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At StreetScape, we are getting a little older and decided it was time for a makeover. No need to worry, we are the same Streetscape you know and love, just with a new look and vibe. We’ve added a couple of departments to the magazine including “People You Should Know.” I always think it is fascinating to meet interesting people, and want to introduce these people to you.

As we have grown up, we have made a lot of friends in the community and have some great events for you to attend. Several times a year, we host networking luncheons, which are a great way for local businesses to get to know each other. We honor those business leaders with our “Beyond the Best Business Awards” in the fall, and in late summer, Fashion Week raises money and awareness for local charities.

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A love affair of the heart can be stimulated in many ways besides the interaction of an-other human being.

Let the background sounds of violins begin to play as I describe how you might kindle a romance in our beautiful state.

If you are an old-fashion romantic, you are likely attracted to historical places where you can romanticize about what life was like during the 18th or 19th century at places like St. Gene-vieve, Missouri, founded in 1735 by the Illinois French. When you walk the cobblestones and tour the many houses on display, you can feel the love of such a place in time.

One can also feel the love by attending historic churches throughout the state. An example would be the Christmas Church Tour in Perry County where the romance is felt when you take in the ar-chitecture, music and beauty of the sea-son. The same could be said when stroll-ing through the historic cemeteries that depict romantic verse on their stones.

If you are a natural romantic, that absorbs all the scenic places of nature in Missouri, you won’t be disappointed. Following the Katy Trail will not only show off the river, forest, and hillsides, but will take you through small com-munities like Historic Rocheport, Missouri. The charming town offers many a romantic setting, which includes the spectacular view near the Les Bourgeois Wine Garden and Bistro. Sitting high on a cliff, you can watch the river roll by or watch the change of the seasons appear before your very eyes.

Missouri parks are the best in the land with it’s wildflowers, animals and birds. From city parks to the grassy prairies, if you just stop to watch, breathe and listen to what na-ture has to offer; you are a true romantic.

A missouri mile With Ann hazelwood How Romantic Is Missouri?

story by Ann hazelwood Photos by Joel h Watkins ivEveryone’s idea

of romance is different. The word “romance” is officially defined as a “love affair” with someone, something, or some place.

Les Bourgeois Wine Garden and Bistro Rocheport, MO


Some find romance at an overnight stay at a charming Bed and Breakfast or an elegant urban environment like the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis. Honeymoons are spent and remembered at these chosen accommodations that make it their business to be as romantic as possible. If you stay at a boutique hotel like “The Raphel” in the Country Club Plaza, one can extend the romantic experience by walking the beautifully lit streets and well known water fountains.

The romance between two individuals can be most unique and result in wedded bliss. Mis-souri offers many choices depending on your taste and courtship experience. Untraditional venues like getting married in the “Bridal Cave” in Camdenton, Missouri or having a “Precious Moment” wedding on their island in Carthrage, Missouri; can provide everything you’d ever want for that fairy-tale wedding.

In Historic St. Charles, “The Conservatory” is a beautiful, glassed in, tropical garden located on Main Street. The lush greenery arranged in a more intimate setting, has seating limitations, but is beyond romantic. The “Wedding Chapel” in Defiance, Missouri has the traditional reli-gious structure in miniature, that many brides fantasize about.

So are the violins still playing? It takes little effort to open up your mind to a romantic experience. You don’t have to leave Mis-souri to find romance. Sometimes it finds YOU; when you least expect it. SS

The love affair with food and drink can truly create a taste of romance. Missouri’s “Wine Country” started in Herman, Missouri. “Stone Hill Winery” became the third largest winery in the world in the late 1800’s. St. James and Augusta, Missouri soon followed suit and are major tourist stops to enjoy a romantic glass of Missouri wine.

Love and food are two four letter words that can produce your own personal romance. Of course there’s always chocolate, but there are food destinations you should consider. The “Hill” in St. Louis, Missouri was settled by Italian immigrants in the early 1900’s. They brought their culinary knowledge to nationally known restaurants, bakeries and grocery stores. A taste of Italy promises you the best romantic kiss for your palette.

If you want a “Taste of Argentina,” travel to Kansas City to dine at the “Piropos,” which means “enormous compliment” in Spanish. The location on the top of the hill has earned it the “most romantic view of Kansas City.” The food, painted murals and glass from Argentina, are worth the visit.

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Travel

kelly englishMaster of Creole Cooking

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York. He then returned to his roots and restaurants throughout the South in New Orleans, Tunica and Memphis.

A native son of New Orleans and a lawyer, English got his degree from the University of Mississippi, or “Ole Miss,” and at first studied pre-law. “I was scared to tell dad I didn’t want to be a lawyer,” he said. English had gotten a job in a kitchen in Oxford, Mississippi and started looking into culinary schools. He finished college and told his dad of his plans. “To my surprise, he was happy I didn’t want to be a lawyer.”

“I have lived my life up and down the Mississippi River so I haven’t stopped doing that,” English said of his decision to open his premiere steakhouse in St. Louis. “That’s the beautiful thing about cooking. We are influenced by so many ethnicities and backgrounds.”

English said people often misinterpret the South as having only Spanish and French influences in its cuisine. “You hit a bunch of different backgrounds of flavors. Africans had the biggest influence over Creole cooking. There’s also German and Vietnamese.”

English said that Creole cooking is unique in its staying power. “It’s one of the true

Food is such a culture down there. You learn to ride a bike. And you learn to cook.

chef has brought the concept of Creole cooking to St. Louis. “It’s hard for me not to be myself. And I refuse not to be myself. So if I’m going to be cooking, I’m going to sneak New Orleans in there somewhere.”

English trained under former U.S. Marine and Chef John Besh at Restaurant August in New Orleans. The regular guest chef on NBC’s Today Show owns nine acclaimed restaurants, has written three cookbooks and has appeared on programs on The Food Network and the Sundance Channel.

Chosen one of the “Best New Chefs of 2009” by “Food and Wine Magazine,” “Best Chef” by “Memphis Magazine” and “Memphis Flyer,” English was educated at the Culinary Institute of America in New

A Creole mid-night snack of gulf shrimp remoulade on toasted brioche with a poached egg on top.

Creole seared redfish covered in butter sauce with crawfish tail folded in, a bit of tarragon, celery salt and cayenne pepper. They call it comfort food in Southern New Orleans. Kelly English calls it a taste of home.

English opened Kelly English Steakhouse at Harrah’s St. Louis on Halloween. With Kelly English Steakhouse, the New York educated and New Orleans trained master


native cuisines from America that people from other continents are eating and have not changed. Red beans and rice has not changed. Gumbo has not changed. It’s an insulated food culture that hasn’t had to adapt. There is a strong sense of time and culture with Creole cooking.”

Grandma Alta would have been proud. English said he still misses both of his grandmothers’ cooking, and Alta’s bread pudding even made the menu at Kelly English Steakhouse. “Food is such a culture down there. You learn to ride a bike. You learn to tie a loop. And you learn to cook. Food is the physical side of the celebration of life we have over and over. Food in New Orleans is just as much about the people as the food they’re eating.”

Other favorites of Kelly English Steakhouse include the “Knuckle Sandwich,” made from lobster knuckles with tarragon and tomatoes, horseradish smashed potatoes, sweet potato dressing and onion soup gratinee with clove, Armagnac, gruyere and crouton. Patrons who prefer steak and shrimp sans the Cajun influence have plenty to choose from as well. There are five kinds of salads and four different steaks as well as pork chops, prime rib and free-range chicken available. SS

The average check at Kelly English

Steakhouse runs about $45 per person.

For more information visit www.harrahsstlouis.com or call 314-770-8248 for reservations.

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lillians shoppe The Occassional Shoppe


Mohr wandered into a little shop called Lillians—an “occasional” shop—filled with everything to remind a woman that she’s hip and beautiful. She brought the idea back to her sister-in-law Lynn Frazier and - 6 months

later - the two bought into the franchise.

Their shop at 112 South Main Street in St. Charles debuted in June 2011. It is open the second Thursday of each month and stays open for four days, all during the year. Because they are considered a “destination location”, they’re also open every Friday and Saturday May through September and when festivals are taking place in St. Charles. Lillians of St. Charles offers handbags, accessories, jewelry and unique women’s apparel from a variety of different vendors such as D9, Papillon, Mystree and Monoreno.

The first Lillians shop was started five years ago by two enterprising sisters - Cindy Deuser and Sue Olmscheid - who had

worked 12-hour days in the corporate world but who also had a dream of opening a hip and chic shop for women. Lillians is called an occasional shop because it is open only four days a month. This part of the business model was particularly appealing to Mohr and Frazier. “We were really intrigued by the occasional sales concept because we had been wanting something we could do part time,” Mohr said. Mohr is a licensed real estate consultant and Frazier works in human resources.

“The fashions we carry you don’t see everywhere,” Frazier said. “They are very unique and the price point is great.”

Frazier and Mohr said their merchandise is suitable for women of all ages from tweens

Occasionally you run across a really neat concept. That’s what happened to Beth Mohr & Lynn Frazier after Mohr’s family took a vaca-tion to Rapid City, South Dakota.

New Spring Apparel


For more information about Lillians st. charles call 636-255-0295 or visit www.lilliansshoppe.com.

to grandmothers. For example, a tunic may be worn alone by a tween as a short dress with a belt and bold jewelry or can be paired with leggings by women of all ages. “It’s all about how you accessorize it,” Mohr said.

Frazier said the two will only get four to six pieces of a certain style, and customers know if they like it they’d better get it because when they return it could be gone.

“We order inventory on a regular basis and our buyers go to New York each month,” Frazier said. “We are constantly getting new things.”

Because of its boutique atmosphere, clients can expect a unique and personal shopping experience. “They get a different level of attention than they might get at a department store,” she said.

“Rat Pac”-era music plays in the background, and cookies, coffee and water are served. Lillians also offers a punch card wherein every $20 spent gets them closer to free merchandise. Lillians also offers Diva Nights (trademarked), where women enjoy a private shopping experience and preview and purchase

the month’s hot new inventory. Hostesses receive 10 percent of Diva Night sales in Lillians merchandise or they can donate the money to a charity of their choice.SS

Lynn Frazier (L) Beth Mohr (R) Co-owners of Lillian’s of St. Charles Accessories

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toodaloo Good Buys

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So when friends and fellow flight attendants Baumann and Hayle Hilke decided to open a shop together, the name just fit.

Baumann’s mom passed away last year. She had always wanted her daughter to utilize her artistic talents and the art degree she had received from the University of Missouri at Columbia (MIZZOU). “She always said toodaloo. She never said goodbye, so we named it for her,” Hilke said. A framed photo of Baumann’s mother sits in the shop surrounded by all the colors and pretty things she liked.

But it wasn’t a goodbye the women were looking for, rather a “good buy,” which is boldly stated underneath their Toodaloo sign.

The two women still fly but now that’s in conjunction with running the store, which specializes in vintage home decor, hand painted furniture, gifts and vintage jewelry. Baumann specializes in tole painting. The folk art of decorative painting on beloved household items, tole painting is usually done freehand with favorite patterns, colors or flowers, humorous themes, family in-jokes or illustrations of favorite family stories. For Baumann and Toodaloo, these may be Christmas ornaments, tables, rocking chairs, platters, signs, cupboard doors and planters. Baumann and Hilke also feature local artists in their shop.

Hilke said her love is in researching the origins of some of the pieces and designing the set up and display of the shop as well as helping the customers. She enjoys helping clients find new and unique ways to display the things they love. “I hope to encourage others to find a great piece that has great bones and redo it for themselves,” she said. “The older pieces of furniture are designed and made so much better.”

Hilke and Baumann spend a lot of time in

Susan Baumann’s mom never said good bye, just, “Toodaloo.”

I hope to encourage others to find a great piece.

Susan Baumann(L) and Hayle Hilke(R)


For more information on Toodaloo and its one-of-a-kind artistic designs, call 314-614-4665 or 636-578-9441 Visit them at 201 South Main Street, St. Charles They are also on Facebook.

old barns and at estate sales. “I help people to realize they don’t have to throw away that furniture. They can repurpose and reuse it and make it up to date and what they like.”

She also likes to find out more about the pieces she finds. “I am good with researching. I spend time finding the different types of furniture and studying when they might have been produced.” Hilke also specializes in vintage costume jewelry. “People want to know stories about the jewelry.” Plant and flower arrangements are a favorite past time and skill of Hilke’s as well.

A 93-year-old neighbor some years ago may have influenced Hilke toward a deep appreciation of treasures. “I lived in Virginia for 13 years when I was based in D.C. as a flight attendant,” she said. “My neighbor gave me some Amish pieces from Pennsylvania. Then I purchased an Amish child’s bed that had been made for a prestigious family in Winchester, VA and added pieces to it that made it more ornate. My children both slept in that bed.”

The merchandise at Toodaloo is always changing, Hilke said. From the tobacco table from Kentucky that actually has a place where the old spittoon used to sit to the vintage rhinestone choker and earrings attached to a rooster-shaped egg basket, Toodaloo is a step back in time with a modern edge.

“People are searching for things based on nostalgia. Young couples like the idea of having pieces of furniture that they grew up with in their grandparents homes.” SS

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making the most of a Wardrobe

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You probably keep your warm weather clothes separate from your cold weather clothes. If you’ve really got it together, maybe you even have casual clothes and dress clothes divided or items arranged by color or style or stuff you wear all the time and stuff you never wear. Having such a system is great for bringing order to a chaotic closet but could be seriously limiting your day to day wardrobe choices.

Of course some pieces will always be limited to one season or another. Even the most talented fashionista among us couldn’t work that cute floral print baby doll dress in a Midwestern winter. But it’s likely that if you take a closer look at your fall/winter wardrobe you’ll find

more than you expected can be carried over for this spring. The trick is to have basics that can hang front and center year round. Button down sweaters can go with scarves and slacks in cold weather or be layered with a camisole and shorts in warm. Tank tops can function independently in summer or add pops of color under simple winter sweaters. Keep those flats and closed-toed pumps around, mix them with your sandals, and have a little more variety as summer approaches. Covered feet are vastly underrated and, as long as the colors are appropriate, closed-toed shoes can be darling with dresses and shorts.

While it’s great to have pieces with staying power from season to season, we will always be tempted to buy some of the hottest new

trends. Those pieces make great focal points to a look and also don’t have to be limiting. Some jackets that work at the office can add a new dimension to a dress for a night on the town. Shoes and accessories can also take an outfit from day to evening. Invest in a few trend pieces each season to keep your wardrobe up to date while making the most of all your clothes.

This spring and summer watch out for bold colors of all kinds. Jewel tones and neons are big, especially in color blocking. With the emphasis on everything colorful, some of those nautical pieces from last year can stick around. While cute little shorts will always be in our hearts, dresses should be in our closets for casual looks this season. Utilize as much of your closet as you can and always try to mix it up! SS

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quest for fire began so to speak,” Roberts said. “Because I was a website developer, I started looking for chili peppers and sauces online.” He became a fan of the Hot Sauce Blog for a while, but soon his own Twitter and Facebook pages were receiving so much attention, he decided to start his own blog and website. “I had more followers on there than any in the hot sauce business including Tabasco,” he said.

“At the time I was obsessed with how hot is hot,” he said. Then he learned about the Scoville Scale developed by American chemist Wilbur Scoville to rate the pungency of chili peppers.

“In the Scoville Organoleptic Test, a pepper extract solution is diluted in sugar syrup until the

developer. But he’s also an occasional host of the 2GuysTalking Podcast Network—a full-featured online audio show library of entertainment reviews—a spicy food, hot sauce and BBQ reviewer; and a blogger. He’s also been a columnist for “Chili Pepper Magazine” and a commentator on the “BBQ Central Radio Show.”

His quest for the peppery and piquant started with his former wife and he traversing St. Louis for the hottest wings they could find. Eventually he found them in the Blazin’ wings at Buffalo Wild Wings. Then in 2004 a trip with co-workers to Pepper Pete’s at St. Louis Union Station sealed his fiery quest. It was there he first tasted “Blaire’s Mega Death” hot sauce on a toothpick. “That was when my

“I never thought of myself as a Chilehead. It started when I was a teenager. I could eat a whole jar of pickled jalapenos without drinking anything. It was just the foods I enjoyed.”

Nevertheless, Roberts has become known in the region and beyond as an expert on all things spicy. His day job is as a web

story by robin seaton Jefferson-Photo by michael schlueter

ChiliheadHow Hot is Hot?

He said he’s obsessed with finding out how hot is hot. St. Louis’ own Chilehead, Scott Roberts said he has always been able to eat “hot” foods.

Scott Roberts, Hot Sauce/Spicy Food Blogger at Figero’s on Main St.


extract’s heat is no longer detectable to a panel of tasters. The degree of dilution determines where the pepper rates on the Scoville Scale,” Roberts said. “A sweet or bell pepper would have a Scoville rating of zero, since it contains no more than trace amounts of capsaicin and there is no heat detectable, even when it is undiluted.” At the other end of the Scoville Scale are Trinidad Scorpion Butch T peppers, which since 2011 hold the Guinness title for the world’s hottest chile peppers. He said he has actually tasted a Trinidad Scorpion Butch T and “It didn’t feel like the hottest thing.”

Items like chipotle mayonnaise, spicy chips, salsa, peppered cheese, hot rubs and the like are in every restaurant and most homes, making the blazing and the searing the mainstream cuisine today. SS

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hotels and two grist mills came into being as travelers again and again found themselves stranded at the point where the Boone’s Lick Trail crossed the Dardenne due to frequent over-flowing of the stream through which the road passed.

During the Civil War, Cottleville was home to a recruiting and training station for the St. Charles County Home Guard (Union Troops). The camp was named Camp Krekel after its commanding officer, Col. Arnold Krekel, founder of O’Fallon.

As Boone’s Lick became the stagecoach, covered wagon and mail route, areas west of St. Charles County were also settled. Later, the trail was the route followed by those who branched off to follow the

In the mid 19th century, they thought their town might own the county seat. A timber plank road was built from St. Charles west-ward along Boone’s Lick Road to the small community of Cottleville, settled by Capt. Warren G. Cottle in 1798. But the timbers of Western Plank Road soon warped and rot-ted away, and the more largely populated St. Charles won the seat by virtue of population.

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For decades, residents of Cottleville have heard promises of the Page Avenue Extension descending on the town. Some feared it wouldn’t happen before its 4-1/2 miles were swallowed up by the burgeoning St. Peters. Still, Cottleville endured.

But the wait might be over for over 3,000 people who make up the once sleepy little town bordered by St. Peters and Dardenne Prairie. The population has increased some 68 percent since 2000. And with an expected completion date of 2015, Page is finally coming.

Since spring of last year, Cottleville has waived business fees to attract new growth, including building and development permits, business licenses and liquor licenses for new businesses that open in the city. Situated along Mid Rivers Mall Drive and Highway N, Cottleville is today home to St. Charles Community College and St. Joseph Parish, two of the largest institutions in St. Charles County. St. Joseph is the largest parish in the Archdiocese of St. Louis and also includes the St. Joseph School. The 45,000-square-foot Vetta Sports St. Charles indoor sports facility is located in Cottleville as are nearly 100 acres of ground in three parks.

Some 40,000 vehicles pass through the city each day, a far cry from the few covered wagons whose wheels left ruts there more than a century ago.

A new 15,000-square-foot, LEED-certified City Hall and police department now sits at 5490 Fifth Street, a replacement for the

triple-wide trailer the city used for years on Motherhead Road. The new building and parks development was paid for with a $6.9 million capitol improvement sales tax passed in 2006.

The city’s “Streetscape Project” is nearly complete, Lewis said, with 150 new parking spaces, historic style lighting, landscaping, a clock tower plaza, whiskey barrel trash receptacles, bicycles that look like hitching posts and stamped concrete sidewalks that replicate the Western Plank Road.

Today, more than 150 businesses, 20 neighborhoods and four schools call Cottleville home. When Lewis came to work for Cottleville, the city had two part time employees and four police officers. Today there are six full time and three part time employees and 13 police officers.

With the Page Extension, slated to exit right through the middle of the city, Lewis said Cottleville is only getting better. “So many farm fields will open for development. The most rewarding thing about my job is helping with ideas and actually seeing them get constructed. When the committee of police chiefs recommended hiring me to the mayor, they said I would only last here a couple of years. But it’s been so much fun and there have been so many challenges, I’ve never had a desire to go anywhere else.”

Only a couple of decades ago, visitors to the Cottleville saw a population sign that read 500. Today it just says, “Welcome.” SS


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Kyle got the idea for her wedding work on the web when she planned her own nuptials in 2005. “My husband and I eloped to Las Vegas. I thought after 22 years, maybe we should get married before my daughter gets married.”

The wedding chapel there streamed the wed-ding live via the Internet. “So our families sat in their pajamas in St. Louis and watched us get married.” It was the creative use of the com-puter that got Kyle thinking about what other products and services might be offered online.

Now she works jointly with wedding planners, venue operators, florists and some 300 mer-chants so that the would-be brides and grooms can compare and contrast everything they might need for the day of the big day.

Kyle said couples are paying for more of their wedding expenses then ever before and the lines between who pays for what are “blur-

And while Pew Research Analysis finds that less people are actually tying the knot and the ones who do are getting older, brides and grooms are making their weddings more in-teresting, more personal and more virtual than ever before.

The set-up hasn’t changed. There’s still a bride and groom, an officiate, family and friends, a ceremony and a reception. It’s the look, the lo-cale and the invoice that’s changed.

Couples are looking for smarter ways to spend their wedding budgets, said Bobette Kyle, owner and publisher of myonlineweddinghelp.com, an Internet wedding product assistant of sorts based in St. Louis. “I help couples who are planning a wedding get the best use of online

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Couples heading for the altar are bidding adieu to traditional “I do’s.”

ring.” The state of the economy could have something to do with it or the fact, according to Pew Research Center, that the median age at first marriage has never been higher for brides (26.5 years) and grooms (28.7).

Whatever the case, Kyle said TheWeddingRe-port.com predicts that in 2012 couples will continue to cut back and spend money more wisely.

“So they’re re-thinking their values when they are planning,” she said. “They’re making their weddings more uniquely their own in an af-fordable way.”

For instance, Kyle said couples are opting more for the “barn wedding” concept, where although they aren’t literally getting married in a barn, they are choosing unique venues that have character. These might be abandoned warehouses, basements of favorite buildings or country settings and parks. “They are places you wouldn’t expect. They’re rustique or uniquely visual,” she said.

They are also doing a lot of the work them-selves, from getting the family together to cre-ate special centerpieces to making their own veils. Kyle has nine videos on her website that teach brides how to fashion their own veils.

One place the brides aren’t skimping is on the dresses and they are adding more color to the wedding ensemble than ever, Kyle said. With the exception of a small number of brides who want black, white and pink dresses, most are opting for white and ivory. It’s the footwear that’s changing. “It started in 2011. They are staying with the traditional white or ivory dress and adding a pop of color in the shoes (note pink shoes on cover). Many bridal compa-nies are now coming out with colored shoes. It’s a different landscape out there. When I started this in 2005, the dresses were still ivory

and white, but if they wanted to really get crazy they got silver shoes. Now they are red, purple or pink, or they’re wearing cowboy boots.”

Kyle said wedding planners look to Pantone, a fashion color company, to come out with what’s in in color. And for 2012, that color is Tangerine Tango. She said that revelation will surely show itself in the shoes and the flowers.

“There used to be several types of flowers with fillers, greenery and ba-bies breath,” Kyle said. “Now it’s almost entirely flowers with one mass of color like vivid reds, oranges and pinks all in the same bouquet. Tan-gerine Tango will fit right in to that so I’m expecting to see more of that.”

Brides and grooms are tending to put more of themselves into their nup-tials, Kyle said. “There are not a lot of trends toward specific themes. It’s more about the bride’s and groom’s interests, what’s unique about them and what their hobbies are.” She has seen couples tie the knot in sports stadiums, on motorcycles and other places akin to their hobbies and interests.

They are also more interested in saving the planet than ever before, she said. “Green weddings” with wild flower seeds as favors are becoming more and more the norm, she said. She said she saw one bride make her bouquet out of magazine pages. Invitations are often made from recycled paper.

And while engagement rings used to be diamonds-only, young people today are opting for gemstones such as sapphires, rubies and garnets, or “Halo” rings where gemstones are surrounded by smaller diamonds.

Kyle said she has always advised against being too trendy. “My mantra is that if the trend is not your personality, don’t do it. You should be able to look at the photos of your wedding years from now and still like them, not say, ‘What was I thinking?’”

Many brides are outfitting their bridesmaids in multiple shades of the same color, or allowing them to pick their own dresses all in the same color.

Couples today are making wedding websites where interested parties can keep track of the planning process and even using sites such as Pinterest, an online pinboard that lets a person organize and share all things virtual.

One thing that hasn’t changed, said Kyle, is her advice to the brides them-selves. And that rule holds true for saving money. “I say decide what is most important to you and that’s where you put your money. If you have always dreamed of seeing yourself walking down the isle in a beautiful

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Elaine Kneemiller, baker and owner of Cakes by Elaine in St. Charles, said one big change in her more than two decades of making wed-ding cakes, is that couples rarely use the bride and groom cake toppers.

“It’s really out of style and people think it’s old-fashioned,” Kneemiller said. Instead, they might put monogrammed letters or fresh flowers or acrylic blocks with their names and their wedding date on the top of the cake. Pillars are outmoded too, she said, though a good sense of humor is nev-er out of style. She has seen couples with bride and groom PEZ dispensers on their cakes and even foosball players.

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protocol and conformity, men and women used the beauty and color of flowers to express emotions, wishes and thoughts they dared not speak, and every corsage, bouquet, and gar-land represented a carefully chosen sentiment. Presentation was also important; for example, a bouquet with a ribbon tied to the left told about the giver, while a ribbon tied to the right signified the receiver. Upside-down bouquets portrayed the exact opposite of the flowers’ common meanings: to receive an inverted rose was the ultimate form of rejection.”

Hanmore pretty much anything goes this year in wedding flowers. Bright colors, accents in black and feathers are espe-cially popular. Many brides are choosing silk flowers with accents of genuine green-ery. Tangerine and lime green are painting many weddings this year and calalillies, roses and orchids are top sellers.

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The Volcanoes name came from a discus-sion between the two about the kind of music they play. “It’s super distorted, su-per loud and super crazy,” Peters said. “So I said, ‘We need something huge. What’s more huge than volcanoes?’ The name re-flects the style, the genre, the sound.”

Peters said they never set out to make their show the ear-splitting, cacophonous experi-ence that it has become. “We don’t really strive for that, but it sort of stuck that way. Our music is really loud, crazy and distorted.”

In fact, Max Paran of “Dance Fuzz” de-scribed it this way, “If Lightning Bolt and Black Moth Super Rainbow had a child it would be Volcanoes.”

The band’s website features an online vid-eo, produced by the St Louis Post-Dispatch view team, of Ryan and Peters giving a “se-cret concert” in Lindenwood University’s Jekyll Theatre. Ryan is a senior and Peters is a junior at the school.

Volcanoes started when Ryan and Peters became roommates at Lindenwood in 2010. The two had known each other in high school at Francis Howell North and hooked back up in college to play with another band, “The Futurepast.” Peters said that

band never really got off the ground. Their lead singer left for Beirut, Lebanon to be-come a missionary.

“When he told us he was moving, the very next day we hit Volcanoes hard. It was like, ‘Let’s do this and get serious about it and we recorded an album in three weeks. We re-corded it ourselves in a room at my house.”

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eight-channel mixer and a band program on Peter’s MacBook. They put the album out on Facebook and Bandcamp.com and were shocked to discover they were quickly garnering a following. To date, the album has had more than 5,000 plays.

Now, Peters, who writes all the band’s lyr-ics, said despite its popularity, he wishes he hadn’t written most of the album. “It was fairly dark. I was in the midst of a super bad breakup and the lyrics are re-flective of my confusion. It’s pretty melo-dramatic. But at the time it was very real to me.”

In November of the same year, the band signed with Afternoon Records, a label based in Minneapolis, MN. Since then, they have sent free download codes to 40 blogs, magazines and online maga-zines. It’s the new mode of discovery in the 21st Century. Peters said the fame comes when trusted music bloggers like, post and recommend a musician’s work. “A lot of music business happens on the Internet especially with independent bands,” he said. “That’s the only way to do it. There really is no other way now. The people who listen to our music aren’t

listening to stuff on the radio. They’re listening to something a little more ob-scure.”

Peters said he’s not sure where the band is headed next. “Everything has happened so quickly. A year ago, I was thinking that ten years from now, I would have a wife and a child and be teaching theatre. Now (playing music) could possibly be more real. But we’re taking it one day at a time.”

Peters said he sometimes has difficulty describing his music. “To someone who is fluent in the independent music language, I would say we are dance, noise, rock. To someone who listens to the radio, I would tell them we’re really loud and you might dance to it.”

Simply put by one commenter on their site, “Sick nasty jamz ya’ll!” SS

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MAN-ly Man Gets Groomed at Cary O’Brien’s

That’s because females are more fashion-conscious. Any trip to the mall or sporting event where you can get a good cross-section of men walking around and you will see “there is room for improvement.”

So let’s turn our attention to the guys for a moment…and ladies we are going to need your help on this one to pull it off. It’s going to be your gentle nudging that will propel your guy to become a more, well- groomed man.

LET’S START AT THE TOP

It’s not just a hair cut it’s a style. Cutting it himself or the $9.99 cut special is off the table. His stylist should be offering ideas on cutting and styling that flatter him and help with his fashion consciousness. What to shampoo with, style with, and how to maintain the look is a great start. Your part is to let him know you like it.

STyLE IT

Let’s move away from gels. There are so many modern grooming products for the man to use that out-perform most gels. Look for words like, paste, mud, styler, groomer, and the like. These products will

hold up all day and can also be re-styled as needed easily.

WASH yOuR FACE

I like face scrubs the best. Scrubs will have a surfactant base (the soap) and include an abrasive also. Scrubs help to exfoliate the skin and bring healthier skin to the surface. They can be oatmeal, almond bark, or rice based to scrub the skin and cleans it. With a man’s skin being about 25% tougher than female skin, he can use a scrub every day. I spent a day at local store to have a look at what guys can and should be using. There are some good items available for your man to use.

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mOISTuRIzE IT

If you clean it, moisturize it. The face is the one part of the skin that is rarely ever covered which means it’s always exposed to sun, wind, and every condition our work puts us in. Let’s protect it. A simple lotion is good, but a lotion with SPF is even better. Notice the word “lotion” not “moisturizer” let’s keep it man-ly.

GROOm IT

As a man myself (thank you very much), I will say most men like to see their lady partner well-groomed and put together. Of course, we will complain about the cost. DO IT ANYWAY. It’s your turn to let him know you like him-groomed also, where to begin.

HANDS AND FEET

Get him a manicure… get it? MAN-icure? He needs to know it’s not emasculating to have nice looking hands. How often? Four to six times a year. Treat him to this new part of grooming, then move onto his feet. Softer skin and nails that do not injure you when snuggling are a bonus and you both win. Explain “win win to your man.”

LOSE SOmE HAIR

Let’s just be honest here, chest hair on some guys is sexy I know my wife likes it on George Clooney A LOT. But I have never heard women say “I love a man with a hairy back” WAX IT!! You will want to visit a salon for this one for sure. It does not hurt as much as he will say it does and you can remind him of all the things women do that are not so fun just so you can look better for your man. (Yes ladies- we know you really do it so other women won’t judge you, but I won’t tell).

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That was the case for St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano. And yet the young Italian boy would grow to become one of the longest serving city servants in St. Peters history and also its mayor. He would also go on to serve his country in Germany, marry his St. Louis sweetheart, and have three children, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild in his beloved city.

Pagano was born in St. Louis to parents who could neither hear nor speak, thus he and his younger sister did not learn to speak until it was noticed by a child care provider that the two could actually hear. “Children will mimic what you teach them. It was 1944. There was no television. There was no radio in the house.

There was no phone in the house. It was a normal house but all of our communication was done by sign language,” Pagano said. “Then Mrs. Rose, a teacher in my daycare, suspected that I could hear. They did a test on me and lo and behold, they discovered, this child can hear. My mom thought it was a miracle.”

He said he’s still amazed at the fact that he lived in a silent world until he was seven. “In today’s time, it would be impossible for that to happen,” he said.

Nevertheless, today, he said he runs across very few deaf people in the city of St. Peters, but when he does they are pleasantly surprised that he can communicate with them.

Pagano and his wife of 47 years, Joyce Pagano, were both brought up in St. Louis in strict

Catholic homes. So it stood to reason the two would make a perfect pair.

Joyce was working at Bussman Fuse in North St. Louis in 1963 when a co-worker asked her if she would like to go on a date with his cousin when he came home to St. Louis on leave from the US Army. Joyce agreed and she and Len went out for dinner and a show. He got her home on time too.

After the date, Len returned to Bravenhaven, Germany where he was stationed and Joyce continued to date other people. The two wrote lots of letters, but the following year Len returned to St. Louis, and the first person he called was Joyce. “When he came home, he called me again. Then it got serious.”

The two were married on November 20,


Who would have thought the may-or—a man who spends a good part of his day utilizing his vocal abilities—didn’t learn to speak until he was seven?

Len &Joyce

Len and Joyce Pagano


approval codes on them. Nevertheless, he spent the next 18 months arguing with everyone from the Postmaster to the US Senate. Even the St. Louis television stations ended up covering his story.

“The end result was that we got to keep the mailbox,” he said. “We had to buy a mailbox with the proper codes on it and slip it into the one we already had. The truth was we both won. Well, it was because of that story that so many people kept saying, ‘You ought to run for public office.’ Truthfully, that whole incident carried my name. There were so many newspapers then. That’s what got me in. It seems so strange, but that’s how I got into politics.”

And it was there he stayed. Len served as an alderman in St. Peters’ third ward for 25 years before becoming mayor. He is now on his third term in the city’s highest post.

Len said over three decades in local politics has bettered him somehow. “It really has made a better person out of me. It’s very easy to get into politics and do absolutely nothing, or you can go in with a mission and make a difference. I believe I have made a difference.” SS

1965 in Florissant where they lived in the early days and began raising a family.

Len worked as an insurance agent for Prudential, an inventory clerk for Edison Brothers and later as a truck driver for REA Express. He retired as a warehouse coordinator from Unilever after 30 years on the job.

Joyce left her job at Graham Paper and “stayed home to have babies. We didn’t have a lot of money and we made due with what he had.”

In 1976, the family moved to St. Peters from North County and built a house in the Spencer Creek subdivision.

Len never planned to get into politics. It all started with a mailbox. “A deaf mute I knew had built me a beautiful mail box,” Pagano said. “But the mail lady said she couldn’t deliver mail to that box because the inside was not approved by the Postmaster General with the appropriate numbers.”

Until that time, Len never even knew mailbox interiors had specific

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And apparently a lot of people agree. After just three months in business, the shop at 4117 Mexico Road in St. Peters is expand-ing into the space next door.

“There are a lot of people downsizing who can’t afford their homes and need to get

rid of some things,” Keipp said. “It’s also the economy. A lot of my customers make the comment, ‘I don’t even buy new any-more’.”

Design On A Dime is a home furnishings consignment shop that features both new and gently used items. Items are consigned for a minimum of 90 days, with price re-ductions of 15 percent after 30 days and 25 percent after 60 days. After 90 days, items can be picked up or Keipp will donate them. The profits are split 50/50. The shop no longer accepts rugs, linens, brass items and lamps.

“We take high-quality home furnishings in good shape and gently used,” Keipp said. “We do look for unique pieces that set us apart.”

Antique pieces that have been refinished are getting the most attention of late, Keipp said. So when one is acquired, the family

goes to work. “Mom finds the antique. Dad fixes any wood work. Mom paints and I sell them.”

Keipp’s two daughters also work for Design on a Dime. And she has a 19-year-old son who is starting to learn to refinish furniture.

She said she started the business for the same reason so many people have frequent-ed it. “I have always loved to redecorate. I would do it all the time, but I couldn’t af-ford it. My mom had just retired and we had always wanted to so something together.”

Keipp said ideal pieces for her store are pieces of furniture that still hold value but the owner has “no where to go with them.”

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Thinking of down-sizing and need to get rid of some stuff? Tired of your stuff but don’t have the money to re-place everything with new? That’s how Carrie Keipp felt before she opened Design On A Dime.

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They aren’t using the furniture and really don’t have the space to store it.

But there are also those people who want to make a little extra money. Maybe they want to buy something new and can’t afford it. Selling the furniture they already own through con-signment might make them that extra money so they can afford the pieces they want.

“What I like the most is meeting people and hearing their stories. I have formed a lot of bonds,” she said. “I just enjoy listen-ing and sharing.” SS

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Looking back, I wonder where all my friends from the ‘48 line went. I heard quite a few started to rust and some were even sent to the salvage yard.

The worst thing that happened to me was that my owner, who lived in Kansas, replaced my beautiful flathead V-8 with something called a 327 Chevy. Then, I was put in a barn for 27 years.

In 1993, my owner sold me to a gentleman in Missouri. By now I have been painted black over my original crème color. I only had 73,000 miles on me and I was looking forward to being driven again. But my new owner trailered me to Hamilton, MO, probably because he wasn’t sure of my mechanical condition.

My new owner had some money problems so he had to put me up for sale. He advertised me in Hemmings for $8,500.00. A man and his bride came to look at me.

I was trailered to a city called Lake St. Louis. What a sight I was, with feathers, straw and whatever else used me for a home for 27 years, flying all over the highway. People blew their horns and smiled at my new owners and me. I loved it.

They took me right to a shop to have my transmission fixed. Then it was off to the body shop.

I could sense that my Mr. and Mrs. were discussing what color to paint me. I was hoping for my original color but Mr. wanted black, and the Mrs. wanted something they called “drop dead red.” If you’ve ever seen me, you’d know Mrs. won.

As you might have guessed, I always worried about my top, so I was very happy when they gave me a new one. I got a new interior at the same time. That’s when I learned I was going to be in a wedding-it was for my owner’s son, Matt. It was a big day for everyone. I have been in six weddings since then. I’m very proud of that.

I was happy when my owner took me over to see a fellow called Larry Bauer because he also has a ’48 Merc convertible. He took me for a ride and said nice things about me. I got a glimpse of his yellow Mercury – I

enjoyed that too.

Over all, I’d say I have had my ups and downs, but I’m a 1948 and I’m still active and I look good, so I can’t complain. On the other hand, I’m sure happy I got the Columbia rear end; after all, I’m not as young as I used to be.

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But Horne went on exercising even after he was fit enough for the physical work he did. In fact, he began to believe so deeply in his new lifestyle that he wanted to share it with others. Today he’s a fitness trainer

and owner of A Positive Change Fitness in St. Charles where he caters mostly to the baby boomer crowd, ages 40 and up. He said it’s this group of people who want to get in shape without the rest of the world watching. “By then people have let them-selves go so bad that they’re intimidated by their surroundings, people watching them and looking at them. So a gym might not be the best choice for them.”

Nevertheless, Horne’s charges don’t get off easy. “You really have to be ready for a change when you come to me. I’m a big believer that exercise is medicine.”

It’s the medicine to cure the damage done by decades of the “Super-size Me” man-tra, he said. “I don’t know of any other thing you can do for 30 minutes a day that will reap you the amount of benefits exer-cise does.”

But Horne said it’s not about the half-hour per day that one exercises. Rather,

it’s about the benefits they receive from it for the other 23-1/2 hours of the day. These include stress reduction, increased self-esteem, improved outlook on life, decreased risk of cancer and Alzheimer’s diseases, and increased blood flow, he said. “It’s just about me as a person hav-ing enough energy to tackle the rest of the day. If you want a more fulfilled life, to live longer and be happier, the remedy is to relieve stress. Stress is killing us.”

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be taken care of. What good is the money going to do you if you don’t have your health? You have nothing.”

Training with Horne is a combination of weight training, cardio and flexibility, three very necessary attributes of exercise for weight loss and improved health, he said.

He advises his clients to do 30 minutes of exercise per day and said, “If you’re not sweating, you’re not working hard enough.” Horne said the 30 minutes can be done all at once or in three sessions of 10 minutes each. “It cuts out the excuses. Who doesn’t have 10 minutes?”

Functional training is somewhat new to the average individual but it’s making a

major impact on workouts, Horne said. “I grew up sitting on machines working out. But functional training is big now. It means training your body for everyday ac-tivities.”

Horne also does high intensive training for athletes and others who need to work on explosive movements such as those needed to run bases in baseball or the moves needed by hockey players. Horne is a lover of quotes. They hang on every wall of his home-based gym. “Can’t is a word of defeat. Will is a word of desire. Can is a word of power,” all hang above the state-of-the-art Life Fitness, Para-mount and Freemotion machines in his gym. “What you eat in private shows up in public” hangs there too.

Additional tools for weight loss are available at A Positive Change Fit-ness, including portion control plates and placemats and three different diets with grocery lists included which are available on his website at www.aposi-tivechangefitness.com.

Whatever the issue, Horne is willing to work with the client and lead them in the direction they choose to go, because after all, “Exercise is a journey, not a destina-tion” and “Pain is temporary. Quitting is forever.” SS

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Jerry Grossman, Registered Financial Consultant and partner of St. Charles Financial Services, LLC often asks, “If what you thought to be true turned out not to be true, when would you want to know?” Grossman and Webb both feel that they have an obligation to share a process that helps their clients understand what they are doing and that everyone must have a plan to get to where they need to go. Simply picking a product out of a group doesn’t work any more. A simple question they ask: “ If you play golf, would you rather have the $2000 set of Ping irons or the ability of Arnold Palmer?” It’s not about the clubs, it’s about the swing.

A family-owned business for over 35 years,

Michael Webb, a Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant, says it’s time to look at conservation of wealth and the willingness to obtain a consistent rate of return instead of going after a high growth portfolio. “At St. Charles Financial Services, LLC and Webb Insurance, we take care of people the way we want to be treated and today it’s not only about the accumulation of assets but the preservation as well.”

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Webb AgencyIn today’s uncertain and challenging economic environment everyone must “up their game.”

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Webb Insurance assists clients in all matters of insurance planning. In conjunction with St. Charles Financial Services, LLC, the firm also offers consultation on creating a balanced plan designed to help clients preserve life savings while building wealth. Grossman noted the results of a recent poll that he believed to be unsettling and yet true. It said 96.6 percent of people are more afraid of running out of money than dying. “We can show you how to use appropriate investment vehicles to help reduce taxes and develop a lifetime of income.“

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future.” It’s not just about a product, but it’s building a program with the liquidity, use and control of their money to do what they want to do and not to spend a dime more than they are already spending if possible.”

Webb said most adults today were raised to believe in certain financial truths that have been shared over the past decades without really checking in to these truths. Much of what we thought to be true is not working at this point. “Simply being in the market for example, doesn’t mean you will obtain the results you want and are looking for today. Many people are blindly investing in to a 401K plan without thinking about the result! Do you believe taxes are going to increase? We simply want to be real with our clients and community and tackle the hard problems.”

Webb gave another example of how folks need to change their mindset. If you put $100 in an investment and it goes up to $200 in the first year, you made a 100 percent return. Then the market corrects in year two by 60 percent and the account drops down by $120.00. So you now have $80.00 in your account. “If you take the average of this example, it shows a 20 percent rate of return, but actually you are lower on the value of the account than when you started the investment.” You need to look at the real rate of return and not the average.

Grossman said many people today are so busy doing what they need to for their family and business that they may not see a storm coming. And it’s precisely in this stormy economic environment that St. Charles Financial Services LLC and Webb Insurance can help. SS

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Joe Crouch, 86, worked in the “St. Louis Post-Dispatch” advertising and news rooms for the better part of four decades. The WWII veteran and artist drew paint cans, mattresses, chenille bedspreads and even women’s underwear in a time when print advertising was mostly black and white and didn’t come with a photo.

He started out in the advertising departments at Famous Barr and Stix, Baer and Fuller before joining the Post. “It was good experience,” he said.

His first assignment at the Post was a furni-ture store called Carsons-Union-May-Stern Company in St. Louis. Crouch wasn’t thrilled with drawing sofas and end tables but he got by. What he did like was drawing for the St. Louis Zoo

The Sunday pictures section was Joe’s favorite. He started laying out the pages and ended up drawing special Christmas sections. He remembers drawing small cherubs, Christmas trees and a mouse in a hole with its own Christmas tree made from a pine cone.

He drew paint by numbers for the Post’s young readers and when Six Flags opened

in St. Louis, he painted the opening scenes.

But he was also often called out on stories where he might do illustrations of notables of the day. The mayor of St. Louis or the governor of Missouri. He said he doesn’t remember their names anymore. “It’s terrible how I remember names. I remember the pictures though,” he said.

He does remember one name though. That would be the name Ozzy Osbourne—the multi-platinum former vocalist of Black Sabbath known as the “Godfather of Heavy Metal.”

In keeping with his reputation, as the office trickster, Joe walked past Osbourne with a rubber spider hanging half-way out of his mouth. “It just so happened that I had some spare spiders in my desk. So I walked by just like that’s what I do. I walk around with a spider in my mouth. He seemed perfectly normal. I think he liked it,” Joe said of Osbourne’s reaction. “He laughed about it. I thought he was really nice. He didn’t look like any of the pictures I had seen of him.”

By the time Joe left the Post, it was 1989. Computers were taking over, graphic design

was a sign of what would come and Joe saw a means to an end. “That was one of the reasons I left. It took me forever just to log in. I said, ‘I want to draw. I don’t want to put it on that thing.’”

Joe’s daughter Lesa Crouch Meierotto found some of her father’s old artwork around his house when the five daughters moved their parents to Hidden Lake. She decided to post some of it on her Facebook page. One thing led to another and Joe was asked to submit a collection to the St. Louis Public Library on Olive St. for use in the Special Collections Department. “It will be of great benefit to researchers involved in journalism, art and the history of St. Louis as well as those who remember his illustrations in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,” wrote Executive Director Waller McGuire.

Joe was alright with that. “It will make my life complete,” he said. “The kids only have so much wall space.” SS

Joe Crouch

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He was around when artists were drawing pictures on advertisements in newspapers. He was still there when “The Godfather of Heavy Metal” came to town.

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With 238 monthly listeners and nearly $6 billion in revenue, Clear Channel is the leading media company in America. Before her switch to radio, Beth was a special Education teacher who grew up on a farm in south Texas and worked her way through school. She is one of five siblings. When she’s not making her mark in media, Beth travels the world taking strolls down the ancient streets of Pompei, Italy or shopping in Rome. She also loves to run and enjoys taking in the scenery in Forest Park.

ss: How did you start your career in radio?

Beth: I loved teaching but knew I had to make a change in order to make a good living and I read somewhere that teachers make the best sales people because have to have to find creative ways to sell ‘learning’ to people. So I made the jump into radio sales and worked my way up.

ss: How has the internet affected Radio?

Beth: The internet has given us more avenues to engage our listeners. People have more access to news, sports and music and we’ve adapted very well. At Clear Channel, we’ve evolved from being more radio focused as Clear Channel Radio into a multi-media company. We’re now Clear Channel Media and Entertainment. We’ve expanded into new areas across multiple platforms; online, via IHeartradio, Smartphones, Satellite and live events. ss: If a record comes out and has 10 songs on it, why do we hear only one of those songs- over and over again? Who decides what songs are played?

Beth: A lot goes into making a song a hit. The record labels select a song from an artist’s album that they think will be popular. They invest lots of time and money to get mass

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ss: What is a typical work day for you?

Beth: Each day is different and that’s one of the great things about my job. I am surrounded by an amazing team of people that bring different skill sets and make what I do more enjoyable. I wouldn’t be able to do it without them.

ss: What is your favorite genre of music?

Beth: I enjoy many genres. I can listen to country, pop or R & B. It really depends on the mood I’m in.

ss: What do you do in your spare time?

Beth: I like to travel and see the world. I love to experience other cultures and the beauty that exists in different parts of the world.

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