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Missouri State Fair

When the 400-acre fairgrounds opens August 8, it will be brimming with a wide variety of lifestyle and shopping ex-periences, making it a venue that offers something for everyone. A significant number of exhibitors will be touting ex-pert advice on a variety of agricultural-related interests from gardening to food preservation at this year’s Missouri State Fair, while hundreds of vendors will be on hand displaying their latest wares.

The Agriculture Building is among the 15 buildings on the fairgrounds that will host a variety of exhibits and vendor booths during the State Fair. This build-ing, in particular, is a major resource of information as it is comprised primarily of agriculture industry representatives. These experts range from agronomists to beekeepers who are available to share tips and information with hobbyists and business owners.

The AgriMissouri Farmers’ Market, located in the Agriculture Building, will feature fresh produce and non-food products direct from Missouri farmers. AgriMissouri is an outreach program through the Missouri Department of Agriculture that promotes Missouri-

grown and Missouri-made items, rep-resenting food and non-food products, retailers, farmers’ markets, agritourism and agricultural experience destina-tions. For more information, visit www.agrimissouri.com.

The Missouri State Fair is a shopping destination, listed by many people as a top reason for making the visit to Seda-lia. Fairgoers can shop for hundreds of diverse items from Missouri-made foods and crafts to designer handbags and quality bed sheets.

To help fairgoers plan their visit, judging and demonstration schedules are available online at www.mostate-fair.com, with a vendor list being added soon. Visitors can also browse infor-mation by topics, including gardening, livestock care, agri-business, wine tast-ing and outdoor recreation.

Families attending this year’s Mis-souri State Fair can enjoy hours of free exciting professional entertainment. The schedule will include everything from new features like the Welde’s Big Bear Expedition and Knights of Valour, a full metal jousting troupe, to return-ing crowd favorites, such as the Amaz-

ing Anastasini Circus, racing pigs and petting zoo.

The new Welde’s Big Bear Expedition features a family of bears, which serves as wildlife ambassadors, located west of the Agriculture Building August 8-18. The bears have notable lineage, with

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Recipe 11Coconut Cakes

Around Town 4Junior Olympics Nationals

Announcement from The Foundry

School 8O’Fallon’s Sales Tax Holiday

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The Way Way Back photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Around Townyour guide to good news and events like the production of Aladdin, Jr.

Lincoln County Lifethe latest Lincoln County news and events

Businessthe latest business news from across the county

SchoolSCC’s Pre-Engineering Program and more

MovieFunny and heartbreaking, The Way Way Back is a real charmer. Surely a emerged as a “must see” film.

Sports, Sudoku, and Book BuzzLocal sport authority Gary B fills you in on the weekend’s sporting events.

RecipesCoconut Cakes

What’s Happeningthe only events calendar you need to stayentertained all week long

Classifieds

Over the FenceJoe Morice is to Community News readerswhat Wilson was to Tim Taylor: enjoy a fresh perspective from our in-house blue-collar philosopher.

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their bear relatives performing with the Ring-ling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in the 1940s.

Knights of Valour, as seen on the History Channel, are North America’s premier full-contact joust troupe. The troupe will alternate between performing weapons demonstrations and jousting in shows at the State Fair Arena. This one-day-only experience will include exciting horsemanship, bravery and chivalry from noon to 5:15pm on August 11.

The State Fair will also provide four stages packed with 11 days of free, professional enter-tainment. Acts on the Kids Stage, sponsored by Subway, will include the Thank a Farmer Magic Show August 8-18, Babaloo Music and Fun August 8-12 and Spoon Man August 13-18. The Thank a Farmer Magic Show will en-

gage children in learning about agriculture, while Babaloo will provide over-the-top singing, dancing and shouting fun. The Spoon Man act will be a real stirring experience of comedy and laughter.

Music, comedy and variety acts are scheduled on three other free entertainment venues, which include Touchstone Energy Stage, Budweiser Stage and Ditzfeld Transfer Stage. Strolling entertain-ers, acts that meander the fairgrounds entertaining fairgoers, will include The Sweeney Family Band

Country Comedy Review, spon-sored by McDonalds, and Those Funny Little People, sponsored by Sonic.

Those Funny Little People have been featured on the television hit, America’s Got Talent. Their mix of humor, music and dance will entertain fairgoers of all ages August 8-18.

The 111th Missouri State Fair, themed “Chicks Dig It!,” will be held August 8-18 in Sedalia. For more information, visit www.mostatefair.com, follow the Fair on Facebook and Twitter, or call 1.800.422.FAIR (3247).

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Glowing edges of light on objects are called rim-lights. Caused by back-lighting, it can be found on clouds, foliage, the human figure, and more. Adults can draw or paint this interesting element of art, beginning August 7.

The fee for this Jerry Thomas class is $104, including materials and a manual. For reservations, supply lists and other informa-tion, please contact Jerry Thomas at 314.878.3048 or [email protected].

To learn more, go online to www.stpetersmo.net and choose Cultural Arts Centre from the “Things To Do” drop-down menu and click Art Classes, or call 636.397.6903, ext. 1624.

The St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre is located inside St. Peters City Hall, One St. Peters Centre Blvd., St. Peters, MO.

If you’ve always wanted to see the Emerald Isle, take advan-tage of the free travel presentations coming up on Tuesday, Au-gust 6, at the Renaud Spirit Center (RSC), and find out what’s in store for the trip of your dreams. The presentation will be offered from 34pm and 6-7pm. The RSC is located at 2650 Tri Sports Circle, O’Fallon. For more information, please contact Recre-ation Specialist Stacey Ostmann at [email protected] or call 636.474.8105.

Spend an enchanted evening enjoying the O’FallonTheatreWorks’ summer production of Aladdin, Jr., which will be performed at 8pm on August 2-4 and 9-11 at O’Fallon’s Municipal Cen-tre (City Hall), 100 North Main Street, O’Fallon. Filled with magic, mayhem, flying carpets and favorite Disney characters, this stage adaptation of Disney’s hit film, Aladdin, includes the Acade-my-award winning movie score and the songs “A Whole New World” and “Friend like Me.”

“We are working with a profes-sional illusionist to create some of the magic scenes,” said Darren Granaas, O’Fallon’s Cultural Arts Coordinator. “And we have over 40 children in the cast. It’s going to be a lot of fun to see this show.”

Save $2 off the cost of tickets by ordering them in advance; call 636.474.2732 or purchase tick-

ets at the Renaud Spirit Center, 2650 Tri Sports Circle, O’Fallon. The cost for tickets purchased in advance is $10 for general admission (ages 18-54), $8 for students (ages 6-17) and seniors (age 55 and up), and free for ages 5 and under. For an addi-tional $2 each, tickets can be purchased at the box office, which opens an hour before the show.

For more information, contact Darren Granaas at 636.474.8150 or [email protected].

The St. Charles County Highway Department closed Caulks Hill Road between Bluff Forest Lane and Greens Bottom Road on Monday, July 29 to allow for continued construction of the new Caulks Hill Road improvements.

Traffic will be required to use the signed detour route for approximately five weeks while the new road section is built. Local traffic can access either side of the closure location, but no through traf-fic will be permitted. Motorists can access Caulks Hill Road using Towers Road to Pitman Hill Road to Greens Bottom Road. Signs notifying motorists of the closure and the necessary detours will be posted. The County will use changeable message boards to notify residents of any date changes of the closure and opening.

This construction is part of a continuing effort by St. Charles County Government to improve the county’s road system for the safety of the community. The Caulks Hill Road project includes wider lanes and the addition of curbs, gutters and sidewalks. The horizontal and vertical alignment will also be improved to provide better sight distance for drivers.

For more information about road projects underway in unincorporated St. Charles County, please call the Highway Department at 636.949.7305.

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Whether you were born and raised in the area, or have lived here just a short while, this day trip on Tuesday, August 13 will show you many of the hot-spots in the city of St. Louis. It is a day filled with beautiful sights and a little taste of St. Louis’ best eats, so bring your appetite and camera.

Guests will go on a tour of the Fabulous Fox Theatre, enjoy a delicious lunch at Hannegan’s on Laclede’s Landing, tour the Old St. Louis Cathedral and taste one of Ted Drewe’s famous frozen cus-tard concretes. You will also travel through Forest Park and tour the St. Louis Basilica.

The cost is $71 per person, including transportation and gratuities. The bus will leave and return to St. Peters City Hall west parking lot, One St. Peters Centre Blvd. in St. Peters.

For more information or to sign up for this trip, call the St. Peters Rec-Plex at 636.939.2386 or visit www.stpetersmo.net and choose Day Trips and Tours from the “Things To Do” drop-down menu.

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Ten-year-old St. Charles resident, Samantha Mer-snick, will be going to the Junior Olympics Nationals for diving this August. She qualified to go to Nation-als on 1Meter, 3Meter and Platform. Junior Olympic Nationals will be held in Minneapolis, MN (univer-sity of Minnesota) August 3-10. Community News wishes her the best during her competition!

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If you enjoy a challenge and like to swim, bike and run, sign up for O’Fallon, Missouri’s 11th Annual Alligator’s Creek Triathlon, which will be held from 7am – 1pm on Sunday, August 11. The race begins at Alligator’s Creek Aquatic Center, 403 Civic Park Drive, O’Fallon, with a 300-yard serpentine swim, followed by an 18.6-mile bike ride and a 5K run through City streets. Awards will be given to the top three overall winners and in age-group divisions.

The registration fee from July 19 through August 1, the dead-line to register for the event, is $59 for individuals and $98 for teams. (T-shirts are not guaranteed to late registrants.) The field is limited to 300 participants, or the August 1 deadline, whichever comes first.

For Triathlon FAQs, course maps, information and regis-tration, visit www.ofallon.mo.us/parks&rec/triathlon. Or, call 636.474.2732.

Enter O’Fallon’s Alligator’sCreek Triathlon

Set sail with the best of 70s soft rock, starring Christopher Cross (“Sailing,” “Arthur’s Theme” “Ride Like the Wind”), Orleans (”Still the One,” “Dance with Me”), Gary Wright (“Dream Weav-er”), John Ford Coley (“I’d Really Love to See You Tonight,” “Nights Are Forever Without You”), Player (“Baby Come Back”), Robbie Dupree (“Steal Away”) and Firefall (“You Are the Woman”).

Christopher Cross was by far the biggest new star of 1980, virtually defining adult contempo-rary radio with a series of smoothly sophisticated ballads including the #1 hit, “Sailing.” Christo-pher Cross’ 1980 self-titled debut album with the

lead single “Ride Like the Wind” rocketed to the #2 spot; the massive success of the second single “Sailing” made Cross a superstar, and in the wake of two more Top 20 hits, “Never Be the Same” and “Say You’ll Be Mine,” he walked off with an un-precedented and record-setting five Grammys in 1981, including Best New Artist and Song of the Year for “Sailing.” He soon scored a second #1, as well as an Academy Award, with “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do).”

Orleans spent their earliest days as a favorite at colleges and clubs in the Northeast U.S. and moved onto studio and live collaborations with

industry greats Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Little Feat and others, then to Top 10 success with bona-fide classics such as “Still the One,” “Dance With Me,” and “Love Takes Time.” Now cel-ebrating their 40th year of cre-ating musical history together, Orleans has continually demon-strated depth.

Enjoy these artists on August 15 at 7:30pm at the Family Arena in St. Charles. Tickets can be pur-chased at the Family Arena Tick-et Office or online at www.me-trotix.com. Prices: $50 (Floor), $40 (Lower Level), $30 (Upper Level). To charge by phone call MetroTix at 314.534.1111. For help purchasing accessible seat-ing, please call The Family Arena ADA Hotline at 636.896.4234. For more information, visit www.familyarena.com.

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SunRise UMC in O’Fallon helped another United Methodist church in Talanga Honduras get a new floor by sponsoring a tile for $20 - $40. Here is the beautiful finished product in Honduras.

A dental team from SunRise UMC also has made several trips to Hon-duras to do mission dental work and continues to partner with this church in Honduras.

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Lewis & Clark Fife & Drum Corps

August 3, Noon - 1pm Come watch the corps march

and play on Main Street at 230 S. Main St., Saint Charles. For info call 314.601.4758 or go to www.lew-isandclarkfifeanddrum.com.

Riverpalooza 2013August 03, 2 – 8pm

At Yacht Club of St. Louis, 205 Lake Village Drive, Saint Charles. Admission: Free. More info at 314-731-3795.Don’t miss this free RIV-ERPALOOZA 2013. Celebrate the boating lifestyle on the Mississippi River with live music, food and drink specials, and a free raffle with awesome prizes. Get a team togeth-er and participate in our River Raft-Up Contest. Tie your boats togeth-er on the river in front of the Yacht Club and whichever team has the most boats in their gauntlet at 6pm wins the grand prize. Hitch a ride to shore on our courtesy shuttle and receive a complimentary welcome cocktail. Don’t have a boat? Come by land and enjoy a great party on the shores of the Mississippi.

St. Louis Gift ShowAugust 11

At St. Charles Convention Center, One Convention Center Plaza, St.

Charles. More info at 636.669.3000, www.stcharlesconventioncenter.com. The St. Louis Gift Show is one of the oldest wholesale order writ-ing and Cash N Carry shows in the country. Buyers from around the United States can browse over 100 exhibitor booths offering thousands of products from around the world.

Festival of the Little HillsAugust 16-18, 4 – 10pm Friday,

9:30am – 10pm Saturday, 9:30am – 5pm Sunday

At Frontier Park and Main Street. More info at www.festivalofthelit-tlehills.com. The largest festival of the year, activities include over 300 craft booths, with some demonstra-tions by crafts people and artisans. Also includes numerous food and

beverages booths along with live music and other entertainment and Kids Corner.

Music on MainAugust 21, 5 - 7:30pm

At 100 N. Main St., Saint Charles. Join us the 3rd Wednesday of the month (May-September) from 5 - 7:30pm in the 100-200 blocks of N. Main St. Bring your lawn chairs to this free outdoor concert. Food and drink available to purchase. Music this month by Miss Jubilee.

Recycled Kids Consignment SaleAugust 21-25

At St. Charles Convention Center, One Convention Center Plaza, St. Charles. More info at 636.669.3000, www.stcharlescon-

ventioncenter.com. Recycled Kids is the original St. Charles County / St. Louis Metro area children’s consignment sale. Starting out in the basement of an O’Fallon home more than 14 years ago, Recycled Kids has grown to become the pre-mier consignment sale in the area, offering the greatest selection of top quality, gently used, children’s clothing, toys and equipment.

Race for the Rivers & FestivalAugust 24, 11am - 5pm At Historic Frontier Park. Info

at www.racefortherivers.org/the-festival.php. Be on hand at Frontier Park when the paddlers arrive Sat-urday afternoon for the Race for the Rivers Festival. All are

welcome to come out and enjoy live music, great food and family-friendly, hands-on environmental educational displays and activi-ties—including a custom canoe and kayak show. The festival serves as the perfect place to keep tabs on the leader boards as you min-gle among the racers and peruse outdoor gear from local vendors; not to mention, it’s a prime spot to watch the racers cross the fly-ing finish line at day’s end. Want to get involved? Have more time than money? VOLUNTEER! The Race for the Rivers Festival needs you. Contact [email protected].

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The American Red Cross is offering a 20 per-cent discount through the end of this month on babysitter courses for August. The course gives teens and young adults an opportunity to learn the ropes of babysitting and inch a bit closer to financial independence.

Babysitter’s Training:• August 3, 2013 (ID #: 02201607) $858:30am-4:30pmSt. Charles County Service CenterSt. Peters, MO• August 31, 2013 (ID #: 02201620) $858:30am-4:30pmSt. Louis Area ChapterSaint Louis, MO

To receive the discount, register using coupon code INDY200913 (case sensitive) when regis-tering online at www.redcross.org/takeaclass or

by calling 800.REDCROSS. The Babysitter’s Training course will give

youths, 11-15 years old, the skills and confi-dence to become better babysitters. They will learn how to safely and responsibly care for children and infants, and handle emergencies such as injuries, illnesses and household acci-dents.

Caregiving skills take prospective young sit-ters from feeding to diapering and playtime to bedtime routines. Participants also develop leadership, decision making and problem solv-ing skills and learn how get started in their own babysitting business.

Take-home tools include a compact emergen-cy reference guide, a CD-ROM featuring games, songs, and recipes and a babysitting client or-ganizer.

All courses are subject to cancellation without notification. Advance registration is required.

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If you’re an artist, you’re invited to showcase your work at the Family Fun Fair & Art Expo in O’Fallon. The event will be held from 10am – 2pm on Saturday, September 28, at the Renaud Spirit Center (RSC), located at 2650 Tri Sports Circle, O’Fallon. The Family Fun Fair focuses on health and fitness, while the Art Expo gives the public a chance to meet regional artists and buy original art. Free admission, parking and kids’ activities will be available.

Artists in all media are welcome to apply for booth space to demonstrate their art and show and sell their paintings, pho-tography, pottery, glass designs, textile and fabric art, jewelry, sculpture, paper arts, altered books, woodenware and other art-work. The 10 x 10 space includes a tent canopy, table and chairs. The cost per booth is $10 and the deadline to apply for space is Wednesday, July 31, 2013.

Gourmet food and beverages will be available for purchase. The event is sponsored by the RSC and the Cultural Arts Divi-sion of the O’Fallon Parks and Recreation Department. For an application or more information, please contact Stacey at [email protected] or call 636.474.8105.

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July 31, 2013 • Community News - St. Charles County • www.mycnews.com6 Around Town

Missourians from every corner of the state worked together in April to collect almost 130,000 bags of litter during the 2013 No MOre Trash! Bash.

The Bash is an annual event where volunteers and others clean up litter all across state - from roadsides and parks to rivers and streams. With the final reporting now complete, the Missouri departments of Conservation and Transportation report 129,255 bags collected in April during the Bash.

“On behalf of our state’s forests, fish and wildlife, and the millions of Missourians who enjoy them, we offer a great big ‘Thank You!’ to the almost 1,000 groups and more than 16,000 volunteers who bashed trash by picking up litter and educating others about the dangers of littering,” said Conservation Department No MOre Trash! Coordinator Joe Jerek. “Animals get tangled in litter, such as plastic six-pack holders and discarded fishing line, and it hurts and kills them.”

“The No MOre Trash! Bash is a success because everyone involved pitches in,” said Stacy Arm-strong, MoDOT roadside management specialist. “Conservation groups, Adopt-A-Highway mem-bers, Stream Teams, inmates, MoDOT employees and many other volunteers all work together to pick up litter and give Missouri a spring cleaning.”

Hundreds of educational efforts were also held in schools, at rest areas, community events, dur-ing Earth Day celebrations, and more. While it’s great to see the impact these efforts have, it’s im-portant to remember why they take place.

For MoDOT, litter clean-up is a year-round job, costing the state over $5 million every year. Pro-grams like the Trash Bash and the Adopt-A-Highway program help offset those costs and allow the department to devote resources to other much needed tasks.

The No MOre Trash! Bash is sponsored by the Missouri departments of Conservation and Trans-portation. For more information about the Bash and other litter prevention activities, visit www.NoMoreTrash.org or call 888.ASK.MoDOT.

Lincoln County Ambulance District has awarded the 2013 LCAD employee-sponsored scholar-ships to Kimberly Duggan and Samantha Hogan.

Kimberly Duggan, from the Silex R3 School District, was awarded a $500 Star of Life Scholarship. Kimberly will be attending the University of Missouri in the fall. She plans to major in Biochemistry and to become a doctor.

The $500.00 Life Matters Scholarship was awarded to Samantha Hogan from Troy Buchanan High School. Samantha will be attending University of Missouri with plans to become an elementary school teacher.

These two students were selected from 34 applicants.

Planning to attend the Missouri State Fair? Make it easier on your nerves and your wallet by taking the family aboard the Am-trak Missouri River Runner with a special fare for the Fair: just $5 for kids ages 2 to 15, one-way, or $10 round trip.

“Going to the State Fair is a great way to have family fun this summer,” said Michelle Teel, Missouri Department of Transpor-tation’s multimodal operations director. “Start your trip out right by taking the Missouri River Runner to enjoy relaxing, reliable and reasonably-priced travel.”

Purchase tickets now through August 17 for travel from August 8-18, 2013, to and from Sedalia, Mo., only. The discount offer must be booked at least a day in advance and is available for up to two children with each full-fare paying adult. Fares are sub-ject to availability. Refer to discount code V156 when making reservations by phone at 1.800.USA.RAIL (872.7245) or online at Amtrak.com.

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) St. Louis will of-fer Family-To-Family, a free, weekly course for parents and other primary caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illness. Classes start Thursday, September 5, 6:30pm - 9pm, and will run through November 2 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Troy.

This course is designed for family and friends of individuals with serious mental illness such as major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, panic disorder, obses-sive compulsive disorder and co-occurring brain disorders and ad-dictive disorders.

Through a combination of lecture, interactive exercises and structured group processes, Family-to-Family addresses the clini-cal treatment of brain disorders and teaches the knowledge and skills family members need to cope more effectively. Students will learn listening and communication techniques, problem solving, limit setting and crisis and relapse management. They will explore what it is like to live with mental illness and learn about medica-tions and community services.

Over 300,000 family members graduated from this national pro-gram. To learn what past students have to say or find out more about the program, visit www.nami.org. To register, contact Ann Stackle, Program Specialist, at [email protected] or 314.962.4670. On-line registration is also available at www.namistl.org.

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The Foundry Art Centre Board of Directors has announced leadership changes at the not-for-profit arts center in Historic St. Charles, Missouri.

The organization’s cur-rent Executive Director, Laura Helling, is depart-ing from the Foundry Art Centre (or FAC) to take on a new position in develop-ment at international hu-manitarian organization Wings of Hope. Helling’s last day at the Foundry was Friday, July 19.

With Helling’s departure, the FAC Board of Directors has named Angela Fowle as the new Executive Direc-tor, effective immediately. An accomplished arts pro-fessional, Angela Fowle has a five year working relationship with the Foundry Art Centre, most recently serving as the art center’s Exhibitions Manager.

Fowle is a graduate of Lindenwood Univer-sity and the Lindenwood Honors College in St. Charles, Missouri where she earned a B.A. and M.A. in Art History and an M.F.A. in writing. She also stud-ied history at East Central Col-lege in Union, Missouri.

A long-time active member of the St. Louis metro area’s arts community, Fowle has served as the St. Charles, Missouri Re-gional Coordinator for the na-tional “Poetry Out Loud” Reci-tation Contest.

Fowle is also a co-owner of Nova Controls, a company which manages and maintains critical environments in the electronics and pharmaceutical industries.

During Helling’s three and a half years as Executive Direc-tor, the Foundry Art Centre has been through significant facility upgrades to create Smithson-ian-caliber gallery and museum space; a concerted effort in the development of their arts educa-tional programming for adults and children; and the major expansion of their community arts offerings and opportuni-ties. Along with the nationally-recognized art exhibitions and juried artists recently presented, the FAC can count numerous accomplishments and recogni-tion received in terms of the ad-dition of community/corporate partners and major grants and funding.

Regarding the immediate plans for the Foundry Art Cen-tre, Fowle confirmed that future art exhibitions – featuring sev-eral Smithsonian-caliber art-

ists and shows – as well as juried competitions have been secured through 2015, and that she will continue to oversee this function until a

new Exhibitions Manager has been hired and fully trained. She notes, “Some of the areas I’m excited to tackle include bringing in new arts experi-ences, developing our concert and live performance oppor-tunities, and expanding our arts education programming. One area I will be focusing on is strengthening our commu-nity partnerships, as well as developing greater corporate and foundation grants and fi-nancial support.”

For additional details re-garding the leadership chang-es at the Foundry Art Centre,

please contact FAC Board President Gary Shaw at 314.623.1375.

The public may also visit www.foundryart-centre.org for more information on arts classes and educational opportunities, as well as exhibi-tions, concerts and other events at the Foundry Art Centre.

Joe Steenbergen, Senior Business Development Manager, celebrated the grand opening of Syndicated Solar with a ribbon cutting on July 11. Celebrating were the staff, executives and representatives with Ameren Missouri, City of St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano, Board members and ambassadors with the Greater St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce and the Western St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce. Syndicated Solar works with home owners and busi-nesses in the St. Louis area on providing solar energy to help with energy costs. For more infor-mation on Syndicated Solar and the services they provide, please call 636.219.6013.

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The St. Charles Coummunity College Foun-dation will receive $100,000, payable over four years, from SunEdison, Inc. (formerly MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.). The funds will be used for student scholarships and academic en-hancements for SCC’s Pre-Engineering Program, and is the largest gift the college has received for the Pre-Engineering Program.

A plaque in SunEdison’s honor will be added outside the physics and engineering lab located in SCC’s Administration Building.

“SunEdison is keen to encourage education in science, engineering and technology and we are

proud to support St. Charles Community College’s efforts in this area,” said Graham R. Fisher, Ph.D., chief scientist at SunEdison. “The dedication and passion that Professor Dave Niermann brings in guiding students to an engineering career is com-mendable. His knowledge and experience in the industry provides invaluable additional insight, which he is able to pass on to his students, and in turn makes them more marketable for jobs.”

Dave Niermann, associate professor of pre-engineering and computer-aided drafting, coor-dinates SCC’s Pre-Engineering Program, which provides up to two years of transfer credit toward

a Bachelor of Science degree in various engineering disciplines at four-year institutions. In ad-dition to instruction, SCC stu-dents have opportunities to visit universities and companies and to benefit from guest lectures and interaction with local pro-fessional engineering societies.

“More than 100 SCC alumni currently are enrolled at various accredited universities, region-ally and nationally, including Ivy League universities, and we con-tinually hear from those institu-tions about how well SCC stu-dents perform,” said Niermann. “SCC alumni also are working as professionals in the engineer-ing field for a number of compa-nies, NASA and Boeing to name a couple.”

For more information, visit St. Charles Coummunity College’s Pre-Engineering website or con-tact Niermann at 636.922.8561 or [email protected]. SCC and SunEdison are located in St. Charles County.

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Officials from St. Charles Community College, joined by alumni from SCC’s Pre-Engineering Program, gather on Friday, July 19, as SunEdison of-ficials present $100,000 to be used for student scholarships and academic enhancements to SCC’s Pre-Engineering Program.

O’Fallon, Missouri, shoppers will get a break from paying local and state sales taxes on many back-to-school items when Missouri’s Sales Tax Holiday goes into effect at 12:01am on Friday, August 2, through midnight on Sunday, August 4.

The list of tax-exempt purchases falls into four categories: school supplies (up to $50 per purchase), clothing (up to $100 per item), personal computers (not to exceed $3,500), computer peripheral devices (not to exceed $3,500), and computer soft-ware (taxable value $350 or less).

“We encourage all O’Fallon residents to support our local businesses by ‘Keeping It in the O’ and shopping in the City for back-to-school items,” said Mike Hurlbert, O’Fallon’s Director of Economic Development. “Every local purchase contributes to O’Fallon’s economic vitality and supports our City’s businesses.”

For details about the items that can be purchased during the sales tax holiday, visit http://dor.mo.gov/business/sales/taxholi-day/school/, the Missouri Department of Revenue’s website.

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www.mycnews.com • Community News - St. Charles County • July 31, 2013 9Movie By Steve Bryan - Rated: PG-13“The Way Way Back”

The U.S. Humane Society estimates 6 to 8 million dogs and cats enter shelters each year,and 3 to 4 million are euthanized. Please do your part to control overpopulation and to

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It’s ironic that in a summer overflowing with big-budget blockbusters and bombs, The Way Way Back has emerged as a “must see” film. Reminiscent of those classic movies from the 1980’s, this coming-of-age story resonates well with audiences of all ages and genders.

Young Liam James shines here as Duncan, a 14-year-old whose world has been turned upside-down. His divorced mom (Toni Collette) married Trent (Steve Carell), a man who thinks he can bully Duncan into becoming a man. This young man simply wants to stay with his real dad, but that seems unlikely at this point.

Stuck at Trent’s house on the beach for the sum-mer, Duncan deals with his loneliness as best he can, but finds a true mentor in Owen (Sam Rockwell). The owner of the local water park, Owen turns into the father figure that neither his biological dad nor Trent could ever hope to be. Owen helps his young protégé break out of his shell and teaches him how to have fun.

Funny and heartbreaking, The Way Way Back is a real charmer. Newcomer Liam James captures the anguish and anxiety of the teen years beautifully in the lead role. While ignoring his step-father, Duncan has a sweet sum-mertime romance with Susanna (AnnaSophia Robb),

the girl-next-door who sees something special in him.Putting himself in Oscar contention, Sam Rockwell

steals the show as Owen, the man-child who is stuck in the 1980’s. His life revolves around the summer months and his water park, but he is in danger of losing the one person that he really loves, Caitlyn (Maya Rudolph).

Rockwell tends to play boisterous characters, but his Owen real heart and soul.

Allison Janney is absolutely hilarious, though, as Su-sanna’s single mom Betty. Delivering a steady stream of one-liners, Betty is man-hungry and looking for

anything male that’s breath-ing and has a pulse. Janney tends to play rigid, authori-tarian types, but by letting her hair down, she turns in an award-worthy perfor-mance.

Steve Carell also de-serves mention for turn-ing in a performance with real edge. His character on TV’s “The Office” is a fumbling authoritarian, but the role he plays in The Way Way Back is far more menacing. It’s a charac-ter that shows what the actor can really do.

A film that should not be missed, The Way Way Back boasts a great cast and solid performances from all the leads. Who needs giant robots or masked riders when there is a film like this in theaters?

The Way Way Back, rated PG-13 for thematic ele-ments, language, some sexual material, and brief drug material, currently is playing in 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.

The Way Way Back photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures

Who needs giant robots or masked riders when there is a film like this in theaters?

July 31, 2013 • Community News - St. Charles County • www.mycnews.com10 SportsGary Baute

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National Hockey League Stan-ley Cup in St. Peters July 31

Brandon Bollig is 2005 gradu-ate of Francis Howell North High School and was a part of

the NHL champion team Chica-go Blackhawks. The NHL lets each

member of the winning team get cus-tody of the cup for one day and Bollig was gracious enough to share it at the Rec-Plex complex. He played at the complex as a young hockey stud and is the first St. Louis area native to be on a Stanley Cup winner. It will only be there for ONE day: Wednesday, July 31. To get the time of the display go to www.stpetersmo.net

*Super cool

Where Are These Rascals’ Players TodayThe River City Rascals, your professional baseball

team from O’Fallon, have had many players wear the uniform since their inaugural season of 1999. Several have gone to the BIG SHOW. Here is a list of some of the ‘boys of the summer’

The following is a list of River City Rascals part of the Frontier League Alumni in Affiliated Baseball.

Major League BaseballJoe Thatcher – River City 2004-05 – San Diego Pa-

dres (National League)AAAJosh Kinney – River City 2001 – Tacoma, Pacific

Coast League (Mariners)

Justin Christian – River City 2003-04 – Memphis, Pacific Coast League (Cardinals)

AAGary Moran – River City 2010-11 – Mississippi,

Southern League (Braves)Keenan Wiley – River City 2010 – Mississippi,

Southern League (Braves)ABrandon Cunniff – River City 2011-12 – Lynchburg,

Carolina League (Braves)Steven Evans – River City 2013 – Kannapolis, South

Atlantic League (White Sox)Alex Smith – River City 2012 – Tampa, Florida State

League (Yankees)ROOKIE LEAGUEDavid Haselden – River City 2012 – Bristol, Appala-

chian League (White Sox)Kinney and Christian have both played in the majors

but are AAA at this point.*Remember them when

St. Charles Chill Hockey Squad Signs Three Local Players

The St. Charles Chill professional hockey club of the Central Hockey League (CHL) club has signed the first three players in team history. Forwards Jordan Fox and Kyle Kraemer as well as defenseman Tony DeHart will be on the team for the inaugural season.

“We are extremely excited to add three players of this caliber to our team,” said Chill head coach and gen-

eral manager Jamie Rivers. “The fact that all three players are from this area is a testa-ment to the quality of hockey being played in and around St. Charles.”

Fox, 28, is entering his eighth professional season having played the last two seasons for the Nottingham Panthers in England. The Kirkwood, MO native is a 5-foot-10, 195-pound center who has played in 424

games professionally. Kraemer, 28, enters his fourth season professionally

and is from St. Louis. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound for-ward had played four seasons at Northeastern Univer-sity prior to turning professional.

DeHart, 23, is a fifth-round draft pick (125th over-all) of the New York Islanders from the 2010 National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft and is a 6-foot-2, 202-pound defenseman.

*Put that ice down at the Family Arena

Watch The Rams In Training Camp For FREE Make sure you look for me, Gary B, and say ‘Hi’ at

the next Rams event. I will be in my Ram’s camouflage shirt working with the Security group again this year. Bring your camera and take a picture with me, and I will put it on this page! I’ll be ready to take a picture with you on any of these days:

Wednesday, July 31 at 3:30pm; Thursday, August 1 at 5:30pm; Friday, August 2 at 3:30pm; Saturday, August 3 Scrimmage at 12:30pm at Edward Jones Dome; Mon-day, August 5 at 3:30pm; Tuesday, August 6 at 3:30pm; Saturday, August 10 at 3:30pm; Monday, August 12 at 3:30pm; Thursday, August 15 at 3:30pm; Friday, Au-gust 16 at 11:15am;

Monday, August 19 at 3:30pm; Tuesday, August 20 at 4pm, or Wednesday, August 21 at 3:30pm.

For more information about training camp, please visit the Rams’ website at www.stlouisrams.com. For up-to-date practice schedules, call the training camp hotline at 314.982.7267. Rams Park is located north of I-70 off Earth City Expressway (Hwy. 141)

*A new year of excitement

Gary Baute, a St. Louis native, may be educated in business but he lives and breathes sports. As a fan or an athlete, Gary is all sports all the time. He hosted a radio sports program on KFNS, emceed the River City Rascals’ inaugural season, and co-hosted SportsRadioSTL.com, among many other ac-tivities. Currently he broadcasts a radio show on 590 ‘The Man’ and 1380 ‘The Woman.’

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ins, by a gifted storyteller: Chris Bohjalian. A plethora of novels precedes Bohjalian’s newest — must-reads that include Midwives, and page-tuners like The Double Bind, Secrets of Eden, Skeletons at the Feast and, most recently, The Sandcastle Girls.

A Light in the Ruins has intriguing dual narra-tives set in Tuscany during World War II and in the same locale a decade later. The book opens in 1955 with a bloodthirsty murder. The victim, Francesca Rosati, is the daughter-in-law of an aristocratic family who lived in a hillside villa during the war. It was an estate with a prized Etruscan tomb of great interest to the Germans, who wished to pilfer the tomb’s treasures, and later committed atrocities there.

Serafina Bettini, the detective assigned to the Rosati slaying, well remembers the war. An Ital-ian partisan, she nearly lost her life resisting the Germans. Her body bears the unsightly scars of the burns that nearly killed her.

Initially the detective is baffled by Francesca’s

grisly murder, but when another Rosati woman has her heart carved from her body, Seraphina thinks the crimes might be linked to someone who knew the Rosatis during the war.

In those years, the head of the family, the Marchese, a nobleman, did what he had to do to protect his land and family, sometimes cooper-ating with the Germans more than his country-men thought necessary. When the Marcheses’ 18-year-old daughter Cristina falls in love with a German soldier her father is powerless to end the love affair.

As the Allies invade Italy, the noose around the neck of the Nazis tightens, and the once af-fluent Rosatis become prisoners in their own home. As the narrative shifts back and forth in time, the murderer methodically prepares to do away with another Rosati. He speaks to readers in a chilling voice, ramping up the tension as cars careens off Tuscan roads and a body lays inert in a tomb that once offered shelter to in-jured partisans.

A gifted storyteller, Bohjalian provides his fans with yet another engaging book — one with broad appeal and a murder mystery that keeps you guessing right up to the end.

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Just A Pinch Recipes — Coconut Cakes By Janet TharpeRecipes:Citrus Coconut CakeHaving a few friends over and looking for an easy, flavorful des-

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For Cake2 cups cake flour1 teaspoon salt1 tablespoon baking powder2 1/4 cups sugar1 tablespoon lemon juice1 tablespoon orange juiceZest of 1 lemonZest of 1 orange3/4 cups pureed kumquats (remove seeds, do not peel)3 ounce packet of instant vanilla pudding mix4 large eggs, room temperature1 cup sweetened shredded coconut1 cup coconut milk, unsweetened5 tablespoons butter, unsalted1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

For Glaze2 tablespoons lemon juice2 tablespoons orange juice2 1/2 cups confectioner’s sugar3 tablespoons coconut milk1 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

DirectionsPreheat oven to 350F. Grease a 9-10 inch Bundt pan. Set aside. In sauce pan add coconut milk and butter. Heat the coconut milk, slowly, until butter is completely melted. Take off heat and cool. In a bowl sift flour, instant vanilla pudding, salt, and baking powder. Set aside.

In another bowl, cream eggs and sugar. Beat on high for 2 min. Beat vanilla into egg mixture. Add kumquat puree, lemon zest, orange zest, lemon juice, and orange juice to the egg mixture. Beat until incorporated. Slowly beat coconut milk into egg mixture.

Add flour mixture to egg mixture in thirds com-pletely incorporating the flour mixture before adding more. Mix until just incorporated. Fold in shredded coconut.

Pour batter into Bundt pan and bake on center

rack for 35-45 min, or until a toothpick comes out barely clean. Cool on wire rack for 1 hour.

For Glaze:Combine lemon and orange juice and whisk in confectioner’s sugar. Whisk in vanilla and coconut milk. If the glaze is too thick add coconut milk 1/2 a tablespoon at a time; if it is too thin add confec-tioner’s sugar 1/2 a tablespoon at a time .Glaze should be the consistency of table syrup. Once cake has cooled, drizzle glaze over cake.

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For the Cake1 box coconut supreme cake mix3 large eggs1 stick butter, melted1 1/3 cups milk2 teaspoons pure vanilla flavor

Frosting2 cups toasted flaked coconut1 1/2 cups toasted sliced almonds1 stick soft butter2/3 cup cocoa, unsweetened3 cups powdered sugar, plus additional if needed1/3 cup milk, plus additional if needed1/4 teaspoon salt2 teaspoon pure vanilla flavor

DirectionsMix all cake ingredients in large bowl and beat 2-3 minutes. Pour into 2 9-inch layer pans; bake in preheated 350° oven for 28 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack, then turn out onto racks and cool completely.

For Frosting: Beat soft butter and cocoa until well combined; add milk, sugar, salt and vanilla. Beat 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Add additional sugar and milk, if needed (1 teaspoon at a time).

In 2 small pans, spread coconut and nuts and toast to a pretty light brown color, stirring often. Do not burn. Place one cake layer on a plate and spread with about a cup of frosting. Generously sprinkle with coconut and almonds. Put on next layer and frost top and sides with remaining frosting. Sprinkle coconut around the top edge

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CHURCH

August 5-9: Dardenne Baptist Church Vacation Bible School6-8pm. 636.625.2015 or www.dardennebaptistchurch.org.

Operation Backpack: United Methodist Church, WentzvilleFood to at-risk children over the weekend. 636.327.6377

3rd Tuesday: Luncheon for Se-niors11am - 2pm at Transfiguration Episcopal Church, 1860 Lake St. Louis Blvd., 636.561.8951

2nd Wednesday: Noon LuncheonShiloh United Methodist Church, 1515 Hwy T, Foristell, 636.673.2144.

EVENTS

Now: Men’s Senior Softball

Info: 636.281.0891

Now – August 9: Lake Saint Louis Camp Gators Summer Day Campwww.lakesaintlouis.com

Now - August 19: Registration for Fall Youth Sports at the St. Charles County Family YMCASoccer, Flag Football and Girls’ Volleyball. To register: Kyle Bran-del at 636-928-1928.

Now-August: Social Dance Class-es at SCCCollege Center, St. Charles Com-munity College, 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville. $48/per-son. Ages 14 and up. 636.922.8233 or www.stchas.edu/dance.

Now: Fall Youth Coed Soccer RegistrationNow open. For boys and girls, pre-school to 3rd grade. Coaches

needed. Info & registration, www.lakesaintlouis.com.

August 9: Art House Movie Mati-nee - Midnight in Paris2pm at the Kisker Road Library, 1000 Kisker Rd. in St. Charles. Popcorn and other refreshments served. Free & open to the public (18 yrs +). 636.926.7323.

August 10: Annual Garage Sale7am - 1pm at Academy of the Sa-cred Heart, 619 N. Second Street, St. Charles. Bring your donations to Academy of the Sacred Heart Aug. 5-9 from 6-9pm. Volunteers Needed. 636.441.1302, ext. 263.

August 10-11: Auditions for the 2013/2014 St. Charles County Youth [email protected], 636.916.0515.

August 12: Registration for St. Charles County Family YMCA Fall I Session and Swim Lessons Begins636-928-1928 or www.ymcastlouis.org/stcharles.

Ongoing Events

4th Monday: American Legion Post 388 Meets6:30 pm at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 8945 Vets. Mem. Pkwy. 636.219.0553.

Every Monday: St. Peters Rotary ClubNoon at St. Peters City Hall, One St. Peters Centre Blvd. www.stpe-tersrotary.org.

1st Tuesday: Fleur de Lis Garden

Society6:30 p.m. at the Kisker Road Li-brary, 1000 Kisker Road. Info: Jeanne at 314.605.8563.

4th Tuesday: O’Fallon Garden Club.6:30pm. at Sunrise Methodist Church, 7116 Twin Chimney Blvd. Info: Barb at 636.978.5930.

Every Tuesday: Kiwanis Club of St. CharlesNoon - 1 p.m. at the Columns Ban-quet Center in St. Charles.

Every Tuesday: Quilting Guild at the O’Fallon Family YMCA1-4 p.m. Free. Quilt for local chari-ties. No sewing experience re-quired.

Every Tuesday: Toastmasters Meeting7 p.m. at the Renaud Spirit Center, 2650 Tri Sports Circle, O’Fallon. Info: 636.379.2505.

Every Tuesday & Thursday: Tai Chi at the St. Charles County Family YMCA8-9am and 10:15-11:15am. No ex-perience necessary. 636-928-1928.

Every Wednesday: Active Older Adults Game Day at the O’Fallon Family YMCA10 a.m. Free. Bring a favorite snack to share. Anybody welcome.

Every Wednesday: Crossroads Cribbage Club 10 a.m. Meets at 1380 Boone St., Troy, MO 63379. 636.528.8379.

Every Wednesday: Wednesday

Night Men’s Golf League5 p.m., tee off at 5:30 p.m. at Heri-tage of Hawk Ridge. www.lake-saintlouis.com, under the parks and recreation section.

Every Wednesday: Charity Bingo6:45 p.m. VFW Post 5077 sponsors, at VFW Hall, 8500 Veterans Mem. Pkwy., O’Fallon. 636.272.1945 or www.vfwpost5077.org.

1st & 3rd Wednesday: St. Charles Area Wood Carvers7 p.m. at Weldon Spring Site Re-medial Action Project, 7295 Hwy. 94 South, St. Charles. Visitors wel-come!

Every Thursday: Kiwanis Club of St. Peters6:30am at IHOP (3851 Veter-an’s Memorial Pkwy St. Peters). 636.328.4941.

Every Thursday: Kiwanis Club of O’Fallon11:45 a.m. Meets at JJ’s Restaurant in O’Fallon. Info: www.ofkiwanis.com.

Every Thursday: O’Fallon Rotary Club Lunch Noon at The Holy Cross Luther-an Church (8945 Veterans Me-morial Pkwy, across from Fort Zumwalt Park). Visitors welcome. 636.980.1777.

Every Thursday: Yoga at The St. Charles County Family YMCA7-7:55 p.m. Any level. Info: 636.928.1928.

Every Friday: Moms Play Group10 a.m. at LSL Community Asso-ciation, 100 Cognac Ct., Lake Saint Louis, MO 63367. 314.479.0306, [email protected] or www.lslmothersclub.com.

Every Friday: VFW Fish Fry3-8 p.m. VFW Post 2866. 66 VFW Lane. Call Bill Sams, 636.724.9612.

Every Saturday: Chess8-10:30 a.m. or later in the food court at Mid Rivers Mall in St. Pe-ters.

Every Saturday through October 26: Lake Saint Louis Farmers & Artists Market8am - noon. Hwy. 40 & Lake Saint Louis Blvd. Rain or shine. The area’s only all-local market offers the very best in seasonal produce, baked goods, soaps, crafts, art and more. www.lakestlouisfarmersand-artistsmarket.com.

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Every Saturday: Veterans Learn guitar for FREE9:30 a.m. in Historic St. Charles. Info: Bill Dennis at 314.479.5750.

Every Saturday: Peaceful Puppy Mill Protest11am - 12:30pm at Petland, 6131 Ronald Reagan Drive, Lake St. Louis. [email protected].

Every Saturday: Saturday Writers11am - 1:15pm, Jan-Sept at Saint Peters Cultural Arts Center. Visi-tors welcome. $5 fee. www.satur-daywriters.org.

Every Saturday: Charity Bingo 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 4 p.m. Wentzville Community Club (500 West Main, Wentzville 63385). www.wentzvillefleamarket.org or www.facebook.com/wentzville-community-club.

Every Saturday: Blue Bird YogaFrontier Park, between Katy Depot & Lewis and Clark Monument. Be-ginners welcome. Bring your own mat.

1st & 3rd Saturday: St Peters Square Dance Club Dances6:30pm. 1st United Methodist Church, 801 First Capital Dr. www.squaredancestcharles.com.

2nd Sunday: The Wheelers and Dealers Square Dance7pm. Blanchette Park, 1900 W Randolph St. www.squaredancest-charles.com.

HEALTH

Cancer Survivor Fitness ProgramFree for all cancer patients and survivors. A 12-week program with trained instructors to help participants regain energy and im-prove stamina. St. Charles County Family YMCA, 636-928-1928.

Diabetes Self Management Train-ing (DSMT)

Available with a doctor’s order. 636.949.9600 or Patty Shelton at 636.947.5573.

Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)A nutritional diagnostic therapy and counseling service held at SSM St. Joseph Health Center. Avail-able with a doctor’s order only. Registration: 636.949.9600 Info: 636.947.5163.

Free Mammogram ScreeningsSSM Health Care offers free mam-mogram screenings to women who have no health insurance. Ap-pointments are available at SSM St. Joseph Health Center, 300 First Capitol Drive in St. Charles and SSM St. Joseph Hospital West, 100 Medical Plaza in Lake Saint Louis. Info: Karen at 636.947.5617.

Diabetes Prevention ProgramHelping those at high risk for type 2 diabetes adopt and maintain healthy lifestyles to reduce chances of developing the disease. Held at participating YMCA’s throughout the St. Louis and St. Charles areas. This program is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion-led National Diabetes Preven-tion Program. Contact Joyce Hoth

at 314-436-1177.

Crisis NurseryCommitted to preventing child abuse and neglect, the Crisis Nurs-ery provides short-term, safe ha-vens to children, birth through age 12, whose families are faced with an emergency or crisis. 24-hour helpline: 314.768.3201. Or 636.947.0600, www.crisisnurs-erykids.org

Support Groups

Daily: 12 Step Recovery Club204 G West Pittman, O’Fallon. Info: Mike at 636.240.1722 or www.212club.org.

Every Monday: BILY (Because I Love You) Parent Support Group 7:30 p.m. at First United Method-ist Church, 801 First Capitol Dr., St. Charles. For parents only. Free. Focus on teens/young adults who act out. Help Line 314.993.7550.

1st & 3rd Mondays: Sharing Loss-es Through Bereavement1-2:30 p.m. at SSM Home Care & Hospice, 1187 Corporate Lake Drive. Registration: 314.776.3627.

Every Mon.: Tobacco Free for Life

Want to Quit Smoking? For sup-port, call Ellen, register nurse at SSM St. Joseph Hospital, 636.947.5304.

1st Mon.: Better Breathers Club Those w/chronic lung disease. St. Joseph Health Cntr., 300 1st Capi-tol Dr., St. Charles. Free lunch. 636.947.5684.

12 Step Support Group for Wom-en Survivors of Childhood Sexu-al AbuseMeets in 4 locations in the metro St Louis area. [email protected].• 1st and 3rd Monday: 9:30-11 a.m.500 Medical Dr in Wentzville; doctors dining room of St Joseph Hospital; contact 636.561.0389.• 2nd and 4th Tuesday: 6:30-8 p.m.2 Progress Point Parkway in O’Fallon, MO; 4th floor confer-ence room of Progress West Hos-

pital; contact 636.561.0389.

Every Tuesday: Divorce Support Group6:30-8 p.m. through May 28. Info: Angela Skurtu at 314.973.7997 or www.TherapistinStLouis.com.

1st Tuesday: Parkinson’s Support Group1-2 p.m. at the Community Commons in Spencer Road Li-brary. Info: Alicia Wildhaber at 636.926.3722.

4th Tues: Diabetes Support Group6:30-7:30 p.m. At HW Koenig Med Bldg, St Joseph Hosp. West. 636.625.5447

3rd Wed. 6:30–8 p.m. KidsCan!Siteman Cancer Center, Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hosp., 150 En-trance Way, St. Peters. Support children 4–12 w/parent/significant caregiver w/cancer.

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Follow these tips to keep your family and pets safe from mosquitoes.

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Friendship Day is Au-gust 5 and in light of a recent survey that indicates w o m e n place high v a l u e on their friendships, Olay is o�ering women a chance to treat themselves with a trip to New York City. Olay is hosting a summer contest called “Light Up Your Life.” Women

can upload a two-min-ute video describing how a close friend lights up their life to www.ra-

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‘Light Up Your Life’ Contest invites Women to Honor Friendships

By Shelly A. SchneiderMissouri is home to about 50 species of

mosquitoes. Some live less than a week, while others may live several months. Community Health and the Environ-ment states it is only the female mosquito that “bites” and she does so to obtain the blood meal needed to lay viable eggs.While mosquitoes usually do little more than drive the family from the out-doors to the indoors, they are sometimes

snamuH .sesaesid suoregnad fo sreirracmay contract malaria, yellow fever, den-gue, and encephalitis; and dogs may get

heartworm. Most of these diseases, with the exception of human encephalitis and canine heartworm, have been fairly well eliminated from the entire United States. Health o�cials said outbreaks of mosqui-to borne encephalitis have periodically

occurred in Missouri. “Canine heartworm is an endemic problem, with costs to animal own-ers escalating each year,” health o�cials warned. “E�ective mosquito control

measures including the elimination of swamp areas, and maintenance e�orts to keep road ditches clear and water free

have done much to control mosquito for disease transmission.”

-toes: floodwater and permanent water mosquitoes. Floodwater mosquitoes lay their eggs on damp soil where flooding will occur or, in some cases, above the water line in tree holes, artificial con-tainers, or other small bodies of water.

When rain fills these areas and floods the in the larval stages, broods of mosquitoes -toes are mainly of the pest variety, and are the first to emerge in the spring months.

Many of these mosquitoes are strong fly-ers and may range up to ten miles or more a blood meal to lay eggs. their eggs directly on the water surface,

-cies in this group do not venture far from their breeding sites.

If you believe you have a mosquito breed-ing problem on your property, but are not sure, please call the Department of Com-

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-ficials will make an inspection and evalua-tion appointment, and then recommend a possible solution.St. Charles County residents have the

greatest prevention methods right at their fingertips. Proper maintenance of the property is the first step toward mosquito prevention. All trash and refuse that could property should be adequately graded and

drained, to prevent any pools or puddles of water that may last ten days or longer. County mosquito control o�cer Barry

McCauley lists several things homeowners may do to keep mosquitoes from ruining their summer:

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The 16th Annual

Women’s Fair

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Women’s FairFIT!FUN!

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! ,ysub oot steg ti erofeb ,seidaL .renroctake a day for you. Now is the time to

dna tnemevorpmi-fles rof esruoc a tesself-awareness and to have fun in the

process! Women will fi nd the answers

to questions on health, family, career,

image, fashion, and more at the 2007

Women’s Fair – Fun, Fit, and Fabu-

lous – set for Saturday, Nov. 17, at St.

Charles Community College.

sented by the college in partnership

with JCPenney and SSM St. Joseph

Health Center-Hospital West, will take

place from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Stu-

dent Center on the SCC Campus, 4601

Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville.

Women from throughout the area

will gather for a day of education, re-

laxation, prizes, food, and fun, includ-

ing nine mini-seminars, a fashion show

and keynote speaker, and more than 50

vendors displaying products and ser-

vices.

exhibits and seminars and a continental

cial $20 VIP tickets include a fashion

show, keynote speaker, and full-course

luncheon catered by Grappa Grill in

addition to the breakfast, exhibits, and

seminars. For the fourth consecutive

year, JCPenney will host the lunchtime

fashion show, with styles for all ages

as well as automatic entry into a grand

prize drawing – a personal beauty bas-

ket courtesy of JCPenney.

fair gives participants nine mini-semi-

nars to choose from including infor-

mation on exercise, fi tness, breast care,

urinary incontinence, and plastic sur-

gery. Other personal improvement and

awareness topics include bra fi tting and

wardrobe, “ups” and “dos” for holiday

hair, makeup made easy, and the “spirit

the spirit. Seminar sessions (three topics to

choose from during each time frame)

begin at 9:30 a.m., 10:40 a.m., and 1:30 s

at 11:45 a.m. and runs until 1:15 p.m.

Doors open at 8:30 a.m.

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presentation by author Dan Coughlin. Chris Kattan and Carmen Electra in Yari Film Group’s Christmas in Wonderland - 2007

FOUR GREAT PUBLICATIONSHuneke Publications, Inc. offers four publications: two weekly newspapers and two news magazines, each covering a unique market segment within St. Louis County and St. Charles County. As a member of the Missouri Press Association, all of our publications feature verified circulation and an earned credibility among our peers.

COMMUNITY NEWSFirst published in 1921, Community News is the longestpublished weekly newspaper in the St. Louis metropolitanarea and has established a large audience of loyal readers.Community News circulates across a broad geographic regionwith newstands, home throw and online subscription.

OUR TOWN MAGAZINEPublished bi-monthly, Our Town is direct mailed to all business addresses in its service area, plus online subscribers. It is a unique business-to-business magazine featuring chamber of commerce news plus articles on the economy, technology, human resources, and marketing.

COMMUNITY NEWS - St. Charles CountyPublished weekly with a powerful circulation combination of newsstands, home throw, and online subscription. The St. Charles County edition features countywide coverage including the cities of: St. Charles, St. Peters, Cottleville, Weldon Spring, O’Fallon, Dardenne Prairie, Lake St. Louis, and Wentzville, plus Troy.

CROSSROADS MAGAZINEThis monthly lifestyle magazine covers the fast-growing Wentzville and Lake St. Louis areas. It is direct mailed with additional copies available in newsstands, plus online subscribers.

Our publications use a combination of online subscription, direct mail, home delivery, and voluntary circulation methods. Voluntary refers to a circulation method where readers “voluntarily” choose to pick up a publication to read. This method is powerful because locations are carefully chosen and newsstands are monitored for 100% pick up. Community News has developed a network of over 650 convenient locations including every major supermarket chain. Our voluntary method is powerful for three reasons: 1 QUALITY READERS A voluntary reader is an interested reader, actively outside of the home, in stores, seeking out information about the community 2 TOTAL UTILITY 100% pick up assures no wasted papers. Every paper reaches an interested reader, yielding a full value for the entire print run. 3 EXPANDING SET Every print run reaches a unique

group of readers, because the majority of voluntary readers are occasional readers. Over time, these unique groups add up to a readership size about three times greater than the print run.

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July 31, 2013 • Community News - St. Charles County • www.mycnews.com16Over the Fence Joe Morice

Some folks are thrilled now that Twinkies, albeit smaller, are returning to the market

shelves. Admittedly, the food po-lice aren’t happy because they claim

these sugar blasts contain enough pre-servatives to keep road kill fresh during a heat wave. Nevertheless, I was happy to see increased employ-ment opportunities.

Due to my angst when I see large companies swal-lowed up by larger ones and the jobs sent to starving countries, I often suggest the Federal Trade Commis-sion should change its name to the Federal Raid Com-mission, but perhaps I’m too harsh. However, this apparently wasn’t the case. Unlike some American Corporations that export jobs, I don’t think Twinkies are baked in Asian sweatshops...yet.

When a large business becomes top-heavy with too much management that often morphs into poor man-agement, I’m of the opinion that it deserves to go un-der. As with the Twinkies, someone else will fill that

hole in the market, if indeed, this is what happened.However, there is an opposite end to this spectrum

of corporate dysfunction. A case in point might be Bill Gates, the mastermind that invented Windows and became extremely wealthy. I’ve been using vari-ous generations of his invention for many years. Each time my PC became obsolete to the point of technical oblivion, I buy a new one with another new and im-proved version of Windows.

Being painfully computer challenged, it only took me until the new machines became old machines along with innumerable mistakes, freeze-ups and crashes until I could use the new and improved Win-dows program without having a hissy fit and throw-ing the infernal machines through a window...a real window.

One replacement was a laptop with Windows Vista, both of which became obsolete before I got home with them. Anyone I spoke to about this so-called new and improved version thought the Windows people should have been drawn and quartered. I soon agreed.

Last week, that laptop finally died along with years of stored items that probably number in the thousands.

Rather than try to have it repaired, I bought a new and improved laptop that turned out to have the new and improved

Windows 8. It seems to have about as much user friendliness as a malfunctioning ejection seat has when a fighter pilot runs out of fuel.

Some things are hard to understand. One of the most successful enterprises in the world pays herds of Techies to improve something that didn’t need it be-cause they had already spent several years fixing the bugs. Then they invent a new and improved product requiring more years of bug fixing that enrages heaven knows how many customers who were forced to re-learn something they didn’t need or want.

Perhaps this falls under the renowned category of “Job Security” or perhaps, “Built-in Obsolescence.” Worse yet, the good old reliable Microsoft Word isn’t available. We are forced to pay for “Microsoft Office,” something I have even less use for than an ant has for an aardvark. It also puts the perspective of “Fair Trade” on the level of American manufacturing com-petition with China.

I’m not against those Techies keeping their jobs. Fortunately, had Bill Gates been the run-of-the-mill Captain of Industry that invaded corporate America like a plague, he would have already laid off hundreds of employees and sent their jobs to starving countries.

Perhaps he realized American workers are the con-sumers who buy most of his products. I’m sure his Techies buy plenty of Twinkies too.

However, I would advise Bill to find a hiding place when I’m having a Windows 8 hissy fit.

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 big machines. He has no formal train-ing as a writer, unless 60 years of writing about any and everything counts.

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