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Why, in our free country,<br />
do we lack education freedom?<br />
What issue could be more important to a<br />
nation’s future than education?<br />
A country is about people. How Americans<br />
act, work, think, choose – live – reflects<br />
their values.<br />
K-12 education, of course, is about learning<br />
to read and do math. This is what we<br />
measure in test scores.<br />
But education is a lot more than acquisition<br />
of technical skills. It is about transmission<br />
of values and our sense of meaning of<br />
what life is about.<br />
It’s these values that determine how we<br />
act, behave, work and deal with life’s many<br />
challenges.<br />
Polling tells us that Americans are generally<br />
unhappy about education in our country.<br />
In a recent Gallup poll, 53% of Democrats<br />
and Democratic-leaning independents,<br />
and 33% of Republicans and Republicanleaning<br />
independents, said they are “completely/somewhat<br />
satisfied with the quality<br />
of K-12 education.”<br />
Dissatisfaction with education in our<br />
country is not limited to those on the receiving<br />
end. A recent Pew Research survey<br />
shows there is also considerable dissatisfaction<br />
with those providing it – the teachers<br />
themselves.<br />
Per the Pew survey, among all U.S. workers,<br />
51% say they are “extremely/very satisfied<br />
with their job.” But among K-12 public<br />
school teachers, only 33% say they are<br />
“extremely/very satisfied” with their job.<br />
When the teachers were asked to rate<br />
academic performance of students at their<br />
school, 48% rated it “fair/poor” and only<br />
17% rated it “excellent/very good.”<br />
When teachers rated behavior of the students<br />
at their school, 49% rated it “fair/poor”<br />
and 13% rated it “excellent/very good.”<br />
When teachers were asked about the problems<br />
they see in the students they are trying<br />
to teach, these are overwhelmingly behavioral<br />
problems. Forty-seven percent say<br />
students show “little or no interest” in learning.<br />
In high schools, this percent increases<br />
to 58%.<br />
The bottom line, as I see it, is students<br />
learn when they are motivated to learn. Students<br />
don’t learn when they are not.<br />
Motivation comes from meaning, that life<br />
matters. This takes us back to the issue of<br />
values.<br />
The culture of meaninglessness and moral<br />
relativism, and the absence of absolutes in<br />
right and wrong, is destroying our kids and<br />
their education as it is our whole country.<br />
We have to change. But the great obstacle<br />
to change in K-12 education is the control of<br />
government in education and the control of<br />
teachers unions.<br />
It is crazy that in a country that is allegedly<br />
about freedom, we have so little of it in<br />
something so vitally important as education.<br />
The good news is school choice programs<br />
are growing around the country. But it is far<br />
too slow.<br />
According to EdChoice, in the 20<strong>23</strong>/20<strong>24</strong><br />
school year, more than a million children<br />
are learning in school choice programs.<br />
This up from almost zero 25 years ago.<br />
But this is one million out of more than<br />
50 million youth in K-12 learning across the<br />
nation.<br />
According to the Freedom Foundation, the<br />
National Education Association, the nation’s<br />
largest teachers union, allocated 34% of its<br />
total 2022/20<strong>23</strong> budget, $176,505,592 of<br />
a budget total $520,208,114 to “political<br />
activism and contributions.”<br />
Our nation’s largest teachers union is<br />
basically about politics, not education. And<br />
the political agenda is left-wing moral relativism.<br />
According to opensecrets.org the NEA’s<br />
super PAC, NEA Advocacy fund, in the<br />
20<strong>23</strong>-20<strong>24</strong> cycle, contributed $18,833,477<br />
to liberal groups and not one cent to conservative<br />
groups.<br />
In their political contributions, $2,525,652<br />
went to Democrats and $47,144 to Republicans.<br />
The NEA defines its mission, on its website,<br />
as “ending racism, sexism, homophobia<br />
and other systemic injustices in schools.”<br />
How about the systemic injustice that parents,<br />
who go to church every Sunday, can’t<br />
free their child from the failing public school<br />
that is forced on them and cannot send their<br />
child to a Christian school to learn values<br />
that they see as truth?<br />
School choice is on the ballot this November<br />
in Colorado, Kentucky and Nebraska.<br />
Parents must be free to educate their child<br />
as they choose.<br />
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Star Parker is president of the Center for<br />
Urban Renewal and Education and host of<br />
the weekly television show “Cure America<br />
with Star Parker.”<br />
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Young women moving left<br />
Star Parker is a popular columnist for <strong>West</strong><br />
magazine. While I find I disagree with most<br />
of the essays she writes, she generally offers<br />
a strong conservative point of view supported<br />
by traditional conservative philosophy<br />
accompanied by clarity of composition.<br />
However, her views regarding the growing<br />
percentage of young women’s movement to<br />
the progressive/liberal point of view lacked<br />
both a grounded philosophy and clarity.<br />
Moral relativism and hedonism – really?<br />
Could it be that younger women’s movement<br />
to a more progressive philosophy<br />
reflects decades of marginalization, discrimination<br />
and misogyny? Think about<br />
religions that prohibit women from holding<br />
leadership roles over men and treatment of<br />
women by men in powerful positions. Think<br />
of motion picture moguls, former presidents<br />
and supreme court decisions.<br />
Perhaps the younger women’s movement<br />
is a call for change.<br />
John Heskett<br />
Regarding concrete barriers<br />
on Clarkson, Long roads<br />
Recently, many of us have noticed a<br />
troubling change along <strong>West</strong> County roads<br />
– large concrete barriers have been installed<br />
along sections of our streets. They’ve been<br />
placed in areas that cyclists regularly use,<br />
making previously rideable roads dangerous<br />
and forcing cyclists into heavier,<br />
faster traffic. The response from officials?<br />
Silence. Despite multiple attempts to get<br />
answers, no one seems able to explain why<br />
these barriers were installed in the first<br />
place.<br />
The new concrete barriers, seen along<br />
busy routes like Clarkson and Long roads,<br />
have created a significant problem for the<br />
local cycling community. For years, these<br />
roads had bike lanes, offering cyclists a<br />
safe passage and easy access to the quieter,<br />
less trafficked roads in <strong>West</strong> County. Now,<br />
cyclists are forced out of these designated<br />
bike lanes and onto the roads themselves,<br />
directly into the path of motor vehicles.<br />
These are not the kind of roads cyclists<br />
want to be on – especially when many<br />
drivers are unfamiliar with sharing the<br />
road with bikers.<br />
We reached out to the city of Chesterfield<br />
to understand the rationale behind this<br />
decision and were informed that the issue<br />
falls under the jurisdiction of the Missouri<br />
Department of Transportation (MoDOT).<br />
But despite multiple inquiries, neither Chesterfield<br />
nor MoDOT has been able to provide<br />
any meaningful explanation for why<br />
this work was carried out, or why there was<br />
no consideration for cyclists, who make up<br />
a significant portion of the local community.<br />
It’s hard to shake the feeling that this<br />
was a costly government project that didn’t<br />
take into account the practical impact on<br />
the people who live here. We’re talking<br />
about an investment in infrastructure – no<br />
doubt part of a large, expensive government<br />
contract – but one that has not only wasted<br />
taxpayer dollars but also endangers cyclists<br />
who have long depended on these roads for<br />
safe travel.<br />
Let’s be clear: this isn’t just an inconvenience<br />
– it’s a serious safety concern. The<br />
barriers have narrowed the space for cyclists<br />
and have led to unnecessary and dangerous<br />
road-sharing situations. For the cycling<br />
community, it’s not just about a simple ride;<br />
it’s about getting from point A to point B<br />
without risking injury or worse. And yet, by<br />
placing these concrete blocks, the government<br />
has essentially forced us into traffic,<br />
putting our lives at risk for reasons no one<br />
can adequately explain.<br />
It’s time for our local officials to stop<br />
passing the buck and start taking responsibility.<br />
If MoDOT is responsible for this<br />
decision, then they need to be held accountable<br />
for the dangerous conditions they have<br />
created. If this was simply a case of poor<br />
planning or lack of foresight, then the government<br />
needs to reassess its approach to<br />
infrastructure projects – particularly when<br />
they directly affect a vulnerable portion of<br />
the community.<br />
The blood of our local cycling community<br />
will be on their hands if nothing changes.<br />
It’s high time our voices are heard, and our<br />
safety prioritized. Our roads should not be a<br />
battleground between cyclists and cars – they<br />
should be shared spaces where everyone can<br />
move safely. It’s time for those in charge to<br />
wake up and listen to the needs of their constituents<br />
before more accidents happen.<br />
Let’s hope it doesn’t take a tragedy to<br />
prompt the changes that are desperately<br />
needed.<br />
Aaron Wilson<br />
• • •<br />
The Lafayette Area Mayors Organization<br />
meets monthly to discuss our shared<br />
concerns. The mayors represent 11 <strong>West</strong><br />
County townships: Ballwin, Chesterfield,<br />
Clarkson Valley, Ellisville, Eureka, Manchester,<br />
Pacific, Town & Country, Twin<br />
Oaks, Wildwood and Winchester.<br />
Recently, we have observed a number<br />
of curb islands rapidly appearing along<br />
the shoulders of Long Road between Wild<br />
Horse Creek and Chesterfield Airport roads,<br />
as well as along Clarkson Road. I initially<br />
thought I may have missed an announcement<br />
regarding these installations, but when<br />
I consulted the other mayors at our last<br />
meeting, no one had any information.<br />
There are already many of these islands<br />
in place, and they are appearing like mushrooms.<br />
Our residents have been calling and<br />
emailing our offices with questions and<br />
concerns.<br />
Our office contacted the Missouri Department<br />
of Transportation (MoDOT), which<br />
assured us that hearings had been held to<br />
inform and seek input from the affected<br />
communities. However, when we asked<br />
about the time and place of these sessions,<br />
they could not provide any details.<br />
I spoke with Tom Blair, the Metro District<br />
Engineer. He acknowledged that no such<br />
hearings had taken place and apologized,<br />
saying only, “Sorry, we didn’t communicate<br />
this very well.” In fact, they did not communicate<br />
at all.<br />
I expressed my deep concern about the<br />
hazards these obstacles pose to vehicular,<br />
cyclist and pedestrian traffic. Blair mentioned<br />
an expectation of a 33% reduction in traffic<br />
accidents, but he could not provide any data<br />
regarding the potential increase in damage or<br />
injury that could result from collisions with<br />
these obstacles. Our police department could<br />
not identify any specific volume of incidents<br />
that would justify these installations.<br />
As drivers, we rely on the shoulders for<br />
various purposes, particularly to avoid<br />
sudden rear-end collisions. These islands<br />
also hinder emergency vehicles from proceeding<br />
quickly when traffic blocks the<br />
lanes; there is no space for cars to pull over,<br />
and EMS vehicles cannot use the shoulder<br />
as they typically do in emergencies. They<br />
also create significant hazards for snowplows<br />
and drivers when obscured by snow.<br />
<strong>West</strong> County has many cyclists, and the<br />
increased risks these islands create are staggering:<br />
the narrow space between the outside<br />
edge of the curb and the shoulder puts<br />
vulnerable cyclists at risk. If a cyclist strikes<br />
one of these islands and loses control, they<br />
could be thrown into fields or, worse, into a<br />
traffic lane.<br />
It seems MoDOT is creating its own<br />
problems. Last Monday, they directed<br />
southbound traffic (including myself) on<br />
Clarkson Road to the shoulder to clear a<br />
section of pavement they were working on.<br />
Soon, this will be impossible.<br />
Given the serious implications these concrete<br />
islands pose to overall traffic safety, I<br />
am very concerned about MoDOT’s inability<br />
to satisfactorily support their statistics<br />
and the egregiously inadequate communication<br />
regarding a project that will reportedly<br />
cost $50 million. These are our tax<br />
dollars at work.<br />
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The comedian Bill Engvall has a famous bit called “here’s your sign.” The premise is<br />
that we could save a lot of time if “stupid people” (his words, not ours) would just wear<br />
signs identifying themselves as such. One such bit is about the car mechanic who asks<br />
the customer if his tire went flat.<br />
“Nope, I was driving around and the other three just swelled right up.” That mechanic<br />
needed a sign.<br />
Apparently, there are a bunch of other people that need signs as well. Shockingly, some<br />
individuals need signs so badly they are willing to steal them.<br />
Yes, election season is upon us once again, and with election season comes election<br />
sign theft. KMOV recently aired a story where a person was caught on camera stealing<br />
a Harris-Walz sign from in front of a St. Charles County home. In the video, a man trots<br />
up to the sign – which is squarely planted directly next to a “This property is protected by<br />
video” sign – and then hustles away.<br />
youtube.com/watch?v=MxkRYEeblOg<br />
(Source: KMOV Youtube/@KMOVStLouis)<br />
There are a couple of things to point out here. First, we hope this is just a stunt because<br />
it’s too frightening to think that this might be a real video of a person stealing a sign right<br />
next to a reminder that “you’re on camera.”<br />
It’s a bold strategy, but he got his sign.<br />
Second, and this should surprise no one, but stealing a few yard signs is not going to<br />
change the outcome of the presidential election in St. Charles County or in Missouri. It<br />
is the definition of an exercise in futility. The die is cast, friend, and the future has been<br />
foretold (spoiler alert: Trump takes Missouri). Lastly, if the thief believed they were stealing<br />
the sign to show their GOP bona fides, the Republicans would likely prefer not to be<br />
associated with someone so desperately in need of a sign.<br />
Obviously, this is a bipartisan issue. Newsmax reported last week that liberals also steal<br />
political signs. They interviewed a Virginia homeowner whose bevy of signs depicting<br />
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as clowns have been repeatedly vandalized or stolen. “Elect<br />
a clown, expect a circus,” reads one of the signs. Again, our guess is that the leaders of the<br />
Democratic party would prefer that such shining examples of complex and intellectual<br />
political rhetoric be left to stand. People wear their own signs, sometimes.<br />
Now, all kidding aside, political sign-stealing for national elections is just foolishness.<br />
It’s a declaration you’re incapable of self-control and that you’re in desperate need of a<br />
sign. Even more seriously, political sign-stealing at the local level is a real problem. It’s<br />
also a crime. Some twenty years ago, former Missouri Senator John Loudon (R) drafted<br />
legislation making the stealing or defacing of campaign yard signs a criminal offense.<br />
While taking a couple of Trump-Vance signs from your neighbor’s yard will not change<br />
the outcome of that race in Missouri, taking candidate signs for state representatives or<br />
municipal elections – races typically decided by a few hundred votes – can make a real<br />
difference.<br />
Every campaign season, reports of sign theft skyrocket, and candidates for local office<br />
make complaints. In an era of countless cameras and Ring Doorbells, it is time to aggressively<br />
work to stop a practice that is akin to denying free speech. All signs point to the<br />
fact that we need to elevate our discourse, not steal it away.
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Faust Park has been bustling this fall. On Oct. 12 and 13, it hosted the annual Folklife Festival, taking attendees back to the 1800s as they watched<br />
19th-century pottery, rope-making and cooking demonstrations. Almost a week later, on Oct. 18, the St. Louis County Parks & Recreations Department<br />
held the grand opening of the Whimsical Woods, featuring tiny, hand-built cabins, tree houses and castles to be enjoyed by fantastical<br />
creatures, and the natural inhabitants of an older section of forest. Volunteers, parks staff and members of the public created all the structures.<br />
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CREVE COEUR<br />
Overhaul planned<br />
for Ladue Road<br />
While Olive Street Road is a main eastwest<br />
commercial thoroughfare in Creve<br />
Coeur, Ladue Road likely takes the prize<br />
as a prime residential route, and it was<br />
the latter that was the focus of major<br />
improvements at the Oct. 14 City Council<br />
meeting.<br />
A bill authorizing the submittal of<br />
a Surface Transportation Block Grant<br />
(STBG) application with the Missouri<br />
Highways and Transportation Commission<br />
for a Ladue Road project was passed<br />
unanimously. It will assist with costs of<br />
resurfacing Ladue Road and help with<br />
both sidewalk and signal updates for the<br />
2.1-mile Creve Coeur portion of Ladue<br />
from Lindbergh Boulevard on the east to<br />
Emerson Road on the west.<br />
There will be asphalt pavement resurfacing<br />
and improving sidewalk accessibility,<br />
plus there will be new signals<br />
at Mosley Road and new camera detection<br />
systems at Ladue’s intersections at<br />
Mosley, Graeser and Spoede.<br />
Project details state Ladue Road was<br />
last repaved in 2007, and several utility<br />
projects and city repairs have made the<br />
road a large collection of patches. While<br />
staff originally envisioned splitting this<br />
project into two phases, it was decided<br />
to apply for a single grant for the entire<br />
city-maintained stretch of roadway. This<br />
would minimize traffic impacts to only<br />
one construction season.<br />
Creve Coeur will be responsible for<br />
the $175,000 design part of the project,<br />
which will occur between 2025-2027,<br />
and the roughly $25,000 right of way<br />
segment set for fall/winter 2026. Of the<br />
$1,780,000 construction cost planned for<br />
2027, $1.3 million would be covered by<br />
the grant and the remaining $480,000<br />
would be paid by the city.<br />
The traffic signals segment of the<br />
Ladue Road project was also discussed<br />
by City Administrator Mark Perkins.<br />
That calls for changing existing signs to<br />
illuminated ones at each of those three<br />
Ladue Road intersections. Those will<br />
include signs in all four directions at the<br />
Spoede Road intersection, planned for<br />
2027. A year later, another such sign will<br />
be constructed at the New Ballas Road<br />
intersection with Ladue. They will all<br />
include video detection systems.<br />
The cost of each illuminated sign is<br />
$5,000, for a total cost of $40,000.<br />
“They do provide much better visibility<br />
at night,” Perkins said of the illuminated<br />
signs. “So, we have generally<br />
included them whenever we have street<br />
signal replacement projects. We haven’t<br />
installed them unless we’ve had a project<br />
to replace the signal hardware. So, we<br />
have an opportunity in this case.”<br />
Alderman Dr. Scott Saunders (Ward 4)<br />
commented on the importance of the signs,<br />
considering Ladue Road is so much darker<br />
than any stretch of Olive Boulevard.<br />
“I think as our population ages, it’s<br />
beneficial to add more of these,” Mayor<br />
Robert Hoffman said.<br />
Merits of electric vehicles<br />
for city use debated<br />
Late in its Oct. 14 meeting, the Creve<br />
Coeur City Council received a summary<br />
of recommendations from the city’s<br />
Electric Vehicle (EV) Subcommittee.<br />
According to Dione Garson, civil<br />
engineer with the Department of Public<br />
Works, the committee prepared a fiveyear<br />
cost comparison of EVs to traditional<br />
combustion engines.<br />
“The analysis demonstrated that, at<br />
this time, EVs are more expensive than<br />
internal combustion vehicles,” Garson<br />
said. “Research indicates that if technology<br />
and manufacturing improve, relative<br />
costs of EVs will likely decrease.”<br />
She added that from a financial standpoint,<br />
currently there is very strong opposition<br />
throughout the city’s departments<br />
regarding acquiring EVs for city use.<br />
“The police department is also in favor<br />
of postponing the addition of EVs into<br />
their fleet until the signs that technology<br />
improves, and there are more case studies<br />
from police departments across the nation<br />
are available,” Garson said. “The police<br />
department at this time does not see advantages<br />
to being an early adaptor of EVs.”<br />
Alderwoman Donna Spence (Ward 1)<br />
asked what the medium-term future looks<br />
like for Creve Coeur and EVs. Spence said<br />
she is strongly in favor of solar-powered<br />
charging stations for the use of renewable<br />
energy to cut down on costs.<br />
“Frankly, we don’t have a plan for it<br />
right now regarding how many electric<br />
charging vehicles we would need to be<br />
advantageous from a cost standpoint,”<br />
Garson said in response. “We want to<br />
make sure when we begin, it will be done<br />
cost-efficiently and prepare for expansion<br />
for the future and not incur additional<br />
costs by not having those plans.”<br />
EV subcommittee member Ellen Lawrence<br />
said future technologies may make<br />
the adoption of EVs worth it for the city,<br />
but, at the moment, “it’s not advantageous<br />
to do this now, financially or environmentally.”<br />
“Solid state batteries will be coming in,<br />
and I know that Samsung thinks they’re<br />
going to be on high-end cars by 2027,”<br />
Lawrence said. “But my son, who works<br />
in the industry, thinks it’s going to be a<br />
little later than that. When they charge,<br />
they’re supposed to get in the 600-mile<br />
range. They also don’t take as long to<br />
charge as the current battery, and they’re<br />
not as heavy. You won’t have as many<br />
problems from accidents causing so<br />
much damage. So, there’s a lot of advantages<br />
to waiting until these new batteries<br />
come along.”<br />
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on city property.<br />
Beginning in November, 35 new electronic<br />
locks will be installed at five different<br />
locations: Longview Park, Town<br />
Square Park, Drace Park, Preservation<br />
Park and the Municipal Center. For the<br />
parks, the location of the locks includes<br />
public restrooms.<br />
Door locks will automatically unlock<br />
or lock when the parks open or close.<br />
“We currently have push code access<br />
to our doors both internally and externally<br />
to get into secured areas, and the<br />
equipment is very old,” Town & Country<br />
City Administrator Bob Shelton said.<br />
The current locks were installed in 2013,<br />
according to a memo from Public Works<br />
Director Michael Zeltmann.<br />
With the upgrades, to get into a secured<br />
area, employees will have the option to<br />
swipe a printed card provided by the city<br />
or alternatively, employees can access a<br />
lock through a program on their phone.<br />
“(Currently) if we change a code, we<br />
have to go out and physically program it,”<br />
Shelton said. “This will allow us to do it<br />
remotely and with ease.”<br />
The new locks will cost the city<br />
$77,316.<br />
The Board of Aldermen voted 7-0 in<br />
favor of acquiring the new locks on Sept.<br />
<strong>23</strong>. Installation is expected to conclude<br />
within several months, according to Zeltmann.<br />
Parking lot improvements<br />
approved for Longview Park<br />
One of Town & Country’s main parks<br />
will get some parking lot repairs soon.<br />
On Sept. 9, the Board of Aldermen<br />
approved engineering design services<br />
for a project at Longview Farm Park.<br />
The bill entails a parking lot resurfacing<br />
project, which is designed to replace a<br />
current section of concrete in a parking<br />
area located closest to the entrance. To<br />
minimize community impact, the parking<br />
lot will be paved overnight or in sections,<br />
but it will remain open during regular<br />
hours. Costs will be determined once the<br />
project completes its design phase. The<br />
20<strong>24</strong> city budget includes $<strong>23</strong>5,000 for<br />
constructing the Longview Farm Park<br />
parking lot.<br />
According to the ordinance approved<br />
by the board, the improvements are<br />
required to comply with Metropolitan<br />
St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) and<br />
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)<br />
requirements.<br />
Included in the project will be improvements<br />
to the park’s farmhouse. A memo<br />
from contractor HR Green stated the<br />
ADA improvements include evaluation<br />
of a previous study titled “Leak Investigation,”<br />
which documented drainage<br />
issues around the farmhouse.<br />
“The ADA upgrades will address the<br />
drainage issues and reconstruct the stairs<br />
and sidewalk for ADA compliance,” the<br />
memo states.<br />
Charging stations for electric vehicles<br />
in the parking lot were considered; however,<br />
the city decided that it was not a<br />
good idea in order to save on project<br />
costs and spacing.<br />
“We’re taking up four spots in a small<br />
parking lot for <strong>10</strong>% or less of the population,”<br />
alderman John Harder (Ward<br />
3) said. “I’m just questioning if that’s a<br />
wise decision on something like that.”<br />
The board unanimously voted 8-0 to<br />
approve the project. Construction is<br />
anticipated to begin by fall 2025, according<br />
to Director of Parks and Recreation<br />
Anne Nixon.<br />
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Manchester’s Schroeder Park was set<br />
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the city presented its master plan to the<br />
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District<br />
(MSD).<br />
“MSD came back and said that the<br />
stormwater, not only for the playground,<br />
had not been managed appropriately<br />
or considered in the design of some of<br />
the other structures in the park, and we<br />
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ON THE BALLOT: U.S. Senator & Representative, statewide offices<br />
Editor’s Note: While all candidates for<br />
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Q1) What areas would you focus on<br />
while in office to ensure a stable U.S. economy?<br />
Q2) Aside from the economy, what are<br />
the nation’s two most immediate needs<br />
and how would you work with others to<br />
address them?<br />
Q3) How would you work to reduce the<br />
political divide in the country?<br />
Q4) What qualifies you for this office<br />
(past experience, major accomplishments)?<br />
Q5) What else would you like our readers<br />
to know about you before heading to<br />
the polls?<br />
U.S. SENATOR<br />
• Josh Hawley (R)* – Candidate did not<br />
respond.<br />
• Lucas Kunce (D)<br />
Q1) We need to build an economy that<br />
puts American workers in charge, not giant<br />
corporations and foreign oligarchs – an<br />
economy that invests in putting America<br />
first in the next generation of energy, semiconductors<br />
and supply chain independence.<br />
We need to focus on reshoring our jobs and<br />
ensuring that investment and opportunity<br />
stop being shipped overseas.<br />
Q2) 1: We need to get the government<br />
out of people’s lives. Politicians shouldn’t<br />
be able to tell us what to do in the bedroom,<br />
in the doctor’s office or in the workplace.<br />
Missourians deserve to be able to live<br />
their own lives and make decisions for<br />
themselves. 2: We need to put an end to<br />
pointless, trillion-dollar wars and invest in<br />
a Marshall Plan for the Midwest – a historic<br />
investment in our workers and communities<br />
to rebuild our forgotten towns and<br />
cities, and to finally start making stuff in<br />
America again.<br />
Q3) The greatest divide in our country<br />
isn’t between neighbors who vote for different<br />
candidates, it’s between corrupt politicians<br />
and the people they try to control.<br />
As U.S. senator, I’ll work to get Big Money<br />
and personal enrichment out of politics.<br />
I’ll work to ban all stock ownership and<br />
outside income for members of Congress,<br />
judges and executive branch officials. I’ll<br />
work to overturn Citizens United and abolish<br />
corporate PACs and dark money groups.<br />
I’ll push for these rules to include criminal<br />
penalties for lawbreakers – including jail<br />
time. I’ll work with anyone, from any party,<br />
to move this agenda forward.<br />
Q4) I grew up like most Missouri families:<br />
paycheck-to-paycheck. So when my<br />
sister was born with a heart condition and<br />
medical bills bankrupted my family, we<br />
got by because people in our neighborhood<br />
helped us. I joined the Marines to pay<br />
them back and served 13 years. I trained<br />
with the Border Patrol Tactical Unit in<br />
Yuma, Arizona, deployed to Iraq and led<br />
a police training team, deployed twice to<br />
Afghanistan on Special Operations Task<br />
Forces, and served on the Joint Staff at the<br />
Pentagon. Those years of service will help<br />
inform my work in the U.S. Senate.<br />
Q5) I’m running for U.S. Senate to<br />
empower everyday Missourians with the<br />
economic and personal freedoms that they<br />
deserve – over their own communities,<br />
their own families and their own bodies.<br />
• W. C. Young (L) – Candidate could not<br />
be reached.<br />
• Jared Young (BP)<br />
Q1) Decades of irresponsible spending<br />
and poor decision-making by both major<br />
parties have left our country on the brink<br />
of fiscal disaster. Both parties inflate budgets<br />
(and deficits) to buy voter support.<br />
Our national debt has exploded over the<br />
past two decades. The federal government<br />
now spends $400 billion a year just on<br />
interest payments. But we still have time<br />
to act before disaster strikes. If we elect<br />
leaders with real political courage – people<br />
who put the country’s future over their own<br />
political careers – we can implement a plan<br />
to stabilize America’s finances, save Social<br />
Security and begin reducing our crippling<br />
national debt.<br />
Q2) Immigration and international security.<br />
We need a secure border, and we also<br />
need more legal immigrants. We must<br />
stem the flow of illegal immigration while<br />
taking measures that will make legal immigration<br />
easier for qualified individuals.<br />
Internationally, we must support our allies<br />
and stand up to those who are attacking our<br />
interests. Our allies no longer trust us, and<br />
our enemies no longer fear us. We have to<br />
change that. This means continued support<br />
of Ukraine against Russia’s aggression<br />
and support of Israel against Iran and its<br />
proxies. It also means re-investing in our<br />
military.<br />
Q3) As an independent, I am uniquely<br />
positioned to ignore partisan considerations<br />
and focus exclusively on what is best<br />
for our state and our country. My entire<br />
campaign has been focused on reminding<br />
voters that we have more in common<br />
than the two parties try to make us think.<br />
In the Senate, I will continue to carry that<br />
message, working with lawmakers of both<br />
parties to tackle the problems we currently<br />
can’t solve because of hyperpartisan dysfunction.<br />
I’ll judge ideas based purely on<br />
their merits rather than on who they came<br />
from or who will get credit for them.<br />
Q4) I have done internships in every<br />
branch of government, giving me firsthand<br />
insights into how government really<br />
operates. I have lived in Europe and the<br />
Middle East, giving me a love for diverse<br />
cultures and increasing my appreciation<br />
for our country. I have volunteered in the<br />
community, including serving on the Boys<br />
and Girls Club board and in positions at my<br />
church, giving me a first-hand perspective<br />
on the challenges associated with generational<br />
poverty in Missouri.<br />
Q5) My unique combination of international<br />
experience, legal knowledge,<br />
business acumen and empathy for the<br />
downtrodden will make me a knowledgeable<br />
and compassionate senator who can<br />
tackle the challenges this country faces.<br />
All these experiences have prepared me for<br />
public service as a U.S. senator. Forty-three<br />
percent of Missourians don’t affiliate with<br />
either of the two major parties. Elections<br />
today feel like you’re voting against the<br />
politician you dislike the most rather than a<br />
candidate you trust. That’s because candidates<br />
have to appease the most extremes on<br />
each side, leaving the exhausted majority<br />
in the middle unhappy. Uniquely qualified,<br />
high integrity, independent.<br />
• Nathan Kline (G)<br />
Q1) The greatest era of shared economic<br />
prosperity in American history was the<br />
result of post-war redistributive, progressive<br />
taxes. I support a return to the<br />
Eisenhower-Nixon tax rates of the 1950s<br />
that taxed the top tax bracket at 91%. This<br />
set a ceiling to wealth hoarding in the U.S.<br />
Today, three old men hoard more wealth<br />
than the bottom 165 million Americans.<br />
This mis-measures the worth of Americans.<br />
No one is worth as much as a billion dollars,<br />
and none are so worthless that they<br />
should live in the park.<br />
Q2) Sustainability: Climate scientists<br />
have long warned us that we must stop<br />
burning fossil fuels or face a hellish future.<br />
Both Obama and Biden issued more new<br />
fossil fuel drilling permits than Trump.<br />
We must replace both fossil fuel-funded<br />
parties with good ancestors putting future<br />
generations ahead of the short-term profits<br />
of multinational corporations and billionaires.<br />
Foreign Policy: We have 800-plus<br />
foreign military bases. No other country<br />
has 25. Empires rot from the inside, spending<br />
their energy on foreign wars while the<br />
homeland withers. Instead of investing in<br />
forever wars, let’s bring those investments<br />
home.<br />
Q3) The political divide in this country is<br />
produced by the theatrical hyperventilating<br />
of the two corporate parties over a small<br />
handful of items that they differ on: guns,<br />
gays and abortion. All of American politics<br />
has been reduced to these few things. Actually,<br />
both of them are in complete agreement<br />
regarding the corporate status quo<br />
that insists that in all aspects of American<br />
life that the market should decide all consequences<br />
and that their only role is to stay<br />
out of the way and to funnel the American<br />
tax base to the priorities of their wealthy<br />
donors.<br />
Q4) I have 30 years of experience in<br />
administration in the private and public<br />
sectors that has prepared me to be a great<br />
senator. As the only candidate in this race<br />
that does not accept money from corporations<br />
and wealthy individuals seeking<br />
to influence the decision of lawmakers, I<br />
am the only candidate qualified to actually<br />
serve working Missourians. I have<br />
volunteered thousands of hours petitioning<br />
to put myself and other corporate-free<br />
Green Party candidates on the ballot and<br />
have talked with thousands of voters. They<br />
are disgusted that our democracy has been<br />
sold out to the highest bidder. I will serve<br />
only them.<br />
Q5) I am a lifelong resident of Kansas<br />
City and a long-time homeowner in the<br />
Plaza-<strong>West</strong>port neighborhood. After<br />
twenty-five years of hospitality management<br />
experience, I brought my skill set to<br />
the public sector in 2013 to work for the<br />
City Planning and Development Department<br />
of the city of Kansas City, Missouri,<br />
where I am currently honored to help serve<br />
my city and neighbors.<br />
I have been a supporter of the Green<br />
Party since the 1996 Ralph Nader Presidential<br />
campaign after realizing that the<br />
two corporate parties are irredeemably<br />
corrupt and have run twice a Green Party<br />
candidate in 2018 and in 2020.<br />
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• Ann Wagner (R)*<br />
Q1) Inflation is no accident. Reckless<br />
spending by Washington Democrats set<br />
us on a path to the unaffordability we are<br />
seeing in our communities. Groceries are<br />
too expensive, the American dream of<br />
owning a home is unattainable and people<br />
want real leadership from Washington. I<br />
will focus on reducing the out-of-control<br />
and wasteful spending we see in the federal<br />
government. At a time when Americans<br />
are being forced to tighten their budgets to<br />
afford necessities, their government should<br />
be better stewards of their tax dollars.<br />
Q2) The border and reducing crime.<br />
Our open border is both a national security<br />
threat and a humanitarian crisis. The<br />
Biden-Harris administration has endangered<br />
Americans by failing to secure the<br />
border and by refusing to reinstate President<br />
Donald Trump’s successful border<br />
policies. We need to build the border wall<br />
and end illegal catch and release. Also,<br />
Missourians should be able to feel safe<br />
in our communities, and I wholeheartedly<br />
stand against efforts to defund the police.<br />
I am proud to have the endorsement of the<br />
Missouri Fraternal Order of Police and will<br />
always support keeping dangerous criminals<br />
off our streets.<br />
Q3) I have always fought to advance<br />
policies benefiting our country, not special<br />
interests. Whether it was my fight against<br />
sex trafficking, my work to protect small<br />
business and middle-income investors, or<br />
it was my efforts to promote American<br />
energy independence, I built consensus on<br />
each of these issues. I will continue to promote<br />
policies like these with the support<br />
of voters in the 2nd Congressional District.<br />
We can overcome disagreements by tackling<br />
issues benefitting all Americans.<br />
Q4) I have always been a workhorse,<br />
not a showhorse. My accomplishments in<br />
office have had benefits across the district,<br />
our state and the country, but I will never<br />
forget I work for the people. Our outstanding<br />
constituent services have helped veterans<br />
in need, solved complex IRS issues<br />
and has ensured our seniors receive their<br />
due benefits. It truly is an honor to serve<br />
the people of Missouri’s 2nd District. It<br />
is an honor I view as a calling, not a job.<br />
Exemplary customer service for the 2nd<br />
District is at the core of what I do as your<br />
representative.<br />
Q5) My record speaks for itself – I fight<br />
to keep our communities safe, protect the<br />
most vulnerable and make life affordable<br />
again. Specifically, I have been a leader<br />
in Congress to end human trafficking and<br />
ensure we have adequate funding for rape<br />
kit testing. It is imperative we protect our<br />
communities and bring criminals to justice.<br />
I will always stand for the people who<br />
make Missouri the greatest place to live,<br />
work and raise a family.<br />
• Ray Hartmann (D) – Candidate did<br />
not respond.<br />
• Brandon Daugherty (L) – Candidate<br />
could not be reached.<br />
• Shelby Davis (G) – Candidate could<br />
not be reached.<br />
The candidates for state and local office<br />
were asked the following questions:<br />
Q1) What qualifies you for this office<br />
(past experience, major accomplishments)?<br />
Q2) What are your top three priorities if<br />
elected?<br />
Q3) What else would you like our readers<br />
to know about you before heading to<br />
the polls?<br />
GOVERNOR<br />
• Mike Kehoe (R)<br />
Q1) As a leader, small businessman and<br />
first-generation farmer, I have the realworld<br />
experience of creating jobs and<br />
providing economic opportunities for Missouri<br />
families. I have a proven track record<br />
of fighting the liberal agenda, cutting taxes<br />
and advancing solutions that protect Missouri’s<br />
common sense, conservative values.<br />
I have been endorsed by Missouri’s leading<br />
pro-business, pro-agriculture and pro-public<br />
safety organizations and their thousands<br />
of members.<br />
Q2) As governor, I will work to crack<br />
down on crime and illegal immigration,<br />
expand educational opportunities, support<br />
farmers and Missouri’s agriculture industry,<br />
grow our economy and cut taxes.<br />
Q3) Born and raised in North St. Louis<br />
City from humble beginnings, I worked<br />
hard to build successful businesses and<br />
achieve the American Dream. I am focused<br />
on securing results for Missourians, not<br />
just rhetoric.<br />
• Crystal Quade (D)<br />
Q1) Growing up in rural Missouri, my<br />
mom waited tables at the local diner, and<br />
I became the first in my family to graduate<br />
from high school before graduating from<br />
Missouri State as a social worker. Since I<br />
was first elected as state representative in<br />
2016 and House minority leader in 2018,<br />
I’ve made fighting for working families<br />
like the one I grew up in my top priority.<br />
I’ve stood side by side with working families<br />
to help defeat anti-worker legislation,<br />
worked to make childcare more affordable<br />
and accessible, and as governor, I’ll<br />
continue putting Missourians over special<br />
interests.
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Q2) My number one priority is always<br />
going to be putting working Missourians<br />
first. We’ll start by making healthcare<br />
more accessible and affordable by taking<br />
on insurance and drug manufacturers.<br />
Then making sure our children are receiving<br />
the best education so they can succeed<br />
by paying our teachers, fully funding our<br />
public schools and expanding access to<br />
pre-K for all Missouri children. Finally,<br />
investing in our infrastructure to keep us<br />
connected. Increasing access to broadband<br />
across Missouri is a key to making Missouri<br />
the best place to live, work, run a<br />
business and raise a family.<br />
Q3) As the House minority leader, I’ve<br />
been leading the fight to stop the government<br />
overreach into Missourian’s everyday<br />
lives. Whether it’s leaving personal medical<br />
decisions between you and your doctor<br />
or giving local governments the ability to<br />
pass laws that fit their local communities,<br />
Missourians are ready for a leader who will<br />
get things done, not just play politics. As<br />
governor, I’ll restore access to reproductive<br />
healthcare, continue fighting for working<br />
families like the one I grew up in and<br />
make sure Missouri remains a beacon of<br />
freedom for generations to come.<br />
• Bill Slantz (L)<br />
Q1) I have been in executive leadership<br />
for most of my adult life. I am a family<br />
man, businessman and former state chair<br />
of the Libertarian Party of Missouri. As<br />
governor, I will enact policies that remove<br />
barriers to economic participation, bring<br />
economic growth and spread it more inclusively.<br />
I will defend and protect your individual<br />
freedoms and strive to help every<br />
Missourian flourish.<br />
Q2) 1: End Personal Property Tax. 2:<br />
End Missouri State Income Tax. 3: Abolish<br />
Minimum Wage.<br />
Q3) As the Missouri gubernatorial candidate,<br />
I advocate for minimal government<br />
intervention in business, supporting voluntary<br />
economic exchange and opposing<br />
government interference. Market-based<br />
institutions should replace state safety<br />
regulations, with the state’s role limited to<br />
safety oversight.<br />
• Paul Lehmann (G) - Candidate did not<br />
respond.<br />
LT. GOVERNOR<br />
• Dave Wasinger (R)<br />
Q1) I am a conservative outsider who has<br />
successfully managed my own business for<br />
over 20 years. I have a proven record of<br />
success in taking on the special interests.<br />
Following the 2008 financial crisis, I took<br />
on the Wall Street banks and recovered billions<br />
of dollars for American taxpayers.<br />
Q2) As a conservative outsider, I intend<br />
on ending special interests’ control of Jefferson<br />
City, increasing tourism by reducing<br />
crime and making sure we spend more on<br />
our great veterans than illegal immigrants.<br />
Q3) Missouri Right to Life PAC has<br />
exclusively endorsed me to be Missouri’s<br />
next lieutenant governor.<br />
• Richard Brown (D)<br />
Q1) Experienced state legislator. Served<br />
eight years in the Missouri House of Representatives.<br />
Numerous leadership positions<br />
currently held including assistant minority<br />
floor leader and Tourism Commissioner<br />
for the state. My skill set is very specific<br />
to many of the tasks required for the job<br />
of lieutenant governor. I am an excellent<br />
communicator and accessible to the public.<br />
Q2) Increasing affordable housing units<br />
statewide. Eliminating the state food and<br />
grocery tax. Expanding childcare and<br />
reforming how the state makes childcare<br />
provider reimbursements.<br />
Q3) My wife and I are both retired<br />
public school teachers. In the legislature, I<br />
worked to protect the pensions of firefighters,<br />
police officers, government workers<br />
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New safety features along Long/Clarkson roads cause concern<br />
By LAURA BROWN<br />
One of the curb bump-out islands on Long<br />
Road.<br />
(Photo by Laura Brown)<br />
Residents and local officials were surprised<br />
by the recent installation of concrete<br />
islands in the shoulder of portions of<br />
Clarkson Road in Ellisville and Clarkson<br />
Valley, and Long Road in Chesterfield.<br />
Designed to slow down traffic and prevent<br />
crashes, these new curb bump-out<br />
islands are part of the $52 million safety<br />
initiative that the Missouri Department of<br />
Transportation (MoDOT), in partnership<br />
with St. Louis County, is implementing<br />
with a goal of reducing fatal and serious<br />
injury crashes in the region.<br />
According to data studied by MoDOT,<br />
between 2016-2020 there were 5,321<br />
crashes where at least one person was<br />
killed or seriously injured in the St. Louis<br />
area. The same data showed that there were<br />
600 crashes on Clarkson Road, with six of<br />
them fatal or serious, and 272 crashes on<br />
Long Road, with six of those fatal or serious<br />
as well.<br />
Clarkson Road and Long Road were<br />
specifically chosen for the curb bump-out<br />
islands based on the high number of accidents<br />
that occur there.<br />
Ellisville Mayor Mike Roemerman said<br />
local officials were not aware the installation<br />
of the islands was coming. Roemerman<br />
said he is skeptical of the islands and wonders<br />
if they will do more harm than good.<br />
“Communication ahead of time would’ve<br />
gone a long way to alleviating a lot of<br />
unhappy people,” Roemerman said. “It<br />
may slow people down, but how many<br />
more accidents is it going to cause? People<br />
are going to hit these things and when they<br />
do it won’t be an injury, it will be damage<br />
to their car.”<br />
Ryan Pearcy, an area engineer for<br />
MoDOT, said while he admits they could<br />
have done a better job informing the public<br />
and local municipalities that the islands<br />
were coming, they will reduce crashes.<br />
“We did try to promote it on social media,<br />
but there was not anything where we were<br />
restricting access (during construction),”<br />
Pearcy said. “The same bump outs are going<br />
in on New Halls Ferry in North County.<br />
We will improve our communication there<br />
based on what we’ve learned here.”<br />
Pearcy said the islands are in place in<br />
other parts of the country, and studies have<br />
shown a reduction in accidents in those<br />
areas.<br />
“We pulled crash data from the last five<br />
years to identify where accidents were happening,<br />
and speed was a major factor in<br />
many of them,” Pearcy said. “These bumpouts<br />
make roads feel narrower, which<br />
makes people slow down and pay more<br />
attention.”<br />
According to studies outlined in the<br />
Highway Safety Manual, these traffic<br />
calming measures can reduce crashes by<br />
up to one-third, Pearcy said.<br />
“When it comes to Clarkson Road, it’s<br />
five lanes,” Pearcy said. “It’s wide, and<br />
people feel more comfortable. Distracted<br />
driving is a problem right now too. These<br />
countermeasures are a calming effect to get<br />
people to keep their eyes on the road and<br />
reduce their speed.”<br />
At least 220 feet is between the bumpout<br />
islands to leave room for vehicles to<br />
move to the shoulder. They are two feet<br />
from the lane line and three to five feet<br />
from the edge of the pavement. Yellow<br />
paint is on the end of the island as drivers<br />
approach it, along with 18-inch-tall white<br />
posts to increase visibility. While a possible<br />
added benefit beyond slowing down<br />
drivers is that the islands provide protection<br />
for bicyclists and pedestrians, some<br />
complaints have come from cyclists about<br />
the bump-outs, and Pearcy said MoDOT is<br />
addressing those concerns.<br />
“We are talking to the contractors to see<br />
if we can make some adjustments to ensure<br />
it’s more comfortable for cyclists, particularly<br />
on Long Road,” Pearcy said.<br />
MoDOT will conduct before-and-after<br />
safety studies to evaluate the effectiveness<br />
of the islands and share the results with the<br />
public, Pearcy said. While the project has<br />
been met with skepticism, Pearcy emphasized<br />
that the ultimate goal is to save lives.<br />
“If we can prevent just one serious injury<br />
or fatality, then this project is worth it,”<br />
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Demolition of Chesterfield Mall begins:<br />
‘Mr. Staenberg, tear down this mall’<br />
October <strong>23</strong>, 20<strong>24</strong><br />
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By CATHY LENNY<br />
& KATE UPTERGROVE<br />
As excavators ripped into the awning<br />
above the AMC Theater entrance at Chesterfield<br />
Mall on Oct. 15, the sentiments of<br />
those watching in person and online were<br />
mixed.<br />
“I’m literally watching my teenage years<br />
get destroyed,” wrote a Facebook commenter<br />
named Jesse. Another wrote, “This<br />
is awful to watch! Years of memories.” But<br />
not everyone was melancholy over the<br />
demolition. Terri Orf wrote on Facebook,<br />
“Can’t imagine having any sentimental<br />
attachment to a shopping mall. It needed<br />
to go.”<br />
The mall opened on Sept. 1, 1976, and<br />
closed for good this past Aug. 31. The<br />
mall had two original anchor stores: Sears<br />
and Stix, Baer and Fuller, which later was<br />
purchased by Dillard’s. A four-screen<br />
cinema opened two years later on an out<br />
parcel adjacent to the mall and, in 1981, a<br />
Famous-Barr store.<br />
Jeanne Short-Besselman wrote in a<br />
Facebook comment, “This makes me sad.<br />
Chesterfield Mall used to be an awesome<br />
mall for everyone in St. Charles County. I<br />
have great memories of that mall. Working<br />
at Famous-Barr and going to St. Louis<br />
Bread Co. for lunch.”<br />
Nostalgia and memories of shopping,<br />
dining and entertainment dominated comments.<br />
Between 1976 and 2018, the mall was<br />
owned by several groups, but due to<br />
dwindling sales and changes in consumer<br />
behavior, the mall eventually failed.<br />
However, “failure created opportunity,”<br />
according to Tim Lowe, vice-president of<br />
Leasing and Development for The Staenberg<br />
Group (TSG), which now owns the<br />
property being redeveloped as Downtown<br />
Chesterfield. Dillard’s will remain, serving<br />
as an anchor store in the mixed-use development.<br />
TSG President Michael Staenberg noted<br />
that the name “Downtown Chesterfield”<br />
was chosen to honor Louis Sachs, who<br />
many consider to be the founding father of<br />
Chesterfield. If Sachs is the community’s<br />
founding father, Staenberg is its savvy son.<br />
Staenberg has been a prolific developer<br />
in the area since building the two-nile<br />
shopping center known as Chesterfield<br />
Commons in the Valley after the Flood<br />
of ‘93. Across Interstate 64, TSG is also<br />
responsible for turning the defunct Prestige<br />
Outlets into The District, featuring<br />
The Factory concert venue and The Hub,<br />
which is home to free events, dining<br />
options and outdoor fire pits and gathering<br />
spaces.<br />
Noting that Downtown Chesterfield will<br />
be the same size as the city of Clayton,<br />
Staenberg said he envisions it as the “next<br />
focal point of the St. Louis region.”<br />
“It’s good for the community, it’s good<br />
for Chesterfield, it’s good for the region<br />
and we can create something that’s unique<br />
to this area,” Staenberg said on Oct. 15.<br />
“There will be nothing like this in the U.S.”<br />
At the demolition, Chesterfield Mayor<br />
Bob Nation commented on TSG’s vision to<br />
complete the plan, and said the city is fortunate<br />
to have a local developer capable of<br />
taking on such an immense project. Finally,<br />
playing on the famous speech by President<br />
Ronald Reagan, Nation commanded: “Mr.<br />
Staenberg, tear down this mall.”<br />
With that, the demolition of the mall<br />
began. It is expected to take six months<br />
to complete the teardown, followed by<br />
another six months for grading, Lowe said.<br />
Infrastructure will start in the fall of 2025<br />
and finish by the summer of 2026 when<br />
vertical construction will begin. Living<br />
units are expected to be on-site by the fall<br />
of 2028.<br />
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Des Peres Park playground focuses on accessibility<br />
In late September, the city of Des Peres<br />
unveiled a new playground featuring<br />
updated equipment with an emphasis on<br />
accessibility and variety.<br />
Melissa Myers, director of parks and<br />
recreation, said the city’s Board of Aldermen<br />
and Parks & Recreation Commission<br />
worked with the Planning Design Studio<br />
to put together the vision for the playground.<br />
The previous play structures have been<br />
replaced with two play towers for ages<br />
2-5 and 5-12, which are both Americans<br />
with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible.<br />
Traditional playground components like<br />
swings and slides have been included, as<br />
well as climbing nets. Myers said a lot of<br />
(Photo courtesy of Planning Design Studio)<br />
earthwork was done to turn the area into a<br />
three-tiered space.<br />
“The kids are absolutely loving (the playground),”<br />
Myers said. “I could not be more<br />
pleased. The parents have been so excited<br />
about it. I had a dad that said they had been<br />
out there three times already that week.<br />
People really seem to be engaged with it<br />
and having a good time.”<br />
The project cost approximately $1.35<br />
million dollars at completion, with<br />
$465,000 of the cost covered by a grant<br />
from the St. Louis County Municipal Park<br />
Grant Commission. The remaining costs<br />
were covered by the city’s capital budget.<br />
As part of a requirement for the county’s<br />
grant commission, the city had to go out<br />
into the community to understand what<br />
residents wanted to see in the park space.<br />
Before beginning the design<br />
phase of the project, Lucas<br />
Tabaka of Planning Design<br />
Studio said the company<br />
assessed the existing conditions<br />
of the park, held public meetings<br />
and conducted surveys for community<br />
feedback. This research<br />
contributed to the new features<br />
eventually selected.<br />
“We want to make sure that<br />
we are meeting the needs of the<br />
community,” Tabaka said. “We’ll<br />
do research on the statistics of<br />
individuals with disabilities in<br />
the community and we’ve seen a<br />
Aerial view of the newly-opened Des Peres park.<br />
slight increase so that’s why we wanted to<br />
incorporate as much as possible so that it<br />
really is a good reflection of the community.”<br />
Another new feature at the park is a wego-round,<br />
a variation of the merry-go-round<br />
that is covered at ground level and is accessible<br />
for mobility devices. Also available is<br />
a bucket seat swing which offers an interactive<br />
experience for children who have a<br />
physical disability that prevents them from<br />
using different parts of their body.<br />
A roller slide is also included for children<br />
with sensory impairments. The equipment<br />
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allows a faster speed than an average slide<br />
at the same slope. The rollers give riders<br />
a multi-sensory experience while eliminating<br />
the static from a regular slide.<br />
“We tried to meet certain disabilities with<br />
certain features of the playground,” Tabaka<br />
said. “We wanted to ensure that every child<br />
could enjoy this playground no matter<br />
what age or ability, and create something<br />
that’s both economically and environmentally<br />
sustainable for the city. As far as the<br />
amenities, I think we did a good job of<br />
incorporating elements that can be used by<br />
kids of any age or ability.”<br />
County receives 17,000 senior tax freeze applications following Oct. 1 program launch<br />
By LAURA BROWN<br />
After the application period for the St.<br />
Louis County property tax freeze program<br />
for senior citizens opened on Oct. 1, more<br />
than 17,000 applications have were submitted<br />
in the first two weeks. St. Louis<br />
County Executive Dr. Sam Page said at a<br />
press conference on Oct. 16 that noted that<br />
75% of the applications have been submitted<br />
online.<br />
“The fact that we’ve already seen so<br />
many applications submitted within two<br />
weeks is really a testament to a couple<br />
of things,” Page said. “First, there’s a<br />
need for this program in St. Louis County.<br />
Second, it is a testament to the efficiency<br />
which our Department of Revenue has<br />
launched the senior property tax freeze<br />
program.”<br />
Department of Revenue Director Tony<br />
Smee said earlier this month that having<br />
the correct documentation ahead of time<br />
streamlines the application process.<br />
“The best advice for those intending to<br />
apply is to gather their documents and<br />
identify the property locator number of the<br />
property they are applying for,” Smee said.<br />
“The documentation needed is minimal,<br />
but they will need a copy of the deed to<br />
their property, a valid government-issued<br />
ID proving their identity, age and place of<br />
residence.”<br />
The most common acceptable ownership<br />
deeds are warranty deeds, beneficiary<br />
deeds, quitclaim deeds, grant deeds and<br />
survivorship deeds, but there are others,<br />
Smee said. Some seniors have tried to present<br />
a deed of trust as proof of ownership,<br />
he said, which does not qualify as proof of<br />
ownership.<br />
“A deed of trust is a loan document, and<br />
is not proof of ownership, and will not be<br />
accepted,” Smee said. “Properties that are<br />
owned by a corporation or LLC do not<br />
qualify.”<br />
With the proper documents, Page said the<br />
online application process can take around<br />
five minutes to complete. For those residents<br />
who would like help in person from<br />
a county employee to fill out the application,<br />
Page said county staff are available to<br />
assist them at one of the four county buildings:<br />
Northwest Crossings, South, <strong>West</strong><br />
and Clayton (by appointment only) from 8<br />
a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday<br />
Applications are available through a<br />
portal on the county’s website and will be<br />
open through June 30, 2025.<br />
“The process to review the applications<br />
will take some time,” Page said. “It’s not<br />
automatic. So please make sure that your<br />
contact information is correct when you<br />
fill out your application. We don’t want any<br />
delay in processing your application, so we<br />
want to be able to get a hold of you.”<br />
Page added that applicants will be able<br />
to track the progress of their application<br />
online.<br />
Only one member of a household needs<br />
to submit an application for the senior tax<br />
freeze. Mailed-in or dropped-off paper<br />
documents will not be accepted during the<br />
nine-month application period. The property<br />
tax freeze doesn’t go into effect until<br />
the 2025 property tax bill and those bills<br />
will go out about a year from now, Page<br />
said. He added that the amount of the property<br />
tax freeze will be noted on the property<br />
tax bill in 2025.<br />
Page said St. Louis County looked at<br />
other county’s implementations of the program<br />
to head off some possible roadblocks<br />
in the application process.<br />
“It’s hard to get a new program up and<br />
running,” Page said. “It’s really difficult to<br />
start anything new in government and this<br />
is really a testament to what can be done<br />
if we have the proper resources and good<br />
leadership in place.”<br />
Visit stlouiscountymo.gov for more<br />
information.
WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT?<br />
When Missourians head to the polls on Tuesday, November 5, we will be asked to vote “yes” or “no” on<br />
Amendment 3. Pro-abortion advocates are seeking to amend the Missouri Constitution to legalize abortion<br />
throughout ALL stages of pregnancy. Amendment 3 goes too far. We are asking all people of faith, those<br />
who value women’s health and the sanctity of life to VOTE NO on Amendment 3 this November. Empower<br />
women to choose life and safeguard preborn babies from this dangerous initiative.<br />
WHAT IT SAYS:<br />
1. This Section shall be known as “The Right to Reproductive<br />
Freedom Initiative.”<br />
2. The Government shall not deny or infringe upon a person’s<br />
fundamental right to reproductive freedom ... including but<br />
not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care,<br />
birth control, abortion care, miscarriage care, and respectful birthing<br />
conditions.<br />
3. The right to reproductive freedom shall not be denied,<br />
interfered with, delayed, or otherwise restricted unless the<br />
Government demonstrates that such action is justified by<br />
a compelling governmental interest achieved by the least<br />
restrictive means. Any denial, interference, delay, or restriction<br />
of the right to reproductive freedom shall be presumed invalid.<br />
4. Notwithstanding subsection 3 of this Section, the general<br />
assembly may enact laws that regulate the provision of<br />
abortion after Fetal Viability provided that under no<br />
circumstance shall the Government deny, interfere with, delay,<br />
or otherwise restrict an abortion that in the good faith<br />
judgement of a treating health care professional is needed<br />
to protect the life or physical or mental health of the<br />
pregnant person.<br />
…<br />
8. For purposes of this Section, the following terms mean:<br />
(1) “Fetal Viability”, the point in pregnancy when, in the good faith<br />
judgment of a treating health care professional and based on the<br />
particular facts of the case, there is a significant likelihood of the<br />
fetus’s sustained survival outside the uterus without the application<br />
of extraordinary medical measures.<br />
WHAT IT DOES:<br />
THREATENS PARENTAL RIGHTS<br />
By using “person” instead of adult or woman, anyone<br />
under the age of 18 could have an abortion or make<br />
any other reproductive decision without their parents’<br />
consent or notification.<br />
IS MISLEADING<br />
Referring to “miscarriage care” promotes the myth that<br />
a “right to abortion” is necessary to preserve care for<br />
miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies. This is false. Catholic<br />
hospitals have always provided comprehensive miscarriage<br />
care and will continue to do so regardless of the outcome of<br />
this amendment.<br />
PUTS WOMEN AT RISK<br />
Current Missouri laws* require abortion providers to<br />
explain procedure risks and ensure access to hospital<br />
transfer if needed and to administer medication abortions in<br />
person in case of complications for the woman. These health<br />
and safety standards could be seen as an “interference” or<br />
“delay” and be eliminated, making it even less safe for<br />
women seeking an abortion.<br />
ALLOWS FOR ABORTIONS INTO THE SECOND<br />
AND THIRD TRIMESTER<br />
The amendment allows abortions at any time to protect<br />
not only the physical, but also the mental health of the<br />
woman. This means that a health care provider could<br />
justify a late-term abortion due to a woman’s “emotional,<br />
psychological, [and] familial” concerns**. An abortion<br />
provider would decide when a baby could survive outside<br />
the womb, leaving no clear protections for preborn children.<br />
* Missouri Revised Statutes, Sections 188.0<strong>10</strong> - 188.375 ** Based on Doe v. Bolton<br />
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18 I NEWS I<br />
October <strong>23</strong>, 20<strong>24</strong><br />
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By SUZANNE CORBETT<br />
When the inaugural Burgerfest kicks<br />
off at The District in Chesterfield on Oct.<br />
27, organizers are hoping the event will<br />
yield big results in the form of tiny houses.<br />
Funds raised during Burgerfest will support<br />
the local nonprofit Veterans Community<br />
Project (VPC)’s tiny house village,<br />
which aims to provide St. Louis’s homeless<br />
veterans with a safe, secure transitional<br />
housing solution.<br />
The VPC tiny house village was first<br />
established eight years ago in Kansas City.<br />
Since 2016, it has given homeless<br />
veterans a first step toward obtaining<br />
permanent housing. Each<br />
pet-friendly tiny house is fully<br />
furnished with everything needed,<br />
from new furniture to dish towels.<br />
The St. Louis tiny village opened<br />
in 20<strong>23</strong> in the Jeff-Vander-Lou<br />
neighborhood and includes plans<br />
for an outreach center that will<br />
provide walk-in support services<br />
to any veteran, including food.<br />
Burgerfest partners, 4 Hands<br />
Brewing Co. and Hi-Point Drivein,<br />
have spearheaded the event<br />
hosted in The District to help<br />
support and maintain the St.<br />
Louis tiny house veteran village.<br />
“From our very first meeting with the<br />
Veterans Community Project back in 2021,<br />
we’ve felt exceedingly honored and proud<br />
to support their mission of ending veteran<br />
homelessness,” said Kevin Lemp, president<br />
and CEO of 4 Hands Brewing Co.<br />
“One-hundred percent of the proceeds from<br />
Burgerfest will be donated directly to VCP<br />
to help build their new St. Louis Community<br />
Center as they continue to grow and<br />
expand their impact in our community.”<br />
Among Burgerfest’s participating eateries<br />
are Hi-Pointe Drive-In, Stacked Burger<br />
Bar, Nomad, Brasserie by Niche, Napoli<br />
Bros, Blues Hog, Brazil’s World Burger<br />
Champion Paulo Yoller and, fresh from his<br />
appearance on Food Network’s Chopped,<br />
is St. Louis native Chef Juwan Rice from<br />
Rated Test Kitchen.<br />
“We’re excited to be teaming up with a<br />
great group of people to raise money for<br />
Veterans Community Project and honor<br />
the service and sacrifice of America’s<br />
veterans,” Tim Scheer, owner and head<br />
pitmaster of Blues Hog. Scheer said Blues<br />
Hog founder Bill Arnold was U.S. military<br />
veteran with a deep passion for supporting<br />
fellow service members and their families.<br />
Burgers from the participating restaurants<br />
are slated to be on the menu, along<br />
with live music and drinks. Look for High<br />
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Big burgers raise funds to build<br />
tiny homes for veterans<br />
Pointe’s Ridin’ Curdy Burger, a poutine<br />
burger topped with cheese curds and gravy.<br />
Fans of tropical flavors won’t want to miss<br />
Yoller’s Guava Burger. Blues Hog will offer<br />
its Cowboy Burger, which is a blend of<br />
Marble Ridge Farms pork and wagyu beef<br />
that’s seared with slow-smoked raspberry<br />
chipotle candied bacon, cheddar cheese,<br />
fried jalapenos and onions. Juwan’s elevated<br />
burger creation is a Katsu Burger,<br />
which features a panko wagyu patty, miso<br />
cheddar, yuzu aioli, kimchi scallion jam,<br />
shiso leaf with soy glazed mushroom and<br />
onions built on a brioche bun.<br />
St. Louis’ Tiny House community, operated by<br />
the Veterans Community Project, which provides<br />
homeless veterans transitional housing.<br />
(Photo courtesy of Veterans Community Project)<br />
“I’m excited to participate in BurgerFest<br />
because it’s a celebration of creativity and<br />
flavor,” Juwan said. “As a chef, there’s<br />
nothing better than the chance to push<br />
boundaries, even with something as simple<br />
as making a great burger. Every festival is<br />
a new opportunity to innovate and connect<br />
with people who love food.”<br />
Each Burgerfest ticket includes 1/4 of<br />
a burger from each featured restaurant, a<br />
cones of fries and a 4 Hands beer.<br />
“When you buy a ticket to Burgerfest,<br />
know that you are not only signing up for a<br />
good time with good friends and good food,<br />
but also enlisting in a shared mission to fix<br />
Veteran homelessness in our community,”<br />
said Rebecca Tallman, executive director<br />
for Veterans Community Project (VCP) of<br />
St. Louis and an Air Force veteran. “We are<br />
incredibly grateful for 4 Hands, Hi-Pointe<br />
and the many supporters who are making<br />
it possible for us to serve veterans in need<br />
here in St. Louis.”<br />
Burgerfest will be held at The District in<br />
Chesterfield from noon-3p.m. on Sunday,<br />
Oct. 27. General admission tickets are $50,<br />
and passes for children 12 and younger<br />
or designated drivers, which do not<br />
include access to beer samples, are available<br />
for $25. For tickets and details, visit<br />
4handsbrewery.com.
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October <strong>23</strong>, 20<strong>24</strong><br />
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Caleb Arnow demonstrates the wearing of<br />
a “tefillin” during prayer, which reminds the<br />
wearer to bind their heart and mind to God.<br />
(Source: JCRC)<br />
Lauren Goltzman (second from right) with her fellow<br />
Student to Student colleagues at their presentation to<br />
the L’chaim Tea House Asian/Jewish dialogue group.<br />
(Source: JCRC)<br />
On Saturday, Oct. 5, the Town<br />
& Country Police Department<br />
began receiving calls from concerned<br />
community members who<br />
had seen a banner and swastika<br />
flags being displayed on the<br />
Mason Road bridge over Interstate<br />
64. The demonstration took<br />
place near the one-year anniversary<br />
of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel<br />
that led to war in the Middle East<br />
and increased displays of antisemitism.<br />
Stella Goltzman, a senior at<br />
Marquette High, said it’s “really weird to<br />
live through it.”<br />
“It’s always just been in history class,<br />
like here’s antisemitism,” Goltzman said.<br />
“But antisemitism really hasn’t gone away.<br />
We see that with things like what happened<br />
(on the overpass).”<br />
Goltzman, who attends Congregation<br />
Shaare Emeth, a reform Jewish synagogue,<br />
is active with Student to Student, a program<br />
of the Newmark Institute of the Jewish<br />
Community Relations Council (JCRC) that<br />
aims to stop antisemitism before it begins.<br />
Student to Student began in 1993 when<br />
JCRC’s then-executive director, Batya<br />
Abramson-Goldstein, realized that teens<br />
talking with teens could serve as a conduit<br />
for understanding and change. Last year,<br />
Student to Student visited 35 schools and<br />
nonprofits, according to Lauren Abraham,<br />
the program’s coordinator.<br />
At each presentation are three Jewish<br />
students, one from each of the three main<br />
branches of Judaism practiced locally: conservative,<br />
reform and orthodox.<br />
“We want to show the diversity in our<br />
religion, in its practices, at home, in the<br />
synagogue and in learning and doing but<br />
also the fact that we are all one community,”<br />
Abraham said. “Each presentation<br />
had five major topics: the Jewish lifecycle,<br />
the Sabbath, the Holocaust and antisemitism,<br />
Israel and keeping kosher or the<br />
dietary laws.<br />
“One of the best parts of the presentation<br />
is when the students field questions from<br />
the audience. No question is off-limits. We<br />
really try to make it a time in which students<br />
in area classrooms can meet someone<br />
who is Jewish and feel a connection and<br />
feel the openness to answer and to understand<br />
them. Our goal is to build allies.”<br />
Goltzman said she joined Student to Student<br />
after kids on her brother’s bus did the<br />
Sieg Heil (Nazi) salute next to him during<br />
a field trip.<br />
“Little acts like that really scare me<br />
because they’re being so normalized. I<br />
joined Student to Student to make sure that<br />
people know that those gestures are not<br />
OK,” Goltzman said.<br />
That incident led Goltzman, her mother<br />
and Abraham to set up the first Student<br />
to Student presentation in the Rockwood<br />
School District. Goltzman and two of her<br />
peers presented their take on Jewish life<br />
during her AP European history class.<br />
In advance of each presentation, Abraham<br />
reaches out to the teacher to remind<br />
them of any current events that are taking<br />
place, learn about where they are in their<br />
curriculum and discuss how the presentation<br />
can support them.<br />
Goltzman said she often learns something<br />
new. Caleb Arnow, a senior at John<br />
Burroughs School and a member of conservative<br />
Kol Rinah in Clayton, agreed.<br />
“During the presentations, I get to learn<br />
from the other people who are presenting.<br />
I get to hear their stories, like they speak<br />
about the antisemitism they have experienced<br />
or are experiencing and it’s super<br />
interesting but also really hard for me to<br />
hear,” Arnow said. “Antisemitism isn’t<br />
See STUDENTS, page 33
22 I SCHOOLS I<br />
October <strong>23</strong>, 20<strong>24</strong><br />
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Learning together<br />
The ESOL teachers from Woerther, Ballwin<br />
and <strong>West</strong>ridge elementary schools<br />
hosted the annual ESOL Family Picnic at<br />
New Ballwin Park on Thursday, Sept. 19.<br />
This event provided an opportunity for students<br />
and families to connect with others<br />
from their home countries and other countries<br />
while enjoying a variety of cultural<br />
foods.<br />
Attendees also had the chance to learn<br />
about community resources from the local<br />
library and the adult ESOL program.<br />
Third-grade students suited up in full beekeeping gear to join the Eastern Missouri Beekeepers Association<br />
in learning how to render honey from active hives on Principia School’s campus. From inspecting the buzzing<br />
hives to understanding the honey-making process, these young beekeepers discovered firsthand the<br />
fascinating world of bees and honey production.<br />
(Source: Principia)<br />
BULLETIN<br />
BOARD<br />
Band champs<br />
Three of Parkway’s high school marching<br />
bands earned trophies at back-to-back<br />
competitions during the last two weekends<br />
in September.<br />
At the Edwardsville Tiger Ambush<br />
Classic on Sept. 21, the <strong>West</strong> Marching<br />
Band placed first in Class AA and earned<br />
Class A/AA Grand Champion with Visual,<br />
Music, and Percussion captions. The South<br />
Spirit of 76 Marching Band earned first in<br />
Class A with Visual, Music, and Percussion<br />
captions at the same competition.<br />
At the Greater St. Louis Marching<br />
Band Festival on Sept. 28, the North High<br />
Marching Viking Band captured first place<br />
in its class and earned Grand Champion<br />
with Outstanding Color Guard and Percussion<br />
captions.<br />
Parkway <strong>West</strong>’s marching band at the Tiger<br />
Ambush Classic.<br />
(Source: PSD)<br />
Fall craft fairs help<br />
fund local bands<br />
Marching bands in the Parkway and<br />
Rockwood School Districts<br />
rely on funds raised through<br />
fall arts and crafts fairs, some<br />
of which cover the cost of<br />
traveling and competitions. In<br />
addition to helping the local<br />
bands and music programs,<br />
the fairs provide an opportunity<br />
to purchase unique gifts<br />
for the upcoming holiday<br />
season. In date order, the fairs<br />
are:<br />
• Oct. 26, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and<br />
Oct. 27, <strong>10</strong> a.m.-3 p.m. at<br />
Parkway <strong>West</strong> High, 14653<br />
Clayton Road in Ballwin.<br />
• Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Eureka High,<br />
4525 Hwy. <strong>10</strong>9 in Eureka.<br />
• Nov. 2, <strong>10</strong> a.m.-4 p.m. and Nov. 3, <strong>10</strong><br />
a.m.-3 p.m. at Parkway North, 12860 Fee<br />
Fee Road in Creve Coeur.<br />
• Nov. 9 and Nov. <strong>10</strong>, <strong>10</strong> a.m.-4 p.m. at<br />
Parkway Central High, 369 Woods Mill<br />
Road in Chesterfield.<br />
• Nov. 16, <strong>10</strong> a.m.-4 p.m. and Nov. 17,<br />
<strong>10</strong> a.m.-3 p.m. at Rockwood Summit, 1780<br />
Hawkins Road in Fenton.<br />
• Nov. <strong>23</strong>, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Nov. <strong>24</strong>, <strong>10</strong><br />
a.m.-3 p.m. at Parkway South High, 801<br />
Hanna Road in Manchester.<br />
• Dec. 7, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Lafayette High,<br />
17050 Clayton Road in Wildwood.<br />
Student heads to global<br />
food conference<br />
Ethan George, a junior at Marquette<br />
High, will represent Missouri as a delegate<br />
at the 20<strong>24</strong> World Food Prize Foundation’s<br />
Global Youth Institute (GYI), Oct. 29-Nov.<br />
1 in Des Moines.<br />
The GYI is a week-long academic conference<br />
focused on youth efforts to address<br />
Ethan George<br />
(Source: RSD)<br />
global food security issues. Over 175 students<br />
will participate and have the opportunity<br />
to deepen their understanding of<br />
global food security, agriculture<br />
and sustainability-related<br />
issues. The students will also<br />
be able to interact with global<br />
leaders in science, industry<br />
and policy as part of a small<br />
(seven to nine students) discussion<br />
group.<br />
George will present his<br />
research to a panel of roundtable<br />
of experts, participate in<br />
an interactive group project<br />
focused on global food security<br />
challenges, and attend<br />
workshops, where he will<br />
learn from leaders on issues related to food<br />
security, agriculture, climate change, and<br />
sustainability.<br />
Celebrating all abilities<br />
Last month, <strong>West</strong>minster Christian<br />
Academy’s freshman class and Student<br />
Council hosted the school’s annual Special<br />
Olympics Kickball Day. Athletes<br />
from the St. Louis Special School District<br />
competed in kickball games and participated<br />
in fun activities with their <strong>West</strong>minster<br />
“buddies.”<br />
One Family Church, Greentree Community<br />
Church, Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian<br />
and Kirk Day School served as sponsors<br />
for this year’s Special Olympics days.<br />
Exploring world languages<br />
Spanish 3, 4, and 5 students from Principia<br />
School attended the fifth edition<br />
of World Languages Day: Lingolympics:<br />
Embracing Diversity in Every Word at the<br />
University of Missouri - St. Louis on Sept.<br />
27. More than 500 area students participated<br />
in and many former high school students<br />
(now UMSL students) volunteered at<br />
the event.<br />
Among those participating were Principipa<br />
juniors Jeremías Ciampitti Burgert<br />
and Rowan Kirkbride, who won first place<br />
and Hazel Stewart and Saige Rainwater,<br />
who won second place in the event’s digital<br />
poster contest.<br />
Among the area alumni volunteering<br />
was Jackson Clutts, who formerly studied<br />
French as a Marquette High student but<br />
who is now an UMSL freshman majoring<br />
in Japanese.<br />
Organized by UMSL’s Department of<br />
Language and Cultural Studies, the event<br />
features a scavenger hunt around campus,<br />
language tables and activities exploring<br />
Spanish, French, German, Japanese, ASL,<br />
Korean and Nepalese.<br />
Marquette French teacher Emily Thompson<br />
brought about 70 French III students<br />
to the event, many of whom are earning<br />
college credit through UMSL’s Advance<br />
Credit Program.<br />
Rockwood to host strategic<br />
planning events<br />
The Rockwood School District recently<br />
completed the first of four community<br />
engagement meetings, which are open to<br />
all members of the Rockwood community<br />
and are designed to gather input as<br />
the district shapes its five-year strategic<br />
plan (2025-2030). The first meeting held<br />
on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at Rockwood Summit<br />
High examined the theme: Nurturing<br />
Learning.<br />
Other meetings are scheduled for:<br />
• Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. in the library<br />
at Eureka High, 4525 Hwy. <strong>10</strong>9. Discussion<br />
theme: Fiscal Responsibility.<br />
• Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 6 p.m. in the library<br />
at Lafayette High, 17050 Clayton Road.<br />
Discussion theme: Highly Qualified Staff.<br />
• Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. in the library<br />
at Marquette High, <strong>23</strong>51 Clarkson Road.<br />
Discussion there: Safe & Caring Schools.<br />
District patrons can also share their<br />
thoughts and feedback on the Strategic<br />
Plan Steering Committee page at rsdmo.<br />
org; search “strategic plan.”
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The Lafayette Lancers won the Suburban Conference Yellow Division<br />
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Girls Golf<br />
The Lafayette Lancers won the Suburban<br />
Conference Yellow Division girls golf tournament,<br />
coming in first with a team score<br />
of 334.<br />
Coach Katrina Clark was pleased with the<br />
showing by her squad.<br />
“This is a solid team with a lot of depth,”<br />
Clark said. “We have had a really strong and<br />
consistent season.”<br />
The conference tournament was played at<br />
Cresent Farms in Eureka. It’s an event her<br />
squad looks forward to competing in each<br />
year.<br />
Clark thought the team’s score was good.<br />
“It was solid,” Clark said. “It would have<br />
been the champ in both conferences that<br />
were playing at Crescent that day, so we<br />
were happy.”<br />
The Suburban Conference Red Division<br />
also was held that day. Lindbergh won that<br />
event with a team score of 345.<br />
Lafayette senior Addy Surber was the<br />
medalist with a 72.<br />
“She is a strong player and put it all<br />
together,” Clark said. “She started off hot<br />
and continued with a solid finish even<br />
though Crescent isn’t her favorite course.<br />
There are a lot of target shots that have to be<br />
played and she executed well.”<br />
Charlotte Stafford was second with an 83<br />
for Lafayette.<br />
“Charlotte had a great day,” Clark said.<br />
“She is proving to be a great player as just<br />
a freshman.”<br />
The team was happy to prevail. Last fall,<br />
the Lancers finished second.<br />
“They were excited. This team has a lot<br />
of depth, so it’s always hard to know who<br />
is going to have a good day,” Clark said.<br />
“I was so proud of how they have come<br />
together and root each other on.”<br />
Overall, the Lancers have enjoyed a good<br />
season. Lafayette also won the Rockwood<br />
Quad. The Lancers finished in third place<br />
in the Viz Invitational. The girls came in<br />
second in the Lindbergh Invitational and in<br />
the Rockwood Summit Invitational.<br />
High school boys soccer<br />
The De Smet Jesuit Spartans soccer team<br />
won the 48th annual CBC Tournament.<br />
De Smet won last year as well.<br />
Senior forward Sean Sossou recorded<br />
the first two-goal game of his career in De<br />
Smet’s 3-2 victory over CBC.<br />
He assisted on the game-winning goal by<br />
senior Jack Saladin in a 2-1 victory against<br />
Vianney.<br />
De Smet then defeated St. Louis University<br />
High 2-0 to win all three games in the<br />
tournament.<br />
Lafayette wins softball tourney<br />
The Lafayette Lancers won the Suburban<br />
Showdown softball championship.<br />
Senior Abby Carr, who has verbally<br />
committed to the University of Missouri,<br />
pitched and hit well for the Lancers in their<br />
three victories.<br />
In the championship game, Carr did it all.<br />
She hit two solo home runs and pitched five<br />
no-hit innings with 11 strikeouts in the 2-1<br />
victory against host Lindbergh.<br />
Carr recorded 14 strikeouts and did not<br />
allow any hits in a 4-0 win over De Soto 4-0<br />
in the tournament opener.<br />
Carr drove in a run in a 7-0 win over<br />
Rockwood Summit in a semifinal game.<br />
She threw four innings with seven strikeouts.<br />
Carr gave up three hits in earning the<br />
victory.<br />
The De Smet Jesuit soccer team won the 48th annual CBC Tournament.<br />
High school football<br />
<strong>West</strong>minster sophomore Will Powers tied<br />
the single-game passing touchdowns record,<br />
making five in a recent win over Priory.<br />
The record was originally set by Jeff<br />
Ehrhardt, a 2006 graduate, who also threw<br />
five-touchdown games against Priory in his<br />
career, first in 2004 and again in 2005. Brendan<br />
Bognar, a 2015 graduate, also threw<br />
five touchdown passes in 2014.<br />
Coach Cory Snyder had Powers share<br />
playing time with senior Shep Nye last<br />
season, starting in week three last year.<br />
“As a freshman, he was very poised and<br />
composed and made really good decisions<br />
with the football,” Snyder said.<br />
The Wildcats graduated four starters from<br />
the offensive line and the two primary running<br />
backs from last year’s team.<br />
“So, we knew that the passing game<br />
would be featured more this year,” Snyder<br />
said. “We also felt confident that Will would<br />
excel with the opportunity.”<br />
Powers threw for 339 yards against Priory,<br />
with 250 coming in the second half.<br />
“Will started off slow in the first half, as<br />
did the rest of our offense but bounced back<br />
to have a really good second half,” Snyder<br />
said. “He also received help from his receivers<br />
who did a great job of running after the<br />
catch, especially Ridge Cathcart and Cal<br />
Leighton.”<br />
The single-game passing yards record<br />
is 430 yards by Zack Dorton, set in 2008.<br />
Powers’ 339-yard total is good for fifth alltime<br />
at <strong>West</strong>minster.<br />
In a win over Clayton earlier this season,<br />
Powers went 16-for-17 passing for 331<br />
yards and four touchdowns.<br />
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Marquette freshman<br />
recognized<br />
Jane Covington, a 5-foot-<strong>10</strong> freshman<br />
outside hitter at Marquette, was recently<br />
featured in the latest Prep Dig MO article<br />
highlighting freshmen making an impact<br />
this season.<br />
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“Jane is a very impressive freshman with<br />
a lot more to come,” coach Tammy Becker<br />
said. “She’s stepped into the varsity role<br />
without missing a beat. She has a powerful<br />
swing, and her court awareness is outstanding.<br />
She’s effective on the net, both offensively<br />
and defensively.<br />
“She’s brought us some key blocks at crucial<br />
times, and as a teammate, she delivers<br />
lots of energy and smiles. We are thrilled to<br />
have her on board.”<br />
High school girls softball<br />
Crown the <strong>West</strong>minster Christian Academy<br />
softball team champions of the Fort<br />
Zumwalt East Tournament.<br />
In a quarterfinal matchup against the St.<br />
Charles <strong>West</strong> Warriors, <strong>West</strong>minster freshman<br />
pitcher Lainey Kane led the team in<br />
the circle with five strikeouts while allowing<br />
only three hits. The Wildcats exploded<br />
offensively from the start, scoring 11 runs<br />
in the top of the first inning. Their attack<br />
continued throughout the game, with <strong>10</strong><br />
Wildcats securing hits and culminating in a<br />
20-3 victory.<br />
In the semifinal game against the Lutheran<br />
St. Charles, <strong>West</strong>minster again romped.<br />
This time, the Wildcats secured a 16-1 win<br />
over the Cougars.<br />
In the championship showdown with host<br />
Fort Zumwalt East, <strong>West</strong>minster scored a<br />
commanding 16-0 victory.<br />
<strong>West</strong>minster Christian Academy sophomore<br />
Will Powers is seen throwing a pass. In a<br />
recent game against Priory, Powers tossed<br />
five touchdown passes. That tied the<br />
school record for most touchdown passes<br />
in a game.<br />
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Powers is team player, Snyder said.<br />
“Will would be the first to acknowledge<br />
that football is a team game and that it takes<br />
more than just one individual to have big<br />
games,” Snyder said. “The offensive line<br />
did a good job of protecting him, and the<br />
receivers made some pretty good catches<br />
and runs to accumulate the passing yards<br />
and touchdowns.”<br />
High school girls volleyball<br />
Marquette junior Teagan Pocius, a 6-foot<br />
middle blocker, has set a school record for<br />
the Mustangs.<br />
Pocius broke the school record in blocks<br />
for a career. The old record was 214, set by<br />
current Indiana University athlete Madilyn<br />
Sell.<br />
Pocius set the new mark in a recent match<br />
against Bolivar.<br />
She set the Marquette single-season mark<br />
for blocks with 98 when she was a freshman.<br />
That also topped Sell’s total of 89.<br />
“Teagan set a record for most blocks in a<br />
season just a year ago and then set herself a<br />
goal to be the new record holder for number<br />
of blocks in a career,” coach Tammy Becker<br />
said. “She reached and has surpassed that<br />
goal and will likely set another record for<br />
the most in a single season.<br />
“She’s also bringing us lots of offense and<br />
I’m thrilled we will have her for another<br />
season.”<br />
Pocius plays club volleyball as well. Last<br />
summer, her Rockwood Thunder team<br />
played in the Junior National Tournament<br />
in the 16 USA Division. Pocius played well<br />
and was selected to the 20<strong>24</strong> All-Tournament<br />
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Pocius also has made her college commitment.<br />
She has chosen to attend the College<br />
of William & Mary that is in Williamsburg,<br />
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Parkway Central sophomore Connor<br />
Muran believes he is on a good path as the<br />
state swim meet approaches.<br />
The 6-foot-3, 190-pound Muran currently<br />
is ranked No. 1 in the breaststroke. However,<br />
he knows that is not a guarantee of anything<br />
at the state meet, which will be held Nov.<br />
14-16 at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters.<br />
Parkway swim coach Andrew Schonhoff<br />
said Muran is handling his ranking well.<br />
“He’s focusing on what he can control<br />
and doing what he can at each practice and<br />
meet to prepare himself for state,” Schonhoff<br />
said.<br />
Muran made a big impression in his<br />
first state swimming meet. As a freshman,<br />
he helped the Colts become back-to-back<br />
Class 1 champions last season.<br />
He swam on Central’s state champion<br />
200 medley and 200 free relay teams, with<br />
times of 1:32.65 and 1:<strong>24</strong>.74 respectively,<br />
both new state and school records.<br />
Joining Muran in the 200 medley at state<br />
was Cole Smith, Hunter Deutschmann and<br />
Nathan Malt. Muran swam the breaststroke<br />
in the event.<br />
The other swimmers on the 200 free<br />
were Malt, Zeidan Reza and Brody Blatt.<br />
In individual events, Muran posted a<br />
runner-up finish in the 200-yard individual<br />
medley (IM) final. He scored a third-place<br />
showing in the <strong>10</strong>0 breaststroke.<br />
“My third-place finish in my <strong>10</strong>0-breaststroke<br />
last year was not what I was hoping<br />
for,” Muran said. “But I was still proud of<br />
my swim even though it wasn’t my best<br />
race, and I had hoped to swim faster.”<br />
Swimming has been a big part of Muran’s<br />
life since he started swimming around the<br />
age of 7. He has been a part of the Parkway<br />
Swim Club since then.<br />
“I have always loved the water and playing<br />
in the pool,” Muran said. “When I was<br />
young, I asked my parents to join a swim<br />
team, and they have helped me through<br />
that commitment since. I like swimming<br />
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Parkway Central’s Muran looking<br />
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Parkway Central sophomore Connor Muran<br />
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in Columbia.<br />
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Parkway Central sophomore Connor Muran<br />
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because of the people and friends that do<br />
it with me, and it helps clear my head and<br />
calms me.”<br />
The experience with the Parkway Swim<br />
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shape all year.<br />
“It gives me certain swimming experiences<br />
that you aren’t able to get through high school<br />
like meets around the country, training trips<br />
and so much more,” Muran said.<br />
Current Parkway Swim Club coach Kian<br />
Quigley helps Muran develop his strokes.<br />
But he does more than just help him with<br />
his technique.<br />
“He helps me with my mindset, meaning<br />
what I should be thinking about in practice<br />
and how I should be swimming,” Muran said.<br />
Joining the Colts program was a step<br />
forward for Muran. He wanted to fit in and<br />
contribute, knowing Parkway Central was<br />
going to be the defending state champions.<br />
The Colts competed in the recent COMO<br />
Invitational at the University of Missouri.<br />
It’s a big tournament with teams from all<br />
over the state. Parkway Central finished<br />
third as a team, and Muran’s first time at<br />
the event. He finished second in <strong>10</strong>0 breast<br />
in 57.26 seconds.<br />
That time is just off the school record<br />
held by Jake Hansen, whose time was<br />
55.96.<br />
Muran placed third in 200 IM with a<br />
time of 1:55.06.<br />
“I am very happy with my breaststroke<br />
time at COMO because it is a mid-season<br />
meet, and I have already gone faster than my<br />
best time in that race,” Muran said. “That<br />
was my overall best time from COMO and it<br />
set me up very well going into state.<br />
“I feel confident in our relays going into<br />
state because I know how hard I’m working,<br />
but I also know everyone on those<br />
relays is putting in the same level of effort<br />
every day and getting ready for those races.<br />
We encourage and push each other in practice<br />
every day.”
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FAMILY & KIDS<br />
COLLATERAL DAMAGE:<br />
Election stress hurts everyone, including our kids<br />
Like it or not, our children are listening – and in a highlycharged<br />
election year, what they’re hearing is likely to be<br />
shouting, name-calling and bully tactics, even out of the<br />
mouths of people they love.<br />
Whether it’s arguments between family members over<br />
candidates or issues, hurtful comments about the intelligence<br />
of someone voting opposite of the speaker or social<br />
media posts and television commercials spewing angry<br />
rhetoric, there’s enough hostility in the air to raise the<br />
stress level of adults and kids alike.<br />
According to Dr. Eric Spiegel, associate professor of<br />
child and adolescent psychology at Washington University<br />
in St. Louis, it’s not doing anyone, even the candidates,<br />
any good.<br />
“There are two major factors that have come into our<br />
lives over the past five to <strong>10</strong> years, which are related but<br />
separate,” Spiegel said. “One is the polarization of local<br />
and national politics, which is getting worse as far as our<br />
perception of the ‘other party’ having extreme views.”<br />
The other, he said, is social media.<br />
On both sides of the political divide, voters are being<br />
encouraged to buy into the idea that their parties make<br />
them fundamentally different from each other. Spiegel<br />
suggests that’s not true.<br />
“Most people are moderate in this country, just as they<br />
always have been,” he said. “But our view of the other<br />
party has become more extreme, which leads to fighting.<br />
It leads to name-calling. It leads to people thinking that we<br />
have no common ground.<br />
“If I’m being simplistic about it, social media, in general,<br />
is to blame ... It’s pretty well proven that the algorithms<br />
used by social media platforms keep us engaged<br />
by keeping us angry. Polarizing views get more attention<br />
than (ones aimed at) trying to figure out what we all agree<br />
upon.”<br />
His advice to parents includes focusing on what Americans<br />
have in common, which begins with listening and<br />
includes taking the time to research the other’s point of<br />
view.<br />
Helping children past rhetoric to facts<br />
“What I want to teach my child is that whenever someone<br />
is yelling and screaming about knowing for sure<br />
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the answer about something, they might not be the first<br />
person you should learn from,” Spiegel said.<br />
He suggested a better approach would be challenging<br />
the child to figure out some facts and history first. Then,<br />
see what they can learn from the person who is loudly<br />
and passionately sharing their views. Next, see what can<br />
be learned from someone who passionately disagrees.<br />
According to Spiegel, a good question is: “Why are<br />
some people so animated and emotional about these<br />
types of things?”<br />
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Imagine yourself in dozens of stories expertly told by eight nationally renowned storytellers at the 45th annual St. Louis Storytelling<br />
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He would have parents take the same<br />
approach to explaining world events,<br />
such as natural disasters, wars or societal<br />
issues.<br />
“If your child is asking about (those<br />
things) in any way, you want to address<br />
it,” Spiegel advised. “You want to be the<br />
source of information as the parent. You<br />
have this unique opportunity to sit down<br />
and talk about something in a curious<br />
way.”<br />
He suggested that the best approach<br />
for discussing any event is to investigate<br />
what’s going on before rushing into accusations,<br />
judgment or fear.<br />
“Try saying, ‘OK, let’s figure out<br />
what’s going on here by looking at facts<br />
and doing research,’” Spiegel said. “Parents<br />
should also just listen to their child’s<br />
questions and let them know when they<br />
don’t necessarily know the answers.<br />
Then, (finding those answers) becomes<br />
an exploration of how the world works<br />
and what’s going on here. I don’t think<br />
children expect us to have all the answers<br />
to all things.”<br />
Whether world events or politics, Spiegel<br />
said what becomes damaging is when<br />
people start to invent villains and fight<br />
with others. When children see adults<br />
villainizing each other it begins to feel<br />
unsafe.<br />
“I think even as adults we feel like<br />
that’s unsafe,” he said. “We see political<br />
leaders bullying in debates and speeches,<br />
even sometimes in formal occasions like<br />
the State of the Union … but in real life<br />
polarization, bullying, arguing and trying<br />
to be right doesn’t work for human beings<br />
who should be trying to coexist with each<br />
other.<br />
“We should want to show our kids<br />
that adults can talk about things, even<br />
things they disagree about, in a way that<br />
increases understanding between the two<br />
people instead of both people trying to<br />
win.”<br />
Spiegel proposed an experiment for<br />
those who are politically passionate.<br />
“What would it be like if people with<br />
vastly different views could commit to<br />
listening generously to each other’s point<br />
of view and trying – just as a game,” he<br />
said, chuckling, “to figure out something<br />
that the speaker is saying that the listener<br />
genuinely agrees with.”<br />
“Of course, the key is that you really<br />
have to want to understand their point of<br />
view in some way, shape or form. That’s<br />
the start of a really good conversation.”<br />
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Joe Garritano, Financial Advisor<br />
The presidential election is just a few<br />
weeks away. As an investor, how might<br />
you be affected by the results?<br />
Possibly not as much as you might<br />
think. Historically, the financial markets<br />
have done well — and sometimes not so<br />
well — no matter who has controlled the<br />
White House and Congress. Also, many<br />
campaign promises go unfulfilled, and<br />
those that are carried out may lead to unexpected<br />
results.<br />
Furthermore, other forces, such as the<br />
Federal Reserve’s ability to move interest<br />
rates, can have a sizable impact on the investment<br />
world.<br />
Instead of making changes to your investments<br />
based on election results, try<br />
to focus on the things you can control.<br />
Most important, you’ll want to build your<br />
portfolio based on your goals, risk tolerance,<br />
time horizon and need for liquidity.<br />
These factors may change over time, and<br />
when they do, you may need to adjust<br />
your investment mix.<br />
Ultimately, when it comes to investing,<br />
you may want to pay less attention to<br />
what names are on the ballot and instead<br />
“vote” for the strategies that can help you<br />
reach your long-term objectives.<br />
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something that you want to have to talk<br />
about.”<br />
Abraham shared the story of one presenter<br />
who, after the Oct. 7 attack, had to enlist the<br />
help of her school resource officer in dealing<br />
with antisemitic attacks on her.<br />
“These people were calling her out on<br />
social media and reposting some things she<br />
had posted and making her feel so uncomfortable<br />
that she felt she couldn’t go to<br />
school,” Abraham said. “It was very brave<br />
of her to share her story in a room of 25<br />
students at Cor Jesu High School. She was<br />
telling them her story and all of us in the<br />
room were quite devastated actually.<br />
“I think everyone will agree, and I’ve<br />
heard other presenters say that social<br />
media has made the whole situation much<br />
worse. People are much quicker to share<br />
things, report things, like things that are<br />
inaccurate – and it’s just making the world<br />
a much more difficult place.”<br />
But according to Devorah Haspel, a<br />
senior at Yeshivat Kadimah High, that<br />
is exactly why Student to Student is so<br />
important and why she loves being a part<br />
of it.<br />
“It’s such a good community. It’s like<br />
being part of a second family. You’re surrounded<br />
by people who are there with you,<br />
supporting you <strong>24</strong>/7 and you’re going with<br />
them to the outside world, to places you<br />
maybe haven’t been before where you’re<br />
describing to people you may not know<br />
what you believe,” said Haspel, who is a<br />
member of Young Israel, an orthodox congregation<br />
in University City. “Student to<br />
Student has been a way for me to grow and<br />
sort of break the stereotypes that people<br />
have about Jews.<br />
“It’s given me the confidence to say that<br />
those stereotypes are not OK, and here’s<br />
why.”<br />
Abraham said when the students introduce<br />
a stereotype, they try to explain it so<br />
that the people will know where it came<br />
from and why it is hurtful.<br />
“On the flip side of the coin, we try to<br />
share the joy of Judaism,” Abraham said.<br />
“Yes, we focus one of our sections on the<br />
Holocaust and antisemitis, but we focus<br />
the others about Jewish life.”<br />
Haspel said one of her favorite parts<br />
of the presentation is when they ask their<br />
fellow students if they’ve ever eaten kosher<br />
food.<br />
“Most say definitely not and then we<br />
pull out this huge box of Oreos and they<br />
all have these big, wide eyes like ‘Oh my<br />
gosh, Oreos are kosher?’ It’s so funny,” she<br />
said.<br />
In sharing the joy and furthering understanding,<br />
Abraham said her student ambassadors<br />
“really are bettering the world.”<br />
“What started here in St. Louis 30 years<br />
ago is changing the world,” she said.<br />
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Keep grass mowed and weeded.<br />
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When selecting plants, pick perennials.<br />
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and moderate winter in the Midwest.<br />
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without much maintenance or watering.<br />
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Community Events for Older Adults<br />
CLASSES<br />
n AARP DRIVER’S SAFETY • Thursday,<br />
Dec. 12. • 9 a.m-1 p.m. • Bluebird Park<br />
Administration Building • $20 AARP members,<br />
$25 non-members.<br />
n CRAFTERNOONS • Giving Plate •<br />
Tuesday, Nov. 26. • 1-2:30 p.m. • Schroeder<br />
Park Building • Registration is required. • $6<br />
residents; $7.80 all others. Supplies included.<br />
• All abilities.<br />
n EATING TO LOWER YOUR<br />
CHOLESTEROL • Thursday, Nov. 14. • <strong>10</strong>-<br />
11 a.m. • Schroeder Park Building • Preregistration<br />
required • $<strong>10</strong> residents; $13 all<br />
others.<br />
n EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR • Accounting,<br />
Tax and Financial Planning • Tuesday,<br />
Nov. 5. • <strong>10</strong> a.m. • Chesterfield City Hall•<br />
Pre-registration is required by emailing<br />
olderadults@chesterfield.mo.us<br />
n EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR • Are You<br />
Strong Enough? • Tuesday, Nov. 12. • <strong>10</strong><br />
a.m. • Chesterfield City Hall • Pre-registration<br />
is required by emailing olderadults@<br />
chesterfield.mo.us<br />
n EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR • Destressing<br />
the Holidays • Thursday, Nov. 21. • <strong>10</strong> a.m.<br />
• Chesterfield City Hall • Pre-registration<br />
is required by emailing olderadults@<br />
chesterfield.mo.us<br />
n EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR • Brain Health<br />
DISC GOLF is available daily at Bluebird Park<br />
in Ellisville, Schroeder Park in Manchester<br />
and Railroad Park in Chesterfield.<br />
PICKLEBALL is available daily at Bluebird<br />
Park in Ellisville, Schroeder Park in<br />
Manchester and The Pointe in Ballwin.<br />
TENNIS is available daily at Bluebird Park in<br />
Ellisville and Schroeder Park in Manchester.<br />
• Tuesday, Nov. 26. • <strong>10</strong> a.m. • Chesterfield<br />
City Hall • Pre-registration is required by<br />
emailing olderadults@chesterfield.mo.us<br />
n PUMPKIN PALETTE PAINTING •<br />
Wednesday, Nov. 20. • 6-8 p.m. • Schroeder<br />
Park Building • Pre-registration required •<br />
Resident $25; Non-resident $32.50<br />
n SENIOR PAINTING • Fridays • 9:30-11<br />
a.m. • Schroeder Park Building • Drop-in<br />
classes • All abilities • Free.<br />
FITNESS & SPORTS<br />
n 50-PLUS & FIT • Mondays, 8-8:45 a.m. or<br />
<strong>10</strong>:20-11:05 a.m. or 11:20 a.m.-12:05 p.m. •<br />
Wednesdays, 11-11:45 a.m. • Fridays, <strong>10</strong>:20-<br />
11:05 a.m. & 11:20 a.m.-12:05 p.m. • The<br />
Pointe • Drop-in classes. • Pointe members<br />
free; fee all others.<br />
n ABLT • Tuesdays & Thursdays • 9:30<br />
a.m. • Drop-in water aerobics. • The Pointe •<br />
Platinum free; residents $7; all others $9.<br />
n CLASSIC SILVER SNEAKERS •<br />
Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Fridays at 9-9:45<br />
a.m.; Wednesdays at <strong>10</strong>-<strong>10</strong>:45 a.m. • The<br />
Pointe • Drop-in classes. • Pointe members<br />
free; fee all others.<br />
n FIT 4 ALL • Tuesdays, 11-11:45 p.m. •<br />
The Pointe at Ballwin Commons • Drop-in<br />
classes. • Free for Pointe members; drop-in<br />
fee all others.<br />
n JOINTS IN MOTION • Mondays,<br />
Wednesdays & Fridays • <strong>10</strong>:30 a.m. • Drop-in<br />
water aerobics. • The Pointe • Platinum free;<br />
residents $7; others $9.<br />
n PICKLEBALL CLINICS • Mondays &<br />
Wednesdays; intermediate 5-6:30 p.m.;<br />
beginner 6:30-8 p.m. • Tuesdays & Thursdays;<br />
intermediate noon-1:30 p.m.; beginner 1:30-<br />
3 p.m. • Chesterfield Athletic Complex • $15<br />
pre-registration; $25 same-day registration.<br />
n SHIVERING SHADOWS 7K • Friday, Oct.<br />
CITY CONTACT INFORMATION & REGISTRATION<br />
n Ballwin (636) 227-8950 • ballwin.<br />
mo.us • Ballwin Golf Course, 333<br />
Holloway Road • The Pointe, 1 Ballwin<br />
Commons Circle<br />
n Chesterfield (636) 812-9500 • email<br />
olderadults@chesterfield.mo.us •<br />
Community Center, <strong>23</strong>7 Chesterfield Mall,<br />
second floor by Macy's<br />
25. • 7 p.m. • Takes place on the trails of Zombie<br />
Road. • Register at cityofwildwood.com.<br />
n TAI CHI • Thursdays • 1-1:45 p.m. and<br />
2-2:45 p.m. • Drop-in classes • The Pointe<br />
• Free for Pointe members; drop-in fee all ot<br />
hers.<br />
n WATER AEROBICS • Monday-Friday,<br />
8:30 a.m. • Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays,<br />
9:30 a.m. • Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:45 p.m.<br />
• Drop-in classes • The Pointe • Platinum<br />
free; residents $7; all others $9.<br />
n CHAIR YOGA • Wildwood Yoga &<br />
Wellness, 2642 Hwy. <strong>10</strong>9, Suite B • Tuesdays<br />
• 1:30-2:30 p.m. • Residents free; all others<br />
$5 per class • Register online up to one day<br />
prior to class.<br />
n SILVER SNEAKERS YOGA •<br />
Wednesdays • <strong>10</strong>:<strong>10</strong>-<strong>10</strong>:50 a.m. • All fitness<br />
levels. • Free with Pointe membership; dropin<br />
fee all others.<br />
n YOGA SLOW FLOW • Wildwood Yoga &<br />
Wellness, 2642 Hwy. <strong>10</strong>9, Suite B • Fridays<br />
• 11 a.m.-noon • Residents free; all others $5<br />
per class • Register online up to one day prior<br />
to class.<br />
n ZUMBA GOLD • Thursdays • 11:30 a.m.-<br />
12:15 p.m. • No registration needed • Free<br />
with Pointe membership; drop-in fee all others.<br />
A UNIQUE APPROACH<br />
n Ellisville (636) 227-7508 • ellisville.<br />
recdesk.com • Bluebird Park, 225 Kiefer<br />
Creek Road<br />
n Manchester (636) 391-6326, ext 401 or<br />
402 • manchestermo.gov • Schroeder Park,<br />
359 Old Meramec Station Road<br />
n Wildwood (636) 458-0440 •<br />
wildwoodmo.recdesk.com • City Hall,<br />
16860 Main St.<br />
SOCIAL & SPECIAL INTEREST<br />
n BINGO • Wednesday, Nov. 6 & 20. • 11:15<br />
a.m.-1 p.m. • New location: The Commons,<br />
14885 Clayton Rd • $5 per person, cash at<br />
the door. • Pre-registration is required by<br />
emailing olderadults@chesterfield.mo.us<br />
n MORNING BINGO • Nov. 7 & 21. •<br />
9-<strong>10</strong>:30am • Schroeder Park Building • $2<br />
per day.<br />
n LUNCH AND BINGO • First and Third<br />
Wednesday of each month • 11:30 a.m.-<br />
1:30 p.m. • The Pointe at Ballwin Commons<br />
• Registration required • $8 per person, per<br />
date.<br />
n BOOK CLUB • Tuesday, Nov. 19. • “The<br />
Tattooist” by Heather Morris • 11 a.m.-noon.<br />
n BRIDGE • Monday, Nov. 4 & 18. • Open<br />
play 1-3 p.m. • Schroeder Park Bldg. • $1 per<br />
date.<br />
n BRIDGE CLUB • Tuesdays through April<br />
• <strong>10</strong>:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • Some experience<br />
required • The Pointe at Ballwin Commons<br />
• Free<br />
n BUNCO • Thursday, Nov. 7 & 21. • 1-2:30<br />
p.m. • Chesterfield Community Center • $5<br />
per person, cash at the door. • Register by<br />
emailing olderadults@chesterfield.mo.us.<br />
n DOMINOS • Monday, Nov. 4 & 18. • Open<br />
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play; 1-3 p.m. • Schroeder Park Bldg. • 636-<br />
391-6326 ext. 401 if interested • $1 per date.<br />
n ELECTRONIC RECYCLING • Thursday,<br />
Nov. 7. • Noon-5 p.m. • Fee for certain items.<br />
• For more information about these items and<br />
what Adonis can collect, visit ellisville.mo.us<br />
n FARMERS MARKET & HOLIDAY<br />
ARTISAN FAIR • Nov. 2 • <strong>10</strong> a.m.-2 p.m. •<br />
Wildwood Town Center • Outdoor event. •<br />
Donations of non-perishable food, toiletries,<br />
or toys for local charities are appreciated.<br />
n GOLDEN LUNCH BRUNCH •<br />
Wednesday, Nov. 13. • 11:30 a.m. • San Jose<br />
Mexican Restauran • Register by emailing<br />
olderadults@chesterfield.mo.us.<br />
n HOT DOG IT’S CHILI • Friday, Oct. 25. •<br />
5:30-8 p.m. • Bluebird Park • Free • Music,<br />
children’s activities, food and drink vendors,<br />
and hayride shuttles. • Children: wear a<br />
costume and bring a bag for treats!<br />
n LAFAYETTE OLDER ADULT PROGRAM<br />
• Second and fourth Mondays through May<br />
• <strong>10</strong> a.m.-1 p.m. • Ballwin Golf Course •<br />
Entertainment, speakers, bingo, socializing<br />
• Bring lunch; dessert and drinks provided.<br />
• $2 per person. • Contact Stephanie at<br />
(636) 391-6326, ext. 401, or by email to<br />
shardesty@manchestermo.gov to be added<br />
to the day-trip list.<br />
n MAH JONGG • Monday, Nov. 4 & 18. •<br />
Open play 1-3 p.m. • Schroeder Park Bldg. •<br />
$1 per date.<br />
n MAHJONG CLUB • Tuesdays through<br />
April • 1-3 p.m. The Pointe at Ballwin<br />
Commons • Free<br />
n PUZZLEPALOOZA PARTY • Thursday,<br />
Nov. 14. • 1-3 p.m. • Chesterfield City<br />
Hall. • Register a team to two and race to<br />
finish the same 500-piece puzzle against<br />
competing teams.; prize will be given to first<br />
to finish. • $25 for a team of two. • Register at<br />
chesterfield.mo.us.<br />
n SALUTE TO OUR VETERANS • Thursday,<br />
Nov. 7. • 8:30 a.m. • Wildwood City Hall<br />
• Open to all residents, veterans and their<br />
families. • Coffee with the Mayor, scheduled<br />
for 7:30 a.m.<br />
n SENIOR HOLIDAY CARNIVAL • Thursday,<br />
Dec. 12. • <strong>10</strong> a.m. • Free • Chesterfield City<br />
Hall. • RSVP to olderadults@chesterfield.<br />
mo.us<br />
n STARGAZING • Monday, Oct. 21 • 7 p.m.<br />
• Bluebird Park • Free.<br />
n WILDWOOD PHOTO CONTEST • Voting<br />
begins on Nov. 7 at cityofwildwood.com.<br />
n VETERANS DAY BREAKFAST • Monday,<br />
Nov. 11. • 7-<strong>10</strong> a.m. • American Legion Post<br />
#208 • Free<br />
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Study finds most Americans<br />
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Almost six in <strong>10</strong> Americans eat a<br />
diet high in inflammatory foods, which<br />
increases their risk of health problems like<br />
heart disease and cancer, according to a<br />
new study from The Ohio State University.<br />
“Overall, 57% of U.S. adults have a proinflammatory<br />
diet, and that number was<br />
higher for Black Americans, men, younger<br />
adults and people with lower education<br />
and income,” said lead author Rachel<br />
Meadows, Ph.D.<br />
Meadows and her team used the dietary<br />
inflammatory index, a tool that includes 45<br />
dietary components, to examine the diets<br />
of more than 34,500 adults included in the<br />
National Health and Nutrition Examination<br />
Survey (NHANES).<br />
Examples of inflammatory foods in the<br />
index are red and processed meats, alcohol,<br />
bread and pasta made with white flour,<br />
commercially produced baked goods, fried<br />
foods and food and drinks high in added<br />
sugar. Anti-inflammatory foods are mostly<br />
unprocessed; examples include whole<br />
grains, green leafy vegetables, legumes such<br />
as beans and lentils, fatty fish and berries.<br />
Based on self-reported diets from<br />
NHANES participants, inflammation<br />
values ranging from −9 to 8 were assigned,<br />
with 0 representing a neutral diet. About<br />
34% of those in the study had anti-inflammatory<br />
diets, and the remaining 9% had<br />
neutral inflammatory levels.<br />
Meadows said that while older dietary<br />
recommendations looked at the intake of<br />
certain food groups, inflammation is also a<br />
key element for people to consider.<br />
“Even if you’re eating enough fruits or<br />
vegetables, if you’re having too much alcohol<br />
or red meat, then your overall diet can<br />
still be pro-inflammatory,” she explained.<br />
“Moving toward a diet with less inflammation<br />
could have a positive impact on a<br />
Mercy recently was awarded nearly<br />
$3 million from the nonprofit Patient-<br />
Centered Outcomes Research Institute<br />
(PCORI) to implement intensive lifestyle<br />
treatment programs for weight loss in its<br />
primary care practices. It is one of only<br />
six health systems in the U.S. to receive<br />
funding for the project.<br />
Mercy plans to use the funds to<br />
launch the Mercy Intensive Lifestyle<br />
Treatment for Weight Loss program,<br />
which will be available both virtually<br />
and in person at all <strong>23</strong>7 of its primary<br />
number of chronic conditions, including<br />
diabetes, cardiovascular disease and even<br />
depression and other mental health conditions.”<br />
The study was recently published in the<br />
journal Public Health Nutrition.<br />
New survey reveals generation<br />
gap in mens’ health views<br />
In a recent national survey conducted by<br />
the Cleveland Clinic, American men of all<br />
ages were asked about their health habits,<br />
goals and concerns. Although they shared<br />
some views in common, the survey also<br />
revealed a generational divide among men<br />
when it comes to their health.<br />
The random poll surveyed 1,000 members<br />
of Gen Z (born between 1997 and<br />
2005), Millennials (born between 1981<br />
and 1996), Gen X (born between 1965 and<br />
1980) and Boomers+ (born before 1965).<br />
Nearly all of the men surveyed (95%) said<br />
Mercy receives special funding to implement obesity treatment<br />
care clinics across the four states it<br />
serves – Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas<br />
and Oklahoma. Eligible patients will<br />
be referred to the program and will be<br />
able to select individual or group virtual<br />
visits.<br />
Eligibility criteria will include Mercy<br />
patients between the ages of 18 and 85<br />
with a Mercy primary care provider,<br />
Medicare ACO or Medicare insurance,<br />
body mass index of 30 or higher<br />
with an active diagnosis of congestive<br />
heart failure, or a recent hemoglobin<br />
living a healthy lifestyle is their top priority;<br />
but the findings also highlighted differences<br />
between the various generations. For<br />
example, just over 60% of Boomer+ and<br />
Gen X men said they get a yearly physical,<br />
vs. 32% of Millenials and Gen Z members<br />
(40% of Gen Z men said they don’t have an<br />
established primary care provider).<br />
Similarly, about 60% of Gen X and<br />
Boomer+ men said they don’t smoke or<br />
vape, compared to 43% of Millenials and<br />
Gen Z. There was less difference between<br />
generations when it comes to addressing<br />
mental health: 59% of Millennials and Gen<br />
Zers said they would do so vs. 53% of Gen<br />
X and Boomers+.<br />
While most of the men surveyed said<br />
they fear getting cancer (74%), rates of<br />
screening and cancer awareness remain<br />
low for many. One-third of Gen X and<br />
Boomers+ who are eligible for colorectal<br />
cancer screening said they either haven’t<br />
been screened or were not sure if they had;<br />
Different generations of American men often have different views about health, according<br />
to a recent Cleveland Clinic poll.<br />
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A1C level above 9.0. Mercy anticipates<br />
nearly 35,000 of its patients will initially<br />
be eligible.<br />
“The intent of the program is to implement<br />
it across all Mercy primary care<br />
clinics, receive feedback and ultimately<br />
expand the program to all Mercy primary<br />
care patients interested in weight<br />
management regardless of other diagnoses,”<br />
said Ursula Wright, Mercy’s chief<br />
excellence officer.<br />
The program is expected to start for<br />
patients in November 2025.
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a quarter of men over age 50 at average risk<br />
of prostate cancer said they had not been<br />
screened for that disease or weren’t sure.<br />
The survey also asked men where they<br />
turn for health information. While all generations<br />
agree that healthcare providers<br />
are a top source for health information and<br />
advice, use of other sources varies by age.<br />
Gen Z men are most likely of all generations<br />
to turn to social media (33%) compared<br />
to just 5% of Boomers+.<br />
Catching up on sleep<br />
may have benefits after all<br />
For years, medical experts have believed<br />
that it’s impossible to catch up on lost<br />
sleep, that once missed it was gone for<br />
good along with its health benefits. However,<br />
new research suggests that you actually<br />
can make up at least some of your<br />
sleep debt by getting more shuteye on<br />
weekends … and people who make up the<br />
most sleep may see their long-term risk of<br />
heart disease go down by 20%.<br />
A cardiovascular disease research team<br />
in China analyzed sleep data from more<br />
than 90,000 participants in the UK Biobank<br />
project, evaluating the relationship between<br />
inadequate sleep on weekdays, compensated<br />
weekend sleep and heart disease risk.<br />
Getting less than seven hours of sleep per<br />
night was defined as sleep deprivation; Biobank<br />
participants who fell into that category<br />
were divided into four groups, from the<br />
most extra weekend sleep to the least.<br />
After a median follow-up of almost 14<br />
years, participants in the group with the most<br />
compensatory sleep were 19% less likely to<br />
develop any type of heart disease than those<br />
with the least. In the subgroup of patients<br />
who were sleep-deprived on a daily basis,<br />
those with the most compensatory sleep had<br />
a 20% lower risk of developing heart disease<br />
than those with the least. There were no<br />
differences found between men and women.<br />
The study’s findings may be good news for<br />
the significant number of American adults<br />
– well over 30% on average – who report<br />
regularly getting less than seven hours<br />
of sleep per night. According to recently<br />
published Centers for Disease Control and<br />
Prevention data, that percentage has stayed<br />
nearly constant every year since 2013, with<br />
roughly equal numbers of men and women<br />
reporting insufficient sleep.<br />
On the calendar<br />
St. Luke’s Hospital and Schnucks offer a<br />
nutrition class on Monday, Oct. 28 from 2-3<br />
p.m. at Schnucks Kehrs Mill, 2511 Kehrs<br />
Mill Road in Ballwin. A St. Luke’s dietitian<br />
will discuss how to find and make healthier<br />
choices at the grocery store; how to read a<br />
food label; and nutrition recommendations<br />
for optimal health. Participants will also<br />
receive wellness resources, samples and a<br />
$<strong>10</strong> Schnucks gift card. The cost is $5 per<br />
person. Register at stlukes-stl.com.<br />
• • •<br />
St. Luke’s Hospital presents Be Still to<br />
Chill: Basics of Meditation on Thursday,<br />
Nov. 7 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Desloge<br />
Outpatient Center Building A, 121 St.<br />
Luke’s Center Drive in Chesterfield, in Conference<br />
Room 3. Meditation is a researchsupported<br />
practice that can help us reduce<br />
stress, anxiety and chronic pain, improve<br />
sleep, and even reduce the risks for some<br />
diseases. Come to this free program to learn<br />
the basics of meditation in person, along<br />
with tips to support your meditation practice.<br />
Register at stlukes-stl.com.<br />
• • •<br />
BJC St. Louis Children’s Hospital offers<br />
a Family & Friends CPR course on Saturday,<br />
Nov. 9 from 9 a.m.-noon at Missouri<br />
Baptist Medical Center, 3015 N. Ballas Road,<br />
in Auditorium Rooms 1, 2 and 3. This class<br />
uses the American Heart Association’s curriculum<br />
to teach hands-on CPR skills. The<br />
course does not include certification upon<br />
completion. Registration for a seat in this<br />
class is for two people. The cost is $50. Register<br />
at classes-events.bjc.org.<br />
• • •<br />
BJC St. Louis Children’s Hospital offers<br />
a Babysitting <strong>10</strong>1 course on Saturday, Nov.<br />
16 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the SLCH Specialty<br />
Care Center <strong>West</strong> County, 13001 North<br />
Outer Forty Road in Town & Country. This<br />
interactive class, recommended for kids age<br />
<strong>10</strong> and above is a great introduction to the<br />
basics of babysitting. A workbook, first aid<br />
kit and backpack are provided. Participants<br />
are asked to bring a baby doll or stuffed<br />
animal, small swaddling blanket or light<br />
towel, baby bottle or water bottle, and a<br />
snack and closed drink. The cost is $25 per<br />
child. Advance registration is required at<br />
classes-events.bjc.org.<br />
• • •<br />
Barnes-Jewish <strong>West</strong> County Hospital<br />
offers a Bariatric Surgery Information<br />
Session on Monday, Nov. 18 from 5:30-<br />
6:30 p.m., live via Zoom. Join a Washington<br />
University bariatric physician to learn more<br />
about surgical treatment options available at<br />
BJC for patients who meet certain criteria<br />
during this free session. Time will be allotted<br />
for Q&A, including questions about<br />
insurance coverage of these procedures. To<br />
register, visit classes-events.bjc.org.<br />
• • •<br />
St. Luke’s Hospital presents Make Peace<br />
with Food: Basics of Mindful Eating on<br />
Tuesday, Nov. 19 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the<br />
Desloge Outpatient Center, 121 St. Luke’s<br />
Center Drive in Chesterfield, in Conference<br />
Room 3 of Building A. Most of us struggle<br />
with food at some time in our lives. Join us<br />
for a free in-person class to learn the basics<br />
about mindful eating and move closer to<br />
feeling more at peace with your relationship<br />
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Arctic Spas St. Louis is celebrating its<br />
one-year anniversary this year. As the best<br />
selling hot tub brand in Canada, Arctic Spas<br />
are designed for cold weather, which means<br />
they are more energy efficient, longer lasting<br />
and easier to maintain. They are built<br />
to function and endure in extreme cold, and<br />
the wide temperature fluctuations of the<br />
Canadian climate. The Arctic brand is also<br />
known for the advanced technology and<br />
features available. For more information<br />
visit arcticspas-stlouis.com.<br />
• • •<br />
Logan University announced the addition<br />
of a Master of Science in Physician<br />
Assistant/Associate (PA) program, expanding<br />
its College of Health Sciences degree<br />
offerings. The program is scheduled to<br />
start in January 2026 and is <strong>24</strong>-months<br />
long including one year of didactic education<br />
and training on Logan’s campus in<br />
Chesterfield, followed by one year of clinical<br />
rotations. The PA program joins a roster<br />
of health science degrees at Logan from<br />
the Doctor of Chiropractic to more recently<br />
added degrees, such as the Master of Science<br />
in Applied Nutrition & Dietetics, and<br />
the Master of Science in Strength & Conditioning.<br />
Logan has applied for Accreditation-Provisional<br />
from the Accreditation<br />
Review Commission on Education for<br />
the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), the<br />
accrediting body for PA programs in the<br />
United States. The first matriculating class<br />
is expected in January of 2026, pending<br />
achieving accreditation at the September<br />
2025 ARC-PA meeting. For more information<br />
visit Logan.edu/Academic/PA.<br />
• • •<br />
On Oct. 3 Hastings+Chivetta Architects<br />
(H+C) announced its acquisition by<br />
Grace Hebert Curtis Architects (GHC),<br />
Arctic Spas St. Louis, located at 15763 Manchester Road in Ellisville,<br />
celebrated its 1 year anniversary with a ribbon cutting by the <strong>West</strong> St.<br />
Louis County Chamber of Commerce. Arctic Spas is the best selling<br />
hot tub brand in Canada. (Photo Courtesy of <strong>West</strong> St. Louis County Chamber of Commerce)<br />
a national design firm. GHC has a track<br />
record of delivering forward-thinking,<br />
modern designs for a broad range of client<br />
types in the education, civic, healthcare,<br />
senior housing and hospitality markets.<br />
Founded in 1967, the firm has nine locations<br />
across Louisiana, Texas and Florida.<br />
H+C will maintain its office at <strong>24</strong>64 <strong>West</strong><br />
Port Plaza Drive and its current staff of 38<br />
employees. The partnership will enable<br />
GHC to expand its national presence while<br />
offering a new set of services to its clients<br />
including campus master planning, architecture<br />
of enrollment management and<br />
space utilization studies.<br />
• • •<br />
On Sept. 27 Charter Communications<br />
Inc., which operates the Spectrum brand<br />
of connectivity and entertainment services,<br />
awarded $1.3 million in grants to 66 nonprofit<br />
organizations through its 20<strong>24</strong> Spectrum<br />
Digital Education program. Since<br />
launching in 2017, the program has committed<br />
more than $<strong>10</strong> million to nonprofits<br />
focused on improving digital literacy,<br />
workforce development and educational<br />
access in unserved and underserved communities<br />
across Charter’s 41-state service<br />
area. This year, the program recognized<br />
66 organizations that help build stronger<br />
communities by connecting residents with<br />
skills training and access to technology.<br />
Two area organizations that were awarded<br />
the grant are the Wesley House Association,<br />
a two time recipient of $<strong>10</strong>,000 and YWCA<br />
Metro St. Louis was awarded $15,000.<br />
• • •<br />
St. Louis Premium Outlets, located<br />
at 18521 Outlet Blvd. in Chesterfield, is<br />
unveiling several new stores and amenities,<br />
including a Banana Republic, an expansion<br />
of Skechers and the opening of Aerie.<br />
Additionally, the center will welcome The<br />
Foyer, a locally owned holiday themed<br />
and home décor store. St. Louis Premium<br />
Outlets will introduce new charging stations<br />
for hybrid vehicles, planned to be<br />
operational in time for the holiday shopping<br />
season. The center is also adding<br />
improved crosswalks, an arcade in the<br />
food court, and new green landscaped<br />
areas. The Kiddie Karts (strollers) have<br />
also been completely renovated. For more<br />
information visit premiumoutlets.com.<br />
PEOPLE<br />
Chris Passiglia, owner of Passiglia<br />
Landscape, Nursery & Garden Center,<br />
was named the 20<strong>24</strong> recipient of the<br />
Jeanie Hood Achievement Award. Wildwood<br />
Mayor Joe Garritano presented the<br />
award on Sept. 21 at Celebrate Wildwood.<br />
Located at 1855 Hwy. <strong>10</strong>9, Passiglia’s has<br />
been a cornerstone of the community since<br />
it opened in 1990. Situated on <strong>10</strong> acres in<br />
the heart of Wildwood, the business offers<br />
a selection of plants, landscaping materials<br />
and design and installation services. Established<br />
in 2022 to honor the legacy of Jeanie<br />
Hood, the founder of Three French Hens,<br />
this award recognizes individuals for their<br />
contributions to economic development in<br />
the city of Wildwood.<br />
• • •<br />
Fox Creek Veterinary Hospital welcomes<br />
veterinarian Dr. Sarah Myres to its<br />
Manchester location. Myres is from South<br />
Carolina and studied Animal and Veterinary<br />
Sciences at Clemson University and then<br />
earned her D.V.M. degree from the University<br />
of Georgia. She also holds an international<br />
veterinary medicine certificate and<br />
a veterinary business management association<br />
certificate. Myres has special interests<br />
in soft tissue surgery, emergency and<br />
critical care, and exotic companion animal<br />
medicine. For more information visit foxcreekveterinaryhospital.com.<br />
• • •<br />
Todd Dufour was announced as the<br />
new marketing and business development<br />
director at St. Louis Premium Outlets in<br />
Chesterfield. Dufour is a St. Louis native<br />
and previously served as Vice President of<br />
Digital Marketing at <strong>West</strong>field LLC, where<br />
he oversaw digital marketing operations<br />
for the company’s portfolio of malls across<br />
the United States. Now based in Chesterfield,<br />
Todd will lead marketing initiatives<br />
and business development efforts for St.<br />
Louis Premium Outlets.<br />
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during the Oct. 7 Board of Aldermen<br />
meeting.<br />
The additional detention basin is estimated<br />
to add $<strong>23</strong>8,000 to the project cost,<br />
Schien explained to the board. To cut<br />
down costs, the city decided to look at<br />
some options to reduce the overage.<br />
“We just chose to scale down the water<br />
play area slightly, which allowed for<br />
some kind of open green space for some<br />
other components in the playground, and<br />
also just helped mitigate some of the<br />
water issues that we were encountering,”<br />
Schien said in an interview.<br />
As of now, the project is in a bidding<br />
phase as the city seeks construction management<br />
companies, which should provide<br />
a more accurate picture of the final<br />
budget.<br />
Schien explained that Schroeder park<br />
will continue to stay open until construction<br />
begins tentatively in January.<br />
“We’re just really excited to move<br />
on this project,” Schien said. “It’s been<br />
a dream for a long time from the playground<br />
committee, and we’re really<br />
excited to make it happen, so we’re ready<br />
to get moving.”<br />
ST. LOUIS COUNTY<br />
Chesterfield Parkway <strong>West</strong><br />
resurfacing project<br />
The St. Louis County Council<br />
approved a contract with Infrastructure<br />
Management Inc. for the Chesterfield<br />
Parkway <strong>West</strong> resurfacing project. The<br />
contract is for $2.9 million with potential<br />
change orders of not more than $87,211,<br />
or 3%, for a total amount not to exceed<br />
$2.99 million. Officials say construction<br />
is likely to begin in the spring.<br />
This project will include removal and<br />
replacement of deteriorated and damaged<br />
pavement, pavement resurfacing,<br />
removal and replacement of traffic signal<br />
equipment and removal and replacement<br />
of curb ramps from Wild Horse Creek<br />
Road to Clarkson Road.<br />
A Disadvantaged Business Enterprise<br />
goal of 12% of total contract amount<br />
has been established for this project<br />
by MoDOT’s Office of External Civil<br />
Rights.
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For more than 150 years, St. Luke’s<br />
and its extensive network of top docs<br />
has made exceptional patient care their<br />
primary focus.<br />
St. Luke’s Hospital, a nationally<br />
acclaimed independent nonprofit, is one<br />
of the best regional healthcare systems<br />
in the United States. Renowned for its<br />
exceptional quality and patient satisfaction,<br />
St. Luke’s has consistently earned<br />
prestigious awards and accolades. The<br />
hospital holds the exclusive alliance<br />
provider status in the St. Louis market<br />
for the Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular,<br />
and Thoracic Institute, further solidifying<br />
its position as a leader in cardiovascular<br />
care. Since its establishment in 1866,<br />
St. Luke’s has evolved from a single hospital<br />
location into an advanced network<br />
of care. Its 493-bed hospital in Chesterfield<br />
and 143-bed St. Luke’s Des Peres<br />
Hospital serve as hubs for its 60-plus<br />
specialties and 30 locations throughout<br />
the greater St. Louis area.<br />
St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield<br />
also has a 14-year history of achieving<br />
the Outstanding Patient Experience<br />
Award by Healthgrades. St. Luke’s network<br />
of affiliated physicians routinely<br />
make it onto Top Doc lists both locally<br />
and nationally.<br />
U.S. News & World Report named<br />
St. Luke’s one of the Best Hospitals in the<br />
State of Missouri and a Best Regional Hospital<br />
in the St. Louis Metro. Additionally,<br />
St. Luke’s received “High Performing” ratings<br />
in 13 Frequently Treated Procedures<br />
& Conditions. St. Luke’s Center for Cancer<br />
Care was recognized as one of Newsweek’s<br />
“America’s Best Cancer Hospitals 20<strong>24</strong>”,<br />
one of only 200 nationwide to receive this<br />
recognition.<br />
Dedicated to providing patients with<br />
personalized, high-quality care, St. Luke’s<br />
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Medical Group has a network of physician<br />
offices across the region to provide a team<br />
approach to meet every patient’s unique<br />
healthcare needs.<br />
St. Luke’s offers a wide range of primary<br />
care and specialty physicians who<br />
are focused on patient health and wellness.<br />
Practices include primary care<br />
(internal medicine and family practice)<br />
as well as specialty practices in bariatrics,<br />
bone health/endocrinology, breast surgery,<br />
cardiac surgery, cardiology, GI, general<br />
surgery, geriatrics, hospice, infectious disease,<br />
nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery,<br />
OB/ GYN, obesity medicine, oncology,<br />
orthopedics, pain management, palliative<br />
care, pediatrics, plastic surgery, pulmonary<br />
medicine, rheumatology, urology, vascular<br />
surgery, and wound care.<br />
St. Luke’s Physician Referral Service<br />
helps patients find doctors at its main<br />
campus or at a convenient location near<br />
them. It’s easy to learn more about medical<br />
group members online at doctors.stlukesstl.com<br />
or by calling the referral line at<br />
(314) 205-6060. With access to nearly<br />
1,000 physicians in more than 30 locations,<br />
area residents are sure to find dedicated<br />
specialists offering personalized services<br />
based on their medical needs, insurance<br />
plans and personal preferences.<br />
St. Luke’s patient care team can also<br />
assist in scheduling appointments by<br />
phone or online. In case of an immediate<br />
need, specialists can often schedule sameday<br />
appointments – one of the many ways<br />
St. Luke’s stands behind its mission.<br />
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homebuyers savings program and a multiemployer<br />
savings program within our state.<br />
I have common sense and moral-based<br />
values.<br />
• Ken Iverson (L)<br />
Q1) I’m not a politician. I’m a creative<br />
problem solver who wants the brightest<br />
future for all Missourians. I can no<br />
longer idly watch our state and nation each<br />
deteriorate into an overextended socialist<br />
experiment that cannot balance its budget<br />
without extreme cuts. Having studied economics<br />
and political philosophy most of<br />
my life, I’ve concluded that government<br />
works best when it promotes and does not<br />
impede the natural, peaceful interactions of<br />
individuals, all seeking the same general<br />
betterment for themselves, their loved ones<br />
and their communities. I found that liberty<br />
is the only moral political philosophy that<br />
meets this standard.<br />
Q2) Ending state tax on income, personal<br />
property and retail sales: These transformational<br />
changes will substantially increase<br />
actual retail sales, tourism, employment,<br />
business opportunities and the size of<br />
paychecks, while reducing crime by lifting<br />
the at-risk young and unemployed out<br />
of poverty. Alaska and New Hampshire<br />
have none of these taxes. Neither should<br />
we. To pay for it, I’ll remind everyone<br />
that state programs that conflict with private<br />
charities and common sense should<br />
be abolished. Huge sectors, such as those<br />
dealing with behavior, addiction and state<br />
economic development should privatize,<br />
become charities or expire; not make off<br />
with our tax dollars.<br />
Q3) I’m a Navy veteran, engineer and<br />
retired defense analyst from Lake Saint<br />
Louis and actively enjoy pickleball, table<br />
tennis, sailing and church choir.<br />
• Danielle (Dani) Elliot (G) – Candidate<br />
did not respond.<br />
SECRETARY OF STATE<br />
• Denny Hoskins (R)<br />
Q1) As a founding member of the Missouri<br />
Freedom Caucus, I am the only secretary<br />
of state candidate who voted to require<br />
a photo ID to vote in our elections. I will<br />
also use my experience as a certified public<br />
accountant to audit the voter rolls to ensure<br />
only eligible voters vote in Missouri.<br />
Q2) 1: Audit the voter rolls to ensure<br />
non-citizens don’t vote in our elections. 2:<br />
Ensure all ballot language is single subject.<br />
Voters deserve to vote on each subject individually.<br />
3: Defund any public library that<br />
has x-rated materials in the kids section or<br />
is hosting drag queen story hour for kids.<br />
Q3) I’m a conservative fighter, not a<br />
RINO Republican. I’ve been endorsed by<br />
Missouri Right to Life, Mike Lindell, the<br />
National Rifle Association and received an<br />
A rating from the Missouri Firearms Coalition<br />
for my conservative voting record.<br />
• Barbara Phifer (D)<br />
Q1) Currently a state representative in<br />
District 90. United Methodist pastor for 41<br />
years.<br />
Q2) Professional and impartial oversight<br />
of elections in Missouri. Local control for<br />
local libraries. Competent and efficient<br />
registration of businesses and not-for-profits.<br />
Missouri needs professional, honest<br />
and transparent leadership in this office.<br />
Q3) I will work for all Missourians to<br />
ensure that all eligible citizens have the<br />
opportunity to vote. I will maintain the<br />
integrity of our election system, work to<br />
make businesses run smoothly and support<br />
local libraries.<br />
• Carl Herman Freese (L) – Candidate<br />
did not respond.<br />
• Jerome Bauer (G) – Candidate could<br />
not be reached.<br />
STATE TREASURER<br />
• Vivek Malek (R)*<br />
Q1) I am honored to have served as state<br />
treasurer since January 20<strong>23</strong>, and I have<br />
set records for returning unclaimed property<br />
to Missourians, increased the number<br />
of people taking part in the MOScholars<br />
program, pushed the state pension system<br />
to divest from communist China, and<br />
expanded access to the MOBUCK$ lowinterest<br />
loan program. Prior to serving in<br />
state office, I built a successful small business<br />
and served on the Board of Governors<br />
for Southeast Missouri State University.<br />
Q2) I will continue fighting to prevent<br />
taxpayer money from supporting countries<br />
like China by working to pass the Foreign<br />
Adversary Divestment Act. I would also<br />
like to keep working to expand the MOScholars<br />
program to ensure more Missouri<br />
families have educational options for their<br />
children. In addition, I will keep working<br />
to ensure more people across our state are<br />
aware of the unclaimed property program<br />
and receive the money that they are due.<br />
Q3) I believe this country is the greatest<br />
in the world, and I am so proud to call<br />
myself an American.<br />
• Mark Osmack (D)<br />
Q1) As a fourth-generation Missourian,<br />
Army combat veteran (two Afghanistan<br />
tours), Bronze Star recipient and having<br />
grown up in a trailer park, truly knowing<br />
Missouri with all our challenges, accomplishments<br />
and boundless potential is what<br />
makes this campaign special. After serving<br />
as an artillery officer in Afghanistan, I used<br />
the GI Bill to earn a master’s degree in<br />
public administration and worked for congressional<br />
members and the House Armed<br />
Services Committee, focusing on appropriations<br />
and fiscal policies. As a husband<br />
and father of two young kids with a third<br />
due in February, protecting and bring more<br />
families to Missouri are my concern.<br />
Q2) 1: Initiate a program called Missouri<br />
Agriculture for Missouri Kids. This<br />
would require (when fiscally responsible)<br />
Missouri agriculture to be used in Missouri<br />
school meals. The meals served should<br />
be made with Missouri crops. Additionally,<br />
no child should go without meals. A<br />
truly great state ensures school children<br />
have free, quality, Missouri-made meals. 2:<br />
Create a program to address daycare shortages<br />
and accessibility gaps. 3: Redeploy<br />
the Missouri National Guard and Highway<br />
Patrol from Texas to Missouri. 4: Modernize<br />
and proactively return unclaimed property<br />
and hire veterans to return lost military<br />
medals. 5: Champion increasing Missouri<br />
teacher pay.<br />
Q3) As a combat veteran, husband, father<br />
and native Missourian, I know our challenges<br />
are not at the Texas/Mexico border.<br />
They are within our state. Unfortunately,<br />
that does not seem to be the focus of the<br />
current administration. The only state I am<br />
concerned with is Missouri. We have sadly<br />
been led astray and so, I will bring the discipline<br />
and focus learned in the Army and<br />
as a father to Jefferson City and the treasurer’s<br />
office … because both sorely need<br />
it. I hope you’ll join me.<br />
• John A. Hartwig, Jr. (L) – Candidate<br />
did not respond.<br />
• Reagn Haase (G) – Candidate could<br />
not be reached.<br />
ATTORNEY GENERAL<br />
• Andrew Bailey (R)*<br />
Q1) I am a decorated combat veteran,<br />
father of four, prosecutor and constitutional<br />
conservative who fights for the<br />
people of Missouri as the 44th Attorney<br />
General. Following the Sept. 11 terrorist<br />
attacks, I was commissioned as an officer<br />
in the Army. For my service, I was awarded<br />
two Army Achievement Medals, an Army<br />
Commendation Medal, a Combat Action<br />
Badge and two Bronze Stars. I served as an<br />
assistant attorney general, assistant prosecuting<br />
attorney for the Warren County<br />
Prosecuting Attorney’s Office and as general<br />
counsel for the Missouri Department<br />
of Corrections. In 2019, I joined the governor’s<br />
office and served as general counsel.<br />
Q2) I want to make Missouri the safest<br />
state in the nation, securing a legacy of<br />
freedom, safety and prosperity for generations<br />
to come. In my first full term as<br />
attorney general, I plan to focus on public<br />
safety, consumer protection and protecting<br />
from federal overreach.<br />
Q3) I am the only candidate in this race<br />
supported by the state’s major law enforcement<br />
organizations, backed by the Missouri<br />
Fraternal Order of Police, Missouri<br />
State Troopers Association, Law Enforcement<br />
Legislative Coalition (Police Chiefs)<br />
and the Missouri Sheriffs Association.<br />
Vote for me on Nov. 5 for a safer Missouri.<br />
• Elad Jonathan Gross (D)<br />
Q1) I previously served as an assistant<br />
attorney general of Missouri. I have since<br />
litigated major cases fighting government<br />
corruption and protecting Missourians’<br />
civil liberties. We need a watchdog for the<br />
people back in the office of attorney general.<br />
Q2) 1: Sue scammers, including those<br />
in government. I will enforce the Do Not<br />
Call List, start a Public Corruption Unit at<br />
the office, and start Missouri’s first Civil<br />
Rights Division to protect workers and<br />
keep government out of our private lives.<br />
2: Protect families. I will start Missouri’s<br />
first coordinated effort to prevent violent<br />
crime. I will protect our land, air and water<br />
and hold the federal government accountable<br />
for poisoning our state with radioactive<br />
waste. I will enforce antitrust law to<br />
stop big corporations from exploiting Missourians.<br />
3: End Missouri’s status as the<br />
puppy mill capital of the country.”<br />
Q3) You deserve to have an attorney<br />
general who represents you, not big donors,<br />
big government or their own big ambitions.<br />
I will make sure you see where every one<br />
of your tax dollars goes. Missouri will have<br />
a responsive and responsible watchdog in<br />
government once again. You won’t have to<br />
wonder whether your attorney general has<br />
your back. I will.<br />
• Ryan L. Munro (L) – Candidate did<br />
not respond.<br />
STATE SENATOR • District 15<br />
• David Gregory (R)<br />
Q1) I am the common sense choice for<br />
this office with a track record of action to<br />
prove it. I have never relied solely on my<br />
“elected office” to fight for common sense<br />
policies. Instead, I am constantly leveraging<br />
my skills as a litigation attorney to get<br />
things done. I sued Sam Page twice: once<br />
to reopen churches during COVID, and<br />
more recently to get seniors the tax breaks<br />
they deserve. A personal passion of mine<br />
is locating and suing animal abusers. One<br />
of my lawsuits against an animal abuser<br />
resulted in a landmark $1.3 million judgment.<br />
Q2) As a husband and new father, I’m<br />
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focused on common sense policies that<br />
save St. Louis. My “Save St. Louis Plan”<br />
starts with safety. I will ensure our police<br />
have the compensation, resources and<br />
equipment they need to recruit and retain<br />
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high-paying jobs back to St. Louis.<br />
Q3) Get excited. Real results and real<br />
accountability are coming. Together, we<br />
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• Joe Pereles (D)<br />
Q1) I am a retired attorney, businessman<br />
and a long-time volunteer with the<br />
Red Cross. I spent decades as the general<br />
counsel and hotel development lead for<br />
Drury Hotels based in St. Louis. In that<br />
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I work with my team members to provide<br />
victims of disasters with immediate assistance<br />
like shelter or financial aid. My experience<br />
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Q2) My top priorities in the legislature<br />
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and supporting public education and<br />
restoring reproductive rights.<br />
Q3) I have lived in Chesterfield for over<br />
30 years. I know the St. Louis community<br />
and the challenges that we face; that’s why<br />
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Mayor Bob Nation of Chesterfield,<br />
Mayor Mike Clement of Manchester and<br />
Mayor Tim Pogue of Ballwin. If elected, I<br />
will lead with common sense and commitment<br />
to our community. I have no interest<br />
in furthering my own political interests and<br />
will not seek higher office.<br />
• Jeff Coleman (L)<br />
Q1) Member of the St. Louis County<br />
Central Libertarian Committee since 2008.<br />
Reelected in 20<strong>24</strong> as Chesterfield Township<br />
Committeeman. Member of Missouri<br />
Libertarian Party State Committee and<br />
Executive Committee. 20<strong>24</strong> National Libertarian<br />
Convention delegate. Social media<br />
influencer as “Jeff Coleman Missouri Delegate”<br />
with over two million views.<br />
Q2) 1: Pursue a constitutional amendment<br />
to block the Missouri General Assembly<br />
from revising or repealing any statute<br />
proposed by initiative petition within five<br />
years following its approval by Missouri<br />
voters. 2: Devise ballot candy that convinces<br />
voters to claw back the rights they<br />
are poised to surrender in Amendment 7.<br />
3: Launch an investigation of the Missouri<br />
Constitution to determine whether it is the<br />
most appropriate venue to regulate female<br />
jurors, blind pension funds and bingo<br />
games.<br />
Q3) (no response provided)<br />
STATE REPRESENTATIVE • District 71<br />
• LaDonna Appelbaum (D)*<br />
STATE REPRESENTATIVE • District 87<br />
• John Rommel (R)<br />
Q1) I am not a career politician, but<br />
rather, an engaged citizen who has spent<br />
my life in Missouri as an informed voter<br />
with empathy and understanding of those<br />
around me. I am a graduate of Eureka High<br />
School, University of Missouri and Saint<br />
Louis University School of Law. I am now<br />
employed as an attorney fighting for justice<br />
for the people of Missouri each and<br />
every day.<br />
Q2) My top priority is protecting conservative<br />
values as I am pro-life, pro-gun<br />
and pro-military. I believe Missourians<br />
desire to live, work and worship without<br />
government interference and overreach. I<br />
will work to protect the unborn, preserve<br />
the Second Amendment and support our<br />
veterans and first responders.<br />
Q3) Current policies have led to open<br />
borders with national security concerns,<br />
high inflation, increased crime and the<br />
indoctrination of our kids. We must secure<br />
the border, prohibit the sale of land to<br />
China, freeze property taxes, balance the<br />
budget, crack down on crime, empower<br />
parents with school choice and keep radical<br />
ideologies out of our schools.<br />
• Connie Steinmetz (D) – Candidate did<br />
not respond.<br />
STATE REPRESENTATIVE • District 88<br />
• Holly Jones (R)* – Candidate did not<br />
respond.<br />
• Kyle Luzynski (D) – Candidate did not<br />
respond.<br />
STATE REPRESENTATIVE • District 89<br />
• George Hruza (R)<br />
Q1) In addition to being a skin cancer<br />
surgeon taking care of Missouri residents<br />
for more than 30 years, I am a smallbusiness<br />
owner with an MBA. I know how<br />
to create jobs and meet a payroll. I am an<br />
accomplished leader as evidenced by the<br />
trust many physicians have placed in me by<br />
electing me to the leadership of five medical<br />
organizations (president) including<br />
the American Academy of Dermatology,<br />
Missouri State Medical Association and<br />
St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society. I<br />
have advocated for patients and physicians<br />
for more than 20 years in Washington,<br />
D.C., and in Jefferson City with numerous<br />
successes. After 11 years at Washington<br />
University as an associate professor, I<br />
am currently an adjunct professor at Saint<br />
Louis University.<br />
Q2) 1: Public safety. We have to support<br />
and respect our police. Criminals should<br />
be arrested, prosecuted and, if convicted,<br />
serve time in prison. I have been endorsed<br />
by the St. Louis City, St. Louis County and<br />
Missouri Fraternal Order of Police. 2: Economic<br />
success for Missouri. Reduce taxes<br />
and red tape along with robust workforce<br />
development for high-paying jobs that are<br />
in demand. I have been endorsed by the<br />
National Federation of Small Businesses.<br />
3: I will focus on bringing affordable,<br />
accessible, high-quality, compassionate<br />
healthcare to Missourians at all stages of<br />
life using free-market principles. 4: Education<br />
transparency and choice. All students<br />
should have access to high-quality education<br />
free of efforts at social engineering.<br />
Q3) I grew up in communist Czechoslovakia,<br />
escaped from there with my parents<br />
and arrived in New York with a suitcase<br />
and no English. I became a dermatologist<br />
and ultimately president of the American<br />
Academy of Dermatology, which would<br />
not be possible in any other country in the<br />
world. I am living the American dream,<br />
running on individual liberty, responsibility<br />
and opportunity to make sure our children<br />
have that same opportunity that made<br />
America the best nation in the world.<br />
• Eric Morse (D)<br />
Q1) What are the most important qualifications<br />
for state representative? Passion<br />
and empathy. As a single father of four<br />
kids, raised by teachers and currently<br />
working in education, I understand better<br />
than most the importance of safeguarding<br />
our children, restoring our basic freedoms<br />
and investing in our communities. I was<br />
born and raised in the 89th District and<br />
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The Joy of Music Concert Series featuring<br />
organ, choir and orchestra is at 7 p.m. on<br />
Sunday, Oct. 27 at Manchester UMC, 129<br />
Woods Mill Road. A Christmas concert is at<br />
7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22. Tickets are $15<br />
and children age <strong>10</strong> and younger are free. For<br />
details, visit manchesterumc.org/concert.<br />
• • •<br />
Dennis Bergin Organ Concert is at 7<br />
p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1 at Twin Oaks Presbyterian<br />
Church, 1<strong>23</strong>0 Big Bend Road in<br />
Ballwin. Featured composers include J. S.<br />
Bach, Johann Pachelbel, Louis Vierne and<br />
more. The event is free.<br />
• • •<br />
A Holiday Artisan Fair is from <strong>10</strong><br />
a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2 in Wildwood<br />
Town Center, 221 Plaza Drive. Meet<br />
Santa from noon-2 p.m. Non-perishable<br />
food, canned goods or toiletries will be collected<br />
to support Circle of Concern, along<br />
with toys for Toys for Tots.<br />
BENEFITS<br />
Burgerfest is from noon-3 p.m. on<br />
Sunday, Oct. 27 at The District, 17057 N<br />
Outer 40 Road in Chesterfield, featuring<br />
burgers from local restaurants and Barzil’s<br />
World Burger Champion. Tickets are<br />
$50. Half-price tickets for children 12 and<br />
TCSO presents an afternoon of music<br />
Join the Town & Country Symphonic<br />
Orchestra for an afternoon<br />
of magnificent storytelling as its talented<br />
members bring “Scheherazade”<br />
to life. Composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov<br />
in 1888, the symphonic<br />
suite tells the tale of the Persian queen<br />
younger and designated driver. Proceeds<br />
benefit the Veterans Community Project.<br />
Tickets at veteranscommunityproject.org.<br />
• • •<br />
A Red Cross Blood Drive is from 8:30<br />
a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27 at the St.<br />
Marks Presbyterian Church, 601 Claymont<br />
in Ballwin. Register at redcrossblood.org/<br />
Donate/Blood and enter “Saintmarkpres.”<br />
• • •<br />
The Eureka Feed the Masses Canned<br />
Food Drive takes place throughout<br />
November with collection sites at over 20<br />
Parks and Recreation Departments. Visit<br />
your city’s website for details.<br />
• • •<br />
Veterans can request a free Christmas<br />
tree from the Kaufman Fund through Nov.<br />
15 at thekaufmanfund.org/request-a-tree. A<br />
confirmation email with a scheduled pickup<br />
time and location will be sent by mid-<br />
November. For details, email howard@<br />
thekaufmanfund.org or call (314) 703-6306.<br />
• • •<br />
The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is<br />
Saturday, Nov. 2 through Sunday, Nov. 17<br />
at The J, 2 Millstone Campus Drive. All-<br />
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who wove a web of intrigue with an<br />
ongoing story that lasted 1,001 Arabian<br />
nights. The concert is at 2:30<br />
on Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Ridgeway<br />
Auditorium on the campus of Principia<br />
School, 13201 Clayton Road.<br />
Admission is free.<br />
jccstl.com/jbf-tickets.<br />
• • •<br />
The Chesterfield Lions Club Trivia<br />
and Silent Auction is at 7 p.m. (doors<br />
open at 6 p.m.) on Saturday, Nov. 2 at Trinity<br />
Lutheran Church, 14088 Clayton Road<br />
in Chesterfield. Free drinks, cash prizes<br />
and more. Cost is $<strong>24</strong>0 per table of 8. For<br />
reservations, call (636) 733-0425.<br />
• • •<br />
St. Alban Roe Knights of Columbus<br />
“Trivia Knight” is at 7 p.m. (doors open at<br />
6 p.m.) on Saturday, Nov. 2 in the St. Alban<br />
Roe Life Center Gym, 2001 Shepard Road<br />
in Wildwood. Registration is open to all.<br />
Cost is $<strong>24</strong>0 for a table of eight. Refreshments<br />
and light snacks are provided. Register<br />
at app.charityauctionstoday.com; search<br />
“Trivia Knight” or call (314) 630-2958.<br />
• • •<br />
Impact Life Blood Drive will be from<br />
4-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7 at Ivy<br />
Chapel UCC, 620 N. Woods Mill Drive in<br />
Chesterfield. To schedule an appointment,<br />
visit bloodcenter.org and use code #12919<br />
or call (800) 747-5401.<br />
• • •<br />
Comedy 4 the Paws Gala is at 6 p.m.<br />
on Friday, Nov. 8 at <strong>West</strong>borough Country<br />
Club, 631 S. Berry. Silent and live auction<br />
with Tim Convy and comedian Brendan<br />
Eyre. Tickets are $175 at CarolHousePet-<br />
Clinic.org/Comedy.<br />
• • •<br />
Sausage Supper is from 3-6 p.m. on<br />
Saturday, Nov. 9 at St. John United Church<br />
of Christ, 332 Old Sulphur Spring Road in<br />
Manchester. Adults are $15, children (ages<br />
6-12) are $7 and children 5 and younger are<br />
free. Dine-in and carry-out are available.<br />
For details, visit stjohnmanchester.org.<br />
• • •<br />
Bingo Fundraiser is at 5:30 p.m. on<br />
Saturday, Nov. 9 at St. Mark’s Presbyterian<br />
Church, 601 Claymont Drive in Ballwin.<br />
Entry fee is $30 for adults and $20 for<br />
youth 14-18 years. Details at ggaa.org.<br />
• • •<br />
Bowling Fundraiser to benefit USO of<br />
Missouri is at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17<br />
at <strong>West</strong> County Lanes, 15727 Manchester<br />
Road in Ellisville. Cost is $25 per person<br />
for three games. Teams of four or more are<br />
welcome. Call (314) 609-2663 or email<br />
bklein@theauthoritygroup.com.<br />
FAMILY & KIDS<br />
BOOterfly Books Story Time is at 11<br />
a.m. daily through October at the Sophia<br />
M. Sachs Butterfly House, 15050 Faust<br />
Park in Chesterfield. For children ages 8<br />
and under. Included with admission. For<br />
details, visit butterflyhouse.org.<br />
• • •<br />
Hot Dog It’s Chili is from 5:30-8 p.m.<br />
on Friday, Oct. 25 at Bluebird Park, 225<br />
Kiefer Creek Road in Ellisville. Live music<br />
by the Woo Daddies, children’s activities,<br />
food and drink vendors and hayride<br />
shuttles. Children may wear a costume and<br />
bring a bag for treats. Free event.<br />
• • •<br />
The Jack O’ Lantern Trail is from 6-9<br />
p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25 and from 5-9 p.m.<br />
on Saturday, Oct. 26 in Faust Park,15025<br />
Faust Park Drive in Chesterfield. The<br />
BOOterfly House will be participating in<br />
Faust Park’s Jack O’Lantern Trail. Families<br />
are invited to explore the park’s historic<br />
buildings, ride on the carousel and<br />
explore the Butterfly House while embracing<br />
the spirit of Halloween. For details,<br />
visit butterflyhouse.org.<br />
• • •<br />
A Trunk or Treat is from 3-5 p.m. on<br />
Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Creve Coeur Government<br />
Center, 300 N. New Ballas Road<br />
in Creve Coeur. Free event. Details at<br />
crevecoeurmo.gov.<br />
• • •<br />
Cops and Bobbers is from <strong>10</strong> a.m.-1<br />
p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2 at New Ballwin<br />
Park, 329 New Ballwin Road. Meet Ballwin<br />
Police Officers and do some fishing.<br />
Lunch will be served from 12:15-1 p.m.<br />
Prizes will be awarded for the most unusual
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by length, and most fish caught. Check in<br />
at the lake entrance on the day of the event<br />
to verify. For children 12 and under. Free<br />
event. For details, visit ballwin.mo.us.<br />
• • •<br />
Ballwin Hayride is from 1-4 p.m. on<br />
Sunday, Nov. 3 at the Ballwin Golf Course<br />
parking lot, 333 Holloway Road, featuring<br />
hayrides, bounce houses, live music, S’mores,<br />
fire pits, and food trucks. Tickets are $<strong>10</strong> and<br />
are required for the hayride that runs every<br />
30 minutes. Food trucks will be available. For<br />
tickets, visit EventBrite and search, “Ballwin<br />
Hayride” or visit, ballwin.mo.us.<br />
• • •<br />
Nerf Wars is from 5-7 p.m. on Friday,<br />
Nov. 8 at The Pointe, 1 Ballwin Commons<br />
Circle. Children ages 8-12 will bring their<br />
own Nerf guns and compete in three games<br />
- Capture the Flag, Team vs Team, and Last<br />
Person Standing. All participants must<br />
bring protective eyewear and wear it. Extra<br />
Nerf ammo will be available for use. The<br />
cost is $15 for residents and $18 for nonresidents.<br />
To register, visit ballwin.mo.us.<br />
• • •<br />
Pizza with Santa is from 6:30-8 p.m. on<br />
Thursday, Dec. 5; 6:30-8 p.m. on Friday,<br />
Dec. 6; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 2:30-4 p.m.<br />
and 6:30-8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at<br />
the Eureka Community Center, 333 Bald<br />
Hill Road in Eureka. Decorate cookies<br />
and write letters to Santa. Free with a nonperishable<br />
food item donation. Register at<br />
eureka.mo.us.<br />
• • •<br />
Flashlight Candy Cane Hunt is from<br />
5-6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6 at Bluebird Park,<br />
225 Kiefer Creek Road in Ellisville. Bring<br />
a flashlight and bag to find them and enjoy<br />
hot cocoa, cookies and a visit from Santa.<br />
$6 per person. Pre-registration is required<br />
at ellisville.mo.us.<br />
• • •<br />
Cookies with the Claus is at 6:30 p.m.<br />
on Friday, Dec. 6 at the Chesterfield City<br />
Hall, 690 Chesterfield Pkwy W. Enjoy a<br />
holiday cookie and sit by the tree as Santa<br />
reads stories. For ages 2-12. The price is<br />
$<strong>10</strong> per child. To register, visit chesterfield.<br />
mo.us/cookies-with-the-claus.<br />
RUNS & WALKS<br />
Shivering Shadows 7K Walk/Run<br />
is at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25 at LaSalle<br />
Springs Middle School, 3300 Highway<br />
<strong>10</strong>9 in Wildwood. Costumes are welcome.<br />
Bring lights. Registration fee is $40 before<br />
race day and $50 on race day. Register at<br />
cityofwildwood.com.<br />
• • •<br />
A Moonlight Howl 5K is from 9-<strong>10</strong>:30<br />
p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25 at The Wolf Café,<br />
15480 Clayton Road in Ballwin. Open to<br />
all ages and fitness levels. Tickets are $35.<br />
For details, including course maps, schedule,<br />
race options and volunteer signups,<br />
visit mseracing.com/moonlight-howl-run.<br />
• • •<br />
Chesterfield’s Turkey Trot and Fun<br />
Run is at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 28<br />
at the Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex,<br />
17925 N. Outer 40 Road. Participants can<br />
choose between a 5K Run/Walk or a 1K<br />
Fun Run (at 9:30 a.m.) geared toward children.<br />
Participation is $25 through Oct. 31<br />
for the 5K; $40 on race day; $15 for the Fun<br />
Run through race day. Shirts are guaranteed<br />
if registered by Nov. <strong>10</strong>. To register, visit<br />
chesterfield.mo.us and search “Turkey Trot.”<br />
SPECIAL INTEREST<br />
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• • •<br />
The Bacon Log Cabin Chili Sale is<br />
from noon-2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2 at<br />
the Historic Bacon Log Cabin, 687 Henry<br />
Ave. in Ballwin. Chili will be sold in takeout<br />
quart containers along with cornbread<br />
and other baked items. Check, cash or<br />
PayPal accepted. All proceeds support the<br />
maintenance and preservation of the cabin.<br />
The cabin will be open for viewing. For<br />
details, visit oldtrailshistoricalsociety.com.<br />
• • •<br />
Wine Tasting <strong>10</strong>1 is from 7-9 p.m. on<br />
Friday, Nov. 8 at the Ballwin Golf Course<br />
and Event Center, 333 Holloway Road.<br />
Learn from an expert sommelier. Tickets<br />
are $25 per person; charcuterie and wine<br />
included. Must be 21 to participate. For<br />
details, visit ballwin.mo.us.<br />
• • •<br />
Lafayette Older Adult Program Day<br />
Trip - Magnificent Murals is from 9 a.m.-<br />
1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14 at the North<br />
Pointe Aquatic Center, 335 Holloway Road<br />
in Ballwin. The bus tour will go to various<br />
locations in the city, including a mural<br />
in the Guinness Book of World Records.<br />
Lunch will be at Cafe Piazza. There will be<br />
minimal walking involved. The cost is $67<br />
and covers transportation, tour and lunch.<br />
Call (636) 227-8950 to register or visit<br />
manchestermo.gov/661/Lafayette-Older-<br />
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• • •<br />
Turkey Bowl Scramble is from <strong>10</strong><br />
a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30 at the<br />
Ballwin Golf Course, 333 Holloway Road.<br />
This event is a three-person per team<br />
18-hole scramble format. The cost is $165<br />
per person, including cart, greens fees,<br />
lunch and prizes. Register at ballwin.mo.us.<br />
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I returned to give my kids access to the<br />
same amazing childhood I enjoyed here. I<br />
understand this community, I am a product<br />
of this community and I am uniquely adept<br />
at bringing people together to improve our<br />
community.<br />
Q2) Protect our children, restore our<br />
rights and improve opportunity. This country<br />
was built upon the right of self-determination,<br />
and today in Missouri, abortion bans,<br />
trans bans and book bans are infringing on<br />
our constitutional rights and driving people<br />
away. The extremist legislature has actively<br />
promoted the proliferation of firearms without<br />
providing for safety regulation. Small<br />
businesses can’t flourish here because of<br />
brain drain. I will bring back jobs in healthcare<br />
by reinvesting in mental health and<br />
elder care. I will repeal draconian limits on<br />
personal freedoms, and I will fight to make<br />
St. Louis County safer for our children.<br />
Q3) Unlike my opponent, I grew up<br />
here. These neighborhoods made me who<br />
I am, and I am uniquely able to promote<br />
the needs of the 89th District in Jefferson<br />
City. I’m a parent, not a politician, and this<br />
isn’t about me; this is about making a safer,<br />
more equitable and more promising tomorrow<br />
for my kids. The desire for freedom,<br />
safety and opportunity transcend party<br />
lines, and I have found that Missourians of<br />
all political stripes can unite behind one of<br />
their own who is fighting for them.<br />
STATE REPRESENTATIVE • District 90<br />
• Scott Mathewson (R) – Candidate<br />
could not be reached.<br />
• Mark Boyko (D)<br />
Q1) I am in my second term on the<br />
Kirkwood School Board, where we have<br />
improved test scores and student outcomes,<br />
lowered the tax rate, improved our financial<br />
reserves, reduced class sizes, raised<br />
teacher and staff pay, and expanded pre-K<br />
and need-based financial assistance. By<br />
trade, I’m a lawyer who represents workers<br />
and retirees protecting their pensions and<br />
401(k) plans from Wall Street and corporate<br />
abuse.<br />
Q2) Properly funding education, removing<br />
barriers to accessing healthcare and<br />
making Missouri a state people are proud<br />
to live in, and want to move to, are the most<br />
effective ways to improve our economy,<br />
access to jobs and quality of life.<br />
Q3) My campaign has donated $8,000<br />
to local nonprofits supporting area students<br />
and teachers instead of spending that<br />
amount sending out junk mail.<br />
STATE REPRESENTATIVE • District 98<br />
• Carol Veillette (R)<br />
Q1) Serving in the Marines prepares you<br />
with a lot of opportunities. Leadership, team<br />
player, decision-making, challenges and a<br />
passion for our country. For the past 20 years,<br />
I have served as vice president and president<br />
in both political and secular clubs. Served<br />
as a poll worker up to a roving deputy for<br />
years with the Election Board. I’ve also volunteered<br />
and worked in grassroots for the<br />
last 12 years for organizations, state senators,<br />
state representatives and school board<br />
candidates. My greatest achievement is my<br />
family. Married for 46 years, three children<br />
and seven grandchildren.<br />
Q2) 1: Veterans. I have a heart for Veterans<br />
and I will advocate for them. Stand<br />
with them as they once stood for us.<br />
Making sure they are provided for first and<br />
foremost over illegal immigrants. I hope to<br />
serve on the Veterans Committee. 2: Law<br />
enforcement. I am honored to have been<br />
endorsed by the St. Louis County Lodge<br />
111 Fraternal Order of Police. I will stand<br />
with them in making sure they have the<br />
training, tools and resources needed to<br />
keep our families and communities safe. 3:<br />
More money in our pockets. Reducing our<br />
tax burdens, cap property taxes and stop<br />
pork spending.<br />
Q3) I will always have an open door<br />
policy to listen to you, the constituents.<br />
We have a lot of work to do. Like reducing<br />
government overreach, supporting<br />
paper ballots, accountability and that’s just<br />
to name a few. So let’s roll up our sleeves<br />
and work together in unity. This election<br />
isn’t just the most important election, it’s<br />
consequential! Consequential with consequences.<br />
I will represent you. Work for<br />
you. I need you to work with me. I respectfully<br />
and humbly ask for your vote on Nov.<br />
5 for Carol Veillette.<br />
• Jaclyn Zimmermann (D)<br />
Q1) I am a lifelong resident of Missouri<br />
and have lived in the 98th District for over<br />
13 years. My husband and I have raised my<br />
three sons here, who all attend Parkway<br />
schools. I am an attorney and small business<br />
owner. I think my legal experience, as<br />
well as my roots in this community, qualify<br />
me for the job.<br />
Q2) My top three priorities are improving<br />
public schools, improving access to<br />
affordable healthcare, including reproductive<br />
healthcare, and gun safety.<br />
Q3) (no response provided)<br />
STATE REPRESENTATIVE • District <strong>10</strong>0<br />
• Philip Oehlerking (R)*<br />
Q1) For the last two years, I’ve been<br />
proud to serve you. We passed sweeping<br />
tax cuts and reduced government spending<br />
to help control inflation, increased funding<br />
for our public schools and gave our teachers<br />
the largest pay raise in decades, started<br />
new infrastructure improvement projects<br />
and increased funding for our police to help<br />
reduce crime. I led the charge and passed<br />
the senior property tax freeze, and won’t<br />
stop until St. Louis County implements<br />
it. With a proven record of effective governance<br />
and a deep commitment to public<br />
service, I am ready to continue working for<br />
you to ensure <strong>West</strong> County is the best place<br />
to live, work and raise a family.<br />
Q2) Education. I believe every child<br />
should have access to a quality education.<br />
That means ensuring our public schools<br />
are well-funded and our teachers are paid<br />
well. I’ll continue to work to find ways<br />
to improve academic performance for all<br />
our students to thrive. Safe communities<br />
start with investing in our police and<br />
ensuring they have the resources to keep<br />
us safe, crack down on drugs and violent<br />
crime. Taxes have become too high for our<br />
families and small businesses. I’ll continue<br />
to fight to ensure your taxes stay low, personal<br />
and real estate property tax reform,<br />
and lower your income and sales tax.<br />
Q3) Serving you for the last two years has<br />
been the honor of my life. I’ve prioritized<br />
people over politics, collaboration with<br />
both sides of the aisle to ensure we have<br />
good and effective government. Together,<br />
we have passed impactful legislation<br />
including tax cuts, reduced government<br />
spending, crucial infrastructure improvements<br />
and increased funding for our law<br />
enforcement. I’ve championed initiatives<br />
in education, workforce development and<br />
property tax reform to ensure a prosperous<br />
future for all. I am the only candidate in this<br />
race endorsed by the police and firefighters,<br />
the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and<br />
the Small Business Association.<br />
• Colin Lovett (D)<br />
Q1) I’m a dad, a husband and have lived<br />
in Ballwin most of my life. With experience<br />
in healthcare, education, nonprofit management<br />
and small business, I understand<br />
practical solutions and being responsible<br />
with money. I hold a bachelor’s degree in<br />
mathematics and business administration<br />
and an MBA from UMSL. As an Eagle<br />
Scout and lifelong Missourian, I value hard<br />
work and integrity. In the 2022 election, I<br />
came within 181 votes of flipping District<br />
<strong>10</strong>0, proving our message resonates.<br />
My background equips me to effectively<br />
address healthcare access, education funding,<br />
workers’ rights and equality, making<br />
meaningful change for Missouri.<br />
Q2) Healthcare access: Ensuring every<br />
Missourian has affordable and quality<br />
healthcare, including protecting reproductive<br />
freedom and legalizing abortion.<br />
Protecting your freedom to make medical<br />
decisions with your families and doctors<br />
– not government. Safe communities: Support<br />
police and first responders, prevent<br />
gun violence while respecting the Second<br />
Amendment. Education: Investing public<br />
dollars in public schools, ensuring fair<br />
pay for teachers, expanded early childhood<br />
and community college funding and<br />
post-K-12 job training. Read the fine print<br />
– Republicans didn’t fully fund teacher pay<br />
raises. And who defunds libraries? Workers’<br />
rights: Fair wages, earned sick leave,<br />
safe working conditions and the right to<br />
unionize.<br />
Q3) As an openly gay and dedicated<br />
family man, I’m passionate about building<br />
a more inclusive Missouri. I will serve my<br />
community by representing you in Jefferson<br />
City as a voice of reason, protecting<br />
the dignity and rights of all Missourians,<br />
and inspiring hope that Missouri’s future<br />
can be brighter than its past. I know we all<br />
have more in common than we have setting<br />
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winning a seat; it’s about representing the<br />
voices of all Missourians. Please join me<br />
in this journey to bring meaningful change<br />
and progress to Missouri as a whole.<br />
STATE REPRESENTATIVE • District <strong>10</strong>1<br />
• Ben Keathley (R)*<br />
Q1) I am a lawyer serving families and<br />
small businesses in Chesterfield. I grew<br />
up in Chesterfield. I went to Rockwood<br />
schools, served two terms on the Chesterfield<br />
City Council, chaired our city’s<br />
Public Safety Committee and have served<br />
as your state representative for the past two<br />
years. I loved growing up in our community.<br />
That is why I am raising my children<br />
here, started my business here and why I<br />
want to continue serving you as your state<br />
representative.<br />
Q2) 1: Inflation and taxes are crushing<br />
families and businesses. I sponsored the<br />
senior property tax freeze, a grocery sales<br />
tax exemption and successfully prohibited<br />
governments from taxing your streaming<br />
services to alleviate sky rocketing<br />
costs and make government more efficient.<br />
2: As a former Rockwood student<br />
and son of a Rockwood teacher, I have<br />
worked to ensure all Missourians have<br />
access to quality education by fully funding<br />
public schools, increasing teacher pay<br />
and empowering families by expanding<br />
educational opportunities. 3: Public safety<br />
is essential to both families and business<br />
development. Depriving police of precious<br />
resources imperils families and drives<br />
business out of the region. I will always<br />
support those who keep us safe.<br />
Q3) I am a proven leader for our community.<br />
I was successful in passing tax cut<br />
legislation to make everyday living costs<br />
more affordable and improving education<br />
opportunities for our children. I led<br />
the charge to raise teacher pay, and I also<br />
sponsored major legislation to limit sales<br />
taxes on necessities, control skyrocketing<br />
property tax assessments, and eliminate<br />
taxes on your streaming services. I will<br />
continue to dedicate myself to rising above<br />
a toxic political culture to deliver meaningful<br />
solutions for your family and business.<br />
• Jacqueline Cotton (D)<br />
Q1) I’ve run a small business in the<br />
manufacturing industry for over 25 years,<br />
have volunteered in my community for<br />
many years, and at Planned Parenthood. I<br />
am passionate about the rights of women,<br />
healthcare and education. My late husband,<br />
Robert, and I raised two daughters here in<br />
Missouri and want them to have the same<br />
rights we had.<br />
Q2) My top three priorities are to return<br />
reproductive rights to women and safeguard<br />
them, make healthcare available and<br />
affordable to all and to work towards better<br />
education for the children of Missouri by<br />
funding teachers and our public schools,<br />
not private schools.<br />
Q3) Right-wing extremism has taken<br />
over Missouri and our rights have been<br />
removed. I will help to prevent our state<br />
from the consequences of the Republican<br />
super-majority and allow Missourians<br />
to be heard once again. Missouri voters<br />
should be heard and not ignored. There is a<br />
history of voters’ wishes being overturned<br />
by the Republicans. That is wrong and<br />
cannot be allowed to continue. Please vote<br />
for democracy and <strong>10</strong>0% Cotton!<br />
STATE REPRESENTATIVE • District 1<strong>10</strong><br />
• Justin Sparks (R)*<br />
Q1) I served as a police officer and sergeant<br />
with the St. Louis County Police for<br />
nearly 15 years before ending my career as<br />
a deputized United States Marshall Task<br />
Force officer. Leading and supervising<br />
police officers in the apprehension of highrisk<br />
fugitives provided invaluable leadership<br />
skill development.<br />
Q2) I sponsored Valentine’s Law which<br />
makes aggravated fleeing from police a<br />
felony offense. I will continue to sponsor<br />
legislation that makes a real and verifiable<br />
impact on the safety of our neighborhoods.<br />
I will continue to sponsor legislation that<br />
protects our children – both born and<br />
unborn. I will also continue to sponsor<br />
legislation that lowers taxes and provides<br />
an environment within our state that is<br />
conducive to economic growth and prosperity.<br />
Q3) I am a man of integrity and I believe<br />
that in many ways politicians have grown<br />
much too comfortable in our Capitol. These<br />
politicians have forgotten whom they serve<br />
and why. I hope to lead my colleagues back<br />
to a place where the will of the people<br />
reigns supreme and a spirit of service and<br />
sacrifice once again becomes the order of<br />
the day. I have discovered that this is not<br />
an easy task, but it is worth it, and Godwilling<br />
we will continue to bring truth and<br />
transparency back to Jefferson City.<br />
• Josh Thackston (D)<br />
Q1) I have a strong background in<br />
public service, including six years as a<br />
high school math teacher, where I saw<br />
firsthand the challenges facing our education<br />
system. My years of involvement in<br />
community service have fueled my commitment<br />
to helping others and improving<br />
our community. I am dedicated to improving<br />
education, healthcare and economic<br />
opportunities for all Missourians. My passion<br />
for serving others and making a positive<br />
impact drives me to represent District<br />
1<strong>10</strong> effectively.<br />
Q2) Education: Investing in public<br />
schools, supporting teachers and expanding<br />
early childhood education. Healthcare:<br />
Lowering prescription drug costs, expanding<br />
Medicaid, and ensuring mental health<br />
services are accessible. Economic opportunity:<br />
Creating good-paying jobs, supporting<br />
small businesses and investing in infrastructure<br />
improvements to boost local economies.<br />
Q3) I bring a wide range of experience<br />
as a husband, father, former publicschool<br />
teacher and corporate professional.<br />
I understand the importance of strong<br />
public education, safe neighborhoods, economic<br />
opportunities and creating a state<br />
our kids will be proud to live in as adults.<br />
I’m dedicated to advocating for policies<br />
that improve everyone’s quality of life and<br />
believe in listening to and working with<br />
all community members. Together, we can<br />
drive positive change for our district and<br />
our state. I’m ready to put my experience<br />
to work for you.<br />
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• Deck Construction<br />
• Deck Repairs<br />
• Deck Upgrades<br />
HAULING<br />
SKIP'S HAULING & DEMOLITION<br />
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construction rubble, yard waste,<br />
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& 20 cubic yd. rolloff dumpsters.<br />
Licensed & insured. Affordable, dependable<br />
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VISA/MC accepted. 22 yrs. service.<br />
Toll Free 1-888-STL-JUNK<br />
888-785-5865 or 314-644-1948<br />
J & J HAULING<br />
WE HAUL IT ALL<br />
Service 7 days. Debris, furniture,<br />
appliances, household trash, yard<br />
debris, railroad ties, fencing, decks.<br />
Garage & Basement Clean-up<br />
Neat, courteous, affordable rates.<br />
Call: 636-515-6611<br />
Email: jandjhaul@aol.com<br />
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Ste 200, Chesterfield, MO 63005<br />
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FENCES<br />
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• Deck Staining<br />
• Staircases<br />
• Hand Rail<br />
(636) 337-7733<br />
EverythingDecks.net<br />
• Fully Insured<br />
• Warranty<br />
• No Money Up Front<br />
HELP WANTED<br />
State Farm Agent<br />
Insurance Sales Position<br />
Salary Plus Commission<br />
636-891-1300<br />
COMPASSIONATE<br />
CAREGIVERS NEEDED!!<br />
VISITING ANGELS is hiring for<br />
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Personal Care Assistants &<br />
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Flexible Schedules, 401K match.<br />
Health Ins. after 6 mo. if FT<br />
Call 636-695-4422 or apply at<br />
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HOME IMPROVEMENT<br />
Mizzou Crew LLC (Since 2004)<br />
We can’t do everything,<br />
but we CAN do a lot!<br />
Landscaping, Demolition,<br />
Flooring, Light Construction,<br />
Furniture Assembly, Fencing,<br />
Deck Repair, Rough Carpentry.<br />
Call/text Jeff 314-520-5222 or<br />
email mizzoucrewstl@gmail.com<br />
Total Bathroom Remodeling<br />
Cabinetry•Plumbing•Electrical<br />
30 Years Experience<br />
REMODEL & REPAIR<br />
Rotted wood, Painting, Tile,<br />
Drywall, Floors, Electrical,<br />
Carpentry, Plumbing,<br />
Power Washing. Insured.<br />
FREE ESTIMATES<br />
Tom Streckfuss 314-9<strong>10</strong>-7458<br />
sbacontractingllc@gmail.com<br />
RM Nelson Concrete LLC<br />
Foundations, Flatwork,<br />
Room Addition,Driveways, Patio,<br />
Sidewalk, Garage Floor, Exposed<br />
Aggregate, Stamped Colored,<br />
Tear Out & Replacement<br />
Fully Insured for Customer<br />
Protection<br />
Call Russell Nelson<br />
314-606-8141<br />
HOME IMPROVEMENT<br />
AFFORDABLE CARPENTRY<br />
Kitchen Remodeling,<br />
Wainscoting, Cabinets,<br />
Crown Molding, Trim, Framing,<br />
Basement Finishing, Custom<br />
Decks, Doors, Windows.<br />
Free estimates!<br />
Anything inside & out!<br />
Call Joe 636-699-8316<br />
LANDSCAPING<br />
THE YARD GUY<br />
Flower Bed Maintenance<br />
We Pull Weeds<br />
CALL OR TEXT<br />
636•358•8800<br />
WE ARE THE GROUNDS KEEPERS<br />
Mizzou Crew Landscaping<br />
(Since 2004)<br />
Shrub Trimming, Mulch,<br />
Property Maintenance, Weeding,<br />
Leaf Removal, Planting, Sod<br />
Install, Lawn Renovations, Small<br />
and Medium Sized Retaining<br />
Walls, Permeable Paver Patios,<br />
Brick Patios, Outdoor BBQ Pit<br />
and Entertainment Areas, Fences,<br />
Deck Power Wash/Stain, and<br />
Rodent Moles<br />
20th Summer $199 Special<br />
$199 for 2.5 hours of work and<br />
then $59-$79 per hour, per worker<br />
depending on job and crew plus<br />
materials, delivery fuel<br />
or dump fees if needed.<br />
Call/Text Jeff 314-520-5222<br />
FISHBURN’S LANDSCAPING<br />
Residential • Commercial<br />
Leaf Clean Up • Retaining Walls<br />
Trees, Shrubs & Flower Planting<br />
and Trimming • Landscaping Rock<br />
FULLY Insured • FREE Estimates<br />
Call or Text Dave 314-843-0271<br />
MORALES LANDSCAPE LLC<br />
Clean-Up • Mowing • Mulching<br />
Planting • Aeration • Sod Install<br />
Leaf Removal • Paver Patios<br />
Trimming & Edging<br />
Stone & Brick<br />
Retaining Walls • Drainage<br />
Work<br />
- FREE ESTIMATES -<br />
636-293-2863<br />
moraleslandscape@hotmail.com<br />
PRISTINE MIDWEST<br />
CONSTRUCTION LLC<br />
Specializing in<br />
Decks & Fences<br />
FREE Estimates<br />
pristinemidwest@gmail.com<br />
(314) 575-3879<br />
Retaining Walls • Patios • Pruning<br />
Chainsaw Work • Seasonal<br />
Clean-up • Honeysuckle Removal<br />
Friendly service with attention to detail<br />
Call Tom 636.938.9874<br />
www.mienerlandscaping.com<br />
LANDSCAPING<br />
WE SPECIALIZE IN<br />
RETAINING WALLS • PAVER PATIOS • DECKS<br />
FENCES • TREES • NEW LANDSCAPING<br />
LAWNS & MULCH AND MUCH MORE!<br />
Free Estimates<br />
314-280-2779<br />
poloslawn@aol.com<br />
Aeration and over<br />
seeding, cleanup<br />
leaves and gum balls,<br />
erosion work,<br />
landscaping and sod<br />
HOLIDAY LIGHTING<br />
314-568-4870<br />
• LEAF REMOVAL •<br />
• YARD CLEAN UPS •<br />
Preparing/Cleaning Beds<br />
Mulching • Leaf Removal<br />
Bush/Shrub Trimming<br />
Seeding • Fertilizing<br />
Aeration & Dethatching<br />
POWERWASHING<br />
Driveways, Decks and Fences<br />
• FAST & FREE ESTIMATES •<br />
TWO MEN & A MOWER<br />
636-432-3451<br />
PAINTING<br />
DEFINO’S<br />
PAINTING SERVICES<br />
EST. 2006<br />
Interior & Exterior Painting<br />
Deck Staining<br />
- Insured & Free Estimates -<br />
definospainting.com<br />
314-707-3094<br />
<br />
PET SERVICES<br />
Yucko’s<br />
Your Poop Scoop ‘n Service<br />
FREE Estimates<br />
314-291-7667<br />
www.yuckos.com<br />
PLUMBING<br />
LICENSED PLUMBER<br />
Bonded & Insured<br />
Available for all your<br />
plumbing needs.<br />
No job is too small.<br />
FREE ESTIMATES<br />
35 Years Experience.<br />
Senior Discounts<br />
<strong>24</strong> hours service!<br />
314-808-4611<br />
• ANYTHING IN PLUMBING •<br />
Good Prices! Basement<br />
bathrooms, small repairs & code<br />
violations repaired. Fast Service.<br />
Certified, licensed plumber - MBC<br />
Plumbing - Call or text anytime:<br />
314-409-5051<br />
TREE SERVICES<br />
• COLE TREE SERVICE •<br />
Tree and Stump Removal.<br />
Trimming and Deadwooding.<br />
Free Estimates.<br />
636-475-3661<br />
www.cole-tree-service.biz<br />
WEDDING SERVICES<br />
ANYTIME ANYWHERE<br />
- CEREMONIES -<br />
• Marriage Ceremonies<br />
• Vow Renewals<br />
• Baptisms<br />
• Pastoral Visits<br />
• Graveside Visits<br />
Full Service Ministry<br />
(314) 703-7456<br />
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