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By JESSICA MESZAROS 

RANDOM THOUGHTS 

This week, Mid Rivers Newsmagazine 

talks with Bill Dennis, who with his wife, 

Barbara, founded Frank’s Heroes, a 501[c] 

[3] organization that offers free guitar lessons 

to veterans. Named for Bill’s father, 

the organization began in the back room of 

a Main Street restaurant. Now, its meetings 

are held every Saturday from 10 a.m.-noon 

at Christview Christian Church, 64 Terrie 

Lane in St. Charles. The organization has 

grown to about half a dozen instructors, 

including Bill, teaching between 20 and 

30 veterans. Bill has played guitar with 

multiple different musicians and bands, 

including Buddy Moreno and Glenn Miller’s 

orchestras. Both he and his dad are 

veterans, with his father having served in 

World War II. 

What’s the best lesson you’ve learned 

in life? 

The best lesson I’ve learned is that it’s 

really nice to help other people. I think my 

wife and I have both really enjoyed doing 

what we’re doing. We never thought that 

we’d have so many veterans coming to our 

lessons. I never thought we’d have almost 

half a dozen instructors that are also helping 

us now. It’s a good thing to see something 

go from one or two or maybe three 

veterans to 25 or 30 or so. It’s a pretty big 

deal. I was very fortunate. When I was in 

high school, I was teaching guitar lessons 

part time, and later on, I played ... with 

some of the orchestras around St. Louis, 

mainly. It was a neat thing for a young kid 

like me. 

What is the most significant place 

you’ve been? 

The one we were very, very honored, 

I should say, to participate in was down 

in Branson. They have a Veterans Week 

down there in November ... Then there 

was another thing we did a while back in 

the Lake of the Ozarks. Of course, that 

was for veterans, too. For us, it was quite 

an honor. Very much a highlight for us, 

to be mentioned that we’re teaching our 

fellow veterans guitar lessons here in St. 

Charles, and that we’ve been doing it for 

a while and that some of these guys are 

doing pretty good with it. They really 

enjoy it. So, it’s been a good deal ... [and] 

it’s all free. [The instructors are] volunteering 

their services. It’s a pretty neat 

deal. 

A Community Conversation 

Bill and Barbara Dennis of Frank’s Heroes 

[personal photo] 

What is something that all kids should 

do? 

I think it’s important for kids, and 

anybody really, to get involved in sports, 

music or anything like that. Something 

besides school. We all have to go to school, 

that’s great, but I think having other outlets 

– like baseball, football or taking lessons or 

playing in a band or something like that – 

is really good. Especially if you can use it 

later in life as I did. 

What do you wish you personally knew 

more about? 

I love music, obviously. I got to hear and 

see some very fine guitar players in my day, 

too. Years ago, in St. Louis even, Mr. Mel 

Bay himself was quite the player. Bobby 

Caldwell is another really fine guitar player 

here in St. Louis ... those fellows, over the 

years [and] especially in my younger days, 

made me think ‘Boy, I’d love to be able to 

do something like that.’ So that was very 

inspirational to me when I was a kid. 

What values are most meaningful to 

you? 

I guess, with being retired, I think just 

doing what we’re doing is a really neat 

thing. We both enjoy it. Of course, my 

wife’s brothers were both in the service 

also and my dad, Frank, was a decorated 

veteran. I’d like to mention his name. His 

name was Frank A. Dennis, and he was in 

the Battle of the Bulge and was a decorated 

veteran. That’s why we call it “Frank’s 

Heroes.” At the Coffee for Vets event we 

did [earlier this month], it was really neat 

to see quite a few fellows with T-shirts 

on that said “Frank’s Heroes” on them. I 

thought that was pretty cool. 

[Editor’s note: Dennis invites those seeking 

to participate or support Frank’s Heroes 

to call (314) 479-5750 for more information.] 



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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Kudos on the Sept. 26 edition 

To the Editor: 

I have been reading your Mid Rivers 

publication since moving to O’Fallon in 

2005 and believe your Sept. 26 effort is 

your best to date. A very informative well 

done editorial, an excellent letter to the 

editor calling out the fake news on secondhand 

smoke, and what appears to be a well 

researched article on the recycling confusion. 

And for once the “Random Thoughts” 

piece was worth the ink to print it. 

Keep up the good work and we will keep 

reading! 

Ken Weber 

Responding to ‘A Soros 

in sheep’s clothing’ 


The Clean Missouri ballot initiative is 

discussed at length in the Sept. 26 editorial. 

The key items mentioned are: “eliminate 

nearly all lobbyist gifts in the General 

Assembly; require that legislative records 

be open to the public; lower 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.” Then, the editorial makes 

light of the last item, noting that it’s “our 

favorite.” 

The editorial continues “but we also 

left one out ... ensure that neither political 

party is given an unfair advantage when 

new maps are drawn after the next census.” 

And the editorial reads, “Well, that does 

not seem to fit in with the other things, now 

does it?” Wow! 

When I first read the editorial, I could tell 

from the sarcastic remarks that the writer 

In this Issue 

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Homeless 

Homelessness in St. Charles 

County is a problem that is 

not going away. 

was against the amendment. After rereading 

the comments, I can only assume the 

writer thinks we want our legislators to 

accept lobbyists’ gifts, we want legislative 

records not open to the public, we think its 

fine for politicians to quit and immediately 

become lobbyists, and we want the legislators 

to focus on what big donors and lobbyists 

tell them is in their best interests. 

Finally, the writer assumes we think it 

is fine for one party to be given an unfair 

advantage when new maps are drawn. 

Well, I see nothing radical about this initiative 

and will be pleased to vote in favor of 

Amendment 1. 

Carolyn Harris 

• • • 


In the Sept. 26 editorial “A Soros in 

sheep’s clothing,” the editorial writers 

accomplish a nearly impossible feat. They 

manage to spend 11 paragraphs discussing 

redistricting without once using the word 

“gerrymandering”. 

As any civics student knows, the term 

refers to the practice of drawing district 

maps [after every census] so that the party 

in power can remain in power. In Missouri 

the Republicans do it, and in Illinois the 

Democrats do it. In both cases, it is wrong, 

and that is why a bipartisan group is working 

to get rid of gerrymandering by passing 

Amendment 1 this November. 

The editors say that the proposal is “radically 

different from the redistricting process 

in place today.” Also, they ask “who 

would need such a thing?” 

I have an answer to that: I would need 

such a thing, because I value representative 

democracy where my vote means 

something. Gerrymandering draws district 

boundaries in a convoluted way that groups 

the minority party into a few districts and 

arranges the rest so that the majority party 

has a small but dependable advantage in 

each one. My state representative district 

is shaped like a duck. These artificially 

strangely shaped districts would be eliminated 

under Amendment 1, which calls 

for a non-partisan demographer to draw 

the boundaries without regard to political 

party. 

At the end of the editorial, the argument 

is made that the readers of West Newsmagazine 

should vote against this amendment 

because it has gotten support from 

billionaire George Soros. They don’t give 

any specific reason why this is a bad thing, 

but apparently the name Soros is synonymous 

with “boogeyman.” They say he has 

“evil intentions” without hinting at what 

they are. Well, I looked it up, and the 

money linked to the Soros organization 

is less than 10 percent of the total spent 

in favor of this amendment. The other 

90 percent has been given by groups and 

people like me who want fair and clean 

politics. 

I used the same tactic suggested by the 

editors and “followed the money” against 

Amendment 1. Not surprisingly, it includes 

Missouri First, an organization led by several 

state representatives from the party 

currently in power, including the representative 

of my own duck-shaped district, 

Dean Plocher. If he ever knocks on my 

door, I will be sure to ask him how he 

can be against the best chance we have of 

enacting ethics reform in Missouri. 

John Danforth, one of the most respected 

and ethical politicians in Missouri is on 

record supporting Amendment 1. Please 

join him and many other Republicans and 

Democrats in voting “yes” on Amendment 

1 this Nov. 6. 

Al Gerber 

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on North Main. 

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Mature Focus 

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discover the latest news 

and events for seniors. 

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County opens two new parks 

The Park at New Melle Lakes is now 

open. 

The recreation site, located at 400 

Foristell Road, features 3.7 miles of paved 

trails, a 26-acre lake, a disc golf course and 

picnic areas. 

The county purchased the property in 

2016. The golf course has been closed 

since 2011 and had a banquet center, the 

large lake and four one-acre ponds. County 

officials said they bought the property for 

$15,000 an acre or about $2.29 million. 

The park abuts several county-owned 

tracts, including the 67-acre Sundust 

Park Reserve donated by David and Mary 

Ann Wolk and 175 acres of land between 

Foristell Road and Hwy. Z. 

Future development plans for The Park 

at New Melle include a launch area for 

non-motorized boats on the 26-acre lake, 

a multi-acre dog park, playground, small 

and large picnic shelters, camping, restrooms 

and the renovation of a home on the 

property for use as a rental facility. 

Meanwhile, the county also announced 

opening ceremonies, including a ribbon 

cutting, for 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20 

at its 120-acre Veterans Memorial Park. 

Bordered by Pitman Hill and Kisker 

roads, the park is on the former Sammelmann 

Farm and Homestead. The county 

bought the property for $6 million in 

2014 and planned to spend a little over 

$9 million to intensively develop about 

90 acres with a destination playground 

for children of all abilities, a walking and 

bike trail system, dog park, playground 

and fishing lakes. A memorial garden 

with flags to honor the five branches of 

the Armed Forces along a path ending 

at a plaza with an American flag also is 

planned. 

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ST. PETERS 

Ward 3 alderman named 

Melissa Reimer is 

the new St. Peters 

alderman for Ward 3. 

Reimer, who was 

appointed at a special 

Board of Aldermen 

meeting on Sept. 27, 

replaces Alderman 

Michael Shea who 

resigned before the 

Reimer 

Sept. 13 meeting, citing health reasons. 

She will serve until April 2019 when the 

seat is up for election to fill out the remaining 

year of Shea’s term. 

Reimer and her family have been residents 

of the Spencer Creek subdivision for 

more than two years. In 2008, she became 

a licensed state real estate agent and is a 

member of the National Association of 

Realtors, the Missouri Association of 

Realtors and the St. Louis Association of 

Realtors. 

She has an executive secretarial diploma 

from Sanford Brown College and has 

worked as an administrative assistant, 

secretary, receptionist and special events 

coordinator. She and her husband, William, 

have two school-age children and a son 

serving in the U.S. Air Force. 

LAKE SAINT LOUIS 

City to honor mayors 

Lake Saint Louis intends to recognize 

and honor its former mayors. 

The city’s Board of Aldermen approved 

a bill at its Oct. 1 meeting that establishes 

a recognition policy for honoring former 

mayors. 

City Administrator Paul Markworth 

told the board in September that the 

policy arose when he was told that 

former Mayor Ed Hajek’s health had 

taken a turn for the worse and was asked 

if the city had a recognition program. 

Markworth suggested the city present 

a proclamation and a city flag to Hajek. 

The board agreed but also suggested that 

the city develop a place to display photos 

of mayors and when they served at city 

hall. The city currently doesn’t have a 

photo display of its mayors and when 

they served. 

The board voted 5-0 to approve the bill 

with Alderman Jason Law [Ward 3] absent. 

The board gave no indication of when they 

may make a proclamation or where the 

photos of mayors photographs would be 

placed in city hall. 

Hajek served as mayor for more than 10 

years in the 1980s and early 1990s. 

ST. CHARLES COUNTY 

New service to aid individuals 

with disabilities 

The Productive Living Board for St. 

Louis County Citizens with Developmental 

Disabilities, the Developmental Disabilities 

Resource Board of St. Charles 

County and the St. Louis City Office for 

Developmental Disability Resources are 

partnering with United Way of Greater St. 

Louis in launching a regional resource for 

people with intellectual and developmental 

disabilities and their families. 

IDDHelp.org will provide a centralized 

resource for getting connected to services 

via internet searches, email or phone calls. 

When a caller dials (877) 256-2202 from 

8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday 

looking for solutions, a trained community 

connector will be there to listen and to help. 

People who have tried to locate resources 

for themselves or someone they care about 

know that services, while plentiful, can be 

difficult to locate. There are over 24,000 

individuals with disabilities throughout the 

St. Louis Region, and hundreds of agencies 

that offer an array of services. 

“What has been lacking is a centralized, 

coordinated system to help people, 

whether a person with a developmental 

disability, a parent, a service provider, or 

a neighbor not only understand the options 

that are available, but how to successfully 

access them. IDDHelp.org is designed to 

find solutions,” said Becky Herschbach,





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A use tax approved by county voters 

in 1997 intended for property acquisition, 

operations and park development paid 

for the acquisition and development of 

the park properties. The county currently 

operates 12 parks and has more than 3,000 

acres of parkland. 

National Rx Take-Back 

Day, Oct. 27 

From 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 

27, residents are urged to take unused 

prescription medications to police departments 

throughout the county as part of a 

nationwide effort to eliminate the possibility 

of the drugs harming someone else or 

getting into the wrong hands. 

The Take-Back event is for prescription 

drugs only, not over-the-counter drugs or 

illegal substances, such as marijuana. 

The service is free and anonymous. To 

remain anonymous, it is important to 

remove identifying information from prescription 

medicine container labels before 

disposal. Likewise, it is important to tightly 

seal the cap on any liquid products, such as 

cough syrups. 

Intravenous solutions, injectables and 

needles will not be accepted. 

According to the Drug Enforcement 

Administration’s Take-Back Day website, 

participating police departments include: 

• Cottleville, 5490 Fifth St. 

• County Sheriff’s Office, 300 N. Second St. 

• Lake Saint Louis, 200 Civic Center Drive 

• O’Fallon, 1019 Bryan Road 

• St. Charles County, 101 Sheriff Dierker 

Court, O’Fallon 

• St. Peters, 1020 Grand Teton Drive 

• Wentzville, 1019 Schroeder Creek Blvd. 

Master Plan open 

house scheduled 

The public is invited to a 2030 Master 

Plan Open House to review and comment 

on the anticipated draft findings and recommendations 

of a steering committee, 

which was appointed by County Executive 

Steve Ehlmann and the County Council 

to examine what adjustments to the 2025 

Plan, adopted in 2013, may be warranted. 

The open house will be held from 4-6:15 

p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10 in the Community 

Commons at the St. Charles City- 

County Library Spencer Road Branch, 427 

Spencer Road in St. Peters. 

After the open house, the committee’s 

recommendations will be posted on the 

county’s website, sccmo.org, for public 

comments via email until Thursday, Nov. 1. 

The steering committee anticipates sending 

a draft 2030 Master Plan to the County 

Planning and Zoning Commission for 

review and a public hearing in December 

2018. The commission will then recommend 

to the county council whether to 

adopt the 2030 Master Plan. 

The master plan is a coordinated set of 

recommendations to achieve the county’s 

desired outcomes for jobs, housing, transportation, 

community facilities and land 

uses and the natural environment. 

MISSOURI 

UM professor emeritus 

wins Nobel Prize 

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 

announced Oct. 3 that George P. 

Smith, MU Curators Distinguished Professor 

Emeritus of Biological Sciences, is one 

of a trio of researchers who won the 2018 

Nobel Prize in chemistry. 

Smith joins Frances H. Arnold, a professor 

of chemical engineering at the California 

Institute of Technology, and Gregory P. 

Winter, a biochemist at the M.R.C. Laboratory 

of Molecular Biology in England, as 

the three 2018 winners. 

Smith is the first University of Missouri 

professor to receive a Nobel Prize for 

research conducted at the university. He 

developed phage display, which allows a 

virus that infects bacteria to evolve new 

proteins. He was particularly focused on 

applying phage display to develop vaccines 

for malaria and other difficult diseases. 

“This is truly an amazing day for Professor 

Smith, the University of Missouri and 

the state of Missouri,” MU Chancellor 

Alexander N. Cartwright said. “The Nobel 

Prize represents Dr. Smith’s significant 

contribution to chemistry and biology, as 

well as to the university over his 40-year 

career.” 

Today, scientists are creating innovative 

applications for phage display, 

including developing antibody therapeutics 

and discovering stress fractures in 

steel. Phage display research can lead to 

the discovery of antibodies that neutralize 

toxins, combat metastasized cancers, 

and fend off autoimmune diseases. Phage 

display is used in laboratories worldwide 

as the basis for a wide range of experiments. 

An antibody drug that’s based on 

Smith’s research and was approved in 

2002 is currently being used to treat rheumatoid 

arthritis, psoriasis and inflammatory 

bowel disease. 

Smith joined the faculty of the MU 

College of Arts and Science in the Division 

of Biological Sciences in 1975. The 

University of Missouri Board of Curators 

appointed him a Curators Distinguished 

Professor in 2000, and he became a professor 

emeritus in 2015. He has authored 

and coauthored more than 50 articles in top 

scientific journals, and he was selected by 

the American Society of Microbiology for 

its 2007 Promega Biotechnology Research 

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Homelessness in St. Charles County: A problem that is not going away 

By BRIAN FLINCHPAUGH 

In a county that has a poverty rate of 

5.2 percent, the lowest poverty rate of 

any county in Missouri, where residential 

development continues at a largely 

unabated and the median income 

of households is $75,603 annually; 

homelessness would seem to be but a 

blip on the radar screen. 

But the blip, while not as bright as 

in other parts of the St. Louis area, is 

still shining brightly for local agencies, 

churches and organizations trying to alleviate 

poverty and issues like homelessness. 

Still, there is some good news. In the last 

7.5 months, those agencies and organizations 

have been able to find more housing 

for residents who are homeless or on the 

verge of homelessness. 

Thanks to a coordinated entry program 

run by the St. Charles County Community 

Council, more than 186 of those residents 

now have more permanent housing with a 

goal of 300 residents “under roofs” by the 

end of the year. 

The program also provides a snapshot of 

the nature of the problem and the people 

Homelessness in St. Charles County 

[photo courtesy of Sts. J & A Care Service] 

who are homeless. 

Todd Barnes, executive director for the 

Community Council, told the St. Charles 

County Council on Sept 10 that the community 

council has taken over handling 

inquires seeking help from local agencies 

in St. Charles Lincoln and Warren counties. 

The community council has taken 

on a “front door, one telephone number” 

approach to calls for help, he said. 

Barnes said before the coordinated entry 

program began, on Jan. 23 of this year, if 

someone needed help they called a friend 

or the 2-1-1 help number administered 

by the United Way of Greater St. Louis, 

which would generate a list of agencies 

the person could call for help. 

“Now we’ve started taking those initial 

phone calls on behalf of the agencies.” 

The community council opted for a 

system they found in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 

“You basically make one call 

and [undergo] one assessment to match 

you with agencies that might be able 

to help,” Barnes said in an interview. 

The community council has trained 

caseworkers interviewing callers to 

determine their needs and ultimately 

making referrals to appropriate agencies. 

Community entry programs are mandated 

by the U.S. Department of Housing 

and Urban Development [HUD], which 

provide financial aid to agencies. Barnes 

said there are nine HUD mandated agencies 

with which the community council 

works; it also has formal and informal 

agreements with about 70 agencies, individuals 

and churches it can tap into for 

help. The idea is to reduce duplication of 

services. 

Residents who are on the streets, or who 

are two weeks from being there, are considered 

for homelessness aid. People need 

to call 2-1-1 and enter their zip code to initiate 

contact with the community council. 

Barnes said his appearance before 

the county council is one of many he is 

making before local government officials 

to describe the program and its promising 

results so far. He noted that the community 

council has financial support through 2020 

thanks to local cities and a Missouri Foundation 

of Health grant that will run out that 

year. The agency may request for $75,000 

from the county in 2021. 

By the numbers 

The statistics gathered annually by the 

community council draw a picture of the 

nature and demographics of poverty and 

homelessness in the county. The community 

council has taken 2,900 telephone 

calls through 7.5 months this year – 75 

percent of those calls are from St. Charles 

County. 

One in three homeless persons are 

between the ages of 24 and 44; Barnes 

said 38 percent are age 18 or younger and 

largely the children of homeless adults. 

See HOMELESSNESS, page 14 

Proposed Bopp property subdivision to have public hearings in October 


A large portion of what are now soybean 

fields north of Feise Road and west 

of Bryan Road could become a new residential 

development of 266 single-family 

homes. 

The Cora Bopp Family Limited Partnership 

has filed an application with Dardenne 

Prairie seeking to rezone 107 acres to residential 

planned unit development for the 

homes. The property is now zoned commercial. 

The new subdivision would be named 

“Inverness.” Its builders are McKelvey 

Homes, Lombardo and Payne Family 

Homes. 

The tract is part of 176 acres owned 

by the partnership that is zoned commercial 

and residential. The tract previously 

was known as the possible location of a 

Walmart Neighborhood Market near the 

corner of Feise and Bryan. After months of 

back and forth discussions and plan modifications, 

Walmart backed away from its 

plans to build the grocery store. 

The layout and other details for the subdivision 

were shared at a public meeting on 

Sept. 20 at Crossroads Elementary School. 

Plans call for extensive bicycle and walking 

trails, winding streets and cul-de-sacs, 

said Mayor David Zucker in his “Shine a 

Light” column on the city’s website. 

“The design is innovative and intended 

to create a sense of spaciousness,” Zucker 

said. Access to the subdivision will be from 

Feise Road. Its streets will not connect to 

Devon Drive in the Bainbridge subdivision 

or to Little Big Horn, Reece or Christine 

in O’Fallon. 

Houses will range in size from 1,600 

square feet to more than 4,000 square 

feet and are expected to sell from about 

$300,000 to about $700,000. 

Zucker said public hearings on the rezoning 

and development will be conducted 

before the city’s planning and zoning commission 

on Oct. 10 and before the Board of 

Aldermen on Oct. 17. Both hearings will 

begin at 7 p.m. and will be held at City 

Hall, 2032 Hanley Road. 

The subdivision is not the only recent 

proposal involving the Bopp property that 

has come before the city. In June, the city 

of Dardenne Prairie received a rezoning 

and planned unit development request for 

approximately 68.4 acres at 1575 Bryan 

Road, located in the northwest corner of 

the intersection of Feise and Bryan roads. 

But that request is being withdrawn. 

To allow future development of a portion 

of the tract requires curb cuts off Bryan 

Road that would allow an entrance and 

a roadway on the property, according to 

A tract of land known at the Bopp property in Dardenne Prairie 

Zucker and Gary Feder, an attorney for the 

Bopp Family Limited Partnership. 

Feise Road is in Dardenne Prairie. The 

Bryan Road right-of-way is controlled by 

O’Fallon. Each city controls road access 

off their roads. 

Zucker said earlier this year that if there 

had not had been so much difficulty getting 

access to Bryan Road, the Walmart store 

might be under construction. However, 

Feder said changes in leadership at Walmart 

and Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods, 

as well as the lack of curb cuts off Bryan 

Road may have been Walmart’s deciding 

factors. 

Regarding talks between the two cities 

and partnership, Zucker said, “If you hear 

something give me a call, the line went 

dead last year.” 

Tom Drabelle, communication’s direc- 

See BOPP PROPERTY, page 15



New rules for North Main Street 


On Sept. 25, St. Charles officials 

approved a new set of rules they hope will 

lessen problems along a portion of North 

Main Street, from Clark Street to Jefferson 

Street, in the historic portion of the city and 

preclude a tougher ordinance that would 

force bars to stop selling alcohol hours 

before their 1:30 p.m. closing time. 

The council voted 7-2 in favor of the 

ordinance with councilmembers Mary 

Ann Ohlms [Ward 1] and Tom Besselman 

[Ward 2] voting no after hearing from five 

speakers who said the provisions of the 

ordinance were excessive and could put 

them out of business. 

Supporting the bill were councilmembers 

Bart Haberstroh [Ward 9], Vince 

Ratchford [Ward 3], Mary West, [Ward 

4], Rod Hermann [Ward 8], John Hanneke 

[Ward 5], Bridget Ohmes [Ward 10] and 

Dave Beckering [Ward 7]. Councilmember 

Jerry Reese [Ward 6] was absent. 

The bill sets up a liquor commission that 

includes the police chief, director of community 

development and director of finance. 

Bars would be required to adhere to a point 

system with penalties for infractions. 

Allowing a person to leave the bar with 

a drink would be 1.5 points. Gambling, 

homicide and weapon violations would 

cost the establishment 3.5 points. Underage 

drinking would result in a 3-point penalty. 

If a restaurant or bar tallied 1 to 2.5 

points in a six-month period, employees 

would have to go through training. A bar’s 

license could be revoked if 6.5 points or 

more are tailed or if there are three violations 

of some offenses in a 90-day period. 

The ordinance also stipulates that at least 

50 percent of an establishment’s gross 

receipts must be for food sales. The 50-percent 

requirement becomes effective Jan. 1 

with bars being given a year – when their 

license is up for renewal – to comply. 

The bill stops short of earlier legislation 

sponsored by Haberstroh, Hermann, 

Hanneke, Ohmes, West and Beckering that 

would have forced bars and restaurants 

to stop selling alcohol past 11 p.m. Bar 

owners strenuously fought the earlier closing 

proposal, saying it would force many of 

them out of business and not allow them to 

compete with other bars in the city including 

the nearby Ameristar Casino. 

Some bar owners have said they may 

consider legal action if an ordinance was 

passed that they considered too restrictive. 

Many also suggested that the city first 

should enforce the laws it already has on 

the books before adopting new legislation. 



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Lake Saint Louis may be on the verge 

of ending how its residents recycle. 

Several months from now the city’s 

trash contractor, Meridian Waste Solutions, 

could be sending a limited amount 

of recycling material to a St. Peters recycling 

plant for processing. That may make 

Lake Saint Louis the first county municipality 

to work with St. Peters, which is the 

only county municipality with a recycling 

plant. 

Lake Saint Louis’ Board of Aldermen 

was briefed at its Oct. 1 meeting by city 

staff and Derek Standley, an official with 

Meridian, about the changes anticipated 

with the city’s recycling program. 

“St. Peters is willing to take 

the material stream from Lake 

Saint Louis,” Standley said. 

“[But] we will have to modify 

it.” 

Changes are required 

because Meridian allows “single-stream 

recycling” and St. 

Peters requires “dual-stream 

recycling.” Additionally, single-stream 

recycling, which 

has been in place throughout 

much of the United States, 

may be going away. That 

form of recycling involves 

residents placing some materials 

– newspapers, cans, cardboard 

and other material in a 

single container or cart. The 

collection simplifies recycling 

for the homeowner but complicates 

it for the processor. 

Mixed materials often can 

result in high levels of contamination 

making the processed 

recycling less desirable by countries like 

China, where much of what the U.S. recycles 

has been sent in the last 40 years. 

“They shipped us goods, we shipped 

them back our recyclables,” Standley said. 

“It worked out well.” But China shut off 

taking more recyclable material from the 

United States in January; then, materials 

were sent to Vietnam, Cambodia and the 

Philippines. 

“If you’ve seen photos of those places 

it’s horrendous,” Standley said. He noted 

that the recycling business will be rebuilt 

but it will take time. 

Dual-stream recycling involves sorting 

materials to keep paper and cardboard 

separated from other materials, such as 

glass, plastic and cans. Some of the benefits 

of dual-stream recycling include 

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and lower costs. 

In recent months, some local companies, 

such as Resource Management that has a 

recycling processing facility in Earth City, 

have decided they will no longer accept 

curbside [single-stream] recycling. 

Standley said Lake Saint Louis residents 

will be allowed to use curbside recycling 

for some plastic and clean aluminum, tin 

and steel cans; however, they will have 

to drop off corrugated cardboard boxes 

and mixed paper in containers that will be 

set up at “big-box” stores in the county. 

There also may be containers set up for 

glass but glass poses a safety issue with 

processors and is heavy, so it’s uncertain 

whether it will be accepted. 

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Cans will have to be rinsed out and 

cleaned. Plastics classified as Nos. 1, 2, 3, 

5 and 7 [numbers found on the containers] 

will be allowed. 

There has been some discussion that 

the change to dual-stream recycling could 

occur in November; however, Standley 

said it’s more likely to happen around 

Dec. 1 because residents have to be educated 

and other details have to be worked 

out. 

St. Peters is expected to send Lake 

Saint Louis a Memorandum of Understanding 

in a couple of weeks for the city 

to sign, allowing St. Peters to take Lake 

Saint Louis’ recyclable materials. A similar 

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HOMELESSNESS, from page 10 

Fifty-nine percent are female; 40 percent 

are single moms. Thirty percent are single 

females or males. 

Forty percent are employed with one or 

two jobs and 70 percent have an income 

of less than $25,100 for a family of four – 

an issue when the average rental cost of an 

apartment in St. Charles County is $932 a 

month. 

Two out of three have health insurance 

such as Medicare, Medicaid or 

high-deductible policies that limit its use, 

Barnes said. 

The city of St. Charles has the highest 

number of assessments for homeless 

people so far this year with 352 followed 

by the county’s unincorporated area, which 

includes areas within cities such as Cottleville, 

Weldon Spring and Dardenne 

Prairie with 287, O’Fallon with 273, Wentzville 

with 258 and St. Peters with 220. 

Barnes said city officials questioned 

some of those numbers, with St. Charles 

Mayor Sally Faith saying that the number 

of single males who are homeless is higher, 

particularly near the I-70 and I-270 bridges 

across the Missouri River. O’Fallon officials 

said that 82 percent of their homeless 

residents are in the 24-44 age group. 

“This is the first time we’ve actually 

seen this as a continuum, as a full picture 

of what our homeless neighbors 

are like,” Barnes said. The information 

may help in addressing 

where service can be concentrated. 

But while the community 

council’s work is welcomed, it 

does not tell the whole story of 

homelessness, particularly for 

the agencies in the trenches, 

those providing help for people. 

In the trenches 

“The work we’re doing hasn’t 

changed,” said Pam Struckhoff, 

director of program services at 

St. Joachim and Ann Care Service, one of 

the county’s largest social service agencies. 

There were 532 persons, including 155 

children, that were found to be in shelters 

and without shelters in the three-county 

area during the annual Homeless Point and 

Time Count conducted by the community 

council on Jan. 31. Those counts have 

shown decreases in homeless persons in 

the last five years but the decline was not 

as much in the last year, Struckhoff said. 

One reason is that the county has a “slim 

market for affordable housing.” 

“To live in my zip code, somebody would 

have to make more than $25 an hour,” 

Struckhoff said. 

Struckhoff said these days agencies 

are seeing more medically fragile people, 

Homelessness in St. Charles County 

[photo courtesy of Sts. J & A Care Service] 

often with diabetes and heart disease and 

an increase in people with mental illnesses. 

Another issue is the lack of accommodations 

for single men in the county. “There 

is nothing in this county for single men 

or men with families who are homeless,” 

Struckhoff said. “No shelter will take 

them.” Barnes agreed that there is less help 

available for single men. 

Struckhoff said one reason is “huge stereotypes” 

that men are drunk, alcoholic or 

avoid work because they are lazy. 

Some homeless with few options have 

opted to pitch a tent and live outside. Even 

when men find an apartment, they’ve been 

known to go back to a tent. “They feel 

safer on the street than they do in housing,” 

Struckhoff said. “They are always waiting 

for that shoe to drop.” 

Many homeless feel the pressure of 

paying rent and being responsible to 

others such as a landlord or agency that 

got them into an apartment. Struckhoff 

pointed to one client who lived in an 

apartment for 18 months but refused to 

get furniture. All he had was an air mattress, 

she said, “because he was waiting 

for something to happen. They just don’t 

feel comfortable.” 

But there is not much comfort living in 

a tent, particularly when the weather turns 

extreme – hot in summer, cold in winter. To 

illustrate the challenges of being homeless 

and to raise awareness, the Sts. J & A Care 

Service is hosting “Sleep Out Saturday” 

from 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10 to 

7:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11 on its campus 

at 4116 McClay Road in St. Charles. 

The event coincides with National Homelessness 

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hopefully, will generate funds for homeless 

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will feature speakers and a shelter-building 

competition among other activities. 

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Crossbows still not allowed for hunting deer in Dardenne Prairie 

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Using a crossbow to hunt white-tailed 

deer in Dardenne Prairie remains a no-no. 

The city’s Board of Aldermen failed to get 

the four votes needed at its Sept. 19 meeting 

to approve an ordinance that would permit a 

resident to use his crossbow to hunt deer on 

his property. The resident said the range and 

velocity of his crossbow were less than the 

typical compound bow. 

The proposal received three votes in favor 

from aldermen Ken Klingmann [Ward 1], 

John Gotway [Ward 3] and Dave Wandling 

[Ward 1]. Aldermen Dan Koch [Ward 3] and 

Blake Nay [Ward 2] voted no. Alderman 

Justin Ungerboeck [Ward 2] was absent. 

Last December, the city amended its 

code to allow bow hunting for deer with 

longbows and compound bows on properties 

exceeding 1.5 acres that are primarily 

used for residential or agricultural purposes. 

Deer frequent the heavily wooded lots along 

Brook Road. Some of those lots are in the 

city and some are in unincorporated St. 

Charles County where hunting is allowed. 

Bow hunting came before the board 

after two residents along Brook Line Drive 

complained about the large white-tail deer 

population in the area and brought in photographs 

showing how deer have devastated 

their gardens. The residents said they were 

avid bow hunters and asked if they could 

hunt deer on their property during the state’s 

archery deer season. Hunting may be one C 

way of reducing a large number of deer in 

M 

parts of the city, they said. 

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The resulting ordinance would allow 

CM 

property owners, or their invitees, to hunt 

MY 

deer or engage in bow and arrow target 

shooting as long as the property consists 

of at least 1.5 acres of contiguous land 

and is used for residential or agricultural 

purposes. 

Hunters have to carry a valid Missouri 

hunting permit and deer tags at all times. 

It will be unlawful for anyone to shoot an 

arrow across any publicly owned land, 

streets, sidewalks, roads, highways or playgrounds. 

Arrows also cannot land on city, 

state or federal property or on private property 

without the owner’s consent. 

Arrows cannot be shot from a moving 

motor vehicle or all-terrain vehicle and 

people cannot hunt under the influence of 

alcohol or drugs. 

Anyone who kills or injures a deer during 

hunting has to make “a reasonable search to 

retrieve the deer.” Hunters have to immediately 

notify any property owner, other than 

the property hunted, to get permission to 

retrieve a dead or injured deer. If permission 

is not given, the hunter should immediately 

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notify the Missouri Department of Conservation. 

Under the ordinance, it is illegal to field 

dress a deer killed in a public or conspicuous 

location. 

A bow is defined in the ordinance as a 

device drawn and held by hand. A crossbow 

is a device formed like a bow set cross-wise 

on a stock and drawn by means of a mechanism 

and discharged by the release of a trigger. 

Permissible bows include long-bows, 

recurve and compound bows. 

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BOPP PROPERTY, from page 10 

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K 

tor for O’Fallon, anticipates that talks will 

resume, especially as the city considers 

new commercial development plans that 

may involve 20 to 30 acres and require an 

access road off Bryan Road. 

O’Fallon’s position has concerns that 

the development may require new traffic 

signalization and widening of Bryan Road; 

however, Feder said the developers did 

provide a detailed traffic study last year 

that addressed those questions. 

One concern now is to develop the 

updated plans for the property and show 

O’Fallon that approvals by Dardenne Prairie 

have been made. City officials are hopeful 

that new commercial development may 

add needed sales tax revenue to Dardenne 

Prairie’s coffers. 

“It’s too nice a parcel to lie in soybeans 

and corn forever. I do expect it to be developed,” 

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The St. Peters Board of Aldermen has 

approved a rezoning for a property near 

Mexico Road and Mid Rivers Mall Drive 

that allows for a rare thing these days – 

more single-family homes in St. Peters. 

The board voted 7-1 at its Sept. 27 

meeting to approve a rezoning request 

from general commercial and planned 

united development to a residential 

zoning with an amended planned urban 

development [PUD] designation for a 

13.9-acre tract on the west side of Mid 

Rivers Mall Drive and south of Mexico 

Road. Alderman Jerry Hollingsworth 

[Ward 2] cast the lone no vote. 

Matt Siegel, with Payne Family Homes, 

said the change would allow Payne to 

develop 57 single-family homes instead 

of the 29 approved earlier. Plans for 

the subdivision, to be known as Village 

Point, had been approved by aldermen 

earlier this year. 

Siegel said that Payne was approached 

by the property owner to expand the residential 

use and scope of the development. 

The original plans indicated more commercial 

development and less residential. 

Landscaping and grass cutting will be 

handled by the complex and not by individual 

homeowners. 

Julie Powers, the city’s director of 

planning, community and economic 

development, said the development 

means that property owners can leave 

their home for some time and expect 

all of their landscaping done and kept 

up while they are gone. Siegel said the 

development is meant to attract “emptynesters.” 

He noted that the development 

was conceived with the idea that it 

would provide easy access to restaurants 



Single-family housing approved for 

rezoned site on Mid Rivers Mall Drive 

and stores. Even though the ranch-style 

homes planned feature two-car garages, 

Siegel said he could foresee residents 

opting for retaining just one vehicle. 

The change to more residential housing 

added to five acres to the plan and eliminated 

access to Mexico Road. The development 

will be served by an existing exit 

off Mid Rivers Mall Drive, which leads 

into the Schnucks Market at the Mexico 

Road-Mid Rivers Mall Drive intersection. 

A road network will be developed 

within the new subdivision. 

St. Peters was once a leader in singlefamily 

housing development, but available 

land for new housing is largely gone. 

Instead, city officials have seen an increase 

in apartment development in the city. 

According to monthly housing statistics 

gathered by the St. Charles County 

Community Development Department, 

which include the county’s major 

municipalities and its unincorporated 

area, 39 single-family housing permits 

were issued through August 2018 and 

538 multi-family permits for apartments, 

condominiums and villas were issued for 

the same period. 

Powers said all three of the housing 

developments in the city currently using 

single-family housing permits are being 

developed by Payne Family Homes. 

However, the number of single-family 

permits is not high. Land that is available 

may be the result of some property 

owners selling off land they have held for 

some time. 

Powers said the attractiveness of apartments 

also might be due to good highway 

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at companies such as BJC Healthcare 

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King intent on leaving strong mark on Francis Howell Central softball 

By JONATHAN DUNCAN 

It has been a senior season to 

savor and celebrate for Francis 

Howell Central outfielder Claudia 

King. 

King, who started in the program 

as a nondescript freshman has risen 

to the level of big-time performer 

and leader this fall with the Spartans. 

Heading into the final week 

of the regular season, she is hitting 

a gaudy .478 with a team-high 28 

RBI and nine home runs. 

“I wasn’t expecting to have this 

kind of season, but I was working 

hard over the summer and hoping 

to achieve my goals and like breaking 

the record,” she said. 

King’s hopes became a reality in 

mid-September when she hit her 

15th homer and set a new school 

record. 

“[Breaking the school career 

home run record] actually means a 

lot to me because I can kind of leave my 

mark on this program, which is important 

to me because I love softball,” King said. 

Francis Howell Central right fielder Claudia King recently 

broke the school’s career record for home runs. 

[Jonathan Duncan photo] 

Howell Central coach Zack Sheets said 

it’s been “an interesting chase,” noting 

that King has set the career school record 

for home runs and tied the current 

single-season record. 

“It’s watching her,” Sheets 

said, “how it really hasn’t 

affected her as a person or as 

a player – dealing with all the 

attention she has been getting.” 

King’s prowess with the 

bat has seen a steady and sure 

improvement over the past 

three seasons. Last fall, she hit 

just .247 before going to play 

summer ball with the Missouri 

Fury and returning to the Spartans 

this season. 

“I think she ended up with 

maybe five home runs last year,” 

Sheets said. He said he thinks 

the key to King’s success this 

season is “just sticking with the 

work, believing in yourself and 

putting it all together.” 

“For three years she was very 

close, and now this year, it’s 

really been fun to watch,” he 

said. “She’s been so consistent.” 

King credits her success at the plate 

and her consistency in hitting the long 

ball to better use of her body in each 

at-bat. 

“Some people don’t use their legs and 

use more of their arms,” King said. “I try 

to use all of my muscles and especially 

use the leg muscles to push the ball out 

there.” 

College is on the horizon for King. 

She has offers from Central Methodist 

University, Culver-Stockton College and 

East Central Junior College. 

“She’s going to have some opportunities 

and it’s going to be up to Claudia 

to decide which path she wants to take,” 

Sheets said. “She can definitely go make 

an impact somewhere.” 

But for now, King’s impact is most 

keenly felt at home with the Spartans. 

With a strong work ethic and an outgoing, 

fun-loving personality, she has been 

a leader who has helped the Spartans be 

successful without adding any stress. 

“... because of her work ethic and 

showing up and being positive, smiley, 

bubbly, that presence alone helps lighten 

the load for our younger girls,” Sheets 

said. “It totally helps the freshmen we 

have on the varsity level.”

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Francis Howell High senior David Yang was presented with the STARS Award for 

Excellence in Research at the district’s September Board of Education meeting. 

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By ELLEN LAMPE 

Francis Howell student 

scientist wins award 

This summer, three Francis Howell 

School District student scientists participated 

in the Students and Teachers as 

Research Scientists program [STARS] 

at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. 

During the September Board of Education 

meeting, program director Dr. Ken Mares 

presented Francis Howell High senior 

David Yang with the STARS Award for 

Excellence in Research for his paper titled 

“Evaluating mineral proxies of microbial 

sulphate reduction in Santa Monica Basin 

sediments.” 

The award is presented annually in recognition 

of outstanding research accomplishments. 

Student projects are judged on the 

difficulty and complexity of the research, 

the appropriateness of the research methodology, 

findings, quality of writing and 

the overall quality of the research process. 

Reviewers also assigned points to eight 

critical components of the papers in order 

to quantify the evaluation assessment. 

Wentzville robotics team honored 

The Wentzville School District Ratchet 

Rockers Robotics Team 1706, the 2018 

Missouri State FIRST Robotics Competition 

[FRC] Champions, were honored with 

a resolution by the St. Charles County 

Council. 

The Ratchet Rockers were part of a threeteam 

alliance that competed in a tournament 

at Liberty High and went undefeated. 

The team, founded in 2003, includes 51 

high school seniors from Holt, Liberty and 

Timberland high schools and 23 mentors. 

St. Charles Community College 

hosts financial aid event Oct. 14 

St. Charles Community College’s FAFSA 

Frenzy event is from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, 

Oct. 14 on the first floor of the Technology 

Building on SCC’s campus in Cottleville. 

FAFSA Frenzy provides students with 

help filling out the Free Application for 

Federal Student Aid [FAFSA], the first 

step in applying for federal financial aid 

and other state programs. Families will be 

able to complete the 2019-20 FAFSA onsite 

and receive information from financial 

aid professionals, all free of charge. 

Students at the event can enter to win a 

scholarship for the 2019 fall enrollment in 

a Missouri post-secondary program. 

For more information about FAFSA 

Frenzy, visit journeytocollege.mo.gov/ 

fafsa-frenzy. 

Nearly $70,000 in scholarships 

awarded to local students 

The Cuivre River Electric Community 

Trust Board is funding a record amount 

of college scholarships in 2018. This year, 

70 students from the cooperative’s fourcounty 

service area are receiving scholarships 

totaling $69,750. More than 140 

applications were submitted. 

This is the largest amount of scholarship 

money awarded in a single year through 

the Operation Round Up program. Last 

year, $52,500 in scholarships was awarded 

to 70 students. 

The Trust Board has awarded 2,165 

scholarships totaling $1.1 million since 

1997, its founding year. The scholarships 

have gone to undergraduate students 

attending accredited universities or technical 

schools and students seeking to continue 

their education. The scholarship may 

also be used for adult continuing education 

courses in their career fields. 

Eligible students must live in the Cuivre 

River Electric Cooperative service area 

and maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5 while 

attending undergraduate courses at an 

accredited university or technical school. 

Applicants are asked to provide an official 

transcript and two letters of recommendation, 

write a narrative to highlight their 

academic achievements and career goals, 

and demonstrate a financial need. 

This year’s scholarship recipients from 

St. Charles County were: Colton Bamert, 

Did you know the Francis Howell 

School District offers an athletics pass to 

district residents age 60 and older? It’s 

called The Golden Athletics Pass and it 

provides free admission to home athletic 

events [though passes cannot be used for 

state playoff competitions or district tournaments]. 

Jennifer Henry, Francis Howell communications 

manager, said the Golden 

Athletics Pass program is a way for Francis 

Howell to give back to its community. 

“The pass is a thank you to our seniors,” 

Henry said. “We know there are many 

Taylor Banze, Amanda Barnhouse, Rachel 

Barnhouse, Olivia Diederich, Joseph Eck, 

Lindsey Feise, Bailey Fischer, Lilia Fuentes, 

Rhianon Greiwe, Marissa Guenther, 

Isabel Hall, Erin Higgins, Erin Hill, Logan 

Joehl, Cameran Jones, Kristin Kinsella, 

Miranda Kirchoff, Benjamin Kramer, 

Jacob Kramer, Emily Kurtz, Haley Lembeck, 

Alexis Lesch, Haley Lindenbusch, 

Taylor Lindenbusch, Alexander Long, 

Isabel McCarty, Lily Merz, Caroline Neal, 

Brianna Norman, Grace Patton, Rebecca 

Purcell, Emily Roberson, Madison Schulz, 

Emily Scott, Luke Statler, Taylor Tucker, 

Nicholas Wilke, Christine Williams and 

Elizabeth Winter. 

The next scholarship application deadline 

is April 24, 2019. 

Registration open for 9th Annual 

St. Louis Teen Talent Competition 

Online registration for the 9th Annual St. 

Louis Teen Talent Competition is open at 

foxpacf.org now through Saturday, Dec. 1. 

In the spirit of fostering emerging talent 

in the St. Louis performing arts community, 

the Fox Performing Arts Charitable 

Foundation underwrites and produces an 

adjudicated competition showcasing the 

talented teens of the St. Louis region. Students 

compete for college scholarships, 

cash awards, prizes and public appearance 

opportunities. Students may compete in a 

talent category of their choice. 

DID YOU KNOW? 

Francis Howell offers free athletic passes to senior citizens 

seniors who follow our teams, attend 

our events and support our students. We 

are happy to offer this opportunity to get 

them more involved in the district.” 

The complimentary Golden Athletics 

Pass can be picked up during normal 

business hours from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. 

at the front desk of the Francis Howell 

School District Administration Building, 

4545 Central School Road in St. Charles, 

by any Francis Howell School District 

resident age 60 and over. To receive a 

pass, the individual must present a valid 

photo ID with a home address.



St. Charles County teen earns 

spot on NBC’s ‘The Voice’ 

By JESSICA MESZAOS 

Even before her appearance on the 15th 

season of NBC’s “The Voice,” vocalist 

Audrianna “Audri” Bartholomew was a 

performer with a winning history. 

Her audition for “The 

Voice,” which aired on Oct. 

1, follows a long career 

of musical theater performances 

at many local 

institutions, including The 

Muny and The Repertory 

Theatre of St. Louis and 

Shakespeare Festival St. 

Louis. She is the recipient 

of a Kranzberg Vocal 

Performance Award and 

was a finalist in the 2016 

Teen Talent Competition, 

sponsored by the Fox Performing 

Arts Charitable 

Audrianna Bartholomew on 

“The Voice” 

Foundation. Bartholomew also competed 

in the competition at the Fabulous Fox Theater 

in 2015, winning a vocal performance 

award. In Los Angeles, she has opened for 

artists like Tyga and Kid Ink. 

Clearly, Bartholomew is no stranger to 

the spotlight. She began singing at age 3 

and has never stopped. 

Now a 19-year-old freshman majoring 

in musical theater at Millikin University 

in Illinois, Bartholomew, who previously 

attended Francis Howell North and Fort 

Zumwalt West, has earned a spot on Jennifer 

Hudson’s team. She described the 

memory of her blind audition as “a blank.” 

“Once you’re up there, the lights are on 

you and the audience is looking at you, but 

all you can see is the back of four, grand 

red chairs,” Bartholomew said. “You’re 

kind of at a loss. I just remember thinking, 

‘OK, I hope I don’t mess up this song.’ That 

was my whole thing, making sure that I had 

a great performance, no matter whether I 

got a chair or not. I wanted to make sure I 

did my best personally.” 

During her performance of “Never 

Enough” by Loren Allred, Jennifer Hudson 

spun her chair around and said, “Anybody 

singing that song needs to be on Team JHud.” 

Bartholomew described the moment as 

“so crazy.” 

“There was such relief inside me, but at 

the same time, I had to continue the performance. 

I’m dramatic, I’m a musical theater 

kid, so I was holding that note for dear life.” 

It was her fourth audition for “The Voice.” 

“I started auditioning at the age of 15 ... 

for the open calls in various cities,” Bartholomew 

said. “I remember traveling to 

Kentucky, Tennessee, Atlanta. It was just 

all over the place. 

“I think the really important thing is just to 

remember to enjoy yourself, no matter what. 

If you’re nervous, the worst thing people 

can say is ‘no’, so you might as well keep 

trying … That’s always something I’ve kept 

in the back of my head throughout this entire 

process because obviously, I 

didn’t get through the first 

three times [but] now I have 

a chair turn.” 

Bartholomew said she 

“grew up in a musical 

family.” Her dad is a rapper, 

and her grandparents are 

wedding singers. Bartholomew 

also served as a 

singer in her church. 

“There was always music 

around me ... I remember 

listening to ‘Say My Name’ 

by Destiny’s Child, and it 

was my jam. I was in diapers 

dancing around and singing along,” 

Bartholomew said. 

Her family moved from Pasedena to St. 

Louis when she was young. 

“When I got to St. Louis, I knew I had 

to insert myself in either drama or music 

because that was the passion I had. I knew 

that was the easiest way to get acclimated 

to an area, and where I could find my 

people. As soon as my family moved out 

here, I was like, ‘I need to join the choir.’ I 

immediately found a family in a community 

that I could see myself in.” 

In The Muny’s 2016 production of 

“Aida,” Bartholomew performed alongside 

Michelle Williams, the Grammy-winning 

singer of Destiny’s Child. 

“She’s one of the biggest names that I’ve 

worked with,” Bartholomew said. 

With her sights set on Broadway and 

Hollywood, her dream roles include Ti 

Moune from “Once on this Island” and 

Elphaba in “Wicked.” But her biggest goal 

is to become the youngest recipient of the 

EGOT [Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony] 

award. She doesn’t want to become a musical 

artist limited to one genre. 

“Growing up, my parents always wanted 

to make sure I was versatile as an artist,” 

Bartholomew said. “I grew up listening to 

jazz, R&B, hip hop, soul. I can’t choose. I 

want to be known as the type of artist that 

can tackle any genre that she tries. 

“I think what comes across to other 

people is confidence. As a kid, I put a lot 

of my own self-worth into other people’s 

hands and I would allow that to take over 

me. I think growing up and experiencing 

theater, it’s a lot of taking life in your own 

hands, and just doing your own personal 

best. That’s all you can do.” 



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Sylvan Learning, a community resource for 39 years, is the 

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Noel, executive director, has been with Sylvan for 26 years. 

“I love helping families build a plan for success to help their children reach their 

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A qualified, caring staff is committed to each child’s success. Personalized 

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PLACES 

Bogey Hills Country Club reopened 

this summer remodeled and better than 

ever after a fire destroyed its clubhouse 

in 2017. The Country Club, which has 

been in existence since 1962, is a family 

affair with Dennis Walters; Angel Likens, 

general manager; and Dennis Walters Jr., 

head teaching professional; at the helm. 

• • • 

The groundbreaking of Clarendale of 

St. Peters, located at the southeast corner 

of Mexico Road and Dubray Drive, was 

attended by Governor Mike Parson, Missouri 

State Senator Bill Eigel, Representative 

Phil Christofanelli, Mayor Len 

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PEOPLE 

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NETWORKING & EVENTS 

The O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce 

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noon-1 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the O’Fallon 

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monthly seminar series provides business 

owners and professionals a chance to hear 

from industry professionals. The event is 

free to attend, but registration is appreciated. 

Attendees also can bring their own 

lunch. For additional information, call 

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• • • 

The Greater St. Charles County Chamber 

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at the Bogey Hills Country Club, 1120 

Country Club Road. Registration is $30 

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• • • 

EDC Business and Community Partners 

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CAMP SPIRIT: 

Camp Spirit, formerly known as Veterans’ 

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year’s Air Show. The area includes a large 

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things such as equipment and memorabilia. 

Camp Spirit serves as a salute those 

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and fun Halloween celebration. 

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By LISA RUSSELL 

Halloween ‘tricks’ can 

include allergic reactions 

The number of American kids with 

food or other allergies currently stands at 

between 4 and 6 percent, and is continuing 

to rise, according to the U.S. Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention. The 

number who are severely allergic – and 

susceptible to life-threatening reactions 

called anaphylaxis – also is increasing. 

Those facts make Halloween a pretty 

scary holiday for parents of children with 

allergies. Common allergens such as peanuts, 

tree nuts, milk and eggs are often 

found in Halloween treats. Ingredients in 

some Halloween masks and makeup may 

also cause allergic reactions. 

But when parents do a little planning 

beforehand, Halloween doesn’t have to be 

so spooky. “There are some simple ways to 

keep kids safe on Halloween,” said allergist 

Stephen Tilles, president of the American 

College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology 

[ACAAI]. “A little preparation can 

ensure your little ones don’t suffer from 

allergic reactions or asthma attacks.” Following 

are a few tips from the ACAAI for 

protecting kids with allergies and making 

Halloween fun rather than frightful: 

Read every label – If your child goes 

trick or treating, it’s important to check 

all of their candy before they eat any. Be 

especially cautious with “fun size” candy, 

which may contain different ingredients 

than regular size packages – follow the 

rule that if there’s no label, it’s not safe 

for kids with allergies. Teach your child 

how to politely say no to food that may 

not be safe, especially homemade treats 

such as cookies and cupcakes. For smaller 

kids, consider dropping off safe treats with 

neighbors ahead of time. 

Use the buddy system. Don’t let your 

food-allergic child trick-or-treat alone, 

and always make sure they carry their 

autoinjectible epinephrine with them if 

prescribed. Make sure all adults or friends 

who are accompanying your child understand 

his or her food allergies and what to 

do in an emergency. Make sure cell phones 

are charged. 

Choose costumes wisely. Even though 

kids might think their costume won’t be complete 

without the right mask, the latex they 

contain or their tight fit may be a problem 

for kids with certain allergies and asthma. If 

a mask is a must, it should never interfere 

with breathing. Likewise, the ingredients in 

some Halloween makeup can be a problem 

for kids with eczema or other allergic skin 

conditions. Consider using hypoallergenic 

makeup – and test it in advance on a small 

patch of your child’s skin. 

Plan treat-free activities. If trick-ortreating 

seems too stressful, consider starting 

some new holiday traditions. Hold a 

scavenger hunt around the neighborhood, 

have a Halloween-themed party and serve 

safe treats, or watch a scary Halloween 

movie. 

Paint your pumpkin teal. The nonprofit 

group Food Allergy Research & Education 

[FARE] has started a nationwide campaign 

to make Halloween safer and happier for 

kids with food allergies. The group encourages 

families to put a teal pumpkin – the 

color of food allergy awareness – in front 

of their homes, to let other trick-or-treaters 

know that they have allergy-free and nonfood 

treats to give out on Halloween. 

Be watchful during Halloween celebrations. 

An anaphylactic reaction can 

happen very quickly, and typically affects 

more than one part of the body. Signs 

include a lump in the throat, hoarseness or 

throat tightness; trouble breathing, wheezing 

or chest tightness; or a tingling feeling 

in the hands, feet, lips or scalp. Other 

symptoms include dizziness, confusion 

and shock. If a child experiences any of 

these symptoms, use autoinjectable epinephrine 

and call 911 immediately. 

Implantable device may help with 

treatment-resistant depression 

For people suffering from depression, 

the first line of treatment almost always 

includes medication. However, well over 

half of the 14 million Americans diagnosed 

with clinical depression don’t experience 

any improvement from the first antidepressant 

drug they are prescribed, and adding 

multiple drugs still fails to help up to onethird 

of depression patients. 

Researchers at Washington University 

School of Medicine in St. Louis have been 

studying several types of treatments for 

people whose depression doesn’t respond 

to medications. One of those treatments, 

a device called a vagus nerve stimulator, 

helps patients feel significantly better 

even if their depression symptoms don’t 

completely disappear, Wash U scientists 

recently reported. 

Vagus nerve stimulators are small devices 

surgically implanted under the skin in a 

patient’s neck or chest, which send regular 

electric impulses to the brain. The Wash U 

study involved 600 people whose depression 

did not respond to four or more antidepressant 

drugs, taken either separately 

or together. The researchers followed 328 

patients implanted with vagus nerve stimulators, 

comparing them with 271 patients 

who received their usual treatment. The 

patients’ quality of life was evaluated in 14 

categories such as physical health, family 

relationships, ability to work and overall 

well-being. 

“On about 10 of the 14 measures, those 

with vagus nerve stimulators did better,” 

said Dr. Charles R. Conway, a Washington 

University professor of psychiatry and the 

study’s leader. 

“When evaluating patients with treatment-resistant 

depression, we need to 

focus more on their overall well-being,” 

Conway said. “A lot of patients are on as 

many as three, four or five antidepressant 

medications, and they are just barely getting 

by. But when you add a vagus nerve 

stimulator, it really can make a big difference 

in people’s everyday lives.” The findings 

were published online in The Journal 

of Clinical Psychiatry. 

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





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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 

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. 

to attend together, will help determine a 

child’s readiness – physically, mentally, 

socially and emotionally – to stay home 

alone and help prepare them for this experience. 

The fee is $25 per family. To register, 

call (636) 344-5437. 

• • • 

BJC of St. Charles County offers free 

flu shots on the following dates in October: 

Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 5-8 p.m. at 

Kathryn Linneman Branch Library, 2323 

Elm St. in St. Charles; and Monday, Oct. 

29 from 5-8 p.m. at Middendorf-Kredell 

Branch Library, 2750 Hwy. K in O’Fallon. 

Advance registration and appointment 

times are required, and can be made online 

at bjcstcharlescounty.org/events. 

• • • 

A Babysitting 101 course offered by St. 

Louis Children’s Hospital is on Saturday, 

Oct. 20 from 1–5 p.m. at the Corporate 

Parkway Branch Library, 1200 Corporate 

Parkway in Wentzville. Topics covered 

include the business of babysitting, child 

development, safety and first aid, and fun 

and games. A workbook, backpack and 

light snack are provided. The course fee 

is $30 per child. Advance registration is 

required by calling (636) 344-KIDS (5437). 

• • • 

BJC sponsors a special event on women’s 

health, Pretty in Pink, on Tuesday, Oct. 23 

from 6:30-8 p.m. at Spencer Road Branch 

Library, 427 Spencer Road in St. Peters, 

in the Community Commons. BJC medical 

experts will dispel myths about breast 

health and heart disease, discuss signs 

women should not ignore and provide an 

overview on the latest means of detection 

and treatment, including 3D mammography. 

A heart-healthy cooking demonstration, 

hors d’oeuvres, refreshments, attendance 

prizes and more are included. Attendance 

is free. Registration is required by visiting 

bjcstcharlescounty.org/Events. 

A new type of treatment shows potential for 

long-term reversal of Type 1 diabetes, in both 

humans and pets. 

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. 

On the calendar 

St. Louis Children’s Hospital sponsors a 

Staying Home Alone course on Wednesday, 

Oct. 17 from 6:30-8 p.m. at Progress 

West Hospital, 2 Progress Point Parkway 

in O’Fallon, in Conference Room B. This 

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Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling 

Postcard Collection Exhibition is on display 

now through Nov. 3 at Middendorf- 

Kredell Branch, 2750 Hwy. K in O’Fallon. 

The exhibition explores a unique archive 

of 2,588 postcards and over 100 years of 

images of nurses and the nursing profession 

from around the world. For more information, 

visit youranswerplace.org/ecalendar. 

• • • 

Young People’s Theatre performs “Some 

Enchanted Evening - The Songs of Rodgers 

and Hammerstein” at 7 p.m. Friday, 

Oct. 12 and Saturday, Oct. 13, and at 2 p.m 

on Sunday, Oct. 14, in the Donald D. Shook 

Fine Arts Building at St. Charles Community 

College, 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive 

in Cottleville. Tickets are $8 and available 

online at stchastickets.universitytickets.com 

or by calling (636) 922-8233. 

• • • 

Local Author Open House is from 10 

a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13 at Spencer 

Road Branch, 427 Spencer Road in St. 

Peters. Meet St. Charles-area authors, attend 

a break-out session, express your creativity 

and win prizes. Doughboy’s Wood Fired 

Pizza Food truck will be on site. Books 

available for purchase. 

• • • 

St. Charles Community College’s Center 

Stage Theatre presents “Don’t Talk to the 

Actors” on Wednesday, Nov. 14 through 

Sunday, Nov. 18 in the Donald D. Shook 

Fine Arts Building theater at St. Charles 

Community College, 4601 Mid Rivers 

Mall Drive in Cottleville. Appropriate for 

high school students and above. To purchase 

tickets, visit stchastickets.com. 

BENEFITS 

The 2018 Imagine Gala & Auction is 

at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20 at Ameristar 

Casino, Resort & Spa, 1 Ameristar Blvd. 

in Saint Charles. Join the St. Charles City- 

County Library Foundation for a magical 

evening in Narnia to support literacy and 

lifelong learning in St. Charles County; all 

proceeds benefit the foundation’s mission to 

ensure excellent library programs, services 

and facilities for the community. Visit stchlibraryfoundation.org 

for more information. 

• • • 

“Thinksgiving” Trivia Night is at 6 p.m. 

on Saturday, Nov. 3 at VFW Post 2866 - 

St. Charles, 66 VFW Lane in St. Charles. 

All proceeds go toward assisting indigent 

clients with grants to meet daily needs. 

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a.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, at Assumption 

Church, 403 North Main St. in O’Fallon. 

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Live music, haunted hayrides, carnival rides, challenges in a controlled environment on an 

Popcorn and non-alcoholic beverages provided. 

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alcohol must be purchased at the cash bar. 

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at (314) 477-5096 or Melinda Oliver at 

information, call Aaron Bruns, festival chair, 

at (913) 620-8830 or email assumptionfallfestival2018@gmail.com. 

Forms, schedules and more information can 

be found online at streetsurvival.org. 

(636) 940-3333 x240. 

• • • 

• • • 

The St. Charles County Parks and Recreation 

SPECIAL INTEREST 

The Child Center, Inc.’s annual Superheroes 

for Kids Trivia Night is on Friday, 

Nov. 16, at St. Peter Parish Center, 301 

First Capitol Drive in St. Charles. An 

action-packed evening full of Superhero 

fun. Compete for the best-decorated table 

and dress up as your favorite superheroes. 

For more information or to register, visit 

thechildcenter/trivia or contact Lisa Zweifel 

at (636) 332-0899. 

• • • 

St. Charles Community College’s Athletics 

Trivia Night at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30 at 

the College Center gym on SCC’s campus, 

4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville. 

All proceeds go to the SCC Athletic Department. 

For more information and to register, 

Department hosts a guided Fall 

Foliage Sunset Hike from 4:30-6:30 

p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21 at Klondike 

Park, 4600 Hwy. 94 near Augusta. Take 

in the natural beauty of autumn through 

an adventurous 2-mile hike at a casual 

pace. Free, but registration is required. 

To reserve a spot, call the parks department 

at (636) 949-7535 or register online 

at bit.ly/2018FallFoliageSunsetHike. 

• • • 

The Gateway Country Music Association’s 

Fall GCMA Show is at 5 p.m. on 

Sunday, Oct. 21 at Holt High in the CH 

Jones Auditorium, 600 Campus Dive in 

Wentzville. Traditional country music. Tickets 

are $10 and can be purchased at the door. 

visit stchas.edu/athleticstrivia, or contact 

Tim Brix at (636) 922-8211. 

FALL FESTIVITIES 

The final installment of the 2018 Beale 

Street Concert Series is Dr. Zhivegas 

from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10 on 

Beale Street between Nichols and Lombard 

in St. Charles. Bring lawn chairs. 

• • • 

St. Charles County Parks and Recreation 

Department’s canine event Bark at the 

Moon is from 6-8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 

13 at Broemmelsiek Park, 1795 Hwy. DD in 

Defiance. The Parks Department and experts 

from the County’s Division of Humane Services 

will educate families and provide pet 

microchipping. Participants can talk with 

fellow pet-lovers over a cup of hot chocolate. 

The program is $1 per family of up to 

10 members. Registration suggested by calling 

the parks department at (636) 949-7535 

or visiting bit.ly/BarkAtTheMoon2018. 

• • • 

The Assumption Fall Festival is from 

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St. Peters Rec-Plex’s monthly DJ Skate 

nights are from 7-9 p.m. on Fridays, Oct. 

12, Nov. 9, Dec. 14, Jan. 4 and Feb. 8 at St. 

Peters Rec-Plex, 5200 Mexico Road in St. 

Peters. Kids, teens and their families are 

invited to enjoy a fun night of ice skating, 

music, games, prizes and more. Learn more 

at stpetersmo.net or call (636) 939-2386. 

• • • 

An Informational Speaker Series is 

from 7-8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at Lindenwood 

University’s Spellman Center, in 

the A-B Leadership Room on the fourth 

floor, John Weber Drive in St Charles. The 

topic is “Differentiation & Underachievement 

in Gifted Children.” Free and open to 

the public; RSVP required. Visit giftedsupportnetwork.org 

to register. 

• • • 

Tire Rack Street Survival ® Teen Driving 

School is from 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on 

Saturday, Oct. 27 at Family Arena, 2002 

O’Fallon’s Paper Shredding Event is 

from 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 

the Environmental Services facility, 1550 

Progress West Lane in O’Fallon. Documents 

must be in cardboard boxes to be 

dropped off. Bring photo ID showing 

O’Fallon residency; all trash customers 

must have account in good standing to participate. 

For questions, contact ofallonrecycles@ofallon.mo.us 

or (636) 272-0477. 

• • • 

Day Trip: Great River Road is from 9 

a.m.-4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at St. Peters 

City Hall, 1 St. Peters Centre Blvd. Spend 

the day exploring the Great River Road. 

Stop to admire the Melvin Price Locks and 

Dam, cross the William Clark Bridge, visit 

the Great Rivers Museum; lunch in Pere 

Marquette State Park. To register, visit stpetersmo.net 

or call (636) 939-2386, ext. 1400. 

• • • 

Learn to Homebrew Day is from 10 

a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Heritage 

Museum, 1630 Heritage Landing near 

St. Charles. With the help of the Little Hills 

Home Brewers, participants will learn the 

art of making beer at home through demonstrations, 

tastings and other educational 

lessons. Participants will learn what system 

works best for them, as well as the equipment 

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Ages 21-plus. Participants must bring a 

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Focus on fire safety 

The theme of Fire Prevention Week 2018, 

taking place this week, is “Look. Listen. 

Be aware – fire can happen anywhere.” For 

seniors, who are more likely than people 

in other age groups to be victims of fires 

in the home, looking for and preventing 

potential causes of residential fire is especially 

important. 

There are several areas of the home 

where fires typically start. Fires caused 

by smoking, cooking and faulty electrical 

wiring or electrical overloads remain 

among the most common, but several other 

household fire hazards can be minimized 

by taking preventive steps. Following are a 

few additional tips for fire safety provided 

by Gregg Boss, owner of English Sweep 

Chimney Services in West County. 

• Maintain appliances and HVAC systems 

annually. Many people don’t think 

about fire hazards such as lint buildup in 

dryer vents, but vents and hoses should be 

professionally cleaned to prevent lint fires 

that can spread quickly. Gas appliances 

located in the basement, including furnaces 

and water heaters, should be checked for 

proper venting to the outside as well as 

proper operation. 

• Have fireplaces, both gas and woodburning, 

checked regularly for leaks and 

blockages. Animal nests and creosote 

buildup can obstruct chimneys and increase 

fire risk. If a fireplace smokes when lit, or if 

you feel heat above a gas fireplace, the fire 

should be put out or the gas shut off until 

the gas logs and chimney can be checked 

by a certified chimney sweep. 

• Gas logs and starters should always be 

professionally installed. Use proper lighting 

techniques for gas logs and other gas 

appliances: Light the match first, then turn 

on the gas to prevent gas accumulation and 

explosion. 

• During indoor fire season, never dump 

fireplace ashes in the trash or leave them 

in the garage. Even ashes that are several 

days old can contain smoldering embers 

that could ignite. 

• Hire only certified technicians to do all 

gas, electrical and HVAC maintenance in 

your home. 

On the calendar 

Free osteoporosis screenings for women 

are available on Friday, Oct. 26 from 2-4 

p.m. at Middendorf-Kredell Branch Library, 

Fireplace safety is one important aspect of 

residential fire prevention, highlighted each 

year during National Fire Prevention Week. 

2750 Hwy. K in O’Fallon. Advance registration 

is required at bjcstcharlescounty.org/ 

Events. 

• • • 

A free Veterans in Advance Planning 

seminar, presented by Baue, is on Thursday, 

Nov. 1 from 9-10 a.m. at Progress 

West Hospital, 2 Progress Point Parkway 

in O’Fallon, in Conference Room B. Learn 

from experts about the many veteran benefits 

available in funeral pre-planning. 

Registration is preferred by visiting bjcstcharlescounty.org/Events. 

• • • 

St. Louis Oasis presents a free program, 

Healthy Habits for Adults - Limiting 

Sugar, on Monday, Nov. 5 from 2-3 p.m. 

at the Corporate Parkway Branch, 1200 

Corporate Parkway in Wentzville. Learn 

efficient ways to reduce sugar without sacrificing 

flavor in your diet. Register online 

at bjcstcharlescounty.org/Events. 

• • • 

BJC presents a Lunch and Learn 

program focused on how to maintain 

kidney health on Wednesday, Nov. 14 

from noon-1 p.m. at Middendorf-Kredell 

Branch Library, 2750 Hwy. K in O’Fallon. 

Refreshments will be served. The program 

is free. Advance registration is required by 

visiting bjcstcharlescounty.org/Events. 

• • • 

An AARP Smart Driver Course is 

offered on Wednesday, Nov. 14 from 9 a.m.-1 

p.m. at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, 

10 Hospital Drive in St. Peters, in Medical 

Office Building 1, Suite 117. This four-hour 

training course will help seniors tune up their 

driving skills, update their knowledge of the 

rules of the road and provide education on 

age-related physical changes to reduce traffic 

violations, crashes and chances of injuries. 

Some insurance companies also offer 

a discount to participants. The course fee is 

$15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers 

[payable on AARP on the day of 

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Aphasia is a word with which not many 

people are familiar. It names a condition 

suffered by those who have lost their ability 

to use words to communicate, either 

partially or completely, following a stroke 

or other serious brain injury. 

In spite of this low level of public awareness, 

aphasia is not rare – it affects about 

2 million adults nationwide, roughly twothirds 

of whom are over age 65. For a 

number of reasons, strokes also are becoming 

more common among people younger 

than 55, so aphasia is increasingly common 

among working adults as well. 

Treatment for aphasia traditionally has 

focused on speech therapy designed to 

rebuild damaged brain networks to the 

greatest extent possible. About six months 

to a year following a stroke, though, many 

patients’ progress tends to grind to a halt 

just at the point when insurance benefits for 

therapy run out, leaving few. 

Fontbonne University’s Eardley Family 

Clinic for Speech, Language and Hearing 

has been providing speech and language 

therapy services to stroke patients in the St. 

Louis region for more than 50 years. Over 

the past four years, the clinic has significantly 

expanded its services for area residents 

with aphasia, adding therapy groups 

that are helping patients overcome not only 

Aphasia group therapy participant Randy Miller speaks 

during a recent “What’s Aphasia?” panel presentation. 

[Photo courtesy of MDQ Productions] 

the language barriers put up by aphasia, but 

also the social ones. 

Since late 2016, the Eardley Family 

Clinic has been a free clinic – meaning the 

leading-edge therapies it offers are provided 

at no cost to patients. This year, its 

clinicians and patients also are teaming up 

to raise community awareness about this 

little-known, yet life-altering disability. 

‘Something magical happens’ 

This summer, the Eardley Family Clinic 

conducted its fourth annual Aphasia Boot 

Camp. The intensive six-week program 

includes a small number of participants 

– usually about six – each of whom is 

assigned to a Fontbonne graduate student 

clinician. The group meets for four hours 

per day, four days a week. 

It is in the group setting – where patients 

find mutual acceptance, encouragement 

and friendship – that amazing progress 

can happen, according to Amanda Eaton, 

Ph.D., co-founder/director of the Aphasia 

Boot Camp and assistant professor of 

speech-language pathology at Fontbonne. 

“I can’t stress enough how powerful that 

social support is,” Eaton said. “It helps 

people get back into the community, specifically 

the aphasia community. Something 

kind of magical happens when they 

get together.” 

An additional small group therapy program 

called GRACE [Group 

Rehabilitation for Aphasia and 

Communication Effectiveness] 

has grown out of the Eardley 

Clinic’s boot camp. While the 

boot camp meets only in the 

summer months. 

These groups are unique in the 

nation, Eaton said. While other 

intensive therapy programs certainly 

exist, there are no others that 

offer similar one-to-one intensive 

therapy in group sessions. And 

while all of Fontbonne’s programs 

are free of charge, other programs





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around the U.S. may cost upwards of 

$10,000 or $20,000, sometimes more than 

$30,000, all of which must be paid out-ofpocket 

by patients, she added. 

Making aphasia visible 

Social isolation and depression are serious 

risks for people with aphasia. The 

struggle to regain the ability to communicate 

can be profoundly lonely and frustrating. 

It also can be extremely frightening 

to interact with others in the community 

because, unlike other physical disabilities, 

aphasia is invisible. 

“If you don’t know what aphasia is, you 

don’t know what the problem might be 

when you hear a patient speak for the first 

time,” Eaton said. “It might be mistaken for 

a mental disability, or even insanity. When 

people understand better what aphasia is, it 

makes communication so much easier.” 

Discussions in the clinic’s GRACE 

groups about how to make those daily interactions 

easier gave rise to a new community 

awareness campaign, “What’s Aphasia?,” 

which was launched earlier this year. 

The clinic also sponsors an Aphasia 

Bridge Chorus, a singing group for aphasia 

patients that practices regularly and has 

performed at Fontbonne events. The group 

recently sang at the university’s graduate 

hooding ceremonies and “there wasn’t a 

dry eye in the audience,” Eaton said. 

A new life’s work 

Randy Miller was 51 and a successful 

sales and IT professional when he suddenly 

suffered a massive stroke that basically 

took away his ability to speak. 

Now 55, Miller first became involved 

in the clinic’s boot camp program in 2015. 

With the constant support from his wife, 

Rose, he now participates in the clinic’s 

GRACE program, “What’s Aphasia?” 

community presentations, Aphasia Bridge 

Chorus and other groups. Backed by Fontbonne, 

he was chosen earlier this year as 

Missouri’s Speech Language and Hearing 

state ambassador for people with communication 

disorders. 

Rose said her husband’s interaction with 

both the therapists and other patients at the 

clinic is invaluable. 

“It lets him know he’s not alone. He’s 

made new friends there – they play cards, go 

out to dinner. They push each other, helping 

and encouraging one another,” Rose said. 

“I don’t know what I’d do without them. 

I know that,” Randy added. 

• • • 

For area residents interested in becoming 

involved in the Eardley Family Clinic’s 

aphasia therapy programs, an application 

can be found on the Fontbonne University 

website [fontbonne.edu]. Information also 

is available by phone at (314) 889-1407 or 

via email at speechclinic@fontbonne.edu. 

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548 Miralago Shore Dr. (Lot 78) 

3 BR / 2 BTH / APX 2,278 SF 

$501,124 - SALE $479,900 

Miralago Estates 

Woodside - Ranch 

550 Miralago Shore Dr. (Lot 79) 

3 BR / 2.5 BTH / APX 2,664 SF 

$524,622 - SALE $499,900 

Wyndgate Oaks - Heritage 

Wyndham - 1.5 Story 

401 Gatehouse Circle (Lot 664) 

4 BR / 3.5 BTH / APX 4,006 SF 

$716,480 - SALE $694,900 


Woodside - Ranch 

408 Gatehouse Circle (Lot 666) 

3 BR / 2.5 BTH / APX 2,661 SF 

$589,852- SALE $574,900 



404 Long Gate Ct. (Lot 770) 

3 BR / 2.5 BTH / APX 2,542 SF 

$630,565 - SALE $584,900 

ST. CHARLES 

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WELDON SPRING 

WENTZVILLE 

Finished Lower Level 

Villages of Provence 

Highland - Ranch Villa 

2325 Parc Saint Mitre Ct. (Lot 7) 

2 BR / 3 BTH / APX 2,454 SF 

$371,406 - SALE $359,900 

Villages of Provence 

Ashland - Ranch Villa 

2279 Cournier St. (Lot 232) 

2 BR / 2 BTH / APX 1,465 SF 

$324,087 - SALE $309,900 


Ehlmann Farms 

Arlington II - Ranch 

4921 Sammelmann Rd (Lot 2) 

4 BR / 3.5 BTH / APX 3,830 SF 

$796,558 - SALE $744,900 


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101 Ehlmann Farms Dr. (Lot 10) 

4 BR / 3.5 BTH / APX 3,914 SF 

$749,554 - SALE $699,900 

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Wilmer Valley 


319 Wilmer Valley Dr. (Lot 180) 

3 BR / 2 BTH / APX 2,243 SF 

$451,619 - SALE $434,900 

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New-home sales are up 

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Sales of new homes in August climbed 

3.5 percent nationwide after a two-month 

decline. The Commerce Department 

reported that newly built homes are up 

nearly 7 percent for the year. The shortage 

of existing homes on the market has driven 

demand for new construction, according to 

the Associated Press. 

In the St. Louis area, the median price for 

existing homes has risen 10 percent over 

last year. 

“Although 2018 housing trends show 

we are in a sellers’ market, the rise in 

overall new listings compared to 2017 

offers renewed optimism for buyers 

searching for their dream home,” said a 

spokesman for the St. Louis Association 

of Realtors. 

Historically low interest rates have 

helped to mitigate the rising cost of buying 

new and existing homes. 

Here’s what’s new in new homes: 

Move in now with Fischer & Frichtel 

When Fischer & Frichtel announced its 

annual “Move-In-Ready” sale last month, 

the response was immediate, but hardly 

surprising. The company-wide event 

offers once-a-year pricing on owner-ready 

and nearly completed homes built during 

the summer months for fall shoppers 

hoping to be moved in before the holiday 

season. 

Headlining the sale in Wentzville is 

scenic Wilmer Valley. The Hadleigh display 

is now available for purchase at 

$479,900, a price reduction of $60,771. 

Designer appointed inside and out, this 

four-bedroom two-story showcases a host 

of custom features, from a gourmet kitchen 

to audio and security systems. 

Also owner-ready in Wilmer Valley is a 

three-bedroom Durham II ranch from the 

builder’s Classic Collection, sale-priced at 

$449,900, a savings of $27,988. Another 

Durham II is projected for early November 

completion, reduced by $17,619 to 

$434,900. 

In Cottleville, the heat is on to own in 

Miralago Estates. Only three open homesites 

and two Move-In-Ready homes – both 

reduced by more than $20,000 – remain for 

purchase. 

Ready for immediate possession is a 

Durham II ranch, offered for $479,900, 

with a three-car garage, hearth room, 

designer kitchen and covered patio. Scheduled 

for delivery this month is the Woodside 

ranch, a Classic series design with a 

custom kitchen, 12-foot ceiling and gas 

fireplace in the great room, and a spa-like 

master bath with freestanding tub – all for 

$499,900. 

Equally impressive savings are available 

at: 

• Wyndgate Oaks in O’Fallon. Save 

from $13,580 to $45,665 on three Heritage 

designs with three-car garages. All are 

ready for move-in – a Durham II ranch at 

$584,900, a four-bedroom Wyndham 1.5- 

story at $694,900, and a three-bedroom 

“Woodside” ranch at $574,900. 

• Ehlmann Farms, in Weldon Spring. 

Huge savings on two stunning four-bedroom 

Estate ranches, with finished lower 

levels and three-car side-entry garages. 

Ready now, a top-selling Arlington II at 

$744,900, and a Durham II at $699,900 – 

reduced by $49,654 and $51,688, respectively. 

• The Villages of Provence, in the historic 

city of St. Charles. Luxurious detached 

villa homes, both with two bedrooms and 

two-car garages. Ready now, an Ashland 

at $309,900 and a soon-to-be-completed 

Highland with screened deck at $359,900. 

Photos and complete descriptions of 

these feature-packed homes and communities 

can be found online at fandfhomes. 

com. 

Steve Thomas display at Carter 

Canyon 

A household name in St. Charles County, 

builder Steve Thomas is now offering 

homes from the $170’s. Carter Canyon features 

beautiful and mostly wooded home 

sites located off of Interstate 70’s exit 200 

in Warren County. 

Among the standard features in these 

homes are granite countertops; quality 

laminate flooring in the foyer, kitchen 

and breakfast room; wall-to-wall carpeting 

in other rooms; walk-in closets 

and cultured marble countertops in 

each bathroom; Moen faucets; two-car 

garages; 30-year architectural shingles 

and much more. 

“We have our Victoria display located 

on lot 9 being built along with two more 

inventory homes located at Carter Canyon,” 

reports sales manager Kathy Meitz. 

To visit Carter Canyon take I-70 west 

from St. Charles to exit 200 and continue 

straight ahead on the North Service Road 

to right on Westwood; then, approximately 

See PRIME, page 32 

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Entrepreneurship Week returns Oct. 17-18 

Simply defined, an entrepreneur is “a 

person who starts a business and is willing 

to risk loss in order to make money.” 

But is that all there is to entrepreneurship? 

On Oct. 17 and 18, The Dupree Center 

for Entrepreneurship at the The John W. 

Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise at 

Lindenwood University presents Entrepreneurship 

Week 2018 featuring “Conversations 

with Clifton L. Taulbert,” an 

international lecturer, entrepreneur and 

Pulitzer-nominated author. 

Three events are featured. 

On Wednesday, Oct. 17 at the Lunch 

with Leaders program sponsored by the 

Greater St. Charles County Chamber of 

Commerce, Taulbert will discuss “Entrepreneurial 

Thinking: The Big Picture.” 

Held at Bogey Hills Country Club, 1120 

Country Club Drive, this event requires 

registration at gstccc.com or by calling 

(636) 946-0633. Doors open at 10:30 with 

the program beginning at 11 a.m. 

Later that day, Taulbert presents “Entrepreneurial 

Thinking: The Game Changer” 

to Ice House Entrepreneurship Program 

alumni, students and community leaders. 

The Ice House program is inspired by 

Taulbert’s life and his book, “Who Owns 

the Ice House? Eight Life Lessons from 

an Unlikely Entrepreneur.” The program 

enables participants to learn from the firsthand 

experience of successful real-world 

Clifton L. Taulbert 

entrepreneurs. Registration is not required 

for this event that takes place in Dunseth 

Auditorium in Harmon Hall on the campus 

of Lindenwood University, 209 S. Kingshighway. 

The program begins at 7 p.m. on 

Wednesday, Oct. 17 and ends at 8:15 p.m. 

Seats in the auditorium are available on a 

first-come, first-served basis. 

On Thursday, Oct. 18 the public is 

invited to attend a Business Ethics Panel 

co-hosted with the Rotary Club of St. 

Charles. From 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m., the 

panel will explore real-life ethical dilemmas 

experienced by local business professionals 

and include firsthand, personal 

approaches to resolution. Taulbert joins 



a panel that includes Sara Wiedman, 

Lindenwood’s assistant vice president of 

enrollment management; John Sondag, 

former president of AT&T Missouri; and 

John Clark, president and CEO of Masterclock, 

who will serve as the panel 

moderator. This event is free, but seats 

are available in Dunseth Auditorium in 

Harmon Hall on a first-come, first-served 

basis. A buffet lunch will be served. 

Taulbert says he “could have failed had 

he not encountered community builders 

and entrepreneurial thinkers early on in 

his life.” He was born on the Mississippi 

Delta during the era of legal segregation. 

There, he completed his secondary education 

and dreamed of becoming successful. 

His first book, “Once Upon A Time 

When We Were Colored,” was written as 

stories that became his solace during his 

years in the U.S. Air Force in the Vietnam 

era. “Once Upon A Time” became 

a national best seller and major motion 

picture – and was followed by two more 

books based on those stories. 

Today, Taulbert is the president and 

CEO of the Freemount Corporation [a 

human capital development company] 

and the president and CEO of Roots Java 

Coffee, an African-American-owned 

national coffee brand. 

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PRIME, from page 31 

a half mile to the community entrance on 

the right. 

Meanwhile, at Eagle Estates off Orf 

Road in St. Charles County, Thomas has 

its beautiful Magnolia II ready to move 

in. The 2,686-square-foot, split-bedroom 

ranch inventory home is on a wooded 

homesite with a gorgeous tree line. At 

Eagle Estates, Thomas is offering 10 large 

homesites on a single cul-de-sac street 

off Orf Road. Homes are priced from the 

$390’s. All homes have extensive standard 

features. 

Additionally, the Steve Thomas Custom 

Division offers custom homes on off-site 

locations. “We can build your dream home 

using your plan or one of ours,” Thomas 

said. For more information about custom 

homes, Eagle Estates and Carter Canyon 

call Kathy Meitz at (636) 561-2120 or visit 

stevethomashomes.com. 

Griffey Homes plans new community 

Are you a fan of TV’s “Game of 

Thrones?” If so, you’ll recognize the 

name Dragonstone, the ancestral castle 

of House Targaryen. It’s also the name 

of Griffey Homes’s newest upscale community 

on Bates Road in Dardenne Prairie 

which will feature a handful of 1/3-acre 

and larger homesites. All of the planned 

homes will have three-car garages and 

most will be walkout sites, says Griffey 

sales manager Kim Valerio. Land development 

is expected to start soon. Intrigued? 

Add your name to Valerio’s list of potential 

homebuyers. Call (636) 936-1923 or email 

kim@griffeyhomes.com. 

Meanwhile, Griffey craftsmen are putting 

the finishing touches on an Acadia 

ranch inventory home at MacArthur Park, 

a single cul-de-sac of just 11 homesites on 

Central School Road just off Mid Rivers 

Mall Drive. The Acadia offers three bedrooms 

and two baths plus a three-car 

garage. 

“The exterior is navy blue with white 

trim, and white brick; it’s quite striking,” 

says Valerio. “Inside you will find a large, 

2,300-square-foot, open-concept plan. 

The walls are painted a soft gray, with 

a medium gray door and trim package. 

The lights are chrome with a little bling. 

Stainless steel appliances, Brittanica from 

Cambria counter tops, gray glass backsplash, 

white 42-inch cabinets with crown 

molding, a very large gray center island 

and walk-in pantry complete this dream 

kitchen.” 

Other upgrades included are 10-foot 

ceilings, cultured marble shower with seat, 

upgraded plumbing fixtures, 8-foot doors, 

unique tile-faced gas fireplace, transom 

windows, tile flooring in baths, a kidneyshaped 

patio, a lookout basement with 

large windows and full bath bath rough-in 

and 9-foot basement pour. “The home has 

sodded front and rear yards and is located 

on a quiet street,” Valerio adds. The Acadia 

ranch is priced at $435,900. 

MacArthur Park is the sales center for 

Griffey’s custom homes division. “We 

will build their plan or our plan,” Valerio 

notes. “We make the whole process very 

simple.” 

For more information about MacArthur 

Park, custom homes or the new Dragonstone 

community, call (636) 936-1923, 

email kim@griffeyhomes.com or visit 

griffeyhomes.com. 

- Kevin Weaks



Soon, Historic Main Street in St. 

Charles will become a ghost town – literally! 

During the last two weekends 

of October, Main Street comes alive as 

ghostly guests “float” around and tell 

their tales, dozens of scarecrows take up 

shop, and hayrides, spooky live entertainment 

and more festive activities are 

abound. This one-of-a-kind event celebrating 

all that is Halloween is known 

as Legends & Lanterns: A ‘spirited’ 

journey through Halloween history. 

Here’s what you need to know before 

you go: 

Festival hours: 

Saturday, Oct. 20 11 a.m.-6 p.m. 

Sunday, Oct. 21 noon-5 p.m. 

Friday, Oct. 26 5-8 p.m. 

Saturday, Oct. 27 11 a.m.-8 p.m. 

Sunday, Oct. 28 noon-5 p.m. 

Ghost stories: 

Join the Halloween History Guides at 

the First Missouri State Capitol in the 

Chauncey House for a spirited, interactive 

retelling of “The Legend of Sleepy 

Hollow” – a horror story from the 1800s 

known for its spooky character, the Headless 

Horseman. 

Ghostly Guests: 

The hallmark of the Legends & Lanterns 

festival is the appearance of its Ghostly 

Guests. Visitors have the opportunity to 

rub elbows with the most famous [or infamous!] 

villains, witches, spirits and phantoms 

from history and folklore. 

Ghostly Guests include well-known 

classics such as Edgar Allen Poe, the Big 

Bag Wolf, Medusa, Blackbeard and Miss 

Havisham; guests whose names hold a 

bit more mystery, such as Baba Yaga, the 

Druid Priestess, Stingy Jack and Baron 

Samedi; and many others whose stories 

you’ll want to hear! 

Although these Guests have decided 

to make Main Street their new favorite 

haunt, there’s no need to worry – these 

silly apparitions have more treats than 

tricks to offer for festival attendees of all 

ages. 

Hayrides: 

Hop aboard and enjoy a jaunt on an oldfashioned, 

horse-drawn hay wagon. The 

Missouri River and historic architecture of 

Main Street will set the scene as a Halloween 

History Guide provides an overview of 

the traditions and folklore of Halloween. 

You’ll never look at Main Street quite the 



same way again! [Hayrides are one-way 

only and seating is limited.] 

Departure locations: 

• 900 block of South Main 

• 100 block of North Main 

Straw poll: 

You’ll think St. Charles has come down 

with a case of hay fever when you stroll 

through Scarecrow Glen in Kister Park in 

the 400 block of South Main. 

Seek out the dozens of straw figures as 

you explore the park. Whether traditional 

or imaginative, whimsical or avant garde, 

the scarecrows in Scarecrow Glen all have 

come from the creative minds of merchants 

and organizations throughout St. Charles 

County. 

Be sure to find the ballot box and vote for 

your favorite in the Straw poll. 

In concert: 

Join the Angry Villagers – a musical mob 

– on the steps of the Gazebo in Scarecrow 

Glen as they present a creepy chorale of 

spellbinding tunes for a toe tappin’, hand 

clappin’, good time. 

Mourning exhibit 

Have you ever wondered why people 

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wear black to funerals? Or why homes 

have “living” rooms? Find the answers to 

these questions and more at the “Morbid 

Curiosity: Mourning Traditions of the 

Victorian Age” exhibit at the historic Katy 

Depot in Frontier Park. 

Discover over 70 authentic artifacts that 

illustrate how Victorians revolutionized the 

mourning process and turned grief into an 

art form. From fashion and social etiquette, 

to the commercialization of the mourning 

routine and depiction in popular culture, 

explore what customs can still be recognized 

today, and which fads have died out. 

La Plaza del Dia de los Muertos: 

¡Bienvenidos amigos! Explore the 

vibrant and colorful traditions of the Mexican 

Day of the Dead at La Plaza del Dia de 

los Muertos. Learn about the rich heritage 

and customs of the holiday from Ghostly 

Guest La Catrina, the spirit of Dia de los 

Muertos. Decorate a sugar skull mask and 

get a festive Day of the Dead makeover 

from a face painting specialist. 

For more information on Legends & 

Lanterns, visit discoverstcharles.com/ 

events/legends-and-lanterns/ or call (636) 

946-7776. 

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All Fired Up: The ballot battle for medical marijuana 

By JESSICA MESZAROS 

Some say it’s a gateway to other substance 

abuses. Others say it serves as treatment 

for a variety of medical concerns. 

One thing is certain. The opinions on 

medical marijuana [cannabis] are almost 

as varied as the lists of cited pros and cons 

from both sides of the debate, which has 

spanned multiple state and federal governments 

across the world. 

Multiple countries have passed legislation 

to permit the medical use of wholeplant 

cannabis. Counted among them are 

Australia, Canada, Germany, Greece, Israel, 

Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom. 

In the U.S., the use of medical marijuana 

is legal in 31 states, plus the territories 

of Guam, Puerto Rico and the District of 

Columbia. 

In November, medical marijuana will 

appear on the Missouri ballot three different 

times in the form of Amendment 2, 

Amendment 3 and Proposition C. 

All three measures are in favor of legalizing 

medical marijuana by prescription 

for specific medical conditions as deemed 

appropriate by licensed physicians. All 

three measures also establish procedures 

regulating its production and distribution. 

However, each measure varies in tax rates, 

estimated revenue generation and costs. 

MEDICAL USE 

A general list of conditions for which 

medical cannabis can be prescribed 

includes: cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, 

intractable migraines that are unresponsive 

to other treatment, and 

chronic medical conditions that cause 

severe persistent pain or muscle 

spasm such as those associated 

with multiple sclerosis, seizures, 

Parkinson’s Disease 

and Tourette’s Syndrome 

among others. Medical cannabis 

also could be prescribed for debilitating 

psychiatric disorders, including 

post-traumatic stress disorder, if 

diagnosed by a state-licensed psychiatrist, 

and for HIV/AIDS or any 

terminal illness. Some variances do 

occur within each individual list. 

“All of us have friends, family 

and colleagues that are suffering 

from these debilitating diseases, 

and in Missouri right now, they 

have to make the decision whether 

to move to other states or, in some 

cases, to break the law, and that’s 

not a viable option,” Jack Cardetti, 

New Approach Missouri’s campaign consultant, 

said. New Approach Missouri is 

the organizing group behind Amendment 2. 

“We think that doctors and patients ought 

to have to be able to work together to determine 

those best healthcare options,” Cardetti 

said. 

According to Cardetti, the list of qualifying 

conditions for Amendment 2 was compiled 

after looking at lists used by states 

that have already legalized medical cannabis. 

“There are a number of different illnesses 

covered, including cancer, epilepsy, 

HIV, PTSD and others, but ultimately, 

it’s up to the state-licensed physician, an 

MD or a DO, to work with the patient to 

determine what the best medical treatment 

option is,” Cardetti said. 

Amendment 2 also contains a provision 

allowing physicians to recommend 

medical cannabis to qualifying patients 

for chronic medical conditions normally 

treated with prescription medications that 

could lead to physical or psychological 

dependence. According to Cardetti, the primary 

example addictive medication would 

be the use of opioids. 

“There was actually an article published 

not too long ago in the Journal of American 

Medicine [JAMA] that really looks at states 

that pass medical marijuana laws, and you 

actually see the prescription of opioids 

decrease in [those] states,” Cardetti said. 

“We all know the effect the opioid crisis is 

having in Missouri right now, so not only 

does Amendment 2 help the patients, but it 

also can help combat that crisis, which we 

think is important.” 

Also known as the “Find the Cures” 

initiative, Amendment 3 would 

create a new facility 

known as Biomedical Research and Drug 

Development Institute led by a nine-person 

Research Board. The research institute’s 

stated goal is to develop cures and treatments 

for cancer and other incurable diseases 

or medical conditions. 

The Research Board also would have 

the power to suggest other conditions in 

the presence of medical and scientifically 

supplied data. Springfield-based physician-surgeon 

and lawyer Brad Bradshaw, 

who also is Amendment 3’s major funder, 

would serve as the automatic coordinator 

of the board in an unpaid position until the 

final governing board is selected. 

“This allows for individual, targeted 

research groups to be set up within this 

institution,” Bradshaw said. “This could 

really become, over time, the greatest medical 

research center in the world. We could 

make Missouri a world leader in medical 

research.” 

Another unique attribute of Amendment 

3, according to Bradshaw, is that a physician 

could prescribe medical marijuana to 

a patient with a condition not listed, but 

only on the grounds that licensed physicians 

can write no more than 25 percent of 

their prescriptions for medical marijuana. 

Proposition C, also known as the Missourians 

for Patient Care Act, would remove 

state prohibitions on personal use and possession 

of medical cannabis by individuals 

with a written certification from a physician 

who is treating the patient diagnosed 

with the qualifying medical condition. It 

also would remove state prohibitions on 

the growth, possession, production and 

sale of medical marijuana by licensed 

and regulated facilities, and said facility’s 

licensed owners and employees. 

GROWING RIGHTS 

Amendment 2 is the only ballot initiative 

that would permit patients to grow their 

own cannabis plants – up to six plants – for 

personal use. 

“Most of the medical marijuana initiatives 

that have been passed allow for some 

level of patient cultivation,” Cardetti said. 

“It’s not used often, but it is a failsafe for 

the patients that are, frankly, too sick or 

too poor to access dispensaries, [so they] 

are still able to have that as a treatment 

option. But it is a highly regulated system. 

It would have to be under lock and key 

and be available for inspection by the 

state … That’s how it’s worked well in 

other states.” 

All plants would have to be grown in 

a state-registered facility and all edible 

products containing marijuana products 

would have to be labeled as such and sold 

in child-resistant packaging. 

REGULATORY AUTHORITY 

Under Amendment 2, regulatory authority 

for the state’s medical marijuana 

program would fall to the Missouri Department 

of Health and Senior Services. 

According to the National Council on 

Alcoholism and Drug Abuse [NCADA], 

the Department of Health and Senior Services 

would have oversight of the medical 

marijuana program, including oversight of 

production, sales, purchase and distribution. 

Under Amendment 3, regulatory authority 

goes to the proposed Biomedical 

Research and Drug Development Institute. 

Under Proposition C, regulatory author-





I COVER STORY I 35 

ity goes to the Division of Alcohol and 

Tobacco. 

The Division of Alcohol and Tobacco 

may limit licenses to 1 per 100,000 Missouri 

residents, but that provision is not 

required under Proposition C. Licensed 

dispensaries must be at least 60-percent 

owned by individuals who have been Missouri 

residents for at least three years. The 

statute also would require the Division of 

Alcohol and Tobacco to create a “seed to 

sale” tracking system and require licensees 

to be subject to regulation from cultivation 

to final sale. The funds from the license 

fees will go to the Division of Liquor Control 

to administer the program to license, 

certify and regulate marijuana and marijuana 

facilities. 

“In our case, we prefer the Division 

of Liquor Control to run the state revenue 

collection, regulatory enforcement 

and work with local communities,” said 

Travis Brown, a lobbyist with the PR 

firm Pelopidas, which led the initiative 

petition efforts to get Proposition C on 

the ballot. “We think that’s the most similar 

to the 86-year history they’ve had 

running post-Prohibition alcohol regulation 

at a local level, not just regarding 

enforcement, but also all the different 

things you have to do to make sure things 

are done right.” 

Proposition C also would require local 

municipalities to pass regulating ordinances 

and requirements for licensure; 

municipalities also may vote to prohibit 

cultivation and sale of marijuana with a 2/3 

vote in a general election. 

According to Brown, passage of Proposition 

C would help the state to “avoid 

millions of dollars being re-spent for 

changes to tweak the constitution.” He 

noted that “the likelihood that things 

would be perfect in a new industry” 

which is “at least as complicated as 

tobacco, if not more complicated than 

alcohol” is slim. 

According to Brown, Proposition C 

was created using previous experiences 

and observed methods from existing 

systems, such as post-Prohibition with 

alcohol and successful medical marijuana 

integrations utilized by states like 

Colorado. 

“We felt that it was important to have a 

statute that could remain flexible with a 

light, regulatory touch and a low tax rate so 

that we’re not jeopardizing the early days 

of anybody doing this licensure,” Brown 

said. 

TAXES, COSTS & REVENUE 

Amendment 2 would impose a 4-percent 

tax on the retail sale of marijuana. Funds 

from those taxes would go toward health 

and care services for military veterans as 

administered by the Missouri Veterans 

Commission. 

“It’s an underfunded area in Missouri, 

and we do a really good job preparing our 

men and women to go overseas to fight 

battles, but we don’t do nearly as good 

of a job caring for them when they come 

back home,” Cardetti said. “We think this 

fills that need, and veterans are really a 

focus of Amendment 2. It’s kind of a win 

for veterans. Not only do they get some of 

the revenue from the small tax that we’ve 

placed on the sale of marijuana, but PTSD 

and many other things Missouri veterans 

suffer from are covered under our qualifying 

conditions.” 

According to the Secretary of State’s 

office, it is estimated that Amendment 2 

would generate annual taxes and fees of 

$18 million for state operating costs and 

veterans programs, and $6 million for local 

governments. Annual state operating costs 

are estimated at $7 million. 

Amendment 3 would impose a 15-percent 

tax on the retail sale of marijuana as 

well as a tax on the wholesale sale of marijuana 

flowers and leaves [per dry-weight 

ounce] to licensed facilities. Bradshaw 

said the tax would be a flat tax that would 

have no additional rates added onto it at 

later dates. 

Excise taxes would include about $9.25 

per ounce on flowers and buds and $2.75 

per ounce on leaves. Both prices are linked 

to the Consumer Price Index 

Tax revenue generated from the sale 

of medical cannabis would be deposited 

into the Biomedical Research and Drug 

Development Institute Trust Fund. However, 

services provided there [treatments, 

testing, etc.] will generate proceeds that 

Bradshaw said would go toward items like 

schools and education, infrastructure and 

bridge repairs. He estimates about $2 million 

also would go to law enforcement and 

50 percent of the institute’s profits would 

go toward a citizen tax refund initiative. 

“That means everyone in the state of 

Missouri that pays income taxes will get 

a refund check every year for Amendment 

3,” Bradshaw said. 

According to the Secretary of State’s 

office, it is estimated that Amendment 3 

would generate annual taxes and fees of 

$66 million. State governmental entities 

estimate initial implementation costs of 

$186,000 and annual operating costs of 

$500,000. 

Proposition C would impose a 2-percent 

tax on the retail sale of medical marijuana. 

Funds from the tax revenue would go 

toward veterans services, drug treatment, 

early childhood education and for public 

safety in cities with a medical marijuana 

facility. 

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this annual, Halloween-themed Open 

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Cinderella and Belle. Bounce 

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• • • 

St. Charles County Symphony’s free 

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Wednesday, Oct. 17 at St. Peters Cultural 

Arts Centre, 1 St. Peters Centre Blvd. in 

St. Peters. Enjoy the haunting sounds of 

the St. Charles County Symphony, who 

will be dressed in costume. Bring the 

family and dress in costume to receive a 

treat. 

• • • 

Halloween Spooktacular on Ice is 

from 7-9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19 at St. 

Peters Rec-Plex, 5200 Mexico Road in St. 

Peters. Ice skating, games, prizes, candy 

and a costume contest. $10 per participant; 

includes skate rental. Register in advance 

at the Rec-Plex; by calling (636) 939-2386, 

ext. 1400; or online at stpetersmo.net/recconnect. 

• • • 

A Haunted Car Wash, benefiting St. 

Jude Research Hospital, is from 7-10 p.m. 

on Friday, Oct. 19 and Saturday, Oct. 20 at 

Country Club Carwash, 4200 Mexico Road 

in St. Peters. The car wash will be turning 

the lights off, turning the fog machine on 

and inviting all the ghouls and goblins in. 

Activities outside the car wash include face 

painting, an outdoor movie, costume contests 

and free treats. A night full of sudsy, 

scary, family fun. Cost is $15 per car to ride 

through the tunnel of terror. Every penny 

goes to St. Jude. 

• • • 

O’Fallon’s Haunted Park Hunt is 

from 7-10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19 at 

Dames Park, 387 Dames Park Drive in 

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park. Cost per couple is $30 for O’Fallon 

residents; $36 for non-residents. Register 

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• • • 

A free Halloween Carnival is from 4-6 

p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20 at HES Operations 

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treat. Register in advance at the Rec-Plex; 

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• • • 

Spirits of the Past is from 6-10:30 p.m. 

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Tales and stories from the 1800s are 

brought to life. Walk through lantern-lit 

paths in the historic park, listen to murder 

ballads in the Old Peace Chapel and hear 

the eerie Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Recommended 

for children age 7 and older. 

Tickets are limited. Registration suggested. 

$6 in advance; $10 at the door. To register, 

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crawl and consists of small spaces, strobe 

lights, dark areas and intense scenes that 

may not be suitable for all individuals. 

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Joe and Tom Alagna don’t just know 

the restaurant business; for them, it’s a 

way of life. 

Food was a special part of growing up. 

Both helped out with the family pizzeria 

business their father started in St. Louis. 

Following their parents’ retirement, Joe 

and Tom each got jobs in other fields, but 

after a short time they naturally gravitated 

back to the restaurant business. 

“It’s all we know,” Tom joked. 

In 1983, the brothers embarked on a 

shared mission to bring their family’s Old 

World Sicilian recipes to the St. Louis 

area. Their first pizzeria restaurant, in the 

Dellwood area, was aptly named Fratelli’s, 

which means brothers in Italian. In 

1996, they moved their restaurant to St. 

Charles County and added more Italian 

favorites to the menu. 

Now, 35 years later, the result of their 

labors is a charming Italian restaurant full 

of delicious food and offering the perfect 

atmosphere for any occasion. The entire 

restaurant was renovated last year with 

special attention to detail and beautiful 

new fixtures that add a casual sophistication 

to the dining room’s ambiance. 

The brothers describe their entrees as 

“Sicilian-Italian comfort food – perfect for 

families.” 

“We aren’t a gourmet Italian restaurant,” 

Joe explained. “We make what we know 

and love and that is fresh, homemade, 

comfort Italian.” 

The menu is bursting with familiar 

options like Ravioli, Spaghetti and Fettuccini 

Alfredo, but it also boasts more 

unique Italian dishes such as Penne Alla 

Salute – penne pasta tossed with mushrooms, 

broccoli, sun-dried tomatoes, 

olive oil, garlic and Pomodoro sauce. A 

St. Louis standard, Baked Mostaccioli 

features tubular pasta, meatballs and meat 

sauce topped with provel and mozzarella 

cheese and baked until the sauce is bubbly 

and the cheese is nicely toasted. 

Both Joe and Tom admit that it is nearly 

impossible for them to choose a favorite 

dish because they love them all, but they 

agree that the Chicken 

Picata and Chicken Spiedini 

are top picks among 

their loyal customers. 

“We have people come 

in just to get the spiedini,” 

Tom said. 

Fratelli’s also serves 

salmon, halibut and filet 

mignon as well as a great 

selection of appetizers 

and salads. There really 

is something for everyone. 

Key to their success 

is the high priority the 

brothers place on keeping 

the menu fresh and homemade. 

Fratelli’s sauces, pizza dough, sausage 

and even its meatballs are made by hand, 

from scratch and in house daily. Their signature 

house dressing is made on site but 

also is available throughout St. Louis at 

area Dierbergs and Schucks stores. Still, 

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guests can enjoy the freshest dressing atop 

a Fratelli’s Special 

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Joe and Tom Alagna welcome one and all to Fratelli’s Ristorante. 

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friendliness and knowledge of the staff is 

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“We have staff that have been with us for 

30 years or more and I think that makes 

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Fratelli’s has maintained a solid reputation 

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The Secretary of State’s office estimates 

that the annual cost of the proposal at $10 

million, with annual revenue projected to 

hit at least $10 million. The proposal is 

estimated to not cost local governments 

any money but would generate them 

$152,000 in annual revenue. 

OTHER CONCERNS 

While there are multiple initiatives vying 

for the legalization of medical marijuana 

on the November ballot, not everyone is 

fired up. 

Rockwood’s Drug-Free Coalition, 

operating under a federal Drug-Free 

Communities Grant and in collaboration 

with the nearby Parkway and Lindbergh 

school districts, has released a marijuana 

position statement with facts and statistics 

relevant to substance abuse and adolescents. 

In the Rockwood Community, about 34 

percent of youth believe it is “easy” to 

obtain marijuana, according to the 2018 

Missouri Student Survey. According to 

the district’s 2017 Monitoring the Future 

Study, 25 percent of high school seniors 

reported they would “be more likely to try 

marijuana if it were legalized.” 

“When we talk about legalization, our 

biggest concern is accessibility,” Anna 

Greenwood, Coalition project coordinator, 

said. “We know that as substances 

become legalized, they are more accessible 

to our young people. That’s a big concern. 

As far as students using marijuana, 

it negatively impacts brain development. 

Our brains aren’t fully developed until 

we’re 25 years old [as documented in 

2015 by the American Psychological 

Association] and so introducing any substances 

that mess with how your brain 

works is concerning.” 

NCADA also released an official statement 

regarding the medical marijuana initiatives 

on the ballot. 

“Herbs and botanicals are still in use, 

but now largely as folk remedies – alternatives 

to modern, Western medicine,” 

NCADA stated in an official release. 

“Unlike FDA-approved drugs, they 

are neither standardized nor tested for 

effectiveness. As a result, their quality, 

concentrations and efficacy vary 

widely. Their therapeutic claims are not 

substantiated by scientific rigor and, 

unlike modern medicines, they are not 

subject to the same kind of regulation 

or approval.” 

However, NCADA also stated in its official 

release that some active ingredients 

in marijuana, including THC and the nonpsychoactive, 

CBD, should be turned into 

medicines with the approval of the FDA, 

and advocates for the relocation of marijuana 

to FDA Schedule II and be further 

researched. 

“We believe that medical marijuana is 

not a human rights issue; it is, instead, a 

public health issue better decided by public 

health experts,” NCADA stated in an official 

release. 

Greenwood agrees with NCADA’s 

stance. 

“We definitely want to keep it out of the 

hands of young people and we know when 

it’s legalized, and when there’s more of it 

out there it easier to get their hands on it, 

but we also don’t usually vote on medication,” 

Greenwood said. “Seeing something 

come from the FDA, I think, would be 

better than every state having a vote on 

whether or not they think it should be legalized 

as a medication.” 

The idea of wanting federal regulation 

is a concern for some pro-cannabis parties 

which claim that, despite multiple state 

approvals of medical cannabis, regulation 

on a federal level has never been finalized. 

Brown called the three initiatives “a sign 

of the times.” 

“There’s a big shift in patients and advocates 

that want to see change, not just at 

the state level, but at the federal level,” he 

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140 Jungermann Road 

(Next to Barnes St. Peters Hospital) 

636-441-4944 

www.SeniorServicesUnltd.com 

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PAINTING 

ADVANTAGE 

PAINTING CO. 

Interior & 

Exterior Painting 

Drywall Repair • Taping 

Powerwashing • Wallpaper Stripping 

Top Quality Work • FREE Estimates 

636.262.5124 

INSURED 

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PLUMBING 

• ANYTHING IN PLUMBING • 

Good Prices! Basement 

bathrooms, small repairs & code 

violations repaired. Fast Service. 

Certified, licensed plumber - MBC 

Plumbing - Call or text anytime: 

314-409-5051 

WANTED 

ARROWHEADS! and Indian 

Artifacts! Executive in Clayton 

loves the hobby! Buying collections, 

answering questions, & 

looking for properties to buy or 

lease to look on within 45min 

of Clayton that seem to have a 

good concentration of arrowheads. 

314-608-2692 

WATERPROOFING 

TOP NOTCH Waterproofing & 

Foundation Repair LLC 

Cracks, sub-pump systems, structural 

& concrete repairs. Exterior 

drainage correction. Serving Missouri 

for 15 years. Finally, a contractor 

who is honest & leaves the 

job site clean. Lifetime Warranties. 

Free Estimate 636-281-6982 

WINDOW CLEANING 

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 

and Baptisms 

Full Service Ministry 

314-703-7456 



MID RIVERS HOME PAGES 

• 1 Room Or Entire Basement 

• FREE Design Service 

• Finish What You Started 

• As Low As $15 sq. ft. 

• Professional Painters, Drywall 

Hangers & Tapers 

Call Rich on cell 314.713.1388 

THE FAN MAN 

INSTAllATIoN ProFESSIoNAlS 

Ceiling Fans • Wholehouse Fans 

Gable Vent Fans • Recessed Lighting 

Specializing in installation for two story homes 

with no wiring on first floor. 

When Handyman Quality Just Won't Do. 

(314) 510-6400 

DECK STAINING 

BY BRUSH ONLY 

38 

Call Now! 

Years! 

(Because neatness counts) 

314-852-5467 

NO Down Payment Required 

• FULLY INSURED • REFERENCES • 

www.cedarbeautifulstaining.com 

SCHEDULE NOW FOR EARLY FALL RUSH! 

POWER WASHING 

Removal of Mold & Dirt from Siding Gutters Whitened 

Also Available: Window & Gutter Cleaning 

County House Washing 

& Painting 

Power Washing • Painting • Staining 

SIDING • CEDAR HOMES • DECKS & FENCES 

ROOFS • CONCRETE • BRICK • INTERIORS 

Tim Trog 636.394.0013 

www.countyhousewashing.com 

Guaranteed 

Satisfaction 

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636.244.0461 

JetStreamCleaningServices.com Serving the area since 2003 

ST. CHARLES 

636.591.0010 

ARBORISTPLUS 

TREE SERVICE • SINCE 1994 

Deadwooding • Pruning • Removal • Trimming 

Stump Grinding • Emergency Tree Service • Gutter Cleaning 

314.378.4686 • FREE Estimates! 

Fully Insured & Licensed 

TOP GUNN 

DECK & FENCE 

TOP GUNN FAMILY CONSTRUCTION 

Now Scheduling 

Fall Projects! 

Custom Decks • Concrete 

Int/Ext Paint • Powerwashing 

Staining • Sealing • Fences • Siding 

Windows • Gutters • Sun Rooms • Pole Barns 

Kitchens & Baths • Carpentry • Drywall 

“WE DO IT ALL” 

18 Years Experience 

Senior, Military, & 

First Responder Discounts 

Free Estimates 

636.466.3956 

gunnfamilyconstruction@gmail.com 

POWER WASHING 

Homes with larger square foot- 

$ * *age and/or walkout basements 

MOST RANCHES 

may cost more 

100$ 

MOST 2 STORIES 160 

* 

CHIMNEY SWEEPINGStarting at $75 Metal flues only 

Chris Hermann 

636-697-8090 

When you want it done right 

the first time... 

We’re the place to check out first. 

MID RIVERS 

H O M E P A G E S

Mid Rivers Newsmagazine 10-10-18

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