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DJ TabHey Mr. DJ, Put a Record On.

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Tab said his mom made a deal with him. “She said, ‘Keep your grades up’ and she would buy me some equipment,” he said. “So I worked hard. I got all As and one B.”

He also worked hard on his mixtapes and on his music. Tab said hard work has always been a mainstay for him. “I used to draw a turntable on my mom’s hardwood floor with headphones on and act like I was scratching.”

His mother kept good on her promise and she and Tab’s late stepfather soon bought him real turntables. And the determined Tab taught himself how to scratch. “I used to wake up in the morning, practice before I would go to school, go home, finish my homework, and practice my turntables again.”

Tab made his name early on DJing at school dances and skating rinks, but his first break came in 2004 when a childhood friend, J-Kwon, brought Tab onto his team. When Tab first saw himself in the video for “Tipsy”—then the number 1 song in the country—while at a friend’s house, he knew

the “Grind-Up” radio series and “Real Mixtape.”

DJ Tab said he has worked hard since starting his career at the tender age of 14. By the time he was in the 7th grade, Tab was working as a roadie for his late stepfather and his cousin carrying equipment and setting up for the older men’s shows around St. Louis.

He said he was at home one Sunday afternoon watching the movie “Juice”—with the late rapper and actor Tupac Shakur, and actor, rapper, songwriter, and record producer Omar Epps—when he decided music would be the lifeblood of his career.

“Omar Epps played the DJ,” Tab said. “Seeing him mixing and scratching made me want to do what he was doing.” Epps is best known for his role as Dr. Eric Foreman on the FOX medical drama, “House M.D.”

“The Youngest DJ in the Midwest” is the dj for the 2012 Greater St. Charles FashionWeek this month at Ameristar Casino Resort Spa in St. Charles, bringing with him the same spinning sounds of Rock, Top 40, Hip Hop and Techno he’s famous for all over the world.

At 24, DJ Tab has already blown up the music scenes from St. Louis area clubs to BET’s “Rap City: The Basement,” MTV’s “TRL” (Total Request Live), and Showtime at The Apollo.

DJ Tab said he is a “music lover who can work any crowd.” Whether he’s spinning hip hop or techno, he said “it’s all about crowd control. If I want the people to dance, I play a dancing song. If I want the crowd to fight, I play a Lil Jon song. I can do it all.”

And that’s about the truth of it. Tab’s done it all on more than 15 mixtapes including

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he was going to make it. “Yeah, I’ve been DJing ever since after that.”

Weeks after the “Tipsy video,” Tab dropped the hip hop compilation mixtape, “Turntables Always Burning,” featuring music from Pitbull and Akon. Currently, he is working on more mixtapes, including the all south “Exclusive Radio Mixtape,” “Confessions”—a rhythm and blues mix featuring new music from Michael Jackson and Usher.

Tab said he will be doing a lot of producing in 2013 and plans to get his production company up and going by the end of 2012. He plans to start his own label very soon.

Tab is touring on his own across the world DJing in London, New Zealand and Chicago. He is also enrolled at ITT Tech working to complete his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. His non-profit organization “DJ Tab Toward Teenagers,” will focus on assisting youth ages 13 to 19 in finding work and obtaining their GEDs.

Tab has worked with many different major record labels including SoSo Def, Universal Music Group and Interscope Records. He has worked with artists such as Penelope Jones, Jibbs, Chris Brown, Bow Wow, DJ Drama, DJ Khaled and many more.

Tab said the early recognition has brought him a lot of criticism. But he said he doesn’t let it get the best of him. “The haters make me want to keep pushing harder and become an even better DJ like DJ Tiesto and David Guetta.”

Tab said he has linked up with Coca-Cola to market and promote his new energy drink, “Tab Energy,” which will be in stores soon.

Taking his time while making big moves is his key to success, Tab said. “Don’t ever try to rush anything because you’re going to mess up,” he said. “I have too many fans to please to stand in my own way.”

With the 2013 year just ahead, Tab said he has garnered big endorsements from companies such as McDonald’s, Imo’s Pizza, and the Saint Louis-based shoe company Greedy Genius—where Tab will be releasing his own tennis shoes this fall.

The founder of hip hop street icon Yo Gotti, CMG DJz, Tab currently has two hot singles buzzing across the world including “We Don’t Luv ’em” featuring Stuey Rock, Saint Orleans and Juney Boomdata, and the second single “luv Wit 2 featuring Jordan.” These two singles are also available on all MP3 websites.

“We all do things for money. At first DJing was just a hobby, but I turned it into a full career. I love the music, but I love interacting with fans even more. I love everything about it. If I could do this forever, that would be great. I have a lot of faith,” Tab said. “I never say I can’t.” He said at a mere 24 years old, the only thing he can’t do is stop. “There’s a lot of hard work to be done.” SS

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defining subsequent generations, they con-tinue to take their place among favorites. One would probably be hard pressed to find an MP3 player without at least one Beatles song on it somewhere. “A Lot of our audi-ence skews a little older but not necessar-ily,” Puricelli said. “The Beatles have a very broad appeal. In fact there are many young kids getting into the Beatles’ music. I’m sure that will always be the case.”

Flaming Pie is made up of Puricelli on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards; Mark Boat-man on guitars, harmonica and vocals; Tim Halls on bass, keyboards and vocals; Don Hall on sound, guitar and vocals; Bronco Marusic on drums and vocals; and newcom-er Anne-Marie Brown from ‘More Cowbell’ also on vocals.

Who, Zombies, The Hollies and other later great invaders like as Led Zeppelin, Badfin-ger, Elton John, The Cure and David Bowie.

John Rockwell of The New York Times wrote, “The Beatles were without any ques-tion the most popular, most influential of all rock groups. Their influence expressed itself first of all in the simple sociological dimen-sions of their success, unmatched in pop-music history. But the band also managed almost single-handedly to transform the in-nocent entertainment of rock-and-roll into the artistically self-conscious pretensions of rock.”

It has been said that The Beatles defined their generation. And while they may not be

How do you form a successful cover band? Choose timeless songs that cross nearly ev-ery demographic.

Enter Flaming Pie, a St. Louis cover band, that’s mostly known for its Beatles rendi-tions, but who’s grown its playlist to include a profusion of music from the “British Inva-sions” of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.

“You can’t go wrong with The Beatles,” said Flaming Pie Lead Vocalist Paul Puricelli. “They’ve got 200 to 300 songs and almost every one of them is somebody’s favorite.”

Flaming Pie plays British Invasion music including the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The

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Flaming Pie Boardroom to the Band

From the Boardroom to the Beatles: Flaming Pie Has a Blast with the British Invasion.


L - R; Mark Boatman, Don Hall, Ann Marie Brown, Branko Marusic (On drums) Paul Puricelli, Tim Halls

Oddly enough, Flaming Pie is a group of professional people, all men until now, who joined together 12 years ago to make the music they love. At first it was all Beatles music until the group expanded to include the “British Invasion” line-up. With two at-torneys, a financial advisor, accountant and real estate appraiser, the group would seem to be looking to relieve stress.

But Puricelli said it’s really more about mak-ing music. “There’s really a joy in perform-ing music when it’s working. If you have five people and everything’s firing on all cylinders and people are reacting, it’s hard to beat that,” Puricelli said. “It’s like a drug.”

Flaming Pie is not a bar band. People come to see them and enjoy the music they play. The group plays a lot of festivals and concert series. They’ve played Fair St. Louis, Kids Rock Cancer at Maryville University, Inns-brook “Summer Breeze,” The Chesterfield Concert Series at the Chesterfield amphithe-ater and many other venues and events.

The group performs its “Bach to the Bea-tles” show with Concertmaster David Halen and other selected members of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra at Thesbian Hall in Boonville, MO at the Missouri River Festi-val at 7 p.m., Friday August 24, as well as at 8 p.m. on January 30, 2013 at The Sheldon in St. Louis.

“Many Beatles’ songs were inspired by clas-sical music pieces,” Puricelli said. “With this show, we demonstrate how the Beatles were influenced by classical music composers. It is a privilege to be joined by the ridiculously talented members of the St. Louis Sympho-ny.”

So why the odd name? Though there are

many stories about how the Beatles got their name, one seems to stand out among the rest and is repeated much more frequently. It is said that John Lennon’s friend, Stuart Sut-cliffe, who played bass early in the band’s career, suggested Beetles. And for some time the band was known as The Silver Bea-tles or, occasionally, Long John and the Sil-ver Beatles before becoming The Beatles. It has also been said that Lennon told of a man who came to him in a vision on a flaming pie and told him that from that day forward they would be the Beatles with an “a.” And the rest, as they say, is history or perhaps con-jecture. SS

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Frankie Tocco’sFamily & Food ... Italian Traditions


of love and a special detail to taste.

“Recipes like our Baked Ziti, baked in a bed of meat sauce, topped with a white cream sauce and freshly grated mozzarella cheese or how about our chicken Marsala, sautéed in a delectable Marsala wine sauce, topped with tomatoes, red onions, mushrooms and freshly grated provel cheese, are all baked to perfection,” Lenny said. “We believe in family and the Italian traditions.”

The Tocco’s grandparents, Anthony and Sarah Tocco, on their father’s side, and Sylvestro and Virginia Guiffrida on their mother’s side, were Sicilians who immigrated into the United States via the New York Harbor and Ellis Island. Anthony would pick up his fish on the riverfront in St. Louis and sell it wrapped in newspaper throughout the city from his push cart every Friday for lent “all year long,” Lenny said. Sylvestro was a fruit peddler in St. Louis.

Later the sons of those men would open Tocco Foods, and their sons would start M&L Foods, both food distribution companies.

“This establishment, Frankie Tocco’s, is dedicated to our father, Frank James Dominic Tocco,” Lenny said. “Born of Italian immigrants, our father was surrounded by the fine art of Italian cooking. One hundred

Everything is fresh, from the raviolis to the egg plant to our own dough and all of our sauces.

day running back and forth throughout the restaurant between the north and south walls donned top to bottom with family portraits and snapshots, or sitting in the booth closest to the kitchen shouting “Hello!” and “How ‘ya doin’?” to the people—most of whom are friends—who come in for lunch or dinner. The two share their grandmother’s recipes and her love for cooking every day with patrons of their Italian eatery. Growing up, they spent much of their time in the kitchen with their mother “Cookie,” learning the fine art of cooking, preparing recipes the way their ancestors did, with lots

The Toccos know good food.

From the early part of the twentieth century when Frankie Tocco’s father Anthony Tocco pushed a wooden fish cart through the streets of St. Louis, to Tocco Bros. Seafood opened in the 1960s, to Frankie Tocco’s Pizzeria on South Main Street in St. Charles today, the Tocco family has been feeding families in the St. Louis Metropolitan area and beyond for decades.

Siblings Lenny Tocco and Ginny Tocco Grippi, along with Grippi’s husband Frank Grippi, own and operate Frankie Tocco’s in St. Charles. But it’s the brother and sister team who can be seen on any given

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year old recipes have been handed down from generation to generation and now we bring this tradition to you.”

With full-blood Sicilian on both sides, one would think the Tocco’s would have been speaking Italian all the time, but Lenny said that wasn’t the case in the Tocco household. “They were proud to be Americans,” he said. “They respected this country and they wanted to blend in, to be part of something. They only spoke Italian when they didn’t want us to know what they were saying. They didn’t want us to be different. They wanted us to be born and raised Americans.”

Lenny and Ginny’s grandmother (Virginia Guiffrida) lived with the Tocco’s after Sylvestro passed. She would go on to teach the two how to cook and leave them with all of her own special recipes. Probably her most famous recipe, still used today at the pizzeria, is her Arrancini or rice balls, Lenny said. The pasta and meatballs is their father’s. The brother and sister worked in a lot of restaurants and soon did catering gigs together. They would cook for their father, Frankie Tocco, when he would entertain at their home in Dellwood, MO.

The two said their talent for cooking came from their mother and their Grandma Virginia Guiffrida, their drive and ambition from their father. Lenny said Virginia (for whom Ginny is named) learned to cook from her husband’s father Sylvestro so that after they were married he could continue to eat the way he had become accustomed to.

Today Frankie Tocco’s is simply “old world style recipes in an old world style building,” Lenny said. “Everything is fresh, from the raviolis to the egg plant to our own dough

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and all of our sauces, to our roast beef. Everything is made fresh.”

The three chefs who work for the Tocco’s are well schooled in the culinary arts also, Lenny said. One has his culinary degree. One is in culinary school and yet another is returning to culinary school.

But nothing beats good old fashioned hands-on experience, Lenny said. “I’m proud of my heritage and the people who brought me here and taught me. Our father and mother instilled in us a good work ethic. We put our heart and soul into everything we put out.”

Frankie Tocco died several years ago. He had diabetes. “He loved to eat,” Lenny said. “Food was his favorite thing in the whole world. It was worth his life to him.” Lenny and Ginny are two of Frankie’s six children.

Aside from the famous Frankie Tocco’s pizza and sassiza, other favorites include calamari fritti, bistecca Marsala, cannelloni and rigatoni di Tocco.

Frankie Tocco’s Pizzeria can take care of any catering needs, from event planning to delivery and set-up at the client’s facility. The restaurant is located at 108 South Main St. in St. Charles. Hours are Sunday from Noon - 8 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday from Noon to 10 p.m. The restaurant is closed on Monday. SS


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Ironically, as Mercy shortened its name, it broadened its accessibility to care.

For years, residents of St. Charles County have crossed the Missouri River to visit Mercy facilities, including the former St. John’s Mercy Medical Center. But even be-fore the healthcare giant changed its name, administrators were already working on ways to reach out to neighboring commu-nities.

Today, Mercy goes by the philosophy, “Our Only Mission is Now Our Only Name.” No small feat, as the organization serves more than 3 million people in the United States annually. The health care organization in-cludes 31 hospitals, more than 200 out-patient facilities, 38,000 co-workers and 1,600 integrated physicians in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has outreach ministries in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

As Mercy explores ways to extend its reach

of clinical providers, including scarce sub-specialists over large geographic areas, the organization is making great progress on its plan to grow Mercy’s presence in St. Charles, Lincoln and Warren Counties.

Don Kalicak, vice president of the Tri County Office for Mercy in O’Fallon, said the organization is responding to the needs of communities in the four states it serves. “We invited civic leaders to tell us their health care needs and how Mercy can ad-dress those needs. Our research told us that people wanted access to primary care and specialty care services, and smaller facili-ties with convenient office hours,” Kalicak said. “The common theme was accessible care. Foundational to our planning is mak-ing sure our services are accessible and that means specialized services as well. We want to make primary care services more readily accessible, that’s why we have smaller buildings spread around the region rather than one mass campus.”

Kalicak said Mercy has watched the popu-lation explosion for years in St. Charles, Lincoln and Warren Counties. “We thought it was time to make a strong commitment to serve the people in this tri-county area,” he said.

To that end, Mercy has engaged communi-ties in the tri-county area in their efforts to serve their own populations. A recent drive to collect baby-care items within Mercy helped local agencies serve women and their babies. Mercy also sponsored a bike helmet fitting for attendees of a recent Ras-cals game at the T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O’Fallon and helped remove unsafe play-ground equipment at Sts. Joachim & Ann Care Service in St. Peters. In July, Mercy co-workers participated in both the Heri-tage & Freedom Fest parade in O’Fallon the Lincoln County Fair.

Kalicak said over 100 Mercy co-workers signed up to walk in the parade in O’Fallon and some 250 showed up at the St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Cottleville. He said the organization’s efforts at Sts. Joachim & Ann were not just about visibility though. “That’s a little different. Part of Mercy’s mission is to help other people, to serve in partnership with others. We feel like we should be there. In St. Charles County, we are trying to work with agencies that serve people and support people in their efforts.”

Still, Mercy is gaining momentum on the west side of the Blanchette Bridge. “We have people telling us, ‘I’m seeing Mercy every place,’” Kalicak said. “That’s why we’re walking in the parade and attending the Mayor’s Charity Ball. We want people to know we have made a commitment to these communities.”

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Kalicak said construction is ahead of schedule on Mercy’s new Zumbehl Road facility. The clinic will offer family medi-cine; internal medicine; OB/GYN; car-diology and cardiac testing; x-ray; and lab and will open next month. Part of the reason for expanding Mercy to Zumbehl Road first is the higher concentration of an older population in the eastern part of the tri-county area, Kalicak said. Reaching a growing population of older adults with chronic ailments means expanding access

to subspecialty care. Mercy is doing this through creative use of telemedicine and other communications technologies. Mer-cy is exploring ways to extend the reach of clinical providers, including scarce sub-specialists, such as: intensivists, sub-spe-cialized radiologists, pathologists, neurol-ogists, cardiologists and pulmonologists. Working on virtual teams, these providers will be available to all of Mercy’s facilities and communities through technologies as simple as the telephone and online comput-er systems or as complex as satellite feeds and videoconferencing.

Mercy Clinic’s new primary care presence in Wentzville remains on track to open October 1 at West Meyer Road and will include two pediatricians and two family medicine physicians.

Mercy has also acquired land in Winghav-en for a primary care facility, which should open in mid-2013. And sites have been se-lected for new facilities on Mid Rivers Mall Drive and near the intersection of Highway K and the future Page Ave. Extension.Mercy continues to seek out solutions to

health care needs aside from the traditional doc-tor’s office visit. As many hospitals scramble to meet the federally mandated deadline to implement electronic health records, the American Hospital Association (AHA) has already recognized Mercy as a “Most Wired” health care organization, along with big names like Mayo

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Medical Center.

“With 31 hospitals, half of which are in rural communities, and more than 200 out-patient facilities in four bordering states, connectivity is critical in providing better patient care,” said Will Showalter, Mercy chief information officer. “We serve more than 3 million people each year and we learned firsthand this past year how impor-tant it is to have electronic records when a disaster strikes. When our hospital in Jop-lin was struck by an EF5 tornado last year, we were able to access all of our patient

records electronically within hours because the records were backed up in Washington, Mo., at our data center.”

Mercy is among only 7 percent of hospitals nationwide with an integrated electronic health record sophisticated enough to ac-cess and share medical records among mul-tiple Mercy facilities in a four-state area.

Mercy began its transition to electronic health records in 2004. Today, 24 of its 31 hospitals are on the network, along with countless Mercy Clinics. The network con-tinues to expand, thanks to a team of doz-ens of Mercy co-workers solely devoted to training staff on the software and imple-menting the equipment.

Beyond the early adoption of the electronic health record, which cost the organization some $450 million, Mercy, under the di-rection of President and CEO Lynn Brit-ton, has been recognized for its forward-thinking technology in a variety of ways, including:

• MyMercy - A patient portal to the elec-tronic health record which allows patients to schedule appointments, communicate via private two-way messaging with their care team, see lab results in a timely man-ner, request prescription refills, manage the health care of children and aging parents, pay bills online and in some cases conduct e-visits – virtual health consultations cur-rently being piloted at Mercy.

• Telemedicine - Mercy uses telemedicine to provide consults in specialties including child psychology, neonatology and neuro-surgery. Mercy is working on the develop-ment of the nation’s first virtual care center in St. Louis. This $90 million facility will

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(On front cover) Melanie, Sande and Kelley were styled by the fabulous Epiphany Boutique, a chic boutique where high fashion meets swanky music lounge. 3431 Locust Street St. Louis, MO 63103 epiphanyboutique.net (On this spread, Kelley is wearing a design by Nicole Moss-Doelger of MOss Boutique 424 S. Main St., St. Charles, MO 63301)Photographer Lance Tilford, Limelight StudiosOn-Set Stylist, Tamara Tungate; Layout design by Maria Copello

By Cillah HallEditor in Chief

When Publisher Tom Hannegan and I discussed who would host Fashion Week this year, it was a no brainer. We love these women!! They not only deliver news and information that shapes our daily lives, but inspire viewers with their personal style. Just check out their social media pages! In these photos, StreetScape fashion photographer Lance Tilford, owner of Limelight Studios in St. Charles captured the magic in their smiles. Our Style Director Tamara Tungate added that extra touch to their hair and makeup looks. Hope the ladies’ fashion must-haves inspire you to add a little more glam to your style.

THE LADIES ARE RAISING THE BAR WITH GREAT PERSONAL STYLE

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Fashion Must-haves

1. Black fitted, cropped leather jacket

2. A great pendant necklace

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INDASHIOIndAsHIo Is bAck! And He’s brIngIng MTV!

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But this time, he will bring with him an

entourage from the three-time Emmy-

award winning documentary-style series,

MTV’s “MADE.” All about making young

people’s dreams come true, “MADE”

aims to demonstrate that with hard work

(and a little help from MTV), any goal

is attainable. MTV provides each of

its “MADE” subjects with a “MADE”

coach—in this case Indashio—who guides

them through a month or more of intensive

training in order to help them achieve their

goals.

Indashio will coach Luis, a senior at

Rowan University who wants to be

“MADE” into a fashion designer. Based in

Camden, NJ, what some consider the most

dangerous city in the U.S., Luis started

his own urban clothing line in 2008 called

“Sweettooth Specialtees.” His design team

includes: his younger brother (Jeffrey

Reyes, 22), a former coworker (Jamel

Balkman, 27), and his friend (Michael

Moore, 23). Luis and his team have a lot

of heart and a ton of ambition despite their

rough surroundings. Simply put, Luis

and his team are determined to defy the

odds and MTV, Indashio and Streetscape

Magazine’s Greater St. Charles Fashion

Week have got his back.

MTV has provided Luis and his team with

professional fashion designer, Indashio, to

serve as their “MADE” coach and mentor.

The Greater St. Charles Fashion Week and

Streetscape Magazine have provided him

the opportunity to participate in a runway

show where he can feature 10 to 12 of his

looks.

Meanwhile, Fashion Week enthusiasts

get to see Indashio again and watch as he

attempts to stomp out stereotypes with his

new nail polish line for men. Indashio said

many people would be surprised to know

that along with male rock stars, tough guys

like Cleveland Browns Cornerback James

Dockery and Free Agent Wide Receiver

Plaxico Antonio Burress, and Miami

Heat’s Dwyane Wade all wear nail polish,

including his own “Indashio Black Matte

by EVOLUTIONMAN.” The new color is

a matte black with gold sparkles.

Indashio is a television personality, an

entrepreneur, a fashion designer and a

stylist. He’s also one of the youngest

designers ever to show at New York City’s

acclaimed Fashion Week. Since the 2003

launch of his self-titled collection, Indashio

has dressed an avalanche of celebrities

including Amber Rose, Aubrey O’day,

Adrienne Baillon, Denise Richards, Johnny

Weir, Nicky Hilton, Kim Kardashian,

Christina Milian, Shontelle, Vanessa

Carlton and Vivica A. FoX. His designs

and dynamic personality have catapulted

him to fame with Lifetime Television’s

“24 Hour Catwalk” and his newest show

“Design Genius hosted by Indashio” which

will air this fall on FashionOne.

The “Glam God” has been featured on

some of the biggest media outlets in the

world, including Access Hollywood,

ELLE, MTV, VH1, WWD, THE WALL

STREET JOURNAL, FOX, CBS, NBC,

New York Post, NY Daily News, New

York Magazine, The Daily, In Touch

Weekly, Us Weekly, OK! Magazine and

People. He’s also been seen on popular

shows like MTV’s “8th & Ocean” and

“MADE,” and VH1’s “Glam God,”

HGTV’s “Selling New York,” NBC’s

“Daytime,” and on segments on FOX, CBS

and CNBC.

In short, there is a reason Indashio has

been called the fashion industry’s one to

watch.

Design Dynamo and VH1 ’s first “Glam God,” Indashio will make his second

appearance in St. Charles with the fourth annual Greater St. Charles Fashion Week

August 22 through August 25 at Ameristar Casino Resort & Spa.

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story by Robin Seaton JeffersonPhoto by Michael Schlueter

Makeup Artist and Owner of Ki Face Cosmetics and Kolors Salon, Idoux, has 14 years in the business. Though makeup was always his first passion, Idoux started out as a stylist after friends and his own stylist told him he needed to go to school and make some money with his natural talent. “It was just always something I played around with for friends.”

But Idoux’s passion for designing beautiful faces only grew. “I really wanted to be a

makeup artist,” he said.

Not long into his styling days, Idoux began traveling the world as a color educator for Goldwell, a European hair color company that had discovered him. He opened his salon, Kolors, an upscale, loft-style salon on Manchester Road in St. Louis, four years ago.

Being his own boss allowed him the time and freedom to finally pursue the avenue he had dreamed about all along. He said the ability to change the looks of his models is what fascinates him. “I like the metamorphosis that you can do and it’s such an easy way to alter a person’s look,” Idoux said. “Makeup is the best accessory to change your appearance.”

A Hollywood client is currently hooking Idoux up on the movie scene. As he waits for his big break to come, he applies makeup for brides and their entourages, and for local models doing photo shoots. He said he is seeing a lot of orange and tangerine colors in makeup this year. “It is this season’s color,” he said. SS

Kolor salon is located at 4188 Manchester Ave. in St. Louis. For more information on Kevyn Idoux, call 314-531-1218 or visit www.kolorssalon.com.

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Kevyn Idoux, owner (center) and his team at Kolors Salon

We know we’re doing something right at StreetScape because the Greater St. Charles Fashion Week now in the national spotlight! The glam event will be featured on MTV in an episode that airs in December. Last year, the event drew more than 1600 people who came out to enjoy four nights of sheer fabulousity with all the bells and whistles; Flashing lights and red carpet hotness, plus a taste of Miami at the Finale Show held on the terrace at Ameristar’s Event Lawn. St. Charles Fashion Week draws designers from around the country; Chicago, New York, Atlanta…and the list goes on.

It is not unusual to spot politicians and celebrities in entertainment and sports during any of the four nights. Platinum selling recording artist Murphy Lee hit the

stage for a spectacular surprise performance in 2010. Designer A.J Thouvenot, star of Lifetime Television’s Project Runway Designer has shown his collection on our runway…and the list goes on. Athletes like former NFL Player Roland Williams brings his ‘swagga’ to the red carpet and St. Louis’ most sought after news anchors and reporters have graced the stage each year as emcees. So why all the excitement? Because St. Charles Fashion Week is more than just a fashion show. It’s fashion for a cause…several causes in fact, all to support the extraordinary talent and businesses that our region has to offer.

Each night features trendy boutiques and established and emerging designers who are influencing the Midwest fashion landscape.

Emerging designers from Lindenwood University’s School of Fashion Design push the limits of their creativity with cutting edge creations that leave the audience wanting more. The shopping extravaganza each night before the show is a huge hit and spotlights big busineses and small business owners who never get the opportunity to reach mass audiences.

Perhaps the best of all are the charity spotlights. The Greater St. Charles Fashion Week partners with four non-profit organizations to give them a stage to share their mission. Our fashion week charity partners for 2012 are Connections to Success, Unlimited Play, Emmaus Homes and Community Living.

We know we’re doing something right at StreetScape because the Greater St. Charles Fashion Week is now in the national spotlight!

The Greater St. Charles Fashion Week is one of several premier events presented and hosted by StreetScape Magazine and produced by Xanadu Public Relations. www.xanadupr.com.

ST. CHARLES FASHION WEEK DRAWS NATIONAL ATTENTION

story by Cillah Hall


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Talisa and Cary O’Brien

To say I have spent a lifetime in the salon business would be an understatement.

My mom had a salon in our home since I was two years old. I received my cosmetology license at the age of 18, (yes I’m 49). A year after we got married, Talisa and I opened our first salon in 1990. With only an 800 square foot space to work it, it was pretty small compared to the 3200 square feet we have today.

If I were asked to sum up in a word what this journey has been about I would have to say it’s the PEOPLE. The people that walk through our doors everyday that have their expectations, needs, and wants.

Some days, on what I call the easy days, it’s someone just looking for a change. Big or little change… doing something new is always fun. Other days, it is someone who has not had a good experience (at another salon of course), and although that guest can be a bit cautious, getting them to a happy place and loving how they look in the mirror is a great feeling for both stylist and guest. Then there is the guest that has a real issue,

maybe it is a really bad cut, a home color that has gone very wrong, literally burnt off from a flat iron or maybe its green from a bad pool. These too are guests who count on us to get them through this and help them feel better about who they are. These can be difficult situations for a stylist to get through and sometimes they’re as scared as the guest. But these are also the most rewarding times. The greater the challenge the greater the reward, right?

A stylist spends their career being judged not by is it right or wrong but how it feels.

I’ve been a stylist for 31 years, twenty three of those as a salon owner.

story by Cary O’brien the salon guyPhoto by Michael Schleuter, www.schlueterphoto.com

Official Hair Stylists for 2012 Greater Saint Charles Fashion Week


Salon Guy

But that was all about the PEOPLE that we call our guests, what about the people that take care of those people? We call these people our team. This is what I consider my biggest accomplishment and greatest reward.

Over the years I have trained countless hairdressers, not only in St. Charles but across the country on cutting, coloring, communication skills, and what we consider great customer service. This is what I’m most passionate about. I want to develop a person to see what we do not as a job, but as a career and vocation. You can actually see it on a stylist’s face when they get a new skill that they did not understand before. When a team member buys their first car, or even better their new home and they do it by

working for our company that is also a very good day.

So yes our name is Cary O’Brien’s Design and Color Spa, yes my name is on the building, door, products, and every piece of marketing we put out. But what I hope everyone sees it is not about me or the name, it is the about PEOPLE.

People that visit us for a massage, haircut and style, facial, and or color are our guests, and the PEOPLE that take care of those PEOPLE are also our guests. Talisa and I appreciate both types of guests. We hope this is the atmosphere you find when you walk into our salon. We truly feel this is the root to our success.

No matter what kind of business you currently own or want to own in the future please remember that your employees are your first order of business, then the customer. It is hard to have the second if you don’t have the first.

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Fashion ShowBehind the Scenes

story by Kristy Lee Photos by Michael Schlueter

Ever wonder what goes in to producing a fashion show? I’ve been involved in some way or another with Greater Saint Charles Fashion Week since its first year and I’m very pleased with how much it’s grown. This year, it’s my job to oversee the entire runway production and I wanted to give you a little peek at what goes in to putting on the four day event.

It’s my responsibility to make sure everything comes together on the runway. That means starting months in advance making sure the designers, models, music, hair and makeup teams, and staging are all in place and ready to go on show day.

Scouting models may be my favorite part of the planning process. Our partners at West Model and Talent Management provide most of the models, but we host model calls to fill the remaining spots. It’s a strange experience, sort of like shopping for people because I have to find the size, look, and talent my designers want. It’s fun though, because I get to give those selected a great opportunity. The people

we select are trained by the agency to make sure all our models look great walking the runway.

To make sure the models look beautiful on the runway, we enlist the help of Cary O’Brien and Kevyn Idoux. I work with them to determine hair and makeup looks that are cohesive enough to portray a certain style for each evening while making all of the designers in the lineup happy. Did we pull off sleek modern hair and Hollywood glam makeup for the Friday night show? You be the judge.

I also meet with the people at the venue to discuss all the little details that make a show visually impressive. The seemingly endless list of things to cover includes everything from the general layout of the event space to the angle, brightness, and color of the lighting.

A week before the event we have a fitting to pair models up with clothes. This gives designers a chance to make last minute alterations (or make last minute clothes, in some cases). I have to make sure all the

designers, models, hair and makeup crew, and backstage crew know where they’re supposed to be and when the following week in order for the shows to start on time.

Each show day is a whole lot of crossing my fingers in hopes that all the prep work I did comes together. In the best case scenario, an hour before show time people are sitting around backstage waiting for the show to start. Worst case scenario, we’re all running around like crazy trying to pull it together in time. During the show, it really is as crazy as you’ve seen it on television with clothes flying everywhere and models getting stabbed with safety pins. I’ve heard it described as being like a duck. No matter how frantically it’s moving below the surface, it has to look completely calm on top. Or in this case, it has to look flawless to the audience. Just as the stress starts to get to me and I think I never want to do another fashion show in my life, the whole team pulls off an amazing show and I can’t wait to do it again. SS

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He said he has “absolutely no idea” how many actual children he has cared for over the years.

The number would be staggering today. Long-time St. Charles County Pediatrician and friend of many families in the community, Joseph Kahn, MD, was recently named president of Mercy Children’s Hospital Services (MCHS). Today he oversees the care of literally thousands of kids in hundreds of practices in the four-state Mercy system. Dr. Kahn works with Christine Crain, RN, MSN, chief operating officer of MCHS, to integrate the care of children in the Mercy system in 30 communities in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas.

Since changing its name from St. John’s Mercy, Mercy goes by the philosophy, “Our Only Mission is Now Our Only Name.” The organization serves more than 3 million

people in the United States annually and includes 31 hospitals, more than 200 outpatient facilities, 38,000 co-workers and 1,600 integrated physicians in four states as well as outreach ministries in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

Many families in St. Charles County remember Kahn from St. Charles County Pediatrics on Hwy. 94 South, where he and his long-time partners Howard Schlansky, MD, and Thomas Harrison, MD saw hundreds of children every day. The three owned the practice until 1997 when it became part of Mercy. Schlansky started St. Charles County Pediatrics in 1981 with his father, Seymour Schlansky from St. Louis County. Kahn came aboard with the junior Schlansky in 1987 after practicing pediatrics in Sikeston, MO for seven years.

Kahn was weaned away from St. Charles County Pediatrics (Now Mercy Clinic St.

Charles County Pediatrics) gradually after the former St. John’s Mercy Children’s Hospital named him chairman of its Department of Pediatrics. He served in that roll for five years—even as the name changed to Mercy Children’s Hospital—and continued seeing patients part-time. Since 2007 as department chair, he has helped bring awareness to pediatric services with the naming of Mercy Children’s Hospital, overseen expansion with renovated and new facilities and helped grow the partnership with Ronald McDonald House of Metro St. Louis. That position grew into the medical directorship for Mercy Medical Group, overseeing 125 doctors and 40 pediatricians.

Kahn received his undergraduate degree in Theology from St. Louis University in 1973.

He received his medical degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of

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It’s quite possible he has entertained some 200,000 office visits in his three decades as a pediatrician.



Medicine in 1977 and his residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City in 1980.

Probably the most difficult adjustment from direct patient care to administration for Kahn, he said, has been not interacting with the kids and their families and watching the kids grow up. “I miss seeing patients, but for me it was such a gradual transition,” Kahn said. “It would be difficult to give up a practice and start doing what I do the next day.” For several years, Kahn continued to see patients in the same building at Mercy in St. Louis County where he worked in administration.

Kahn said the work is very different but none-the-less rewarding. “When you’re in practice you have 30 encounters, 30 direct decisions about patients every day. At the end of the day your work is usually done. But here, it took 1-1/2 years just to develop the infrastructure of Children’s Services. In corporate administration, it can take months of organizing teams of people to work together to accomplish things.”

At the same time, however, Kahn said he doesn’t go to bed any more worrying about one of those direct decisions and how it

could affect a child’s mortality that same day. “I don’t wake up at night worrying about a decision I made that day,” he said. “I could never get detached when I was seeing patients.”

Alternatively, the biggest reward of administrative work is seeing things come together on a broad scale, Kahn said. “It often has such a huge impact on such a large scale. I can improve children’s health care in 30 different communities.”

He said along with providing direct access to primary care services, Mercy Children’s Services is working to ensure patients in rural communities can utilize the latest technology to take advantage of specialty care available in the larger metropolitan areas. For example, pediatric specialists such as psychiatrists and neurologists are now seeing patients via telemedicine technologies, real time video links between doctors and patients.

The first pediatric neurology consult happened on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 when John Mantovani, MD, a pediatric neurologist with Mercy Clinic and chairman of pediatrics for Mercy Children’s Hospital, conducted a consult from St. Louis with a

patient in Springfield.

Kahn said he is amazed by the possibilities. The telemedicine system is set up for pediatric specialist consults in Springfield’s NICU, PICU and pediatric floor. This is the first step in creation of a Mercy Children’s Hospital, Mercy-wide telemedicine network that will provide pediatric specialty care in every community served by Mercy, he said.

Mercy Children’s Hospital, located on the Mercy Hospital St. Louis campus, is designated by the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) as a “children’s hospital-within-a-hospital.” Mercy Children’s is one of only 250 children’s hospitals in the U.S. and the only one in St. Louis County. SS

For more information about Mercy, visit www.mercy.net.

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It’s a favorite quote among horseshoe enthusi-asts. But who knew that not only is horseshoe pitching a beloved American past time, there is even a world tournament and a museum. The real kicker though is this—it’s right here in St. Charles County.

Located just inside the entrance to Quail Ridge Park near the intersection of I-70 and I-64 in Wentzville, sits the home of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association Hall of Fame & Museum along with several courts open for public use.

It’s run by Quail Ridge Horseshoe Club mem-bers like Bob and Ree Cutright, both horse-shoe champions in their own right. Bob was inducted into the St. Charles County Amateur Sports Hall of Fame March 19, 2011 at the or-ganization’s 28th annual awards banquet. Ree took first place in Division F of the world tour-nament last year. She has placed in 12 of the last 16 years of world tournaments.

As early as the second century, horses were being fitted with iron plates or rings for shoes in Asia and Europe. The official website for the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association (NHPA) states that the Romans and Greeks threw discusses in the Grecian Games similar to modern quoits (a game in which flat rings of iron or rope are pitched at a stake). Greeks

who could not afford discusses imitated the athletes by throwing discarded horseshoes at a stake.

According to the website, www.horse-shoepitching.com, “It is pretty well estab-lished that horseshoe pitching had its origin in the game of quoits and that quoits is a modi-fication of the old Grecian game of discus throwing,”

After the Revolutionary War, England’s Duke of Wellington said the war had been “won by pitchers of horse hardware.” England set up rules to govern the game in 1869, which were also later used in the United States. But no tournaments were held or records kept until 1909. Up until that time, the game was primar-

Horseshoes A Different Kind of Shoe

story by Robin Seaton Jefferson Photo by Michael Schlueter“Fly like a butterfly.

Sting like a bee. Spin through the air and Come down for three.”

Bob & Ree Cutright


ily played by soldiers who brought it home to their communities. The NHPA of today grew from the throwing of mule shoes in Union Camps during the Civil War.

The first world horseshoe pitching tournament was held in the summer of 1910 in Bronson, Kansas. Frank Elroy Jackson, a farmer, born October 9, 1870 in Kansas, was just shy of 39 years old when he won the first world title wearing a battered felt hat, long-sleeved shirt with a skinny necktie, and un-pressed pants held up by suspenders. He was number one out of 34 contestants.

For years, some 12,000 card-carrying NHPA members longed for a permanent site to hon-or the game and its champions. On October 7, 2007, their dream became a reality when the museum opened its doors offering visi-tors a chance to learn more about the sport of horseshoes. The museum houses decades of memorabilia related to horseshoe pitching from historical artifacts and paintings to vari-ous displays explaining facts and features of the game. It also enshrines more than 150 indi-viduals inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Alan Francis is just one of the many horseshoe champions featured in the museum. The 16-time world champion is generally regarded the best horseshoe pitcher in the history of the game, Bob said. His advice for play is noted next to his picture, “Pitch what comes natural. Study the top class pitchers and find the com-mon things they all do.” Francis was originally a farmer from Missouri.

The $1 million, 22,000-square-foot Hall of Fame and Museum also features 16 indoor courts, filled with Kentucky blue clay de-signed to host leagues and tournaments in climate-controlled comfort all year long.

An 8-by32-foot wall mural along the indoor courts depicts the journey of horseshoe pitch-ing in St. Charles County. There are also 16 outdoor courts open for public use.

The Quail Ridge Horseshoe Club, with its more than 300 members, was selected to be caretakers of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame. They also supply guided tours and refreshments for visitors. The facility at Quail Ridge Park is the home office of NHPA Game-Related Sales with lots of inventory on-site for purchase.

Horseshoes have a pretty large following world-wide. There are over 611 clubs and leagues in the United States alone, in addition to those in Canada, Norway, Ireland, Japan and Germany.

“It’s a good thing for a couple because women and men both pitch,” Ree said. “It’s a fun way of being with other people. You meet lots of friends.”

Bob said very few horseshoe pitchers hold and deliver their shoes alike because of the varia-tion in the size and shape of their hands, the length of their fingers and the methods they use to release the shoe. There are several gen-erally accepted ways of gripping and releas-ing the shoe to make it land open at the stake. They include: the ¾ turn, the 1-1/4 turn, the 1-3/4 turn, the ¾ reverse turn and the single flip. Ree uses a single flip and Bob uses a ¾ turn.

Bob was introduced to the game as a child watching his dad, uncles and other relatives pitch horseshoes at family reunions and pic-nics. He started pitching on the St. Charles/Warren County League in 1989 and traveled to his first World Horseshoe Tournament the following year. Though he has taken many

trophies in the sport, he probably excels more behind the scenes. Bob has spent countless hours volunteering his time designing and en-gineering various projects including the oak panel walls, the bulletin boards, the horse-shoe panel wall display and the Hall of Fame Inductee biography display. His carpentry expertise has saved the NHPA and the Quail Ridge Horseshoe Club (QRHC) thousands of dollars. And although he has received several awards for his service, he maintains that the best recognition is, “a handshake and thank you from the club members and visitors to the facility.”

Ree, Bob’s wife of 54 years, started pitching horseshoes with him in the mid 1990s. And since has grown to love the sport with or with-out his assistance. “I won’t teach her because I can’t stand to see her do it wrong,” Bob quipped. “I used to beat her but now she beats me.” Bob said he used to be known around the tournaments. Now he’s just “Ree’s husband.”

Ree said the sport is popular because there are so few like it wherein there is a national cham-pion for men, women, boys and girls. It is also rare to find a sport that a person can play in their backyard alone or with others, at age 9 or 90, she said.

“Doctors actually recommend it because there is so much walking and bending and reach-ing,” Ree said. SS

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The NHPA Hall of Fame & Museum is open Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. and Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Group tours are available by appointment. For more information call 636-327-5270 or visit horseshoepitching.com.

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In any event, your fancy leather furniture is damaged—scratch that, your expensive leather furniture is ruined. What do you do? Well, you don’t go buy new.

Matt Schmidt and his team at Fibrenew St. Charles can make your $6,000 sofa like new again for a fraction of the cost of replacement and will even give you a one-year guarantee on their workmanship.

Whether it is torn, worn or faded, chewed by the dog or covered in cat scratches, leather furniture can be restored with the Fibrenew service. Schmidt said blemishes such as burns, stains and cuts can also be restored to the original condition.

Schmidt said there are several popular myths about repairing furniture. The first is that leather cuts can not be repaired. Others include using super glue to fix minor tears in leather; markers to fix discoloration; hairspray to remove stains and olive oil to make scuffed leather look new again. “Never, ever use super glue to fix tears on your leather upholstery. Super glue is not flexible and therefore is not a good solution to fix torn leather,” he said. “It hardens and causes more damage to it rather than repair it.” Markers cannot match the exact

appearance of the leather and will in most cases create an irregular look. Hair spray can actually cause major discoloration to leather because of its high levels of alcohol. And olive oil, and all other oils for that matter, actually speed up the deterioration process for leather. Leather is porous and it will over time absorb the oil and lead to discoloration.

Schmidt, owner of the Fibrenew franchise for St. Charles, West County and Clayton, specializes in the repair, restoration and renewal of leather, plastics, vinyl, fabric and upholstery. Fibrenew franchises service five major markets: automotive, aviation, commercial, marine and residential, although Schmidt focuses mainly on commercial and residential leather repair and restoration.

So the cat got to your couch or maybe the sun to your settee.

Matt & Kathy Schmidt, owners


For more information on Fibrenew st. charles, contact Matt and Kathy Schmidt at 636-209-5550 or at [email protected] or visit http://www.fibrenew.com/st_charles.

Fibrenew technicians have the equipment and expertise to make cracks, stains, scratches, holes, rips and fades in leather, plastic, vinyl, fabric and upholstery look new again. Their training is updated annually. Restoration is an environmentally-friendly and cost-effective alternative to replacement.

Schmidt opened his Fibrenew franchise in April 2010. He said the company has, since 1987, been the industry leader in leather and vinyl repair products and restoration techniques. In the past 25 years, Fibrenew has expanded its global presence to include 200 locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and Australia.

Fibrenew is able to custom blend colors to match any color on furniture, house siding and boat seats and moldings as well as many other surfaces. Schmidt’s products and techniques can remove food and wine stains, burns, rips, worn-out areas, ink or crayon markings and fading or cracked material.

Furniture and carpeting in the commercial market such as in an office, restaurant, bar, theatre or fitness center can be very expensive to replace, Schmidt said. Everyday use can

quickly deteriorate its overall appearance. Restoration and repair by Fibrenew offers a much more economical alternative.

Schmidt can make structural repairs to furniture at the same time. For example, he can refurbish cushions, add new foam and fix broken springs when he re-dyes a couch. New panels can be sewn in or pieces of leather replaced when pet damage is present.

Matt and Kathy Schmidt own and operate Fibrenew St. Charles together. Life-long St. Charles residents and parents of three children, the two take pride in providing outstanding customer service and professional, quality workmanship. Matt said he is detail-oriented and honest. He said he takes pride in hearing his customers say, “That’s amazing!” when he finishes a restoration project. SS

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Local Business

“Most people want to know how to play the guitar,” said Dave Milliken of Dave’s Gui-tar Instruction. “They want to play their fa-vorite songs.”

Well Milliken says he has developed a method wherein anybody can learn to play guitar and master their favorite songs within weeks.

Coupled with an immersive environment, online resources and a new step-by-step curriculum, Milliken has turned a hobby he loves into a high-tech approach to guitar

lessons unlike anything else in the metro St. Louis area.

Milliken opened Dave’s Guitar Instruc-tion in January. A lifetime musician, self taught since the age of 12, Milliken served as Calvary Church’s background minister and worship director for 10 years. He also taught lessons out of his home for several years. It all started when his mom bought him a used guitar at a garage sale after he heard someone playing at church and want-ed to try it out.

Dave’s Guitar Instruction is one of the new-est tenants in the incubator of the Economic Development Center of St. Charles County. “To my knowledge, this has never been done before,” Milliken said. “In the first 13 weeks, I give them all the information they need to play just about any contemporary popular music, jazz, reggae or blues. I give them the foundation to be able to play in any of those styles.”

The curriculum Milliken has devised takes all the guess work out of learning, he said. “Each week they get a practice routine. They go home and access the Internet and practice videos and resources, music tracks and diagrams. It’s there 24/7. If they spend 10 minutes a day and keep up with the class content, they will learn to play.”

Milliken said there are numerous resources on line for learning to play guitar. “But there aren’t a lot of resources with the structure or accountability that my class has,” he said. “Coming to class keeps students motivat-ed.”

Coming to class keeps students motivated.

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Mellencamp said it best when he offered, “Let me give you some good advice, young man, you better learn to play guitar.”

Dave Milliken of Dave’s Guitar Instruction

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Dave’s Guitar Instruction is “innovative, immersive and step-by-step,” Milliken said. With an iPad at each student location, a virtual environment allows students to create their own guitar sounds with a variety of amps, effects and microphones. “Performance lighting, environmental haze and bass thumpers in the stage are just a few of the tools used to immerse the student within a performance environ-ment,” he said.

The curriculum consists of step-by-step instructions, followed up with online practice resources including professionally recorded backing tracks and play-along videos. SS

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Coming to class keeps students motivated.

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The two donate all of the profits of their St. Charles restaurant, The Vine Wine Bar & Bistro, to various non-profit organizations throughout the community.

No, they never made the fact known publicly, but word quickly got around. “It really goes back to how we raise our kids,” Kara said. “We want them to see that no matter what you do in life, you have to give back. The true meaning of happiness isn’t in material things. It’s in the people around you and the community you are in.”

Mike and Kara met in his hometown of San Francisco, CA years ago when she was working in development for the non-profit organization, Sisters of the Presentation, and he was a retired sausage maker for his

father’s business—Columbus Salami.

Mike had organized the Sister’s golf tournament for more than 25 years, usually as a “committee of one,” he said, when he walked in to meet with the sisters and realized he had some help. The two were fast friends and stayed in touch for several years, even when Kara moved on to Chicago.

The two were married three years ago under the gazebo on South Main Street, where Mike had proposed. They bought their home on Clark Street soon after and began the renovation that would go beyond its budget but make for one of the new unique gathering spots in St. Charles.

The 2-bedroom, 1-bath, 1,600 square-foot brick home had been owned over the

last seven decades or so by more than one prominent St. Charles County family, but the Gattos wanted to make it their own. After removing a two-season room and fixing some seepage issues in the basement, Mike and Kara added all the comforts of home and then some.

Today the Gatto residence consists of some 2,500 square feet of living space, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a gourmet kitchen and a great room that opens via a folding glass wall system to an outdoor patio space equipped with phantom screens and outdoor heaters. From the stone and brick walkways and walls that surround the Gatto residence to the genuine 1940s-era door bell—that arguably sounds just like a boxing fight bell—the Gatto house is now a home.


What sets this St. Charles couple apart is not what they do for themselves. It’s what they do for others.

Mike & Kara

Mike and Kara Gatto


In the end, the day was a success and it set the tone for successes to come.

Today, The Vine supports all kinds of local causes and organizations, with the biggest donations going to The Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Charles County, Crisis Nursery and the Foundation of the City of St. Charles School District. Other organizations include: St. Charles West Athletics, St. Charles Humane Society, National Farm Worker Ministry, Immanuel Lutheran, We Love St. Charles, Sisters of the Presentation, Youth In Need, Cured, Francis Howell Vikings, Shriners, St. Jude Children’s Research, and the St. Charles City-County Library.

Mike said he couldn’t be happier that St. Charles is his new home and has no plans to return to the West Coast except to visit. “The difference between here and there is that people here are more grounded. It’s just a great place to live. It has been the best three years I’ve ever had in my life.”

Mike’s daughters—Alanna Gatto, 23; and Meghan Gatto, 21—still live in California. Kara’s sons—Caleb, 14; and Alex, 7—live in St. Charles with Mike and Kara.

The couple agrees that their biggest success is their relationship because of the attention they give it and themselves individually. “You always have to make time for yourself and for your spouse,” Mike said. “We have a lot of fun together.”

Kara said it’s important not to “sweat the small stuff” and to be careful not to “let the kids be your whole life. If you do, you will wake up one day and say, ‘Who is this?’” SS

The two don’t spend a lot of time at The Vine these days. They say the place pretty much runs itself—quite an accomplishment considering its humble beginnings. Kara said the couple was on their honeymoon in Riviera Maya when they found out the restaurant in which they had held their wedding reception was closing.

“We had wanted to do something in the community,” Kara said. “We had held our reception at The Vine, and when we found out it was going to close, we kind of thought that might be a bad omen, so we bought it on our honeymoon.”

But when the two returned to St. Charles, they quickly realized that not only did they have no experience at running a restaurant, they were especially ill-equipped to deal with a failing one. Nevertheless, they “lived” at the place for about nine months until it opened just before Thanksgiving in 2010. Little did they realize that the first “Black Friday” in their new business would be more crowded than surrounding retail shops.

“It was a disaster,” Kara said. “There wasn’t a seat in the place inside or outside.”

So the Gattos did what they do best. They got to work. The couple wrote tickets (because neither yet knew how to work the computer). They made martinis and salads and called on family and friends to come in and help.

Kara’s mother, a financial planner, folded napkins. Her brother, who had to leave his own family gathering, came in to help as well. “A couple of people came in and said, ‘This is so nice. The whole family works here.’ My mom just said, ‘Uh, no.’”

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After a summer of roasting heat and glaring sun, your skin needs help! What’s frustrating about this summer is that makeup melts right off. Wardrobe fashion becomes all about staying cool and comfortable, so looking your best feels like a losing prospect.

What is important to do now and into the fall is exfoliate your skin. Sweat, sunblock, makeup and sunburns have blocked your pores and dulled your skin, so put a little muscle into your routine by sloughing that debris away. What’s the best, most economical way to do this? Outside of treatments to a dermatologist or medical spa, there are worthy at-home products that produce great results.

You’ve all heard of retinols (an over-the-counter, weaker form of the prescription product Retin-A.) Just about every company from high end to low end has a product with retinol. A derivative of vitamin A, retinol penetrates the lower layers of skin, rejuvenating collagen and elasticity, and it also works on the upper layer, stimulating new skin cell growth and giving skin a smoother and firmer texture. There are lots of good choices out there. Affordable ones are ROC Retinol Correxion available at local drugstores, Alpha Hydrox Retinol ResQ available at www.alphahydrox.com , and my favorite, TxSystems Affirm in three strengths, available at www.dermstore.com.

AHA’s or BHA’s (Alpha Hydroxy Acid/Beta Hydroxy Acid for more sensitive skin) do an amazing job of exfoliation. Derived from nontoxic fruit extracts this cream helps loosen skin cells deep in the epidermis, encouraging dead cells to slough off quicker and stimulating new cell growth, giving the skin an improved texture and coloration. Lots of choices here, but my favorites are the Alpha Hydrox Facial Care products; check them out at www.alphahydrox.com.

Microdermabrasion scrubs are a must in my routine. The scrubs with ground apricot seeds or similar just can’t compare (the seeds just aren’t small enough to be effective). You’ll understand quickly if you try a product with a pharmaceutical crystal or crystal blend. There’s a huge difference in smoothing the texture and brightness of the skin. My absolute

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favorite is Dr. Brandt, available at Sephora. It’s expensive but will last a long time. Dermae Microdermabrasion Scrub is available at www.dermstore.com , Boots No. 7 Total Renewal Micro-Dermabrasion Exfoliator is available at Target, or Beyond Belief Microdermabrasion Scrub available at Sally’s Beauty Supply are other more affordable options. However, some products are more cream/less crystals so don’t be shy about dabbing a bit on your hand and compare. The thicker the grit the better the results.

My suggestions are to exfoliate after you cleanse 2 to 3 times a week depending on your sensitivity. Then follow up with your retinol or AHA/BHA. The exfoliation allows the creams to penetrate even deeper,

producing more efficient results.

Sloughing off dead skin on a continual basis becomes more important as we age. Our body’s renewal process is slowing down (whoopie!) so take advantage of the amazing products out there and help it out.

The summer time glow may be fading but you can show off a refreshed face for the fall! SS

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Set in Missouri, this is a story of a marriage gone bad, very bad. Nick arrives home on the evening of his fifth anniversary and his wife, Amy, is missing. The house looks like there has been a struggle and the police become involved. Evidence against Nick mounts as his recounting of the story alternates with Amy’s diary entries of the story of their love and marriage and its demise. After falling in love in NYC, Nick and Amy lose their jobs and move to Nick’s Missouri hometown. Amy is wealthy and famous as the character in the Amazing Amy book series co-authored by her even more famous parents. North Carthage (fictional) is a far cry from NYC and Nick and Amy change. There are twists and turns galore in this suspenseful story. But the best part is the characters and how well Flynn draws them -- it’s like very detailed protraits of the highest quality.


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Laura Helling - Director of the Foundry Art Center

With some 5,200 square feet of Smithsonian-caliber exhibition space, and another nearly 32,000 for everything else, the dynamic, interactive interdisciplinary arts center has, since 2004, been dedicated to the creation and presentation of contemporary visual and performing arts.

But under the leadership of Executive Director Laura Helling, the Centre has some additional objectives in 2012. “One of the most exciting things that is happening is that our exhibit series has shifted not only to juried shows but to traveling exhibits,” Helling said. “The Foundry is incorporating traveling exhibits from highly acclaimed artists to showcase their work.”

This year, the Foundry Art Centre kicked off the first of what Helling hopes will be many traveling art exhibitions to come, with Faith Ringgold’s “50 Years of Faith.” Ringgold, a renowned African American artist and author, is best known for her painted story quilts. She has exhibited in major museums in the USA, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East and is also in the permanent

collection of many museums including the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Museum of Modern Art.

Though Ringgold’s exhibit moved on in June, there is more to come. “The Velvet Years 1965 - 67: Warhol’s Factory” will run September 14 through December 14 at the Centre. These photographs taken by Stephen Shore capture the time period in Warhol’s studio—the Factory—as he was emerging as a prominent visual artist and avant-garde film maker on the cusp of greatness, Helling said. “Everyone knows him now, but at that time, not everyone did. These photos were taken by Stephen Shore when Warhol was breaking new ground.” The Factory at that time was populated by a diverse group of musicians, artists, actors, writers and aspiring cultural sophisticates, Helling said.

Of course, music and performance are nothing new to the Foundry. The Grand Hall provides space for its Performance Series which still showcases tremendous acts like

Robert Show’s “Dream Lover: A Salute to Bobby Darin.” That show will be held Friday, August 31. Past performances include Erin Bode, David Halen, St. Charles Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Wind Symphony, Arthur Migliazza, Riverside Shakespeare, Larry Alexander, Citilites West, Carol Beth True, and the Charles Glenn Group.

The Foundry’s “Music 360” has for several years offered a free showing of up-and-coming as well as established performers from around the St. Louis Metropolitan area playing original music and unique interpretations of favorite covers. In the coming months, “Music 360” will showcase Eddy Buchanan, composer, songwriter and naturalist; Clockwork, St. Louis alternative rock trio; and Hot String Soup!, an acoustic trio.

Thousands of visitors from the eclectic group of art lovers to neophytes alike, have for years come from across the region for the Foundry’s incredible exhibitions of the best contemporary visual work through its national and internationally juried shows.

Laura Helling

If it’s been a while since you’ve visited the Foundry Art Centre, it’s time.



Modeled after the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, VA, the Foundry Art Centre resides in what was once a train car factory—a 1940’s structure, formerly owned by American Car & Foundry. Rather than demolish the 36,800 square foot building, Helling sadist. Charles community members and city staffers worked tirelessly to complete the $2.2 million renovation and open the art centre in the spring of 2004. She called them “visionaries.”

Today, as a vibrant home to the arts, the Foundry Art Centre raises awareness and appreciation of the arts throughout the region, Helling said. Alive with activity, the Centre’s programming reinforces the importance of the arts while artists, patrons, young people and the community at large continually find

new ways to interact at this unique facility.

“It is interesting because really what we are doing is shaping the artistic and cultural landscape of the area,” Helling said. “We contribute in so many ways to what St. Charles is and what it does. What we do is enrich the creative activity. We enhance the artistic landscape through visual and performing arts.”

A St. Charles County native and mother of five, Helling was schooled on a theatre scholarship to Lindenwood University. She began volunteering with the Regional Arts Commission and “The Arts Commandos” years ago. Helling hopes to graduate in December with her master’s degree in Non Profit Administration from Lindenwood. As

part of the Public Art and Culture Project, she was recently appointed by St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay to serve as a member of the Artist Advisory Committee for the Lambert International Airport renovation project.

Helling said maybe most importantly, the Foundry serves as a learning tool and teaching resource for students of rural areas. “Behind being a fine art showcase, we are also able to be a resource for schools in the area,” Helling said. “We have gone well beyond being a place to show art. I think the future of the Foundry is in the partnerships we can form with educational groups.” SS

the Foundry Art centre is located at 520 North Main Center in St. Charles. For more information call 636-255-0270 or visit www.foundryartcentre.org.

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StreetScape Magazine is excited to announce that former St. Louis Rams tight end Roland Williams will be joining our team. Roland won Super Bowl XXXIV with the St. Louis Rams and played NFL football for eight years, until a career-ending knee injury sidelined him in 2006. Known throughout his career as a premier blocking tight end, it's Roland’s persona that has labeled him as one of the most positive and energetic athletes in professional sports.It is this positive spirit that has lead him to his current adventure in life. Roland has published an inspirational book, his “play-book” to happiness. This book stemmed from Roland taking a hard look at his own life. Despite being at the top of his NFL football career, making millions of dollars, being a Super Bowl champion, and having plenty of fans and a fun, he looked deeper at himself as a whole. What he found led him to write a book to inspire and help others

who might be just “going through the motions,” and 365 Happy was born.Roland is going to be joining StreetScape Magazine as a regular columnist (see “365 Happy Lounge” to the right), sharing with us not only tips on happiness, but plenty of info on sports. Roland will be bringing his insights on football to our pages. But we won’t limit him to that. If you have questions about any sports, please contact us at www.StreetScapeMagazine.com and you might be featured in an upcoming column.

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As we prepare for another exciting year of touchdowns, tackles and tailgates, we should all remember this quick lesson in overcoming fear inspired by the men and women who suit up to play the greatest game in the world.If you ask any football player (that is being 100% honest), they will tell you that at some point in their career, they have been afraid. Ranging from the fear of injury to the fear of disappointing family, friends and fans, football players confront fear every time they take the field.This is why we can learn so much from football players. Each week, football players find the courage to overcome their fears and do their best to win, despite previ-ous successes or failures.The next time you are afraid, never allow the fear to stop you from living your happi-est life. Handle fear like a football player. When the clock ticks to zero, you will be glad you did.

Roland Williams is a Super Bowl Champion, author, professional speaker and proud dad that helps organizations and individuals improve their performance and productivity through enhanced happiness.

You can also get to know Roland on our September episode of StreetScape TV, premiering on ABC 30 on Saturday, September 8 at 1:30pm right before ABC Sports. Roland will be giving us some of his insights on which college football teams to watch this year. Roland will be in addition to the entertainment, recipes, information and interesting people on StreetScape TV.

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Although the site technically represents his business, Lang Insurance, and is under the URL http://www.langinsurance.com, there are seriously 81 charities listed there. And they aren’t just an informational listing. These are organizations Lang supports and sponsors, with his time, with his team, with his money.

It’s true his dedication to the local community and beyond has been at the core of his success in business. But there’s more to it than that. “To me I look at business as a mission field and a place where I can live out my faith,” Lang said. “You spend almost 80 percent of your time at work. It’s given me a platform for my ministries.”

Lang grew up on “The Hill” in southwest St. Louis. After attending public school, he ma-jored in business at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Soon after, he began his insurance career with Mutual of Omaha in November 1978. To supplement that job, Lang worked weekends managing a grocery store—12 hours on Saturday, 12 on Sunday.

More than a decade later and no less than five consecutive years on the Chairman’s Council Top Sales list, in August 1990, Lang started his own agency out of the basement of his home. “I left to become independent,” he says. “I thought I could do a better job for clients be-cause I can use multiple providers. I realized that one size doesn’t fit all.”

Barely a year later, Lang Insurance Service moved into its own office at 3920 South Old Hwy 94, Suite 39 in St. Charles, where it still resides today. The agency continues to expand

and now has 15 employees. Land said his company offers the best of both worlds by giv-ing customers a choice of many top insurance companies while still providing local service and support.

Lang is the treasurer at his church, Messiah Lutheran in Weldon Springs. He’s also very involved with Biblical Business Training (BBT) at Calvary Church in St. Peters. “This is a ministry to men,” he said. “It’s a group of guys (actually 15 to 20 groups in St. Charles County) who meet for Bible study,” Lang said. “Men have so much impact on the family and the business world. This is guys holding each other accountable. We believe that if you reach the guys, you will reach the families.”

Land has dedicated himself to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). As a board mem-ber, he has the ability to make an impact on the over 1,500 kids who are involved in St. Charles County alone. “It’s a huge positive influence in the community. We are trying to reach kids of the next generation,” he said.

Lang has been in the insurance business for 34 years because, he said, he loves serving peo-ple. He said the first half of his life was about being the best husband and father he could be.

“I’ve worked hard. You spend the first half of your life working and providing for your family. What do you do with the rest of your life? You get involved and give back,” he said. “The baby boomers have a lot of knowledge left. They have a lot of influence that they’ve built up over the years. There are so many ministries going on in St Chares County al-

ready. You don’t have to dig very deep to find them.”

Here are just a few of the charities Lang is in-volved with: Living Word Christian School, Youth In Need, Lou Brock Golf Classic to benefit Lindenwood University Athletics and the Lou Brock Scholarship Fund, BCI, fallen Cottleville firefighters, Zion Lutheran School, United Service’s and many more.

Lang Insurance Service has served business-es and individuals as an independent agency for over three decades. The agency provides quotes from top insurance companies and the customer service follow-up. They promise In-surance Made Easy!® The agency offers in-dividual and group health; personal insurance of all types, including auto, home, umbrella, condo, dwelling fire, renters, flood, boat, mo-torcycle, camper/RV and classic car; and all types of business insurance. SS

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In the middle of Missouri, driving along Interstate 70, you are near Williamsburg, Missouri. It could easily be the middle of the US as well, when you see exit 161 for Williamsburg, Missouri. You can almost see the small town of less than 50 folks, just a half mile off the highway.

Some charming communities like St. Charles, Missouri have been referred to being “Williamsburg like” because of historic beauty and similarities to Williamsburg, Virginia.

When you discover this tiny town of Williamsburg, it will introduce you to Joe and Marlene Crane, who also have a unique village of history and charm. The large authentic country store, which includes a gas station, is the first building to greet you. It originated in nearby Mineola, Missouri in 1898, until the Interstate 70 passed them by. Joe Crane’s father than opened the CRANES’S COUNTRY STORE in Williamsburg in 1927. The store carries all the supplies farmers and hunters would like to purchase. A large pot belly stove in the middle of the store, is where you’ll hear the latest gossip in town and enjoy one of the store’s “one dollar sandwiches.” You’ll get one bread, one cheese, one thick slice of bologna, for one dollar, unless you want ham; then its two dollars!

In 2004, a large additional building was added next door for Marlene’s Restaurant and Crane’s Museum. The restaurant is quite the destination with its home cooked meals, desserts and hand dipped ice cream. It opens everyday and is furnished with all vintage chrome kitchen sets that Joe has collected through the years. I’ve written about MARLENE’S RESTAURANT before in my culinary books because of their hearty breakfasts and sandwiches like the “butter burger” and their loaded “ bacon lettuce and tomato sandwiches.” Many bus tour groups can be accommodated in one of their dining rooms.

Joe and his family have collected amazing antiques all of their lives and the results are unique collections that you will see in divided room settings in the CRANE’S MUSEUM. The admission to the museum is 2.50, unless you have eaten in the attached restaurant; then it’s FREE! There is something for everyone, including a historic guest book containing names of movie stars and relatives of Winston Churchill, who travel by on their way to Fulton, Missouri, where the Winston Churchill Museum is located. Many even note the temperature of the day.

Marlene Crane is the town’s communicator

and artist. She publishes weekly the THE WILLIAMSBURG VILLAGER. The 6 page newsletter is full of the latest news and events of Williamsburg. Former visitors from all over the country request this newsletter to be mailed to them. She reserves a column called JOE’S CORNER, where Joe can tell about his latest antique purchase, (including a photo) and all the history that goes with it. Marlene’s artistic illustrations are wonderful in themselves. She likes to feature a PATRON OF THE MONTH, who has done a good deed and deserves recognition. The last page is called SMILE-A-WHILE, where she puts clever jokes and sayings.

The next generation will hopefully continue with David Crane, their son; who’s already is active with this thriving village. The Cranes will welcome you with their hospitality and love for their community. This is a destination you won’t want to miss, because it’s the REAL, AUTHENTIC, WILLIAMSBURG OF THE MIDWEST! SS

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Streets of St. CharlesStreetScape Magazine Welcomes The Streets of St. Charles


May 1 in this building including Wamhoff Financial Planning; Brown, Smith, Wallace; Cole & Associates; and The Art Institute of St. Louis. Five Guys Burgers & Fries opens August 1 and St. Charles Dental August 20. MassageLuXe is slated to open October 1 with Tucanos Brazilian Grill and Prasino following in November.

“The next building in queue is a 400,000-square-foot residential-commercial structure,” Wetherald said Letters of Intent have been signed or are in final negotiation for about 90,000 square feet of that building, he said. Construction began in the summer on the structure that will contain about 45,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Phase II will include ground floor retail, entertainment as well as 310 luxury apartment units on the upper floors.

“So prospective tenants are working diligently to make sure they are part of the next phase of the project,” Wetherald said. “Interest is also coming from prospective tenants for buildings that will be developed in future phases of the project, starting next year.”

A 1,250-car adjacent parking structure will encourage visitors to join residents in their pedestrian-friendly lifestyle, Wetherald said. “The space is designed to mitigate traffic congestion with multiple access points into two parking garages housing 2,000 spaces.”

Wetherald admits there are similarities between Streets of St. Charles and New Town St. Charles, another live-work-play community in St. Charles, but there are also differences that make each project distinctly its own. “Streets of St. Charles offers much more of an urban environment than that at New Town,” he said. “Given its location on Interstate 70 and South Fifth Street—the major commercial street in St. Charles—Streets provides an environment unlike anything else in the area, including New Town. Its mix of retail shops, restaurants,

in a location that will be seen as a major destination for the entire region,” said Rob Wetherald, vice president of development for Cullinan.

When it’s finished, Streets will offer a town square environment with all the latest amenities for shopping, luxury living, modern offices, hotels, entertaining, and casual and elegant dining on 26 acres, where active pedestrians can visit sidewalk cafes and outdoor gatherings just feet from their jobs and homes.

The first building—a 100,000-square-foot office-commercial building—is 85 percent leased and open for business, said Wetherald. Several companies opened for business

“The market is ready. The time is now.”

That’s how owner and developer Cullinan Properties is billing Streets of St. Charles, a sophisticated and distinctive “mini city” on the banks of the Missouri River in the northwest corner of the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area where “Urbanism” meets Midwest charm.

“Individuals are attracted to environments like Streets of St. Charles for the convenience of having most of their daily needs met without the need to drive across town. Business owners, in turn, are drawn to these all-inclusive projects because they offer employees, shoppers and diners

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office space, residences, medical facilities, educational institutions, hotels and entertainment venues establishes Streets as a ‘city within a city.’ Although unique to the St. Louis-metropolitan area, this urban destination for shopping, dining, living and working is a model that has been greeted with great success in other parts of the country.”

A theater will offer the latest cinema technology and a full range of services and amenities, all presented in an up-scale entertainment setting. Wetherald said Cullinan anticipates a live entertainment club, restaurant and bar in the larger entertainment complex where the theatre will be housed. The company does not yet have authorization to announce the tenants

of the entertainment complex.

Negotiations have not been settled on what hotel tenants might be included in the project.

Wetherald said that while an ailing economy played a part in the timing of the project, which was slated to open in 2010, Streets is running at full steam today. “Like all projects of this type, there is a great deal of behind-the-scenes work that must be completed before the first spade of dirt is turned,” he said. “There is no question the downturn in the economy impacted the project, but the project owner and developer demonstrated a great deal of confidence in the project and in the city of Saint Charles by proceeding with the up-front planning, marketing and leasing so the project could

proceed. With the project coming on-line as the economy improves, Cullinan’s strategy positions Streets of St. Charles as the most viable solution for any business looking to expand.”

With offices in Chicago and Peoria, IL and St. Louis, MO, Cullinan is a multi-disciplined real estate firm that develops, manages and owns mixed-use, retail, multi-family, office and medical properties throughout the United States. For more information on Cullinan, visit www.cullinanproperties.com. SS

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1 (l to r)The Art Institute of St. Louis Campus Director David Hofmann, State Senator Joe Keaveny, State Representative Chrissy Sommer, and Education Management Corporation Senior Director of Communications Mark Toth. 2 Campus Director David Hofmann presented a donation to South Broadway Art Project Executive Director Sarah Rye Bliss. 3 The Art Institute of St. Louis’ spacious lobby 4 Culinary Director Chef Lynn Krause (center) shares in the celebration with her students and the desserts they prepared for the grand opening event 5 (l to r) The Art Institute of St. Louis Campus Director David Hofmann, St. Charles Mayor Sally Faith, State Representative Chrissy Sommer, South Broadway Art Project Executive Director Sarah Rye Bliss, and The Art Institutes Group Vice President Roger Gomez

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