herbal supplements<br />
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50 others.<br />
The app’s users can access information<br />
on potential safety problems, side effects,<br />
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A new app from the National Institutes of Health provides consumers with information and<br />
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“iPad neck” is a painful condition that is becoming increasingly common, especially among<br />
young women.<br />
Ping Lee, lead author of the study, said the<br />
results of the survey are concerning given<br />
the growing popularity of tablet computers,<br />
e-book readers, and other such devices.<br />
“Such high prevalence of neck and shoulder<br />
symptoms, especially among the younger<br />
populations, presents a substantial burden<br />
to society,” he said.<br />
To prevent iPad neck, Lee offered the<br />
following tips:<br />
• Sit in a chair with back support when<br />
using a tablet, rather than slouching over<br />
with the computer in your lap.<br />
• Place your iPad or tablet on a stand<br />
rather than a flat surface, and attach a keyboard<br />
in order to achieve a more upright<br />
posture.<br />
• Exercise to strengthen neck and shoulder<br />
muscles [this is particularly important<br />
for women, who tend to experience more<br />
neck and shoulder pain].<br />
• Use a posture “reminder” device or<br />
wearable posture trainer to let you know<br />
when you’re slouching.<br />
On the calendar<br />
The O’Fallon Fire Protection District<br />
offers a Community CPR class on<br />
Wednesday, Aug. 15 from 6-8:30 p.m. at<br />
Fire Station 3, 600 Laura Hill Road in<br />
O’Fallon. Registrants who successfully<br />
pass this class will be issued a Heartsaver<br />
CPR-AED card through the American<br />
Heart Association that is valid for two<br />
years; however, the class does not include<br />
first aid instruction. Class size is limited<br />
to <strong>18</strong> students, with fire district residents<br />
receiving preference. Attendance is free<br />
for district residents and $25 for nonresidents.<br />
Children ages 12- 17 must be<br />
accompanied by a parent or guardian. To<br />
sign up, complete and return the registration<br />
form available online at ofallonfire.org/forms;<br />
call (636) 272-3493 with<br />
questions.<br />
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BJC offers Know Your Numbers<br />
health screenings on Friday, Aug. 17<br />
from 9-11 a.m. at the <strong>Mid</strong>dendorf-Kredell<br />
Branch Library, 2750 Hwy. K in O’Fallon,<br />
in Room A. These screening tests for<br />
adults include lung function check and<br />
blood pressure checks; cholesterol lipid<br />
panel and glucose measurements; body<br />
composition analysis, and body mass<br />
index [BMI]. Participants should fast for<br />
at least 10 hours prior to screening. All<br />
screenings are free, but advance registration<br />
is required. Appointments can be<br />
made online at bjcstcharlescounty.org/<br />
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St. Louis Children’s Hospital sponsors a<br />
Staying Home Alone course on Wednesday,<br />
Aug. 22 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Spencer<br />
Road Branch Library, 427 Spencer<br />
Road in St. Peters. This class, designed<br />
for parents and children to attend together,<br />
will help determine a child’s readiness –<br />
physically, mentally, socially and emotionally<br />
– to stay home alone and help prepare<br />
them for this experience. The fee is $25<br />
per family. When calling (636) 344-5437<br />
to register, provide the names of all family<br />
members attending.<br />
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can serve as a last farewell to family, friends and the community.<br />
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Volunteers for the St. Charles County Veterans Museum, set to open in April 2019, have begun collecting military artifacts from local veterans that may be used for displays at the museum.<br />
[Emily Rothermich photos]<br />
Planning committee moves closer to creating a<br />
Veterans Museum filled with memories<br />
By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH<br />
Ralph Barrale’s visions as far as honoring<br />
veterans have tended to become realities.<br />
His latest project may as well – with a<br />
little help from his friends.<br />
Barrale’s track record is good. He took<br />
a leadership role in renaming what was<br />
largely an Interstate 70 south service road<br />
from Foristell to St. Charles to “Veterans<br />
Memorial Parkway,” and naming the Interstate<br />
364 bridge across the Missouri River<br />
“Veterans Memorial Bridge.” He even<br />
dreamed up a veterans memorial adjacent<br />
to the Lake Saint Louis city hall that was<br />
completed in 2008.<br />
Barrale, 94, a World War II veteran<br />
and long-time active member of Veterans<br />
of Foreign Wars Post 10350, isn’t resting<br />
on his laurels. His latest project is a<br />
St. Charles County Veterans Museum, an<br />
idea coming closer to reality with O’Fallon<br />
agreeing to a generous lease for the former<br />
city park annex building at 410 E. Elm St.<br />
for the museum, which is expected to open<br />
April 2019<br />
But the success of the project will be in the<br />
details. Barrale and a group of museum supporters<br />
are grappling with those details as<br />
the opening gets closer. None is larger than<br />
raising money so the museum can remain<br />
not only open but also thrive in the years<br />
to come. Another challenge is developing a<br />
vision for what the museum will feature.<br />
Barrale has talked about establishing<br />
a county veterans museum for years and<br />
enlisted the help of Jim Frain, a community<br />
activist who is now a member of the<br />
museum’s executive committee.<br />
“Ralph said ‘If I was 25 years younger<br />
I’d do it,’” Frain said. “And I said, ‘Well, I<br />
was 25 years younger,’ which is true, I was<br />
70 a couple of days ago, and you [Barrale]<br />
are soon to be 95. People started joining up<br />
and it has kind of moved along.”<br />
“The thing is, there are thousands and<br />
thousands of veterans in St. Charles County<br />
and they have this memorabilia they have<br />
from the service in a box or in a basement<br />
or up in an attic or somewhere is doing<br />
nothing but collecting dust,” Barrale said.<br />
That memorabilia can include photographs,<br />
medals, letters, helmets, old weapons,<br />
news clippings, uniforms and other<br />
items.<br />
“It should be in a place where people can<br />
come say, ‘Oh, I know this guy. Heck, he<br />
was my neighbor. I didn’t know he was in<br />
the Marines or Air Force.’ We have all this<br />
memorabilia and it will be there [in the<br />
U.S. Army veteran Ralph Barrale and Jim Frain are two community volunteers working to make<br />
the St. Charles County Veterans Museum a reality.<br />
museum] for generations to come.”<br />
The memorabilia is important in that it<br />
can tell a story about the times, experiences<br />
and life of the veteran who brought<br />
it home.<br />
“You see these things and you ask, ‘What<br />
happened to this person? Is he still alive?<br />
Did he get killed?’” Barrale said.<br />
Executive board member Teri Violet, a<br />
St. Peters alderman and a U.S. Navy veteran<br />
who served in the 1980s, said, “We’re<br />
not collecting boxes of things that nobody<br />
wanted. We’re collecting memorabilia that<br />
has a connection to residents here in St.<br />
Charles County and each bit of memorabilia<br />
will have a story with it. That’s one<br />
thing we’re requesting, that we have information<br />
about the person this memorabilia<br />
is coming from and a story,” she said.<br />
Violet said people often don’t know what<br />
to do with memorabilia, especially items<br />
being passed down from parents or grandparents.<br />
“In the homes I go to when I meet with<br />
people, they say, ‘We’ve had it in our basement<br />
forever, we would never throw it<br />
away because it’s my father’s or grandfather’s,<br />
but we don’t know what to do with<br />
it,’” Frain said.<br />
“Or it ends up in a garage sale,” Violet<br />
added.<br />
Organizing memorabilia can be an emotional<br />
experience for everyone participating.<br />
“Some of the stories you hear – there<br />
are heroes all over the place,” Frain said.<br />
Revealing some of the stories could<br />
provide therapy for some veterans, but for<br />
some, the stories may be too difficult or<br />
remain painful to share.<br />
Veterans often open up only to other<br />
veterans, Barrale said. The memorabilia<br />
can also reveal a bit about what they lived<br />
through. Harrowing memories surface.<br />
Barrale, who was a U.S. Army military<br />
policeman, served with the Third Army<br />
under Gen. George Patton and with the<br />
First Army. He experienced the Battle of<br />
the Bulge and the horrors of the Battle of<br />
the Hurtgen Forest and was among the<br />
troops liberating the Dachau concentration<br />
camp. The flashbacks still occur. Even<br />
during the interview with Barrale, Frain<br />
and Violet in Barrale’s basement in Lake<br />
Saint Louis, some came back.<br />
Barrale said he was driving a jeep with<br />
a mail clerk in the Hurtgen Forest through<br />
an area with no roads and he saw bayonets<br />
stuck in the ground identifying where<br />
bodies were buried.<br />
“The engineers had a bulldozer trying<br />
to make a road there and all of sudden a<br />
body comes out in front of it,” Barrale said.<br />
“Stuff like that stays with you because you<br />
lived it.”<br />
He remembers the tops of trees in the<br />
forest were gone due to German artillery<br />
fire. Soldiers would be in foxholes below<br />
the trees and “the trees would come down<br />
and stab like spears,” he said.<br />
“When people walk out of that museum,<br />
we want them to have some kind of emotional<br />
experience, whether its crying or<br />
laughing or feeling good,” Frain said.<br />
“And we want them saying, ‘Wow, what<br />
a place,’” Barrale added.<br />
Finding that place took a long time. Barrale<br />
had hoped to locate it in Lake Saint<br />
Louis, but that space wasn’t available. A<br />
possible site in Wentzville didn’t work out.<br />
Eventually, he met O’Fallon Mayor Bill<br />
Hennessy and told him about his idea for<br />
a museum.<br />
“And right off the bat he looked at me<br />
and said, ‘Ralph, I think I might have a<br />
building for you.’”<br />
There was a catch. The annex building,<br />
used by the city’s parks and recreation<br />
department, would become available if<br />
city voters approved a parks proposition in<br />
2016 that would provide more park space.
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Frain said county museum supporters were<br />
quick to campaign in support of the proposition,<br />
which was approved by 59.7 percent<br />
of voters.<br />
The O’Fallon City Council voted 10-0<br />
in March to approve leasing the building<br />
to the Veteran’s Museum Committee for $1<br />
per year. The city will continue to maintain<br />
the building and pick up some utilities after<br />
the first three years.<br />
But other expenses remain, ranging from<br />
lighting to security to insurance.<br />
Fundraising is extremely important, said<br />
executive committee member Jim Higgins,<br />
who is handling much of the financial planning<br />
for the building.<br />
The museum is holding a raffle of a<br />
Henry Golden Boy Model lever action .22<br />
caliber rifle and hosting a trivia night at<br />
6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8 at VFW Post<br />
5077, located at 8500 Veterans Memorial<br />
Parkway in O’Fallon.<br />
Wentzville, and many veterans from both<br />
world wars, Korea, Vietnam and the Persian<br />
Gulf conflict also reside in the county.<br />
Higgins said he can see the museum running<br />
out of space in a little as five years.<br />
Raising money to expand the building may<br />
have to be included in future planning, he<br />
said.<br />
Renee Essary, another executive committee<br />
member, said the museum is not<br />
only a way to honor veterans like Barrale,<br />
but a way to highlight changes that have<br />
occurred in the armed services.<br />
Essary served during the 1980s when<br />
women were increasingly taking on more<br />
prominent roles in the military. She served<br />
four years of active duty in the Air Force<br />
and six years in the Missouri Air National<br />
Guard. She was a flight operations specialist<br />
for a fighter squadron.<br />
Essary was born into a military family<br />
and married a veteran. “My life has been<br />
devoted to the military ... even to the point<br />
that I can say, as an adult, I never even<br />
dated a civilian,” Essary laughed.<br />
She said her story isn’t as dramatic as<br />
what Barrale experienced. “For me, it was<br />
a lot of fun,” she said, though she added<br />
that it was a place where a young woman,<br />
who “graduated high school by the skin of<br />
her teeth” grew up and matured, thanks to<br />
the discipline she experienced.<br />
Essary said serving in the military may<br />
help remedy many societal problems<br />
young people experience today.<br />
Essary, Barrale and Violet want the<br />
museum to help young people to understand<br />
what the price of freedom can be.<br />
“We want those [veterans] appreciated<br />
and respected,” Violet said. “It’s<br />
to understand what serviceman went<br />
through and to respect our flag and help<br />
educate our children. What we have to<br />
aim for is that it’s interesting for little<br />
children and adults.”<br />
Ralph Barrale examines a donated uniform.<br />
Higgins said fundraising has been<br />
good so far, but added that the museum<br />
may have to hold five or six fundraising<br />
events annually. Museum supporters also<br />
are meeting with veterans organizations,<br />
county businesses, individual residents and<br />
civic groups in an effort to raise awareness<br />
and funds.<br />
According to Higgins, the group’s fundraising<br />
efforts likely will expand to seek<br />
donations from large businesses in the<br />
county and throughout the region.<br />
Museum officials may get into the Civic<br />
building in September and one thought is<br />
to develop a gallery or display that might<br />
be part of a fundraising event in January to<br />
draw corporate interest.<br />
The annex has about 3,200 square feet of<br />
space and the museum has a rich history<br />
to draw from when it comes to veterans<br />
in the county. There may have been 160<br />
to <strong>18</strong>0 War of <strong>18</strong>12 veterans who lived in<br />
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Preventing caregiver burnout<br />
According to statistics from the National<br />
Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, close<br />
to 40 million Americans have served as<br />
unpaid caregivers for an adult age 50 or<br />
older in the last 12 months. Nearly 16 million<br />
family caregivers care for someone<br />
who has Alzheimer’s disease or other types<br />
of dementia.<br />
Although providing daily care for an<br />
aging parent or other loved one is both a<br />
necessary and rewarding job, it is indeed a<br />
job – often a difficult and demanding one.<br />
“Caregiver burnout” is defined as a state of<br />
physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion<br />
that can shift a caregiver’s outlook from<br />
positive and helpful to negative and withdrawn.<br />
Burnout can occur when caregivers<br />
don’t get the help they need, or when they<br />
try to do more than they are physically or<br />
financially able. Many caregivers also feel<br />
guilty for taking time away to care for their<br />
own needs, so they may rarely take a break.<br />
Caregivers who are burned out may<br />
experience fatigue, stress, anxiety and<br />
depression. Often, they don’t recognize<br />
these signs as burnout and eventually get<br />
to the point where they cannot function<br />
effectively, or even become ill themselves.<br />
To make caregiving a positive experience,<br />
those who provide care to others must also<br />
make their own well-being a priority. The<br />
Mayo Clinic provides the following tips for<br />
preventing caregiver burnout:<br />
• Ask for specific help. Make a list of<br />
ways that family members and others can<br />
help, and let each helper choose what he<br />
or she would like to do. For instance, different<br />
people may be able to run an errand,<br />
pick up groceries or medicines, or cook a<br />
meal.<br />
• Set realistic goals. Make lists, and break<br />
large tasks into smaller steps that you can<br />
do one at a time. Say no to requests that<br />
are draining, such as hosting holiday meals.<br />
Understand that no one is the perfect caregiver<br />
and accept that you are doing the best<br />
you can for your loved one.<br />
• Get connected. Find out about caregiving<br />
assistance resources in the community,<br />
including services such as transportation,<br />
meal delivery or housekeeping.<br />
• Join a support group. A caregiving<br />
support group can provide encouragement<br />
and friendship as well as problem-solving<br />
strategies for difficult situations. Visit caregiver.org<br />
for a list of groups in your area.<br />
• Maintain your own health. Establish<br />
a good sleep routine, find time to exercise<br />
Preventing “caregiver burnout” is very<br />
important for those caring for an aging loved<br />
one at home.<br />
on most days of the week, eat a healthy diet<br />
and drink plenty of water. See your doctor<br />
for regular health screenings.<br />
• Get respite care when needed. Taking<br />
regular breaks can be one of the best things<br />
you can do, both for yourself and the<br />
person for whom you’re caring. Seek out<br />
resources near you that provide in-home<br />
respite care or adult day care services for<br />
daily needs [websites like Eldercare.gov<br />
and care.com may be a good place to start].<br />
When it’s time for a longer break or a vacation,<br />
many area nursing homes and senior<br />
living communities welcome people needing<br />
short-term care for several days while<br />
caregivers are away.<br />
Shingles vaccine<br />
recommendation<br />
Shingles, a painful reactivation of the<br />
chicken pox virus decades after the initial<br />
illness, is all too common in adults over 50.<br />
One in three people will develop shingles<br />
in their lives, and the risk increases with<br />
age.<br />
A painful rash that typically develops in<br />
a stripe pattern on one side of the face or<br />
body, shingles is often preceded by tingling,<br />
pain or itching in the area where the rash<br />
soon develops. The rash consists of blisters<br />
that usually scab over in seven to 10 days,<br />
and clears up completely within a month.<br />
However, some people continue to experience<br />
nerve pain, called post-herpetic neuralgia,<br />
for months after the shingles rash is<br />
gone. In others, shingles can develop in the<br />
eye, causing intense pain and loss of vision.<br />
An initial vaccine to prevent shingles,<br />
called Zostavax, became available in 2006.<br />
It was approved for use in people over 50,<br />
but health experts didn’t recommend getting<br />
Zostavax until age 60, due to its effectiveness<br />
level [it is 64 percent effective at<br />
preventing shingles in people ages 60-69]<br />
and the fact that its protection lessens significantly<br />
over time.<br />
In late 2017, a new vaccine called Shingrix<br />
was approved by the FDA. Shortly<br />
afterward, the U.S. Advisory Committee on<br />
Immunization Practices [ACIP] officially
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recommended Shingrix for adults over age<br />
50. The committee also recommended that<br />
those who have already received Zostavax<br />
be revaccinated with Shingrix.<br />
Earlier this year, the U.S. Centers for<br />
Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]<br />
also gave its final recommendation to<br />
Shingrix over Zostavax to prevent shingles.<br />
The CDC recommends that healthy adults<br />
50 years and older get two doses of Shingrix<br />
separated by two to six months.<br />
Shingrix has been shown to be more than<br />
90 percent effective against both shingles<br />
and post-herpetic neuralgia, and protection<br />
remains at a level above 85 percent for at<br />
least four years following vaccination.<br />
According to the CDC, Zostavax may<br />
still be used to prevent shingles in healthy<br />
adults age 60 and over, in cases where an<br />
individual may be allergic to the Shingrix<br />
vaccine or needs immediate vaccination<br />
and Shingrix is not available. There is no<br />
upper age limit for receiving either vaccine.<br />
Seniors who have general anesthesia during<br />
surgery may experience a small but lasting<br />
decline in memory and thinking skills, recent<br />
Mayo Clinic research found.<br />
Surgery and the aging brain<br />
In adults over age 70, undergoing surgery<br />
with general anesthesia may be related to a<br />
subtle yet lasting decline in memory and<br />
thinking skills, according to new research.<br />
Although the decline in brain function<br />
found in the study was small, it could be<br />
significant for seniors with pre-existing or<br />
undiagnosed mild cognitive impairment<br />
who are considering surgery.<br />
The researchers used data from the<br />
Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, a long-term<br />
study designed to provide information<br />
about cognitive changes related to getting<br />
older. The participants included 1,819<br />
seniors, who were between the ages of 70<br />
and 89 when they enrolled in the study.<br />
Researchers analyzed whether surgery<br />
with general anesthesia during the period<br />
20 years before enrollment was associated<br />
with cognitive decline, as well as whether<br />
having anesthesia after study enrollment as<br />
an older adult was associated with a cognitive<br />
change.<br />
While older adults often experience cognitive<br />
decline as part of the normal aging<br />
process, that level of decline following<br />
exposure to anesthesia and surgery was<br />
found to be slightly accelerated beyond<br />
that associated with typical aging.<br />
“We need to be sure that patients considering<br />
surgery, and their families, are properly<br />
informed that the risk of cognitive dysfunction<br />
is possible,” said Juraj Sprung, M.D.,<br />
Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic anesthesiologist and<br />
the study’s senior author. “In addition, alternative<br />
strategies should be discussed with<br />
patients before surgery is undertaken for<br />
those deemed to be at high risk.”<br />
On the calendar<br />
St. Peters Senior Center is looking for<br />
people who love to play bridge. Games<br />
take place on Monday and Thursday mornings<br />
from 9 a.m.-noon. Anyone interested<br />
in playing can sign up by calling Mary Ann<br />
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Living with diabetes can present many<br />
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It’s still a strong seller’s market in St.<br />
Louis, despite the continued rise in mortgage<br />
interest rates. The Federal Reserve<br />
raised interest rates in June while signaling<br />
the possibility of two additional rate<br />
increases later in 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
“While the rates may be increasing,<br />
homes are still very affordable in St. Louis,”<br />
observed St. Louis Association of Realtors<br />
President Marc Levinson.<br />
Levinson compared the national median<br />
sales price of $264,800 versus the St. Louis<br />
area median price of $195,000.<br />
“We expect to see continued growth<br />
along with excellent housing affordability<br />
in St. Louis throughout 20<strong>18</strong>,” Levinson<br />
said.<br />
Here’s what’s new in new homes:<br />
Fischer & Frichtel: “There is no shortcut<br />
to quality”<br />
Since its founding in 1945, Fischer &<br />
Frichtel has earned countless national and<br />
local awards for home-building excellence.<br />
Fischer & Frichtel has always believed<br />
“there is no shortcut to quality” – in the<br />
design and construction of its homes, its<br />
employees and industry associates, and<br />
above all, its service to the home buyer.<br />
Experience, skill and craftsmanship are<br />
the essence of a well-built home and are<br />
what contribute to the “Fischer difference.”<br />
Offered in a range of prices, Fischer’s<br />
collections of ranch, one-and-a-half-story,<br />
two-story and villa homes include a host of<br />
today’s most wanted amenities. Purchasers<br />
enjoy considerable freedom to modify the<br />
floor plans and add personal touches.<br />
Regardless of price, every Fischer home<br />
is built with state-of-the-art materials and<br />
technologies by highly experienced union<br />
craftsmen and construction professionals.<br />
And a project manager is always on-hand<br />
to supervise and answer questions.<br />
The firm’s commitment to the customer<br />
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homes are covered by the Residential Warranty<br />
Company’s limited 10-year warranty.<br />
Visit fandfhomes.com for information<br />
on the builder’s 16 neighborhoods in St.<br />
Louis, St. Charles and Franklin counties.<br />
Griffey Homes readies inventory at<br />
MacArthur Park, plans new community<br />
Are you a fan of TV’s “Game of<br />
Thrones”? If so, you’ll recognize the name<br />
Dragonstone, the ancestral castle of House<br />
Targaryen. It’s also the name of Griffey<br />
Homes’ newest upscale community on<br />
Bates Road in Dardenne Prairie which will<br />
feature a handful of 1/3-acre and larger<br />
homesites. All of the planned homes will<br />
have three-car garages and most will be<br />
walkout sites, says Griffey sales manager<br />
Kim Valerio. Land development is<br />
expected to start soon.<br />
An Acadia ranch Inventory home is<br />
receiving its final touches at MacArthur<br />
Park, a single cul de sac of just 11 homesites<br />
on Central School Road just off <strong>Mid</strong><br />
<strong>Rivers</strong> Mall Drive. The Acadia offers three<br />
bedrooms and two baths plus a three-car<br />
garage, a dream kitchen, 10-foot ceilings,<br />
unique tile-faced gas fireplace and more.<br />
For more information about the Acadia<br />
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custom homes or to get on the list for the<br />
new Dragonstone community, call (636)<br />
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Steve Thomas builds display at Carter<br />
Canyon in Wright City<br />
St. Charles County builder Steve Thomas<br />
is offering homes from the $170’s at Carter<br />
Canyon, featuring beautiful and mostly<br />
wooded home sites off of I-70’s exit 200 in<br />
Warren County.<br />
Among the standard features in these<br />
homes are granite countertops, quality<br />
laminate flooring in the foyer, kitchen and<br />
breakfast room, wall-to-wall carpeting in<br />
other rooms, walk-in closets and cultured<br />
marble countertops in each bathroom,<br />
Moen faucets, two-car garage, 30-year<br />
architectural shingles and more.<br />
“We have our ‘Victoria’ display located<br />
on lot 9 being built along with two more<br />
inventory homes located at Carter Canyon,”<br />
reports sales manager Kathy Meitz.<br />
Meanwhile, at Eagle Estates off Orf<br />
Road in St. Charles County, Thomas is<br />
building a Magnolia 2,686-square-foot,<br />
split-bedroom ranch inventory home on<br />
a wooded home site ready for move-in<br />
this month. At Eagle Estates, Thomas is<br />
offering 10 large homesites on a single cul<br />
de sac street; homes are priced from the<br />
$390’s.<br />
Steve Thomas Custom Division also<br />
offers custom homes on off-site locations.<br />
For more information about custom<br />
homes, Eagle Estates or Carter Canyon<br />
call Kathy Meitz at<br />
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT<br />
Center Stage Theatre’s open auditions<br />
for “My Three Angels” are at 7 p.m.<br />
Monday, Aug. 20 and Tuesday, Aug. 21 in<br />
the Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building theater<br />
on the SCC campus, 4601 <strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong><br />
Mall Drive in Cottleville. Callbacks will be<br />
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22. Roles available<br />
for men and women. Auditions consist<br />
of a cold reading from the script; scripts<br />
on reserve at the SCC library. A prepared<br />
monologue is suggested, but not required.<br />
For more information, contact Debbie Phillips,<br />
director, dphillips@stchas.edu.<br />
BENEFITS<br />
A Volunteers in Medicine Charity Golf<br />
Tournament is at noon on Thursday, Aug.<br />
23 at Whitmoor Country Club, 1100 Whitmoor<br />
Drive in Weldon Spring. Cost is $150<br />
per person; $600 per foursome. Includes<br />
<strong>18</strong> holes of golf [4 person scramble], cart,<br />
lunch, dinner, speakers and prizes. To<br />
register, visit secure.perfectgolfevent.<br />
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contact Mary Beth Booker at (636)<br />
536-2673 or visit volunteersinmedicinestcharles.org.<br />
• • •<br />
The 16th Annual Charity Golf Classic<br />
in memory of Harry Wangrow is on<br />
Monday, Aug. 27 at The Links at Dardenne,<br />
7000 Brassel Drive in O’Fallon. Lunch,<br />
dinner, beverages on and off the course,<br />
raffles, 50/50s and silent auction. For more<br />
information or a registration form, visit<br />
linksatdardenne.com.<br />
• • •<br />
The Kaufman Fund Golf Tournament<br />
is at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 6 at Whitmoor<br />
Country Club, 1100 Whitmoor Drive<br />
in Weldon Spring. Cost is $300 per player<br />
and includes a guest for wine tasting, cocktails,<br />
dinner and auction. Checks made<br />
payable to: The Kaufman Fund or online<br />
at TheKaufmanFund.org/events/golf. The<br />
Kaufman Fund supports local veterans and<br />
children at risk of abuse or poverty, needing<br />
food, shelter, clothing, medical care<br />
and basic needs.<br />
FAMILY & KIDS<br />
Labor Day on the Frontier is from<br />
9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1 and<br />
noon–5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 2 at The Historic<br />
Daniel Boone Home, <strong>18</strong>68 Hwy. F in<br />
Defiance. Free and open to the public. Stroll<br />
through the lively historic village and discover<br />
different trades of the past through<br />
reenactments performed by talented members<br />
of the Ox Bow Tavern Living History<br />
Group, park staff and volunteers. For more<br />
information, call (636) 798-2005.<br />
FESTIVALS & CONCERTS<br />
St. Charles County Parks and Recreation<br />
Department’s free Concerts in<br />
the Park are from 6-8:30 p.m. on select<br />
dates now through Oct. 3 at various locations.<br />
Bring the family, blankets and<br />
lawn chairs. Performances: Encore Trio<br />
[Aug. 8, Youth Activity Park], Lenny<br />
Frisch Duo [Aug. 22, Heritage Museum],<br />
Zydeco Crawdaddys [Sept. 5, Youth<br />
Activity Park], 4th Street Band [noon-3<br />
p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8; Broemmelsiek<br />
Park], The People’s Band [Friday, Sept.<br />
21; Broemmelsiek Park] and Arvell and<br />
Company [Oct. 3, Quail Ridge Park]. For<br />
more information, call (636) 949-7535 or<br />
visit stccparks.org.<br />
• • •<br />
The 20<strong>18</strong> Beale Street Concert Series<br />
is from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesdays, Aug. 8<br />
[The Yacht Rockers], Sept. 12 [Marquise<br />
Knox] and Oct. 10 [Dr. Zhivegas] on Beale<br />
Street between Nichols and Lombard in St.<br />
Charles. Streets of St. Charles restaurants<br />
will be serving food and refreshments.<br />
Bring lawn chairs.<br />
• • •<br />
Free Big Band Performances at <strong>Mid</strong><br />
<strong>Rivers</strong> Mall are from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on<br />
Fridays, Aug. 10 [They Alley Kats] and<br />
Sept. 7 [The Charlie Mann Trio] at 1600<br />
<strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> Mall in St Peters. The concert<br />
dates coincide with Free Summer Senior<br />
Days, from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., also at the<br />
mall. For more information, visit Shop-<br />
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• • •<br />
The final performance in the Sunset<br />
Fridays Concert Series is by Oh Brother<br />
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 10 at<br />
370 Lakeside Park, 1000 Lakeside Park<br />
Drive in St. Peters. Come to the Corporate<br />
Pavilion to watch the sunset and enjoy live<br />
music. Food and drinks may be brought<br />
[no glass] or purchased.<br />
• • •<br />
The O’Fallon Jammin’ Concert Series<br />
is from 6:30-9 p.m. on Tuesdays, Aug. 14<br />
[Platinum Rock Legends] and Aug. 21<br />
[Accolade] at the Civic Park Bandstand,<br />
308 Civic Park Drive in O’Fallon. Free<br />
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Located in an unassuming strip mall in<br />
Cottleville is a hidden gem – The Rack<br />
House Kitchen Wine Whiskey ® .<br />
Owned by John and Bridgette Hamilton,<br />
the restaurant began its life in 2014<br />
as a winery, but <strong>18</strong> months ago it evolved<br />
into something much, much more – a fullon<br />
restaurant focusing on made-fromscratch<br />
food using local produce, plus a<br />
Cigar Lounge with humidors to rent, and<br />
wine and whiskey clubs that offer their<br />
own unique benefits.<br />
Still, Hamilton said, “Our food is our<br />
biggest draw. Chef Philip Day does an<br />
amazing job, so we pretty much just turn<br />
him loose in the kitchen. Then, our sommelier,<br />
Josh French, brings in whatever<br />
wines he thinks are the best nationally<br />
and internationally. We’ve got about 80<br />
to 90 labels on our wine list,” Hamilton<br />
said. In the kitchen, Day’s goal is to elevate<br />
comfort food with a little twist.<br />
“One of our tag lines is ‘Something different.<br />
Something for everyone.’”<br />
Everyone includes families with kids.<br />
“We do get a lot of people who bring<br />
their kids in here. In fact, we have to<br />
keep buying more highchairs,” Hamilton<br />
said, laughing. Many families come in for<br />
brunch on Sunday mornings though The<br />
Rack House offers a kids’ menu every day.<br />
“We actually won No. 2 in the Post-Dispatch<br />
readership awards for best brunch,”<br />
Hamilton said. Brunch on Sundays is<br />
served from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.<br />
“Technically, we run lunch all day on<br />
Sunday; then from 3 p.m.-8 p.m., we do<br />
a Sunday night supper. There’s always<br />
Fried Chicken on the menu and there will<br />
be features like Meatloaf or Frog Legs<br />
or something that’s a little bit more of a<br />
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“It’s a little different menu than we have<br />
the rest of the week.”<br />
The Rack House introduces a new menu<br />
“about every six weeks or so,” capitalizing<br />
on the fresh ingredients, sourced within a<br />
50-mile radius of the restaurant.<br />
“Our regular customers really<br />
enjoy the discovery aspect of<br />
having a changing menu.”<br />
Regulars also enjoy the depth<br />
of customer service The Rack<br />
House provides – for instance,<br />
having access to French.<br />
“If you come in here regularly<br />
and Josh gets to know your palate,<br />
he often will keep an eye out for<br />
wines you’d really like, even<br />
when meeting with distributors,”<br />
Hamilton said.<br />
That’s the type of extreme personal<br />
service for which Hamilton<br />
and his staff want The Rack<br />
House to be known – that and giving<br />
its patrons a unique dining experience.<br />
Having a Cigar Lounge on-site helps with<br />
the latter.<br />
The Cigar Lounge comfortably holds<br />
about 20 people. Special ventilation keeps<br />
the main dining room free of cigar smells<br />
and smoke.<br />
“What often happens is that guys go into<br />
the lounge for a<br />
bourbon and cigar,<br />
while the ladies<br />
stay in the dining<br />
room and have<br />
some wine and<br />
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As for dessert, Hamilton said the restaurant’s<br />
most popular is its Bourbon<br />
Bacon Brownie with caramel ice cream.<br />
“It hits all the right notes. It’s the dessert<br />
we give away when someone comes in<br />
to celebrate a special occasion with us,”<br />
Hamilton said.<br />
If that special occasion means gathering<br />
more than a few friends together, The<br />
Rack House is happy to accommodate<br />
with banquet space that is available rentfree<br />
but with a moderate minimum. The<br />
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• • •<br />
The final performance in the Dardenne<br />
Prairie Summer Concert Series is Dr.<br />
Zhivegas from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Aug.<br />
17 at City Hall Park, 2032 Hanley Road in<br />
Dardenne Prairie. Bring lawn chairs and<br />
blankets. Concessions available for purchase.<br />
• • •<br />
Traditional Music Day is from 11<br />
a.m.–3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. <strong>18</strong> at The<br />
Historic Daniel Boone Home, <strong>18</strong>68 Hwy.<br />
F in Defiance. Featuring musicians from<br />
Driftwood Music, KDHX Folk School<br />
and other area artists playing music from<br />
different genres and eras on the fiddle,<br />
banjo, guitar and other instruments. Free.<br />
For more information, call the St. Charles<br />
County Parks and Recreation Department<br />
at (636) 949-7535.<br />
• • •<br />
The final performance of the Meadows<br />
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Thursday, Aug. 23 at The Meadows Lake<br />
Saint Louis, 20 Meadows Circle Drive.<br />
Music, food and entertainment. Attendees<br />
may bring lawn chairs and beverages.<br />
• • •<br />
The SCC Outdoor Summer Movie<br />
Series and Food Truck Frolic is from<br />
5-9 p.m. on Fridays now through Sept. 21<br />
at St. Charles Community College, 4601<br />
<strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> Mall Drive in Cottleville.<br />
Food Truck Frolic takes place in the college’s<br />
Red Parking Lot. The Movie Series<br />
is shown on the lawn outside the Technology<br />
Building. Movies: “The Incredibles”<br />
[Aug. 24] and “Incredibles 2” [Sept. 21].<br />
Bring blankets, chairs and food. Free popcorn.<br />
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a battery can be dropped off. Do not bring<br />
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VHS tapes or alkaline batteries. For questions,<br />
contact Environmental Services at<br />
ofallonrecycles@ofallon.mo.us or (636)<br />
272-0477.<br />
• • •<br />
A Veterans Health & Benefits Event<br />
is from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug.<br />
11 at St. Charles Community College,<br />
Social Sciences Building, 4601 <strong>Mid</strong><br />
<strong>Rivers</strong> Mall Drive in Cottleville. VBA,<br />
VHA, VBRC, NCA and NPRC, VSOs<br />
and Student Veteran Organizations are<br />
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families and their caregivers obtain the<br />
benefits and services to which they are<br />
entitled. Walk-ins will be assisted with<br />
claims and appeals. To register, visit<br />
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• • •<br />
Tours of O’Fallon historic sites are<br />
offered from noon-3 p.m. on Sundays,<br />
Aug. 12 and 26 and Sept. 9 and 23 in two<br />
of the city of O’Fallon’s parks. In Fort<br />
Zumwalt Park, 1000 Jessup Drive, Zumwalt’s<br />
Fort and the Historic Heald Home<br />
are open for self-guided tours for $5 per<br />
person, which covers both attractions;<br />
children 10 and under are free. In Civic<br />
Park, 400 Civic Park Drive, the O’Fallon<br />
Historical Society Log Cabin Museum is<br />
open with society members on-hand for<br />
questions. Admission is free, but donations<br />
are welcome.<br />
• • •<br />
Historic St. Louis Hotels Tour is from<br />
9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 15 at St.<br />
Peters City Hall, 1 St. Peters Centre Blvd.<br />
The cost is $73 and includes transportation,<br />
admissions, lunch and gratuities. This<br />
tours involves a lot of walking. For more<br />
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net/day-trips-and-tours.aspx or call (636)<br />
939-2386, ext. 1400.<br />
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