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I OPINION I 3 

RANDOM THOUGHTS 

A Community Conversation 

By SHEILA FRAYNE RHOADES 

This week West Newsmagazine talks 

with Steven Woolf, who has been the artistic 

director of The Repertory Theatre of St. 

Louis since 1986. “It’s not often you get 

to live your dream, but I’ve been able to 

do just that at The Rep,” said Woolf, who 

is retiring following the completion of 

the 2018-2019 season. During his tenure, 

Woolf has directed 45 shows and conducted 

a series of “theater talks.” 

What do you usually do when you have 

time off? 

During the course of a season, there really 

are few moments that allow for “time off.” 

That’s the nature of our theater business and 

that’s just fine. But, I do enjoy going to the 

movies – first features on a Saturday morning. 

I also like to read. I particularly enjoy 

the works of Daniel Silva, Michael Connelly, 

John Sandford, etc. And there’s no 

question that I do watch the political shows 

on television. Of course, I go to the theater 

in whatever city I am in, if possible. 

What movie can you watch over and 

over without tiring of it? 

The very first episode released of “Star 

Wars” and “Hugo” directed by Martin 

Scorsese. Star Wars was unique and exciting 

on many levels. Remember that very 

first shot, when the camera panned down 

from the ship in space, was a big deal in 

cinema history. Beyond that, the story was 

like both a Western as well as science fiction. 

Plus, the whole idea of the Force has 

a kind of religious base to it that I found 

unique in this kind of a film and certainly 

was followed through the rest of the series. 

There also was humor and some clever 

comedy dialog and totally involving battle 

scenes. As far as “Hugo” goes, it’s about 

imagination and the magic of film and one 

young boy’s discovery of a world of invention 

and visual poetry. It is a moving piece 

of cinema that is emotionally full and 

has much to say about how we embrace 

magical and fantastical worlds with a real 

humanity to it. Plus, it has an adventure 

and great characters in a railroad station 

that are pretty thrilling. 

When did you decide to do the work you 

are doing now? 

Probably when I was in high school. 

I wanted to work in a major theatrical 

institution in a big city. So I’ve been very 

Steven Woolf 

fortunate to be able to do what I do. I’m 

living my dream – something not many 

people get to do. 

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve 

ever received? 

Be kind to everyone you meet. In show 

business, this is very important as it is a 

complex and demanding world with lots 

of very interesting and sometimes exotic 

people. Taking care to respect and be kind 

to the denizens of the unique world of the 

theater just makes the hard work we are 

doing be recognized. 

If you could have dinner with three 

people, living or dead, who would you 

choose and why? 

Madeleine Albright – because she has a 

world vision that I like and she has seen 

so much, just being able to break bread 

with her would be fantastic. Ian McKellen 

– he’d have great stories from his long and 

storied theatrical career. What fun it would 

be to hear from him. William Shakespeare 

– there are so many question to be asked. 

And if there was more room at the table, 

I’d invite the Obamas. 

What do you like most about the St. 

Louis region? 

It’s a city of intriguing neighborhoods 

and cultures that most times mix well and 

sometimes don’t. But that all provides a 

rich landscape of stories that I’m not sure 

really happen in other cities. There are 

rich and amazing cultural opportunities to 

explore. And the architecture in the city is 

quite special. And, how can you go wrong 

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Not a good idea 

To the Editor: 

Although I do not live in Wildwood at 

the present time, I did so when Wildwood 

did not exist. I watched as your township 

matured and expanded. Some of your ideas 

are truly unique and user-friendly, some 

not so much. 

The proposed concept of a tunnel is by 

far your worst idea and a gross misuse of 

taxpayer money. Even if you somehow 

procure funds from the state to subsidize 

this project, I do not believe you have 

thought this project through. 

First, how many people will this tunnel 

actually benefit and what exactly are the 

benefits? Second, regarding the present day 

crime statistics, the last thing the city needs 

is a secluded safe place where criminals 

can carry out their intentions. 

I will be more than happy to play out 

more scenarios than you will like, to prove 

my point. You may well spend more cash 

cleaning up graffiti and trash than it is 

worth, just to have a shortcut to where? 

When you provide an individual the 

opportunity to commit a crime without 

being caught, it is only a matter of time 

before that individual makes himself or 

herself available. 

I’m not just speculating with regard to 

your project. However, the city of Ballwin 

has an officer paralyzed as a result of 

a “routine” traffic stop. May I remind you 

that there are no “routine” traffic stops. 

You see, I served as a law enforcement 

officer for 10 years. It does not require a 

police officer to relate to you that this is 

a bad idea. With a highway close at hand, 

abductions, rapes, robberies and just use 

your imagination for what your next major 

crime could be. 

There is absolutely no way for you to 

make this a safe, user-friendly addition to 

your city. Just examine the enclosed walking 

overpass to see what it takes to keep 

individuals from throwing objects on to 

cars. How do you plan to secure anyone 

who may use this tunnel at all times of the 

In this Issue 

11 

Proposition D 

Proposition D seeks to add 

10 cents to state fuel tax 

over the next four years. 

day and night? 

As the old saying goes, “criminals love 

unarmed and vulnerable people.” 

Thank you for your time. 

G.S. Drazic 

Regarding ‘Secure voting’ 


I agree with John Bohney that our elections 

need to be secure [“Secure voting,” 

West Newsmagazine, Aug. 29.]. However, 

regressing back to paper ballots is not the 

optimal route. Instead, we must tackle this 

by strengthening the cybersecurity of our 

elections. 

A current bill in the Senate called “The 

Secure Elections Act” will address several 

of these concerns, including protecting 

from foreign cyber threats. This bill 

requires vendors of voting technology to 

report possible hacks to state officials and 

for state officials to notify Department of 

Homeland Security. Backup paper ballots 

and compulsory post-election audits are 

some of the other important requirements 

of the bill. 

The Secure Elections Act will strengthen 

the integrity of our federal election process. 

It is disappointing to see the Senate postpone 

voting on this bill on Aug 22. Congress 

must act fast and with full support to 

pass this bill and save our democracy. 

Sri Jaladi 

Missouri waterways 


Going on a weekend float trip in Missouri 

feels a little like being the only sober 

person at a party. I wish we still had something 

like the old blue laws [no alcohol 

sales] in such a way that people are prohibited 

from drinking alcohol on Missouri 

rivers each Sunday. 

I don’t want to limit people’s rights, but 

what about all those families who want to 

float on the weekend without exposing their 

kids to coarse language and crude behavior; 

not to mention people who simply enjoy 

the river for its own sake without the need 

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for alcohol? Is it too much to ask people 

not to get sloppy drunk on our rivers at 

least one day of the week? In the meantime, 

I’m going to have to save up my vacation 

days for Wednesdays of next summer; so I 

can enjoy our waterways with my son. 

Steve Bowman 

Regarding ‘Just do it’ 


I’m writing about a line in your editorial, 

“Just do it,” from the Sept. 12 issue. 

In it you say that Colin Kaepernick 

does not have courage because “Courage 

requires being willing to take a risk and 

live with the consequences.” Kaepernick 

took a risk by choosing to kneel. There 

would have been zero risk involved in just 

standing for the anthem along with everyone 

else. Kaepernick lived with the consequences; 

he faced immense pressure to 

stop kneeling right up until the moment he 

was fired from a lucrative job. 

You say that someone with true courage 

aims to help others. Kaepernick took a 

knee to draw attention the fact that young 

men – without platforms such as he had – 

were at risk of being shot by the police. As 

an NFL player, he was at little risk personally. 

People don’t hate Kaepernick because 

he’s a coward or because of the flag or 

because the troops are disrespected. These 

are excuses for hating him. People hate 

him because he’s a black man trying to 

change a status quo that suits most white 

Americans just fine. 

I don’t think there is a single police officer 

in America that joined the force with 

the express intent of looking for an opportunity 

to murder black men. That doesn’t 

change the fact that police shootings in 

America are shockingly high – 707 in 2018 

as of this writing – and white people are 

not immune. We’ll all be better off if we 

can stop these shootings, especially the 

police. Yelling at people to shut up about 

it is not helpful. 

J.A. Faust 

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EDITORIAL 

A Soros in sheep’s clothing 

“What’s in a name?” Juliet famously 

asked Romeo. It turned out that was a 

trick question. The star-crossed lovers 

would learn that names matter a great 

deal, both in their ability to illuminate 

and to obfuscate. 

The Clean Missouri ballot initiative 

is well-named. How does one not 

support such a well-named measure? 

We certainly cannot support a dirty 

Missouri. Alas, it turns out that Clean 

Missouri is one of those names used 

intentionally to deceive. A rose by this 

name smells an awful lot like horse 

manure. 

Assuming it wins a recent legal challenge, 

Clean Missouri, or Amendment 

1, will be on the ballot in November. 

Here are some of the key items contained 

in the measure, per the Clean 

Missouri website: eliminate nearly all 

lobbyist gifts in the General Assembly; 

require that legislative records be open 

to the public; lower campaign contribution 

limits for state legislative candidates; 

require politicians to wait two 

years before becoming lobbyists; and 

make sure that our politicians focus on 

important priorities – not just on what 

big donors and lobbyists want. 

That last one is our favorite, but we 

also left one out. Sprinkled in among 

some of those [seemingly] commonsense 

concepts is this one: ensure 

that neither political party is given an 

unfair advantage when new maps are 

drawn after the next census. Well, that 

does not seem to fit in with the other 

things, now does it? 

Todd Graves, chairman of the Missouri 

GOP, told the Kansas City Star 

that the combining of multiple issues 

into a single ballot initiative is called 

“logrolling.” He referred to the common-sense, 

highly popular pieces of 

the bill as “vote candy.” That sounds 

about right. 

There is no part of Amendment 1 that 

is actually focused on cleaning up Missouri’s 

state political system. What it is 

about is that last item, the one about the 

new maps. Amendment 1 proposes “a 

nonpartisan expert to draw fair legislative 

district maps, which would then be 

reviewed by a citizen commission.” 

That proposal is radically different 

from the redistricting process in place 

today. The other items on the initiative, 

the vote candy, are incredibly minor 

by comparison. They sound good 

but accomplish little, which is a fair 

definition of most political ploys. For 

instance, the item about lowering campaign 

contribution limits would lower 

the maximum contribution to a state 

Senate candidate from $2,600 to, wait 

for it, $2,500. That will not exactly 

make a dent in the universe. 

The idea of redrawing district maps, 

however, could alter the state government 

as we know it. Who would want 

to do such a thing? To answer that 

question, we need to follow the money. 

In January, Clean Missouri received 

$250,000 from the MOVE Ballot Fund, 

a St. Louis-based political action committee. 

MOVE made this generous 

donation mere days after receiving 

a $300,000 cash infusion from none 

other than George Soros, or more accurately 

from The Open Society Policy 

Center which is, wait for it, Soros’ 

Washington-based lobbying firm. 

In short, Soros is using dark money 

and lobbyists to act like he is cleaning 

up campaign finance and lobbying 

operations in our state. Mr. Soros, a 

wolf in sheep’s clothing still bears evil, 

evil intentions. 

Clean Missouri has nothing to do 

with cleaning up our state, and everything 

to do with furthering the radical 

agenda of billionaire George Soros. If 

it does make its way onto the ballot in 

November, vote no on Amendment 1. 

There is nothing clean about it. 

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“Based on my personal 

dealings with the 

president, there is no 

basis to invoke the 

25th Amendment.” 

– Deputy U.S. Attorney General 

Rod Rosenstein, refuting a 

New York Times story that he 

had planned to oust President 

Trump from office 

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BALLWIN 

Open house set for Ballwin 

Parks Master Plan 

The city of Ballwin will hold an open 

house from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, 

Sept. 27 at The Pointe to provide an update 

on its proposed Parks Master Plan. 

Work on the plan has been underway 

for a number of months and a community 

survey recently was completed. 

Included on the agenda will be a brief 

presentation on the plan, followed by an 

interactive session with representatives 

from the DG2 Design Landscape Architecture 

firm and city officials. 

Crayons and coloring books will be 

available for any youngsters attending. 

CHESTERFIELD 

Chesterfield caught 

in labor dispute 

Is the city of Chesterfield involved in tax 

fraud? Anyone driving by city hall recently 

may have wondered about that, based on a 

large banner displayed in front of the building 

at the Chesterfield Parkway West and 

Swingley Ridge Road intersection. 

As to tax fraud and the city of Chesterfield, 

the answer is “no,” according to a 

spokesman for the St. Louis-Kansas City 

Carpenters Regional Council. But the union 

isn’t happy about what it describes as nonunion 

workers from out of town working on 

two construction projects in the city. 

Martin Walter, general counsel for the 

union organization, alleges those workers 

are being paid less than what they should 

be, are being paid in cash so that withholding 

can be circumvented, and aren’t being 

paid overtime. As a result, inadequate taxes 

are being withheld. 

A flyer available from carpenters manning 

the banner site declares: “Your tax 

bills are higher than they should be,” and 

“Monies needed for schools, hospitals and 

other services are uncollected.” The flyer 

further alleges: “Your future Social Security 

retirement benefits are at risk because 

others are not paying their fair share.” 

The city of Chesterfield doesn’t levy or 

collect payroll taxes or enforce withholding 

rules. Nor does it have authority to dictate 

what contractors pay employees working 

on a job for a private party, facts that Walter 

doesn’t dispute. However, he said, “Chesterfield 

shouldn’t allow contractors like this 

to operate in the community.” 

While conceding that Chesterfield has 

no legal authority for such a step, Walter 

noted the city could “bring pressure to bear 

on the owners of the property” where the 

work is being done. 

Asked about the banner and its wording, 

City Administrator Mike Geisel observed, 

“Their argument isn’t with us. It’s not an 

issue the city can do anything about.” 

The two construction projects identified 

in the flyer are the Watermark apartment 

complex on Lydia Hill just south of city 

hall and the Towneplace Suites Hotel in 

western Chesterfield Valley. 

Transportation District 

paves way for bond sales 

The Chesterfield Valley Transportation 

Development District [TDD] board has 

approved a resolution declaring its intent 

to sell bonds that will finance infrastructure 

improvements related to the new hockey 

and sports complex in the valley. 

TDD bonds of up to $7 million are part 

of the overall financing for the $21.5 million 

facility that the Chesterfield Hockey 

Association [CHA] will own and operate. 

Eligible voters last fall approved the bond 

issue and the extension of a 3/8-cent sales 

tax on goods and services purchased from 

businesses in the transportation district to 

pay off the indebtedness. 

Approved at the TDD board’s Sept. 19 

meeting, the resolution also appointed Stifel, 

Nicolaus & Co., Inc., as the underwriter for 

the bonds, Armstrong Teasdale LLP as legal 

counsel, BOK Financial as trustee and Piper 

Jaffray & Co. as financial advisor. Action 

authorizing the actual sale of the bonds is 

expected at the TDD board’s next meeting. 

Chesterfield City Administrator Mike 

Geisel, who also heads the TDD board, 

said the district and CHA still are working 

on final informational items called for in 

the agreement between the two groups, a 

step he said should be completed soon. 

CHA announced earlier this month that it 

has closed on its bank loan, another part of 

the financing package for the new facility, 

known as the Chesterfield SportsComplex. 

The 84,000-square-foot operation will 

feature two NHL-sized rinks, seating for 

some 2,000 spectators, a second-floor 

viewing platform, locker rooms, a team 

meeting room and offices. 

Other funding has come from charitable 

contributions. 

MANCHESTER 

City’s 2018 tax rates set 

The Manchester Board of Aldermen 

approved the city’s 2018 residential, commercial 

and personal property tax rate 

$381.1, which is a slight increase from the 

2017 valuation of $364.1. This allows the 

city to retain last year’s tax rates for operating 

expenses. 

Director of Finance Donald Yucuis presented 

the rate at a public hearing on Sept. 

4 prior to that evening’s Manchester Board 

of Aldermen meeting. 

According to Yucuis, commercial rates 

increased to $0.041 per $100 valuation from 

a rate of $0.040. However, residential rates 

and the debt service remained unchanged. 

According to City Administrator Larry 

Perney, the debt service should remain at 

$0.28 per $100 for the life of the loan associated 

with Proposition S bond sales. The 

debt service is expected to generate $1.05 

million, which is the amount needed to 

maintain the city’s reserve, plus make the 

debt payment owed in 2019. 

Yucuis stated that, in the general operating 

fund, the finance department is recommending 

a $.041 rate per residential, $.041 

for commercial and $.050 for personal 

property. Those three rates generate about 

$158,000 in property taxes.



WEST COUNTY 

Monarch plans budget hearing 

The Monarch Fire Protection District 

will hold a public hearing on its proposed 

2019 budget at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 

27 at 13725 Olive Blvd., in Chesterfield. 

The district’s board will act on the spending 

plan at an open meeting after the hearing. 

Although revenue from building permit 

fees is expected to be some $150,000, or 

about half of this year’s budget figure, the 

decline will be more than made up for by a 

nearly $2.3 million projected gain in property 

taxes due to an increase in assessed 

valuation. The 13-percent gain will boost 

total revenues to nearly $21.2 million, 

compared with $19.3 million this year. 

With an already committed purchase of 

a new pumper truck to be delivered and 

paid for in 2019 and the planned acquisition 

of an ambulance to replace an existing 

vehicle, capital expenditures next year are 

expected to total more than $2.4 million. 

Other major outlays include $325,000 

for a new roof and a replacement generator 

at the district’s station on Long Road 

and $118,000 for command staff vehicles. 

Another $504,000 is earmarked for repairs 

at Monarch’s burn tower and other training 

facilities. The district also plans to buy a 

safety trailer equipped for public education 

on fire prevention and safety and procedures 

to prepare for major storms and other 

disasters. Projected cost is $175,000. 

After a 5-percent uptick in worker’s compensation 

insurance premiums in 2018, the 

district’s downward trend in those costs is 

expected to continue in 2019 with outlays 

of $761,770, compared with this year’s 

$821,200, a drop of more than 6 percent. 

Health insurance premiums are projected 

at nearly $2.5 million in 2019, a 10-percent 

increase over this year’s costs. However, 

liability insurance for directors and officers 

will drop from $399,000 to $269,000, 

or 32.6 percent. 

Total expenditures of $20.7 million in 

2019 will leave a projected budget surplus 

of just over $431,000. 

ST. LOUIS COUNTY 

Council seeks safer MetroLink 

At its Sept. 18 meeting, the St. Louis 

County Council voted 6-0 to fund only the 

next six months of security for MetroLink, 

rather than a full year as is customary. The 

latter six months of funding, which totals 

$5 million, is being withheld until police 

and MetroLink officials can improve the 

system’s security measures. Councilmember 

Colleen Wasinger [R-District 3] proposed 

the legislation. 

“We had two hearings over the past two 

weeks – one with Bi-State Development 

[of which the MetroLink is an enterprise] 

and one with the police,” Wasinger said. 

“The council was concerned about the drop 

in ridership and the security communication 

between Bi-State and the police. The 

council is tired of the status quo and we’re 

trying to make sure that we figure out how 

to best appropriate the money for safety 

and security.” 

This call for change comes in the wake of 

an August shooting near the South Grand 

MetroLink station in which a St. Louis 

County Health Department employee, an 

innocent bystander, was fatally shot. 

Chesterfield resident John Nations, the 

outgoing president and CEO of Bi-State 

Development, released a statement that 

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A LONG AND WINDING ROAD 

Prop D seeks to add 10 cents to state fuel tax over next four years 

By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH 

Since the last increase in the state fuel 

tax was approved by the Missouri General 

Assembly in 1992, funding for state roads 

and bridges has become a bit of a victim of 

life’s circumstances. 

That year, legislators agreed to a six-centsper-gallon 

increase that was phased in until 

it reached 17 cents per gallon in 1996. But 

times changed. The tax increase didn’t take 

inflation into account – the present 17-centsper-gallon 

fuel tax has the buying power of 

7 cents in 1996, state officials say. 

People also started driving less and their 

vehicles became more fuel-efficient. So, 

two decades later, the Missouri Department 

of Transportation, charged with major road 

and bridge improvements, found it wasn’t 

receiving enough money for many new 

roads and bridges. The department has 

been largely reducing to maintain the state’s 

transportation infrastructure. 

It was time to try to make up for lost 

ground. 

By BONNIE KRUEGER 

A proposed gas station with 12 gas 

pumps and a 4,500-square-foot, 24-hour 

convenience store along the Manchester 

Road corridor is being met with resistance 

by an area commercial property owner and 

historic preservationists. 

Initially, Chris Suntrup, on behalf of 

Suntrup William N Trustee, owner, submitted 

a special use permit request with the 

city’s Planning & Zoning commission for 

a gasoline service station to be located at 

14401 Manchester Road. 

The property in question is part of the 

C-1 Commercial Zoning District. P&Z 

unanimously approved a recommendation 

of the permit request at its Aug. 13 meeting. 

The city’s Board of Aldermen held 

a public hearing and first reading of the 

request at its Sept. 4 meeting. However, a 

second reading and vote on the measure, 

scheduled for Sept. 17, were delayed until 

at least Oct. 1. 

At the public hearing before the board 

on Sept. 4, Randy Green, of Innovated 

Companies, spoke on behalf of Suntrup 

and stated that they had worked with 

the city and the Missouri Department of 

Transportation [MoDOT] to create a site 

development plan to meet all specified 

requirements. 

Suntrup owns three properties at the 

Flash forward to this May. After an enormous 

amount of debate and two ballot 

measures, including a sales tax increase 

proposal in 2014 that failed badly, legislators 

have put a state fuel tax – Proposition 

D – on the Nov. 6 statewide ballot. 

If passed, the state’s gas tax would 

increase 2.5 cents per year over the next four 

years, bringing the total tax to 27 cents after 

July 1, 2022. 

A complicated equation 

Today, finding the money to fix crumbling 

roads and tottering bridges and building 

new ones has become a complicated issue 

with many players involved. 

Transportation funding is not just about 

making sure an old bridge doesn’t collapse 

and fall into the river; it’s also about supporting 

current and future economic development 

and weaving highways and bridges 

into a “multi-modal” transportation system 

that calls for integrating highway traffic 

with ports and railroads. 

Likewise, what voters will face in the 

Henry Avenue Historic District includes the 

former West County EMS & Firehouse as well 

as Ken Aston’s Dependahl home [shown]. 

corner of Manchester Road at Henry 

Avenue, including the vacated site of the 

former West County EMS & Fire station 

and two office buildings, with only partial 

occupancy. All three structures would be 

demolished for the proposed gas station 

and store. 

Preservation specialist Karen Bode 

Baxter spoke in opposition of the project 

on Sept. 4. Bode Baxter was instrumental 

in having the National Register of Historic 

Places certify a portion of Henry Avenue as 

a Historic District in 2002. 

The Henry Avenue Historic District 

begins just past Callan Street and ends at 

Boroughwood Circle, which is approximately 

one-third of a mile. 

voting booth is complicated. 

Proposition D specifically states that 

it is going to fund the Missouri Highway 

Patrol and hints at transportation improvements 

but doesn’t mention MoDOT. It also 

includes some goodies that aren’t related to 

transportation or public safety at all. Legislative 

rules prompted the fuel tax to be 

piggy-backed with legislation that would be 

passed to avoid new bills being written. 

The exact ballot language states: “Shall 

Missouri law be amended to fund Missouri 

state law enforcement by increasing 

the motor fuel tax by two and a half cents 

per gallon annually for four years beginning 

July 1, 2019, exempt Special Olympic, 

Paralympic and Olympic prizes from state 

taxes, and to establish the Emergency State 

Freight Bottleneck fund.” 

The fiscal summary for the ballot measure 

states: “If passed, this measure will generate 

$288 million annually to the State Road 

Fund to provide funding for Missouri state 

law enforcement and $123 million annually 

to local governments for road construction 

Bode Baxter explained that her opposition 

to the project is that the historic 

district includes portions of the roadway, 

specifically its “dog-leg turn, and not just 

the properties themselves. However, a traffic 

study was conducted for the project and 

MoDOT gave preliminary approval to the 

site plan, which includes widening the road 

to four lanes to accommodate turn lanes 

and access to the gas station. Additional 

roadwork would make driveway connections 

from Andersohn Drive as a secondary 

way for traffic to access the station without 

using Manchester Road. If the project 

is approved, to avoid traffic congestion or 

“stacking,” and to mitigate traffic concerns, 

motorists would not have left-turn access 

to the gas station from Henry Avenue. 

Bode Baxter said the roadwork would 

disturb the historic site. She further 

explained that by widening the road and 

giving access to the gas station through 

Andersohn Drive, the dog-legged portion 

of the road converts to a T, which changes 

the visual character of the road. 

P&Z Director Melanie Rippetoe 

explained that this area, including the historic 

district properties, is zoned by city 

code as a commercial district, despite the 

historic elements and that the changes 

to the roads would not impede on actual 

parameters of the Historic District. 

Ken Aston, who has been the owner of 



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on maintenance.” 

Scott Charton, a spokesperson for SaferMO.com, 

a group supporting the proposition, 

said lawmakers had to work with state 

See PROP D, page 17 

Proposed gas station near Henry Avenue Historic District meets resistance 

the Dependahl Farmstead and log home 

at 211 Henry Ave. for 20 years, also is 

opposed. Aston is the great-grandson of 

Louis Dependahl, who built the 2.5-story 

Queen Anne Victorian farmhouse in 1910. 

Aston acknowledges that the property in 

question is commercially zoned, but feels 

its use as a gas station and convenience 

store is unsightly and is counterintuitive to 

the ambiance of the Historic District. 

“I’m not opposed to other uses, but a 

24-hour gas and convenience store selling 

liquor is of particular concern,” Aston 

told West Newsmagazine. In an email sent 

to residents, Aston wrote: “According 

to Zillow, gas stations with convenience 

stores significantly reduce your home 

value. Zillow states, ‘Gas stations will be 

the direct result of increases in robberies, 

accidents and traffic.’ Furthermore, statistics 

show that gas station employees in the 

U.S. are ranked No. 2 for the likelihood 

of being murdered on the job, following 

closely behind taxi drivers, at No. 1.’” 

Per city code, only commercial properties 

within 185 feet of the proposed site 

were notified of the public hearing, Aston 

said. A total of 12 letters were mailed, with 

five of them sent to the Suntrup properties. 

“Isn’t it a civic responsibility to notify 

residential property owners who will be 

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Eliminating $10,000 of the $12,500 earmarked for the St. Louis Civic Orchestra was among 

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Chesterfield City Council begins 

2019 budget draft review process 

By JIM ERICKSON 

The Chesterfield City Council has started 

its annual budget-preparation process with 

a preliminary review of the city’s 2019 

spending plan. At least two more meetings 

are anticipated before the document 

is ready for a final public presentation and 

approval later this year. 

Councilmember Barbara McGuinness 

[Ward 1], who chairs the council’s Finance 

and Administration Committee, was in 

charge of the Sept. 17 committee-of-thewhole 

meeting which featured a budget 

presentation by Finance Director Chris 

DesPlanques. 

Although it’s still subject to any number 

of revisions, the budget draft contained a 

number of key assumptions and changes, 

including: 

• No new personnel. 

• A 4-percent hike in health insurance 

costs that go into effect July 1 [a 2-percent 

net increase for the year]. 

• A worker’s compensation insurance rate 

increase of 8 percent. Even with the higher 

premium, City Administrator Mike Geisel 

said Chesterfield remains among the best 

performers when it comes to claims history. 

• A projected savings of $172,000 in 

the personnel budget due to employee 

turnover resulting in some budgeted positions 

not being filled throughout the year. 

Councilmember Barry Flachsbart [Ward 

1] noted the budget label of “personnel 

budgetary savings” is somewhat misleading 

in light of what it refers to, and he suggested 

that staff come up with a different 

description. 

• The potential offsetting of a downward 

trend in sales tax revenues due to new revenue 

sources, such as the recently opened 

TopGolf operation. 

• A 3.5-percent decline in telephone utility 

tax revenue, per a recommendation from the 

F&A Citizens Advisory Committee. 

No employee salary merit increases are 

included in the preliminary budget, although 

that is subject to change and likely will be 

an agenda topic at the next F&A committee-of-the-whole 

meeting Oct. 8. 

It also was mentioned that voter approval 

in November of a proposed increase in the 

motor fuel tax rate could have a positive 

impact on revenues for roads and bridges. 

Since that outcome is uncertain, the city 

now is projecting a slight decrease in that 

source, in line with recent trends. 

Also subject to change is a projected 

$1.26 million surplus in the 2019 budget 

for the general fund, the largest of the city’s 

four spending plan categories. However, 

Mayor Bob Nation noted that if it were not 

for revenues from Proposition P, the voterapproved, 

half-cent sales tax earmarked 

for public safety, the upcoming budget 

would be in the red. Chesterfield used to 

include most of its public safety outlays in 

the general fund; however, with the passage 

of Proposition P, the city has established 

a separate public safety fund so that 

revenues and expenditures can be tracked 

more easily. 

McGuinness asked and received approvals 

for what she called “belt tightening.” 

Included were the elimination of proposed 

expenditures of $15,000 for an art contest, 

$3,000 paid to the Chesterfield Chamber 

of Commerce in connection with a concert 

and a $10,000 reduction in the $12,500 

earmarked for the St. Louis Civic Orchestra 

in presenting a season-opening concert 

at the Chesterfield Amphitheater. 

McGuinness predicted additional budget 

reductions will be considered at future 

meetings. She said her goal is for the city 

to do the best possible job in “the four Ps,” 

which she identified as parks, police, public 

works and planning [and zoning]. 

“Those are the city’s priorities and it has 

to be our job as a council to look carefully 

at expenditures outside of those areas to 

make sure we are making the best use of 

taxpayer dollars,” she observed.



Chesterfield City Council rejects 

veterinary clinic rezoning proposal 



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By JIM ERICKSON 

The Chesterfield City Council has 

rejected a rezoning proposal to allow a veterinary 

clinic and other possible offices on 

a corner lot adjoining the Clarkson Wilson 

Center on Clarkson Road. 

On a unanimous vote at its Sept. 17 

meeting, the council turned down the 

request from Dr. Douglas Pernikoff after 

hearing from some three dozen persons, 

most of whom opposed the change. In June, 

the city’s planning commission voted 8-0 

to approve the measure. 

Filed late last year, the zoning change 

had its first public hearing before the planning 

and zoning commission in February. 

The nearly one-acre parcel is split between 

an R2 residential portion applying to about 

two-thirds of the land, with the rest zoned 

commercial. The proposal asked that the 

entire lot be switched to a planned commercial 

district. 

As ultimately agreed to by the petitioner, 

the lot would be used for a professional 

office building of no more than 7,500 

square feet incorporating a number of 

residential design features. However, the 

proposal subsequently failed to win the 

council’s planning and public works committee 

endorsement before it went to the 

full council for final action. 

The property is on the south side of 

Clarkson Woods Drive at the entrance of 

Clarkson Woods subdivision. 

Those opposing the change at the Sept. 

17 meeting and at earlier sessions cited, 

among other things, concerns about 

increased traffic, safety, the possibility 

of diminished property values and objections 

to having an office building with 

parking facilities at the entrance to the 

subdivision. 

In a seven-page letter to councilmembers, 

Pernikoff refuted the objections and 

reminded officials of the planning commission’s 

unanimous approval of the change 

and his efforts to accommodate “every 

reasonable request and suggestion made by 

residents and the commission.” 

Pernikoff owns the property and noted 

that, without rezoning, “it is and will 

remain literally worthless.” 

Later in the letter, he added, “I do not 

want to even think about litigation, but 

I cannot abandon the investment I have 

made in this property and simply don’t 

understand how I can be forced to own and 

maintain property that cannot be used for 

anything without rezoning.” 

Councilmember Barry Flachsbart [Ward 

1] said while he believes a development 

much more objectionable to residents 

than what Dr. Pernikoff wants could be 

placed on the property, the city’s comprehensive 

plan calls for a residential 

use on the site and he sided with that 

plan. Councilmember Ben Keathley 

[Ward 2] agreed and seconded Flachsbart’s 

motion to turn down the rezoning 

request. 

The nearly one-acre lot behind this sign has been the focal point of a rezoning proposal to enable 

the construction of a 7,500-square-foot professional office building. 

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-Special Try out Units, our new and much ”Fire Life more… Safety 

Education Unit” 

- Safety Booths & Information 

- Giveaways – Free pumpkins, 

- K-9 Demonstrations from “Hallie” special giveaways and much more 

- “Jake” Metro West’s official mascot 

- The “Balloon Twisters” 

- Home Depot with the kids “creation station” 

- Firehouse Burgers, Hot Dogs and other 

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A street pavement assessment study was 

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the work, which will be completed 

over the next seven years. With the completion 

of the assessment and sale of the 

first $9 million in bonds, work is slated to 

begin immediately. 

On Sept. 4, the Board of Aldermen 

approved the city’s agreement with M & 

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the first phase of street and sidewalk work 

not to exceed $1,418,636.48. That amount 

includes a 5-percent change order for 

$67,500. Work slated for fall includes concrete 

slab replacement in various locations 

as well as the complete rebuild of Briarhurst 

Drive from Hwy. 141 to Hazel Falls Drive. 

Approximately half the work in the 2018 

package will be completed this year with 

the remainder to be completed by May 2019. 

The 2018 budget also provided funding 

for two asphalt overlay projects on Joyce 

Ann Drive and inside Paul A. Schroeder 

Park. Using $150,000 from the public 

works capital improvement fund, Joyce 

Ann Drive will receive an asphalt overlay. 

Additionally, $85,000 was allocated 

from the parks and stormwater fund for 

asphalt work on the aquatic center circle 

and upper parking in Schroeder Park. The 

board approved a contract with Byrne 

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which includes a 5-percent, $7,500 change 

order for both projects. Their bid includes 

$112,238.26 for the Joyce Ann project and 

$46,249.19 for the park project. 

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[Bonnie Krueger photo] 

For 2019 and 2020, expenditures of 

approximately $3.5 million each year also 

are detailed in the plan. 

Street improvements include concrete 

slab replacement, concrete street reconstruction, 

asphalt street pavement mills and 

overlays, and asphalt street reconstruction. 

Sidewalk improvements include concrete 

slab replacement, concrete slab leveling, 

and ADA [Americans with Disabilities 

Act] curb ramp construction. Senior project 

manager Ramin Ashrafzadeh, Horner 

& Shifrin, explained that slab replacements 

can last as long as 25 years, with overlays 

having a shorter life of approximately 15 

years. 

City officials held an informal meeting 

and visual presentation on Sept. 13 that 

specified what streets will be addressed 

during the first three years of the improvement 

project. Representatives from Horner 

& Shifrin were on hand to answer residents’ 

questions. City officials have said they will 

make interactive plans available on the 

city website as soon as possible. Meanwhile, 

the meeting’s presentation posters 

are available for viewing in the municipal 

courtroom at the Police Facility. 

MANCHESTER, from page 11 

impacted by the changes to the road they 

live on?” Aston asked. 

Both Bode Baxter and Aston said that, 

per municipal code, before changes are 

made to a nationally registered historic 

property, the city’s Historic Preservation 

Commission must conduct an impact study 

to obtain a certificate of appropriateness. 

“This allows the public, the historic preservation 

commission and city officials to 

work together and make sure the best interest 

of the city is represented,” Bode Baxter 

said. 

In response to the project, Alderman 

Marilyn Ottenad [Ward 2] stated: “We still 

do not know if Henry Avenue can be widened, 

if a historic impact study is required, 

or if there are restrictions on this development 

by virtue of its proximity to a historic 

district. Additionally, there are questions 

and concerns about the nature of the proposed 

development and the contents of the 

submitted plans. 

“I don’t know, at this point, if a gas station 

and convenience store is the absolute 

best fit, but I am also sensitive to the fact 

that this property has basically been vacant 

since the fire department moved many 

years ago. Some development producing 

tax revenue for our city is better than a 

vacant property that continues to deteriorate 

with time.”





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PROP D, from page 11 

constitutional requirements that state fueltax 

increases only can be used to pay for 

the cost of collecting the revenue, local and 

state roads and bridges, and the actual Highway 

Patrol costs of enforcing Missouri’s 

laws on state highways. 

Charton said the proposition’s passage 

means that the new fuel tax revenue will go 

to the Highway Patrol, freeing up money 

appropriated by the General Assembly to 

the Highway Patrol to be used for road construction 

and maintenance. 

Prop D and the average driver 

For every 2.5 cents increase in the motor 

fuel tax, the average driver will spend an 

additional $1.28 per month, according to 

Charton. In four years, when the tax reaches 

10 cents, that cost will be $5.10 per month. 

Rep. Jean Evans [R-District 99] said 

Prop D “puts in statute a priority to fund 

the Highway Patrol; no one can come along, 

elected or unelected bureaucrat, and start 

cutting their funding.” 

“I think we really need to make people 

understand that this is for law enforcement 

as well [as infrastructure],” said State Rep. 

Kathie Conway [R-District 104]. “We are 

losing highway patrolman to [police departments 

in] St. Louis County, probably to St. 

Charles County [and] Kansas City because 

they pay more.” 

However, the lion’s share of attention on 

Proposition D centers on addressing the 

“deferred maintenance” that has been in 

effect for decades in Missouri. The state has 

the seventh largest transportation system 

in the country but is 46th in the nation in 

revenue spent per mile. In addition to major 

highways, MoDOT maintains county roads, 

designated by letters. 

Patrick McKenna, director of MoDOT, 

and St. Charles County Executive Steve 

Ehlmann don’t use the phrase gas tax. 

“It’s a user fee,” Ehlmann said. 

One of the reasons that America has 

been able to build its road system is that 

it charged for the use of it, McKenna said. 

“The more you drive, the more you pay. The 

tax doesn’t scale to the side of the economy 

the way other general taxes do like income 

taxes and sale tax. They grow as the economy 

grows, as the population grows. The 

gas tax doesn’t, it’s purely based at present 

on the number of gallons purchased.” 

What has happened since the 1990s is 

that the rate of inflation has caused the 

state to lose purchasing power, McKenna 

said. Costs continue to rise while revenue 

remains flat. MoDOT has probably lost $50 

to $60 million in purchasing power, which 

isn’t critical for one year but starts to stack 

up over decades, he said. 

Voter passage of Proposition D won’t fix 

everything. MoDOT has estimated that its 

transportation needs annually hit as high as 

$825 million. But it could restore the purchasing 

power that the state fuel tax had in 

the 1990s and is a “reasonable approach” 

that doesn’t overwhelm the agency with too 

much work, McKenna said. 

“It puts us in a position to trend in the 

right direction, we have been trending in the 

wrong direction for over 30 years,” he said. 

If the state can’t do everything, then what 

are its priorities? The state maintains more 

than 10,000 bridges. Of those, 922 are rated 

“poor” by federal officials. The average age 

of state bridges is more than 40 years old; 

most are designed to last 50 years. 

As an example of the challenges faced 

statewide, McKenna noted that a 16-mile 

section of I-270 from the Chain of Rocks 

Bridge to the I-70 interchange has 16 interchanges 

that are in bad shape. “We have 

nets under those interchanges to keep the 

pieces of concrete that are failing from hitting 

vehicles,” McKenna said. 

New money also may put the state in the 

position to provide matching funds to obtain 

federal highway funding that, in turn, could 

pick up the costs of as much as 80 percent 

of major highway and bridge projects. The 

Trump administration has signaled that it 

would cut regulations to provide federal 

money but the local cost share may rise, 

local officials have said. 

Extra money also may allow MoDOT 

to change some of its austerity measures. 

“Right now, starting at winter, I’m upward 

of 900 people short to plow snow this year,” 

McKenna said. In past year, the state has 

used supervisory personnel to plow snow. 

Prop D and local cities 

It’s not just a potential pile of money for 

major road projects that has people looking 

toward Proposition D, it’s also the local 

money that will come the way of cities and 

counties. 

Cities and counties would divide up $123 

million a year in new revenue from the 

motor fuel tax if Proposition D is approved. 

Funds would be distributed based on population 

with West St. Louis County government 

receiving a little more than $6 million 

and St. Charles County more than $2 million. 

In West St. Louis County, Ballwin would 

receive $478,227; Chesterfield, $746,880; 

and Wildwood, $558,651. In St. Charles 

County, O’Fallon [the county’s largest city] 

would receive $1.24 million; St. Peters, 

$826,957; and Lake Saint Louis, $228,700. 

That funding is restricted for transportation 

use only. 

Pat Kelly, executive director of the 

Municipal League of Metro St. Louis, 

which represents many St. Louis County 

municipalities, said he expects a flurry of 

activity by local municipalities if voters 

approve Proposition D. 

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‘Just Can’t Stop Reading’ 

Michelle Griese’s second-grade students 

at Ridge Meadows Elementary have opened 

their own classroom library – appropriately 

named the Just Can’t Stop Reading Library. 

“We wanted to work together to build 

something the kids would all have ownership 

in,” Griese said. “We started by 

putting all the books in the middle of the 

room. Students wanted to do the chapter 

books first, so they sorted them by series 

and decided where they wanted to display 

them. Then they made their own labels.” 

Griese said students put the remaining 

chapter books in different categories 

such as mystery, suspense and humor, and 

removed the books students decided were 

beneath their reading level. 

“They made labels for everything and 

came up with a name for the library. Students 

have so much ownership in it,” 

Griese said. “I hope they get even more 

excited about reading. I hope they learn 

there are different genres that exist and 

different choices to get interested in, like 

fiction and non-fiction. I want students to 

feel like they created this library.” 

The fourth-grade team at Rossman School placed first in 

its age group in the 2018 National Geography Challenge. 

Student Aubrey Toti said, “I helped with 

all the categories and all the chapter books 

and the little tags we put on them. I liked 

working with my group.” 

“I sorted and made the signs for three of 

the books about the characters Cam Jansen, 

Eloise and Amber Brown,” said student 

Nora Rickman. “I think it’s pretty cool and 

pretty awesome.” 

Geography reigns supreme 

at Rossman School 

Students at Rossman School in Creve 

Coeur placed first among fourth-graders, 

first among fifth-graders and second 

among sixth-graders in the 2018 National 

Geography Challenge. 

The National Geography Challenge is 

sponsored by the National Council for 

Geographic Education. The written exam 

tests general knowledge of geography, map 

skills, interpreting charts and graphs, and 

reading comprehension. 

Erin Moore teaches upper school social 

studies at Rossman School and helped lead 

the teams to victory. Rossman has claimed 

seven national titles in this competition. 

Circle Of Concern awards 

youth scholarships 

Circle Of Concern Food Pantry has 

announced the names of its 2018 youth 

scholarship recipients. 

The students went through a vigorously 

competitive application process, including 

an in-depth interview. Students were 

awarded the scholarships based on their 

interview, academic success and financial 

need. 

The scholarship recipients include: Jazzlyn 

Adler, Elaine Bisso, Suzanna Blalock, 

Gabrielle Blosser, Adriona Carey, 

Kaitlin Clermont, Hannah Coleman, 

Sierra Downings, Adrian 

Fedorko, Katelyn Gettis, Lucy 

Grimshaw, Jorden Grossett, 

Denise Jones, Chad Kaether, 

Kaylee Kombrink, Hwan Lee, 

Alysia Lockhart, Sierra Plummer, 

Emily Sampson, Jordan Sampson, 

Alejandra Sanchez, Cole Schubbe, 

Isabelle Snyder, John Stewart and 

Kassidy Webb. 

“We are so pleased to be able to 

provide financial support each year to help 

students continue their education,” Cyndi 

Miller, executive director of Circle Of 

Concern, said. “Our scholarship program 

undoubtedly makes a difference in the 

lives of those who might not have otherwise 

been able to pursue their dreams.” 

Circle has awarded more than $1 million 

in scholarships during the course of its 

51 years in service; those scholarships are 

used for professional trade schools, community 

colleges or four-year institutions. 

Marquette High grads awarded 

highest rank in Girl Scouts 

Victoria Everson and Aurora Paolicchi, 

2017 graduates of Marquette High, 

recently earned the Girl Scout Gold 

Award, the highest achievement in Girl 

Scouts. 

By earning the award, Everson and 

Paolicchi exemplify leaders who have transformed 

an idea for change into an actionable 

plan with a sustainable impact. Everson 

and Paolicchi were among 53 Gold Award 

Girl Scouts recognized during a ceremony 

at Lindenwood University in St. Charles 

this summer. The Gold Award represents the 

culmination of more than 80 hours of work 

on a project that is important to each girl. 

When Everson learned students at Selvidge 

Middle lacked personal hygiene 

items because of financial constraints, 

she decided to take action. As her project, 

Everson organized three events at her 

high school and asked students to donate 

things like shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, 

tissues, razors and toilet paper. 

She collected and distributed more than 

350 personal care items, leaving a longlasting 

emotional impact on these individuals. 

Suicide is the second-leading cause of 

death for young adults ages 15-24, according 

to a report by the Missouri Institute of 

Mental Health. Paolicchi wanted to make 

a difference in the lives of Eastern Missouri 

teenagers by spreading awareness 

about anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, 

eating disorders, schizophrenia and 

addiction. To earn her Gold Award, she 

organized a 10-day workshop for elementary 

and middle-school aged girls during 

which they discussed and explored mental 

health. After the workshop concluded, she 

assembled a list of online mental illness 

resources that she shared with those participating 

girls – providing these teenagers 

with helpful tools for combating mental 

illness. 

Scouting event open 

to the community 

What’s new in Scouting in the St. Louis 

area? Find out at the Greater St. Louis Area 

Council Alumni Association’s Reconnect 

With Scouting Family Day from 3-5 p.m. 

on Sunday, Oct. 21 at Beaumont Scout 

Reservation, 6480 Beaumont Scout Reservation 

Drive in High Ridge. 

Fun activities for adults and children 

will be available, including a hayride tour 

of camp and new program areas. Dinner is 

available starting at 4 p.m. and there is no 

cost to attend. All family and friends are 

invited. 

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Parkway West girls cross country team off to solid start this season 

By WARREN MAYES 

The Parkway West girls cross country 

team is off and running this fall. 

The Longhorns, under veteran coach 

Charlie Cutelli, has a veteran squad to 

work with and have won their first three 

meets of the season. 

“We return five of our seven varsity runners 

from the state team [No. 6 in Class 4] 

last year,” Cutelli said. “We have over 40 

girls on the team. It is a solid group that is 

working hard day in and day out.” 

There are four team captains: seniors 

Soutane Oliver, Chloe Hershenow and 

Claire Smout and junior Laura Rein. 

The Parkway Quad was held at Parkway 

Central. The Longhorns recorded a perfect 

score by placing one through for a score of 

15. The medalist was Hershenow. 

“It was a great way to begin the season,” 

Cutelli said. “It was hot out and the Parkway 

Central course has been revamped and 

it is quite the bear. We like tough courses 

so it was a great way to start the season.” 

The girls also competed in the rugged 

Memphis Twilight. That race draws teams 

from around the Midwest and South to 

compete. There were 43 varsity teams 

competing for the team title. 

It was Parkway West’s first time to travel 

and compete in the Tennessee race. 

“We felt like we had a shot at competing 

for the team title, although we felt 

like no one else there really knew who 

we were or considered us contenders, 

which was fine by us,” Cutelli said. 

Parkway West won the varsity meet 

with 106 points, beating out powerhouse 

Bentonville [Arkansas] High by 

10 points. The JV squad came in second. 

Hershenow placed ninth with a time 

of 19 minutes, 26.83 seconds. Smout 

came in 21st in 20.09.27. Sophomore Leah 

Selm was 28th in 20.18.97, just ahead of 

sophomore teammate Emily Sipp’s 29thplace 

time of 20.21.61. Junior Emma 

Caplinger was 31st in 20:26.36. Senior 

Natalie Butler came in 104th in 21.51.78. 

Rein was 142nd in 22.35.04. 

There were 344 runners competing in the 

race. 

“It was a good experience in walking 

into something not really knowing what 

to expect,” Cutelli said. “The girls were 

excited to win. It was a good feather in the 

cap for them. To know that the work they 

have put in over the summer was paying off. 

“There were some girls from other teams 

who were a little shocked when the final 

scores came out. Who is Parkway West was 

heard and I think we answered that well.” 

Members of the Parkway West girls cross country team 

at the Stan Nelson Invitational, which they won. 

[John Wilson photo] 

Winning the annual Stan Nelson Invitational 

held at Northwest has become old 

hat to the Lady Longhorns. 

Parkway Wes won the Stan Nelson in 

2015, 2016, 2017 and now again in 2018 

so the streak is up to four. 

The Longhorns won with 30 points. Marquette 

was second with 51. 

“Stan Nelson was a great meet,” Cutelli 

said. “It was super muddy due to the hurricane 

remnants that swept through. It was a 

perfect example of why you should race to 

compete and not worry about splits, times 

and the like. Everyone was going to run 

slow because of the conditions. 

“I was told by some parents they thought 

it was worse than Tough Mudders they had 

competed in.” 

The girls likely won’t forget the race. 

“As coach Glenn from Northwest 

said, this will be a meet your kids will 

remember 20 years from now,” Cutelli 

said. “I think that summarized the day. 

The girls ran well but Marquette and 

Kirkwood were hot on our heels. Both 

of those programs have great kids and 

great coaches so I know come conference 

and districts there will be some 

battling up front.” 

Hershenow came in third in 22:59.67 

while Smout was fourth in 23:14.26, 

Selm was fifth in 23:19.29. Caplinger was 

eighth in 23:33.73 and Emily Sipp was 

12th in 23:41.24. Freshman Kate Yates was 

18th in 24:22.88. 

“Everyone finished and that was the goal,” 

Cutelli said. “There were no personal 

bests due to the conditions. But everyone 

grinded [sic] and did well.” 

Cutelli is pleased with how his girls are 

performing and is looking forward to what 

the team can achieve. 

“The start of the season has been great for 

us thus far,” Cutelli said. “We are excited 

to see what the rest of the season has in 

store for us. Our mantra is we do what we 

do. Hopefully, we can continue that into 

October and early November.” 

The Longhorns will host the Parkway 

West Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 29. 

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By WARREN MAYES 

High school boys swimming 

CBC’s swim team won the recent Ladue 

Invitational with 585 points. 

The field had 12 teams. Westminster 

Christian Academy came in third with 260 

points. 

The Cadets finished seventh last season 

in the Class 2 meet. 

“Our goal is to beat our place last year at 

state,” CBC coach Sean Dooley said. “We 

feel our team is strong enough to be in the 

top tiers and are excited for the opportunity 

we’ve been given.” 

The team has been making a big splash 

so far this season. CBC won the McCluer 

North Relays earlier this season. 

“It’s a great meet to start the season with 

it being an outdoor meet,” Dooley said. “It 

was a nice start to the season.” 

The Cadets were swimming well heading 

into the recent Ladue Invitational. 

“This is one of the strongest teams I’ve 

coached at CBC, so every meet they are 

coming in strong,” Dooley said. 

Two CBC school records fell in the meet. 

Senior August Brandt won the 100 fly in 

51.64 and the 100 back in 53.96; both are 

top times in the region. 

“August swam a phenomenal meet, 

breaking both the 100 fly and 100 back 

records for CBC,” Dooley said. 

CBC won the 200-medley relay in 1 

minute, 44.03 seconds. The boys on the 

relay were junior Drew Wihlmann, senior 

Dominic Cyr, Brandt and junior Mike 

Weiss. 

CBC also won the 200-free relay in 

1:32.04 – the top time in the region so far 

this season. Cyr, Brandt, Weiss and senior 

Brooks Cosman were on the relay team. 

Max Wehrmann and Cosman were 

double winners. Wehrmann won the 200 

free in 1:49.83 and the 500 free in 4:59.80. 

Cosman won the 50 free in 22.60. and the 

100 free in 49.32. 

Cyr won the 200 IM in 2:06.26 and was 

second in the 100 breast in 1:02.67. 

High school girls golf 

Defending Class 2 state champion St. 

Joseph’s Academy won its own Angel 

Classic at Quail Creek Golf Club. 

The Angels finished with a four-player 

total of 298. Notre Dame de Sion, of 

Kansas City, was a distant second at 316. 

There were 15 teams and 93 players in 

the field. 

Junior Grace Aromando finished with a 

2-under-par 70 to claim medalist honors. 

St. Joseph’s sophomore Nicole Rallo shot 

an even-par 72 to end up in fourth place. 

Sophomore Drew Nienhaus shot a 77 to 

finish seventh. Senior Lauren Gallagher 

and freshman Mia Rallo each shot a 79 to 

tie for ninth place. 

St. Joseph’s also won the Mo-Kan Challenge 

and the Illinois-Missouri River Challenge 

tournaments this fall. 

Lafayette sophomore Brooke Biermann 

shot a 71 to tie for second place with Lindbergh 

sophomore Sofia Gamayo. 

High school boys cross country 

In the Stan Nelson Invitational, Marquette 

finished second with 78 points. 

Kirkwood won with 21 points. Parkway 

West was third with 81 points. 

A total of 88 runners competed in the 

12-team meet. 

Marquette had four runners in the top 20. 

Senior Mason Walters was 10th in 18:57.80 

and sophomore teammate Ethan Koop was 

11th in 18:59.72. Sophomore Stone Burke 

was 14th in 19:22.48. Sophomore Connor 

Del Carmen was 17th in 19:30.70. Junior 

Quinton Durer came in 31st in 20.14.24. 

CBC will play a rare Saturday afternoon 

game in Week 6. The defending 

Class 6 state champions will entertain St. 

John’s College High. 

St. John’s is a private, Lasallian 

Catholic coeducational school located 

in Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington, 

D.C. Its mission is to provide 

a quality education to young men and 

women from diverse socioeconomic 

and cultural backgrounds. It was established 

in 1851 and is the second oldest 

Christian Brothers School in the United 

States. 

Many of St. John’s varsity teams travel 

during the year and over the summer. 

These opportunities offer its student-athletes 

a chance to compete against talented 

national and international competition. 

Its teams play in the Washington Catholic 

Athletic Conference. 

St. John’s varsity football team 

defeated Gonzaga 30-7 to win the 2017 

WCAC championship. The team finished 

the season having gone undefeated in the 

WCAC for the first time since 1976 and 

having won the school’s first football 

Parkway West had three runners in the 

top 20. Senior Zane Yates was sixth in 

18:23.63. Sophomore Thomas Anderson 

came in 12th in 19:05.74. Junior Jonah 

Yates was 20th in 19:42.43. Junior Vincent 

Malpocker was 23rd in 19.47.45. Junior 

Dawson Ren was 25th in 20.01.98. 

In the Gold Division of the 13th Annual 

Forest Park Cross Country Festival, Parkway 

South sophomore Eric Boles finished 

second overall with a time of 18:41.30. 

Sophomore teammate Daniel Tabaka was 

sixth in 18.59.30. Sophomore Luke Diehl 

was 32nd in 19:52.60. Senior Andrew 

Hediger was 50th in 20:33.40. Junior Jeffrey 

Ying was 95th in 21:52.40. The Patriots 

finished fourth with 120 points in the 

19-team field. 

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Both teams share the mascot name of 

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• Fox at Marquette 

• Lindbergh at Eureka 

• Westminster Christian Academy at 

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• Clayton at Parkway West 

• Parkway Central at Webster Groves 

• De Smet Jesuit at Chaminade 

Saturday, Sept. 29 

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• St. John’s College at CBC • 1 p.m. 

• Lutheran North at MICDS • 1 p.m. 

• John Burroughs at Priory • 2 p.m.

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SPORTS BRIEFS, from page 20 

In the Green Division of the 

Forest Park Cross Country Festival, 

Lafayette came in seventh with 225 

points in 23-team field. Senior Harrison 

Brown was 23rd in 18:06.70. 

Junior Aiden Murphy was 27th in 

18:13.00. Junior Andrew Mcmillen 

was 54th in 18:46.00. Senior 

Michael Atteberry was 57th in 

18:48.20. Senior Michael Nicholson 

was 64th in 18:56.50. Senior Cole 

Johnson was 84th in 19:21.00. 

High school girls cross country 

Marquette finished second with 51 points 

in the recent Stan Nelson Invitational at 

Northwest High. 

Marquette sophomore Katie Quade was 

the medalist with a time of 22 minutes, 

50.15 seconds. Junior Vicky Penney was 

sixth in 23:23.01 and sophomore Riley 

Goring was seventh in 23:23.82. Junior 

Anna Warren was 22nd in 24:38.32 and 

senior Eva Morrison was 24th in 24:41.61. 

In the 13th annual Forest Park Cross 

Country Festival, Parkway Central came 

in second with 91 points in the Gold Division. 

Danni Lee was 13th in 22:43.90 and 

Brooke Hilton was 14th in 22:52.90 to 

finish among the top 20 runners. 

Marquette Boys at Northwest [from left] Connor Del 

Carman, Jacob Laupan, Quentin Durer, Mason Walters, 

Ethan Koop and Stone Burke [Mark Walters photo] 

with our showing in the tournament, but 

hats off to the other teams for playing very 

well and winning as Kirkwood and Summit 

are very deserving of their respected firstand 

second-place finishes.” 

Junior Audrey Samples has been playing 

well for the Lancers, Schroeder said. 

“Audrey is doing a good job for us as a 

first-year varsity starter,” Schroeder said. 

“We have eight returners and 10 new varsity 

members so we are very young. We 

are continually working each day on our 

weaknesses, and the girls are adapting well 

to new positions. The biggest thing that 

we focus on is getting better each day and 

simply not getting outworked.” 

The main scoring for Lafayette has come 

from sophomore Mia Simpson and junior 

Lauren Marshall, Schroeder said. 

“We are excited for some good challenges 

in the upcoming weeks,” Schroeder 

said. “There are a ton of teams 

that are very competitive this year.” 

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The Forest Park Cross Country Festival 

is one of the area’s top cross country meets. 

It attracts some of the best competition 

from Missouri and some talented teams 

from out of state. 

High school field hockey 

Lafayette defeated Marquette 2-1 at 

Lafayette to finish third in the Rockwood 

Tournament. 

Lafayette defeated Ladue 2-0 in the first 

round before falling 2-0 to Summit in the 

semifinals. Marquette topped Parkway 

West 1-0 but lost 2-1 to Kirkwood in the 

semifinals. 

“The tournament was fielded with some 

strong public schools from several different 

districts,” Lafayette coach Melissa 

Schroder said. “We were very disappointed 

New Lafayette 

athletic director 

Jonathan Sumner is the new athletic 

director at Lafayette. 

Sumner spent the last seven seasons 

as the Lancers’ wrestling coach. 

Now, he’s the school’s athletic director, 

replacing Todd Zell, who resigned 

before the school year began. 

“The job opened toward the end of 

summer and I was fortunate enough to get 

the opportunity to interview for it,” Sumner 

said. “I interviewed for the position a year 

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and passionate about for a while. 

Lafayette was the only place that I was 

really interested in holding this position. 

“My own children will attend Lafayette 

down the road as we live in the community, 

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Festival returns to Chesterfield 

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Spirit Airpark Wes 

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Gather up yer clan, even the wee ones, and head 

to Spirit Airpark West Drive for the 2018 St. Louis 

Scottish Games & Cultural Festival Sept. 28-29! 

Whether you want to celebrate your Scottish heritage, 

or you just want to experience all that is Scottish 

culture, the Scottish Games are the perfect chance to 

“come be Scottish for the day,” as Mark Sutherland 

puts it. Sutherland, a Scotland native, is the spokesperson 

for the Scottish Games and holds the title of 

Her Majesty’s Honorary Consul of the United Kingdom 

of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 

“The Scottish Games are our way of celebrating 

our history and the nation of our birth,” Sutherland 

said. “But it’s also a great way for Americans to 

enjoy what we love and become part of the bigger 

Scottish family.” 

The weekend promises a jam-packed array of Scottish 

athletics, pipe bands and drumming, Scottish 

Highland dancing, sheepdog demonstrations, live 

Scottish music, ceremonies, native Scottish food and 

drink, and more. 

Now in its 16th year, Sutherland said the festival 

has seen a steady increase in attendees with each 

passing event. This year, he expects a crowd of about 

5,000 to turn out at the festival. 

“There’s always been an affinity, an affection, for 

Scotland,” Sutherland said. “But definitely programs 

like [the TV show] Outlander and other [pop culture] 

elements that have that Scottish flavor cause people 

to be more interested in everything Scottish. At the 

Scottish Games, you’ll be able to experience everything 

that is Scotland in a variety of forms.” 

We’ve outlined everything you need to know ahead 

of the one-of-a-kind 2018 Scottish Games. 

Cuisine and merchandise 

If you’ve ever wondered what Scottish fare consists 

of, this is your chance to try it out – with everything 

from scones and tea to shepherd’s pie, haggis, 

bridies and Scotch eggs! 

“Scotch eggs are amazingly delicious,” Sutherland 

said. “A Scotch egg is a hard-boiled egg surrounded 

in sausage meat, battered or rolled in bread crumbs, 

and then deep-fried. It’s quite amazing.” 

Local restaurants such as The Scottish Arms will 

have samples of their fare all weekend as well. 

And, of course, a Scottish event wouldn’t be 

complete without quality Scotch and other festive 

libations. 

“Laphroaig, a big sponsor of ours, will have free 

Scotch samples,” Sutherland said. “And Schlafly 

does a limited-edition Scottish Ale that will be served 

throughout the weekend.” 

Celtic clothing, embroidered goods, pottery, jewelry, 

wood crafts and home décor are among the 

items you will find at the vendor booths. 

Live music and dancing 

The festival is just as much about the music and 

dancing as it is about the athletic events. Attendees 

can enjoy Scottish country dancing demonstrations 

on the Bill Nicoll Ceremonies Field, a Highland 

Dancing competition at the Highland Dancing Stage, 

massed pipe band performances, bagpipe and drum 

competitions, and two tents’ worth of music. 

Following Friday’s opening ceremonies, on the 

Bill Nicoll Ceremonies Field, the festival kicks off 

with a folk concert by Mitzi MacDonald and the 

Laws Family Band – blending music from Ireland, 

Scotland and Canada’s eastern shores. 

Later Friday evening, there will be a Laphroaig 

Celtic Rock Concert at the Laphroaig Celtic Rock Tent. 

On both Friday and Saturday, Plaid to the Bone, 

a St. Louis-based bagpipe rock group, and Prydein, 

an American Celtic bagpipe rock group, will be performing 

at the Laphroaig Celtic Rock Tent. 

On Saturday, at the Alex Sutherland Music Tent, 

attendees will be treated to performances by Triflemore, 

a duo from small-town America and northern 

Scotland, Peat Fire Flame, a Scottish traditional 

group, and The Wee Heavies, a St. Louis-based acappella 

quartet. 

Tickets and parking 

For tickets, visit stlouis-scottishgames.com/tickets. 

To skip the line, purchase tickets ahead of time. Or 

purchase them at the gate on the event day. 

Choose from one-day tickets, a two-day pass or a 

family pass. 

For adults [age 17 and older], tickets are $10 for 

Friday, $15 for Saturday or $20 for a two-day pass. 

A $5 discount is available for students and active or 

former military members with a valid ID. 

For children [age 5-16], tickets are $5 each day. 

Children under age 5 are free. 

A family pass [two adults and up to four children] 

costs $25 on Friday, $35 on Saturday or $50 for a 

two-day pass. 

Free parking is available in designated fields 

nearby, with a path to the event site. 

Note that animals are not allowed at the festival, 

with the exception of service animals. 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28 

Festival open from 4-10:30 p.m. 

4 p.m. Gates open 

4:15 p.m. Sheepdog demonstration [BNCF*] 

5:40 p.m. Opening ceremonies [BNCF*] 

5:45 p.m. Folk concert with Mitzi MacDonald and the Laws Family 

Band [BNCF*] 

Dusk: Torchlight Ceremony/Calling of the Clans [BNCF*] 

8 p.m. Laphroaig Celtic Rock [Laphroaig Celtic Rock Tent] 

8 p.m. Plaid to the Bone [Laphroaig Celtic Rock Tent] 

9 p.m. Prydein [Laphroaig Celtic Rock Tent] 

Around 10 p.m. Friday events end 

SATURDAY, SEPT. 29 

Festival open from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. 

8:30 a.m. Gates open 

8:30 a.m. Bagpipe and drum competitions begin 

8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Pipes and drum competitions and 

Champion Supreme contest 

9:15 a.m. Opening ceremonies, featuring presentation of the colors 

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9:15 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Scotch tasting 

9:30 a.m. Highland Mist Scottish country dancing [BNCF*] 

10:15 a.m. Sheepdog demonstration [BNCF*] 

9:30 a.m. Highland dancing competition [Highland Dancing Stage] 

10:30 a.m. Plaid to the Bone [Laphroaig Celtic Rock Tent] 

11:15 a.m. Children’s foot race [BNCF*] 

11:30 a.m. Triflemore [Alex Sutherland Music Tent] 

11:30 a.m. Prydein [Laphroaig Celtic Rock Tent] 

Noon: Tug-o-war: Police vs. firemen [BNCF*] 

12:30 p.m. Parade of Tartans [BNCF*] 

1:15 p.m. Sheepdog demonstrations [BNCF*] 

1:30 p.m. Peat Fire Flame [Alex Sutherland Music Tent] 

1:30 p.m. Plaid to the Bone [Laphroaig Celtic Rock Tent] 

2:30 p.m. Triflemore [Alex Sutherland Music Tent] 

2:30 p.m. Prydein [Laphroaig Celtic Rock Tent] 

3:30 p.m. Farmers walk with Schlafly stones [BNCF*] 

3:30 p.m. Plaid to the Bone [Laphroaig Celtic Rock Tent] 

3:40 p.m. The Wee Heavies [Alex Sutherland Music Tent] 

4:30 p.m. Closing ceremony [BNCF*] 

Massed pipe bands 

5 p.m. Prydein [Laphroaig Celtic Rock Tent] 

6 p.m. Festival ends 

*Bill Nicoll Ceremonies Field 

‘Heavy athletics’ explained: 

Understanding what you’ll see 

You’ve likely heard of or seen the shot-put or 

hammer throw performed in track and field competitions, 

but have you ever wondered where such seemingly 

unusual events originated? 

Heavy athletics competitions – which encompass 

the shot-put, hammer throw and other feats of 

strength – have a deep history in Scotland, and they 

are still performed today as a way to commemorate 

Scottish and Celtic heritage. 

Scotland’s Highland warriors used heavy athletics 

as a way to build strength and ensure they were 

always prepared for battle. They competed among 

themselves using everyday items such as a stone, a 

blacksmith’s hammer or a tree trunk [caber]. 

These wartime exercises eventually turned into 

regular competitions in which clans would demonstrate 

their strength relative to one another. 

These are some common heavy athletics events: 

Caber Toss: The tosser balances the caber – a long, 

heavy wooden log – upright against their shoulder, 

with the narrower end cupped in their hands and 

the fatter end at the top; they run and toss it. The 

objective is for the caber to turn end over end and 

fall directly away from the tosser, ideally in the 12 

o’clock position. The distance thrown is unimportant. 

Hammer Throw: Competitors whirl a wooden 

pole with a heavy metal ball on the end – known as 

the Scottish Hammer. Not allowed to spin, the athlete 

winds the hammer around their head from a stationary 

position and releases it. It is thrown for distance. 

Stone Put: The Stone Put is similar to the modernday 

Shot Put, but a stone is used instead of a steel 

ball. The stone is thrown from behind the “trig” or 

toe board and is measured for distance. Each competitor 

gets three attempts. 

Weight for Height/Weight over Bar: One-handed, 

the athlete tosses a weight with a handle on it over a 

horizontal cross bar. If the weight successfully clears 

the bar, the athlete advances to the next round; the bar 

is raised each round until only one athlete remains. 

The athlete is allowed three tries at each height. 

Weight for Distance: One-handed, the athlete 

throws a weighted metal block with a handle or chain 

attached to it. The athlete spins and, from behind the 

“trig” or toe board, releases the weight. It is measured 

for distance. 

In addition to these traditional heavy athletics 

events, here are several other cultural events you can 

expect to see at the 2018 Scottish Games: 

Torchlight Ceremony/Calling of the Clans: 

“Friday evening at dusk, the clans come in lit by 

torchlight and fire and they are introduced one by 

one,” said Mark Sutherland, the spokesperson for 

the Scottish Games. “They march across the field and 

their torch will become part of the bigger fire. It’s 

kind of like all the clans joining together.” 

Parade of Tartans: “All the representatives 

from the various clans will be decked out in kilts 

with flags,” Sutherland explained. “The Torchlight 

Ceremony is one representative from each clan, 

and the Parade of Tartans is every member of every 

clan that wants to march in the ceremony. It’s a 

good chance to see a heck of a lot of tartans and 

it’s really fun.” 

Sheepdog Demonstrations: Witness real, working 

sheepdogs live up to their name as they impressively 

show off their skills and herd sheep; both the 

sheep and sheepdogs are brought in by a local farmer. 

Children’s Foot Race: Kids ages 6 and under can 

compete in a one-lap race; 7- and 8-year-olds can 

compete in a two-lap race; and 9- and 10-year-olds 

can duke it out in a three-lap race. Medals will be 

awarded for each race. 

Farmers walk with Schlafly Stones: Witness the 

ultimate feat of strength as competitors carry hundred-plus 

pound stones for a predetermined distance. 

Tug o’ War: Police vs. Firefighters: Cheer on your 

local first responders as they compete in an exciting 

and competitive Tug o’ War contest benefiting The 

BackStoppers, Inc.

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Matthew P. Cline, DDS 

Cline Dental 

@WESTNEWSMAG 


14560 Manchester Road, Suite 25 • Ballwin 

(636) 230-8081 • www.ClineDentalGroup.com 

At Cline Dental, Matthew P. Cline, DDS, and his team see patients of all ages and perform all aspects of dentistry. During 

each patient’s first visit, Dr. Cline examines and discusses their dental needs and wishes. This comprehensive exam lays a 

strong foundation for all future visits. 

Cleanings, routine dental care, extractions, crowns, veneers, dentures and implants are among the services performed at 

Cline Dental. New, cutting-edge technology means Invisalign now can be completed in nearly half the time, impressions are 

done with a computerized digital scanner, and a 3-D scan of the jaw streamlines dental implants. Cline Dental’s services even 

extend to treating snoring and sleep apnea with personalized devices. 

Listed among the top St. Louis dentists in 2016, 2017 and 2018, Dr. 

Cline and his staff enjoy their role in providing excellent dental care to St. 

Louis and they are always welcoming new patients! 

Matthew E. Worth, DC, DACNB, FACFN 

Missouri Brain & Spine 

141 Chesterfield Business Parkway • Chesterfield 

(636) 778-4300 • www.MoBrainandSpine.com 

Dr. Matthew E. Worth, DC, DACNB, FACFN is an internationally recognized Functional 

Neurologist, and a leader in the management of concussion and brain injury in the 

Midwest. 

“Concussions are one of the most under recognized and poorly understood conditions 

today,” Dr. Worth said. “As such, there are very few practitioners that have a firm grasp 

on the neuro-rehabilitation involved with recovery. Early recognition and intervention are 

imperative to minimize prolonged and/or permanent impairment.” 

Missouri Brain & Spine is a multi-disciplinary neuro-rehabilitation center that 

combines evidence-based diagnostics with leading edge technologies and treatments to 

help improve the quality of life of patients suffering from varying levels of neurological, 

cognitive, behavioral, emotional and physical impairments. 

“Our innovative approach helps to restore impaired function by leveraging the brain’s 

inherent ability to repair itself,” Dr. Worth, the clinic director, said. “By utilizing various 

therapies, we can target the affected areas of impairment to rebuild, reinforce and 

reconnect neural pathways, a concept known as neuroplasticity”. 

The patient populations include but are not limited to: professional and amateur 

athletes suffering from short and long-term effects of concussion [mTBI]; elderly 

individuals dealing with physical, cognitive and vestibular decline; military members 

suffering PTSD; and children with mild to severe 

neurodevelopmental and neurobehavioral 

deficits. Missouri Brain & Spine features a 

comprehensive neuro-rehabilitation department, 

vestibular and electro-diagnostic laboratories, 

physical and occupational rehabilitation 

departments, an on-site radiology suite and 

laboratory services.





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Scott C. Mahlin, DDS, FAGD, FICOI 

Clarkson Dental Group 

1748 Clarkson Road • Dierbergs Market Place • Chesterfield 

(636) 537-0065 • www.ClarksonDentalGroup.com 

Clarkson Dental Group is, by design, a small dental practice. Dr. Scott C. Mahlin and his 

team cater to patients by providing an exceptional patient experience with top-quality dental 

care and personalized attention. He and his staff get to know their patients individually, 

spending as much time as needed to address all dental concerns and ensure positive 

results. 

Dr. Mahlin, the owner of Clarkson Dental Group, grew up down the street from his 

Chesterfield office and attended Lafayette High School. He completed his Bachelor of Arts 

in biology from St. Louis University and went on to complete his Doctor of Dental Surgery 

(DDS) degree from the University of Missouri – Kansas City, School of Dentistry in 2004. 

Passionate about patient comfort and the benefits of implants, and eager to hone his 

expertise, Dr. Mahlin completed a post-graduate residency at the University of Alabama 

in IV sedation dentistry and earned fellowships with the International Congress of Oral 

Implantology, Misch International Implant Institute Surgical and Prosthetic Implant Program 

and the Academy of General Dentistry. 

Clarkson Dental Group has been providing state-of-the-art dental care to St. Louis and 

West County residents for more than 25 years, and it recently was voted “Best Dentist in 

Chesterfield” by Chesterfield Lifestyle Magazine. Dr. Mahlin and the staff at Clarkson Dental 

Group are dedicated to providing exceptional preventative, implant and cosmetic dental 

care in a pleasant and relaxed setting. 

If looking for compassionate dental care 

in an environment that feels like home, 

Clarkson 

Dental 

Group 

look no further than Clarkson Dental Group, 

whose staff makes a positive contribution 

to the oral health, happiness and selfesteem 

of all they serve. Now accepting 

new patients. 

Dr. Mary Czerny, MD 

Sound Health Services 

4651 Hwy K. • O’Fallon • (314) 729-0077 • www.soundhealthservices.com 

Sound Health Services is the largest, private practice ENT physician, audiology, speech pathology and allergy practice with 16 

locations in the St. Louis Metro area. 

Sound Health Services is excited to announce that Mary S. Czerny, MD, is now seeing patients at its new location in O’Fallon at 

Hwy. K and I-64/Hwy. 40. 

Dr. Czerny is an experienced otolaryngologist specializing in both pediatric and adult ear, nose and throat disorders. She is boardcertified 

by the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. Dr. Czerny sees patients of all ages and is the 

recipient of numerous awards for her leadership and scholarship in otolaryngology. 

Sound Health Services’ skilled physicians, audiologists and speech pathologists 

assist patients experiencing hearing loss, dizziness, environmental allergies and more. 

Each patient’s treatment plan is tailored to include the latest medical technology and 

knowledge. 

Call or visit the website to make an appointment with Dr. Czerny today!

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@WESTNEWSMAG 


Robert P. Rothenberg, DDS 

49 Nationalway • Manchester • (636) 391-6990 • www.rothenbergdds.com 

Robert Rothenberg, DDS, Manchester’s 2016 Business of the Year, has been serving West County since 1973. A graduate of 

the Washington University School of Dentistry, Dr. Rothenberg is a member of the American Dental Association, the Missouri Dental 

Association, the Academy of General Dentistry, the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry and the World Clinical Laser 

Institute. 

Dr. Rothenberg’s office uses cutting-edge technology and pain-free laser procedures for all aspects of treatment; 95 percent of 

treatment does not require use of anesthesia. 

A range of services are offered for patients of all ages, including crowns, veneers, cosmetic tooth-colored fillings, Snap-On- 

Smile, laser-assisted periodontal therapy, implants, root canals, wisdom teeth 

extractions, and minor orthodontics. 

“Today, it is possible for me to contour, brighten, shade, fill in, align and even 

replace teeth with amazing new products and techniques,” Dr. Rothenberg said. 

Dr. Rothenberg and his staff help patients improve their dental health in a friendly 

and relaxed atmosphere. Emergencies are welcome and insurance is accepted. 

Joseph A. Muccini, MD 

MidAmerica Skin Health & Vitality Center 

222 South Woods Mill Road, Suite 475N • Chesterfield 

(314) 878-0600 • www.MidAmericaSkin.com 

MidAmerica Skin Health & Vitality Center is a state-of-the-art medical, surgical and 

cosmetic dermatology practice located in Chesterfield, which helps patients understand and 

treat their medical skin conditions and promote skin health, as well as learn about lifestyle 

choices and cosmetic products and services that help maintain skin vitality. 

MidAmerica’s owner, Dr. Joseph A. Muccini, is a board-certified dermatologist with 

more than 20 years of experience in medical and surgical dermatology. Muccini offers 

many cosmetic services and procedures, including PrecisionTx TM laser treatment for neck 

tightening and small area contouring; PEARL ® and PEARL ® Fractional Laser texturing; and 

Laser/IPL reduction of wrinkles, sun damage, spider veins and excess hair, among others. 

He also features premier cosmetic dermatology products, including BOTOX ® , JUVÉDERM ® , 

RESTYLANE ® , RESTYLANE LYFT ® , RESTYLANE SILK ® , RADIESSE ® , LATISSE ® , Epionce ® , and 

colorscience ® . The company’s esthetician provides dermalinfusion facials, chemical peels, 

Pellevé ® RF skin tightening, microneedling, microdermabrasion, dermaplaning, waxing, 

lash tinting/perming and other services. 

Dr. Muccini has been active in the development and use of technologies and techniques to 

evaluate human skin pathologies and cosmetic characteristics, and has authored numerous 

articles on the subject. He holds undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard 

University and Columbia University, respectively, and underwent postgraduate medical 

training at Harvard teaching hospitals Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women’s, 

Boston Children’s, Beth Israel and 

Deaconess. Muccini is a member 

of the AAD, ASDS, AMA, Missouri 

Dermatological Society and St. Louis 

Dermatological Society, where he 

has served as president.





I HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS I 33 

Dr. Kimberly Simonds, DDS 

Ballwin Dental Care 

14738 Manchester Road, Suite B • Ballwin 

(636) 552-9655 • www.ballwindentalcare.com 

The team at Ballwin Dental Care has been serving patients of all ages in West County 

for over 44 years. Dr. Kimberly Simonds, DDS, and her team ensure that, whether a 

patient is new or has been coming for decades, each receives the same quality care and 

attention. 

All three dentists at Ballwin Dental Care – Dr. Simonds; Dr. Danny Gennaoui, DMD; and 

Dr. John McCarthy, DDS – provide extraordinary dental care and specialized attention, 

with morning, evening and Saturday hours. 

“We offer a wide variety of services including cleanings, fillings, root canals, crowns, 

bridges, dentures and implants,” Dr. Simonds said. “Our cosmetic services include 

veneers, teeth whitening, Invisalign, Botox and more.” 

In an effort to provide a warm and friendly atmosphere, Ballwin Dental Care created 

a “Comfort Menu” which includes a collection of fun items and services to make each 

patient’s visit more comfortable. For example, over-the-patient TV screens are available 

for watching DVDs or catching up on the latest Netflix show. 

Since Ballwin Dental Care was founded, its main goal has been to make patients for life 

by providing not only quality dentistry but also excellent customer service. 

“We appreciate the opportunity to help people change their lives and their smiles through 

preventive and cosmetic dentistry.” Dr. Simonds said. “We want to show our patients the 

connection between healthy gums & teeth and their overall health.” 

If you need a new dentist, call Ballwin Dental Care today for a free consultation. 

Scott Williams, Chief Executive Officer 

CenterPointe Hospital 

4801 Weldon Spring Parkway • St. Charles • (800) 345-5407 • www.centerpointehospital.com 

CenterPointe Hospital is proud to announce Scott Williams as its new Chief Executive Officer. Over the past 20 years, Williams has 

held corporate and senior executive level positions in several prestigious behavioral health companies with multi-state, multi-facility 

operations. He has provided leadership in treatment facilities serving a wide range of inpatient and outpatient treatment programs 

for all age groups. 

Williams is highly regarded as an innovative and effective leader and a change agent, with extensive experience in working 

with leadership teams to develop efficient and successful businesses. CenterPointe Hospital is fortunate to have a Chief Executive 

Officer who brings to its senior management team and staff a depth and breadth of experience and leadership in behavioral health 

treatment. Scott also is a strong community advocate for mental health and addiction treatment and works closely with community 

partners to provide quality continuum of treatment services. 

Scott earned an undergraduate degree in psychology and Masters in Business 

Administration. He is experienced in financial management, efficiency, 

leadership, performance improvement, and compliance.

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Giving back: Volunteers needed to transport veterans 

@WESTNEWSMAG 


By JESSICA MESZAROS 

Disabled veterans in the St. Louis region 

are getting a lift, with the help of local volunteers. 

The challenge is finding enough volunteer 

drivers as the need for their services 

increases. According to Joseph Braun, Disabled 

American Veterans [DAV] hospital 

services coordinator with John Cochran VA 

Medical Center in St. Louis, the demand 

for DAV-supported transportation has 

increased locally over the years. 

According to Braun, from November 

2017 to the end of August 2018, the network 

documented 12,857 driving hours, 

198,935 driving miles and 3,763 veterans 

transported in the St. Louis coordinating 

areas. 

The need is there, but sometimes the volunteers 

aren’t. 

“Some of our areas are down to two drivers, 

so they can’t accommodate every day 

of the week,” Braun said. 

According to Marcena Gunter, public 

affairs and voluntary service manager for 

VA St. Louis Health Care System, the service 

area for the transportation network in 

the St. Louis region spans an 8,458-squaremile 

radius between Illinois and Missouri, 

which includes nearby St. Louis, St. 

Charles and Franklin counties. 

“Some veterans don’t drive, and then 

some of them rely on family members for 

transportation, and in some cases, those 

family members have to possibly take off 

now, so now it’s impacting their financial 

income,” Gunter said. 

The program is a collaboration between 

the DAV, the U.S. Department of Veterans 

Affairs and the VA Voluntary Service 

A DAV Transportation Network van 

Office. Founded in 1987, after the federal 

government’s decision to terminate 

its program to subsidize transportation 

for medical appointments, the DAV 

Transportation Network provides nearly 

615,000 rides [nationwide] for veterans 

annually. Those rides provide veterans 

with safe transportation to authenticated 

medical appointments or area VA outpatient 

clinics. 

Volunteers with the program don’t drive 

their own vehicles. Specialized vehicles 

are provided through DAV’s partnership 

with Ford Motor Company. Gunter said 

community donors also have helped to 

provide funds to purchase vans. 

“[Donated money] goes through the 

DAV as a collaborative agreement and 

partnership with various motor vehicle 

companies, and they’re able to able to 

purchase these vans at a discounted rate,” 

Gunter said. 

[Photo courtesy of VA St. Louis Health Care System] 

The DAV picks up the partial cost of the 

vehicles and the cost for gas, meaning the 

service is completely free of charge for the 

veterans who use it. 

“A lot of veterans and clients just don’t 

have cars to drive,” Braun explained. 

“Another big part is that many of those veterans 

are on a limited income, and some 

don’t qualify for other services. This service 

is free.” 

Charles “Tom” Howard, a volunteer 

driver and program coordinator in Washington, 

Missouri, agrees wholeheartedly 

with Braun’s assessment. 

Howard leads a team of about 10 volunteer 

drivers that serve the Franklin County 

area. Monthly, those volunteers log about 

134 hours, serve about 33 veterans and 

travel more than 3,000 miles to make sure 

veterans get to their appointments safely 

and on time. 

A U.S. Navy veteran, Howard has 

worked with the DAV Transportation Program 

for six years and has served in the 

coordinator position for four years. 

“For a lot of veterans out here in Washington, 

it can be a 100-mile round trip 

between Washington and St. Louis, and 

that’s the same for all of Franklin County,” 

Howard said. “For a lot of these folks, it 

makes them nervous driving into the big 

city, or they flat-out just don’t have any 

transportation. 

“I have heard some interesting stories 

[from the veterans he is transporting]. 

What they did in the military – and some 

of these veterans do suffer from post-traumatic 

stress – but a lot of it is just normal 

conversation. It’s just somebody helping 

somebody else out. I thoroughly enjoy it. I 

look forward to driving.” 

Volunteers do have to meet a series of 

qualifications, including passing a background 

check and a physical exam. The 

vans are not wheelchair accessible but 

can transport multiple veterans at a time, 

including the addition of caretakers with 

an authenticated doctor’s note. 

According to Gunter, the service hopes 

to expand its volunteer base and, in turn, 

reach out to new communities of veterans 

in need. 

“We want to make sure we’re serving 

them and giving them our best,” Gunter 

said. “It’s wonderful that we have all these 

community partners that join with us in 

making sure that we are honoring our veterans 

in this special way.” 

For more information about becoming 

a volunteer driver, contact Braun at (314) 

289-6443. To view a list of qualifying 

hospitals and health facilities or to inquire 

about receiving services, visit dav.org. 

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Our Town, 

Our Country 

PARADE & FALL FESTIVAL 

Saturday, October 6 • 2:00pm 

Presented by The City of Town & Country and Mari de Villa 

Parade featuring baseball and football, 

Cardinals, local celebrities, fire trucks, 

police cars, veterans and military 

organizations, cars and more! 

Followed by: 

• Taste of Town & Country 

• Kids Activities 

• Live Music 

• Fireworks 

Parade route is Clayton Road from 

Mari de Villa east to Longview Farm Park 

PARADE 

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Town & Country celebrates ‘Our Town, 

Our Country’ with parade, festival 

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Opening ceremonies of the “Our Town, Our Country” parade will take place at 1:30 p.m. at 

Mari de Villa. 

[Photo courtesy of Mari De Villa] 


The theme of “Our Town, Our Country” 

is at the heart of the Town & Country 

parade and festival, taking place on Oct. 6. 

The opening ceremonies begin at 1:30 

p.m. on the Mari de Villa Senior Living 

campus at 13900 Clayton Road, at the 

intersection of Clayton and Weidman 

roads. The patriotic parade will begin its 

1.13-mile trek down Clayton Road at 2 p.m. 

and reaches its final destination, Longview 

Farm Park at 13525 Clayton Road, at 

around 3 p.m. 

Alderman Tiffany Frautschi [Ward 2] is 

on the parade committee. 

“We are really excited about this year’s 

parade that celebrates our old history. One 

float will feature our blacksmith history,” 

she said. “This is a great way to welcome 

in the fall season.” 

Past parades have celebrated the St. Louis 

Cardinals with Red Schoendienst serving 

as Grand Marshal. This year, in the wake 

of Red’s passing, longtime St. Louis Baseball 

Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog 

will serve as Grand Marshal. Fredbird also 

will be making his parade debut. Joining 

Herzog in the lead car will be 10-yearold 

Tori from the Make-a-Wish Foundation, 

the honorary “Queen of the Parade.” 

Make-a-Wish earlier granted Tori’s wish to 

become “Queen of Florida.” Being part of 

the parade and celebration 

delivers on a second wish 

– to forget about her medical 

challenges and just be 

a kid again. 

About 100 individuals 

or groups will participate 

in the parade; some 

with floats and some with 

unique old cars and some 

really cool new ones. 

Mason Ridge Elementary 

musicians, The Principia Drumline, Irish 

and Greek dancers and Boy Scouts and 

Girl Scouts are just a few of the groups 

participating. 

The parade route ends at Longview Farm 

Park where car enthusiasts can get a closer 

look at some of the parade vehicles in an 

informal car show. 

Horseback rides, the Bubble Bus, face 

painting and the park’s playground will 

delight the youngest festival-goers, while 

live music and craft beer are sure to please 

the more mature crowd. 

Clayton Road will experience restricted 

traffic and closures between Weidman 

and Mason roads beginning at 1:30 p.m.; 

all roads will reopen at 3:30 p.m. Access 

to and from subdivisions along the parade 

route will be restricted during those same 

times. 

Parade and festival parking will be 

available at Mason Ridge Elementary, the 

western entrance of The Principia at 13201 

Clayton Road and First Church of Christ 

Scientist at 750 S. Mason Road. Shuttle 

service begins at 1:30 p.m. with pickups 

from Mason Ridge and First Church 

of Christ Scientist. While there is public 

parking at The Principia, there is no shuttle 

service. 

For more information regarding street 

closures and parking, visit tcparade.com/ 

parking-and-traffic-information.html. 

A variety of floats are sure to delight parade patrons. 

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I HEALTH I 39 

New nationwide research shows that inducing labor at 39 weeks for first-time 

mothers reduces their odds of needing a cesarean section. 

health 

capsules 

By LISA RUSSELL 

Inducing labor may reduce 

first cesarean deliveries 

Nearly one in three American women 

currently gives birth by cesarean section. 

According to the American College of 

Obstetricians and Gynecologists, cesarean 

birth is too common in the United States, 

and has increased greatly since it was first 

measured in the 1960s. 

While delivery by cesarean section is generally 

safe for first-time mothers and their 

babies, it is a major surgical procedure with 

potential risks, a longer recovery time, and 

a greater likelihood of the need for repeat 

surgeries to deliver the mother’s future children. 

However, a new national study conducted 

through the Maternal-Fetal Medicine 

Units Network has found that inducing labor 

in first-time mothers at 39 weeks’ gestation 

can help prevent cesarean births, as well as 

maternal high blood pressure. 

The study involved more than 6,100 

healthy, first-time expectant mothers at 

medical centers across the U.S. Half of 

the women were randomly assigned to be 

induced at 39 weeks, while the other half 

waited for labor to begin naturally. 

Nationwide, researchers said that women 

whose labor was induced at 39 weeks experienced 

fewer cesarean births, lower rates 

of maternal and fetal complications, fewer 

newborns needing respiratory support, and 

reduced incidence of preeclampsia, as well 

as significantly reduced rates of high blood 

pressure. 

Dr. George Saade, chief of obstetrics at 

The University of Texas Medical Branch, 

which participated in the study, said these 

results should produce changes in the management 

of births to first-time mothers. “We 

hope that this new study will lead to significant 

decreases in cesarean rates nationally … 

first-time mothers now should discuss this 

with their health care provider and decide 

whether they prefer to be induced at 39 

weeks or wait for labor to start on its own.” 

New type of treatment may 

reverse Type 1 diabetes 

New research conducted in mice may 

have discovered a means to successfully 

reverse Type 1 diabetes on a long-term basis 

– both in dogs and humans. The disease currently 

affects approximately 1.25 million 

children and adults in the U.S., as well as 

about one in every 100 dogs and cats. 

The new treatment, a collagen formulation 

mixed with pancreatic cells, was 

developed by Purdue University and 

Indiana University School of Medicine 

researchers. It could potentially represent 

the first minimally invasive therapy to successfully 

reverse Type 1 diabetes within 24 

hours, and maintain insulin independence 

for at least 90 days. 

Because diabetes in dogs and humans 

occurs similarly, treatment has, so far, been 

similar as well: monitoring blood glucose 

A new type of treatment shows potential for 

long-term reversal of Type 1 diabetes, in both 

humans and pets. 

throughout the day and administering insulin 

after meals. 

This also means that dogs and humans 

could benefit from the same new treatment 

– in this case, introducing new pancreatic 

cells to replace the clusters of cells, called 

islets, that aren’t releasing insulin to monitor 

blood glucose levels. 

For many reasons, finding a way to 

transplant islets successfully has eluded 

researchers for decades, including that the 

current method of delivering islets through 

the portal vein of the liver is too invasive 

and the human immune system destroys 

most of the transplanted islets. The Purdue 

researchers changed how the islets were 

packaged – first, within a solution containing 

collagen, and second, as an injection 

through the skin instead of into the 

liver. They were able to successfully inject 

pancreatic cells mixed with the collagen 

solution in diabetes-induced mice, and 

achieved normal glucose levels in the mice 

for at least three months. 

The next step is a pilot clinical study in dogs 

with pre-existing Type 1 diabetes, which will 

be conducted in collaboration with Purdue’s 

College of Veterinary Medicine. 

“We plan to account for differences from 

mouse to human by helping dogs first. This 

way, the dogs can inform us on how well 

the treatment might work in humans,” said 

Clarissa Hernandez Stephens, the study’s 

first author and a graduate researcher in 

Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical 

Engineering. The findings appear in 

the American Journal of Physiology - 

Endocrinology and Metabolism. 

Concern over drug-resistant 

infections rising 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention [CDC] now estimates that two 

million Americans contract drug-resistant 

bacterial infections each year, and 23,000 

people die from those infections. Recently, 

a California hospital in the Alameda Health 

System analyzed the bacterial cause of all 

urinary tract infections in patients seen 

in its emergency department over a oneyear 

period, and found that a concerning 

six percent of them were caused by drugresistant 

bacteria. 

Historically, such antibiotic-resistant 

bacteria have been found mainly in hospital-based 

infections – those which are 

acquired in a hospital or other healthcare 

setting. However, close to half [44 percent] 

of the infections analyzed were contracted 

outside of the hospital, which is the highest 

percentage reported in the U.S. to date. 

More urinary tract infections in particular 

are now falling into this category, the 

authors noted. 

The bacteria, mainly found to be E coli, 

were resistant to most commonly used 

antibiotics. In many cases, patients seen at 

the hospital had no identifiable risk factors 

for this kind of infection, the analysis also 

found. 

“The rise of drug-resistant infections is 

worrisome,” said Dr. Bradley W. Frazee of 

Alameda Health System Highland Hospital, 

the study’s lead author. “What’s new is 

that in many of these resistant urinary tract 

infections, it may simply be impossible to 

identify which patients are at risk. Addressing 

the causes of antibiotic resistance, and 

developing novel drugs, is imperative. A 

society without working antibiotics would 

be like returning to preindustrial times, 

when a small injury or infection could 

easily become life-threatening.” 

The study was published in the Annals of 

Emergency Medicine. 

On the calendar 

BJC sponsors a Staying Home Alone 

class on Saturday, Sept. 29 from 9-10:30 

a.m. at the Missouri Baptist Medical 

Center Clinical Learning Institute, 3005 

N. Ballas Road, on the fourth floor. This 

class is designed for children and parents 

to attend together; it will help determine a 

child’s physical, mental, social and emotional 

readiness to stay home alone while 

preparing them for this experience. The fee 

is $25 per family; please provide the names 

of all family members attending. To register, 

call (314) 454-5437. 

• • • 

Pedal the Cause 2018, a communitywide 

fundraising and bike challenge for 

riders of all ages to benefit research at 

Siteman Cancer Center, is Saturday, Sept. 

29 and Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Chesterfield 

Amphitheater, 631 Veterans Place 

Drive in Chesterfield. Riders may choose 

courses ranging from 10-100 miles. To 

register or for a full schedule of events, 

visit pedalthecause.org. 

• • • 

Mercy Hospital St. Louis offers a Sitter 

Skills program for children between the 

ages of 11 and 13 on Friday, Oct. 5 from 

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

New Ballas Road, in Classroom 2 on the 

seventh floor. Children are asked to bring 

a doll or stuffed animal to class to learn 

how to change diapers. A light snack is 

provided. The course fee is $30 per child. 

Register online at mercy.net. 

• • • 

BJC Healthcare offers free health 

screenings and health risk assessments 

on Saturday, Oct. 13 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at 

Dierbergs Heritage Place, 12595 Olive Blvd. 

in Creve Coeur, in the pharmacy department. 

This screening measures your glucose, total 

cholesterol and HDL. No fasting is required. 

Screenings will be conducted on a walk-in 

basis; no appointments are needed.

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spice for hot sauce. It’s time for Ellisville’s 

6th annual Hot Dog It’s Chili cook-off, 

hosted by the Ellisville Parks and Recreation 

Department. 

The event takes place on Friday, Oct. 19, 

beginning at 5:30 p.m. in Bluebird Park, 

225 Kiefer Creek Road. Chili contestants 

will have booths in the parking lot near the 

park’s playground. Chili tasting is available 

on a first-come, first-served basis until it 

runs out. An awards ceremony will be held 

at approximately 7 p.m. 

Chili teams interested in competing can 

contact Recreation Coordinator Sally Grobelny 

at (636) 227-7508 or by email at sgrobelny@ellisville.mo.us. 

Competition guidelines are available 

upon registration and on the city’s website 

[ellisville.mo.us]. A panel of local judges 

will determine which chili is best. Each 

vendor is responsible for acquiring a temporary 

food permit for the day of the event. 

This year, in addition to delicious, homecooked 

chili and free kids’ activities, 

attendees also can experience a brand-new 

fundraiser benefitting The BackStoppers, 

Inc. 

The city’s inaugural “First Responder Idol 

2018” karaoke competition will take place 

during the Hot Dog, It’s Chili event along 

with a free concert by Rocket Ride - The 

KISS Experience. 

The event was announced in the Ellisville 

Police Department’s Lip Sync Battle video, 

which issued a challenge to first-responders 

in St. Louis County and any adjoining counties 

to send their best singers to “come sing 

for real.” 

First-responders from all professions are 

invited to participate – paramedics, dispatchers, 

police officers, firefighters and 

more. Participants will be responsible for 

a $25 admission fee, which will go directly 

to The BackStoppers, a St. Louis charity 

that provides financial assistance and support 

to the spouses and dependent children 

of police officers, firefighters and volunteer 

firefighters, and publicly-funded paramedics 

and EMTs who died in the line of duty. 

For registration and additional info, first 

responders should contact Grobelny at (636) 

227-7508. Participants will be judged in two 

categories: most successful fundraiser and 

the best singer. 

Other food vendors also will be selling a 

variety of autumnal treats and drinks, such 

as kettle corn, lemonade and much more. 

Free kids entertainment includes a variety 

of games and craft activities, professional 

balloon artists and face painters. 

Even four-legged companions can get in 

on the fun. 

As is tradition, dogs and dog owners can 

celebrate at the event by donning their finest 

and funniest Halloween garb as part of the 

city’s popular Howl-O-Ween dog costume 

contest. The contest will award prizes to 

winners in four categories: best costume, 

best costume combo with owner, most original 

and spookiest. Guests who love dressing 

their canines in spooky, fun and festive 

attire can sign up to participate in the contest. 

On-site registration is permitted but all 

registration must be completed before 6:15 

p.m. The proceeds from each $5 entry fee 

will benefit the Ellisville Dog Park. 

Visitors can park in Bluebird Park’s parking 

lots. Hayride shuttles also will run from 

the park’s back parking lot to the event, 

which can be accessed through the park’s 

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Recycling Redux: 

How changes in imports will impact local services 


The cost of recycling may soon mean 

more than just a trip down the driveway. 

Following a change in China’s legislation 

regarding its U.S. recycling imports, 

the recycling industry across the U.S. has 

taken a hit and been forced to re-evaluate 

its services. At the heart of the issue is 

ongoing over-contamination, which raises 

the cost of recycling efforts in the U.S. 

market. In short, China only wants to 

import clean recycling and single-stream 

services – everything in one bin, picked 

up at the curb – which results in recycled 

materials that could be classed as “dirty.” 

For decades leading up to recent 

changes, China served as the largest consumer 

of recyclable materials generated in 

the United States. Five years ago, China 

fronted the “Green Fence” initiative to 

crack down on contaminated recyclables 

coming into the country. In January 2018, 

China continued its crackdown on contaminated 

recyclables and passed its “National 

Sword” policy. The action effectively bans 

24 types of solid waste, including various 

plastics and unsorted mixed papers, in 

addition to raising contamination standards 

again. Under its “Red Sword” policy, 

China is rejecting shipments with contaminants 

above 0.5 percent, a level that most 

U.S. recyclers have difficulty meeting with 

current methods. 

In May 2018, China suspended all imports 

of U.S. recycled materials until June, 

regardless of the quality. Due to increasing 

costs and the decreasing value of materials, 

the switch created a stockpile of recyclables 

and a lack of available buyers. 

The impact has area municipalities and 

the waste haulers that serve them debating 

the future of single-stream, curbside recycling, 

which makes up over 90 percent of 

the region’s waste management market. 

“China and the world markets have not 

been silent regarding their concern of contamination 

being collected curbside and 

shipped by the U.S. recycling processors,” 

said Mary O’Brien, Meridian Waste Services’ 

chief marketing officer. “This has 

been an issue brewing for many years, and 

just this year, the issue reached the height of 

its impact with China’s Green Fence policy 

followed by its Red Sword policy.” 

“The policies were an effort on China’s 

part to reduce the amount of contamination 

coming into their country,” Brent Batliner, 

general manager for Republic Services, said. 

“They went from standards where the material 

you shipped in could have 

2 percent contamination in it 

and dropped those standards to 

around half a percent, which is 

almost impossible to meet. 

“If we got everything in 

perfect, and if the public did 

everything we wanted, we would still have 

about 3- or 4-percent contamination, just 

by things breaking or ripping in the truck,” 

Batliner said. “Small pieces of paper or 

plastic that break become grit in the system, 

kind of like dirt.” 

According to O’Brien, China’s crackdown 

is due to widespread ignorance about 

proper recycling. 

“Contamination in the recycling stream 

is the No. 1 reason the U.S. is in the predicament 

we are in,” O’Brien said. 

But getting consumers on board with 

change won’t be easy and may mean the 

end of single-stream recycling. 

According to the National Waste & 

Recycling Association, contamination 

rates via the collection and processing of 

residential single-stream recycling start at 

about 25 percent, thus making the contamination 

levels unacceptable for collection. 

Resource Management Companies 

[RMC], which owns and operates material 

recovery facilities across the country and 

serves locally as the collection facility for 

a large number of waste haulers, has said it 

will not accept single-stream recycling collections 

after Nov. 1. 

That change has forced municipalities to 

reconsider recycling options for residents 

moving forward. 

The end of single-stream? 

“It’s not hitting us yet, but we do anticipate 

that it is going to hit us because it is essentially 

a nationwide issue that is being dealt 

with by the entire country,” Rick Brown, 

Wildwood’s city engineer and director of 

public works, said. Wildwood residents are 

served by Meridian Waste Services. 

Other municipalities are seeing a more 

immediate effect. 

In August, Kirkwood announced the 

suspension of its residential curbside 

recycling collection. The single-stream 

program, which allows plastic, cardboard, 

paper and aluminum to be recycled in one 

container, will come to an end in October. 

Kirkwood’s recycling processor is RMC. 

Batliner, of Republic Services, said, “The 

demand is still there, it’s just the logistics 

of handling it, which has backed material 

up globally. It has drastically driven the 

value of the material down.” 

Republic Services is currently working 

on increasing personnel along sorting lines 

and in other areas to continue to provide 

recycling services to customers in municipalities 

like Ballwin, Chesterfield, Ellisville 

and Manchester, to name a few. 

“We are going to have to invest more 

money in equipment to make a cleaner 

product to sell worldwide, and we are 

making that investment,” Batliner said. 

“We have had to add a few more people to 

assure, with the quality control at the end 

of our line, that everything is coming up 

to the specification we need. Long term, 

the processing cost will probably increase, 

but once again, what offsets it is the value 

of the material. That’s really the problem 

right now ... but that will recover.” 

Waste Management saw a 36-percent 

decrease in average recycling commodity 

prices in the first quarter of 2018 and 

saw an increase in operations costs. The 

increase is credited to the transportation of 

materials to areas like Vietnam and India, 

whose criteria is not as strict as China’s. 

“If I’m not shipping thousands of tons a 

month to China, now I have to find a new 

home for it. That doesn’t happen overnight,” 

Batliner said. 

And it doesn’t come cheaply. 

“Recycling is not free,” O’Brien said. 

“It takes money to buy trucks, hire commercial 

driver’s license [CDL] drivers, 

invest in heavy equipment and processing 

machinery, ship baled recyclables to end 

markets and so forth. Understanding the 

costs of recycling is step one. Then, when 

markets are good, sharing the benefits of a 

rebate is step two.” 

Due to the steady export of contaminated 

materials, the stability of the 

market for recyclables has resulted in 

processors having to pay more money to 

get rid of materials, rather than reselling 

cleaned materials with reusable capabilities 

for a profit. 

“It’s very attractive to recycle when markets 

are good, as they were five years ago 

and even earlier in the 2000s,” O’Brien said. 

“However, when markets shift and what 

used to be a refund becomes an expense, the 

financial impact is harsh and very real.” 

[Shutterstock image] 

According to O’Brien, Meridian’s current 

recycling processing fee of $37.45 per 

ton is significantly higher than the company’s 

internal rate of transportation and 

disposal at locations across the country, 

including the Eagle Ridge Landfill in St. 

Louis, equating to about a 25-percent differential 

between the current cost of recycling 

processing and local landfilling in the 

St. Louis marketplace. 

Due to facilities like RMC no longer collecting 

residential single-stream recycled 

materials after November 2018, the $37.45 

per ton rate is expected to increase even 

more over time. According to O’Brien, 

municipal waste contracts are typically 

long-term, fixed-rate contracts. 

“Recycling is a commodity-driven business 

– individual materials have a value 

based upon market conditions,” O’Brien 

said. “Single stream, mixed materials have 

a value as well. It truly is a classic economics 

example of supply and demand.” 

The rising cost of ‘wish-cycling’ 

The trend of “wish-cycling” is one of the 

factors complicating the process. 

Wish-cycling happens when uncertain 

consumers choose the recycling bin for 

an item that should go to the trash. Nonrecyclable 

items like coolers, diapers, food 

waste and plastic shopping bags get tangled 

up in the system due to ignorance or 

wish-cycling, creating additional demands, 

delays and often repairs to the system. 

According to O’Brien, some of the most 

common wish-cycling items are plastic 

toys, aerosol cans, pizza boxes and clothes. 

Waste from non-recyclable materials can 

contaminate other collected materials, 

thereby impacting the ability of all the 

goods to be recycled. 

“If someone throws a whole jar of peanut 

butter in [the recycling bin], and that jar 

gets smashed, a pound of peanut butter 

squirts out into all the other materials in 

that truck,” Batliner said. “A lot of that 

material then has to be trashed with it.” 

Even small amounts of such viscous materials 

are problematic. 

Landfilling, by contrast, is easier and 

cheaper, but with no value added. 

“Maybe to have [trash] picked up from





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your curb and hauled to a landfill where 

one guy shoves it down a hill and properly 

buries it, maybe that cost is roughly $30 a 

ton, but, it’s done,” Batliner said. “There’s 

no value. You’ve paid for someone to pick 

it up and properly dispose of it. To pick 

it up, bring it to a recycling plant, have it 

sorted, repackaged, loaded and shipped out 

for markets, that costs maybe $70 or $80 a 

ton, but there’s value at the end.” 

One potential solution may be asking 

consumers to separate their recyclables. 

Education about what is and is not good 

recycling also plays a role. 

Dual-stream recycling is a method that 

relies on residents keeping paper goods in 

one container and other recyclables – such 

as plastic and metal – in another. St. Peters 

is one of the few municipalities that not 

only uses dual-stream recycling but also 

has its own processing facility. 

“The goal is to eliminate excuses,” Kuppler 

said. 

According to Kuppler, the facility’s contamination 

rate is less than 1 percent for 

overall exported recyclables. The facility’s 

recycling of in-demand materials ultimately 

saves money due to the reselling of materials 

and the reduction of landfill tipping fees. 

However, dual-stream recycling doesn’t 

solve the ongoing issue of reaching out to 

residents with no interest in recycling. 

“The national standard continues to be 

around 30 percent of people who recycle,” 

Kuppler said. “Even if you still consider 

everything we’ve done, there’s still 70 percent 

of people out there that don’t want to 

recycle or aren’t interested. We’re battling 

that 70 percent to get them to use our Blue 

Bag system, and single-stream is battling 

that 70 percent to get them to not put in any 

contaminated materials.” 

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Located at Recycle City on Ecology 

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is used by residents and non-residents alike. 

According to David Kuppler, who manages 

St. Peters’ group health and environmental 

services, the recycling center was 

built about 21 years ago to address the need 

for waste sustainability in the community. 

“We can take [recyclables] here and 

handle it all ourselves,” Kuppler said. “It 

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also allows us to patrol those costs and 

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For the past 12 months, the facility has 

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Of that number, 30,710 tons came from St. 

Peters residents specifically. Of that amount, 

roughly 5,400 tons were recyclable. 

According to Kuppler, the facility made 

an estimated $780,000 off recycling in 2017. 

Other citywide recycling efforts include 

the Blue Bag curbside program, aluminum 

can programs, commercial recycling, cardboard 

recycling and more. Workers at the 

recycling facility sort trash and separate 

recyclable materials such as cardboard, 

paper items, plastic, glass, aluminum and 

steel cans. 

The facility allows 24/7 drop-off of presorted 

materials by residents. 

The future of recycling 

The future of single-stream recycling is 

currently being debated at a residential and 

governmental level. 

According to O’Brien, Meridian is meeting 

with the municipalities it serves, such 

as O’Fallon and Wildwood, regarding 

recycling options. It is predicting that there 

will be changes to enhance transparency of 

contract language and that many local governments 

will pursue waste management 

alternatives like suspending collection 

until markets return, limiting the collection 

of materials, increasing collection and processing 

fees for the foreseeable future or 

converting into a multiple-sort collection 

system for cleaner recyclable materials. 

“Recycling is a cycle,” O’Brien said. 

“Successful recycling must result in providing 

usable recyclable materials that 

manufacturing end-markets are willing to 

purchase to make into products that purchasers 

are willing to buy and use. At home 

or worldwide, the economics of supply and 

demand are fundamentally the same.” 

For processors like Republic Services, 

waste processing will remain consistent 

with the intent to raise awareness about 

contamination and proper recycling techniques 

in an effort to export cleaner bales. 

“It’s a blip in time,” Batliner said. “It’s 

not a short blip it time, it’s going to take 

a while for the logistics to catch up with 

the world. Overall, recycling pricing will 

recover. The demand is still there.” 

Kuppler shares a similar view. 

“If you think of our dependency on oil 

when prices went up, we changed the way 

we did business and our reliance on fossil 

fuels. Now, today you’re seeing more electric 

and other fuel options. I consider this to 

be the same,” Kuppler said. “We had a great 

dependency on China; China has said, ‘no 

more,’ so we will find a way to recycle and to 

continue on. Recycling isn’t going anywhere, 

but we’re definitely in a transitional phase.” 


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NOV 3 • 7 p.m. vs. Minnesota 

NOV 6 • 7 p.m. vs. Carolina 

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NOV 14 • 7 p.m. @ Chicago 

NOV 16 • 9 p.m. @ Las Vegas 

NOV 17 • 9:30 p.m. @ San Jose 

NOV 19 • 7 p.m. vs. Los Angeles 

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NOV 24 • 6 p.m. vs. Winnipeg 

NOV 28 • 6 p.m. @ Detroit 

NOV 30 • 8 p.m. @ Colorado 

DEC 1 • 7 p.m. @ Arizona 

DEC 5 • 7 p.m. vs. Edmonton 

DEC 7 • 7 p.m. @ Winnipeg 

DEC 9 • 2 p.m. vs. Vancouver 

DEC 11 • 7 p.m. vs. Florida 

DEC 14 • 7 p.m. vs. Colorado 

DEC 16 • 2 p.m. vs. Calgary 

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chief operating officer; Shaughnessy 

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Michael Steinlage, of Ballwin, joins as 

project manager. The three will work with 

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development of greenways so people can 

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• • • 

Debbie Pregler, a counselor at Chesterfield 

Elementary, has received a Ph.D. 

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Dennis and Terri Shy, owners of Paul 

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City of Ellisville 

Notice is hereby given that the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Ellisville 

will hold a public hearing at the Ellisville City Hall, #1 Weis Avenue, on Wednesday, October 

10, 2018, at 7:00 P.M. to consider City-initiated petitions for Text Amendments to Title IV, 

Land Use, Chapter 400: Zoning Regulations, of the Municipal Code of the City of Ellisville, 

pertaining to the following: (1) Section 400.050 Public Hearings – When Required – Notice, 

(2) 400.060 Fees – Clerk to Collect, (3) Section 400.070 Fees – Amounts Specified, (4) Section 

400.310 – “C-5” Planned Commercial District, (5) Section 400.150 Conditional Use Permit 

Procedure, (6) 400.180 Zone Changes, (7) Section 400.185 Text Amendments, and (8) Section 

400.140 Board of Adjustment – Appeals, Procedure. 

Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Ellisville will hold a public hearing 

at the Ellisville City Hall, #1 Weis Avenue, on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, at 7:00 P.M. 

to consider City-initiated petitions for Text Amendments to Title IV, Land Use, Chapter 400: 

Zoning Regulations, of the Municipal Code of the City of Ellisville, pertaining to the following: 

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Commercial District, (5) Section 400.150 Conditional Use Permit Procedure, (6) 400.180 Zone 

Changes, (7) Section 400.185 Text Amendments, and (8) Section 400.140 Board of Adjustment 

– Appeals, Procedure. 

These public hearings are in compliance with Title IV, Land Use, of the Municipal Code of the 

City of Ellisville.



which he was honorably discharged. Tettaton 

began his service with the United 

States Marines Corps and was deployed 

through the U.S. Army. He was one of 

the first of the troops in Iraq for Operation 

Iraqi Freedom 1. From 2004 until 

2006, he worked for the Marine Corps. 

During that time, he also worked at 1st 

Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. He was 

medically retired in 2006. Each man 

received a Quilt of Honor in recognition 

of their military service. 

• • • 

Patricia Bedborough, CPA, MBA, 

SFO, chief financial officer for Parkway, 

has received 

The Association of 

School Business 

Officials International’s 

2018 Distinguished 

Eagle 

Award. The award 

honors visionary 

K–12 school business 

leaders who 

Bedborough 

have improved student achievement and 

enriched their school communities. Bedborough 

will receive a $2,500 college 

scholarship to present to a high school 

student and will be formally recognized at 

ASBO International’s 2018 Annual Meeting 

& Expo, Sept. 21-24, in Kissimmee, 

Florida. 

Networking and Events 

The West St. Louis County Chamber 

of Commerce holds a First Friday 

Coffee from 7:30-9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 

5 at Electro Savings Credit Union, 16500 

Manchester Road in Wildwood. Members 

and non-members are welcome. Contact 

Heather Zerweck at (636) 230-9900 or 

hzerweck@westcountychamber.com for 

more information. 

• • • 

The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce’s 

general membership meeting 

is from 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, 

Oct. 17 at Wings of Hope, 18370 Wings 

of Hope Blvd. in Chesterfield. Admission 

is $30 for members; $35 for guests. A $5 

discount applies for registrations through 

Friday, Oct. 12; a $5 surcharge applies to 

registrations after Oct. 15. Walk-ins will 

not be guaranteed a meal. Register online 

at chesterfieldmochamber.com or by calling 

(636) 532-3399. 

• • • 

The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce’s 

17th annual Annual Gumbo Flats 

Pumpkin Run begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday, 

Oct. 20 in Chesterfield Towne Center, at the 

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Lydia Drive, beginning at 10:30 a.m. This 

is a free outdoor event but registration is 

required. To register, email olderadult@ 

chesterfield.mo.us or call (636) 812-9500. 

A hot dog lunch will be provided. 

• • • 

NAGASAKI Poem–Wilderness Mute 

is at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5 at Parkway 

United Church of Christ, 2841 N. Ballas 

Road in St. Louis. A multidisciplinary 

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Keiko Fujiie and Butoh dance performer 

Orland Verdu from ORACLES 

Theater in Barcelona. Register at nagasakimute1.eventbrite.com. 

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• • • 

The 2018-2019 season of Music at St. 

Paul’s begins with a Hymn Festival at 4 

p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7 at 12345 Manchester 

Road in Des Peres. The event is open to the 

public. A freewill offering will be gathered. 

• • • 

The Silver Screen Series is from 1-4 

p.m. on Oct. 15 [“Nebraska”] and Nov. 19 

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Spirit of St. Louis Air Show 

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F-16 Fighting Falcon demonstration 

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Airport in Chesterfield on Oct. 13-14. 

Tickets are available online only at 

spirit-airshow.com. No tickets will be 

sold at the gate. Ticket prices start at 

$20 per person per day. Children age 

6 and younger and military personnel 

with a valid ID are free. 

Pedal the Cause – American Kids 

Challenge is from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, 

Sept. 29 at Chesterfield Amphitheater, 

631 Veterans Place Drive in Chesterfield. 

Kids ages 3-12 can help end cancer by 

registering for the challenge and biking 

through the enclosed course. Before and 

after, the entire family can enjoy activities 

and attractions in the PTC Kids Zone. $40 

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• • • 

The Knights of Columbus’ Fall Fling 

Bingo is at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 

Ascension School, 238 Santa Maria Drive 

in Chesterfield. 15 Bingo games [9 faces 

per game]. Free popcorn, water, soda, 

beer and wine. Concessions also available 

for purchase. Must be 21 to attend. 

• • • 

Run 4 Rockwood Kids: 5K and Family 

Fun Run is at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7 at 

LaSalle Springs Middle, 3300 Hwy. 109 in 

Wildwood. The Run 4 Rockwood Kids village 

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and food trucks. All proceeds go directly 

to Rockwood students in need. Register at 

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• • • 

The 25th annual Marquette Marching 

Band Craft Fair is from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on 

Saturday, Oct. 13 in the gym at Marquette 

High, 2351 Clarkson Road in Chesterfield. 

Admission and parking are free. For details, 

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Old Trails Historical Society invites the 

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Oct. 14 at the Bacon Log Cabin, 687 Henry 

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at St. John Church, 15800 Manchester Road 

in Ellisville. The free event includes information 

on internet, bicycle, health, first aid 

and animal safety. Free refreshments, raffles 

and games. Check the Ellisville website and 

Facebook page for updates. 

• • • 

Safety Day is from noon-3 p.m. on 

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Walking by faith and not by sight is more 

than a biblical concept for Jennifer Rothschild. 

It’s a way of life. Rothschild became 

blind at age 15 due to a rare form of retinitis 

pigmentosa. 

“My world literally became dark,” she 

said. “Not just physically but spiritually 

and mentally dark, as well.” As a Christian, 

she knew her life was at a crossroads. 

“I began to understand that my blindness 

could have been the thing that separated 

me from God and been a source of bitterness 

and anger,” Rothschild said. 

Instead, her blindness became something 

that created a dependence on God and a 

bridge to connect her to God in a deeper 

way. It’s that message of hope and promise 

no matter the circumstances that Rothschild 

is bringing to the Fresh Grounded Faith 

[FGF] Conference Oct. 19-20 at The Rock 

Church in Ballwin. Rothschild will teach 

from Psalm 23: “The Lord is My Shepherd.” 

“The Psalm has only six verses but by 

the end of the conference, the women [in 

attendance] will recognize, no matter the 

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Fresh Grounded Faith women’s 

conference comes to West County 

Fresh Grounded Faith presenters Michael 

O’Brien, Karen Abercrombie, Lisa Whelchel 

and Jennifer Rothschild 

situation or season she’s in, she’s safe with 

the shepherd,” Rothschild explained. 

Guest speakers accompanying Rothschild 

include Lisa Whelchel, best known 

by the 50-something sect as Blair on the 

“Facts of Life” sitcom and, more recently, 

from her stint on “Survivor.” Karen Abercrombie, 

known as Miss Clara in the movie 

“War Room,” and recording artist Michael 

O’Brien also are on the bill. 

Tickets can be purchased online at 

FreshGroundedFaith.com/st-louis-mo or 

by calling (800) 859-7992. Group rates are 

available. 

EVENTS, from page 50 

pavilion, poetry and storytelling grove, or 

participate in one of the many art stations. 

Visit manchestermo.gov/319/ArtsFest. 

• • • 

A Family Hayride is on Saturday, Oct. 

6 at Castlewood State Park, 1401 Kiefer 

Creek Road in Ballwin. Meet up at the 

Horse Trailer Turnaround for a hayride, a 

chili and hotdog dinner, donuts and apple 

cider. Roast marshmallows by the fire while 

listening to special guest Babaloo perform. 

Choose from three different pickup times. 

Registration is required at ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

Early Childhood - Pumpkin Decorating 

is from 10-11 a.m. and from 1-2 p.m. 

on Wednesday, Oct. 10 and Thursday, 

Oct. 11 at Zick’s Great Outdoors: Nursery 

and Landscaping, 16498 Clayton Road 

in Wildwood. Each child, accompanied 

by a parent/guardian, will have their own 

pumpkin to decorate and a treat afterward. 

• • • 

Yappy Howl-O-Ween is from 4-6:30 

p.m. no Friday, Oct. 19 at Eberwein Dog 

Park, 1627 Old Baxter Road in Chesterfield. 

Dog costumes are encouraged. Light 

refreshments will be served. Dog tags 

must be on the collar for dog park members, 

non-members must bring vaccination 

records. No dogs under 4 months. All dogs 

must be spayed or neutered. RSVP to (636) 

812-9500. 

SPECIAL INTEREST 

A free seminar “Evolution or Creation? 

What does science tell us?” is at 7 p.m. on 

Friday, Sept. 28 through Sunday, Sept. 30 

at West County Adventist Church, 16800 

Baxter Road in Chesterfield. Childcare 

for ages 1-8 will be provided. The event 

includes nightly drawings. For more information, 

visit westcountysdachurch.org. 

• • • 

A free public discussion on gun violence, 

“Conversation Elevation,” is from 7-8:30 

p.m. on Monday, Oct. 1 at Manchester 

United Methodist Church, 129 Woods Mill 

Road in Manchester. Register online at 

manchesterumc.org/gun-violence. 

• • • 

Tour de Wildwood is at 7 a.m. on Sunday, 

Oct. 7 at Wildwood City Hall, 16860 

Main St. in Wildwood. Ride a section of 

historic Route 66, visit Babler State Park 

and Rockwoods Reservation Conservation 

Area, and enjoy the fall leaves as you ride 

the roads through the hills of Wildwood. 

The ride starts and ends at Wildwood City 

Hall. For more information, call Gary at 

(636) 458-0440. To register, visit mobikefed.org/2018TourDeWildwood. 

• • • 

The Historical Commission Speaker 

Series is at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 

The Pointe, 1 Ballwin Commons Circle in 

Ballwin. Free and open to the public. Light 

refreshments will be served. For more 

information, visit ballwin.mo.us.





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PROP D, from page 11 

“It’s going to make transportation and 

the quality of the roadways throughout 

the region that much better,” Kelly said. 

“You’re always looking to be able to do 

more. This is going to allow everyone to 

do that.” Kelly was mayor of Brentwood 

for 22 years. 

Conway said the money will help cities 

and counties make their own decisions. 

“[Residents] see their aldermen out there 

mowing the grass and they ... [ask], ‘Are 

we ever going to get that stoplight put up at 

the intersection of Main and First streets?’” 

Conway said. Proposition D money could 

give local government the resources to 

take care of those types of issues. 

“It’s more local control and I always think 

that’s a good thing because those people 

know best what they need,” said Conway, 

whose district includes part of St. Peters. 

“We’ll take care of the main interstates but 

this is going to give the locals more control. 

I think that’s important.” 

St. Charles County and its municipalities 

have tapped into their own funding to help 

MoDOT in recent years. The county used 

money from its half-cent transportation 

sales tax to complete the final phase of the 

Route 364/Page Avenue extension, conduct 

Route N and I-70 corridor studies, and 

replace the Daniel Boone Bridge across 

the Missouri River as well as other projects. 

County officials are hoping that its 

half-cent transportation sales tax could be 

moved to other projects if voters approve 

Proposition D. 

Ehlmann said the Missouri Highway 

Commission has supported maintaining 

the existing road and transportation 

system, which is fine with much of Missouri 

because it’s not growing. He’s hoping 

MoDOT will become more assertive. 

McKenna said state and local officials 

issue, visit westnewsmagazine.com.] 

Passage of Proposition D may be able to 

help with that, but can it pass? 

will work through their local planning Charton notes widespread support 

groups, such as the East-West Gateway 

Council of Governments, to establish priority 

already from transportation groups, the 

Missouri Municipal League, and the Mis- 

projects. 

souri Association of Counties that rep- 

St. Charles County officials say growth resent local governments, the two U.S. 

and road improvements 

West 

also are 

Newsmagazine 

needed senators and Gov. Mike Parsons. 

because of the increasing importance The league and association didn’t sup- 

of I-70 and Client: other interstates in moving 

freight, which may spur economic development 

and add jobs. They particularly 

want action in fixing a traffic bottleneck 

in Wentzville where a railroad bridge 

has limited I-70 to four lanes. It’s one of 

several area traffic bottlenecks that might 

discourage companies that need the quick 

shipment of freight from locating in the 

St. Louis region. 

[Editor’s note: For more about the freight 

Salesperson: 

port the sales Proof: tax measure in 2014, Charton 

said. A survey of voters in May suggested 

that a large majority of state voters [57 percent] 

favor passing Proposition D. 

Evans, whose district includes Manchester, 

said it scares her to think what money 

the state might have for transportation if 

Proposition D fails. “Our budget is increasingly 

taken up by the demands of health 

care and education. I don’t think people are 

in favor of cutting.” 

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NOV 23 636.591.0010 

RUN IN WEST 8am UNTIL to 12pm FURTHER NOTICE 

NOV 23 

18820 Melrose Rd. Total Bathroom Remodeling 

Cabinetry•Plumbing•Electrical 

DEC 07 

Wildwood, MO 63038 

PAINTING DEC 07 

21 Years Experience 

Complete Lawn Maintenence DEC 14 

HAULING 

for Residential & Commercial DEC 21 

LINDSEY'S DEC CUSTOM 21 

FIREWOOD 

PAINTING & CONSTRUCTION 

SKIPS HAULING & DEMOLITION! EVERYTHING DECKS: 

Leaf & Gumball Removal 

For any and all home repairs 11.05.15 

Junk hauling and removal. Cleanouts, 

appliances, furniture, debris, 

Clean / Stain 

Seeding • Mowing • Mulching Commercial and Residential 

Deck Restoration 

Fertilizing • Planting • Sodding or updates that you may need! 

construction rubble, yard waste, MarkHicksLLC.com 

Edging • Spraying • Weeding Interior and exterior painting, 

excavating & demolition! 10, 15 30 years exp., no money up front 

Pruning • Trimming 

landscaping, power-washing, 

& 20 cubic yd. rolloff dumpsters. warranty, insured, free estimates Bed Maintenance • Dethatching siding, dry wall, flooring, decks, 

Licensed & insured. Affordable, 

BBB A+ rating • Angie’s List 

Brush Removal • Retaining Walls deck staining, retaining walls 

dependable & available! VISA/MC 

636-337-7733 

Paver Patios • Drainage Work (block, tie & concrete) 

accepted. 22 yrs. service. Toll Free 

For a free estimate call: 

1-888-STL-JUNK (888-785-5865) 

636-208-3285 

or 314-644-1948 

All Around Construction LLC 

All interior & exterior remodeling 

& repairs. Historic restoration, 

molding duplication. Finished 

basements, kitchens, baths & decks. 

24 years experience. 

314-393-1102 or 636-237-3246 

Licensed Landscape 

Architect/Designer 

~ Free Estimates ~ 

Call 314-426-8833 

info@ mplandscapingstl.com 

www.mplandscapingstl.com 

DECK STAINING 

BY BRUSH ONLY 

PAINTING 

PAINTING 

GARY SMITH 

PAINTING & REPAIR 

Interior Painting • Wallpaper 

Dry Wall • Crown Molding & Trim 

- 25 years Experience - 

Fully Insured • Owner/Operator 

Call Gary 314-805-7005 

Interior and 

exterior painting 

Deck staining 

- Insured & Free estimates - 

10% discounts for seniors and veterans 

Dickspainting.com 

314-707-3094 

ADVANTAGE 

PAINTING CO. 

Interior & Exterior 

Painting 

Drywall Repair • Taping 

Powerwashing • Wallpaper Stripping 

Top Quality Work • FREE Estimates 

636.262.5124 

INSURED 

MENTION AD & RECEIVE 10% OFF 

KEVIN'S PAINT SERVICE 

Professional & Expert interior/ 

exterior painting, drywall & ceiling 

repair, and powerwashing. 

30 years painting experience. 

Low rates and Free Estimates. 

Call Kevin at 636-322-9784. 

PET CARE 

CONVENIENT 

Dog Grooming 

Full service grooming 

in your home... 

Reasonable Rates • Free Consultation 

All Services Available 

Keep Your Pets Stress-Free at Home 

~ Great for Older Dogs ~ 

Ask about discounts for rescues! 

Call for appointment 

314-591-0009 

PLUMBING 

• ANYTHING IN PLUMBING • 

Good Prices! Basement 

bathrooms, small repairs & code 

violations repaired. Fast Service. 

Certified, licensed plumber - not 

a handyman. Call or text anytime: 

314-409-5051 

LICENSED PLUMBER 

Available for all plumbing needs. 

No job too small. Free estimates. 

25 years experience. 

Senior citizen discount. 24 hours. 

Call 314-808-4611 

314-852-5467 

• Fully Insured • References • 

38 Years! 

NO Spraying or Rolling Mess! 

NO Down Payment Required www.cedarbeautifulstaining.com 

SCHEDULE NOW FOR EARLY SUMMER RUSH! 

WATERPROOFING 

I 55 

SPORTS MEMORABILIA 

WANTED TO BUY 

• SPORTS MEMORABILIA • 

Baseball Cards, Sports Cards, 

Cardinals' Souvenirs and 

Sports Memorabilia 

Pre-1975 Only. Private Collector. 

314-302-1785 

TREE SERVICES 

DORSEY TREE SERVICE 

Trees trimmed or removed, 

stumps removed. Bucket truck 

service. Fully insured. 

In business for 30 years. 

Call 314-355-5115 

GET 'ER DONE TREE SERVICE 

Tree trimming, removal, deadwooding, 

pruning and stump 

grinding. Certified arborist. 

Fully Insured • Free Estimates 

A+ BBB • A+ Angie's List 

Serving the Area Since 2004 

314-971-6993 

• COLE TREE SERVICE • 

Tree and Stump Removal. 

Trimming and Deadwooding. 

Free Estimates. 

636-475-3661 

www.cole-tree-service.biz 

Residential • Commercial 

Complete Tree Service 

Tree & Brush Removal • Pruning • Dead-Wooding 

Deep Root Fertilization • Stump Grinding • Cabling 

Storm Clean-Up • Plant Healthcare 

Cary Semsar - ISA Board 

Certified Master Arborist OH-5130 B 

Fully Insured • Free Estimates 

314-426-2911 

info@meyertreecare.com 

www.meyertreecare.com 

TOP NOTCH Waterproofing & 

Foundation Repair LLC 

Cracks, sub-pump systems, structural 

& concrete repairs. Exterior 

drainage correction. Serving Missouri 

for 15 years. Finally, a contractor 

who is honest & leaves the 

job site clean. Lifetime Warranties. 

Free Estimate 636-281-6982 

WINDOW CLEANING 

Fall into a fresh look with 

Vossome Window Cleaning 

Book now to lock in these great rates: 

10 windows for $149 

$8-$10/each for the rest 

Call 314.775.1080 

Locally owned - 10yrs exp 

vossomewindowcleaning.com 

WEDDING SERVICES 

Marriage 

Ceremonies 

~ 

Renewal of Vows 

~ 

Baptisms 

Full Service Ministry 

314.703.7456

West Newsmagazine 9-26-18

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