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Higher education 

in America 

May 22, 2019 

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I OPINION I 3 

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of 

Economics at Ohio University Richard 

Vedder’s new book, “Restoring the Promise,” 

published by the Independent Institute 

based in Oakland, California, is about 

the crisis in higher education. He summarizes 

the three major problems faced by 

America’s colleges and universities. 

First, our universities “are vastly too 

expensive, often costing twice as much 

per student compared with institutions in 

other industrialized democracies.” Second, 

though there are some important exceptions, 

students “on average are learning relatively 

little, spend little time in academic preparation 

and in some disciplines are indoctrinated 

by highly subjective ideology.” Third, 

“there is a mismatch between student occupational 

expectations after graduation and 

labor market realities.” College graduates 

often find themselves employed as baristas, 

retail clerks and taxi drivers. 

The extraordinary high college cost not 

only saddles students with debt, it causes 

them to defer activities such as getting 

married and starting a family, buying a 

home and saving for retirement. Research 

done by the New York Federal Reserve 

Banks and the National Bureau of Economic 

Research shows that each dollar of 

federal aid to college students leads to a 

tuition increase of 60 cents. 

Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa, after 

surveying 2,300 students at various colleges, 

argue that very little improvement in 

critical reasoning skills occurs in college. 

Adult literacy is falling among college 

graduates. Large proportions of college 

graduates do not know simple facts, such 

as the half-century in which the Civil War 

occurred. There are some exceptions to this 

academic incompetency, most notably in 

technical areas such as engineering, nursing, 

architecture and accounting, where 

colleges teach vocationally useful material. 

Vedder says that student ineptitude is 

not surprising since they spend little time 

in classrooms and studying. It’s even less 

surprising when one considers student high 

school preparation. According to 2010 and 

2013 NAEP test scores, only 37% of 12thgraders 

were proficient in reading, 25% in 

math, 12% in history, 20% in geography 

and 24% in civics. 

Bank of New York, in an October 2018 

report, finds that many students are underemployed, 

filling jobs that can be done 

with a high school education. More than 

one-third of currently working college 

graduates are in jobs that do not require 

a degree, such as flight attendants, janitors 

and salesmen. In addition to this kind 

of resource misallocation, 40% or more 

of college students fail to graduate in six 

years. It is not unreasonable to ask whether 

college attendance was a wise use of these 

students’ time and the resources of their 

parents and taxpayers. 

Vedder has several important ideas for 

higher education reform. First, we should 

put an end to the university monopoly on 

certifying educational and vocational competency. 

Non-college organizations could 

package academic courses and award 

degrees based upon external examinations. 

Regarding financial aid, colleges should 

be forced to share in covering loan defaults, 

namely they need to have some skin in the 

game. More importantly, Vedder says that 

we should end or revise the federal student 

aid program. 

Vedder ends “Restoring the Promise” with 

a number of proposals with which I agree: 

• College administrative staff often 

exceeds the teaching staff. Vedder says, “I 

doubt there is a major campus in America 

where you couldn’t eliminate very conservatively 

10% of the administrative payroll 

[in dollar terms] without materially 

impacting academic performance.” 

• Reevaluate academic tenure. Tenure is 

an employment benefit that has costs, and 

faculty members should be forced to make 

tradeoffs between it and other forms of university 

compensation. 

• Colleges of education, with their overall 

poor academic quality, are an embarrassment 

on most campuses and should be 

eliminated. 

• End speech codes on college campuses 

by using the University of Chicago Principles 

on free speech. 

• Require a core curriculum that incorporates 

civic and cultural literacy. 

• The most important measure of academic 

reforms is to make university governing 

boards independent and meaningful. 

In my opinion, most academic governing 

boards are little more than yes men for the 

president and provost. 

• • • 

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics 

at George Mason University. 

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

In response to ‘A call to 

investigate Democrat candidates’ 

The ravings in Terry Sater’s letter [May 

1]to investigate all democratic candidates, 

their families, anyone they have ever done 

business with and everyone they went to 

school with is a textbook example of the 

hatred and paranoia this administration 

has brought us to. That West Newsmagazine 

would give this kook a platform to 

spew his nonsense is the height of irresponsibility. 

G Frazier 

Regarding ‘Discrimination 

and disparities’ 

In the column “Discrimination and disparities” 

[May 15], Walter E. Williams 

argues that the troubles of minorities are 

entirely of their own making and not the 

result of any historical oppression. First 

of all, this walks right past the reality that 

racism, sometimes even deadly racism, 

still exists today. 

Williams points out that Jews suffered 

some of the worst historical injustice, yet 

“no one can argue that as a result Jews are 

the most disadvantaged people.” Therefore, 

he reasons, “Politicians and others 

who are now calling for reparations 

to blacks for slavery should take note.” 

This conveniently ignores that Germany 

has paid $89 billion in compensation 

mostly to Jewish victims of Nazi crimes 

and that Jewish people are still targets of 

racism, sometimes even deadly racism, 

today. 

Williams talks about a single historically 

successful black school that causes 

him to wonder about separate schools 

being inherently unequal. The man is an 

apologist for segregation in 2019. Are we 

supposed to take him seriously as an intellectual? 

J.A. Faust 

Concern over store location 

I noticed that West County is getting a 

Dr. John’s store at the old Audio Express 

site on Manchester Road. 

One of the many concerns my wife and 

I have is the displays in the front window. 

With a teenage boy and two young girls, 

we drive past this location all the time. 

We are wondering what kind of message 

that window is sending. 

I also know school busses drop off kids 

real close by. I personally think that the 

people of West County should be made 

aware of what’s going in. 

Sean Brown 

On the subject of socialism 

Mr. Buettner makes an accurate point in 

his letter [May 15] focusing on political 

terminology regarding socialism. But he 

misses the big picture. 

Yes, there’s always been some socialism 

in our economic system but that doesn’t 

make the expansion of government desirable. 

The Founding Fathers were reluctant 

to go much beyond roads, postal 

service and defense. That changed in the 

20th century. Since the days of Woodrow 

Wilson lawmakers have wanted to lead us 

down a path toward collectivism. 

In my view, collectivism better 

describes “democratic socialism.” It’s the 

opposite of individualism. 

The authors of the Constitution revered 

the unique person. Our ageless document 

was intended to emphasize his rights and 

her rights. The rights of groups, ethnicities 

and classes, while important, were not 

as indelibly underscored. 

One cannot deny the inescapable correlation 

between the expansion of government 

and the reduction of personal 

liberties. Mushrooming laws restrict the 

individual’s freedoms. 

Some laws, of course, are desirable. 

We’re grateful traffic lights stop other 

cars when we motor through an intersection. 

But the trend in America, and 

throughout the world, is toward increased 

centralized power and that means repressive 

laws that control almost everything 

we do. 

Socialism invariably turns into communism 

and that, as we know, means slavery. 

So it’s in our interest to limit government 

as best we can. Some may feel a 

democratic socialist republic isn’t a very 

scary thing. Human nature being what 

it is, we are usually grateful for governmental 

largess. But we must understand 

it comes at a price. It’s not free – whether 

it’s health care or a college education. 

Someone pays for it. 

Eager recipients may say that’s fine – as 

long as it’s someone else. But that’s shortsighted 

and selfish. Sooner or later the bill 

comes due. How much debt will burden 

your grandchildren? 

Britain’s Margaret Thatcher summed it 

up decades ago. “Socialism cannot last in 

the long run,” she said. “Sooner or later 

you run out of other people’s money.” 

Which way should we lean today? We 

can shrug and say, “Hey, we’re all socialists 

now. Get used to it.” 

We can pursue the dream of many millennials 

and ask government to give us 

what we need when we want it. That’s the 

route from dependency to slavery. 

Or we can strive for limited government 

and trust capitalism, which has rewarded 

us with the highest standard of living in 

the world. We can rely on our individual 

talents and dreams and take full responsibility 

for our lives and the acquisition of 

material things. 

We need to be concerned about the 

direction we’re taking. Unlike what 

the letter writer suggested, our schools 

should teach the merits of free markets, 

self-initiative and private endeavors. 

I beg to differ, sir. Socialism is indeed a 

four-letter word. 

Norman Baxter 

Finding a place for seniors 

Area seniors have been gathering for 

several years on Manchester Road to 

socialize via card games, line dancing, 

exercise classes, painting and meals. The 

location, located below the Agency for 

Aging offices, was closed this month and 

folks have scattered to wherever they 

could find space until a solution is found. 

If small towns are able to provide senior 

centers, I think West County can manage 

the same. 

Dianne Larson 

A note of thanks 

Thank you to the young gentleman who 

assisted me yesterday [May 14] when I 

got stranded with my car at Henry and 

Manchester roads at about 1 p.m. He 

immediately got into action to keep me 

out of harm’s way and my car moved to 

get traffic flowing. 

I failed to get his name but his help was 

wonderful. His parents raised a fine man. 

Thank you again, young man. You 

eased the situation very much. 

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David Coleman sure does like controversy. 

Coleman, you see, is the current president 

and chief executive of the College 

Board, the company that administers the 

SAT test. Prior to leading the College 

Board, Coleman was one of the chief architects 

of Common Core, the much-maligned 

kindergarten through grade 12 curriculum 

standards. 

Last week, it was reported that the College 

Board had been piloting an “adversity 

score” for a select group of colleges. The 

new Environmental Context Dashboard 

collects metrics around 15 non-academic 

factors and reports that score to the school, 

alongside the academic results. The goal of 

the new dashboard, according to Coleman, 

is to measure a student’s “resourcefulness 

to overcome challenges and achieve more 

with less.” 

For critics of social mobility programs 

such as this one, the adversity score is a 

stunningly easy target. It is literally and 

directly intended to penalize “privilege.” 

While the College Board is protecting precisely 

how it calculates the adversity score 

as proprietary, race is not one of the 15 factors 

involved. Critics will tell you that this is 

all about race, that it is an evolved form of 

affirmative action. As Anthony Carnevale, 

director of Georgetown University’s Center 

on Education and the Workforce, told the 

Wall Street Journal, “the purpose is to get to 

race without using race.” 

Proponents of the program will tell you 

that this is all about leveling the playing 

field, that standardized tests measure 

where you have been, and admissions 

should measure where you are going. At a 

time when the uber wealthy are pleading 

guilty to spending massive sums of money 

to cheat their children into better colleges, 

proponents will say an adversity score is a 

much needed tool to insure simple fairness. 

One can almost see the lines being drawn 

in the sand between the two sides of this 

argument. It’s possible that both sides are 

missing the bigger point. 

The adversity score is an attempt to fix 

a broken system by further breaking the 

system. It is the equivalent of flattening the 

driver side tire on your car because you had 

a blowout on the passenger side. Now the 

car is on a level playing field, right? 

The system of college admissions is 

broken. Standardized testing is broken. It 

is broken for the privileged and underprivileged, 

the rich and the poor, the black and 

the white. That is why hundreds of colleges 

no longer require an SAT or ACT for 

admissions. 

One telling sign that even the College 

Board lacks confidence in its adversity 

score is that it will not share said score 

with the student – it only shares it with 

the school. That certainly seems odd, and 

certainly seems like the exact opposite of 

a solution to the college admissions problem. 

We need more transparency, not less. 

Are we to trust that our children’s future 

should be based on a secret algorithm that 

generates a secret score? 

Michael Nietzel, the retired president of 

Missouri State University, made another 

excellent point in a recent column for 

Forbes. “There’s not a straight line from 

socioeconomic background to SAT performance; 

assigning an adversity number 

suggests an influence that may not be operating 

for individual students, and it probably 

overlooks influences that are,” he wrote. 

All of this brings us back to Mr. Coleman. 

He has made quite a career from 

trying to fix great, big problems in education. 

Unfortunately, the adversity score 

follows a pattern established in Common 

Core – the solution ends up being worse 

than the problem itself. We agree that the 

admissions system is broken. We simply 

think that, this time, the solution needs to 

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City adopts fraternization policy 

The city of Ballwin has adopted a fraternization 

policy with a goal to “maintain 

clear boundaries between employee personal 

and business interactions.” 

As noted in the policy statement, 

adopted by unanimous vote at the May 

13 Board of Aldermen meeting, the new 

rule doesn’t prevent the development 

of friendships or romantic relationships 

between co-workers. But it does set 

boundaries on how relationships are conducted 

during working hours and in the 

workplace environment. 

City employees in supervisory or managerial 

roles and those with authority over 

others are subject to stricter requirements 

under the policy due to their status as role 

models, their access to sensitive information 

and their ability to affect the employment 

of subordinates. 

The policy lists 11 procedures and guidelines 

that include prohibiting inappropriate 

physical contact on city premises during 

working hours or not. While employee offduty 

conduct generally is regarded as private, 

an exception is a romantic or sexual 

relationship between a supervisor and a 

subordinate, the policy states. 

Under the new procedures, any supervisor, 

executive or other city official in 

a sensitive or influential position must 

disclose the existence of a romantic or 

sexual relationship with a co-worker either 

to an immediate supervisor or the human 

resources coordinator. 

If it is determined a conflict of interest 

exists, the city will work with those 

involved to consider options to resolve the 

problem, including making sure the individuals 

no longer work together on matters 

where one is able to influence or take 

action on the other. 

If one or both parties “refuse to accept 

a reasonable solution, such refusal may 

be cause for termination,” the policy says, 

adding that the new provisions apply 

regardless of the sexual orientation of 

those involved. 

Aldermen approved the policy statement 

with little debate or discussion. 

Standing committee 

members named 

Ballwin Mayor Tim Pogue has named 

members of the city’s Board of Aldermen 

to standing committees for the 2019-20 

year. The appointments include: 

Finance and Administration – Frank 

Fleming [Ward 3], chairman; Mike Finley 

[Ward 1]; Mark Stallmann [Ward 2]; Ray 

Kerlagon [Ward 4]. 

Public Works – Jim Leahy [Ward 3], 

chairman; Mike Utt [Ward 1]; Kevin 

Roach [Ward 2]; Ross Bullington [Ward 4]. 

Parks and Recreation – Stallman, chairman; 

Utt; Leahy; Bullington. 

Public Health and Safety – Finley, chairman; 

Roach; Fleming; Kerlagon. 

Police department to 

update dispatch system 

The Ballwin Police Department soon 

will have a new computer-assisted dispatch 

system offering the latest technology 

to replace equipment department leaders 

describe as “outdated, inefficient and problematic.” 

The need for a new system had become 

apparent when problems with the existing 

system began to increase at a troubling rate. 

Although a new set-up was not budgeted, 

Ballwin aldermen recently authorized the 

department to seek bids for the upgrade. 

Two companies ultimately submitted 

proposals. After personnel from the dispatch 

operation, as well as command and 

patrol officers, participated in demonstrations 

from both firms, Soma Global won 

the department’s recommendation, which 

aldermen approved. 

According to the Tampa, Florida-based 

firm’s proposal, the new system is projected 

to be up and running in 11 weeks. 

Implementation costs, including training 

for officers, dispatch and other personnel 

using the system, will total just over 

$49,000. An annual subscription price is 

based on the number of users and is projected 

to be $61,525. 

The Ballwin center handles emergency 

calls and dispatches police officers for its 

own department, as well as for Manchester 

on a contract basis. The total number of 

users in both departments now is 107. 

The new system will be cloud-based and 

requires no hardware in the Ballwin dispatch 

center. That feature will enable the 

operation to relocate quickly in the event 

of an emergency. 

CREVE COEUR 

New aviation club formed 

STL Aviators will host an Open House 

from noon-3 p.m on Saturday, May 25 at 

Creve Coeur Airport [1H0] Hangar H-9. 

The club’s planes, a Cessna 172 and a 

Piper Archer II, will be on site. Free hot 

dogs, snacks and beverages will be served. 

“This event is a great opportunity for 

anyone interested in general aviation to 

speak with pilots and see our club planes 

up close,” said Gregory Collier, president 

of STL Aviators. 

Founded in 2018, STL Aviators is a 

501[c][7] not-for-profit, non-equity, flight 

club. All members and officers are volunteers. 

The club has 28 full members and 3 

social members and currently has openings 

for both. 

ELLISVILLE 

Coming to the aid of 

first responders 

AutoSpa Etc. of Ellisville, 8 Ellisville 

Towne Centre Drive, will kick off the first 

of three company events to benefit Back- 

Stoppers Inc. from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, 

June 15. 

The June 15 event will feature raffles, 

silent auctions, live music, kids activities, 

food and more. Those activities will be 

mirrored in an event from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 

on June 22 at the company’s Oakville 

location, 5439 Telegraph Road, and from 

10 a.m.-2 p.m. on June 29 at its Florissant 

location, 2040 N. Hwy. 67. BackStoppers 

Inc. is solely a recipient of the proceeds 

and not an organizer of these events. 

Since their inception the AutoSpa 

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$100,000 for first responders. 

“The cornerstone of any community are 

those who serve it and its members. As a 

business, we are privileged to also serve 

the community, but we must also be stewards 

of the community and give back to 

make it better than what it was when we 

entered it,” said AutoSpa Etc. owner Phil 

Hurlbut, when asked about the event. “We 

are proud to not just be a car wash. We are 

a place where old friends catch up, a local 

business owner talks to his customer while 

waiting for his car, a teacher sees an old 

student either with his family or starting 

a career, kids see their friends while waiting 

for their car, etc. In this day and age 

of drive-thrus, text message, etc., we are 

proud to be a place where community happens 

every day.” 

MANCHESTER 

City names parks director 

Kathryn [Kat] Douglas has been 

appointed as the director of parks, recreation 

and arts for the city of Manchester, 

effective May 20. 

Douglas was approved by a unanimous 

vote on emergency legislation at the May 6 

Board of Aldermen meeting. 

As director, Douglas will supervise 

the operation of the municipal parks and 

other recreational facilities including the 

operation of the municipal swimming pool, 

picnic pavilions, ball diamonds, playground 

areas and tennis courts. She also 

will supervise the operation of the city’s 

Homecoming Committee and the operation 

of the city’s art council as established 

in the municipal code of ordinances. 

Douglas replaces former director Eileen 

Collins, who has retired. Douglas was 

hired in early 2016 as the recreation and 

arts specialist within the parks, recreation 

and arts department. 

City, school district enter 

into partnership 

The city of Manchester entered into 

a formal district partnership agreement 

with Parkway following the passing of a 

resolution at the May 6 Board of Aldermen 

meeting. The relationship between the two 

entities is not new; in fact, it has been a 

longstanding tradition to collaborate to 

enhance both city events and Parkway academic 

and extracurricular endeavors. 

While only five area schools are within 

city limits – Barretts, Wren Hollow and 

Hanna Woods elementary, South High 

and Southwest Middle – the collaboration 

is inclusive throughout the district. At the 

city’s senior citizen lunch every December, 

the Cougar Chorus from Carman Trails 

Elementary performs holiday classics for 

the attendees. Parkway also provides fine 

arts percussion instruments, chairs and 

music stands at no charge for the Manchester 

Community Band. Similarly, the 

city provides access to facilities for use by 

Parkway tennis and cross country teams 

and physical education classes at no charge. 

The agreement is valid for the period of 

one year, to be reviewed at the end of each 

school year to determine the feasibility of 

continuing the program. 

TOWN & COUNTRY 

Assumption Greek Orthodox 

Church hosts Greek Fest 

The annual St. Louis County Greek Fest 

returns to Assumption Greek Orthodox 

Church, 1755 Des Peres Road, Memorial 

Day weekend – Friday, May 24 through 

Monday, May 27. 

As per tradition, the Greek Fest will feature 

live music and dancing, a marketplace 

shopping experience and, of course, fantastic 

Greek food specialties. 

Tours of the church sanctuary, decorated 

with authentic iconography, are part of the 

experience. 

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Campus parking lot, just blocks from the 

church, and a free shuttle offer maximum 

convenience. Free accessible parking is 

available at the church. 

Festival hours are 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Friday, 

May 24 through Sunday, May 26 and 11 

a.m.-8 p.m., Monday, May 27. Visit stlouisgreekfest.com 

for additional details. 

Board confirms 

commission appointments 

The city of Town & Country has several 

advisory boards, committees and commissions 

that are established in order to 

provide citizen and volunteer input to 

the mayor and Board of Aldermen in the 

city’s decision-making process. Members 

of those boards and commissions are 

appointed by the mayor with the advice, 

consent and approval of a majority of the 

members of the board. 

At the May 13 Board of Aldermen meeting, 

aldermen Matt Reuter [Ward 3] and 

Lindsey Butler [Ward 2] asked that the 

vote confirming new appointments to those 

commissions be delayed. Butler said the 

topic of commission appointments was 

on the agenda for the aldermanic retreat 

on May 18; therefore, vote was premature. 

Reuter agreed. 

“I have a suspicion that the city’s upcoming 

weekend retreat may involve consolidation 

of some commissions,” Reuter said. 

“Given this possibility, I thought it was reasonable 

to wait two weeks to have a better 

understanding of the board’s will before 

proceeding. 

“When new commissioners are nominated 

the board is given two weeks to 

digest this information before voting. [This 

meeting] was the first time I heard about 

the mayor’s nominations. I would have 

preferred more time to discuss with my 

colleagues to make sure all were comfortable 

with these appointments. I objected 

more to the process than the appointments. 

We have a very talented board, and all 

are more than capable of serving in many 

capacities.” 

However, in a 6-2 vote, the motion to 

delay the vote did not carry. The appointments, 

established unanimously by voice 

vote, include: 

• Lindsey Butler [Ward 2], Police, Fire 

& EMS 

• Jon Benigas [Ward 4], Architectural 

Review Board 

• Pamela Holman [Ward 1], Parks & 

Trails 

• Sue Allen [Ward 4], Ways & Means 

• Ryan Mortland [Ward 3], Public Works 

• Matt Reuter [Ward 3], Conservation 

• Skip Mange [Ward 1], Public Art 

• Tiffany Frauschi [Ward 2], Planning & 

Zoning [Mortland also was nominated.] 

Tours of Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Town & Country are part of the Greek Fest experience. 

Smoking ban legislation 

introduced 

A proposed smoking ban on property 

or premises owned or leased by the city 

of Town & Country was introduced at the 

May 13 Board of Aldermen meeting. 

Those properties include, but are not 

limited to, buildings, grounds, parks, playgrounds, 

sports arenas and parking lots. 

Specific buildings include the West County 

EMD/FPD fire station, Longview Park 

Farm, Drace Park, Preservation Park and 

Town Square, but not the Municipal Center. 

The ban would include all tobacco, leafy 

plant material in the form of cigarettes, 

cigars and pipes, and the use of electronic 

vapor products. 

During the work session preceding the 

meeting, concerns about the proposal were 

raised, citing a prior lawsuit in the city 

of Clayton [Gallagher v. City of Clayton, 

2011] in which the plaintiff claimed his 

constitutional rights were violated. The 

final decision by the presiding judge in that 

case upheld the smoking ban and did not 

find validity in the plaintiff’s claims. 

Regardless, Town & Country plans to 

consult with legal counsel and continue to 

discuss the matter, including at the annual 

alderman retreat on May 18, before a possible 

vote on Tuesday, May 28. 

Board to discuss solid 

waste options 

The approval of solid waste licenses for 

residential trash, yard and recycling company 

options was tabled at the May 13 

Town & Country Board of Aldermen. 

Currently, Town & Country licenses 

multiple vetted haulers; then, allows residents 

to pick the one that meets their needs. 

If the licenses are approved, residents 

may choose between American Eagle 

Waste, Meridian Waste Services, Waste 

Connections and Waste Management. Residents 

pay the company directly for trash, 

yard waste and recyclable pickups, with the 

option of curbside or rear yard collection. 

Alderman Jon Benigas [Ward 4] 

expressed concern over the impact on street 

infrastructure if multiple trucks make a 

pass through a subdivision each week over 

an extended time period. In some subdivisions, 

like his own, Benigas said that a 

single hauler is chosen to minimize noise 

disturbances and damage to city-owned 

streets. He asked that the city take a second 

look at its policy. 

Verifying with the city administrator that 

this is not a time-sensitive matter, Mayor 

Jon Dalton asked that the topic be added 

to the agenda for the May 18 aldermanic 

retreat. The aldermen will discuss if any 

policies or procedures should be reviewed 

before the licenses are approved. 

The approval of the licenses is expected 

to be on the agenda for the board’s next 

meeting on Tuesday, May 28. 

ST. LOUIS COUNTY 

Penalties increased for underage 

vaping products sales 

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page 

signed a bill on Thursday, May 16 that 

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confirm the ages of people buying vaping 

products. 

The current minimum age to buy tobacco 

or vaping products is 21; however, recent 

media reports have suggested that some 

county retailers are failing to check IDs of 

younger customers. 

“St. Louis County will not tolerate the 

sale of vaping products to children,” Page 

said. “This bill stiffens penalties to retailers 

who sell electronic cigarettes to minors.” 

The County Council unanimously passed 

the bill earlier this month. 

BJC Book Brigade marches on 

When second-graders in public school 

districts served by BJC HealthCare pack 

up their desks at the end of the school 

year, they will have a brand new book 

to take home to encourage their summer 

reading. 

The BJC Book Brigade provides more 

than 26,000 books to rising third-graders 

in over 300 public and charter schools 

in 63 districts throughout the communities 

served by BJC hospitals including St. 

Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles 

County, Columbia, Sullivan and Farmington 

in Missouri; and Alton, Belleville and 

Shiloh, Ill. The program, now in its fourth 

year, is a BJC community outreach effort 

in recognition of the correlation between 

education and higher income, better health 

and longer life expectancy. 

As part of the program, Trish Lollo, 

Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital president, 

visited Parkway’s Ross Elementary 

on May 9 to read to area second graders 

and help give out books. The opportunity 

to spend time with the young students is a 

bright spot in her day. 

“I look forward to this experience every 

year! Reading to children at their school 

and watching how excited they are when 

they receive a new book is a great way to 

start the day,” Lollo said. “It’s wonderful to 

experience how BJC is giving back to the 

community we serve.” 

Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital President Trish Lollo with Ross Elementary students

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Finding faith for the future 

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Finding church online 

Using technology to spread the message 

and grow the congregation isn’t limited 

to livestreaming services. Some local 

churches are working to build vibrant 

online communities. 

Tommy Prater is the online and IT director 

at Church on the Rock [COTR] in St. 

Peters. In the more than 12 years he has 

been on staff, his role has expanded from 

traditional IT to managing a growing 

online church. 

“We’ve been livestreaming in the traditional 

sense for at least the last six or seven 

years,” Prater said. “Now, in the last six to 

nine months, we’ve been a little bit more 

intentional with what we’re doing online.” 

Among the enhancements COTR has 

added online is a chat room where participants 

can ask questions or get spiritual 

assistance and a response card where participants 

can begin the process of spiritual 

conversion. All response cards are followed 

up by contact from a COTR pastor. 

Prater said creating an online community 

is vital to “plugging people in” rather 

than just having them watch church on 

their televisions or mobile devices. The 

same opportunities to learn about faith 

and become a member exist for online participants 

just as they do for those who are 

physically at COTR on Sundays. 

“Even though you’re not physically here, 

we’re not going to say you can’t be a part 

of our church,” Prater said, adding that 

number includes COTR members who live 

outside of the greater St. Louis area. 

By JEFFREY BRICKER 

It’s a tough time to be in the church 

business. 

Both regular attendance and membership 

rolls have been declining for decades – and 

every time somebody seems to conduct a 

poll, the results show even fewer Americans 

identifying themselves as Christians. 

The late Rachel Held Evans, who was 

largely known for writing about her disenchantments 

with organized religion, 

became the voice of a generation that 

seems to have left church in America. 

“Rather than wearing out my voice in 

calling for an end to evangelicalism’s culture 

wars, I think it’s time to focus on finding 

and creating church among its many 

refugees …” Evans was quoted posthumously 

in Newsweek on May 6. 

Modern church leaders are creating new 

ways to worship through the use of technology, 

Christian rock and auditoriumstyle 

churches and are helping a reluctant 

generation find church. 

“Rather than trying to fight culture, we’re 

trying to meet people where they are,” said 

Dion Garrett, lead pastor at Pathfinder 

Church [formerly St. John] in Ellisville. 

Garrett said it was a few years ago 

when his church began to really embrace 

technology. One key addition was the 

livestreaming of services on Sunday. But 

what started out as a way to make church 

services accessible to members who were 

traveling or otherwise couldn’t physically 

attend, quickly started to take on a life of 

its own. 

Now on any given Sunday, Pathfinder 

has 400 or so devices logging in to watch 

online services. That’s in addition to 

another 1,500 or 1,600 who attend inperson. 

As Garrett points out, the way they 

count online participants only tells part 

of the story since they can only count the 

number of logged-in devices not the total 

number of people watching. 

“On some weekends, we probably have 

more people streaming than here,” Garrett 

said. 

Other churches not only use livestreaming 

to reach people in their homes but also 

to reach worshipers at satellite locations. 

The Crossing, led by Pastor Greg Holder, 

is a multi-site church, with four St. Louisarea 

campuses, including one in Chesterfield 

Valley and another in St. Peters, near 

I-70 and Hwy. 79. On its website, The 

Crossing describes its locations as places 

“where a whole bunch of us gather each 

weekend to study this ancient story found 

in Scripture that is still transforming lives 

today. We believe church should be a place 

where believers of Jesus and skeptics can 

stand side-by-side to study truth and ask 

tough questions.” 

When those people gather, often filling 

the church, they’re likely listening to 

the same pastor – live at one location and 

livestreamed on jumbo video screens to 

the other three. And The Crossing isn’t 

the only multi-site church drawing huge 

crowds each weekend. Faith Church, led by 

pastors David and Nicole Crank, describes 

itself as “one church with multiple locations 

[it has six, including two in Florida] 

and a thriving online community.” 

Online, visitors to faithchurch.com and 

Harvester Church in St. Charles 

[Joey Forehand photo] 

How technology is transforming worship 

thecrossing.church can watch sermons and 

videos, and connect through social media. 

Some may ask, “Why go to the church?” 

The answer is community. On-site experiences 

include cafés where church members 

can gather before and after services, 

book shops and worship programs specifically 

for children and sometimes teens. 

Hope in a season of decline 

Data from Gallup polls shows a long tail 

on the declining trend of Americans going 

to church. In a study published in April, 

Gallup reports that church attendance is 

down 20 percentage points over the past 

20 years. From 70% in 1999, the latest surveys 

show approximately 50% of Americans 

report attending church services with 

some frequency today. 

“The decline in church membership 

mostly reflects the fact that fewer Americans 

than in the past now have any religious 

affiliation,” the Gallup report states. 

“However, even those who do identify 

with a particular religion are less likely to 

belong to a church or other place of worship 

than in the past.” 

Local churches that are growing despite 

national trends credit the use of technology. 

Nikomas Perez, the teaching pastor at 

Harvester Christian Church, which has 

campuses in both St. Charles and Troy, 

explained that technology use was an 

important strategic shift the church made 

several years ago. 

“[The internet] used to be a place where 

you’d just get information out to your congregation,” 

Perez said. “That’s what the 

website was for. Recently, over the past few 

years, we’ve tried to gear our website and 

social media not for the congregation but for 

people looking for a congregation.” 

What Harvester found was that changing 

their approach got more members involved 

in spreading its message and brand. 

“Whenever we shifted that philosophy and 

that strategy, our stuff became more sharable, 

especially in the social media realm,” 

Perez added. “So we’re seeing people say, 

‘OK, this is information that my network 

of friends who don’t go to church might 

be interested in, so I can share it because 

there’s no insider language. There’s nothing 

in here that’s going to confuse them.’ That’s 

the benefit of it. It’s easier to share. It’s 

easier to get out to people.” 

It’s the same story for churches across 

the region. 

On Pathfinder’s Facebook page, on May 

19, Garrett wrote: “In this world, where 

we are valued by what we do, our identity 

comes from what we accomplish. This 

hellish belief causes us to strive endlessly 

to live up to some external standard, or 

to gauge our self-worth by how well we 

compare to those around us. How can we 

escape this despairing and beaten-down 

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Wildwood Ward 1 race goes into overtime, special election June 4 


When election night was over on April 2 

and the ballots were counted, no one could 

have predicted the outcome in Wildwood. 

Two political newcomers were vying to 

replace outgoing Ward 1 council member 

Larry McGowan. But even at the conclusion 

of two hard-run campaigns, 

neither candidate 

could declare victory. 

Certified results for the 

election ended with a 286 

vote tie between David 

Hudson and Larry Brost. 

The results surprised 

everyone, including the 

candidates. 

“It’s remarkable and 

unusual,” Brost said immediately 

following the election. 

David Hudson 

“I would prefer that it was over, however 

a lot of people that worked hard supporting 

me are enthused,” Hudson said upon learning 

of the tie. 

On Tuesday, June 4, a special election to 

decide the Ward 1 seat will be held. Once 

again, residents of Wildwood’s Ward 1 

will be asked to choose between Hudson 

or Brost. In light of that election, West 

Newsmagazine recently posed a series of 

questions to both candidates, with answers 

listed in alphabetical order: 

Why are you running for office? 

BROST: Stacie [Brost’s wife] and I 

enjoy and cherish what 

we have in Wildwood and 

want to give back in order 

to preserve what attracted 

us to the area – the natural 

beauty and conveniences 

of the nearby Town Center. 

The concept of running 

for City Council has been 

developing over many 

years. A few years ago, 

someone suggested to me 

that I run. We discussed 

how one’s service at a 

local level can reach and benefit so many. 

The seed was planted, but back then I 

realized I could not dedicate the necessary 

time and felt it was critical my priorities 

be aligned to that of my constituents. 

Now, the time is fitting because I have 

available time to dedicate to our city, I have 

a clear agenda free of conflicts, my skill set 

as a business owner and CPA with merger 

experience will be of a benefit to the city 

and its residents, and I have the ability to 

listen and be attentive to the residents of 

Ward 1 and Wildwood. 

During the months leading 

up to registering as a 

candidate, two other matters 

solidified my decision. 

First, the threatened 

City-County merger continued 

to gain attention 

and concern. I would be 

the only council member 

with merger experience. 

Larry Brost 

Second, [at] city council 

meetings it is sad to witness 

the bullying, chastising 

and rudeness among certain members. 

This is not productive, embarrassing to 

Wildwood and needs to stop. I will represent 

my Ward 1 neighbors professionally 

and be their voice. 

HUDSON: I was born and raised in the 

St. Louis area, and my wife and I have 

been residents of what is now Wildwood 

since 1987. I observed the overdevelopment 

by St. Louis County when they controlled 

planning and zoning for the area, 

and I do not want Wildwood to experience 

that again. 

Wildwood is a premier residential community. 

It was founded on sustainable 

growth and our future 

only can be protected by 

electing strong advocates 

for the Wildwood vision. I 

want to be assured that this 

vision remains intact. 

Ward 1 residents expect 

expanded services, natural 

resource protection and a 

commitment to enforcement 

of existing zoning 

and ordinances. When 

elected, my service will be 

centered on those goals. 

What are your top three 

priorities for the city? 

BROST: After months of meeting the 

residents of Ward 1 and listening, I am 

pleased to say my priorities and those of 

Ward 1 residents collectively align and 

are as follows: high-speed rural internet 

access; resisting efforts to disband the city 

as part of a city-county merger; and protecting 

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HUDSON: My top priority is the 

expansion of high speed internet in Ward 

1: Long-term viability of internet service 

that can improve as demand for bandwidth 

increases can only be achieved by fiber 

to the home. Ward 1’s terrain and heavy 

forest cover does not allow reliable or universal 

access using wireless technologies. 

My priority is to resolve this issue. 

Other priorities include safety improvements 

for roads and bridges including turn 

lanes on high speed highways, and protecting 

and supporting non-urban residential zoning. 

Ward 1 residents expect and deserve preservation 

and enforcement of 3-acre zoning. 

tions are education, experience and 

strong communication skills. When you 

move past those I would put an emphasis 

on someone with a passion for public 

service. He or she should have excellent 

interpersonal skills and an approachable, 

welcoming style with the community 

and staff. The individual should be 

comfortable collaborating with others 

and working as a team. All of these skills 

are needed to continue our progress and 

preserve the beauty of Wildwood. This is 

true whether working to prevent the possible 

city-county merger or the preservation 

of our master plan. 

HUDSON: The successful 

candidate should have a high 

level of understanding and 

knowledge of a new urbanist, 

master plan community. They 

should possess experience with 

public works and planning. A 

strong background in finance, 

budgeting and Wildwood capital 

improvement programs is 

critical. Residing in Wildwood 

shortly after accepting the position 

would allow them to appreciate 

what a wonderful place 

this is. 

All Ward 1 voters will 

vote at Wildwood Middle 

School, 17401 Manchester 

Road in Glencoe, for the 

special election. The polling 

place will be open 

from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. 

What are your top concerns 

about the state of government 

in Wildwood? 

BROST: Like any organization there are 

concerns, or risks, that need to be quantified, 

managed and, as possible, mitigated. 

These risks to an organization can grow 

from both external and internal forces. As 

a business owner and previously as a chief 

financial officer within the banking industry, 

I found it very important to remain 

aware of risks as an entity operates and 

experiences change. 

An obvious external risk is the threatened 

city-county merger. Another external 

risk is the way our revenue sources are 

derived and our dependence on the allocation 

of the region’s collected sales taxes to 

Wildwood. 

An internal risk is our city council and 

its inability to function with civility and 

thoughtfulness. Agreeing and not agreeing 

will always be in existence, handling disagreements 

in a professional and respectful 

manner are the path to a better functioning 

council and what our constituents deserve. 

Also, it is important for this group to lead 

in a manner that will maintain and attract 

quality, both within our city staff and 

contract service providers. Those things 

improved in April with the addition of several 

new council members and I will reinforce 

this positive trend. 

HUDSON: Wildwood was intended 

to be resident-driven, transparent and 

accountable. Without public participation, 

the concept of Wildwood will suffer. 

It is important that the city government 

embrace the needs and wants of the city’s 

residents, welcoming their feedback and 

representing our wards accordingly. I am 

confident that we can respect our founding 

principles while also moving our city 

forward. 

What qualifications or strengths 

would you like to see in a 

new city administrator? 

BROST: I think the given qualifica-

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When Tom and Karen Roberts bought 

land in Wildwood on which to build their 

dream home, they had no idea the trouble 

that lay ahead. But after nearly two years 

of back-and-forth with neighbors and the 

city, the Roberts are hardly enjoying peace 

and quiet. 

“If I would have known back then what I 

know now, I would have just filed a lawsuit 

and this would have been cleared up,” Tom 

Roberts said. “My attorney can’t believe 

that I’m being this patient.” 

The Roberts purchased nearly 100 acres 

of secluded woods off of Laurey Lane near 

the Wildwood-Chesterfield border. The 

land is located between the Babler Woods 

Subdivision and Babler State Park. While 

their house sits hundreds of feet away from 

the property line and even further from the 

nearest neighbor, the Roberts have been 

subjected to a series of complaints about 

a water feature they added to their exterior 

landscaping. 

“This is devastating for us,” Diane 

Hudson told the Wildwood Planning and 

Zoning Commission on May 6. “We are 

very healthy people. We have had no issues. 

First week it was turned on in May of 2017, 

I became sick that weekend.” 

Hudson, along with her husband, David, 

are the Roberts’ neighbors and the source 

of the complaints about the water feature. 

They live adjacent to the Roberts’ property. 

Although a row of trees separates the two 

estates, the Hudsons claim they can hear 

and smell the water feature every time it is 

turned on. Diane told the commission she 

waits to go outside or let her dogs go outside 

until the water feature is not running 

for fear of being exposed to something 

toxic. 

“We don’t want to be exposed to it until 

it’s tested, and we know what’s in it,” Diane 

said. “This is runoff water from all across 

the ground into this lake with no treatment 

and no filtration.” 

The Roberts are more than a bit skeptical 

about the claims being made by the Hudsons. 

“This waterfall is 150 feet away from 

the property line with heavy vegetation,” 

Tom told the commission. “My neighbor, 

Mr. Hudson, claims he can smell something 

from 150 feet away. I find that hard 

to believe … he claims it is impacting his 

health. I don’t know how that can be when 

it hasn’t run.” 

Based on a decision made by the commission 

in February, the Roberts are 

only allowed to turn on the pumps to the 

waterfall a few times a week and only for 

a few minutes. Compliance with that decision 

has been another point of contention 

between the two neighbors. 

The Hudsons claim they took notes, 

including video, to document the dates, 

time and duration for which the waterfall 

was being run. They submitted their reports 

via email to Joe Vujnich, the city’s director 

of planning and parks. However, the Roberts 

have countered these claims, even providing 

documents showing when Tom was 

out of town on dates when the Hudsons 

claimed the waterfall was running. 

Tom said the current complaint from the 

Hudsons is just the latest in a lengthy pattern 

of harassment. He noted that, at first, 

it was the sound of the water feature they 

complained about. But after sound testing 

was completed by an outside consultant, 

that issue was dropped since the sound 

measurements were well below the maximum 

allowed by city ordinance. 

The Roberts contend that the Hudsons 

have been after them without cause since 

they purchased their property. 

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FINDING FAITH, from page 12 

way to live?” 

In Perez’s words, Garrett’s post is devoid 

of “insider language,” not a single mention 

of religion just a link to Pathfinder’s website 

and an unspoken promise of acceptance 

and assistance. 

Perez points out that Harvester also 

has been willing to embrace social media 

including Facebook and Instagram to keep 

their message moving forward. 

“The Facebook page is more for the Gen 

Xers and the older millennials,” Perez said. 

“Then the younger ones will follow along 

on Instagram. 

“How do you grow a church? You don’t 

increase its seating capacity. You increase 

its LOVING capacity. ‘If you build it they 

will come.’ Nah. If you love them they will 

come,” Perez wrote on his personal Twitter 

account on May 2. 

Reaching younger generations 

The youthful demographic makes a disproportionate 

percentage of the current 

decline in church membership. The Gallup 

report measured a drop of 22% in church 

membership among Americans 18-29 

years old. 

“On Mondays I’ll hop on and do a 

livestream of ‘here’s some other information 

that we didn’t get to cover’ [during 

Sunday’s service] so we can take that conversation 

offline,” Perez said. “And that’s 

where we’re seeing the millennials be able 

to have some conversation. They hear this 

stuff but they want to be able to talk about 

it as well.” 

Perez said a lot of younger Christians 

are tuning in even when they don’t come 

to church. “They’ll ask questions and be a 

part of it,” Perez said. “I don’t know if it’s 

reaching more but it’s definitely engaging 

more.” 

While the technology is a useful tool in 

reaching younger people, Garrett points 

out that millennials are big on relativity 

and authenticity. What a church is talking 

about must be relative to a younger person’s 

life and equally important, the church 

has to be authentic in its approach. 

“We support a church vision where we’ve 

got a bigger vision for life, the world, for 

you [and] I think millennials … I think they 

sense that our vision is bigger.” 

Garrett said proof that the message is 

resonating with people under 30 can be 

found in both Sunday attendance and those 

volunteering inside the church. Pathfinder 

has a large tech room and designated studio 

space that is staffed by young volunteers. 

“These young men and women keep all 

this stuff going,” Garrett said, noting that 

some of their tech volunteers are as young 

as high school. 

Light and sound boards, video screens 

and interactive technology that allows 

church attendees to comment and collaborate 

with the pastor even in the midst of the 

service are other examples of the intersection 

of technology and faith. 

Many “old school” Christians who 

attend one of these more progressive 

churches may find themselves thinking 

that “I attended a church and a rock concert 

broke out.” That’s not too far from 

the truth. Modern worship bands, complete 

with guitars, keyboards and drum 

kits, take center stage in auditoriums that 

are more theater than sanctuary. Seated 

in comfortable chairs rather than on hard 

pews, church attendees are immersed in an 

experience that is part concert, part call to 

action and all community – where message 

meets media and church is found. 

Will this increased dependence on technology 

continue to define what church 

membership looks like in the future? These 

church leaders don’t seem too concerned if 

that does turn out to be the case. For each 

of them, it’s not about promoting a local 

church or brand but about doing God’s 

work with the community you are in. Even 

if that’s an online community. 

“Our emphasis has always been to look at 

whatever is all around you and wherever you 

are, you can be on this journey,” Garrett said. 

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City of Twin Oaks will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 

5, 2019, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may 

be heard, at 1381 Big Bend Road, Twin Oaks, Missouri, 63021, 

for public comment on and consideration of the recommendation 

of the Planning & Zoning Commission concerning amendments 

to Chapter 400 of the Zoning Code of the City of Twin Oaks 

necessitated by Amendment 2 to the Missouri Constitution 

adopting a new Article XIV, Section 1 to the Missouri Constitution 

entitled, “Right to Access Medical Marijuana.” The hearing is 

open to the public and any person may attend and be heard. The 

proposed amendment is available for public inspection at Twin 

Oaks Town Hall, 1381 Big Bend Road, Twin Oaks, Missouri 

63021 during normal business hours. Persons needing special 

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The American Library Association 

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winner of its Ernest A. DiMattia Award for 

Innovation and Service to Community and 

Profession. 

The award, supported by the DiMattia 

Family, is given annually to a public librarian 

that “demonstrates leadership in anticipating 

emerging trends in services, 

products and technologies that will 

enhance the library’s position in its 

community … [and] participates 

in the life of the community using 

membership in and volunteer service 

through a broad range of community 

organizations and projects.” 

Sorth was nominated by SLCL 

staff for the annual award, which 

includes $5,000 and a citation of 

achievement. According to Sorth, 

she was “shocked” to hear of her 

win. 

“I had no idea the staff had nominated 

me,” Sorth said. “I was very surprised 

and very grateful for the recognition, 

and really touched.” 

Sorth started with the library system 

as its human resources director in 1998 

and served as its assistant director for the 

administration before assuming the director 

position in 2013. 

SLCL is the area’s largest library system, 

with more than 400,000 cardholders and 

an annual budget surpassing $50 million. 

Sorth manages a team of over 600 employees 

and has also introduced multiple programs 

to the system, including We Stories 

Discussion Kits that help families discuss 

issues of race and cultural diversity; 

summer and after-school lunch programs, 

a Career Online High School that offers 

adults the opportunity to earn a nationally 

accredited high school diploma and 

career certificates; and Recycled Reads, 

which circulates surplus library materials 

throughout the community. 

Still, Sorth is slow to take sole credit for 

the library’s success and popularity. 

“We have an incredible staff here, and 

I enjoy being able to talk to them, go out 

to the branches and see the work that they 

do,” Sorth said. “I can get up from my desk 

anytime and walk into the [Headquarters] 

branch and see the impact that we have 

and how many patrons are here using the 

library in a variety of different ways.” 

Part of Sorth’s award sprang from her 

dedication to keeping the area’s biggest 

library system operational and functioning, 

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Kristen Sorth with patrons at the Grand Glaize Branch 

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$120 million Your Library Renewed project. 

In the past five years, 17 libraries have 

been renovated or replaced, with No. 18, 

the Mid-County Branch in Clayton, slated 

to re-open this fall. 

“I definitely think the Your Library 

Renewed project has been amazing, and 

I’m very proud of it,” Sorth said. “I’m so 

lucky to be surrounded by an administration 

that is forward-thinking and creative 

and dedicated and hardworking, and honestly, 

I couldn’t do it without them.” 

Sorth conceded that the library business 

is not as quiet as some might think. 

“Sometimes I think people think that 

libraries are just this lovely quiet place 

where people come to read, and that is true. 

They are lovely and people come here to 

read, but we’re also a business, in a way,” 

Sorth said. “We’re in the business of relationships 

and community, and that means 

having a lot of employees, having a budget 

to manage, and then, construction projects 

on top of it. It’s never boring, that’s for 

sure.” 

Under Sorth’s leadership, the library has 

also grown its list of community partnerships, 

including Operation Food Search, 

Gateway Greening, the Alzheimer’s Association, 

Born to Read, National Safe Place 

and more. 

“We really see our role as being at the 

table [and] working with other community 

partners, both nonprofit and of the private 

sector, in making this region a really great 

place [in which] to live,” Sorth said. 

Sorth also is an active volunteer with 

FOCUS St. Louis, the YWCA and Big 

Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri, 

where she serves as chair of the Board 

Governance. 

“Personally, I think it’s important to be 

involved in organizations that I really care 

about and see that their mission is improving 

the quality of life in St. Louis,” Sorth 

said. 

Sorth will receive her award at the ALA 

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‘Re-lei’ for Life 

Rockwood is having a party and everyone is invited 

By KATE UPTERGROVE 

At 3 p.m. on June 1, one of the most 

meaningful events of the Rockwood 

School District’s year will kick off. 

Staged on Rockwood Summit’s track 

and field, it attracts hundreds of participants, 

but it’s not a high school sporting 

event. In fact, this particular event has less 

to do with students and much more to do 

with community – the entire Rockwood 

Community from Wildwood to Fenton. 

It’s the annual Rockwood Relay for Life, 

renamed this year as “Re-Lei” and dedicated 

to celebrating all those affected by cancer. 

“Our theme this year is Rockwood’s 

Cancer Blowout and our goal is to celebrate 

more birthdays and more survivors,” 

explained committee member 

Robin Weaver, who hopes participants will 

embrace the event’s tropical theme. Additionally, 

the Re-Lei event is a fundraiser 

with a $78,000 goal. Donors can contribute 

to individual fundraising teams or to support 

Relay for Life in general by attending 

the event and donating in person or online 

at RelayForLife.org/RockwoodMO. 

“We will have our opening ceremony at 

5:30 p.m.,” Weaver said. “This is when 

survivors walk the track, and we celebrate 

them. Around 9:15 p.m., the Luminaria 

Ceremony takes place and there’ll be many 

other activities throughout the afternoon 

and evening.” 

Leslei Harper, an early childhood teacher 

at Fairway Elementary in Grover, is an 

annual participant of Rockwood’s Relay for 

Life. Every luminary, she said, tells a person’s 

story. Each year she decorates several 

luminaries, including one for her class’s 

“grandfriend,” Mr. Barry Segal. The author 

of “Grandfables,” Mr. Barry as Harper calls 

him would visit her classroom every other 

week and read stories from his book. 

“He would show pictures of the animals 

from his fables and make connections to 

our learning by exercising the goodness in 

our thinking. He would always bring each 

student a memento for us to remember his 

fable by,” she said. “One student had a Mr. 

Barry memento box in which he collected 

all his treasures and remembered Mr. Barry’s 

stories so fondly. Recently, I ran into 

the student’s mom and he still has his collection 

of mementos. 

“Each year, I decorate a luminary bag 

for Mr. Barry to honor and remember his 

legacy and the profound impact he made 

upon our lives.” 

While the Relay is a celebration, 

the Luminaria 

Ceremony is powerful. 

“You may notice how 

many of us were impacted 

by cancer and may have 

even lost loved ones to 

cancer,” Harper explained. 

She sees it as an opportunity 

for “us to take a stand 

against cancer together in the Luminaria 

Ceremony.” 

But the Relay, Harper said, is not about 

loss, it’s about HOPE and she capitalizes 

the word. 

“To me hope is the greatest of cancer 

words. It is hope that anchors the soul 

when we are in the fight for our lives. Hope 

is relentlessly stubborn, it is perseverance, 

endurance and determination. Hope is what 

gives us the motivation to battle back,” she 

said. “There is nothing better than seeing 

the word HOPE light up the track as we 

take a moment to reflect upon our own and 

others’ cancer journey. We respect, honor 

and remember the great strength and courage 

it takes to battle cancer.” 

Harper said her story is one of hope and 



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This year’s “ Re-Lei “ for Life takes place on June 1 at Rockwood 

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for that her heart is filled with thankfulness 

and gratitude. She encourages others 

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if they have not had a personal experience 

with cancer. 

“Relay for Life gives others a deeper 

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and feeling with the heart of another,” 

Harper said. “Relay for Life gives us a 

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Robotics team advances 

to world championships 

The Bosons robotics team from Eureka 

High won the 2019 Missouri State Rockwell 

Aerospace Innovate Award at Missouri 

S&T, qualifying them for FIRST 

Robotics World Championships last month. 

Physics teacher Dustin Klenke coaches the 

team along with teacher Cooper Rinehart. 

“The criteria for this award are about 

using innovative solutions in the engineering 

challenges,” Klenke said. “Judges are 

looking for outside-the-box-thinking.” 

That’s exactly what the Bosons delivered. 

The team uses syringes on the bottom of 

their robot to allow it to be lowered easily. 

“I think the judges liked the fact that it 

was a real solution to an authentic problem,” 

Klenke said. 

Senior Jared Hallahan said, “We were 

hoping to get an award because we had 

such a unique robot. Our syringes create an 

air cushion, and we got a lot of questions 

about it – that’s a good thing.” 

This is the second time in the last three 

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“I got to go my freshman year, so I’m 

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canned food from the storage facility down 

the street and re-stocked the food pantry, 

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Nominees announced 

for theatre awards 

The Fox Performing Arts Charitable 

Foundation, The Muny, and the Fabulous 

Fox Theatre recently announced the nominees 

for the third St. Louis High School 

Musical Theatre Awards to be held at 4 

p.m. on Sunday, June 2 at the Fox Theatre. 

The awards are designed to celebrate 

outstanding achievement in high school 

musical theatre. Participating schools’ 

musical productions are evaluated by a 

panel of theatre professionals. Local nominees 

include: 

Outstanding Musical Level 1 

Lafayette High for “Legally Blonde” 

Outstanding Lead Actress 

Allison Broadhurst, Westminster Christian 

Academy 

Outstanding Supporting Actress 

Ava Berutti, Westminster Christian 

Academy 

Anna Hassler, Westminster Christian 

Academy 

Abi Mirikitani, Lafayette High 

Abigail Szewczyk, Visitation Academy 

Outstanding Ensemble 

Chaminade for “Newsies” 


Westminster Christian Academy for 

“Meet Me In St. Louis” 

Outstanding Scenic Design & Execution 


Visitation Academy for “Bullets Over 

Broadway” 

Outstanding Choreography 

Ellen Isom, Visitation Academy 

Ashley Melton, MICDS 

Outstanding Technical Execution 


MICDS for “Ragtime” 



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Outstanding Lead Actor 

Thomas Schartner, Villa Duchesne 

Zion Thomas, MICDS 

Outstanding Supporting Actor 

Mark Geisz, Westminster Christian 

Academy 

Outstanding Costume Design & Execution 

Villa Duchesne for “Little Women” 

Visitation Academy for “Bullets Over 

Broadway” 

Outstanding Direction 

Robert Grumich, Chaminade 

Allen Schwamb, Westminster Christian 

Academy 

Outstanding Musical Direction 

Alex Cross, Westminster Christian 

Academy 

Christy Shaffer, Lafayette High 

Outstanding Orchestra 


Rockwood names District 

Teacher of the Year 

At this year’s ROSE Award Ceremony, 

Rockwood School District announced that 

Middle School Teacher of the Year Meghan 

Menchella was selected as the district’s 

Teacher of the Year. 

Menchella started her career in Rock-



wood in 2015 as a social studies and history 

teacher at Crestview Middle. She is a 

graduate of the district, earned her bachelor’s 

degree from Lindenwood University, 

and her master’s degree is from Southwest 

Baptist University. She wants her students 

to see that she genuinely loves being with 

them. 

“I strongly believe that each student 

deserves an educator who is passionate 

about the students and their content, and 

will cheer for their success along the way,” 

Menchella said. 

Along with Menchella, building level 

teachers of the year and the elementary 

and high school teachers of the year were 

honored at the ROSE Awards. 

Ali Pennycuick, a first-grade teacher at 

Ridge Meadows Elementary since 2005, 

was the elementary teacher of the year. 

“My greatest accomplishment in education 

happens each and every day in my 

classroom,” Pennycuick said. “A child will 

learn something new or something will just 

click during a lesson, and the joy I see in 

their eyes and the confidence I see in their 

stance is what makes each day new and 

possible.” 

The high school teacher of the year was 

Andrew Ribbing, a chemistry teacher at 

Eureka High since 2007. 

“Teachers must create a learning environment 

that is supportive and positive,” 

Ribbing said. “As a teacher, I believe it’s 

imperative that we make our students feel 

respected in our classrooms. Students have 

to feel that they matter and that they are 

important.” 

Making friends with Fido 

Town & Country’s Raintree School prekindergartners, 

ages 4 and 5, decided they 

wanted to spend their time helping dogs. 

The students took a trip to the Humane 

Society to learn about the kinds of problems 

dogs have. Then, back at Raintree, 

they discussed the problems and potential 

solutions. After much discussion, the children 

decided that dogs need collars to help 

prevent them from getting lost, especially 

after finding their forever homes. 

After brainstorming and taking a survey, 

the children decided to create a cookie and 

ice cream stand to earn money to purchase 

collars for the Humane Society’s dogs. 

The children spent the next few months 

researching how to make cookies and ice 

cream, how to build a stand, and how to 

create signs and menus. After trying out 

their stand on campus, they moved it to 

Bentley’s Pet Stuff in Wildwood to seek 

community support. 

“We don’t have to wait until we’re 

grown-ups to help dogs,” Josie, age 5, 

said, summing up the feelings of her 

classmates. 

A Raintree School pre-kindergartner proves 

it’s never too early to give back. 



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South Middle Servathon 

helps beautify area parks 

All of Parkway South Middle’s 600 

students, staff members and parent volunteers 

visited local parks and gardens in the 

St. Louis area to serve in outdoor projects 

as part of the school’s second annual servathon. 

The group completed a wide range of 

tasks, including mulching, painting park 

benches and picnic tables, removing invasive 

plants, clearing brush, cleaning playground 

equipment, removing litter and 

planting saplings. The projects were completed 

at Paul A. Schroeder Park in Manchester, 

Des Peres City Park, Drace Park 

in Town & Country, the National Museum 

of Transportation, Forest Park, Carondelet 

Park, Compton Water Tower Park and 

Tower Grove garden areas. 

The project was led by teachers Eli 

Phillips, Maria Flick, Alex Barton and 

Jess Knowles, with the mission to reinforce 

the school’s core values through 

teaching empathy in practice as well as 

illustrating the impact individuals can 

make when united behind a common 

goal.

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Anderson as Teacher of the Year 

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Nominating Amy Anderson as West 

Newsmagazine’s “Excellence in Education” 

Teacher of the Year was a nobrainer 

for Christ, Prince of 

Peace parent Julie Purschke. 

A former teacher herself, 

Purschke lauds Anderson as 

an A+ dedicated, outstanding 

and favorite middle school 

math teacher. In her nomination 

letter, Purschke wrote 

that Anderson meets the 

needs of CPOP students at 

their level and relates to them Amy Anderson 

as pre-teens and teens. 

“She exudes enthusiasm and welcomes 

open and honest classroom discussion,” 

Purschke wrote. “In addition, she differentiates 

her teaching according to student 

needs, accelerating the math program for 

those who need the challenge and offering 

accommodations and before-school help 

for those who struggle. Mrs. Anderson 

goes above and beyond to ensure her students 

understand the challenging world of 

math and encourages them to excel.” 

Purschke’s eighth-grade son, Nicholas, 

added, “She’s always positive and brings 

real-world examples and projects into her 

teaching.” 

On May 7, West Newsmagazine publisher 

Sharon Huber and award sponsors Brenda 

Tucker, of Busey Bank Ballwin; Dr. Jacqueline 

Ward, of Sylvan Learning Centers, 

Ballwin; and Robin LeVan, of EYC Academy, 

Town & Country, surprised Anderson 

with her award and a collection of gifts 

that included an iPad. Additional sponsors 

include Dream Play Recreation, McDonald’s 

of Town & Country and Chesterfield 

Valley and Schrader Funeral Home, Inc. 

Anderson’s husband, Jim, their three 

children, her parents, Purschke, Fr. Christopher 

Dunlap and CPOP Principal Joann 

Hoorman and students also shared in the 

celebration, which included a cake from 

Sarah’s Cake Shop. 

“I had no idea why they 

were gathering the middle 

school students,” Anderson 

said of the presentation. 

“When I looked over and saw 

my kids, who attend another 

school, I was confused. Truly, 

truly shocked to have won 

the award. It was touching to 

share it with my family.” 

Anderson said learning that 

Purschke made the nomination 

came as no surprise. 

“Julie is a sweet lady and a sweet mom. 

She always has such nice things to say 

about me. Really, the whole community is 

supportive of me,” Anderson said. 

Anderson teaches sixth- through eighthgrade 

mathematics and eighth-grade religion 

class. While a few of her 22 years as 

a teacher were spent teaching high school, 

her true love is middle school, she said. 

Her dedication to the students does not 

end in the classroom. She lends her time 

and choreographic talent to the annual 

middle school spring musical. She also is 

the organizer of the school’s annual kickball 

tournament. Several teams, comprised 

of preschoolers through adults, compete on 

a Saturday to raise money for Marygrove, 

a residential facility for children, teens and 

young adults who have had failed placements 

in other residential settings. The 

tournament consistently raises around 

$1,200 to $1,400 annually. 

“So much of the reason why I can give 

back through the kickball tournament and 

musical is the support I get from my family, 

including my mom, who helps with my 

kids. It is awesome to share this award with 

them,” Anderson said.

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Literacy and Learning: The power of words on young readers 


Communication is a vital skill 

in almost every aspect of life, and 

those first lessons begin with nursery 

rhymes and basic phrases found 

in books. Parents can jumpstart a 

young child’s interest by reading 

aloud, and by the time preschool 

enrollment comes, little ones are 

prepared for lessons thanks to the 

time spent honing skills at home. 

When youngsters are read to, they 

gain knowledge of letters and words 

and the relationship between sound 

and print; learn the meaning of new 

words; learn about the world in which they 

live; and are introduced to the pleasure of 

reading. 

The following are some types of books 

to try reading aloud with young children: 

• Alphabet books usually feature the 

uppercase and lowercase forms of each 

letter and one or more pictures of something 

that begins with the most common 

sound the letters represent. 

• Counting or number books usually 

present a number and show a corresponding 

number of items. 

• Concept books are designed to teach 

Sharing quality time with a book can help your child – and 

you – become prepared for that next big step. [Shutterstock photo] 

concepts children need to know to succeed 

in school. Topics may include colors, 

shapes, sizes, opposites, etc. Some focus 

on classifying concepts, such as farm 

or zoo animals, different kinds of trucks, 

families from around the world, or different 

places to live. 

• Nursery rhyme books often contain 

repeated verses that are memorable and 

easy to remember. Soon, young readers 

will learn how to pull those same rhymes 

and phrases from memory alone. 

• Repetitious stories and pattern books 

are predictable because a word or phrase is 

repeated throughout the story. After 

the first few pages, a child may be 

able to “read along” because they 

see the pattern. 

• Wordless picture books tell stories 

through pictures alone. They 

give children the opportunity to 

become storytellers themselves 

as they “read,” an activity that 

most little ones enjoy. In telling 

their stories, children develop language 

skills and get a sense of the 

sequence of events in stories. 

The relevance of reading and 

reading aloud has also served as 

inspiration for multiple literacy programs. 

For example, the Born to Read program 

with the St. Louis County Library 

Foundation makes sure every baby born 

in the county receives a library card. The 

program also provides new parents at participating 

hospitals and clinics with a bag 

containing a book, early literacy information, 

a library card and more. Parents also 

receive an invitation to celebrate their 

child’s first birthday at the library, where 

they will receive a free book. 

Participating hospitals include DePaul, 

Mercy Hospital South, Mercy Hospital St. 

Louis, Missouri Baptist, St. Clare Health 

Center, St. Luke’s and St. Mary’s. 

Local businesses have also gotten 

involved. Laurie’s Shoes has partnered 

with the St. Louis County Library Foundation 

to support the Born to Read Program–an 

early childhood literacy program 

– for multiple years. During the months 

of August and September, customers who 

purchase shoes at one of the Laurie’s 

Shoes locations will have the opportunity 

to donate to the program. 

“We have kids come in who have benefitted 

from the program, and they go right 

for their pocket change, and some even go 

for their mom’s purse and we think that’s 

a riot,” Mark Waldman, owner of Laurie’s 

Shoes, said. “It gets them involved in 

giving back.” 

In 2018, the business gave over $5,000 

to the foundation, an increase from $3,572 

raised in 2017. According to Waldman, 

they hope to raise the donation amount 

even higher in 2019. 

“Reading is such an integral part of a 

child’s education. It’s the backbone to 

becoming a well-versed individual,” Waldman 

said. 

See LITERACY AND LEARNING, page 26

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Separation from a parent isn’t just a 

normal part of childhood development, but 

of parenting as well. Many developmental 

milestones can drive it, but one of the 

earliest is the first time a child leaves for 

daycare or preschool. 

While many new learners may experience 

first-day jitters, parents are not 

immune to feelings of anxiety and depression 

at the prospect of sending children off 

for the first time. It may also be the first 

occurrence where parents and children will 

be routinely separated for several hours 

each day, especially for younger families. 

When changing to a daycare or preschool 

schedule, here are some suggestions to 

help combat anxiety. 

Realize it and own it. The first step to 

remedying the negative feeling is to realize 

and identify it. Separation anxiety is a 

combination of emotions, from fear, sadness, 

guilt, regret, loneliness and more. 

However, for each negative emotion, try 

to counteract it with positive thoughts like, 

“I’m sad my child is growing up fast, but 

I’m happy and excited about all the new 

things we’ll be able to experience together” 

or “I can’t wait to hear all about their day at 

school when they come home.” 

Keep calm. Dropping off a child for 

school may provoke sadness before they’ve 

even walked to the front door. Children 

can be receptive to emotions, and if parents 

show anxiety and sadness, it’ll make 

kids reluctant to leave the car or get on 

the school bus. Some may be more likely 

to panic or even throw a tantrum. Instead, 

save as many tears as possible until after 

the child has already left for school, then 

release stress afterward. Realize the sadness 

is natural and okay to feel, then move 

on with the rest of the day. 

Book your schedule. Use a child’s time 

in school to be productive back at home. 

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Learning to cope with separation anxiety 

LITERACY AND LEARNING, from page 25 

Dad and child prepare for the first day of 

preschool. 

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or take care of household responsibilities 

that may be neglected while the kiddos are 

underfoot. Plan fun outings with friends 

or other family members during your 

brief hiatus. If you work outside the home, 

take up a casual hobby or any project that 

requires attention. Take time to embrace 

and realize the value of “me time” all while 

knowing your child is learning in a safe and 

professionally staffed environment. 

Create a support network. Kids are 

taught the value of a “buddy system” for 

multiple tasks, but the same concept rings 

true for parents. For those feeling anxious, 

seek out and talk with other parents who 

have already gone through similar experiences. 

They may be able to provide understanding 

and empathy based on personal 

experiences. There may even be groups of 

parents that get together after school. Joining 

a group of others will help quell feelings 

of isolation during the transition phase. 

Gain perspective. This is a tip that 

applies to both parents and children. While 

change can be scary, it’s only temporary. 

By recognizing anxiety early on and learning 

to cope with it in a healthy manner, 

the sooner the new drop-off routine will 

become for both parents and children alike. 

It wouldn’t be long before both sides fall 

naturally into the new rhythm. 

From birth to eighth grade and beyond, 

there’s no shortage of reading programs to 

get involved in. Here is a list of options for 

all ages: 

St. Louis County Library’s summer reading 

began on May 20 and will run through 

August 3. The program offers fun activities 

and prizes for a multitude of reading levels, 

including early readers [ages 0-4], kids 

[ages 5-12], teens [ages 13-17] and adults 

[ages 18+]. Reading logs are available at 

local branches or by signing up online at 

slcl.org. 

1000 Books Before Kindergarten encourages 

families and caregivers to read 1000 

books with young children before kindergarten. 

Register at any St. Louis County 

Library branch. 

The Scholastic Read-a-Palooza Summer 

Reading Challenge is a free program 

designed to be both educational and fun 

to help prevent the effects of “the summer 

slide,” the loss in knowledge that can occur 

during the summer months. Learn more at 

scholastic.com. 

The Gateway Region YMCA offers its 

YRead program, which provides free oneon-one 

reading tutoring to help children 

and teens become more confident readers. 

Learn more at gwrymca.org

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By WARREN MAYES 

Teaming up to ace out cancer 

The Marquette and Eureka tennis programs 

are seeking to ace out cancer. 

The two teams again used their regular 

season dual match to raise funds for the 

Siteman Cancer Center and the American 

Cancer Society. 

“This year, our goal was to spread the 

event across the state and get more teams 

involved in bringing awareness to cancer 

research,” Marquette coach Alex Nelle 

said. “We don’t have an exact count of 

how many teams did a cancer awareness 

event this year, but we do know that teams 

around Columbia and as far down as Dexter 

participated this year. Each year, we hope 

to continue to grow the event and expand it 

into more programs.” 

Last spring, more than 30 area schools 

participated in the event. This time, Nelle 

and Eureka coach Jason Conley decided to 

reach out to more schools. 

“When we sent the email out to coaches 

across the state describing the event, we 

really didn’t know what to expect ... Within 

an hour, a coach replied back explaining 

how his son was battling cancer and how 

touched he was by this event,” Nelle said. 

“When I received that email, I knew all the 

hard work that it takes to hold an event like 

this was well worth it. I just hope one day 

soon, we will be able to say that helped in 

finding a cure for cancer.” 

Both Marquette and Eureka sold T-shirts 

to raise money. This year, the schools also 

expanded concession stand offerings. 

“At Marquette, we sold 100 shirts to 

players, tennis families and staff, which 

generated around $700 for our portion of 

the donation to Siteman Cancer Center,” 

Nelle said. 

“The boys look forward to this event 

every year, as it is a really fun day,” Nelle 

said. “This year, we added a big inflatable 

chair for everyone to sit on and take photos, 

and we still sold chicken sandwiches from 

Chick-fil-A at the event. Even though those 

two things seem very simple, it is something 

that we never have at matches so it 

is a nice perk to have. When you include 

those things with the purpose of the event, 

I think the boys really understand that the 

event is bigger than the match.” 

While cancer research was the winner, 

Nelle said there was no score in the actual 

tennis match. 

“When we first started the event, the 

coaches at Eureka and Marquette both 

agreed that we would not publish scores 

from the match, as we want the focus to 

be on the event and what we are trying to 

accomplish with it,” Nelle said. 

High school girls lacrosse 

Parkway West’s Lauren Ottensmeyer 

achieved the rare feat of scoring more than 

100 goals in a season. 

Ottensmeyer reached the milestone in a 

recent 15-4 victory over Parkway South. 

Ottensmeyer is the sixth girls lacrosse 

player in the last 20 years to hit that scoring 

feat. She is just the second Longhorn to 

accomplish it. 

Annie Spewak scored 104 goals in 2012 

and then topped that with 116 in 2013 for 

Parkway West. 

In 2012, Ladue’s Elena Gresick scored 

115 goals, and Summit’s Annie Blevins 

notched 114. In 2016, Lafayette’s Maria 

Johnson scored 113 goals. Last spring, 

Ladue’s Kaylon Buckner scored 116 goals. 

Lauren Ottensmeyer celebrates 100 goals. 

Priory boys golf 

The Priory Rebels won the Class 3 Sectional 

2 tournament at Bogey Hills Country 

Club. That punched Priory’s ticket to the 

state tournament in Columbia where the 

Rebels have a chance to defend their 2018 

state championship. 

The Rebels won the sectional with a 

316 team score to prevail by three strokes. 

Junior Alex Garza led Priory with a 75, 

good for second place in the sectional. 

Junior Pete Weaver was fourth with a 76. 

Senior Gulshan Kodwani shot an 81 to 

finish 11th. Kodwani was the state medalist 

last season. Freshman Nick Seifried 

shot an 84 to finish in 22nd place. The fifth 

Rebel score came from senior Will Sandifer, 

who shot an 89. 

“The boys were very happy to win this 

sectional,” Priory coach Jake Parent said. 

“Bogey Hills was a good test for everyone 

out there, and we were pleased to be able to 

move on to the state tournament.” 

Priory finished second in the District 3 

tourney played at Franklin County Country 

Club by a stroke to Westminster Christian 

Academy. 

Marquette boys golf 

The Marquette Mustangs won the Class 

4 Sectional 2 meet at Wood Fort Golf 

Course in Troy. Marquette shot a 312 to 

win and earn a trip to the Class 4 state 

tournament. 

Marquette junior Arjun Hiren tied for 

sectional medalist honors with a 4-over 

76. The junior tied with Lafayette senior 

Max Kreikemeier for the low score. With 

no playoff in a sectional, the two remained 

tied. 

Sophomore Tyler Linenbroker was third 

with a 77. Junior Jack Cronin was seventh 

with a 79 and sophomore Blake Mazzola 

came in ninth with an 80. Sophomore 

Chris Kreh was 11th at 82. 

The Mustangs also won the District 3 

tournament at Forest Hills Country Club 

with a season-best 301 team score. 

Linenbroker was the district medalist 

with a 2-under-par 70. Kreh was second 

with a 74 for the Mustangs. Mazzola finished 

fifth with a 76. He was followed by 

Hiren in sixth place with an 81, and Cronin 

in seventh with an 82. 

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Marquette’s 2019 golf team is the Class 4 Sectional 

2 champion. 

go through our school,” Coach Eric Schweain 

said. “They are supported by our school 

community that enjoys success, whether in 

the classroom or on the athletic field.” 

Chaminade boys golf 

The Chaminade Red Devils won the 

Class 4 District 2 tournament and finished 

second in the Sectional 1 tournament at 

Kimbeland Country Club in Jackson. That 

finish earned Chaminade a berth in the 

state tournament. 

The Red Devils won the district with a 

team score of 314. Senior Michael Bugyis 

led Red Devils with a 5-over 77. That was 

good for third overall in the district. Senior 

Zach Walsh and his freshman brother, Ryan, 

tied at second for the Red Devils with a 78. 

Sophomore Cooper Benedict 

shot an 81 and tied for eighth 

place. The other Red Devil 

was junior Josh Heidenry, who 

tied for 10th at 82. 

Host Jackson won the sectional 

with a 290. Chaminade 

finished with a 297 team score. 

Heidenry shot even par 71 to 

finish second and lead the Red 

Devils. Ryan Walsh was third in 

the sectional with a 72. Bugyis 

was 10th with a 75. Zach Walsh 

was 22nd with a 79. 

“The great thing about this team is that we 

do not rely on one golfer to help our score. If 

we do well next week [May 13-14 at state], 

it will be because all five of them played 

their absolute best,” Chaminade coach Jack 

Chaminade’s 2019 golf team is the Class 4 District 2 

champion. 

Wilson said. “If one of them happens to go 

really low, that will be frosting on the cake. 

But, I guarantee you, that if you asked any 

of them, they would give up an individual 

title for the chance to be recognized as a 

member of the team champion. 

“The guys don’t really wear their emotions 

on their sleeve. They have a quiet 

confidence about them, and I know they 

are really looking forward to hitting that 

first drive down the first fairway and getting 

things under way.” 

High school boys volleyball 

Chaminade senior Jimmy Mullen is the 

Red Devils’ new career leader in assists 

with 1,634. He is a four-year starter. 

The Red Devils won the recent O’Fallon 

[Illinois] Tournament. Chaminade 

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to claim the championship. 

In the final match, Chaminade 

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victory, defeating Lutheran 

South. Mullen recorded 14 

assists, three solo blocks, 

seven digs and two kills in the 

championship match. 

In the semifinal contest 

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a whopping 25 assists. In the 

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Althoff, Mullen was prolific with 22 assists, 

5 kills and 3 digs. In the win over Belleville 

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When Chase Baker began high school, he 

decided to stick with lacrosse as his sport. 

He started playing in fifth grade after being 

introduced to it by friends and never stopped. 

“I love how fast-paced the sport is, and the 

mix between athleticism and skill is unlike 

any other sport out there,” Baker said. 

It turned out to be a wise move for the 

senior midfielder. A four-year starter for 

the Eureka boys lacrosse team, Baker’s 

name is etched in the record book. Last 

spring, he set the record for most goals in a 

single season with 97 and most points in a 

single season with 119. 

“It says a lot about his consistency,” 

Eureka coach Tim Ganey said. “It’s one 

thing to put up those types up numbers in 

one season, but he does it year in and year 

out. Even when teams game plan around 

him he is still able to put great numbers up.” 

This spring, the Wildcats have kept the 

winning streak alive with a 15-4 record at 

press time. 

“It’s definitely a fun and exciting season 

for everyone,” Baker said. “This senior 

class has been playing together since the 

fifth grade. The chemistry between us all is 

extremely nice to have.” 

While Baker has played varsity all four 

years, the Wildcats’ program also changed 

and improved at the same time. 

Eureka went 16-5 last season. Two years 

ago, the Wildcats were 13-6 and 7-11 three 

years ago. 

“My freshman year, we weren’t too great, 

and we ended up with a losing record and 

getting destroyed by lots of teams,” Baker 

said. “Although this was never fun, it 

gave a lot of us younger players a drive to 

always work to get better.” 

The accomplishment was one of Baker’s 

favorites with the Wildcats. 

“Stepping back and seeing this transformation 

first-hand is probably the highlight 

of my first three years,” Baker said. “All 

the awards I received, I believe, have been 

not just a tribute to the hard work alone but 

the team as a whole; they are the ones beating 

me up every day at practice making me 

be better. They are very meaningful and 

show the dedication of our program to succeed 

as a whole.” 

Those awards include being named twice 

to the all-state first team. Last year, Baker 

also was named to the all-American first 

team. 

However, at the end of the day, Baker 

said the biggest victory was seeing the 

team thrive. 

“We have come a long way from where 

we started, and that is something to be 

Baker 

proud of,” Baker said. “However, we can’t 

settle for that if we want to be the best.” 

That attitude is typical for Baker, Ganey 

said. 

“His athleticism, work ethic, and ability 

to make those around him better,” Ganey 

said. “He has always been a very skilled 

player but he’s never been content with 

where he or the team has been at. He is 

always striving to make himself and those 

around him better.” 

Baker has been a team captain for the 

past two years, and according to Ganey, 

he’s been a “good example” for younger 

players. 

“He [Baker] understands the impact 

he has on those around him and he does 

not take it lightly,” Ganey said. “He is 

always offering constructive criticism to 

the younger players and they really listen 

because he leads by example.” 

Baker also spoke highly of Ganey. 

“Since I made the team my freshman 

year, [Coach Ganey] has always had my 

back and pushed me every single day to 

get better,” Baker said. “There is no other 

coach I would rather play for.” 

Baker plans to attend the University of 

Colorado at Boulder but does not know if 

he will play ever again. 

“He definitely had offers to go and play 

in college but ultimately decided against 

it,” Ganey said. 

Regardless, according to Ganey, Baker’s 

presence alongside the team’s other seniors 

around has made the program better. 

“Chase and his classmates have done so 

much for the Eureka lacrosse program,” 

Ganey said. “We knew they would be 

a special class while they were coming 

through our youth program and they have 

continued to exceed those expectations. 

They will certainly be missed, but I look 

forward to the next chapter of their lives.”





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One day, Marquette junior Simon Hermansen 

“just showed up for practice” for 

the Mustangs water polo team. 

To this day, Coach Tim Mosby is glad he 

did. 

“He came to tryouts,” 

Mosby said. “He participated 

in swimming 

in the fall, too. [I] didn’t 

know about him until the 

swim coach [Joe Schoedel] 

told me about him.” 

Hermansen ended 

the water polo season 

as one of the Mustangs’ 

top players, scoring 127 

goals and 36 assists for 

290 points. 

Hermansen is also an 

exchange student from 

Risskov in Denmark, where he previously 

played water polo and swam competitively. 

Prior to coming overseas, Hermansen 

went through a process that included an 

examination of academic and financial 

qualifications and multiple interviews. 

However, Hermansen isn’t the only one in 

his family to have experienced the process. 

His 21-year-old brother also previously 

traveled to the U.S. as an exchange student. 

“I like to experience new cultures and I 

was the one who chose to do it,” Hermansen 

said. 

However, Hermansen said the destination 

of Chesterfield and Marquette High 

was random and that he “knew close to 

nothing about St. Louis” before arriving. 

“I’ve gone to the Arch and I thought it 

was an amazing experience,” Hermansen 

said. “The view from up there was awesome.” 

Hermansen also said he’s been warmly 

received. 

“There’s a stereotype that Americans are 

very friendly towards strangers and all I 

can say is that it was also the case for me 

when I was here,” Hermansen said. 

The welcome extended to his new 

school. After first arriving at Marquette, 

Hermansen started swimming during the 

fall boy’s season. Through the program, 

he also learned about the school’s water 

polo team through connections in his host 

family. 

“Simon got set up through the exchange 

program with a family who just happened 

to have one of my girls’ team swimmers,” 

Schoedel said. “The mom reached out to 

me last summer to let me know that they 

were hosting an exchange student who was 

a water polo player, and maybe I could talk 

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Denmark’s Hermansen shows 

water polo skills 

Hermansen 

him into the swim team to stay in shape 

for polo.” 

Hermansen took part in several events 

and said swimming with the Mustangs was 

“a fun experience.” 

Hermansen ended up finishing first in 

the 50 freestyle, 100 

breast and 200 freestyle 

relay. He also qualified 

for the Class 2 state meet, 

where he finished 10th in 

the 50 free with a time 

of 21.86 seconds and 

finished 10th in the 100 

breaststroke in 1:02.10. 

“Swimming isn’t his 

first sport,” Schoedel 

said. “He swam competitively 

when he was 

younger in Denmark but 

quit a few years earlier 

to focus on polo.” 

After experiencing both sports, Hermansen 

opted to stick with the latter. 

“I quit competitive swimming when I 

was 12,” Hermansen said. “The reason 

I didn’t quit water polo was that I find it 

more interesting, more things going on.” 

After showing up for water polo practice, 

Mosby saw Hermansen’s skill the moment 

he was in the water. 

“In the first practice, [he] was hitting the 

corner of the goal from far out,” Mosby 

said. As a result, Mosby played Hermansen 

at multiple positions, including driver and 

at the 2m mark. 

“I don’t really have one position that 

I have each game,” Hermansen said. “It 

depends on who we are playing and where 

the team needs me the most. My biggest 

strength is probably my game knowledge. 

Besides that, I’m 6’5” and left-handed, 

which are both things that are good to have 

in water polo.” 

Ultimately, Hermansen also credited his 

teammates for the Mustangs success. 

“My team has, for sure, helped me 

achieve this many goals,” Hermansen said. 

Aside from an April shoulder injury near 

the end of the season from overuse, Hermansen 

spoke highly of his teammates and 

the season overall. 

“This season was overall a good experience,” 

Hermansen said. “I enjoyed it a lot, 

and my team consisted of a bunch of fun 

and nice people.” 

At the end of May, Hermansen will 

return to Denmark to finish schooling. 

Mosby said Hermansen will be missed. 

“Teammates love his quiet sense of 

humor,” Mosby said. “He was a good student. 

He got along with teammates and 

was our best offensive player.”

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Kicking off the musical weekend will be 

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• Festival opens at Vlasis Park 

• Rides and Midway open until 11:30 p.m. 

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6:30 p.m. 

• Opening ceremonies [Main Stage area] 

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• Main Stage: CROSSROADS 

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9:15 p.m. 

• Fireworks 

11 p.m. 

• Ride ticket and beer sales end 

11:30 p.m. 

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• Main Stage: Cole Blue Steel 

9:15 p.m. 

• Fireworks 

9:30-11 p.m. 

• Main Stage: Chris Bandi 

11 p.m. 

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11:30 p.m. 

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THURSDAY, JUNE 6 

FRIDAY, JUNE 7 

No pets or coolers allowed in park 

SUNDAY, JUNE 9 

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5 p.m. 

• Ride ticket and beer sales end 

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Thrilling rides 

Miller Spectacular Shows returns 

in 2019 to thrill Ballwin Days festivalgoers. 

The providers of the 70-foot Thor, 

Zero Gravity Tilt-a-Whirl, Pharaoh’s 

Fury and Big Wheel Ferris Wheel will 

return with a new selection of exciting 

rides to be experienced on the festival’s 

Midway. 

Thursday, June 6 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. 

is Armband Night, offering unlimited 

rides that evening for only $20 per 

armband. Armbands can be purchased 

at the park ticket booth starting at 6:30 

p.m. on June 6. Cash only! An ATM 

will be available in the park during the 

event. 

Ticket prices for June 7-9 are $1 per 

ticket, with three or more tickets required 

per ride. Discounted tickets will be sold 

in blocks of 22 tickets for $20 at the 

festival and in advance during regular 

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Festival favorites return for concession lineup 

Festival-goers can enjoy a great lineup of 

wonderful food options to tempt any palate, 

including: 

• Juan Taco: chicken and vegetarian tacos, 

gourmet nachos and Mexican street corn 

• Aporkolypse Grill: pulled pork grilled 

cheese sandwiches, pulled pork nachos, 

burritos with pulled pork, pulled pork 

loaded fries, hamburgers with pulled pork 

and fresh fried blooming onions 

Local and carnival food favorites return for the 

2019 season. 

• Boy Scout Troop 357: sno-cones, hot 

dogs, chili dogs, nachos, pepper bellies and 

Ted Drewes frozen custard 

• Candicci’s: pasta, famous salad, toasted 

ravioli and meatball sandwiches 

• K&G Kettle Korn: pork rinds, refreshing 

frozen lemonade and, of course, Kettle 

Korn 

• Scratch Pops: handmade cheese-cake 

pops 

• Philly Pretzel Factory: ice cream cones 

and bowls 

In addition to these great choices, traditional 

carnival fare like corn dogs, cheese 

fries, cotton candy, funnel cakes and lemonade 

shake-ups will also be available for 

purchase. 

The Ballwin Days Beer Garden will be 

serving an assortment of adult beverages 

from Grey Eagle Distributors, including 

Anheuser-Busch favorites, Shock Top and 

local craft beers from Urban Chestnut. 

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The 42nd annual Ballwin Days Classic Car Show returns for another year. 

Annual car show 

Time to rev up and start your engines, 

auto enthusiasts. The Ballwin Days car 

show returns! 

From noon-3p.m. on Sunday, June 9, 

Ballwin Days features the 42nd Annual 

Ballwin Days Car Show. The show commemorates 

cars of all ages with trophies, 

live music and concessions. 

Registration is open on Sunday from 

10 a.m. to noon with a $10 entry fee. 

The event is open to any car, and all will 

receive a dash plaque. Enter the event on 

the parking lot on Seven Trails Drive. 

Proceeds from the show will benefit 

the Ballwin VFW. There will be 17 trophies 

awarded for different categories and 

decades, including best muscle car, best 

custom car, the VFW Commander’s pick 

and many more. 

Ballwin Days’ 5K and 1-mile runs 

The annual Ballwin Days 5K and 

1-mile runs returns for its 38th anniversary. 

This year, runners will take off 

from Vlasis Park on Sunday, June 9. The 

5K run begins at 8 a.m., with the 1-mile 

adult and 1-mile youth runs immediately 

following. Kids and adults are welcome 

Runners will take off from Vlasis Park for the 

annual Ballwin Days 5K and 1-mile runs. 

to sign up for both races. 

Entry fees are $15 for 1-mile, $40 for 5K, 

or $45 for both. Shirt size not guaranteed. 

Scout-sponsored activities 

In addition to festival activities, there are 

a plethora of other events for festival-goers 

to enjoy for the 2019 season thanks to the 

efforts of local scout troops. 

• Fill the Tent Shoe Drive 

[All weekend] 

Did you know that over 600 million 

pairs of shoes are thrown away each year 

in the United States? Help save the environment 

and support a new Ballwin Scouts 

BSA Troop for Girls by donating any new 

or gently used shoes to the tent by the bus 

drop-off point at Ballwin Days. Any shoes 

with life still in them will be accepted, 

except for ice skates. The shoes will be 

sent to developing countries to start microbusinesses 

selling the shoes to locals. The 

troop is paid by the pound for the shoes 

collected. The 2019 goal is to collect 2,500 

pounds of shoes, so every pair helps. Funds 

are being used to purchase camping gear 

and program expenses for this new troop. 

• Scouting Expo 

[June 8, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m.] 

Join Ballwin Scouting Units for a series 

of free activities on Saturday. Participate 

in events from the classic Pinewood Derby 

[cars provided or bring your own] and Rain 

Gutter Regatta, to new events such as the 

Titanic Challenge where you experience 

what it was like for survivors of the Titanic 

to accomplish simple tasks in frigid waters. 

Other activities include slack-lining, 

caving demos and knot tying. 

Have questions about how programs in 

the Boy Scouts of America work? Stop by 

the onsite information center to learn about 

local units and what programs are available. 

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As Facebook continues to expand worldwide, the number of deceased users 

may overtake living ones, a new analysis found. 

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By LISA RUSSELL 

Will the dead soon outnumber 

the living on Facebook? 

If the world’s largest social network 

continues to expand at its current rate, the 

number of deceased Facebook users may be 

greater than living ones by as early as 2070, 

according to a new analysis conducted at 

the Oxford Internet Institute [OII]. 

This disturbing trend has important 

implications for how we treat our “digital 

heritage” in the future, both individually 

and as a society, said Carl Öhman and 

David Watson, doctoral students at the 

institute and authors of the analysis. 

Their analysis predicts that, based on 

2018 user levels with no further expansion, 

at least 1.4 billion Facebook users will die 

before 2100. If, however, Facebook continues 

to grow at current rates around the 

world, the number of deceased users could 

reach as high as 4.9 billion before the end of 

the century. The actual number will probably 

fall somewhere in between, they said. 

“These statistics give rise to new and difficult 

questions around who has the right to 

all this data … On a societal level, we have 

just begun asking these questions and we 

have a long way to go. The management of 

our digital remains will eventually affect 

everyone who uses social media, since all 

of us will one day pass away and leave our 

data behind,” Öhman explained. 

“Never before in history has such a vast 

archive of human behavior and culture been 

assembled in one place. Controlling this 

archive will, in a sense, be to control our history. 

It is therefore important that we ensure 

that access to these historical data is not limited 

to a single for-profit firm,” Watson added. 

As the largest of several social media 

platforms with growing membership globally, 

Facebook should invite historians, 

archivists, archaeologists and ethicists to 

participate in the process of managing the 

“vast volume” of data left behind when 

users pass away, they said. 

‘Black box’ warning issued 

for some sleep medicines 

The FDA will soon require a new boxed 

warning – the agency’s highest-level warning 

– on certain prescription insomnia 

drugs following several reports of serious 

injuries and some deaths of people taking 

them. The new warning will be required 

for eszopiclone [Lunesta], zaleplon 

[Sonata] and zolpidem [Ambien, Edluar, 

Intermezzo and Zolpimist]. 

Some of the so-called “complex sleep 

behaviors” the drugs can cause, which 

precipitated the new warning requirement, 

have included sleepwalking, driving while 

asleep and engaging in dangerous activities 

while not fully awake, such as unsafely 

using a stove. 

Although few in number [less than 50], 

reports of non-fatal serious injuries have 

included accidental overdoses, falls, burns, 

near-drowning, exposure to extreme cold 

temperatures leading to loss of a limb, and 

self-injuries such as gunshot wounds. The 

20 reported deaths were due to carbon monoxide 

poisoning, drowning, fatal falls, hypothermia, 

fatal motor vehicle collisions with 

the patient driving, and apparent suicide. 

“We recognize that millions of Americans 

suffer from insomnia and rely on 

these drugs to help them sleep better at 

night. While these incidents are rare, they 

are serious and it’s important that patients 

and health care professionals are aware 

of the risk,” said Dr. Ned Sharpless, the 

FDA’s acting commissioner. “These incidents 

can occur after the first dose of these 

sleep medicines or after a longer period of 

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What’s at the root of the insulin cost crisis? 



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By LISA RUSSELL 

For the 7.4 million American children 

and adults with diabetes who use it, insulin 

is as essential to their survival as food and 

water. 

Although this lifesaving drug has been in 

use for 100 years – almost all of that time 

at a low cost to diabetes patients – the price 

of insulin has tripled over the past decade 

alone. For people with high-deductible 

insurance plans, no insurance at all, or who 

are facing a coverage gap through Medicare, 

out-of-pocket costs of $400 or more 

per month have become common. 

High insulin costs have led to life-threatening 

choices for many. According to a 

recent study by Yale University, one in four 

people with diabetes in America have cut 

back on their insulin use, either reducing 

or skipping doses because of affordability 

issues. Some patients have had to decide 

between paying for insulin or paying for 

basic needs like food and housing; some 

have died after attempting to ration their 

doses. 

Patients and politicians alike are demanding 

that immediate action be taken to solve 

this crisis. But the solutions are still the 

subject of debate between drugmakers, 

lawmakers and insurance companies. 

Dr. William Cefalu, the American Diabetes 

Association’s chief scientific, medical 

and mission officer, has cited a lack of 

transparency as a root cause of the problem. 

“The system is dysfunctional. There 

are issues at each level, at each stakeholder 

in the insulin supply chain,” Cefalu said. 

“We can’t point the finger at one particular 

entity.” 

Another central problem is the nature of 

insulin itself, and the way it has traditionally 

been regulated. 

Unlike chemical drugs, which can 

simply be copied, insulin is a biologic drug, 

made of proteins from living cells. Despite 

its differences, however, insulin has long 

been classified and regulated like a chemical 

drug. 

The three companies which control 90% 

of the U.S. insulin market – Novo Nordisk, 

Sanofi Aventis and Eli Lilly – each 

make insulins that are slightly different. 

Under current regulations, no generic or 

unbranded versions of their products can 

be marketed without accessing those companies’ 

patented materials and processes. 

In December of 2018, the FDA 

announced that the agency would reclassify 

insulin as a “biological product” by 

Insulin is a lifesaving drug for millions, but its skyrocketing costs 

over the past decade have left diabetes patients struggling. 

2020, in what then- FDA 

Commissioner Scott Gottlieb 

called a “watershed 

moment for insulin.” After 

that time, other biologic 

medicines will have an 

easier path to approval, 

promoting the development 

of competing products 

that are “biosimilar to, 

or interchangeable with” 

existing insulin drugs, according to the 

FDA. 

In April, just prior to his resignation as 

commissioner, Gottlieb issued a statement 

regarding the FDA’s continued commitment 

to making affordable insulin available 

to everyone who needs it. “While the 

regulatory transition of insulin products 

nears, we’re cognizant of the fact that it 

won’t be soon enough for the millions of 

Americans who struggle to pay for their 

insulin today,” Gottlieb said. “Helping to 

ensure patients have access to the critical 

drugs is a responsibility shared by all 

stakeholders, including manufacturers and 

health plans. We all need to do our part. 

“American patients who rely on insulin 

to live deserve to have high-quality, affordable 

options… We hope our industry partners 

will join us in doing all we can to help 

people who need access to the life-saving 

medicines, now.” 

Some companies are beginning to 

take steps to respond to the crisis. Major 

health insurer Cigna and its pharmacy arm, 

Express Scripts, announced in April that 

its insured members will pay no more than 

$25 for a 30-day supply of insulin beginning 

later this year, even before they meet 

their annual deductibles. These discounts 

could benefit about 700,000 of its patients 

who use insulin. 

Drugmaker Sanofi also announced this 

spring that it will offer its insulin products 

at $99 per month for uninsured patients, 

and Eli Lilly announced its plans to release 

a half-price alternative to Humalog, its 

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treatment, and can occur in patients without 

any history of these behaviors and even 

at the lowest recommended doses.” 

On the calendar 

An American Red Cross Blood Drive is 

on Thursday, May 30 from 3:30-7:30 p.m. 

at the St. Louis County Library’s Samuel 

Sachs Branch, 16400 Burkhardt Place in 

Chesterfield. Walk-ins are welcome, but 

appointments will take priority. To schedule 

an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org 

or call the Red Cross at 1-800-733-2767. 

• • • 

BJC St. Louis Children’s Hospital sponsors 

a Staying Home Alone course on 

Saturday, June 1 from 9-10:30 a.m. at 

Children’s Specialty Care Center, 13001 N. 

Outer Forty Road in Town & Country. This 

class is designed for parents and children to 

attend together; it will help to determine a 

child’s physical, mental, social and emotional 

readiness to stay home alone and prepare 

them for the experience. The fee is $25 

per family. To register, call (314) 454-5437. 

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital’s annual Tour de 

Wellness – Ride for Heart Health is on 

Sunday, June 2 beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the 

hospital’s Desloge Outpatient Center, 121 

Mercy ranked among top U.S. health systems 

St. Luke’s Center Drive in Chesterfield. The 

event welcomes cyclists of all levels; choose 

from one of three routes ranging from 17 to 

60 miles. Proceeds will support St. Luke’s 

Heart and Vascular Institute in its continued 

development of treatment options, life-saving 

research and community outreach initiatives. 

Registration, sponsorship details and 

general information are available online at 

stlukestourdewellness.com. 

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital offers cholesterol 

and glucose wellness screenings on Friday, 

June 7 from 7-10 a.m. at St. Luke’s Resource 

For the fourth consecutive year, Chesterfield-based 

Mercy has been named 

among the top five large health systems 

in the nation by IBM Watson Health. 

The annual study recognizes five 

large, five medium and five small systems 

which together operate nearly 

3,000 hospitals throughout the U.S. 

Watson Health, an IBM company, 

conducts a rigorous analysis of hospital 

performance to identify the best health 

systems in the nation. Its scorecard uses 

objective, independent research, and 

health systems do not apply for consideration. 

“Mercy is very focused on the quality 

of care we provide our patients, and 

we’ve made significant strides in reducing 

both health-care associated infections 

and surgical complications,” said 

Dr. Keith Starke, Mercy senior vice 

president and top quality officer. “For 

patients, it means we prevent unnecessary 

suffering, and they go home healthier 

and sooner.” 

According to the Watson study, Mercy’s 

superior performance included more 

life-saving outcomes with fewer complications 

and readmissions; lower cost of 

care; shorter hospital stays and emergency 

department wait times; and higher levels 

of patient safety and satisfaction. 

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a registered nurse/health coach, which also 

includes blood pressure and body composition 

measurement. The cost is $20; an A1C 

blood test is also available for an additional 

$12. Advance appointments are required; 

register online at stlukes-stl.com. 

• • • 

Missouri Baptist Medical Center hosts a 

Babysitting 101 class on Saturday, June 8 

from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the hospital’s Clinical 

Learning Institute, 3015 N. Ballas Road. This 

class is a great introduction to the basics of 

babysitting; participants learn how to entertain 

kids in their care while attending to their 

needs. Topics include the business of babysitting, 

child development, safety and first aid, 

and fun and games. There is no age limit. The 

course fee is $30 per child. Register online at 

https://classes-events.bjc.org/wlp2/. 

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital offers a Sitter Skills 

course on Monday, June 10 from noon- 

2:30 p.m. at the hospital’s Institute for 

Health Education, 222 S. Woods Mill Road 

in Chesterfield. This program is for beginning 

babysitters, both boys and girls, ages 

11 and older to help make their babysitting 

experience a success. Topics include safety, 

first aid and child development. The course 

fee is $25 per child. Advance registration is 

required by visiting stlukes-stl.com. 

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital presents Tune in to 

Prevent Diabetes on Wednesday, June 19 

from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Desloge Outpatient 

Center, 121 St. Luke’s Center Drive 

in Chesterfield, in Building A. Prediabetes 

is a serious medical condition that should 

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American Bank, 12161 Manchester 

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grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. 

CEO Timothy Nash, COO Melissa 

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• • • 

ElaRose Boutique & Gifts, 111 Baxter 

Road in Manchester, celebrated its grand 

opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony 

on May 2 with representatives from the 

West County Chamber of Commerce. 

• • • 

The British Swim School celebrated its 

grand opening at Gold’s Gym Manchester 

Meadows, 13867 Manchester Road, 

on May 7. Representatives from the West 

County Chamber of Commerce were 

onsite for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. 

• • • 

The Exercise Coach, with three franchise 

locations in the St. Louis area including 

one in Town & Country, was chosen as 

the “Franchisee of the Year” at the parent 

company’s annual conference on May 4. 

Owned by Jessica Philips and Don Eisenberg, 

the franchise was chosen based on 

its leadership, customer relationships and 

franchise citizenship. The Exercise Coach 

provides one-on-one training in a modern 

studio setting. 

Jessica Philips and Don Eisenberg, owners of 

The Exercise Coach, with their Franchisee of 

the Year Award. 

• • • 

St. Johns Bank employees recently 

donated $750 to the Animal Protective 

Association of St. Louis with proceeds 

from its monthly Dress Down for a Cause 

effort throughout 2018. Employees at all 

St. Johns Bank locations were encouraged 

to dress down on the last Friday of 

each month by making a small donation to 

wear jeans to work. At the end of the year, 

employees nominate charitable causes to 

benefit from the donations and a bankwide 

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• • • 

Paula Godar was named director of 

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The Town & Country-Frontenac Chamber 

of Commerce hosts its general membership 

networking breakfast from 

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• • • 

The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce 

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noon [doors open at 11:15 a.m.] on Wednesday, 

June 19 at WingHaven Country Club, 

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Some West County residents would be 

surprised that one of their local leaders has 

ties to a former U.S. President. 

Wildwood Mayor Jim Bowlin found out 

not long ago that he’s a descendant of the 

country’s 11th president, James K. Polk. 

According to the writings of John C. 

Penheiro, Ph.D., Polk comes across as 

either a nearly great president or as a man 

who missed great opportunities, depending 

on which historian one is reading. 

Penheiro is the residential Polk expert 

for the Miller Center of Public Affairs at 

The University of Virginia and previously 

served as a research assistant on the Correspondence 

of James K. Polk project at the 

University of Tennessee. 

Polk was president of the United States 

between 1845 and 1849. He was a oneterm 

president who previously served in 

Congress and as governor of Tennessee. 

He is best remembered for expanding U.S. 

territory in the west and southwest chiefly 

through the Mexican-American War. 

But as Bowlin recently discovered, the 

legacy of Polk is much more. 

“He’s been overshadowed by a lot of other 

presidents,” Bowlin said. “A lot of times it 

depends on what happens during your term 

... I think he’s a little short changed.” 

A sizable segment of the academic community 

seems to agree with Bowlin. 

“Polk accomplished nearly everything 

that he said he wanted to accomplish as 

president and everything he had promised 

in his party’s platform,” Penheiro wrote 

in an article titled ‘James K. Polk: Impact 

and Legacy.’ “Polk came 

into the presidency with a 

focused political agenda 

and a clear set of convictions. 

He left office the 

most successful president 

since George Washington 

in the accomplishment of 

his goals.” 

It was Polk’s ability 

to set goals and achieve 

them that Bowlin admires 

most. 

“He was a very determined 

president,” Bowlin 

said. “He kept it simple. 

He had three or four goals 

that he wanted to achieve 

and by all accounts he 

achieved them … [As 

mayor,] I’ve tried to keep it simple and 

focus on goals that we can accomplish.” 

Bowlin didn’t grow up knowing of his 

family’s heritage with the former president. 

It was one of his cousins who discovered 

the family connection. Bowlin is a second 

cousin to James Polk. 

“Many [in my family] are far more into it 

than I am,” Bowlin said. “There are some 

Painting of President James Polk 

from 1846 

[The James K. Polk Project, The University 

of Tennessee at Knoxville photo] 

in my family who have done all the historical 

research and identifying [relatives as 

far back] as the American Revolution.” 

While he’s comfortable leaving the bulk 

of the genealogy work to others in his 

family, Bowlin said he’s 

an avid historical reader. 

“I’ve always been fascinating 

with American history. 

I love reading about 

it and learning,” he said. 

Bowlin recently visited 

Polk’s family home in 

Columbia, Tennessee. It 

was his first trip to the 

house/museum and his 

first time attending a gathering 

of the James K. Polk 

Association. The group 

was founded in 1924 by a 

great-great niece of Sarah 

Polk. 

According to the association, 

the marriage of 

James and Sarah Polk 

was a perfect union. In its literature, the 

association states: “Together they changed 

America, doing much to expand its boundaries 

from Atlantic to Pacific.” 

Bowlin said he enjoyed his trip and visiting 

with others who value the preservation 

of American history. The association’s 

members were excited to meet another 

member of the Polk family tree. 

According to historians, Polk is the only 

man to serve as both U.S. speaker of the 

house and president. He did not run for 

reelection even though many historians 

note he would have likely won easily. 

Doing so may have kept him alive. 

Polk holds the unlucky distinction of 

being the man who lived the shortest time 

after leaving the White House. He died 

of cholera, contracted after a visit to New 

Orleans, a mere three months after his term 

ended. Some historians believe the strains 

of the presidency also weakened his health. 

Bowlin considers both himself and Polk 

as “accidental politicians.” In the 1844 

U.S. presidential election, Polk was a dark 

horse candidate. While he had an impressive 

resume and was a protege of former 

president Andrew Jackson, Polk went to 

the Democratic party convention in 1844 

to position himself as a possible candidate 

for vice president. When the party reached 

an impasse on who should lead the ticket, 

Polk was chosen as a compromise candidate. 

It was his strong belief in manifest 

destiny and the expansion of American territory 

that made a successful candidate. 

When asked about his own political 

future and whether he might someday 

aspire to higher office as Polk did, Bowlin 

was coy. 

“It’s one of those things that if the path 

leads in that direction, I’ll know it and I’ll 

follow it,” he said. 

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St. Louis Chamber Chorus presents 

“HOPE” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 26 at 

Congregation Shaare Emeth, 11645 Ladue 

Road in Creve Coeur. General admission is 

$30, $10 for students. Parking is free. For 

more information about the concert, call 

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• • • 

Peter Pan Jr. is at 7 p.m. on Thursday, 

May 30, 7 p.m. on Friday, May 31 and 2:30 

p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, June 1 at Westminster 

Christian Academy, 800 Maryville 

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Red Cross Blood Drive is from 8:30 

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Joseph-Manchester Parish Center, 567 St. 

Joseph Lane in Ballwin. Appointments 

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Walk-ins welcome and will be assigned 

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Creve Coeur hosts its 15th Annual Heart 

to Heart 5K/10K Run from 8-11 a.m. on 

Saturday, June 1 at Millennium Park, 2 

Barnes West Drive in Creve Coeur. Registration 

includes timing by Big River Running 

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and post-race snacks. Register online at 

crevecoeurmo.gov/hearttoheart or call 

(314) 432-3960. 

• • • 

Run for 21/Step Up for Down Syndrome 

is from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Sunday, 

June 2 in Forest Park, 5595 Grand Drive. 

The event includes a 3.21-mile certified race 

through Forest Park. Race amenities include 

a race shirt, finisher medal and one wristband 

for entry into the Step Up celebration. 

Runners can bring family and friends to the 

festival for a suggested donation of $25 per 

person. Details and registration at dsagsl. 

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• • • 

Bandana Bash is from 11 a.m. to 9 

p.m. on Saturday, June 8 at Zick’s Great 

Outdoors, 16498 Clayton Road in Wildwood. 

The family-friendly event features 

food, games, music, a live auction and the 

DKMS Bone Marrow Donor Drive. Proceeds 

benefit Leukemia 24-7. For details, 

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• • • 

Parkway Golf Tournament is from 

11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. on Thursday, June 13 

at Forest Park Golf Course, 6141 Lagoon 

Drive in St. Louis. Proceeds from the 

event will benefit programs of the Parkway 

Alumni Association. Not required to be a 

Parkway alum to participate. Get details 

and register at ParkwayAlumni.org. 

The Gateway City’s 2nd Annual 

St. Louis Pen Show, a 3-day event 

featuring modern and vintage pens, 

classes, stationery, scavenger hunts 

for kids of all ages and more, takes 

place Friday, June 21 through Sunday, 

June 23 at Sheraton Westport Plaza 

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Heights. General admission is $5 

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pass, children are free. Trader passes 

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Manchester’s Movies under the Stars 

kicks off with “Incredibles 2” at 8:30 p.m. 

on Friday, May 31 in Paul A. Schroeder 

Park, 359 Old Meramec Station Road. Rain 

date: June 9. This is a free event. Attendees 

should bring lawn chairs or blankets. 

• • • 

Rockwoods Amazing Race Competition 

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June 1 at Rockwoods Reservation, 2751 

Glencoe Road in Wildwood. Participants 

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• • • 

Chesterfield Parks and Recreation hosts a 

Youth Fishing Derby from 9 a.m.-noon on 

Saturday, June 1 at Central Park Lake. This 

event is free for youth ages 5-15 but limited 

to the first 100 participants. A parent or legal 

guardian must accompany all kids. Fishing 

licenses are not required. Equipment is limited, 

so participants should bring their own 

rod and reel. Check-in will be at the amphitheater 

stage on the day of the Derby. 

• • • 

Tour the Bacon Log Cabin from 2-4 

p.m. on Sunday, June 2 at 687 Henry Ave. in 

Ballwin. Additional tours will be held from 

2-4 p.m. on the first Sunday of September 

and October. This historic cabin was built in 

1835 and remains on the original site with 

one of the last existing root cellars. 

• • • 

Night Waves Middle School Pool Party 

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Manchester Aquatic Center in Schroeder 

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WATERFALL, from page 16 

“Three years later [after purchasing the 

property], we started construction on our 

house and our builder had to deal with Mrs. 

Hudson on a daily basis,” Karen said. “She 

was at the fence line every day yelling at 

him and calling the city.” 

“They’ve just been unreasonable people,” 

Tom added. He said while his home was 

under construction, David came over at 

least once with a notepad inspecting the 

work and then reporting “violations” to the 

city. 

Last year, when P&Z requested a 

water test be completed, Tom said he 

obliged. The results of that test were 

provided to the commission. The Roberts 

believe that should have been the 

end of the issue. But an air test now is 

also being required. 

The requirement for an air quality or 

“smell test” on a private water feature 

cannot be found in city zoning ordinances. 

While the condition was added as part of 

the permit request made by the Roberts, 

there is no evidence that there has been a 

precedent for such a requirement on other 

residences. 

At the commission’s Feb. 20 meeting, 

then-chair Rick Archeski suggested that 

completing a water sample first could rule 

out the need for an air test. 

“If you did the water sampling and you 

found something, then you would have justification 

to do the air sampling,” Archeski 

said to Vujnich. “But if you don’t find anything, 

there’s no justification to do the air 

sampling.” 

While Vujnich agreed that approach 

“seemed logical,” he referenced the original 

conditional use permit issued by the 

commission to the Roberts that required 

both tests be completed. 

Two years without resolution 

How this disagreement between neighbors 

has festered for so long before P&Z is 

a complicated question. Currently, the city 

is looking for a company to complete the 

testing of the air around the Roberts’ water 

feature. 

The problem is no one wants to perform 

the test. 

Last year, Environmental Consultants, 

LLC was contacted by the city regarding 

the needed test. However, in the proposal 

it submitted, the company conceded, even 

before performing the work, that the test 

results would not be conclusive. 

The firm withdrew its proposal one 

day after speaking with the commission 

“Somebody’s going to be unhappy here no matter what. 

Make a decision based on facts.” 

– Wildwood resident Tom Roberts 

in November. To date, the city has yet to 

secure another firm willing to perform the 

test. 

The other issue is that of cost. Although 

they withdrew their proposal, Environmental 

Consultants, LLC had quoted a price of 

$33,000 to complete the work. Whether 

the final price tag is close to that amount 

or more or less, the cost will fall neither to 

the Roberts nor Hudsons but to the city of 

Wildwood. 

At the last commission meeting, 

Mayor Jim Bowlin made a motion that 

the department of planning and parks be 

given two more weeks to secure a consultant. 

[The commission meets again 

at 7 p.m. on May 20.] That motion was 

approved by the commission without 

objection. When asked about this after 

the meeting, Bowlin stressed that his 

intent is for the delay to be two weeks 

but “no more.” 

“My hope for both parties is that it 

is resolved sooner rather than later,” 

Bowlin said, acknowledging that sometimes 

issues brought before the commission 

are complex and can take time to 

resolve. 

The Roberts aren’t buying it and believe 

they’ve been singled out. 

“I would like to know who else has 

applied for a large water feature within the 

city and if they had these same requirements,” 

Roberts said as he addressed the 

commission on May 6. “Did they have to 

get a sound study and a smell study? Is this 

going to be the new requirement? Or are 

you guys just picking on me?” 

The Roberts believe it’s the persistent 

complaining of the Hudsons that has kept 

the issue dragging along. 

“Whine until you win,” Karen said. 

Roberts said he also is frustrated with 

Joe Vujnich and that he can’t understand 

why he won’t simply make a decision. 

“Somebody’s going to be unhappy here 

no matter what. Make a decision based on 

facts,” Roberts advised. 

Vujnich did not return calls for comment, 

neither did the Hudsons. 

A Fun Night for All! 

To benefit: 

Missouri 

Tucker’s Place West will partner up 

with the Manchester Police 

Department to raise money 

for a worthy cause! 

Thursday, May 30 th 

50% of your dinner/drink ticket 

will benefit the 

Missouri Special Olympics. 

Thanks For Your Support! 

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Buy one Pasta Get 

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No split orders. Dine-in only Sunday-Thursday. Offer not available on holidays. 

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EVENTS, from page 50 

Ellisville hosts Movies in the Park featuring 

“Leap” at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, June 

7 in Bluebird Park, 225 Kiefer Creek Road. 

This is a free event. Attendees should bring 

lawn chairs or blankets. 

• • • 

Chesterfield Parks and Recreation hosts a 

Youth Triathlon at 8:30 on Saturday, June 

8 at the Chesterfield Family Aquatic Center, 

16365 Lydia Hill Dr. Participants in two 

age groups – ages 6-8 and 9-12 – compete 

in swim, bike and run events. The top three 

male and female overall competitors in each 

age group will receive an award. Participation 

medals will be awarded. Resident cost 

is $20; non-resident is $25. Non-swimmers 

may complete the swim portion with the aid 

of a life jacket or kickboard. However, athletes 

using swim aids will not be eligible for 

the overall awards. A TRY-Athlon for children 

ages 3-5 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Cost 

is $12 for residents; $15 for non-residents. 

Register online at chesterfield.mo.us; day of 

registration also available. 

FESTIVALS & LIVE MUSIC 

St. Louis County Greek Fest is from 11 

a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, May 24, Saturday, May 

25 and Sunday, May 26 and from 11 a.m.-8 

p.m. on Monday, May 27 at Assumption 

Greek Orthodox Church, 1755 Des Peres 

Road in Town and Country. Features live 

Greek music and dancing, a marketplace 

and Greek food specialties. Visit stlouisgreekfest.com. 

• • • 

Cajun Cook Off and Lobster/Crab 

Festival is from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, 

June 1 at Helicopters Inc., 18366 

Wings of Hope Blvd. in Chesterfield. Features 

food, Cajun music, a live lobster tank, 

Cajun Cook Off cooking contest, aircraft 

rides, a charity auction and more. For more 

information call Dr. Mark Routburg, (314) 

471-6752 or visit cajuncookoffstl.org. 

• • • 

The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce’s 

32nd Annual Concert Series is 

from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesdays, now through 

Aug. 13, at Faust Park, 14941 Olive Blvd. 

in Chesterfield. Free entry. Food trucks 

and concessions available onsite. Performances: 

Bob Kuban Band [June 4], 

Butch Wax & The Hollywoods [June 11], 

Volcanic Ash [June 18], Spectrum [June 

25], Everyday People [July 9], Fanfare 

[July 16], Abbey Road Warriors [July 23], 

Trilogy [July 30], Scott Laytham & Karl 

Holmes [Aug. 6] and Billy Peek [Aug. 13]. 

• • • 

The Ellisville 2019 Summer Concert 

Series is from 7-9 p.m. on Thursdays from 

June to August in Bluebird Park, 225 Kiefer 

Creek Road in Ellisville. Bring seating and 

food and drinks [no glass]. Performances: 

Trilogy [June 6], Joe Bozzi Band [June 13], 

The HeadKnocker Band [June 20, sponsored 

by West Newsmagazine], Common 

Time Rhythm and Blues [June 27], Griffin 

and the Gargoyles [July 4, concert starts 

at 7 p.m.], Rocket Ride [July 11], Grizzly 

Goat [July 18], Accolade [July 25] and 

Rockin’ Chair [Aug. 8]. 

• • • 

Music on the Promenade is from 

7-9 p.m. on Fridays in June at Town and 

Country Crossing, 1074 Town and Country 

Crossing Drive. Line-up includes the 

Funky Butt Brass Band [June 7], Fine to 

Drive [June 14], Rocky Mantia and Ted 

McCready [June 21] and Legends Undercover 

[June 28]. Patrons are encouraged to 

bring blankets or lawn chairs. Free event. 

Visit townandcountrycrossing.com/events. 

• • • 

Manchester’s Free Summer Concerts 

are from 7-10 p.m. once a month through 

August at the Corey J. Donnelly Memorial 

Amphitheater in Schroeder Park, 359 Old 

Meramec Station Road Manchester. All 

concerts are free and open to the public. 

Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged. 

Performances: FatPocket [June 7], Butch 

Wax & The Hollywoods [6-9 p.m. followed 

by fireworks, July 4] and The Head- 

Knocker Band [Aug. 2.] 

• • • 

Creve Coeur’s Free Summer Concerts 

are from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday each month, 

June through August, at Millennium Park, 

2 Barnes West Drive in Creve Coeur. Bring 

drinks and snacks or browse food trucks. 

Performances: Abbey Road Warriors [June 

13], Osuwa Taiko [July 11] and Boogie 

Chyld [Aug. 8]. 

• • • 

The “Hot Summer Nights, Cool 

Summer Sounds” Des Peres concert series 

is from 7-9:30 p.m. the second Friday of 

June, July and August at Des Peres Park, 

12325 Manchester Road in Des Peres. 

Bring blankets, lawn chairs, snacks and 

beverages [no glass]. Concessions available 

for purchase. Performances: Dance 

Floor Riot [June 14], 4&20: A Tribute to 

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young [July 12] and 

Trilogy [Aug. 9]. 

• • • 

The Chesterfield Wine and Jazz Festival 

is from 3-10:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 

15 at the Chesterfield Amphitheater, 631 

Veterans Place Drive in Chesterfield. Performances: 

Dave Weckl, saxophonist Eric 

Marienthal and Bach to the Future. Admission 

is $5. Bring lawn chair and blankets; 

food is welcome with medium size cooler; 

sealed non-alcoholic beverages are permitted. 

Visit chesterfieldjazzfestival.com. 

• • • 

The Manchester Community Band 

performs three concerts at the amphitheater 

in Schroeder Park, 359 Old Meramec 

Station Road. Concerts begin at 6:30 

p.m. on Sunday, June 16 [“Great Westerns, 

Great Music”] and July 14 [“Apollo 

11 & Beyond”] and at 6 p.m. on Aug. 11 

[“Marches Around the World”]. 

• • • 

Wildwood’s Music on Main continues 

at 6:45 p.m. on June 21 at the Town Center 

Plaza, 16860 Main St. in Wildwood. Other 

concert dates: July 19 and Aug. 9; performances 

to be announced. Lawn chairs, blankets 

and coolers are permitted; no glass. 

SPECIAL INTEREST 

An annual Mark Raiffie Memorial 

lecture “Be the Best You: Using Your 

Unique Abilities” is from 7:30-9 p.m. on 

Tuesday, June 4 at Aish Firehouse, 457 

N. Woods Mill Road in Chesterfield. The 

speaker is Rivki Silver, musician, composer, 

teacher and writer. Dessert reception 

to follow lecture. 

• • • 

Manchester hosts a Sidewalk Chalk Art 

Contest from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, 

June 15 at the Manchester Aquatic Center 

in Schroeder Park, 359 Old Meramec Station 

Road. Cost is $5 per 5-foot-by-5-foot 

square. All entrants receive a complimentary 

24 pack of sidewalk chalks or pastels 

and 50% off daily pool admission. Prizes 

awarded. All ages are welcome. 

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