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Fourth annual Santa’s North Pole Dash to draw thousands of runners to downtown St. CharlesBy Brett Auten

A pack of fit and festive Santas will be pounding the pavement soon in down-town St. Charles.

The Greater St. Charles County Cham-ber of Commerce announced its fourth annual Santa’s North Pole Dash & Chil-dren’s Snowman Shuffle will be held on Dec. 13, in Historic St. Charles.

“I think people love this event because it gives them a chance to get out with their family and friends and really get into the holiday spirit,” Wendy Rackovan, the chamber’s vice president of marketing and communications said. “Between all of the decorations and everyone dressing up, it is a great way to celebrate the holidays with a large group from the community.”

Santa’s North Pole Dash is a 5k run and one-mile walk for individuals 12-years-old and above. All Santa’s North Pole Dash participants will receive a drawstring San-ta’s bag filled with a long-sleeved, mois-ture-wicking shirt that resembles Santa’s jacket, hat, beard, and gloves that can be worn during the race. All finishers will re-ceive a commemorative medal.

Children 11-and-under are encouraged to participate in the Snowman Shuffle, a quarter-mile kids’ run in Frontier Park. All kids who register will receive a snow-man t-shirt. The children’s run is $15 per child.

Last year competitors were greeted with

about eight inches of snow on the morn-ing of the race. Organizers for this year’s event hope that the mercury on the ther-mometer reaches a more bearable level.

“This year, Santa needs a vacation so we’re hoping for warm, tropical tempera-tures,” Rackovan said. “If the weather would cooperate, we want would nothing but 60 degrees.”

Registration for the 5k run is $35 and the deadline is Dec. 8 or once the event reaches 5,000 participants, whichever comes first. Race-day registration is not available.

Once all of the competitors have fin-ished the race the awards ceremony will take place in Frontier Park. The overall men’s and women’s finisher will receive a gift befitting a Santa; an engraved milk bottle. Not be left out when it comes to fes-tive trophies, all individual age group win-ners for both men’s and women’s divisions will receive an engraved cookie plate.

Santas/competitors who wear their race shirts into participating Main Street businesses will receive special, one-day discounts and can take part in “Holiday Spirits on Main”, where select pubs and restaurants will offer specials for partici-pants wearing their 2014 run shirts.

Santa’s Run has brought participants from Illinois, Troy, Columbia, and Cape Girardeau. One of the main emphasis of the event is to bring in runners to the downtown area where afterwards they will

take in all that downtown St. Charles has to offer.

“Our goal from the beginning was that the event would bring in runners and their families from around the region who might be shopping elsewhere on that day,” Rackovan said. “I think the run has defi-nitely served that purpose.”

With only 5,000 costumes available, ear-ly registration is recommended. For more information on the event and to register, please visit www.SantasNorthPoleDash.com. You can also follow on Facebook at facebook.com/santasnorthpoledash.

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St. Charles to host Chess Fest 2014CheckMatesUSA, a locally-

owned, professional chess instruction company, an-nounced it will hold the first annual Chess Fest 2014 on Dec. 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will take place at St. Elizabeth/St. Roger Re-gional School in St. Charles.

The competition is for chil-dren of all skill levels, kinder-garten through eighth grade. Chess Fest will also include a SIMUL with a grandmaster, classes, face painting, chess movies, a coffee bar, exhibits from area businesses and a si-

lent auction to support a chess program at St. Louis Chil-dren’s Hospital. Winners will receive trophies and prizes.

“This is the first family-friendly event of its kind celebrating the chess cul-ture here in St. Charles,” said George Krasnopolskiy, owner of CheckMatesUSA. “The competition will give kids a chance to sharpen their technique before the holiday break.”

Participants are asked to arrive half an hour before the competition begins to ar-range their pairings.

“Chess teaches children how to make every move count,” said Krasnopolskiy. “It will be exciting to see students demonstrating their skills and

learning new moves.”Krasnopolskiy said he

founded the company with his brother on the premise that chess can help children forge long-lasting friend-ships, increase reading and math scores, sharpen quick decision-making skills and improve concentration ca-pability. Over the last eight years, CheckMatesUSA ex-panded from its original headquarters in Chicago to Milwaukee, St. Louis, and online. In addition to after-school programs, Check-Mates Chess Academy added classes in local libraries, park districts, religious centers and area hospitals.

To register, visit check-matesusa.com.

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O’Fallon resident marks her 100th birthday

Candlelight tours to be held at Daniel Boone Home

Hazel Walkenhorst celebrated her 100th birthday on Oct. 9 at a huge party with her family includ-ing most of her 37 grandchildren and great-grand-children, along with the staff of Garden Villas of O’Fallon.

“Hazel is one of our most active residents,” ac-cording to Anna Beilsmith, activity director at Gar-den Villas of O’Fallon. “She participates in almost all of our activities, has many friends and loving family that visit often,” Beilsmith concluded.

Mrs. Walkenhorst was married to her late hus-band Charles for 54 years and they were blessed with six children. They met at Proctor and Gamble where he was a welder and she was a product tester.

Along with her career at Proctor and Gamble, Mrs. Walkenhorst taught Sunday school for 20 years. She attributes her longevity to God’s blessing for her Sunday-school work.

Hazel is no stranger to excitement. She rode “The Ninja” roller coaster at Six Flags when she was in her 70’s and parasailed with her grandson in Mexico in her 80’s. She has tap danced her entire life and when she was in her 60’s joined the “Silver Steppers.” She danced with that senior group for several years. She currently enjoys the recreational programs at Gar-den Villas of O’Fallon where she has lived for the past few years. Some of her favorite activities are exercise classes, crafts and happy hour.

Join Lindenwood University’s Historic Daniel Boone Home and Heritage Center as it celebrates the holiday season with its annual Christmas Candlelight Tours on Dec. 5, 6, 12 and 13. This four-night event is a celebration of past Christ-mas traditions and life on the American frontier.

The Christmas Candlelight Tours will be an open-walk format, with the exception of the Boone Home. After first visiting the Boone Home, guests are free to visit and enjoy the his-toric buildings in the village at their own pace.

Step back in time to the year 1819. The people in town will be preparing for Christmas as their family traditions have taught them. View the Boone Home and the village decorated and lit with thousands of candles to create a one-of-a-kind atmosphere full of holiday cheer and good tide.

As visitors make their way through the candlelit village, they will see the traditions of different cultures and see how this special holiday was cel-ebrated on the frontier. Artisans, musicians, and town folk will populate the village singing carols and playing favorite Christmas tunes. Hot apple

cider and cookies will be served to all guests. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. on December 5, 6,

12 and 13, with the first tour starting at 6 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults and $10 for children (age four to 11), children age three and under are free. Advanced tickets are now on sale through Dec. 1 for a discounted rate. Reservations are recommended, but not required.

Located at 1868 Highway F in Defiance, the Daniel Boone Home is the house in which the legendary explorer and frontiersman, Dan-iel Boone, spent his final years. The four-story Georgian-style home was built overlooking the Femme Osage Valley. The adjoining village con-tains over a dozen other 19th-century buildings that have been moved from the surrounding area and are used to represent town life on the fron-tier. Lindenwood University uses the site to edu-cate both visitors and students about the impor-tance of Daniel Boone, his family, and the time period in which he lived.

For additional information contact Patricia Fulhorst at [email protected] or visit www.danielboonehome.com.

The Daniel Boone Home decorated for Christmas in 2012.

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Last year people across the country sent in more than 2.1 million cards to the American Red Cross Holiday Mail for Heroes project. The cards bearing messages of thanks and gratitude were distributed by the Red Cross on military bases and in military hospitals, veteran’s hospitals and to military families all over the world. The City of St. Peters is supporting the project this year by providing several opportunities for members of the community to create cards and messages to be included in the Holiday Mail for Heroes.

The St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre will host a

card-making event from 1-4 p.m. on Nov. 25 for people to volunteer some time to make a card for a veteran or their family. Another opportunity to make a card will be after the tree is lit at the city’s annual tree lighting event on Nov. 21. Pre-made cards will be available for those who would just like to add a message.

“Sending holiday mail to American military members, veterans and their families is a great way to show appreciation to our veterans for all they have done and continue to do for our coun-try,” said St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano.

With the holiday season upon us, it’s a great time for the entire family to join in a day of giv-ing and service to help their less-fortunate neigh-bors. On Nov. 22, the City of O’Fallon is hosting National Family Volunteer Day, a day of service that demonstrates and celebrates the power of families who volunteer together to support their neighborhoods and communities.

As part of National Family Volunteer Day, and with support from generationOn and Disney Friends for Change, families are invited to spend the morning helping to strengthen our commu-nity, while also strengthening themselves. Vol-unteering together as a family provides quality time, strengthens family communication, and provides opportunities for family members to be role models to their children and others.

“Donations from the Cornucopia of Care Food Drive will be sorted and boxed in an effort to help stock the shelves of area food pantries throughout the holidays,” explains Kathy Halstead, Volunteer Services Manager. “Volunteers also will decorate Thanksgiving placemats and create keepsakes for those living in residential care facilities and those receiving Meals on Wheels through the O’Fallon Senior Center.”

Families are encouraged to bring in some of their own family-favorite foods to contribute, in-cluding breakfast cereals or peanut butter and jelly.

To join in O’Fallon’s Family Volunteer Day, contact O’Fallon’s Volunteer Services Depart-ment at 636-379-5417 or [email protected] or visit www.ofallon.mo.us/Volunteer for more information.

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Girl Scout project creates butterfly gardenFor her Girl Scout Gold

Award project, Taylor Knoche searched for an ideal spot to build a butterfly garden and memorialize her friend, Ana-Belle Miller. The Girl Scout Gold Award is the highest na-tional award that a Girl Scout Senior or Ambassador – girls in grades nine through 12 – can earn.

“I knew I wanted to build a butterfly garden but I wanted to put it in a place where many people would visit, would pay tribute to my friend and would benefit my community,” said Knoche, a graduate of Francis Howell High School and cur-rent freshman at Truman State University. She and her fam-ily frequently visited the off-leash dog park in Broemmel-siek Park, south of Wentzville. While at the park one day with her parents, they found the per-fect spot.

She contacted St. Charles County Parks for permission and was connected with a man who would become her project advisor, park supervisor Mitch Busken. He loved her idea and got on board with it quickly. Busken and his team helped Knoche by tilling a piece of land near a pond. He also donated some items needed for the gar-den – wood, concrete, and bolts for a bench, and mulch for the ground – giving the project an-other boost.

Her next step was to buy the plants, ground cover and mate-rials needed for a water source. For flora, she selected native Missouri plants that make plenty of nectar and have col-ored blooms known to attract butterflies: swamp and butterfly milkweed, rose verbena, shin-ing blue stars and black-eyed Susans.

Besides giving butterflies a place to feed and pollinate, Knoche wanted to remember

AnaBelle. “AnaBelle was in my Brownie Troop and she loved Girl Scouts,” said Knoche. “She also loved butterflies. AnaBelle was struck and killed while waiting for the school bus when we were in second grade. I think she would have loved her garden.”

AnaBelle’s family lives in Hawaii now, but they were in the area visiting and attended the garden’s dedication. “I felt a sense of pride when Ana-Belle’s mom visited the garden,” Knoche said. “Knowing I did something to honor my friend made all the struggles worth the effort.”

Knoche described what she learned from her project and what she learned about herself.

“This garden taught me the challenges of being a project manager. I learned organiza-tional skills, how to coordinate volunteers and how to manage donations,” she said. “I learned although things can be frus-trating at times and there are always obstacles, I can over-come whatever’s in my way as long as I put my mind to it, ask for help when needed and stay positive.”

Her family donated many garden items, telling Knoche if she gave the time, they would contribute the supplies. All girls spend a significant amount of time completing their Gold Award projects.

Knoche spent more than 87 hours over 11 months creating the garden. Attaining the Girl Scout Gold Award requires a suggested 80 hours of planning and implementing a challeng-ing, large-scale project that is innovative, engages others and has a lasting impact on its tar-geted community with an em-phasis on sustainability.

“My parents, grandparents and the park service have all agreed to help maintain the gar-den beyond my involvement,” said Knoche. “I am really lucky to have so much support.”

“The first time I saw butter-flies in the garden was really ex-citing and all I could think was, ‘It worked!’ I dedicated this gar-den in memory of my friend, a former Girl Scout and the pro-cess helped me remember the good times with AnaBelle and her love of butterflies.”

Less than one percent of all Girl Scouts earn the Girl Scout Gold Award. With tal-ent, passion, commitment and determination, they can make changes in their communities and impact people around the world.

This year, 40 girls in eastern Missouri earned Gold Awards. They were recognized at a re-ception at Maritz in Fenton in June.

Taylor Knoche won the Girl Scout Gold Award for building a butterfly garden at Broemmelsiek Park, south of Wentzville.

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It’s mid-November al-ready and I’m longing for what was probably the last

day of semi-warm weather on Nov. 8. The high was over

70 degrees as forecast by the local weather weenies. Then the temperatures plum-meted down to “brrrrr” with inclement moisture. They blamed the polar vortex, whatever that is. I decided to look up vortex. In a nutshell, it’s re-garded as something that draws everything into its powerful, whirling current, which surrounds it much like a whirlpool sucking wedding rings down a bathtub drain. Or like tornado whirl-winds sucking rooftops off homes and businesses and sending them to the land of Kindling. This may or may not include whirligig, which is like a merry-go-round that draws children to spend their allowances. The largest vortex might be a black hole; the one in outer space, not the one in my front yard from a leaky storm sewer that the city ignores.

It is time to store the motorcycle for winter and hook up the float charger to keep the battery from causing a click-click noise next spring when I hit the starter button. That’s a noise dead batteries make, as in nasal oinks caused from waking, life-less fools who overindulged at happy hour.

Last winter’s polar vortex gave us an unusually long cold winter with abundant snow and ice. This winter’s polar vortex is expected to be the same ex-cept be shorter, as told by minions of meteorologi-cal marvels. I assume there will be fewer sufferers among affluent winter-hating retirees after they experienced last winter’s vortex. They’re probably already in Florida where they have warmer vor-texes called hurricanes. I don’t blame them. I hate winter as much as they do but I can’t afford two residences. Living in Florida during the summer is tolerable only if you’re an alligator that can hide from hellish heat in a handy swamp.

I’m stuck here with the rest of the fixed-income

folks along with younger minions with college de-grees who ended up flipping hamburgers in Ogre-burger where arteries go to clog.

I do appreciate that one of the most beautiful sights in the world is a morning after a winter storm, when the sun shines on ice-laden trees and makes snow glisten in pristine splendor. That’s before rush hour when the splendor vanishes after traffic backs up for miles from commuters discovering their all-wheel drive SUV‘s have no-wheel braking on ice.

As a kid, I loved winter storms. It sometimes meant no school and I could go sleigh-riding on a nearby hill until the snow melting through my winter coat turned it into something only removed with a crowbar. It was the best of times for country kids, especially for those of us who believed school was a plot by adults to keep us away from daytime refrigerator raids when mom wasn’t looking. The only thing I liked about school was recess and a cute brunette who let me copy her test answers. Then the upper grades took away recess. I tried threatening a strike but the principal threatened a long-handled canoe-paddle treatment. I vowed to get even by staying home but my father vowed to borrow the principal’s canoe paddle.

When I entered the working world after gradua-tion, I soon discovered school wasn’t so bad after all. It was five or six hours of dozing in classrooms but work was eight hours of doing what the boss said – or else – and then suffering weather-challenged rush hour drivers. Pink slips replaced canoe paddles.

Such is life in Missouri winters where we have to store motorcycles for months and suffer click-clicks caused by evil snow blower batteries.

Joe Morice is Community News’s blue-collar philoso-pher. 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 training as a writer, unless 60 years 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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Credit union raises funds to support jobtraining efforts in the St. Louis area

Throughout the month of Sep-tember, the Wentzville branch of 1st Financial Federal Credit Union held a used professional clothing drive for Dress for Suc-cess, purchased lunches for staff from Sweet Success, sold baked goods created by Sweet Success, showcased the Dress for Success mobile Mystique Boutique at the Wentzville branch, and held an employee volunteer day on Sep. 24.

Headquartered in St Charles, Connections to Success is a non-profit agency working to break the cycle of poverty through hope, resources, and a plan. Connections to Success, and its programs Sweet Success and Dress for Success, provide edu-cational programs, job place-ment, and mentoring to men and women in the St. Louis area.

Additionally, senior manage-ment and some of the Wentzville branch staff attended a mock interview session at Dress for Success on Sep. 19. The manag-ers sat down with interviewees and provided them with sample questions and job-hunting sug-gestions. At the end of the ses-sion, the managers took part in the participants’ graduation cer-emony from the program.

Credit unions were founded by groups of people who com-

bined their resources and exper-tise to the benefit of the entire population. The Helping People 1st Grant gives 1st Financial members and employees the opportunity to directly support the development of the St. Louis area. Each month, one of the four branches work with a non-profit organization focused on serving the community through housing, financial literacy, job training, or education efforts.

The Wentzville branch em-ployees promoted Connections to Success inside the lobby and spent a day volunteering on site during business hours. At the end of September, Connections to Success received the $500

grant plus any additional funds the branch was able to raise. On Oct. 6, Wentzville employ-ees presented a check totaling $1,601.25.

“1st Financial was an awe-some team to work with,” said Alesha Barber, Regional Bou-tique Coordinator at Connec-tions to Success. “Between the volunteering, the bake sale, the mentoring day, and their do-nations, 1st Financial employ-ees went above and beyond for Connections to Success. Thank you.”

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Each year in December the Wentzville School District Holiday Assistance Program helps to provide gifts for needy students and their families. Last year over 460 families and more than 1,100 children re-ceived assistance in this chari-table effort.

The program, coordinated by the Wentzville School Dis-trict Community Relations Department and the school counselors, works with a va-riety of community groups to help make the upcoming holi-days more enjoyable for strug-gling families. In the schools, students and staff do a variety of things to raise money and collect gifts, and many fami-lies are adopted by their own school community.

This year the number of families who need assistance has grown, and the district is seeking help to ensure that ev-eryone has a few presents to enjoy. Families range in size from one child to seven chil-dren and donors can request what size family they would like to adopt.

Donors also have the option of contacting the family direct-ly and arranging to drop gifts, or dropping the gifts at the WSD central office, which will coordinate delivering the gifts to the donor’s adopted family.

If you would like to help out by adopting a family in need, please call the WSD Commu-nity Relations Department at 636 327-3800 ext. 20357 or email [email protected] for more informa-tion.

Elementary schools in the Wentzville School District held Veterans Day celebrations to sa-lute the brave men and women who are currently serving, or who have served, in the U.S. armed forces. Boone Trail, Crossroads, Discovery Ridge, Duello, Green Tree, Heritage, Lakeview, Prairie View, and Peine Ridge elementa-ry schools all invited veterans to their special activities scheduled in honor of the holiday. Veterans were treated to breakfasts, stu-dent performances, slide shows honoring past and present mem-bers of the military and special guest speakers.

Boone Trail students made care packages for active military members that included personal care items, snacks, and thank-you notes. Heritage students held several collections to ben-efit our service men and women. The Primary students donated over 400 pounds of their own Halloween candy to “Treats for Troops” which is distributed to U.S. service members deployed around the globe. The Interme-diate students held a coin drive and have raised over $2,500 to-date for the Honor Flight Net-work that flies veterans to Wash-ington, D.C. to visit memorials.

Veterans Day essay winners at Crossroads Elementary had the opportunity to read their work for the veterans and students at the assembly.

“We celebrate Veterans Day to thank and honor the veterans for fighting for us,” said 10 year old Paige Bostic. “If they didn’t, we would have a much different way of life than we do now.” Fifth grader Olivia Fotiadis added, “We should be very appreciative of the people in our military that serve our country, because they risk their lives and give so much of themselves to protect us.”

Retired Army Major General Rob Carrothers served for over 30 years, and he says Veterans Day events like the one held at Crossroads are important for young students.

“Most children don’t come into contact with many veterans. What’s amazing is the energy that the students put into the pro-gram, and that excitement helps us veterans feel a lot better about where our country is headed. We all need to look at our country as a place that we need to serve, not one that should serve us.”

Gifts collected in the Wentzville School District Holiday Assistance Program go directly to families in need of assistance.

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www.mycnews.com • Community News - St. Charles County • November 19, 2014 9Movie By Steve Bryan - Rated: PG-13“Interstellar”

John Hanna is a part time, amateur cartoonist taking his first

step into the world of print and online comic media. When he isn’t drawing or working at his second

job, he can be seen in and around the St Charles area. If you like his work, that is good. If you don’t like

it, that is good too.

John HannaCommunity Toons

Can a director set out to create an epic film or does it happen on

its own? George Lucas reportedly had modest expecta-tions for “Star Wars,” that little film about a “galaxy far, far away.” The original “Rocky” gained strength through word-of-mouth in the pre-Internet days, turning Sylves-ter Stallone and his character into icons.

Director Christopher Nolan has plenty of experience with sensational films. In 2005, for instance, he rejuve-nated a popular comic book franchise with “Batman Be-gins,” and followed it up with two sensational sequels. In the middle of that, Nolan unleashed the fascinating and frustrating “Inception” on summer moviegoers.

“Interstellar,” on the other hand, is hard to classify. On one level it’s visually stunning: Nolan takes us on an in-tergalactic journey with Matthew McConaughey at the helm. It’s a pretty film with some sharp dialogue, but is that enough to give Nolan a free pass on this one?

McConaughey plays Cooper, an astronaut-turned-farmer in a world threatened by blight. Over the years, various food crops have failed until only corn remains as

a viable foodstuff. Unfortunately, that crop may not be immune to the blight.

Cooper and his daughter, Murphy’s Law Cooper (Mackenzie Foy), discover coordinates that lead them to a NASA research and development center. Professor Brand (Michael Caine) tells the former astronaut that mankind’s salvation lies on the other side of a wormhole near Saturn. He also wants Cooper to command the mission.

A viewer doesn’t necessarily need an astrophysics degree to watch “Interstellar,” but it can’t hurt. The screenplay by Jonathan and Christopher Nolan is heavy on the relation-ship between time and gravity. The time dilation caused by a black hole causes serious concern for the crew. An hour spent exploring a planet orbiting the rim of a singularity translates into years for the folks back on Earth.

Matthew McConaughey is reliable as always, but Anne Hathaway looks like she’s just along for the “In-terstellar” ride as Professor Brand’s daughter. In truth, Jessica Chastain carries much of the film as the thirty-something Murph. Cooper’s daughter has never forgiv-en him for leaving, but she devotes her life to working

with Professor Brand.The Nolan brothers’ screenplay

is too convenient for its own good. At times, it seems as if it’s recycling the time dilation ele-ments from “Inception.” Still, it’s a gorgeous film that holds the viewer’s attention for nearly 3 hours. Nolan and his brother have made a decent space film, but this one can’t be rubber-stamped as epic.

“Interstellar,” rated PG-13 for some intense, perilous action and brief, strong language, opens today in mul-tiple formats 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.

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Oldest Pick:Rain Reign

Community News is proud to offer our

readers “Book Buzz.” This column will

feature great books for children in three

categories:Youngest Pick:

early childhood to the first or second

grade, Middle Pick: elementary school

children, and Oldest Pick: middle

school children. Enjoy!

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Copyright 2014.

Author Ann Martin is almost a house-hold word — the author of the beloved “Babysitter Club” series and past Book Buzz Picks, like “Everything for a Dog.” Her just published book, “Rain Reign” also features a dog at center stage; Rain is his name, and he’s adopted by Rose How-ard, a girl who is autistic and hooked on homonyms.

This obsession with words that are spelled differently but are pronounced the same takes precedence in her brain. Rose is thrilled her name is a homonym too, one of many she collects as she goes about a difficult life adjusting to living alone with a dad who spends too much time in taverns.

Rose doesn’t really think she has it too bad. She’s an optimist girl and grateful for her loving Uncle Weldon, her father’s brother, who does everything for her that her dad feels is too much trouble, like conversing and being patient with Rose, and driving her to school.

Rose’s father does redeem himself when a storm hits, dumping inches of rain and flooding the area. He finds a dog and brings it home to Rose, an unselfish act and one that brings the girl great joy. She and Rain become inseparable, until they aren’t anymore.

In Rose, author Martin has created an admirable character with a big heart, a special needs girl with intelligence and goodwill determined to do the right thing at any cost. Rose rises to the occasion in this memorable book.

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Former Timberland High football player on the Broncos

Number 28 Montee Ball (pictured) was back in St.

Louis as a running back and a member of the Denver

Broncos.After leaving the Wolves

of Timberland he attended the University of Wisconsin where twice was recognized as the best running back in the Big Ten Conference.

Ball was selected in the second round of the NFL draft by the Broncos in 2013 and earned a trip to the Su-per Bowl that year.

He saw limited action Sunday as he had a slight groin injury.

* He was right in our own back yard

Rams kick their way to victory over former Super Bowl team

The St. Louis football Rams clicked in every cat-egory of the game last Sunday to take a decisive 22-7 win over the future Hall-of-Fame quarter-back Peyton Manning and his Denver Broncos.

The defense kept Manning off balance by not al-lowing him to get any type of rhythm.

Field goal kicker Greg Zuerlein converted five attempts of 37, 29, 22, 55 and 53 yards for the mar-gin of victory.

A few highlights included:*Running back Tre Mason rushed 29 times for

113 yards, to establish a new personal best.*Quarterback Shaun Hill made his second start

of the season and completed 20-of-29 passes for 220 yards and one touchdown to wide receiver Kenny Britt.

*The last time the Rams had a 100-yard receiver and a 100-yard rusher in the same game was Nov. 25, 2012, at Arizona.

*The rushing attack piled up 33 rushes for 131 yards, the highest total of the season.

*The Broncos were limited to just seven points, their lowest total of the season, and their lowest total since Manning joined the Broncos in 2012.

*Manning had thrown at least two touchdown passes in 15 consecutive games, an NFL record.

The Rams next home games include:*Sunday 11-30 against Oakland Raiders @ 12 p.m.*Thursday 12-11 against Arizona Cardinals @ 7:25 p.m.*Sunday 12-21 against New York Giants @ 3:05 p.m.* Hill returns to help

Lindenwood Lion lays on both sides of ball ef-fectively

Sophomore football linebacker Connor Harris finished the season strong having another double-digit tackle game.

Harris had 14 tackles with two sacks and also car-ried the ball 11 times for a total of 188 yards and four touchdowns. He has earned the MIAA Defen-sive Player of the Week award twice and had one of the best games in Lindenwood rushing history.

~~~Thanks to Lindenwood’s Tyler Scheller-Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Family Arena hosting MMA event Friday-en-ter to win a motorcycle

This Fight Hard MMA organization has estab-lished itself as one of the premier MMA organi-zation in the state of Missouri. They showcase MMA’s best and brightest young fighters while providing its fans with non-stop action both in-side and outside of the cage.

They are the only major professional MMA or-ganization in existence that offers thousands of free tickets to every action-packed event!

To learn more visit their official website, www.FightHardMMA.com

Yours truly, me, Gary B, will be broadcasting my internet/TV show on the main concourse.

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* Jam-packed night

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 SportsRa-dioSTL.com, among many other activities. Currently he broadcasts a radio show on 590 ‘The Man’ and 1380 ‘The Woman.’

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Simply savory holiday traditions

Ingredients:1 package Jimmy Dean® Premium Pork Sage Roll Sausage2 cups chopped celery1 cup finely chopped onion4 cups toasted coarsely crumbled cornbread1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley1 teaspoon poultry seasoning1 cup chicken broth1 egg, lightly beaten1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)

Directions:Combine butter, granulated sugar and vanilla in mixer bowl. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg and egg yolks; beat on low speed until blended. Gradu-ally add flour and salt, beating just until blended.

Refrigerate dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 2 hours or up to 2 days.

Heat oven to 350°F. Work with 1/2 of dough at a time, keeping remaining dough refrigerated. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out cookies using cookie cut-ters; place 1 inch apart on parchment paper-lined or ungreased baking sheets.

Bake in oven until edges are lightly browned, 8–10 minutes. Cool on baking sheets 1 minute. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

For icing, combine powdered sugar, meringue powder and wa-ter in mixer bowl. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy, 6–8 minutes. If icing is too thick, thin with small amount of addi-tional water.

The time has come to begin planning your holiday celebrations – filled with tasty food and happy guests.

To ensure a savory and stress-free holiday, Jim-my Dean Chef Jill Houk shares her favorite go-to recipes and tips:

• To feel confident in the kitchen, fill most of your holiday feast with recipes you’ve made be-fore and then add one or two new dishes to the mix.

• Whether you’re preparing a traditional side dish or a hearty appetizer, you can make your holiday staples extra special by incorpo-

rating flavorful ingredients.• Roasts, hams and turkeys need time to rest

after they come out of the oven and before you slice and serve them – anywhere from 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours. Use this time to cook quick items like vegetables, stuffing and dinner rolls.

• Have a great mix of colors in your holiday dishes. Top green veggies with bright slices of cit-rus, add cranberries to your salad and serve your main dish on a brightly-colored platter.

Fill your holidays with flavor by trying one of these crowd-pleasing recipes or visit www.jim-mydean.com for even more ideas.

Sausage Cornbread StuffingYield: 8 1-cup servings | Prep time: 20 minutes | Cook time: 45 minutes

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EVENTS Nov. 19-30 SCC to host fall stu-dent art exhibition Located at the gallery of the Don-ald D. Shook Fine Arts Building, St. Charles Community College, 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive in Cottleville. The event is free and open to the public. For more information con-tact Christine Holtz at [email protected] or 636-922-8556.

Nov. 20 Special Documentary Presentation“40 Years of Christmas Traditions – Where Christmas Past Comes To Life” will begin at 6pm at the Found-ry Art Centre. Admission is free.

Nov. 20 Free Social Security workshop presented by North Brothers RetirementEvent is located at the St. Charles Co. Library Corporate Parkway Branch at1200 Corporate Parkway, Wentzville beginning at 6 p.m. Please call Sabrena at 636-614-0394 to register.

Nov. 21: Immanuel Lutheran La-dies Aid Holiday Bazaar 7:30am-2pm, 632 E. Hwy. N in Wentzville. Featuring homemade baked goods & crafts. Hand Quilt-ed Queen Size Quilt will be raffled off. Lunch served from 11am-1:30pm. Menu includes Roast Beef, Hot Dogs, Chili, German Potato Salad, Slaw, Homemade Pie. For more information, call 636.463.3019.

Nov. 21 City of St. Peters Cel-ebrates the 25th Anniversary of Tree Lighting Tree lighting is free to the public and begins at approximately 6:30 p.m. The ceremony will be held in the activity room and main lobby of City Hall. Guests can enjoy holiday-themed performances by Childbloom Guitar Program of St. Charles County, Fort Zumwalt East High School Orchestra, The St. Peters Choral Society, and Lindenwood University’s Voices Only a cappella choir. The 1966

classic, “Dr. Suess’ How the Grin-ch Stole Christmas,” will play in the Performing Arts Theatre fol-lowing the tree lighting count-down. Kids and their families can meet Santa Claus and take photos. Light refreshments will be provid-ed. St. Peters City Hall is located at One St. Peters Centre Blvd., St. Peters, MO. For more informa-tion on Tree Lighting, go online to www.stpetersmo.net and choose “Events” from the ”Things To Do” drop-down menu.

Nov. 21-23 Assumption Church Youth Group Presents “The Wiz-ard of Oz”The Assumption Church Youth Group will perform “The Wiz-ard of Oz” at Assumption School, 203 W. 3rd Street, O’Fallon, MO. Show times are 7 p.m. on Nov. 21 and 22, and 5:30 p.m. on Nov.23. Tickets are $12 for adults and teens, $6 for children 12 and un-der, and $32 for a family of five (two parents with three or more children). Purchase tickets on-line at: www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0C4CA4AD23A7F85-wiz-ard. Any questions contact Lynette Hazell at 314-954-1634 or [email protected]. All proceeds benefit the Assumption Youth Ministries and their 2015 mission trips.

Nov. 21-23 Holiday Craft Show and ExpoOver 200 booths will be set up at the St. Charles Convention Center. Hours are Friday 12-7pm, Satur-day 9am-5pm and Sunday 10am-4pm. Admission is free.

Nov. 22: Celebration Church Fall Craft Fair9am-4pm, 250 Birdie Hills Rd. in St. Peters. All artisans/craft-ers selling handcrafted items. Seeking crafters. Guest speakers throughout the day. For more information, or to register, visit www.celebrationcares.org, or call 636.578.0160.

Nov. 22: The St. Louis Chordinals women’s chorus show “Celebrate St. Louis” 1:30 pm, St. Peters Cultural Arts Theatre, 1035 St Peters Howell Rd. in St Peters. Guest performance by The Original Banjo Band from Your Father’s Mustache. Tick-ets at the door $15, in advance $12. Group rate available. For tickets, or more information, call 636.443.2399, or 314,791.3622.

Nov. 22: “Goggle til you Wobble” Thanksgiving Crawl11am-3pm, Check-in begins at RT Weiler’s on Main St. St. Charles. Hosted by the Unlimit-ed Play Young Professionals. Lo-cations include Big A’s, Bobby’s

Place, RT Weiler’s Llywelyn’s Pub, Uncle Joe’s Bar and Grill. Tickets are $20 per person. Ticket in-cludes drink specials at each bar, food specials, raffle ticket, and UP Koozie. All proceeds benefit Unlimited Play. For more infor-mation, visit www.unlimitedplay.org/thanksgivingcrawl.

Nov. 22 Benefit for Haiti Zumba FitnessJoin the dance with well-known zumba instructor Jeanine Gon-zalez. All levels are welcome. The event is at 11am, at Gateway Church 250 Salt Lick Rd, St Pe-ters, MO 63376. There is a sug-gested minimum donation of $10. For more information see Facebook page: Haiti Water Ini-tiative-STLouis.

Nov. 22 Gospel singersNew Beginning Worship Center located at 108 Birdie Hills Rd., St. Peters, will host the Final Au-thority Gospel singers at 6 p.m. For information call 636-544-2030 or 314-269-6304.

Nov. 30: “A Christmas Carnival” benefiting All Paws RescueA family fun filled event, with games, prizes and crafts for the kids runs from Noon to 4 p.m, at VFW Post 5007, 8500 Veter-ans Memorial Pkwy, O’Fallon. We will have a country store and bake sale. Bring your camera for a photo opportunity with Santa and his live reindeer and sleigh (12:30 to 3 p.m.). Admission is $5 per person or $10 for family of 3 or more. Tickets for crafts, games and a raffle sold separately. Also available for purchase hot dogs, chili, hot chocolate, funnel cakes and kettle corn. Have a wonder-ful post-Thanksgiving afternoon and support a great organization! www.allpawsrescue.info T:636-288-2999. No pets, please.

Nov. 30 Advent at TrinityTrinity Episcopal Church, locat-ed at 318 S. Duchesne Drive in St. Charles, will celebrate the First Sunday in Advent as follows: 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite 1, 9 a.m. Advent study for adults and children (fourth grade through high school), 10:15a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music and advent hymns, noon Advent event with food, crafts, advent wreath making and fun for all ages. For more information visit www.trinity-stcharles.org or call 636 949-0160.

Dec.5 Tree lighting ceremonyThe Lake St. Louis Mayor’s Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held at 6:30 p.m. at The Meadows Shop-ping Center in Lake Saint Louis.

Dec. 6 “The Miracle of Jesus – A Christmas Event for Families” From 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., join us for an unforgettable family expe-rience as we celebrate Jesus’ birth through interactive hands in our Marketplace Shops. Talk with Mary and Joseph, learn about Baby Jesus and experience a live petting zoo. Event takes place at SunRise UMC at 7116 Twin Chimneys Blvd, O’Fallon. For more information contact Sun-Rise @ 636-978-2727 or email [email protected]

Dec. 6 Las Posadas – procession to find “Room at the Inn”Following an old Spanish tradi-tion, a procession celebrating the coming “Light of the World” begins at 6:30 on South Main Street, and ends at the Frontier Park pavilion in St. Charles with readings, carols, and lighting of a yule log – a tradition that began here in the mid-70s. For more information, see http://www.st-charleslasposadas.com/ or search Facebook for Las Posadas St Charles.

Dec. 6 The Miracle of Jesus/ Christmas Event & Bazaar for FamiliesEvent runs from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at SunRise UMC located at 7116 Twin Chimneys BlvdO’Fallon. For more information call 636-978-2727.

Dec. 7 Lessons and carols serviceZion Lutheran Church and School, located at 3866 S. Old Highway 94, St. Charles, invites the public to the 19th Annual Service of Lessons and Carols at 7 p.m. Pre-service music begins at 6:45 p.m. For more informa-tion and directions, log on to www.zionharvester.org or con-tact Mark Thoelke, Minister of Music at 636-441-7425.

Dec. 9 Free Social Security work-shop presented by North Broth-ers RetirementEvent is located at the St. Charles Co. Library McClay Branch at 2760 McClay Rd., St. Charles be-ginning at 6 p.m. Please call Sa-brena at 636-614-0394 to register.

Dec. 11 Free Social Security workshop presented by North Brothers RetirementEvent is located at the St. Charles Co. Library K. Linnemann Branch at 2323 Elm St., St. Charles begin-ning at 6 p.m. Please call Sabrena at 636-614-0394 to register.

Dec. 12 Christmas in Cricket CountyThis drama/comedy begins at 7 p.m. at SunRise UMC located at 7116 Twin Chimneys Blvd., O’Fallon. For more information call 636-978-2727.

Dec. 16 “Christmas in the Kitchen” showJoin Thistle and Clover at the 10th Annual “Christmas in the Kitch-en” Show with Mitzi MacDonald & Keltic Reign to Benefit Annie Malone Children and Family Ser-vice Center. The show is from 7-9 p.m. at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Show tickets available at Thistle and Clover located at 407 S. Main St. in St. Charles. Call 636-946-2449 for more information. This-tle and Clover is a collection point for non-perishable food, new toys and gently used coats.

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Jan. 15, 2015 Wheelers and Deal-ers Square Dance Club Come join the fun. Stay active, exercise, meet new people and learn to square dance. Begins at 7:30 p.m at Memorial Hall in Blanchette Park. For more in-formation call Lucy at 636-391-3822, Joan at 636-922-3669, or Maxine at 314-291-4723. www.squaredancestcharles.com

Ongoing Events

1st Monday: Gardeners of St. Charles County Monthly Meeting6:30pm. Location varies. 314.304.7480.

2nd Monday: Winghaven Civil War Round Table6:30pm, Midwest BankCentre board room, 2299 Technology Dr. O’Fallon. For more informaiton call Mike at 314.276.5018.

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.

Every Monday: Seasoned Eye Carvers Meeting9am to noon at the St. Charles Senior Citizens Center, 1455 Fairgrounds Rd. in St. Charles. For more information, visit www.stcharlesareawoodcarvers.com.

Every Monday: Cribbage Club1pm, Heritage at Hawk Ridge Clubhouse, 235 Pigeon Dr. in Lake St. Louis. For more information, call 636.561.2970.

Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday: Fitness First Exercise Classes9:30-10:30am, American Legion Hall, 504 Luetkenhaus Blvd., Wen-tzville. 314.369.6521.

Tuesday and Friday Evenings: Tae Kwon Do ClassesDardenne Presbyterian Church, 7400 South Outer 364 in Dardenne Prairie. For more information, call 636.561.4347.

1st Tuesday: Fleur de Lis Garden Society6:30pm at the Kisker Road Library,

1000 Kisker Road. Info: Jeanne at 314.605.8563.

2nd Tuesday: Show-me Stitchers Embroiderer’s Guild of America 7pm at the Ladue Chapel. Info: www.showmestitchers.com.

Last Tuesday of every month, St. Charles American Legion Post 312 spaghetti dinner.5pm, St. Charles American Legion Post 312, 2500 Raymond Drive in St. Charles. $5 per person. For more information call Post 312 at 636.947.7666.

4th Tuesday: O’Fallon Garden Club6:30pm at Sunrise Methodist Church, 7116 Twin Chimney Blvd. Info: Barb at 636.978.5930.

Every Tuesday: Kiwanis Club of St. CharlesNoon-1pm at Bogey Hills Country Club, 1120 Country Club Rd. in St.Charles.

Every Tuesday: St. Charles Opti-mist ClubNoon-1pm at Pio’s Restaurant.

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

Every Tuesday: Toastmasters Meeting7pm at the Renaud Spirit Center, 2650 Tri Sports Circle, O’Fallon. Info: 636.379.2505.

Every Tuesday: Gateway Spot-light ChorUS7:15-9:45pm at First United Methodist Church, 801 First Capitol Drive in St. Charles. Info: www.gatewayspotlight.org or 636.256.6823.

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

Tuesdays & Thursdays: Get Fit Exercise Classes9-10am and 5:30-6:30pm at Im-maculate Heart of Mary Church Hall, New Melle. 314.369.6521.

Tuesdays and Fridays: TaeKwon-Do Ministry 5:30pm, Dardenne Presbyterian Church 7400 South Outer 364 in Dardenne Prairie. Moses Kim

brings Christian teaching into tae-kwondo. For more information, or to sign up, call 636.561.4347.

Every Wednesday: Dardenne Presbyterian Church Basketball 8-9:30pm, Dardenne Presbyterian Christian Life Center, 7400 South Outer 364 in Dardenne Prairie. Open to 6th grade and up. Bring a light and dark shirt for different teams.

1st Wednesday of each month: Hope & Healing 5-6pm, Dardenne Presbyterian Rock Church, 7400 South Outer 364 in Dardenne Prairie. Unique service of music, worship, and prayer for those in need of hope and healing.

Every Wednesday: Active Older Adults Game Day at the O’Fallon Family YMCA10am Free. Bring a favorite snack to share. Anybody welcome.

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

Every Wednesday: Men’s Golf League5pm, tee off at 5:30 pm at Heritage of Hawk Ridge. www.lakesaintlou-is.com, under the parks and recre-ation section.

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

Every Wednesday. Kiwanis Club of Harvester monthly meeting.Noon, Fratelli’s Restorante, 2061 Zumbehl Road in St Charles. For more information, please con-tact [email protected]

Every Wednesday, Winfield Foley Firefighters Association Bingo.Doors open at 4:30, bingo at 6:30pm, Bingo hall is next door to County Market in the Winfield Plaza on Highway 47. For more information, call 636.566.6621 or 636.566.8406.

1st and 3rd Wednesday Each Month: St. Charles Area Wood Carvers St. Charles Area Wood Carvers

have moved meeting location on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays from the Weldon Spring site to Hollen-beck Middle School, 4555 Central School Road, St. Charles, MO. For more information, visit www.st-charlesareawoodcarvers.com.

2nd Wednesday: Free Financial Education- Money Matters 6:30pm at the O’Fallon Fam-ily YMCA. PNC Bank and The O’Fallon Family YMCA have partnered to provide monthly free financial education courses for members of the community. Info (including a list of topics): call PNC Bank at 636.272.2449.

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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

limit the number of unwanted animals. SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS!

If you’ve adopted a new family

member that you saw in Community News, send us a

picture of you and your new pal. Also

include a brief story about your pet’s background and how they’re doing now. We’d

love to share your happy story with other readers!

Community News, 2139 Bryan Valley Commercial Dr.,

O’Fallon, MO 63366 or editor@

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This Month’s Shelter: Almost Home Rescue & SanctuaryWe are a is a 501c3, nonprofit, no-kill animal rescue. Inquire about our adoptable pets

by calling 636.203.5800, or visiting www.almosthomesanctuary.org

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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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in October. No purchase is neces-sary. For o�cial contest rules, visit www.radianceribbons.com.

‘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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Old Town Florissant ..........8, 9

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By Shelly A. Schneider

The 16th Annual

Women’s Fair

will be Fun, Fit

and Fabulous!

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.

A special feature during the lun- ygrene-hgih a eb lliw raey siht noehc

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

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