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Should My Name be Taken 

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In many divorces, the marital home 

is one of the most valuable assets. There 

are three general possibilities in what to 

do with the marital home in a divorce: 

1.) Spouse A keeps the house; 

2.) Spouse B keeps the house; or 

3.) The parties sell the house. 

In scenarios 1 and 2 above, the 

spouse not getting the martial home generally 

has to execute a deed after the divorce 

is over that awards their interest in 

the house to the other spouse. The transfer 

usually takes place through a Quit Claim 

Deed. 

The other issue is that unless the 

marital home is paid-off (which is often 

not the case), there is a mortgage. When a 

married couple owns a home together, the 

mortgage is almost always in both their 

names. Many wonder how important it 

is to have their name removed from the 

mortgage if they are not the party receiving 

the martial home. The truth is that it 

is almost always important for the party 

who is not receiving the home. 

Removing the other spouse’s name 

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the spouse who is keeping the house refinancing 

the mortgage to remove the other 

spouse’s name. If the spouse who is keeping 

the house has excellent credit, they 

might be able to assume the mortgage in 

their sole name. An assumption agreement 

is how one spouse can remove the 

other spouse’s name and not have to pay 

the refinancing costs and fees. 

Some parties, however, do not account 

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in a scenario where the spouse not 

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later that their name is still on the mortgage. 

They often discover this when they 

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on their own. 

They then are informed that the income 

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In a worse situation, the spouse keeping 

the house may not make all the mortgage 

payments. When the party who has 

the house does not pay the mortgage, it 

can hurt the other spouse’s credit rating 

or result in them being a part of foreclosure 

proceedings. 

For the above reasons, it often makes 

sense to talk to a lawyer about setting forth 

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Police Reform and 

Personal Responsibility 

It is indeed rare, if not unprecedented, 

to see a highly diverse group of organizations 

such as the conservative Alliance 

Defending Freedom, the liberal American 

Civil Liberties Union, the libertarian Cato 

Institute and the Reason Foundation on the 

same page as the NAACP Legal Defense 

and Education Fund on the same issue. 

But it is happening as the U.S. Senate 

takes up police reform. The issue is a legal 

doctrine known as qualified immunity. 

These diverse organizations all agree that 

qualified immunity is bad law and should 

end. 

The discussion is particularly high-powered 

today because it stands at the center 

of police reform that many see is needed 

in the wake of incidents such as the murder 

of George Floyd by former police officer 

Derek Chauvin. 

The nation’s first major civil rights 

law, the Civil Rights Act of 1871, passed 

shortly after the Civil War, contains a provision 

known as Section 1983 that protects 

citizens from violation of their civil rights 

by government officials. It says that a government 

official who violates a citizen’s 

civil rights is liable and can be sued by the 

injured party. 

Thus stood the law, until a series of 

Supreme Court decisions from 1967 to 

1982 reinterpreted its application. 

A new standard, qualified immunity, was 

added saying that it must be shown that 

rights were violated per “clearly established 

law.” That is, there must be a previous 

case in which rights were violated the 

exact same way. 

So, if a citizen’s rights are violated but 

there is no previous case in which rights 

were violated in exactly that way, there is 

no protection. The government official is 

immune from liability. 

Although the law applies to violation of 

a citizen’s civil rights by any government 

official, the hot button today is violations 

by police. 

The qualified immunity doctrine makes 

establishing liability next to impossible, 

thus removing a serious deterrent against 

police violating civil rights in their law 

enforcement activities. 

Police leadership and unions argue that 

qualified immunity is essential for them to 

do their job. This is a tough and dangerous 

business, they say, and split-second 

law enforcement decisions must be made, 

often under great uncertainty, sometimes 

with life-and-death implications. 

But police officers being able to make 

deadly decisions, with no sense of personal 

responsibility and costs, leads to some of 

the horrors that we are seeing today. 

Derek Chauvin had 18 complaints 

against him before he committed his final 

deadly act against George Floyd. Had the 

incident, in all its gory and tragic details, 

not been captured on video by a young 

onlooker, the legal outcome likely would 

have been much different. 

Personal responsibility must be the 

hallmark in a free country, whether we’re 

talking about obeying the law or enforcing 

it. When right and wrong become ambiguous, 

when personal responsibility becomes 

ambiguous, we see the chaos we are witnessing 

today. 

Police officers perform a vital function 

in our society. But what does law enforcement 

mean when law has no meaning? And 

law has no meaning if officers have free 

license to violate citizens’ civil rights. 

A creative solution has been proposed by 

the Cato Institute: Require police officers 

to carry liability insurance, like other professionals 

do. This would provide them the 

coverage they need. And those who are flagrant 

violators, like Derek Chauvin, would 

be priced out of the market. 

The only stalwart on the Supreme Court 

questioning the status quo on qualified 

immunity has been Clarence Thomas. 

Thomas is an originalist – read the law as 

written – and opposed to judicial activism. 

He has written that qualified immunity is 

“the sort of ‘freewheeling policy choice(s)’ 

that we have previously disclaimed the 

power to make.” 

Thomas has urged the court to take on 

and review this issue. “I continue to have 

strong doubts about our ... qualified immunity 

doctrine,” he wrote last year. 

Policing should be a local issue, not a 

national one. But civil rights is a national 

issue, and qualified immunity should be 

reformed. 

• • • 

Star Parker is president of the Center for 

Urban Renewal and Education and host of 

the weekly television show “Cure America 

with Star Parker.” 

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Regarding Star Parker 

To the Editor: 

In an area where the daily newspaper 

reflects Democratic Party’s ideology in its 

editorials, columnists and even its news 

reporting at the exclusion of any voices 

with diverging perspectives or facts, I 

looked forward to Walter E. Williams’ 

insightful columns in every West Newsmagazine 

edition. With Prof. Williams’ 

untimely death, I’m pleased to hear a new 

voice of integrity, truth and accountability 

in Ms. Star Parker’s new column. 

Kudos to West Newsmagazine for providing 

a thoughtful, well-reasoned and balanced 

perspective on the issues facing our 

area and our country. 

Craig Wentworth 

• • • 

I love what Star Parker has to say about 

the extreme liberals. It’s not just her opinion. 

She backs it up with data and facts. 

Thank you for running her editorial in 

every edition of your magazine. 

Bob Woods 

• • • 

In Star Parker’s April 21 column, she 

decried leaders of major corporations 

speaking out on social issues, specifically 

new laws restricting voting rights in Georgia. 

She goes on to say that CEOs should 

not take a public position on such issues 

and instead should solely focus on serving 

customers and increasing returns to 

shareholders, citing Milton Friedman circa 

1962. Now, nothing against Milton Friedman, 

he was a fine economist and many of 

his theories advanced political debate. Just 

as Friedman was supporting the merits of 

a more market-oriented economics compared 

to Keynes’ well-accepted theories of 

the day 60 years ago, debates still persist 

today between economists with diverse 

views such as Tyler Cowen and Austan 

Goolsbee – both are respectable academics 

and each will find their ideas more amenable 

to either side of the political divide. 

Since 1962, economic thought has 

evolved. In 2019, 182 CEOs of major corporations 

from oil and gas to defense to 

consulting and health care signed on to the 

Business Roundtable’s updated Statement 

on the Purpose of a Corporation, a short 

document that outlines five key principles 

including delivering value to customers, 

investing in employees, dealing fairly 

and ethically with suppliers, supporting 

the communities in which they work and 

finally, generating long-term value for 

shareholders. If we focus on the fourth 

point of the statement, it makes complete 

sense that a major employer in Georgia 

would advocate against policies that it 

deemed unfair and harmful to a large portion 

of its labor force. 

The CEOs who signed on to the statement 

were not coerced and they certainly 

are not all liberals, but they realize taking a 

broader view of their stakeholders is good 

for the long-term sustainability of their 

businesses. If their views were too far out 

of the mainstream, their boards of directors 

would rein them in; however in reviewing 

many of the big names on the list that I recognize, 

most still hold the top job. 

Mike Briner 

Thank you, Wildwood 

employees 


All day, every day, local government 

works for you. 

In your day’s activity, local government 

services may not be top of mind. It is easy 

to overlook those working hard each day 

to keep local roads repaired, parks beautiful 

and neighborhoods safe. 

However, more than any other form 

of government, your local government is 

closest to you. Wildwood local leaders and 

city employees play a crucial role in the 

day-to-day quality of life for you. 

This was especially true as the COVID- 

19 pandemic struck in 2020. The city of 

Wildwood jumped into action quickly, 

keeping critical services in place. Examples 

include changing outdoor dining 

restrictions to allow more seating at 

local restaurants when indoor dining was 

unavailable. The city launched a “Rally 

for Retail” campaign encouraging citizens 

to purchase local store gift cards to help 

keep shops and restaurants afloat. City 

employees established a webpage covering 

numerous questions and details arising as 

the pandemic progressed. 

Despite the challenges, local officials 

and employees worked to complete projects 

that improved the city! Here are just 

a few: 

• Green Pines Park opened. 

• The Manchester Road Streetscape project 

was completed with new sidewalks, 

landscaping, on-street parking and bike 

lanes. 

• Route 109 improvements, including an 

upgrade to the bridge over Route 100 and 

addition of lanes and roundabouts improving 

traffic flow, sidewalks, and a pedestrian 

tunnel. 

This week, Missouri Local Government 

Week, we have an opportunity to thank 

those who serve. 

I encourage you to find a way to thank 

a local government employee this week. 

Consider posting appreciation on the city’s 

Facebook or Twitter pages. Share how you 

have benefited from their service this year 

and use the hashtag #molocalheroes. 

We are proud and happy to serve Wildwood 

citizens. Please reach out to your 

local city official any time. 

Joe Garritano 

Support for the 

‘For the People Act’ 


The American people have found themselves 

in a precarious position. 

Democrats, who have won a trifecta, 

seem powerless to enact much of their 

agenda. We ended up in this situation 

because our democracy was designed to 

give tremendous power to a small minority. 

Republicans have spent decades exploiting 

that power to entrench their rule over 

the majority. Voter suppression. Gerrymandering. 

Buying elections. Even now, 

following historic voter turnout by Black 

and brown voters in states like Georgia, 

Texas and Arizona, Republican-led legislatures 

are working to add additional barriers 

to accessing the ballot box. 

That’s why our first priority should be 

fixing our democracy and ensuring that 

structural reform rebalances power for 

the people before it’s too late. We need 

Congress to pass H.R. 1, the For The 

People Act, to get money out of politics, 

expand voting rights, combat corruption, 

secure our elections, and much more. 

These reforms to our democracy are 

pivotal to preventing future tyrants. The 

Democratic House passed H.R.1 last year, 

with every Democrat voting yes. It’s time 

for them to do the same and for the new 

Democratic majority in the Senate to do 

the same. 

Americans took the first step to heal our 

democracy by overwhelmingly voting 

Trump out of office. Now Congress must 

do its part to fix our badly broken democracy 

and pass H.R. 1, the For the People 

Act. 

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Code 3 Response recently accepted a gift of $40,000 from a local family. 

On hand for the check presentation were (from left) James Gilliam, Mark 

Gilliam, Rob Wetzel, donor representative, Jon Fogarty, Sarah Flamion, 

Mike Flamion and Randy Karraker. 

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Local nonprofit receives 

$40,000 gift 

Code 3 Response, a local nonprofit that 

seeks to assist first responders in need, has 

received a $40,000 donation from a local 

family, who wishes to remain anonymous. 

The donation was made in honor of the 

donors’ late father, who left a benevolence 

trust to his children to be used for local 

charities. 

“They heard about Code 3 Response and 

our mission and said that it fit their criteria 

for a ‘small, startup organization making a 

difference,’” Mark A. Gilliam, president of 

Code 3 Response, said. “We cannot extend 

enough thank you’s to them for this incredibly 

kind act, and for having faith and 

believing in our mission!” 

The check presentation was made at 

Zick’s Great Outdoors in Wildwood in 

early April. “We would like to thank Mr. 

Doug Zick for welcoming us to his Wildwood 

nursery to use as the backdrop for 

the picture. Doug said he was honored to 

provide this opportunity for us and to help 

our organization,” Gilliam said. 

He explained that he and his wife started 

raising funds for first responders the year 

that Michael Flamion was shot. 

“With support from the first responder 

community, we put together an event 

called Hotdogs with Heroes,” Gilliam said. 

“After two years of successful events, we 

shifted into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to help 

first responders that have been critically 

injured in the line of duty or who have suffered 

catastrophic life events. 

“Since December of this year, we have 

issued over $80,000 in support to local first 

responders. Since our founding, we have 

issued over $200,000 in support.” 

The name Code 3 has special significance 

as does the nonprofit’s tagline. 

“Code 3, in firefighter terms, is an urgent 

response,” Gilliam explained. “Our tagline, 

‘Answering the call for heroes in need’ was 

suggested by a local woman as part of a 

tagline contest we held. 

“Right now, the urgent response we need 

is for financial support and people to spread 

the word about us.” 

One way to get involved is coming up 

on May 22, when Fallon’s Grill & Tap in 

Ellisville hosts Code 3 Response’s second 

cornhole tournament. People can sign up 

at code3response.org and on our Facebook 

page. 

“Fallon’s is very big into charity and they 

came to us asking how they could help,” 

Gilliam said. 

He noted that Code 3 Response welcomes 

organizations and individuals who want to 

host fundraisers on its behalf. Interested 

parties can email Gilliam at markgil@ 

code3response.org. 

Since its founding, community support 

has been the backbone of the nonprofit, 

enabling them to spend zero dollars on 

infrastructure. 

“All of our infrastructure needs have 

been specifically donated to us,” Gilliam 

said. “Recently, we were given several 

anonymous donations, totalling $35,000 to 

meet our infrastructure needs so that every 

dollar donated can go directly to support 

first responders.” 

As the nonprofit has grown so has its 

signature event. Hotdogs with Heroes 2021 

is planned for Sept. 18 at the Macy’s parking 

lot in Chesterfield. With bands, vehicle 

displays, kids activities and more, it has 

grown into a mini festival that, in 2019, 

raised more than $80,000. 

BALLWIN 

City selects promotional banners 

The subject of creating a collection of 

banners aimed at promoting the city and 

its major assets was first mentioned at the 

March 22 Ballwin Board of Aldermen meeting. 

Now, nearly a month later, that legislative 

body has decided which new banners 

will fly from electrical and other poles along 

Kehrs Mill and Holloway roads. 

Credit for the winning designs goes to 

Kennedy Robinson, Ballwin’s marketing 

and communications specialist. 

Robinson said the project, which was 

brought to her attention by City Administrator 

Eric Sterman, required research as 

well as creativity. 

“I didn’t design the current banners on 

Manchester Road, so I started by doing 

research to see the types of designs my predecessor 

created (to make sure our branding 

is consistent), as well as looked into 

designs created by other municipalities.” 

The resulting designs showcase the Ballwin 

Golf Course, the North Pointe Aquatic 

Center, all four seasons of life in the city 

and its annual fireworks display (associated 

with its Ballwin Days celebration, 

rather than Independence Day). All feature 

the city’s logo. 

CHESTERFIELD 

Historic planes to 

storm into town 

Show-Me, a B-25 Bomber made famous 

by the Doolittle Raiders, will fly into Spirit 

of St. Louis Airport for a three-day barnstorming 

aviation event beginning at 9 a.m. 

on Saturday, May 29 at the Tac air ramp, 

18260 Edison Ave. in Chesterfield. 

The historic aircraft on display and available 

for rides will be the North American 

B-25 Bomber, Grumman TBM Avenger, 

L-3 and Boeing Stearman. These aircraft 

are powerful American icons bringing the 

sights, sounds and stories of World War II 

aviation to the St. Louis area. 

The event is open to the public from 9 

a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, May 29 through 

Monday, May 31. 

The requested donation for static ramp 

access is $5 for adults and $2 for children 

ages 11-17. Children age 10 and younger 

are free. 

Advance ride reservations range from $95 

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Commemorative Air Force Missouri Wing. 

The Commemorative Air Force (CAF) 

honors the men and women who built, 

maintained, and flew in these airplanes 

during World War II. The organization 

believes that is best accomplished by maintaining 

the airplanes in flying condition; 

taking the airplanes to the people allowing 

them to experience the aircraft up close 

and in flight. 

Collecting, restoring and flying historical 

aircraft for more than 60 years, the CAF 

is the largest private air force in the world. 

It is dedicated to “Honoring American Military 

Aviation through Flight, Exhibition, 

Education and Remembrance.” 

A nonprofit educational organization, the 

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MANCHESTER 

City grants easements for 

Baxter Road project 

The county is designing road improvements 

for Baxter Road from Manchester 

Road to Clayton Road. The project 

involves new asphalt road pavement, curb 

repairs, guardrail upgrades, storm sewers 

and traffic signals. 

From Andersohn Drive to Holloway 

Road, the northern sidewalk will be 

replaced with a 10-foot-wide, shared-use 

path located behind the curb. The remaining 

sidewalks and curb ramps will be 

reconstructed to meet Americans with Disabilities 

Act (ADA) guidelines. Construction 

is expected to begin in 2022. 

In order to complete the 10-foot-wide 

sidewalk, the county requested an easement 

for permanent access to that portion 

of Baxter Road, and a temporary slope and 

construction license to acquire a portion of 

Baxter Acres Park. 

New bike lanes will also be added to 

both sides of Baxter Road and five vehicular 

lanes will be retained from Manchester 

Road to Andersohn Drive. 

Collection box installed for 

worn American flags 

Michael Ludwig, a Scout with Troop 751 

chartered by St. Joseph Catholic Church 

in Manchester, has installed a collection 

box in the lobby of the Manchester Police 

Department for worn American flags. 

Ludwig is working on achieving his 

Eagle Scout rank, the highest rank available 

to Scouts, and one of the requirements 

is to construct something that will 

be of benefit to the community, such as 

park benches, memorials, donation collec-





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Scout Michael Ludwig with his American Flag 

Retirement drop box and Manchester Police 

Chief Scott Will, Sgt. Meredith Absolon and 

Capt. Craig Smith. 

tion bins, etc. Ludwig decided to make an 

American Flag Retirement drop box. 

Once an American flag is so worn it is 

no longer serviceable, it needs to be retired 

properly. Ludwig will periodically collect 

the deposited flags for proper disposal by 

his troop. 

WEST COUNTY 

Vaccine Clinic now 

takings walk-ins 

St. Luke’s COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic 

is now accepting walk-ins. Appointments 

are still encouraged ahead of time through 

lukesvaccine.com. 

St. Luke’s is administering the Pfizer 

vaccine, which is available for any Missouri 

resident age 16 and older. A parent or 

legal guardian must accompany individuals 

under the age of 18 to provide consent. 

St. Luke’s COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic, 

located at the Chesterfield Mall, is open 

7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday. 

Visit lukesvaccine.com for more 

information. 

ST. LOUIS COUNTY 

Projectors available for 

loan at SLCL branches 

St. Louis County Library (SLCL) is now 

offering portable projectors for check-out 

with a valid library card. Projectors are 

available for a 14-day loan. 

The projectors are perfect for outdoor 

movies, business presentations and other 

creative ideas such as gaming, art projects 

and music or photo projection. The 

projectors are easy to use and come with 

everything needed to get started, including 

built-in speakers, cables for connecting to 

a laptop, a remote control and a carrying 

case. 

The devices can be placed on hold via 

the SLCL catalog. 

SLCL offers a variety of items for 

check-out in addition to books, music 

and movies. Patrons can use their library 

card to check out musical instruments, 

telescopes, Chromebooks & Hotspot kits, 

video games, puzzles, board games, Read 

& Play kits, and more. 

For additional information on the portable 

projectors, visit slcl.org or call (314) 

994-3300. 

MISSOURI 

Health survey seeks 

community participation 

BJC HealthCare, Mercy, SSM Health, 

St. Luke’s Hospital and Shriners Hospitals 

for Children are joining forces to conduct 

a survey as part of the St. Louis Metropolitan 

Area Health Systems Community 

Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). All 

residents in our community are encouraged 

to participate. 

The anonymous online survey contains 

questions about health challenges, access 

to health care, and social determinants of 

health including financial status, neighborhood 

environment and social support networks. 

Questions are based primarily on 

the perception and opinion of the public. 

The survey is expected to take no more 

than 10 minutes to complete and will be 

available through June 30. All community 

members are welcomed and encouraged 

to complete the survey electronically at 

surveymonkey.com/r/CHNAstl. 

The timeframe for publication of the 

results of this CHNA will vary by hospital, 

ranging between 6-20 months. 

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Parent group accuses Rockwood of ‘pushing an agenda’ 

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By KATE UPTERGROVE 

On Friday, April 30 at Brookdale Farms 

in Eureka, area residents gathered to partake 

in what was billed as “A community 

conversation addressing what is being 

taught in your child’s school.” 

The catalyst for the meeting was concern 

stemming from curricula in the Rockwood 

School District, which a group of parents 

says in indoctrinating their children with 

critical race theory (CRT), and an email 

dispatched earlier this month by Dr. Natalie 

Fallert, Ed.D. the district’s literacy 

speech coordinator for grades 6-12. 

CRT is based on the premise that race 

is not a natural, biologically grounded 

feature of physically distinct subgroups of 

human beings but a socially constructed 

category that is used to oppress and exploit 

people of color. The theory dates back to 

the 1960s but CRT was not officially organized 

as a movement until 1989 at the first 

annual Workshop on Critical Race Theory. 

Kimberlé Crenshaw, one of the founding 

scholars of CRT and the executive director 

and co-founder of the African American 

Policy Forum, describes critical race 

theory as “a way of seeing how the fiction 

of race has been transformed into concrete 

racial inequities.” 

“It’s an approach to grappling with a history 

of white supremacy that rejects the belief 

that what’s in the past is in the past, and that 

the laws and systems that grow from that past 

are detached from it,” she has said. 

Today, CRT is often associated not only 

with race but also gender. 

In her three-page email, which was sent to 

head principals and ELA (English language 

arts) principals districtwide, Fallert identifies 

recent complaints from parents that 

were brought to her attention. She wrote: 

“Recurring messages that appear in the 

emails (from parents are): 

• We are pushing an agenda 

• We are pushing Critical Race Theory (I 

had to look this one up! There are tons of 

definitions, so to know which one they are 

honing in on specifically can be tough) 

• We are making white kids feel bad about 

their privilege 

• We are specifically talking about and 

using the word ‘White privilege’ 

• We are teaching kids to be social activists 

• We are teaching microaggressions from 

whites (only) to blacks (only) and stereotyping 

• We are teaching kids to be democratic 

thinkers and activists 

After detailing the complaints, Fallert’s 

email goes on to say: “This doesn’t mean 

throw out the lesson and find a new one. 

Just pull the resource off Canvas so parents 

cannot see it.” Canvas is the district’s 

learning management system that connects 

teachers, students and parents, and has 

been instrumental to the process of conducting 

school in a virtual environment. 

Fallert’s email advises: 

“Keep teaching! Just don’t make everything 

visible on Canvas. This is not being 

deceitful. This is just doing what you have 

done for years. Prior to the pandemic you 

didn’t send everything home or have it 

available. You taught in your classroom 

and things were peachy keen. We are going 

old-school.” 

On the heels of the email, the district 

issued a statement that read: 

“The email that was sent to teachers 

encouraging them to hide or alter content 

visible to parents was not reviewed 

or approved by anyone before it was disseminated 

by an individual staff member. 

It does not reflect the mission, vision and 

values of the district and is counter to the 

goals set forth in our strategic plan, The 

Way Forward. 

“The Rockwood School District encourages 

transparency and recognizes open 

communication is vital between parents 

and our staff. Parents are essential partners 

and allies in the education of our children. 

We welcome their feedback and authentic 

conversations with regard to all aspects of a 

student’s education and we stand behind our 

curriculum, which provides our students 

with well-rounded educational experiences 

so they are equipped for future success. 

“As far as how we plan to respond to 

some of the issues raised in response to 

this email, these are some steps toward 

further transparency that we are committed 

to taking: 

• Putting our curriculum into parents’ 

hands as part of our beginning of the year 

orientation information instead of asking 

them to seek it in online class materials. 

• Training our educators on how to curate 

books so that teachers are giving students 

a wide variety of choices in their learning 

materials. 

• Asking our educators to provide parents 

with book choices before a unit of study 

starts and information about read alouds 

that will be done in the classroom as part 

of regular communications with parents 

(i.e. weekly newsletters). 

• Continuing to use the Canvas learning 

management system. Part of the reason we 

adopted Canvas during the pandemic was 

to give parents more transparency about 

what is going on, and we’ve found it’s an 

effective tool in that effort.” 

See ROCKWOOD, page 48 

Chesterfield to seek funds from 

American Rescue Act 

By CATHY LENNY 

The Chesterfield City Council authorized 

a professional services contract with 

Gamble Schlemeier to advocate for funding 

of specific projects within Chesterfield 

Valley through Federal American Rescue 

Plan Act funds. 

Gamble Schlemeier would advocate 

for this funding on behalf of the city, City 

Administrator Mike Geisel said. The contractual 

fee structure would require a base 

fee of $25,000 and a $10,000 “success 

fee” for each project that is successfully 

funded. He explained that receiving funds 

through the state appropriations process 

is a political venture that requires special 

expertise. 

According to Geisel, Missouri is anticipating 

$2.8 billion in funding. Municipal 

funding is just one of the categories of funds 

provided for in the Rescue Act. Others provide 

for specific purposes, as well as direct 

funds for the state and its counties. One of 

the categories designates funding for water, 

sewerage and broadband. 

Anticipated, but not yet authorized, is 

funding for physical projects that will be 

funded by a $2.3 trillion federal infrastructure 

bill. 

Geisel said some projects for which the 

city is seeking funds are ones that have 

been included in the Valley Master Plan 

since the Flood of 1993. 

“The potential availability of federal 

funds may be the only opportunity to move 

these projects forward,” Geisel said. 

One project involves improvements 

to a 100-acre tract on the north side of 

Interstate 64 at the western end of Chesterfield 

Valley. This farmland, between 

the Athletic Complex and St. Louis Powersports 

Chesterfield, sits vacant due to a 

lack of utilities to serve the site. 

Improvements to a 100-acre tract of land in Chesterfield Valley on the north side of I-64 could 

be funded with American Rescue Act money. 

(Photo: Jessica Meszaros) 

To resolve this, a public sanitary pump 

station and gravity drains are required on 

the north side of the highway, along with 

a force main to connect the sewerage to 

the existing public sanitary sewers, Geisel 

explained. In addition, a potable water 

main must be extended along the entire 

length of North Outer 40 Road, connecting 

to existing potable water mains to provide 

clean water and fire service to this 

acreage. 

Finally, a gravity drainage system to 

provide for interior stormwater drainage is 

necessary to feed two multimillion-dollar 

stormwater pump stations, which provide 

a means of evacuating the interior stormwater 

of Chesterfield Valley. 

“This project is the only impediment to 

development within those areas,” Geisel 

said. 

See CHESTERFIELD, page 37

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In the latest move to challenge the 

nearly autonomous authority that St. 

Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page 

has exercised since the start of the 

COVID-19 pandemic, a majority of the 

County Council passed a non-binding 

resolution asking for an audit of CARES 

Act expenditures. St. Louis County has 

spent over $173 million in federal funds 

over the past year-plus and many critics 

of Page have complained that transparency 

and oversight have been lacking. 

“St. Louis County was the only receiving 

entity in Missouri that allowed the 

executive branch of government to spend 

CARES Act funds without the direct 

oversight of the legislative branch,” 

council member Tim Fitch (R-District 3) 

wrote in an April 17 letter calling for the 

drafting of the resolution. Fitch led the 

charge for the resolution and has been 

consistent in his calls for more oversight 

over the county executive. 

The vote on the resolution split along 

the same “pro-Page” versus “Page critics” 

lines that were drawn earlier in the 

year during a nasty fight over council 

leadership. Those voting in favor of the 

resolution along with Fitch included 

council members Mark Harder (R-District 

7), who co-sponsored the resolution; 

Shalonda Webb (D-District 4) and Rita 

Heard Days (D-District 1). Heard Days 

is the council chair. Those voting against 

the measure were former Lisa Clancy 

(D-District 3), Kelli Dunaway (D-District 

2) and Ernie Trakas (R-District 6). 

Fitch also blasted the local official 

who already may be providing oversight 

to Page’s spending, County Auditor 

Mark Tucker. In his letter, Fitch wrote 

that St. Louis County has “no functioning 

county’s auditor’s office.” It was far 

from the first time Tucker has been under 

fire of late. Council members from both 

parties have been angling to oust him for 

months with many questioning both his 

competency and qualifications for the 

office he holds. Last year, Fitch called 

for Tucker’s immediate termination, but 

so far the council has yet to do so. 

Tucker was hired in 2017 by the council 

during Page’s time as its chairperson. 

The resolution seeking an audit from 

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County Executive Sam Page at a press 

briefing on Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. 

(Source: Facebook Live) 

the state has been sent to Gov. Mike 

Parson’s office. Whether or not he will 

direct the state auditor’s office to examine 

CARES Act spending by Page’s 

administration is yet to be seen. The 

formal request from the county council 

was delivered to the governor’s office at 

the end of April. 

“(Parson) has money in his budget 

for these purposes,” Fitch said after the 

meeting. 

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A new fire station for the Monarch 

Fire Protection District is in limbo once 

again as Wildwood City Council members 

expressed second thoughts about its 

approval. 

Firehouse #2 is proposed to be built on 

the south side of Wild Horse Creek Road at 

its intersection with Eatherton Road. The 

proposed site is a half-mile from the current 

location. 

Although the Planning and Zoning Commission 

(P&Z) declined to recommend 

approval for the plan in March, following 

a hearing with the fire district on April 

12, City Council members overrode that 

decision almost unanimously. Now, some 

council members are backtracking. 

“When I left that meeting, before I got to 

the first stop sign, I wished I had voted differently,” 

said council member Larry Brost 

(Ward 1), who voted in favor of the new 

firehouse. 

When P&Z did not approve the proposal, 

it was based on a lack of information 

requested, including a traffic study that 

would have benefited the residents of Wildwood 

and specifically Ward 1,” Brost said. 

He made a motion to reconsider the vote 

and to prepare a traffic study by an expert 

in the field. Council member Teresa Clark 

(Ward 1) seconded the motion. 

However, council member Don Bartoni 

(Ward 2) pointed out that the instructions 

given during the hearing for the firehouse 

were that council members could only consider 

material presented during the hearing 

to make a decision on the project. 

“So, I don’t understand why we have to 

do a traffic study, because we can’t consider 

it,” Bartoni said. He noted that the 

Missouri Department of Transportation 

(MoDOT) did a traffic study in 2018 and 

that those numbers would be more accurate 

than any taken today, due to COVID- 

19 and the number of people working from 

home. 

City attorney John Young explained that 

the city can require a traffic study as a condition 

of approval, with specific criteria 

that the city council wants to be met based 

upon the facts that were considered and 

presented at the hearing. 

Council member Joe Garritano (Ward 

8) noted that requiring a traffic study was 

routine for any major development and that 

with a proposed roundabout by MoDOT at 

Route 109 and Wild Horse Creek Road, he 

questioned how emergency vehicles would 

get through there. Council member Rob 

Jakcsy (Ward 6) added that he would like 

to see data on the number of calls received 

by the fire district and response times. 

Joe Vujnich, director of parks and planning, 

said that although no traffic study 

was submitted, the fire district did provide 

information on the number of trips and 

response times at the P&Z meeting. 

The motion to reconsider the vote, with 

a traffic study due within 60 days, was 

approved. 

Council member Mike Gillani (Ward 8) 

suggested that the council give the benefit 

of the doubt to the fire district and not hold 

it to the same standards as a developer and 

allow the criteria to be more lenient, 

“With our P&Z Commission and now 

an overwhelming majority of the council 

wanting the traffic study, it’s clear much 

more must be done to remove lingering 

doubts about the workability of the proposed 

location,” Mayor Jim Bowlin said 

following the meeting.

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(Source: City of Wildwood) 


Support is building in the city of Wildwood 

for a parks and stormwater sales tax 

to provide funding for erosion control and 

watershed repairs, as well as for parks and 

trails. 

So far, both the Watershed Erosion Task 

Force and the Parks Action Plan Update 

Committee are in favor of the initiative. 

They hope to put the issue before voters 

on the Nov. 2 ballot. The proposed sales 

tax is expected to generate an average 

annual revenue of $1.2 million. 

Wildwood is one of a few local communities 

that does not collect a similar tax. 

The city also has one of the lowest total 

sales tax obligations in St. Louis County, 

Rick Archeski and Dr. Kenneth Remy, 

then the committee’s co-chairs, said in a 

letter addressed to the City Council. Wildwood’s 

sales tax is currently set at 8.238%. 

Archeski and Remy believe the impact 

on the business community would be negligible, 

as the additional sales tax would 

be just .05% (one-half of 1%). Furthermore, 

the city has been good stewards of 

funds and takes advantage of grant opportunities 

to extend collected revenues, they 

noted. 

The sales tax issue will need council 

approval to be placed on the ballot. Mayor 

Jim Bowlin has said he absolutely does 

not support any new tax for residents. 

However, proponents say the tax could 

address many of the needs expected in 

upcoming years. 

At the Watershed Erosion Task Force 

meeting in February, Dr. David Hammer 

cautioned that the city is at risk of having 

a major catastrophe in part of Triple 

Meander Creek, given the severity of 

the issues experienced after water earlier 

crossed one of its peninsulas. 

“I think there’s a certain amount of 

urgency in this,” said Hammer, who is the 

city’s watershed erosion consultant. 

Task force member John Guenther 

added, “We have a locomotive coming at 

us at Caulks Creek.” 

The city’s planning department, along 

with its consultants, developed a list of 

potential projects that could be addressed 

with the sales tax revenue. So far, they’ve 

identified more than 80 locations with 

erosion or stormwater issues. Both Triple 

Meander and Caulks creeks are on that 

list. 

The task force also discussed the need 

to complete the city’s Stormwater Master 

Plan and directed Rick Brown, director of 

public works, to seek qualifications from 

eligible firms. But with just $125,000 in 

the budget, that action would only be a 

start, Brown said. 

In the past, the Capital Improvement 

Sales Tax (also a half-cent) was used 

by the city to fund major park and trail 

projects, along with roadway and bridge 

improvements, and special projects such 

as city hall construction and rural internet. 

On average, the annual revenue from that 

tax is $2.2 million. 

Other revenue sources considered 

include bonds and certificates of participation 

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Former Moore Kia Mitsubishi site in Ellisville could see development at last 

By BONNIE KRUEGER 

Two proposed developments, a restaurant 

and an apartment complex, have 

received initial approval at 15970-15978 

Manchester Road in Ellisville. The site 

of the former Moore Kia Mitsubishi auto 

dealership and auto body repair shop, the 

property has remained vacant since the 

dealership closed in 2009. 

At the work session prior to the April 21 

Ellisville City Council meeting, a proposal 

for a multi-family development was favorably 

received. The $50 million project was 

presented by attorney Brad Cytron representing 

Midas Ellisville, LLC and Midas 

CFO and co-founder David Robert. 

The unnamed, proposed development 

at 15970 Manchester Road is a four-story, 

multi-family building consisting of 226 

units, with studio/one-bedroom to threebedroom 

options. The first level contains 

covered parking for 359 vehicles, with 

the top three levels developed as housing 

units. The upscale complex will include a 

concierge service, a resort-style courtyard, 

pool, firepit and sundeck. In all, eight different 

styles of apartments with private balconies 

or decks will be offered for $1,200 

to $2,800 per month. 

The former site of Moore Kia Mitsubishi may see new life as the site of a multi-family development. 

(Source: Bonnie Krueger) 

The apartment complex would occupy 

approximately 6.5 acres of the 8-acre property. 

A Culver’s restaurant, which received a 

conditional use permit (CUP) by a 5-1 vote 

at the same council meeting, would occupy 

approximately 1.2 acres of the land, as well 

as property at 15978 Manchester Road. 

This property is located between Creek 

Valley Retirement Community to the east 

and the Clarkchester Apartments complex 

to the west. 

Owners Daniel and Valerie Siemer, 

who also own the Culver’s in Manchester, 

sought approval for the operation of 

the restaurant with a two-lane, drive-thru 

and an outdoor patio. The multi-family 

development would be set back from the 

restaurant. 

The proposed restaurant will measure 

4,155 square feet; its patio will measure 

approximately 850 square feet. The applicant 

is proposing parking in front of the 

building with an appropriate setback. The 

site plan accommodates 37 parking spaces 

to the south of the restaurant and 12 angled 

parking spaces to the north of the restaurant, 

for a total of 49 parking spaces. 

Access to the site is proposed from an 

existing access drive on Manchester Road 

(via a cross-access easement) and a proposed 

access drive onto Pretoria Drive, 

which runs south from Manchester Road. 

Pretoria is a two-lane road with travel in 

each direction and is categorized as a local 

road serving Clarkchester Apartments. 

Providing both dedicated left-hand and 

right-hand turn lanes from Pretoria will 

assist with traffic flow, according to a traffic 

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By JEFFRY GREENBERG 

The April 26 Ballwin Board of Aldermen 

meeting featured an employee recognition 

segment hosted by Police Chief Doug 

Schaeffler. The meeting’s agenda named 

the retiree followed by the introduction of 

new officers but Schaeffler handled things 

in reverse order. Perhaps he did so to save 

the best for last or to have more time for 

lengthy applause and photo ops. 

Ballwin Police Chief Doug Schaeffler (left) presents a plaque 

to Lt. Kevin Lorne in honor of his years of service to the force. 

In either case, it was a fine sendoff for 

Lt. Kevin Lorne, who began his Ballwin 

police career in February 1988. Lorne 

earned sergeant status in March 1999, then 

advanced to lieutenant in September 2004. 

Some of his achievements throughout the 

years have included working in the patrol 

division, in the detective bureau, and more 

recently, as bureau commander, handling 

policies, accreditation and additional 

administrative duties. 

“His last day is this Friday (April 30),” 

Schaeffler said. “Hopefully, he’ll stick 

around until then.” 

Lorne got a good number of chuckles 

when he responded, “I have to, to get paid.” 

Before presenting Lorne with a plague 

honoring his service and the customary 

watch, Schaeffler noted, “After 33 years 

of service, he is retiring to the Lake of the 

Ozarks with his wife, Donna. I think he’s 

already sold his house, his car is packed 

and waiting to go.” 

The first new officer introduced was 

Hazelwood West graduate Rachel Major, 

who also attended the University of Missouri-St. 

Louis, followed by more than 

four years with the U.S. Army Reserve. 

After completing her St. Louis Metropolitan 

Police Academy Training, Major spent 

nearly three years as a city of St. Louis 

police officer. While there, 

she received five department 

excellence awards. 

Monday, April 19 was 

Major’s first day with the 

Ballwin force. 

Next in line was Farmington 

High graduate 

Leroy Beard, who received 

his police training at Mineral 

Area College. 

Schaeffler noted that 

Beard graduated with an 

overall score of 93.4%. 

“It was still only good for 

second place, but that’s fine. 

We’re OK with it,” Schaeffler 

joked. “I’d guess that 

he did better than the rest 

of us have ever done.” 

Beard began his career 

with the Ste. Genevieve 

County Sheriff’s Office 

before moving on to the 

Farmington Police Department 

where he served 

for almost 20 years and 

attained the rank of sergeant. 

Schaeffler added that 

Beard’s overall training 

included crisis intervention, 

hostage negotiation 

and SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics). 

He is also a drug recognition expert. 

“He’s been on midnights for 11 years 

in Farmington,” Schaeffler said. “Today 

(April 26) is his first day watch. We bought 

him sunglasses, obviously.” 

Finally, Adam Thomas took his oath of 

office. He’s a Seckman High graduate who 

later attended the St. Louis Metropolitan 

Police Academy. Thomas also served as a 

police officer for the city of St. Louis. In 

his four years there, he received two Captain’s 

Awards of Excellence, one Colonel’s 

Award of Excellence, and was the December 

2019 Officer of the Month. While April 

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it ended with one more award –Distinguished 

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seat as council member effective April 29 

as he will be relocating to Cleveland, to 

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“It’s been a tremendous honor to serve the 

citizens of Ward 3,” Remy said. He noted that 

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does not like him and “wants to assert his 

supreme power.” 

“However, it is apparent that this is how 

this administration works,” Archeski said. 

“If you don’t agree with the mayor, he gets 

rid of you either by resignation or (by) not 

reappointing you.” 

Archeski said he’s been treated this way 

in the past, referring to his time on the Planning 

and Zoning Commission when, after 

several years of service, he “termed out” 

but stayed on only because there weren’t 

enough votes to replace him. The process 

of Bowlin attempting to replace Archeski 

on P&Z was drawn out over several months. 

The city council did approve the two new 

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If you saw ‘Serengeti Steve’ Ceriotti 

on a pair of national reality shows, you 

might cringe like viewers experiencing 

“Fear Factor” or “Stupid Human Tricks.” 

However, if you attended one of his thousands 

of Reptile Experience performances, 

Doctor Doolittle might more readily come 

to mind. 

The Ballwin resident became a herpetologist 

some 25 years ago. His initial prime 

duty was extracting venom from snakes 

for cancer research. Since then, Ceriotti’s 

career has taken some interesting twists 

and turns that include raising and caring for 

some 200 species of reptiles and arachnids. 

But Ceriotti is far more than simply a 

pet owner. He shares his passion by performing 

at parties, Scout meetings, schools, 

libraries, fairs and festivals throughout 

Missouri and Illinois – to the tune of some 

600 shows per year. 

An extrovert, Ceriotti said he “came up 

with what I thought was a crazy idea ... to 

relay my education and information about 

these animals that so many people are terrified 

of ... I’m talking everything from 

alligators to big anacondas to you name it.” 

Before he knew it, he had so much business 

that he got out of the venom extraction 

business. “I’ve been busy as can be 

from day one!” he exclaimed. 

Ceriotti’s moniker is a story in itself. 

It began prior to a “Show Me St. Louis” 

interview for KSDK. The show’s host 

asked for Ceriotti’s stage name, which she 

said he must have. 

“First, she threw out Safari Steve,” Ceriotti 

said. “I was like, ‘I don’t know. It 

doesn’t have much of a ring to it.’ Then, 

she asked where a lot of the animals came 

from. I said that I do a lot from Africa, 

have some Australian things and everything 

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asked, ‘What is that area from the plains of 

Africa?’ I answered, ‘Serengeti.’ She said, 

‘There you go! Serengeti Steve!’ I was born 

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Ceriotti says he’s done so many performances 

that it’s often difficult to recall specific 

ones. But there have been some that 

are truly unforgettable. 

“One that sticks out in my head is actually 

a sad story,” Ceriotti said. “A lady 

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party was for, she said it was for 

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Ceriotti said meeting Albert Pujols also 

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Jenna Balmer as “Guppy” with “King Triton” in Variety Theatre’s production of “The Little Mermaid” 

(Source: Balmer family) 

By KATE UPTERGROVE 

The show must go on. Just ask local performers 

Jenna Balmer and Martin De La 

Hunt, two high school seniors for whom 

the spotlight shines brightest when they’re 

on the stage with friends. 

Martin has performed since first grade 

with the St. Louis Children’s Choirs. Jenna 

has spent the last four years performing 

with Variety Theatre, an offshoot of Variety 

the Children’s Charity. This fall, she will 

take up the mantle of Zaneeta Shinn, the 

exuberant daughter of River City’s mayor 

in the “Music Man.” It’s a part she was 

born to play. 

“She doesn’t do understated,” Jenna’s 

father, Dan Balmer, explained. 

It was while performing in a play at 

Parkway West Middle that Jenna discovered 

her passion for theater. But on the 

Variety stage, she blossomed. 

“I first started working with Variety in my 

freshman year of high school. There was 

an audition for ‘Wizard of Oz’ and I auditioned 

– and surprise! – I got in,” Jenna 

said. 

She also has performed in Variety productions 

of “The Little Mermaid” and 

“Mary Poppins.” 

“I’ve gotten to do theater a bit more professionally 

because of Variety,” Jenna said. 

“I’ve also been able to interact with people 

of all abilities and some professional actors, 

too. It’s never a dull experience.” 

Jenna’s mother, Kathy, described the 

opportunities at Variety as “unparalleled 

in St. Louis.” She said Jenna’s time on the 

Variety stage gave her “the confidence and 

self-esteem to go on.” 

“She’s gotten involved with a few other 

theater companies around St. Louis,” 

Kathy said, “ and I think a lot of that is 

attributed to the inclusivity of Variety and 

her being accepted even with her being 

deaf. She wears cochlear implants but just 

because she’s hearing with her devices 

doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a lot of 

challenges being in theater. Variety is super 

encouraging.” 

It’s not just in its theater program that 

Variety is encouraging. For more than 80 

years, the charity has been dedicated to 

empowering local children with disabilities. 

Today, it aids children from birth to 

age 21 by providing access to vital medical 

equipment and therapies as well as the 

opportunity to participate in innovative 

camp and performing arts programs. 

Through these programs and services, 

Variety aims to make the seemingly impossible 

– like walking, talking, hearing and 

making friends – possible for Variety Kids 

by helping them to redefine their abilities 

and reimagine their possibilities. 

“Jenna just lights up when she is performing 

and interacting and working with her 

friends from Variety,” Dan said. “We’ve all 

made friends through Variety. The parents 

sit around waiting for the kids and we get 

to know each other really well and know 

each other’s backstories. At first, it was just 

about theater; then, we realized how much 

more Variety does. It’s very uplifting.” 

Every child on the stage is that much 

taller, he said, because of the confidence



they get through Variety. 

Kathy said as Jenna progressed through 

Variety, she also has become a really good 

mentor for kids coming into the theater 

program. 

“She actually just taught some ASL 

(American Sign Language) to the Variety 

choir,” Kathy said. “It’s so fun as a parent 

to watch her in action and to see her be so 

mature and professional, and the kids were 

excited. One of the moms posted on Facebook 

about how excited her child was that 

Jenna was going to be her teacher.” 

Kathy predicted that Jenna’s favorite 

high school memories will be from performing 

with Variety. Jenna agreed and 

noted that one of her favorite roles was 

playing a demonic toy monkey on the Variety 

stage. 

“There is a scene in ‘Mary Poppins,’ not 

in the movie but in the musical, where 

Mary Poppins kind of gives the children 

nightmares – great nanny – and basically 

the toys that the children have broken 

come alive and they’re like, ‘Hey, don’t 

torture us or we’re going to haunt you!’” 

“She was definitely noticeable in that 

scene,” Kathy said. “But Jenna is noticeable 

in every scene that she’s in and that’s 

why she keeps getting cast. She shines!” 

To help other area children shine, Variety 

is looking for donors to its $1.6 million 

Everyday PossAbilities campaign. Donations 

made by May 16 will be automatically 

matched by the Steward 

Family Foundation to have double 

the impact. 

The St. Louis Children’s Choirs 

also is working to raise money to 

support area kids. The nonprofit currently 

serves over 450 singers, ages 

6 to 18, from more than 200 schools 

and 85 ZIP codes in Missouri and 

Illinois. These young artists bring 

their talent and love of classical, 

sacred, contemporary and world 

music to concert stages for everyone 

to enjoy. 

“It’s about putting the best performance 

we can out there,” Martin 

explained. But it’s also about so 

much more. 

“Honestly, the biggest benefit is 

that for 12 years this has been something 

that’s always been there for 

me,” Martin said. “Even if I couldn’t 

trust anything else to be going right I could 

trust that there would be one day a week for 

the majority of the school year that I would 

be at choir rehearsals singing something 

and performing some kind of music.” 

With the choir, Martin has traveled to 

Scotland, Montreal and New York City, 

where he got to sing in Carnegie Hall. 

“Tours are really fun,” he said. He 

recounted one tour in particular. “At the 

Martin De La Hunt (third from left) performing with The St. 

Louis Children’s Choirs in Scotland (Source: De La Hunt family) 

Missouri Music Educators Association 

(in Kansas City) conference, we got to 

sing in a massive hall for that and I was 

a first soprano at the time and one of our 

songs had like a really big, high ending 

chord and ending note and just hearing 

that echo at the very end was probably 

my favorite moment in concert. But so 

many of my other favorite moments have 

been on bus rides between concerts or 



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waiting in the airport or on break 

in rehearsals.” 

It’s in those moments that Martin 

has experienced the true value of 

being part of the St. Louis Children’s 

Choir – the joy of making 

lifelong friends. 

His advice to anyone considering 

joining the choirs is “just go for it.” 

“I can’t really remember my audition 

but I’ve been told that I was 

so nervous that they started me out 

singing ‘Happy Birthday’ – and I 

think most people can sing ‘Happy 

Birthday,’” Martin said. 

“Our kids work so hard. We want 

them to be able to share their music 

with the world,” said Ben Nordstrom, 

the Choirs’ development director. To 

that end, the Choirs have launched 

a donation drive to help offset the 

losses of 2020 and to position the 

organization to help more youth. 

“The pandemic hit us on both sides. In 

addition to lost revenue, it triggered an 

increase in our expenses,” Nordstrom said. 

“This support will help to cover unexpected 

costs of added rehearsal space and 

added personnel to accommodate socially 

distanced rehearsals, as well scholarships 

and tuition assistance for many of our 

families.” 

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High sophomore Brianna Komorech in 

ushering in 2022 by marching in the Rose 

Bowl Parade in Pasadena, California. 

Selected as a bass drummer, Schultz will 

march along with 299 other musicians from 

across the country in the Bands of America 

Honor Band. He picked up percussion for 

the first time around March 2020, and with 

natural talent combined with determination 

and lots of practice, he was inspired by band 

director Brad Wallace to audition for the 

Honor Band. 

“His encouragement and support through 

the tryout process was amazing with my 

limited experience on the bass drum,” he 

said. “I practiced in my basement and 

spent many cold evenings on the parking 

lot at Parkway West perfecting the piece I 

finally submitted.” 

He credits current marching band members 

for providing valuable feedback. With 

a virtual audition, he knew he had one 

chance to ensure the submission was what 

the judges were expecting. 

Having never been to Walt Disney 

World, Schultz is looking forward to also 

marching in the Disney World Parade prior 

to the Rose Bowl Parade. He will have 

the opportunity to explore California with 

family during his stay that extends beyond 

New Year’s Day. 

The parade, which spans 5.5 miles, will 

take place on New Year’s Day 2022 and will 

be broadcast live on syndicated stations. 

Parkway West yearbook 

voted state’s best 

The PAWESEHI yearbook staff at Parkway 

West High was recently named one 

of 51 high schools (three in Missouri) to 

become finalists for the National Scholastic 

Press Association Pacemaker award. 

During the virtual JEA/NSPA Spring 

National High School Journalism Convention 

on April 10, the staff was named 

one of 22 high schools in the world to 

win the honor. They were Missouri’s 

recipient. 

The yearbook’s editors are Caroline Briscoe 

and Anika Zepeda and the advisor is 

Debra Klevens. The National Scholastic 

Press Association’s Pacemaker Award is 

scholastic journalism’s preeminent award. 

Behrman excels in essay contest 

Emma Behrman, a junior at Visitation 

Academy, was named the second-place 

winner of this year’s Robert J. Stuckey 

Essay Contest for her essay titled, “The 

Asian Main Character.” 

Common student topics for essays 

include literary analyses, accounts of 

personal experiences, and fictional short 

stories. The essays must be originally 

composed without assistance and must not 

have been submitted to any previous contest 

or have been previously published. 

The annual competition, sponsored by 

The Friends of the University of Missouri 

Libraries, is open to Missouri high 

school students in grades 9-12, and only 

one entry is accepted from each school. 

Behrman will be awarded a $750 scholarship 

from the Friends of the University 

of Missouri Libraries. Her English 

teacher, Susan Shortt, also will receive 

a $250 award. 

The Friends of the University of Missouri 

Libraries have administered the Robert J. 

Stuckey Essay Contest for the university 

for the past several years. 

The annual contest is presented in 

memory of the late Robert J. Stuckey, a 

member of the 1963 junior class of Farmington 

High who had planned to attend college. 

He was vitally interested in current 

events and enjoyed reading. 

New health services 

director at helm in Parkway 

Diane Brown, BSN, RN has been named 

director of Health Services for Parkway 

Schools, effective July 1. 

Currently, Brown is in a similar role in 

the Ferguson-Florissant School District as 

the coordinator of district nurses, where 

she has served since 2010. Prior to her 

leadership role, she served as an elementary 

school nurse in Riverview Gardens School 

District for 10 years. She began her career 

as a registered nurse for behavioral health 

services centers in the St. Louis region 

specializing in child and adolescent health 

and worked as a pediatric triage nurse at St. 

Louis Children’s Hospital. 

Brown is a registered nurse and holds a 

bachelor of science in nursing from the University 

of Missouri-St. Louis. She replaces 

Dr. Robin Wallin, who moved out of state. 

Rockwood selects 

Teachers of the Year 

Each year, Rockwood schools selects one 

educator from each school as its Teacher of 

the Year. From this selection, the district 

recognizes its school-level teachers of the 

year representing its elementary, middle 

and high schools. 

Selected as the elementary level Teacher of 

the Year is Kim Powell, second-grade teacher 

at Wild Horse; middle school level Teacher 

of the Year is Suzanne Whitford, English 

language arts teacher at Crestview; and high 

school Teacher of the Year is Lauren Schoellhorn, 

social studies teacher at Eureka. 

New early childhood director 

named in Rockwood 

David Herod was approved by the 

Rockwood Board of Education as the 

new director of Rockwood Early Childhood 

Education, beginning July 1. Herod 

replaces Dr. Suzanne Foshage, who 

resigned in February. 

Currently, Herod is the coordinator of 

Rockwood Early Childhood Special Education 

& Behavior Services, where he has 

served since 2018. Prior to that, he was the 

director of special services for the Wright 

City School District and the assistant 

director of student services for the Orchard 

Farm School District. 

Herod earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 

Business Administration and a Bachelor of 

Science in Education from Missouri Baptist 

University, and a Master’s in Educational 

Administration from Lindenwood University. 

Parkway names Albert 

Award winners 

Out of 18 nominees, three final Albert 

Award recipients were announced by Parkway 

Schools. McKelvey Elementary teacher 

Drew Meininger; English language arts 

Southwest Middle teacher Lexi Hummert, 

and West High AP physics teacher Joe Mil- 

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Parkway West technology, engineering teacher named Teacher of the Year 


At the virtual staff meeting prior to the 

start of school on Monday, April 26, Parkway 

West High technology and engineering 

teacher Chris Donaldson got the surprise of 

a lifetime when Dr. Jeremy Mitchell, West 

High’s principal, recognized him as West 

Newsmagazine’s Teacher of the Year. 

“I am so surprised and honored to receive 

the West Newsmagazine Teacher of the 

Year Award. What a way to start this week 

and celebrate efforts throughout this school 

year!” he exclaimed in a later interview. 

The celebration continued on Wednesday 

when he received a prize basket 

that included an iPad, gift certificates 

to local businesses, an award certificate 

and copies of his nomination letters. The 

pandemic restricted West Newsmagazine 

staff and Excellence in Education sponsors 

Schrader Funeral Home, Dream Play 

Recreation, Peoples National Bank, West 

County Lutheran Church/North American 

Lutheran Church and West St. Louis 

County Chamber of Commerce from personally 

attending. However, Donaldson 

said he is grateful to the West Newsmagazine 

sponsors. He added that he also is 

grateful for the many congratulatory phone 

Chris Donaldson 

(Source: Parkway West High) 

calls, texts and emails he has received from 

his colleagues. 

“Chris Donaldson is an excellent teacher 

who meets students where they are to 

ensure they benefit from his class. His individualization 

for and desire to help kiddos 

(both academically and social-emotionally) 

is top notch. We are lucky to call him 

a colleague at West High,” Mitchell said. 

A classroom teacher for 14 years, Donaldson 

has spent the last four years at West 

teaching technology and engineering. In 

the classroom, he draws on about 10 years 

of industry experience in developing training, 

managing information systems and 

facilitating custom solutions. 

With a master’s degree in science education 

from Northeastern State University 

and a bachelor’s degree in education from 

Murray State University, Donaldson said 

it was always part of the plan to bring his 

hands-on experience into the classroom. 

In the first part of his teaching career, he 

taught business and marketing classes, but 

there was a need for a robotics team facilitator. 

With his software industry-related 

experience, he was not afraid to take that 

on for his school. 

“Robotics,” he said, “has proven to be 

amazingly interdisciplinary with a superrich 

collection of students, who typically 

bring a diverse level of abilities and interests 

to the table.” 

After five years of teaching business, 

Donaldson acquired his NASA Endeavor 

Teaching certification in technology and 

engineering for middle and high school. 

Once he moved into the technology teaching 

position, he knew there was no going 

back. His passion for STEM and robotics 

success has never waned. 

When he took over the robotics team at 

West, there were only three students returning 

from the previous year. He built that 

up to 24 students and increased each year 

as the program garnered state, national 

and worldwide success. At its peak, the 

robotics team consisted of 50 students. 

Currently, it is comprised of 32 students 

with four competitive teams, including an 

all-female team. 

Even COVID-19 did little to stop the 

enthusiasm of the robotics program. As 

nominating parent, Kelly Britt, explained, 

“Mr. Donaldson organized to get equipment 

and robotics supplies to students’ 

homes so they could continue and adapt 

despite virtual school.” 

“It is rare to have a teacher with such passion 

and you can see how this is translating 

to love of school and the STEM fields in 

the group program at West,” Britt said. “His 

tenacity and ability to adapt to keep these 

kids going not only have resulted in great 

results but have given them hope this year.” 

Britt’s son Joseph is one of Donaldson’s 

students and robotics team members. 

“They have killed (the competition this 

year) on multiple fronts,” Donaldson said, 

acknowledging the effect of COVID-19. 

But that did not stop the VEX team from 

experiencing success. 

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“Although the VEX Robotics team did 

not win state, they were awarded ‘Excellence,’ 

which is the highest award you 

can win except for the tournament. Now 

they qualify for VEX World Competition, 

which will be held virtually this year,” 

Donaldson explained. 

Parent Jamie Meisigner, whose son David 

is on the robotics team, also praised Donaldson’s 

leadership during the pandemic. 

Donaldson and student 

(Source: Parkway West High) 

“He does so much for the students at 

West High and for future teachers,” Meisigner 

wrote. “I am so impressed with 

Chris Donaldson and his ability to lead 

multiple successful VEX teams to state 

and world competitions. I appreciate how 

he treats all students with dignity, inclusion 

and respect. 

“His motto is ‘fail fast’ as he wants (his 

students) to test their hypothesis and learn 

from those mistakes. Failure is a valuable 

tool in his classroom. It is impressive to 

witness the trust that has been built in the 

classroom.” 

Early into the pandemic, Donaldson 

mobilized robotics students across several 

schools to produce personal protective 

equipment (PPE) that was delivered to 

medical professionals and nursing homes. 

In all, 20 students and five teachers 

used 3D printers to produce 298 

face shields and 802 tension release 

bands, which were distributed to 

five different medical facilities and 

a number of Parkway departments 

and buildings. 

While it is clear that the award 

sponsors chose wisely in selecting 

Donaldson, he was humbled. 

“I feel very honored,” Donaldson 

said. “I recognize your readership 

spans strong schools and districts 

and there are a lot of deserving 

teachers. I feel like I am teaching among 

giants. 

“This award comes at such a palpable 

time where we invest and give in support 

of our students in their academic efforts. 

It’s very validating for the level of efforts 

and time we are putting in.” 

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liano were selected from each school level. 

The Albert Awards are given by the 

Parkway Alumni Association to three 

exceptional Parkway teachers. The award 

recognizes these new teachers for the energy 

and enthusiasm that they bring to their students, 

as well as the creative and innovative 

practices they use in their classroom. 

Each winner will receive recognition and 

$1,000 from the Parkway Alumni Association 

during the virtual Appreciation Evening 

this spring. 

The award is named in honor of the late 

Dr. Albert Burr, a respected teacher, coach 

and principal in the district. To see the 

complete list of nominees, visit parkwayschools.net/alumni. 

A scholarship for storytelling 

High school students from across the 

state of Missouri are invited to showcase 

their storytelling talents and highlight their 

hometowns as part of the Missouri 2021 

High School Competition. 

Missouri 2021, the state’s bicentennial 

celebration, is an initiative of the State 

Historical Society of Missouri and its 

Center for Missouri Studies. Faculty from 

University of Missouri are facilitating the 

high school competition, which challenges 

students to explore Missouri’s past, present 

and future by using a variety of storytelling 

techniques. Students can opt to submit 

projects to any or all of three categories – 

past, present and future. Winners of each 

category will receive $100 and will have 

their works presented online and at a public 

event in August. 

For details on the competition, visit engineering.missouri.edu/academics/it/missouri2021. 

The deadline for submissions is 

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Foundry Art Centre 

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(636) 255-0270 

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Foundry Art Camp at the Foundry Art 

Centre in St. Charles, where students in 

grades K-8 will discover inspiration along 

the Katy Trail and engage in creative 

projects focused on nature art. Campers 

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butterfly garden, and creating a giant 

mural of plastic bottle caps. Their work will 

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Kennedy Farms Equestrian Camps 

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Living Word Church 

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“Man in the Middle” 

“Man in the Middle” is the story of Jim 

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CBC varsity volleyball team at the Summit Invitational 

sports 

briefs 

By WARREN MAYES 

High school boys volleyball 

CBC volleyball recently won the 

Summit Invitational with a 25-17, 23-25, 

25-16 victory over Affton in the title match. 

The Cadets beat Fort Zumwalt East in 

semifinals 25-12, 25-14, 2-0. In Pool B 

play, CBC defeated Fort Zumwalt North, 

and Whitfield but lost to Affton. 

“For many of the boys, they play multiple 

sports and they were consistently 

saying ‘This is our first time ever winning 

a tournament,’” CBC coach Alex Erbs 

said. “I can say on behalf of myself and my 

assistant coach, who are both alumni of the 

school and program, it was our first time 

ever winning a tournament for the program. 

“We did well in our pool even though we 

lost in two to Affton. It was a good wakeup 

call that we cannot underestimate any of 

the competition as the boys swept the first 

few games of the day.” 

CBC came back to defeat Affton in the 

final to win the tournament. 

“Our seniors really stepped up and led by 

example, which is always a best-case scenario 

– and our younger guys really came 

in clutch in difficult situations,” Erbs said. 

(Source: Nate Latch/CBC) 

“Obviously, I am very happy with our team 

but very disappointed that we lost a season 

last year. 

“We had a larger group of seniors this 

previous year and were really looking forward 

to doing some great things. I think 

our team this year understands what was 

lost and that is really driving them to do 

better and outwork the competition. I have 

been very happy with the progress we have 

had. We continually get better after every 

practice and game.” 

High school boys golf 

CBC senior Andrew Muth won medalist 

honors in the Webster Cup at Cresent 

Farms Golf Course. The CBC team took 

second place in the 24-team tournament. 

Muth and Marquette senior Blake Mazzola 

each shot an even-par 72 in regulation. 

On the first playoff hole, Muth sank a twofoot 

putt for par to win be the tournament 

medalist. In his round, Muth recorded three 

pars and 13 birdies to go with a bogey and 

a double bogey. 

As a team, CBC shot 307. St. Louis University 

High placed first with a 301. 

High school girls lacrosse 

The Marquette Mustangs won the first 

Westminster Girls Lacrosse Classic, rallying 

to earn a 6-5 victory over Eureka in 

the championship match. Mustangs senior 

Riley Goring scored the game-winning 

goal with 30 seconds to play. 

Marquette defeated Westminster 13-5 

and Francis Howell North 13-3 before 

playing Eureka. 

High school boys tennis 

MICDS senior Evan Erb, who won the 

Class 1 state championship as a freshman 

in 2018, won the No. 1 singles flight in 

the Metro League boys tennis tournament 

played at Westminster Christian Academy. 

Erb defeated John Burroughs senior Akash 

Rajan 6-1, 6-1. 

MICDS’ Justin Jan won the No. 2 singles 

flight with a 6-2, 6-2 win over John Burroughs’ 

Rory Sutter. 

Erb and Jan combined to win at No. 1 

doubles with an 8-5 win over Rajan and 

Sutter. 

Priory had the other two singles flight 

champions. Christian Djavaherien won at 

No. 5 and Brendan O’Meara won at No. 8. 

John Burroughs claimed the team championship 

with 53 points. Priory was second 

with 47. 

College signings 

During the most recent NCAA signing 

day, the following students (listed by 

school and sport) signed letters of intent to 

attend college and play a sport: 

Lafayette 

Basketball: Drew Byous to Fontbonne 

University; Football: Pernell Garner to 

Southeast Missouri State University; 

Swimming: Joshua Moellenhoff to Lewis 

University; Wrestling: Josette Partney to 

Missouri Baptist University; Golf: Hayden 

Somach to Grinnell College; Volleyball: 

Joshua Zhuchenko to Maryville University 

Parkway South 

Cross Country & Track: Eric Boles to 

Washington University in St. Louis; Basketball: 

Tristan Brand to Culver Stockton 

College, Rhyan Shanklin to Mid America 

Nazarene University; Football: Zach 

Davis to Iowa Central Community College, 

Mason Lange to Quincy University, 

Christian Tapia to Concordia University– 

Chicago 

St. Joseph’s Academy 

Volleyball: Lana Gerard to Rollins 

College; Golf: Drew Nienhaus to Penn 

3/1/21 4:35 PM 

State; Basketball: Michele Origliasso to 

Rockhurst 

Westminster Christian Academy 

Cross Country and Track: Hunter 

Freiner to Missouri S&T, Caleb Moellenhoff 

to Missouri S&T, Thomas Gorline 

to Concordia University in Nebraska; 

Soccer: Zoe Lintner to University of 

Southern Indiana, Luke Laughlin to Covenant 

College; Lacrosse: Teddy Peirick to 

Columbia College, Nick Lee to Columbia 

College; Baseball: Zachary Allen to 

Cedarville University 

CBC AD named to 

wrestling Hall of Fame 

Rocky Streb, the CBC athletic director, 

has been inducted into the Missouri Wrestling 

Hall of Fame. 

Before getting into coaching, Streb was 

an accomplished wrestler. He won a state 

title in 1977 for Riverview High. He was 

a three-year starter Missouri. He coached 

at Oakville High before going to coach at 

CBC. Oakville won the Class 4 state title in 

1998 under Streb. 

Streb coached for 17 years at Oakville 

and had 12 state champions. The state team 

title was something Streb won’t forget. 

“It took 13 years of long hours and 

extreme dedication by a lot of people to 

get there,” Streb said. “It was very much a 

team effort by an incredible coaching staff 

and supportive families. 

“It’s been a real honor and a privilege to 

work with some great guys over the years.” 

Parkway North AD honored 

Corey Johnson, the athletic director at 

Parkway North, has been honored by the 

Missouri Interscholastic Athletic Administrators 

Association (MIAAA) Conference 

at Margaritaville in Osage Beach. 

Johnson was recognized as the MIAAA 

2019-2020 State AD of the year. He has 

been at Parkway North for two years after 

spending the previous nine years as the AD 

in the Hazelwood School District. 

“I’m greatly honored to receive the 

award,” Johnson said. “I have been so very 

fortunate to work with some amazing students 

and coaches.”



CBC’s Darrah wins weight class 

at national wrestling tournament 

By WARREN MAYES 

Winning a state championship left CBC 

junior wrestler Jack Darrah wanting and 

expecting more. 

He got it. Darrah recently won the 220- 

pound weight class in the USA Folkstyle 

National Tournament at Cedar Falls, Iowa. 

“It definitely felt better to win the national 

tournament. I knew throughout the season 

that I was the guy to beat at state, not that 

it put pressure on me, but it became an 

expectation for me to accomplish that. At 

nationals, anyone can win and the quality 

of competition is much tougher,” Darrah 

said. 

Jack Darrah 

(Source: Nate Latch/CBC) 

Darrah needed overtime, but he got 

the job done 3-1 in sudden victory over 

Bradley Hill, of Bettendorf, Iowa, to bring 

home the national title. His opponent presented 

him with a quality foe, representing 

the esteemed Sebolt Wrestling Club and 

boasting two state medals, one being a 

state championship. 

“I come into every tournament with the 

expectation to win,” Darrah said. “I trust in 

my training and believe in my coaches and 

partners to help me perform my best every 

time. I have been competing at this tournament 

since I began wrestling. This was one 

of the first tournaments I ever competed in 

when I started, and this was the first time I 

won it. It’s a great feeling.” 

In the quarterfinals, Darrah faced twotime 

state placer Kalob Runyon, of Indianola, 

Iowa. He needed the full time in a 

tight 1-0 decision. 

“I had trouble getting to my offense on 

this opponent,” Darrah said. “He stayed in 

good position and made it difficult for me 

to score. I was able to control him on the 

mat and take the win.” 

In the semifinals, Darrah replicated his 

1-0 result this time by defeating Kansas 

state medalist Mack Hubbel, of Overland 

Park. 

“I was able to escape from bottom to 

score the only point,” Darrah said. “Similar 

to the last match, my offense was slowed 

down, but I kept my head, stayed patient 

and tried not to get too flustered.” 

With that win, Darrah secured his spot in 

the finals and the chance to bring back a 

national championship. The match would 

not be an easy one. 

“I was excited, but I had to keep my head 

for the most important match,” Darrah said. 

“I had been here a couple of times before 

and came up short, so I knew the pain of 

making it this far to not get the win. 

“Throughout the match, we were both 

able to get to our attacks, but neither of us 

could capitalize. I kept my head clear and 

stayed patient when it headed into overtime, 

I knew that I had a better pace and 

wanted it more. I countered his shot and 

was able to get the takedown to win.” 

Robinson was delighted for Darrah. 

“I was pretty pumped for him. He’s the 

first kid for me and from CBC to ever win 

that tournament,” CBC coach Cornell Robinson 

said. 

Back in March, Darrah won the Class 4 

state title at 195. He capped an undefeated 

18-0 season when he won by fall over Jack 

Horn, of Liberty, in 2:48. Darrah also won 

his district and sectional tournaments. Now, 

he is in training for the World Team Trials, 

which will be held in Coralville, Iowa. The 

goal is to win, make the world team and go 

to Russia this fall to compete. 

“I think he can do it. He’s training hard,” 

Robinson said. “That’s what our program 

at CBC tries to do. Kids who really buy in 

will get better and this is what they chase.” 

Darrah also is looking forward to his 

senior season at CBC. 

“Capping my career off with another 

state title is the goal, “Darrah said. “I am 

not sure what our season is going to look 

like, but I am sure it will be tough.” 

Darrah has already chosen where he 

wants to attend college and wrestle. He 

has decided on Cornell and will sign his 

national letter of intent this fall. 

“Cornell is the best culmination of academics 

and wrestling in the country,” 

Darrah said. “At the end of the day, I will 

not be wrestling for the rest of my life. The 

school will set me up to be successful in 

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SERENGETI STEVE, from page 20 

brains don’t have the capability of training 

(and conditioning) doesn’t work 

with all reptiles. Basically, (conditioning 

involves) interacting with them enough at 

birth – which always works best – and for 

a certain amount of time. Depending on the 

species, we work with them, handle them 

and they get to a point where they don’t 

fear us anymore.” 

Ceriotti said there are only two reasons 

why an animal would bite you. One is 

a “feeding response.” In other words, the 

animal thinks you’re food. The second is 

a “defensive response,” where the animal 

thinks you are something to fear. When 

conditioning comes in the form of constant 

handling, the animals don’t look at their 

handlers as something to fear. 

Ceriotti said his only real fear in life 

– which terrifies him to the point of shaking 

– is heights, even climbing more than 

three rungs up a ladder. Also, he said he 

wouldn’t go into a lion’s cage or pet a bear 

because he doesn’t have the knowledge of 

them that he has from years of training as 

a herpetologist. His respect for those very 

real dangers is proof that knowledge and 

training are vital to his success – and proof 

that without proper training and safety 

precautions, no one should try any of Ceriotti’s 

stunts at home. 

Ceriotti’s performances demonstrate 

the depth of his knowledge and his reptiles’ 

conditioning – allowing him to go 

to extremes, as he did in 2012 as part of 

the “America’s Got Talent” finals in Las 

Vegas. He began by walking calmly toward 

the celebrity judges. Moments later, there 

were ghastly expressions on the faces of 

Howie Mendel, Howard Stern and especially 

Sharon Osbourne as Ceriotti opened 

his mouth to have two massive Madagascar 

cockroaches crawl out. But the bugs 

were a mild prelude to his successful act of 

kissing a black Pakistani cobra, one of the 

deadliest snakes in the world. That stunt 

Holding an alligator definitely earns you bragging rights. 

could have led to instant death with one 

bite from the cobra’s fangs. 

Ceriotti’s most recent national television 

appearance was on April 7 when he 

appeared in an episode of ‘Game of Talents,’ 

filmed in Hollywood last November. 

Ceriotti, in a white tuxedo with gold bling, 

was accompanied by four dancing girls 

with machetes and fire blazing all around. 

They came to a stop in front of those guessing 

the talent. Then, Ceriotti opened his 

mouth and a venomous scorpion began to 

emerge; thus, naming his talent, “Scorpion 

Wrangler.” 

It wasn’t the first time, his ability to 

hold a scorpion in his mouth gained him 

fame. On April 22, 2011, his unique skill 

landed him in the Guinness Book of World 

Records. 

“It was odd because I had seen a show 

about a year before called “The Guinness 

World Record Attempts, Book of Attempts” 

or something like that,” Ceriotti recalled. 

“I watched it and saw a lady who set the 

world record of 2 minutes, 3 seconds (for 

holding a scorpion in her mouth). I thought, 

‘Well, just knowing scorpions: one, they’re 

very nocturnal, and two, they love to be in 

very small, confined areas. They’re relaxed 

in those areas. They crawl into very small 

holes to hide during the day and they come 

out at night. So, I thought, the reason she 

can do that is, as long as you put (it) in very 

carefully and don’t hurt it (and) just keep 

your lips close, it’s a nice, small dark area. 

So, I figured I’d try it.” 

Ceriotti originally planned to perform 

his record-breaking performance at CBC, 

where he graduated in 1987. But it had 

to be at a public venue with no admission 

charged and not a private institution that 

charged tuition. Since one of his neighbors 

taught at Parkway South, Ceriotti chose 

that venue. 

“The scorpion will actually shut down in 

your closed mouth,” Ceriotti said. “Occasionally, 

you’ll feel the legs move a little, 

but if for any reason you think the scorpion 


Getting up close to and gaining understanding of reptiles is at the heart of Ceriotti’s shows. 


is uncomfortable, you quickly open your 

mouth. 

“But on that day, it basically sat in there. 

The only reason I stopped at 17 minutes, 17 

seconds is that, after I broke the 2-minute, 

3-second mark, many people left. I didn’t 

realize it because what I’m usually doing is 

closing my eyes and slowing my breathing. 

At one point, I opened my eyes and saw my 

wife (Janice) and our kids kind of doing the 

thing where you put your fingers by your 

throat to say, ‘Stop! Stop!’ I didn’t know 

why. I thought, ‘Was there some kind of 

weird emergency? Why are they telling me 

to stop?’ Then, I started to realize that half 

the crowd of some 1,000 people had left 

because I’m doing it so long that they’re 

getting bored to death. I broke the record, 

then they hung out for another 5 or 6 minutes. 

They didn’t know how long I would 

do it, so people started to leave. At that 

moment, I opened my mouth, and that’s 

when the timer stopped at 17:17.” 

Ceriotti shared one more memory from 

just over six months later. He and his wife 

were sitting in a field box when Lafayette 

High graduate David Freese became a lifetime 

legend with his dramatic ninth inning, 

game-tying triple and 11th inning walk-off 

home run in game six of the 2011 World 

Series against the Texas Rangers. The 

Ceriottis were also supposed to be going to 

game seven. But a rainout set it up against 

a Halloween party at which he was scheduled 

to perform. 

“I thought, ‘This is St. Louis. These 

people are obviously going to postpone 

their Halloween party.’ I called the party 

planner and asked, ‘Are you still having 

that party tonight? This is St. Louis and 

it is game seven.’ She said they most certainly 

were! I said, ‘OK, I will be there.’ I 

showed up ... (and) as I got a little closer 

to the house, I thought, ‘I know this house. 

This is Albert Pujols’ house!’ Then, I 

thought, ‘It can’t be. Albert’s getting ready 

to start game seven.’ I walked up the driveway, 

saw Dede (Deidre) Pujols and their 

son, A.J. (Albert, Jr.). I thought, ‘What 

the heck is going on here?’ I said, ‘Hey, 

Dede! I don’t know if you know this, but 

your husband is getting ready to play game 

seven in like 10 minutes!’ She looked at 

me and said, ‘Steve, I was not going to 

have this party canceled just because of a 

baseball game.’” 

A scorpion 


So, Ceriotti performed his show outdoors 

by a TV that had been brought nearby. The 

kids were all watching the show and not 

the TV but Ceriotti admitted he was kind 

of watching the game. At one point, he 

offered to pause his performance. 

“I looked down at AJ and said, ‘Do you 

want me to hang on for a second and take 

a little pause because your dad is up to the 

plate with the tying run on second base?’ AJ 

looked over his shoulder at the TV, looked 

back and said, ‘No! I want to see the animals.’ 

His dad has been a superstar since 

he was a baby, and to him, it was just his 

dad playing another game. It’s no different 

from my kids, who are in college now, ... 

thinking all these other kids want to see all 

these animals but it’s just their dad (and) 

that’s just an alligator (and) that’s just an 

anaconda. Not a big deal.”





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The 225-acre Chesterfield Valley Athletic 

Complex attracts 1 million visitors 

annually, making the property in question 

an undeniable asset to the city, he 

said 

Currently, stormwater has to be pumped 

away from the athletic complex since the 

gravity storm sewer improvements to the 

two massive flood control storm water 

stations eastwardly at Long Road are nonexistent. 

“A huge downfall to having the current, 

defective interconnection is the loss of 

possible development,” Geisel said. 

He estimates that the work to improve 

the 100-acre site would require approximately 

$12 million in funding, but would 

provide an economic benefit to both the 

region and the state. 

Another project would provide stormwater 

drain pipes from the south side of I-64 

to the north side at Long Road. 

While few components remain on the 

4,000-acre Monarch-Chesterfield Levee 

project, one of the most critical is the 

construction of a stormwater conduit connecting 

the stormwater storage system on 

the south side of I-64 at Long Road to 

the stormwater pumping stations on the 

north side of the highway. At least one 

additional culvert is essential to convey 

accumulated stormwater from the multiacre 

reservoirs. The cost to complete 

this segment of the internal stormwater 

drainage system is estimated at roughly 

$1.2 million. 

Geisel said the last two priority projects 

would not likely qualify for the Rescue Act 

funding, but would reasonably qualify for 

any infrastructure revenues if made available. 

One of these would extend North 

Outer 40 Road from Chesterfield Parkway 

into Chesterfield Valley at an estimated 

cost of $22 million. 

The second project is for a stormwater 

culvert along I-64 at Long Road. A major 

segment of the interior stormwater drainage\flood 

control system is the addition of 

a culvert under I-64 to drain the reservoirs 

and drainage channels from the south side 

of the highway into the previously constructed 

pump stations. This generally 

provides for the conveyance of stormwater 

for properties north of Chesterfield 

Airport Road, between Boone’s Crossing 

and Spirit of St. Louis Boulevard, while 

concurrently draining a reservoir at the 

Long Road\I-64 intersection, which is 

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November ballot would create bigger voter 

turnout,” Mayor Mike Clement said. “The 

Municipal League and most municipalities 

think this is a horrible idea.” 

The Municipal League of Metro St. Louis 

urged its members to voice their opposition 

to the bill. 

Specifically, the resolution states that 

decreasing the already limited options 

throughout the year to hold elections would 

have a negative impact on the ability of 

voters to be engaged on local issues. It adds 

that the proposal set forth in House Bill No. 

920 would create increased burdens on 

local governments to educate voters about 

local ballot measures. And it states that 

voters have grown accustomed to community-specific 

issues, such as electing local 

officials, local tax measurements, propositions, 

school board officials and other local 

community initiatives, being considered in 

the month of April. 

“Evidence does not exist to suggest 

that election dates for municipalities in 

November will result in enhanced voter 

knowledge of local ballot measures,” the 

resolution states. “November elections 

tend to have an increased number of races 

and ballot measures due to the nature and 

type of elections that are considered later 

in the year, and the addition of local candidates, 

initiatives and propositions would 

increase ballot fatigue and reduce voter 

enthusiasm.” 

Additionally, it suggests that municipal 

elections are inherently non-partisan and 

that the mixture of partisan and nonpartisan 

races may complicate election administration 

logistics for election authorities. 

“The partisan nature of November elections 

may overshadow the focus that municipal 

elections in April traditionally have 

on community issues and negatively affect 

communities across the state,” it states. 

On the flip side, proponents say the election 

day change is needed because some 

entities use the traditionally low voter turnout 

for April elections to pass large bond 

issues and tax increases. In Missouri, turnouts 

by county generally range between 

10% to 20% for April elections and 55% to 

75% for November elections. 

Another reason proponents say they want 

the change is to ensure candidates for elective 

office face more voters in elections. 

HB 920 proponents believe traditionally 

higher November voter turnouts will result 

in election results more representative of 

total registered voters. They also believe 

eliminating the April election will save 

taxpayer money. 

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St. Louis area collaboration. 

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By LISA RUSSELL 

Mercy completes acquisition 

of Dierbergs pharmacies 

All 22 of Dierbergs Markets’ traditional 

and specialty pharmacies officially became 

Mercy Pharmacy locations on April 19. 

Officials from both companies marked the 

transition with a ribbon-cutting ceremony 

at the Dierbergs Lafayette Square location 

in Manchester. 

With this expansion, Mercy now offers 

34 retail pharmacies in the St. Louis region. 

“Adding the Dierbergs pharmacy locations 

to Mercy gives our patients more convenience 

for obtaining needed medicines… 

With this new collaboration, our Mercy- 

GoHealth Urgent Care centers – many 

located in the same shopping plazas as 

Dierbergs stores – and our rapid expansion 

of outpatient sites, we are bringing even 

more convenient health care services to 

where people live, work and shop throughout 

the Metro area,” said Stephen Mackin, 

executive vice president, Mercy and president, 

Mercy St. Louis Community.” 

With the agreement completed, Mercy also 

has added more than 150 Dierbergs pharmacists, 

pharmacy technicians and other pharmacy 

associates to its team of employees. 

CF diagnosis may soon 

be simplified 

The genetic disease cystic fibrosis (CF) 

currently affects one in every 3,300 births 

in the United States. As Cystic Fibrosis 

Awareness Month also takes place in May, 

a new and far simpler screening method 

for CF may soon help to ease some of the 

diagnostic burden for babies, families and 

physicians alike. 

A Northwestern University-led research 

team has developed a gentle, easy-to-read 

sticker that, when applied to a baby’s skin, 

absorbs sweat and then changes color to 

provide an accurate diagnosis of CF within 

minutes. While measuring chloride levels 

in a sweat test has been the diagnostic standard 

for decades, the current technology 

involves a rigid, bulky and often uncomfortable 

device which must be strapped to 

infants’ wrists for at least 30 minutes to 

collect their sweat. 

In testing of the stickers at Chicago’s 

Lurie Children’s Hospital, researchers 

found that they were not only more comfortable 

for children, but could also collect 

about 33% more sweat than the current 

method, helping to ensure that just one test 

can provide an accurate result. 

Because it is so simple to use, the stickers 

may eventually provide the option of 

testing children outside of hospitals in the 

home, which could help families in rural 

areas or in medical settings without special 

diagnostic tools. 

For families already anxious about a 

CF diagnosis, though, doctors involved in 

the testing said the sticker technology can 

offer several advantages right now over the 

collection devices currently in general use. 

“Some parents bring their baby in for testing 

and are sent home without a confirmed 

result because the device was unable to 

collect enough sweat,” said study coauthor 

Dr. Susanna McColley, a pediatric 

pulmonologist at Lurie. “They go home, 

without knowing if their baby has a serious 

disease or not, and their baby cannot yet 

start treatment. It can be agonizing.” 

Tanning bed ban for minors 

could prevent many cancers 

If the U.S. were to impose a ban on the 

use of tanning beds by adolescents under 

17, thousands of cases of potentially deadly 

skin cancer could be prevented and millions 

of dollars in healthcare costs saved, 

according to a recent review published in 

the journal CANCER. 

Indoor tanning has been linked to an 

increased risk of all types of skin cancer – 

including melanoma, which is potentially 

fatal if not detected early – with the highest 

risk in those who start using tanning beds 

at a young age. 

But despite this increased knowledge, 

their use remains a common practice 

among young Americans. Research shows 

that 17% of U.S. teens have used tanning 

beds, as have 59% of college students. 

One-third of those who regularly tan 

indoors start doing so before age 18. 

A handful of countries, including the U.K., 

France, Germany and Spain, have implemented 

policies to ban tanning beds for 

those under 18, while the U.S. and Canada 

have not. Such bans, say this study’s Canadian 

authors, have the potential to save lives 

and treatment-related costs, but they do 

come with their own costs related to policy 

implementation and enforcement, as well as 

lost revenue to the tanning industry. 

To consider both the benefits and costs of 

a ban, investigators modeled the lifespans 

of the 17.1 million Americans who are now 

between the ages of 14 and 17. The team’s 

simulations compared the outcomes, both 

financially and in terms of health consequences, 

of instituting a ban versus not 

doing so. 

Their simulations showed that a ban 

would prevent more than 15,000 melanoma 

cases and produce a net savings of 

$205.4 million over the lifetimes of these 

young people. 

Case study reveals health 

dangers of energy drinks 

A recently published case study involving 

one young man’s life-threatening 

health problems resulting from his heavy 

consumption of energy drinks is a cautionary 

tale for others, doctors have warned. 

The 21-year-old, whose health journey 

was recently documented in the journal 

BMJ Case Reports, was taken to the emergency 

room after four months of feeling 

progressively short of breath when exerting 

himself, becoming breathless when 

lying down, and losing weight. 

Tests conducted at the hospital revealed 

that he was suffering from both heart 

and kidney failure. Both conditions were 

severe enough to warrant his being considered 

for both heart and kidney transplants. 

The youth reported drinking an average of 

four 500 ml (about 16-ounce) cans of energy 

drinks nearly every day since the age of 19. 

He also said he had recently been experiencing 

indigestion, tremors and heart palpitations, 

for which he had not previously seen 

a doctor. He had become so ill that he could 

not attend his college classes. 

Each of the energy drinks he consumed 

over that two-year period contained around 

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Unexpected diagnosis brings new 

awareness of celiac disease 

During May of 2020 – in the midst of all 

the stress surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic 

– I wouldn’t have given a second 

thought to the fact that it was Celiac Disease 

Awareness Month. This year, that has 

definitely changed. 

Last October, my 24-year-old daughter 

was diagnosed with celiac disease seemingly 

out of the blue, with no previous 

symptoms. After a frightening episode 

when she became very dizzy and almost 

passed out at work, she was found to 

have severe anemia; an astute doctor soon 

ordered antibody tests for celiac, which 

came back unquestionably positive. 

It turns out she is actually one of the 

lucky ones. In the United States, an estimated 

3 million people have celiac disease, 

but at least 80% of them don’t know it. 

Celiac disease is a genetically based condition 

that causes an autoimmune reaction 

to eating gluten, a protein found in grains 

such as wheat, rye and barley. Over time, 

it can severely damage the lining of the 

small intestine and impair the absorption 

of nutrients from food. There is no cure for 

the disease, and no medication is available 

to treat it; but by permanently following a 

strict gluten-free diet, people can usually 

(but not always) manage its symptoms. 

Those potential symptoms number more 

than 200, according to the Celiac Disease 

Foundation, which can affect virtually 

all systems of the body. Among the most 

common are abdominal pain, cramping 

and diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss, joint 

pain, neuropathy, and others. My daughter 

has experienced several of these since 

being diagnosed, along with headaches, 

“brain fog,” rashes and anxiety. 

Lisa Russell with her daughter 

(Family photo) 

However, celiac disease can often be 

completely silent, damaging the small 

intestine without producing symptoms for 

years or even decades before it is discovered 

– often by accident – in conjunction 

with another illness. If undetected, it can 

eventually lead to serious health issues 

including infertility, osteoporosis, liver 

damage, nervous system disorders and 

even some cancers. 

Once one family member has been diagnosed 

with celiac disease, the others should 

be tested as well, experts say. In fact, a Mayo 

Clinic study conducted in 2019 found that 

44% of the parents, siblings and children of 

a group of celiac patients it screened also 

had the disease. Nearly all of them had no 

symptoms at all or had experienced symptoms 

that were not considered “classic.” 

The May annual awareness event aims 

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160 mg of caffeine – about 1.5 times as 

much as in an average 8-ounce cup of 

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While he may still need a kidney transplant 

due to an unrelated problem, the young man’s 

heart symptoms and function improved significantly 

with drug treatment and after he 

eliminated energy drinks completely, the 

authors said, although his long-term prognosis 

is still uncertain. His story adds to the 

growing body of evidence concerning the 

potential harmful effects of excessive energy 

drinks on the heart, they added. 

“I think there should be more awareness 

about energy drinks and the effect of their 

contents,” the young man said in their 

report. “I believe they are very addictive 

and far too accessible to young children.” 

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Pandemic pets 

Families with young children haven’t 

been the only Americans to get in on the 

trend of adopting a new dog or cat during 

the COVID-19 pandemic. According to 

the most recent National Poll on Healthy 

Aging, 10% of older adults between the 

ages of 50 and 80 also added a new pet to 

their households between March 2020 and 

January 2021. 

That number was an even higher 16% 

among older people who have at least one 

child or teen living with them, the survey 

showed. 

In all, 59% of people age 50 to 80 who 

completed the nationally representative 

poll in January 2021 said they are pet 

owners. Of that number, 17% said they had 

gotten at least one pet since the pandemic 

began, although the survey did not ask if 

this was their first pet or an additional pet. 

Pet ownership was higher in the 2021 

survey among people aged 50 to 64, 

women, those who are employed and those 

living in single-family detached homes, as 

well as white adults. 

The new survey data were an update 

to a previous report published in April 

2019. Older adults who participated in that 

survey said having a pet helps them enjoy 

life, have a sense of purpose, reduce stress, 

and stick to a routine. Dog owners in particular 

said their pet helps them stay more 

physically active. 

Among older adults living alone or in 

self-reported fair or poor health when they 

participated in the 2019 poll, nearly 75% 

said their pet helped them cope with physical 

or emotional symptoms. 

The percentage of those living alone who 

More older women may be overcoming their 

reservations about letting their hair go gray, 

according to a recent small study. 

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have acquired a new pet since the COVID-19 

pandemic began. 


said their household includes a pet rose by 

12 percentage points between the 2019 and 

2021 surveys, reflecting the important role 

of pets as companions for older adults – 

which became especially critical during the 

pandemic, according to the report’s authors. 

The risks of going gray 

During recent lockdowns, some older 

women who were unable to visit their hairdressers 

– and who weren’t leaving home 

much anyway – decided to let their hair go 

“natural,” which meant going gray. 

This trend appears to have accelerated a 

change that was already happening among 

many women over 50, according to British 

researchers. Using input from members of 

two Facebook groups focused on women 

making the transition from coloring their 

hair to embracing their natural silver tones, 

University of Exeter scientists explored 

some of society’s common attitudes 

toward women’s natural aging processes … 

and how some older women are pushing 

back against these attitudes. 

Many women participating in the groups 

said they perceived a risk in allowing their 

natural gray hair to show, the researchers 

found. That risk stemmed from negative 

consequences they said they had 

commonly experienced after going gray, 

such as being ignored, talked down to, or 

viewed as less competent. 

Unfortunately, some group participants 

also reported being chastised – including 

by some of their own family members and 

friends – for “letting themselves go.” 

Many said making the transition to gray 

hair helped them to feel more natural and 

more authentic, however. This was especially 

true if they felt supported by friends 

and loved ones in their decision. 

“We are all constrained by society’s 

norms and expectations when it comes 

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nificantly reduced participants’ risk of 

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between the ages of 30 and 70. In people 

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Test interference 

Thyroid hormone use is very common 

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65. However, nearly one-third of seniors 

who take thyroid hormone medication are 

at the same time taking other medications 

known to interfere with thyroid function 

tests, according to a new study. 

Levothyroxine, which is prescribed 

when the thyroid gland becomes underactive 

and fails to produce enough thyroid 

hormone, is one of the most frequently prescribed 

medications in the United States. 

Among those who take this medication, 

regular thyroid function tests are important 

for measuring the effectiveness of treatment 

and adjusting the dose as needed. 

However, thyroid function tests can be 

altered by a variety of other drugs. These 

include commonly prescribed medications 

including some steroids, seizure medications, 

medications to help stabilize heart 

rhythm, and cancer treatments, according 

to researchers. 

They recently examined data from nearly 

540,000 American seniors taking thyroid 

hormone. Overall, they found that nearly 

32% of those people also were taking one 

or more other drugs that could interfere 

with their regular thyroid function tests. 

“Our findings highlight the complexity of 

managing thyroid hormone replacement in 

older adults, many of whom take medications 

for other medical conditions,” said 

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now, the prevalence of concurrent use of 

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Seniors with other chronic medical conditions 

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On the calendar 

BJC Missouri Baptist Hospital sponsors 

a free seven-session course, Living 

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which begins on Thursday, May 13 

and runs through Thursday, June 24. Each 

weekly session, held live via Zoom, is from 

9:30- a.m.-noon. Learn to set healthy goals, 

make action plans, manage pain, embrace 

nutrition and exercise, understand the use of 

medications and increase your confidence 

in managing your own health. Developed 

by Stanford University’s Patient Education 

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with any chronic health condition. The 

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May 13 from 10 a.m.-noon. Learn the seven 

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that promote enhanced quality of life, 

during this free online Zoom session sponsored 

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Pump it Up to Beat Cardiovascular 

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live via Zoom. Are you living with some 

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into daily management of your condition 

under the guidance of a physical therapist. 

The free course is sponsored by BJC Missouri 

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St. Louis Oasis and BJC Missouri Baptist 

Medical Center present Strike the Right 

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a.m.-noon. Did you know one of the main 

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dizziness and imbalance? Join a vestibular 

physical therapist to learn about your body’s 

balance systems while discussing strategies 

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balance. This fun and interactive free presentation, 

held live via Zoom, will help you 

maintain an active, healthy life. Register 

online at classes-events.bjc.org. 

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It’s true and it’s told in “Ready to Wear,” 

the story of St. Louis’ birth, growth, 

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transport readers to the Washington Avenue 

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Looking for a new way to explore the 

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The Katy Trail is a monument to the 

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“These Boys are Killing Me: Travels and 

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their emails. Though greatly changed, the 

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The experience of their journeys, including 

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“The Virtual Suicide Machine” 

Clinical social worker Mitch Adams 

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plea to save his mentor, psychologist Tony 

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“Soda Fountain Blues” 

Author Lonnie Whitaker’s second novel 

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Wesley Sanders, age 18, is heading west 

from Missouri on a Trailways bus looking 

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a list of skills that will help parents understand 

the value of reading from the day the 

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“Grandman Dean Goes Big Shopping” 

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“The Magic of Nature: Meditations & 

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When parents became aware of the email, 

a Facebook group known as Concerned 

Parents of the Rockwood School District 

was quick to activate its members to speak 

up about their concerns regarding the 

school’s curricula and Fallert’s advice to 

“hide” it from district parents. The meeting 

on April 30 was a result of those efforts. 

Speaking at the meeting were Rep. 

Dottie Bailey (R-District 110), who is also 

a Rockwood parent and a member of the 

Concerned Parents Facebook group; state 

Sen. Andrew Koenig (R-District 15) and 

state Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin (R-District 

18). Amended legislation sponsored by 

O’Laughlin (Senate Bill 85) and supported 

by Koenig that would expand school choice 

and limit instruction on human sexuality 

and sexually transmitted diseases was 

passed into law in February. Both serve on 

the education committee with O’Laughlin 

being the chairwoman. 

Bion Bartning, representing FAIR (Foundation 

Against Intolerance & Racism), also 

attended via Zoom to discuss CRT. 

The event opened with a prayer from 

Pastor Jody Burkeen of Ignite Church in 

Eureka, followed by Bartning. O’Laughlin 

and Koenig were then introduced, and the 

floor was opened up for questions with 

emotions running high. 

Hundreds of parents, educators and concerned 

citizens from several area school 

districts turned out to voice their concerns. 

Gretchen Henry, whose three children 

attended school in Rockwood, expressed 

the frustration that many on the Concerned 

Parents Facebook page shared in comments 

there. 

“We have to teach them how to think, not 

what to think,” she said. 

In her remarks, O’Laughlin agreed with 

that sentiment, stating, “We need to get 

schools out of the business of getting into 

your personal business, and back to reading, 

writing and arithmetic.” 

But a woman named Charity, whose children 

attend Woerther Elementary, shared 

with the predominately white audience 

what it is like for her African-American 

family in the district. 

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The National Museum of Transportation’s 

Pistons and Pixels photo contest for amateur 

photographers is accepting submissions 

through Saturday, July 31. Twelve winners’ 

photographs will be featured in the 2022 

National Museum of Transportation Highlights 

of the Collection Catalog. Photos 

must have been taken between Jan. 1, 2019 

and July 31, 2021. Submit no more than five 

photos to motphotocontest@gmail.com and 

include contact information. For more information, 

visit tnmot.org/museum-events. 

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Photography for Beginners is from 

6:30-7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 11 virtually. 

Learn basic camera types, tips and 

places to start nature photography. Program 

will be held through WebEx. Participants 

will receive an email with a WebEx 

link approximately 24 hours prior to the 

program, as well as a reminder email on 

the day of the program. For more information, 

visit mdc.mo.gov. 

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The 26th annual St. Louis Jewish Film 

Festival will be held virtually from Sunday, 

June 6 through Sunday, June 13. Features 13 

documentary and feature films from around 

the world. Films will be available for viewing 

throughout the festival and for virtual screenings. 

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Eureka Lions Barbecue is from 10:30 

a.m. until sundown on Friday, May 7 and 

Saturday, May 8 at “The Spur” concession 

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south off I-44 in Eureka. For Eureka area 

lunch delivery (five or more orders) or 

carry-out service, call (314) 343-7859. All 

proceeds are used to fund the Eureka Lions 

eye care programs, Eureka High scholarships, 

the Missouri School for the Blind, 

Eureka youth free swim program, and 

other charitable organizations and community 

projects. For more information, visit 

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• • • 

The Mayors for Meals Food Drive is 

on Saturday, May 8 in the participating 

communities of Creve Coeur, Des Peres, 

Manchester and Town & Country. Drop 

off donation items for the St. Louis Area 

Foodbank. Best items to donate include 

canned meat, canned vegetables, canned 

fruit, peanut butter, cereal, pasta, dish 

soap, sanitizing wipes, toothpaste, baby 

food and formula, shampoo, conditioner, 

diapers, toilet paper, and paper towels. 

For more information and community 

drop-off locations, visit stlfoodbank.org/ 

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Friends of Kids with Cancer hosts its 

23rd annual Golf Tournament at 9 a.m. 

(shotgun start at 10:30 a.m.) on Monday, 

May 17 at Whitmoor Country Club, 1100 

Whitmoor Drive in Weldon Spring. Registration 

and breakfast begin at 9 a.m.; 

lunch and a filet mignon dinner to follow. 

Includes speakers, auctions, giveaways, 

beverages and snacks on the course and 

more. For questions, call (314) 275-7440. 

• • • 

A Red Cross Blood Drive Mobile Bus 

will be parked from 2-6 p.m. on Wednesday, 

May 26 in Bluebird Park, 225 Kiefer Creek 

Road in Ellisville. Bus located in parking 

lot. To schedule an appointment, visitredcrossblood.org 

and enter code “Ellisville”. 

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Wings of Hope Soaring to New Heights 

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Summer Soiree is held virtually this year 

on Saturday, June 5. This event supports 

the Medical Relief & Air Transport Program, 

which has served children and families 

across the country for over 16 years. 

For questions, call Lena at (636) 537-1302. 

• • • 

Picnic in Your Park, A Gourmet 

Picnic Fundraiser is from noon-2 p.m. 

on Sunday, June 13 at The Gateway Arch 

National Park (check in at the North 

Gateway), 11 North 4th Street in St. 

Louis. Pre-select either a four-course or 

traditional picnic lunch including drinks. 

Pre-packaged baskets will be available 

for pick up in the North Gateway ready 

to enjoy on-site or to-go. Bring chairs and 

picnic blankets. Funds raised will support 

park conservation, education, and community 

programs. Rain or shine. Event 

tickets are on sale now through June 2 at 

archpark.org/picnic. 

FAMILY & KIDS 

Conductor for the Day is at 9:30 a.m., 

11:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. on the first and third 

Saturday of the month through Saturday, 

Oct. 30 at the National Museum of Transportation, 

2933 Barrett Station Road in 

Kirkwood. Join the C.P. Huntington Miniature 

Train Crew and find out what it’s like 

to be a train engineer. Kids will take home 

a conductor hat, bandana and a train whistle. 

All programs have limited availability. 

For details and booking, visit tnmot.org. 

• • • 

Pollinator Picnic Pals is 9:30 a.m. 

every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and 

Friday morning through Thursday, Sept. 

30 at The National Museum of Transportation, 

2933 Barrett Station Road in Kirkwood. 

Kids will be given a picnic basket 

filled with activities to enjoy nature in the 

pollinator garden. Limited availability. 

For complete details or to book a program 

visit tnmot.org. 

• • • 

History in Harmony is from 1-4 p.m. 

on the last two Sundays of the month 

from through June at 230 S. Main St. 

in Saint Charles. Stroll and shop along 

Historic Main Street while listening to 

a rotating line-up of guest musicians. 

The next concerts are Sunday, May 23 

and Sunday, May 30. For more information, 

visit discoverstcharles.com/event/ 

history-in-harmony/3516/. 

• • • 

Metro Theater Company presents “The 

Very Hungry Caterpillar Show” through 

Sunday, May 16 outside at the Kirkwood 

Performing Arts Center, 210 E. Monroe 

Ave.; times vary by day. Audience members 

will be seated in “pods” of 2-8 guests; 

ticket prices begin at $56 for two seats. 

Virtual streaming is $20. Discounts available 

for school groups. Tickets and details 

at metroplays.org/hungrycaterpillar or by 

calling (314) 325-9505. 

• • • 

Family Night Outside is from 7-8:30 

p.m. on Friday, May 7 at Ferris Park, 500 

New Ballwin Road in Ballwin. A night of 

outdoor fun and exploration for families. 

Tickets are $8 per person; $6 for VIP. The 

May 7 theme is “Food and Fires”. Discover 

what it takes to build a fire and practice 

simple campfire recipes. The June 11 

event’s theme is “Creatures, Camouflage, 

and the Forest”. For more information, 

visit ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

Storybook Walk Craft Night is from 

6-7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 11 at Central 

Park, 16365 Lydia Hill Drive in Chesterfield. 

Families can create a craft associated 

with the new book inside the Storybook 

Walk at Central Park, then go on a walk or 

read together. All ages. Cost for residents 

is $5; $7 for non-residents. For more information, 

visit chesterfield.mo.us. 

• • • 

Ellisville Parks and Recreation hosts 

its second annual Sidewalk Chalk Contest 

from 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, 

May 22 in Bluebird Park, 225 Kiefer 

Creek Road in Ellisville. Artists of all 

skill levels and ages decorate the lower 

parking lot with temporary artwork. 

Parking spaces will be spaced out; social 

distancing will be enforced. Judging 

begins at 11:30 a.m. Pre-registration is 

required as spaces are limited. The cost 

is $5 if participant supplies own chalk; 

$9 for city to provide chalk. 

• • • 

Beginning Archery is from 9:30-11:30 

a.m. on Saturday, May 22 at Rockwoods 

Reservation, 2751 Glencoe Road in Wildwood. 

Learn the basics of safe archery and 

practice your skills in an open field with 

stationary targets. All equipment provided. 

Register each participant by May 21. For



ages 10 and older. For more information, 

visit mdc.mo.gov. 

• • • 

Musical Ancestries is at 10 a.m. on 

Saturday, May 22 on Classic 107.3. The 

episode re-airs at 7 p.m., May 23, and 2 

p.m., May 26. The new episode explores 

the music, instruments, dance, festivals 

and cultural traditions of Thailand. Following 

the Thailand episode will be “Musical 

Ancestries: Bosnia” in June. For more 

information and previous episodes, visit 

classic1073.org/musical-ancestries. 

• • • 

A Manchester Summer Movie screening 

is at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, May 28 at Schroeder 

Park Amphitheater, 359 Old Meramec 

Station Road in Manchester. Free and open 

to the public. The featured film is “Aladdin.” 

For more information, visit manchestermo. 

gov/585/Summer-Concerts-Movies 

• • • 

Manchester Memorial Day event is 

on Monday, May 31 at Margaret Stoecker 

Park, 222 Henry Ave. in Manchester. A 

remembrance event, wreath laying ceremony 

and opportunity to express gratitude 

to those who have served. Visit manchestermo.gov/veterans 

for more information. 

• • • 

Night Waves is from 8-10 p.m. on 

Thursday, June 10 at Manchester Aquatic 

Center, 359 Old Meramec Station Road in 

Manchester. Enjoy music, games, and fun 

while hanging with old friends and meeting 

new ones. For grades 6-8. Cost $5 per 

person. For more information, visit manchestermo.gov. 

• • • 

Snores & S’mores Camp Out is at 5 

p.m. Friday, June 11 through 9 a.m. Saturday, 

June 12 at Schroeder Park, 359 Old 

Meramec Station Road in Manchester. 

There will be activities, dinner, an outdoor 

screening of “Trolls World Tour” and 

breakfast. Bring a tent and camping supplies. 

Must pre-register at manchestermo. 

gov. For more information, call (636) 391- 

6326 ext. 400. 

• • • 

Des Peres Park Campout is from 6 

p.m. on Saturday, June 26 to 7 a.m. on 

Sunday, June 27 at Des Peres Park, 12325 

Manchester Road in Des Peres. Bonfire, 

s’mores, family programming and continental 

breakfast provided. Restrooms will 

be available throughout the event. Participants 

must provide their own camping 

gear. Registration is per tent; deadline 

is June 20. All St. Louis County Health 

Department Guidelines will be followed. 

Cost is free for members and residents, 

$15 for non-residents. For more information, 

visit desperesmo.org. 

FESTIVALS & CONCERTS 

The Town & Country Concert Series 

occurs 6-9 p.m. every second Friday of 

the month from May through September 

at Town Square, 1011 Municipal County 

Drive in Town & Country. Town & Country 

residents only. Tickets required; no-day 

of registration available. The next concert 

is May 14 and features acoustic Americana 

band Glaze & The Moonkings. Register by 

visiting town-and-country.org/379/Events. 

For more information, email parks@townand-country.org. 

• • • 

Music on Main is from 6:45 p.m.-9 p.m. 

on Friday, July 16 at Wildwood City Hall, 

16860 Main St. in Wildwood. The featured 

band is Griffin & the Gargoyles. Bring 

lawn chairs. Portable restrooms available. 

Coolers permitted, but no glass. No dogs. 

There is a parking garage across the street 

from Wildwood City Hall. Free event. For 

questions, call (636) 458-0440. 

• • • 

The 34th Annual Chesterfield Summer 

Concert Series is from 7-9 p.m. (gates 

open at 5:30 p.m.) from Tuesday, June 1 

through Tuesday, Aug. 31 at Faust County 

Park, 15185 Olive Blvd. in Chesterfield. A 

celebration with fireworks and cake. Soda, 

beer, wine, popcorn, candy, snacks and 

more available from concession stands 

and food trucks. The Kid’s Zone will feature 

the Bubble Bus, a rock-climbing wall, 

face painting, balloon twisting and laser 

tag. Free admission. Dress for the theme; 

the June 1 concert is Patriotic Night with 

Butch Wax & The Hollywoods. Admission 

is $5. For more information, visit chesterfieldmochamber.com. 

• • • 

Manchester Summer Concert Series 

is from 7-10 p.m. Friday, June 4 in Schroeder 

Park, 359 Old Meramec Station Road 

in Manchester. Bring picnic baskets and 

lawn chairs. Free event; all ages welcome. 

Mirage plays June 4; Trilogy plays Aug. 6. 

For more information, visit manchestermo. 

gov/585/Summer-Concerts-Movies. 

• • • 

The Sounds of Summer Concert Series 

kicks off at 6 p.m. (music begins at 6:30 

p.m.) Saturday, June 26 at the Chesterfield 

Amphitheater, 631 Veterans Place Drive 

in Chesterfield. All performances are free. 

Concessions and food trucks available. 

The June 26 concert features Silver Bullet 

STL: A Tribute to Bob Seger. For tickets, 

visit, chesterfieldamphitheater.com. 

• • • 

July 4th Celebration is from 6-9 p.m. 

on Sunday, July 4 at Schroeder Park, 359 

Old Meramec Station Road in Manchester. 

Includes Butch Wax & The Hollywoods 

concert followed by fireworks. Free and 

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AWARDS 

Esse Health was one of three healthcare 

organizations selected to receive an AMGA 

Foundation Star Award. This national 

award recognizes the organization’s steadfast 

commitment to continuous quality 

improvement internally and honors it for 

supporting AMGA Foundation’s efforts to 

improve care quality in the broader healthcare 

community. Esse Health was selected 

for their commitment to excellence in 

healthcare delivery as demonstrated by 

their participation in AMGA Foundation’s 

quality improvement initiatives. 

Link Primary Care celebrated its official opening in Richmond Heights with a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 4. 

Mayor Jim Thomson and other local business leaders joined the celebration. 

(Source: Link Primary Care) 

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briefs 

PLACES 

Link Primary Care celebrated its grand 

opening at 1034 S. Brentwood Blvd., Ste. 

530 in Richmond Heights. The primary 

and pediatric care facility includes founder 

Dr. Jeffrey Davis, Dr. Erica Yalavarthi and 

Certified Medical Assistant Annette Copeland. 

A monthly membership fee covers 

primary care, wellness, and urgent medical 

problems. Visit linkprimarycare.com to 

explore available options. 

• • • 

Uptown Cheapskate has opened its 

newest location at 15315A Manchester 

Road in Ballwin. The resale clothing store 

for teens and young adults sustainably upcycles, 

buys and sells clothing of all seasons 

for sizes zero to size 18. They also 

stock accessories like belts, hats, scarves, 

designer sunglasses, handbags and shoes. 

PEOPLE 

Nicole Ekblad was appointed as operations 

and finance manager 

for the St. Louis 

Area Diaper Bank. 

In this position, she 

develops and implements 

strategic systems 

for the agency’s 

warehouse, office Ekblad 

operations, finance and 

human resource functions. Her responsibilities 

include overseeing the organization’s 

processes in terms of quality, productivity 

and efficiency. 

• • • 

Brian Ashworth, human resources 

principal at Edward Jones, has been 

appointed to the St. Louis County Board 

of Police Commissioners by County 

Executive Dr. Sam Page. West County 

resident Ashworth will serve a three-year 

term, filling a vacancy left by William 

Ray. He is a board member of Pedal the 

Cause, a past board member of Court 

Appointed Special Advocates and is a 

den and pack leader in the Boy Scouts 

of America. 

• • • 

Bob Bradley, of medical equipment 

provider Mobility Plus Ballwin, is now 

one of a select group of professionals 

nationwide to earn the Senior Home 

Safety Specialist designation. This 

identifies him as having obtained the 

knowledge necessary to help educate 

older adults and family members on 

the serious issues of home safety, fall 

prevention, personal safety and financial 

exploitation. This comprehensive 

course offers the only designation of its 

kind to individuals in the senior services 

industry. 

EVENTS 

The West St. Louis Chamber of Commerce 

hosts its general membership 

meeting from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Thursday, 

May 27 at Forest Hills Country Club, 

36 Forest Club Drive in Chesterfield. The 

guest speaker is Matt Whiat. Admission 

is $30 for members; $35 for nonmember 

guests, $15 for virtual option. There is a 

$5 surcharge for registration less than 48 

hours prior to the luncheon and for walkins. 

This meeting is subject to change to 

virtual format. To register or for meeting 

format updates, visit westcountychamber. 

com or call (636) 230-9900 

Uptown Cheapskate the resale clothing store for teens and young adults opened in Ballwin. 

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SPEAKER/DISCUSSION 

Coffee with the Director is from 

9-10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 7 at Central 

Park West Pavilion, 16365 Lydia Hill 

Drive in Chesterfield. Meet, ask questions, 

and visit with the Chesterfield Director of 

Parks, Recreation & Arts, Tom McCarthy. 

Call (636) 812-9500 or email recreation@ 

chesterfield.mo.us to register. 

• • • 

Gardening for Butterflies is from 6:30- 

7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 13 at the Central 

Park West Pavilion, 16365 Lydia Hill 

Drive in Chesterfield. Learn how to build 

a successful butterfly garden with recommendations 

for caterpillar host plants and 

butterfly nectar plants. All ages welcome. 

For details, visit chesterfield.mo.us. 

• • • 

Environment Speaker Series: How to 

Calculate and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint 

is from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, 

May 20 at Central Park West Pavilion, 

16365 Lydia Hill Drive in Chesterfield. 

Learn what a carbon footprint is, some of 

the highest carbon footprint causes, what 

yours is and how you can reduce it. All 

ages welcome. Free to attend; registration 

required at (636) 812-9500 or by emailing 

olderadults@chesterfield.mo.us. 

SPECIAL INTEREST 

A National Day of Prayer is from 

noon-1 p.m. on Thursday, May 6 at Manchester 

Police Station, 200 Highlands Blvd. 

Join together and pray for the community, 

state and country. For other prayer locations 

across the area, visit gatewayndp.net. 

• • • 

A Walk in the Woods is from 9-11:30 

a.m. on Saturday, May 15 at the Rockwoods 

Reservation, 2751 Glencoe Road 

in Wildwood. Spend the morning hiking 

the 2.2-mile Rock Quarry Trail. Guests 

must observe social distancing. County 

ordinances requiring face masks will 

be observed where applicable. Moderate 

trail. Must be able to hike 2.2 miles 

with a 150-foot elevation gain. Register 

by May 14. For more information, visit 

mdc.mo.gov. 

• • • 

Take A Hike is at 9 a.m. on Saturday, 

May 22 at Riparian Trail, 16365 Lydia 

Hill Drive in Chesterfield. Enjoy a guided 

hike through Chesterfield’s parks. Each 

hike starts with an education session on 

beginner hiking and ends with refreshment. 

Registration required. Free to attend; all 

ages welcome. For more information, visit 

chesterfield.mo.us. 

• • • 

Stress Less, Relax More is from 

4-5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 22 at 134 

Enchanted Parkway, Suite 204 B in Manchester. 

In-person, free workshop. This 

session explores strategies on how to 

understand stress triggers, types of stress, 

and techniques to manage stress, effects 

of yoga and more. Registration is mandatory. 

To join, call Brahma Kumaris 

at (636) 362-4862 or email stlouis@ 

us.brahmakumaris.org. 

• • • 

River Walk Club is from Wednesday, 

May 26 to Sunday, Aug. 15 at the Chesterfield 

Family Aquatic Center, 16365 Lydia 

Hill Drive. Ages 16 or older. Daily walk-in 

fees are $4 per resident; $5 for all others. 

A $1 discount applies to those with punch 

cards. To purchase a punch card, visit city 

hall from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. 

For details, visit chesterfield.mo.us. 

• • • 

Green Rock Trail Challenge is at 7:30 

a.m. on Saturday, June 5 at Greensfelder 

County Park, 4515 Hencken Road in St. 

Art from Ellisville’s Sidewalk Chalk Contest 

in 2020. 

(Source: Facebook) 

Louis. Includes 7.7 miles of rugged trail 

hiking. This annual National Trails Day 

Event is popular and fills quickly. Must 

register in advance. Cost is $10. Requires a 

reasonable fitness level. No dogs or infants. 

Boxed lunch provided. Visit wildwoodmo. 

recdesk.com to register. 

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Subdivision Garage Sale 

Saturday May 15 

8 am - 1 pm 

Located on Cascade Circle 

Drive 

off Reis Road 

off Big Bend in Ballwin 

GUTTERS 

St. Louis Roofing & Gutters 

“Best Quality and Prices 

Since 1988!” 

314-968-7848 

www.stlroofing.com 

A+ BBB 

HAULING 

SKIP'S HAULING & DEMOLITION 

Junk hauling and removal. Cleanouts, 

appliances, furniture, debris, 

construction rubble, yard waste, 

excavating & demolition! 10, 15 

& 20 cubic yd. rolloff dumpsters. 

Licensed & insured. Affordable, 

dependable and available! 

VISA/MC accepted. 22 yrs. service. 

Toll Free 1-888-STL-JUNK 

888-785-5865 or 314-644-1948 

J & J HAULING 

WE HAUL IT ALL 

Service 7 days. Debris, furniture, 

appliances, household trash, 

yard debris, railroad ties, fencing, 

decks. Garage & Basement Clean-up 

Neat, courteous, affordable rates. 

Call: 636-379-8062 or 

email: jandjhaul@aol.com 

HELP WANTED 

• CUSTODIAL POSITIONS • 

for Rockwood School District 

40 hours/week 

To apply please go to: 

www.rsdmo.org 

or call 636-733-3270 

EEOC 

Seasonal/Summer 

Maintenance Positions 

for Rockwood School District 

40/hours/week, Mon - Fri 

• 16+ years old 

• Valid Driver’s License 

• Reliable Transportation 

Apply at: 

https://rockwood.ted.peopleadmin.com/hire/index 

or Call (636) 733-3270 

EEOC 

Rockwood School District 

Supervisor of Custodial Services 

Salaried Position w/ Great 

Benefit Package, including 

Retirement 

To Apply, please go to: 

www.rsdmo.org 

or call (636) 733-3270. 

EEOC 

Sales/Appointment Setting 

Person needed to set meetings 

for certified public accountants. 

Must have cold calling experience. 

12 hrs/week M-Th 2-5pm. 

Excellent hourly pay. 

Ellisville location. 

636-271-9190 

NOW HIRING 

full-time LEAD COOK position 

for private school foodservice. 

F/T schedule available; 

M-F 7am-3pm. 

Would consider 3 days minimum. 

Previous professional cooking 

experience required, foodservice 

management a plus. Positive 

atmosphere, scratch-made food. 

Email 

Merry@nourishfoodsolutions.com 

HOME IMPROVEMENT 

SBA Contracting LLC 

Home Improvement and Repairs 

Interior Painting, Flooring, 

Drywall & Power Washing. 

FREE Estimates 

Insured 

Call 314-910-7458 

or email us at 

sbacontractingllc@gmail.com 

HOME IMPROVEMENT 

Total Bathroom Remodeling 

Cabinetry•Plumbing•Electrical 


AFFORDABLE CARPENTRY 

Kitchen Remodeling, 

Wainscoting, Cabinets, 

Crown Molding, Trim, 

Framing, Basement Finishing, 

Custom Decks, Doors, 

Windows. 

Free estimates! 

Anything inside & out! 

Call Joe 636-699-8316 

INSURANCE 

AUTO INSURANCE 

CALL DROEGE INSURANCE 

636-227-9900 

We offer 

great rates! 

HEALTH 

INSURANCE 

LOW COST!! 

INDIVIDUAL - FAMILY 

TURNING 65!! 

CALL 636-458-2152 

LANDSCAPING 

M I E N E R 

LANDSCAPING 

Retaining Walls • Patios • Pruning 

Chainsaw Work • Seasonal 

Clean-up • Honeysuckle Removal 

Friendly service with attention to detail 

Call Tom 636.938.9874 

www.mienerlandscaping.com 

TURF GUYS LAWN CARE 

Lawncare • Tree Care 

and Much More! 

Best Value and Best Price 

Local & Family Owned 


Call Today 

(314) 799-1416 

www.turfguyslawncare.com 

LYONS 

LAWN 

SERVICE 

• Grass Cutting • Mulching 

Seeding • Stump Removal 

Aerating 

636.394.1309 

LANDSCAPING 

Spring Clean-Up, 

Planting, Mulching, 

Shrub Trimming, 

Tree & Brush Removal 

Valley Landscape Co. 

(636) 458-8234 

LAWN MOWING SERVICES 

Commercial • Residential 

Reasonable Rates 

Experienced & Insured 


United Lawn Services 

Call Today (314) 660-9080 

curtis@unitedlawnservices.com 

www.unitedlawnservices.com 

MORALES LANDSCAPE LLC 

• Clean-Up • Mowing • Mulching 

• Planting • Aeration • Sod Install 

• Leaf/Tree Removal • Paver Patios 

• Trimming/Edging • Stone & Brick 

• Retaining Walls • Drainage Work 

- FREE ESTIMATES - 

636-293-2863 

moraleslandscape@hotmail.com 

PAINTING 

Interior and 

exterior painting 

Deck staining 

- Insured & Free Estimates - 

Dickspainting.com 

314-707-3094 

PET SERVICES 

CONVENIENT 

Dog Grooming 

Full service grooming 

in your home... 

Reasonable Rates • Free Consultation 

All Services Available 

Keep Your Pets Stress-Free at Home 

~ Great for Older Dogs ~ 

Ask about discounts for rescues! 

Call for appointment 

314-591-0009 

PLUMBING 

• ANYTHING IN PLUMBING • 

Good Prices! Basement 

bathrooms, small repairs & 

code violations repaired. Fast 

Service. Certified, licensed 

plumber - MBC Plumbing - Call 

or text anytime: 

314-409-5051 

POWERWASHING 

Clearview Pressure Washing 

Patios • Decks • Homes 

Driveways and More! 

FREE ESTIMATES” 

-10% OFF booking with 

a Neighbor- 

Call (636) 221-7277 

www.powerwashmissouri.com 

I BUY HOMES 

ALL CASH - AS-IS 

I have been buying and selling 

for over 30 years. 

$ $ 

TREE SERVICES 

GET 'ER DONE TREE SERVICE 

Tree trimming, removal, deadwooding, 

pruning and stump 

grinding. Certified arborist. 

Fully Insured • Free Estimates 

A+ BBB • A+ Angie's List 

Serving the Area Since 2004 

314-971-6993 or 636-234-6672 

• COLE TREE SERVICE • 

Tree and Stump Removal. 

Trimming and Deadwooding. 

Free Estimates. 

636-475-3661 

www.cole-tree-service.biz 

REAL ESTATE 

POWERWASHING 

POWERWASHING 

decks, patios, driveways 

garage floors, houses 

and more! Call Today! 

Free Estimates 

314-584-0694 

WE BUY HOUSES “AS-IS” 

NEEDING UPDATES AND REPAIRS! 

No obligation. 

No commission. 

No fixing up. 

It doesn't cost to find out 

how much you can get. 

Must ask for 

Lyndon Anderson 

314-496-5822 

Berkshire Hathaway Select Prop. 

Office: 636-394-2424 

Over 20 years experience in buying “AS-IS” properties! 

No inspections, repairs, updating 

or cleaning before selling! 

Call or text Kurt Selzle to arrange a free consultation: 

314.324.7950 

www.SelzleAndAssociates.com • KurtSelzle@gmail.com 

WATERPROOFING 

TOP NOTCH WATERPROOFING 

& FOUNDATION REPAIR LLC 

Cracks, sub-pump systems, 

structural & concrete repairs. 

Exterior drainage correction. 

Serving Missouri for 15 years. 

Finally, a contractor who is honest 

& leaves the job site clean. 

Lifetime Warranties. 

Free Estimate 636-281-6982 

WEDDING SERVICES 

Marriage 

Ceremonies 

~ 

Renewal of Vows 

~ 

Baptisms 

Full Service Ministry 

314.703.7456 

GOT IT IN THE 

CLASSIFIEDS! 

Call to get your message out LOUD & CLEAR! 

636-591-0010

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