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STAR PARKER 

Democrats spend big, and we 

pay, for their socialist dream 

In 1983, Tom Cruise starred in the film 

“Risky Business.” It’s about wealthy parents 

in Chicago who go on vacation and 

leave the house under the stewardship of 

their high school-age son. 

In short order, the boy throws a wild 

party, and the rest of the film is about the 

chaotic fallout. 

It’s the closest thing I can think of to capture 

current reality in Washington as the 

kids – the Democrats running the White 

House and Congress – throw their big 

party and breathlessly spend their parents’ 

money (in this case, our money), knowing 

that the party will be over when adults 

return. 

The $3.5-plus trillion spending binge 

that Democrats are rushing to pass is not 

following a period of austerity. Record 

spending and debt have been piled on since 

the Obama years, using government to 

spend its way out of a government-induced 

economic collapse. And then we had the 

COVID-19 challenge and massive new 

government spending to get out of that. 

Per the Cato Institute’s Chris Edwards, 

in 2001, the amount of federal debt per U.S. 

household was $30,684. By 2011, this was 

up to $84,470, and now it is at $179, 082. If 

the Democrats succeed with their $3.5 trillion 

binge, federal debt per U.S. household 

by 2031 will be up to $288,047. 

Of course, this needs to be financed by 

taxes as well as borrowing, and the result 

will be higher taxes on corporations and on 

capital gains. 

Perhaps you recall that the year after 

Donald Trump was elected president, a 

major tax bill was passed cutting corporate 

taxes, and the result was an economic 

surge from which all income classes in the 

country benefited. This will be reversed. 

Higher taxes mean slower growth. 

It’s not like we’re looking at essential 

expenditures that must be made for our 

national well-being. Most of this spending 

is not about fixing roads and bridges and 

strengthening our military. 

Most of it is to build the socialist paradise 

that Senate Budget Chairman Bernie 

Sanders and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi 

dream about: new household entitlements, 

new employer mandates, Medicare benefits 

expansion and all kinds of corporate 

welfare subsidies in the name of the Green 

New Deal and industrial policy spending. 

But let’s get to perhaps the most fundamental 

point. 

These are so-called political leaders that 

pretend to care about America’s poor. 

The last thing that America’s poor need is 

a slowed-down, sluggish economy, larded 

down by massive new government. 

Furthermore, our federal government 

sets a horrible example for financial management 

for all American households. You 

don’t take on new debts when you haven’t 

dealt with the debts that are currently on 

your doorstep. 

On Aug. 31, the latest annual reports 

from the Social Security and Medicare 

Trustees landed on the desks of Pelosi and 

the president of the Senate, Vice President 

Kamala Harris. 

These reports show both programs gushing 

red ink and hovering on bankruptcy. 

By 2034, just 13 years from now, Social 

Security will have cash flow to meet just 

78% of its obligations. Its overall projected 

shortfall over the next 75 years is $19.8 

trillion. 

The Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust 

Fund will be bankrupt by 2026. In 2020, 

of the $925.8 billion in Medicare spending, 

only $430.3 billion was paid for by 

payroll taxes and premiums. The rest was 

borrowed, amounting to almost 16% of the 

federal deficit. 

But not a word about this while Democrats 

push for massive new spending and 

debt. 

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Not only not a word, but they want to 

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layer on new entitlements to Medicare, 

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already gushing red ink, that will cost, per 

The Wall Street Journal, another $360 billion 

over the next decade. 

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The good news is President Joe Biden’s 

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approval rate is falling, meaning that 

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adults are paying attention. Hopefully we 

can hold on until the adults return in 2022, K 

before the kids destroy everything. 

• • • 

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 

Taliban and Blackhawks 

To the Editor: 

Because of Joe Biden’s flippant incompetence 

and total failure as the President of the 

United States, the Taliban is now the proud 

owner of the second most Black Hawk 

helicopters in the world – America being 

the first. The Pentagon has had the nerve 

to comment that Taliban pilots wouldn’t 

be skilled enough to fly the dozens of helicopters 

and planes, including carriers, they 

left behind and that they wouldn’t be able 

to repair them. However, the Pentagon fails 

to realize that Iran does know how to fly the 

planes, so does Russia and China. So I think 

the Taliban could fairly easily be trained. 

Eric Hinrichs 

Regarding ‘ Follow the science’ 


“Follow, but always at a distance” would 

have been a better title for your post. How 

much better would we all be if we just 

waited for all of the facts, tests and experiments 

to play out rather than rush in with 

the data we know today. It is so much easier 

to make evaluations on what we should 

have done the day prior. 

I would challenge your position as the 

firefighters have to make split decisions on 

how to get the fire out in a building with 

people in it. Our police first responders 

need to make split decisions on the best 

way to stop an active shooter. I am sure in 

both examples, teams would rather delay to 

gather more facts about what they need to 

do, but none of the victims would appreciate 

the extended responses. 

I think believing in the science generated 

from the majority of scientists is as good as 

it is ever going to get in an emergency or 

pandemic situation. Love to have more time 

to evaluate all of our decisions, but when 

our hospitals are taking beds for people 

who believe their rights to decide on getting 

a vaccine do not impact others, I think you 

need to refine your message. 

Your statement, “To be clear, this newspaper 

is neither anti-mask nor anti-vaccine …” 

is clearly rebutted by your previous statement 

“We are trying to sell scientific opinion 

as scientific fact ….” You are encouraging 

people to keep gathering information while 

the building is burning. 

How assuring for the people in the building 

to know the firefighters are trying to 

learn more about the effects of heat before 

they come to their rescue. 

Mike Prather 

Vietnam and Afghanistan 


Some of us remember the 1973 Pulitzer 

Prize winning photograph of the girl who 

had been burned by U.S. napalm in Vietnam. 

It was a striking image of naked 9-year-old 

Phan Thi Kim Phùc, and many from that era 

have that vision burned into their memory. 

We now have a photo to remind us of 

the visions of war associated to the disorganized 

evacuation of Afghanistan. This 

can be summed up by the photograph of a 

U.S. Marine officer taking an infant from 

a mother who is handing her child over a 

wall, hopefully to safety, in the arms of a 

complete stranger. 

Other photos during the Vietnam War era, 

show the evacuation of Saigon as the North 

Vietnam Army and the Viet Cong press 

toward the United States embassy in Saigon. 

Some of the photos and news feed video 

from Vietnam can be placed along side the 

same images of Afghanistan and you might 

have a challenging time telling one from 

the other. Citizens trying to escape a wartorn 

region by doing whatever necessary to 

escape; hanging from aircraft, bunching up 

at throughput points, fighting off the enemy, 

but mostly trying to not be recognized by 

those who are looking for citizens who 

helped the United States military. 

If you surmise that these events run 

parallel, then you are correct. This is now 

Biden’s Saigon. No matter how much we 

get conflicting news stories, President Joe 

Biden is the Commander-In-Chief and he 

was the final decision maker on this and 

has put lives in jeopardy. Biden owns this 

debacle ... this is his Saigon. 

Michael Sargent 

Learn all you can 


Thank you for including Star Parker’s 

“Cancel Culture and wokeness will destroy 

our country” and the editorial, “Critical 

Thinking Needed” by Jackie Gingrich 

Cushman in the same issue. 

Our country is losing faith in our ability 

to think on our own. Somehow intelligent 

people are being led to believe we may 

not know a thing. I would love it if people 

would start to read again many sources and 

not just let one media source be their source 

of information. I want the best and the 

brightest. I want to take each person I meet 

for their value as a human being not a box 

checked on some form. I consider a friend, 

a friend. I don’t need to know how they 

identify to know they are a good person on 

the inside or rotten to the core. 

Somewhere along our lost way we have 

forgotten to be good to our neighbors who 

may become friends. 

We let our government tell us we aren’t 

being good to one another. That we cannot 

think through scientific information. 

We can fix this! Quit looking for the government 

to decide how to be good to one 

another or how to discern factual information. 

History has lots of bad behavior but we 

can do better without canceling or just trusting 

the facts we are fed. Learn all you can. 

Let history stay history by not repeating. 

Inger Clark 

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod 


For a generation we have been subject to 

quote Mark Twain, “There are three kinds 

of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” 

The saying is particularly true in regard to 

the U.S. government and the Afghanistan 

war. The exit “strategy” was more of the 

same! The title to a children’s bedtime story 

comes to mind: 

• Wynken: During the George Stephanopoulos 

Aug. 18 interview President Joe 

Biden stated of the Aug. 31 date: “If you’re 

American force ... if there’s American citizens 

left, we’re gonna stay to get them all 

out.” Did the producers edit a wink or did 

the president have his fingers crossed? 

• Blynken: Secretary of State Antony 

Blinken in dealing with the Taliban … 

administration has “significant leverage” to 

ensure that the safety of Americans. Umm, 

does this mean quid pro quo? In other words, 

payment to release hostages! 

• Nod: This is a military acronym, Notice 

of Deficiency. This began with the commander 

in chief, further enhanced by the 

secretary of defense and the chairman of the 

joint chiefs of staff. 

No wonder the anti-vax crowd has a distrust 

of the government. They must feel lies 

beget lies! 

Jay Braden 

Regarding Jackie 

Gingrich Cushman 


Jackie Gingrich Cushman (Sept. 8) 

sounded so much like her father. Having 

nothing but negative comments is not constructive 

and offering ideas that could have 

been positive would be much better. 

When Trump was in office and anything 

went wrong he was sure to pass the blame 

on to someone else. People who tried positive 

interjection were ignored or fired or 

quit and then Trump said he fired them. 

Getting out of Afghanistan was the thing 

to do and I wish it had gone smoother. The 

world looks to the U.S. to solve all of the 

problems or at least pay for them. Much 

larger participation by other nations is a question 

I asked and did not find an answer to. 

The Taliban have no assets and need the 

world to help them which hopefully means 

they will become tolerable. If the European 

Union and neighboring middle eastern 

countries would do most of it the onus 

should not be on the U.S. again. 

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ST. PETERS 

Road work ahead 

Drivers can expect daytime lane closures 

over the next month along parts of Mexico, 

Old Salt Lick and Salt Lick roads. 

Those closures have already started on 

Mexico at Old Muegge Road and will 

move westward before ending on Salt Lick 

Road. 

Lane closures will occur in various 

locations as Spire performs preventative 

maintenance inspections of its natural gas 

distribution system. The inspections will 

take place in three phases: 

• Mexico Road starting at Old Muegge 

and moving west to Executive Drive (west 

of St. Peters City Hall). 

• West on Mexico Road from Executive 

Drive to an area west of Church Street. 

• Further west on Mexico Road to Old 

Salt Lick Road, then north onto Old Salt 

Lick Road, and finally on Salt Lick Road 

north of the Spanish Trail/Calwood Drive 

intersection finishing south of the I-70 

South Service. 

Drivers are urged to watch out for 

sudden slowdowns, especially between 9 

a.m.-3 p.m. on weekdays. 

City named among 

best places to live 

Money Magazine has named the city of 

St. Peters to its 2021 list of the Best Places 

to Live in America, ranking St. Peters at 

No. 22 overall. 

St. Peters was the only Missouri city 

named to the 2021 list. This is the sixth 

time that St. Peters has been ranked on 

this prestigious list, and the third time in 

the past five years it was recognized. The 

city also made the list in 2020, 2017, 2012, 

2010 and 2008. 

“St. Peters is an amazing community 

with friendly neighbors, safe neighborhoods, 

wonderful schools, a thriving 

business climate on the ‘FasTrac,’ beautiful 

parks, trails and many other amenities 

that all add up to a top-rated quality 

of life,” Mayor Len Pagano said. “We 

are honored that Money Magazine has 

again recognized St. Peters as one of 

our nation’s best places to live. All of us 

together, city staff, residents, businesses 

and elected officials have worked hard 

to build a great place to live, work, play 

and raise a family.” 

“I am truly blessed to serve as mayor for 

our wonderful community – My Hometown!” 

In its story on St. Peters, the magazine 

editors said, “If you’re looking for a place 

with great job opportunities but a homey, 

small-town feel, you’ll find few spots 

better fitting than St. Peters. … Don’t let 

its booming business fool you, though. St. 

Peters is still a family town, and all it takes 

is a stop by Hobos restaurant to see that. 

Nestled in an American Legion building 

in Historic Old Town St. Peters, Hobos 

serves up classic home-cooking that feeds 

the soul.” 

The magazine also noted St. Peters’ 

home prices, low unemployment rate and 

several other factors in naming it to their 

“Best Places” list. 

To create the list, the magazine considered 

cities and towns with populations 

ranging from 25,000 up to 500,000. It also 

looked at nine different categories of information 

to compare the 1,300 cities under 

consideration. 

Volunteers sought for 

‘Clean Streams’ event 

The city of St. Peters’ Clean Streams Day 

is coming back this fall on Saturday, Oct. 

9. This volunteer event helps keep city’s 

streams healthy and clear. Pre-registration 

is required to participate and can be competed 

at stpetersmo.net/cleanstream. 

Volunteer check-in process will begin 

at 8 a.m. at 370 Lakeside Park. Volunteers 

can enjoy donuts and juice after 

checking in, and a free hot dog lunch 

after returning from cleaning streams. 

Volunteers will be responsible for their 

own transportation to the creek sites. 

Free Missouri Stream Team shirts will be 

provided to volunteers by the Missouri 

Department of Conservation. 

St. Peters organizes this annual event 

to clear debris from portions of Spencer 

Creek and tributaries to Dardenne 

Creek. Clearing trash from streams helps 

habitat and wildlife and minimizes creek 

bank erosion and even flooding. Clean 

Streams Day is a great activity for families, 

Scouts and church groups, as well 

as individuals. 

“The volunteers who participate in 

cleaning our streams year after year provide 

a very valuable community service,” 

St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano said. “The 

cleanliness and overall quality of our 

waterways are an important part of our 

quality of life.” 

This is a rain or shine event, but if severe 

weather is forecast, the event may be canceled 

on Friday, Oct. 8. If the weather is 

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ST. CHARLES COUNTY 

Vaccines available at Senior Fair 

The St. Charles County Senior Fair will 

offer the following vaccines and health 

screenings on Saturday, Oct. 2 from 9 

a.m.-noon at the St. Peters Cultural Arts 

Centre, located in the west wing of St. 

Peters City Hall: 

• COVID-19 vaccine (anyone eligible on 

Oct. 2 for a vaccine or an immunocompromised 

third dose) 

• Hepatitis A vaccine 

• Flu vaccine 

• Screenings for blood pressure, height, 

weight, and blood glucose 

Individuals interested in receiving the 

flu vaccine must present a health insurance 

card. The Hepatitis A and COVID-19 

vaccines as well as the health screenings 

will be provided free of charge through the 

county Department of Public Health. The 

Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID 

vaccines will be available. 

Attendees also will be able to find helpful 

information and resources for area seniors. 

The event is free, and family members are 

encouraged to attend. 

Raffles prizes and light refreshments 

also are planned. The Senior Fair, which 

is hosted by the St. Peters Senior Advisory 

Committee. 

SSM Health to offer drive-thru 

flu vaccine clinics 

SSM Health is offering free, drive-thru 

flu vaccination clinics across the St. Louis 

region on Saturday, Oct. 9. 

In St. Louis County, clinics will be held 

from 1-5 p.m.. at SSM Health St. Joseph 

Hospital - St. Charles, Fourth & Jefferson 

streets (parking lot adjacent to parking 

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Anyone above 9 years of age is eligible 

to receive a vaccine. 

Vaccinations are available by injection 

only. All vaccinations will be preservative-free. 

No high-dose vaccines will be 

available. No appointments are necessary. 

Participants should wear loose-fit clothing. 

Flu shots will be given on a first-come, 

first-served basis and are available while 

supplies last. 

For those unable to get vaccinated at one 

of the free clinics, SSM Health Medical 

Group is holding separate drive-thru flu 

clinics every Saturday through Nov. 6 at 

five St. Louis-area locations. To schedule 

an appointment, call (314) 955-9600 or 

visit ssmhealth.com/access/now. 

Anyone over the age of 2 must wear a 

mask to receive the flu vaccine. Those 

receiving the flu vaccine must not be positive 

for COVID-19, under investigation 

for COVID-19, currently in quarantine for 

COVID-19 exposure or have any symptoms 

of COVID-19. 

than anticipated. In recent months, the 

Red Cross has sent 12% more blood products 

to hospitals to help patients in need, 

including higher distributions to hospitals 

in areas where the pandemic continues 

to disrupt normal blood collection operations. 

As summer vacations end and people 

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are encouraged to give now. 

There is no substitute for donated blood 

products. Those with types O, A negative 

and B negative blood are encouraged to 

make a Power Red donation at this blood 

drive. Power Red donors give a concentrated 

dose of red blood cells during a 

single donation, allowing them to maximize 

their impact. 

To donate, simply download the 

American Red Cross Blood Donor App, 

visit RedCrossBlood.org, call 1-800-RED 

CROSS (1-800-733-2767), or enable the 

Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo 

device to make an appointment or for 

more information. 

All blood types are needed to ensure 

a reliable supply for patients. A blood 

donor card or driver’s license or two other 

forms of identification are required at 

check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of 

age in most states (16 with parental consent 

where allowed by state law), weigh 

at least 110 pounds and are in generally 

good health may be eligible to donate 

blood. High school students and other 

donors 18 years of age and younger also 

have to meet certain height and weight 

requirements. 

Blood and platelet donors can save time 

at their next donation by using RapidPass® 

to complete their pre-donation reading and 

health history questionnaire online, on the 

day of their donation, before arriving at 

the blood drive. To get started, follow the 

instructions at RedCrossBlood.org/Rapid- 

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Blood drive honors local man 

The American Red Cross and the family 

of Cliff Mossberger teamed up to host a 

blood drive in his memory on Thursday, 

Sept. 23 from 2 p.m.-6 p.m. at St. John’s 

Church of Christ, 945 Wolfrum Road in 

Weldon Springs. 

Mossberger was diagnosed with Acute 

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County Council tables resolution related to student contact quarantines 

By KATE UPTERGROVE 

In yet another standing-room-only meeting, 

the St. Charles County Council on 

Sept. 13 listened to and participated in an 

impassioned discussion of kids, COVID, 

quarantines, contract tracing and constitutional 

rights – before taking action on 

Resolution No. 21-09 sponsored by council 

members Joe Cronin (District 1) and 

Joe Brazil (District 2). 

The resolution would reaffirm that St. 

Charles County “has no authority to regulate 

school districts, that authority being 

reserved to each school district’s elected 

school board and the State of Missouri.” 

Opening the meeting, County Executive 

Steve Ehlmann provided what he 

deemed an update on actions taken since 

the “rather interesting meeting two weeks 

ago.” That meeting, on Aug. 30, also burst 

at the seams with parents on both sides of 

the-kids-and-contact-quarantine issue. 

Ehlmann noted that during a visit to 

Jefferson City on Sept. 1, he and Director 

of Administration JoAnn Leykam, met 

and sought a meeting with the state’s new 

Director of Health and Senior Services 

Donald G. Kauerauf. The purpose of the 

meeting was to champion the ability of 

school district administrators and boards 

to determine the best course of action in 

regard to contact quarantines for students. 

Following a letter sent by Ehlmann on 

Sept. 8, in which the county executive 

stressed, “We need to get as many kids 

back to school as soon as possible,” Kauerauf 

responded that the state was “hoping 

to formalize an order (on the issue)” the 

week of Sept. 13. 

The state health department announced 

Sept. 16 that it was working on guidelines 

to “help schools and local health authorities 

to provide clearer information so that 

we can get away from some of this confusion,” 

Kauerauf said. 

“I’m hoping that it will result in greater 

flexibility for the school districts and for 

us,” Ehlmann said on Sept. 13. 

The current policy requires that students 

who are determined to have come in 

contact with COVID-19 positive students 

must quarantine for up to 10 days, which 

opponents say is detrimental to the student’s 

education and often to the financial 

well-being of the child’s family. For those 

parents, Ehlmann’s update was not enough. 

During the public comment portion of 

the meeting, Lindi Williford opened her 

remarks with, “This mama is mad.” 

Williford said she had just received statistics 

from the county’s health department, 

obtained through a Sunshine Law request, 

that showed “29,372 kids were quarantined 

in 2020-21” in St. Charles County and that 

of those only “1.28% tested positive” for 

COVID-19. 

“You’ve got to be kidding me!” Williford 

exclaimed. 

During her three minutes at the podium, 

What’s best for students amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic is at the heart of a heated 

debate in St. Charles County. 

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Williford predicted, “Our children and our 

schools cannot recover from a second year 

of this nonsense.” Chastising Ehlmann, she 

added, “We, the parents, (should) decide 

what’s best for our children.” 

“Nonsense” and “draconian rules” were 

terms that came up time and again as 

those opposed to student quarantines, 

masks and vaccination mandates stepped 

up to express their views. 

On the flip side, Nancy Zellner, who 

identified herself as a resident of St. 

Charles County for nearly a decade, represented 

those parents and teachers in the 

room who are in favor of taking precautions 

when it comes to COVID-19. 

“We don’t want to award this virus the 

freedom to continue to spread,” Zellner 

said in her remarks. Acknowledging that 

no one likes quarantines, wearing masks or 

staying away from friends and loved ones, 

she added: “The intent of quarantines is 

not to be malicious, it’s to stop a virus that 

has affected and dramatically changed or 

even ended the lives of people, some of 

whom I know personally.” 

“The only way to keep kids safe in school 

is not to remove quarantine provisions,” 

Zellner said. 

When the public comments ended, Brazil 

was the first council member to speak. He 

started by saying that he wanted to amend 

Resolution 21-09 but before he got into the 

details of that change, he spoke at great 

length about his feeling regarding COVID- 

19, quarantines and kids. 

See COUNTY COUNCIL, page 14 

Dardenne Prairie ‘takes shot’ with New Development District zoning 

One of last ‘Uptown’-approved developments now in construction 

By ROBIN SEATON JEFFERSON 

The Great One, Wayne Gretzky said it 

best: “You miss 100% of the shots you 

never take.” And one investor would say 

that’s true of business as well as hockey. 

So he’s taking the shots. 

“Hockey players surround themselves 

with good teammates. In real estate 

development, you have to have a strong 

team and fight hard for one another,” 

said Tom Kaiman, a former hockey 

player who has gone full-strength into 

real estate development. 

Kaiman, the president of St. Louisbased 

Mia Rose Holdings, and Jim Cook, 

IMOs Pizza franchisee and co-owner of 

Sugarfire Smokehouse, are partnering 

with Benton Homebuilders on “The Prairie,” 

a mixed-use, multi-phase project 

located near Hwy. N and Bryan Road in 

Dardenne Prairie. The joint venture team, 

Bryan 364 Junction LLC, broke ground 

A rendering of The Prairie mixed-use development 

in June. The Prairie is scheduled to be 

completed in December 2022. It sits on 

an 18-acre property made up of 16 acres 

that were once the Gilmer farm and two 

additional acres referred to as the Siefken 

parcel. The property abuts Hwy. 364 on 

the north, Winghaven Center on the south, 

(Source: Roseman & Associates) 

Dardenne Presbyterian Church on the 

southeast and Dardenne Meadows on the 

west. 

According to Dardenne Prairie Mayor 

John Gotway, the city’s Board of Aldermen 

“approved a rezoning request and 

Planned Unit Development (PUD) in 

February of this year” for The Prairie, 

tweaking what he and some other city 

officials have said are outdated zoning 

requirements that fall under the previous 

administration’s “Uptown Zoning District” 

rules. 

On Sept. 15, the board voted to replace 

the current “Uptown” zoning district 

as adopted by Ordinance No.1175 (as 

amended) with the New Development 

zoning district (ND). 

According to the ordinance’s defining 

details, the purposes of the ND district 

include the following: 

• To create a pedestrian-friendly and 

walkable environment that connects 

residential, recreational, and commercial 

uses. 

• To encourage site and building design 

that establishes a sense of place and establishes 

an image for the designated areas. 

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Regulators give STL Pipeline chance to keep operating, despite court ruling 

By ROBIN SEATON JEFFERSON 

With the 2022 Old Farmer’s Almanac predicting 

a “bone-chilling” cold winter, the 

last thing Spire Missouri customers want to 

think about is losing their heating. 

But a decision by a District of Columbia 

Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 7 gave the 

gas company reason to be concerned that its 

$286-million, 65-mile STL Pipeline could 

be shut down long-term, leaving service 

gaps for natural gas customers this winter. 

Seven days later, Spire received a reprieve 

in the form of an order issued by the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). 

That order granted Spire up to 90 days of 

pipeline operation while federal regulators 

consider the company’s application for a 

longer temporary certificate. 

The pipeline, which has been serving the 

St. Louis area since 2019, interconnects 

with the Rockies Express Pipeline and the 

Appalachian Basins Pipeline to deliver 

natural gas to some 650,000 customers in 

eastern Missouri. 

Following the District Circuit’s decision, 

Jason Merrill, director of integrated corporate 

communications for Spire, stressed the 

urgency of the company’s emergency certificate 

application. 

“Customers who rely on the 

STL Pipeline need assurances 

this critical infrastructure can 

continue to deliver reliable 

and affordable energy supply,” 

Merrill said, adding that Spire 

had filed its response to the 

FERC’s data request supporting 

its application the same day the 

judgment was released. “We are 

confident that when people have 

an opportunity to review the 

proven benefits of the STL Pipeline, 

they will agree that there is STL Pipeline 

a critical need for this infrastructure 

to ensure continued access to reliable, claims that FERC had not sufficiently studied 

whether Spire demonstrated an actual 

affordable energy for homes and businesses 

in the greater St. Louis region.” 

need in the region for the pipeline. The 

For now, FERC seems willing to consider court also found that the Fund had “identified 

plausible evidence of self-dealing” in 

the possibility of the STL Pipeline’s continued 

operation through the 90-day extension Spire STL’s reliance on affiliate contracts 

will not see the company through the coldest to show the pipeline was necessary. 

days of winter. 

The panel’s ruling essentially vacated 

The pipeline was approved in 2018, after FERC’s approval for Spire to operate the 

a rigorous 18-month regulatory review pipeline, leaving it operational but uncertified. 

The September ruling rendered the 

process that, apparently, wasn’t rigorous 

enough. 

pipeline inoperable. However, if approved, 

In June, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Spire’s emergency application to FERC 

Circuit ruled in favor of the New Yorkbased 

Environmental Defense Fund, on its 

would allow the pipeline to continue operating. 

(Source: Spire Missouri) 

According to the Missouri 

Public Service Commission 

(PSC), “the Spire STL Pipeline 

application filed with FERC on 

July 26, 2021, seeks a temporary 

emergency certificate, or, in the 

alternative, a limited-term certificate 

asking FERC for authority to 

continue operating the STL Pipeline” 

despite the court’s decision. 

Last month, PSC seemed to 

side with Spire, reporting that 

“there is a real risk of natural 

gas outages during the winter 

of 2021-2022 if Spire Missouri 

is not able to obtain gas supplies from 

the Spire STL Pipeline.” On Sept. 2, the 

regulatory body ordered Spire Missouri 

to file reports on “its current contingency 

plans, ongoing contingency plan development, 

and conditions affecting its ability to 

provide adequate natural gas supply and 

pressure to all customers for the winters 

of 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024.” 

As a result, Spire must file reports by the 

15th of each month from November 2021 

to March 2022 and quarterly after that. 

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DARDENNE PRAIRIE, from page 10 

• To encourage increased private investment. 

• To encourage an imaginative and innovative 

design of land development. 

• To promote development compatible 

with the city’s Comprehensive Plan. 

According to the ordinance, “all existing 

and proposed developments approved 

prior to Sept. 15 shall continue to be governed 

by the existing applicable approved 

area plan or site plan or such plan as may 

have been approved for a proposed project 

not completed as of that date.” 

Hence the reason why Gotway said The 

Prairie PUD required “tweaking.” Overall, 

Gotway said the development is a “good 

fit for Dardenne Prairie.” Kaiman heartily 

agreed. 

The Prairie will support the live, work, 

play lifestyle that “has become more 

desirable as the pandemic has shifted the 

culture toward working and recreating at 

home,” Kaiman noted. 

The multi-phase project includes the 

construction of five, three-story luxury 

apartment buildings consisting of 120 onebedroom 

units and 60 two-bedroom units. 

Benton Homebuilders also is constructing 

nine buildings featuring 60, 1,550-squarefoot 

villas, each with three bedrooms, a 

full basement and a two-car garage. 

One of the apartment buildings will feature 

12,000 square feet of retail space on 

the first floor. An additional 4,500-squarefoot 

retail center will be home to a new 

Imo’s Pizza. A future restaurant also is 

planned on an out-lot within the development. 

Kaiman founded Mia Rose Holdings in 

2014 and has overseen more than $1 billion 

in projects including multi-family 

and mixed-use developments, as well as 

ice rinks and other athletic facilities – an 

expertise that grew out of his professional 

hockey career playing for the Arkansas 

Riverblades, Baton Rouge Kingfish and 

Lowell Lockmonsters. 

Kaiman isn’t the only hockey player 

developing property in St. Charles County. 

Last year, former St. Louis Blues player 

Brett Hull put his name on a $4.3 million 

sports bar and restaurant in Wentzville 

that Kaiman also developed. Brett Hull’s 

Junction House is the anchor tenant for 

The Junction of Wentzville, an 18-acre 

mixed-use development at the intersection 

of Lodora Drive and I-70, which is 

also home to Sugarfire Smokehouse, Junction 

Apartments and an F45 fitness center. 

Wentzville-based entrepreneur and owner 

Keith Horneker took a chance on Junction 

House as one of the first new restaurant 

projects to be announced after the onset of 

the COVID-19 pandemic and the shelterin-place 

orders. 

Pointing to both The Prairie and The 

Junction of Wentzville projects, Kaiman 

declared, “We love St. Charles County!” 

“Our whole business model is focused on 

the growth in that area,” he said. “These 

are amazing sites, strategically located. 

You cannot replicate the Wentzville location. 

Everyone has to slow down on that 

curve on I-70 and they see us up on the hill. 

It’s right in their face.” 

He said he expects The Prairie will fare 

the same situated just off of Hwy. 364. 

“Finding a city that’s open and receptive 

and wants to see our vision come to 

fruition in their boundaries, having that 

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to work with us. There are certain 

municipalities in St. Louis County, and 

even in St. Charles County, that were not 

supportive. Our vision is a very simple 

– mixed-use development anchored by 

amazing multi-family components in 

strategic locations that are not all retail 

or all commercial.” 

Dardenne Prairie Economic Development 

Coordinator Doug Potts called 

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the future. 

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now. It is the way things are going,” Potts 

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that capture the local marketplace and 

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Brazil ended his remarks by saying, “I’ll 

pray for you mask-wearers because you’re 

just misinformed. You really are.” As he 

continued, members in the crowd shouted 

back that they would pray for him. 

“The COVID thing is over,” Brazil said. 

“We’re done with it, so I’ll pray for you. I 

really will. ... All this nonsense is unconstitutional!” 

After his remarks, he withheld his proposed 

amendment in lieu of giving his 

fellow council members a chance to speak. 

Resolution co-sponsor Cronin spoke 

next. Saying that the issue was not about 

politics but about kids, he noted that he 

was encouraged by Ehlmann’s actions and 

Kauerauf’s response. He, then, motioned to 

table the resolution vote until the Sept. 27 

council meeting. His motion was seconded 

by council member John White (District 

7). However, before the council could vote, 

Brazil asked to hear from Sen. Bob Onder, 

who represents District 2, which includes 

parts of St. Charles County. 

During his remarks, Onder pointed to 

House Bill 271, which was passed into law 

in June. Calling the county’s current quarantine 

policy “all pain with no gain,” he 

shared his belief HB271 makes the policy 

“null and void as of today.” 



According to the governor’s office, 

“Under HB271, political subdivisions 

may only issue public health orders that 

directly or indirectly restrict access to 

businesses, churches, schools, or other 

places of assembly for 30 calendar days in 

a 180-day period when the governor has 

declared a state of emergency. Orders may 

be extended more than once with a simple 

majority vote by the local governing body.” 

Onder said if it was up to him, he would 

do “what Iowa has done, which is to say 

sick kids should go home and quarantine; 

schools should be carefully monitored 

and if cases exceed 10% the public health 

department should look into it.” 

When the council returned to its discussion 

of the resolution, Brazil motioned to 

strike a paragraph that read: “WHEREAS, 

the St. Charles County Council believes 

that individual school boards and administrators 

are better situated than the County 

Health Department to make decisions 

relating to quarantine orders and the health 

of school age children, their families and 

the wider community within their schools.” 

His motion was unanimously passed. 

Next the council voted on Cronin’s 

motion to table the resolution until Sept. 

27 to allow for more information and input 

from Kauerhauf to be obtained. That measure 

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operationally, or related to Spire STL’s 

court and FERC cases, that prompt Spire 

Missouri to take action related to its operations 

or its transportation and storage 

capacity on pipelines.” 

Merrill said Spire continues to cooperate 

with the PSC, but the hope is that FERC 

will re-certify the pipeline in time for 

winter weather. If not, he said, Spire customers 

could have a reason to worry. 

“If the pipeline is not in service this winter, 

Spire Missouri customers could see significant 

service disruptions during extreme 

cold weather periods,” Merrill said. “Spire 

Missouri estimates that without the STL 

Pipeline, between 175,000 and 400,000 

customers may be without gas service to 

heat homes, cook food and fuel industry, 

based on previously modeled extreme cold 

weather planning scenarios. We are currently 

pursuing all legal and regulatory avenues 

to make sure customers have access to 

everything they need.” 

Merrill said Spire Missouri projects 

customers will begin to lose service at an 

average daily temperature of 9 degrees Fahrenheit. 

This temperature threshold increases 

to 38 degrees Fahrenheit once Spire Missouri’s 

natural gas storage resource is 

depleted. This reserve, which holds 3.6 

billion cubic feet of natural gas, is kept at 

Spire’s Laclede/Lange Delivery Station in 

North St. Louis County, Merrill said. He 

added that the reserve will not be able to be 

replenished without the use of STL Pipeline. 

In addition, without STL Pipeline, Merrill 

said Spire Missouri’s ability to secure 

new pipeline contracts on other systems 

serving the region would be “significantly 

constrained, making it difficult to replace 

that supply based on current market and 

operating conditions.” 

Merrill said the whole country witnessed 

the devastating effects of losing natural 

gas service earlier this year when winter 

storms and extreme temperatures left millions 

of Texans without heat and electricity. 

“Some things that we saw in Texas in 

February could happen here. If 400,000 

customers were to lose service, it may take 

up to 100 days to reestablish service for all 

customers in the region,” he said. “It is not 

the same as electricity. Every single customer 

has to have their services reestablished 

individually by a technician.” 

Merrill said accessing gas from other 

states via the pipeline earlier this year 

helped St. Louis avoid the shortages seen 

elsewhere, and “probably saved the region 

up to $300 million in estimated costs of 

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Fall Foliage Road Trip: Exploring the German Heritage Corridor 

I 17 

As the leaves turn from green to gold 

and rusty red, finding the best views of 

fall foliage means looking no further than 

St. Charles County where a country drive 

along Hwy. 94 offers up breathtaking 

vistas, new discoveries and found history 

around every bend. 

Specifically, head to the ribbon of highway 

that runs from Weldon Spring to 

Washington, which is part of the German 

Heritage Corridor. Established in 2016 by 

Missouri Humanities, a statewide nonprofit 

organization dedicated to bringing educational 

programs to Missourians, the corridor 

is full of activities with appeal for all ages. 

Weldon Spring Site Interpretive 

Center: Just a couple miles down Hwy. 

94 from I-64/Hwy. 40 sits an unsuspecting 

building. If it weren’t for the massive pile 

of gravel and concrete behind it, you might 

miss it. This site once held the Weldon 

Spring Ordnance Works, which was constructed 

during World War II to produce 

explosives, and later processed uranium ore 

during the Cold War. However, before the 

site was constructed, this land was home to 

three towns: Hamburg, Howell and Toonerville, 

which were all forced to evacuate to 

allow for the building of the plant. Hamburg 

was a town established by German immigrants 

and maintained a predominantly 

German population during its history. 

While the Interpretive Center, which 

houses information about the towns that 

were evacuated, the plant that took their 

place and the massive cleanup effort that 

resulted in the construction of a giant containment 

cell, is temporarily closed due 

to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Weldon 

Spring site is open to the public during 

daylight hours. 

The site serves as a trailhead to the multiuse 

6-mile Hamburg Trail with connections 

to Missouri Department of Conservation 

trail systems, the Great Rivers Greenway 

trail network and the historic Katy Trail 

State Park trail that stretches 

across the state along the Missouri 

River. Additionally, a 

climb to the top of its 41-acre 

disposal cell offers panoramic 

views of St. Charles County 

and the 150-acre Howell Prairie. 

On a clear day visitors can 

see all the way to The Arch. 

Climb to the top and take a 

picture, which you can share 

to our Facebook page using 

the hashtag: #germanheritagecorridor. 

Daniel Boone Home 

in Defiance: Operated by 

St. Charles County Parks 

and Recreation, the historic 

Daniel Boone home is beautifully situated 

atop the rolling hills of Missouri Wine 

Country in Defiance. Gottfried Duden, 

whose 19th-Century writings about the 

Missouri River Valley inspired thousands 

of German immigrants to settle the area, 

spent four days here during his travels. 

The site is made up of almost 300 acres, 

which include the Daniel Boone Home 

and the Village Historic Site complex. 

Visitors to the site can see representations 

of early 1800s pioneer life in Missouri 

through tours and living history demonstrations. 

The site hosts many special 

events throughout the year where kids 

and adults alike can experience hands-on 

history. The complex is open from 8:30 

a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Saturday, 

and from 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sundays. 

Tours start at 9 a.m., Monday-Saturday 

and at noon on Sunday (fees are charged). 

For details and current pandemic protocols, 

visit sccmo.org/1701/The-Historic- 

Daniel-Boone-Home. 

Femme Osage United Church of 

Christ in Augusta: This beautiful church, 

located at 4360 Cappeln Osage Road, was 

Peers Store in Marthasville, Mo. 

(Source: MagnificentMissouri.org) 

home to the first Evangelical congregation 

west of the Mississippi River, founded in 

1833. Churches frequently served as more 

than just the religious center of the town; 

they regularly served as the location of 

many town activities, from dances and 

picnics to festivals and fundraisers. Oftentimes, 

the establishment of a church and 

the congregation that came with it is what 

established the town itself, as was true 

with Femme Osage. 

Visitors are welcome to respectfully 

explore the church’s historic cemeteries 

and beautiful scenery. 

The Peers Store in Marthasville: Take 

a pit stop during your drive along Hwy. 94 

or your family bike ride on the Katy Trail 

and visit the Peers Store, 16011 Concord 

Hill Road, in Marthasville. 

Recently listed on the National Register 

of Historic Places, the store opened in 1896 

as the Glosemeyer General Store. It was 

owned and operated by the Glosemeyer 

family, German immigrants who settled in 

what was then called Peers, Missouri. The 

family took advantage of the railroad boom 

and built a general store just steps from the 

tracks of the Katy Railroad line 

that ran through Missouri until 

the 1980s. Today on a typical 

weekend, visitors can grab a 

snack and listen to music on the 

porch. 

The store is open noon-4 

p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays 

through October. 

The Treloar Mercantile 

and Missouri Corn Carving: 

Just a few miles west of Peers 

is Treloar, home to the Treloar 

Mercantile Building and the 

state’s largest ear of corn. 

The Mercantile was built in 

1896, like Peers, to welcome 

the new Katy Railroad. Also 

owned by Katy Land Trust, the building 

today is still in the midst of preservation 

efforts so it may someday be open to the 

public. For now, visitors can read the panel 

in the window of the Mercantile to learn 

about the history of the building, visit the 

grain elevator and and snap a selfie with a 

giant ear of corn (#katycorn). 

The corn is carved from the remains of a 

massive elm tree that grew to the right of 

the Mercantile for over 100 years. Unfortunately, 

the tree died before the site was 

purchased by Katy Land Trust. But when it 

was cut down, its 12-foot stump was soon 

carved into Missouri’s largest ear of corn! 

Downtown Washington: As you continue 

to explore the German Heritage Corridor, 

the city of Washington should not be 

missed. 

Founded by German immigrants, with a 

beautiful downtown full of activities, there 

is something for everyone in this quintessential 

Missouri River town from shopping 

to dining to special events. 

If you find yourself there on a Saturday, 

See ROAD TRIP, page 38 

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MARCH TO THE CUP : 

Blues defense looks to never rest 

By WARREN MAYES 

Jersey to be retired 

Hall of Fame member Chris Pronger will be 

honored this season by having his jersey retired. 

Back in February 2020, Al MacInnis surprised 

his former teammate with the news that 

Pronger’s No. 44 jersey would be retired by the 

St. Louis Blues. 

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 

jersey retirement was postponed. With restrictions 

lifted for this season, allowing full capacity 

at the Enterprise Center, a new date has been set. 

Pronger’s jersey will be raised to the rafters on 

Jan. 17 when the Blues play Nashville. 

The defenseman, who was inducted into the 

Hockey Hall of Fame in 2015, played 18 seasons 

in the NHL, nine for the Blues, and was named 

one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in 2017. 

One of the oldest adages in sports is 

“defense wins championships,” and now 

the St. Louis Blues have locked up their 

top defenseman in Colton Parayko. 

The Blues signed Parayko, 28, to an 

eight-year contract extension worth $52 

million this summer. He would have been 

eligible for unrestricted free agency after 

this season without a new deal. 

Parayko is a key to the Blues making a 

deep run in the postseason. 

“I can’t wait to wear the Blue Note for 

another nine years,” Parayko said in a 

video conference. “St. Louis has been 

my home now for six seasons, and this is 

where I want to be. Winning here in 2019 

was special, and I want the chance to stay 

here and do that again.” 

The 6-foot-6, 230-pound Parayko has 

spent his entire career with the Blues. 

Parayko was originally drafted by the Blues 

in the third round, 86th overall, of the 2012 

NHL Entry Draft. Parayko has been an 

outstanding player for most of the past six 

years and played a key role in the team’s 

2019 Stanley Cup championship run. 

Since entering the NHL, Parayko is one 

of 10 defensemen with at least 170 points 

and a plus-50 rating. 

In his six seasons, he’s appeared in 418 

games, scoring 41 goals and 171 points. 

That prior production was enough to earn 

him the “A” on his chest as one of the 

team’s alternate captains last year. 

“It’s a great place to play,” Parayko said. 

“When you’re on a team that’s been winning 

(and) obviously want to continue to 

win, it’s fun, it’s exciting. I think it makes 

coming to the rink that much better.” 

The Blues have been regarded for years 

as one of the best defensive teams in the 

NHL. It was one huge reason the franchise 

won the 2019 Stanley Cup. 

But that changed. 

A year ago they lost longtime standout 

Alex Pietrangelo in free agency to the 

Vegas Golden Knights. The Blues dropped 

to the bottom half of the league in most 

major defensive categories, from goals 

against, shots against, chances against, 

expected goals against and penalty killing. 

Then, the bottom fell out on them in the 

first-round series against Colorado, where 

they were never really competitive. 

The previous year the Blues were upset 

by the Vancouver Canucks in the bubble 

in 2020, losing in six games to a team that 

was a heavy underdog. Then came this past 

season when the Blues were just fair in 

the regular season before losing a decisive 

four-game sweep at the hands of the Colorado 

Avalanche. 

“We’ve always been good defensively and 

we’ve taken pride in playing good defense 

and at the same time, from playing good 

defense, we scored and were a productive 

team,” coach Craig Berube said. “You look 

at last year (2019-20), our scoring was up 

and was really good and our defensive play 

was good. We could do both and we were 

good at it, but we lost that identity this year 

because neither one was good. We didn’t 

score enough goals and we didn’t defend 

well enough this year.” 

Parayko was injured 

last year and took a step 

backward in his play. He 

was also limited to just 32 

games. He continues to 

deal with a lingering back 

issue but says he is “ready 

to tackle the season.” Fortunately, 

he did not require 

surgery. 

“I don’t really know about 

surgeries. Luckily no need 

for that, we didn’t even have 

to get that far,” Parayko said. 

“I honestly feel just as good 

as I feel coming into any 

other season. To be honest, 

I would say, ‘Yes, it feels as 

good as it has and I’m ready 

to tackle this season with all 

the games.’ It’s doing really 

good.” 

He added that it was 

“nice to have a little time 

off, a little bit of treatment 

for it” but now 

he’s excited. 

“I’m looking forward 

to getting this year going 

... I’m ready to rock and 

roll,” Parayko said. 

Berube is optimistic 

about a rebound for Jordan Binnington 

Parayko. 

“He’s one of the players 

that can control the game in my opinion 

with his size and strength and skating 

ability,” Berube said. “That’s something 

that I think going forward, we’ve got to 

be talking to him about that a lot and how 

significant it can be for the team and for 

him. He wore the ‘A’ this year as part of the 

leadership group, I think he did a good job.” 

This summer the Blues defense took 

a big hit. The Seattle Kraken selected 

24-year-old Vince Dunn in the 2021 NHL 

Expansion Draft on July 21. Dunn scored 

20 points (six goals, 14 assists) and averaged 

19:15 in ice time in 43 games last 

season. 

Colton Parayko 

(Lou Countryman photo) 

Losing Pietrangelo and Dunn left some 

big holes on the blue line. 

Justin Faulk, who was signed two years 

ago, has been solid on defense. The Blues 

acquired Faulk from the Carolina Hurricanes 

for Joel Edmundson, Dominik Bokk, 

and a 2021 seventh-round pick (No. 209, 

Nikita Guslistov). 

Torey Krug was added last year to replace 


Pietrangelo. With the signing of Parayko, 

the Blues’ top blueliners now are set in 

stone for several years, as both Faulk and 

Krug signed through the 2026-27 season. 

The Blues will be counting heavily on 

Parayko, Krug and Faulk to bounce back 

this season. A big year and a return to form 

from Parayko would go a long way toward 

the St. Louis defense improving. 

Doug Armstrong, the St. Louis general 

manager, is happy with his set of top defensemen. 

“We drafted and developed Colton and 

now having him under contract for the next 

nine seasons is great for our organization,” 

Armstrong said. “Having Colton, Torey 

Krug and Justin Faulk under contract long 

term gives us a strong and reliable defensive 

core for the foreseeable future.” 

Parayko said he thinks and hopes his 

career is still young. 

“I’m looking forward to obviously continuing 

my career playing a long time,” he 

said. “It’s on me now to make sure that I 

just continue to come to the rink each day, 

prepare myself properly and make sure I 

can play a long time.” 

With the defense looking set, St. Louis 

will need goaltender Jordan Binnington 

to produce this year. The Blues believe in 

Binnington. They signed him to a six-year, 

$36 million contract that begins this season. 

Binnington was outstanding in his rookie 

season and helped the team bring home the 

Stanley Cup. However, he has been somewhat 

inconsistent in the last two seasons. 

He did not play particularly well in the last 

two playoffs, although he shouldn’t shoulder 

the entire blame for those losses. 

Training camp and the march to the Stanley 

Cup begins Sept. 22. The Cup is the 

goal, Berube said. 

“Well, we’ve got to make sure that we’re 

pushing our players for it and we’re working 

on it,” Berube said. “That’s a big part 

of our identity. Going forward, we’ve got 

to demand it out of our players.”




The St. Louis Blues acquired three top 

forwards to help with their offensive production 

this season. 

Pavel Buchnevich came to the Blues in a 

trade with the New York Rangers. He then 

agreed to a four-year, $23.2 million contract. 

The Blues sent Sammy Blais and a 

second-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft 

to the Rangers in the deal. 

Brandon Saad was signed as an unrestricted 

free agent by St. Louis. The 

28-year-old Saad agreed to terms on a fiveyear, 

$22.5 million contract. 

Then, on Sept.14, the Blues announced 

that veteran forward Tyler Bozak would 

return to the team on a one-year, $750,000 

contract that also includes additional performance 

bonuses. Bozak first signed with 

the Blues in 2018 on a three-year contract. 

He has accumulated 84 points (31 goals 

and 54 assists) in his time with the Blues 

and was a key component during the 2019 

Stanley Cup championship. 

The goal is to get more goals and more 

scoring punch is needed by the club. 

The two new Blues combined for 35 goals 

in the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 season. 

Saad’s 15 in 44 games would be a 28-goal 

pace in a full, healthy season. Buchnevich’s 

20 goals in 54 games was a 30-goal pace. 

Adding almost 60 goals to the top six 

group of forwards will vastly improve the 

team’s goal-scoring abilities, which ranked 

13th last season. 

The 6-foot-3, 196-pound Buchnevich 

has played his entire five-year career with 

New York, recording 195 points (79 goals, 

116 assists) and 112 penalty minutes in 301 

regular-season games. He is 26 years old. 

Saad was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks 

in the second round of the 2011 NHL 

Draft. Saad has scored 371 points (184 goals, 

187 assists) in 632 regular-season games 

with the Colorado Avalanche, Chicago 

Blackhawks and Columbus Blue Jackets. He 

scored 24 points (15 goals, nine assists) in 

44 regular-season games for the Avalanche 

last season and eight points (seven goals, one 

assist) in 10 Stanley Cup playoff games. 

Blues General Manager Doug Armstrong 

is happy to have Buchnevich. 

“He’s got good size at 6-foot-3, he’s a left 

shot (and) can play the right side,” Armstrong 

said in a Zoom call about Buchnevich. 

“He’s scored in the league recently, 

he’s 26 years old, a player obviously we 

control for a year and would like to sign 

long term. He’s the right age group for us 



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Blues add scoring punch with Buchnevich, Saad, Bozak 

Tyler Bozak after a goal 


with what we’re trying to accomplish. A 

very good penalty killer, too, a very underrated 

penalty-killer. So he’s going to touch 

all aspects of our game and he’s at a good 

age. As we continue to retool this roster, 

and I think he’s a good piece for us.” 

Armstrong also talked about the Buchnevich 

trade. 

“I’m excited to have Pavel join our 

group,” he said. “I want to thank Sammy 

Blais for his contributions to our organization 

over the last number of years, (and) 

wish him nothing but the best of luck and 

success with the Rangers.” 

Buchnevich lives in Cherepovets, Russia, 

and has been there this summer. He will 

arrive in St. Louis before the Sept. 22 start 

of training camp. 

“I’m just happy it’s happened,” Buchnevich 

said about the trade during a video 

call. “I don’t need to wait anymore and I 

know where I will be the next four years. I 

think it’s a good team. Two years ago they 

win Cup, I know that. Obviously, they have 

a lot of good players. Obviously, tough to 

play (against). A good goaltender. I hope 

I play a big role there and help the team.” 

Buchnevich will become the first player 

in Blues history to wear No. 89. 

“I think 25, 26 is really at a very good 

age and when you’re moving players, and 

we’ve done that in the past, in that age, 

you’re a little apprehensive because you 

know they’re just coming into their own 

and when you gain players from other 

organizations, you hope that there’s still 

another level to go to,” Armstrong said. 

Armstrong believes Buchnevich will be 

able to take his game to the next level. 

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2021-2022 Regular Season Schedule 

HOME 

AWAY 

OCTOBER 

Oct. 16 at Colorado • 8 p.m. 

Oct. 18 at Arizona • 9 p.m. 

Oct. 20 at Vegas • 9 p.m. 

Oct. 23 vs. Los Angeles • 7 p.m. 

Oct. 25 vs. Los Angeles • 7 p.m. 

Oct. 28 vs. Colorado • 7 p.m. 

Oct. 30 vs. Chicago • 7 p.m. 

NOVEMBER 

Nov. 3 at Los Angeles • 9 p.m. 

Nov. 4 at San Jose • 9:30 p.m. 

Nov. 7 at Anaheim • 7 p.m. 

Nov. 9 at Winnipeg • 7 p.m. 

Nov. 11 vs. Nashville • 7 p.m. 

Nov. 13 at Carolina • 6 p.m. 

Nov. 14 vs. Edmonton • 6 p.m. 

Nov. 16 vs. Arizona • 7 p.m. 

Nov. 18 vs. San Jose • 7 p.m. 

Nov. 20 at Dallas • 7 p.m. 

Nov. 22 vs. Vegas • 7 p.m. 

Nov. 24 at Detroit • 6:30 p.m. 

Nov. 26 at Chicago • Noon 

Nov. 27 vs. Columbus • 7 p.m. 

Nov. 30 vs. Tampa Bay • 7 p.m. 

DECEMBER 

Dec. 2 at Tampa Bay • 6 p.m. 

Dec. 4 at Florida • Noon 

Dec. 7 vs. Florida • 7 p.m. 

Dec. 9 vs. Detroit • 7 p.m. 

Dec. 11 vs. Montreal • 6 p.m. 

Dec. 12 vs. Anaheim • 6 p.m. 

Dec. 14 at Dallas • 7:30 p.m. 

Dec. 17 vs. Dallas • 7 p.m. 

Dec. 19 at Winnipeg • 2 p.m. 

Dec. 21 at Ottawa • 6 p.m. 

Dec. 23 at Toronto • 1 p.m. 

Dec. 27 vs. New Jersey • 7 p.m. 

Dec. 29 vs. Edmonton • 7:30 p.m. 

JANUARY 

Jan. 1 at Minnesota • TBD 

(2022 NHL Winter Classic) 

Jan. 5 at Pittsburgh • 6:30 p.m. 

Jan. 7 vs. Washington • 7 p.m. 

Jan. 9 vs. Dallas • 1 p.m. 

Jan. 13 vs. Seattle • 7 p.m. 

Jan. 15 vs. Toronto • 6 p.m. 

Jan. 17 vs. Nashville • 7 p.m. 

Jan. 21 at Seattle • 9 p.m. 

Jan. 23 at Vancouver • 9 p.m. 

Jan. 24 at Calgary • 8 p.m. 

Jan. 27 vs. Calgary • 7 p.m. 

Jan. 29 vs. Winnipeg • 2 p.m. 

Jan. 30 vs. Chicago • 6 p.m. 


FEBRUARY 

Feb. 1 at Montreal • 6 p.m. 

All Star Break 

Feb. 25 vs. Buffalo • 7 p.m. 

Feb. 27 at Chicago • 2 p.m. 

Feb. 28 at Philadelphia • 6 p.m. 

MARCH 

March 2 at New York Rangers • 6:30 p.m. 

March 5 at New York Islanders • 11:30 a.m.





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March 6 at New Jersey • Noon 

March 8 vs. Ottawa • 7 p.m. 

March 10 vs. New York Rangers • 7 p.m. 

March 12 at Nashville • 11:30 a.m. 

March 13 vs. Winnipeg • 6 p.m. 

March 17 vs. Pittsburgh • 7 p.m. 

March 19 at Columbus • 4 p.m. 

March 22 at Washington • 6 p.m. 

March 24 vs. Philadelphia • 7 p.m. 

March 26 vs. Carolina • 7 p.m. 

March 28 vs. Vancouver • 6:30 p.m. 

March 30 at Vancouver • 9 p.m. 

APRIL 

April 1 at Edmonton • 8 p.m. 

April 2 at Calgary • 9 p.m. 

April 4 vs. Arizona • 7 p.m. 

April 6 vs. Seattle • 7 p.m. 

April 8 vs. Minnesota • 7 p.m. 

April 9 vs. New York Islanders • 7 p.m. 

April 12 at Boston • 6 p.m. 

April 14 at Buffalo • 6 p.m. 

April 16 vs. Minnesota • 2 p.m. 

April 17 at Nashville • 5 p.m. 

April 19 vs. Boston • 7 p.m. 

April 21 at San Jose • 9:30 p.m. 

April 23 at Arizona • 9 p.m. 

April 24 at Anaheim • 7:30 p.m. 

April 26 at Colorado • 8:30 p.m. 

April 29 vs. Vegas • 7 p.m. 

Enterprise Center, Stifel Theatre 

to require proof of vaccination 

The St. Louis Blues have announced 

that beginning Friday, Oct. 15, fans ages 

12 and older attending home games will 

be required to show proof of vaccination 

against COVID-19 or a recent negative 

COVID-19 test result for entry into 

Enterprise Center. 

The policy will also apply to fans and 

guests attending other events at Enterprise 

Center and Stifel Theatre, with 

some events at either venue subject to 

additional protocols at the request of the 

artist. Employees of the St. Louis Blues, 

Enterprise Center and Stifel Theatre, 

event staff, sponsors, news media and 

all others will be required to follow the 

same policy, which will continue into 

the regular season, subject to periodic 

reviews and potential revisions as circumstances 

warrant. 

The Blues are the 16th team in the NHL 

to introduce such a policy. Key information 

related to the policy includes: 

• Fans and guests ages 12 and older 

will be required to show printed or digital 

proof of full COVID-19 vaccination 

or a negative COVID-19 PCR or antigen 

test administered by a healthcare 

professional within 72 hours prior to 

the event. The test results must include 

the ticket holder’s name and the date of 

the test. 

• Fans and guests 11 and younger 

will be permitted to enter Enterprise 

Center and Stifel Theatre without proof 

of vaccination or a negative test result, 

provided they wear a mask at all times 

while inside the venue. 

• The Enterprise Center and Stifel Theatre 

policy at all times will be subject to 

health and safety guidelines or policies 

as determined by the city of St. Louis 

and the NHL. As an example, the city 

of St. Louis continues to require all to 

wear facial coverings when indoors and 

within enclosed public buildings and 

spaces. 

• COVID-19 tests will not be made 

available at Enterprise Center and Stifel 

Theatre on the dates of games or events. 

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Blues Notes: A look at what’s to come 

The St. Louis Blues will open their 

82-game regular-season schedule on the 

road on Oct. 16 with a first-round playoff 

rematch against the Colorado Avalanche. 

That season-opening contest will kick off 

a three-game season opening-road trip for 

the Blues. 

The club will return to St. Louis for the 

2021-22 home opener on Oct. 23 against 

the Los Angeles Kings. 

Last season, the Blues finished 27-20- 

9, fourth in Honda West Division. The 

team lost in the first round of Stanley Cup 

Playoffs to the Colorado Avalanche. The 

contest marked the Blues’ 44th appearance 

in the postseason and their eighth appearance 

in the last nine seasons. St. Louis has 

missed out on the playoffs just nine times 

in the 53 seasons since the team’s inception 

in 1967-68. 

This year’s projected lineup includes old 

favorites and Stanley Cup champs alongside 

a handful of young newcomers, including 

forward Klim Kostin, forward Dakota 

Joshua and defenseman Scott Perunovich. 

Kostin, 22, was the No. 31 pick in the 

2017 NHL Draft, had one assist in two 

games for the Blues last season and scored 

18 points (seven goals, 11 assists) in 43 

games with Avangard Omsk in the Kontinental 

Hockey League. He scored one goal 

in four games with the Blues in 2019-20. 

Joshua, 25, made his NHL debut last 

season and scored one goal in 12 games. 

He also scored three points (two goals, 

one assist) in six games with Utica of the 

American Hockey League. 

Perunovich, 22, played three seasons at 

the University of Minnesota Duluth and 

won the Hobey Baker Award voted as the 

top men’s player in NCAA ice hockey in 

2020. He did not play last season after 

having shoulder surgery but is expected to 

be healthy for this season. 

As for the lines themselves, here’s a look 

at how things are likely to shake out: 

No. 1 line: Brandon Saad, Ryan O’Reilly, 

David Perron 

No. 2 line: Pavel Buchnevich, Brayden 

Schenn, Vladimir Tarasenko 

No. 3 line: Klim Kostin, Robert Thomas, 

Jordan Kyrou 

No. 4 line: Zach Sanford, Ivan Barbashev, 

Oskar Sundqvist 

No. 1 defensive pair: Torey Krug, Colton 

Parayko 

No. 2 defensive pair: Marco Scandella, 

Justin Faulk 

No. 3 defensive pair: Niko Mikkola, 

Robert Bortuzzo 

No. 1 goaltender: Jordan Binnington 

Backup goaltender: Ville Husso 

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Saad will replace Jaden Schwartz on 

left wing. Schwartz, 29, signed a five-year, 

$27.5 million free agent contract with the 

expansion Seattle Kraken. 

Joining the Blues will be a good move 

for him, Saad said. 

“I’m excited,” Saad said in a video call. 

“I’m looking forward to getting to know 

the city a little bit better, because when you 

play there, kind of in and out, you don’t get 

to see all parts of the city. But I’ve heard 

great things, and they’re obviously a great 

hockey team that I’m looking forward to 

joining and having another chance of winning 

and have that success. I think all the 

ingredients are there, and it’s a team that 

definitely excites me, that’s for sure, so I’m 

definitely glad to be a part of it.” 

It was a big decision for him to choose 

St. Louis. 

“Having a family and a couple of young 

kids, you have to talk to your family, weigh 

out the pros and cons, the living situations, 

team situations,” Saad said. “There’s more 

that goes into it than you’d think. It was 

something I really wanted to think about 

and digest before really making a decision. 

“Anytime you have an opportunity to 

play for a good team, I think that excites 

you as a hockey player. That’s something I 

definitely thought about.” 

Saad has valuable Stanley Cup experience 

as well. 

He has scored 50 points (25 goals, 25 

assists) in 91 playoff games and won the 

Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks in 2013 

and 2015. St. Louis, of course, won the 

Cup in 2019. 

“I think that experience, it’s hard to come 

by,” Saad said. “So any time you can join a 

team that’s had success, especially recently, 

they know what it takes to win, they kind 

of have that mentality. I think that’s huge 

and something that you can’t really put a 

price on.” 

Coach Craig Berube puts a premium on 

a physical style of play. That is fine with 

Saad. 

“I think from playing against them, they 

play a heavy game,” Saad said. “They like 

to hold on to pucks, cycle pucks, protect it, 

and that’s all part of my identity as well. I 

think I can fit right into that aspect, as well 

as play a 200-foot game. 

“I’ve won in my career, I’ve been fortunate. 

And once you get a taste of it, there’s 

no better feeling. When it comes down to 

it, I want to go somewhere where I have 

another chance of winning. I want to have a 

successful team and the Blues fit that mold.”

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FAMILY & KIDS 

Helping kids manage stress starts at home with great control 

By BONNIE KRUEGER 

The world is a scary place for adults with 

viruses, hurricanes, wildfires and unrest in 

the Middle East. But how much more is it 

impacting our kids? 

The answer varies based on age and 

awareness. Older kids who may be watching 

the news or listening to parents’ conversations 

are likely to be the most affected. 

But even small children can pick up on the 

stress displayed by adults, making them 

uneasy. 

Dr. Kyle John, a pediatric psychiatrist 

and Mercy’s medical director for Behavioral 

Health, says helping children of all 

ages feel less afraid when chaos swirls 

around them begins with giving them 

control. 

“It starts with the ‘What is yours to control’ 

mantra. What do we expect kids to 

be in control of and what do we want to 

remind them is clearly out of their control?” 

John asked. 

A sense of control in their lives can be 

effectively achieved by providing children 

with a schedule and predictability in 

their day, John explained. That schedule 

should include exercise, homework and 

chore time, healthy eating, good sleeping 

habits and free time that does not include 

technology. 

It is when they are faced with ongoing 

stressful situations that control is harder to 

achieve, he said. 

In relation to the pandemic, what they can 

control is wearing their mask, social distancing 

and washing their hands. 

What is out of their control is 

individual decisions regarding 

vaccinations, participation in 

activities and even going back to 

school. Out of their control also 

are the decisions of others on 

a similar range of topics, even 

when those decisions impact the 

child’s life. 

John encourages parents to 

tell children to trust the experts, 

including their family physician, 

leaders and mom and 

dad’s guidance. 

Another important strategy 

is limiting media exposure, 

whether it’s from a news outlet or 

social media. This is especially 

important with international 

events, such as natural disasters 

or military and political unrest. 

“That constant barrage of 

information and stress isn’t good 

for anybody – children or adults. 

This gives parents an opportunity to step in 

and have influence and oversight of what 

their children are being exposed to,” John 

said. 

He said it helps to remind kids that when 

things are out of our control, we should 

pray for those affected, pray for our leaders 

and share positive messages with individuals 

who can affect the outcome. If it’s possible, 

find an avenue to lend a hand. Doing 

so, John said, will give them ownership 

in a solution, without taking on the bigger 

A new report shows that the young members of Generation Z are the 

most stressed-out people in the nation. 

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responsibility. 

He suggested that listening and making 

sure your child feels heard is vital. So is 

encouraging them to not dwell on situations 

that they cannot control. It is not 

about shielding them from fear, explained 

John, but putting it in context through cognitive 

restructuring. Cognitive restructuring, 

or cognitive reframing, is a therapeutic 

process that helps (them) discover, challenge, 

and modify or replace their negative, 

irrational thoughts. 

Reframing and restructuring 

the issue on an appropriate 

developmental level does not 

allow our child to catastrophize – 

snowballing into anxiety, depression 

and stress-related physical 

and emotional responses. John 

gives COVID-19 hospitalizations 

as an example. 

“Guide them from the worst 

possible outcome to (agreeing 

that) this is serious. We are not 

in control of this, but there are 

positive things that are working 

in their favor such as good doctors, 

good hospitals, and fewer 

people dying because we are 

getting better at treatment. There 

is reason to be hopeful,” he said. 

On a physical level, John 

suggested practicing slow and 

deep, 5-count breaths and exhaling 

slowly over the same count. 

Doing so slows the heart rate and 

tricks the brain into not focusing 

on the anxiety. 

Another effective technique, John said, 

is progressive relaxation, wherein you 

tense and relax one muscle group at a time, 

working from top-down, or bottom-up. 

Finally, try employing a grounding technique 

that uses the senses of smell, sound 

and hearing by recognizing five things in 

your immediate area that refocuses your 

energy on what is right in front of you, 

reaffirming the safety and security you are 

experiencing in your current situation. 

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2. 

3. 

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Imagine being Alice and landing in Wonderland. Wonder no more. The Saint Louis Ballet company brings the classic fairy tale to 

life at The Touhill on the UMSL campus, Oct. 2-3. It’s a not-to-be missed start to company’s 2021-22 season. Learn more and get 

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Try your hands at pottery by making a festive Halloween candy bowl. The Foundry Art Centre hosts a Halloween Candy Bowl Art 

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Progress 64 West seeks applicants 

for Louis S. Sachs scholarships 

By KATE UPTERGROVE 

Each year, civic organization Progress 

64 West honors the entrepreneurial spirit of 

Louis S. Sachs by awarding thousands of 

dollars in scholarships to area high school 

seniors. This year, those awards just got 

bigger. 

As the result of remarkable generosity 

from its sponsors, the Louis S. Sachs 

Scholarship program will award scholarships 

totaling at least $11,500 to area 

high school seniors attending schools 

along the Hwy. 40/I-64 corridor. That’s 

those students living in the Parkway, 

Rockwood, Francis Howell, Fort Zumwalt 

and Wentzville school districts as 

well as area private school and homeschool 

students. 

Progress 64 West will award one $5,000, 

two-year scholarship; two $2,500, one-year 

scholarships and one $1,500 scholarship. 

To be considered for a scholarship, applicants 

must submit a proposed Executive 

Summary of a Business Plan that includes: 

• A description of the business concept, 

including nature of the business, mission, 

objectives, philosophy and values, and 

contribution to the community. 

• A market analysis, including market 

need, competition and strategy to meet the 

need and successfully and profitably compete. 

• Business operations, including necessary 

management, employees, vendors, 

professional assistance, facility and technology. 

• Sales and marketing strategies, tactics 

and techniques. 

• Sources and uses of funds necessary to 

start and operate the business. 

Applications are available online at 

www.progress64west.org. The submission 

deadline is Nov. 1. Applications should be 

submitted as a PDF via email to the attention 

of Sharon Huber at p64westscholarship@gmail.com. 

Progress 64 West representatives may 

interview applicants prior to awarding the 

scholarships. Awardees will be required to 

attend the organization’s annual awards 

banquet on Wednesday, Nov. 24. 

“Take every opportunity that presents 

itself to you, because one of them might 

just be the difference in your success,” 

advised 2019 scholarship recipient Lucas 

Ramsey. 

Of the scholarship and the opportunities 

it offers, Ramsey said: “The Louis S. Sachs 

scholarship, through Progress 64 West, 

held more than just a chunk of money to go 

to school seeking a business degree. Working 

with such a phenomenal organization 

helped me to create connections that last 

a lifetime.” 

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is presented by American Direct Marketing 

Resources, LLC; Doster, Ullom & 

Boyle LLC; RiteAir Heating and Cooling; 

and Technology Partners with contributing 

sponsor YouthBridge Community 

Foundation. 

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1987 to promote the responsible growth 

of commerce in the greater St. Louis 

region, with a particular emphasis given 

to the I-64 corridor from I-270 westward 

to I-70. A partnership of citizens, business 

and civic leaders, the organization’s 

mission is to work to create and 

maintain sustainable communities and a 

high quality standard of life in St. Louis 

and St. Charles counties. The not-forprofit 

organization recognizes that the 

establishment and growth of commerce 

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by providing jobs for its residents and a 

tax base for high-quality public education 

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Health Care Professionals 

Take Command of Your Health 

Being healthy begins with you. While not every illness or injury can be avoided, 

there are many steps you can take right now to help protect and promote good health. 

Step 1. Seek out medical help. Having a team of health care professionals who can 

help you and advise you is paramount to achieving your goals. Likewise, keeping 

a close eye on your health, through recommended tests and screenings, is vital at 

every age. Well visits can play as important a role in your health as seeking medical 

assistance when you are ill or injured. 

Step 2. Understand the connection between good health and good nutrition. There’s 

a great deal of truth to the old adage: you are what you eat. Consulting with a dietitian 

or nutritionist to establish a personalized, healthy eating plan is a great way to ensure 

that you’re getting the best combination of nutrients to fuel your good health. 

Step 3. Exercise regularly. Your body was designed to be a machine in motion. 

Movement helps to aid all body functions from developing strong muscles to keeping 

your body’s circulatory system working fluidly. 

Warren R. Trampe, DPM 

Deer Creek FootCare 

2917 Hwy. K • O’Fallon • 636.240.1127 • www.deercreekfootcare.com 

Deer Creek Footcare has provided quality service to its patients for over 20 years. Dr. Warren R. Trampe, DPM, can help 

patients with a variety of foot ailments, including ingrown nails, heel pain, fractures, sprains, deep root calluses and sports 

injuries. 

“Our goal is to ensure that all of our patients receive the highest level of quality care and treatment,” Dr. Trampe said. 

Dr. Trampe also can help patients with bunions, warts and hammertoes, as well as spurs and neuromas. In addition, he 

cares for diabetics and can provide outpatient surgery if necessary. “However, I always will try and do non-invasive procedures 

prior to recommending surgery,” Trampe said. 

Patients at Deer Creek Footcare can expect friendly and knowledgeable service 

directly from the doctor. Dr. Trampe always sees patients himself. Patients can feel 

confident that they will be able to speak with the doctor. 

Dr. Trampe prides himself on providing expert quality care for all of his patients. 

Warren R. Trampe, DPM, LLC 

Deer Creek Footcare 

Kate Wagner, DC 

Bone & Joint Chiropractic Center 

2917 State Hwy. K, Suite F • O’Fallon • (636) 294-2747 • www.boneandjointstl.com 

Dr. Kate Wagner of Bone & Joint Chiropractic Center in O’Fallon treats the joints and muscles of the body using a 

personalized approach. She is proficient in many hands-on techniques, which allows her to deliver a customized experience. 

She is certified in acupuncture, which is used to treat a wide variety of joint and muscle conditions. Recent patients received 

acupuncture for swelling in the knee, muscular pain in the upper back, and low back pain with sciatica. Another patient 

avoided steroid injections to her foot with the help of acupuncture. Each session is 30 minutes and most conditions require 

6-12 sessions. Acupuncture is comfortable, pain-free, and effective, and an excellent addition to chiropractic adjustments. 

Dr. Wagner, a St. Louis native, attended Visitation Academy, received her Doctorate of Chiropractic from Logan University, and 

completed her senior chiropractic internship at Scott Air Force Base. She teaches biology at Maryville University. 

Bone & Joint Chiropractic Center is located at highways K and N in O’Fallon. The office 

accepts most insurance plans and offers morning and evening hours.

Dr. Tanner Brown, DMD 

“Trust is extremely important,” Dr. Tanner Brown said. “People want to 

find a place where they are treated like family. Where you walk in the door 

and get called by name, you see familiar faces, and you always leave 

smiling and feeling better than when you walked in.” 

For almost 40 years, Genovese Dental has served the dental needs of 

St. Charles County as a privately owned and operated dental office. Dr. 

Michael Genovese, a St. Louis native, served in the United States Marines 

before attending and graduating UMKC Dental School. His passion for 

education did not stop there. Dr. Genovese has spent his entire career 

attending continuing education courses and becoming an expert in the 

dental field. He and his team take pride in getting to know each patient on 

a personal level before developing a comprehensive dental health plan. 

Every patient is very special and the team does everything possible to gain 

your trust and confidence as concerned partners in your health and wellbeing. 

Each person is unique, therefore the team tailors their services to 

meet your specific needs. Working together, the team and patient develop 

a dental health and wellness plan designed especially for you. 

“At the end of the day, relationships are what matter most,” Dr. Tanner 

said. “I love getting to know patients. Life is all about how you make 

people feel and I think it is pretty special that I get to take what can be an 

uncomfortable place, and turn it into a fun experience.” 

Dr. Tanner Brown connected with Dr. Genovese over a year ago. With 

such an emphasis on personal touch and detail, Dr. Tanner was the perfect 

addition to Genovese Dental. He began his dental career in Illinois before 

he and his family relocated to the Cottleville area. He has been trained in a 

wide range of dental procedures such as cosmetics, pediatrics, implants, 

Invisalign, and more. 

“We do a little bit of everything,” said Dr. Tanner. “I think it is important 

to offer a wide range of services so that patients can receive all their care 

under one roof.” 

Working together, Dr. Genovese with his years of expertise and Dr. Tanner’s 

knowledge of modern dental technology, they are able to provide the best 

possible dental experience for patients. This of course is only enhanced by 

the amazing team at Genovese Dental. 

“Our team is incredible! We really are one big family and I truly believe the 

way we treat each other reflects in our patient care,” said Dr. Tanner. “We 

are always laughing, we are invested in each other’s lives, and we always 

support one another. That fun and giving attitude naturally extends to our 

patients.” 

Finding a dental home can be tough especially given recent times. Dr. 

Tanner strongly advocates for preventative care that can help spare patients 

from more invasive and costly procedures down the line. “Think about the 

food that goes into your mouth. How does it affect your body? People who 

have a healthier body typically eat healthier food,” said Dr. Tanner. “With 

bacteria, it’s the same thing. Bad bacteria can affect your whole body in 

bad ways just like good bacteria can help keep your body healthy.” 

Following every protocol to ensure a safe environment, Dr. Tanner and the 

Dr. Tanner Brown and Dr. Michael Genovese 

team encourage overdue patients looking for a warm and fun atmosphere 

to give them a call. 

“A smile is everything!” Dr. Tanner said. “When you think of your favorite 

person in the world, you picture them smiling.” 

New patients will be impressed with the upscale feel of the office, the 

warm welcome of the team, and the personalized care from the doctors. 

For those without insurance, there is an in Office Membership Plan to help 

serve as a replacement to traditional coverage. Come experience a new 

level of dental care with Dr. Genovese, Dr. Tanner, and the rest of the team. 

Call (636) 928-4090 or email office@genovesedental.com 

“We at Genovese Dental are proud to be a staple of Cottleville and of St. 

Charles County,” Dr. Tanner said. “As we grow our dental family with added 

team members and new patients, we are happy to serve you as a privately 

owned and operated dental office for many years to come. We will continue 

to put you first and treat you like family. We are excited to soon serve you 

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Dr. Prashanth K. Haribabu, DDS MSD 

Family Dental Services 

1185 Cave Springs Estates Drive • St. Peters • (636) 757-1800 • www.familydentalservices.net 

For over 50 years, Family Dental Services has served as a large general and multi-specialist practice with multiple providers 

and offer an array of oral surgical care, all under one roof. Dr. Prashanth K. Haribabu, who has over a decade of experience 

himself, has spent the past three years in St. Louis providing top-tier oral health options at Family Dental Services like dental and 

implant surgery, and the treatment facial pain and jaw joint disorders. 

“I hold a fellowship/Master’s training in managing complex facial pain conditions that arises in the facial region with complex 

medical conditions,” Dr. Haribabu said. 

To some, corrective dentistry can feel invasive or nerve-wracking. Family Dental Services believes in being a family provider, 

meaning their staff members are professional and compassionate when treating the needs of clients 

of all ages. Dr. Haribabu understands that oral health is the gateway to general health and well 

being. Let him and the other staff members at Family Dental Services become your lifelong providers 

A General & Multi-Specialty Group 

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Logan University Health Centers 

1851 Schoettler Road • Chesterfield • (636) 230-1990 • www.LoganHealthCenters.com 

As the teaching clinics for one of the nation’s leading chiropractic colleges, Logan University Health Centers provide quality chiropractic care to individuals across 

the St. Louis area. 

Chiropractic is a conservative, drug-free approach to patient care that restores or enhances function to the joints and supports the nervous system. Using a hands-on 

approach, chiropractic is safe and effective in treating a variety of neuromusculoskeletal complaints, such as back pain, neck pain and headaches, and more. 

Founded in 1935, Logan University has a long history of providing chiropractic care to the community. From its first outpatient clinic at the former Normandy campus 

to its current locations serving the St. Louis region, Logan’s Health Centers offer quality care while providing Logan Doctor of Chiropractic students the opportunity to gain 

practical experiences under the direct supervision of licensed and experienced faculty-clinicians. In this model of health care, Logan Health Center patients receive high 

quality services while aiding students’ educational journey to become 

skilled and competent Doctors of Chiropractic. 

Logan’s Health Centers employ state-of-the-art technology, techniques 

and services including acupuncture, pediatric chiropractic and nutritional 

counseling as well as sports therapy, radiology and diagnostic imaging. 

The depth and breadth of expertise of clinicians and resources makes it 

possible for Logan Health Centers to assess and treat a wide range of 

patients with varied health and wellness needs. 

In addition to its three Health Centers (on campus in Chesterfield, St. 

Peters and at the Stephen A. Orthwein Center in St. Louis), Logan provides 

chiropractic care through a number of integrated health care organizations, 

such as Affinia Health Care, CareSTL, Mercy Hospital’s JFK Clinic, 

the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center and the St. Louis Veterans Administration 

Medical Center. The partnerships with these organizations are important 

to Logan’s mission of increasing access to quality, affordable care, 

especially for those who are underserved, underinsured and uninsured. 

Logan offers a $10 flat fee at all three of its Health Center locations, 

which covers all services performed during most visits, including examinations, 

chiropractic adjustments, 

acupuncture and more 

(excluding orthotics, radiology 

services, lab services and any 

nutritional supplementation or 

products). 

Visit LoganHealthCenters.com.

The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis 

10 Hospital Drive • St. Peters • (636) 317-4000 

4455 Duncan Ave. • Central West End • (314) 658-3800 • www.rehabinstitutestl.com 

After experiencing a stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury or other lifechanging 

event, your doctor may recommend rehabilitation as the next stop 

on your journey to recovery. 

Where you choose to complete this rehabilitation makes a difference, and 

at The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis, they know that understanding 

the differences in the care settings and providers available to you can be 

overwhelming. 

The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis is an inpatient rehabilitation hospital 

that offers comprehensive rehabilitation services designed to help patients 

return to leading active and independent lives. Serving patients overcoming a 

variety of debilitating illnesses and injuries, the hospital develops customized 

care plans incorporating physical, occupational and speech therapies. 

The right track for rehabilitation is the one that best fits your unique needs, 

and gives you the greatest chance at a successful return to independence 

and your community. On average, patients spend approximately two weeks 

under the hospital’s care, and during that time the staff develops relationships 

with patients to better help them reach their personal goals. This means the 

staff at the Rehabilitation Center of St. Louis can help you learn more about 

rehabilitation during the decision-making process and find the provider that 

best meets the needs of you or your loved one. 

At The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis, rehabilitation is what they do, and 

the difference is clear. 

Not all types of therapy are the same, and at The Rehabilitation Institute of St. 

Louis, a combination of physical, speech and occupational therapists make 

up an interdisciplinary team that is experienced in providing rehabilitation for 

many conditions including stroke, spinal cord, amputee, neurological and 

more. 

They also offer care from specialty neurologists, pulmonologists, trauma 

surgeons and nephrologists. Many of the physical therapists have achieved 

a Neurologic Certified Specialist licensure, a prestigious distinction for those 

who have completed over 2,000 hours of neurologic clinical practice while 

working with individuals with neurologic dysfunction. In addition to caring for 

orthopedic, cardiac and oncology diagnoses, the hospital has specialized 

inpatient programs for stroke, brain injury, amputee and spinal cord patients. 

The small activities that make up everyday life can be the some of the most 

important, and the institute’s functional approach to therapy aims to help 

patients feel more confident in their return to the community and achieve the 

greatest possible outcomes. 

A rehabilitation hospital is different from a nursing home. At an inpatient 

rehabilitation hospital, patients typically receive at least three hours of 

therapy five days per week. A skilled nursing facility typically offers one to 

two hours per day. Beyond receiving at least 15 hours of intensive therapy a 

week, patients at The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis can expect 24-hour 

registered nursing care, regular visits from independent practice physicians* 

and nutritional counseling. 

According to the adult stroke rehabilitation guidelines released by the American 

Heart Association**, whenever possible, stroke patients should be treated at an 

in-patient rehabilitation facility rather than a skilled nursing facility. 

When it comes to finding the best rehabilitation services, be sure to understand 

the differences in your rehabilitation options and the results of each provider. 

The institute recommends comparing the years of service, specialty programs, 

patient satisfaction, national clinical ratings and patient clinical outcomes 

among facilities. 

For more information on selecting care and the results that set The 

Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis apart from the competition, visit them online 

at www.rehabinstitutestl.com or call the St. Peters location at (636) 317- 

4000 or their Central West End location at (314) 658-3800. 

*The hospital provides access to independent private practice physicians. 

** Source: American Heart Association, Inc.

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Mercy Kids experts recently provided guidelines to help area children safely 

return to their normal activities following COVID-19. 

(Source: Adobe Stock) 

health 

capsules 

By LISA RUSSELL 

Mercy offers activity guidelines 

for kids after COVID 

Rising cases of COVID-19 around the 

St. Louis area also include fast-growing 

numbers of school age children. Although 

the vast majority of kids recover without 

complications, some risks do exist, the 

most serious of which involve inflammation 

of the heart. 

To help parents and pediatricians make 

decisions around children’s return to their 

normal activities following COVID infection, 

Mercy Kids experts have developed 

a “Return to Play” process based on 

guidelines from the American Academy of 

Pediatrics and input from Mercy pediatric 

cardiologists. The process varies depending 

on the child’s age and whether the illness 

was severe, mild or asymptomatic. 

According to the guidelines, children 

younger than 12 who are asymptomatic 

for 14 days can typically be cleared for full 

participation in sports and other activities 

with no further screening required. For 

kids 12 and over, Mercy experts recommend 

a more gradual return to physical 

activity. A downloadable Return to Play 

flow chart showing this process is available 

online at mercy.net/newsroom. 

Rising ivermectin use 

prompts new CDC warning 

A drug called ivermectin has been in 

the news a lot recently. This anti-parasitic 

medicine has been touted by many, particularly 

on social media sites, as having 

the potential to prevent COVID-19 as well 

as treat the virus in its early stages. 

But the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA), the National Institutes of Health 

(NIH), and the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC) disagree, all contending 

that ivermectin is not only ineffective 

against COVID-19 – it can also be 

dangerous. In late August, the CDC issued 

a health advisory about ivermectin, citing a 

rapid rise in adverse events among people 

using the drug inappropriately. 

Ivermectin is FDA-approved and generally 

considered safe and well-tolerated 

when used for certain parasitic infections. 

In oral form, it can treat the illnesses 

onchocerciasis (river blindness) and intestinal 

strongyloidiasis in people, as well as 

internal and external parasites in animals. 

This year, retail pharmacies have experienced 

a dramatic 24-fold increase in 

ivermectin prescriptions compared to 

before the pandemic began, which has 

corresponded with negative health consequences 

for many, the CDC found. 

Veterinary suppliers and retailers nationwide 

have also been selling out of ivermectin. 

Many reports have involved people 

taking ivermectin products intended for 

veterinary use, including formulations 

intended for large animals like horses and 

cattle. These forms of the drug are highly 

concentrated and can result in an overdose, 

the agency warned. 

“People who take inappropriately high 

doses of ivermectin above FDA-recommended 

dosing may experience toxic 

effects,” the CDC advisory stated. Those 

effects can range from diarrhea, nausea 

and vomiting to neurological problems 

including hallucinations, seizures, coma 

and death. 

Healthy lifestyle protects against 

cancer – even if it’s in the genes 

Somewhere between 5% and 10% of 

cancers can run in families, data shows, 

meaning they have a genetic component. 

Some of the most common genetically 

linked cancers are those of the breast, 

colon, prostate, ovaries and uterus. 

However, people who are able to maintain 

a healthy lifestyle over the long term, 

such as not smoking and drinking only 

moderately, maintaining a low body mass 

index, eating a nutritious diet and exercising 

regularly, can also decrease their incidence 

of cancer – even those who are at the 

highest genetic risk of one or more cancers, 

Chinese scientists have found. 

They used data from more than 400,000 

adults who participated in the UK Biobank, a 

major worldwide source of in-depth genetic, 

health and lifestyle information. Then they 

applied statistical methods to create an overall 

“cancer polygenic risk score” (CPRS) for 

16 types of cancer in men and 18 in women, 

for every individual in the group. 

Overall, the combination of high genetic 

cancer risk and poor lifestyle habits made 

receiving a cancer diagnosis three times 

more likely in men, and 2.4 times more 

likely in women, than being at low genetic 

risk and maintaining healthy lifestyles. 

Notably, nearly every adult included in 

the study (97%) had a high genetic risk of at 

least one type of cancer. “This suggests that 

almost everyone is susceptible to at least 

one type of cancer… It further indicates the 

importance of adherence to a healthy lifestyle 

for everyone,” the study’s authors said. 

The study was published in Cancer 

Research. 

On the calendar 

Staying Home Alone, sponsored by BJC, 

is on Tuesday Oct. 5, from 6:30-8 p.m. This 

virtual class, presented online via Teams 

Meeting, will help prepare the parent(s), 

child and family for times when children 

will be home alone. The cost is $25 per 

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

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital presents a free online 

event for new and expecting families, St. 

Luke’s Mom and Baby Expo: Fallin’ for 

Baby, on Tuesday, Oct. 19 beginning at 6 

p.m. The event is designed to help parents 

in pregnancy planning through the transition 

to parenthood. It includes an Ask 

the Expert panel including an OB/GYN, 

pediatrician, anesthesiologist, maternity 

nurse navigator and lactation consultant, 

along with an informative presentation 

about St. Luke’s maternity and perinatal 

services. Attendees can also win prizes 

including an infant stroller/travel system 

and more. Register at the following link: 

https://www.stlukes-stl.com/St-Lukes- 

Education-Programs/2021/St-Lukes- 

Mom-and-Baby-Expo-Fallin-for-Baby/ 

• • • 

BJC of St. Charles County sponsors a 

Red Cross Blood Drive on Friday, Oct. 

1 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Progress West 

Hospital, 2 Progress Point Parkway in 

O’Fallon; and from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at 

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital Medical 

Office Building #1, 6 Jungermann 

Circle, Suite 117 in St. Peters. Register 

for your preferred time and location at 

redcrossblood.org. 

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital presents an annual 

Diabetes Update event on Thursday, 

Nov. 4 from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. During this 

free virtual event, an expert speaker panel 

will discuss the impact of the COVID-19 

pandemic on diabetes care. Registration 

is required, and is available by visiting bit. 

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Hayrides are offered at multiple locations across St. Charles County, including 

Broemmelsiek Park and Dickherber Farms (shown). 

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Beale Street Market is from 5-8 p.m. 

the first Wednesday of each month at 

Streets of St. Charles, 1650 Beale Street. 

An annual market series featuring unique 

art and homegrown foods. For details, visit 

discoverstcharles.com. 

• • • 

Mandy Pedigo’s “Inheritance: The 

Endurance of Land” is on display now 

through Friday, Nov. 19 at the Foundry 

Art Centre, 520 N. Main Center in Saint 

Charles. The St. Louis-based artist utilizes 

hand stitching, weaving, quilting, 

and embroidery to create abstracted aerial 

maps and miniature landscapes. 

• • • 

“Illuminations & Implications” by 

Alison Ouellette-Kirby and Noah Kirby, is 

on display now through Friday, Nov. 19 

at the Foundry Art Centre, 520 N. Main 

Center in Saint Charles. The couple specializes 

in large-scale, interactive metal 

works that play with movement, light and 

shadow, viewer participation and wordplay. 

• • • 

Pet Portrait Art Class is from 6-9 p.m. 

on Friday, Oct. 15 at The Foundry Art 

Centre, 520 North Main Street in Saint 

Charles. All experience levels welcome. 

Ages 16-plus; $50 per person. Register by 

Oct. 1. Each registration comes with two 

drink tickets for soda, beer, or wine for 

participants 21 and older. Visit foundryartcentre.regfox.com/2021-fall-programming. 

• • • 

“Little Women” is being performed on Oct. 

15-17 and Oct. 22-24 at the O’Fallon Municipal 

Centre, 100 North Main Street in O’Fallon. 

For more information and to purchase tickets, 

visit ofallon.mo.us/ofallontheatreworks. 

BENEFITS 

The 5th Annual Art & Wine Stroll/ 

Black & White Gallery Show is from 

3-7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2 at the Bridge 

Coffee House, 3257-1 Domain Street in 

New Town St. Charles. Sample various 

wines from multiple businesses in New 

Town. Tickets are $20 each, $25 day of 

event (price includes a wine glass). Proceeds 

benefit local art scholarships. For 

more information, visit artandwinestroll2021.brownpapertickets.com 

• • • 

The SCC Library Used Book Sale is 

from 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4 

through Wednesday, Oct. 6 at the Paul and 

Helen Schnare Library, (Learning Resource 

Center – SCC Campus), 4601 Mid Rivers 

Mall Drive in Cottleville. Cost is $1 for 

paperbacks and $2 for hardbacks. For more 

information, visit stchas.edu. 

• • • 

Trails for Tails Glow Run is at 5 p.m. 

on Friday, Oct. 8 Frontier Park, 500 S. 

Riverside Drive in St. Charles. Trails for 

Tails includes a 5K and a 1-mile run or 

walk. Vendor fair and registration start 

at 5 p.m., races begin at 6 p.m. An award 

presentation will follow the run. Leashed 

dogs are welcome to participate or watch. 

Registration is required. Visit fiveacresanimalshelter.org/events 

to register, purchase 

a vendor/sponsor slot, and learn more. Proceeds 

benefit Five Acres Animal Shelter. 

• • • 

Paw Parade is at 9 a.m. on Saturday, 

Oct. 9 in Frenchtown at Second Street in 

St. Charles. The parade will travel down 

Second Street to Clark Street, ending 

at Main Street and Clark. Costumes are 

encouraged, as prizes will be awarded for 

best dressed. Registration required. Visit 

fiveacresanimalshelter.org/events. Proceeds 

benefit the Five Acres Animal Shelter. 

• • • 

Assumption Fall Festival is from 3-11 

p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16 and from 11 

a.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 17 at Assumption 

Parish, 403 N. Main St. in O’Fallon. 

Enjoy live music, haunted hayrides, food, 

beverages, games, inflatables, 50/50 raffles, 

and plenty of crafts. 

FESTIVALS & CONCERTS 

The Renaissance Festival occurs 

weekly from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturdays 

and Sundays through Sunday, Oct. 17 in 

Rotary Park 2577 West Meyer Road in 

Wentzville. Explore the 16th century village 

of Petit Lyon, browse crafts and view 

blacksmithing and woodworking demonstrations. 

Also includes are shows, comedy 

routines and food vendors. Parking is free. 

• • • 

A Concert in the Park begins at 6:30 

p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21 in O’Day Park, 

1000 O’Day Park Drive in O’Fallon. Features 

music by Dueling Pianos. Enjoy the 

selection of food trucks, beer and wine 

from local vendors that will be on-site for 

purchase. Free admission and parking. 

HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS 

Old-Fashioned Hayrides are available 

from 6-9 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 

31 at Broemmelsiek Park, 1615 Schwede 

Road in Wentzville. Take a 45-minute 

scenic hayride through the park, then 

snuggle up to a glowing campfire for an 

hour with your group to roast treats. Cost 

is $125 per wagon. Pre-registration is 

required. Call (636) 949-7535 for more 

information and to reserve a wagon. 

• • • 

Dickherber Farms’ Corn Maze is open 

from 9 a.m. to dusk, Monday-Saturday; 10 

a.m.-dusk on Sunday through the first week of 

November at 7063 Hwy. N in Dardenne Prairie. 

A unique cornmaze with 34 checkpoints 

to help guide families through. Admission is 

$5.00 

OFF 

$8 per person; children 3 and under are free. 

On-site parking. Pumpkins and straw bails 

for sale by appointment. Jams, apple butter 

and other bakes goods for sale. Hayrides also 

available by appointment. Meet friendly farm 

animals and purchase feed for $1. To make 

reservations, visit (636) 474-1147. 

• • • 

St. Charles Oktoberfest is from 4 p.m.- 

11 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 24, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. 

on Saturday, Sept. 25 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on 

Sunday, Sept. 26 in Frontier Park, 500 S. 

Riverside Drive in St. Charles. Music, beverages; 

car show Sunday. For more information 

visit saintcharlesoktoberfest.com. 

• • • 

Adult hayrides are offered from 6:30- 

10:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 1 at Broemmelsiek 

Park, 1795 Hwy. DD in Defiance. See 

haunting scenes on a hayride or on foot. 

Afterwards, participants will get to vote for 

their favorite scene; enjoy a bonfire; and 

purchase Barley and Vine food, beer, and 

wine at the Hilltop Group Area. Admission 

is $25 in advance; $30 at the park. Ages 

18-plus only. Call (636) 949-7535 to register. 

• • • 

Legends and Lanterns recurs daily 

from Saturday, Oct. 9 through Sunday, Oct. 

24 on Main Street in Historic Saint Charles. 

Enjoy Halloween-themed activities, tours 

and more while costumes characters roam 

along Main Street. Shops and restaurants 

will remain open during the festival. For 

more information, visit discoverstcharles. 

com/events/legends-lanterns/. 

• • • 

Halloween Candy Bowl Art Class is 

from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 

the Foundry Art Centre (Baue Studio), 520 

North Main St. in Saint Charles. Create 

a candy bowl for Halloween. Hand build 

a clay ghost, goblin, or spider to place in 

the bottom of your bowl. Ages 5-12 with 

a grown up. Cost is $30 per person. To 

register, visit foundryartcentre.regfox. 

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Salty’s Fresh Mex: Family-friendly cuisine with a twist 

By SUZANNE CORBETT 

Keeping a menu fresh and interesting 

requires creativity. At Salty’s Fresh Mex 

that creativity has shaken up the menu, 

yielding new flavor combinations and 

reimagined Mexican classics from tacos 

to fajitas. Inspired dishes such as Voodoo 

Shrimp and Sweet Asian Teriyaki tacos to 

Fajitas Bowls and Lava Chicken Burritos 

have customers bursting out into gritos, 

exclamations of pure joy! 

The culinarians behind these tasty 

creations are owners Paul and Angela 

Wegeng. Together, they have created a 

family-friendly place in Cottleville that’s 

become a hot spot for eclectic Mexican 

dining – and trivia on Tuesdays. 

Topping the menu list of unexpected 

items are keto-friendly options and items 

added just six months ago that have 

scored big. Each keto dish provides a 

low carb flavor forward combination of 

ingredients with low carb substitutions 

such as riced cauliflower, which becomes 

Salty’s Fresh Mex 

the base for a keto friendly bowls. In its 

popular Shredded Beef Bowl, the “rice” 

is topped with layers of seasoned grilled 

beef and vegetables, queso, jack cheese, 

pico de gallo, sour cream and cilantro. It’s 

one big bowl customers call “magnifico!” 

“The keto menu has taken off like crazy,” 

Paul said. “People love it.” 

Customers also love the restaurant’s 

taco list: 16 different taco styles, available 

with either flour or corn tortillas. 

In addition to traditional ground beef, 

chicken and steak tacos are choices such 

as Mango Habanero Chicken – grilled 

chicken, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and 

Jack cheese drizzled with a sweet mango 

habanero sauce. 

A top pick for carnivores are the Street 

Steak Tacos, stuffed with grilled steak 

bites, fresh red onion, cilantro and sliced 

jalapenos, then topped with Jalapeno 

Tabasco sauce. They’re the perfect combo 

of heat meets street! 

But the top selling foodie fav is the Surf 

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avocado poblano ranch sauce 

and finished with cilantro and 

Cotija cheese. 

“People love our Surf and Turf 

tacos, which can also be ordered 

as a bowl. All our tacos can be 

ordered as bowls,” Paul said. In 

bowl preparations, the tortilla is 

replaced with beans and rice. 

Tacos are plated in pairs and 

can be mixed or matched. They’re 

served with a choice of two housemade 

sides that include unique 

alternates such as a fresh, garlic sauteed 

vegetable medley of red peppers, zucchini 

and asparagus, or a taco pasta salad that is a 

delightfully different blend of mayonnaise, 

rotini pasta, corn, beans and peppers. 

All the sides and most of the sauces are 

made in house. Even the refried beans are 

slow cooked in house. 

“We have refried beans and sauces cooking 

on the stove right now,” Paul said. 

“We come in each morning to make them. 

We have six different sauces – some spicy, 

some not. Our voodoo sauce is the most 

popular sauce. It’s a Cajun mayo-based 

sauce that has a pretty good kick. But the 

hottest is the lava sauce that we use on the 

Lava Chicken Burrito. It’s extremely hot. 



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Mango Habanero Chicken Taco and a Street Steak Taco 

with a side salad dressed with a margarita dressing. 

Some people like to add it to our salsa to 

make it hotter.” 

To quench the heat from the lava sauce, 

or to simply satisfy your thirst, consider 

ordering a designer margaritas. Flavors 

range from prickly pear and blood orange 

to habanero and classic lime. 

“We have all kinds of different margaritas. 

Nothing is premixed and we 

hand-shake every one. It makes a huge 

difference when you hand shake a drink,” 

Paul said. “It also makes a big difference 

when its fresh made. 

But despite its flair for margaritas, Paul 

emphasized Salty’s does not have a bar 

atmosphere. The restaurant remains first 

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EVENTS, from page 36 

Food Truck Fright is from 6-8:30 p.m. 

on Friday, Oct. 15 at Dames Park, 389 

Dames Park Drive in O’Fallon. Enjoy a 

tasty evening of food truck fare and a free 

concert. Bring your appetite and a blanket 

or chairs. Admission and parking are free. 

For more information, visit ofallon.mo.us. 

• • • 

Egg-tober Glow is from 6-8:30 p.m. on 

Friday, Oct. 15 at Dames Park, 389 Dames 

Park Drive in O’Fallon. Hunt for glow-inthe-dark 

eggs. Admission is $9 per person. 

Limited admission will be available at the 

gate. For ages 12 and younger. The eggs 

collected are redeemed for prizes. Rain or 

shine. For more information and to register, 

visit ofallon.mo.us. 

• • • 

Halloween Spooktacular on Ice is from 

7-9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 22 at the St. Peters 

Rec-Plex, 5200 Mexico Road. This funfilled 

evening includes ice skating, games, 

prizes, candy and a costume contest. Cost is 

$10 for each participant and includes skate 

rental. Dress in costume. Register in person 

in advance at the Rec-Plex, 5200 Mexico 

Road, by phone, (636) 939-2386, ext. 1400, 

or online using Rec-Connect at stpetersmo. 

net/rec-connect. Space is limited. 

• • • 

Halloween Concert - An Evening with 

the St. Charles County Orchestra is from 

7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at the Cultural 

Arts Centre, One St. Peters Centre Drive. 

Enjoy Halloween-themed music. Kids 

dressed in costume will be able to participate 

in the trick-or-treat parade for free candy. 

For more information, visit stpetersmo.net. 

• • • 

Trunk or Treat is from noon-2 p.m. 

on Saturday, Oct. 30 at SunRise Family 

Ministry, 7116 Twin Chimneys Blvd. in 

O’Fallon. A trunk or treat event with a 

backdrop for costume photo-ops and a 

contest for the best decorated trunk. 

• • • 

Halloween Carnival is from 4-6 p.m. 

on Saturday, Oct. 30 at the St. Peters Rec- 

Plex, 5200 Mexico Road in St. Peters. 

Enjoy games, crafts, dinner and more. 

Wear a costume and receive a special treat. 

Family-friendly costumes only. Cost is $1 

for Rec-Plex members; $3 for others. Register 

by calling (636) 939-2386, ext. 1400 

or visit stpetersmo.net. Registration will 

not be accepted at the event. 

SPECIAL INTEREST 

The St. Charles County Pachyderm 

Club hosts Mike Franco, of The Republican 

Liberty Caucus, the Conscience of the 

Republican Party at noon on Friday, Oct. 

1 at JJ’s Restaurant, 200 Fort Zumwalt 

Square in O’Fallon. For more information 

visit sccpachyderms.org. 

• • • 

MO’ Cowbell Marathon takes place at 

7:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 3 at 500 S Riverside 

Drive in Saint Charles. Race formats 

include a marathon, half-marathon, halfrelay, 

and 5K. The Weekend Challenge 

includes a 5K on Saturday, Oct. 2, with 

the chance to run extra miles on Sunday 

for extra swag and medals. For race registration, 

visit mocowbellmarathon.com. 

• • • 

A Mountain Bike Night Ride is from 

6:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8 at Indian 

Camp Creek Park, 2679 Dietrich Road in 

Foristell. A challenging ride open to experienced 

cyclists. All riders must wear a 

helmet and have a 600 lumen light to participate; 

pre-registration is required. Visit 

sccmo.org/232/Parks-Recreation. 

• • • 

Women’s Self-Defense Workshop is 

from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 16 

at Midwest Krav Maga, 11 Jason Court in 

St. Charles. Midwest Krav Maga invites 

women to learn effective and realistic selfdefense 

techniques in a one-day, hands-on 

workshop. Cost is $30. Spots are limited. 

To register, visit mwkravmaga.com. 

ROAD TRIP, from page 17 

be sure to check out Washington Farmers’ 

Market and ask about the Sprouts Kids 

Club, which allow visiting veggie-lovers 

to receive a punch card and get a “punch” 

with each visit to the Farmers’ Market gets a 

punch. Completed cards can be exchanged 

for tokens and used to purchase items at the 

market. It’s a fun way to encourage kids to 

eat healthier and eat locally! The market is 

open from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. through October. 

Upcoming special events include the 

city’s 20th annual Fall Festival of the Arts 

& Crafts on Sept. 25-27 and the Pumpkin 

Palooza on Oct. 30, featuring a giant 

pumpkin contest, seed spittin’ contest and 

pumpkin roll plus a costume contest, story 

time, music from Babaloo,and trick-ortreating 

at city shops. In late November, 

don’t miss the Holiday Parade of Lights. 

To help plan your trip to Washington, 

visit downtownwashmo.org. 

• • • 

Caitlin Yager, director of Heritage Programs 

for the Missouri Humanities Council, 

contributed to this article. For more 

information on the German Heritage Corridor, 

visit mohumanities.org. 

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By BROOKE KRAIZER 

Legends & Lanterns is making its way 

back to Saint Charles bringing with it the 

spirit of Halloween. The festival takes 

place on Saturdays and Sundays starting 

Oct. 9 and concluding on Oct. 24. 

This event will host activities like a 

self-guided walking tour of historic Main 

Street with digital audio that unveils the 

tales that shaped the legacy of the historic 

district. See where witches met along Main 

Street, learn about Edgar Allan Poe’s Saint 

Charles connection, walk the grounds 

where a large cemetery once stood, hear 

the stories of restless spirits and real-life 

angry villagers that once wandered these 

brick streets. 

Want to meet a ghost in person? Head 

over to the First State Capitol site, the perfect 

spooky setting for stories told by two 

other-wordly residents from Saint Charles’ 

past. 

Down at the Katy Train Depot in Frontier 

Park you can discover why homes 

have living rooms (Hint: It might not 

be what you think) as well as explore a 

family-friendly exhibit of peculiar artifacts, 

including Victorian mourning gowns, 

tear vials and memorial wreaths made of 

human hair. The depot will also be transformed 

into an old-fashioned movie house 

where you can relive nostalgic movie clips 

or see them for the first time – all while 

enjoying complimentary popcorn as long 

as supplies last. 

We don’t want to scare you, but Kister 

Park has been taken over by scarecrows 

– created by area merchants and organizations. 

Be sure to vote in a digital poll for 

the scarecrow you like best. 

What’s the difference between a “gargoyle” 

and a “grotesque?” A new educational 

exhibit will show off the stone 

monsters by answering questions about the 

culture and artistry behind both of these 

characters. In another exhibit, you can put 

your green thumb to use by studying poisonous 

and carnivorous plants and examining 

a collection of bell jars and terrariums, 

each holding sinister specimens. 

Everyone loves a good hayride! Board 

2019 Legends (Source: discoverstcharles.com) 

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for a ride down Main Street. The Missouri 

River in the distance paired with the street’s 

unique architecture and its autumnal glory 

help to create a ride to remember. You may 

even be joined by a spooky character on 

your one-way journey. 

In La Plaza del Dia de los Muertos, you 

can explore Day of the Dead customs 

through food, stories and music. 

At the Writers’ Block, you can perfect 

your writing alongside Edgar Allan Poe, 

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and the 

Brothers Grimm, all of which are featured 

writers in the horror story genre. 

The Tourism Center will have souvenirs 

to help you remember this festive event to 

ensure you can carry that halloween spirit 

365 days of the year. You can even get your 

photo taken and then magically age within 

a blink of an eye. 

Before you go, check out the Legends & 

Lanterns Facebook page to help guide you 

toward Jekyll the Cat. Take a smartphone 

photo with the mascot and show it to a volunteer 

to win a small prize. 

On Oct. 22 and 23, from 5-8 p.m., don’t 

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Street – the ideal setting for photos to be 

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