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STAR PARKER 

Our ticking ethnic 

time bomb 

The new projections for the U.S. population 

from the U.S. Census Bureau show 

dramatic ongoing changes in the ethnic 

makeup of the nation. 

In 2022, the percentage of the U.S., per 

the report, that was non-Hispanic white 

was 59%. In 1980, the U.S. population was 

80% white. 

The report projects the percentage of the 

nation that is white continuing to shrink, 

dropping to 45% by 2060, 37 years from now. 

Aside from concluding that, over time, 

the American population will be increasingly 

culturally diverse and colorful, there 

are profound political implications to this 

ongoing ethnic shift. 

The Republican vote is disproportionately 

white. The Democratic vote is disproportionately 

not white. An ongoing 

shift of the population toward non-white 

demographics means that, assuming no 

change in voting behavior of these various 

groups, electing Republicans will become 

harder and harder. 

Consider that in 1980, when Ronald 

Reagan was elected president, 88% of 

voters were white. Reagan captured 56% 

of the white vote, and Jimmy Carter got 

36% (there was a third party candidate in 

that election, John Anderson, who got 8%). 

In the last presidential election in 2020, 

67% of voters were white. 

Donald Trump captured 58% of the 

white vote, and President Joe Biden 41%. 

Biden won majorities in all other ethnic 

categories: Black, Hispanic, Asian, other. 

If the electorate in 2020 was 88% white, 

as it was in 1980 when Reagan was elected, 

it is most reasonable to assume that Trump 

would now be serving his second term. 

It is also reasonable to assume that the 

ongoing shrinking of the white vote was 

one relevant factor in Trump’s loss in 2020. 

When he won in 2016, flipping five battleground 

states by razor-thin margins, the 

white vote nationally totaled 70%. This 

dropped 3 percentage points in 2020 to 67%. 

It’s clear that if Republicans, and those 

who care about the Republican agenda, 

want a future, they are going to have to pick 

up more support among non-white Americans. 

Is this possible? 

One core factor separating Democrats 

and Republicans is belief in government. 

In a recent Gallup poll, 64% of Democrats, 

compared to 20% of Republicans, 

expressed “a great deal or a fair amount of 

trust” in the federal government to solve 

domestic problems. 

We may conclude that non-white 

Americans, compared to white Americans, 

choose more rather than less government 

to solve their problems. 

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation 

recently compiled comparative household 

median income data for the nation. 

In 2022, median national household 

income was $74,580. 

Median white household income was 

$81,060. Median Hispanic household 

income was $62,800. Median Black household 

income was $52,860. Lagging income 

is clearly a major problem in America’s 

communities of color. 

Hoover Institution economist John 

Cochrane calls “sclerotic growth ... America’s 

overriding economic problem” and 

points out that it’s economic growth that 

drives income. 

The U.S. economy grew at an average 

rate of 3.5% annually from 1950 to 2000, 

per Cochrane. If it grew over those 50 

years at 2% per year, around where it has 

been for the last 15 years, income would 

have been 54% lower. 

What causes “sclerotic growth”? Too 

much government. 

We need major reeducation in the nation’s 

communities of color that big government 

is not their friend. 

The federal government is now sucking up 

25% of the U.S. economy. The Congressional 

Budget Office now projects average growth 

over the next 30 years at 1.6% per year. 

Not a pretty picture, and lower-income 

Americans will suffer the most. 

The title of one of my books is “Uncle 

Sam’s Plantation: How Big Government 

Enslaves America’s Poor and What We 

Can Do About It.” 

The Civil Rights Movement was a fight 

for freedom. Unfortunately, too many 

Black Americans have used their freedom 

to choose the government plantation. 

Now this is a challenge not just for 

Blacks but for the whole nation. 

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Star Parker is president of the Center 

for Urban Renewal and Education and 

host of the weekly television show “Cure 

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Community Colleges and 

‘Elite Colleges’ 

To the Editor: 

Salena Zito has joined the crowd piling 

on so-called “elite colleges” for a few 

vocal and demonstrative students but with 

nothing but anecdotal reports of “radical 

left” activity. 

She does cite a survey of “universities 

across the country” but does not say how 

many faculty were surveyed and what 

alternatives they had for their responses. 

E.g. did they have the choice of hard right/ 

middle/hard left? That would leave leftleaning 

professors no good choices. 

Beyond this, she cites the percentage of 

students employed and attending colleges 

and universities as 40% and at community 

colleges 80%. This answers her question 

about why university students protest publicly 

more than community colleges trade 

and technical schools. They have more 

time away from work to organize. Many 

students in this latter group work forty 

hours a week in addition to taking a full 

or part-time load at school. More power 

to them, but this does not prove they are 

apolitical; they just are too busy to protest. 

Finally, I resent the implication that university 

professors are mostly “hard left” 

in their teaching. Most professors in all 

of higher education support “free speech” 

and respect students’ rights to express 

their positions, as guaranteed by the First 

Amendment, even though they may disagree 

with the means and message of protest. 

College administrators also frown on 

indoctrination in the classroom, although 

this is another place where free speech has 

to be honored. 

I am disappointed in the labeling of 

colleges and universities as supporting 

disrespectful and radical politics. If you 

look closely you will see less than 1% of 

college students and professors involved in 

such activities. 

William D.Tucker 

Responding to Star Parker 

To the Editor: 

In response to Star Parker’s Nov. 15 editorial, 

“A Time for Truth in America,” she 

states: “Truth, and the courage to stand by 

it, works. Our nation needs it badly today.” 

Parker should follow her own advice. 

The conflict precipitating the Hamas- 

Israeli war is not simplistic. Understanding 

it requires knowledge of history dating 

back more than four generations. Historically, 

both the Jewish people and Palestinians 

have experienced genocide and severe 

collective trauma. Since 1948, Palestinians 

have been displaced and stripped of their 

rights as a result of the steady influx of 

Jewish settlers – encouraged and funded 

by Israel’s government. 

Unspeakable horror has been inflicted 

on both sides. Both Hamas and Israel 

have violated international laws and 

committed war crimes. On Oct. 7, tragically 

1,200 Israelis were brutalized and 

killed by Hamas. As of Nov. 20, in retribution, 

11,500 Palestinians – two-thirds 

being women and children – have been 

brutalized and killed by the IDF. In Gaza, 

buildings have been leveled, infrastructure 

destroyed, and hospitals bombed. Food, 

water, and power supplies have been cut 

off. Palestinians have been told to leave. 

But where to? 

Parker criticizes university students for 

speaking out against these atrocities. How 

is that any different from students speaking 

out against the Vietnam War in the sixties? 

Uninformed, Parker assumes support for 

Palestinians equates to support for Hamas. 

That’s narrow-minded thinking. Does she 

also assume that support for the Jewish 

people equates to support for Zionists? 

There are innocents, peacemakers, and 

extremists on both sides. Those speaking 

out – students and others – see the abhorrence 

of this situation for Palestinians and 

Israelis alike. And for the world community. 

How can we not see our fathers, mothers, 

brothers, sisters, children, and friends 

in the faces of these victims? What hurts 

one person, hurts us all. 

Parker states, “Decent people recognize 

conflict.” In my opinion, critics who 

are speaking out – demanding an end to 

conflict and the need for peace and justice 

– are acknowledging truth, taking a moral 

stand, and exhibiting decency and courage. 

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EDITORIAL 

We believe 

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It’s become our tradition at this time of year to share one of the most iconic editorials 

ever written. It appeared for the first time in 1897 when Laura Virginia O’Hanlon sent 

the following letter to The [New York] Sun: 

Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. 

Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. 

Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” 

Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? 

Virginia O’Hanlon, 115 West 95th Street 

The reply to Virginia’s letter was penned by Francis Pharcellus Church, one of The 

Sun’s editors who had been a correspondent during the Civil War. 

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of 

a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be 

which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be 

men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, 

in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the 

intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. 

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and 

devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty 

and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would 

be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no 

poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, 

except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would 

be extinguished. 

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get 

your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa 

Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? 

Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real 

things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see 

fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. 

Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in 

the world. 

You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there 

is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united 

strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, 

poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal 

beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing 

else real and abiding. 

No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from 

now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make 

glad the heart of childhood. 

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to get those out soon, and (will) try to find 

savings elsewhere in the project to offset 

some of these.” 

Per report details, the plan includes 

large play pieces, a swing set, toddler play 

pieces, a new pavilion, some other smaller 

and ADA-accessible pieces, as well as new 

play equipment on the hillside. The playground 

will also feature new surfacing that 

consists of poured-in-place rubber in some 

areas and astroturf in others. 

Conway noted that this design is most 

in line with Ballwin’s plan to tie in the 

hillside design of ramp and ramp staircase 

with the actual structure, offering much 

easier access to those entering the main 

deck using wheelchairs and walkers. 

Alderman Mark Stallmann (Ward 2) 

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input from about a dozen citizens. However, 

there were no major objections to 

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City Administrator Eric Sterman said 

the current playground will be demolished 

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substantial amount of resurfacing, re-grading 

the area and perforating the ramp on 

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TOWN & COUNTRY 

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New police chief named 

Mayor Charles Rehm Jr. announced 

the promotion of Lt. Danny Wilkey to the 

position of chief of police at the Nov. 27 

Town & Country Board of 

Aldermen meeting. Wilkey 

had received unanimous 

approval from the board at 

a previous meeting during a 

closed session on Nov. 13. 

He replaces former Chief 

James Cavins who served 

the department since 2019 

and left earlier this year. 

Wilkey began his career 

as a police officer with the 

Crystal City Police Department 

in 2005 and served 

there until 2014. 

“During his tenure with Crystal City, 

Wilkey served in the tactical unit, worked 

as an evidence custodian, served in the 

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and graduated from the Missouri Police 

Chief’s Command College,” according to 

a release from the city. 

In 2014, he joined Town & Country 

Police, moving through the ranks to his 

current command position. According to 

the press release, Wilkey has made several 

contributions that have benefited the 

department, including working on a plan 

to restructure the benefits package and pay 

scale for police officers. He also recently 

graduated from the 285th Session of the 

FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. 

Rehm said he was pleased with the 

choice of Wilkey as chief. 

“I think he will have a very good balance 

of building the culture of the police force, 

supporting the police officers and having 

their back while at the same time expecting 

them to perform their duties and meet 

the goals he sets for them,” Rehm said. He 

noted that Wilkey’s father is also a police 

officer. 

“He’s grown up in that (culture),” Rehm 

said. “I think he’s a police officer’s police 

officer.” 

Wilkey said his new role is simply 

another expansion of work he has done in 

the past. 

“Coming up in my career, I’ve been 

tasked with different portions of law 

enforcement operations, and now I’m 

charged with the overall law enforcement 

operations (of the department). It’s just a 

bigger umbrella, and I’m excited for it,” 

Wilkey said. “I’m very fortunate. I inherited 

a great place to work with a community 

that’s very supportive. 

“I just want to continue to provide exemplary 

levels of service for our community, 

make it a great place for our officers to 

work and for our community members to 

thrive.” 

that The Kaufman Fund helps and supports 

our veterans all year long.” 

The local nonprofit was founded in 

1990 in memory of Ralph Kaufman by his 

younger brother Wayne Kaufman. Ralph 

was a veteran himself who served four 

years in the United States Air Force. After 

his service, he went on to become a successful 

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about those who serve our country. 

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turns private and corporate donations 

into help and hope for: 

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find more access to care through its Mental 

Health Collaborative. 

• Veterans in need of groceries through 

its Food for Vets program. 

• Veterans with post-traumatic stress 

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therapy as well as art therapy. 

• Veterans at the Missouri Veterans 

Homes through visits, gifts at Christmas, 

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their welfare. 

• The children of veterans through scholarships. 

• Disadvantaged veterans in need of 

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• Unemployed veterans in need of 

employment assistance. 

• Veterans in need of dental assistance not 

covered by the Veterans Administration. 

• Military families in need of grief counseling 

after losing a loved one. 

• Veteran and active duty military members’ 

families, who need assistance during 

hospital stays. 

• Veterans who have legal issues that 

need representation by an attorney through 

its Legal Program. 

• Disabled veterans who receive therapy 

through sports activities. 

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On Dec. 3, The Kaufman Fund gifted 

local veterans and their families with 

holiday trees and other items as a way of 

saying “thank you” for their service. 

“It was an amazing day at our annual 

Trees for Vets event,” said Kaufman Fund 

representative Alan Epstein. “Many items 

were given away to our local veterans in 

addition to the trees. There was something 

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Legislators plan to re-introduce child care tax incentives next session 

By LAURA SAGGAR 

A bipartisan group of state legislators, 

along with business leaders from across the 

state, met on Dec. 5 in St. Peters for a child 

care issue forum hosted by the Missouri 

Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the St. 

Charles Regional Chamber of Commerce 

and Greater St. Louis, Inc. The goal of the 

forum was to address what those organizations 

say is a child care crisis across the 

state of Missouri. State Rep. Brenda Shields 

(R-District 011) introduced a Child Care 

Tax Credit Legislative Package in the last 

General Assembly session, but the bill (HB 

1488) was filibustered by Sen. Bill Eigel 

(R-District 23). Shields, and a group of 

bipartisan legislators, plan to introduce the 

bill again in 2024 and hope to get it passed 

in the Spring. 

According to the Missouri Chamber, the 

Missouri economy misses out on an estimated 

$1.35 billion annually, including a 

$280 million annual loss in tax revenue, due 

to child care issues. The Missouri Chamber 

also reported that 80% of Missouri business 

leaders say issues with child care are hurting 

their ability to recruit and retain workers. 

Kara Corches, vice president of governmental 

affairs for the Missouri Chamber, moderated 

the forum where Shields, Sen. Brian 

Williams (D-District 14) and Alex Tuttle, 

legislative budget director for Gov. Mike 

Parson, each presented their reasons for supporting 

the tax credit legislation. 

“The statistics tell the story,” Corches 

said. “This isn’t just a women’s issue or a 

parent’s issue. Child care is an economic 

issue that impacts the entire community.” 

Corches shared that in 2022 she paid 

more than $21,000 to send her 3-year-old 

to a child care facility for the year. Shields 

noted that if there is not enough of a supply 

for child care, the price will keep going 

up. She said that she believes if businesses 

invest in quality child care, the government 

will follow. Her Child Care Tax Credit package 

includes three ways to qualify for tax 

credits that would support child care facilities, 

employers and working parents. 

Taxpayers can receive a 70% tax credit 

after making a donation to support a child 

care center; businesses can receive a 30% 

tax credit for donating to a child care facility 

or investing in child care services; and 

child care providers can receive a 30% tax 

credit for investing in their own facilities. 

Each program is capped at $200,000 for 

taxpayers and $20 million for the program. 

The child care contribution tax credit 

applies to direct contributions/donations 

to child care providers. The employerprovided 

child care assistance tax credit 

applies to programs through employers 

like, for example, dependent care spending 

account cafeteria plans, providing an 

on-site child care facility or contracting 

with community child care providers. The 

child care providers tax credit applies to 

child care facilities where they can receive 

a tax credit on capital improvements to 

their facility and allowing them to keep the 

employee payroll tax withholdings. 

“We are asking businesses to put their 

money where they mouth is,” Shields said. 

The bill has bipartisan support across the 

state. Williams said he and his wife pay almost 

$2,000 a month for child care for one child. 

“We are losing $280 million in revenue 

because parents are deciding to leave their 

profession to be a stay home mom or dad,” 

Williams said. “In my house, mom has a job 

and career she loves and deserves to have. 

How does it affect the state? If people have 

to choose between family and a job, they 

will choose family.” 

Williams also highlighted the importance 

of paying child care providers higher 

wages, which is what they could use their 

tax credit for. Corches said the average pay 

for child care providers in Missouri is $11 

an hour. 

Shields hopes to keep constituents and 

legislators focused on this issue in order to 

get the package passed in the spring. Tuttle 

expressed Parson’s support of increasing 

access to quality child care. 

Sam Meyer is a father three and works 

in human resources at Component Bar 

Products in O’Fallon. He said he attended 

the forum to find out more about the tax 

credits and how it might affect him and his 

employees. Meyer’s oldest child is 7 and is 

in school every day. His younger children 

are ages 5 and 1. His wife is a nurse practitioner 

and works full-time. Working out 

their child care schedule took some planning. 

One set of grandparents watches the 

younger children on Tuesdays, the other set 

watches them on Thursdays. The 5-year-old 

goes to preschool on Monday, Wednesday 

Child Care Issue Forum on Dec. 5. 

and Friday. The 1-year-old goes to a child 

care facility on Mondays and Fridays. 

“My wife negotiated to be off of work on 

Wednesdays so she could take care of the 

children that day,” Meyer said. “She does 

morning drop off, I do the pick up. We are 

fortunate to have our parents help us. I’m 

not sure what we would do if they couldn’t.” 

Meyer said they spend around $600 

a month on child care. He said he liked 

the tax credit incentives. He has a lot of 

younger employees, some are expecting 

babies in the new year and he’s looking for 

ways to help them. 

“We are very flexible for the employees 

at work,” Meyer said. “For me, if one of 

our kids gets sick, I’m usually the one to 

stay home.” 

Shields hopes to keep the momentum 

going into the next legislative session. 

“I believe Missouri will be ahead of every 

other state if we get this passed,” she said. 

Conceal-carry legislation sent back to committee in Chesterfield 

By CATHY LENNY 

Proposed legislation to amend the firearms 

regulations in Chesterfield was postponed 

so that the city’s Public Health and 

Safety Committee could discuss it further as 

a whole. 

At the Dec. 4 City Council meeting, council 

member Aaron Wahl (Ward 2) proposed 

the committee review the legislation further 

before voting on it. 

The bill concerns matching the city’s 

regulations on the concealing and carrying 

of firearms with state law. As such it will 

be a violation for any person to carry any 

concealed firearm into a number of establishments, 

including police stations, within 

25 feet of any polling place on any Election 

Day, any courthouse or courtrooms, any 

establishment licensed to dispense intoxicating 

liquor for consumption on the premises, 

airports, schools, childcare facilities, 

churches, sports arenas, or hospitals. 

The prohibition includes any meeting of 

the city council. 

However, possession of a firearm in a 

vehicle on the premises of the office or station 

will not be a criminal offense, as long 

as the firearm is not removed from the 

vehicle or brandished while the vehicle is on 

the premises. 

Violators of the law with a concealed 

carry permit could be subject to denial of or 

removal from the premises. Those refusing 

to leave could be subject to a $100 fine for 

the first offense. A second citation within a 

six-month period would have a fine of $200 

and a third offense within a year would 

carry a $500 fine. 

Without a permit, the fine would be up 

to $1,000 or imprisonment for up to three 

months or both. 

Open carry of a firearm is prohibited in the 

city except when necessary for the person’s 

job, such as in the case of law enforcement 

or military members. However, one council 

“... if there is any 

possibility that this bill 

is in violation of state 

law, we have to consider 

changing it.” 

– Aaron Wahl 

member believes the new regulations need 

further scrutiny. 

“My concern, based upon feedback (from 

community members), is that this law does 

not conform properly with our state constitutional 

carry laws,” Wahl said. “A lot more 

time, energy and research went into making 

those laws than any of us sitting up here 

have put into this bill and if there is any possibility 

that this bill is in violation of state 

law, we have to consider changing it.” 

He believes the bill as currently written 

could open the city up to a potential civil 

rights lawsuit. He suggested that the public 

health and safety committee hear testimony 

from carry law experts before the council 

conducts a vote on the issue. 

Committee chair and council member 

Mary Ann Mastorakos (Ward 2) noted that 

at no time has the committee not followed 

state statute. 

“The whole purpose of revisiting this is 

to be sure we do comply with state statute,” 

she said. 

Council member Barb McGuinness (Ward 

1), who seconded the motion, suggested they 

simply “scrap” the bill and start over. But 

Mayor Bob Nation said the council was 

“complicating” the issue unnecessarily. 

“I think sending it back to a committee 

of the whole is the appropriate thing to do,” 

Nation said. 

The council then unanimously voted to 

postpone the bill for a date yet to be determined.

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Early childhood center planned in Manchester meets with pushback from residents 

By SHWETHA SUNDARRAJAN 

Though in their infancy, plans for a 

second early childhood center in Parkway 

are drawing the ire of residents living in 

the vicinity of the project site. 

Residents of Canary Estates Drive in 

Manchester say their primary concerns 

with the project involve the risk of flooding, 

a reduction of green space and a decrease 

in privacy. 

The new early childhood center would 

be located adjacent to Parkway Southwest 

Middle School and Wren Hollow Elementary 

School, off of Sulphur Spring Road. The 

project is part of the $265 million bond issue 

that voters passed in November 2022. It is 

expected cost is around $30 to $35 million. 

The neighborhood and site area are 

located in the Fishpot Creek watershed. 

The site is in a natural state that residents 

say aids with stormwater absorption. However, 

they worry that adding a large parking 

lot will result in runoff that will increase 

the chance of flooding. 

Rita Fitzjarrell said she had taken her 

flooding concerns to the Metropolitan St. 

Louis Sewer District [MSD] but wasn’t 

taken seriously. 

“Two times we’ve had flooding,” Fitzjarrell 

said. “We’re not going to be able to sell 

any of our houses once the word gets out 

that it floods here.” 

Canary Estates resident Amanda Kennedy 

advocated for a smaller parking lot 

size, citing greenspace size and flooding 

concerns. 

“This is all grass and woods right now. 

So as it stands, (stormwater) gets absorbed, 

and so yeah, our neighborhood can handle 

that (right now), but then you’re gonna put 

concrete on it, so what kind of neighborhood 

could handle that?” Kennedy asked. 

Parkway School District officials, project 

planners and Manchester city officials 

met with residents on Dec. 4 at Parkway 

Southwest Middle to answer questions and 

alleviate concerns. 

However, Paul Boyer, principal at Civil 

Engineering Design Consultants, noted 

that the site plans are still in development 

and have a ways to go before anything 

goes into effect. 

“This is in the Fishpot Creek watershed, 

and I believe we’ll design by the MSD’s 

criteria,” Boyer said in a post-meeting 

interview. “I told the residents I did want 

to make sure every one of them knew to 

make sure that they filed those complaints 

because when the engineer from MSD is 

assigned to the project, they will typically 

tell me (how) they want a property 

A drone photo shows the site of an early childhood center planned by the Parkway School 

District, adjacent to Canary Estates Drive in Manchester. 

(Kyle Wilkes photo) 

designed,” Boyer said. 

Echoing Boyer’s timeline, Elisa Tomich, 

Parkway’s chief communication officer, 

said the district plans to begin the permitting 

process in spring 2024 before submitting 

a site development plan to the city of 

Manchester. The district hopes to start construction 

by August 2024, following city 

approval. An anticipated completion date 

for the project would be winter 2026. 

According to Tomich, there is a significant 

need for an additional early childhood 

center in the district. 

“We have hundreds of children on waitlists 

for our early childhood program, 

which has been a trend for years,” Tomich 

said. “We have more demand than space to 

serve young children in Parkway. We want 

to better meet that need. This new early 

childhood center will help with that. 

“Our market analysis shows that the 

greatest need for early childhood is in the 

63021 zip code, where there is also a shortage 

of early childhood providers.” 

Tomich added, “No trees will be cleared 

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The St. Louis County Council is set to 

approve its 2024 budget. At its meeting 

on Dec. 5, the council perfected its budget 

bills and will vote to approve them either 

after press time on Dec. 12 or on Dec. 

19. While the council’s proposed budget 

did reduce County Executive Sam Page’s 

originally proposed budget by 2.4%, it will 

still be in a deficit. 

Page had requested an increase in property 

taxes to offset some of the deficit, but 

the council’s proposed budget does not 

raise taxes. The county’s budget has been 

in a structural deficit for nearly 10 years 

and has been using reserves to balance the 

budget. This past year’s deficit was around 

$40 million. 

“The County Executive’s budget deficit 

was around $25-28 million,” said county 

council member Mark Harder (R-District 7). 

“We think with our proposed budget the deficit 

will be in the teens. This (budget) was a 

compromise among five of us (council members) 

of what it should be. I think it should’ve 

been cut more, but after much discussion this 

is the number we settled on right now.” 

Harder said he was also pleased that 

property taxes won’t be raised. 

“We were able to change some of the tax 

rates in order to create a net zero increase 

in property taxes,” Harder said. “There will 

not be a net property tax increase. There 

are four different rates that make up four 

different buckets of money that are on your 

tax bill under the county portion. Instead 

of increasing one of them, we are going to 

change the rate of two of the buckets; the 

debt service fund and the general fund.” 

The largest cut, totaling $8.22 million, 

will come from the health fund. 

“They were ramped up during COVID, 

so we were pushing a lot of money to the 

health department,” Harder said. “This is 

kind of a call back of that money to get 

back to the size and budget they were prior 

to COVID.” 

Harder is hoping increased revenue 

from marijuana sales along with already 

increased property values, the budget is on 

the right track. 

“If this passes and we can get this implemented 

we have to be consistent and not 

turn around next year and start funding 

things we don’t have the money to fund,” 

Harder said. “Even with these cuts it 

doesn’t eliminate the deficit. It will help 

drastically, but we will have to continue to 

work on this over the next several years.” 

Page’s proposed budget added funds to 

give government employees a 4% raise. 

Harder said with the counsel’s cuts it 

likely wouldn’t be possible to give every 

employee a raise, but administrators get to 

make that decision. 

“We are essentially giving that decision 

back to the department and letting them 

decide what they want to do with their 

budget,” Harder said. “They get to decide if 

they want to give raises, and how much. We 

have a lot of (staffing) 

vacancies that 

are funded, but 

not spent. Hopefully 

through 

some retirements 

we will be able to 

provide those cuts. 

The St. Louis 

County budget is 

about 80% personnel. 

When we 

make some of 

these cuts, either we can’t hire some people, 

or we may have to let some people go and 

eliminate their job.” 

Harder said much of the cuts were based 

on what was actually spent this year, versus 

what some officials think they should be 

spending. 

Harder said an internet shopping use 

tax might be reintroduced at some point 

if consumers keep increasing their online 

purchases rather than shopping in actual 

stores in the county. 

“Most of the revenue that comes in for 

the county is sales tax, which has been flat, 

going up slightly,” Harder said. “When 

people buy on the internet, St. Louis 

County doesn’t get any revenue from that. 

As companies buy their supplies (online) 

we share less and less of that (revenue). We 

need to spend more in our brick and mortar 

stores if we are going to support government 

services in the region.” 

The new marijuana sales tax is anticipated 

to bring $3-4 million in revenue. 

The public works department budget 

was reduced by another $2.1 million by the 

council. Harder said the council is looking 

for other sources of income to fund the 

department. 

“I’m going to be proposing some legislation 

at the start of the year to roll some 

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changes, re-appropriations that revise operating, 

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are normally presented to its governing 

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At its Nov. 27 meeting, the Ballwin Board 

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they reflect a positive change in the finances 

of the city for the year,” Keller noted. “Both 

the general fund and the capital projects fund 

had budgeted more expenses than revenues 

for 2023. With the re-appropriations, those 

shortfalls are reduced by more than half. The 

remaining deficit budgeted for the general 

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projects fund has a beginning fund balance 

that when added to revenues exceeds the 

expenses, so there is no deficit.” 

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city received proceeds from a class action 

settlement from Charter Advanced Services 

for telephone gross receipts amounting to 

$907,734. This is the total of payments 

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reimbursements received from April’s storm 

damage to The Pointe and various roofs as 

well as expenses incurred during a data security 

incident total $867,298. 

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of the Ram’s settlement money into public 

works,” Harder said. “We’ve got to have 

a constant stream of funding and matching 

dollars for federal programs. We can 

get that money from the Ram’s settlement 

if the Page administration would cut 

that loose. I hope that cut will be restored 

through other sources that are not tied to 

this budget, like the Ram’s money.” 

Harder expressed frustration that the 

monthly budget meetings set up by the 

county council were not as productive as 

he would have liked. 

“A lot of this could’ve been averted, in my 

budget by about $389,000. Water and electric 

increased the most. Water was impacted by 

both higher prices and higher usage due to a 

very dry year. A warm autumn contributed to 

higher electric receipts. 

Recreation revenues from memberships, 

programs and facility admissions increased 

by $326,933, with the biggest increases 

being in non-resident greens fees and 

Pointe memberships. These are offset by a 

decrease of $129,346 in non-resident daily 

passes at North Pointe, for which rates were 

raised this year. 

Expenditure account amendments 

increased expenses by $540,021. Personnel 

expenses were reduced by $457,266, attributable 

to turnover and vacancies among staff 

in all departments except administration. 

While part-time staffing expense in Parks and 

Recreation was lower than budget because 

of rain outs and program cancellations. The 

decrease was higher than anticipated due to 

the inability to fully staff pools and the city 

hosting one less week of camp programs. 

Cost for repairs to facilities after last 

April’s storm damage increased expenses by 

$798,901. Also not as much road salt was 

needed to be purchased in 2023 as was anticipated, 

realizing a savings of $148,000. 

For the capital fund, savings from a construction 

contingency in the new police building 

budget reduced expenses by $396,234. 

The net impact of amendments to the capital 

fund budget is a change from a deficit of 

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said. “We even formed a special committee 

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a year ago. Our rainy day fund is getting 

smaller, and has been used for the last ten 

years or so to fund our budget deficit. If we 

run out of money, you are going to see some 

huge cuts. Unlike the federal government we 

can’t print money. We have to pay our bills.” 

The county council has until the end of 

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Hammer, Chesterfield Sports Association Executive Director Stuart Duncan, Chesterfield 

City Administrator Mike Geisel and Troy Compardo, CEO of Boone Center Inc., with 

Progress 64 West president Debbie Shaw Franke (far left) and executive director Rachel 

Treppler (far right). 

(Rob Shirley Photography) 


Champions in Action was the theme 

for 35th annual Excellence in Community 

Development Awards presented by Progress 

64 West. The awards program honors individuals 

and organizations that have made 

extraordinary efforts to improve the region. 

First up was Chesterfield City Administrator 

Mike Geisel. 

“He’s been a champion in action in every 

step taken for the city of Chesterfield,” 

announced emcee Marc Cox, host of the 

Marc Cox Show on 97.1 FM Talk radio. 

“He’s been there since its incorporation in 

1988. Through the years, Mike has championed, 

managed and protected the city and 

its citizens’ best interests.” 

Geisel started out as an assistant city 

engineer. Then, he became the city’s director 

of public works, director of public service, 

and finally its city administrator. 

“His fingerprints are on just about everything 

the city of Chesterfield has ever 

done,” Cox said. 

Next up was Stuart Duncan, executive 

director of Chesterfield Sports Association, 

a 97,000-square-foot sports complex that 

features nine basketball courts, which convert 

to 18 volleyball courts – and can host 

tournaments of every level and size for a 

range of sports that include gymnastics, 

martial arts and more. Located on the western 

edge of Chesterfield Valley, Cox noted 

that the center is bringing a lot of people to 

the greater St. Louis area. 

“Stuart had the vision to build a worldclass 

recreational facility that’s become 

an asset to the St. Louis region by helping 

to increase access to and participation 

in recreational activities, improve 

health and wellness in young athletes, 

and promote economic development in 

the area,” Cox said. 

Located in St. Charles County, Boone 

Center Inc. (BCI) also received an Excellence 

in Community Development award 

for helping people with intellectual and 

developmental disabilities find meaningful 

employment. 

“For over 60 years they’ve been working 

on this,” Cox said of BCI. “They meet 

people where they are today, where they 

can be tomorrow and (in) all of their journeys 

in between.” 

As of early December, BCI had 217 

people employed through its organizational 

employment program, BCI Packaging, 

which offers contract packaging and 

light manufacturing to companies around 

the world. In November, jobs completed 

by the packaging team received a 99.6% 

quality rating. 

Additionally, in 2023, BCI’s competitive 

employment program celebrated 30 successful 

placements and recent graduates of 

its Skills Center earned an average starting 

wage of $17.50. 

A nonprofit, BCI’s efforts are made possible 

by corporate and community donors. 

The result is a more diverse, inclusive community 

that gives everyone the chance to 

know the satisfaction that comes from a 

job well done. 

Speaking of jobs well done, that’s exactly 

what happens each November when The 

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Thanksgiving dinner. 

“Since 2013, the restaurant has served 

thousands of area residents with a complete 

Thanksgiving meal delivered straight 

to their doors,” Cox said in announcing 

the restaurant’s award. “Under the leadership 

of restaurant owners Ryan and April 

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Progress 64 West honors tomorrow’s leaders with entrepreneurial scholarships 

Four young women with big dreams were 

celebrated on Nov. 22 as civic organization 

Progress 64 West awards its P64 Entrepreneurial 

Scholarships, administered by the 

YouthBridge Community Foundation. 

The scholarship program, which originally 

was named to honor entrepreneur 

Louis S. Sachs, has grown beyond the 

I-64 corridor of western St. Louis and St. 

Charles counties and now offers help to 

foster the higher education goals of high 

school seniors across the region. 

This year, four scholarships of $5,000 

each were awarded. 

Nick Ioakimides, who works at Accenture 

and is a past Louis S. Sachs scholarship 

winner, introduced this year’s 

recipients: Shayneisha Allen, of Parkway 

Central; Allison Lam, of Parkway North; 

Kamaria Crawford, of KIPP St. Louis 

High; and Elizabeth Whaley, of Westminster 

Christian Academy. 

“There are some very impressive young 

women this year,” Ioakimides noted. 

Each applicant had to submit an executive 

summary of a business plan that included a 

description of the business concept; a market 

analysis, including market need, competition 

and profit strategy; an operations plan 

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Sindecuse, of Capital Innovators; Michael Staenberg, of TSG; Summer Richardson, of Mo American Water; and Brenda Tucker, of 

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and sales and marketing strategies. 

Allen won for her nonprofit bakery inspiration, 

Shay’s Krazy Kakkes, which specializes 

in gluten-free, health-conscious, 

vegan baked goods for parties and events. 

She said her business plan is two-fold. 

First, give back to the community. Her 

business would use its proceeds to help 

children living in foster care. 

“I was a child in foster care,” Allen said 

of her motivation. “I try to do as much as I 

can to support the cause because I know how 

challenging it can be to find a forever family. 

I am grateful to have found my forever family 

… in my (first) foster care placement.” 

Her second initiative is to create highquality, 

good-tasting baked goods for those 

who suffer from lactose intolerance, are 

vegan, or must avoid gluten. 

“There are not many around,” Allen said 

of specialty bakeries, “so I wanted to be 

the first African- American young woman 

to make an impact like this.” 

Her plans for the future are to attend college 

and then law school to become a prosecuting 

attorney, hopefully in New York or 

California. 

Lam won for her business concept, 

RestorAsian, a nonprofit organization that 

provides free website development and 

services for Asian-owned businesses. She 

said she was inspired by the effect the 

COVID-19 pandemic had on her grandparents’ 

restaurant. There was a certain 

amount of animosity toward Asians at the 

time, and her grandparents are Vietnamese. 

“I decided to make free websites for 

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the foundation broke their record, awarding 

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Named for their daughter who was born 

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in 2009. While AJ was young at the time, he 

said he remembers the support from the 

community that helped their family tremendously. 

“In the time she was around, there was so 

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wanted to, in memory of her, give back to 

the community,” AJ said. “And after understanding 

a lot of the struggles and hardships 

that families who have kids with a disability 

go through, we want to help alleviate that 

in a way.” 

AJ knows firsthand that leaving the house 

with a child in a wheelchair is not a simple, 

or inexpensive, task. Adaptive equipment 

for children with special needs is expensive 

and not always covered by health insurance. 

The Arya Foundation grants up to $1,000 

per child per year toward the purchase of 

adaptive equipment. This includes communication 

devices, ramps, customized wheelchairs 

and glasses, just to name a few. The 

cost of adaptive equipment adds up. Hearing 

aids can cost more than $1,000; an adjustable 

hospital bed is estimated to cost $850; 

Tomato glasses, a brand of flexible, durable 

eyeglasses, cost more than $400; a cranial 

molding helmet costs more than $1,000; a 

bathroom lift system is nearly $800. Dustin 

Taber, Arya’s director of networking, said 

they awarded 45 pieces of equipment in 2023 

and they hope they can give more next year. 

“Add the word ‘adaptable’ to anything and 

the price goes up,” Taber said. “It’s expensive 

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In order to qualify for assistance, families 

must be referred to the foundation by 

a social worker or physician, and provide a 

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the necessity of the item, along with a 

completed application through thearyafoundation.org. 

Applicants can 

expect to receive a response 

within 30 days. The item 

will either be ordered and 

shipped to them, or they 

will receive a check made 

payable to the provider. 

Another mission of the 

foundation is to bring 

awareness to the community 

about the different 

resources available to 

those who have a family 

member with a disability. 

One way they provide 

Arya Kokate 

those resources is by hosting a Disabilities 

Awareness Convention from noon-4 p.m. on 

March 24, 2024, at the DoubleTree Hotel 

located at 16625 Swingley Ridge Road in 

Chesterfield. Admission to attend is free and 

everyone is invited. The convention features 

exhibits, workshops and presentations in an 

effort to educate participants on the latest 

opportunities, best practices and legislation 

in the community. AJ said the convention is 

one of the largest in the Midwest for people 

with disabilities. 

The foundation is still accepting vendors for 

the convention. This is the third year for the 

convention, but the first time it has been held 

since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Exciting news for 2024 is the launch 

of The Arya Foundation’s TAF House 

online store that will feature jewelry made 

by Arya Foundation kids and volunteers. 

The online store is set to go live on Jan. 1. 

Jewelry sales serve as a fundraiser for the 

foundation and previously had only been 

available at various craft fairs held around 

the area. Michelle Todd, director of philanthropy 

for the foundation, said the jewelry 

is so popular that people ask her where they 

can buy it all the time. 

“All of our jewelry is handcrafted by kids 

with special needs and adult volunteers,” 

AJ said. “Everyone really enjoys coming 

together in a group and making it together. 

It also helps with fine motor 

skill improvement. At the 

Parkway Central craft fair 

we were selling a piece of 

jewelry every three minutes. 

The TAF House gives kids 

the chance to be creative. 

They even design the box 

the jewelry is packaged 

in. Just like the jewelry, 

every (box) is their unique 

design.” 

AJ is hoping to boost 

the foundation’s presence 

online in order to reach 

more families and caregivers. There are 

several ways the community can help. 

“Join our events to learn about us,” AJ 

said. “Share our content. We love donations 

and volunteers. The more people who know 

about us the better because we’d love to 

help as many people as possible.” 

The Arya Foundation can be followed on 

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newsletter is available at thearyafoundation. 

org. AJ also suggests that volunteers are 

always needed. All of the board members 

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Over 90% of donations go directly to purchasing 

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The foundation’s website sums up The 

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Tom Smith Jr., a native of St. Charles, 

craves soda. In fact, he has a love affair with 

carbonated drinks, especially Coke and anything 

Coca-Cola puts its name on. That love 

drove Smith to begin collecting all things 

Coke when he was 10 years old. 

After collecting for nearly 40 years, he 

had amassed a collection of soda memorabilia 

and vending equipment that rivals the 

Coca-Cola Museum in Atlanta. 

“Since I was about 15, it’s always been 

my dream to open a museum,” Smith said. 

On Nov. 30, his dream became reality. 

Smith’s Soda Museum and Arcade has 

bubbled up at 126 N. Main St. in historic 

Saint Charles. Admission is $20 per person, 

free for ages 5 and younger. 

The museum is housed in the old J.C. 

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Street – a vintage building that dates to 1896, 

just 10 years after Coca-Cola hit the market. 

Its three levels total 17,500 square feet. The 

main floor mezzanine and top floor house 

the soda memorabilia while the basement is 

an arcade filled with dozens of classic video 

games, pinball machines, bowling machines 

and air hockey. It’s a large space, but it’s still 

not large enough to display Smith’s entire 

collection, which numbers in the tens of 

thousands. 

“This is only about a third of the collection, 

which began with one item I got when I was 

10 – a 1937 serving tray that has a bathing 

beauty in a yellow swimsuit running down 

the beach,” Smith said, explaining how he 

fell in love with the artwork Coca-Cola used 

in its marketing. As a result, he developed 

an appreciation for all things associated 

with the company and that includes items 

that predate the signature Coke brand. 

“John Pemberton’s first elixir was French 

Wine Coca. It was the predecessor of Coca- 

Cola.” 

That’s one of the bottles Smith has in his 

collection. 

Pemberton replaced the wine in French 

Wine Coca with carbonated water and the 

rest, as they say, is history. Pemberton’s 

French Wine Coca is displayed at the beginning 

of Smith’s Coca-Cola timeline, which 

was to illustrate the 100-year history of 

Coke, but Smith ran out of room when he 

hit the 1950s. 

Since 1886, Smith said, no other soda 

company has produced more stuff than 

Coca-Cola. Through the years, Smith added 

other soft drink materials to the collection. 

But when you walk into the museum, 

there’s no question – Coke is Smith’s favorite 

brand. 

“The Coke timeline starts at 1897 with a 

metal sign,” he said. “There are only two 

of these signs that are known to exist. One 

is here, and the other is in the Coca-Cola 

Museum in Atlanta.” 

The timeline includes almost every serving 

tray the company produced, beginning 

with a 1901 tray and including a 1950s tray 

featuring Santa Claus. The Coca-Cola Santa 

was drawn by Haddon Sundlom back in the 

1920s. It became a wildly popular advertising 

campaign still in use today. The iconic 

Coca-Cola Santa and related holiday advertisements 

are featured in the museum’s 

window display this December. 

Syrup barrels, bottles and a rare display 

rack featuring the first-ever 

six-pack carrier are also 

on display in the museum. 

Other unusual pieces include 

promotional items, such as 

a scooter made for the St. 

Louis’ Western Coca-Cola 

bottling company as an 

incentive for customers. 

“Bottlers were given latitude 

to do pretty much what 

they wanted to do with the 

logo. Western Coca-Cola 

Bottlers here in St. Louis 

came up with toy scooters. 

All you had to do was to save 

24 crowns (bottle caps) to get 

one,” Smith said. “Not to be 

outdone by Coke, Vess Soda made a version 

of a scooter for its Whistle orange soda with 

a cap trade-in. I have both scooters displayed 

together, side by side.” 

Smith’s collection also includes rows 

and rows of vending machines, coolers and 

picnic hampers. The earliest is a 1910 selfvending 

cooler – a lidded barrel with Coca- 

Cola painted on it. Other vending machines 

in Smith’s collection date from the turn of 

the century to 1970, including both wet and 

dry machines. Wet vending machines were 

filled with ice water or had ice water circulating 

in them to keep the soda cold. 

The most ironic vending machines were 

Coke’s red, mid-century modern wonders 

that were operated by dropping a dime in 

the slot and twisting the lever for an eightounce 

Coca-Cola to drop down to the door. 

Smith’s goal is to have one of these machines 

up and running for museum guests to vend 

themselves a soda. 

Vending machines also document 

the price of soft drinks, 

which started at a nickel and 

then raised to a dime. The 

reason, Smith said, was that 

soda companies were having 

trouble getting the bottles back. 

As he explained, they increased 

the price from a nickel to a 

dime and offered the customer 

a return on the bottle from a 

penny to 2 cents. Eventually, 

companies went to disposable 

bottles made from thin glass 

and then cans. The first cans 

had to be opened with a can 

opener that was attached to the 

machine. 

Over the years, Smith 

expanded his collection to 

include all sodas. From major 

brands such as Pepsi, Dr. 

Pepper and Royal Crown to 

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New Soda Museum and Arcade opens in Historic Saint Charles 

Inside the Soda Museum and Arcade in Historic Saint Charles 

(Suzanne Corbett photo) 

Tom Smith Jr., owner of the Soda Museum and Arcade in 

Historic Saint Charles 

(Suzanne Corbett photo) 

regional and local brands such as Smile, Big 

Boy and IBC Root Beer. 

Root beer has been given its own niche in 

the museum – Root Beer Corner. Of course, 

the display spills out from its corner with its 

own unique collection of memorabilia. 

“There are so many small regional soda 

bottlers. There were literally thousands of 

sodas,” Smith said. “We have as many of 

those as we can fit into the building.” 

Two unexpected exhibits are the Copycat 

exhibit and the Fake Coke memorabilia display. 

Copycat items are from companies that 

sold items too close to the Coke brand, such 

as KoKe and My Cocka, which Coca-Cola 

sued out of business. Fake Coke items have 

been a big business for decades. Smith 

wanted to show the difference between the 

imposters and the genuine artifacts by displaying 

them side-by-side. 

“Some of these items were reproductions 

made by Coke as commemorative items. 

Others were made by deceiving people … 

trying to make a lot of money on a fake.” 

In addition to more memorabilia, the 

second level houses an event space with a 

turn-of-the-century bar. It’s a great space for 

parties of fewer than 60 guests. 

The arcade in the basement is included in 

the price of admission and can be played as 

much as you like. The basement also features 

a bar where you can purchase a cold 

drink from a list of over 50 different sodas. 

Of course, Coke is the house specialty. 

Smith wants guests to have a full sensory 

experience – see the exhibits, play the 

games, taste the soda – and remember the 

joy of days gone by. 

“A lot of people remember putting a dime 

or quarter into a machine, cranking the 

handle and pulling out a soda. It’s something 

that brings back memories,” Smith 

said. “And bringing back memories is our 

goal.”

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FAMILY & KIDS 

‘Tis the season for making memories, sharing stories 

By KATE UPTERGROVE 

“She was cool, like she did tai chi with a sword.” 

That is one of the ways that Jason James Carter remembered 

his grandmother, Eleanor Rosalynn Carter, who 

served as America’s First Lady from 1977 to 1981. 

Rosalynn died on Nov. 19 at the age of 96. She and President 

Jimmy Carter were married for 77 years. Together, 

they traveled the world, climbed mountains, built homes, 

changed lives, promoted peace, exuded faith and championed 

a better life for people marginalized by poverty, 

mental health conditions and disease. 

Jason is the board chair of The Carter Center, a nonprofit 

founded in 1982 to “wage peace, fight disease and build 

hope.” As such, he knows all about the historic momments 

in his grandmother’s magnificent life but at her memorial 

service he noted, “she was my grandmother first – and she 

was like everyone else’s grandmother in a lot of ways.” 

He recalled getting birthday cards with $20 bills in them, 

how her recipes often had a favorite ingredient (mayonnaise) 

in them and how she was “so down-to-Earth.” 

He recalled a trip when Rosalynn and the family was 

seated in the back of a commercial airplane. As the plane 

took off he said Rosalynn “took out this Tupperware of 

pimiento cheese and this loaf of bread and she just started 

making sandwiches.” 

“She gave them to all of us grandkids and then she started 

giving them to other people on the plane,” he said. “People 

were just sitting there like, ‘Rosalynn Carter just made me 

this sandwich!’ You know? They couldn’t believe it. But 

she loved people.” 

What is your grandmother or grandfather like? What are 

your favorite stories of her or him? The holidays are the 

perfect time to celebrate family 

and capturing in writing, or on 

camera, all the things you love 

about your family – its members, 

traditions, foods and, of course, its 

funniest stories. 

This is an activity that everyone, 

all ages, can participate in – 

and for kids the results can make 

excellent gifts for older family 

members. Here are some ideas to 

get you started. 

Create a “Why I love you” list. 

This is as easy as making a list of 

all the things that come to mind 

when you think of that person 

you honor and love. Imagine how 

delighted a grandparent, favorite 

aunt, uncle, or a parent would be 

to receive a list of all the reasons 

why a child loves them. 

Record your favorite story. Every family has stories. But 

do record them? You should. Recording favorite memories 

and stories is simple with smartphones – whether you 

choose to make audio recordings or videos. It’s fun to 

ask family members to share their memory of a particular 

event and see what each person remembers. Sometimes 

memories are wildly and hilariously different. 

Ask questions – a lot of questions – and record or write 

down the answers. The genealogy site FamilySearch 

offers plenty of questions from which to choose. In fact, its 

#52Stories Project webpage offers 52 weeks of questions 

spanning goals and achievements, travel and vacations, 

(Adobe Stock photo) 

holidays and traditions and so much more. Plus, those 

resources are free downloads. What could be simpler? 

Check them out at familysearch.org/en/blog/52storiesprintables. 

Take photos and put them in a book but also include 

stories, captions and notes about the who, why, when and 

what of those images. While a photo is worth a thousand 

words, the words provide context for future generations. 

Make a map or family tree to see where your family lives 

or has lived and how all those spread out family members 

are connected. 

Need more inspiration? Visit storycorps.org and listen 

to other families and communities share their memories. 

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Imagine you’re an Olympic figure skater or hockey player with a spin around the ice at Greensfelder Recreation Complex at 550 Weidman 

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lessons! Search for Greensfelder Recreation Complex online. And don’t forget that the Winter Olympics begin Friday, Jan. 19 and 

run through Thursday, Feb. 1. 

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Holiday Happenings 

Santa Claus Visits are from 11 a.m.-7 p.m., 

Monday through Thursday through Dec. 

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Extended hours begin on Dec. 8. Christmas 

Eve hours are 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Visits are free; 

photo packages are available for purchase. 

• • • 

Santa’s Magical Kingdom is from 5:30- 

10:30 p.m. nightly through Jan. 7 at Yogi 

Bear’s Jellystone Park Resort, 5300 Fox 

Creek Road in Eureka. Experience more 

than 4 million shimmering lights within a 

fantasyland of animated scenes and special 

effects. Kids are encouraged to bring letters 

to drop off for Santa. Admission is $35 per 

family vehicle or $45 per 12- to 15-passenger 

van. Open Thanksgiving, Christmas 

Eve, Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Save 

$5 with a toy donation; discount is valid 

Monday-Thursday only. For details, visit 

SantasMagicalKingdom.com. 

• • • 

Children living in Manchester are invited 

to send their Letters to Santa. Send letters 

by Dec. 18 and include a self-addressed, 

stamped envelope for a response to: Santa 

Claus, c/o Manchester Parks Department, 

359 Old Meramec Station Road, Manchester, 

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A “North Pole” Mailbox is open in Ellisville’s 

Blue Bird Park through Dec. 15 in 

front of the Park Administration Building. 

Letters may also be mailed to: Santa Claus, 

225 Kiefer Creek Road, Ellisville, MO 

63021. Include the child’s full name and 

return address for a response. For details, 

visit ellisville.mo.us. 

• • • 

St. Louis Ballet presents “The Nutcracker” 

continues through Dec. 23 at The 

Touhill on the campus of UMSL. Visit stlouisballet.org 

for exact dates and times along 

with ticket information. 

• • • 

Saint Charles Christmas Traditions 

opens at noon on Saturday, Nov. 25 at Frontier 

Park and continues on historic Main 

Street on weekends through Dec. 23. For 

a schedule of activities, visit discoverstcharles.com/events/christmas-traditions. 

• • • 

A Drive Through Christmas Experience 

is from 6:30-8 p.m. on Dec. 15-16 at 

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Class 1 State Swim 

Championship 

The Parkway Central Colts captured its 

second consecutive Class 1 state swimming 

and diving championship. 

The Colts racked up 328 points to win 

the meet held at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters. 

Parkway West was second with 186 points 

followed by Lafayette in third with 180 

points. Parkway South landed in fourth 

place with 156 points. 

Coach Andrew Schonhoff noted his 

team “definitely lost some big pieces last 

year (Jake Hansen and Quin Wolff), but 

those remaining from last year’s state team 

were hungry to swim and dive for another 

championship.” 

“Our goal was to get first place in all three 

relays, and we knew whichever relay Will 

Jost wasn’t in was going to be the toughest 

to win,” he said. “The four guys in the 

400-free relay all stepped up and secured 

the top spot on the podium. It was another 

school record, which was pretty satisfying 

for those guys to attain even without Jost 

on the relay team.” 

Jost successfully defended his championship 

in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle 

races with times of 20.12 seconds and 

43.97 seconds. 

The 200-medley (1:32.65) and 200-free 

(1:24.74) relays both were Class 1 recordsetters. 

Competing on the 200-medley 

relay were Jost, junior Colton Smith, 

freshman Connor Muran and senior Daniel 

Richmann. Members of the 200-free relay 

were Jost, senior Tyler Bryant, Moran and 

sophomore Brody Blatt. 

The 400-free relay team (Blatt, Bryant, 

junior Colton Smith and Richmann) won 

in 3:09.51. 

“Brody had big time drops for PR (personal 

record) and second places in both the 

200 and 500 free,” Schonhoff said. “Daniel 

got seventh place in both the 100 back 

and 100 breast. Colton has stepped up in 

a big way this year and got fourth place 

in the 200 IM and sixth place in the 100 

back. Tyler has been super reliable for us 

as a sprinter the last three years, and he got 

eighth in the 50 free and fifth in the 100 

free. Connor got second in the 200 IM and 

third in the 100 breast. Senior Matthew 

Averbukh got seventh place in diving.” 

• • • 

The Lafayette Lancers finished third in 

the Class 1 meet. It was their first time 

to bring home a trophy since 2011 when 

Lafayette came in second. 

It was the Lancers’ 14th top-four finish 

all-time. The one was a runner-up finish in 

2011. 

“I was very happy for the boys to get 

third place at state,” coach Todd Gabel 

said. “They are a very hard-working team 

and had individual goals that were met 

throughout the season.” 

Senior Sam Bolla set a new school 

record in the 100 butterfly placing third 

and going a 50.97. He also was on all three 

relays, which included two second-place 

finishes and an eighth-place finish in the 

400-free relay. 

Junior Ryan Huang also was a contributor 

at state. He placed 12th in the IM and 

11th in the 100 back. He was also the backstroker 

on the medley relay that broke the 

school record (1:35.31) and the 400-free 

relay. 

Gregory Shao, senior also placed 12th in 

the 50 free and 10th in the 100 free and was 

part of the 200-medley relay and 200-free 

relay. 

Sophomore Jonas Orpe placed 15th in 

the 500 free and was on the 400-free relay. 

Senior James Thompson Senior was on 

the 200-and 400-free relay. Junior Matteo 

Friere was on the 400-free relay. 

“It was a great season for the boys,” 

Gabel said. 

Class 2 State Swim 

Championship 

Two Marquette Mustangs did well at the 

state Class 2 swim meet. 

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Westminster Christian Academy claimed its first-ever boys soccer state championship. 

(Photo provided) 

Westminster claims first-ever 

state soccer championship 

By WARREN MAYES 

Westminster Christian Academy 

claimed its first-ever boys soccer state 

championship in the Wildcats’ first trip to 

the Final Four. 

The Wildcats concluded with a 21-5 

record by proudly bringing home the 

Class 2 state championship trophy. 

Westminster scored a 1-0 win over previously 

undefeated Logan-Rogersville 

(26-1) in a battle of the Wildcats. 

Sophomore Krew Collison found 

senior Levi Weik with a through ball in 

the middle of the field who then skillfully 

maneuvered past a defender and 

unleashed an unstoppable shot, scoring 

the decisive goal in the 61st minute. 

“To win state was a very surreal experience 

and at the same time, we were very 

grateful we got the opportunity to do 

it,” Westminster coach Dan Legters said. 

“We’ve had some other teams in the past 

who should have made it to the Final Four 

and didn’t quite get there. The team had 

never been there, so we didn’t know what 

to expect but we knew it was special and 

it lived up to its billing. 

“The school was behind us, our parents 

were excited, the atmosphere at Soccer 

Park is unique for the Final Four and getting 

to play on the main field for the state 

championship is something these guys 

will remember for the rest of their lives.” 

Legters has been coaching at Westminster 

for 27 years, 23 on varsity. 

“It had been a goal as a team to get to the 

Final Four,” Legters said. 

He said he knew Westminster had the 

talent to go to state, but the team “could 

not get out of our district and in many 

instances it felt like our district final could 

very well be the state final.” 

“In our conference (Metro League) we 

may also be the only team who (had) not 

made it to the Final Four,” he said. “But 

when you have programs like Burroughs 

and Priory in your conference and coaches 

like Alan Trzeckk and Joh Mohrmann you 

learn from them about what it takes to get 

there and you root for them to go as far 

as they can go just as they did this year 

for us.” 

The Wildcats won the district title in 

2009 but lost to St. Dominic in the state 

quarterfinal in overtime. St. Dominic 

went on to win state. 

“The goal has been to win the district 

final to give us a chance of getting to the 

Final Four and this year we punched our 

way through,” Legters said. 

This year’s squad lost eight seniors from 

the year before and prior to that the squad 

lost 11 seniors. 

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Senior Jack Favazza became the new 

Marquette record holder in the 100 breaststroke. 

His time at state of 57.82 came in 

the preliminaries. His final time was 58.19, 

good for sixth place. 

Favazza also finished fourth in the 200 IM 

with a 1:52.96. 

The 200-medley relay team of senior 

Braden Scherrer, Favazza, junior Vince 

Hagar and junior Max Xu broke the school’s 

200-medley relay record with a time of 

1:38.53 that was set in the prelims. The time 

in the final was 1:38.86, which left them in 

10th place. 

As a team, the Mustangs finished ninth in 

the Class 2 meet. 

• • • 

Chaminade finished second in Class 1 

last season, but the Red Devils found themselves 

bumped up to Class 2 this fall. 

Despite the move up, Chaminade earned 

the fourth and final team trophy with 206 

points to end up ahead of Kirkwood (201 

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“We were in a battle for fourth with 

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Kirkwood all day,” Coach Keith Mug said. 

“Class 2 has some incredible teams with 

unmatched depth.” 

The Red Devils got two first-place finishes 

from senior Matthew Judkins in the 

100 butterfly and 200 IM. Freshman Max 

Van Stone won the diving championship. 

Others swam well for the Red Devils, 

Mug said. 

“We relied heavily on the leadership of 

Matthew and fellow senior Trey Cunneen, 

who was top 8 in both his events (200 free 

and 500 free) and was on the 200-medley 

relay team with Matthew,” Mug said. 

“Sophomore Spencer Kinsey finished fifth 

in the 100 breaststroke and set a new team 

record (57.91 seconds). 

“Freshmen Henry Mura and Michael Purcell 

also scored individually in the top 16. 

Divers, sophomore Michael Stumpf (sixth) 

and senior Elliot Speckhard (10th) also 

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“We finished fourth in 2019 and second 

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“I knew we had some young guys with 

me but we had a good core who had to 

step up from the previous two years and 

they had the experience to carry this team 

forward,” Legters said. “Over the course of 

the year, the experience of the team mixed 

with the excitement of the younger guys 

was this combination that supported us as 

we pushed to do something that had never 

been done in soccer in our school – get to 

the Final Four where anything can happen.” 

The Wildcats defeated Clayton to win 

the district championship. 

“Back in August we had the date marked 

on our calendar and we knew the final was 

Clayton versus WCA and whoever won 

that had a good shot at winning the whole 

thing,” Legters said. 

Then came a 2-0 quarterfinal win over 

Affton. The Wildcats were without top goal 

scorer Caden Collison, who was injured 

playing for Westminster’s football team 

the night before the quarterfinal match. 

“We had the confidence we could win 

it, but now we had extra motivation to do 

something for Caden to pick him up after 

his devastating end of the season and his 

brother Krew scored that decisive second 

goal late in the first half to give us the cushion 

we needed and then let our defense 

work to preserve the shutout,” Legters said. 

In the Final Four, Legters said the team 

was motivated to play for Caden. 

“(They) made shirts that we wore in the 

warmups to support him,” Legters said. 

Westminster defeated Excelsior Springs 

3-0 in the semifinal. 

“The atmosphere at school was fantastic 

as they sensed we were getting hot at the 

right time. We had a school walkout as 

students lined the path that led to our bus 

(to the Final Four) ... and then school ... let 

out early so many students and staff could 

come to the game,” Legters said. 

Facing undefeated Logan-Rogersville 

didn’t scare Westminster. 

“We were ready to give teams from the 

other side of the state a taste of St. Louis 

soccer. We were confident we could play with 

anyone so the stage was set for us,” Legters 

said. “Even playing an undefeated Logan- 

Rogersville was not going to put a dent in 

our confidence. We knew they had played an 

extra 30 minutes the night before, they were 

gassed, they had gone to PKs (penalty shots) 

so they were emotionally drained.” 

Legters said his Wildcats knew that the 

Logan-Rogersville offense was no match 

for Westminster’s defense. So, it would 

come down to the midfield needing to set 

the tone for the game. 

“We controlled the tempo, we controlled 

the play and after we missed a few chances 

we finally got the goal that controlled the 

scoreboard and the outcome of the game,” 

Legters said. 

The victory celebration was special. 

“So many former players were on hand 

to see it, and I have gotten texts and phone 

calls from many others, some from almost 20 

years ago who were so delighted for our team 

and glad we finally were able to get that coveted 

state championship for Westminster and 

the program,” Legters said. “It was a dream 

come true for us as a team and we are grateful 

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n BRIDGE LESSONS • Wednesdays, Jan. 17- 

Feb. 28. • 1-2:30 p.m. • Chesterfield Community 

Center • $112 for residents; $134 for all others • 

Registration required. 

n CARD MAKING • Thursday, Jan. 4. • 10 a.m.- 

noon. • Chesterfield Community Center • $10 cash 

only, pay at the door. • Registration required. 

n CRAFTERNOONS • Poke Fabric Wreath • 

Tuesday, Jan. 23. • 1-2:30 p.m. • Schroeder Park 

Building • Registration required. • $6 residents; 

$7.80 all others. Supplies included. • All abilities. 

n EDUCATION SERIES • Tuesday, Jan. 16 • 

10 a.m. • Chesterfield Community Center • Learn 

about body scanning, mindful yoga, meditation 

and stress. • Registration required. 

n HEART MACRAME • Wednesday, Jan. 17. • 

6-8 p.m. • Schroeder Park Building • Registration 

required. • $30 residents; $39 all others. 

n MAHJONG LESSONS • Tuesdays Jan. 16- 

Feb. 6. • 1-2:30 p.m. • Chesterfield Community 

Center • $112 for residents; $135 for all others • 

Registration required. 

n PET PAINTING PARTY • Thursday, Jan. 25. • 

6-8 p.m. • Chesterfield Community Center • Paint 

a picture of your pet. • Registration required. 

n SENIOR PAINTING • Fridays (except Dec. 22 

& 29) • 9:30-11 a.m. • Schroeder Park Building • 

Drop-in classes. • All abilities. • Free. 

DISC GOLF is available daily at Bluebird Park 

in Ellisville, Schroeder Park in Manchester 

and Railroad Park in Chesterfield. 

PICKLEBALL is available daily at Bluebird 

Park in Ellisville, Schroeder Park in 

Manchester and The Pointe in Ballwin. 

TENNIS is available daily at Bluebird Park in 

Ellisville and Schroeder Park in Manchester. 

FITNESS & SPORTS 

n 50-PLUS & FIT • Mondays, 8-8:45 a.m. 

or 10:20-11:05 a.m. or 11:20 a.m.-12:05 p.m. • 

Wednesdays, 11-11:45 a.m. • Fridays, 10:20-11:05 

a.m. & 11:20 a.m.-12:05 p.m. • The Pointe • Dropin 

classes. • Pointe members free; fee all others. 

n ABLT • Tuesdays & Thursdays • 9:30 a.m. • 

Drop-in water aerobics. • The Pointe • Platinum 

free; residents $7; all others $9. 

n CLASSIC SILVER SNEAKERS • Tuesdays, 

Wednesdays & Fridays at 9-9:45 a.m.; 

Wednesdays at 10-10:45 a.m. • The Pointe • Dropin 

classes. • Pointe members free; fee all others. 

n FIT 4 ALL • Tuesdays, 11-11:45 p.m. • The 

Pointe at Ballwin Commons • Drop-in classes. • 

Free for Pointe members; drop-in fee all others. 

n JOINTS IN MOTION • Mondays, Wednesdays 

& Fridays • 10:30 a.m. • Drop-in water aerobics. • 

The Pointe • Platinum free; residents $7; others $9. 

n SENIOR FITNESS • Mondays-Thursdays; 

several time options. • Schroeder Park Building 

• Free with Silver Sneakers or Renew Active • 

Registration required • Classes fill quickly. 

n STRIVE TO FITNESS • Mondays and 

Thursdays • 10-11 a.m.; 11 a.m.-noon. • Chesterfield 

Community Center • $60 for 5-class pass; $15 for 

drop-in class • Register at strive2fitness.com/bookonline. 

n TAI CHI • Thursdays • 1-1:45 p.m. and 2-2:45 

p.m. • Drop-in classes • The Pointe • Free for 

Pointe members; drop-in fee all others. 

n WATER AEROBICS • Monday-Friday, 8:30 

a.m. • Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays, 9:30 

a.m. • Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:45 p.m. • Drop-in 

classes • The Pointe • Platinum free; residents $7; 

all others $9. 

n CHAIR YOGA • Wildwood Yoga & Wellness, 

2642 Hwy. 109, Suite B • Tuesdays • 1:30-2:30 

p.m. • Residents free; all others $5 per class • 

Register online up to one day prior to class. 

n MERAKI YOGA • Tuesdays: 9:30-10:30 a.m. 

(gentle); 10:45-11:45 a.m. (chair) • Wednesdays: 

9:45-10:45 a.m. (chair); 10:45-11:45 a.m. (morning 

flow) • Chesterfield Community Center • $60 for 

5-class pass; $100 for unlimited monthly pass 

(registration required) • $20 per drop-in class. 

n SILVER SNEAKERS YOGA • Wednesdays 

• 10:10-10:50 a.m. • All fitness levels. • Free with 

Pointe membership; drop-in fee all others. 

CITY CONTACT INFORMATION & REGISTRATION 

n Ballwin (636) 227-8950 • ballwin. 

mo.us • Ballwin Golf Course, 333 

Holloway Road • The Pointe, 1 Ballwin 

Commons Circle 

n Chesterfield (636) 812-9500 • email 

olderadults@chesterfield.mo.us • 

Community Center, 237 Chesterfield Mall, 

second floor by Macy's 

n YOGA SLOW FLOW • Wildwood Yoga & 

Wellness, 2642 Hwy. 109, Suite B • Fridays • 11 

a.m.-noon • Residents free; all others $5 per class • 

Register online up to one day prior to class. 

n ZUMBA GOLD • Thursdays • 11:30 a.m.-12:15 

p.m. • No registration needed • Free with Pointe 

membership; drop-in fee all others. 

SOCIAL & SPECIAL INTEREST 

n BINGO • Wednesdays, Dec. 20 and Jan. 10 & 

24 • 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. • Chesterfield Community 

Center. • $5 per person, cash at the door. • Register 

via email. 

n LUNCH & BINGO • First and third Wednesdays 

• 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. • The Pointe • Registration 

required. • $8 per person, per date. 

n MORNING BINGO • Thursdays, Jan. 4 & 18. 

• 9-10:30 a.m. • Schroeder Park Building • $2 per 

person, per day. 

n BLOOD DRIVE • Tuesday, Dec. 27. • Noon- 

4 p.m. • Bluebird Park Administration Building • 

Register at bloodcenter.org; sponsor code 11186. 

n BOOK CLUB • Tuesday, Jan. 16: “The 

Facemaker” by Lindsey Fitzharris • 11 a.m.-noon • 

Schroeder Park Building • Free 

n BRIDGE • Mondays, Jan. 29 & Feb. 5. • 1-3 

p.m., open play. • Schroeder Park Building • $1 per 

person. 

n BRIDGE CLUB • Tuesdays through April 

• 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • The Pointe • Some 

experience required. • Drop-in. • Free. 

n BUNCO • Tuesdays, Dec. 19 and Jan. 2 & 16 

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n HOLIDAY CARNIVAL • Thursday, Dec. 14. • 

10 a.m.-noon. • Chesterfield Community Center • 

Registration required via email • Free. 

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• Second and fourth Mondays through May • 10 

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n MAH JONGG • Mondays, Jan. 29 & Feb. 5 • 

1-3 p.m., open play • Schroeder Park Building • $1 

per person per date. 

n MAHJONG CLUB • Tuesdays through April • 

1-3 p.m. • The Pointe • Drop-in. • Free. 

n MAHJONG MONDAYS • Weekly • 10 a.m. • 

Chesterfield Community Center • Participants are 

welcome to bring their own sets. • Free. 

n MOVIE MATINEE • Fridays, Dec. 15 & Jan. 12 

• 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. • $5 per person, includes 

popcorn & water. • Register at The Pointe. 

n PUZZLE PARTY • Friday, Jan. 12. • 6-8 p.m. • 

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STATEMENT OF AND CHANGES 

STATEMENT 

IN FUND BALANCES 

OF REVENUES, 

- MODIFIED CASH 

EXPENDITURES 

BASIS - GOVERNMENTAL 

AND 

FUNDS 

CHANGES 

IN FUND BALANCES - MODIFIED FOR THE YEAR ENDED CASH JUNE BASIS 30, 2023- GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS 

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 

Revenues collected: 

General Fund 

Special 

Revenue Fund 

Debt Service 

Fund 

Capital 

Projects 

Fund 

Total 

Governmental 

Funds 

Local $ 10,314,835 $ 1,514,774 $ 2,072,289 $ 108,508 $ 14,010,406 

County 40,000 122,647 45,029 2479 210,155 

State 146,666 801,562 - - 948,228 

Federal 359,912 937,614 104,223 - 1,401,749 

Other - - - 280 280 

Total revenues collected 

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per visit, per table. Void with other offers or specials. 

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NOT valid with the Early Bird Special, Happy Hour or 

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Expenditures paid: 

Current: 

Instruction 423,355 6,379,180 - - 6,802,535 

Student Services 109,698 383,165 - - 492,863 

Instructional staff support 311,801 232,488 - 3795 548,084 

Building administration 267,642 688,824 - - 956,466 

General administration and central services 1,117,717 718,371 - 54,818 1,890,906 

Operations of plant 1,150,295 - - 119,676 1,269,971 

Transportation 273,800 - - - 273,800 

Food Service 432,094 - - - 432,094 

Community services 115,939 146,743 - - 262,682 

Facility acqusition and construction - - - 31,567 31,567 

Principal, interest and fiscal charges - - 2,397,232 4,186 2,401,418 

Total expenditures paid 

Excess (deficiency) of revenues collected 

over expenditures paid 

4,202,341 8,548,771 2,397,232 214,042 15,362,386 

6,659,072 (5,172,174) (175,691) (102,775) 1,208,432 

Other financing sources (uses) 

Transfers to (from) (5,211,958) 5,172,322 - 39,636 - 

Net change in fund balances 1,447,114 148 (175,691) (63,139) 1,208,432 

Fund balance-beginning 4,359,431 - 1,969,373 194,828 6,523,632 

Fund balance-ending $ 5,806,545 $ 148 $ 1,793,682 $ 131,689 $ 7,732,064 

The audit was conducted in in accordance with with auditing auditing standards standards generally generally accepted accepted in the United in the States United of America, States of and America, the standards the applicable standards to applicable to 

financial audits contained in Government Auditing Auditing Standards Standards issued issued by the Comptroller by the Comptroller General of General the United of the States. United Those States. standards Those require standards require that 

we that plan we plan and and perform our our audit to obtain reasonable assurance about about whether whether financial the financial statements statements are free are of material free of misstatement. 

material misstatement. An audit 

includes An audit includes examining, examining, on a test on basis, a test basis, evidence evidence supporting supporting the the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An An audit audit also also includes assessing 

the includes accounting assessing principles the accounting used and principles significant used and estimates significant made estimates by management, made by management, as well as evaluating as well as evaluating the overall the financial overall financial statement presentation. 

statement presentation. 

The independent Auditors’ report reflected an unmodified opinion, prepared by Fick, Eggemeyer & Williamson, Certified Public Accountants 

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By LISA RUSSELL 

Winter brings SAD for millions 

of Americans 

In addition to feelings of anxiety and sadness 

that some people experience around 

the holidays, many also find themselves 

coping with a type of recurring depression 

known as Seasonal Affective Disorder, or 

SAD, during the winter months. Statistics 

from the National Institutes of Health 

show that about 5% of American adults 

experience SAD in a given year. It is more 

common among women than men, and 

typically begins in young adulthood. 

Researchers haven’t completely pinned 

down the causes of SAD, but say that it’s 

related to reduced winter production of the 

brain chemical serotonin, which helps regulate 

mood. A deficiency in vitamin D, the 

“sunshine vitamin,” may also contribute. 

Symptoms of SAD can be distressing 

and overwhelming, and can interfere with 

daily functioning. According to the NIH, 

some of its primary signs can include: 

• Persistent sad or “empty” mood most of 

the day for at least 2 weeks 

• Feelings of hopelessness or pessimism; 

irritability or restlessness; and guilt or 

worthlessness 

• Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies 

and activities 

• Fatigue and oversleeping 

• Difficulty concentrating, remembering 

things or making decisions 

• Physical aches or pains that don’t have 

a clear cause. 

Those who are plagued by SAD should 

know that there are effective treatments. 

They include light therapy, talk therapy, 

antidepressant medications and vitamin D 

Flu season off to ‘traditional’ start 

Although the 2023 flu season began 

slowly across the U.S., cases are now 

ramping up in what may turn out to be 

a more “traditional” season like those 

Americans were accustomed to prior 

to COVID-19, according to a recent 

announcement from the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention. 

The CDC’s most recently published 

weekly influenza report, FluView, 

showed that 4.9% of people tested for flu 

were infected with the virus as of mid- 

November, with positive tests trending 

upward each week. This figure is well 

below what will be seen at the peak of 

flu activity, when the percentage of positive 

tests may reach 25%; and the pace at 

supplements, which may be used alone or 

in combination to help people feel better. 

If you or someone you know is struggling 

with SAD, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline 

at 988 can provide immediate help. The 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 

Administration also offers an online 

locator tool for local support resources, 

available at findtreatment.gov. 

COVID vaccination during 

pregnancy reduces newborns’ 

health risks, study shows 

The question of whether or not to get a 

COVID vaccine has become a controversial 

one for many. But for newborns whose 

mothers receive one or more vaccine doses 

during pregnancy, these vaccines appear to 

have benefits, according to a recent large 

study published in JAMA Pediatrics. 

The study found that infants born to women 

who received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine 

during pregnancy had slightly lower risks of 

severe health outcomes, neonatal death, and 

neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission 

than those who were not vaccinated. 

It included more than 140,000 infants in 

Ontario, Canada who were born between 

May 1, 2021 and September 1, 2022. 

Of that group, close to 86,000 (60%) 

were exposed to one or more COVID vaccinations 

during their mother’s pregnancy. 

which those positive tests are increasing 

suggests the country is heading in that 

direction, CDC officials said. 

Flu hospitalizations have also been on 

the rise nationally, with the CDC estimating 

that, as of mid-November, there have 

been about 8,000 hospitalizations and 

490 deaths from flu. 

In Missouri as of the same period, 

Department of Health and Senior Services 

statistics showed flu activity in the 

state is low so far as well, with just over 

2,700 documented cases and a “belowbaseline” 

number of flu-related emergency 

room visits reported compared to 

last year. St. Louis County also reported 

a low number of cases to date, noting that 

Specifically, compared to infants whose 

mothers were not vaccinated, those 

exposed to the vaccine had slightly lower 

risks of severe health outcomes (7.3% 

versus 8.3%); neonatal death (0.09% versus 

0.16%); and NICU admission (11.4% 

versus 13.1%). There was no relationship 

found between maternal vaccination 

during pregnancy and neonatal readmission 

to hospital within the first six months. 

“Many women feel nervous about receiving 

vaccines during pregnancy, but our 

study will hopefully provide some reassurance 

on the safety of COVID-19 vaccine 

during pregnancy for newborns and young 

infants,” said lead author Sarah Jorgensen, 

a pharmacist and Ph.D. candidate at the 

University of Toronto. 

“Our results were consistent across the 

number of doses someone received during 

pregnancy, the trimester in which they 

were vaccinated, and the vaccine product 

they received, which gives us more 

confidence that there is no increase in the 

adverse newborn and infant outcomes we 

assessed,” Jorgensen said. 

On the calendar 

St. Luke’s Hospital presents Coffee and 

Conversations on Wednesday, Dec. 20 

from 10-11 a.m. at the Desloge Outpatient 

Center, 121 St. Luke’s Center Drive in 

cases were beginning to rise in advance 

of the holiday season. 

The number of Americans who have 

been vaccinated so far in 2023 is trailing 

last year’s rates by a few percentage 

points. The CDC estimates that about 

35% of adults have gotten a flu shot to 

date. Among children ages 6 months to 

17 years, about 33% have been vaccinated, 

also down slightly from this time last year. 

The dominant virus identified so far in 

2023 is influenza A H1N1, although there 

is some influenza B circulating as well. 

These viruses seem to be well-matched to 

this year’s flu shot, and there is still time 

to get a vaccine before the season gets 

into full swing, according to the CDC.



Chesterfield, in Building A. Join us monthly 

for a cup of joe and conversation with St. 

Luke’s health professionals about health and 

wellness. This month’s topic is Mindfulness 

and Spiritual Health; learn how practicing 

mindfulness can relieve stress, and find new 

ways to take care of your spiritual health. 

Register at stlukes-stl.com. 

• • • 

BJC offers Head to Toe online orientation 

sessions on Monday, Jan. 1 and Tuesday, 

Jan.9 from 6-7:30 p.m., live via Teams 

Meeting. At this orientation, families will 

learn about St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s 

family-focused weight management 

program called Head to Toe. The program 

helps children and their parents learn to 

make healthier lifestyle choices, set goals 

and get regular exercise, which makes a 

positive impact on a child’s self-esteem. 

The Program is designed for kids between 

the ages of 8 and 17. Orientation sessions 

are free of charge. Families interested 

in enrolling in the 17-week Head to Toe 

program following a session may register 

online at classes-events.bjc.org or by calling 

the Contact Center at (314) 747-1005. 

• • • 

Mercy St. Louis offers a Sitter Skills 

course on Friday, January 5 from 6-9 p.m. 

at the hospital, 615 S. New Ballas Road, 

in Classroom #2 on the 7th floor. Children 

ages 11 to 13 will learn about infant care, 

child development, interactive play, safety, 

handling emergency situations and marketing 

babysitting services. Children should 

bring a doll or stuffed animal to class to 

learn how to change diapers. The cost is 

$30 per child. Register online by visiting 

mercy.net/practice/mercy-hospital-st-louis 

and clicking on Classes, Seminars and 

Events, then Skills Classes for Kids. 

• • • 

BJC St. Louis Children’s Hospital sponsors 

a Babysitting 101 virtual class on 

Tuesday, January 16 from 6-8:30 p.m., live 

via Teams Meeting. This interactive class is 

a great introduction to the basics of babysitting 

and is recommended for ages 10 and 

above. A workbook, first-aid kit, babysitter 

skills assessment and backpack are included 

in the cost of $25 per child. Please note that 

the child is the registrant; parents may sit in 

on the class at no additional cost. Register 

online at bjc.org/babysitting-class. 

• • • 

BJC presents a Family and Friends 

CPR virtual course on Wednesday, January 

17 from 6:30-8:30 p.m., live via Teams 

Meeting. This class uses the American 

Heart Association curriculum to teach 

hands-on CPR skills (course does not 

include certification upon completion). 

The cost is $50. Registration for a seat in 

this class is for two people. Register online 

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Elliott, John Alfred 

John Alfred Elliott, Sr. of Naperville, Illinois 

passed away unexpectedly on December 2, 2023. 

A devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, 

uncle, cousin, mentor, and “friend to all,” he is 

survived by his son John A. (Sophy) Elliott, Jr., his 

grandsons Grant, Clark, and Jack, his siblings Roger 

Elliott of Westerville, OH, Betty (Clifton) Cole of 

Homewood, IL, William Elliott of Chicago Heights, 

IL, and Marian Elliott of Homewood, IL, as well as 

many cousins, nieces, nephews and the dearest of 

friends. He was preceded in death by his beloved 

wife Lillian “Joann” Amos Elliott of Naperville, Illinois, 

his siblings, Bernice Jackson and Luella Smith 

Douglas and parents William Elliott and Violet 

Ligons Elliott of Chicago Heights, IL. John Elliott 

was born on August 26, 1942, at St. James Hospital 

in Chicago Heights, IL. He spent his boyhood 

in Chicago Heights and graduated from Bloom 

High School before achieving academic and athletic 

excellence at Western Illinois University in 

Macomb, IL. During his time at Western he made 

friendships that would last his lifetime. He was a 

member of Alpha Phi Omega, earned a bachelor of 

science degree in social studies and, most importantly, 

met the love of his life, (Lillian) Joann Amos, 

“Lilli-Jo” as he affectionately called her. John and 

Joann were married on April 10, 1964 in Macomb, 

IL. They welcomed their only son, John Jr. into 

their family and were together in love for 57 years. 

John and Joann settled their family in Kankakee, IL 

where John began his professional career as an educator. 

He was a prominent figure in the Kankakee 

community including as a member of the boards 

of the Dr. Martin Luther King Education Center, 

The Boy Scouts of America’s Rainbow Council, the 

Jaycees and Kiwanis Clubs as well as a member of 

the Kankakee Country Club. During his tenures 

in the Kankakee and Lockport, IL school districts, 

John served as a junior high school and high school 

history teacher, the school district’s community services 

director and assistant to the superintendent. 

Following an impactful career in education, John 

joined Kankakee Auto Leasing and was appointed 

president in 1974. Fifty years of dedication to the 

student transportation industry followed including 

as senior vice president of Ryder Student Transportation, 

president of First Student, CEO of Durham 

School Services and most recently as CEO Emeritus, 

and active consultant, in his 22nd year with 

National Express Group LLC. John achieved great 

triumphs throughout his career. He was a recognized 

icon in the transportation industry as leader 

of the two largest student transportation companies 

in North America. He served on the Board 

of the National School Transportation Association 

(NSTA) for more than 20 years, and received many 

accolades for his work, including the NSTA Hall of 

Fame Award in 2006, School Bus Fleet Contractor 

of the Year in 2007, and the Lifetime Achievement 

Award from National Express Group PLC in 2014. 

He was proud to be the first African American to 

be appointed CEO of a publicly traded school bus 

corporation in North America. John was a trailblazer 

and often told others that although “he is old, 

he is not an old thinker.” As a well-respected leader, 

John’s presence would light up a room. As he walked 

through the office, John enjoyed meeting with team 

members, letting them know that they were seen, 

heard, and most of all, valued. He was an endearing 

man, who embodied tenacity, charisma, and intellect. 

He served as a mentor to many and left a lasting 

legacy and impact. By far John’s greatest source of 

happiness and pride came from his family. His son, 

John Jr. was a source of extreme joy, and fulfillment 

that began upon his birth and never waned during 

his lifetime. Dedicated Illini fans, John and Joann 

followed John Jr’s athletic journey to stadiums 

across the midwest in their orange and blue Illini 

conversion van. John never once stopped being a 

nurturing father, supporter and fan of his “2-John” 

in every way. He absolutely adored John Jr. and 

Sophy’s three sons, Grant, Clark, and Jack. Watching 

them grow into young men and hearing about 

their aspirations and goals filled his heart. He intentionally 

spent his time with them curiously asking 

questions about their lives and learning about their 

youthful worlds. Happiness to John was the happiness 

and success of his family. They brought him a 

lifetime of joy. John and his beloved wife Joann also 

lived in Overland Park, KS, Chesterfield, MO and 

Lakeway, TX before settling in Naperville, IL. John 

and Joann loved and treasured the enduring friendships 

that they developed on their life’s journey. 

They rested and recharged each year at their favorite 

place in the world, The Royal Hawaiian on Waikiki 

Beach where they vacationed together for 38 years. 

John served on the National Board of Directors of 

Canine Companions for Independence for 22 years 

and was extremely proud to lend his support to the 

organization. He fiercely supported his alma mater, 

Western Illinois University and in 2017 received the 

Distinguished Alumni Award for his exceptional 

professional accomplishments and service to the 

community. He also supported The Jones Center 

in his hometown of Chicago Heights, IL. In lieu of 

flowers, donations can be made to: Canine Companions 

for Independence https://p2p.onecause. 

com/tributegift/donate The Jones Center 220 E. 

15th Street, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 https://www. 

jonescenter.org/ 

AWARDS, from page 19 

Hammer, an army of volunteers 

help deliver food across a 

60-mile radius (from the restaurant’s 

O’Fallon location).” 

To make those meals possible, 

The Brass Rail also relies 

on the generosity of community 

partners, giving witness to the 

positive things that can happen 

when businesses and community 

members come together to solve 

problems and affect change. 

Perhaps no one knows that 

better than Lifetime Achievement 

Award recipient Doris Fiddmont 

Frazier. 

“Doris is rightfully considered 

one of St. Louis’ most loved, 

well respected and cherished 

citizens,” said Progress 64 West President 

Debbie Shaw-Franke. “Doris’ evangelism, 

community activism and musical 

education have offered her opportunities 

to participate in historic moments, hold 

distinguished positions and receive many 

recognitions.” 

Noting that Frasier is a “nationally and 

globally applauded singer,” Shaw-Franke 

commented that she “ walks in the sunshine 

and never in the shadow, as heartfully 

sung on one of her albums.” 

Frazier is a community leader who has 

worked with legislators at all levels of 

government. In the early days of western 

growth in St. Louis County, she worked for 

then-St. Louis County Executive Maurice 

Stewart. Frazier knew all about western St. 

Louis County, having lived there for most 

of her life. 

She and her late husband, Clifford, raised 

their six children in Westland Acres, in the 

northeast area of Wildwood near Chesterfield. 

Historically an African-American 

community, Westland Acres was founded 

by William West, a freedman who was one 

of the area’s first settlers and Clifford Frazier’s 

great-grandfather. West purchased 

about 133 acres of land in 1879. 

History is important to Frazier, who 

played an instrumental role in the county’s 

recent acquisition of a one-room schoolhouse, 

African Schoolhouse #4, that has 

been rebuilt in the Historic Village at Faust 

Park. 

More recently she advocated for St. 

Louis County adopting the state-passed 

real estate tax freeze for senior citizens. 

Whether helping to establish Circle of 

Concern, getting a distinguished citizen 

award from the American Cancer Society, 

or volunteering as a human rights commissioner 

for the city of Chesterfield, Shaw- 

Franke said no challenge has ever been too 

big for Frazier. 

In honor of her 92nd birthday, both St. 

Louis County and Wildwood named May 6 

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Lifetime Achievement Award winner Doris Fiddmont 

Frazier with Progress 64 West President Debbie 

Shaw-Franke and broadcaster/emcee Marc Cox. 


as Doris Fiddmont Frazier Day. 

Shaw-Franke, daughter of the late Tom 

Shaw, who helped found Progress 64 West, 

noted that Frazier was at the first luncheon 

meeting for Progress 64 West, along with 

“her husband and best friend, Cliff Frazier 

Sr., who was instrumental in launching the 

organization.” 

In her acceptance speech, Fraiser said 

she has always been interested in progress. 

“We can all acknowledge we’ve made 

some progress here,” she said. “But there’s 

one thing where we’ve not made much 

progress and that’s my community, Westland 

Acres.” 

Today, except for a few acres, the land 

that once belonged to William West is 

still owned by his heirs, including Frazier. 

Since the incorporation of Wildwood 

in 1995, the community is shared by two 

cities: Wildwood and Chesterfield. It was 

designated as a Wildwood Historic District 

in 2005. 

Although the surrounding areas have 

been developed, Westland Acres is still 

without amenities such as water, gas or 

sewage, and no entrance from any of the 

surrounding community subdivisions, Frazier 

said. 

“So the question remains: Why haven’t 

we been able to accomplish this? I hope to 

finally see my community become a beautiful, 

thriving community.” 

Ever the activist, Frazier used the opportunity 

to speak directly to community leaders. 

“Can you and will you help me achieve 

one of the greatest desires of my lifetime?” 

she asked. 

Other speakers at the banquet included 

St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann 

and keynote speaker Michael Staenberg, 

president of the Staenberg Group. 

The awards ceremony also included the 

presentation of The Progress 64 Entrepreneurial 

Scholarships. To learn more about 

those awards, see page 20.


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Cape Albeon – retire in style at a picturesque lakeside retirement community 



With special events on the calendar 

and the whole campus adorned for the 

holiday season, Cape Albeon’s décor 

and activities offer a festive note and 

fun to the retirement community. But 

residents say living lakeside at Cape 

Albeon is delightful all year round. 

“It’s a hidden jewel,” said Julie Beck, 

who has lived in an apartment at Cape 

Albeon for more than four years. “I love 

the surroundings. A friend of mine said 

‘It’s like we’re living 

in a resort,’ and that’s 

really how it feels.” 

Jacqueline Pell, who 

spent many years living 

in a lake community, 

said the lakes and the 

beauty of the grounds 

were an important influence 

on her decision to 

come to Cape Albeon. 

“I looked at four different 

places and Cape 

Albeon was by far the best with all 

this ambiance, with the lakes and all 

the greenery around it, and then when 

I decided this was what I wanted, I 

found out they were putting in a pickleball 

court, which was perfect.” 

Jacqueline and her husband played 

(Photos provided) 

tennis since their early 30s 

and for the last 11 years she 

has played pickleball. 

“When you do a sport 

and you just don’t quit, age 

doesn’t mean that much. As 

long as you are able to still 

do it, and I am,” she said. 

As for Julie, she too keeps active. “I’m in 

pretty good shape. I keep very, very active. 

I play games and cards every single afternoon 

and every evening, and I love it. I’m 

one who can’t sit still,” she said. 

She’s played bocce ball for 30 years and 

is looking forward to the bocce ball court, 

coming soon to Cape Albeon. 

In the meantime, however, there are 

holiday events. 

“The decorations are lovely. They 

have a huge, probably 20-foot, tree in 

the lobby,” Jacqueline said. “They had a 

tree trimming party with a piano player, 

and we helped put ornaments on the 

tree. The ornaments were donated by 

residents over the years. There wasn’t a 

store-bought one on it. The pianist was 

excellent. He played all the Christmas 

tunes and people were singing along,” 

she said. 

Coming up is a special dinner, said 

Julie. 

“We have a beautiful candlelight 

dinner. They tell the story of Christmas. 

It’s very impressive and touching, and it’s a 

wonderful dinner. Then we’ll have a dinner 

dance, and we dance outside the dining 

room,” she said. 

Both Julie and Jacqueline said the dining 

room makes excellent meals, and they 

enjoy their retirement apartments. 

“It’s a great space,” said Jacqueline. “The 

bedroom is huge. The living room is big 

enough. It has a full kitchen, and the bathroom 

is definitely made for an older person. 

It has a walk-in shower with all the handholds 

so you feel secure,” she said. 

“I like my apartment. It’s efficient and 

very comfortable,” Julie said. “I’m very 

content here. I think God watched over me 

and put me in this place.” 

“But you know the best part about Cape 

Albeon is it’s small,” she said. “It’s size 

really allows us all to know one another 

including those in the cottages. It’s a special 

camaraderie and because it’s small, we 

all care about each other and that makes 

me feel very good. It warms my heart,” 

Julie said. 

Jacqueline is impressed with the staff. 

“Friendly? The staff is unreal,” said Jacqueline.” 

“We’re on a first name basis, and 

the residents are all friendly, so you see 

why I love it.” 

Cape Albeon, a partner of St. Andrews 

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paintings, swords, china, crystal 

and other collectibles & rarities. 

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Get back more than just the gratitude of the families we serve. 

Contact circle@circleofconcern.org for more information. 

Your generous donation helps low-income families in west St. Louis County. 

* Make a cash donation of $200 or more, and we’ll mail a completed tax credit form to you by early February! 

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West County Lutheran Church NALC celebrated its grand opening at its new 

location on Dec. 7 at 16019 Manchester Road in Ellisville with a ribbon cutting 

hosted by the West St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce. 

(Photo courtesy of Higher Focus Photography) 

BUSINESS 

BRIEFS 

PLACES 

West County Lutheran Church NALC 

celebrated its grand opening at its new location 

on Dec. 7 at 16019 Manchester Road 

in Ellisville with a ribbon cutting hosted 

by the West St. Louis County Chamber of 

Commerce. Led by Pastor Mark Wilhelm 

every Sunday at 9 a.m. they host an education 

hour, followed by worship and fellowship 

at 10 a.m. Everyone is welcome to 

attend services in person or online through 

zoom. For more information call (636) 

422-0498 or visit nalcwc.org. 

• • • 

Marcone, a North American distributor 

of home and commercial kitchen appliances, 

HVAC, plumbing and pool and spa 

repair parts and equipment, is proud to 

have sponsored the 36th annual Guns ‘N 

Hoses event on Nov. 22 at the Enterprise 

Center in St. Louis. The event is a fundraiser 

for BackStoppers, Inc. which supports 

the families of fallen or injured first 

responders. It raised about $1 million and 

featured 12 boxing or mixed martial arts 

matchups. 

• • • 

Claymont Development unveiled Schaeffer’s 

Grove, a premier luxury home community 

in Chesterfield on Dec. 1. Eighteen 

home sites are on a 26-acre property off 

Wild Horse Creek Road. Visit claymontdevelopmentllc.com/schaeffersgrove 

to learn 

more. 

• • • 

The Missouri Botanical Garden once 

again earned re-accreditation from the 

American Alliance of Museums. Recognized 

as the field’s gold standard for museum 

excellence for over 50 years, AAM accreditation 

signifies an institution’s quality and 

credibility to the entire museum community, 

to governments and outside agencies, and 

to the public. The Garden went through 

this rigorous review process this summer 

and was among the 40 institutions to most 

recently receive AAM re-accreditation. 

• • • 

Realty ONE Group held a ribbon cutting 

on Dec. 8 at its new office located at 

166 Clarkson Executive Park in Ellisville, 

led by co-owner Derek Grier. The West 

St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce 

hosted the ribbon cutting. 

• • • 

Two Which Wich locations are reopened 

for business. Headed up by owners 

Cody Owens and Vincent Judd, the sandwich 

shops located at 11935 Manchester 

Road in Des Peres and 1762 Clarkson 

Road in Chesterfield are serving their signature 

sandwiches again. 

PEOPLE 

St. Louis-based brand 

strategy and creative 

agency UPBrand has 

announced the hiring of 

Ballwin resident Kris 

Wright as Executive 

Creative Director, representing 

a new phase Wright 

of maturity for the 

agency. Wright joins UPBrand from Rodgers 

Townsend where he spent the past 22 years of 

his career as a key member of their creative 

team. 

• • • 

West County Spine & Joint welcomes 

Dr. Shelby Hummel, DC, MS to their 

practice. The office is located at 355 

Ozark Trail Drive #9 in Ellisville. West 

County Spine & Joint specializes in 

sports medicine, spinal care and family 

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Duenke Cabinet Company – where dream kitchens and bathrooms become a reality 



Step into the showroom at 

the Duenke Cabinet Company 

in Manchester and hand them 

your dreams. The familyowned 

business that has provided 

cabinets for kitchens 

and baths for 70 years can 

bring them to life. 

The company features cabinets 

for every project. Cabinet 

lines include both custom 

and stock with something for 

every budget. Duenke also 

offers free design services and 

something more – know-how, 

said Ron Schmidt, vice president of the 

company. 

“There are kitchen and bath showrooms 

all up and down the street, but 

we actually build cabinets here,” he 

said. “That’s what sets us apart.” 

Duenke Cabinet Company also has 

a long history of serving the needs of 

homeowners in West St. Louis County. 

The business began when Roy Duenke 

opened the cabinet shop in his garage 

in 1953. His two brothers Burton and 

Milton Duenke were homebuilders 

in the area, and Roy worked to provide 

beautiful cabinetry for their new 

homes. 

When Roy retired, another family, the 

Schmidts stepped forward to purchase the 

business in 1997. Jim Schmidt who began 

working in cabinetry in 1961, had worked 

for Duenke for 20 years and his son, Ron 

Schmidt, who earned a degree in architecture, 

had made use of his skills in design 

in the shop full-time since 1990. Jim’s son, 

Keith, joined the team in 2001 and manages 

the installation side of the business. 

Each of these craftsmen brings decades 

of experience to their customers’ homes 

along with quality products. They even 

have their own line of custom-made cabinets. 

“We call it Covenant. Literally, you 

tell me the size I need to build, 

and I can build it, and you’re 

not paying up-charges for 

modifications,” Ron Schmidt 

explained. “Everything is cut 

and assembled here. The doors 

are ordered specifically for your 

job. We can create a door any 

way you want it to look,” he 

said. “You can change the outside 

edges. You can change the 

inside edges. You can swap the 

panels. It’s very customizable.” 

The cabinets are also “frameless” 

making room for wider 

and deeper drawers, and all cabinets 

Duenke sells are wood, Ron said. 

Staff at Duenke have a purpose, not just 

to sell cabinets to their customers, but to 

educate them about cabinets and countertops, 

to help them understand about quality, 

design and making good choices. It’s 

the first step they take when they meet 

with potential customers. 

“Then we schedule a time to go out to 

the house and measure the space,” Ron 

said. “We talk to customers about how 

they use the space, things they dream 

about, maybe throw things out there they 

hadn’t thought about doing in that kitchen 

or bathroom. Then we come back to the 

(Photo provided) 

shop, do the design work and pull numbers 

together. Finally, we have customers 

come in for a presentation,” he said. 

The presentation provides the design 

layout and estimates that include multiple 

choices for cabinets and countertops to 

give customers a variety of possibilities 

as well as an idea of the cost. Ron said 

the best course of action is to dream big 

and then tailor your plan for functionality 

and cost. 

“I don’t ever really care about your budget, 

that’s for you to know ... I’d rather know 

your dream. It’s easier to design for your 

dream. And if you say ‘hey, it’s not in my 

budget,’ then I can pull pieces back out,” 

and keep the essence of your dream, he said. 

Stop in to see what Duenke has to offer. 

The showroom was created to inspire your 

imagination. “Duenke Cabinet Company 

is where dream kitchens and baths become 

reality. That’s our tagline, and that’s what 

we try to do,” Ron said. 

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LOCAL 

EVENTS 

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 

Art Exhibit - Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium 

is now through Sunday, March 

31, 2024 at the Stephen and Peter Sachs 

Museum, 4344 Shaw Blvd. in St. Louis. 

Price is included in the cost of admission. 

For details, visit mobot.org/museum. 

• • • 

Art Exhibit is on view now through 

Tuesday, Jan. 23 at the Bonsack Gallery, 

755 S. Price Road in St. Louis. Artwork by 

Haley Clancy Inyart and Abbi Ruppert is 

featured. For details, visit jburroughs.org. 

• • • 

Con Spirito Concert Series is at 12:30 

p.m. on Friday, March 1 at First Presbyterian 

Church of Kirkwood, (Tree of Life 

Chapel) 100 E. Adams Ave, featuring 

music for voice, harp and strings. For tickets, 

visit chamberprojectstl.org/season-16/ 

lent-lunch. 

BENEFITS 

The Impact Life Blood Drive is from 

noon to 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 22 through 

Wednesday, Dec. 27 at the Ellisville Park 

Administration Building, 225 Kiefer Creek 

Road. Register at bloodcenter.org. Use 

sponsor code: 11186. 

• • • 

The Winter Used Book Sale is Sunday, 

Jan. 28 through Thursday, Feb. 1 at The 

Jewish Community Center, 2 Millstone 

Campus Drive in Creve Coeur. For times, 

visit jccstl.com/programs/used-book-sale. 

FAMILY & KIDS 

Little Explorers is from 9-10:30 a.m. on 

the first and third Wednesday of the month 

at various parks in Ballwin. Themed activities 

change weekly. Classes include a craft, 

snack and activities. For ages 2-5. Cost 

is $8 for residents; $10 for non-residents. 

Parents and guardians are free. For details, 

visit ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

Tumbling Tots is from 10-11 a.m. on 

the second Thursday and third Wednesday 

of the month at the Eureka Community 

Center, 333 Bald Hill Road. Features mats 

and foam climbing pieces, along with balls, 

building blocks and other gross-motor 

equipment for children ages 6 months to 5 

years. Cost is $9 per resident child; $10 for 

non-residents. Register at eureka.mo.us. 

• • • 

Winter Movie Camp is from 9 a.m.- 4 

p.m. daily from Tuesday, Dec. 26 through 

Friday, Dec. 29 at The Pointe, 1 Ballwin 

Commons Circle. Each day will have a different 

movie theme. Campers will make 

a craft, play games, swim and watch a 

movie. For ages 5-11. The cost is $115 for 

Residents and $130 for Non-residents. To 

register, visit ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

Kids Movie Day is at 10 a.m. on Friday, 

Dec. 29 at the Chesterfield Community 

Center, 237 Chesterfield Mall. Kids and a 

present guardian will enjoy a movie, popcorn 

and refreshments. There will be a kid’s 

area for children to step out and play if 

they start getting antsy during the showing. 

$2 drop-in fee. Registration is required by 

emailing recreation@chesterfield.mo.us. 

• • • 

Nerf Wars is from 5-6 p.m. on Jan. 5 at 

The Pointe, 333 Holloway Road in Ballwin. 

Children ages 6-10 years old will bring in 

their own Nerf guns and compete in three 

20-minute games. Children will be grouped 

into teams. Protective eye wear must be 

brought and worn by all participants. Extra 

Nerf ammo is available. The cost is $15 for 

residents and $18 for non-residents. To register, 

visit ballwin.mo.us. 

• • • 

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EVENTS, from page 43 

A Daddy & Daughter Glow Dance is 

from 6-7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 9 at the 

Schroeder Park Building, 359 Old Meramec 

Station Road in Manchester. Wear your 

brightest clothes and enjoy dancing, snacks, 

games and a craft. For ages 2-11. Resident 

pair, $27. Non-resident pair, $35. To register, 

visit manchestermo.gov. 

• • • 

A Mother Son Dance Party is from 

6:30-8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23 at the Eureka 

Community Center, 333 Bald Hill Road. 

Calling all moms (grandmas, aunts, etc.) 

and sons for pizza, dessert, crafting and 

dancing. Registration is required; spots will 

fill fast. Registration opens Jan. 1. Resident 

cost is $12, and non-resident cost is $13. To 

register, visit eureka.mo.us. 

• • • 

A Daddy Daughter Dance is from 6:30-8 

p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Eureka 

Community Center, 333 Bald Hill Road. 

Dads (grandpas, uncles, etc.) and their girls 

will enjoy pizza, dessert, crafting and dancing. 

Registration opens Jan. 1; spots will fill 

fast. Resident cost is $12, and non-resident 

cost is $13. To register, visit eureka.mo.us. 

• • • 

Pages and Pals - “Messy Munchkins” 

is from 10-11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 29 

at the Paul Schroeder Park Building, 359 

Old Meramec Station Road in Manchester. 

Children will hear a story, have a snack 

and do a craft based around a theme. An 

adult must be with the child. Pre-registration 

is required. $5 for residents and $6.50 

for non-residents. Visit manchestermo. 

gov for details. 

• • • 

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS, from page 29 

and more. Free event. For details, visit pathfinderstl.org/lights. 

• • • 

Fun with Santa is from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on 

Saturday, Dec. 16 at Salem in Ballwin UMC, 

14825 Manchester Road. Take photos with 

Santa using your own camera. First 100 kids 

receive a coloring book and crayons. 

• • • 

The annual PALS pet adoption event and 

Pet Pictures with Santa is from 10 a.m.-3 

p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16 at Pet Supplies 

Plus, 15311 Manchester Road in Ballwin. 

• • • 

A Christmas Sing-along is from 

10-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16 at Hope 

Episcopal Church, 1166 S. Mason Road in 

Town & Country. The sing-along will feature 

old-fashioned carols, cookies, cocoa 

and crafts. Bring a can or box of non-perishable 

food for the Holiday Food Drive. If 

you plan on attending, call (314) 576-5502 

Family Bingo Night is from 6:30-8 p.m. 

(doors open at 6:15 p.m.) on Friday, March 1 

at The Timbers of Eureka Gymnasium, 333 

Bald Hill Road. Wear bright colors and bring 

glow sticks and snacks. Cost includes bingo 

supplies and prizes, pizza, and refreshments. 

Registration ends on Feb. 27. The cost is $7 

for residents and $8 for non-residents. To 

register, visit eureka.mo.us. 

SPECIAL INTEREST 

Paint & Pour Workshop is at 1 p.m. 

on Sunday, Dec. 17 at Passiglia Nursery, 

1855 Hwy. 109 in Wildwood. Complete 

a Christmas-themed portrait. Snacks provided. 

Bring a drink of choice. Tickets are 

$65. For details, visit passiglia.com. 

• • • 

Upside Down Indoor Triathlon is from 

7 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Jan. 13 at The 

Pointe, 1 Ballwin Commons Circle. Each 

participant will complete a 15 minute run, 

15 minute Spinner bike, and 10 minute 

swim. Cost is $30 per person. To register, 

visit ballwin.mo.us/Events. 

• • • 

The Chesterfield Shamrock Run is on 

Saturday, March 16 at the Chesterfield 

Valley Athletic Complex, 17925 N. Outer 

40 Road in Chesterfield. The race will consist 

of a 5K or 10K race and a Fun Run 

Race for kids. The 5K/10K races begin at 

8:30 a.m.; the Fun Run begins at 10 a.m. 

Participants receive a shirt if registered by 

Feb. 25. The fee is $25 through Feb. 18; 

$35 from Feb. 19-March 15, and $40 on 

Race Day. The Lil’ Leprechaun Run is $15 

through Race Day. To register, visit chesterfield.mo.us/shamrock-run. 

or email HopeChurchSTL@gmail.com. 

• • • 

Old Trails Historical Society hosts its 

annual Gingerbread House Cookie and 

Gift Sale from 9 a.m.-noon on Dec. 16 at the 

Bacon Log Cabin, 687 Henry Ave. in Ballwin. 

Home-made cookies, candy and gentlyused 

Christmas items are featured. Proceeds 

support the historic Bacon Log Cabin. 

• • • 

A Winter Concert is at 2 p.m. on Saturday, 

Dec. 16 at the Missouri Baptist University 

Pillsbury Chapel, 1 College Park 

Drive in Creve Coeur. Tickets are on sale at 

sccyotickets.org. For details, contact sccyomusic@gmail.com. 

• • • 

A Holiday Concert is at 2:30 p.m. on 

Sunday, Dec. 17 at the Ridgeway Auditorium, 

13201 Clayton Road, on the campus 

of The Principia. The Town & Country 

Orchestra performs “Winter Reveries” by 

Tchaikovsky and “The Nutcracker Suite.” 

For free tickets and details, visit tcsomo.org.





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SCHOLARS, from page 19 

Asian businesses. We rely so much on 

technology,” Lam said. 

Her goal is to help Asian businesses 

recover from revenue losses experienced 

during the pandemic by helping them connect 

to a larger audience. She has operated 

the business for six months and has built 

one website with her partner, who does the 

coding. 

“We handcraft each website,” Lam said. 

Her plans for the future are to go to college 

and major in business administration. 

She also wants to keep advocating for the 

Asian community. 

Crawford’s idea for Blush and Blossom 

Creations, her winning concept, is to provide 

a fun, creative and inclusive environment 

where children and adults can explore 

the world of art. Her business would focus 

on fostering the creativity of individuals 

with special needs. 

The business would give people the 

opportunity to learn to paint while listening 

to music. She said it’s mainly for 

individuals with special needs. She has 

some experience in that area, as she has 

helped classmates with special needs at 

school. 

Crawford, who has always enjoyed 

painting, said music has a calming effect 

that could be beneficial for her potential 

students. 

She plans to attend Harris-Stowe State 

University to earn a degree in business 

administration. 

Whaley’s winning business plan is for 

Transformations, a full-service landscape, 

design and maintenance lawn service with 

the option of outside holiday decorations. 

The goal of the year-round business, she 

said, would be to primarily hire reformed 

convicts, providing opportunities to 

transform their lives through meaningful 

employment. 

The overarching goal of the P64 Entrepreneurial 

Scholarships is to encourage 

future “champions in action” and support 

the young entrepreneurs who will be the 

leaders of tomorrow. 

The annual scholarship program is 

sponsored by Missouri American Water, 

American Direct Marketing Resources 

LLC, Doster, Nations, Ullom & Boyle LLC, 

Peoples National Bank, Mia Rose Holdings, 

West & Mid Rivers Newsmagazines, 

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Financial Mortgage, Ten Talents Foundation, 

Diane & Mike Doster, Sharon Huber, 

Judy Sindercruse, Cutter & Company and 

the Five Angels Foundation. 

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January 4, 2024, 

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15933 Clayton Road, and 

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consideration of amendments 

to the zoning regulations, made 

in conformance with State Statute 

and to update various zoning 

regulations, pursuant to 

Section 89.050, RSMo. 

All interested members of the 

public are invited to attend. 

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City of Clarkson Valley, Missouri 

PUBLIC HEARING 

CITY OF CLARKSON VALLEY 

A Public Hearing will be held at 

7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, 

January 9, 2024, 

at the Clarkson Executive Center, 

15933 Clayton Road, 

and virtually at which time citizens 

may be heard regarding the 

consideration of amendments to 

the zoning regulations, made 

in conformance with State Statute 

and to update various zoning 

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Section 89.050, RSMo. 

All interested members of the 

public are invited to attend. 

Sue McNamara, Mayor 

City of Clarkson Valley, Missouri 

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