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The Republican civil war

T H O M A S S O W E L L

As if it is not enough that they have been decimated by the Democrats in the past couple of elections, the Republican survi-vors now are turning their guns on each other.

At the heart of these internal battles have been attacks on Rush Limbaugh by Republicans who imagine themselves to be so much more sophisticated because they are so much more in step with the political fashions of the time.

New Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele’s cheap shot at Limbaugh’s program as “ugly” set off off of the latest round of in-fighting. That is the kind of thing that liberals who have never lis-tened to the program usually say. Regular listeners to the Rush Limbaugh program or subscribers to the Limbaugh newsletter know that both contain far more factual information and in-depth analysis than in the programs or writings of pundits with more of a ponderous tone or intellectual airs.

Why Steele found it necessary to say such a thing - except as a sop to the liberal intelligentsia - is one of the many mys-teries of the Republican Party. Steele has since apologized to Rush but you cannot un-ring the bell.

More importantly, y, y the mindset it betrays is at the heart of many of the problems of the Republican Party, Party, Party going back for years, long before Michael Steele appeared on the scene.

There has long been an element of the Republican Party that has felt a need to distance itself from people who stand up for conservative principles, whether those with principles have been Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh or whomever. The latest example is John McCain’s daughter, who has said how embarrassed she is by having to explain Ann Coulter to her friends. If it was not for articulate conservatives like Ann Coulter, both the Republican Party and the country would be in even worse shape than they are now, now, now for there are extremely few articulate Republican politicians who can make the case for any principle.

Certainly Ms. McCain’s father is not one of them.

The only time John McCain led Barack Obama in the polls last year was after Gov. Sarah Palin joined the ticket. The eco-nomic collapse doomed their candidacies but McCain would have had no chance at all with another inconsistent and inarticu-

late Republican like himself on the ticket.

Yet Yet Y many in the Republican Party seem to have felt as embarrassed by Palin as they have been by others who articulated prin-ciples, instead of trying to be in step with the fashions of the time - fashions set by liberals.

Maybe those Republicans who put a high value on being accepted in elite circles should be embarrassed by the nar-rowness of their elite friends, who disdain or demonize people whose principles they disagree with, instead of answering their arguments.

There even has been an undercurrent among some Republicans of a sense that it is time to move away from the image of Ronald Reagan, to update the party and court newer and less embarrassing segments of the voters than their current base. There certainly is a lot to be said for inviting wider segments of the population to join you, by explaining how your prin-ciples benefit the country in general, and those segments in particular. But that is fundamentally different different dif from abandoning your principles in hopes of attracting new votes with opportunism.

No segment of the population has lost more by the agendas of the liberal con-stituencies of the Democratic Party than the black population. The teachers’ unions, environmental fanatics and the ACLU are just some of the groups to whose interests blacks have been sacrificed wholesale. Lousy education and high crime rates in the ghettos, and unaffordable unaffordable unaf housing else-where with building restrictions, are devas-tating prices to pay for liberalism.

Yet Yet Y the Republicans have never articu-lated that argument, and their opportunism in trying to get black votes by becoming imitation Democrats has failed miserably for decades on end.

There seemed, for an all too brief moment, that Michael Steele might have been the one to provide such much overdue articulation - and possibly he still might, but only if he stays out of the Republican trap of trying to appease opponents by throwing supporters to the wolves.

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To the editor:This is in response to the article from

March 11, 2009, titled “St. Peters mayor calls for support of Internet sales tax bill,” (Mid Rivers Newsmagazine).

Another tax. Great. Just what we need. And we need this new tax, why? Because our elected officials were shortsighted enough to think the good times would last forever. That their ability to constantly go to the people for more money for more far flung programs and services would seem-ingly never end. Well here we are. Too many services for too many people. You just can’t fill every need for every person nor should you try.

I don’t think most people want or expect this from City Hall. Give us decent streets and good police protection. Maybe a couple parks. The rest can be considered in a responsible manner. Not done so some politician can stand up before his con-stituents and say “look what I did for you,” now how about your vote. If you make an honest assessment of everything the city is trying to do for people, I’m positive you will find some things that virtually no one will notice should you cut them.

If your budget is now suddenly so con-strained that you feel you must threaten us then I don’t think taxes from Internet sales are going to save you. Alderman Holling-sworth says, “We’re just looking for ways to replace the revenue we’ve lost …. If Internet sales cut our budget then we have to cut services - pure and simple.” He goes on to say that streets and trash service as well as police service might be affected. Like I said above, streets and police should be at the top of the list. You can’t tell us the money for these things is not there. We know better. As far as trash is concerned, if I recall correctly, the four months of free service was supposed to be funded by money received from land sales at Lake-side 370. Are you saying you have burned through all those millions already? We were paying for trash service before. We can pay for it again. No one that I know of ever asked for free service anyway. Fun while it lasted. But, oh well, party over. Just more shortsighted irresponsibility from our trusted leaders.

Mayor Pagano has said of the Internet tax that, “It would even the playing field for our local merchants who don’t often have a level playing field.” Excuse me, but don’t most merchants these days have Web sites where a person can make purchases? I think they at least have the ability to let a person comparison shop. If a local guy

has what I want, he gets my business. And what about the local merchant that contacts his suppliers for product to replace his inventory over the Internet? Does this con-stitute a taxable Internet sale? If so, hello higher prices and you guessed it, less sales. Who are you helping. Let me guess. The city. You guys get a nice little tax hit on both ends. Mr. Hollingsworth says, “This isn’t a money grab.” Oh really! If there is one thing we understand about politicians it’s that they are all about the money. Well I’m all about electing officials who can be responsible with my money. Maybe you aren’t the ones.

It is said that all meaningful politics is local. How true. What is going on in Washington is shameful and embarrassing to me as an American. But it doesn’t have the same impact on our quality of life as what happens in our local city halls. I can’t speak for all people, but I can tell you that I’m about taxed out. Any mention of more taxes makes blood shoot out of my eyes. You people in city hall need to find another way. Do some digging. Make some hard choices for a change. Or the next time I vote, the choice I have to make won’t be so hard.

Don DrierSt. Peters

Flawed foundationTo the editor:

Regardless of your current position on global warming, please consider one simple mental exercise that will allow you to put this political and financial issue into proper perspective.

Determine how you would achieve an average global temperature. Would you require 6,000 absolutely accurate tem-perature readings from points around the globe? Whatever your number is, I accept it.

But for an average global temperature, those precise readings must be taken from mountains and valleys, deserts and jungles, oceans and lakes, cities and farms. What-ever you decide, I accept it.

Al Gore & Co. maintains that Earth’s average temperature has risen during this past century by 1.8 degrees Fahren-heit. They apparently consider it possible to arrive at an accurate average global tem-perature for the year 2009.

The question is, how did they find those very same accurate temperature readings, taken with the same accurate instruments, from the very same points on the globe, at the same hour of the same day, in the year 1909?

Joseph Pasulka

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Question of the week:

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Quitting timeIt is all the buzz among those who

smoke. Times are tough and money is low, and now, a new federal excise tax increase on tobacco became official April 1, hiking the cost of cigarettes by 62 cents a pack — the largest federal tobacco tax increase ever. The overall tax per pack is $1.01, including Missouri’s 17-cent cut.

Not to worry. Where many see obsta-cles, we choose to see opportunity. Now is the time to quit. Really quit. Totally quit. Quit for good.

The average price of a pack of ciga-rettes is about $4.32 per pack now, and multiplying that by 365 days in a year pro-duces cigarette expenditures of $1,576.80 per year. That is a pretty good chunk of change, and a good indication of just how much of your money literally goes up in smoke.

Of course there is an array of medica-tions, nicotine patches, gums and other pharmaceutical aids to help smokers kick the habit, but now there is a litany of other options available to the frustrated and cash-strapped smoker. Here are just a few of the cutting-edge ways you can kick smoking right in the butt:

AuriculotherapyAuriculotherapy is a procedure in

which stimulation of the auricle of the external ear is used to alleviate the desire to smoke. While originally based upon the ancient Chinese practices of acupunc-ture, the correspondence of specific parts of the body to specific parts of the ear was first developed in France.

James Ottomeyer III, D.C., of Fron-tier Integrated Health Systems, says the method provides life-changing results.

“The patch has about a 15 to 30 percent success rate,” Ottomeyer said. “Auriculo-therapy has an 85 percent success rate.”

Massage therapyThere is no doubt that a relaxing session

of therapeutic massage gives a prolonged feeling of relaxation and well-being. A recent study published in the journal “Preventive Medicine” showed that mas-

sage was very effective in helping people quit smoking. It curbs nicotine cravings, improves mood, and lowers levels of stress, depression and anxiety associated with quitting smoking.

According to the study, massage per-formed by a skillful therapist could be helpful in improving mood and reduc-ing psychological symptoms of tobacco withdrawal. Twenty adult participants of the study, both men and women, who had been regular smokers for at least a five-year period and smoked about 15 cigarettes a day each, were asked to stop smoking and report their nicotine with-drawal symptoms.

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Ellison said hypnosis works because many things we do are motivated by our subconscious mind.

“We access the subconscious mind to give them positive suggestions to change their habits,” Ellison said. “Everyone of normal intelligence can be hypnotized, but if you do not want to be hypnotized you won’t.”

For those who dislike face-to-face encounters, Uncle Sam also is available to help you quit. A new nationwide pro-gram working in sync with Missouri’s Tobacco Quitline (1-800-QUIT-NOW or 1-800-784-8669) helps smokers kick the habit with a telephone program. The pro-gram is called EX and promises to change the way smokers feel about the difficult process of quitting and guide them to valuable resources to build a successful quit attempt.

Whatever method you choose to use, Mid Rivers Newsmagazine encourages you to take this opportunity to quit smok-ing today. After all, you need the money.

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Chririr sisi tmas rescueOn Christmas Eve afternoon, a 7-year-

old boy, boy, boy named Brendan Sandell, slipped 15 feet down a steep embankment and was hanging precariously by a rope above Dardenne Creek. Firefighters from Central County Fire & Rescue came on the scene at 12:45 p.m. and immediately went to the rescue.

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Life Saving awards were presented to Horton, Cook and Burrow at the Board

of Directors of Central County Fire and Rescue meeting last month.

Pool prepared fod fod f r summerThe waterslide is back in business at the

St. Peters Rec-Plex natatorium.New pool drain covers have just been

installed to meet stricter federal require-ments and now the water play features, the waterslide, the current channel in the leisure pool and the jetted water in the spa are back on.

The Rec-Plex’s pools were shut down from Dec. 18 to Dec. 24 after a federal law went into effect, effect, ef requiring that the Rec-Plex find modified pool covers not yet available on the market.

“I am happy the Rec-Plex could fit the natatorium with this special equipment much more quickly than the original esti-mate of one year,” said Mayor Len Pagano. “I appreciate everyone’s patience while we dealt with this challenge. The bottom line is that all features of the Rec-Plex natato-rium are available again, and we continue to meet all federal requirements.”

Pizizi zzzz a partytytConcert-goers can now snack on pizza

in between sets at the St. Charles Family Arena. Papa John’s and the Family Arena

signed a multi-year sponsorship and mar-keting agreement earlier this month. Under the agreement, Papa John’s will become the “Official Pizza of the Family Arena” with its product being the exclusive pizza sold within the venue.

“This partnership will allow us to serve award-winning pizza to all of our guests,” said Steven Rosenblatt, director of the Family Arena. “We “We “W are always looking for new ways to make the concert-going experience more enjoyable for our cus-tomers. Making available a brand as well-known and well-loved as Papa John’s is a great way of doing just that.” The Family Arena began serving Papa John’s pizza during the Moolah Shrine Circus last month.

Rainy dayIt takes more than a few raindrops to

keep away good volunteers. More than 150 volunteers spent a soggy Saturday picking up trash and debris along St. Peters’ creeks last month.

“These dedicated volunteers braved the cold, windy, windy, windy wet conditions to do some-thing wonderful for their community. On behalf of the city of St. Peters , I thank them,” said Mayor Len Pagano.

Compared to other years, the miserable weather and wet stream banks lowered the amount of items collected, but the city was happy for the help. Volunteers Volunteers V collected four car tires, 1,220 pounds of trash and 220 pounds of recyclable items such as plastic

and glass bottles and aluminum cans.The most unusual items brought in were

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Russell D. Rosenthal has been charged for failing to care properly for the pony which died from starvation earlier this month. Rosenthal lives in the Harvester area, but kept the brown and white pony on some land just outside of Portage des Sioux where he operates a limousine busi-ness. The charge, a Class A misdemeanor, carries a sentence of up to a year in jail and/or a $1,000 fine.

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while still achieving density. Everyone is familiar with the success of golf course developments and yet most research shows that roughly 70 percent of the people moving into those developments don’t play golf. They’re there for the open space,” said Mayor Don Licklider. “Our goal is to create a partnership between the developer, the city, city, city and the landowner and to provide the language and tools to achieve the views and green space amenities on a permanent basis.”

The city worked with landowners and, through the Missouri Department of Con-servation, with Randall Arendt, the author of Growing Greener, and a well-known proponent of “green” developments.

WoWoW man drownwnw s in condo lakeA47-year-old St. Charles County woman

was found dead floating in a small condo-minium lake in Weldon Weldon W Spring on the after-noon of March 31.

Ann Kaminsky was witnessed drinking unknown beverages and reading by the lake before she apparently slipped on the lake embankment and drowned.

The St. Charles County SheriffSheriffSherif ’s Depart-ment found her body at about 5:45 p.m. an estimated two hours after she went into the water. The body showed no obvious signs of trauma and foul play is not suspected. ToxiToxiT -cology reports will not be available for a few weeks, and an autopsy will be conducted.

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“The EDC is pleased to offer offer of regional businesses this limited time offer offer of lowering their costs as they seek the capital neces-

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By By B MAMAM RY ANN O’TOTOT OLE HOLLEYPlans to increase O’Fallon police patrol

officers to 12-hour shifts have been delayed pending a legal determination on whether it is the City Council’s decision or that of the city administrator.

Following a lengthy presentation by O’Fallon Interim Police Chief William William WSeibert, City Council members balked at arbitrarily accepting Seibert’s recom-mendation that patrol officers’ hours be increased from 10 hours to 12 hour per shift effective effective ef April 11. The proposed increase in hours would affect affect af street patrol officers only, only, only Seibert said. Others, he said, would be more effectieffectief ve staying at 10-hour or going to 8-hour shifts. Seibert said patrol officers are not usually on the road their entire shift.

Proponents of the increase in shift hours, including former-Mayor Donna Morrow and City Administrator Bob Lowery Jr., said the change would save taxpayer dol-lars, allow officers more time for training and give them the opportunity to work in a

“platoon or squad” system that would place patrol officers with one primary supervi-sor. Seibert said the proposal had “some backing from line officers to command officers.”

Seibert said the 12-hour shift would mean three days at 12 hours and a short 8-hour shift—a day for training.

The change was spurred by an organi-zational study completed in 2006 which indicated the need for more effective effective ef use of manpower, Seibert said. In 2008, a stra-tegic plan was developed, looking forward

to the year 2012 that also indicated more efficient use of officers.

“One of the things we learned was that instruction came from top down, and we learned to never underestimate the intel-ligence of your workforce,” Seibert said.

“In 1989 we had 25 officers, and now have 109 officers. We We W need to look at efficient and effective effective ef use of personnel resources, and how we can continue to give the high level of service to the city. This is not a push from City Hall, but being responsible stewards the citizens have tasked us with.”

Seibert said others departments have reported “..make the jump from 10 to 12 hour days, and you’ll never go back. The majority will love it.” He said there were

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“I actually watched it with my grandma,” DuBois said. “She’ll be 89 this summer and she thinks that it’s great that I’m involved with Roller Derby.”

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O’Fallon woman pleads guilty to transporting illegal aliensBy By B MAMAM RY ANN O’TOTOT OLE HOLLEY

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Alicia Catherine Goebel of O’Fallon pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. England in a Spring-field, Mo., federal court, admitting that she transported 10 illegal aliens between Oct. 30 and Nov. 1.

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no fatigue issues reported by officers, and currently, Wentzville and Lake Saint Louis are among those departments whose offi-cers work 12-hour shifts.

Councilman Dan Haney (Ward 3) said departments using 12-hour shift systems cited by Seibert were much smaller than the O’Fallon Police Department. He said he didn’t understand how they could be compared to O’Fallon.

“As I understand, there was a communi-cation (from the O’Fallon Police Depart-ment) that said 89 percent of the officers did not want to go to 12-hour shifts,” Haney said. “That shows me that this is being forced upon them from the top.”

Haney said those police agencies that were successful in scheduling officers for 12-hour shifts were either smaller agencies or those who had a hard time covering their cities to their full potential.

“My biggest concern is public safety—putting an officer with a gun behind the wheel for 36 hours within three days,” Haney said. “What would happen on the 35th hour if a teen pulls a toy gun on some-one and a police officer reacts? I can’t imagine working 36 hours in three days and not being fatigued. The thing I’ve heard is those who work 12-hour shifts spend their off time sleeping. I’m extremely concerned with public safety, not to mention the offi-cers that have spoken with who said they did not want this schedule.”

Morrow said that while she was in office changes had been made in the Police Department that had reduced police responsibilities, such as issuing computers to officers so they could do their reports in their squad cars and still have a presence on the street.

“We have given tools and more effective technology that the 10-hour day needs to be looked at with these new abilities that the officers have,” Morrow said. “Shortly we will get a new radio system curing another problem. So, by looking at the hours the police officers work, I agree that they will save costs. The idea also is that the squads or platoons have the ability for more hands-on training. This would give

leaders a chance to work individually with patrol officers.”

Morrow said the subject was brought forth during budget time, and whether the officers said they were in favor of it or not in the beginning, they have been given more information and have been given opportunity to know what the 12-hour day would entail.

“Everybody is afraid to accept change, but sometimes you have to work through the change,” Morrow said. “After the ini-tial budget discussion, the commanders did listen to the officers and there was a difference in the breakdown of consensus.

If a survey was done now, perhaps that 89 percent would want it. I applaud you (offi-cers) for working through this to make sure everyone from the ground floor knows what pros and cons were rather than going with a mindset from months ago.

Councilman Jeff Yelich said under Fed-eral Department of Transportation law truck drivers are limited to 10 hours on the road.

“We’re asking these officers to be on the road 12 hours a day,” Yelich said. “I have serious concerns about of officers being on the road that long.”

Councilman Pierce Conley (Ward 2) said

he felt the council should leave the business of policing up to the Police Department.

“Majors have been working on it since late 2007, and I don’t think we’re qualified to instruct the police department on how to run the police department,” Conley said.

Personnel Director John Griesenauer said the city’s Employee Handbook currently states that police officers work 10-hour days, and the City Council agreed to post-pone a decision until they determined who was legally entitled to make the decision.

The council is expected to review the proposal at the next Council Meeting on April 9, after the municipal elections.

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By By B JEAEAE NNIE SEIBERTResidents along Lake Saint Louis’

Cognac Drive have been losing ground for years – literally.

Recently, Recently, Recently storm water and erosion issues and mitigation options were discussed at length with property owners whose back-yards and landscaping have been washing away with every major rain storm. Public Works Works W Director Derek Koestel and Storm Water Water W Manager Maria King hosted the open forum on March 30.

Beginning with a slide presentation, the pair went into great detail to describe the three options best suited to stop further property damage to erosion from a stream that flows behind the Cognac Drive resi-dents’ homes.

Residents were interested to hear an explanation as to why a former mitigation effort effort ef failed and the details of the three options staff staff staf has identified since the pro-gram began to receive funding from a 2006 bond issue.

Once funding was secured, King said her first task was to identify the seven prob-lem streams and walk along each of them, ascertain a pecking order and give staff staff staf an idea of where to start.

This exercise did more than give King a good workout. She confirmed what the Cognac Drive residents had been telling City Hall for years – the stream behind their homes was causing the most severe property damage and was placed highest on the priority list.

Residents along Fox Hound Drive with similar issues have also been notified their neighborhood stream rates high on the stream bank stabilization priority list as well.

During the March 30 forum the Cognac Drive homeowners wondered why an ear-lier erosion mitigation project, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) had failed.

King, who is an engineer with a specialty in hydrology, hydrology, hydrology explained in great detail and with illustrations, why the former project not only fell short of its objective but con-tributed to additional flood damage. As storm water flushes through the stream, it seeks a path behind and around the stabili-zation material used to secure the bank in 2003, taking with it chunks of dirt, plant material and retaining walls.

As to the three options: In working through the various jurisdictional agen-cies one option has emerged that would result in Lake Saint Louis gaining a new city park – one with a wetland preserva-tion theme. But, this too, would come with its own set of rules and regulations and Koestel explained that in calculating the highest, best return for the city’s invest-ment, the costs of compliance and mainte-nance comes into the equation before the staff staff staf makes its final recommendation to the Board of Aldermen.

Currently, Currently, Currently the options include: installing a drain pipe the entire length of the stream; splitting the drainage-way with a drain pipe in one half and a reinforced stream bank along the second half; or, construct a full-length bank stabilization structure. Options two and three come with their own sets of choices as to the most appropriate, cost-effective cost-effective cost-ef stabilization materials and methods – all of which were explained and illustrated.

For the full presentation, see the city’s Web site at Web site at W lakesaintlouis.com/.

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By MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEYLast year, O’Fallon voters approved

Proposition P eliminating the local property tax levied for public parks. That meant the city could raise park funds from a general sales tax.

It sounded great to members of the O’Fallon Park’s Commission, but now, city officials are holding onto the funds saying the Parks Commission doesn’t have the right to manage the money.

City officials allocated the one-half of one percent (0.5 percent) tax money to be earmarked for both parks and recreation, storm water management and control mea-sures. According to the 2009 city budget, water and sewer will receive $18.8 million (24 percent of the budget), while parks and recreation will receive $6.1 million (7.9 percent of the budget).

The fractional sales tax allows everyone, including visitors, to invest in O’Fallon’s parks and storm water control, city officials said. Previously, only O’Fallon property owners paid for city parks.

Brent Stafford, a member of the Park’s Commission said he believes the city is in violation of state law by taking control of parks’ funds.

“The council has this philosophy that they don’t want anyone to handle taxpayers’ money but them,” Stafford said. “They’re saying they don’t trust the taxpayers with their own money.”

Unfortunately, Stafford said, when people voted on the proposition, the word-ing was to take property tax away, and instead pay sales tax for that money to be used for parks, recreation and storm water use.

“Because the people voted on it with that wording, I think the (City) Council feels that according to that ballot issue, they should have control of the funds,” Stafford said. “There’s nothing in state law that allows them to create a recreation fund. There is no where that it says money collected should go into a recreation fund. They are using the wording of the ballot, whereas the

state law says otherwise. When you have a violation of state law, does that mean the ballot was a violation of state law?”

According to Missouri law (90.550) Parks Board members are to have exclusive control of the expenditures of all money collected to the credit of the park fund and of the supervision, improvement, care and custody of said park(s). All moneys received for such parks shall be deposited in the treasury of said city or town to the credit of the park fund and shall be kept

separate and apart from the other moneys of such city or town and drawn upon by the proper officers of said city or town upon the properly authenticated vouchers of the park board.

The law also says that the Park’s Board shall make an annual report to the City Council stating the condition of their trust, the various sums of money received from the park fund and other sources, and how much moneys have been expended and for what purposes, with such other statistics,

information and suggestions as they may deem of general interest.

Councilman Bill Hennessy (a candidate for O’Fallon mayor at MRN press time) said he does not believe a committee of appointed people should have any control over where money goes.

“They are not elected by the people to watch tax dollars, and I believe they should make recommendations to the City Coun-

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David Arquette, Francis Howell High; Emily Heidenreich, Francis Howell High; and Jacob Wilson, Francis Howell North will be recognized at a luncheon April 26, at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, Mo.

Missouri Scholars 100, sponsored by the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals, requires students to first meet criteria of an “Academic Decathlon,” which includes 10 events designed to assure the academic strength of the student.

To meet the decathlon requirements, the student must have a minimum GPA of 3.75, a minimum ACT score of 29, or a minimum SAT score of 1,900, be ranked in the upper 10 percent of the class, and have

taken upper level courses in mathematics, science, English, and foreign language.

The student must also have excellent attendance, be an exemplary school citi-zen, and be involved in the school activity program.

Green for GracieThanks to the families at Becky-David

Elementary more than $3,600 was donated to St. Jude’s Hospital for its “Go Green for Gracie” fund raiser.

Students, who wore green in support of Gracie’s favorite color, donated money to help support research for a disease that affects their fellow student.

Future doctors should applyThe University Of Missouri School Of

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The cost is $525 and some scholarships are available for students with financial need. Approximately 36 students will be selected for each session based on aca-demic record, responses to essay question, counselor’s recommendation and extracur-ricular activities.

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attended the Junior Science, Engineering, and Humanities Symposium on the UMSLcampus March 12-14, along with students from all over Missouri. Seniors Jamie Duran and Jared Park presented their origi-nal research in peer presentation sessions. Senior Randy Ray presented his research, titled “Transforming Ipomea batatas via Direct Inoculation with Agrobacterium rhizogenes, A Continuation.”

He was selected as the winner of the general biology division, and then as the overall winner for the entire symposium.

Ray was awarded a $2000 scholarship to the college of his choice, and will travel to Colorado Springs at the end of April to compete in the National Junior Science and

Humanities Symposium.Holt science teacher Jennifer Berendzen

was awarded the JSHS Research Sponsor of the Year for 2009 and received a $500 award, and will accompany the students representing Missouri to the national com-petition in Colorado.

FORT ZUMWALTChess-bound

O’Fallon resident William Nesham recently played in the Junior High Chess Championship, which is part of SuperNa-tionals IV held in Nashville, Tenn.

Nesham, who has played since he was age 7, competed with 5,000 other students, playing for trophies and over $50,000 in scholarships. Although he is homeschooled, Nesham represented Fort Zumwalt North Middle School per USCF National Scho-lastic Tournament Regulations.

The U.S. Championships are scheduled for May 6-17 at the new Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.

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Given recent discussions it appears the city will continue to adhere to its high standards while the city staff staff staf is tasked with developing a draft of a sign ordinance with better definitions, addressing inconsisten-cies and leaving little room for interpreta-tion.

“Make no mistake,” said Alderman Pear-son Buell. “We “We “W want our businesses to suc-ceed but not to the point that it negatively impacts residential property values.”

The overhaul of the city’s sign code is coinciding with a dispute between City Hall and commercial property owner Floyd Withers, Withers, W who has a number of business tenants at Lakeside Plaza, property he’s held for more than 20 years, making it one of the city’s oldest commercial districts. Withers, Withers, W after agreeing to stipulations lined out in an agreement finalizing an involun-tary annexation in 1987 interpreted that to mean he was given certain rights as to how he would be allowed to conduct his busi-ness, maintains that, as of 2006, the city began enforcing inordinately strict rules in carrying out its sign and building codes. He has filed suit in St. Charles County Circuit Court and is awaiting a jury trial, initially set for April 27, to determine if his position is valid.

Withers’Withers’W suit, elucidated in three counts, asks that, should St. Charles County Cir-cuit Court find his allegations to be proper, to then allow his property to be de-annexed from the city and his taxes refunded.

Meanwhile, issues had come to light in previous work sessions showing a need to reassess the sign code. Alderman Charlotte Norton (Ward (Ward (W 2) reiterated recently the unintended consequences coming out of a ban on posting help wanted notices on commercial properties causing a hardship to both the businesses wishing to fill job openings and local residents looking for employment.

The city’s building department, which falls within the Department of Planning and Community Development, headed by Steve Schertel, is charged with enforc-ing the sign code adopted by the Board of Aldermen. With With W multiple issues coming to light, Schertel’s staff staff staf began reviewing the code and found conflicting strictures and, in some instances, is so out of date it hasn’t provisions to guide staff staff staf on the use of new sign technologies.

Making his case in February, February, February the board

engaged in a thorough discussion of the sign code on March 2, leading to the autho-rization for staff staff staf to revise and update the present code with some guidelines to keep in mind as they work through this process.

A new technology, technology, technology LED billboards that essentially show a short video, was unani-mously rejected. However, it was agreed that short term types of advertising in con-junction with specific sales events should be allowed, strictly defined and restricted to a set number times per year.

While both aldermen Harry Slyman (Ward (Ward (W 1) and Norton felt the business com-munity should be consulted for input, some of the guidelines board members advanced included: an allowance for balloons or other inflatables; allowing but limiting the time banners for one-time events; investigate the advantages of a special event license versus a special use permit for seasonal sales activities.

Any fees should be kept revenue-neutral, covering only administrative costs, the board agreed.

However, the majority continued to make the case for maintaining a strict line to avoid ‘visual blight’ at all costs. The LED discussion aside, all forms of flash-ing neon signage was eschewed by all the aldermen who are in closest contact with residents.

“The calls I get the most are for more enforcement, not less,” Buell said. Stress-ing the need for both thoroughness and consistency, consistency, consistency he pointed to the special sign ordinances passed for both the Shoppes at Hawk Ridge and The Meadows retail dis-tricts.

“Those businesses I’ve talked to are happy with what we’ve made available,” Buell said.

In fact, the Dardenne Prairie Board of Aldermen was so impressed with The Meadows signage ordinance many of its guidelines are being used within that city’s new downtown district.

City staff staff staf has a fine line to walk, how-ever. Patriotic displays during a Fourth of July sale are favored, as would notices of employment opportunities, the board decided.

“We “We “W want to be careful,” Buell said. “But, we don’t want to cut the residents of Lake Saint Louis out of a job opportunity if one exists here.”

What Lake Saint Louis has accomplished is showing up in higher property values even in this economic environment. While it is still early in the reassessment process, initial reports indicate the city’s overall assessed valuation to have dropped, but not as precipitously as other municipalities in the county.

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Once the Rollergirls have enough mem-bers, DuBois is hoping to hook up with other rinks throughout the area to start a recreational league.

“There are about five to six rinks in Missouri and Illinois that are interested in forming teams for the league,” DuBois said. “We’ll “We’ll “W be more than willing to help other rinks get their teams started.”

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“By the time we bout this summer, we’ll all have derby names,” DuBois said. “I started out as Mal Content, then became Coach Klutz because I’m so clumsy.

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“We started the way we want to,” said Rage head coach and director of football operations Rik Richards. “We wanted to win the first two games on the road and obviously we were able to do that.”

The Rage (2-0) opened up the 2009 season with a 55-44 win over the Saginaw (Mich.) Sting, the 2008 Continental Indoor Football League champions.

Rage quarterback Dixie Wooten threw a total of six touchdown passes with Tyrone Timmons and Luke McCardle each nabbing two touchdowns catches apiece. Hurtis Chinn and Maurice Avery were also recipi-ents of touchdown passes from Wooten while Vincent Webb busted out a 25-yard touchdown run in the win over the Sting.

Wooten is currently second in the IFL with 203 yards passing per game.

River City won its second game of the season in commanding fashion with a 42-24 win at the Maryland Maniacs to stay atop of the United Conference’s Atlantic Division.

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By MARY ANN O’TOOLE HOLLEYThere was surely a day when makers of

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Now, O’Fallon Brewery, although well past the kitchen stage, is dreaming big, really big, and making a name for itself with drinkers from O’Fallon to Oconomo-woc (Wisconsin).

Their motto states the facts, “We Love Beer,” and O’Fallon Brewery founders Fran and Tony Caradonna have passed their love to the multitudes building a craft beer business that has recently begun bursting from its stainless steel brewing tanks.

The Caradonnas are making magic in the beer industry, showing sales growth even while others falter. According to the U.S. Commerce Department, in the fourth quar-ter of 2008, national sales of alcohol for off-premises consumption were down by 9.3 percent from the previous quarter—the steepest drop since they started compiling data a half century ago. Beer accounts for most of the decrease, with beer revenues off by about 14 percent, the report said.

On the other hand O’Fallon Brewery sold about 3,000 barrels of beer last year. Bottled beer is about half of the O’Fallon Brewery line, and last year, the brewery’s Missouri Golden Ale, wheat beer, smoked porter and other delights sent sales soaring nearly 20 percent.

It was a notable feat for the Caradonnas, who say they started the business just to try something new.

“My husband and I are more from the sales and marketing areas, but our brewers are former home brewers,” said Fran Cara-donna. “My husband has been selling beer for 25 years (his first brush with a brewery came when he led tour groups years ago at the Anheuser Busch Brewery). We owned a small beer distributorship in the 1990s, and helped distribute Schaflys Beer, so we have a lot of experience in getting the beer to the retailers and the customer. When we sold that business, we decided we wanted to see how we’d do in making it.”

In January, Beer Enthusiast’s Draft Mag-azine let them know. They named O’Fallon Brewery’s Whiskey Barrel Smoked Porter as one of the top 25 beers in the world for 2008. “These are the beers that, in the last year, have made us stop, think and beg for more. Some are old, some are new, but every one is worth the hunt and deserves a place on a pedestal (or in your fridge),” Draft Magazine states.

“Isn’t that awesome,” said Fran, who

teams with her husband, Tony, in creating the unique offerings of O’Fallon Brewery. “It’s an unusual beer that is released season-ally throughout the year. It totally stunned us, but we were pleasantly surprised.”

Brewmaster Dave Johnson said creating the Whiskey Barrel Smoked Porter was a delicate operation because each barrel imparts its own flavor. The batches are extra special because of the oak barrels used to age it.

“The barrels showed up in the brewery one day last year, and Brian (one of our brewmasters) thought they were awfully old and dusty, nothing like those we’d acquired from the same source in Ken-tucky before,” Fran said. “He called to question the senders and was shocked and awed to learn these particular kegs had stored ‘Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve’ 23-year-old bourbon, one of the most highly acclaimed bourbons in history.”

Brian, one of the Brewmasters at O’Fallon Brewery, figured those barrels were first filled with bourbon when he was in about the fourth grade, and that was in 1984.

“So, we filled up the barrels and did our

usual aging routine, carefully adjusting the storage temperature to let the beer work in and out of the wood of these special charred oak barrels,” Fran said. “Of course the brewers had to taste it every now and then as it aged, and over time, the flavors of the bourbon began to blend with the beer. It soon became clear this Pappy Van Winkle version of our Whisky Barrel Smoked Porter was going to be a rare treat.”

Those four barrels continue to work, cre-ating an ever-so-slightly different flavor for the 100 cases of Whiskey Barrel Smoked Porter created with each batch.

O’Fallon Brewery, a small craft brewery based in an industrial park on the fringe of O’Fallon would surprise those who drink the beer. Though they have distributed beer from a small metal building for the past eight years, now, their “everyday beers” and big seasonal selections like Pumpkin Ale will be produced at Stevens Point Brewery, another small craft beer maker in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The collabora-tion will allow O’Fallon Brewery to devote more time and attention to their draft and special release beers. But not to worry, the Wisconsin brewery is apt at assisting

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To To T keep the O’Fallon Brewery beer true to taste, Stevens Point will “adjust” the water, adding salt-type additives to match the character of O’Fallon’s water.

“The character of the water affects affects af the flavor of the beer,” Fran Caradonna said. “Actually, “Actually, “Actually St. Louis has very good water for brewing. It’s my understanding that all of the Anheuser Busch breweries match their water to that of the St. Louis brewery.”

Fran has no real answer for their surge in sales, except to remember their motto and know that others feel the same.

“There is definitely a hometown loy-alty, alty, alty and people like to see the little guys,

the underdogs like us, do well,” Fran Caradonna said. “People support that, and you see that not just in the beer business. There’s a whole local food, local restaurant movement. People are looking for lots of different different dif flavors and less interested in the mass markets and Big Box retailers’ mar-keting.”

The favorites, she said, change over time. Their inaugural batch was O’Fallon Gold, smooth golden ale with three types of barley, barley, barley two varieties of hops and fresh Kolsch yeast. It’s cold-conditioned and carefully filtered for a clear, beautifully colored, delicious beer, she said.

Then came O’Fallon Wheat, winner of the bronze medal for American Hefewei-zens at the 2005 Great American Beer Fes-tival. It’s a fresh, clean-tasting American Wheat Beer that’s not filtered, so there’s a trace of the yeast in the beer for a smooth,

full-bodied, velvety texture and a creamy head.

Beers from O’Fallon Brewery have gleaned plenty of awards, including one that named their beer the best in St. Louis and several from The Great American Beer Festival held at a different different dif location in the United States each year.

“Our biggest everyday seller now is our 5 Day IPA, IPA, IP that’s very popular,” said Fran. “It’s a popular style. India Pale Ales are popular among craft beer makers. Ours was the first locally produced dry hopped beer. It’s full flavor, and folks who like that kind of beer like our version of it.”

The American Style India Pale Ale fea-tures seven grains and four domestic hop varieties, created by adding dry whole hops to the finishing tank so the beer rests “on top” of the hops for five extra days. There’s a malty sweetness up front with big cascade and glacier hops in the finish, Fran said.

With With W a small 15-barrel brew house, O’Fallon Brewery whips out small batches of beer that takes about two weeks from brew-day to packaging day. Though busi-ness is booming, the brewers at O’Fallon Brewery still hand fill their 50 liter and 1/6 bbl kegs and hand pack each case of 12-ounce bottles into four 6-packs.

The Caradonnas history dates back to their launch of Signature Beer Company, Company, Companywhen they introduced craft beers to the St. Louis market in 1990.

So where does Fran Caradonna see her-self and her husband, TonyTonyT , in 10 years.ony, in 10 years.ony

“No, I don’t see myself retiring. We’ll We’ll Wprobably be brewing more beer,” Cara-donna said. “We’ll “We’ll “W probably be in a bigger place, but we’ll still be in O’Fallon.”

The Caradonnas love offer offer of tours of their facility. Each tour is followed by a beer tasting session and lasts about an hour. O’Fallon Brewery can handle about 20 guests at a time. Call 474-2337.

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Area residents Elaine and Ed Bloomquist care for Elaine’s 97-year-old mother, Nettie Cohn, in their home. They have used the Phillips Lifeline medical alert ser-vice through BJC Home Care Services for about six years.

“Fortunately, “Fortunately, “Fortunately we’ve never had to use it, but I wanted to be able to leave the house sometimes and not worry about Mom being alone,” Elaine said.

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In May, May, May Lutheran Senior Services will roll out its own new personal emergency response system, Home for Life Solutions.

In addition to the basic button/response unit, the system can incorporate an array of “smart sensors” that monitor safety and security in the home. For example, fall sen-sors can be worn at the waist or wrist and will detect immediately when a person has fallen.

Home for Life Solutions also will offer offer ofmotion detectors that are placed in “active” areas of the home and scan for movement at two pre-programmed times of day. If a detector senses no motion, it dispatches for help – ideal for seniors living alone.

Home security company ADT offers offers ofa medical alert system called ADT Com-panion Service. Seniors wear a bracelet or necklace that has a long-range capability of up to 300 feet, so it works outdoors. The base station sensors send an alert if unsafe temperatures are detected in the home.

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Established 10 years ago, the Plants of Merit program focuses on a list of annu-als, perennials, shrubs, vines, trees and – new this year – edible ornamentals with outstanding qualities and dependable per-formance in the region. The program aims to promote diversity in the home gardening landscape and raise awareness of beautiful, environmentally friendly plants.

Plants of Merit plants are non-invasive in the region, easy to grow and maintain, grow consistently well in the region, are resistant or tolerant to diseases and insects, have outstanding ornamental value and are reasonably available for purchase.

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• Serena series (Angelonia (Angelonia ( angustifolia), a brightly colored, tough annual for beds, borders and mixed combinations. AvailAvailA -able in three colors, plus a mix, it is a great height item for smaller combination pots, requires full sun and tolerates heat and humidity.

• Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yucci-folium), a Missouri native perennial with yucca-like leaves and flowers resembling thistle heads. It tolerates poor soils and is

best used in taller back borders, cottage gar-dens, meadows and naturalized areas. Seed heads are great in dried arrangements.

• ‘Citation’ yew (Taxus Taxus T x media), a columnar-type shrub that does well even in shade. If wet conditions are avoided, the plant will thrive in average soil and toler-ates urban conditions.

• Ruby Perfection (Brassica (Brassica ( oleracea) is a cabbage falling in the new “Edible Ornamentals” category. It produces 3- to 4-pound heads of red cabbage in 80 days and doubles as a colorful garden ornamen-tal. Cabbages may be grown in spring or fall and used in salads, slaws, as cooked

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According to Missouri Department of Natural Resources Director Mark TempleTempleT -ton, choosing ENERGY STAR STAR ST appliances could save many Missouri families about one-third on their energy bill while helping the environment.

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cil and go from there,” Hennessy said. “I know there are some on the Parks Board that disagree with that, but that’s my opin-ion.”

Mary Sue Laulo, a resident who has fol-lowed the issue for some time (and a can-didate for City Council at MRN press time), says she believes the problem is a “power struggle between the City Council and the Parks Board.

“They (the City Council) do not want to identify the Parks Board as an admin-istrative board, but as an advisory board,” Laulo said. “An administrative board can do things without going to the City Council. That’s why when the state law created the Parks Board our city uses. That law gives the powers to those who serve on the board. It’s very clear when it says the parks board has exclusive appropriate rights. They are the only ones that can spend money for the parks. When the state law uses that exclu-sively, it is very powerful wording.”sively, it is very powerful wording.”sively

Laulo said state law excludes all city officials, and she believes that means the Parks Board not only has the power of spending, it excludes any elected official from serving on the Parks Board.

“The state legislature made it very clear that the City Council is to have nothing to do with the Parks Board, but the coun-cil now thinks they have the power to do whatever they want,” Laulo said. “I think it needs to be brought to the attention of the people. They are trying to take over the parks and are dictating to the Parks Board what they can or cannot do.”

Laulo said that in late December, City Administrator Bob Lowery Jr., City Attor-ney Kevin O’Keefe and four City Council members showed up at a meeting of the Parks Board with the reasoning that “they were curious to see why the Parks Board was holding an emergency meeting.

“Do they think we are stupid? The city attorney had to be paid to be there, and Councilman Bill Hennessy stood up and said, ‘You ‘You ‘Y knew this was coming,’” Laulo said. “To “To “T me, that sounds like a threat. I don’t think we should have any City Coun-cil members bullying any of our volunteer citizens. These are all volunteer citizens who serve on the Parks Board, and for those city officials to go there with the adminis-trator and attorney to tell the board what they’ll do with the tax money is uncalled for and unacceptable.”

Councilman Pierce Conley (Ward (Ward (W 2) (also a candidate for mayor at MRN press time) said if there was a parks tax as before, it would be true that the Parks Board had responsibility for the funds. As a sales tax, however, the way it is structured now, now, now the council determines the use of those funds. Conley said the advice of the Parks Board is taken, and the council makes decisions

from that point.“The taxpayers’ money is being spent

by the City Council not by an appointed board. An appointed board should not have the sole authority to spend city tax dollars,” Conley said. “We “We “W listen to them very care-fully, fully, fully but they are an advisory committee. Bear in mind, they do have some control over the delinquent property taxes that are coming in (as it was structured before Proposition P), but when that goes away council members are solely responsible for parks funds.”

O’Fallon currently has seven parks and 368 acres of parkland: Civic Park, 20 acres; Dames Park, 59 acres; Fort Zumwalt Park, 47.5 acres; Knaust Park, 6 acres; O’Fallon Sports Park, 95 acres; Ozzie Smith Sports Complex, 76 acres; WesthofWesthofW f esthoff esthof Park, 65 acres.

In general, Proposition P money may be used for:

Parks and Recreation•Building a city-wide system of walking/•biking trails that connect to City parks. Preserving green space by acquiring •more land for parks Adding indoor/outdoor facilities such •as sports fields, aquatic facilities, rest-rooms, handicapped handicapped handica accessible play-grounds, picnic areas or pavilions to meet residents’ needs Keeping current facilities safe and in •good repair Storm water Management •Reducing neighborhood flooding •Stabilizing storm water-eroded areas •Bringing storm water drainage up to •federal/state codes Purchasing specialized machinery for •cleanup and environmental projects.

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Richard Black has joined St. Peters-based accounting firm Rackers & Fernandez as branch manager of its second office, which is expected to open on Jan. 1 at 1218 Hidden Valley Valley V Drive, in Farmington.

PLACESBreeze Park, a Lutheran Senior Services

community located in St. Charles, was named among the March 11 “U.S. News & World World W Report” listing of the country’s best nursing homes. The magazine ranked more than 15,000 senior care facilities across the country, country, country including 27 for its “honor roll” of the best of the best. Breeze Park’s care center, which earned a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last year, earned top marks in nurse staffing, health inspections and qual-ity measures of individual care.

Faith Chapel recently hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the opening of its new location at 967 Waterbury Waterbury W Falls Drive in O’Fallon.

Persimmon Woods Woods W Golf Club, in Weldon Weldon W Spring, and WestborWestborW ough Coun-try Club, in St. Louis County, County, County have entered into an agreement offering offering of reciprocal privi-leges for members at each of their clubs. Full golfing members at each club can use the other club’s facilities, including the golf course, tennis courts, fitness center, pool, and dining and banquet halls with only minor limits on access.

SSM St. Joseph Hospital WestWestW , in Lake Saint Louis, has been recognized among 42 hospitals nationwide to attain Stage 6 of the Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model, a measure of the extent of a hospi-tal’s information technology adoption. The hospital is the only hospital in the St. Louis area and one of only to in Missouri to attain the distinction and was named in a national report recently highlighted in “Modern Healthcare.”

The Tub Tub T Company, a bathroom and kitchen remodeling company and retail center, has opened at 5945 Sue Mandy Drive in St. Peters, its second location. The business is owned by Fletcher Calder and Lenny Toedebusch.Toedebusch.T

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The St. Peters Chamber of Commerce will hold a Morning Networking Coffeefrom 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Thurs., April 9 at The Villages Villages V of St. Peters, 5400 Execu-tive Center Parkway. To To T register, call Lori at 447-3336.

The Economic Development Center of St. Charles County will hold “How to Suc-cessfully Market Across Generations,” a seminar presented by the American Mar-keting Association, from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Thurs., April 9 at Old Hickory Golf Club. To To T register, call 441-6880, ext. 221,

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“A Super Woman Woman W Makeover” is the topic of a Tri-County Tri-County T Women’Women’W s Connection luncheon and program that will be held from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wed., Wed., W April 15 at The Christy Banquet Center (9000 Veterans Veterans V Memorial Parkway) in O’Fallon. Speaker Jan Merritt will present “From Superwoman to Mild-Mannered Mom,” and musician Joan Wright Wright W will entertain. Admission is $13. To To T register or cancel, call Jeanne at 561-6197 or Joan at 561-0956.

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Americans of all stripes and from differ-ent political parties are coming together to share their dissatisfaction with record-set-ting federal government spending and sig-nificant policy shifts are much like those in St. Charles and St. Louis counties which are planning a second peaceful demonstra-tion on tax day – April 15.

The Tax Day Tea Party, the second such protest in the St. Louis area, has finally been permitted to be held at 6:30 p.m. April 15 at Kiener Plaza.

The first such event, held in February, was one of the early protests staged throughout the country but has been repeated in recent weeks at numerous events throughout the

U.S.. The idea is still catching on and hun-dreds of cities are announcing Tax Day Tea Parties on April 15 and they are all united in one goal – to send Washington, D.C. a message that the original Boston Tea Party was a relatively small protest but became the catalyst that sparked a revolution. And the reason for the present-day tea parties is the same as the original. They are all pro-testing an unresponsive government and over-taxation.

For those who are interested in attend-ing the Tax Day Tea Party, or to learn more about individuals uniting to make their voices heard in Washington, D.C., visit: taxdayteaparty.com.

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By JEANNIE SEIBERTWhile not officially resi-

dents of Lake Saint Louis, the Blakemore family, Todd and Natalie and their three children, have become adoptive residents to the city.

It was the Blakemores who founded the organization Unlimited Play, champion-ing the design and funding of Zachary’s Playground. It’s a play area at Hawk Ridge City Park featuring play-ground equipment specially designed and installed with unique features making it accessible by children of all ages and abili-ties, otherwise known as an all-inclusive, handicapped-accessible playground.

While the effort was monumental – the playground equipment is quite expensive

– it was a labor of love for the Blakemore family as their middle child, Zach, suffers from a rare degenerative disease which restricts his physical activity, but not his desire to play and interact with other children. Thus the name Zachary’s Play-ground.

Now the Blakemores find themselves facing their own personal challenges as much needed expansion and retrofitting is required to their home so it is more accessible for Zach. The changes are over-whelming the family’s budget. While they are residents of unincorporated St. Charles

County, Lake Saint Louis has adopted the Blakemores and various groups have hosted fundraisers to help offset the remod-eling costs.

Lake Saint Louis Community Associa-tion Board President Greg Jones coordi-nated a series of projects last year while on March 29 the Lake Saint Louis Police Officers Association organized a barbeque benefit, co-hosted with the Lake Saint Louis Wal-Mart and the Shoppes at Hawk Ridge.

While the weather was uncooperative, the Police Officers Association was able to make over $700 to get the fund started. Donations continue to be accepted. Checks can be dropped off or mailed to the Lake Saint Louis Police Officers Association, c/o the Police Department at 100 Civic Center Dr., Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367. Checks should be made out to the Police Officers Association, notated Blakemore Fund in order to qualify as a tax deduction.

The Lake Saint Louis Police Officers Association staged a barbeque benefit and Blakemore family fundraiser kick-off on March 29 in conjunction with Wal-Mart at the Shoppes at Hawk Ridge. The event was to thank that family’s organization, Unlimited Play, for its fundraising efforts resulting in Zachary’s Playground, a specially equipped play area accessible to children off all abilities. Fundraising efforts continue through the Police Officers Association at the Lake Saint Louis Police Department.

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As someone who has been involved with summer camp for 46 years – as a camper, a camp counselor and now as the owner of a summer camp – Adler based that statement on nearly a lifetime of experience.

Last month, the American Camp Asso-ciation (ACA) reported that after spending a single summer at camp, Matthew Carroll, 23, reached virtually the same conclusion that Adler reached: The world can learn something from summer camp.

In the summer of 2008, just one week after completing his studies at a university in his native country of Ireland, Carroll decided he would like to avoid “the real world” for a couple of months, so he took a job as a counselor at a traditional American summer camp in upstate New York. York. Y Car-roll’s efforts efforts ef to escape the real world led him to the realization that the world could learn a valuable lesson from the summer camp experience.

Carroll said that at summer camp:• Everyone is equal. Because campers,

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• Camp goes back to basics. At the camp where Carroll worked, cellular phones were banned and Internet access was limited. There was a strong emphasis on keeping camp tidy, tidy, tidy and everyone shared in the task of keeping trash off off of the ground. Carroll said he was surprised to learn that the kids did not seem to miss “the outside world” and that the lack of technology led to more open conversation between friends, better networking and the development of new relationships.

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“Cam Jansen and the Summer Camp Mys-teries,” by David A. Adler (Puffin, April 2007). Cam Jansen, 10, and her best friend, Eric, head off to Camp Eagle Lake and are greeted with three mysteries: someone has raided Cam’s cabin, the campers’ snack money disappears and the sporting goods equipment is stolen. Readers will appreciate the bonds that form among the campers as the mysteries unfold.

“Sleepaway: The Girls of Summer and the Camps They Love,” by Laurie Susan Kahn (Work-man Publishing Co., May 2003). More than 100 years of camp lore, vintage photos, songs, letters, postcards and autographed pillowcases fill the pages of a scrap-book-style, nostalgic look at summer camp. Through interviews with former campers, readers learn that camp is a place for trying new things, making new friends, learning goofy songs and even enduring some practical jokes. School Library Journal has classified the book for those in fifth grade and older.

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OngoingSalon Visions, 854 Bryan Rd., in

O’Fallon has joined a national initiative fighting child abuse and will host a benefit through the month of April in support of Childhelp, a leading national non-profit organization dedicated to helping the vic-tims of child abuse and neglect and at-risk children. Salon Visions will donate 100 percent of proceeds from selling Childhelp Hands for $1 and $5 throughout April. For more information, call 978-3150.

Saturday, April 11St. Peters Community Lighthouse of

Aglow International invites the women of St. Charles County to lunch at 11 a.m. on April 11, at Life Church, 7575 Veter-ans’ Memorial Parkway, in St. Peters. The featured speaker will be Jerrye Wood, the Aglow Missouri director. There will be a potluck lunch and an update on the vision of Aglow. For more information, contact Beverly Combest at 887-0505.

Tuesday, April 14 Golf lessons will be held from 7:15 p.m.

to 7:45 p.m. on Tuesdays starting April 14 at Golf Headquarters located at 3465 Hwy. K in O’Fallon. The cost for the four-week

session is $70 for O’Fallon residents or $75 for non-residents. To register, call 474-2732.

Thursday, April 16“A Social Science Perspective on Media

Bias,” will be held at 3 p.m. April 16 at Lindenwood University’s Cultural Center, 400 North Kingshighway. Jeffrey Milyo, Ph.D, a senior fellow with the CATO Insti-tute and has a joint appointment as a full professor in the University of Missouri-Columbia Department of Economics and the Truman School of Public Affairs, will give the talk. In his lecture, Milyo will highlight research he has conducted that he says demonstrates the presence of a strong liberal bias in the American media. For more information, call 949-4742.

Saturday, April 18The Hermann Antique Show will be held

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 18 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 19 in downtown Hermann. Enjoy a weekend of shopping in the Hofgarten and old Festhalle. The Inn at Hermannhof will provide food for purchase and wine tasting will also be available at the Hermannhof Winery all weekend. For more information, call 573-486-FARM or visit hermannfarm.org.

“Build a Container Vegetable Garden” class will be held at 10 a.m. on April 18. This fun two-hour class will provide the instruction and sprouts to grow produce in small, backyard containers. Planting soil, seeds, seedlings, and equipment will be provided, but participants are asked to bring their own planters and gloves. Veg-etables planted in the class will include various types of lettuce, peppers and pota-toes. The cost for the class is $10 per par-ticipant. Registrations are accepted online at stccparks.org or by phone at 949-7535.

Wednesday, April 22Center Stage Theatre Presents “Loot”

at 8 p.m. on April 22 through April 25, and 2 p.m. on April 26, at the theater of the Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building at St. Charles Community College. The cost is $7 for general admission, $5 for seniors and college students and free for SCC students with ID. For more infor-mation, call Jeanine Spence at 922-8050.

Friday, April 24A Family Camping Night will be held

from 6 p.m. on April 24 to 10 a.m. on April 25 at Fort Zumwalt Park in O’Fallon. The overnight campout offers a great way to learn the art and enjoy the fun of camping, from how to set up a tent to storytelling around the campfire and making s’mores. Families must bring their own tents and are asked to bring a potluck dish to share.

O’Fallon Parks and Recreation staff will cook the main meal and provide breakfast on Saturday morning. The cost is $30 for a family of up to five people; additional family members cost $5 each. To register, call 474-2732 or visit renaudspiritcenter.com.

Saturday, April 25The RSC Family Fun Fair will be held

from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 25 at the Renaud Spirit Center in O’Fallon. The public is invited to enjoy the RSC indoor recreation complex facilities for free from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on April 25 and to enjoy RSC Family Fun Fair activities from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Family Fun Fair activi-ties include carnival games, pony rides, a petting zoo, bounce house, big bounce slide and face painting for children. For more information, call 474-2REC or visit renaudspiritcenter.com.

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Mexican-style seafood is a big seller, Jasso said, and the Polo Chipotle ($9), featuring a creamy chipotle sauce, cilantro and rice and beans, is a hard-to-find delicacy that won’t disappoint.

The Chile Colorado is the best of all worlds with refried beans, Spanish rice and spicy beef so tender and spicy it melts in your mouth ($9). Flour tortillas are served on the side.

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Each booth features a hand-painted tabletop, plenty of privacy and more than enough room for a Mexican fiesta. There are Aztec calendars—gifts he has received from customers.

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El Azteca’s huge menu is filled with unique recipes and simpler items. Stretching five pages, it’s sure to include an old or new favorite.

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