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November 7, 20<strong>18</strong><br />
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This week, <strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> <strong>Newsmagazine</strong><br />
celebrates Veteran’s Day by talking with<br />
Vietnam War veteran George Newell, who<br />
also is president of Chapter 458 of the<br />
Vietnam Veterans of America, covering St.<br />
Charles County. He is an active member<br />
of many local veterans’ organizations and<br />
has over 25 years of experience in veterans’<br />
advocacy. Currently, he is working to<br />
re-establish the Assistance League at the<br />
St. Louis Veterans Home. In 1967, after<br />
studying horticulture at the University of<br />
Missouri, George enlisted in the military<br />
and served in multiple positions. He was<br />
assigned to the 4th Infantry Division in<br />
Vietnam in 1969. Today, he resides near<br />
the city of St. Peters with his wife, Pat.<br />
What is the hardest lesson you’ve learned?<br />
I guess the hardest lesson is to keep motivated<br />
when there are people around you<br />
who aren’t motivated. You’ve got to try<br />
and get people interested in accomplishing<br />
things, although there just seems to be a<br />
lot of people that aren’t motivated to do<br />
anything ... It takes a team to get the job<br />
done. It’s not about one person ... I’ve been<br />
involved in a lot of leadership positions. I<br />
was a chapter president, then I became a<br />
leader in the VFW Post, and eventually, the<br />
VFW District. I was state president of the<br />
Vietnam Veterans of America for years …<br />
It also led me to a group called the Missouri<br />
Association of Veterans Organizations<br />
[where he served as chair].<br />
What’s the best thing to happen today?<br />
I got to go to lunch with some of my<br />
peers. The Vietnam Veterans Chapter 458<br />
had their monthly luncheon. There were<br />
probably 20 veterans and their spouses.<br />
We had lunch together, talked about what’s<br />
going on, just some personal things. We<br />
also talked about all the things coming up<br />
in the next few weeks ... We have a lot of<br />
activities going on.<br />
If you could call yourself past or present,<br />
when would you call, what would you say?<br />
Wow. There are a lot of options there. I<br />
guess when I got out of the service is when I<br />
would call myself. I would have motivated<br />
myself to do some things a little sooner. I<br />
spent several years bouncing around before<br />
I actually got into teaching. I probably<br />
would have gotten myself more involved<br />
in some things outside my personal life ... I<br />
would have dived more into the mainstream<br />
George Newell with his wife, Pat<br />
a little quicker than I did, but it was a transition<br />
for me. Now, if you’re in the military,<br />
you get out and you do this three-month<br />
transition and they have classes. My transition<br />
was that I left Vietnam and 98 hours<br />
later I was back in St. Louis. I immediately<br />
got an upper respiratory infection and was<br />
sick for about a month. It was a transition<br />
from eating sea rations and being confined,<br />
basically, to just one location, and then<br />
being back in real life.<br />
What makes a good life?<br />
For me, it’s family. I grew up in a family<br />
that was very supportive. After I met my<br />
wife, we adopted two daughters ... Then,<br />
we had a biological child. Watching the<br />
girls ... grow up was important. Now, I<br />
have grandchildren. We spend a lot of our<br />
time going to soccer and softball games.<br />
Quite a few of them have been involved in<br />
dance, so we’ve been to recitals and competitions.<br />
Family is very important. I’ve<br />
also been fortunate because my brother<br />
and two sisters live in the area, so we get<br />
together occasionally. That’s my primary<br />
focus. Secondly, are the veterans’ activities,<br />
which take a lot of time.<br />
What are three interesting facts about you?<br />
One thing most of my peers don’t know<br />
is that I’m a genealogist. I’ve been studying<br />
my family history for about 40 years. I joined<br />
a genealogical society when I got out of the<br />
service and I’ve learned a lot of history. One<br />
of my ancestors was one of the first settlers of<br />
St. Louis in 1764. They were French-Canadian<br />
and came from across the shore ... Most<br />
of the people I work with in veterans’ groups<br />
also don’t know about my horticulture background.<br />
I did that very intensely for probably<br />
50 years ... The third thing is that, at one time<br />
in my life, my family did a lot of camping<br />
and boating ... which was pretty primitive<br />
compared to what they call camping now.<br />
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MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE<br />
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR<br />
In regard to global warning<br />
To the Editor:<br />
In response to Lucinda Towell’s letter<br />
about global warming [“Job Well Done,”<br />
<strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> <strong>Newsmagazine</strong>, Oct. 24], yes,<br />
there is something individuals can do.<br />
Carbon appears naturally in the soil. If<br />
we plant trees or grasses or ground covers,<br />
such as clover or ivy, we prevent carbon<br />
from escaping into the atmosphere.<br />
Arbor Day and the British Queen’s Commonwealth<br />
Canopy Project are just two of<br />
the organizations encouraging more plantings.<br />
Most of us can do something, even<br />
in a small way, to take part in this project.<br />
So, do not despair. Just plant something<br />
or encourage more plantings in parks and<br />
open spaces.<br />
Catherine Cummings<br />
Protecting Missouri families<br />
To the Editor:<br />
In the midst of a contentious election, it<br />
sometimes feels like there is nothing we<br />
can all agree on. But I’d like to offer one<br />
issue that leaves little room for debate:<br />
protecting Missouri families. And the first<br />
step we can take towards this goal is doing<br />
more to keep guns out of the hands of<br />
domestic abusers.<br />
Did you know that, in an average month,<br />
50 American women are shot to death by<br />
an intimate partner, and many more are<br />
injured? And women in the U.S. are 16<br />
times more likely to be killed with guns<br />
than women in other developed countries.<br />
Domestic violence often claims the lives<br />
of victims outside of the abusive relationship,<br />
including family members, friends,<br />
law enforcement officers and total strangers.<br />
When American children and teens are<br />
killed with guns, 60 percent are homicides<br />
– about 1,600 per year. For children under<br />
the age of 13, these gun homicides most<br />
frequently occur in the home and are often<br />
connected to domestic or family violence.<br />
Currently, Missouri has no laws prohibiting<br />
convicted domestic abusers, or abusers<br />
subject to restraining orders, from possessing<br />
guns. While most states have taken<br />
action to keep guns away from domestic<br />
abusers – including our neighbors in<br />
Kansas just this year – Missouri has not.<br />
As Domestic Violence Awareness Month<br />
draws to a close, let’s call on our lawmakers<br />
to pass legislation prohibiting firearm<br />
possession by domestic abusers next year.<br />
It’s time to take action to protect Missouri<br />
families.<br />
Amy Murphy<br />
Time to expand Medicaid<br />
To the Editor:<br />
Healthcare matters to Missouri voters,<br />
and the opioid crisis cannot be ignored.<br />
Attempts to repeal and sabotage healthcare<br />
and protections of the Affordable Care<br />
Act cost 128,000 Missourians to lose their<br />
health insurance in 2017.<br />
And, of course, Missouri’s uninsured<br />
rate is already higher than in other states<br />
because our state has not yet expanded<br />
Medicaid. About 12 million Americans<br />
have gained coverage under the expansion<br />
in 33 states. About 352,000 Missourians<br />
would gain access, according to healthinsurance.org,<br />
if Medicaid was expanded,<br />
and 700 lives would be saved.<br />
In a bipartisan effort to target the U.S.<br />
opioid crisis, now more than ever, is the<br />
time to expand Medicaid. Under Obamacare,<br />
Medicaid expansion is effective. It<br />
already covers addiction treatment for<br />
nearly everyone who is poor and needy,<br />
according to the Associated Press.<br />
In effect, Medicaid expansion states had<br />
a running start on the opioid crisis, while<br />
states, without the extra Medicaid funding,<br />
play catch up.<br />
Non-expansion states deal with more<br />
uninsured populations and are more likely<br />
to need addiction treatment coverage. In<br />
contrast, states with Medicaid expansion<br />
use the grants to create new infrastructure<br />
asking providers to invest in new personnel,<br />
new systems and new ways of doing<br />
things. Medicaid covers 4 out of 10 adults<br />
under age 65 with opioid addiction, more<br />
than all private insurance combined.<br />
In November, Idaho, Nebraska and Utah<br />
will decide whether their states should<br />
expand Medicaid. Montana voters will<br />
decide on maintaining that state’s expansion.<br />
The AP analysis found states that did not<br />
expand Medicaid spent $2,645 per patient<br />
on opioid addiction treatment. Expansion<br />
states spent $1,581 per patient for treatment.<br />
States that did not expand Medicaid<br />
spent $1,170 per person served on recovery<br />
support services. Expansion states<br />
spent $446 per person served on recovery.<br />
Medicaid expansion helps stem the<br />
opioid crisis.<br />
Ed Shew<br />
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Crowley at (636) 262-4235. Additional<br />
information is available on the Lake St.<br />
Louis Police Officer’s Association Facebook<br />
page.<br />
O’FALLON<br />
Tree-lighting ceremony planned<br />
O’Fallon’s tree-lighting ceremony is set<br />
for 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, in<br />
O’Fallon’s Municipal Centre, 100 North<br />
Main St.<br />
The Winfield Chamber Singers kick<br />
things off at 6 p.m.; followed by Mayor<br />
Bill Hennessy welcoming guests at 6:15<br />
p.m. and launching the counting down to<br />
the lighting of the Great Tree. If the countdown<br />
is successful, Santa will appear at<br />
City Hall and be available for visits and<br />
photos from 6:30-8 p.m.<br />
The evening’s activities include shopping<br />
at vendors’ booths for holiday gifts<br />
and decorations, free rides on the City<br />
Train [weather permitting], games, holiday<br />
crafts, music by the Forest Park Elementary<br />
School Recorder Band and a performance<br />
by O’Fallon’s Civic Dance troupe.<br />
In the spirit of the season, everyone is<br />
encouraged to bring their choice of items<br />
to donate to those in need. New winter<br />
hats, gloves, mittens, scarves and socks<br />
of all sizes are needed for decorating the<br />
Giving Tree in the lobby. These items will<br />
be donated to the Salvation Army.<br />
Donations of non-perishable canned or<br />
boxed food and personal care items will be<br />
distributed to local food pantries through<br />
O’Fallon’s Cornucopia of Care food drive<br />
For more information about the Tree<br />
Lighting Ceremony, visit ofallon.mo.us/<br />
tree-lighting-ceremony.<br />
City administrator resigns<br />
As of Oct. 22, David<br />
Strahl has resigned<br />
from his position as city<br />
administrator for the<br />
city of O’Fallon.<br />
Strahl was approved<br />
for the city administrator<br />
position in Septem-<br />
Strahl<br />
ber 2017 by Mayor Bill Hennessy and the<br />
City Council.<br />
Prior to O’Fallon, Strahl served for 23<br />
years as the assistant village manager and<br />
acting village manager for Mount Prospect,<br />
Illinois. He has a master’s degree in public<br />
administration, urban management from<br />
Northern Illinois University and a bachelor<br />
of science degree in political science<br />
from Manchester College. He is a member<br />
of the International City/County Management<br />
Association and the National Public<br />
Employee Labor Relations Association.<br />
O’Fallon Assistant City Administrator<br />
Lenore Toser-Aldaz has assumed Strahl’s<br />
responsibilities in the short-term. Toser-<br />
Aldaz joined city staff in 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
According to Tom Drabelle, O’Fallon’s<br />
communications director, discussions<br />
regarding the long-term state of the position<br />
and refilling it have begun.<br />
ST. CHARLES COUNTY<br />
Veterans Day observances<br />
A Veterans Day ceremony will start at<br />
<strong>11</strong> a.m. on Sunday, Nov. <strong>11</strong>, at O’Fallon<br />
Veterans Memorial Walk, 800 Belleau<br />
Creek Road. The memorial is located off<br />
I-70 at exit 219 on the southeast corner of<br />
the overpass. The public is encouraged to<br />
attend and free parking is available.<br />
• • •<br />
The city of St. Peters’ annual Veterans<br />
Day ceremony takes place at 10 a.m. on<br />
Monday, Nov. 12 at the Veterans Memorial<br />
adjacent to City Hall. A helicopter landing<br />
takes place at 9:30 a.m. prior to the ceremony.<br />
Refreshments will be served inside<br />
City Hall after the ceremony. This event is<br />
free and open to the public.<br />
The featured guest speaker will be retired<br />
Lt. Col. Gary Turner, who is a former St.<br />
Peters Mayor [1978-1992] and current<br />
Lake Saint Louis alderman. Turner served<br />
more than 28 years in the Army Reserves.<br />
In case of inclement weather, the ceremony<br />
will be moved inside to the Cultural<br />
Arts Centre at St. Peters City Hall.<br />
• • •<br />
St. Charles Community College will<br />
host a series of free events in honor of Veterans<br />
Day, Nov. 12-14.<br />
The events will kick off with the college’s<br />
annual Veterans Celebration at noon on<br />
Monday, Nov. 12, in the Daniel J. Conoyer<br />
Social Sciences Building auditorium. The<br />
ceremony is open to the public and will<br />
include a keynote from U.S. Marine Corps<br />
Lt. Col. Garrett V.H. Randel III.<br />
Randel is the director of sustainment<br />
distribution in the U.S. Transportation<br />
Command Operations Directorate.<br />
USTRANSCOM is a functional combatant<br />
command with a mission to project and<br />
sustain military power, enable global reach<br />
and provide a full range of flexible and<br />
responsive options to national leadership<br />
while presenting multiple dilemmas for<br />
potential adversaries.<br />
Randel enlisted in the U.S. Marine<br />
Corps in 1996 after graduating from Boise<br />
State [Idaho] University and has served<br />
as an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 7th<br />
Marines, as an officer with Commander<br />
Naval Supply Systems Command, Weapon<br />
System Support-Philadelphia, and with<br />
various Marine Aviation Logistics Squadrons.<br />
Most recently, he served as commander<br />
of the Center for Naval Aviation<br />
Technical Training-Cherry Point, North<br />
Carolina.<br />
At 4 p.m. On Tuesday, Nov. 13, the<br />
SCC Student Veterans Organization will<br />
host a public showing of “The Battle for<br />
Marjah” in the SSB auditorium. The 2010<br />
documentary film tells the compelling,<br />
true story of a company of United States
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14, an SVO [Student Veterans Organization]<br />
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Building, Room 1224. Attendees are<br />
invited to stop by and learn more about<br />
SVO and how to get involved or just grab<br />
a refreshment and get to know some of its<br />
members.<br />
At 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14,<br />
during the SVO Lounge Open House, a<br />
diverse group of SCC student veterans<br />
will host an open forum to discuss their<br />
experiences both in and outside the military.<br />
Topics will range from the boot camp<br />
experience to war to life as a veteran<br />
attending community college. Attendees<br />
will be encouraged to participate and ask<br />
questions.<br />
For more information on Veterans Week<br />
events, visit stchas.edu/veteransweek. To<br />
learn more about services for veterans on<br />
campus, the Student Veteran Organization<br />
and Honoring Military Families Scholarship,<br />
contact Andrew Gates, veterans services<br />
coordinator, at (636) 922-8268.<br />
Slip ramps approved<br />
The East-West Gateway Council of<br />
Governments Board of Directors, which<br />
includes St. Charles County Executive<br />
Steve Ehlmann and County Councilmember<br />
John White [District 7], has approved a<br />
$2.8 million project to construct slip ramps<br />
near Heritage Crossing on Route 364<br />
that officials say will alleviate headaches<br />
caused by traffic congestion and time lost<br />
sitting in traffic.<br />
St. Charles County sought and secured<br />
50 percent of the funding from the Federal<br />
Highway Administration’s Congestion<br />
Mitigation and Air Quality [CMAQ]<br />
Improvement Program; the other 50 percent<br />
comes from the County’s half-cent<br />
transportation sales tax.<br />
The slip ramps will allow direct access<br />
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Soldiers Memorial: Commemorating service through the lens of St. Louis<br />
By SUZANNE CORBETT<br />
Eighty years ago, St. Louis gathered at<br />
the intersection of Chestnut and North 13th<br />
streets to witness the opening of the city’s<br />
latest architectural masterpiece, Soldiers<br />
Memorial. On Nov. 3, 20<strong>18</strong>, the crowds<br />
returned to witness its reopening.<br />
Officially dubbed Soldiers Memorial<br />
Military Museum, the $30 million<br />
reboot – a cost covered entirely by anonymous<br />
donors – has transformed the once<br />
neglected monument into a world-class<br />
museum. Stewarded by The Missouri<br />
Historical Society, the public-private<br />
partnership focused on preservation of<br />
the memorial’s architectural integrity and<br />
art-deco elements that Historical Society<br />
President Dr. Frances Levine called “a<br />
labor of love.”<br />
“Great attention was given to restore<br />
the building to its original character,” Soldiers<br />
Memorial Director Mark Sundlov<br />
said. “While everything has been updated,<br />
it doesn’t look like it. Great care was<br />
taken during its preservation to match elements<br />
that were added to the restoration.<br />
For example, [from] the terrazzo floors to<br />
the marble to decorative grate coverings<br />
that were added, [everything] seamlessly<br />
matches the originals. The original art deco<br />
light fixtures have been cleaned and rewired.<br />
The mahogany-lined elevator with its art<br />
deco steel doors is now fully operational.<br />
And the Gold Star Mothers mosaic on the<br />
loggia’s ceiling, which was missing hundreds<br />
of small tiles has been matched and<br />
The 100th anniversary of the armistice ending World War I will be celebrated along with<br />
Veterans Day at the newly renovated Soldiers Memorial Military Museum in St. Louis Nov. <strong>11</strong>.<br />
[photo courtesy of the Soldiers Memorial/Missouri Historical Society]<br />
replaced.”<br />
Restoration included cleaning the iconic<br />
Walker Hancock statues, which have stood<br />
as the museum’s sentries since its 1938<br />
opening. Military history and art enthusiasts<br />
may know Hancock, a native St. Louisan, as<br />
one of the Monuments Men, artists, art historians<br />
and curators who were sent to save<br />
European art treasures during World War II.<br />
With the restoration came an expansion<br />
of gallery space and meeting rooms on the<br />
lower and upper levels, resulting in a doubling<br />
of the memorial’s exhibition space<br />
without enlarging its footprint. Another<br />
standout expansion is the updated Court<br />
of Honor, which was originally dedicated<br />
after World War II. Redesigned, it now<br />
includes a Five Branches Fountain and<br />
reflecting pool along with the city’s Korea<br />
and Vietnam war memorials.<br />
Chestnut Street also has been revamped<br />
into a single lane that bisects the Court of<br />
Honor and the Memorial, creating a visual<br />
connection that inspires a welcoming feel<br />
in spite of its enormous size.<br />
Unlike other military memorials across<br />
the country, including the National World<br />
War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas<br />
City, Soldiers Memorial’s interpretation<br />
and preservation of American military history<br />
is presented through what Sundlov<br />
calls “the lens of St. Louis.”<br />
“Soldiers Memorial interprets all U.S.<br />
military from a St. Louis lens. Looking at St.<br />
Louis’ involvement in conflicts throughout<br />
U.S. history from the revolution to present<br />
day conflicts,” Sundlov said. “It’s a holistic<br />
look, highlighting St. Louis stories that<br />
occurred during those conflicts along with<br />
stories of service from those who fought<br />
[and] those who made contributions from<br />
the home front. This is not a museum about<br />
war. It’s a museum about people and a<br />
memorial to the people who served.”<br />
Mikall Venso, Soldiers Memorial military<br />
and arms curator, explained how those<br />
stories are told via the museum’s long-term<br />
exhibit “St. Louis In Service.”<br />
“We start in the East Gallery, which<br />
begins with St. Louis’ only American Revolution<br />
battle, Battle of Fort San Carlos,<br />
which stood downtown at what is now<br />
the intersection of Walnut and 4th Street,”<br />
Venso said. “From there, we go through the<br />
conflicts through World War I. The West<br />
Gallery picks up with the story with World<br />
War II and goes through current conflicts.<br />
During a visit you can interactively build<br />
your own gunboat or search for individual<br />
stories from the 1,075 names listed on<br />
memorial’s cenotaph, the centerpiece of<br />
the loggia that rests under the Gold Star<br />
Mother’s ceiling mosaic.”<br />
Commemorating the centennial of the<br />
end of World War I, the war touted as “the<br />
war to end all wars,” is the first special<br />
exhibit presented in the newly renovated<br />
Soldiers Memorial Military Museum.<br />
“World War I: St. Louis and the Great War”<br />
tells the story of what life was like in St.<br />
Louis during a time of great change, both<br />
domestic and abroad.<br />
A perfect time to visit Soldiers Memorial<br />
and see those items and more is Veterans<br />
Day weekend, Nov. 10-12.<br />
Baseball team locked out of O’Fallon<br />
stadium after rent delays<br />
By JESSICA MESZAROS<br />
The Rascals may have River City in their<br />
name, but they might be looking for a new<br />
stadium to call home.<br />
As of the evening of Oct. 22, the city<br />
of O’Fallon locked the River City Rascals<br />
professional baseball team out of<br />
CarShield Field, 900 TR Hughes Blvd.,<br />
after the team allegedly failed to pay rent<br />
on multiple occasions.<br />
Formerly T.R. Hughes Ballpark,<br />
CarShield Field stadium served as the<br />
home of the River City Rascals Frontier<br />
League baseball team in addition to the<br />
Christian High Eagles baseball team.<br />
The initial lease agreement the team<br />
signed was to gradually pay back the debt<br />
over time, but city officials say the team<br />
has not held up its end of the plan, resulting<br />
in the termination of the lease.<br />
CarShield Field<br />
According to a 2017 lease agreement<br />
with the city and verified by O’Fallon<br />
Communications Director Tom Drabelle,<br />
the Rascals owed an estimated $122,000<br />
to make up for missed payments.<br />
As for the late rent payments, according<br />
to Drabelle, the team currently owes<br />
O’Fallon a 20<strong>18</strong> overdue balance of about<br />
$49,066.67. Per the last negotiated lease,<br />
the Rascals are paying the city about<br />
$12,100 per year for previously due rent.<br />
The team is currently on the 20<strong>18</strong> payment<br />
but still owes a remaining $48,400 in four<br />
equal installments over the next four years<br />
to fully pay back rent. According to Drabelle,<br />
this portion is not past due according<br />
to the current lease, but it is the result of<br />
previously unpaid rents that were negotiated<br />
into the most recent lease.<br />
According to Drabelle, the city is currently<br />
examining other options for the ballpark,<br />
including bringing in a different team<br />
or drawing up a new deal with the Rascals<br />
to still utilize the stadium sometime in the<br />
future.<br />
“Traditionally, it doesn’t get used much<br />
in the winter anyway because it’s only<br />
been hosting the Rascals and some other<br />
events that are usually in the spring and<br />
summer,” Drabelle said, “So, this is the<br />
downtime for it anyway. We are definitely<br />
looking at options, from other teams to<br />
more events. Basically, anything is still on<br />
the table, including the fact that we’re still<br />
having discussions with the Rascals.”
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survive,” Kim said.<br />
Her left leg was amputated below the<br />
knee and she went into remission for eight<br />
months. Then, cancer came back. Emily<br />
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so doctors removed part of her kneecap<br />
and shin bone, replacing them with<br />
metal. But cancer came back as an inoperable<br />
tumor in her leg.<br />
Kim knew what a serious family illness<br />
could mean – bucket lists and bills to pay<br />
often without the means to pay them. Emily’s<br />
father, Jeffery A. Linneman, passed<br />
away from leukemia in 2010.<br />
Emily’s bucket list included playing basketball<br />
and softball again on a limited basis.<br />
She got a tattoo, a miniature pig as a pet and<br />
a ride on a Harley motorcycle in the first<br />
Emily’s Ride event. She also fulfilled her<br />
last wish; she got married – in a way.<br />
Emily and Jake Schroer fell in love and<br />
exchanged vows at a special ceremony in<br />
October 2015. Big Dave, a tattoo artist and<br />
ordained minister officiated the ceremony<br />
in front of many of the couple’s friends and<br />
family. Even though it wasn’t a real marriage,<br />
her mother said the sentiments were.<br />
Emily had always wanted to be a bride.<br />
She lost the use of her legs three days<br />
before the ceremony and couldn’t walk<br />
down the aisle. “I think she knew what<br />
was happening,” Kim said. By the end of<br />
October, hospice care was in the offing.<br />
Emily wasn’t apt to talk about herself or<br />
complain. Her mother said she felt bad for<br />
smaller children who were fighting cancer.<br />
“She always commented, ‘They are small<br />
and shouldn’t have to go through this,’”<br />
Kim said. “She would have something<br />
delivered and say, ‘Mom, see how happy<br />
that made me, so make sure you do that<br />
when I’m gone.’”<br />
Emily Linneman<br />
Wishing it forward<br />
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Christ, her sister Nicole, and Emily’s<br />
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with other family members and friends<br />
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SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s<br />
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trying to finish her senior year in high<br />
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“Thank you all who help and donate to<br />
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posted to the Emily’s Ride Facebook page.<br />
“You really have no idea how this helps my<br />
heart!”<br />
From mouse races to the motorcycle ride<br />
to other activities, Kim said Emily’s team<br />
had raised as much as $16,000 annually<br />
since her death. Leads on who gets donations<br />
come from contacts at Cardinal Glennon<br />
and friends’ suggestions.<br />
“Someone from the childhood cancer<br />
community will reach out to me and say,<br />
‘Hey, I know someone who needs help, this<br />
is their Facebook page,’” Kim said. “And<br />
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Francis Howell North High held a 5K to raise money for Henderson Elementary’s<br />
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Inaugural 5K supports<br />
school’s backpack program<br />
The Francis Howell North High football<br />
team recently held its first-ever Knights Give<br />
Bear Necessities 5K benefiting Bear Necessities,<br />
a program at Henderson Elementary that<br />
provides food to students in need.<br />
The program currently feeds more than 60<br />
students, and partners with Harvester Church<br />
of the Nazarene to feed these students over<br />
the weekend when they can’t get school<br />
lunches. FHN Football Coach Brett Bevill,<br />
an alum of Henderson and FHN, heard about<br />
Bear Necessities and saw an opportunity for<br />
the team to help its community.<br />
The 5K route began in the FHN football<br />
stadium, traveled through Laurel Park and<br />
ended with a dash to the 50-yard line. The<br />
football players cheered on the participants<br />
and threw passes to the finishers.<br />
“It’s important to support local backpack<br />
food programs such as Bear Necessities,”<br />
Bevill said. “Those that don’t know where<br />
or when their next meal is coming from<br />
are given the comfort in knowing that programs<br />
like this exist to help.”<br />
While this year’s event was a success,<br />
Bevill already has big plans for next year.<br />
“The first year was great, but I really see it<br />
growing to a much bigger event,” he said.<br />
To further support Bear Necessities, the<br />
football team also designated its Oct. 5<br />
game against Francis Howell High as a<br />
Bear Necessities game. Discounted tickets<br />
were offered to anyone who brought food<br />
to donate. The food and the money raised<br />
from the 5K was presented to Bear Necessities<br />
at halftime.<br />
“We were very touched by the kindness<br />
of others to take care for our students,”<br />
Henderson teacher and Bear Necessities<br />
organizer Tonya Bratsch said. “When students’<br />
basic needs are met, they can come to<br />
school better prepared to be ready to learn.”<br />
Helping to create a<br />
career-ready workforce<br />
Fort Zumwalt School District’s Manufacturing<br />
Day – a partnership between local<br />
chambers of commerce, contemporary<br />
industry needs and comprehensive schools<br />
– celebrated modern manufacturing and provided<br />
students with a glimpse of potential<br />
career paths and the skill sets they will need<br />
to be successful after high school.<br />
More than 250 Fort Zumwalt students<br />
participated in Manufacturing Day in<br />
October, where they got an up-close look<br />
at the innovation and opportunities created<br />
by St. Charles County manufacturers.<br />
In September, ahead of Manufacturing<br />
Day, Fort Zumwalt’s Engineering and<br />
Industrial Technology program was recognized<br />
by the St. Charles County Council in a<br />
proclamation celebrating the district’s longstanding<br />
commitment to career readiness.<br />
Two Francis Howell educators<br />
receive teaching excellence award<br />
Julie Eckhoff and Andrea Head, with the<br />
Francis Howell School District, have joined<br />
an elite group of St. Louis area educators<br />
selected to receive the 20<strong>18</strong> Emerson Excellence<br />
in Teaching Award. This award recognizes<br />
teachers for their passion for teaching,<br />
their impact on student learning and their<br />
knowledge and creativity in the classroom.<br />
Julie Eckhoff has worked in the Francis<br />
Howell School District since 1999<br />
and teaches in the primary essential skills<br />
classroom at Henderson Elementary. She<br />
consults with occupational and physical<br />
therapists and brings that knowledge into<br />
her classroom. She has a team of paraprofessionals<br />
that she trains to help each student<br />
achieve more and “reach for the stars.”<br />
“Julie helps take each child’s unique<br />
personality and mold them into fine young<br />
citizens, playing to each child’s strengths,”<br />
said Henderson Principal Dr. Jennette<br />
Barker. “Julie has so many talents and<br />
facilitates learning for some of our most<br />
vulnerable students.”<br />
Andrea Head has been a Library Media<br />
Specialist at Francis Howell Central High<br />
for nine years. A pioneer in her field, she<br />
has transformed the idea of a quiet library<br />
into a collaborative common learning space.<br />
With her team, she has developed a program<br />
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her team also lead Real World Wednesdays,<br />
engaging sessions that focus on life lessons<br />
for teens to apply beyond school.<br />
“Her passion for teaching and learning<br />
is evident in all that she does,” said Assistant<br />
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FHC. As a lifelong learner, she is an inspiration<br />
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Girls from all over<br />
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held in Branson, Missouri.<br />
Required categories of competition<br />
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As a national titleholder, Locke receives<br />
the official custom crown, banner, trophy,<br />
cash scholarship, travel opportunities, and<br />
other gifts and prizes during her reign. Winners<br />
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Locke will spend the next year traveling<br />
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Locke is a Junior at Fort Zumwalt South<br />
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT<br />
St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre’s “Paint<br />
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St. Peters Centre Blvd. Painting along with<br />
interpretations from local writers are displayed.<br />
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information.<br />
• • •<br />
The Lake Saint Louis Art Association’s<br />
Fall Art Show Winners and Critique<br />
Session is from <strong>11</strong> a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday,<br />
Nov. 10 in the Yacht Room of the Lake<br />
Saint Louis Community Association, 100<br />
Cognac Court in Lake Saint Louis. The Art<br />
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the LSL Community Association.<br />
• • •<br />
Comedian Joey I.L.O performs at<br />
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Church, 7<strong>11</strong>6 Twin Chimneys Blvd. in<br />
O’Fallon. Free limited tickets are available<br />
online at sunrisefamily.org.<br />
• • •<br />
St. Charles Community College’s Center<br />
Stage Theatre presents “Don’t Talk to the<br />
Actors” on Wednesday, Nov. 14 through<br />
Sunday, Nov. <strong>18</strong> in the Donald D. Shook<br />
Fine Arts Building theater on the SCC<br />
campus, 4601 <strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> Mall Drive in<br />
Cottleville. Appropriate for high school<br />
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call (636) 922-8050. To purchase tickets,<br />
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The Kiwanis Club of O’Fallon hosts an<br />
all-you-can-eat Pancake and Sausage<br />
Day from 7 a.m.- 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday,<br />
Nov. 14 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church,<br />
8945 Veterans Memorial Parkway in<br />
O’Fallon. Admission is $8 for adults, $7<br />
for veterans and seniors, $6 for children<br />
under age 12.<br />
• • •<br />
The Child Center, Inc.’s annual Superheroes<br />
for Kids Trivia Night is on Friday,<br />
Nov. 16, at St. Peter Parish Center, 301<br />
First Capitol Drive in St. Charles. An<br />
action-packed evening full of Superhero<br />
fun. Compete for the best-decorated table<br />
and dress up as your favorite superheroes.<br />
For more information or to register, visit<br />
thechildcenter/trivia or contact Lisa Zweifel<br />
at (636) 332-0899.<br />
• • •<br />
St. Charles Community College’s Athletics<br />
Trivia Night at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov.<br />
30 at the College Center gym on SCC’s<br />
campus, 4601 <strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong> Mall Drive in<br />
Cottleville. All proceeds go to the SCC<br />
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St. Peters Rec-Plex’s monthly DJ<br />
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Nov. 9, Dec. 14, Jan. 4 and Feb.<br />
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Road in St. Peters. Kids, teens and their<br />
families are invited to enjoy a fun night<br />
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more. For details, visit stpetersmo.net or<br />
call the St. Peters Rec-Plex at (636) 939-<br />
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The Spirit of St. Louis Doll Club’s 41st<br />
annual Doll & Bear Show & Sale is from<br />
10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. <strong>11</strong> at St.<br />
Charles Community College, 4601 <strong>Mid</strong><br />
<strong>Rivers</strong> Mall Drive in Cottleville. Antique<br />
and collectible dolls, bears and accessories.<br />
Portion of proceeds donated to women and<br />
children’s charities. For more information,<br />
visit stlouisdollclub.com.<br />
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Parent Support Groups for parents of<br />
intellectually gifted children are on Mondays,<br />
Nov. 12 and Dec. 10 at Unlimited<br />
Potential Counseling, 1654 Bryan Road<br />
in O’Fallon. Free and open to the public<br />
but RSVP is required. For details and to<br />
RSVP, visit giftedsupportnetwork.org.<br />
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The St. Peters’ 29th Annual Tree Lighting<br />
Ceremony is at 6:30 p.m. on Friday,<br />
Nov. 16 at St. Peters City Hall, 1 St. Peters<br />
Centre Blvd. Musical performances by<br />
local groups and photos with Santa Claus<br />
are featured. Admission is free.<br />
• • •<br />
Parents Night Out at the Renaud<br />
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on Friday, Nov. 16 at the RSC, 2650 Tri<br />
Sports Circle in O’Fallon. Indoor recreation,<br />
pizza and swimming. Admission<br />
is $10 per child, ages 5-12. Register by<br />
Thursday, Nov. 15 online at ofallon.mo.us/<br />
parks&rec/special-events or by calling<br />
(636) 474-2732.<br />
• • •<br />
Boost – Adaptive Sports is from 9<br />
a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17 at Wentzville<br />
United Methodist Church, 725 Wall<br />
St. in Wentzville. Boost is a program of<br />
Lift Disability Network. This month’s<br />
event includes wheelchair basketball and<br />
wheelchair rugby. Free lunch provided. All<br />
ages and abilities are welcome. RSVP at<br />
liftdisability.net/Missouri.<br />
HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS<br />
The <strong>11</strong>th Annual Holiday Shopping<br />
Extravaganza takes place from 1-6 p.m.<br />
on Friday, Nov. 16; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday,<br />
Nov. 17; and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on<br />
Sunday, Nov. <strong>18</strong> at the St. Charles Convention<br />
Center. Over 200 booths with unique<br />
gift items, gourmet goodies and holiday<br />
home décor are featured. Free admission<br />
and parking. Visit treasurechestshows.com<br />
for details.<br />
• • •<br />
The city of Dardenne Prairie hosts its<br />
annual Holiday Tree of Lights celebration<br />
at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16 at<br />
City Hall Park, 2032 Hanley Road. Musical<br />
entertainment by area schools, holiday<br />
crafts, refreshments and other activities<br />
are featured. Santa is available for pictures<br />
with your camera. New unwrapped<br />
toys are requested for the Salvation Army<br />
Toy Town. For more information, email<br />
Mathew@dardenneprairie.org.<br />
• • •<br />
St. Charles Christmas Traditions on<br />
Historic Main Street is Nov. 23 through<br />
Dec. 24. Festivities include costumed characters,<br />
carolers, a Santa Parade each Saturday<br />
and Sunday, and more. For details visit,<br />
discoverstcharles.com.<br />
• • •<br />
A Christmas Cookie Walk sponsored<br />
by St. Charles Presbyterian Church, 131<br />
Gamble St. in St. Charles, is from 9:30<br />
a.m.- 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1. Christmas<br />
cookies will be sold by the pound. Candies,<br />
jams, jellies, pickles and crafts available<br />
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the Caroline Close Stuart DAR Chapter<br />
Meeting on Saturday, Nov. 10 at the<br />
Triggs Banquet Center, 300 O’Fallon<br />
Plaza in O’Fallon. Gather for the regular<br />
chapter meeting followed by lunch and<br />
the program. Friends, relatives and any<br />
other interested women are encouraged to<br />
attend. For more information or to make<br />
reservations, call (314) 440-4603 or visit<br />
mssdar.org/ccstuart.<br />
• • •<br />
The 15th annual Disc Golf Blind Turkey<br />
Toss Tournament is at 5 p.m. on Saturday,<br />
Nov. 17 at Indian Camp Creek Park, 2679<br />
Dietrich Road. Admission is $10 for individual<br />
play. Open to the first 72 registered<br />
contestants. Registration begins at 4 p.m.<br />
on the day of the event.<br />
• • •<br />
Center Stage Theatre holds auditions<br />
for “Twelfth Night” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday,<br />
Nov. 27 and Wednesday, Nov. 28 at<br />
the Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building,<br />
Room <strong>11</strong>0, on the SCC campus, 4601 <strong>Mid</strong><br />
<strong>Rivers</strong> Mall Drive in Cottleville. Callbacks<br />
will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov.<br />
29. Roles are available for ages 15 and up,<br />
casting is flexible. For more information,<br />
contact Andrew Kuhlman at akuhlman@<br />
stagesstlouis.org.
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Passing on patient portals<br />
University of Missouri researchers have<br />
found that many people who could benefit<br />
the most from online patient portals connected<br />
to their electronic medical records<br />
don’t use them at all, even after signing up<br />
for them.<br />
Online portals allow patients to have<br />
secure, immediate access to their detailed<br />
test results and other medical records. For<br />
patients dealing with multiple health conditions,<br />
the portals can be especially useful in<br />
monitoring their health status, so they are<br />
encouraged by doctors to use them. However,<br />
the MU researchers found that 35 percent<br />
of people who registered for electronic<br />
patient portals never even logged in.<br />
“We were troubled to see that so many<br />
patients never used the portal,” said Kimberly<br />
Powell, a post-doctoral fellow in<br />
aging, informatics and quality research<br />
at MU’s Sinclair School of Nursing. “We<br />
only looked at registered users, and registering<br />
for the portal is a two-step process<br />
that suggests a degree of commitment. The<br />
fact that many people who took the time to<br />
register never logged in to the portal indicates<br />
there is still work to be done.”<br />
The MU study included patients who<br />
were at least 45 years old, had registered for<br />
an electronic patient portal and had at least<br />
two chronic conditions. Although previous<br />
studies have measured the success of patient<br />
portals by the number of people who registered,<br />
this study looked at how many registered<br />
users actually logged in afterward.<br />
Researchers also identified several factors<br />
that influenced portal use among those<br />
who did utilize them. In particular, patients<br />
who lived farther from their primary care<br />
providers were more likely to use the<br />
Many seniors who could benefit from using<br />
online patient portals to access their medical<br />
records never do so, according to a University<br />
of Missouri study.<br />
portal, as were those diagnosed with heart<br />
failure.<br />
Powell said patient portals have the<br />
potential to improve shared decision-making<br />
in care facilities such as nursing homes,<br />
but providers must first integrate portals<br />
more seamlessly into clinical care and help<br />
guide patients in how to use them.<br />
Widespread disability<br />
About a quarter of all U.S. adults currently<br />
are classified as having a disability<br />
– but the type of disability tends to vary by<br />
age, according to a new report from the<br />
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<br />
[CDC].<br />
The CDC’s most recent Morbidity and<br />
Mortality Report noted that cognitive disabilities<br />
such as serious difficulty concentrating,<br />
remembering or making decisions<br />
are more common among younger adults,<br />
while disabilities involving mobility are<br />
more common among older Americans.<br />
Overall, mobility disabilities are also the<br />
most widespread [13.7 percent], followed<br />
by cognition [10.8 percent], independent<br />
living involving difficulty doing errands<br />
alone [6.8 percent], hearing [5.9 percent],<br />
vision [4.6 percent] and difficulties with<br />
self-care [3.7 percent].<br />
In addition to mobility disability, hearing<br />
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and independent living disabilities were<br />
much more common among older people.<br />
Women of any age are more likely to be<br />
living with a disability than men, with the<br />
exception of hearing and self-care.<br />
“At some point in their lives, most people<br />
will either have a disability or know someone<br />
who has one,” Coleen Boyle, director of<br />
CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and<br />
Developmental Disabilities, said of the report.<br />
“Learning more about people with disabilities<br />
in the United States can help us better understand<br />
and meet their health needs.”<br />
On the calendar<br />
Free osteoporosis screenings for<br />
women are available on Monday, Nov.<br />
12 from 2-4 p.m. at Kathryn Linneman<br />
Branch Library, 2323 Elm St. in St.<br />
Charles. Advance registration is required at<br />
bjcstcharlescounty.org/Events or by calling<br />
(636) 928-WELL (9355).<br />
• • •<br />
The St. Charles City-County Library hosts<br />
a Medicare open enrollment assistance<br />
program on Tuesday, Nov. 13 from 9 a.m.-5<br />
p.m. at its Kathryn Linneman Branch, 2323<br />
Elm St. in St. Charles. Volunteers from the<br />
CLAIM State Health Insurance Assistance<br />
Program will be on hand to provide open<br />
enrollment assistance for 2019 Medicare<br />
plans. Appointments are preferred and can<br />
be made by calling 1-(800)-390-3330, but<br />
walk-ins are also welcome.<br />
• • •<br />
BJC presents a Lunch and Learn<br />
program focused on kidney health on<br />
Wednesday, Nov. 14 from noon-1 p.m. at<br />
<strong>Mid</strong>dendorf-Kredell Branch Library, 2750<br />
Hwy. K in O’Fallon. Dr. Andrew Blackburne<br />
from St. Louis Urology will discuss<br />
the myths and facts about kidneys and<br />
what you can do to stay healthy. Refreshments<br />
will be served. The program is free.<br />
Advance registration is required by visiting<br />
bjcstcharlescounty.org/Events or by calling<br />
(636) 928-WELL (9355).<br />
• • •<br />
An AARP Smart Driver Course is<br />
offered on Wednesday, Nov. 14 from 9 a.m.-1<br />
p.m. at Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital,<br />
10 Hospital Drive in St. Peters, in Medical<br />
Office Building 1, Suite <strong>11</strong>7. This four-hour<br />
training course will help seniors tune up their<br />
driving skills, update their knowledge of the<br />
rules of the road and provide education on<br />
age-related physical changes to reduce traffic<br />
violations, crashes and chances of injuries.<br />
Some insurance companies also offer<br />
a discount to participants. The course fee is<br />
$15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers<br />
[payable on AARP on the day of<br />
training]. Space is limited. Register online<br />
at bjcstcharlescounty.org/Events or by calling<br />
(636) 928-WELL (9355).<br />
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good deeds, no matter how small.<br />
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By LISA RUSSELL<br />
Kindness … it does a body good<br />
World Kindness Day will be celebrated<br />
this year on Nov. 13. On that day, people<br />
in the U.S. and around the globe are asked<br />
to attempt to make the world a better place<br />
by doing and promoting good deeds and<br />
pledging acts of kindness, either as individuals<br />
or as organizations.<br />
In addition to its obvious benefits for the<br />
mind, heart and spirit, kindness has been<br />
shown in multiple studies to benefit the<br />
body as well. In adults, it has been shown<br />
to increase overall physical well-being<br />
while decreasing pain, anxiety levels and<br />
blood pressure. In children, making conscious<br />
efforts to be kind is also related to<br />
increased physical well-being as well as<br />
greater peer acceptance, a more positive<br />
self-image and even academic success.<br />
World Kindness Day was first launched<br />
in 1998 by The World Kindness Movement,<br />
an organization formed at a Tokyo conference<br />
of like-minded organizations from<br />
around the world. More than 28 nations are<br />
now involved in this annual observance,<br />
which is not affiliated with any particular<br />
religion or political point of view.<br />
At a time when kindness, and even basic<br />
civility, often seem to be the exception<br />
rather than the rule, World Kindness Day<br />
represents an opportunity to highlight the<br />
kindness that does still exist, carry out<br />
random acts of kindness ourselves, and<br />
commit to being kind more frequently.<br />
Decongestants not recommended<br />
to treat children’s colds<br />
As cold viruses start to ramp up over the<br />
fall and winter months, parents face the<br />
annual dilemma of how to treat their children’s<br />
congestion. Unfortunately, a panel<br />
of experts which recently analyzed treatments<br />
for the common cold has presented<br />
recommendations that won’t be of much<br />
help in easing their stuffy noses.<br />
In an article published in The BMJ, Australian<br />
health expert Dr. Mieke van Driel<br />
and colleagues stated that decongestants<br />
or medicines containing antihistamines<br />
should never be given to children under<br />
age 6, and given only with caution to children<br />
6-12.<br />
“There is no evidence that these treatments<br />
alleviate nasal symptoms … and<br />
they can cause adverse effects such as<br />
drowsiness or gastrointestinal upset,” the<br />
panel wrote. In children under age 2, these<br />
medicines have been associated with serious<br />
effects such as rapid heart rate, convulsions<br />
and – rarely – death, they added.<br />
“If parents are concerned about their<br />
child’s comfort, saline nasal irrigations<br />
or drops can be used safely, but this may<br />
not give the desired relief,” they wrote.<br />
Other treatments, such as steam inhalation,<br />
echinacea, vapor rub, eucalyptus oil, and<br />
increased fluid intake, are either not effective<br />
or have not been studied sufficiently<br />
to determine whether they can actually<br />
improve symptoms, they added.<br />
General studies of treatments for the<br />
common cold are also lacking for children,<br />
especially those under 12 who carry<br />
the highest burden from these illnesses,<br />
the panel said. Children come down with<br />
between six and eight colds every year,<br />
while adults average between two and four<br />
colds annually.<br />
New outbreak of Salmonella<br />
caused by raw chicken products<br />
According to an Investigation Notice<br />
published in late October by the U.S. Centers<br />
for Disease Control and Prevention,<br />
[CDC], a recent nationwide outbreak of illness<br />
has been traced to Salmonella Infantis<br />
bacteria found in raw chicken products.<br />
As of Oct. 17, 92 people infected with<br />
the outbreak strain had been reported in 29<br />
states, including Missouri. Of those who<br />
have become ill, 21 people have been hospitalized<br />
to date, but no deaths have been<br />
reported.<br />
The CDC’s evidence indicates that<br />
many types of raw chicken products<br />
from a variety of sources may be contaminated<br />
with Salmonella Infantis. In<br />
interviews, people who have become ill<br />
reported eating different types and brands<br />
of chicken products purchased from many<br />
different locations.<br />
To date, the outbreak strain has been<br />
identified in samples taken from raw<br />
chicken pet food, raw chicken consumer<br />
products, and live chickens. Evidence collected<br />
so far indicates that the outbreak<br />
strain of Salmonella might be widespread<br />
in the chicken industry rather than originating<br />
with a particular chicken supplier,<br />
according to the CDC.<br />
In addition, antibiotic resistance testing<br />
conducted by the CDC also shows that the<br />
strain is resistant to multiple antibiotics.<br />
With this notice, the CDC is not advising<br />
that consumers stop eating properly<br />
cooked chicken, or that retailers stop<br />
selling it. Taking the proper steps of thoroughly<br />
washing hands, utensils, counters<br />
and cutting boards when preparing raw<br />
chicken – and cooking it thoroughly to kill<br />
harmful bacteria – will effectively prevent<br />
the spread of bacteria.<br />
However, the agency recommends<br />
against feeding raw diets to pets. Germs<br />
like Salmonella in raw pet food can make<br />
pets sick, and family members also can be<br />
infected by handling the raw food or caring<br />
for ill pets.<br />
On the calendar<br />
BJC of St. Charles County offers free flu<br />
shots on the following upcoming dates:<br />
• Thursday, Nov. 8 from 5-8 p.m. at Progress<br />
West Hospital, 2 Progress Point Parkway<br />
in O’Fallon, in Conference Room B<br />
• Wednesday, Nov. 14 from 5-8 p.m. at<br />
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital, Medical<br />
Office Building 1, Suite <strong>11</strong>7<br />
Advance registration and appointment<br />
times are required and can be made online<br />
at bjcstcharlescounty.org/Events.<br />
• • •<br />
BJC St. Louis Children’s Hospital sponsors<br />
a Staying Home Alone course on<br />
Saturday, Nov. 10 from 10-<strong>11</strong>:30 a.m. at<br />
McClay Branch Library, 2760 McClay<br />
Road in St. Charles. This class, designed<br />
for parents and children to attend together,<br />
will help determine a child’s readiness to<br />
stay home alone and help prepare them for<br />
this experience. The fee is $25 per family.<br />
To register, call (636) 344-5437.<br />
• • •<br />
An American Red Cross Community<br />
Blood Drive is on Monday, Nov. 12 from<br />
1-6 p.m. at Living Lord Lutheran Church,<br />
500 Cedar Circle Drive in Lake Saint<br />
Louis. Register online at redcrossblood.org<br />
or by phone at 1-800-733-2767.<br />
• • •<br />
BJC offers free Know Your Numbers<br />
health screenings on Wednesday,<br />
Nov. 14 from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at Progress<br />
West Hospital, 2 Progress Point Parkway<br />
in O’Fallon, in Conference Room B.<br />
Screenings include fasting glucose, cholesterol,<br />
lung function, blood pressure<br />
and BMI measurements. To register, visit<br />
bjcstcharlescounty.org/Events.
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Come find your treasure at the<br />
<strong>11</strong> th Annual Treasure Chest Holiday Expo!<br />
November 16 - <strong>18</strong>, 20<strong>18</strong><br />
Show Me Granite celebrates the opening of its St. Peters location with a<br />
Greater St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting.<br />
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PLACES<br />
Show Me Granite, an award-winning,<br />
full-service stone contractor has opened<br />
a location at 1278 Jungerman Road in St.<br />
Peters. From a marble vanity to a custom<br />
granite kitchen to a living room fireplace<br />
in a historical property, Show Me granite<br />
owner Terry Gerard and his team are ready<br />
with solutions to meet home and business<br />
owners’ needs. Show Me Granite also<br />
offers full kitchen and bath remodeling.<br />
Learn more at showmegranite.com or by<br />
calling (636) 685-0001.<br />
• • •<br />
The St. Charles Community College<br />
Foundation raised nearly $57,000 at<br />
its 22nd annual Presidents Classic Golf<br />
Scramble on Sept. 24 at Old Hickory Golf<br />
Club. Proceeds will support scholarships<br />
as well as academic and program enhancements<br />
for the college.<br />
PEOPLE<br />
Scott Williams is the new chief executive<br />
officer of CenterPointe Hospital. Over<br />
the past 20 years, Williams has held corporate<br />
and senior executive level positions in<br />
several prestigious behavioral health companies<br />
with multi-state, multi-facility operations.<br />
He holds an undergraduate degree<br />
in psychology and a master’s degree in<br />
business administration.<br />
• • •<br />
Nina DeAngelo has been named vice<br />
president of the the O’Fallon Chamber<br />
of Commerce & Industries. DeAngelo<br />
has served as the Chamber’s director of<br />
member engagement for almost six years.<br />
Prior to becoming a staff member, DeAngelo<br />
was a Chamber member and held a<br />
seat on its board.<br />
The <strong>11</strong>th Annual Holiday Shopping Extravaganza<br />
St. Charles Convention Center • One Convention Ctr. Pkwy, St. Charles, MO<br />
Over 200 booths filled with Unique Gift Items, Popular Product Vendors,<br />
One-of-a-kind Arts & Crafts, Gourmet Goodies,<br />
Holiday and Home Décor, Toys, Books, Games, and so much more.<br />
Special events daily; raffles and prizes throughout the weekend!<br />
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Progress 64 West hosts 31st Annual Awards Banquet<br />
Civic partnership group Progress 64<br />
West, a nonprofit alliance of area citizens<br />
and business leaders that promotes development<br />
along the I-64 corridor from I-270<br />
westward to I-70, holds its 31st Annual<br />
Excellence in Community Development<br />
Awards Banquet at <strong>11</strong>:30 a.m. on Wednesday,<br />
Nov. 21 at the DoubleTree by Hilton<br />
Hotel, 16625 Swingley Ridge Road in<br />
Chesterfield.<br />
John Nations, president and CEO of Bi-<br />
State Development Agency, is the keynote<br />
speaker. The theme of this year’s banquet<br />
is Roads, <strong>Rivers</strong>, Runways & Railroads.<br />
Innovation and entrepreneurial leadership<br />
are core objectives of Progress 64 West<br />
and are reflected in the collective experiences<br />
in the 20<strong>18</strong> Excellence in Community<br />
Development honorees: NorthPoint<br />
Development, St. Charles County Road<br />
Board, St. Louis Regional Freightway and<br />
the Terminal Railroad Association.<br />
The Lifetime Achievement Award will<br />
be given to R.B. Clark III, retired banker<br />
and financial planner, community volunteer<br />
and philanthropist, and founder of the<br />
Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce and<br />
Chesterfield Kiwanis Club.<br />
In addition to honoring already successful<br />
business leaders, Progress 64 West also<br />
will recognize area high school students<br />
whose business plans have earned them<br />
a Louis S. Sachs Scholarship award. The<br />
annual scholarship awards program is<br />
sponsored by Doster, Ullom & Boyle,<br />
American Direct Marketing, and Stinson<br />
Leonard Street.<br />
Tickets, which are $85 per person, and<br />
sponsorship information are available<br />
online at progress64west.org.
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COTTLEVILLE<br />
O’FALLON<br />
O’FALLON<br />
O’FALLON<br />
Miralago Estates<br />
Durham II - Ranch<br />
548 Miralago Shore Dr. (Lot 78)<br />
3 BR / 2 BTH / APX 2,278 SF<br />
$501,124 - SALE $479,900<br />
Miralago Estates<br />
Woodside - Ranch<br />
550 Miralago Shore Dr. (Lot 79)<br />
3 BR / 2.5 BTH / APX 2,664 SF<br />
$522,460 - SALE $499,900<br />
Wyndgate Oaks - Heritage<br />
Wyndham - 1.5 Story<br />
401 Gatehouse Circle (Lot 664)<br />
4 BR / 3.5 BTH / APX 4,006 SF<br />
$716,480 - SALE $694,900<br />
Wyndgate Oaks - Heritage<br />
Woodside - Ranch<br />
408 Gatehouse Circle (Lot 666)<br />
3 BR / 2.5 BTH / APX 2,661 SF<br />
$590,152- SALE $574,900<br />
Wyndgate Oaks - Heritage<br />
Durham II - Ranch<br />
404 Long Gate Ct. (Lot 770)<br />
3 BR / 2.5 BTH / APX 2,542 SF<br />
$630,565 - SALE $584,900<br />
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WELDON SPRING<br />
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WENTZVILLE<br />
Villages of Provence<br />
Highland - Ranch Villa<br />
2325 Parc Saint Mitre Ct. (Lot 7)<br />
2 BR / 3 BTH / APX 2,454 SF<br />
$371,506 - SALE $359,900<br />
Finished Lower Level<br />
Ehlmann Farms<br />
Arlington II - Ranch<br />
4921 Sammelmann Rd (Lot 2)<br />
4 BR / 3.5 BTH / APX 3,830 SF<br />
$796,558 - SALE $744,900<br />
Finished Lower Level<br />
Ehlmann Farms<br />
Durham II - Ranch<br />
101 Ehlmann Farms Dr. (Lot 10)<br />
4 BR / 3.5 BTH / APX 3,914 SF<br />
$749,554 - SALE $699,900<br />
Wilmer Valley<br />
Durham II - Ranch<br />
319 Wilmer Valley Dr. (Lot <strong>18</strong>0)<br />
3 BR / 2 BTH / APX 2,243 SF<br />
$452,123 - SALE $434,900<br />
Display Home<br />
Wilmer Valley<br />
Hadleigh - 2-Story<br />
106 Wilmer Valley Dr. (Lot 89)<br />
4 BR / 3.5 BTH / APX 3,385 SF<br />
$541,571 - SALE $479,900
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real estate<br />
Will rising rates slow home sales?<br />
It’s been a familiar refrain in the housing<br />
market for the past year: There’s strong<br />
demand, but limited supply. That dynamic<br />
appears to be changing as interest rates<br />
inch upwards to 5%. The cost of home<br />
loans may be starting to take a toll on buyer<br />
demand.<br />
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged<br />
4.86% last week, up one basis point,<br />
mortgage finance provider Freddie Mac<br />
reported. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage<br />
averaged 4.29%, up from 4.26%.<br />
Historically low interest rates have<br />
helped mitigate the rising cost of buying<br />
new and existing homes. A 5% mortgage<br />
rate isn’t that high by historic standards.<br />
During much of the decade before the<br />
financial crisis of 2008, these rates hovered<br />
between 5% and 7%. But a return to more<br />
normal lending rates won’t feel normal<br />
to many buyers who have become accustomed<br />
to getting a mortgage loan at 4% or<br />
lower, and they could experience sticker<br />
shock at what they would have to pay now<br />
for a home loan.<br />
Here’s what’s new in new homes:<br />
Year-end savings bonanza on move-inready<br />
Fischer & Frichtel Homes<br />
Fischer & Frichtel reports that the best<br />
prices of the year are now available on<br />
move-in-ready homes. Although several<br />
new Fischer communities are coming<br />
online for 2019, the builder recently has<br />
completed a selection of inventory homes<br />
throughout the metro region for buyers<br />
with no time to wait.<br />
Headlining the event in Wentzville,<br />
Wilmer Valley is racing to closeout and<br />
the designer-appointed Hadleigh display<br />
is now for sale at $479,900 – a savings<br />
of more than $60,000. Also available for<br />
immediate possession are two Durham II<br />
ranches, both sale-priced in the mid-$400’s,<br />
with savings up to $27,988.<br />
Three designs from the Heritage Collection<br />
are also owner-ready in Wyndgate<br />
Oaks, Fischer’s amenity-packed neighborhood<br />
in O’Fallon. Featured are a threebedroom<br />
Durham II ranch offered for<br />
$584,900 [savings of $45,665], a 1.5-story<br />
Wyndham offered for $694,900 [savings of<br />
$21,580] and a Woodside ranch offered for<br />
$574,900 [savings of $15,252]. All include<br />
numerous luxury amenities, designer<br />
kitchens, and three-car garages with sideentry<br />
on the Wyndham.<br />
In Cottleville, time is running out to own<br />
in Miralago Estates, but two sophisticated<br />
ranches are ready for their future owners.<br />
The Durham II is sale-priced at $479,900<br />
and the Woodside at $499,900. Both have<br />
been reduced by more than $20,000 and<br />
showcase 12-foot great room ceilings,<br />
deluxe kitchens and sumptuous master<br />
suites.<br />
A private, tree-lined enclave in Weldon<br />
Spring, Ehlmann Farms is spotlighting an<br />
Arlington II at $744,900, and a Durham<br />
II at $699,900. Reduced by $51,658 and<br />
$49,654, respectively, both are fourbedroom<br />
ranches from Fischer’s top-ofthe-line<br />
Estate Collection, with three-car<br />
side-entry garages and many lavish custom<br />
features.<br />
Shoppers looking for a vibrant, carefree<br />
lifestyle in downtown St. Charles will find<br />
a Highland detached villa, with screened<br />
deck and finished lower level, in The Villages<br />
of Provence. This ranch has been<br />
marked down to $359,900.<br />
Complete descriptions of all current<br />
communities and move-in-ready homes<br />
can be found at fandfhomes.com.<br />
Not ready to move quite yet? Plans are<br />
underway and will be released shortly for<br />
two new communities in St. Charles; selling<br />
will begin in early 2019. To be among<br />
the first to know what’s coming, click the<br />
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Three builders opening pre-sales for<br />
new Villages at Sandfort Farm<br />
Prospective homebuyers will get their<br />
first look this weekend at plans for the<br />
much-anticipated Villages at Sandfort<br />
Farm, a joint undertaking by three wellknown<br />
builders – Lombardo Homes, McKelvey<br />
Homes and Payne Family Homes.<br />
Located between Zumbehl and Truman<br />
Roads, directly north of Interstate 70 in<br />
St. Charles, the 125-acre property was<br />
the largest undeveloped tract remaining<br />
in the highly desirable vicinity. The new<br />
master-planned community will feature<br />
253 homesites, recreational facilities and<br />
a variety of single-family designs by the<br />
participating builders, with an anticipated<br />
value in excess of $100 million when completed.<br />
All three home builders will be opening<br />
for pre-sales Nov. 10. A grand opening is<br />
planned for Jan. 12, 2019.<br />
Lombardo Homes will be offering a<br />
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will showcase the firm’s top-selling<br />
Designer Series; and Payne Family Homes<br />
will be introducing an all-new portfolio of<br />
detached villa homes.<br />
The Villages at Sandfort Farm is designed<br />
for homeowner privacy, with numerous<br />
cul-de-sacs radiating from a single main<br />
boulevard. Planned recreational amenities<br />
include more than 33 acres of common<br />
ground, walking trails, a playground and<br />
a swim complex with 3,900-square-foot<br />
pool house.<br />
Preserving the legacy of the land has<br />
been an important factor for the home<br />
builders, St. Charles City officials and<br />
the Sandfort family, whose ancestors had<br />
owned the historic property since <strong>18</strong>87. As<br />
a result, the original farmhouse, built in the<br />
<strong>18</strong>30s, and several other unique structures<br />
will be retained by the Sandforts, lending<br />
character to the new community.<br />
Sandfort Farm is scheduled to open for<br />
pre-sales this weekend from the builders’<br />
nearby neighborhoods. Lombardo will<br />
open from Patriot’s Ridge; Payne family<br />
Homes and McKelvey Homes will handle<br />
pre-sales from the Villages of Provence.<br />
Meanwhile, interested buyers can register<br />
for advance information on the community’s<br />
website liveatsandfortfarm.com, or<br />
on the builders’ respective websites.<br />
Griffey Homes selling MacArthur<br />
Park display, announces new community<br />
If you’re a fan of TV’s “Game of<br />
Thrones,” you’ll recognize the name Dragonstone,<br />
the ancestral castle of House Targaryen.<br />
It’s also the name of Griffey Homes’<br />
newest upscale community on Bates Road<br />
in Dardenne Prairie which will feature a<br />
handful of 1/3-acre and larger homesites.<br />
All of the planned homes will have threecar<br />
garages and most will be walkout sites,<br />
says Griffey sales manager Kim Valerio.<br />
Land development is expected to start soon.<br />
Intrigued? Add your name to the list she<br />
is compiling of potential homebuyers by<br />
calling (636) 936-1923 or emailing kim@<br />
griffeyhomes.com.<br />
In addition to Dragonstone, Griffey has<br />
just purchased 90 acres on Hwy. 94 that<br />
will become The Reserve at Busch Wildlife.<br />
The 3- to 5-acre homesites will be<br />
ready for the spring home-buying market.<br />
The new community is located 6.5 miles<br />
from the Hwy. 40/I-64 exit at Hwy. 94. No<br />
pricing has been announced, Valerio said,<br />
but homebuyers can call her to get on a<br />
mailing list as information comes available.<br />
Meanwhile, Griffey Homes’s Denali<br />
display is for sale at MacArthur Park, a<br />
single cul-de-sac of just <strong>11</strong> homesites on<br />
Central School Road just off <strong>Mid</strong> <strong>Rivers</strong><br />
Mall Drive. The 1.5-story Denali has over<br />
3,300 square feet of living space with four<br />
bedrooms and 4½ baths, three-car garage,<br />
bonus room and many luxurious upgrades.<br />
On a walkout homesite, the Denali is<br />
offered at $525,000.<br />
Also at MacArthur Park, Griffey has an<br />
Acadia ranch Inventory home available,<br />
priced at $435,900, with three bedrooms<br />
and two baths plus a three-car garage.<br />
“Inside you will find a large,<br />
2,300-square-foot, open-concept plan,”<br />
Valerio said. “Stainless steel appliances,<br />
Brittanica from Cambria counter tops,<br />
gray glass backsplash, white 42-inch cabinets<br />
with crown molding, a very large gray<br />
center island and walk-in pantry complete<br />
this dream kitchen. The home has sodded<br />
front and rear yards and is located on a<br />
quiet street.”<br />
For more information about the Acadia<br />
inventory home at MacArthur Park,<br />
custom homes or to get on the list for<br />
the new Dragonstone and The Reserve at<br />
Busch Wildlife communities, call (636)<br />
936-1923, email kim@griffeyhomes.com<br />
or go to www.griffeyhomes.com.<br />
Steve Thomas display at Carter<br />
Canyon in Wright City ready to view,<br />
starting in the $170’s<br />
A household name in St. Charles County,<br />
builder Steve Thomas is now offering<br />
homes from the $170,000s. Carter Canyon<br />
features beautiful and mostly wooded<br />
home sites located off of I-70’s exit 200 in<br />
Warren County.<br />
Among the standard features in these<br />
homes are granite countertops, quality<br />
laminate flooring in the foyer, kitchen and<br />
breakfast room, wall-to-wall carpeting in<br />
other rooms, walk-in closets and cultured<br />
marble countertops in each bathroom,<br />
Moen faucets, two-car garage, 30-year<br />
architectural shingles and much more.<br />
“We have our Victoria display located on<br />
lot 9 ready to view along with two more<br />
inventory homes located at Carter Canyon,”<br />
sales manager Kathy Meitz said.<br />
Meanwhile, at Eagle Estates off Orf<br />
Road in St. Charles County, Thomas has a<br />
move-in-ready Magnolia II.<br />
“The 2,686-square-foot, split-bedroom<br />
ranch inventory home is on a wooded<br />
homesite with a gorgeous tree line,” Meitz<br />
said.<br />
At Eagle Estates, Thomas is offering<br />
10 large homesites on a single cul-de-sac<br />
street off Orf Road. Homes are priced from<br />
the $390’s. All homes have extensive standard<br />
features.<br />
For more information about custom<br />
homes, Eagle Estates or Carter Canyon,<br />
visit stevethomashomes.<br />
com or call Kathy Meitz<br />
at (636) 561-2120.<br />
- Kevin Weaks<br />
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Hosting for the holidays this year? Planning<br />
and preparing to host and feed a large<br />
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If you are playing the role of host<br />
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Whether this means catering in food so<br />
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Want to host but don’t want to do it in<br />
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Stefanina’s Pizzeria and Restaurant – a family tradition since 1981<br />
By DEANNE LEBLANC<br />
When 15-year-old Stefanina Vitale<br />
Roderick first came to America from<br />
Sicily, Italy, she likely would not have<br />
predicted the delicious mark she would<br />
leave on St. Louis cuisine.<br />
Her first few decades in the U.S. were<br />
spent working as a seamstress, but in<br />
1981 ‘Stef,’ as she was known to family,<br />
decided to venture into the restaurant<br />
business. Stefanina’s Pizzeria and Restaurant<br />
began in a small strip mall in<br />
O’Fallon and was the best kept secret in<br />
the St. Louis region for many years.<br />
Thanks to reliable staff and invested<br />
family members helping out, Stefanina’s<br />
quickly became the go-to place for great<br />
pizza and Italian food in O’Fallon. By<br />
1984, Stefanina’s had outgrown its original<br />
location and moved to 8645 Veterans<br />
Memorial Parkway.<br />
Throughout the years, Stefanina’s has<br />
steadily grown alongside the growth and<br />
expansion of St. Charles County.<br />
Stefanina’s Pizzeria and Restaurant<br />
When Stefanina retired in 1996,<br />
brothers-in-law Glen Roderick and Bill<br />
LaBeaume joined the family business.<br />
Today, the restaurant has six locations,<br />
most of them owned or managed by Stefanina’s<br />
children and/or grandchildren.<br />
“We have been very fortunate,”<br />
LaBeaume said. “We have had some<br />
employees that have been with us for over<br />
35 years and several employees that have<br />
been with us for over 20 years. There are<br />
even some employees [whose] children<br />
and grandchildren also work here. This is<br />
definitely a family-oriented place.”<br />
Bill and Glen own and manage the Veterans<br />
Memorial location.<br />
The menu features a large variety of<br />
options, including some you would not<br />
expect to find at a pizzeria, such as a Fried<br />
Chicken Dinner, Country Fried Steak and<br />
Chicken Cordon Bleu that is not exactly<br />
traditional. At Stefanina’s, Chicken<br />
Cordon Blue is a breaded chicken breast<br />
stuffed with ham and cheese and served<br />
on a bed of fettuccini, covered with a<br />
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white cream sauce and a blend of<br />
Italian vegetables.<br />
Among the many standouts on<br />
the large appetizer menu are Risotto<br />
Cheese Balls, Toasted Cannelloni<br />
Bites and, of course, the St. Louis<br />
classic – Toasted Ravioli.<br />
Salads are dressed with Stefanina’s’<br />
signature homemade dressing and<br />
the pasta is authentic<br />
from Pasta Primavera<br />
to luscious layers of<br />
Lasagne. But what put<br />
the restaurant on the<br />
map – and what they<br />
Bill LeBeaume and Glen Roderick<br />
are most known for –<br />
is its pizza, still made<br />
from Stef’s original<br />
recipe.<br />
Stefanina Vitale Roderick<br />
to the menu in January, making many<br />
customers very happy.<br />
For holiday parties or gatherings any<br />
The pizza dough is made from scratch<br />
daily, as are all the meat sauces. The most<br />
popular item is the Family Special, which<br />
includes garlic cheese bread, a house<br />
salad and a large, one-topping pizza. But<br />
if it’s toothsome, hearty pizza you crave,<br />
order up a Stef’s Special. Loaded with<br />
sausage, bacon, onion, hamburger, green<br />
pepper, pepperoni, black olives and mushrooms<br />
– it’s the mother of all pizzas.<br />
LaBeaume said customer favorite, Stefanina’s’<br />
Pizza of the Month, will return<br />
time of year, Stefanina’s does catering and<br />
party platters. Most locations also provide<br />
the convenience of online ordering.<br />
Stefanina passed away in 1999 but her<br />
legacy continues through her children and<br />
grandchildren and the traditional Italian<br />
food served at all of the restaurant’s locations.<br />
“It is because of Stefanina’s hard work<br />
and talents that we have what we do,”<br />
LaBeaume shared. “She was the driving<br />
force.”<br />
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The county’s new Major Incident Response Unit is a clinic<br />
on wheels.<br />
Ambulance district<br />
practices preparedness<br />
St. Charles County paramedics have<br />
two new assets ready to roll in the event<br />
of a large-scale incident – a 22-passenger<br />
AmbuBus and a multi-functional Major<br />
Incident Response Unit. Both vehicles<br />
are fully outfitted and ready to respond<br />
to incidents in the St. Louis region and<br />
beyond.<br />
The district’s Major Incident Response<br />
Unit utilizes a recreational vehicle [RV]<br />
platform with slide-out walls to provide<br />
four patient care areas, providing a high<br />
degree of versatility for a variety of incidents.<br />
“The unit can be used as a mobile clinic,<br />
a resource for mass casualty incidents, and<br />
provide rehabilitation care for first responders<br />
on extended emergency scenes such<br />
as multiple-alarm fires and Hazmat situations,”<br />
said St. Charles County Ambulance<br />
District Deputy Chief of Special Operations<br />
& Logistics Jeremey Hollrah. “The<br />
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of the elements to safely provide<br />
rehab and medical surveillance<br />
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Used in situations where there<br />
are multiple patients requiring<br />
transport, the AmbuBus will be<br />
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The AmbuBus is capable of<br />
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Examples of incidents where the unit<br />
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involving a school bus, or evacuation<br />
of a hospital or long-term care facility following<br />
a serious weather event.<br />
“The bus used for the project was lightly<br />
used by the United States Air Force, and<br />
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The AmbuBus conversion kit was purchased<br />
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Regional Response System [STARRS],”<br />
said Jim Fingerhut, SCCAD Deputy Chief<br />
and Co-Chair of the STARRS EMS Committee.<br />
Though they will be housed in St.<br />
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then we look at it and review it and reach<br />
out to mom or dad and say, ‘Where do<br />
you need help? Does the child need a wish<br />
granted? Do you need help with medical<br />
bills?’”<br />
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the blue,” said Dana Manley, whose foster<br />
child, 5-year-old Sydney, had a form of<br />
kidney cancer. “I knew about her daughter<br />
Emily ... but I really didn’t know her.”<br />
Kim asked if she and her mom and sister<br />
could visit with Dana and Sydney. “They<br />
came to the cancer center and presented<br />
us with a check for $1,000 just to help us,”<br />
Manley said. “They knew ... what it was<br />
like to have a cancer diagnosis and offered<br />
as much help as we needed.” The Manleys<br />
lived in Hermann and had to travel to St.<br />
Louis five days a week for Sydney’s treatment.<br />
“Every week for almost three years,<br />
87 miles one way,” Manley said.<br />
It wasn’t just financial but emotional<br />
support they received, Manley said. “In<br />
the cancer community, the most help<br />
you get often is from the parents of a<br />
child with cancer, or who had a child that<br />
passed from cancer, because they know<br />
what you’re going through,” Manley said.<br />
Diagnosed in March 2015, Sydney’s<br />
cancer returned three times. She had a<br />
kidney removed, multiple chemotherapy<br />
and radiation treatments, a stem cell<br />
transplant, and a very painful tumor on<br />
her liver. She passed in February and, like<br />
Kim, her family has set up a foundation<br />
to help other children experience a wish<br />
come true.<br />
When Sydney passed away, 9,400<br />
people were following her on Facebook,<br />
lending emotional support and prayers.<br />
According to Manley, Sydney said,<br />
“Remember when everybody was sending<br />
me on trips and stuff to experience? I want<br />
you to do that for other kids.”<br />
“So that’s why we did the Bucket List<br />
Foundation,” Manley said.<br />
“She got to do a lot of things she wanted<br />
to [do] and she wanted to make sure that<br />
other kids got that, too,” Manley said.<br />
Part of what motivates Manley and<br />
Kim is keeping their daughters’ names<br />
on people’s minds.“You don’t want your<br />
kids to be forgotten,” Kim said. “If you do<br />
something in her name, her name always<br />
gets brought up.”<br />
Brian Miller, director of marketing and<br />
communications with the Make-A-Wish<br />
Foundation of Missouri & Kansas, said<br />
the philanthropic nature of the St. Louis<br />
community “is second to none.”<br />
This year, it’s actually third.<br />
According to a 2017 assessment of<br />
America’s most charitable cities by Charity<br />
Navigator, St. Louis ranked third in<br />
charitable giving among the nation’s<br />
30 largest metropolitan markets. It was<br />
second in 2016.<br />
Miller notes that many established nonprofits<br />
started as grassroots movements,<br />
including Make-A-Wish in the 1980s.<br />
Today, the nonprofit is on course to grant<br />
wishes for more than 340 children in Missouri<br />
and Kansas this year. Emily was a<br />
Make-A-Wish recipient.<br />
“To see one of our wish families decide<br />
to what we call ‘wish it forward’ and<br />
do good for others after they received<br />
something is very inspiring and shows<br />
the caring nature of the St. Louis area,”<br />
Miller said.<br />
Social media has helped spur this movement,<br />
Miller said.<br />
“As far as the philanthropic landscape<br />
is concerned, online giving is trending<br />
up and I don’t see it slowing down. The<br />
emergence of that is definitely fueling<br />
how we create communities of giving in<br />
St. Louis and there are a lot of wonderful<br />
causes,” Miller said.<br />
The work in Emily’s name remains<br />
ongoing, Christ said, noting that the battle<br />
against cancer is “an expensive battle.”<br />
She said Emily’s family was blessed<br />
because Kim had insurance, compared to<br />
parents they’ve met who don’t.<br />
She added that the people involved with<br />
their fundraising effort seem to like doing<br />
it. “We have such a wonderful time that<br />
evening [or day], it’s just amazing to see<br />
the enjoyment between the people that<br />
work [the event] and people that come<br />
to participate,” Christ said. “They don’t<br />
think twice about giving their money. It’s<br />
very heartwarming.”<br />
She also is amazed by the children.<br />
“When you get on these [hospital] floors<br />
and see these kids, and, yes, they have<br />
terrible days, yes, they’re grumpy a lot of<br />
times, but it amazes me how they always<br />
have a smile,” Christ said.<br />
Kim offers this advice for families<br />
fighting a serious illness:<br />
“First and foremost, if people are offering<br />
help, take it,” she said. “There is no<br />
need to do it on your own if there are<br />
people willing to help. Doing it all on<br />
your own will wear you out.<br />
“Secondly, don’t take stressful words to<br />
heart. As a caregiver, you are going to be<br />
yelled at more than anybody by the person<br />
who loves you more than anybody. They<br />
know you’re not going anywhere and they<br />
have to yell at somebody.”<br />
Kim said she does not anticipate the<br />
fundraising efforts of Emily’s Ride going<br />
away anytime soon. “I would think as<br />
long as I’m physically able to do it [I<br />
will],” Kim said.<br />
She noted, when the group receives<br />
donations and awards gifts, they try to<br />
take a photo to post on the Emily’s Ride<br />
website [emilysride.org] and Facebook<br />
page “to show the people donating to us<br />
where their money is going.”<br />
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