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I OPINION I 3 

Walter E. Williams 

Racist exam 

questions? 

The U.S. Department of Justice 

recently sued the Baltimore County 

government alleging that its written test 

for police officer recruits was unfairly 

biased against black applicants. It turns 

out that black applicants failed the written 

test at a rate much greater than white 

applicants. That resulted in fewer blacks 

being trained and hired as police officers. 

John A. Olszewski Jr., Baltimore 

county executive, said, “A law enforcement 

agency should look like the community 

it serves. As I have said repeatedly 

since taking office, I am committed 

to increasing diversity in the county’s 

police department.” 

The city of Baltimore uses the Municipal 

Police Selection Test. You can examine 

some sample questions on its website. 

I’d like to know which of the questions 

are either unrelated to police work 

or racist. Many jurisdictions use the 

National Police Officer Selection Test. 

You can examine some of the sample 

questions on its website. Again, I’d like 

to know which of the questions are unrelated 

to police work or are racially biased 

questions. In addition, it has been found 

that the MPST and POST are successful 

predictors of law enforcement training 

success and job performance. 

Black performance on police exams 

is simply the tip of the iceberg of a 

truly tragic cruelty. That cruelty stands 

front and center when one examines 

the education that most blacks in Baltimore 

receive. Several years ago, Project 

Baltimore began an investigation of 

Baltimore’s school system. What they 

found was an utter disgrace. In 19 of 

Baltimore’s high schools, out of 3,804 

students, only 14 of them, or less than 

1%, were proficient in math. In 13 of 

Baltimore’s 39 high schools, not a single 

student scored proficient in math. In five 

Baltimore City high schools, not a single 

student scored proficient in math or reading. 

Despite these academic deficiencies, 

about 70% of the students graduate and 

are conferred a high school diploma. 

A high school diploma attests that the 

holder can read, write and compute at a 

12th grade level. Obviously, the diplomas 

conferred on students who have not 

mastered reading, writing and computing 

are fraudulent. 

When a person who cannot read, write 

and compute very well takes a written 

employment exam, including that to 

become a police officer, he is going to 

encounter difficulties. His difficulties 

are not caused by any racially discriminatory 

aspect of the test. His difficulties 

are a result of not having acquired what 

he should have acquired by the time he 

finished high school. But that is not how 

such a person sees it. He sees that he has 

a high school diploma just as a white 

applicant has a high school diploma. 

To him, any difference in treatment and 

outcomes must be the result of racial 

discrimination. Thus, the U.S. Department 

of Justice sued, claiming that the 

written test for police officer recruits was 

unfairly biased against black applicants. 

The conclusion that Baltimore County’s 

written test for police officer recruits 

was unfairly biased against black applicants 

is tragic. It allows Baltimore public 

schools to continue to produce fraudulent 

education. 

You say, “Hold it, Williams! You can’t 

blame everything on schools.” You’re 

right. One cannot blame schools and 

teachers for students who are hostile to 

the education process. One cannot blame 

schools and teachers for a rotten home 

environment or derelict parents. But 

there is one thing entirely within the 

control of educators. That’s their power 

to issue diplomas. When they confer 

high school diplomas on youngsters who 

cannot read, write and compute at or near 

a 12th grade level, they are engaging in 

fraudulent conduct. 

Dr. Thomas Sowell’s research in “Education: 

Assumptions Versus History” 

documents academic excellence at Baltimore’s 

Frederick Douglass High School 

and others. This academic excellence 

occurred during an era when blacks were 

much poorer and faced gross racial discrimination. 

It’s worthwhile reading for 

black people to learn the capabilities of 

other blacks facing so many challenging 

circumstances. I’m wondering when the 

black community will demand an end 

to an educational environment that condemns 

so many youngsters to mediocrity. 

• • • 

Walter E. Williams is a professor of 

economics at George Mason University. 

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Up in smoke 

The alarms have been sounded and the 

headlines scream that recent vaping illnesses 

and deaths are being caused by 

e-cigarettes. 

These e-cigarettes are legal and regulated 

and have been on the market now 

for years. But now, our leaders and 

others in position of power are calling 

for the complete elimination of these 

products. Why the sudden increase of 

concern over something that has been on 

the market for years? And why aren’t 

other countries around the world having 

this same problem? Could this just be 

Chicken Little screaming that the sky is 

falling? Are there issues across the pond 

involving e-cigarettes? 

The United Kingdom, who has the 

third highest uptake of e-cigarettes, has 

reported in the past year only 12 incidents 

of health problems. Among those 

incidents, seven involved respiratory 

problems and none of those cases were 

considered serious or required medical 

attention. There is no proof that these 

issues were the reason. 

The cases in the United States appear 

to involve vape liquid that contains THC, 

the active ingredient in marijuana, which 

is still illegal in many European countries. 

So, what this looks like is an illegal addition 

of a product to the vape pen, which is 

causing respiratory illnesses. The homebrew 

aspect that the United States seems 

to be executing is the problem. 

Now, the powers to be in the United 

States have jumped off the ledge with the 

rest of the lemmings and want to totally 

wipe out a legitimate business. 

The vape e-cigarette is a method to get 

cigarette smokers off of the deadlier tarinfested 

cigarette. Maybe we should just 

take a deep inhale and see what is causing 

this problem, which is only happening 

here in our part of the world. 

Michael Sargent 

Regarding Walter Williams 

I am humored by the occasional letters 

to the editor where citizens express their 

dislike for either the Walter Williams 

column and/or the conservative slant of 

your free newsmagazine. 

I find your publication very useful for 

staying up on current events, especially 

high school sports. 

Most of the stuff coming to my mailbox 

is trash and doesn’t make it past the 

recycling bin in my garage. For those of 

of you that dislike the West Newsmagazine, 

just toss it, or use it in your birdcage. 

Remember, it’s a free publication. 

If you don’t like the magazine, publish 

your own version. 

Jeff Travers 

Regarding urgent cares 

Buyer beware! The recent article on the 

proliferation of urgent cares was a good 

initial introduction into the world of “fast 

food” health care [“Urgent Care: The new 

frontline of healthcare,” Sept. 11.] 

While it is true that too many patients 

unnecessarily clog up emergency rooms, 

and that the urgent cares, hopefully, 

siphon off some of the ER workload, the 

big elephant in the room is the quality 

of care. 

There are as many urgent cares, it 

seems, as flavors of Baskin Robbins, and 

while the following observation does not 

apply to every and single urgent care and 

every and single provider, it is generally 

true that the quality of care is not up to 

par with that of the primary care physicians 

or ERs. 

With respect of pediatrics, especially, 

the amount of training received by a 

pediatrician versus that of family nurse 

practitioners [FNPs], who are the most 

common providers in St. Louis urgent 

cares, is significant. The quality of training 

also is vastly different. 

Urgent cares, in general, overprescribe 

antibiotics. Not every child with a sore 

throat needs a strep test. Not every child 

with a “red ear” has an ear infection that 

requires antibiotics. Inappropriate use of 

antibiotics lead to acceleration of drug 

resistance and have potential significant 

side effects. The kicker here also is 

that some of these urgent cares dole out 

their own antibiotics; hence, they are 

being compensated for medications that 

patients do not need. 

In addition, unnecessary imaging and 

steroid shots are being provided, both of 

which pad the financial cushion of certain 

urgent cares. 

There needs to be oversight of the quality 

of care and the financial incentives 

driving the sprouting of urgent cares. 

Ask your primary care physician for 

references if you do need to avail yourself 

of an urgent care, but don’t buy into 

the premise that faster is better. And, as 

flu season nears, please know that not 

everyone needs antivirals for the flu! 

Katherine Shiue, M.D. 

Regarding President Trump 

and the Second Amendment 

I am always entertained by the 

responses by the left regarding President 

Donald Trump’s election and the Second 

Amendment. Fortunately, both were 

wrapped up in the printed responses 

from Mr. Glen Patterson and W.B. Hall 

[West Newsmagazine, Sept. 18]. 

When someone starts with “no one 

needs ...” in terms of gun control, I want 

to ask them where we draw the line on 

what someone needs. No one needs a car 

with 500 horsepower when the top speed 

limit is 70 miles per hour. No one needs a 

quarter-pounder with cheese when it contributes 

to heart disease. No one needs 10 

pairs of shoes when two or three pairs fit 

a person’s needs. So please, provide us 

with the long list of things that “no one 

needs” so we can all live a better life. 

Regarding Mr. Patterson, it is also 

amusing that the left just can’t give up 

on the Russian collusion story no matter 

how many facts get in the way. Also, 

let’s throw in the tired, worn-out, nonrelevant 

popular vote excuse. Maybe 

Mr. Patterson can do some research 

on why we have an electoral college. 

Spoiler alert: it protects the fly-over 

states [including Missouri] from being 

marginalized. Pass a popular vote and 

you will never see a presidential candidate 

in Missouri again. While some may 

see that as a good thing, Missouri votes 

would become meaningless because the 

big states like California would dictate 

who is president. A little education goes 

a long way in understanding why we 

have the electoral college and how it 

protects voters in Missouri, and their 

issues and concerns, from being totally 

ignored. 

Wally Balden 

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brick and mortar storefronts, that is not 

really too big of a deal. If you are in 

O’Fallon, you collect at the O’Fallon 

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at the Ballwin rate. But what if you are 

in West Virginia and you sell something 

to a customer in Wildwood via the 

internet? 

As of right now, the state of Missouri 

has done little but throw up their hands, 

shrug and mutter “Well, it’s complicated.” 

This is where it becomes a very big 

deal for brick and mortar business and 

for local government. For your local 

shopkeeper, it grants an unfair competitive 

advantage to the online retailer, 

who can charge less simply by virtue 

of not levying a sales tax on the product. 

For local government, this creates 

a significant revenue problem as more 

and more sales occur online but generate 

no local taxes. At the end of the 

day, we taxpayers end up footing the 

bill for purchases we never made, and 

we business owners are left to compete 

in an uneven marketplace. The local 

economy gets hurt. 

Missouri’s hands are not tied. 

In 2018, the United States Supreme 

Court waded into the deep end of this 

particular pool. In the South Dakota 

vs. Wayfair, Inc. case, the court ruled 

that states were allowed to charge tax 

on purchases from out-of-state sellers, 

even if the seller did not have a presence 

in that state. Missouri and Florida 

are the only two states who charge a 

sales tax but have not yet taken advantage 

of this decision. 

We are talking about big money here. 

Estimates are that next year alone, Missouri 

and local governments could collect 

around $100 million each through 

the passage of a law that takes advantage 

of the Wayfair ruling. Several such 

laws were floated in the last legislative 

session, but none passed. 

This is not, by the way, a new tax. 

Today, the consumer is supposed to 

pay something called a use tax on any 

purchase from an out-of-state retailer, 

but the state has no meaningful way 

to collect or track such a tax. This law 

simply puts the obligation back onto the 

retailer to collect and pay the tax, the 

same as it is for a local business. 

None of this is simple by any stretch 

of the imagination. Having to deal with 

multiple taxing entities is a considerable 

burden for a business. Most states 

have put in a minimum sales amount 

before the business is obligated to pay, 

which helps a bit. Complicated or not, 

the fact remains that 43 other states 

have figured this out and Missouri has 

not. 

Missouri needs to make passage of 

an online sales tax bill one of its highest 

priorities. Allowing online retailers 

a distinct competitive advantage hurts 

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city manager was 110% behind the professionalization 

of our police department,” 

Lewis said. 

“This certification process was a complete 

review of our agency by independent 

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Park fees increase 

Due to an increase in maintenance costs, 

certain fees in the parks department will 

increase next year, some of which had not 

being raised since their inception. 

Even though actual membership has 

decreased the last few years, there will be 

an increase in the cost of dog park membership 

at Eberwein Park to $45 per dog from 

$30. In addition, membership will be open 

to non-residents, limiting space to the first 

100 at a rate of $65 per dog. 

Currently, the Eberwein community 

garden costs $30 for a 4-foot by 8-foot plot. 

The Parkway Community Garden plots are 

$30 for a 4x8, $45 for an 8x8, and $100 for 

an 8x16. Those rates will be increased to 

$40 for a 4x8 at both gardens, $55 for an 

8x8 at Parkway and $115 for an 8x16 at 

Parkway. 

Currently, the fee for pavilion rental is 

$55 per day Monday through Friday and 

$110 per day on Saturday, Sunday and holidays. 

The parks department is constructing 

a new west pavilion in Central Park, 

which will hold 50-60 people, while the 

east pavilion holds 100-125. 

The west pavilion fee will be $50 per day 

Monday-Friday and $100 per day Saturday, 

Sunday and holidays. The east pavilion 

fees will be adjusted to $75 per day 

Monday-Friday and $125 per day Saturday, 

Sunday and holidays. 

ELLISVILLE 

Police department earns 

national accreditation 

The Sept. 18 City Council meeting in 

Ellisville was an opportunity to celebrate 

the efforts of the city’s police department 

and acknowledge its successful completion 

of the requirements for accreditation from 

the Missouri Police Chiefs Association. 

Chief Glenn Eidman, from the Creve 

Coeur Police Department, was on hand to 

present the certification award on behalf of 

the Missouri Police Chiefs Association. 

“We recognize that this is a unique and 

difficult time in law enforcement,” Eidman 

told the council, before adding that “the credentialing 

process promotes transparency 

and character-driven professionalism.” 

“We’ve seen this in your police department,” 

Eidman said. 

Ellisville Police Chief Steve Lewis was 

quick to thank city leaders for their support 

through the process. 

MANCHESTER 

City says hello, goodbye 

to municipal judges 

At the Sept. 16 Board of Aldermen meeting, 

the city of Manchester thanked outgoing 

Municipal Judge Michael Gunn for his 

service to the city and officially approved 

Charles Billings as his replacement. 

Gunn is retiring Sept. 30 after 49 years of 

service to the city. Gunn was hired as the 

city’s prosecuting attorney in May 1970 

and served in that capacity until May 1997 

when he became the city’s municipal judge. 

He is past president of the Missouri Bar 

Association, the American Bar Association 

National Conference of Bar Foundations, 

the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. 

Louis and the Lawyers’ Association of St. 

Louis. 

For more than 20 years, Gunn has been 

a member of the House of Delegates of the 

American Bar Association. Recently, he 

Mayor Mike Clement presents Municipal 

Judge Michael Gunn with a proclamation 

honoring Gunn’s service to the city of 

Manchester. 

In the proclamation presented to Gunn by 

Mayor Mike Clement on Sept. 16, he was 

lauded as having a strong sense of justice, 

fairness and respect for all parties in the courtroom, 

and as a leading lawyer and educator, 

who has distinguished himself at all levels of 

legal justice. He also was recognized as being 

committed to the overall welfare, safety and 

security of the city of Manchester. 

Later in the meeting, Billings was unanimously 

appointed as the city’s new judge, 

effective Oct. 1. Billings is a partner at 

Bruntrager and Billings, P.C. and an assistant 

prosecutor in the city of Overland. 

Additionally, he serves as a provisional 

municipal judge in Des Peres, Village of 

Incoming Municipal Judge Charles Billings with his family and Manchester Mayor Mike Clement.





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Riverview and the city of Warrenton. His 

established rate of pay is $2,000 per month. 

Billings thanked the board and said he is 

“very excited to start this position.” 

“This is a well-run court and I am excited 

to keep that going as your municipal judge,” 

Billings said. 

Brookvale sewer 

project approved 

Two resolutions regarding the Brookvale 

Terrace Trunk Sewer Project in the Chadwick 

subdivision were approved at the Manchester 

Board of Aldermen meeting on Sept. 16. 

The first resolution authorized a contract 

with Stock & Associates Consulting 

Engineers, Inc. in an amount not to exceed 

$17,500 to provide the city with construction 

inspection services for the Brookvale 

project. 

The second resolution established a contract 

with Kelpe Contracting, Inc. in an amount 

not to exceed $1,516,545 which includes a 

5% change order for $72,216 in the area of 

stormwater improvements. The construction 

of this project will relieve chronic flooding 

that occurs in the drainage area of Chadwick 

from Villaview Drive through the rear yards 

of residences on the east and south sides of 

Brookvale Terrace to the Channel D creek, 

alongside the Chadwick Swim Club property 

on Briarhurst Drive. 

City establishes 

Veterans Commission 

An ordinance passed at the Sept. 16 

Manchester Board of Aldermen meeting 

establishes the creation of a Veterans Commission 

within the city. 

In establishing the commission, the city 

noted its appreciation of the efforts of the 

Walter Le Pere American Legion Post 208, 

the Greater St. Louis Honor Flights, The 

Kaufman Fund and all veteran organizations 

that offer physical, mental, financial 

and social support to veterans and their 

families. 

The city noted that it is especially proud 

of its Veterans Memorial at the Margaret 

Stoecker Park and expressed its desire 

to identify and promote additional ways 

to honor and help area veterans and plan 

appropriate events throughout the year. 

Some highlights of the commission’s 

responsibilities include: 

• The commission shall consist of 11 

voting members, nine volunteer members, 

a Board of Alderman ex-officio representative 

and the mayor. Of the volunteer 

members, at least five shall be veterans or 

spouses of veterans, one shall be designation 

from Legion Post 208 and six shall 

be city residents. All members will be 

appointed by the mayor and approved by 

the board. 

Terms for the initial volunteer member 

appointments shall be staggered with three 

members initially appointed for a term of 

one year, ending in 2020; three members 

initially appointed for a term of two years, 

ending in 2021; and three members initially 

appointed to a full three-year term 

ending in 2022. 

• Thereafter, terms for volunteer members 

shall be for three-year terms. No volunteer 

may serve for more than three terms, 

for a total of nine years, with the exception 

of the initial members who may serve nine 

years, plus their appointment term. 

The purpose and duties of the Veteran 

Commission is to plan and coordinate 

veteran programs with support from city 

departments. The commission shall ensure 

the needs of the local veterans are identifiable 

and a top community priority, with 

emphasis on connecting them with known 

resources. 

Manchester amends deer 

control policy in city parks 

The city of Manchester approved a resolution 

at its Sept. 16 Board of Aldermen 

meeting that changes the scope of deer 

control and hunting policies within two 

city parks. 

Two years ago, the city’s deer population 

was 42 deer per square mile; the count now 

has exceeded 50 deer per square mile. Both 

numbers are well above the 30 deer per 

square mile recommended by the Missouri 

Department of Conservation to maintain a 

healthy, sustainable herd size. 

To address the growing concern, the 

board unanimously approved a specific 

plan for hunting in Paul A. Schroeder Park 

and Margaret Stoecker Park. 

• Only hunters associated with Suburban 

Bowhunters will be allowed to hunt in the 

two above-mentioned city parks between 

Oct. 15, 2019, and Jan. 15, 2020. In its 

ordinance, the city noted that the Suburban 

Bowhunters organization has been vetted 

as a well-run organization that consists of 

hunters with specialized and state-mandated 

training in suburban areas. 

• Hunting hours are set from pre-dawn 

until no later than 9 a.m. 

• Prior to getting city approval, hunters 

must check in with the director of parks. At 

the check-in meeting, hunters will be briefed 

on instructions, restrictions, maps, etc. Additionally, 

the Manchester Police Department 

must approve the hunters, who must comply 

with the applicable rules and regulations of 

the ordinance regarding deer policies. 

• Two tree stands are allowed in Schroeder 

Park and one is allowed in Stoecker 

Park. 

The original ordinance specifying the 

deer control policy was passed at the Sept. 

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The phrase “if you build it, they will 

come” often extends well beyond the 

motion picture fantasy plot of creating a 

baseball diamond in the middle of a cornfield. 

The ongoing 600-acre development 

project in eastern Creve Coeur and extreme 

western Olivette is a real-life testament to 

that fact. 

A corny comparison? Maybe, but there’s 

more. The area’s dream revolves around 

the agriculture and biotech yields of agtech 

superstars Bayer and the Danforth 

Plant Science Center. And Creve Coeur 

has its diamond scheduled for completion 

in the near future – a folded diamond 

configuration for the Olive and Lindbergh 

interchange. 

More details and artist renderings on all 

phases of 39º North were revealed at an 

Open House held at the Creve Coeur Government 

Center on Tuesday, Sept. 17. 

Enhancing transportation 

Creating the folded diamond is a major 

step for 39° North, but it was well needed, 

anyway, considering the Olive/Lindbergh 

interchanges were built by MoDOT way 

back in 1957. Mike Brown, of Access 

Engineering, explained that the designbuild 

team will be removing unneeded 

and dangerous weave lanes on the existing 

bridges and adding others to make them 

more pedestrian friendly. 

“The main road and highway construction 

will begin around April or May of next 

year,” Brown said. “The majority of that 

project will be totally completed in 2020. 

The idea is to divert more traffic from Old 

Olive and to remove the barriers so [commuters] 

can travel in all directions from 

Old Olive onto Lindbergh.” 

In the short-term, commuters may experience 

increased congestion. 

“There will be some added traffic time 

for lane closures in the short-term but the 

benefits will definitely outweigh the brief 

periods of congestion and aggravation,” 

Jim Heines, Creve Coeur’s director of 

public works, said. 

Another important construction phase 

that will soon follow is transforming 

Old Olive Road into a “Great 

Street.” That term seems confusing 

for people who grew up in the 

area or have had businesses in this 

general region for decades. After 

all, Old Olive Road has always 

been considered a mere side street 

that curved around from Olive 

Boulevard to Lindbergh Road, 

and a connector with Guelbreth 

Lane to the Jewish Community 

Center’s Millstone Campus. 

But Jonathan Ryan, a landscape 

artist with Clayton-based Christner 

Inc., offered a clarification of 

the term. 

“[The term] ‘Great Street’ refers 

to conveyance for many modes 

of travel, not just cars,” Ryan 

explained. “Regarding the Old 

Olive project phase, we’re kind of 

thinking it’s 2 to 5 years out.” 

He added that Great Streets 

projects usually have a really 

good return on investment for 

citizens. 



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39° North seeks to become Creve Coeur’s district of dreams 

A rendering of the proposed 39º North bio-tech Innovation district. 

A map of St. Louis City’s and County’s innovation centers. 

[St. Louis Economic Partnership graphic] 

[St. Louis Economic Partnership graphic] 

Brown added that Great Streets typically 

means streets with “great connections.” 

In this case, improving sidewalks on Old 

Olive and removing lanes will qualify Old 

Olive for the distinction. 

“The new folded diamond will include 

two new signals, and all traffic will go 

through more smoothly,” Brown said. 

“Overall, it will be good use of the space 

without changing any of the development. 

The first project is for a guarded, safer 

pedestrian route. [There will] be a 6-foot 

sidewalk from Warson to Old Olive …on 

the south side for now and just a small part 

on the north side.” 

According to Heines, there are two 

potential sources of funding for the Old 

Olive improvements: MoDOT’s Cost- 

Share Program and the Governor’s Transportation 

Cost-Share Program. Both have 

different timelines. 

Attracting new business 

There have been several key players in 

39º North from the outset. Most have centered 

around expanding upon what corporations 

like Bayer and the Danforth Plant 

Science Center bring to the area’s playing 

field. 

Some of the 39º North’s current businesses 

are: 

• Forrest Innovations, Ltd., which works 

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Page calling for stricter rules to prevent future ‘pay-for-play’ schemes 

By JEFFREY BRICKER 

St. Louis County Executive 

Sam Page is well aware that 

his administration operates 

in the shadow of the scandalous 

tenure of former County 

Executive Steve Stenger. In 

his first few months leading 

county government, Page has 

pushed for reforms that will 

provide more transparency and 

accountability. 

“Pay-to-play is dead in St. 

Louis County, but we have to 

make sure it never comes back,” 

Page said in a press release 

dated Sept. 16, in which he 

calls for stricter rules around 

lobbying and communicating 

with public officials. 

Specifically, Page is asking the County 

Council to tighten rules that impact how 

lobbyists and donors could influence future 

contracts awarded by the county. 

Page is calling the legislation “The Cone 

of Silence” and says it would prohibit a 

potential bidder or lobbyist from contacting 

county officials while the contracting 

process is under way. It also would shield 

County Executive Sam Page 

county officials involved in the contracting 

process from being subject to undue influence, 

according to Page. 

On Sept. 18, Page held a press event 

where he signed several additional executive 

orders on ethics reform. He said he 

called for the press event so that the public 

could witness him signing the orders on 

“the same desk his predecessor held court 

during his pay-to-play scheme, 

stuffing drawers with unsigned 

contracts until the winning 

bidder agreed to payoffs.” 

While the use of the same 

desk where Stenger was once 

seated was largely a symbolic 

gesture, Page contended it was 

not an empty one. 

“This is symbolic, yes, but 

it’s also a clear sign that we are 

serious about good government 

in St. Louis County,” Page 

said. “We are not only cleaning 

up the mess we inherited, but 

we’re setting the standards for 

now and the future.” 

The executive orders signed 

by Page address the following 

areas: 

• Create a code of ethics for 

county employees. 

• Establish a zero-tolerance policy for 

failure to report corruption. 

• Implement a policy to always favor 

disclosure over closure regarding the Sunshine 

Law. 

• Require a data portal on the county website 

to provide more access to the public. 

These reforms come on the heels of 

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action recently by the council to encourage 

and protect those who report potential 

fraud and corruption. 

At its Aug. 27 meeting, the council voted 

7-0 on a resolution creating a hotline for 

county employees to report misconduct. 

In addition to the hotline, which is to be 

staffed by a third party, the resolution provides 

protections to “whistleblowers” to 

prevent reprisals. 

“We know of multiple county employees 

that were forced to make decisions that we 

know were unethical, and maybe in some 

cases illegal, at the request of the former 

county executive,” council member Tim 

Fitch [R-District 3] previously told West 

Newsmagazine. “[Those employees] had 

no recourse to go anywhere to report what 

they were being forced to do without the 

possibility of losing their jobs because they 

were appointed by the county executive.” 

When the federal investigation of 

Stenger became public, it was learned that 

he threatened to fire county employees 

who didn’t comply with his pay-for-play 

schemes. 

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Sunday, October 13, 2019 • 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

Jeff Mozingo [right], owner of Mozingo Music, listens to debate by the Ellisville City Council on 

Wednesday, Sept. 18. 

[Jeff Bricker photo] 


Mozingo Music has been a fixture in 

West County for generations. 

The Mozingo family has been in the 

music store business since 1972, and while 

he said he has no intentions of getting out 

of the music business, Jeff Mozingo was 

enthusiastic about an opportunity to add 

another line of revenue. 

“When [Penske Truck Rentals] brought 

to light what this would do for my business 

and the people this would bring to my 

location, well that’s a no-brainer,” Mozingo 

said. 

He told the council it was representatives 

from Penske who approached him about 

the opportunity to expand his business. 

Access to a large parking lot and its high 

traffic location off of Clarkson Road made 

Mozingo Music in Ellisville an attractive 

location for Penske. 

Penske representatives, who made a presentation 

to the Ellisville City Council on 

Wednesday, Sept. 18 contended they were 

looking to bring a needed service to the 

community. 

“With the new storage facility being built 

across the street ... there isn’t a truck rental 

solution currently in Ellisville,” Mitchell 

Ratliff, of Penske, said. “So that’s just a 

great opportunity, in our opinion, for the 

people of Ellisville.” 

However, Penske and Mozingo hit a 

major snag when they failed to earn the 

endorsement of the Ellisville Planning and 

Zoning Commission. 

Based on recommendations from Ada 

Hood, the city’s director of planning and 

community development, the commission 

requested several modifications be made 

to the property prior to the permit being 

granted. Those modifications included 

adding shrubs, trees and a fence around the 

lot where the trucks would be parked. 

When asked directly by Mayor Mike 

Roemerman if Penske was willing to build 

the requested fence, Ratliff said they would 

not. He countered that the fence would be 

an unnecessary expense and possible safety 

hazard for the drivers of the trucks. 

“You know you got a negative recommendation 

from Planning and Zoning?” 

council member Vince McGrath [District 

1] asked. Ratliff answered, “I do.” 

“I think it’s really important that the 

fence goes where the city planner says it 

should go,” McGrath added. 

Mozingo needed a “super majority” or 

five affirmative votes from the city council 

in order to achieve the rezoning needed 

to allow him to offer truck rentals at his 

current business location. However, the 

council voted 4-2 in favor of amending the 

zoning ordinance, leaving Mozingo one 

vote short. 

The permit issue for the expansion and 

change of usage for Mozingo’s business 

was then tabled by the council. That move 

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Crime in St. Louis County, particularly 

the growing rate of violent crime, has 

gotten the attention of local leaders. From 

St. Louis City Hall to the Lawrence K. 

Roos County Government Building all 

the way to the state capitol in Jefferson 

City, public officials seem poised to take 

decisive action to address violent crimes. 

County Executive Sam Page shared a harrowing 

story on Tuesday, Sept. 17 of a 

recent visit he made to a local crime scene. 

Page expressed his shock and disbelief at 

the loss of another young life, this time a 

3-year-old boy. 

“Why is this happening?” Page said he 

asked himself. 

While Page is currently working with 

other area leaders, including St. Louis 

Mayor Lyda Krewson, he’s not waiting for 

a consensus to take action. Page announced 

at the Sept. 17 County Council meeting 

that he would use local legislation, passed 

more than 40 years ago, to bring together a 

commission on crime. 

A 1976 county ordinance called for the 

creation of the commission. Although 

there has been no standing commission on 

crime in St. Louis County for some time, 

Page is ready to see the commission 

go to work. 

“The commission will go a long 

way to make sure everyone in the 

criminal justice process is at the 

table,” Page said. 

Commission members will 

include St. Louis County Police 

Chief Jon Belmar, St. Louis County 

Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell 

and several other local law enforcement 

officials. 

“The amount of expertise 

involved in this collaboration is 

tremendous and the conversations 

should provide tangible results,” 

Sgt. Benjamin Granda, spokesperson 

for the St. Louis County Police 

Department, said regarding Page’s 

announcement. “We look forward 

to the opportunity the Commission on 

Crime will present to the county.” 

Page noted that the St. Louis County 

Police Department had successfully solved 

21 of 26 murder cases this past summer. 

“Sadly, that’s not where these stories 

end,” Page said. “Families are torn apart. 

Communities are scared. Crime marches 

on – sometimes, with a vengeance.” 

In addition to the Commission on Crime, 

[MetroSTL.org photo] 

Page is proposing immediate action on a 

specific area of criminal activity. 

In letter dated Sept. 12 and addressed to 

Krewson, Page made several proposals to 

tackle crime on MetroLink. 

“Because MetroLink passes through 

both the city and the county … we share 

a common interest in making sure Metro- 

Link is safe and secure in both jurisdictions,” 

Page wrote. “Safety and security 

are not what our residents currently 

experience on MetroLink.” 

Page indicated that he has consulted 

with Belmar and the county 

is prepared to provide 16 additional 

uniformed officers to beef up police 

presence on trains and platforms 

within the city. According to Page, 

this would be in addition to the 

county’s current presence of 37 

officers, six sergeants and one lieutenant. 

In a written response dated Sept. 

17, Krewson responded that she 

“wholeheartedly” supported Page’s 

proposal for more officers from the 

County Police Department. 

Page wrote that estimated costs 

of police on MetroLink would be 

$2.4 million per year including the 

additional officers being proposed. He 

plans to ask the county council to withhold 

the same amount from St. Louis 

County’s total yearly contribution to the 

Bi-State Development Board, the governing 

body that oversees the operation of 

MetroLink. 

The topic will likely be revisited at future 

meetings. The council’s next meeting is 

Sept. 24, after presstime. 

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39° NORTH, from page 11 

to develop eco-friendly solutions for mosquito 

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• KWS Saat, a global seed company 

• Evogene, a computational biotechnology 

company that uses computational 

predictive biology to develop life science 

products 

• Kalima Bio Agritech Inc., an Israelbased 

genetics and breeding technology 

company aimed at improving plant productivity 

• Brazil’s Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira, 

which claims to be the world’s largest 

sugarcane tech company, chose BRDG 

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Park at the Danforth Plant Science Center 

as the home of its North American research 

headquarters. 

BRDG Park and the Helix Center, which 

is owned and operated by the St. Louis Economic 

Development Partnership [SLEDP], 

are biotech incubators that provide companies 

with wet labs, dry labs, office space, 

workforce training and more. 

“The idea for 39º North was to build an 

innovative district around the agriculture 

and technology industries,” said Janet 

Wilding, the SLEDP’s vice president of 

major projects. “But it’s also to make it 

a plant science academic incubator, like 

the Helix Center and BRDG at the Danforth 

Plant Science Center. Hopefully, 

with the changes we plan to implement, 

when [companies] graduate from there, 

they’ll want to stay and work here. The 

idea is to stage companies to come in 

[and] help them find capital to stay and 

grow.” 

Wilding noted that agriculture is Missouri’s 

biggest industry at $88 billion in 

annual revenue. 

Catering to new residents 

In addition to work space, people need 

to find a comfortable living space within 

an environment in which they feel like 

they fit in. An earlier 10-year plan for 39º 

North anticipated the construction of 400 

residential units, 540,000 square feet of 

office and laboratory space as well as 

86,000 square feet of retail space. That 

initial part has been quite a few years in 

the making. 

“We’ve had a lot of development lately in 

that area,” said Jason Jaggi, Creve Coeur’s 

director of community development. “Two 

new residential projects are The Vue and 

Vanguard Heights, [the latter of] which 

was formerly the long-standing Hamilton 

[Christian] Church. 

Meanwhile, Wilding was excited to 

mention an added plus to the 39º North 

dream. She said Olivette recently finished 

its master plan to revamp its parks. Warson 

Park is near the northeastern boundary of 

39º North while Stacy Park is less than 

half a mile to the east of the development 

area and ready to be connected to the Centennial 

Greenway, a project of the Great 

Rivers Greenway. 

“It will travel through Olivette and Creve 

Coeur all the way past the area by the 

Maryland Heights Aquatic Center to link 

to Creve Coeur Park,” said Julie Padberg- 

White, leader of the women-owned FPA 

Group, which helps communities and 

organizations plan and program for their 

futures. 

“It’s about quality of life by linking the 

trails and offering different ways of using 

green areas.” 

The Olivette area connections are being 

funded by Great Rivers Greenway after 

being finalized through SLEDP and Reitz 

& Jens, Inc., a St. Louis-based engineering 

firm. Those walking and biking trails 

are also a major plus in attracting and 

keeping so many new workers in the area 

after arriving from countries on every 

continent. 

“The younger generation won’t accept just 

getting in the car all the time,” Paul Reitz, 

principal of the Consulting Engineers firm, 

said. “They want to be able to walk out of 

their apartment and walk or bike anywhere. 

We try to create those paths.” 

“The ultimate goal is having just dedicated 

walking trails. The greenways are 

like a relay – take the baton from Forest 

Park to U.City, then pass it off to Stacy 

Park, then the next leg around the Aquaport, 

then to Creve Coeur Park.” 

Reitz knows that the dream of 39º 

North won’t just snowball on its own and 

that it’s important to keep the momentum 

going. 

“We’re like Cortex was 10 years ago” 

he said, referencing St. Louis City’s 200- 

acre innovation, and technology incubator. 

“The hardest thing is to keep the excitement 

about it.” 

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for tract along Old Clarkson Road 

Craft fair season returns 

By BONNIE KRUEGER 

The temperature outside might suggest 

otherwise, but it’s officially autumn, 

which means it’s craft fair season. 

Come to browse, shop for yourself 

or get a jump start on holiday shopping 

at an array of school-sponsored 

craft fairs in Parkway and Rockwood. 

The season kicks off at Marquette High in 

mid-October and ends at Lafayette High 

in December, with plenty of craft fairs in 

between. Below is a chronological timeline 

of fairs, dates and times for those 

looking to traverse the districts. 

Marquette High: Saturday, Oct. 12, 

9 a.m.-4 p.m. 

Parkway West High: Saturday, Oct. 26, 

The Chesterfield City Council gave final 

approval on Sept. 16 to rezone a 4.76-acre 

tract on the south side of Old Clarkson 

Road near Baxter Road to the city’s estate 

zoning designation of E-1/2 AC. 

According to the city’s Unified Development 

Code, the E-1/2 AC zoning district 

provides for the enhancement of residential 

developments while preserving the community 

character of the area with minimum 

lot sizes of one-half acre. 

At a public hearing before the planning 

commission last November, nearby 

residents spoke out against the plan by 

Kumara S. Vadivelu, of Azack Construction, 

to build five, two-story homes around 

an existing home at 15750 Old Clarkson 

Road. Lot sizes proposed were 16,000 to 

18,000 square feet. 

Residents were concerned about compatibility, 

tree preservation, landscaping and 

stormwater. They believed that the plan 

was inconsistent with the Old Clarkson 

Nature Corridor, as there were no requirements 

to preserve the community character 

of the area with well-buffered, well-landscaped 

neighborhoods. 

Vadivelu had initially requested R-2 [residential] 

zoning for the Non-Urban District 

[NU] property. Numerous public hearings 

were held. Then, at the planning commission 

meeting in May, Vadivelu made a 

rezoning request to E-1/2 AC but wanted a 

Planned Unit Development [PUD] overlay 

put in place. 

It wasn’t until Aug. 12 that the planning 

commission approved the request, on a 

9-0 vote, for a zoning amendment to E-1/2 

AC. The commission denied, by a 1-8 

vote, the request for a PUD. The planning 

and public works committee also recommended 

approval of the E-1/2 AC zoning. 

Residents in attendance at the Sept. 16 

council meeting said they are pleased that 

the rezoning portion of the development 

process is over. Brendan Wells, of the 

Old Clarkson Neighborhood Preservation 

Group, told the council that the zoning 

change to E-1/2 AC was the correct one 

and that it reinforced the standards and 

character that made the area special. However, 

he said the group plans to remain 

vigilant regarding any future plans for the 

property. 

Craft fairs offer area residents the chance to jumpstart holiday shopping. 

[Photo courtesy of JB Brown/J. B. Photography] 

9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 27, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 

Parkway North High: Saturday, Nov. 2, 

10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 

Eureka High: Saturday, Nov. 3, 9 a.m.- 

4 p.m. 

Parkway Central High: Saturday, Nov. 9, 

10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m.- 

4 p.m. 

Rockwood Summit High: Saturday, Nov. 

16, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 

Parkway South High: Saturday, Nov. 16, 

9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 17, 10 a.m.- 

4 p.m. 

Lafayette High: Saturday, Dec. 7 from 

9 a.m.-4 p.m. 

Each craft fair supports the band program 

at its respective school.



History on the Hill: Retreat center 

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Hiking and biking trails weave through the La Salle Retreat Center grounds 

KATE UPTERGROVE 

Perched on a hill in Wildwood is the 

once home of a future Catholic saint. 

Brother James Miller, a De La Salle 

Christian Brother, will be canonized as a 

saint on Dec. 7 in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. 

Declared a martyr for his faith, Miller 

once was a student at La Salle Institute 

[now known as La Salle Retreat Center]. 

He graduated with a class of 24 young 

men in June 1962 and that August began 

his journey toward becoming a Christian 

Brother. On the afternoon of Feb. 13, 1982, 

he was shot three times while repairing a 

wall at a school in Huehuetenango. His 

death was thought to have been a sign to 

stop interfering with the Guatemalan military’s 

attempt to round up young Mayan 

students for service as soldiers. 

Miller is the first De La Salle Christian 

Brother from the United States to be canonized 

but his story is just a small part of 

the history of the Christian Brothers in 

Wildwood. 

Since 1886, La Salle has been home to 

Christian Brothers and their ministries. 

First, as a school for young men and today 

as a community gathering place. At one 

time, its ground encompassed about 800 

acres. Today, it sits on 180 acres. Some 

of the original property became La Salle 

Springs Middle in the Rockwood School 

District. Only one brother still lives on the 

property. 

On the Retreat Center’s grounds are 

a main building with large west and east 

wings, grottos, reflection areas and a 

labyrinth for use by individuals or retreat 

groups. A gym, ball fields and a picnic area 

are available by arrangement as is a fire pit 

for evening bonfires. Nature paths on the 

property for hiking and biking connect to 

the Western Greenway at the base of the 

property along Hwy. 109. 

“We have a lot of events at the Retreat 

Center that are open to community mem- 

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A grotto on the grounds of La Salle Retreat Center 

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bers,” La Salle Retreat Center President 

Michelle Cook said. “The goal is to introduce 

our grounds and our history. So many 

people drive by us without realizing who 

we are and that our grounds are open to 

them.” 

To help area residents capture the beauty 

of the grounds, La Salle is sponsoring a 

Fall Photo Contest that includes an exhibition 

at the Retreat Center on Thursday, 

Nov. 21, judging by a panel of photography 

experts and cash prizes for the top three 

photographs. 

The contest is open to amateur photographers 

of any age but the photos must 

have been taken on the grounds of La Salle 

between Sept. 1, 2014, and Nov. 15, 2019. 

The photos should highlight the fall season. 

Assisi on Friday, Oct. 4. 

From 4-5:30 p.m., participants can 

get to know canine friends from Home 2 

Home Canine Orphanage and the horses 

of Equine Assisted Therapy. At 4:30 p.m., 

Fr. Richard Stoltz, of St. Alban Roe Parish, 

will bless the pets in attendance. At 5 p.m., 

the ribbon will be cut on La Salle’s new 

dog station. 

Pup cups and cupcakes will be available 

for everyone. 

Two days later, on Sunday, Oct. 6, visitors 

are welcome to enjoy the Retreat Center’s 

annual Pumpkin Fest. From noon-3 

p.m., guests can enjoy food made on-site, 

local craft beer, kids games and crafts, hayrides, 

live music and more. 

In November, two events celebrate 

the heavens. First up is “Celebrating the 

Greatness of Galileo,” beginning at 5:30 

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La Salle Retreat Center grounds 

Photos may be submitted flush mounted 

on either dry mount board or foam board 

but without mattes, frames or hangers. 

A high-resolution, digital copy of the 

submission, sent via email to sheep@ 

lasalleretreat.org, is highly encouraged. 

There is a $10 charge for each digital submission 

to cover the cost of photo enlarging 

and mounting. 

Submitted photos become the property 

of La Salle Retreat Center and may be 

used in its marketing and communication 

efforts. They will not be returned. 

Each submission must include the photographer’s 

name, email address, mailing 

address and phone number as well as the 

photo’s title and a brief caption giving its 

location and date. 

Color, black and white, sepia, etc., 

images are eligible. Cropping is permitted. 

Minor burning, dodging and/or color corrections 

are acceptable. 

All submissions must be received at La 

Salle by 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15. 

Several upcoming events on the Retreat 

Center’s grounds could provide opportunities 

to take winning photographs, including 

a celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of 

p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6. In June 1609, 

Galileo used a 3-power telescope to make 

significant discoveries in astronomy. His 

observations caused an uproar throughout 

Europe. 

Guests to La Salle on Nov. 6 will spend 

the evening learning of Galileo’s heavenly 

observations from astronomer John Strebeck. 

Appetizers, beer and wine, dinner and dessert 

are included in the $35 per person price as 

are viewings of Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, the 

first quarter of the moon and the stars. Registration 

is required at lasalleretreat.org and 

ends Nov. 4. 

On Monday, Nov. 11, Mercury will transit 

the Sun for the first time since 2016. 

The transit, or passage, of a planet across 

the face of the Sun is a relatively rare 

occurrence that visitors can witness from 

the grounds of La Salle. Telescopes will be 

set up and ready at 8 a.m.; coffee, tea, hot 

cocoa and scones will be available. 

“The goal of the Christian Brothers 

always has been to have a presence in 

the world as educators,” Cook explained. 

“Today, the Retreat Center continues to 

strive to be a destination for peaceful and 

creative growth of the mind and soul.”





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Health Care Professionals 

Take Command of Your Health 

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

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

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

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

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

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

assistance when you are ill or injured. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

your body’s circulatory system working fluidly. 

Dr. Jerod Posey 

212 Degrees of Wellness 

17197 New College Avenue • Wildwood 

(636) 273-4800 • www.212well.com 

Now celebrating over 10 years of business, 212 Degrees of Wellness stands out as the only St. Louis chiropractic office 

certified in Chiropractic BioPhysics [CBP]. CBP is the protocol of choice for non-surgical spine and posture correction as 

a means to address not just pain, but disease and organ disfunction. Owner and chiropractor Dr. Jerod Posey uses mirror 

image exercises, specific spinal adjustments and traction to correct spinal misalignments which can cause everything from 

neck pain and back pain to headaches, high blood pressure, digestive and auto-immune issues. 

“Every muscle, organ and tissue is controlled by the brain,” Dr. Posey said. “We need a good brain-body connection for the 

body to function and heal properly.” 

Dr. Posey works with patients of all ages to provide a whole-body transformation. 

“At 212 degrees, water starts to boil,” Dr. Posey said. “It’s all about that extra degree that 

marks the beginning of a great transformation.” 

Visit Dr. Posey and his team to learn how they can help transform your health today! 

Matthew P. Cline, DDS 

Cline Dental 

14560 Manchester Road, Suite 25 • Ballwin 

(636) 230-8081 • www.ClineDentalGroup.com 

At Cline Dental, Matthew P. Cline, DDS, and his team see patients of all ages and perform all aspects of dentistry. During 

each patient’s first visit, Dr. Cline examines and discusses their dental needs and wishes. This comprehensive exam lays a 

strong foundation for all future visits. 

Cleanings, routine dental care, extractions, crowns, veneers, dentures and implants are among the services performed at 

Cline Dental. New, cutting-edge technology means Invisalign now can be completed in nearly half the time, impressions are 

done with a computerized digital scanner, and a 3-D scan of the jaw streamlines dental implants. Cline Dental’s services 

even extend to treating snoring and sleep apnea with personalized devices. 

Listed among the top St. Louis dentists in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, 

Dr. Cline and his staff enjoy their role in providing excellent dental care to 

St. Louis and they are always welcoming new patients!

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MidAmerica Skin Health & Vitality Center is a state-of-the-art medical, surgical and 

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treat their medical skin conditions and promote skin health, as well as learn about lifestyle 

choices and cosmetic products and services that help maintain skin vitality. 

MidAmerica’s owner, Dr. Joseph A. Muccini, is a board-certified dermatologist with 

more than 20 years of experience in medical and surgical dermatology. Muccini offers 

many cosmetic services and procedures, including PrecisionTx TM laser treatment for neck 

tightening and small area contouring; PEARL ® and PEARL ® Fractional Laser texturing; and 

Laser/IPL reduction of wrinkles, sun damage, spider veins and excess hair, among others. 

He also features premier cosmetic dermatology products, including BOTOX ® , JUVÉDERM ® , 

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colorscience ® . The company’s esthetician provides dermalinfusion, facials, chemical peels, 

Pellevé ® RF skin tightening, microneedling, microdermabrasion, dermaplaning, waxing, 

lash tinting/perming and other services. 

Dr. Muccini has been active in the development and use of technologies and techniques to 

evaluate human skin pathologies and cosmetic characteristics, and has authored numerous 

articles on the subject. He holds undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard 

University and Columbia University, respectively, and underwent postgraduate medical 

training at Harvard teaching hospitals Massachusetts General, Brigham and Women’s, 

Boston Children’s, Beth Israel and 

Deaconess. Muccini is a member 

of the AAD, ASDS, AMA, Missouri 

Dermatological Society and St. Louis 

Dermatological Society, where he 

has served as president.

Jonathan W. Silva, DDS 

Creating and maintaining great smiles is a passion for the team 

at Chesterfield Family Dentistry. Led by Jonathan W. Silva, DDS, 

the locally owned and operated institution prides itself in providing 

comprehensive, honest, patient-focused dental care. 

“We pride ourselves in providing modern dentistry combined with 

exceptional customer service,” Dr. Silva said. “After all, it’s your mouth. 

That’s why our care is patient-focused.” 

Dr. Silva’s zest for dentistry began at a young age when he spent 

countless hours working at the practice of his father, Dr. Herbert Silva, 

who provided dentistry in the West County area for over 40 years. 

Dr. Jon Silva went on to graduate from University of Southern California 

Dental School in Los Angeles and was the recipient of the Academy of 

Osseointegration Outstanding Dental Student in Implant Dentistry. Dr. 

Silva returned home to the Midwest and opened Chesterfield Family 

Dentistry as an independent dentist-owned practice. He consults 

with each patient to create a personalized care plan catered to their 

individual needs. 

“The biggest thing is, we always want to provide our patients with 

options for treatment,” Dr. Silva said. “We treat our patients the way 

they want to be treated because they are making an investment in their 

oral health and they deserve excellent care.” 

This excellence is apparent across all their dental services, from routine 

dental exams to more comprehensive care like tooth replacement 

with dental implants. Some of the cosmetic dentistry offerings include 

Invisalign therapy, teeth whitening/bleaching, veneers, custom 

porcelain crowns, composite bonding and more. They even treat 

dental emergencies like broken teeth or gum infections. 

“We like to say, whether you’re 2 or 102 years old, Chesterfield Family 

Dentistry is here for you,” Dr. Silva said. “We provide comprehensive 

care and are realistic when discussing treatment options, timelines 

and budgets. We offer a variety financing options for individuals, 

including options with Care Credit.” 

The practice’s top-notch care does not stop there. They are committed 

to creating a comfortable and friendly environment for everyone that 

walks through their doors. 

“We literally have a Patient Comfort Menu,” Dr. Silva said. 

Every treatment room has a memory-foam chair equipped with 

massage functions and a 40-inch overhead TV monitors to play cable 

television shows or movies. 

The office also provides nitrous oxide or laughing gas for more 

anxious patients. “Some patients just want the bottom line and to 

come in and zone out, and that’s totally okay. Others sometimes want 

to know every step of the process, and I’m always happy to provide a 

detailed play by play as well.” 

Call or visit today to learn more about how Dr. Silva and his team 

have kept customers grinning for years. 

“We’re looking to become your dental home,” Silva said. 

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(314) 878-9808 

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The award-winning parade float from Twin Oaks Christian School. 

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BY BONNIE KRUEGER 

Twin Oaks Christian School 

wins parade float contest 

The students and staff members of Twin 

Oaks Christian School celebrated the city 

of Manchester by participating in the 33rd 

annual Manchester Homecoming Parade 

held on Saturday, Sept. 7. 

The parade is an annual tradition where 

businesses and schools from across the area 

gather to walk a two-mile route. Returning 

for the 2019 event, the Best School Entry 

received a trophy and cash prize. Judges 

assessed participating school floats based 

on overall originality, appearance and relevance 

to theme. 

Twin Oaks Christian School earned firstplace 

for its colorful float, which featured 

miniature skyscrapers and students in 

capes, masks and an array of superhero 

costumes that matched the parade’s theme. 

The BackStoppers Inc. 

benefits from school efforts 

Two Rockwood schools chose to 

acknowledge the lives lost on 9/11 by 

holding special events that celebrate first 

responders. At Selvidge Middle, student 

leaders in the Selvidge CREW [Champions 

Reflect Empathy and Wonder] honored 

first responders through a “Battle of 

the Badges” spirit week. It included a “red 

and black” day for firefighters, a “blue and 

black” day for police officers, a hat day, a 

pajama day and a day selling ribbons. 

At Kellison Elementary, the “Caps & 

Capes on for Cops” spirit day collected 

donations to give back to the families of 

first responders. Both schools collected 

for The BackStoppers Inc. in honor of the 

organization’s 60th anniversary. The Back- 

Stoppers assists the families of fallen fire, 

police and emergency technicians. 

Hands-on forensic experience 

Over the summer, St. Joseph’s Academy 

senior Kate B. attended the National Student 

Leadership Conference on Forensic 

Science at American University in Washington, 

D.C. 

This program immerses student teams in 

[Facebook photo] 

the challenges of crime 

scene investigation 

by having participants 

solve a realistic crime. 

Students used DNA, 

blood spatter, footwear 

and tire tread analysis Kate B. 

techniques, and fingerprinting 

to solve a crime. Students in the 

program had the opportunity to meet leading 

forensic scientists from the FBI, NCIS 

and other law enforcement organizations. 

Visitation Academy 

teacher spotlighted 

The Midwest Education Technology 

Community [METC] recently named Visitation 

Academy teacher Nicole Cooper as 

one of 10 Spotlight Educators who will 

be honored at the annual conference to be 

held in February 2020. 

Cooper is an instructional technologist 

for the Lower School at Visitation. In 

addition to teaching science, Cooper also 

coaches colleagues on STEM integration, 

has earned Project Lead The Way Launch 

Lead certification and is an Emerson Excellence 

in Teaching Award recipient. She is 

also an ISTE Certified Educator and ISTE 

Certified Trainer. 

METC is dedicated to assisting the education 

community through support, promotion, 

and leadership in the effective use 

of educational technology. 

Spirit week at Selvidge Middle benefited BackStoppers. 

Longtime employee celebrated 

at Kirk Day School 

After 26 years of service to the school, 

Darrell Boland has retired from Kirk Day 

School. Beginning at Kirk Day in 1993, 

Boland served as a facility technician and 

helped to maintain the building. 

For his last day on Aug. 29, students 

and teachers held a celebration to honor 

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Darrell Boland with students of Kirk Day School. 

the school. Students from each grade level 

gave Boland cards and shared words of 

appreciation. 

“Thank you so much for all you do for 

the school. It always looks so nice, and the 

grass at the front of the school looks great,” 

student Dara Akinyede said. 

Another student read a list of things the 

fourth grade classes wanted to thank him 

for. The sixth grade class shared a poem 

written using the letters of Boland’s name. 

During retirement, Boland plans to 

spending more time with his five grandchildren 

and keeping himself busy by 

pursuing his passions in fishing and home 

renovation. 

St. Mark’s Lutheran School receives 

three accreditation certificates 

Three accreditation certificates were 

awarded to St. Mark’s Lutheran School at 

the Aug. 18 worship service by Alan Freeman, 

director of schools for the Missouri 

District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri 

Synod. In addition to National Lutheran 

School Accreditation, the school also 

received recognition from the Missouri 

Nonpublic School Accreditation Association 

and National Federation of Nonpublic 

School State Accreditation Association. 

These are awarded on a five-year cycle 

based on seven national standards. A selfstudy 

report, evaluation by a visiting team 

and corrective upgrades when necessary 

are needed for accreditation. 

Goats beautify grounds at school 

Carman Trails Elementary PTO and 

student leadership beautification committees 

invited some four-legged visitors to 

tame the school grounds. Erika Streeter, 

co-owner of Goats on the Go, brought her 

team of goats to clear out weeds and overgrown 

foliage without spraying any chemicals 

or bringing large pieces of equipment 

onto the property. The trained goats can 

safely eat an array of invasive plant species, 

including honeysuckle and poison ivy. 

New shoes for 

underserved students 

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A former Claymont Elementary student 

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teacher this fall, teaching alongside the 

very same teacher who taught her nearly 20 

years ago. 

When former student Kelly Meyer 

returned to Claymont last year to complete 

her student teaching, kindergarten teacher 

Lindsey Wagner recognized her from the 

class of 2001-02. 

“I automatically connected Kelly as being 

my past student,” Wagner said. “Naturally, 

she’s all grown up, but still recognizable.” 

Meyer was thrilled to see Wagner, who 

after 20 years at Claymont, was still teaching 

kindergarten. 

When a fifth kindergarten classroom 

opened up for fall, Meyer did not hesitate 

to apply at her alma mater. 

“I was asked to provide three school 

districts for my student teaching position. 

Instead, I provided my top three schools,” 

she said with a smile. “Even after student 

teaching, it was a long shot I would get the 

Claymont position [as a full-time teaching 

position], but I applied.” 

Wanger wholeheartedly supported Meyer 

as the new hire. Today, they serve on the 

same team and often are paired up for coteaching 

and shared learning moments. 

“Kelly is a natural. She has an amazing 

connection to her students. She opens her 

heart. She’s truly a rockstar in the classroom,” 

Wagner said. 

Meyer said she recalled what it felt like 

to be a kindergartner and drew from that 

experience. Going into kindergarten, she 

had a lot of anxiety and needed the extra 

nurturing and love that Wagner provided. 

She recalled her mom and Wagner working 

together to make it a great experience. 

Today, she follows Wagner’s example 

Kelly Meyer [third row, center] in Lindsey Wagner’s 

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Lindsey Wagner [left] with her former student 

turned colleague Kelly Meyer. 

in her own classroom, with Wagner as a 

mentor, of course. 

Meyer said she always knew she wanted 

to be a teacher. 

“I’ve been told to do something you 

love and, for me, it’s being with children. 

Teaching called my name,” she said. 

Meyer’s mom is a “saver,” so she was 

able to share some memories from her 

kindergarten past. Paging through a class 

newspaper that Meyer saved, Wagner 

reflected on the class of students she 

remembers well. 

“When I see the photos, artwork, her 

journal – all the memories come flooding 

back. I specifically remember Kelly being 

a quiet and shy girl with a few moments of 

tears some days,” Wagner said. 

The essence of kindergartners, Wagner 

said, hasn’t changed over the years. 

“They all come in with about the same 

academic knowledge and abilities and innocence,” 

Wagner said, as she flipped through 

Meyer’s journal and commented on her 

penmanship growth through the school year. 

They both said it was easy to pick up 

where they left off and 

are building a friendship, 

although Meyer admits 

she finds it difficult to call 

Wagner by her first name. 

“With social media, it’s 

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“I’m very happy and very 

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Local Haunts: In search of the supernatural 



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By SUZANNE CORBETT 

Old cities, no matter their location, share 

a commonality. They’re haunted. It’s a fact 

paranormal researchers affirm – the older 

the city, the greater its ghostly activity. With 

over 200-year histories, it’s no wonder St. 

Louis and St. Charles are a ghost hunter’s 

dream. Making good on their reputations as 

hot beds for apparitions and hauntings, both 

attract curious and serious ghost hunters. 

“When it comes to the paranormal if I 

can point to a ghost I can point to history,” 

said Mark Farley, founder of the St. Louis 

Paranormal Research Society. The SLPRS 

began investigating and documenting 

reported apparitions and haunted sites in 

2003. It prefers to focus on St. Louis history, 

including battle sites and numerous 

forgotten cemeteries. 

“Downtown St. Louis alone is littered 

with cemeteries that have been exhumed or 

built over,” Farley said. “Chief Pontiac’s 

grave is located near Busch Stadium. Roosevelt 

High School and the Shepard School 

were built on old graveyards. Then, there’s 

the old forts and Civil War camp sites such 

as Lafayette Park [where Union troops 

mustered].” 

Along the Missouri River, ghosts, 

including “ghost dogs,” still inhabit the 

river town of St. Charles. 

“It’s quite active paranormally speaking,” 

explained Michael Henry, Ph.D., author of 

“Haunted St. Charles” and director of St. 

Charles Ghost Tours. 

“St. Charles is a lot older than a lot of 

people think and a lot more historic than a 

lot of people realize,” Henry said. “The city 

just celebrated its sestercentennial but the 

settlement goes back 5,000 years or more 

depending on who you talk to. It was originally 

connected to the Cahokia Settlement, 

and I always postulate that because so 

many people have lived there for so long 

that this is the reason that St. Charles is so 

very active.” 

There are, for example, two graveyards 

on Main Street, one of which they did not 

move all the bodies from – the so-called 

“lost graveyard.” Most of its former inhabitants 

were moved in the mid 1850s to the 

current St. John Borromeo Cemetery. But 

not all. 

“There’s at least 300 to 350 people still 

there,” Henry said. “About 10 years ago I 

found a misfiled plat map of the area and 

it shows the [original] Borromeo Cemetery 

being more than nine square blocks with 

16,000-plus people being there and that’s 

not counting the Potter’s Field 

where people were buried who 

were completely undocumented. 

So, yeah, it’s a really active area.” 

The Mother-in-Law House is 

pretty famous, Henry said, though 

he disputes the findings of SYFY 

channel’s “Ghost Hunters,” which 

claimed to encounter the ghost of a 

little boy there. “I think they were 

stretching their observations a little 

bit. We’ve never had a report of a 

little boy at that location. It’s the 

mother-in-law that’s very active.” 

While some of the apparitions are well 

known, others are not; either way, the 

proof of a haunting is in its documentation 

or hard evidence, Henry said, which 

means delving into the history and events 

surrounding the apparition. 

“Ghost stories often are sad stories – 

unrequited love, died suddenly, perhaps 

a murder,” Henry said. And while those 

events might be easy to document, paranormal 

activity simply is not. 

“I’ve done this for over 40 years,” he said. 

“Maybe in another 40 I’ll understand exactly 

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Still hungry for another Stanley Cup 

By WARREN MAYES 

The celebration has hardly subsided, 

but Blues forward Alexander Steen said, 

“You’ve got to put it in the rearview mirror.” 

The “it” he’s referring to is the team’s 

come from behind playoff run that ended 

with the Blues capturing their first Stanley 

Cup. 

“From Day 1, we’ve got to start over,” 

Steen said. “We’ve got to start building 

what we want to do this year, bring with us 

what we can from last year – all the learning 

experiences because we had a lot of 

them, especially looking at the first half of 

the year last year – and make sure that we 

learn from all those things.” 

“I think you start fresh. We’ve got to redo 

everything again, build the same structure, 

the same team camaraderie and all those 

selfless things that we were doing last year.” 

The team is pretty much the same this 

season. Oakville native Pat Maroon has 

signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning. 

Defenseman Michael Del Zotto, who did 

not make a playoff appearance, signed 

with the Anaheim Ducks. 

Maroon will never be forgotten for his 

huge contributions. In Game 7 of the 

second-round matchup against the Dallas 

Stars, he scored the game-winning goal in 

double overtime to give the Blues a 4–3 

series win and keep their postseason hopes 

alive. 

Now, those hopes are focused on repeating 

as NHL champions. That’s not an easy 

task. 

Colton Prayako, Alex Steen and Jordan Binnington 

The St. Louis Blues kicked off training for the 2019-2020 season in front of a full house at Centene Ice Center. 

The Pittsburgh Penguins won back-toback 

titles in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 

seasons. The Detroit Red Wings did it in 

1996-97 and 1997-98. That’s it. Just those 

two. So, it’s not impossible but the odds 

are long. 

“Before we won, I thought if we won 

one, it’s going to be enough, but we just 

want to win again,” Blues forward Vladimir 

Tarasenko said. “We don’t want to lose 

anymore. I think we have a pretty young 

group of guys there and it’s good for them 

at the start of their careers to have Cup 

[Lou Countryman photo] 

experience, and one is not enough.” 

The team does not want to be thought of 

as a one-hit wonder. 

“A lot of people saying it was an accident 

and it’s on us to prove we’re not just a oneyear 

team,” Tarasenko said. “We’re a good 

team and we can continue playing well.” 

Blues coach Craig Berube, who took 

over last Nov. 19 when the Blues fired 

Mike Yeo, agreed that the team has what it 

takes to repeat. 

As the team bought into his system, 

Berube changed the team. He also became 

just the second interim head coach in NHL 

history to guide his team to a Stanley Cup 

title. As a reward, he earned a three-year 

contract to continue coaching the Blues. 

“When we talk about moving on, we 

can’t sit there and [say], ‘Aw, we’re Stanley 

Cup champions.’ You’ve got to work,” 

Berube said. “It’s a tough league. It’s tough 

to make the playoffs. There’s a lot of good 

teams. Our division’s very good. We’ve 

got to get ready. We’ve got work to put in.” 

“You’ve got to be ready, you’ve got to be 

competitive and you’ve got to be ready to 

go.” 

Blues General Manager Doug Armstrong 

believes his squad is built to make another 

run for the Cup. 

“Our team is built a certain way and 

that’s not going to change, and I don’t think 

Craig’s coaching philosophy will change,” 

Armstrong said. “We want to play quick. 

We want to play heavy. We want to play in 

the offensive zone. That’s the way we’re 

built.” 

[St. Louis Blues photo] 

Armstrong did a lot of that building. 

In arguably one the biggest moves in the 

team’s history, Armstrong sent Patrik Berglund, 

Vladimir Sobotka and Tage Thompson 

along with a first-round pick in 2019 

and a second-round pick in 2021 to Buffalo 

to get Ryan O’Reilly on July 1, 2018. 

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season with the Buffalo Sabres when the 

Blues acquired him. The 28-year-old forward 

rekindled his love of hockey in St. 

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[28 goals, 49 assists] in 82 regular season 

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He was voted the winner of the Selke 

Trophy as the best defensive forward in the 

NHL and the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP 

of the playoffs. He had 23 points [eight 

goals, 15 assists] in 26 games to help the 

Blues win the Stanley Cup. 

The other big move Armstrong made 

was promoting goalie Jordan Binnington 

from the American Hockey League. Binnington 

went from fourth on the organizational 

depth chart a season ago to raising 

the Stanley Cup over his head in a matter 

of months. He also went from making 

$650,000 to getting a two-year, $8.8 million 

contract over the summer. 

Life is good for the 26-year-old goalie, 

who was selected in the third round of 

the 2011 draft. All Binnington did, when 

he came on, was go 24-5-1 with an NHLleading 

1.89 GAA and .927 save percentage 

in the regular season; then, lead the 

Blues to the Cup by going 16-10 with a 

2.46 GAA and .914 GAA in the playoffs, 

capping his terrific half season off by outbattling 

Tuukka Rask in the final. 

With the team in place, it’s time to get 

going. 

“Basically, we’ve got a lot of work to 

do,” Berube said. “That’s the bottom line. 

We’ve got to move on from last year.” 

“The message is you’ve got to put the 

work in. This team has good character and 

leadership. They’re hungry. They look 

fresh to me and ready to go. They want to 

get playing.” 

Alex Pietrangelo agreed. 

“We’re ready to move on. When you win, 

you want to win again,” Pietrangelo said. 

“When you’re on top, you want to stay on 

top. That’s the goal.” 

Alexander Steen concurred with Pietrangelo. 

“We’re getting back to work. Remembering 

how you got there is the feeling you 

want,” Steen said. “Remember that hunger. 

Now that we’ve done it once, it’s kind of 

like an addictive feeling.”



IT’S OFFICIAL 

St. Louis Blues see their names 

engraved on the Stanley Cup 

For 49 years, St. Louis Blues faithful 

dreamed of the day when their boys would 

bring home Lord Stanley’s silver chalice. 

Last June, after defeating the Boston 

Bruins, the Blues laid claim to the Stanley 

Cup. In mid-September, it was engraved 

with 52 names, including the name of Joel 

Edmundson, who, according to the St. 

Louis Blues, had this reaction to seeing a 

photo of the newly engraved Cup: “I love 

that. The best part is I’m surrounded by one 

of my best friends in Robby Fabbri. Then 

there’s [Robert] Bortuzzo, and [Jordan 

but look at that, that’s incredible. That’s so 

cool.” 

Jake Allen said, “My name popped right 

out at me, I saw it right away. It’s unreal. 

It will be on there for 64 years. It’s great 

to hoist the Cup and to actually see your 

name there, it’s so special. It’s real, it’s 

actually real.” 

Brayden Schenn said he was speechless. 

“It’s what you work for your whole 

life being a hockey player, and to see your 

name on the Stanley Cup with a lot of the 

game’s greats, it gives you goosebumps 



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Binnington] right above that, we’re all 

really close friends. To be engraved on the 

biggest prize in hockey, it’s pretty cool. I 

remember going to the Hockey Hall of 

Fame back in the day and reading all the 

names on the Cup. To have your name on 

there, it’s pretty sweet.” 

Other reactions reported by the Blues 

organization, included: 

Alex Pietrangelo, who said, “Goosebumps. 

It’s pretty cool. I mean, it was 

cool to have around, but when you have 

an opportunity to see your name on it, it’s 

pretty damn cool.” 

Alexander Steen, who exclaimed, 

“That’s great, and the best part is being on 

there with all these guys!” 

Jordan Binnington, who said he was 

excited for his family to see it. 

Ryan O’Reilly, who declared, “That’s 

incredible; it’s amazing, part of history. 

You never think you’ll actually be on there, 

looking at that,” he said. 

David Perron described seeing his name 

on the Cup as “pretty cool” and “extremely 

special.” 

“It’s the dream to win it,” Perron said, 

“but to see your name on it, it’s even more 

special. To know that forever my kids and 

everyone else will see it, it’s pretty cool. 

The next time I see the Cup, it will be the 

first thing I’m looking for.” 

Colton Parayko, kept his remarks simple. 

“Holy $^&%!” he exclaimed. 

But it was Vladimir Tarasenko who 

summed up what the 2019-2020 season 

means to this team and its fans. “It’s why 

you play the game. It’s nice to see your 

name where you’ve achieved something 

big in your career, especially with this city 

and this team. I’m happy to see a bunch 

of my friends on the Cup, and I said it in 

an interview [before], I hope it’s not the 

last one.” 

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Powerful John Burroughs won the meet 

with 57 points and swept all the singles 

matches. The Rams had 40.5 points. Westminster 

was third with 21 points, followed 

by Principia [15] and Lutheran South [6.5]. 

Several Rams played for singles championships. 

MICDS’ Journee White lost 8-2 to John 

Burroughs’ Lily Walther at No. 1 singles. 

The Rams’ Nia Cooper lost 8-3 at No. 2 

singles to John Burroughs’ Sami Remis. 

Ashley Kane lost 8-0 at No. 3 singles to 

Ainsley Heidbreder, of John Burroughs. 

The Bombers’ Gabby Thornton beat 

MICDS’ Lauren Ferguson at No. 5 singles. 

Burroughs’ Nina Zhu won 8-2 at No. 6 

singles over MICDS’ Stella Kreisel. 

The Parkway West Longhorns proved what they can do by winning the Stan Nelson invitational. 

sports 

briefs 


High school girls cross country 

The Parkway West girls cross country 

finally got to run. 

The Longhorns won the Stan Nelson 

Invitational at Northwest with 76 points. 

Marquette came in second with 96. 

“It was our first race of the year,” Longhorns 

coach Charlie Cutelli said. “The 

Parkway Quad got rained out so we had to 

wait another two weeks to race. The girls 

were chomping at the bit to see what they 

could do.” 

What they could do was win the 14-team 

meet. 

“I honestly did not know what to expect,” 

Cutelli said. “Our varsity had a lot of turnover 

due to graduation, and we only had 

two of our returnees from last year’s second-place 

finish [in the 4A state meet] race. 

We always go into meets aiming to finish 

in the top three and it looks like we made 

that happen. 

“It was a great win. I think the girls were 

a little shocked. Marquette is a top-tier program 

with some phenomenal runners and 

phenomenal coaches. They are our district 

so in order to move on to sectionals we 

have to be able to compete against teams 

of their caliber.” 

[Photo provided by the team] 

High school field hockey 

The Lafayette Lancers finished second 

in the Rockwood Tournament, which the 

team hosted. 

The Lancers entered the tournament at 

0-1-2 after playing in the Gateway Classic. 

“We were in a very tough pool,” Lancers 

coach Melissa Schroeder said of the Gateway 

Tournament. “We played two top-tier 

teams from out of state and CJA [Cor Jesu 

Academy] is always good.” 

Lafayette opened the Rockwood tourney 

with a 2-1 win over Parkway West, which 

won its pool in the Gateway Classic. Lene 

Rossouw and Mia Simpson scored the 

Lancers’ goals. Simpson also had an assist. 

“Mia is a three-year starter, and Lene is a 

starting freshman,” Schroeder said. “They 

played well.” 

Lafayette defeated rival Marquette 3-1 in 

the semifinal. Rossouw scored and had an 

assist, and Simpson had two goals and an 

assist. 

“We played well in this game,” Schroeder 

said. “It is always nice to get back-toback 

wins in this tournament and at least 

set yourself up to be in the championship.” 

Lafayette met defending tourney champion 

Summit for the title. 

“We have not beaten them in two years,” 

Schroeder said. “They are a 

good team year in and year 

out. They are always athletic 

as well.” 

Undefeated Summit scored 

a 2-1 victory to claim the title. 

“I thought it was a pretty 

even game and could go either 

way,” Schroeder said. “The 

Falcons are well coached and 

disciplined. We had several 

chances but couldn’t put them 

Ralph 

away. Summit did a good job capitalizing 

on their chances. 

“We were very disappointed with the 

outcome and will use it as motivation 

each day at practice. We have a great 

core group of girls that know how to 

compete and will continue to get better 

each day. We are not going to settle for 

mediocrity.” 

High school girls tennis 

The MICDS Rams finished second in the 

Metro League Tournament played at Westminster 

Christian Academy. 

High school boys soccer 

The MICDS Rams got their soccer season 

off to a good start by beating a tough opponent 

before finishing second in the seasonopening 

Metro League Tournament. 

The Rams were seeded fourth and met 

third-seeded John Burroughs for the championship. 

MICDS lost 1-0 to the Bombers. 

MICDS defeated Bayless 7-1 

and upset top-seeded Priory 

3-2 in two overtimes to reach 

the championship game. 

MICDS coach Jack Fischer 

said two Rams stood out to him 

with their play in the tourney. 

“Walter Ralph [scored] five 

goals in three games,” Fischer 

said. “Joe Nicpon also stood 

out as a ball-winner in the midfield.” 

Ralph scored a hat trick in the win over 

Priory. It was the third hat trick in his career 

with the Rams. 

“Walter played most of that game as a 

striker, but he is capable of playing as a 

winger, too,” Fischer said. “He had two hat 

tricks last year, but this was by far the most 

impressive one yet when accounting for 

opponent and quality of goals.” 

Youth soccer tournament 

The Parkway West boys soccer’s inaugu- 

See SPORTS BRIEFS, page 34



CBC’s Wehrmann wants to claim 

success for Cadets’ swim team 




I SPORTS I 33 

Max Wehrmann is following in the 

family tradition of swimming. 

The 5-foot-10 Wehrmann enjoyed a 

successful freshman season for the CBC 

Cadets and is looking to build on it this fall 

as a sophomore. 

His older brother, Siler, swam for CBC. 

His sister, Ellie, is a senior at Incarnate Word 

Academy and a three-time state champion. 

Wehrmann helped the Cadets finish a 

school-best third in the Class 2 meet last 

season. 

He set the school record in 200 freestyle 

with his state time of 1 minute, 45.59 seconds. 

At state, Wehrmann was on the 400 

freestyle relay team that came in second. 

He placed 11th overall in 200 and 14th in 

the 100 back with a time of 54.84. 

His results did not surprise CBC coach 

Sean Dooley. 

“[He] trains constantly and really pushes 

himself to be the top in his events,” Dooley 

said. “He is a year round swimmer with 

FAST, and it is definitely an intricate part 

of being able to come into the fast and 

short season of high school swimming.” 

FAST is an acronym for Flyers Aquatic 

Swim Team, which is coached by Derek 

Shipp. 

“I was extremely happy with my first 

state meet as I helped my team get third 

overall in Class 2, which was the highest 

PREP FOOTBALL 

WEEK 5 

Two big Metro League games highlight 

high school football action for Week 5. 

Both Metro League contests are 

scheduled for Saturday. The Westminster 

Christian Academy Wildcats square off 

against the Priory Rebels at 1 p.m. In an 

annual rivalry game, the John Burroughs 

Bombers will play at MICDS against the 

Rams at 2 p.m. 

MICDS defeated John Burroughs 42-0 

last year en route to the Class 4 state 

championship game. It was the third 

consecutive win over the Bombers for 

the Rams. Before that streak, John Burroughs 

had defeated the Rams for four 

consecutive years. 

The Wildcats have an eight-game winning 

streak over the Rebels. Last season, 

Westminster scored a 21-14 victory over 

Priory. 

Max Wehrmann with CBC’s third-place trophy 

at state in 2018. [Photo courtesy of the athlete] 

CBC had ever placed in the past,” Wehrmann 

said. “Although I was happy for my 

team, I was stoked that I was able to swim 

fast and compete against other top swimmers 

in the area. Because of their speed it 

only helped me swim faster with them. 

“Setting the record in the 200 freestyle as 

a freshman meant a lot to me. The record 

had stood for over 10 years. I would like to 

set more records, particularly the 500 freestyle, 

100 back and as many other records 

as I can, although breaststroke will most 

See WEHRMANN, page 34 

Another big rivalry game will be 

played Friday when the Parkway Central 

Colts make the short drive to play the 

Parkway North Vikings at 7 p.m. Last 

season, the Vikings earned a 19-16 victory. 

In the last 18 years, the two teams 

are 9-9 against each other. 

Here are the games scheduled for 7 

p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27: 

• CBC at SLUH 

• De Smet Jesuit at Vianney 

• Parkway South at Eureka 

• Parkway Central at Parkway North 

• Lindbergh at Marquette 

• Lafayette at Northwest 

• Parkway West at Summit 

• Chaminade at Jefferson City 

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likely not happen since I am not a strong 

breaststroker.” 

Wehrmann has several goals for this 

season, including qualifying for state in as 

many events as possible. 

“I would also like to podium in both 

individual events to get a medal,” Wehrmann 

said. “Another thing I would like to 

accomplish is to help my relay teams to get 

state qualifying cuts so that more people on 

our team can go to state.” 

This season, Wehrmann has the area’s 

top time in the 500 freestyle. He also is 

second in the 200 freestyle and fourth in 

200 IM. 

“The 200 IM is a new event for him,” 

Dooley said. “He would like to get every 

state cut, that way he can mix and match 

events.” 

Currently, Wehrmann has his state-qualifying 

times in the 200 IM, 200 freestyle 

and the 500 freestyle. Wehrmann also has 

helped his team get the state-qualifying 

cuts in the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 

freestyle relay. 

“The 500 free was also one of my first 

state cuts my freshman year,” Wehrmann 

said. “It was a choice between the 500 free 

and the 100 back of what to swim at state 

my freshman year. I ended up going with 

the 100 back and the 200 freestyle. The 

200 IM is a new event for me to swim at 

high school although I swim every event 

on my club team.” 

The 500 freestyle is a tough event. It’s 

mentally grueling to swim that distance. 

However, Dooley said Wehrmann is up 

to the challenge of swimming it and doing 

it well. 

“Max is one of the strongest swimmers 

I’ve coached where he can push his body 

to hit a pace and hold that pace very consistently 

for long distances,” Dooley said. 

The key to it, Wehrmann said is to stay 

focused. 

“I think that the 500 free is an event that 

you need to have patience to swim,” Wehrmann 

said. “During the 500 free you have 

a lot of time and a lot of laps to swim, and 

while you are swimming you need to be able 

to pace yourself and not focus on the people 

around you. You need to be at your pace and 

not be distracted by other swimmers.” 

With his experience up from last season, 

Wehrmann has stepped to become more of 

a team leader. It’s a role Dooley sees him 

growing into in the pool and out of it. 

“Max is a great kid,” Dooley said. “He’s 

a very funny and smart young man. He 

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ral 3V3 Soccer Tournament will be held at 

9 a.m. on Oct. 19. 

It is open to all boys and girls to compete 

in elementary, middle school and high 

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a high school team this fall are not eligible 

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Collier named Rookie of the Year 

Napheesa Collier showed she could be 

one of the best in high school and college 

basketball. 

Collier dominated in high school at 

Incarnate Word Academy, where her 

number is retired. She chose to play in college 

for the Connecticut Huskies and had a 

tremendous career there. 

Now, she’s showing she can do it as a 

professional as well. 

The 6-foot-1, 182-pound Collier, a forward 

for the Minnesota Lynx, has been 

named the WNBA’s Rookie of the Year 

by the Associated Press. Collier received 

eight of the 14 votes by the AP panel, with 

Dallas guard Arike Ogunbowale getting 

the other six votes. 

“It means a lot to me, as I said before, 

it was one of my goals coming into this 

season,” Collier said “It was a heated race 

and really publicized. There’s no question 

she’s a great scorer and I think she’ll do 

amazing things in her career.” 

“It was the main goal I set for myself, 

starting this season off.” 

Collier finished the season as only the 

fourth different player in league history 

to amass over 400 points, 200 rebounds, 

75 assists, 50 steals, 25 blocks and 25 

3-pointers in a single season. The other 

three are Tamika Catchings (seven 

times), Maya Moore (three times) and 

Sheryl Swoopes. 

“I’m not really a vocal person,” Collier 

says. “Even my game isn’t super flashy. 

But I get stuff done.” 

She averaged 15.9 points in August, 

which earned her a Western Conference 

Player of the Week honor and helped her 

team clinch a playoff spot for the ninth 

straight season. 

Lynx head coach/general manager Cheryl 

Reeve drafted Collier No. 6 overall back in 

April. Five days after UConn’s 81-76 loss 

to Notre Dame, she was at Nike’s New 

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her brand-new Minnesota jersey. 

It was just another step forward for Collier. 

As a rookie in the pros, Collier played in 

WNBA All-Star Game this summer.





I SPORTS I 35 

Back from Japan, Maggie Moore wants to enjoy her senior tennis season 


Moore 

Parkway South girls tennis coach Nick 

Tanurchis remembers his reaction when 

Maggie Moore told him she wouldn’t be 

on the Patriots’ team as a junior. 

“When Maggie informed me she would 

be studying abroad in Japan her junior 

year, my first thought was ‘Nooooooooo!’” 

Tanurchis quipped. “But I actually really 

admired her courageousness and strong 

family values and character to embark on 

such an adventure.” 

As a sophomore, Moore teamed with 

senior Emily Hu to finish fourth in the 

Class 2 state doubles tournament. It was 

the highest finish ever for a Parkway South 

girls duo at state. She also placed No. 1 singles 

as a sophomore and as a freshman. But 

the chance to go abroad was too appealing, 

and so, Moore left West County for the Far 

East. 

“I first learned about the opportunity to 

go to Japan my freshman year when a foreign 

exchange student came to talk in my 

German class,” Moore said. She ultimately 

landed in Shizuoka City in Shizuoka Prefecture, 

Japan, an area just south of Mount 

Fuji, as an AFS-USA exchange student. 

Moore left in the middle of her sophomore 

year. She came back in early February 

to finish out her junior year. Girls tennis 

is a fall sport so she missed the season. 

“I was really stressed before I went to 

Japan,” Moore said. “I didn’t know a lot of 

Japanese or who my host family was until 

two weeks before I left and, on top of that, 

I was trying to finish all of my school work 

for the part of that semester I was missing,” 

Moore said. “But I still looked forward 

to all the new experiences I was going to 

have and all the new people I was going 

to meet.” 

However, her new life in Japan was not 

all smooth sailing. 

“It took a long time to adapt. I stayed with 

four different host families while I was 

there so my home life wasn’t very stable,” 

Moore said. “I was able to join koto club 

[a traditional Japanese stringed instrument] 

and make friends with the people in my 

class which helped me a lot. 

“I really liked going to the mall with my 

friends on the weekends and after school. 

There were lots of cool gadgets to see and 

lots of delicious food to eat. I also really 

enjoyed going to traditional Japanese gardens 

and getting tea.” 

Moore had the opportunity to travel to 

Tokyo and Hiroshima. She also learned the 

language to the point of being able to hold 

her own in everyday conversations. Her 

ability came in handy recently in St. Louis. 

“I went to the Japanese Festival at the 

Botanical Garden a couple of weeks ago 

and was able to understand everything that 

was spoken,” Moore said. 

Overall, she said life in Japan is not much 

different from life in the United States. 

“In many ways, I was surprised at how 

similar it was to here,” Moore said. “The 

same personalities and feelings on school 

and life kept coming up, but Japanese 

people may be not as blunt or straight forward 

with it. 

“However, the school itself and transportation 

and the relationships between those 

above and below you in the social setting 

came as quite a shock sometimes.” 

Classes, she said, last 50 minutes each, 

are all lecture and students aren’t allowed 

to ask questions. 

“The day felt extremely long,” she said, 

especially when she was missing her 

family and friends. 

“I did get really homesick my fifth month 

there,” Moore said. “I was about to switch 

host families and it was the end of summer 

vacation there and I just really wanted to 

come home. But I stuck it out and had an 

even better time during the second half. 

Sometimes, time is the only cure.” 

Moore didn’t play much tennis in Japan, 

but Tanurchis said Moore was a solid player 

in singles and doubles. Back in action with 

the Patriots, her game is coming around. 

“I was a bit rusty coming into this season. 

[But] it’s great to be back with my teammates,” 

Moore said. “We are really looking 

forward to the rest of the year and hope that 

it will last as long as possible.”

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The arrival of fall means one thing in 

Ellisville, it’s time to get your recipes ready 

for the area’s favorite chili competition. 

The 7th annual Hot Dog It’s Chili cookoff, 

hosted by the Ellisville Parks and Recreation 

Department, takes place on Friday, 

Oct. 18, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in Bluebird 

Park, 225 Kiefer Creek Road. 

Chili contestants will have booths in 

Vendors at Hot Dog It’s Chili in Ellisville’s Blue Bird Park 

the parking lot near the park’s playground. 

Competition guidelines are available upon 

registration and on ellisville.mo.us. Each 

vendor is responsible for acquiring a temporary 

food permit for the day of the event. 

Chili tasting is available on a first-come, 

first-served basis until it runs out. However, 

a panel of local judges will determine 

which chili is best. An awards ceremony 

will be held at approximately 7 p.m. 

Chili teams interested in competing can 

[File photo] 

contact Recreation Coordinator 

Sally Grobelny at (636) 227-7508 

or by email at sgrobelny@ellisville. 

mo.us. 

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annual event. 

As is tradition, dogs and dog 

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funniest Halloween garb as part 

of the popular Howl-O-Ween dog 

costume contest. The contest will 

award prizes to winners in four 

categories: best costume, best 

costume combo with owner, most 

original and spookiest. 

On-site registration is permitted 

but all registration must be completed 

before 6:15 p.m. The proceeds from each 

$5 entry fee will benefit the Ellisville Dog 

Park. 

Entertaining the crowd will be The 

Matt McCallie Orchestra, which will have 

attendees wanting to dance the night away. 

McCallie promises, “We’ve got the jams to 

get your toes tapping, hips shaking, hands 

in the air, and your feet stomping!” 

What’s not to love about the combination 

of delicious chili, free kids’ activities, 

dogs in costumes and a dance band that 

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2019. [File photo] 

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Kids’ activities include a variety of 

games and craft activities, professional 

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Food vendors on-site will offer bundt 

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high school for young women. The academy is a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of 

Charity of the Incarnate Word. The academy's mission is to challenge young women of 

faith to achieve their God-given potential as academically successful Women of the Word, 

following the example of Jesus, the Incarnate Word, by promoting human dignity, thereby 

empowering themselves and others to make a positive impact on our world. IWA offers 

challenging curriculum, highly-accessible faculty and a schedule that allows students to 

focus on their educational goals. Scholarships are available. 

MICDS [Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School] 

101 North Warson Road • St. Louis 

(314) 995-7367 • www.micds.org 

Jay Rainey, Head of the School 

A nationally recognized leader in independent education, MICDS is a college-prep, co-ed 

school for students from Junior Kindergarten [age 4] through grade 12. MICDS's mission 

is to prepare students for higher education and a life of purpose and service as engaged 

citizens in an ever-changing world. When a child attends MICDS, they’ll explore their 

passions and pursue academic excellence in state-of-the-art classrooms, labs, athletic 

facilities, theaters and art studios throughout the 100-acre campus. The Open House is 

on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 9:30 a.m. Learn more about the unique and innovative ways your 

child will embark on a life of discovery at MICDS.





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PreK-8th Grade 

501 Bacon Avenue 

St. Louis, MO 63119 

Empowering Unique Learners 

Join us for an Open House! 

Sunday, November 3 | 1-3pm 

www.miriamSTL.org 

(314) 968-3893 

age 4 - grade 6 | St. Louis 

9th-12th Grade 

2845 N. Ballas Road 

St. Louis, MO 63131 

...at how far your 

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Join us for our 

Open House! 

October 24, 6:30 p.m. 

Learn how Westminster can provide your child with a distinctly 

Christian education focused on college preparedness. 

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OPEN HOUSE: SUN., OCTOBER 13, 1 P.M. 

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Miriam School: (PreK-8 grades) • 501 Bacon Ave. • St. Louis 

(314) 968-3893 

Miriam Academy: (9-12 grades) • 2845 N. Ballas Road • St. Louis 

(314) 962-6080 • www.miriamstl.org 

Miriam empowers unique learners by building confidence and a foundation for success. 

As St. Louis' most comprehensive resource for children with learning differences, 

Miriam's programs meet the social, emotional, and academic needs of each student. 

Miriam School is for students in Pre-K through 8th grades, and Miriam Academy is for 

high school students in grades 9-12. Miriam Learning Center is a resource for students 

who can remain in their current school, but need Miriam’s range of services including 

testing and tutoring. Find out how we can help your child at an open house on Sunday, 

November 3. 

Rossman School 

12660 Conway Road • St. Louis 

(314) 434-5877 • www.rossmanschool.org 

Elizabeth Zurlinden, Head of School 

Educating children age 4 through grade 6, Rossman School in Creve Coeur was recently 

ranked among the nation’s 50 Best Private Elementary Schools. With one class per grade, 

Rossman offers an intimate community that feels like family and a warm environment 

that feels like home. Rossman’s experienced educators are dedicated to discovering 

and nurturing that which makes each child one-of-a-kind. A unique team teaching 

model provides different perspectives and approaches to each child’s learning, and an 

8:1 student-teacher ratio allows for lots of individual attention. The rich curriculum 

emphasizes strong academics, character development and leadership skills, preparing 

graduates to excel in an ever-changing world. 

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a life of 

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OPEN HOUSE 

Oct. 19, 2019 

Saturday at 9:30am 

MICDS is one of the nation’s leading independent schools, specializing in 

educating students JK-12. 

Join us at our Open House to learn about the unique classes, extracurriculars, 

athletics and more that will prepare your child for a life of discovery. 

101 NORTH WARSON ROAD, SAINT LOUIS, MO 63124 • MICDS.ORG 

Is traditional school 

not working for your child? 

Visit EYC Academy for a new approach. 

• We offer 6th through 12th grade students the 

opportunity to advance at their own pace using a 

one teacher, one student model. Students build 

self-confidence, explore new talents and emerge 

ready to succeed in a stress free learning 

environment. 

• Full, half-day and blended programs available. 

• Additional offerings include earning school credit 

and AP Courses, test preparation, private tutoring, 

school advocacy, counseling and therapy. 

• Classes offered with our expert teachers at the 

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St. Louis Priory School 

500 South Mason Road • St. Louis 

(314) 434-3690 • www.priory.org 

Father Cuthbert Elliott, O.S.B., Headmaster 

St. Louis Priory School offers an outstanding preparatory experience guided by deeply 

rooted Catholic, Benedictine values that cultivate faith-centered, virtuous, educated young 

men. Priory's unique, Benedictine approach to education is designed to develop young 

men in mind, body and spirit through a rigorous balance of disciplines that challenge the 

whole person while cultivating a lifelong sense of community. Priory is proud to have been 

ranked No. 1 in Missouri by Niche.com in Best Catholic High Schools and Best All-Boys 

High Schools. they ranked second in Best High Schools for STEM. Enrolling young men 

in grades 7 through 12, Priory's motto is “Outstanding Preparation for an Exceptional Life.” 

St. Louis University High School 

4970 Oakland Ave. • St. Louis 

(314) 531-0330 • www.sluh.org 

SLUH is a Catholic, Jesuit college-preparatory school for young men, committed to the 

school's presence in the city of St. Louis and dedicated to building Christ’s kingdom of 

truth, justice, love and peace. SLUH serves young men based on their ability to succeed 

rather than their economic circumstances. Through a rigorous academic program, SLUH 

helps their students develop critical minds and a life-long devotion to learning that informs 

moral choices and transforms lives. In addition to academic excellence, SLUH enjoys a 

rich tradition of athletic success, a strong commitment to the arts and a dedication to the 

development of faith based on serving others. 

St. Paul's Lutheran School 

1300 N. Ballas Road • Des Peres 

(314) 822-2771 • stplutheranschool.org 

Janet Profilet, Principal 

Established in 1849, St. Paul’s Lutheran School of Des Peres fosters a rich tradition of 

academic excellence rooted in God’s Word. Students in Grades K-8 are developed into 

caring servant leaders through challenging curriculum, diverse extra-curricular programs, 

champion interscholastic sports teams, fine arts and dynamic service opportunities—all 

within a Christ-centered context. To continue its legacy, the organization is building a stateof-the-art, 

three-story facility for the next generations that will feature 15 tech-enabled 

classrooms, science and STEM lab, art studio and innovative play areas. The $9.3 million 

expansion is slated to open in spring 2020. Schedule a tour at www.stplutheranschool.org. 

The Fulton School 

123 Schoolhouse Road • St. Albans 

(636) 458-6688 • tfssa.org 

Mrs. Kara Douglass, Head of School 

Set on a wooded, 13-acre campus just 10 minutes west of Wildwood, The Fulton School 

is an independent, co-ed school for children 18 months old through 12th grade. With a 

student-teacher ratio of 8-to-1, this small school community embodies a sense of place, 

safety and belonging because students are known, understood and engaged. Because of 

its roots in Montessori, the school offers a strong academic environment where each 

student's personality is celebrated and nurtured, and where independence, curiosity, 

kindness and integrity are paramount. Fulton students are encouraged to think globally 

and embrace their individuality, while appreciating and respecting the unique gifts of 

others. Come discover the difference The Fulton School can make in your child’s life. 

TAKE A TOUR OR VISIT THIS FALL! 

Schedule online at www.vdoh.org. 

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Thursday, November 14 | 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. 

Sunday, November 17 | 12:00-2:00 p.m. 

Sunday, January 26 | 12:00-2:00 p.m. 

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Twin Oaks Christian School 

1230A Big Bend Road • Ballwin 

(636) 861-1901 • www.twinoakschristianschool.org 

Kendall Brewer, Head of School 

Twin Oaks Christian School equips students with the tools to succeed in God’s world for 

His glory. The school strives to offer an education that is both rigorous and joyful, with 

classrooms ranging from preschool through eighth grade. While the staff is committed 

to teaching the foundations in each subject, its teachers also show where these essential 

skills apply in meaningful, real-world contexts. Additionally, Twin Oaks Christian School 

also values opportunities to nurture spiritual growth and leadership development. When 

you visit, you will instantly recognize a positive school culture, beautiful classrooms and 

modern facilities. To learn more or schedule a tour, e-mail admissions@twinoaksschool.org. 

Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School 

801 S. Spoede Road • Frontenac 

(314) 810-3566 • www.vdoh.org 

Michael F. Baber, Head of School 

Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School is an independent, Sacred Heart school that fosters faith, 

intellect, social awareness, community, and personal growth for boys and girls age 3–grade 

6 and young women in grades 7-12. The school’s support for professional development 

allows their experienced faculty to study student brain development and learning. They 

balance academic excellence while nurturing the minds, hearts, and souls of students. The 

sixty-acre campus provides a rich backdrop for indoor and outdoor learning. Graduates 

leave with lifelong friendships, the courage and confidence to make choices for themselves, 

and an understanding of the impact of their choices on others. Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill 

School has an 8 to 1 student-to-teacher ratio, a commitment to affordable education, and 

before/after care included in tuition. Come to visit them today! 

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Westminster Christian Academy 

800 Maryville Centre Drive • Town & Country 

(314) 997-2900 • www.wcastl.org 

Dr. Barrett Mosbacker, Head of School 

Westminster Christian Academy is an independent, coeducational school offering a 

college preparatory program to students in grades 7-12. In partnership with Christian 

families and the church, Westminster equips students to reach higher in every endeavor. 

Dedicated educators build relationships with students based on mutual trust and respect 

so that students feel confident taking risks and engaging in candid conversations. 

Students pursue excellence in a college preparatory curriculum through honors and AP 

courses, on the stage with an award-winning drama program, through vibrant art and 

music courses, and on the field as part of a nationally-recognized athletics program. 

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175 South Mason Road • St. Louis 

(314) 434-5141 • www.whitfieldschool.org 

Whitfield is a co-ed, college preparatory school for students in grades six through 12. At 

Whitfield, each student’s strengths are known, cultivated and celebrated. The school's 

talented faculty capture students’ imaginations and energize them to identify and pursue 

their passions. Whitfield’s college preparatory program is rooted in character education; 

and their Habits of Mind and Heart curriculum provides a common language for 

character education and encourages critical reflection for academic and personal growth. 

Whitfield’s college counseling program inspires students to reach for their top-choice 

schools in a low-stress way. Ninety-five percent of the Class of 2019 received meritbased 

scholarships totaling more than $3.2 million for their first year of college. 

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A funny name, an addictive game – that’s pickleball 

By CATHY LENNY 

For some enthusiasts, pickleball is not 

just a part of their lives it is a way of life. 

Martha Roper, 70, fits pickleball into nearly 

every aspect of her life. She mainly plays in 

the mornings and tries to limit the number 

of times she plays to five or six a week. But 

even watching her two grandchildren during 

the week doesn’t slow her down. Instead, she 

put up a net in the driveway of her Manchester 

home and practices with them. 

“I’m pretty much obsessed I think; I’m 

pretty much addicted,” she said. 

Having retired from the Parkway School 

District where she taught health for 25 

years, Roper was looking for another activity 

after having played tennis for 30 years. 

She was already familiar with the geometry 

of the course and hitting groundstrokes and 

overhead shots, so it was a fairly easy transition 

for her. 

To improve her game even more, Roper 

watches YouTube videos and takes lessons 

from a certified trainer, Mike Chapin, a 5.0 

USA Pickleball Association-rated player. 

“When I get excited about something, I 

become a student of it,” Roper said. 

She’s been told that at age 70, she plays 

like she’s 45. 

Pickleball was created in the 1960s as a 

children’s game but has gained in popularity 

as an adult game in recent years. 

The sport contains elements of tennis, 

badminton and ping pong. It is played on a 

court with a paddle made of wood or composite 

materials and a perforated ball like a 

Wiffle ball. Players serve underhand below 

the waist and points can only be scored 

by the serving side. Games of singles or 

doubles are played to 11 points. 

Although pickleball is a sport for all ages 

and skill levels, it really appeals to retirees 

and older adults, Stephanie Hardesty, Manchester’s 

recreation supervisor, said. 

“It is less running, less impact and not as 

hard on the body,” Hardesty said. 

Manchester’s Paul A. Schroeder Park, 

359 Old Manchester Road, has four pickleball 

courts with four nets available outside 

that are accessible anytime. 

Dale Grove, 73, is another self-described 

addict. Still working full-time, he manages 

to play two to three hours a day, four to 

five times a week. Having played baseball 

and football in his younger years before 

moving on to golf and racquetball, Grove 

said he has had good hand-eye coordination 

his whole life. Now, pickleball is his 

chosen sport, as it better fits his demographics. 

“I like the exercise aspect of it,” he said. 

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“It’s a good workout.” 

Even though he’s not as quick and agile 

as he used to be, he’s still competitive with 

guys 10 years younger, he said. 

Grove, who lives in St. Charles, plays all 

over the metro area. 

“It is one of the few things I do for 

myself,” Grove said. 

Grove, airline pilot turned flight instructor, 

said when he started playing four years 

ago it was harder to find a place to play. 

Now, you can find a pickleball venue in 

nearly every community. He even plays 

when he travels to places like the Lake of 

the Ozarks or Innsbrook Resort. 

James Boyd, recreation manager at The 

Pointe in Ballwin has seen steady growth 

in the number of pickleball players that 

visit the recreation center with an increase 

of 78% after the first year it was offered 

in 2014. Now, he sees an average of 1,100 

players per month. 

To meet the demand, many cities now 

have dedicated pickleball courts. In addition 

to six indoor pickleball courts at The 

Pointe, there are outdoor pickleball courts 

at Holloway Park and new courts going up 

in New Ballwin Park. 

“I’ve seen huge growth, with the baby 

boomers coming up,” Boyd said. “One 

reason it’s taken off [is] people are looking 

for friends, new acquaintances, their 

spouses pass away … They get tied in with 

a large group. It’s a great way to make 

friends and exercise.” 

Pickleball clubs have sprung up that host 

barbecues, training sessions, holiday parties 

and round-robin competitions. 

There are websites that keep players 

informed about places to play and upcoming 

tournaments. Stlouispickleball.com 

and placestoplay.org are two sites that list 

pickleball activities. There’s even a pickleball 

chat group on Facebook. 

A new site recently started by John 

Matthews, of Ballwin, is picklrz.com. He 

hopes it will become a national pickleball 

site. And why not? The pickleball phenomenon 

shows no sign of slowing down, just 

like its enthusiasts.

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Community Events for Older Adults 

• Ballwin To register, call (636) 227-8950 

or visit ballwin.mo.us • Ballwin Golf Course: 

333 Holloway Road • The Pointe: 1 Ballwin 

Commons Circle 

• Chesterfield To register, call (636) 812- 

9500 or email olderadults@chesterfield. 

mo.us • Chesterfield City Hall, 690 

Chesterfield Parkway West • Chesterfield 

Valley Athletic Complex, 17925 

North Outer 40 Road • Central Park/ 

Amphitheater, 16365 Lydia Hill Drive 

• Ellisville To register, call (636) 227- 

7508 or visit ellisville.recdesk.com • 

Bluebird Park, 225 Kiefer Creek Road 

• Manchester To register, call (636) 391- 

6326, ext 401 or visit manchestermo.gov • 

Schroeder Park, 359 Old Mereamec 

Station Road 

• Wildwood To register, call (636) 458- 

0440 or visit wildwoodmo.recdesk.com • 

Wildwood YMCA, 2641 Hwy. 109 

CLASSES 

• Aging With Grace • Tuesday, Oct. 1 • 1-3 p.m. • Schroeder 

Park Building • Registration required. • Licensed occupational 

therapist teaches modifications to homes to 

achieve safe living. • Free 

• Metal Detecting In Our Own Front Yard • Tuesday, 

Oct. 8 • 10-11:30 a.m. • Chesterfield Valley Athletic 

Complex, West Parking Lots A & B • Registration required. 

• Free 

• Medicare: Learn How To Speak The Language • 

Tuesday, Oct. 15 • 10-11:30 a.m. or Monday, Oct. 21 • 6:30- 

8 p.m. • Chesterfield City Hall • Registration required. • Free 

• AARP Safe Driving Course • Tuesday, Oct. 22 • 

Noon-4 p.m. • Schroeder Park Building • Registration required. 

• AARP Member: $15, Non-AARP member: $20 

• Starting The Hunt For Your Ancestors • Tuesday, 

Oct. 22 • 10-11:30 a.m. Chesterfield City Hall • Registration 

required. • Free 

• CPR, AED and First Aid • Saturday, Nov. 9 • 9 a.m.-3 

p.m.. • Bluebird Park Administration Building • Registration 

required. • $45 per person 

• AARP Safe Driving Course • Wednesday, Nov. 13 

• 9 a.m.-1 p.m. • Bluebird Park Administration Building • 

Registration required. • AARP Member: $15, Non-AARP 

member: $20 

FITNESS 

• Tai Chi Mondays, Sept. 30-Dec. 9 • 10-11 a.m. • 

Schroeder Park Building • Must pre-register • 10 weeks • 

Residents: $80; all others $100 

• 50+ and Fit • Mondays through Dec. 31 • Drop-in 

classes • 8-9 a.m. or 10:30-11:15 a.m. or 11:20 a.m.-12:05 

p.m. • The Pointe at Ballwin Commons • Members: Free - 

Residents: $6 - All others: $8 per class 

• Fit 4 All • Tuesdays through Dec. 31 • Drop-in classes • 

11 a.m-noon • The Pointe at Ballwin Commons • Members: 

Free - Residents: $6 - All others: $8 per class 

• Fit For The Ages • Tuesdays and Thursdays through 

Oct. 10 • 9-10 a.m. • Drop-in classes • Chesterfield Amphitheater 

• $3 per class. 

• Classic Silver Sneakers • Wednesdays through 

Dec. 31 • Drop-in classes • 9-10 a.m. • The Pointe at 

Ballwin Commons • Members: Free - Residents: $6 - All 

others: $8 per class 

• 50+ and Fit • Wednesdays through Dec. 31 • Drop-in 

classes • 11 a.m.-noon • The Pointe at Ballwin Commons • 

Members: Free - Residents: $6 - All others: $8 per class 

• Senior Fitness • Wednesdays • 12:50 p.m. • Wildwood 

Family YMCA • Residents: Free - All others: $5 per class • 

Registration is required, but can be made online up to one 

day prior to class. 

• Classic Silver Sneakers • Fridays through Dec. 31 • 

Drop-in classes • 10:30-11:15 a.m. • The Pointe at Ballwin 

Commons • Members: Free - Residents: $6 - All others: 

$8 per class 

• 50+ and Fit • Fridays through Dec. 31 • Drop-in classes 

• 10:30-11:15 a.m. or 11:20 a.m.-12:05 p.m. • The Pointe at 

Ballwin Commons • Members: Free - Residents: $6 - All 


• Water Aerobics • Monday-Friday through Dec. 

31 • Drop-in classes • 8:30 a.m. • The Pointe at Ballwin 

Commons • Platinum members: Free - Residents: $6 - All 


• Water Aerobics • Monday, Wednesday and Friday 

through Dec. 31 • Drop-in classes • 9:30 a.m. • The Pointe 

at Ballwin Commons • Platinum members: Free - Residents: 

$6 - All others: $8 per class 

• Senior Water Fitness • Tuesdays • 10:15 a.m. • Wildwood 

Family YMCA • Residents: Free, All others: $5 per 

class • Registration is required, but can be made online up 

to one day prior to class. 

• Water Aerobics • Tuesday and Thursday through 

Dec. 31 • Drop-in classes • 6:45 p.m. • The Pointe at Ballwin 



• Water Aerobics [ABLT] • Tuesday and Thursday 

through Dec. 31 • Drop-in classes • 9:30 a.m. • The Pointe 

at Ballwin Commons • Platinum members: Free - Residents: 

$6 - All others: $8 per class 

• Water Aerobics [Joints in Motion] • Monday, 

Wednesday and Friday through Dec. 31 • Drop-in classes 

• 10:30 a.m. • The Pointe at Ballwin Commons • Platinum 

members: Free - Residents: $6 - All others: $8 per class 

• Water Aerobics • Saturdays through Dec. 31 • Dropin 

classes • 8 a.m. • The Pointe at Ballwin Commons • 

Platinum members: Free - Residents: $6 - All others: $8 

per class 

• Water Aerobics [Toning] • Saturdays through Dec. 

31 • Drop-in classes • 8:45 a.m. • The Pointe at Ballwin 



• Senior Yoga • Fridays • 11 a.m. • Wildwood Yoga and 

Wellness, 17237 New College Ave. in Wildwood • Residents: 

Free - All others: $5 • Registration is required, but 

can be made online up to one day prior to class. 

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• Silver Sneakers: Strength & Flexibility • Tuesdays, 

Oct. 1-Dec. 10 • 10-11 a.m. • Schroeder Park Building • Preregistration 

required. • Silver Sneakers: Free - Manchester 

residents: $33 - All others: $44 

• Tai Chi for Fall Prevention• Mondays and Thursdays 

Oct. 21-Dec. 12 • Beginner: 9:15-10:15 a.m. • In-Depth: 

10:30-11:30 a.m. • Chesterfield City Hall • Cost is $84 • 

Registration required. • Call (314) 862-4859, ext. 24 

SOCIAL 

• LOAP [Lafayette Older Adult Program] • 

Second and fourth Mondays through May • Open to all 

older West County residents. • 10 a.m.-1 p.m. • Ballwin 

Golf Course Banquet Room, 333 Holloway Road • 

Entertainment/speakers, BINGO and socializing. • Drinks 

and dessert provided; participants bring their own lunches. 

• Registration is not needed. • $2 per day 

• LOAP Day Trips • LOAP is always planning fun and 

exciting trips. If you would like to be added to the mailing 

list, call (636) 391-6326, ext. 401 or email shardesty@ 

manchestermo.gov. 

• Jefferson Barracks Day Trip • Wednesday, Oct. 2 • 

Register by Sept. 28 • For questions, call (636) 812-9500 

or email olderadults@chesterfield.mo.us • $60 per person 

• Meets promptly at 8 a.m. at 16365 Lydia Hill Drive 

• Bridge • Schroeder Park Building • Call (636) 391- 

6326, ext. 401, if interested. • Free 

• MahJongg • First and third Mondays • 1:30-3:30 p.m. 

• Schroeder Park Building • Call (636) 391-6326, ext. 401 

if interested. • Free 

• Book Club • Third Tuesdays • Schroeder Park Building 

• Call (636) 391-6326, ext. 401, if interested. • Free 

• Lunch and BINGO • First and third Wednesdays 

through May • 11 a.m.-1 p.m. • The Pointe at Ballwin Commons 

• Pre-registration required. • $6 per day 

• Breakfast and BINGO • First and third Thursdays 

through May • 9-11 a.m. • Schroeder Park Building • Registration 

not required. • $3 per day 

• Senior Painting • Fridays • 9:30-11 a.m. • Schroeder 

Park Building • Registration not required. • Free • All abilities 

welcome. 

• Golden Lunch Bunch • Wednesday, Oct. 16 • 11:30 

a.m. • Location to be determined. • Registration required. • 

Participants to purchase their own lunches. 

• LOAP Halloween Party • Monday, Oct. 21 • 10 a.m.- 

1:30 p.m. • Schroeder Park Building • Entertainment, pizza, 



BINGO and costume contest. • Registration required. • $8 

• Halloween BINGO and Pizza Party • Wednesday, 

Oct. 23 • 11 a.m. • Chesterfield City Hall • Registration required. 

• $5 at the door. 

• Senior Shuffle • Thursday, Oct. 24 • 10 a.m.-12:30 

p.m. • Delmar Gardens Garden Villas, 13590 S. Outer 40 

Road in Town & Country • Registration required. • Free. • 

Lunch provided. 

• Senior Shuffle • Thursday, Nov. 14 • 10 a.m.-noon • 

The Fountains of West County, 15826 Clayton Road in Ellisville 

• Registration required. • Free. 

SPEAKERS 

• Ballwin Historical Commission Speaker Series: 

“Leadership Lessons in Missouri’s Civil War 1861” • 

Saturday, Oct. 5 • 2:30-3:30 p.m. • The Pointe at Ballwin 

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• Pickleball Open Play • 7 days a week • 6 a.m.-10 p.m. 

• Bluebird Park Tennis Courts • Free 

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• Schroeder Park Tennis Courts • Free 

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Residents: $6 - All others: $8 per daily admission 

• Pickleball Open Play • Saturdays • 4-7:30 p.m. • The 

Pointe at Ballwin Commons • Members: Free - Residents: 

$6 - All others: $8 per daily admission 

• Pickleball Clinics • Thursday, Oct. 3 • Beginner: 

9-10:30 a.m.; Intermediate: 10:30-noon • Chesterfield Valley 

Athletic Complex • Registration preferred. • $5 drop-in 

fee, paid at clinic. 

• Disc Golf Open Play • 7 days a week • 6 a.m.-10 p.m. 

• Bluebird Park · Free 

• Disc Golf Open Play • 7 days a week • 8 a.m.-8 p.m. 

• Schroeder Park • Free 

• Bike Rides • Monday, Sept. 30 • 9:30 a.m. • Creve 

Coeur Park, 2350 Creve Coeur Mill Road • Meet at the 

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Complex [not at the Lakeside Grill]. Enter through south 

entrance off of Creve Coeur Mill Road. • Helmet, water 

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included in weekly email list. • Other rides include: Oct. 7 

- Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex. Meet at the West 

Parking Lots A&B, closest to Daniel Boone Bridge. • Oct. 

21 - Route 66 State Park in Eureka. • Meet on parking lot 

with the restroom. To access lot, turn right at the main road’s 

T-intersection. 

• Topgolf For Seniors • Tuesdays, Oct. 1, Nov. 12, Dec. 

10, Jan. 14, Feb. 11, March 10, April 14 • 9:30-11:30 a.m. • 

Topgolf, 16851 N. 40 Outer Road in Chesterfield • Registration 

required. • $12 per player, cash at the door 

• Ballwin Men’s Golf Club • Saturday, Oct. 5 • 7:30 

a.m.-1 p.m. • Ballwin Golf Course • Registration required. • 

Cost: $15 per person, plus cart and green fees • Fun and 

challenging, 18-hole, competitive event. 

• Mixed Couples Scramble • Sunday, Oct. 20 • 2-4 

p.m. • Ballwin Golf Course • Registration required. • Cost: 

$5 per person, plus cart and green fees • Nine-hole scramble 

format allows golfers of all skill levels to have fun and 

enjoy being out on the course. 

• Moonlight Howl 5K • Friday, Oct. 25 • 9 p.m. • The 

Wolf Cafe, 15480 Clayton Road in Ballwin • Must pre-register 

• Cost: $30 [$40 after Oct. 7] • Stay afterward for a 

complimentary drink. 

• Senior Walking Club • Wednesday, Oct. 2 • 9 a.m. 

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Chesterfield Mall [between Dillard’s and Macy’s] • Registration 

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9 - Howell Island Conservation Area; meet at the Eatherton 

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13525 Clayton Road in Town & Country. • Oct. 23 - Monarch 

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A recent survey of OB-GYN physicians found that most don’t counsel their patients 

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By LISA RUSSELL 

Should OB-GYNs bring up 

patients’ declining fertility? 

At a time when many American women 

are putting off starting a family until well 

into their thirties or even their forties, most 

OB-GYN physicians are uncomfortable 

discussing a woman’s closing “fertility 

window” with her unless asked, according 

to a new study. 

In a survey of about 120 doctors regarding 

whether they regularly counsel their 

patients on fertility and aging, nearly all 

said they provide more information about 

contraception than pregnancy timing, 

regardless of a woman’s age or relationship 

status. However, they were more likely to 

counsel married patients between the ages 

of 27 and 40 about an ideal window of time 

for having children. Single women were 

unlikely to receive any counseling, regardless 

of their ages. 

“We found that most OB-GYNs don’t 

bring up fertility with every patient, often 

because they believe the patient would 

bring it up if she wanted to discuss it,” said 

Dr. Rashmi Kudesia, a Houston infertility 

specialist and the survey’s leader. “It’s 

a missed opportunity … because many 

women are routinely exposed to conflicting 

information about fertility, leading many to 

believe that they’ll have no issues conceiving 

and delivering.” 

In fact, 82% of physicians participating 

in the survey said they believe women 

receive mixed messages about their ability 

to become pregnant as they age, and 

68% said patients think they can postpone 

having their families indefinitely, due to 

the existence of assisted reproductive technologies 

like in vitro fertilization [IVF]. 

Kudesia pointed out that although many 

women may see IVF as their “safety net” 

Area hospitals recognized for high-quality care 

Several West County hospitals were 

recently named among the area’s best in 

U.S. News and World Report’s 2019 Best 

Hospitals report. 

Following St. Louis-based Barnes- 

Jewish Hospital – which received a top-50 

Best Hospitals ranking nationally as well 

as both Missouri’s and the St. Louis 

region’s No. 1 ranking from the publication 

– were BJC HealthCare Missouri 

Baptist Medical Center, ranked at No. 2; 

St. Luke’s Hospital, which achieved a No. 

3 ranking; Mercy Hospital St. Louis at No. 

4; and SSM St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, 

when they do decide to become pregnant, 

the technology has only a 5% success rate 

by the time women reach their mid-forties. 

“The results tell me that regardless of 

current relationship status or future plans 

for pregnancy, women need to bring up 

fertility at their next well-woman exam or 

ask for a referral to a fertility specialist,” 

Kudesia added. “Women who want to wait 

several years – and even those who think 

they don’t want kids at all – should still talk 

to their doctor about fertility, so that they 

can make an informed decision about what 

is best for them.” 

Fewer successful men 

equals fewer marriages 

It’s a fact that marriage is on the decline 

among young adults in America today. 

According to the most recent U.S. Census 

Bureau report, 29% of adults between the 

ages of 18 and 34 were married in 2018, 

a decrease of 30 percentage points since 

1978. By comparison, more than half of 

young people aged 18-24 still lived with 

their parents [54%], as did 16% of those 

between the ages of 25 and 34. 

Although there are a number of reasons 

behind these declining marriage rates, part 

of the explanation is a growing scarcity of 

“economically attractive” men as potential 

marriage partners, say social scientists at 

Cornell University. 

Researchers there designed a study in 

which they developed a list of demographic 

which was ranked No. 5. 

Although the four local hospitals were 

not nationally ranked in any specialty, 

each was rated “High Performing” in a 

number of adult medical specialties, and 

was also recognized for excellent performance 

in certain specific procedures or 

conditions. To earn this designation, they 

had to rank in the top 10% of hospitals 

nationally for the specific performance 

areas measured. 

According to U.S. News estimates, 

nearly 2 million hospital patients each 

year face the prospect of surgery or a 

characteristics for younger men who would 

make good marriage prospects, based on 

those of men in the same age group who 

already are married. The characteristics 

they considered included education level, 

employment status and annual income. 

They then compared this “ideal” for 

potential husbands with the actual demographics 

of young unmarried men at the 

national, state, and local levels. 

They found that at all levels, the good 

prospects for marriage developed in their 

model had an average income about 58% 

higher than the actual unmarried men 

available. Potential husbands also were 

30% more likely to be employed, and 19% 

more likely to have a college degree, than 

the actual eligible bachelors. 

“Most American women hope to marry, 

but current shortages of marriageable men 

– men with a stable job and a good income – 

make this increasingly difficult,” said lead 

Social scientists have cited a decline in 

financial success among young American 

men as a major contributor to declining rates 

of marriage. 

need for specialized care that poses either 

unusual technical challenges or a significantly 

heightened risk of harm or death. 

This may be due to factors including the 

patient’s age, physical health or other 

existing conditions. The annual rankings 

are designed to be a tool to help such 

patients find sources of especially skilled 

hospital care. 

More information about the rankings, 

as well as each local hospital’s specific 

achievements and the areas in which they 

were recognized for high performance, is 

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author Daniel T. Lichter, Ph.D., director of 

Cornell’s Institute for the Social Sciences. 

“Marriage is still based on love, but it also 

is fundamentally an economic transaction. 

Many young men today have little to 

bring to the marriage bargain, especially as 

young women’s educational levels on average 

now exceed their male suitors.” 

Census Bureau data confirm that a higher 

percentage of young men are falling to the 

bottom of the income ladder. In 1975, 25% 

had incomes below $30,000 a year; by 

2016, that number had risen to 41%. 

The Cornell study was recently published 

in the Journal of Marriage and Family. 

Hysterectomy linked to 

poorer mental health 

Having a hysterectomy increases a woman’s 

long-term risk of mental health issues, 

especially depression and anxiety, Mayo 

Clinic researchers have found. 

The study followed the 30-year mental 

health histories of about 2,100 women 

who underwent uterine-only hysterectomies 

from 1980 through 2002. Researchers 

reported only new diagnoses of depression, 

anxiety, dementia, substance abuse and 

schizophrenia recorded after hysterectomy, 

and did not include women who had previously 

been diagnosed with these conditions. 

Overall, they noted an absolute risk 

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increase of 6.6% for depression and 4.7% 

for anxiety over the 30-year study period. 

For women who underwent a hysterectomy 

at younger ages – before they turned 35 – 

the risk of depression was even higher, with 

an increase of 12% over the 30-year period. 

“Our study shows that removing the 

uterus may have more effect on physical 

and mental health than previously thought,” 

said senior author Shannon Laughlin-Tommaso, 

M.D. “Because women often get a 

hysterectomy at a young age, knowing the 

risks associated with the procedure even 

years later is important.” 

She added that several treatments other 

than hysterectomy are available for benign 

gynecological conditions; those treatments 

should be tried before recommending hysterectomy 

to patients, especially at a young age. 

On the calendar 

Pedal the Cause 2019, a two-day cycling 

event to benefit Siteman Cancer Center, is 

on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 28 and 29, 

beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Chesterfield 

Amphitheater, 631 Veterans Place Drive in 

Chesterfield. The 10th anniversary Pedal the 

Cause weekend funds critical cancer research 

in St. Louis. Participants can ride one of six 

courses, spin, volunteer, virtual ride or take 

part in the Kids Challenge. Register, get 

more information or review a full calendar of 

events by visiting pedalthecause.org. 

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital sponsors Mom & 

Baby Expo: Fallin’ for Baby on Sunday, 

Sept. 29 from 1-4 p.m. at St. Luke’s Institute 

for Health Education, 222 S. Woods 

Mill Road in Chesterfield. This event is 

designed to help parents in the pregnancy 

planning through the transition to parenthood, 

and will include an informative 

panel of experts, a wide range of vendors 

and a guided tour of the maternity suites at 

St. Luke’s Hospital. To register for this free 

event, visit stlukes-stl.com. 

• • • 

A Babysitting 101 course is offered on 

Saturday, Oct. 5 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Missouri 

Baptist Medical Center’s Clinical 

Learning Institute, 3015 N. Ballas Road. 

Kids learn how to entertain the children 

in their care while attending to their needs. 

Topics include the business of babysitting, 

child development, safety and first aid, and 

fun and games. A workbook and snack are 

provided. The course fee is $30 per person. 

Advance registration is required by visiting 

StLouisChildrens.org/Registration. 

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital sponsors a free 

program, Living Mindfully: Less Stress, 

More Joy on Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 

6:30-8 p.m. at the Desloge Outpatient 

Center, 121 St. Luke’s Center Drive, 

Building A, in Chesterfield. Are you experiencing 

pain, fatigue, insomnia or other 

stress-related symptoms? Learn how to 

ease your symptoms through relaxation 

breathing, mindfulness, music, humor and 

more. The course fee is $25 per person. 

Register online at stlukes-stl.com; call 

(314) 542-4848 with questions. 

• • • 

St. Luke’s Hospital presents a special Conversations 

for Women event, Taking Control, 

on Thursday, Oct. 10 from 6-7:30 p.m. at 

The Lodge Des Peres, 1050 Des Peres Road. 

Urinary incontinence is often seen as something 

women shouldn’t talk about; however, 

one in three women experiences bladder 

and pelvic health issues. This women-only 

session discusses the most common types 

of incontinence along with associated risk 

factors and intervention strategies you can 

incorporate into your daily life. A light dinner 

will be served. To register for this free event, 

visit stlukes-stl.com. 

• • • 

A free community flu shot clinic, sponsored 

by BJC, will be held on Saturday, Oct. 

12 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Siteman Cancer 

Center at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, 

10 Barnes West Drive in Creve Coeur, 

Medical Office Building 2. Both adult 

and pediatric vaccinations [for children 6 

months of age and older] will be available. 

Free parking is also available onsite. 

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 

Totems: Personal Stories in Fiber is on 

display in the Bluebird Park Administration 

Building, 225 Kiefer Creek Road, from 8:30 

a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday [Oct. 

1-Nov. 1] with special exhibit hours from 9 

am.-5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5 and noon-5 

p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6. 

• • • 

The Country in the County Antiques 

Show is from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 

12 at The Wildwood Hotel, 2801 Fountain 

Place. Early American country antiques and 

primitives, including furniture, primitives, 

smalls, folk art and textiles from the 18th and 

19th centuries are featured. Admission is $5. 

• • • 

[Editor’s note: For a list of upcoming 

craft fairs, see page 16.] 

BENEFITS 

Taste of Hope is from 3:30-6:30 p.m. on 

Saturday, Oct. 5 at Wings of Hope, 18370 

Wings of Hope Blvd. in Chesterfield. Sample 

fare from the best international restaurants in 

town. Proceeds benefit Wings of Hope Field 

Operations. Online tickets are $30 each, or 2 

for $50. Free for children 12 and younger. 

• • • 

Missouri Baptist HealthCare’s “Back to 

the Eighties” gala is from 7-9:30 p.m. on 

Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Angad Arts Hotel, 

3550 Samuel Shepard Drive in St. Louis. 

Guests are encouraged to dress in themed 

attire. Reservations at missouribaptist.org/ 

Foundation/tickets. 

• • • 

Ballroom Basix, a fundraising celebration 

to support St. Louis Schools is at 6:30 p.m. 

on Friday, Oct. 11 at the Mahler Ballroom, 

4519 Washington Ave. in the Central West 

End. Tickets are $95 per person and can be 

purchased online at bpt.me/4259324 or by 

calling (314) 707-7890. 

• • • 

Rachael’s Rainbows Charity Golf Tournament 

tees off at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 

11 at Aberdeen Golf Club 4111 Crescent 

Road in Eureka. Lunch is at 11:30 a.m. Four 

person scramble format. Cost to play is $125 

per person. Contact Bonnie at Rainbows. 

bonnie@gmail.com. 

• • • 

The Positioned For Purpose - Second 

Annual Christian Business Women’s 

Breakfast is from 7:30-9 a.m. on Thursday, 

Oct. 17 at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac, 

1335 S. Lindbergh Blvd. Bonnie 

Wurzbacher, former senior vice president of 

global customer and channel leadership for 

Coca Cola, is the keynote speaker. Proceeds 

benefit the Women’s Ministry of Revelop 

Institute, which equips people to experience 

life to its fullest through professional counseling, 

transformational discipleship and 

healthy community. Tickets and sponsorship 

opportunities start at $75 and are available at 

eventbrite.com, search “positioned.” 

• • • 

The 17th annual Chesterfield Chamber of 

Commerce Gumbo Flats Pumpkin Run/ 

Walk is at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19. A 

5K and 10K race are featured along with a 

half-mile Children’s Fun Run for ages 10 

and under. Costumes are encouraged for kids 

and adults alike. Registration costs are $25 

for the 5K and $30 for the 10K prior to Oct. 

1. Fees increase $10 each on race day. Children’s 

Fun Run is $15 through race day. Register 

online at chesterfieldmochamber.com. 

• • • 

Sgt. BAM Superhero Trivia Night 

is from 7-10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, 1755 

Des Peres Road in Town and Country. Doors 

open at 6 p.m. $5 beverages, including wine 

and margaritas. There will be a silent auction 

and prize raffle. Register online at sgtBAMfoundation.org 

or call (888) 558-8488. 

See EVENTS, page 53 

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Firehouse Subs: Delicious sandwiches, soups and salads that help save lives 



By SUZANNE CORBETT 

Step inside Firehouse Subs and you’ll 

trigger a shout out. “10 12! Welcome to 

Firehouse.” 

“10 12” is the fireman’s code signaling 

a call to action, which at Firehouse Subs 

means get ready, incoming order. 

“10 12 is our way to welcome everyone 

who comes to Firehouse,” said Tom 

Fetsch, franchisee/operating partner of 

five Firehouse Subs, including the Chesterfield 

location at the Forum Center, near 

the intersection of Hwy. 141 and Olive 

Boulevard. “We want everyone to feel 

welcome when they come into the store. 

And we want them to enjoy the atmosphere, 

the décor and service.” 

What drives customers through the door 

at Firehouse is its one-of-a-kind subs featuring 

fresh-sliced meats and full-flavor 

cheeses that are steamed before being 

generously stacked on a white or wheat 

toasted roll and custom topped, just the 

way you like it. 

“Hot steamed meats are the secret to 

Firehouse Subs 

our subs. It’s a process that sets us apart,” 

Fetsch said. “All sandwiches are made to 

order and are dressed with all the toppings 

you want – for free. The only exceptions 

are extra cheese, bacon or mushrooms.” 

Consider ordering your sub “Fully 

Involved,” or as Fetsch calls it, “drug 

through the garden.” 

Fully Involved subs feature the house 

topping mix of mayo, deli mustard, lettuce, 

tomato and onion with a kosher 

pickle on the side. But that’s just a fraction 

of the free toppings offered. So don’t 

be shy. Get creative and pick the toppings 

that satisfy your cravings. 

Every sub can be embellished, no 

matter if it’s a create-your-own or a Firehouse 

classic, such as the Hook & Ladder. 

The Hook & Ladder [piled high with 

turkey, Virginia ham, Monterey Jack cheese 

and served Fully Involved) is Firehouse’s 

No. 1 seller nationwide. No. 2 in the St. 

Louis market is the Smokehouse Beef & 

Cheddar, made with slow smoked brisket. 

“Here in the Midwest people love their 

beef brisket. Ours is smoked 16-plus hours, 

79 Forum Center • Chesterfield • (314) 579-0700 • Firehousesubs.com 

Hours 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m., daily 

FREE 

MEDIUM SUB 

You know you want one. 

The Hook & Ladder Combo at Firehouse Subs 

sliced, steamed with melted cheddar 

and served with Sweet Baby 

Ray’s BBQ sauce,” Fetsch said. 

He added that his personal 

favorite is The New York 

Steamer, which combines 

corned beef, pastrami and provolone 

cheese. 

Philly cheesesteak fans agree 

there’s nothing better than a beef 

and cheese sandwich – and they 

won’t be disappointed with the 

Steak & Cheese, loaded with 

sautéed steak, melted provolone, 

sautéed onions and bell peppers 

then topped with mayo and deli mustard. 

If you’re adventurous and looking 

for something different, check out Firehouse’s 

Nashville Hot Brisket, making its 

debut Oct. 1. It’s a steamy stack of brisket 

fired up with hot seasonings, pepper jack 

cheese, mayo, spicy pickles and tangy 

slaw mounded on a cornbread roll. Fetsch 

said it’s destined to be a fall favorite. 

Beyond subs, Firehouse offers chili, 

soup, salads and cookies. Each prepared 

with the same quality ingredients and 

level of attention given to the subs. All 

cookies are baked in-house every day. 

But the best item Firehouse Subs offers 

isn’t found on its menu. It’s the contributions 

the company gives to assist first 

responders. A percentage of each purchase 

is contributed to the Firehouse Subs 

Public Safely Foundation, a non-profit 

foundation providing funds for life-saving 

equipment for first responders and public 

safety organizations. 

Since its founding in 2005, the foundation 

has contributed $44 million nationally 

in life saving equipment. Last year alone, 

first responders in Missouri were granted 

over $1 million thanks to the company’s 

generous owners and patrons. 

Anyone can help the Firehouse cause. Just 

order up. As Fetsch said, “This is why we 

say we’re saving lives one sub at a time.” 

with a purchase of a medium 

or large sub, chips and drink 

©2019 Firehouse Subs. This offer valid with coupon at Forum, Clarkson or Ballwin 

locations. Prices and participation may vary. See restaurant for details. Limit one per 

customer per visit. Not valid with other offers. Expires 10/31/19. SUB$SUBDRINKCHIP 

One bite and you’ll wonder why you ever settled for a sub from anywhere else. 

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Ballwin, MO 

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79 Forum Center 

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Open Everyday 

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Sunday & Monday Night Walleye Festival 

Sharp Cheddar & CraCkerS 

165 Lamp & Lantern Village 

Town & Country 

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*all fish subject to availability 

Add a Side Salad $1.50 

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at Big Bend Location 

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Gift Certificates Available 

Country potatoeS 

homemade Slaw 

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Lead trainer Drew Kitch and Exercise Coach owner Jessica Phillips celebrate 

the business’ five-year anniversary this month. 

business 

briefs 

PLACES 

Jessica Phillips recently celebrated the 

five-year anniversary of her Exercise 

Coach location at 13456 Clayton Road in 

Town & Country. Exercise Coach provides 

one-on-one training that accommodates all 

fitness and experience levels. Its goal is 

to help clients achieve their most efficient 

path to realizing and retaining whatever 

results matter most to them. Learn more 

online at exercisecoach.com/town-andcountry 

or by calling (314) 548-2178. 

• • • 

EYC Academy [Empowering Youth and 

Communities, Inc] has relocated to 13718 

Olive Blvd. in Chesterfield. EYC Academy 

was founded in 2014 by a team of seasoned 

St. Louis educators to bring outstanding 

one-on-one private education to sixth 

through 12th grade students. 

• • • 

CORA Physical Therapy has 

announced an expansion into Missouri 

with the acquisition of Elite Physical Therapy 

of St. Louis. CORA now operates in 

over 200 clinics in nine states. Elite Physical 

Therapy was founded in 2010 by Shane 

Lawler and Scott Schuessler with locations 

in Ballwin and Arnold. 

AWARDS 

Bayer has awarded The Magic House 

St. Louis Children’s Museum a $500,000 

grant to create the Bayer STEM Pathway, 

a hands-on, interactive exhibit that will 

be designed to spark interest in science, 

technology, engineering and mathematics. 

The Bayer STEM Pathway is scheduled to 

debut in 2020. 

PEOPLE 

Living Word United Methodist Church 

in Wildwood has named Jordyn Helgen as 

its director of communications and marketing 

and Zach Davis as its director of youth 

and young adult ministries. Helgen holds 

communications and elementary education 

degrees from Blackburn College. Davis 

holds a bachelor’s degree in pastoral ministry 

from Greenville University. 

• • • 

Dr. Michael Panicola has been selected 

as the next president and CEO of Epworth 

Children & Family Services. The organization 

has been serving children, youth and 

families for more than 150 years. Panicola 

joins Epworth after serving for nearly 

two decades as a senior executive at SSM 

Health and, more recently, as a consultant 

to mission-driven nonprofit organizations. 

EVENTS 

The Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce 

hosts its general membership meeting 

at noon [doors open at 11:15 a.m.] 

on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at The Crossing 

Church, 114 North Eatherton Road in 

Chesterfield. Admission is $30 for members; 

$35 for guests. A $5 discount applies 

for registrations through Oct. 14; a $5 surcharge 

applies to day-of walk-ins; walkins 

will not be guaranteed a meal. Register 

online at chesterfieldmochamber.com or by 

calling (636) 532-3399. 

• • • 

The Town & Country-Frontenac Chamber 

of Commerce hosts its general membership 

meeting from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 

on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at Napoli 2, 1054 

Town & Country Crossing. To register, call 

(314) 223-2237 or visit tcfchamber.com/ 

calendar. 

THE 15 th ANNUAL 

WILDWOOD BBQ BASH 

Presented by 

ST. LOUIS HOME FIRES 

Friday, Sept. 27, 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. 

Saturday, Sept. 28, 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. 

Sunday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 

on the campus of St. Louis Community College in Wildwood 

FEATURING: FREE CONCERTS, FABULOUS BBQ & ENTERTAINMENT 

FREE SHUTTLE PARKING • FIREWORKS ON SATURDAY 

MORE FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! 

FREE CONCERTS ALL WEEKEND! 

FRIDAY: School of Rock • Whiskey Dixon SATURDAY: Vandelay Industries • Kingdom Brothers • Dr. Zhivegas SUNDAY: Blues City Swing 

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EVENTS, from page 50 

FAMILY & KIDS 

A Family-Friendly Concert is from 

5:30-8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28 at St. 

Timothy’s Church, 808 North Mason Road 

in Creve Coeur. Admission includes dinner, 

entertainment by folk musician Mac Connelly 

and the Gateway City Big Band, games 

and prizes for the kids. General admission 

is $15 for ages 8 and older; $5 for children 

ages 7 and younger. Tickets and information 

at saint-tims.org. 

• • • 

Story Hour is from 10-11 a.m. on Monday, 

Sept. 30 and Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the Wildlife 

Rescue Center, 1128 New Ballwin Road in 

Ballwin. All ages welcome. 

• • • 

Fall hayrides in Bluebird Park, 225 

Kiefer Creek Road, take place from 6:30-8 

p.m. on Oct. 3, 10, 17 and 24. Cocoa, hotdogs 

and s’mores are featured. Cost is $7 for 

residents and $9 for non-residents. Pre-registration 

is required online at ellisville.mo.us or 

by calling (636) 227-7508. 

• • • 

The Metro West EMS/FPD’s annual safety 

festival is from noon-3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 

6 at Station 3, 17065 Manchester Road in 

Wildwood. Educational booths, kids activities 

and refreshments are featured. Parking 

at St. Louis Community College - Wildwood, 

2645 Generations Drive; shuttles provided. 

• • • 

Stargazing Night is from 7-8:30 p.m. on 

Thursday, Oct. 10 at Fussner Field, 910 Hazel 

Falls Drive in Manchester. Volunteers from 

the St. Louis Astronomical Society conduct 

this program. Restrooms are not available. 

Registration is not required. All ages. 

• • • 

Bricks 4 Kidz - Parents Night Out is 

from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 

at The Lodge Des Peres, 1050 Des Peres 

Road. Cheese pizza included. Cost is $25 

for members; $26 for residents; $30 for nonresidents. 

Ages 6-11. Register by Oct. 13 at 

desperesmo.org/992/Bricks4Kidz-LEGO. 

• • • 

Manchester Halloween Festival is 

from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18 at 

Schroeder Park, 359 Old Meramec Station 

Road in Manchester. Dress up the kids in 

non-scary costumes. Evening includes hayrides, 

games, candy, costume contest, and 

a hay search. All ages welcome. Resident 

admission is $5; non-resident admission is 

$6. Tickets must be purchased in advance 

online at manchestermo.gov. 

• • • 

Howl & Prowl is from 4-9 p.m. on Friday, 

Oct. 25 at St. Louis Community College 

- Wildwood, 2645 Generations Drive. Free 

event with activities for kids, teens and adults. 

Featured are Jodi Koplin’s “Jigglejam,” a 

musical petting zoo with Professor Thomas 

Zirkle, fire safety with Metro West, a photo 

booth, games and more. Dress in costume. 

Details at events.stlcc.edu/wildwood. 

• • • 

Spooky Sprint is from 8-11 a.m. on Saturday, 

Oct. 26 at Faust Park, 15185 Olive 

Boulevard in Chesterfield. Spooky Sprint, a 

Halloween-themed run that is perfect for the 

whole family. T-shirt, custom medals, a kids 

dash, post-race food and fun activities are 

featured. Dress in costume. All ages. Online 

registration is $36 for adults; $16 for youth 

age 12 and under. Register at funrunstl.com. 

• • • 

Good Shepherd Trunk or Treat is from 

6:30-8 p.m. on Oct. 26 at Good Shepherd 

Lutheran Church, 327 Woods Mill Road 

in Manchester. The fun begins at 6:30 p.m. 

with indoor activities in the gym, followed 

by trunk-or-treating in the lower parking lot 

from 7:30-8 p.m. 

• • • 

A Halloween Candy Exchange is from 

4-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1 at The Lodge Des 

Peres Indoor Wave Pool, 1050 Des Peres 

Road. Bring one pound of candy to The 

Lodge in exchange for one admission. The 

candy will be donated to the USO of Missouri 

for our troops. Children 8 and under must be 

accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration is 

required by Oct. 31 at desperesmo.org. 

• • • 

FESTIVALS & LIVE MUSIC 

The 15th Annual Wildwood BBQ Bash is 

from 5-10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, from 10 

a.m.-11 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28 and from 

10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 29 at St. 

Louis Community College - Wildwood, 2645 

Generations Drive. Bring cash as it may be 

required for some purchases. No pets, except 

service animals; no coolers, glass containers, 

weapons or firearms; no tobacco use. Lawn 

chairs welcome. Free admission. 

• • • 

Manchester ArtsFest is from 11 a.m.-5 

p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28 at Schroeder Park, 

359 Old Meramec Station Road in Manchester. 

This year’s event includes a ticketed wine 

tasting with a souvenir wine glass. Regional 

artists in visual, performance, literary and 

participatory art are featured. 

• • • 

The Manchester UMC’s Fall Festival 

is from 5:30-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4. Children 

are invited to wear costumes. Activities 

include a barbecue dinner, balloon artists and 

bounce houses, crafts and pumpkin decorating, 

fire pits and s’mores, a petting zoo and 

hayrides. Kid-friendly Halloween music is 

from 7:30-8 p.m. Admission is free. 

• • • 

Town & Country’s 14th annual Fall 

Festival is from 4-6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 

5 at Longview Farm Park. Live music, 

family-friendly activities, food and craft 

beer, horseback rides and more. Children are 

encouraged to wear costumes. On-site parking 

and event attendance are free. 

• • • 

Hot Dog it’s Chili is from 5:30-8:30 p.m. 

on Friday, Oct. 18 at Bluebird Park, 225 

Kiefer Creek Road. Free event features chili 

samples, entertainment, children’s activities, 

a dog costume contest and additional food to 

purchase. Details at ellisville.mo.us. 

• • • 

The Town & Country Symphony 

Orchestra’s free “Halloween Battles and 

Victories” concert is from 2:30-4:30 p.m. 

on Sunday, Oct. 27 at The Principia, 13201 

Clayton Road in St. Louis. 

SPECIAL INTEREST 

A Rosh Hashanah Dinner and Free 

Educational Service is from 6:30-10 p.m. 

on Saturday, Sept. 29 at Aish Firehouse, 

457 N. Woods Mill Road in Chesterfield. 

Hebrew not necessary. Cost is $25 per 

adult, $15 per child [ages 5-11], kids under 

5 are free. To RSVP, call (314) 862-2474 or 

email cwolff@aish.com. 

• • • 

Ellisville hosts an Electronic Recycling 

event from noon-5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 

3 at Bluebird Park, 225 Kiefer Creek Road. 

Some items have fees. For more information, 

visit ellisville.mo.us or call (636) 

227-7508. 

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$70 per computer and incident. 

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Anything inside & out! 

Call Joe 636-699-8316 

All Around Construction LLC 

All interior & exterior remodeling 

& repairs. Historic restoration, 

molding duplication. Finished 

basements, kitchens, baths & decks. 

24 years experience. 

314-393-1102 or 636-237-3246 

KITCHEN AND BATHROOM 

REMODELING. 

35 Year Experience. Licensed 

and Insured. Free Estimates. 

Plumbing Service done by 

Thome Plumbing. 

Call Craig at 314-614-4840 

Total Bathroom Remodeling 

Cabinetry•Plumbing•Electrical 

21 Years Experience 

EVERYTHING DECKS: 

Construct, Repair, 

Upgrade, Clean / Stain 

MarkHicksLLC.com 

Since 1982, no money up front 

warranty, insured, free estimates 

Discounts • BBB A+ • Angie’s List 

636-337-7733 

LANDSCAPING 

STONE WALL REPAIR 

• Erosion Control • Fire Pits 

• Retaining Walls • Lawn Repair & Seeding 

• Patios 

• Bobcat & Trackhoe 

• Staircases Work 

Ask About Winter Rates! 

636-366-4007 or 314-873-7091 

www.A1Erosion.com 

LANDSCAPING 

FALL CLEANUP 

ONE TIME CLEANUP 

Islands, Beds, Backyards 

Tree & Bush Trim or Removal 

Dirt & Decorative Rock 

LANDSCAPE REHAB 

• FREE ESTIMATES • 

636-775-5992 

Chris' Lawn & 

Tree Service 

LLC 

Locally owned & operated 

HAS YOUR YARD BEEN 

HIT HARD BY THE HEAT? 

• AERATION & SEEDING • 

DETHATCHING 

RESIDENTIAL•COMMERCIAL 

636-734-3217 

314-482-3707 

DUNN’S LANDSCAPING 

Concrete Retaining Walls, 

Patios & Walkways, 

Room Additions, 

Brick Mailboxes, 

Sod Installations, 

Excavation & Sitework. 

Free Estimates. 636-337-7758 

LYONS 

LAWN 

SERVICE 

• Grass Cutting • Mulching 

Seeding • Stump Removal 

Aerating 

636.394.1309 

M I E N E R 

LANDSCAPING 

Spring Clean-up • Mulching 

Planting • Pruning • Patios 

Retaining Walls • Honeysuckle 

Removal 

Friendly service with attention to detail 

Call Tom 636.938.9874 

www.mienerlandscaping.com 

MIZZOU CREW LANDSCAPING 

(Since 2004) 

Lawn Renovations, Small Retaining 

Walls, Paver Patios, Shrub Trimming, 

Mulch, Moles and Leaf Removal 

Services. Videos/Specials at www. 

FASTandFREE.us/Lawncare.html or 

call/text Jeff info 314-520-5222 

Call 636.591.0010 

to place your classified ad today! 

MORALES LANDSCAPE LLC 

• Clean-Up • Mowing • Mulching 

• Planting • Aeration • Sod Install 

• Leaf/Tree Removal • Paver Patios 

• Trimming/Edging • Stone & Brick 

• Retaining Walls • Drainage Work 

- FREE ESTIMATES - 

636-293-2863 

moraleslandscape@hotmail.com 

RETAINING WALLS • PAVER PATIOS 

MOWING • LEAF & SNOW REMOVAL 

STAINING DECKS BY BRUSH 

Free Estimate 

314-280-2779 

poloslawn@aol.com 

LANDSCAPING 

AERATION & OVERSEEDING 

Dethatching, Tree and Bush 

Trimming/Removal, Mulching, 

Landscaping Make-overs 

and Clean ups, Powerwashing, 

Lawn cutting. 

FAST & FREE ESTIMATES 

TWO MEN & A MOWER 

636-432-3451 

Complete landscape services. 

Trimming, planting, mulch, 

brush removal, tree removal. 

Serving West County 40 years. 

VALLEY LANDSCAPE CO. 

636-458-8234 

PAINTING 

ADVANTAGE PAINTING 

& POWERWASHING 

Interior & 

Exterior Painting 

Drywall Repair • Taping 

Wallpaper Stripping 

Top Quality Work • FREE Estimates 

636.262.5124 

INSURED 

MENTION AD & RECEIVE 10% OFF 

DECK STAINING 

BY BRUSH ONLY 

• Fully Insured 

• References 

314-852-5467 

NO Spraying or 

Rolling Mess! 

www.cedarbeautifulstaining.com 

39 Years! 

SCHEDULE NOW FOR SUMMER RUSH! 

Interior and 

exterior painting 

Deck staining 

- Insured & Free Estimates - 

Dickspainting.com 

314-707-3094 

PAINTER 

DAN VOLLMER 

• I AM INCORPORATEDINC. • 

INTERIOR SPECIAL 2019 

$75 Per Avg. Rm Size 

(12’x12’ Walls 3 Room Minimum) 

FOR 45 YEARS 

FREE ESTIMATES: CALL DAN 

(636) 577-8960 

Exterior Painting! 

Quality Painting Inc. 

INTERIOR • EXTERIOR 

Check out our latest complete 

custom interior paint job located at 

525 Conway Village Drive 

This house is on the market! 

Call Rich at 636-230-0185 

PET SERVICES 

CONVENIENT 

Dog Grooming 

Full service grooming 

in your home... 

Reasonable Rates • Free Consultation 

All Services Available 

Keep Your Pets Stress-Free at Home 

~ Great for Older Dogs ~ 

Ask about discounts for rescues! 

Call for appointment 

314-591-0009 

PLUMBING 

GVM PLUMBING 

Can't beat my prices! 

Greg Miller 

636-288-7002 

gvmplumbingstl@gmail.com 

LICENSED PLUMBER 

Available for all plumbing needs. 

No job too small. Free estimates. 

25 years experience. Senior 

citizen discount. 24 hours. 

Call 314-808-4611 

• ANYTHING IN PLUMBING • 

Good Prices! Basement 

bathrooms, small repairs & code 

violations repaired. Fast Service. 

Certified, licensed plumber - MBC 

Plumbing - Call or text anytime: 

314-409-5051 

PRESSURE WASHING 

VOSSOME WINDOW CLEANING 

Your one-stop shop for 

Window Cleaning & Pressure 

Washing! Save big $$$ on an 

Autumn bundle deal. Insured, 

experienced, awesome. Give 

us a Google for reviews or call 

314–775–1080 

REAL ESTATE 

I BUY HOMES 

ALL CASH - AS-IS 

I have been buying and selling 

$ 

$ 

for over 30 years. 

No obligation. 

No commission. 

No fixing up. 

It doesn't cost to find out 

how much you can get. 

Must ask for 

Lyndon Anderson 

314-496-5822 

Berkshire Hathaway Select Prop. 

Office: 636-394-2424 

ROOFING 

Roofing • Siding 

All Exterior 

Insurance Specialist • A+ BBB Rating 

314-282-1991 

www.covenantcontractingstl.com 

Place your ad 

by phone or 

online today. 

ROOFING 

ROOFING 

Kirkwood Roofing 

Insurance Specialist 

All types of Roofing 

Fully Insured • FREE Estimates 

314-909-8888 

KirkwoodRoofing.com 

ST. LOUIS ROOFING 

Repair • Replacement 

Free Storm Inspections 

Tuckpointing 

Siding • Windows • Gutters 

Painting/Cedar Staining 

Best Quality & Prices In Town! 

314-968-7848 

SERVICES 

1 – on – 1 Math Tutor 

Math Jitters? Can’t cope with class 

assignments? Need assistance for 

high school or college level math? 

Individual tutoring • 30+ years of 

teaching. 

Call after 5:00 p.m. for 

appointment: 314-698-2232 

Personal Driver/Assistant 

West County Clients 

Grocery, Doctor, 

Shopping, Airport, to 

your needs. 

Senior Discounts. 

Fair, caring. Like 

driving with a friend. 

Call Elisabeth • 636-579-5262 

7 DAYS/WEEK 

TREE SERVICES 

GET 'ER DONE TREE SERVICE 

Tree trimming, removal, deadwooding, 

pruning and stump 

grinding. Certified arborist. 

Fully Insured • Free Estimates 

A+ BBB • A+ Angie's List 

Serving the Area Since 2004 

314-971-6993 

WATERPROOFING 

TOP NOTCH WATERPROOFING 

& FOUNDATION REPAIR LLC 

Cracks, sub-pump systems, 

structural & concrete repairs. 

Exterior drainage correction. 

Serving Missouri for 15 years. 

Finally, a contractor who is honest 

& leaves the job site clean. 

Lifetime Warranties. 

Free Estimate 636-281-6982 

Spark More Interest 

in Your Used Car! 

Get Your Message Out LOUD & CLEAR 

Using the West Newsmagazine 

Classifieds! 

636.591.0010 | www.westnewsmagazine.com

West Newsmagazine 9-25-19

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