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July 13, 2011
Vol 13 No 28
April 1, 2015
Lake Saint Louis playground
earns national acclaim
Recipe
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Eggs-traordinary Easter feast
Around Town
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Feature Section
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School
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Movie
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Youth is a firefighter for the day
Zachary Blakemore and Gracie Gibson share a laugh at Zachary’s Playground in Lake St. Louis.
Submitted photos
Zachary’s Playground ranked No. 1 in
America by children’s education organization
The City of Lake Saint Louis partnered with Unlimited
Play and the St. Charles County Disability Resource Board to
It was just a run of the mill morning and Natalie Blakemore build Zachary’s playground which is accessible to children of
all abilities. Zachary’s Playground, located at 8392 Orf Road,
was flipping through the posts on Facebook.
Blakemore soon stumbled upon an article titled: The Top 50 opened in 2007 and features a castle and boat theme structure, swings, music section, water spray pad, climbing net and
U.S. Playgrounds.
Blakemore and her organization, Unlimited Play, have con- slides.
Honoring the creed of no child deserves to be left on the
structed playgrounds around the area so it’s easy to understand
sidelines,
Unlimited Play is a non-profit organization that
her interest in the piece.
builds universally-accessible play“When I saw (the article) I
grounds to promote health by prothought I would scroll through it
viding the freedom of play for all
just to see,” Blakemore said.
children and families. The majorBlakemore continued to scroll
ity of playgrounds around the world
past stops in Idaho, Maryland, and
deny children, adults and even VetLouisiana among the many others.
erans with disabilities the opportuWaiting at the bottom of the page
nity for recreation, enrichment and
and holding on to the No. 1 posisocial interaction which other peotion was Zachary’s Playground. Lople enjoy.
cated in Lake Saint Louis, Zachary’s
It was Blakemore’s son Zachary
Playground is Unlimited Play’s flagwho provided the original inspiraship project and earned the status
tion. Zachary suffers from a rare geof the No. 1 playground in America
netic central nervous system disease
by the Early Childhood Education
(Pelizaeus Merzbacher Disease) that
(ECE) Zone, an organization cre- Zachary’s Playground earned the status of the No. 1 playground in
confines him to a wheelchair or asated to be an informative hub for America by the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Zone, an organization
created to be an informative hub for those involved with the teaching
sistive walking device. But like all
those involved with the teaching of of young children.
children, Zachary loves to play.
young children.
“There are many families that need
“When I got to the top ten I
a
playground
like
this,
it’s
exciting
and overwhelming,” Blakethought, ‘No way,’” Blakemore said. “I was more than surprised.”
Here is what the Early Childhood Education had to say about more said. “We didn’t have the intentions of it getting like this.”
Unlimited Play has picked up the pace on its projects. With
Zachary’s Playground: “Dedicated to the founder’s son, Zachary’s Playground is a truly inclusive playground that is acces- seven playgrounds already established, including in Cottleville,
sible to everyone, from the highest slide to the lowest play panel. O’Fallon and Wentzville, it foresees five more in 2015 with onThere are swings for every age and ability, a splash pad for fun wards to another 13 in locations in Texas, Illinois, Arkansas and
in the water, braille activity boards, and a climbing net with cus- others.
“We wanted Zach’s Playground to be a destination and draw
tom seats. The music section of the playground provides audible
stimulation and encourages creativity while the castle and boat national attention to the need of inclusive playgrounds,” Blakethemed play areas encourage imaginative play and pretending.” more said. “This is not just another milestone.”
By Brett Auten
Camp & School Guide
Students excell at regional fair
“Get Hard” softest comedy of year
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Vol. 17 No. 13
In This Issue...
2 Around Town
O’Fallon’s Home
Improvement Program
open to more
homeowners.
4 Feature Section
Camp & School Guide
7 Business
RVers spring to life.
8 School
Orchard Farm names
new Executive Director
of Student Services.
9 Movie
“Get Hard” the softest
comedy of the year.
10 Sports and Learn & Play
Local with sports Gary B.
Also, check out the Local
Author Spotlight.
11 Recipe
How to create an eggstraoridnary Easter feast.
April 1, 2015 • Community News - St. Charles County • www.mycnews.com
Youth In Need receives
$1.5 million for Early
Head Start expansion
The U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services
(HHS) has awarded Youth In
Need an Early Head Start Child
Care Partnership and Early
Head Start Expansion grant.
The only recipient in the greater
St. Louis metropolitan area and
just one of three grants awarded
in Missouri, Youth In Need will
receive $1.5 million of a $500
million allocation to fund the
expansion of its St. Louis City
Head Start and Early Head Start
program. The grant funds the
addition of 120 new infant and
toddler slots at nine child care
partner sites in St. Louis City.
“This grant will increase the
quality of infant-toddler care
throughout St. Louis City and
County,” said Melissa Chambers, Vice President of Youth
In Need’s St. Louis City Head
Start and Early Head Start program. “By offering low-income
families with infants and toddlers these wraparound services, we’re supporting families
who are working and/or going
to school. We’re strengthening
the family as parents learn to become their child’s best teacher.”
With this new grant, Youth
In Need now will be providing
Head Start and Early Head Start
services to 1,364 children and
their families in St. Louis City
and St. Charles, Lincoln, Warren and Montgomery Counties.
12 What’s Happening
14 Classifieds
16 Over the Fence
First-place winner Al Fawcett with WASSI VP Jessica Brannan.
Submitted photo
Seniors participate in
billiards tournament
On March 17 WASSI and Twin Oaks at Stone Ridge partnered
to host a St. Patrick’s Day Billiards Tournament as part of WASSI’s
spring and summer activity series. The event was held at Twin Oaks
at Stone Ridge in their second floor community room. Al Fawcett
from Twin Oaks at Stone Ridge took first place and Ralph Shine
also from Twin Oaks at Stone Ridge took second place. Both were
awarded gift cards as prizes. Cheerleaders were in attendance from
both Twin Oaks and Green Gables Senior Living.
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Youth inducted as a Firefighter for the Day
On March 22 firefighters from Cottleville
and O’Fallon Fire Districts teamed up to
give a very special birthday to a well-deserving young man. Brendan Myers of O’Fallon
was surprised on his 10th birthday when an
O’Fallon fire truck showed up in front of his
house. He was even more surprised to learn
that he was taking a ride on the truck with the
firefighters.
Brendan was a victim of shaken baby syndrome eight years ago and, as a result, he faces difficult challenges that most kids do not.
Therefore, Brendan was selected as an honorary “Firefighter for a Day.” The two fire districts collaborated in setting up events at both
O’Fallon and Cottleville fire stations for Brendan’s birthday.
First, Brendan arrived at Cottleville Fire
Station 1 and was greeted by firefighters, district board members, and Nealy Nicolay, Cottleville’s first “Firefighter for a Day.” Brendan
was presented with an authentic fire helmet
with his name on the shield and a gift card to
Toys-R-Us. Brendan found great pleasure in
activating the sirens on Pumper 8744 and was
exhilarated by being raised up 100 feet in the
bucket of Ladder Truck 8712.
Next, Brendan left Cottleville and travelled
in the fire truck to O’Fallon Fire Station 3.
There he was able to operate a hose line and
enjoyed spraying the firefighters and getting
them wet. At the end of the day Brendan was
tired, but all smiles.
Brendan’s parents, Will and Patty Meyers,
would like to bring awareness to Shaken Baby
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Photo courtesy Cottleville Fire Protection District
Brendan Myers of O’Fallon got to operate a hose line at O’Fallon Fire
Station 3 on March 22 after being selected as honorary “Firefighter
for a Day.”
Syndrome. About 1,300 children per year in
the US suffer from severe for fatal head trauma from child abuse.
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Mercy Kids offers a variety of pediatric specialists
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April 1, 2015 • Community News - St. Charles County • www.mycnews.com
O’Fallon’s Home Improvement
Program open to more homeowners
With new income limits set for FY 2015 by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD), more O’Fallon homeowners may be eligible for help with roof repairs, furnace or air conditioning replacement and other home needs through
O’Fallon’s Home Improvement Program. The program provides zero-interest, forgivable loans of up
to $5,000 on a first-come, first-serve basis to applicants who qualify. If the homeowner continues to
live in the house for five years without selling, the
loans will be forgiven.
The new 2015 Low Income Limits for homeowners are based on total gross incomes of no
more than: $39,400 for a one-person household,
$45,000 for a two-person household, $50,650 for
a household of three, $56,250 for a household of
four, $60,750 for a five-person household, $65,250
for a six-person household, $69,750 for a seven-
person household and $74,250 for an eight-person
household.
Designed to assist low-to-moderate income
homeowners with home maintenance, O’Fallon’s
Home Improvement Program funds can be used
for repairing or replacing HVAC units, windows,
roofs, siding, sump pumps, water heaters and much
more. In general, the funds can only be used for
home maintenance and to address code violations.
In addition to HUD income limits, to qualify for
the program applicants must meet other standards,
including owning and occupying the house to be
improved for at least one year, and be current on
mortgage payments and real estate taxes.
For an application or more information about applying for the program, visit www.ofallon.mo.us/
grants-assistance. Or, contact Ms. Hawkins at 636379-5411 or [email protected].
Spirit Elite Cheerleading wraps up one
season and gets ready for the next
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Louisville, Kentucky, Kansas
City, Missouri, and locally in St.
Charles and St. Louis. The road
to competition is not an easy or
effortless one and it requires a
tremendous commitment from
the athletes, families, coaches and staff. However,
both the internal and external rewards outweigh
the moments of exhaustion and frustration.
American Cheer Power in Columbus, Ohio is
the largest competition that Spirit Elite will be attending this year. March 28 and 29 will be two of
the biggest days of the season for our teams at Spirit
Elite. American Cheer Power will be more than
just a normal competition for Spirit Elite, but is our
chance to receive a bid to The Summit in Orlando,
Florida. Mini Perfection, Junior Supreme, and Senior Flawless have been working vigorously the last
month revising and creating more innovative, dif-
ficult and seamless routines and
are prepared to show them off to
friends, family and judges. Currently Mini Perfection and Junior Supreme members practice
one and half hours a week with
an additional hour of tumbling
Submitted photo and members of Senior Flawless
practice three hours a week with
an hour and a half of tumbling. Practices include
working on level appropriate stunt skills and techniques, jump technique, dance and conditioning.
Team tumbling focuses on level-appropriate skills,
such as back and front walkovers for our level one
teams and up to layouts for our level four team.
Interested in Spirit Elite or what we have to offer? Tryouts for the 2015-2016 season will be
coming around the corner and you will want to
make sure to watch out for dates and times in the
next couple of weeks. Remember to check us out
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Stroke survivor encourages others to act FAST
On the morning of October
17 last year, Phyllis Warner experienced a sudden headache
and began feeling very confused at her home in O’Fallon.
Not wanting to take a chance
of driving to the hospital, she
dialed 911. In just six minutes,
St. Charles County Ambulance
District [SCCAD] Paramedics
Rees Remington, Sean Remington, and Battalion Chief
Brandon Jones were by her
side.
“The crew performed their
assessment, and based upon
their findings felt very strongly that Phyllis was suffering
a stroke,” said John Romeo,
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
for the District. “They were onscene for 14 minutes and had
her to Progress West Hospital
four minutes later, which was
important because with strokes
there is a limited timeframe
during which treatment is most
effective.”
Today, after treatment, a
hospital stay and extensive
rehab, Phyllis is regaining
strength, and has even returned to work. Her positive
outcome has inspired her to
Photo courtesy St. Charles County Ambulance District
Phyllis Warner (right center) with (from left to right) Sean Remington, Brandon Jones and
Rees Remington.
encourage others never take
chances when it comes to
stroke-like symptoms.
“I’ll forever be grateful to
the Paramedics, nurses, doctors and therapists that have
played a role in my treatment
and recovery. If I had waited
to see if I improved on my own,
my outcome would have been
completely different - I could
have died or been left permanently disabled. If you suspect
a stroke, act FAST,” Phyllis said.
FAST is an acronym designed to bring awareness to
the symptoms of stroke. F is for
facial drooping, A stands for
arm weakness, S is for slurred
speech and T stands for time to
call 911.
For more information stroke,
visit the American Heart Association’s website, www.heart.
org.
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By Cindy Moore
Weathering the weather
My friend back East posted a
discouraging message on Facebook the day before spring.
School had yet again been cancelled because of another winter
storm. At last snow measurement, her state qualified as a
suburb of Antarctica and was
soon to be annexed. Until that
happens, it has been given the
official status of a glacier.
No wonder her kids can’t make
it to school. The snow drifts are
in the seven-foot range. That’s
enough to reach well over the
poor little nippers’ heads—
twice! They’d barely make it to
the corner bus stop before being
forced to tunnel a snow cave and
wait it out till summer.
Yes, they have experienced
one freaky cold winter--colder
than a mother-in-law’s frosty
glare. And the snow! The nation hasn’t seen this many flakes
since the Kardashian’s reality
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Here are a few signs to indicate that you’ve had an excessively hard winter:
1 - Woolly mammoths start
trekking through your front yard.
2 - You wake up to find penguins snuggled up in the feet of
your footie pajamas.
3 - Alaska calls, laughs hysterically then hangs up.
4 - The Food Network comes
up with a new blend of antifreeze smoothies.
5 – Breathing the air causes
brain freeze.
6 – Santa’s in your chimney
asking, “Am I early…or late?”
7 - You turn on the air conditioner to warm things up.
8 - The governor issues a state
of emergency--from Jamaica!
9 - You wear three layers of
thermal underwear…just on
your head.
10 - Your children have so
many snow days they’re held
back a year.
While
the East
has been
battling
Old Man
Winter and
losing, here in
my area already the crocus
bloomed and croaked; the daffodils are just daffy and dilly,
and the tulips are puckered up
and blowing kisses. I even considered wearing flip flops and
capris today. But of course, that
would mean I’d have to paint
my toenails and shave my legs
after their winter hibernation…
speaking of woolly mammoths.
So I thought about sending a
picture of my spring flowers to
my friend. But that would be
depressing. She needs some humor. I’ll send a close-up of my
legs instead.
Cindy Moore is the mother of
three superlative kids, servant of
two self-indulgent felines and wife
to one nifty husband. Her ficticious
occupation? Archeological Humorist: someone who unearths absurdity and hilarity in strange and
unusual places including public restrooms, the lint filter, and church
meetings. Most recently, she excavated a find in her neighbor’s bird
feeder.
The opinions expressed in this column are Cindy Moore’s alone and do
not reflect the opinion of the owners or
staff of Community News.
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Our winter adventure at the
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of the show. Even though the
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Students excel at science and engineering fair
Students from the Wentzville School District competed
in the high school portion of
Missouri’s Tri-County Regional
Science and Engineering Fair
held at Francis Howell North
High School on March 7. At the
end of the day, eleven Holt and
Timberland students received
awards. Holt senior Kailey King
received an overall first place
for her project “Stability of EPSPS Gene Copy Number and
Glyphosate Resistance in Palmer Amaranth” and will advance
to the Intel International Science
and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 10-15.
King was also awarded a Naval
Research Award.
Timberland senior Ryan Lappin received overall second place
for his project “Metal Complexes
with Amidinate Ligands” and received a Naval Research Award
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and a first place award from the
American Chemical Society.
Holt senior Kate Balfany qualified to compete at ISWEEEP,
an international environmental science fair held in Houston,
Texas May 7-10 with her project
“Lattice Coherency in Mechanochemical Preparation of Magnesium and Titanium Metal
Hydrides.” Balfany also earned
a second place award from the
American Chemical Society.
The following additional special
awards were given:
Holt High School:
Senior Amelia Stone - Third
Place overall, American Chemical Society
Senior Katie Orsund – American Meteorological Association
Award, American Society for
Women Geoscientists Award,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Award
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Melissa Daniel as the new Executive Director of Student Services.
Daniel is currently the Assistant
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the position since July 2010.
Prior to her service at the middle school, she was Principal at
Maple Grove Elementary School
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and the Special Education Process Coordinator for Northwest
R-1 School District. She is currently enrolled in the Missouri
Baptist University Educational
Leadership Doctoral program
and holds a Specialist Degree
in Educational Leadership and
a Master of Arts in Educational
Administration from Missouri
Baptist University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Special Education
and Elementary Education from
Fontbonne University.
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Ms. Daniel has been married
to her husband Brad for 14 years.
They have two children – Bryce,
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By Steve Bryan
“Get Hard”
“Get Hard” is the softest comedy of the year
Will Ferrell’s bare backside was tiresome back in
2003’s “Old School,” and
it hasn’t improved with age.
In “Stranger than Fiction,” Ferrell
showed his acting chops instead of
his butt; his performance in the live segments
of “The Lego Movie” also was engaging. So
why does he continue to make movies like this
one?
As far as story, six writers, including director Cohen himself, get credit for the “Get
Hard” screenplay. The finished product really
looks as if too many cooks did indeed spoil
the broth. After five minutes it’s also easy to
tell how the film is going to end. The 1980s
gave rise to many classic movies, but that
doesn’t mean Hollywood writers need to steal
from all of them.
The softest comedy of the year, “Get Hard”
is a massive waste of time. Hart and Ferrell
need a compassionate release from their individual comedy prisons so they can finally
make decent films worthy of their talents.
“Get Hard,” rated R, for pervasive crude and
sexual content and language, some graphic
nudity, and drug material, currently is playing
in local theaters.
Born and raised in South St. Louis, Steve Bryan
is now based in Anaheim, California, and has been
allowed access to movie and television sets to see
actors and directors at work. Though his writing
has taken him far from St. Louis, Steve is, at heart,
still the same wide-eyed kid who spent countless
hours watching classic movies at neighborhood
theaters.
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“Get Hard” was a much better movie when
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that classic Dan Aykroyd/Eddie Murphy comedy to tell this contemporary story of corporate greed. Unfortunately, the audience gets
ripped off in the process.
Will Ferrell plays James King, a wealthy but
somewhat clueless hedge fund manager. After
making partner at his firm, the authorities arrest James for securities fraud. James maintains his innocence, but the judge sentences
him to 10 years in a maximum security prison.
Fearing he won’t survive 10 minutes behind
bars, King asks Darnell (Kevin Hart), the man
who washes his car, to make him prison tough.
Though he never spent one minute in jail,
Darnell agrees to train the wealthy financier
in exchange for thirty thousand dollars to put
down on a new house.
“Get Hard” is the perfect example of how
Hollywood wastes its acting resources. Kevin
Hart is a likeable, engaging actor who portrays
variations of the same character in virtually
every movie. His character here is a boisterous, talented entrepreneur; much like his role
in the slightly amusing “Wedding Ringer.”
Hart shows he is capable of much more in
this film, however. In one brilliant segment,
Hart imitates several prison inmates in an effort to toughen up Ferrell’s character. Hart
shifts effortlessly between ethnic stereotypes
in the funniest bit of business in “Get Hard.”
Why can’t the actor/comedian get roles to
showcase that talent?
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How many Easter eggs will be
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Three Lady Lions gymnasts
advance to NCAA National
Collegiate Regional
Three Lindenwood gymnasts
were selected as individuals to
compete in the NCAA National
Sports
Collegiate Regional Championships recently. The Lady Lions
will compete in the Norman Regional hosted by the University
of Oklahoma on April 4 at 4 p.m.
Valeri Ingui and Kierstin
Sokolowski were selected as
all-around competitors, while
Courtney Heise advanced in the
bars competition. They are the
first Lady Lions to advance to the
NCAA Division I regional competition.
Ingui, a junior, was the 2015
MIC Gymnast of the Year. Sokolowski, a freshman, was the
2015 MIC Co-Newcomer of
the Year. Heise won the MIC
Championship on the bars last
weekend after recording a score
of 9.900, which tied the school
record, which was also set by her
in 2014.
“It has been a historic year for
our program and I am beyond
proud of the hard work and dedication that each person has put
into the team,” said Kesler.
* Thanks to Lindenwood’s Tyler
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Indoor football this Saturday at Family Arena
The St. Louis Attack play in the
X-League and started their season last week on the road with a
34-16 victory against the Corpus
Christi Fury.
Special guests at the game will
include former St. Louis Rams
legend Isaac Bruce and the
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20th century, Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Bruce and Joiner-Kersee will
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They will tip off against the
Duke Blue Devils this Saturday
in the first game in Indianapolis
at 5:09 p.m.
The second game that evening
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1 teaspoon McCormick Mustard, ground
1/2 teaspoon McCormick Garlic Powder
1/4 teaspoon McCormick Black Pepper, Ground
1/4 teaspoon McCormick Cloves, Ground
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April 3: Fish Fry Fridays
Fish Fry Fridays at Wentzville VFW
Post 5327 at 1414 Hwy Z in Wentzville happen every Friday through
April 3 from 4 – 7 p.m. Eat in or carry
out. $10 per plate includes: Catfish,
walleye, shrimp, coleslaw, fries, hush
puppies, carlic cheddar biscuit and
green beans or spaghetti. Children’s
meals are available too. For more information, please call 636-639-1648.
April 4: Golden Games registration
28th Annual St. Charles County
Golden Games featuring individual
and team events take place May 4 – 9
for athletes 50-and-over. Completed
registration form must be postmarked no later than April 4, no late
entries or on-site registration. Your
$25 registration fee includes: T-shirt,
pre-game banquet for participant
and guest and as many events as you
can schedule (golf events have additional fee). For more information go
to www.sccgoldengames.org or call
636-441-6442.
April 6: Council of the Blind business meeting
St. Charles County Council of the
Blind will host a business meeting
from 6:45 - 8:30 p.m. at Community
Commons on the second floor of
the Spencer Library at 427 Spencer
Rd. in St. Peters. We welcome guests
and meet the first Monday of most
months. For more information,
please contact Veva by phone at 636724-4437 or by email at veranbrick@
gmail.com.
April 7: Community forum
A panel of professionals will respond
to questions about transportation
needs and options in Franklin, Lincoln, Montgomery, St. Charles and
Warren Counties from 6 – 8 p.m.
at Pitman Reception Center at 1543
Wentzville Parkway in Wentzville.
Please RSVP to Deana Tucker Dothage at [email protected] or
by phone 636-359-4656. Visit
www.morides.org for more information. Space is limited - reserva-
tions requested.
April 9: Living History Gala
A gala commemorating the 150th
anniversary of the end of the Civil
War will be held at The Grand Opera House at 311 N. Main Street in
St. Charles. The event begins with
a promenade up Main Street and
Civil War attire is strongly encouraged. Mayor Sally Faith will open
the Gala and other dignitaries will
present short vignettes and readings
from the conflict. St. Charles County
Executive Steve Ehlmann, author of
“Crossroads: A History of St. Charles
County,” will give a brief overview of
the Civil War in the county. Dancing
will be led by Dance Master, Dr. John
Ramsay. Prizes will be awarded for
best costumes. Complimentary appetizers will be served. Cash bar. Reservations are required. Attendance
is limited due to site restrictions.
Tickets are $30 members/$35 nonmembers and $35 members/$40
non-members (after March 26th).
After April 1st—call for availability.
To reserve tickets call 636-946-9828
or email [email protected].
April 10: Spaghetti dinner
The St. Charles Optimist Club will
hold its 44th Annual Spaghetti
Dinner from 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
at Memorial Hall (lower level) in
Blanchette Park, St. Charles. The
meal includes: Pio’s spaghetti, garlic
bread, tossed salad, dessert and assorted drinks – coffee, wine, soda.
Tickets will be available at the door
for $8, per person, for all you can
eat. Advance tickets sales may be obtained by calling Dale Westby 314550-7723.
April 9: Nutrition Series
In this one-hour seminar you will
determine your percentage of body
fat, estimate your individual daily
caloric needs and develop a program to help you meet your goals.
Class begins at 6:30 p.m. and is $8
for Wentzville residents and $10 for
nonresidents. Please call Progress
Park Recreation Center at 636-332-
International Gourmet Foods
With over 100 different fresh roasted gourmet coffees and bag and loose teas, John
Figueroa and his knowledgeable staff will
surely find something for every taste. The
store on Historic Main Street in St. Charles,
Missouri also includes teapots, tea accessories, coffee mugs, baking mixes, mustard,
olives, dips, soups, cocoa, gourmet and
organic spices, and an expanded Hot Sauces
Shop with over 2,000 sauces, salsas, BBQ
sauces, wing sauces, rubs, hot ketchups, and
Bloody Mary Mixes. Or relax in the Espresso
Bar that overlooks the Missouri River.
524 South Main Street
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636.947.9847
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April 10: Adult Easter egg hunt
Ages 21 and older can register for
O’Fallon’s Flashlight Easter Egg
Hunt. The event will be held from
7:30 - 10 p.m. in Civic Park. Everyone will receive a door prize and additional prizes will be awarded after
the eggs are collected. Participants
should be sure to bring a flashlight
and an Easter basket. The cost is $12
per person for O’Fallon residents
and $15 for non-residents. Registration ends Sunday, April 5; no tickets
will be available at the gate. Choose
one of three ways to register for the
Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt: Register online at www.ofallon.mo.us/
parks&rec. Under the “Programs”
menu select “Special Events” and
register for course 43121. Call Parks
and Recreation staff at 636-474-2732
or 636-379-5606. Register in person
at the Parks and Recreation Administration Office at 400 Civic Park
Drive, or the Renaud Spirit Center
(RSC) at 2650 Tri Sports Circle. For
more information, contact Mr. Landreth at 636-474-8105 or tlandreth@
ofallon.mo.us.
April 10: Public speaker
One of the key figures in the 1993
firefight and rescue of trapped soldiers by elite U.S. Army forces in
Mogadishu, Somalia will speak in
O’Fallon. Capt. Jeff Struecker, U.S.
Army (ret.) shares his experience
leading the rescue attempt and provides an inspirational story about
overcoming challenges and fears in
a free event at 7 p.m. at First Baptist
Church of O’Fallon. Strucker’s experience during the firefight was recounted in both the book and movie,
“Blackhawk Down.” The free event
also includes an informal reception
at the church at 6 p.m. so visitors can
meet Struecker face-to-face.
April 11: O’Fallon’s Garden Expo
O’Fallon’s Garden Expo will take
place from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Fort
Zumwalt Park in O’Fallon. Admission and parking are free. For more
information, please email Erin Cooper at [email protected] or call
636-379-5574.
April 12: Dance classes
The spring session of social dance
classes is starting at St. Charles Community College the week of April
12. Classes will be held in the College Center dance studio on the SCC
campus at 4601 Mid Rivers Mall
Drive in Cottleville. Classes will be
held April 12-June 7. Learn how
to swing, rumba, line dance and
more with award-winning dance instructors Linda Landwehr and Stan
Meyer. The eight-week session costs
$50 per person. Students, ages 14
and up, should enroll with a partner.
There will be a free social dance open
house 6:30-8 p.m. on March 10. At
this open house prospective students
can meet the instructors, preview
their dances and learn more about
the classes at SCC. To register for the
open house, call 636-922-8233. For
more information and to enroll, visit
stchas.edu/dance.
April 12: Symphony performance
The Grammy Award-winning St.
Louis Symphony will make its debut
performance at the J. Scheidegger
Center for the Arts at 2 p.m. with Music Director David Robertson leading
a program of familiar classical favorites. A limited number of $25 student
tickets are available with a valid college student ID. Call 314-534-1700 to
receive the discount. Ticket prices for
the general public range from $35 to
$75; call 636-949-4433 or visit www.
luboxoffice.com for more information or to purchase tickets.
April 14: Funeral planning workshop
Baue Funeral Homes will present
“10 Mistakes to Avoid in Funeral
Planning” from noon-1:30 p.m. at St.
Peters City Hall. The general public
is invited to attend the workshop in
order to learn about the rules and
regulations regarding funeral service and funeral planning. Advance
registration is required. Lunch will
be provided. Register by April 10 by
email at [email protected] or
by calling 636-279-8207.
April 18: Tae kwon do open house
Master Y Kim’s World Class Tae
Kwon Do will host an open house
with games, tae kwon do class from
11 a.m. -12 p.m., master and staff
demonstration and ribbon cutting
from 12 – 1 p.m. and lunch (Korean
food), bounce house and party from
1-2 p.m. at 1923 Wentzville Pkwy., in
Wentzville.
April 18: Trivia night
St. Charles American Legion Post
312 located at 2500 Raymond Dr. in
St. Charles will host their First Annual Trivia Night. Doors will open
at 6:15 p.m., with trivia starting at 7
p.m. Only $160 per table or $20 per
person includes beer and soda (No
outside alcohol permitted). Bring
snacks for your table. Cash prizes
will be awarded. To reserve your
table, contact Jack DeWeese at 314518-6938.
April 18: Washers tournament
Francis Howell Central parent club
is hosting a washers tournament at
their football field. at 10 a.m. This
is an alcohol-free event. There will
be an adult and youth bracket. Cost
is $50 per team which includes box
lunch. Rain date will be April 25. For
more information please contact David Hepler at david.hepler4@gmail.
com or Len Herdt at lherdt36@
gmail.com.
April 18: Free electronics recycling
event
Free electronics and appliance recycling event will take place from
8 a.m. to noon. The drop-off will
be held in the west parking lot at
T.R. Hughes Ballpark at 900 T.R.
Hughes Boulevard in O’Fallon. (The
west parking lot is located off Tom
Ginnever Avenue.) The event is free
and open to everyone. A fee will be
charged for each CRT (cathode ray
tube) TV set; the cost is $20 per set
that is 27 inches or less, and $40 per
larger set, wooden console set or rear
projection set. Please do NOT bring:
smoke detectors, glass lamps, light
bulbs, VHS tapes or alkaline batteries. To help keep electronics out of
landfills, this free service is provided
by the city of O’Fallon in partnership
with Midwest Recycling Center. For
questions, contact O’Fallon’s Environmental Services Department at
[email protected]
or
636-272-0477.
Bella Montessori is a wonderful preschool
located in the heart of O’Fallon. Their
vision is to create a school where parents,
children, and staff grow to learn to problem
solve in a supportive environment guided
by Montessori philosophy. This creates
happy, independent, confident, personally
responsible, peaceful children.
They are now enrolling children from 6 weeks
through 6 years. Call today for a tour!
Bella Montessori
203 Church St
636-240-7794
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April 23: Paducah quilt tour
The city of St. Peters is providing a
trip to the 31st Annual AQS Quilt
Show in Paducah, Kentucky. This
tour involves lots of walking. Comfortable shoes are recommended.
The tour costs $75, which includes
transportation, gratuity, a program
and admission to the show. Meals are
not provided, however, you can catch
a bite to eat at the various food vendors on site or at one of the quaint
restaurants located in downtown Paducah. The bus will leave from and
return to the west side of St. Peters
City Hall at 5:30 a.m. and return at
approximately 10:30 p.m. One stop
will be made each way for a break
and snacks. For more information
or to register for this tour, call ext.
1624 at 636-397-6903 or go online to
www.stpetersmo.net/rec-connect.
April 24: Tribute concert
John Denver tribute concert will be
held from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. at the St.
Peters Cultural Arts Center at #1 St.
Peters Centre Boulevard in St. Peters.
Free-will offerings to benefit the TriCounty Citizens Advisory Board.
April 24: Senior fair and expo
WASSI-Wentzville Area Senior Services, Inc Senior Fair and EXPO will
take place at the Wentzville Community Club at 500 W. Main Street
in Wentzville from 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Come enjoy a day filled with free
information, free food, free entertainment and shopping for seniors.
Please RSVP if you are planning on
joining us for lunch by calling 636639-2151 –and leave a message on
how many will be attending
April 25: Book signing
Ann Farnsworth will be signing
copies of her book “Goodbye Flutterfly: What is Death?” from 10 a.m.
– noon at 6 North Café at 10 Cliff
View Drive in Wentzville for more
information call 636-856-8066 or
visit www.6northcafe.com.
April 25: Book signing
Janet Bettag will be signing copies of
her book “Normal” from 10 a.m. –
noon at 6 North Café at 10 Cliff View
Drive in Wentzville for more information call 636-856-8066 or visit
www.6northcafe.com.
April 25: Plant sale
4th Annual Lincoln County Master Gardeners’ Plant Sale features
everything from vegetable, annual,
perennial and herb plants to unique
garden accessories. Bring your questions to “Ask the Gardener” booth.
Bring a one gallon container to receive a free gallon of plant food while
supplies last. Sale is from 8 a.m. to 1
p.m. at the Valvoline Express Care
parking lot at The Plaza in Troy on
Highway 47. Rain date is May 2. Call
636-745-8360 for more information.
April 25: Earth Day celebration
Held at St. Charles County’s Broemmelsiek Park, located at 1795 Highway DD, approximately four miles
southwest of Highway 40/61, the
Earth Day celebration will run from
9 a.m. to noon. St. Charles County
residents may participate in a free
electronics recycling collection, led
by Recycle Works Central and Recycle Works West. Hands-on activities planned include craft projects
created using recycled material,
games, educational demonstrations
and a hike guided by park rangers.
Additionally, the Boone Country
Garden Club of Defiance welcomes
guests to join them in a seed and
plant swap, where materials from local gardens may be traded. Lastly, the
parks department encourages participants and interested volunteers
to join several beautification projects — including garden planting at
the agricultural area in the park. For
information or to register as a volunteer, please call the parks department
at 636-949-7535 or the Division of
Environmental Health and Protection at 636-949-1800.
April 25: Victorian Festival
Celebrating an era when Britain’s
Queen Victoria reigned, women’s
bonnets were lavishly decorated and
gentlemen wore top hats, the Victorian Festival will be held from 11
a.m. – 2 p.m. in Fort Zumwalt Park
at 1000 Jessup Drive in O’Fallon.
The new festival offers free admission, free parking and free activities,
with food trucks providing food and
beverages for purchase. Activities include a Victorian hat contest, a mustache contest and kids’ crafts. Contestants are welcome to wear their own
hat (or mustache) in the contests, or
make a hat at the festival. Highlights
of the event include a Victorian skit
presented by O’FallonTheatreWorks
and a presentation by Baue Funeral
Home, “Abraham Lincoln’s Legacy,”
in honor of the 150th anniversary
of Lincoln’s death on April 15, 1865.
The presentation will be given in
the historic Heald Home at 11 a.m.,
11:30 a.m., noon and 12:30 p.m. For
more information, contact Tyler
Landreth at 636-474-8105 or [email protected].
April 26: Gateway Ringers concert
The public is invited to immerse
themselves in the eclectic sounds
of The Gateway Ringers, a premier
handbell ensemble, comprised of
musicians from the St. Louis metropolitan area. The concert will be
held at Zion Lutheran Church at
3866 Harvester Road in St. Charles
at 4 p.m. For more information and
directions, log on to www.zionharvester.org or contact Mark Thoelke,
Director of Worship and Music at
636-441-7425.
deposit due by April 29. Cost is $20
for spectators. All you can drink beer
for 21-and-over and soda available
for all players and spectators. Food
will be available for purchase. To register please fill out the flyer available
at www.fireoutreach.com or contact
Jen Thomas at 314-922-4469. For
other event questions or to sign up to
volunteer the day of the event please
contact Josh Gulley at 314-713-0776.
May 5: Art show call for entries
Artists, St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre invites you to be a part of The Big
Bloom all media art show and competition from May 8-July 6. The show
is open to youth and adult, amateur
and professional artists. Artwork
must contain a flower or flowers.
Prizes will be awarded. The cost to
enter as an Arts Centre member is
$15 for up to four pieces. Non-members can submit up to three pieces
for $20. The youth entry fee is $5 per
piece. Artwork will be received on
May 5, from 9 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. The
opening reception will take place on
Friday, May 8, from 6 - 8 p.m. For
more information on this show, call
636-397-6903, ext. 1624, or visit us
online at www.stpetersmo.net. The
St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre is located inside St. Peters City Hall, One
St. Peters Centre Blvd. in St. Peters.
May 9: Craft fair
Holy Cross Lutheran Church Mother’s Day Craft & Vendor Fair located
at 8945 Veterans Memorial Pkwy.
O’Fallon runs from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Looking for crafters and vendors.
Booths $45 – tables free. For information or application, call Laura
Hoffman 636-240-8442.
What’s Happening
May 9: Pals Animal Shelter 5K
Run/Walk
Pals Animal Shelter 5K Run/Walk
will take place at Quail Park in Wentzville. Runners, walkers and sponsors can sign up at Pals-Pets.com.
May 15: 5K Challenge Run
The family-friendly RSC 5K Challenge Run obstacle course race will
be held at 7 p.m. outside the Renaud Spirit Center (RSC). Designed
for ages eight to adult, some of the
obstacles will be just for fun, while
others, like the army crawl and tire
run, will require some athletic ability. The entry fee for race registration
through May 1 for ages 16 and older
is $25 for O’Fallon residents and $29
for non-residents, and registration
for the 15-and-under set is $20 for
residents and $23 for non-residents.
A $5 late fee will be added for registration May 2-14, and a $10 late fee
will be accessed for race day registration. To register in advance, visit
www.renaudspiritcenter.com/rsc5k
and register online by noon on May
14, or print the registration form to
submit with the entry fee. Look for
food trucks and kids’ games after the
race, along with a free showing of
“Big Hero 6.” (Although the Movie
in the Park is free, please call 636474-2732 to let staff know how many
in your party will be attending.) For
more information call 636-474-2732.
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May 18-19: Run for the Wall
Wentzville VFW Post 5327 will host
its 27th annual Run for the Wall. You
are cordially invited to come and
welcome more than 400 motorcycles
riders making their way across the
United States to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington,
D.C. The event begins on May 18
at 6 p.m. with a welcome ceremony
and dinner at VFW Post 5327 at
1414 Hwy Z in Wentzville. On May
19 there will be a breakfast at 5 a.m.
followed by a memorial ceremony at
the Vietnam Memorial at 7:45 a.m.
Volunteers are needed to help with
serving meals and clean up. Food
and silent auction donations are
needed. If you can help, please call
636-639-1648.
May 30: Motorcycle ride and festival
Join Crider Health Center for the 3rd
Annual “Cruisin 4’ Crider” Awareness Ride and Community Festival
that features an awareness ride for
motorcycle enthusiasts from novice
to experienced. The beautiful ride
signifies supporters helping to “stop
stigma in its tracks.” Our Wentzville
location will feature a full-scale festival atmosphere complete with vendors, children’s games and activities,
food trucks, live music, raffle items,
and more.
May 15: Arthritis Foundation Walk
for the Cure
Arthritis Foundation Walk for the
Cure – St. Louis will take place at
Logan College of Chiropractic from
6 - 9 p.m.
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May 2: Silent auction and lunch
Wentzville VFW Post 5327 will host
a silent auction and lunch at noon at
1414 Hwy Z in Wentzville. Proceeds
will benefit the Run for the Wall. For
more information call 636-639-1648.
The event is open to the public.
May 2: Volleyball tournament
Cottleville Firefighters Outreach will
present the Bring the Biggo 2 Volleyball Tournament & Beer Bash on
May 2 at the Firefighters Sports Complex located at 115 McMenamy Rd.
in St. Peters. Registration will open at
9 a.m., volleyball starts promptly at
10 a.m. 6 on 6 teams will participate
in a sand volleyball tournament; all
play will be at the recreational play
level. A minimum 2 female players
per team is required. $200 per team,
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Over the Fence
Joe Morice
Easter eggs taste good
When I was a toddler I hunted Easter eggs in our back yard.
After I got a little older I still
hunted them along with Easter
candy I gobbled up until I became
wired to the point of sending my sisters
scrambling for cover. Add a few more years and I
discovered hard boiled eggs. Yum! That meant my
younger sisters no longer had as many Easter eggs
to hide over and over again for the thrill of hunting
them over and over again. It also meant an occasional
tummy ache for a boy imitating a great white shark
with an egg fetish.
Finally, I reached puberty and after waiting until
the younger siblings were in bed, I considered helping dye Easter Eggs and hiding them a great privilege.
Then I grew up, got married, had small children of
my own and late on a Saturday night, my bride ordered me to help her dye Easter eggs and hide them.
I yawned and growled, “You want me to what?” I
teased my bride about a rabbit called Peter Cottontail
and why wasn’t he hiding Easter eggs instead of us?
My bride told me to sit down, shut up and get with
the egg dying.
I looked up what eggs had to do with Easter. It
turns out the Christian adaptation of decorating eggs
can be traced as far back as the early Christians of
Mesopotamia who stained eggs red in memory of the
blood of Christ shed at his crucifixion. The Christian
church officially adopted the custom and regarded
the eggs as a symbol of the resurrection.
Also, Peter Cottontail was a work of fiction by author Thorton Burgess in 1910. It caught on and of
course, TV came along decades later and you know
the rest.
Was Easter about a fictional rabbit with a basket
of eggs to hide; non-fictional parents who pretend
they’re the rabbit; teenagers who help until they got
old enough to complain it interfered with Saturday
night dates and prepubescent children to hunt the
eggs, eat the chocolate bunnies and get sick in church
on Easter Sunday?
Do I sound like I’m mocking Easter? I’m not. As
a boy, I even went to church on Easter Sunday. Of
course, there was this cute girl…
Actually, I liked watching the little ones hunt Easter
eggs. I also liked watching my teenagers dye eggs and
write funny things on them with a crayon. I also liked
the wonderful supply of hard boiled eggs to feast on
the following week, indigestion notwithstanding.
Now that I’m a grandpa and the kids have families
of their own, I miss watching them dye and hide eggs
on Saturday nights. I miss watching little ones hunt
them on Sundays. That’s besides missing the supply
of hard boiled eggs on Mondays.
In recent years, I stumbled on an Easter egg hunt
in a nearby park. The little ones were having a great
time. The older siblings were talking and texting on
cell phones. The parents with babies in strollers were
also talking and texting on cell phones. I saw very
few teenagers. I suppose it wasn’t noon yet.
There were two age groups who weren’t using cell
phones; one was the grandparents, the other was the
little kids they were helping find Easter eggs. A little
girl tottled up and asked me if I’d help her find Easter
eggs. Her mother was busy with a baby in a stroller
and a cell phone. We found six. She was delighted.
Me too.
Joe Morice is Community News’s blue-collar philosopher.
He was born and raised in Missouri and spent most of his
childhood on a farm and adulthood operating heavy equipment. He has no formal training as a writer, unless a lifetime
of writing about any and everything counts.
The opinions expressed in this column are Joe Morice’s alone and
do not reflect the opinion of the owners or staff of Community News.
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