West Newsmagazine 12-16-20

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December 16, 2020
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CHESTERFIELD
City seeks nominations
for Citizen of the Year
Mayor Bob Nation and the City Council
are seeking nominations for the 2020
Chesterfield Citizen of the Year award.
Many residents contribute to the community
in a significant manner each day
without reward or recognition. This is an
opportunity to nominate someone who
has improved the community through an
outstanding accomplishment or by being
actively involved and helpful within the
community.
To be elected for recognition citizens
will meet the following criteria:
• Individuals nominated must be a resident
of the city of Chesterfield.
• Actions recognized should benefit the
community of the city of Chesterfield and
its residents through volunteerism, work
performed on community projects, and
civic contributions to the community.
• Preference is given to the recency of
nominee’s activities and community contributions.
Nomination guidelines are:
• Nominee(s) must be at least 18 years
of age.
• One nomination per household (may be
an individual or a couple).
• Previously nominated individuals are
eligible to be re-nominated.
• City employees as well as elected officials
will not be considered for the award
while in their position. However, after
retiring, former city employees and elected
officials who become service-minded volunteers
in a capacity other than their previous
position, may be considered.
Online application forms can be found
on the city’s website at www.chesterfield.
mo.us/citizen-of-the-year.html on the
home page. Applications are due no later
than Friday, Feb. 5, 2021.
Questions can be directed to the city by
calling (636) 537-4000.
Wildhorse Village sign package
approved by council
After much discussion, the Chesterfield
City Council approved the sign package
requested by the developer of Wildhorse
Village, a 7.3-acre tract of land northeast of
the intersection of Wild Horse Creek and
Old Chesterfield roads.
The site has one mixed-use building
that contains 188 multi-family units, a
15,462-square-foot restaurant (Ruth’s
Chris Steak House) and 11,813 square feet
of retail. The building has frontage on both
Wild Horse Creek Road and Interstate 64.
After some council members expressed
concern that the sign could set a precedent
for future developments, Wildhorse Village
developer Jeff Tegethoff offered a compromise
– giving up one sign on the east side
of the building. The council then voted on
a final motion for the sign package, which
was amended to leave the sign facing north
for Ruth’s Chris and to remove the sign
facing the hotel on the east side. The package
was approved 6-2 with council members
Mary Ann Mastorakos (Ward 2) and
Dan Hurt (Ward 3) voting against it.
Wings of Hope plane becomes
unexpected birthday gift
On an unseasonably warm December
afternoon, Dr. Melissa Smith, a vet from
Atlanta, Illinois, accompanied by her husband,
Warren; daughter Rachel and Rachel’s
boyfriend, arrived at Wings of Hope at Spirit
of St. Louis Airport in Chesterfield to pick
up the plane Melissa had won in the aviation
nonprofit’s fall airplane raffle.
Melissa recalled the day last August that
she decided to buy the single $75 winning
ticket. She had received a postcard in the
mail advertising the Wings of Hope airplane
raffle. She put it on the kitchen table
in front of her college-aged son, Tanner,
who was eating breakfast.
“I said, ‘Tanner, I’m going to win that
airplane. I named it, and I claimed it,”
Melissa said.
She knew that tickets would sell out fast.
So she put a reminder alarm on her cellphone,
and purchased a ticket as soon as
they went on sale in September. On Nov.
16, her birthday, Melissa received a voicemail
from Wings of Hope.
“My husband was home when I got the
voicemail and I said, ‘Warren, I didn’t get
a call the last time. I’ve won something,’”
Melissa said.
She thought she might have won the
raffle’s third prize, an aviation headset.
But she had won the grand prize: a 1969
Beechcraft Musketeer Super III.
“It was the best birthday ever,” she said.
Wings of Hope raffles off two small airplanes
annually – one every April and one
in September. The organization’s September
airplane raffle sold all 5,000 tickets in
18 hours, and raised more than $325,000 to
support Wings of Hope’s mission.
“Melissa, Warren and their family have
aviation in their DNA, which is why I am
so delighted that they won this aircraft,”
Wings of Hope President and CEO Bret
Heinrich said. “The funds that resulted
from this raffle will directly allow us to
save and change lives, and you know, it is
pretty neat that we have helped change the
lives of Melissa and her family as well.”
ELLISVILLE
Freddy’s design plans approved
A Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
restaurant is on track to open next
spring in Ellisville.
Wings of Hope President and CEO Bret Heinrich hands Melissa Smith the keys to her raffle
prize: a Beechcraft Musketeer. Also pictured (left to right) are Grant Ross, Rachel Smith and
Warren Smith.