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-Stages St. Louis performance, The Robert G. Reim Theatre, Kirkwood, Mo., tickets: 314-821-2407 or www.stagesstlouis.org.

Cats -The Muny, Forest Park, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Wood River Farmer’s Market, 4 p.m. to dusk, Madison Ave., Wood River Grafton Music in the Park -The Grove Memorial Park, corner of Main and Market, Grafton, 7862722 or www.enjoygrafton.com.

The Taming of the Shrew -Grandel Theatre, stlshakespeare. org

Arianna String Quartet to play at Touhill

11 45 and going strong

Dance St. Louis announces upcoming season

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A new era begins in Belleville

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Dinosaurs

Prehistoric creatures invade the Climatron

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Royal Accessories spice up household chores

23 Movie review The Last Airbender

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What’s Happening

Pet sitters

Professional pet sitting service takes flight

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Cats -The Muny, Forest Park, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

The Taming of the Shrew -Grandel Theatre, stlshakespeare. org The Mourners: Tomb Sculpture from the Court of Burgundy and Bill Viola: Visitation, Summer Exhibits at St. Louis Art Museum -Forest Park Vatican Splendors -Missouri History Museum, www. mohistory.org, Daily: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. To purchase tickets online: ticketmaster.com Recession Rejuvenations -Bruno David Gallery, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 3721 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, Mo.

Saturday Friday July 24____________ ____________ July 23 -The Shirelles -Argosy Casino, Alton, 7 p.m.

The Shirelles Alton Big Gig Local Music Show -Argosy Casino, Alton, 8 p.m.

-Alton Riverfront Amphitheater, Outdoor Film Series 1 p.m. to 11 p.m., tickets-info -Saint Louis Art Museum-on Art Hill, 9 p.m., free, open to public, St. at www.riverfrontamphitheater. com/BIGGIG and Jacoby Arts Louis, Film-Lust For Life.

Center Promises, Promises Night of the Elite-Boxing and -Stages St. Louis performance, MMA The Robert G. Reim Theatre, Kirk-The Pageant, Delmar Loop, 7 wood, Mo., tickets: 314-821-2407

p.m. Main Event-Deandre Bull Latimore vs. Slick Willie Lee | Chauncy Welliver vs. Galen Brown Cats -The Muny, Forest Park, St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Goshen Market -St Louis Street at Main Street, Edwardsville, 8 a.m. to noon The Taming of the Shrew -Grandel Theatre, stlshakespeare. org The Mourners: Tomb Sculpture from the Court of Burgundy and Bill Viola: Visitation, Summer Exhibits at St. Louis Art Museum -Forest Park Vatican Splendors -Missouri History Museum, www. mohistory.org, Daily: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. To purchase tickets online: ticketmaster.com Recession Rejuvenations -Bruno David Gallery, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 3721 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. Chuck Lavazzi -Kranzberg Arts Center Studio, presentersdolan.com

Sunday July 25____________ Open Mic w/Butch Moore -Stagger Inn, Edwardsville, 9:30 p.m

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If your dog could talk Professional pet sitting service takes flight

By BILL TUCKER Of The Edge Terry Ayers is very direct when she says, "No farm animals."

Any other creature, however, falls under the umbrella of what Sit. Stay. Play. professional pet sitters will care for.

Ayers and her partner, Carol K o h l e r, r e c e n t l y s t a r t e d t h e business after realizing from their own experiences that pets don't need to get away from home as often as people do.

So after taking all of the steps to become licensed, bonded, insured and certified, the duo is offering in-home pet care services in the Edwardsville/Glen Carbon area.

"We come to your home instead of you taking your animal to a shelter, which is more stressful on the animal," Kohler said.

Sit. Stay. Play. offers more than just daily feeding visits. Ayers and Kohler will bring in mail, pick up newspapers, turn house lights on and off in addition to caring for pets, which includes walking and playing with those animals who enjoy such activities.

And while dogs will likely be the primary recipients of care from Sit. Stay. Play., just about any animal – except farm animals – is a possibility.

Ayers said the business will take care of cats, birds, guinea pigs, fish, turtles, frogs, tarantulas – just about any pet a family can own.

Ay e r s a n d K o h l e r – b o t h mothers as well as entrepreneurs – have handled many different animals over the years.

They know, too, that in-home pet care is as much about the pet owner as it is about the pet itself.

"I think the biggest thing about having pet sitters is giving you peace of mind," Ayers said. "When we go in and make our initial visit, we'll play with the pet. Not only that, if we feel the pet is uncomfortable with us, we'll ask to come back at least one more

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Sit. Stay. Play. owners Carol Kohler, left, and Terry Ayers prepare to take Ayres' dog, Belle, for a walk. time before they go on vacation.

We want to make sure the pet is comfortable with us."

"You think you're just going to be dealing with the animals, but really your customers are the people who have to make the decisions to let us care for their animals," Kohler said.

And care is the key as it involves more than just feeding.

"If a dog could talk to you, he would tell you, 'stay and play.'

That's how our name came to be," Kohler said.

Ayers and Kohler will tell you that they aren't anti-kennel, but they know that some pets don't like to travel and some can't.

"People that have cats – cats don't want to be put in a car or put somewhere. When they go off to visit or go on vacation, (people)

don't have a place to leave their cats," Ayers said. "Small animals – guinea pigs, fish, a bird – what you do for them?"

Ayers' own dog, Belle, likes as much attention as she can get and that fact is another reason this business is being launched.

"There's so many dogs to take care of (at a kennel) and they take care of them well. Some dogs like Belle love individual attention and they don't get it at a kennel," Ayers said.

"We'll go in and spend 30 to 45 minutes with each pet."

Sit. Stay. Play. will not only interact with pets, they'll allow them the comfort of staying home.

"The biggest thing is the travel trauma – they don't have to go anywhere, they don't have to leave their home," Ayers said. "Some

dogs and cats stress out more than others."

Ay e r s a n d K o h l e r h a v e researched their business extensively and they know it's something needed in this area.

"We know there's a demand. For people to come to your home, we know there's a demand," Kohler said. "We've been to veterinarian's offices, groomers and pet-related business in the area. Last week we went from Maryville to Collinsville, Edwardsville and Glen Carbon and dropped off our cards.

"Every person we gave our information to said, 'I always have people asking.'"

Ayers and Kohler both have children attending Metro East Lutheran High School.

They were talking during a

football game about their pets and one thing led to another.

"We were talking about how expensive it was some times to take your pets to kennels," Ayers said.

"We wanted to combine our love of animals with a business we thought would succeed," Kohler said. "We're not a one person business. We can cover for each other."

S i t . S t a y. P l a y. w i l l o f f e r discounts to animals adopted through the Metro East Humane Society.

Ay e r s a n d K o h l e r a re s t i l l developing their Web site, but will be at the Goshen Market on July 24, distributing information on pet care and talking to pet owners.

For more information on Sit. Stay. Play., call 604-4743

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People People planner Tour of Illinois flower and wine operations set Brightflower Nursery in Stockton and Famous Fossil Winery in Cedarville are the destinations of a tour sponsored by University of Illinois Extension. The tour is scheduled for Friday, August 13, and will begin at Brightflower Nursery at 9 a.m.

Jeanie McKewan and Michael Staver started Brightflower Nursery in 2006. “After working for a variety of business entrepreneurs on Chicago’s North Shore, I decided that it was time to start my own,” said McKewan, who is president of Brightflower. “I have always been involved in growing and gardening and have a master’s degree in plant pathology.”

Brightflower Nursery is certified organic. McKewan said the choice to become certified was partly about nurturing the land, but also as a marketing niche. “We are small with very little capital so it is difficult to build the business. We’re far from some of our market, so delivery costs are high,” she said.

Visitors will tour the greenhouse and hoop house production, the field production of cut flowers, the bouquet-building facility, and the cooler for flowers. For more about

the nursery, visit http://www. brightflowernursery.com.

Mid-morning the tour will caravan to Famous Fossil Winery in Cedarville, which is owned and operated by Ken and Pam Rosmann.

They began by planting the vineyard in 2004 and today have over 2,000 grapevines. The winery was opened in 2008.

T h e v i n e y a r d i s c e r t i f i e d biodynamic. “Our wines are made with the minimum of handling and preservatives,” said Pam Rosmann.

“We do not use any genetically modified yeasts to ferment the wine, and we use evaporated cane juice for our sweet wines.”

T h e R o s m a n n s h a v e a l s o incorporated green technology in their structures. “Our building was built with maximum insulation in the walls, roof and windows,” Rosmann said. “We use a heat exchanger, and a high-velocity

heating and cooling system with ondemand hot water. Our woodwork, tasting bar, and display cabinets were grown, milled and built using local resources. All of our appliances are energy star and we use as many recycled products as we can find.

We serve local foods as much as we can for our private parties and in our café.”

Guests on the tour will visit the tasting room, the vineyard, and the winery operation, as well as the fossils that were discovered when the vineyard was being planted.

Lunch will be served at the winery, and the tour will conclude at 2 p.m.

For more about the winery, visit www.famousfossilwinery.com .

The final tour for the 2010 sustainable agriculture tour series is: September 22, Agritourism – Farm Fresh Fun Country Corner Henry County

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People People planner Walk for Lupus scheduled

Lace up your sneakers and gather your friends to join with KTVI-FOX2, KDNL-11, WHHL-HOT 104.1 FM, the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc. - Heartland Chapter, and bi-state area residents as they host the 27th Annual Twilight Walk for Lupus NowŽ, at Carondelet Park on Saturday, October 2, 2010!

Walkers can register three ways: online at LFAheartland.org, by email at info@LFAheartland.org, or by phone toll-free at 1-800-9LUPUS6.

Day of event check-in begins at 3 p.m., and the 27th Annual Twilight Walk for Lupus NowŽ will begin at 5 p.m. The

event is hosted at twilight to reduce the adverse effects that heat and sun can have on people living with lupus.

This year, we are proud to again welcome Honorary Chairman Demetrious Johnson, founder of the Demetrious Johnson Foundation for youth and National Sales Manager for the Athletic Sports Medicine Division of Covidien, here in St. Louis, Missouri.

Although Johnson lost his sister ten years ago to complications from lupus, he continues to be a strong advocate for awareness and education about the disease. He is proud to be part of the Twilight Walk for Lupus Now, and shares that passion with his listeners on HOT 104.1 FM every Sunday morning from 7 - 9 a.m.

More than five million people worldwide face an unpredictable future as they struggle daily with the often debilitating health consequences of lupus. Facing the potential of strokes, heart attacks, disabling pain and fatigue, disfiguring skin rashes, and other serious health problems associated with the chronic disease often in the prime years of life.

One in 185 Americans has lupus, and 90% of those affected are women.

Local businesses have embraced the event through their sponsorship, including, KTVI-FOX2, KDNL-11, HOT 104.1 FM and Pepsi. It is through the generosity of these businesses and volunteers that LFA-Heartland is able to provide services and to support research efforts for treatments and a

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For information about lupus and how you can volunteer or participate locally in events or a––gency services to support families affected by lupus, please contact the Lupus Foundation

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Music

A quartet for the quartet Arianna String Quartet to be featured in series at Touhill

The Arianna String Quartet (ASQ) has announced its 2010-11 St. Louis concert series.

Recognized as one of America’s finest chamber ensembles, the ASQ will perform four concerts – “Death and the Maiden,” “Arianna

by Request,” “Quint-Essential!” with special guest pianist Anton Nel, and “Titans of Style” – in the E. Desmond and Mary Ann Lee Theater at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Subscriptions are on sale now. Single tickets go on sale August 9.

The ASQ, comprised of violinists John McGrosso and David Gillham, violist Joanna Mendoza and cellist Kurt Baldwin, has been based in St. Louis since 2000 and is the quartetin-residence at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

“The Arianna’s audience has significantly expanded over the last couple of years, leading to full and enthusiastic houses,” said John Cattanach, managing director of the Touhill.

For the upcoming season, the ASQ has created the concert series with the connoisseur as well as the newcomer in mind. “Our goal in programming is to present the powerfully expressive masterpieces of the quartet literature,” said ASQ cellist Kurt Baldwin, “while simultaneously keeping the concerts new and interesting for our audience.”

The ASQ kicks off its St. Louis series with “Death and the Maiden,” September 10, 2010. The evening celebrates quartets by three composers whose dramatic creations helped chart the course of classical music. Antonin Dvorak’s alluring String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.51 presents a landscape of rolling beauty, filled with Czech folk music that sparks the imagination. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Quartet No.7 expresses the breadth of life’s jagged emotional journey in this piece dedicated to the memory of his wife. Franz Schubert’s tour de force, the Quartet in D minor,

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The Arianna String Quartet “Death and the Maiden,” closes the program with a musical drama that captures the power and fragility of the human experience.

“Arianna by Request,” October 29, 2010, the ASQ turns to its audience to choose the line up in this uniquely interactive concert e x p e r i e n c e . I n s p i re d b y t h e support of the hometown crowd, the ASQ compiled a list of 12 masterpieces from which concertgoers choose. The top-three, votegetting pieces will be performed in this concert. Patrons can go to touhill.org to vote.

On March 5, 2011, Anton Nel – one of the most cherished and celebrated pianist in the world – shares the stage with the ASQ for “Quint-Essential!” This piano quintet gala concert showcases the power and intimacy of Dvorak, Elgar and Brahms. Anthony Tommasini of the New York Times hails Nel as, “An uncommonly elegant pianist.” The evening of three great piano quintets features Dvorak’s Piano Quintet in A Major, Op.81; Elgar ’s Piano Quintet in A

minor, Op.84; and Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34.

The ASQ closes its 2010-11 St. Louis concert series with “Titans of Style,” May 6, 2011. It features three landmark quartets, whose innovative languages and styles forged new paths for musical expressivity. Mozart’s Quartet in A Major, K.464, is a tonally adventuresome work that sets the stage for the future of classical music. As Mozart said about this work in 1785, “Look what I could produce, if only you were ready for it.” Bela Bartok’s groundbreaking Quartet No.5 introduces a new sonic world that shows the composer at the height of his compositional genius. Finally, Claude Debussy’s exhilarating Quartet in G minor takes listeners on a nuanced odyssey through French traditions, world cultures and Debussy’s compositional ingenuity.

“And as part of our Touhill concert series,” commented B a l d w i n , “ w e a re t h r i l l e d t o welcome the award-winning

Parker Quartet, January 28, 2011.

They are an exciting, superb group.

Augmenting our series of concerts to include other quartets from around the country, especially groups as fine as the Parker, helps enhance our audience’s chamber music experience in St. Louis.”

Hailed by the New York Times as “something extraordinary” and by the Boston Globe for their “fiercely committed performances,” the Parker Quartet has rapidly distinguished itself as one of the p re e m i n e n t e n s e m b l e s o f i t s generation. The Parker Quartet was awarded the prestigious 2009-2011 Cleveland Quartet Award. Given biennially by Chamber Music America, this award honors and promotes a rising young string quartet whose artistry demonstrates t h a t i t i s i n t h e p ro c e s s o f establishing a major career.

Each ASQ concert and The Parker Quartet is an E3! performance, Explore – Experience – Engage.

E3! pre-show discussions, which begin 50 minutes prior to the performance, and post-show

re c e p t i o n s a re f re e t o t i c k e t holders.

The four-show ASQ subscription package is $95. The Parker Quartet special engagement can be added to the ASQ subscription package for $20.

Subscriptions for ASQ’s 2010-11 St. Louis concert series is on sale now. Single tickets go on sale August 9. They will be available at the Touhill Performing Arts Center Ticket Office; online at www.touhill. org; or by phone at 314-516-4949.

The Touhill’s Ticket Office is located at One University Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63121. All St. Louis area students receive a 10% discount on two tickets with their I.D. Group and senior discounts are also available.

The Touhill Performing Arts Center is located on the north campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, just 10 minutes from Clayton. (Exit #240 from I70). There is ample free parking, and the UMSL North Campus MetroLink Station is just steps from the Touhill’s main entrance.

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Tuning in SLSO receives $2 million endowment

The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra announced today that it has received commitment of a $2 million endowment gift from the Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation. In recognition of this contribution, the SLSO will establish The Mabel Dorn Reeder Honorary Chair.

The Chair will be awarded based on merit for a period of five years to a musician of the SLSO who demonstrates both excellence in artistry and leadership within the Orchestra and may be granted to any tenured orchestra member i n c l u d i n g t h o s e w h o a l re a d y occupy a named chair. There will be a one-time $10,000 stipend awarded to the recipient at the start of their five-year term as the honoree, to be utilized for professional development. The award will be celebrated every five years.

Mabel Purkerson, Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation Trustee, said: “Mabel Reeder, my godmother, loved the Saint Louis Symphony Orc h e s t r a a n d w a s e x t re m e l y g e n e r o u s t o i t . We a t t h e Foundation felt that we could both further her legacy and support the wonderful music-making of the Saint Louis Symphony with an award that recognized the individual efforts of the musicians themselves. This award not only acknowledges artistic talent, but so many other things that go into being a valued member of this orchestra, which includes a commitment to the St. Louis community.”

N e d L e m k e m e i e r, S L S O Chairman, Board of Trustees, said: “The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra continues to benefit in many significant ways from Mabel’s leadership and generosity as a patron and Trustee. The extraordinary gift of the Reeder Foundation, of which Mabel is a Tru s t e e , d e m o n s t r a t e s o n c e again Mabel’s interest in, and commitment to, our Orchestra and the St. Louis Community. She is a very special friend.”

Fred Bronstein, SLSO President & Executive Director, said: “This wonderfully imaginative gift by the trustees of The Mabel D. Reeder Foundation both gives us a unique opportunity to celebrate every five years an outstanding member of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra whose artistry, leadership and musical contribution to our community has gone above and beyond, while at the same time adding to the future financial security of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra by helping build its endowment.”

Founded in 1880, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) is the second-oldest orchestra in the country and is widely considered one of the world’s finest. In September 2005, internationally acclaimed conductor David Robertson became the 12th Music

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Director and second Americanborn conductor in the Orchestra’s history. In its 130th season, the SLSO continues to strive for artistic excellence, fiscal responsibility and community connection. In addition to its regular concert performances at Powell Hall, the SLSO is an integral part of the St. Louis community, presenting more than 250 free education and community partnership programs each year.

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Thursday, July 22 • Thriving Ivory, The Old Rock House, 7 p.m., St. Louis, Mo. • URN, Club 111, 7 p.m., St. Louis, Mo. • Judy’s Velvet Lounge, River City Casino, 8 p.m., South County, Mo. • C-Box Prophets, Cafe Eau, 6 p.m., 232 N. Kingshighway, St. Louis, Mo.

Alton Riverfront Amphitheater, 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., tickets-info at www.riverfrontamphitheater.com/ BIGGIG and Jacoby Arts Center.

• Reggae Redemption, 10 p.m., Stagger Inn, Edwardsville

Sunday, July 25 • Open Mic w/Butch Moore, Stagger Inn, Edwardsville, 9:30 p.m.

• As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between the Buried and Me, Bless the Fall, The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 6 p.m.

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Wednesday, July 28

• K i n g s o f L e o n , Ve r i z o n Amphitheater, St. Louis • The Shirelles, Argosy Casino, Alton, 8 p.m.

• Fred’s Six Foot Under (Iron Barley Basement), St. Louis, Mo., 10 p.m.

• Sara Bareilles w/The Brothers Lazaroff, Celebrate St Louis Concert Series, free, Leonor K. Sullivan Blvd.

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• Bob and Perry, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Mondin Band, 10 p.m.; Stagger Inn, Edwardsville • Legacy Jazz Quintet, Jazz at the Bistro, Grand Center St. Louis • Catfish & The Big Boss Blues Band, Villa Marie Winery, Maryville, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

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• The Reventones LIVE, The Shaved Duck, 2900 Virginia Ave., St. Louis, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 24 • Carl Green at the Piano, 8 p.m. until midnight, Rajin Cajun, 210 W. 3rd St., Alton • The Shirelles, Argosy Casino, Alton, 7 p.m.

• Silversun Pickups w/Against Me! & The Henry Clay People, Celebrate St Louis Concert Series, free, Leonor K. Sullivan Blvd. Gates open 6 p.m., close at 10 p.m.

• Alton Big Gig Local Music Show,

Thursday, July 29 • Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, Blueberry Hill, 6504 Delmar, St. Louis, Mo. • Kevin Eubanks, Sevens, Casino Queen, 7 p.m.

Edwardsville • Will Kimbrough, Off Broadway, St. Louis, 9 p.m.

• Keyon Harrold Quartet, Jazz at the Bistro, Grand Center St. Louis • Rick and Laura Hall in Concert, 7:30 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, Arnold, Mo.

Monday, Aug. 2 • Lyle Lovett and his Large Band, The Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 4 • The Reventones LIVE, The Shaved Duck, 2900 Virginia Ave., St. Louis, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

• G r e g L a s w e l l w i t h C a r y Brothers, Old Rock House, $12, St. Louis • Mike Harper, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Stagger Inn, Edwardsville • Keyon Harrold Quartet, Jazz at the Bistro, Grand Center St. Louis • Jeremy Camp, Six Flags Summer Concert Series, Eureka, Mo.

Saturday, July 31 • Carl Green at the Piano, 8 p.m. until midnight, Rajin Cajun, 210 W. 3rd St., Alton • Loza w/Bloody Pony, Heros of the Kingdom, 10 p.m., Stagger Inn,

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Thursday, July 22 • The Mourners: Tomb Sculpture from the Court of Burgundy and Bill Viola: Visitation, Summer Exhibits at St. Louis Art Museum, Forest Park • Vatican Splendors, Missouri History Museum, www.mohistory.org, Daily: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. To purchase tickets online: ticketmaster.com • Recession Rejuvenations, Bruno David Gallery, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 3721 Washington Blvd., St. Louis, Mo.

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Artistic adventures Immediacy Theatre Project Presents “Drawn & Quartered”

Immediacy Theatre Project (ITP) invades a new venue as it continues its 2010 season with the Drawn and Quartered series at Mad Art Gallery (2727 South 12th St., St. Louis, MO 63118) July 30 and 31, nAugust 20 and 21, September 23 and 24, and October 29 and 30, with new plays each month. Doors open at 7:00 pm with the show starting at 8:00 pm each night. Tickets are $8 at the door.

Each Drawn & Quartered offers thirty-five new two-minute plays performed in an order chosen by

the audience. The super-short plays are written by a crack team of ITP ensemble members, and they abandon many conventional theatrical elements such as character, location and suspension of disbelief. In these plays, the ensemble members portray themselves, the audience is always acknowledged, and the plays always exist exactly where they are: in an art gallery in St. Louis. Says ITP nArtistic Director Matt Heckman, “You don’t just come to Drawn & Quartered; you come to be part of it. Our audiences make this series special.”

This year ’s episodes will be directed by Heckman, Director of Development Danielle Borsch and Managing Director Kyle Kratky, and 2010 marks the fifth anniversary

of Drawn & Quartered. “Although we have five years of experience at being Drawn & Quartered under our theatrical belts, the show never gets tired,” says Borsch. “It’s a different experience every single time: different plays, new commentaries on what’s going on in the world, fresh pop culture trends, and a changing order of plays that alters the plays themselves.”

In honor of ITP’s five-year milestone with Drawn & Quartered, this year ’s episodes are going to have an extra-special edge. “We’re proud to announce that Drawn & Quartered has gone High Definition. We’ve always been ahead of the curve on the 3D movement – we were doing it five years ago! – but now we’re taking it further.” says Kratky.

“This year we’re going HD. The plays will feel so real you can almost touch them. In fact, you can! You can touch them.”

For more venue information, please visit www.madart.com.

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The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is pleased to announce the launch of Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and more than 700 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their

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“The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is honored to be able to offer free admission to our country’s military personnel and their families as a gesture of thanks for everything they do for us,” said Director Paul Ha. “St. Louis is home to several military facilities and we are proud to participate in this important national partnership. We hope they will visit us this summer to see our Great Rivers Biennial exhibition featuring the work of three St. Louis artists.”

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The Arts

45 and going strong Dance St. Louis announces 2010-11 season Dance St. Louis will open its 45th season of bringing great dance of the world to St. Louis in October with one of America’s premier ballet companies, Houston Ballet, and will close the following August with the 2009 Tony Awardwinning Best Musical, Billy Elliot the Musical.

“Through the year we will journey to emotions only dance can bring, with each performance from a company admired all over the world,” said Michael Uthoff, Dance St. Louis artistic & executive director.

Dance St. Louis’ 2010-11 season opens October 8 and 9 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center when, as part of the first-ever American Arts Experience–St. Louis, Houston Ballet brings an intimate program of sweet and playful classical dances by George Balanchine, Houston Artistic Director Stanton Welch, and Houston Associate Choreographer Christopher Bruce. The holiday season kicks off at the Fox Theatre on December 2-5 with The Joffrey Ballet in Nutcracker at the Fox, combining dancing of “exceptional fire and exuberance” (Chicago Sun-Times), Tchaikovsky’s evergreen score played live by the Ballet Orchestra of St. Louis, luscious Victorian sets and costumes, and performances by young St. Louis-area singers and dancers.

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet comes to St. Louis for the first time at the Touhill on January 28 and 29. In just seven years, this New York-based troupe of 16 international dancers has vaulted into the front ranks with its cutting-edge repertory from Europe’s most daring choreographers. On March 11 and 12,

the monumental Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the Fox on March 11 and 12 for a mixed program blending modern dance and African American spirit, climaxed by the celebration of 50 years of its signature masterwork, Revelations. On March 2527, the Fox explodes with the ever-popular international percussion sensation STOMP, copresented by the U.S. Bank Broadway Series.

On April 8 and 9, the Touhill blossoms into phantasmagoric visions of Mother Nature with MOMIX in Botanica. Creatures real and mythical materialize thanks to props, costumes, lighting, and the impossibly nimble dancerillusionists.

On May 26, 27 and 28, Dance St. Louis and the Touhill co-present SPRING TO DANCE FESTIVAL 2011, the fourth annual Memorial Day Weekend extravaganza of 30 dance companies from across the Midwest and beyond, for three completely different programs over three nights at only $10 per night.

The season concludes on August 10-28 a t t h e F o x T h e a t re w i t h B i l l y E l l i o t t h e Musical, co-presented with the U.S. Bank Broadway Series. Based on the smash hit movie about a coal miner ’s son who discovers a surprising passion for ballet, Billy Elliot is the winner of ten 2009 Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Choreography for Peter Darling’s dances, with music by Elton John.

Season ticket packages are currently on sale. For more information, call the Dance St. Louis box office at 314-534-6622 or visit dancestlouis.org. Single tickets for Houston Ballet, Nutcracker at the Fox, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and MOMIX in Botanica go on sale September 7, Tuesday after Labor Day. SPRING TO DANCE FESTIVAL 2011 goes on sale in Spring 2011. On-sale dates for single tickets to STOMP and Billy Elliot the Musical are TBA.

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Dining Delights

Eckert’s A new era begins in Belleville

By DEBBIE SETTLE Of The Edge The peaches are piled high. The black berries are so ripe they could burst. An Eckert’s employee rushes by to run out to the field to pick some green tomatoes at the special request of a customer wanting to make fried green tomatoes. There is a mixture of many voices in the air as people push their carts past all the fresh produce, bakery goods, and more. They are shopping at Eckert’s Country Store. Why is that so special? Because it is the first week of the grand opening of their brand new $5 million, 22,000 square-foot country store.

The previous store was built in 1927, and although it had many renovations over the years, including electricity and indoor plumbing, it was a favorite stopping point for locals to pick up some fresh produce and maybe a freshly baked pie. Although this new store brings a whole new look to the country store business, it doesn’t change what the Eckert’s family was doing in the previous location.

“This store basically has all

the same products and produce as the previous store. We are just able to display it better, stock more and customers have much more space to move around,” said Chris Eckert, president of Eckert’s, Inc. “We didn’t want to create the typical grocery store atmosphere.

You aren’t going to find toilet paper and cereal on our shelves.

What you will find is locally grown produce, meat, cheeses, wines, and a number of other great items.”

The well-lit facility incorporates a greatly expanded wine area.

There is a temperature controlled wine room, along with a number of wine racks that house vino from all over the United States, including Missouri and Illinois. If you are confused about the wine selection or looking for a certain kind, there is an attendant on duty to assist you.

The store is definitely a far cry from the roadside stand that Alvin O. Eckert opened 100 years ago.

However, the family values that were at the heart of the Eckert’s farm then are still what the Eckert family stands for today. “Creating Family Memories” is the focus and mission of the Eckert’s

family and their employees. As a reminder and a welcome, this is the statement displayed across the side of the building, adjacent to the customer parking lot. “We have fantastic employees who are committed to this place. We are all family. It is very important that people know what a valuable asset our employees are. Many of them sacrificed their July 4th holiday to get this place open and we are very grateful and fortunate to have them,” said Chris Eckert.

Chris’ wife, Angie Eckert, is the Vice President of Retail Operations.

She has been one of the key figures in getting the store set up and everything in place. Chris Eckert said he and Angie and the rest of their family felt very blessed to have such a great crew of people to help them create such a wonderful family atmosphere.

“Everyone knows Eckert’s for picking apples and peaches, we just really wanted to expand on that mission so people can enjoy all the food products that we offer.

We are providing as much locally grown and produced food as possible,” said Chris Eckert. “We find guests in general enjoy locally produced food simply because it just tastes better.”

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sliced meats and cheeses along with hot ready-to-serve items that customers can stop by and grab for dinner. There is a full service meat counter offering some of the freshest meats available. Eckert’s has partnered with a couple of ranches and all meat is 100 percent U.S. raised, and the majority is locally raised. You can even call ahead with your meat or deli orders and they will have every thing packaged and ready to go when you arrive.

This week marks the peach picking start. Although the store is a great addition to the Belleville farm, there are still plenty of “pickyour-own” peaches and black berries. Of course the apples and pumpkins will be ready for picking this fall.

Make sure to put a trip to

Eckert’s on your agenda, maybe even make it a regular date. There is a great selection of products that are grown and/or prepared with lots of care and love.

One other addition to the new store is the full service teaching kitchen. This will be the place for cooking classes for both adults and children, and wine classes. There is a complete schedule of classes available at the store or by signing up for their e-mail newsletter on their Web site.

Eckert’s Country Store is located on the farm in Belleville, at 951 South Greenmount Road. Their phone number is 800-745-0513.

They have other farm locations in Milstadt and Grafton. You can read more about the farm or learn about cooking and wine classes at www. eckerts.com.

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At top, the exterior of Eckert’s Country Store in Belleville. At left, a selection of pies available daily. Above, video monitors in the kitchen where cooking classes are conducted.

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Yet creamy lower-fat vegetable dishes can be every bit as tasty and satisfying as their full-fat cousins.

One way to go is to make a low-fat white sauce by heating 3/4 cup of skim or low-fat milk until steaming. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour with 1/4 cup of cold milk. Stir the flour mixture into the hot milk and cook, whisking constantly, until thick, 2 to 3 minutes.

Once thickened, add 1/4 cup of any extra-sharp sharp cheese (use full fat, because with its superior flavor even a little will go a long way) and a bit of Dijon mustard to make a cheesy sauce, or add herbs and spices, such as snipped chives and a pinch of nutmeg, to make a more traditional white sauce. Mix the sauce with any cooked vegetables you like.

You also can thicken a cup of skim or low-fat milk by stirring in 1 1/2 tablespoons of cornstarch as it heats, then seasoning in the same way as when thickened with flour.

This recipe for smoky creamed c o r n w i t h g re e n c h i l i e s u s e s

some cornstarch as a thickener, but also gets much of its velvety texture by pureeing two-thirds of the corn in a blender. A mere teaspoon of butter goes a long way in adding a familiar richness to the complex blend of sweet and spicy flavors.

Look for smoked paprika in the spice section of most grocers or in a pinch, just use plain paprika instead.

SMOKY CREAMED CORN WITH GREEN CHILIES Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 4 1 teaspoon butter or canola oil 4-ounce can diced green chilies 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika 3 cups fresh corn kernels, divided (about 7 cobs) 1 1/4 cups skim milk 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon salt In a medium saucepan over medium, heat the oil. Add the chilies and paprika and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside.

In a blender, place 2 cups of the corn, the milk, cornstarch and salt. Blend until smooth. Transfer the puree to the saucepan with the chilies and add the remaining 1 cup of corn. Cook over mediumhigh, stirring constantly, until the mixture simmers and thickens and the corn is tender, 7 to 10 minutes.

Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 163 calories; 19 calories from fat; 2 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 2 mg cholesterol; 34 g carbohydrate; 6 g protein; 1 g fiber; 216 mg sodium.

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Dining Delights OK, we admit these are our opinions and you certainly should form your own, but it is nice to have a guide of places to eat when you are undecided or want to try something new or different.

To send us a suggestion of a restaurant to try, e-mail theedge@ edwpub.net 54th Street Bar and Grill Edwardsville 4 stars Great menu selection, something for everyone. Prices are very reasonable and have not had a bad selection yet. Remember to get your frequent diner card stamped when ordering an entree so you can get one free when your card is full.

Red Robin Edwardsville 2 1/2 stars The bottomless french fries are fantastic, but it basically is a pricey burger place. Service is not super speedy, but food was good and hot.

Good group setting.

Cold Stone Creamery Edwardsville 5 stars I really would give this more stars if we had them, but all we can give is five. I LOVE their ice cream concoctions, particularly the Cheesecake Fantasy or the Apple Pie A La Cold Stone. I really could put more selections here, but use your imagination!

Red Apple Maryville 4 stars The Red Apple is another favorite of our family, whether it is breakfast, lunch or dinner. There is a huge menu selection, including Italian, broasted chicken, gyros, sandwiches of all kinds, plate specials, fish selections – fried and broiled, and much more. Service is always impeccable and prices can’t be beat.

La Fonda Edwardsville 3 1/2 stars Good food, good service. All you can eat chips and salsa are great complement to their abundant menu. Their rice and beans are excellent also.

Bigelo’s Bistro Edwardsville 4 stars Great menu selection of gourmet sandwiches, soups, salads, pastas and more. Great downtown Edwardsville location where you are sure to see someone you know.

Bobby’s Frozen Custard Maryville 5 stars Gosh, maybe we just like desserts, but Bobby’s has a following in Madison County that most people know. Great custard, great carmel apples, lots of selections and more.

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Strawanna and the Bobby’s Turtle are some of the favorite selections.

Carisillo’s Mexican Restaurant Collinsville 3 1/2 stars A great selection, similar to

LaFonda. Good prices and endless chips and salsa. Service is quick and friendly. Not the fanciest, especially on the outside, but don’t judge a Mexican restaurant by its cover!

St. Louis Bread Company Edwardsville/Collinsville 4 1/2 Stars OK men, don’t scoff at the rating, but embrace it! Although men look at it as “chick food,” there is

something for every taste on their menu. Fantastic soups, sandwiches, bakery items, coffees, teas, salads, and more. Great place to take a laptop or a book and just kick back and sip a cup of java.

Business Is Booming!! But… Supply Shortage Drives Local Car Dealer To Pay-Off Consumer Auto Loans And Leases Early To Keep Inventory Full

EDWARDSVILLE – Good news for people who are tired of their ride: Koetting Ford needs used cars and is willing to do just about anything to get them…including helping you to eliminate the remaining payments on your current lease or loan.

Dealers nationwide have experienced a spike in sales recently, but manufacturers have slowed production to a near standstill and President Obama’s Cash For Clunkers program removed 690,000 vehicles from the road. This all means there are not enough vehicles “for sale” right now to keep up the current sales pace. One local car dealer, Marty McCabe from Koetting Ford, invented a unique solution to the problem.

“Our business can’t afford to wait for this problem to run its course. We need to keep selling cars this month. But with only a 56-day supply on-hand nationally, we need to do something pretty drastic. There are thousands of people in this town who want a nicer, newer car but are still making payments. Then there’s me, who needs used cars. So…how about I help you handle the remaining payments and you get a better car right now?”

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t most dealerships, the credit score matters more than the person. But our relationships with many flexible lenders allows us to match your credit application with the lender most likely to approve you…a bank that will take the person into consideration, not just the credit score.

Heck, just looking at the credit scores is what got us into this mess in the first place. It’s high time to put the person first, in my opinion. That’s how we operate here.

Marty McCabe

This unusual proposal makes sense because rather than removing a car from the inventory at the time of purchase, you actually replenish the supply when you trade in. Marty McCabe says that each transaction has a unique “Inventory Footprint” with some transactions resulting in -1, some in 0, and some in +1. According to McCabe, “This month we’re looking for 0’s and +1’s, which means we’ll buy your current vehicle even if you don’t buy one from us and we will help you pay off your loan or lease early, just so we can keep our inventory from running dry.”

How Long Will This Last?

When asked about timing, McCabe explained, “This problem should only last about a month. I expect the supply to level out by July as the manufacturers pick up the pace and other dealers’ sales slow down. But we only have 12 months in a year, and I’m not willing to go dark for one of them.”

Automotive experts indicate that this inventory correction could last anywhere between 10 and 45 days.

The offer to help you eliminate the remaining payments on your loan or lease is good until June 30, 2010 or until the inventory supply returns…whichever comes first.

A Trader’s Market?

“It’s a lot like a perfect storm,” says McCabe. “Nobody could have predicted it, and it only comes around every 10 or 15 years. Suppliers have been slowing down consistently over the past few years. But nobody expected so many sales to be made so quickly in the first part of 2010. Until it’s resolved, this ‘perfect storm’ creates what’s known as a ‘Trader’s Market’ which places upward pressure on

Edwardsville residents are lining up at Koetting Ford to have their car loans or leases paid off early (sometimes YEARS early) and then driving home in a nicer, newer vehicle long before they thought they could. National auto supply shortages are forcing Koetting Ford to overpay for trades, resulting in early pay-offs. This rare ‘trader’s market’ will only last through the end of the month. Call or visit Koetting Ford at 3465 Progress Pkwy., Granite City 62040 (Rt 3 at Pontoon Rd. next to Granite City WalMart)!

the value of your trade. That extra value gives me the leverage I need to negotiate favorable buy out terms with your original bank.”

The Banks Want Out

To make the timing even better, it seems that some banks are anxious to eliminate loans made between two and five years ago. “There was a lending frenzy during that time that caused many banks to make deals they wish they wouldn’t have made (now known as toxic assets). Now they’re trying to clean their books up…and many are more than happy to be finished with loans that aren’t yet paid off.

This works in your favor.”

“It truly is a good opportunity for all involved: the bank gets their money, I get the inventory I need, and you get the nicer, newer car you want. There are no losers in this deal!” trumpeted McCabe.

than the person. But our relationships with many flexible lenders allows us to match your credit application with the lender most likely to approve you…a bank that will take the person into consideration, not just the credit score. Heck, just looking at the credit scores is what got us into this mess in the first place. It’s high time to put the person first, in my opinion. That’s how we operate here.”

What Next?

Marty McCabe expects a heavy response to this offer, so please call ahead and make an appointment to have your current loan or lease evaluated. Walk-ins will be accepted, though may require a short wait. If lines are busy, please keep calling.

Please call 618-452-5400 or visit Koetting Ford at 3465 Progress Pkwy., Granite City 62040 (Rt 3 at Pontoon Rd. next to Granite City WalMart)

People Over Credit Profiles

“At most dealerships, the credit score matters more

Ask The Dealer For The People:

Q: Who is this right for?

A: This is good for anyone who is currently making a car payment but would like to switch to a nicer, newer car and stop making his or her current payments.

Q: Will there be a negative impact on my credit score?

A: No. Your current lease or loan will be paid off and there will be no negative consequences. If anything, it could help your score because you’ve successfully paided of the loan or lease.

Q: What will my new payment be?

A: That depends on what car you choose next. Often we can keep your payment the same and sometimes the payment is actually a bit lower. Imagine driving a nicer newer car with a lower payment.

Q: How much will I need for a down payment?

A: There is no fee for us to evaluate your trade-in and eliminate your payments. And many of the banks we work with offer no to low down payment options. Plus my Transparent Trade Appraisal Process means you’ll receive a fair, accurate and complete evaluation of your current vehicle and situation, with no pressure. You’ll be able to make an intelligent decision with all the facts.

Koetting Ford Q: Do I have to have good credit? is a Dealer for A: Good credit makes it easier on us…but we really need cars right now. the People and So please bring in your car so we can have a chance at eliminating your a Consumer Advocate. McCabe paymentsno matter what your credit is like. My For The People Credit is the author of Approval Program is designed to help you get approved even if you’ve made several consumer mistakes in the past. guides on car Q: What if my car is paid off? buying. “It matters A: Even better. Your car may be worth more right now than it has been in the past. to Marty!”

So trading in right now could be a wise investment. This is the perfect timing.

Please call 618-452-5400 or visit Koetting Ford at 3465 Progress Pkwy., Granite City 60240 (Rt 3 at Pontoon Rd. next to Granite City WalMart) right away.

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Travel briefs Outrigger announces plans for Vietnam resort

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaiibased Outrigger Enterprises Group has announced it will co-design and manage a luxury resort to be built along the central coast of Vietnam.

The five-star Outrigger Vinh Hoi Bay Resort and Spa will be part of the Vinh Hoi Bay Golf Resort being constructed along a secluded beach north of Quy Nhon in Binh Dinh province, the company said in a news release.

The hotel is expected to open in late 2013. It will offer 210 guest ro o m s a n d s u i t e s , 4 6 p r i v a t e villas and a two-story grand villa.

Six food and beverage outlets are planned, in addition to a cooking school, a wellness center, amusement zone, fitness center, library, adventure center and retail outlets. “We look forward to being a part of what is sure to become Vietnam’s most recognized resort destination,� said Darren Edmonstone, Outrigger’s senior vice president for Asia.

O u t r i g g e r, a f a m i l y - o w n e d company with more than 60 years of hospitality experience, said its participation is included in an agreement signed with developer Vietnamese American Hotel and Resort Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the American company ITC Spectrum LLC. “Vinh Hoi Bay is a world of peace and tranquility in an off-the-beatenpath area of rural charm,� said Canh Tran, chairman and CEO of ITC Spectrum, “The pristine mountain and beach setting of the Vinh Hoi Bay Golf Resort offers a distinctive variety of environments and varied terrain to provide the basis for the most unique and memorable integrated resort experience in Vietnam.�

The Vinh Hoi Bay Golf Resort will include five luxury destination hotels, as well as individual villas.

The centerpiece of the resort will be an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones II.

New Orleans back in Travel + Leisure top 10 cities

NEW YORK (AP) — New O r l e a n s i s b a c k i n Tr a v e l + Leisure magazine’s top 10 cities list for the first time since

July 22, 2010

Hurricane Katrina devastated the city and its tourism industry in August 2005.

New Orleans took the No. 7 spot in the category of top cities in U.S. and Canada, part of the magazine’s annual World’s Best Awards.

The 2010 awards were announced Thursday.

New Orleans was last named to the list, in the No. 10 spot, in July 2005.

The city has steadily rebuilt and revitalized its tourism industry in the past few years.

New York took the No. 1 spot on the U.S. and Canada cities list, followed by San Francisco; Charleston, S.C.; Chicago; Santa F e , N . M . ; Va n c o u v e r, B r i t i s h Columbia; and after New Orleans, Quebec City, Quebec; Victoria, British Columbia, and Washington D.C. Wi n n e r s i n the best islands category internationally include exotic locales like the Galapagos and Bali, but for the continental U.S. and Canada, the island winners are places mostly known for beautiful scenery and simple pleasures: Mount Desert Island, Maine; Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia; Vancouver Island, British Columbia; San Juan Islands,

Wa s h . , a n d C a n a d a ’ s P r i n c e Edward Island.

The full World’s Best Awards l i s t w i l l a p p e a r i n Tr a v e l + Leisure’s August issue, which is available on newsstands July 23. It can also be seen online at h t t p : / / w w w. t r a v e l a n d l e i s u re . com/worldsbest.

Winners in other categories include Abercrombie & Kent for best river cruise, a new category on the list; Crystal Cruises as best large-ship cruise line; Singapore

Airlines as best international airline; Virgin America as best domestic airline; and Hertz as best car-rental agency.

Best hotels in the continental U.S. included San Ysidro Ranch, A Rosewood Resort, in Santa Barbara, Calif., as top resort; Tr u m p I n t e r n a t i o n a l H o t e l & Tower in Chicago as best large city hotel; and Triple Creek Ranch in Darby, Mont., as top inn.

Bangkok was rated as the best city internationally, but the

magazine noted that data for the awards was mostly collected before the worst of the recent political upheaval in Thailand.

Winners for Travel + Leisure Wo r l d ’ s B e s t Aw a r d s w e r e determined using results of a questionnaire made available to Travel + Leisure readers online, and through invitations in the January, February and March issues of the magazine.

Nearly 16,000 readers participated.

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Travel briefs Frick museum celebrates 75 years NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s incomparable Frick Collection is throwing itself a birthday party this year to mark the 75 years since the museum opened its doors.

As might be expected from an

institution established by steel magnate Henry Clay Frick as a “public gallery of art to which the entire public shall forever have access,” the public will reap the benefits.

Curators have mounted a small show, complete with architectural d r a w i n g s , t h a t e x p l o re s t h e transformation of the mansion into a museum and library.

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D i n o s a u r s July 22, 2010

Bring y o u r family to experience the wonder of the Missouri Botanical Garden and its new “DinoQuest: A Tropical Tr e k T h r o u g h Ti m e ” exhibition—after hours!

Dramatic lighting and fog elements enhance the habitat of the lifelike dinosaurs and other re p t i l e s t a k i n g u p t e m p o r a r y re s i d e n c e i n t h e C l i m a t ro n ® tropical rain forest on Jurassic Dark nights, Thursdays from 6 to 10 p. m., May through September. Cost for the special evening experience is $9 for adults, $7 for children ages three to 12 and includes Garden, Children’s Garden and DinoQuest exhibit admission.

Take an evening trek througzh the lush, verdant Climatron to witness more than a dozen scenes of dinosaurs and other reptiles from the Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic and Permian periods “frozen in time” amid the living flora. Encounter a toothy T. Rex, a pair of hungry

Prehistoric creatures invade the Climatron Heterodontosaurus herbivores, a flock of bird-like Bambiraptors and more. Visit the Brookings Interpretive Center for hands-on activities exploring the common thread between dinosaurs and people: their lives both depend on plants. Children can climb inside a dino nest and use palm fronds and other plant material to protect eggs, just like dinosaur parents

did. Dress up in explorer gear and use tools like real scientists in a pretend fossil field lab. Marvel at the 65-million-year-old sandstone slab filled with dinosaur, turtle, fish and bird fossils.

The two-acre Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden: A Missouri A d v e n t u re w i l l re m a i n o p e n late from 6 to 8 p.m. for outdoor exploration, learning and fun. A roaming balloon artist will make colorful dinosaur souvenirs appear with the twist of a wrist.

Sassafras, the Garden’s café, will be serving their full menu until 8 p.m. Treat your young

paleontologist to a special DinoQuest kids menu featuring dino mac and cheese and raptor nuggets (dino-shaped chicken nuggets) with petrified potato sticks.

Free parking is available on site and two blocks west of the Garden at the intersection of Shaw and Vandeventer. Inquire at the ticket counter for stroller, wheelchair or scooter rental,available on a first come, first served basis.

Jurassic Dark evenings are Thursdays, May 6 through Sept.

30 from 6 to 10 p.m.; last entry of the night is at 9:30 p.m. Cost is $9 for adults and $7 for children (ages three to 12), and includes Garden, Children’s Garden and DinoQuest exhibit admission. Missouri Botanical Garden members enjoy discounted Jurassic Dark admission of $5 for adults and $3 for children.

For more information about the DinoQuest exhibition, visit www. mobot.org/dinoquest. For general Garden information, visit www. mobot.org or call (314) 577-5100.

Exhibit sponsorship of “ D i n o Q u e s t : A Tro p i c a l Tre k Through Time” is generously p ro v i d e d b y C a rd i n a l s C a re ; Insituform Technologies, Inc.; Macy’s; Cheryl and Dave Morley; and an anonymous contributor.

Above, Hypsibema and a nest. At left, T-Rex stalks Rhamphorynchus. See all the creatures during “DinoQuest: A Tropical Trek Through Time” at the Missouri Botanical Garden, May 1 through Oct. 3. Photo by Rob Thurman, courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden.

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They’re certainly original Royal Accessories spices up household chores

By DEBBIE SETTLE Of The Edge Everyone thinks about having that breakthrough idea that they can market and become independently wealthy – maybe a beauty product, a new tool, or something for your pet. But few ever act on those ideas.

Created in 2003, Royal Accessories, LLC, the parent company of His and Her Majesty’s Accessories had the idea to take everyday items and add a glamorous touch to them.

Why? Well, doesn’t it feel much more elegant to wash the dishes or clean the toilet if you have a pair of gloves with faux fur trim or pearls or crystal detailing? How about a faux fur apron. Maybe you think that the days of wearing an apron are passe’, but you will have a whole new outlook when you don a faux leopard fur apron to entertain your guests.

Royal Accessories realized that in today’s competitive marketplace, they needed to stand apart, offer original designs, high quality workmanship and prices suitable for self indulgence as well as gift giving. They have managed to accomplish that task.

Their gloves have donned the hands of the “Desperate Housewives,” making it glamourous to clean your house. They have been featured in “Domino” magazine and in New York’s Daily News.

If you like the aprons, what about a duster to match. Along with their line of faux fur aprons, you can get a matching duster that

is sure to complete the ensemble. Have you ever needed a unique gift for the person who has everything? This might be just what you are looking for. Or how about that person who turns up their nose when you mention cleaning? This might just be the ticket for a cute gift to change their mind about the dirty job. These items make fantastic bridesmaids gifts too!

I f y o u a re o n e w h o d r y c l e a n s y o u r garments or has a college student who needs a laundry bag, Royal Accessories not only has a selection of luxury bags to carry the unmentionables in, but they will custom embroider them. Maybe a monogrammed dry cleaning bag for the guy or gal that is tough to buy for.

Royal Accessories uses quality fabrics and the embellishments – faux fur, rhinestones

and luxury trim – are all hand sewn. Laundry and shoe bags are lined in 100 percent cotton.

The “luxury collection” is lined in charmeuse and skillfully embroidered.

Each season they introduce new updated fabrics, designs and new products to keep their line fresh. They continue to set standards for elegant gift giving and receiving. They have the ability and capacity to provide custom design and production to meet corporate gift giving as well as private labeling needs. All of their products feature original designs and are made in the United States of America.

For more information about Royal Accessories, His and Her Majesty’s Accessories, visit www.royalaccessories.com.

There is complete pricing information and order forms for downloading on the site.

Picture above are the aprons offered through Royal Accessories. At left are the "Rose Parade" gloves. Photos for The Edge.

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Family Focus Parents go electronic

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press Parents who want a way to talk so little ears can’t hear have moved beyond s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g in favor of a new kid-proof system: the text message.

E-mail, text and instant messaging have become the go-to technology for parents on family outings or at the end of a long day, when mom’s chilling on the couch in front of the TV and dad’s reading in the bedroom more than a whisper away.

“There was a time when I would get really upset if I was IMed from another room in the house. Now it’s a complete parental survival tool,” says KellyAnn Bonnell, whose kids are 10 and 15.

Tammy Gold, a parenting coach in Short Hills, N.J., says phones and online tools are particularly important in tight spaces like apartments, where there are fewer secluded spots, and especially with older kids who stay up as late or later than the grown-ups.

“I’ve had parents who say it’s weeks before they can speak,” she says. “Parents these days put ‘sex’ into each other’s phones or else it won’t happen.”

Parents in two-BlackBerry households are using the company’s free text service and relying on the messaging features on Facebook since they’re logging on frequently anyway. Others have come up with languages all their own.

“Should we partake in a visit to the place with aluminum obstacles or cages containing mammals?”

Greg Abel and his wife value their synonyms — that’s the playground and the zoo — when their kids are listening, especially when more open discussion would likely lead to a sibling spat or major disappointment.

“We have a bright 5-year-old who can spell, so we can’t spell out words in front of him,” said Abel, from Baltimore, Md. “If we’re trying to decide if we should give him ice cream, but only after his younger brother has gone to bed, we might say, ‘Should we give the elder a frozen confection?”’

With a 2-year-old, Melissa Kaupke in Nashville, Tenn., can still spell that and lots of other things, but she wishes her husband was on board with her own parents’ secret language of “Ob.” You know the one — http://bit.ly/az19n4 — it sounds like you’ve got rocks in your mouth.

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Some clothes a vacation all their own NEW YORK (AP) — Missed the boat on that great getaway? Put on the right clothes and you still can bring a bit of the beach to your summer.

OK, so it’s not exactly the same as a jaunt to the Greek isles or Hawaii, but you can infuse a hint of exotic escapism into your life with sun-kissed-colored T-shirts, shell-like embellishments, coralshaped jewelry and rope-handled handbags. Surfer styles in oversized prints and Neoprene fabrics take you to the shores of Southern California or the Hamptons in New York.

“When you see some clothes, you say, ‘vacation,”’ says designer Tommy Hilfiger. “Some businesses are built entirely on occasion or vacation clothes. The guys who w e a r To m m y B a h a m a s h i r t s envision themselves on vacation when they’re going to work. ... We do yachtsman clothes for people in landlocked states — and we can sell them in the middle of winter when people can’t wait for the idea of putting on lightweight clothes and that beachy feeling.”

For those more interested in a journey to a faraway land, wooden beads, mirrored baubles and safari styles suggest somewhere more exotic. “ ‘ Tr a n s p o r t i n g ’ i t e m s l e t s consumers dream. It’s almost like playing dress-up or pretend,” says Ed Bucciarelli, CEO and president of retailer Henri Bendel. “It’s fun.

It almost allows you to be another person and project a different persona — one that’s visited all these fabulous places around the world.”

Actually having been to the place is icing on the cake, Bucciarelli says, but there’s still an emotional connection to the idea of a location you’ve always dreamed of visiting.

“As we’re creating product, we think of how we can allow customers to emote and dream.

The really far away places — the places few people get to go to — are the ones that often get the best reaction. People really dream about going to Bali, Fiji or Africa.”

Hence the tribal display earlier this summer in Bendel’s Fifth Avenue flagship.

The transporting vibe works in other seasons, too.

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Edwardsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is pleased to announce the addition of new Medical Staff!

Joining our outstanding team of caring professionals is Dr. Haresh Motwani, who is a General Practitioner, and Dr. Craig Beyer, who is an Orthopedic Surgeon.

Dr. Haresh Motwani is on Staff at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. He is also part of their urgent care center.

Dr. Motwani has a private practice, which is located in the Physicians Office Building of Anderson Hospital.

He practices Family Medicine. Dr. Motwani is a graduate of the University of West Indies, Barbados and completed his residency in Family Medicine at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Dr. Motwani joins the team of Edwardsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center as our Medical Director.

is in practice at Illinois Southwest Orthopedics, LTD in Glen Carbon.

Dr Beyer is affiliated with Gateway Hospital, Anderson Hospital, Hillsboro Hospital, Edwardsville Ambulatory Surgery Center and Community Memorial Hospital in Staunton. Dr. Beyer completed his undergraduate degree at St. Thomas College in St. Paul, MN. He continued on to the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago and completed his Residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, MN. Dr. Beyer is a Fellow of American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and an Examiner for The American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Inc. Dr. Beyer joins the team of Edwardsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center as our Rehabilitation Consultant.

In addition to our new Medical Staff, Edwardville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is also making some exciting changes in the appearance of our building. We recently opened our newly renovated Therapy Room, and are proud to offer the latest in Rehabilitative Equipment. As always, Edwardsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center employs our own Therapists. We do not contract out this service. This means that therapy participants will see the same Therapists at each visit! This continuity of care is important for rehabilitative progress and helps us to offer therapy services to a wider variety of patients.

We welcome you to tour our facility any day of the week! We are also available for any questions that you may have. Please stop by or call anytime!

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QuickGlance Movie Reviews

“Knight and Day”

Introducing an exciting new talent: Tom Cruise. Sure, we know Tom Cruise after his three decades in the business. We know way too much about Tom Cruise, actually, thanks to his well-documented off-screen antics the past few years. “Knight and Day” is a refreshing reminder, though, of why he is a superstar: He has that undeniable charisma about him and he really can act, something for which he doesn’t always get the credit he deserves. Here, he plays a Vintage Tom Cruise Role: He gets to be charming but also toy with the idea that he might be a little nuts. As secret agent Roy Miller, he has that twinkle in his eye and that sexy little smile but he’s also strangely calm in the middle of elaborate car chases and shootouts — relaxed, articulate and abidingly courteous when most mortals would be freaking out. That’s part of the fun of the character and the movie as a whole, that contradiction. Cruise’s presence also helps keep James Mangold’s film light, breezy and watchable when the action — and the story itself — spin ridiculously out of control. Cruise and Cameron Diaz make an oddly appealing pair as a (possibly) rogue spy and the innocent woman he must now protect. But the romance between them feels forced and is one of the movie’s chief weaknesses.

RATED: PG-13 for sequences of action violence throughout, and brief strong language.

RUNNING TIME: 109 min.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

“Despicable Me”

Despite some clever moments and colorful characters, this could have been called “Forgettable Me” instead. It has a pleasingly off-kilter look about it — the work of a French animation house — a strong voice cast led by Steve Carell as the bumbling bad guy Gru and a delightfully cruel sense of humor. It’s actually darker and odder than most familyfriendly animated fare, and that’s a good thing — until it goes predictably soft and gooey at the end, that is. But what’s mainly missing from this first animated 3-D offering from Universal is story. There’s just nothing to “Despicable Me,” and that becomes glaringly obvious when you compare it to this summer’s “Toy Story 3” in particular and Pixar movies in general, where story is paramount. Here, the look of the film is what makes it stand out amid the glut of summer cartoons.

The characters are cute in their weirdness, down to Gru’s

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shaggy, growling dog. Even the trio of spunky orphans crucial to Gru’s diabolical plan to steal the moon are adorable in an unusual way. The scene-stealers, though, are the Minions: tiny, yellow, pill-shaped creatures with one eye and sometimes two who carry out Gru’s evil deeds. At least, they try. Jason Segel, Russell Brand and Julie Andrews are among the supporting cast.

RATED: PG for rude humor and mild action. In 2-D and 3-D. RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

“The Girl Who Played with Fire”

This sequel feels like a hasty knockoff compared to the adaptation of the first book in Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson’s best-selling trilogy, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” The story falls back heavily on action from the far-superior first film, and the secrets revealed about its heroine’s dark and violent past are not exactly earthshaking. Yet it’s hard to go wrong with a psycho-genius such as Lisbeth Salander, again played with pitiless, unbridled courage and savagery by Noomi Rapace.

This is a woman who will not back down from the harshest of obstacles or the most frightening of adversaries. So she’s not going to let a little thing like a weak followup story completely spoil the party. While uneven, repetitive and occasionally nonsensical, the movie still offers a fair dose of suspense and action for those who can stomach its brutal violence. The story casts Lisbeth as prime suspect in several murders and sheds light on some nasty mystery men from her past. Michael Nyqvist reprises his role as Lisbeth’s journalist ally.

RATED: R for brutal violence including a rape, some strong sexual content, nudity and language.

RUNNING TIME: 129 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

“The Kids Are All Right”

The two kids of the film — teen siblings getting to know

their biological dad — are great — smart, mature, highminded, well-adjusted. The three adults, played with fierce heart and a genuine sense of well-meaning inadequacy by Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo, are a mess.

Writer-director Lisa Cholodenko’s scenario is a bit forced — repressed lesbian parents forced into contact with the carefree sperm donor who fathered their children. The mayhem that ensues strains credibility here and there. Yet Cholodenko (“High Art,” “Laurel Canyon”) and her cast turn what could have been an utterly artificial story into a warm, funny, sharptongued and broiling examination of the volatility underlying even the happiest of families. Bening and Moore play a cozy couple whose 18-year-old (Mia Wasikowska) and 15-year-old (Josh Hutcherson) turn the household upside-down after they contact the anonymous donor (Ruffalo) their moms chose to sire them. The performances, particularly Bening’s, deserve a close look from awards voters come Oscar season.

RATED: R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and some teen drug and alcohol use.

RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

“Predators”

This, the third “Predator” film (there have also been two “Predator vs. Alien” spinoffs), opens with Adrien Brody in free-fall. His parachute barely opens in time, and he crashes hard onto the floor of a jungle. Other mercenaries follow from the sky like Wile E. Coyotes. Bugs Bunny cartoons, though, have more complex narratives than this franchise reboot, directed by Nimrod Antal (“Armored”) and originally written by Robert Rodriguez. Our gang of warriors (predators themselves) eventually deduce that they’ve been dropped on another planet as little more than game for the lurking predators, those dreadlocked monsters who bleed glow-stick green. The “most dangerous game” thrill is so much the center of the “Predator” series that there’s almost nothing else to it. Why bother with silly things like plausibility when your trademark climax is your star covering himself in mud?

With Topher Grace and Walton Goggins enlivening things, and Laurence Fishburne in a Col. Kurtz-like cameo.

RATED: R for strong creature violence and gore, and pervasive language.

RUNNING TIME: 107 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: One and a half stars out of four.

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Movies “The Last Airbender” sets up sequels

By CHRISTY LEMIRE Associated Press “The Last Airbender” is a joyless, soulless, muddled mess, but the worst part of all doesn’t come until the very end. That’s when it makes the clear suggestion that two more such movies are in store for us.

Hopefully, that won’t happen.

Based on the Nickelodeon animated series “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” this live-action fantasy adventure has epic scope and soaring ambitions, exotic locations and a cast of thousands, but manages to get everything wrong on every level. It is yet another misstep for writer-director M. Night Shyamalan, whose career has been steadily on the decline since the marvel of “The Sixth Sense” (although “Signs,” from 2002, tends to be underappreciated).

A 2-D movie converted to 3-D, “The Last Airbender” often has a smudged and blurry look about it, as if there’s some kind of schmutz on your clunky plastic glasses. It’s bad enough that this is one of those glossy CGI monstrosities, utterly divorced from anything resembling reality; transferred needlessly to 3-D, it’s just plain ugly. This is especially true during moments of darkness or scenes that take place at night — and that’s a problem, since a lot of pivotal stuff takes place at night.

At least, one can surmise as much.

The script is so incomprehensible, it’s often difficult to follow, despite several instances of characters stopping whatever they’re doing to explain what’s going on.

Then there’s the acting, which can charitably be described as stiff — although Noah Ringer, the young Chosen One at the center of the film’s mythology, has a certain likable spunkiness about him. Too

Associated Press

In this film publicity image released by Paramount, Dev Patel plays Prince Zuko in a scene from “The Last Airbender.” bad he’s called on to say and do such ridiculous things.

At the film’s start, the world has been at war for nearly 100 years, with the Fire Nation trying to take over the other nations of Air, Water and Earth. The people who live in these tribes can manipulate or “bend” their respective elements: hurl giant blobs of water or zap someone with a wave of flames.

It’s like an elaborate game of rock-

paper-scissors, though it’s hard to tell which bendy skill is preferable; they all seem kind of lame, with Earth being the most cumbersome one.

Apparently, no one knows how to bend air anymore because the Fire Nation warlords eradicated everyone with that skill — except one person, a boy named Aang (Ringer), who arrives one day in a block of ice with his hulking,

six-legged bison buddy. A young waterbender named Katara (Nicola Peltz) and her older brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone, who plays the vampire Jasper in the “Twilight” movies), discover Aang and realize he may be the prophesied Avatar who can control all four elements and unite all four nations.

Katara and Sokka promise to protect Aang from the various villains who are out to get him;

this is a good thing, because at least it gives them something to do. They’d be totally bereft of personality otherwise.

There’s Prince Zuko (“Slumdog M i l l i o n a i re ” s t a r D e v P a t e l ) , v e n g e f u l s o n o f t h e p o w e rhungry Fire Lord Ozai (Cliff Curtis); Zuko’s uncle and coconspirator Iroh (Shaun Toub); and unscrupulous military man Commander Zhao (Aasif Mandvi).

In Hollywood, it pays to be predictable LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s summertime at the movies, the season of getting-to-knowyou-all-over-again as audiences reacquaint themselves with old screen pals such as Woody and Buzz Lightyear, Iron Man, Shrek and that Karate Kid. Yet new ideas occasionally pop up even in Hollywood, the place that thrives on sequels, remakes, spinoffs and adaptations based on best-selling novels, TV shows, comic books or toys.

Among this summer’s handful of original stories are Tom Cruise’s “Knight and Day,” Angelina Jolie’s “Salt” and Leonardo DiCaprio’s “Inception,” from “The Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan.

With old standbys such as “Sex and the City 2,” ‘’Robin Hood” and “The A-Team” falling short of box-office expectations, fresh concepts play a bigger role in determining the success of Hollywood’s summer.

“Inception” in particular has the

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industry and fans captivated, coming from a filmmaker with a track record for blockbuster entertainment that’s also bold and smart.

Starring DiCaprio as a man using technology to sneak into people’s dreams and steal their ideas, “Inception” arrives in theaters July 17 with the best buzz for an original story since James Cameron’s “Avatar” last December.

At $2.7 billion worldwide, “Avatar” leads the box-office charts, hurtling past “Harry Potter,” ‘’Spider-Man” and other franchise adaptations.

“I would like to say we were very encouraged by the success of ‘Avatar ’,” Nolan said with a big laugh.

F o r m a n y f a n s , “ Av a t a r ” w a s a s groundbreaking a movie experience as one of the prime cinema adventures of Nolan’s boyhood, “Star Wars.”

“That was an entire world that didn’t exist

anywhere else before. It only existed in that movie, and then your brain lived in it for a couple of hours, and it stuck with you,” Nolan said.

“Ever since I saw that film, whether I knew it or not, my ambition has been to give the audience that kind of experience,” Nolan continued. “To create a world that they hadn’t expected before and hadn’t seen before and let them lose themselves in it. ...

There’s a huge advantage of jumping into something original that can be anything.”

So why does Hollywood keep coming back to the same old things? Simple. It pays better.

Most of the movies that draw colossal audiences are based on something that existed before. Familiarity sometimes can breed contempt as audiences tire of characters, but it’s generally easier to get fans to buy tickets for the latest in a continuing saga.

Studios are not likely to change their ways unless they sense that audiences would rather see new things over the tried and true.

“It really is up to the audience and critics.

A lot of people jump on Hollywood for that, but the truth is, if they’ll come, we’ll make them,” said producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, whose credits include the toyinspired “Transformers” flicks and Jolie’s upcoming spy thriller “Salt.”

“The audience leads us where we’re going to go. Every once and a while, we get ahead of the audience,” said di Bonaventura, who as an executive at Warner Bros. oversaw another original idea with the sci-fi sensation “The Matrix.” ‘’There was no indication the audience wanted that kind of movie, yet when we delivered it, it was clear they did. ... It’s a scary thing to take on the unfamiliar, knowing the audience has embraced the familiar so strongly.”

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What’s playing, when and where O’Fallon 15 Cinema

Toy Story 3: 3D (G) 11:05 a.m., 1:40, 4:25 p.m.

Ramona and Beezus (G) 11:30 a.m, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 p.m.

O’Fallon Listings for 7/23 through 7/29 The following movies are playing at the St. Clair Cinema. Call 1-800-FANDANGO Code 2404 for showtimes or visit on the Web at www.wehrenberg.com.

SUMMER SERIES: Muppet Movie-Wed-Thurs 10 a.m.

Dinner For Schmucks (PG-13) Thursday 7/29: 11:59 p.m.

A Team (PG-13) Fri-Tues: 11:15 a.m., 2:00, 4:45 p.m.

Eclipse (PG-13) 11:00 a.m., 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 p.m.

Grown Ups (PG-13) 12:50, 3:25, 6:05, 8:40, 11:20* p.m. (*11:20 p.m. showing Fri-Sat ONLY) Inception (PG-13) 11:00, 12:00, 12:45, 2:25, 3:25, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 9:25, 10:25 p.m.

Predators (R) 11:10 a.m., 1:45, 4:20, 6:55, 9:30 p.m.

Salt (PG-13) Daily: 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 p.m. Fri-Sat: 11:10, 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10, 11:40 p.m. Sun-Tues: 11:10, 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 p.m. Wed-Thurs: 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 p.m.

Sorcerers Apprentice (PG) Daily: 11:15 a.m., 12:05, 1:55, 2:45, 4:35, 5:25, 7:15, 8:05, 9:55, 10:45* (*10:45 p.m. showing on Fri-Sat ONLY) Charlie St. Cloud (PG-13) Thurs: 11:59 p.m. ONLY Despicable Me (PG) 11:35 a.m., 1:50, 4:05, 6:20, 8:35, 10:50* p.m. (*10:50 p.m. showing Fri-Sat ONLY) Despicable Me 3D (PG) 12:30, 2:45, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35, 11:50 p.m.

Knight and Day (PG-13) 4:000, 9:50 p.m.

Last Airbender (PG) 11:20 a.m., 1:55, 4:30 p.m.

Last Airbender 3D (PG) 7:05, 9:40 p.m.

Toy Story 3 (G) 7:05, 9:45 p.m.

Movie reviews

“The Kids Are All Right”

The two kids of the film — teen siblings getting to know their biological dad — are great — smart, mature, high-minded, well-adjusted.

The three adults, played with fierce heart and a genuine sense of wellmeaning inadequacy by Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo, are a mess. Writer-director Lisa Cholodenko’s scenario is a bit forced — repressed lesbian parents forced into contact with the carefree sperm donor who fathered their children. The mayhem that ensues strains credibility here and there. Yet Cholodenko (“High Art,” “Laurel Canyon”) and her cast turn what could have been an utterly artificial story into a warm, funny, sharp-tongued and broiling examination of the volatility underlying even the happiest of families. Bening and Moore play a cozy couple whose 18-year-old (Mia Wasikowska) and 15year-old (Josh Hutcherson) turn the household upside-down after they contact the anonymous donor (Ruffalo) their moms chose to sire them.

RATED: R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and some teen drug and alcohol use.

RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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St. Clair Cinema Fairview Heights Listings for 7/23 through 7/29 The following movies are playing at the O’Fallon Cinema. Call 1-800-FANDANGO Code 2405 for showtimes or visit on the Web at www.wehrenberg.com.

Despicable Me (PG) Daily: 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 p.m Eclipse (PG-13) Daily: 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 10:00 p.m.

Grown Ups (PG-13) 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 p.m.

Inception (PG-13) Fri-Tues: 12:00, 3:20, 6:35, 9:50 p.m. WedThurs: 12:20, 3:35, 6:50, 10:05 p.m. Fri: 1:1:05, 4:20, 7:35 p.m.

Sat-Sun: 11:00, 2:15, 5:30, 8:45 p.m.; Mon-Thurs: 1:05, 4:20, 7:35 p.m.

Ramona and Beezus (G) Fri: 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 p.m. SatSun: 11:30 a.m., 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 p.m.; Mon-Thurs: 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 p.m.

Sorcerers Apprentice (PG) Fri: 1:35, 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 p.m. SatSun: 1:35, 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 p.m. Sat-Sun: 11:00, 1:35, 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 p.m. Mon-Thurs: 1:35, 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 p.m.

Toy Story 3 (G) Fri: 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 p.m. Sat-Sun: 11:05 a.m., 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 p.m. Mon-Thurs: 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 p.m.

Last Airbender (PG) Fri: 2:00, 4:35 p.m. Sat-Sun: 11:30 a.m., 2:00, 4:35 p.m.; Mon-Thurs: 2:00, 4:35 p.m.

Predators (R) 7:20, 10:15 p.m.

Salt (PG-13) Fri-Tues: 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 p.m.

Wed-Thurs: 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 p.m.

Summer Series: Ice Age 3 (PG) Wed-Thurs: 10 a.m. ONLY

Showplace 12 Listings taken from Fandango.com. Check the site or call 618659-7479 Edwardsville Showplace 12 Call 800-FANDANGO or visit www.AMC.com.

Listings for 7/23 through 7/29 • SPECIAL: Eric Clapton Crossroads, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 27 • SPECIAL: Elvis on Tour: 75th Anniversary Celebration, Thursday, July 29, 7:00 p.m.

Inception (PG-13) Daily: 10:00 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, 4:00, 5:00, 7:30, 8:40 p.m.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (PG) 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:10, 2:30, 4:10, 5:30, 7:00, 8:10, 9:50, 10:50 p.m.

Despicable Me (PG) 10:15 a.m., 12:45, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30 p.m.

Predators (R) 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 p.m.

The Last Airbender (PG) 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 p.m.

Twilight: Eclipse (PG-13) 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m., 1:45, 3:40, 4:40, 7:45, 9:30, 10:45 p.m.

Grown Ups (PG-13) 11:00 a.m., 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 p.m.

Knight and Day (PG-13) 9:45 a.m., 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 p.m.

Toy Story 3 (G) 1:00, 6:45 p.m.

Toy Story 3 3D (G) 12:000, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 p.m.

Salt (PG-13) Opens Thursday, July 22--visit www.AMC.com for showtimes Ramona and Beezus (G) Opens Thursday, July 22-- visit www.

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Movie reviews “Despicable Me”

Despite some clever moments and colorful characters, this could have been called “Forgettable Me” instead.

It has a pleasingly off-kilter look about it — the work of a French animation house — a strong voice cast led by Steve Carell as the bumbling bad guy Gru and a delightfully cruel sense of humor. It’s actually darker and odder than most family-friendly animated fare, and that’s a good thing — until it goes predictably soft and gooey at the end, that is. But what’s mainly missing from this first animated 3D offering from Universal is story.

There’s just nothing to “Despicable Me,” and that becomes glaringly obvious when you compare it to this summer’s “Toy Story 3” in particular and Pixar movies in general, where story is paramount. Here, the look of the film is what makes it stand out amid the glut of summer cartoons. The characters are cute in their weirdness, down to Gru’s shaggy, growling dog.

Even the trio of spunky orphans crucial to Gru’s diabolical plan to steal the moon are adorable in an unusual way. The scene-stealers, though, are the Minions: tiny, yellow, pill-shaped creatures with one eye and sometimes two who carry out Gru’s evil deeds.

At least, they try. Jason Segel, Russell Brand and Julie Andrews are among the supporting cast.

RATED: PG for rude humor and mild action. In 2-D and 3-D. RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

“The Girl Who Played with Fire”

This sequel feels like a hasty knockoff compared to the adaptation of the first book in Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson’s best-selling trilogy, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.”

The story falls back heavily on action from the far-superior first film, and the secrets revealed about its heroine’s dark and violent past are not exactly earthshaking. Yet it’s hard to go wrong with a psycho-genius such as Lisbeth Salander, again played with pitiless, unbridled courage and savagery by Noomi Rapace. This is a woman who will not back down from the harshest of obstacles or the most frightening of adversaries. So she’s not going to let a little thing like a weak followup story completely spoil the party. While uneven, repetitive and occasionally nonsensical, the movie still offers a fair dose of suspense and action for those who can stomach its brutal violence.

The story casts Lisbeth as prime suspect in several murders and sheds light on some nasty mystery men from her past.

Michael Nyqvist reprises his role as Lisbeth’s journalist ally.

RATED: R for brutal violence including a rape, some strong sexual content, nudity and language.

RUNNING TIME: 129 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

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Recreation Program offers novices a chance at camping AFTON, Minn. (AP) — Out in the woods, miles away from the sounds of televisions and air conditioners, it's easy to spot camping novices like Maxine Hall.

"Whoa, there's a really big spider there! Can you make sure it won't get in?" Hall asks a Conservation Corps Minnesota volunteer who shows her how to pitch her tent.

"That's a Daddy Long Legs," volunteer Brent Gerike replies.

"They're harmless."

"Can we take bets to see if she makes it through the night?" another camping novice asks.

Everyone laughs.

Such moments will be common at state parks across Minnesota this summer, as a new program teaches families the skills needed to enjoy one of the state's traditional pastimes. Among the list of activities on the two-day agenda: learning how to set up camp, identify poison ivy and start a campfire.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources tested the program last year, and officials decided to launch an expanded version this summer. The goal is to introduce families to the outdoors in a supportive environment so they develop an appreciation for the state's natural areas and pass it on to younger generations.

During a recent "I Can Camp" session at Afton State Park, five families — including Hall and her 5year-old son Langston — were eager to learn from Gerike and the other workshop leader, Brian Hubbard.

Among the participants were a mother and daughter, a dad and three kids taking Mom on her firstever camping trip, and a family of six that shops at REI — but only for certain things.

"We get water bottles and shoes there," said Samara Postuma, of St. Michael, who saw an ad for "I Can Camp" while at the outdoors store, which donated tents, stoves and air

mattresses for the program.

Postuma had gone camping as a child, but her husband Jeff and four children ages 19 months to 11 years had never been camping before.

"We wanted to do something like this, but we didn't really have the courage before now," Jeff Postuma said.

B u i l d i n g c onfidence among parents is one of the program's goals, said Courtland Nelson, director of the DNR Parks and Trails Division.

"There's some fear of people being in the out-of-doors. It has to do with a new setting, it has to do with maybe some stories that have been embellished into urban legends over the years," Nelson said. "It's just new territory for people."

Pulling people with limited camping experience together makes the atmosphere less intimidating, Nelson said.

Participants pay a fee of $55 per family, which includes the use of equipment, a state park vehicle pass and an overnight stay in the park.

It also includes camping instruction and activities like fishing and geocaching.

Attendance has ranged from two to about 40 during the first 10 sessions of the program, and DNR officials expect attendance will rise as more people hear about it. The program has 30 sets of camping gear with each set able to accommodate up to six people. There are 28 more workshops this summer, and many still have openings, Nelson said.

Besides the participant fees, funding for "I Can Camp" is raised through sales tax money from the Legacy Amendment.

As a new program, it's unclear whether it will be successful enough to become a permanent offering, especially as the state faces another budget deficit. Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer has questioned whether tax dollars should go toward a similar program

— one that teaches women outdoors skills.

But Nelson said the program is worthwhile and expects the DNR will offer it again next year. Studies have shown young people are spending more time on the Internet or in front of a TV and less time outdoors — a troubling trend for a state with long-held outdoors traditions.

"We are achieving what we hoped, which is new folks in the out-ofdoors," he said.

Gerike said giving families a break from their busy routines can help them see the benefits of outdoor activities.

"When you get out and children have the opportunity to use their creativity and to use their imagination with the world around them, it's really quite a powerful thing," he said. "I think people see that and understand that when they get outside."

The program is also a chance for Gerike and other young college graduates to gain job and leadership experience. Gerike's involvement in the program is part of his Americorps volunteer year with the Conservation Corps.

He's enjoyed teaching others so that they might like camping as much as he does.

"Some of my fondest memories from childhood were camping with my family," Gerike said.

During the camping workshop at Afton, Gerike tells the novices they have nothing to fear.

"We're here to help guide you in your learning process," Gerike says.

"Come to us with questions, even if it's the middle of the night."

Hall, of Belle Plaine, tells him she'll definitely have questions. She grew up in inner-city Detroit and has been camping twice. "But it didn't work," she said.

"I'm here with an open mind," Hall said, adding that Langston has

been begging to go camping ever since his preschool had a "camping

day" two years ago. "I'm all for my kid being well rounded."

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2004 2002 2007 1998 1996

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Firebird G5 G5 G5 GT G6 G6 G6 G6 G6 G6 G6 G6 G6 G6 G6 G6 G6 G6 Grand Am Grand Am Grand Am G Grand Prix GRAND PRIX Grand Prix Grand Prix Grand Prix GTO Montana SV Solstice Sunfire Torrent Vibe Vibe Vibe Vibe

1999 2009 2008 2008 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2006 2006 2005 2004 2002 2001 2007 2006 2006 2005 1997 2004 2006 2007 2001 2006 2009 2009 2008 2005

$7,495 $15,495 $13,580 $11,995 $18,995 $17,698 $16,784 $16,410 $17,899 $15,699 $13,998 Call $13,888 $12,995 Call $14,995 $10,995 $9,575 Call Call $3,995 $13,995 $12,995 $10,495 Call $4,994 $15,889 $13,994 $20,544 $3,995 Call $13,774 $12,761 Call $8,995

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Cougar GRAND MARQ GRAND MARQ MARINER MILAN MILAN MILAN Mountainee SABLE Sable Villager

1969 2004 2003 2008 2007 2007 2007 2000 2008 2008 1999

$15,999 $11,990 $10,990 $15,995 $19,990 $18,990 $16,357 $4,995 $21,990 $16,884 Call

9-5

2000

$3,999

8102

Aura L-Series LW200 VUE

2009 2000 2001 2009

$13,994 Call $4,995 Call

PG1354P 4577A 577800 PG1426P

xB

2008

$15,995 7747

4runner Camry Camry Camry Camry COROLLA Highlander Highlander Prius Sequoia Sienna Tundra

2002 2009 2007 2007 1993 2005 2008 2004 2005 2003 2001 2010

$10,977 $14,977 $15,995 $13,995 $1,999 $9,995 $19,995 $11,977 $7,700 $12,990 $5,999 Call

Kingpin

2005

$8,995

Beetle Beetle CC Jetta Jetta New Beetle New Beetle Passat Sed Passat Sed Rabbit

2007 1973 2009 2008 2006 1999 2008 2007 2007 2007

Call $7,900 $27,777 Call $12,725 $5,995 $14,777 $18,777 $17,777 $11,977

D81017A 8111 J86046A 181970 X5338 222721 D84156A P5294A D83010A P1606 J85078A

GMC George Weber Chevrolet Waterloo Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Lou Fusz GMC Buick Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia Four Flags Motors Pontiac Buick Lou Fusz GMC Buick Lou Fusz GMC Buick River City Auto Sales Lou Fusz GMC Buick Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Lou Fusz GMC Buick Lou Fusz GMC Buick Lou Fusz GMC Buick Crossroad Motors Lou Fusz GMC Buick Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Lou Fusz GMC Buick Lou Fusz GMC Buick Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC River City Auto Sales Four Flags Motors Pontiac Buick Lou Fusz GMC Buick Brooks Motor Company

KIA

HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHRSI FLSTN

2006 2007

Call 625087 $13,995 015740

3013 Auto Inc Brooks Motor Company

Accord Accord Accord Accord Hyb ACCORD SDN Civic Civic Sdn CR-V CR-V Odyssey Pilot

2008 2004 2000 2005 2005 2009 2009 2008 2005 2007 2006

Call $9,999 Call $12,998 $13,690 $16,495 $15,777 $23,995 $11,999 $19,977 $16,777

6984 7986 4568 B118006A C80033A 7142 Y533 7760 8155 Y530 Y489

Crossroad Motors 3013 Auto Inc Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Lou Fusz GMC Buick Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia Crossroad Motors Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Crossroad Motors 3013 Auto Inc Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui

888 245 5532 866 416 3837 877 691 9016 314-262-4542 877-223-2703 888 245 5532 866 377 3110 888 245 5532 866 416 3837 866 377 3110 866 377 3110

H3 H3

2007 2006

$22,995 P5631A Call 4555

Weber Granite City Chevrolet Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC

2008 2008 2004 2010 2009 2008

$17,995 $17,777 $9,995 $12,977 Call Call

D80057A Y483A 626779 Y529 7492 8095

G35 Sedan QX56

2007 2006

$23,997 P7855P $28,955 7869A

Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Car Company of Freeburg Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Crossroad Motors Crossroad Motors

877-223-2703 866 377 3110 866 448 1638 866 377 3110 888 245 5532 888 245 5532

INFINITI Lou Fusz GMC Buick Weber Granite City Chevrolet

314-262-4542 618 451 7913

JEEP Commander Commander COMMANDER Grand Cher GRAND CHER GRAND CHER Grand Cher Grand Cher Grand Cher

2007 2006 2006 2009 2006 2006 2005 2003 1999

$18,999 $21,977 $17,995 $19,995 $22,890 $17,995 $13,947 Call $5,995

July 22, 2010

P5379 V100413A 244287 8071 J84029A 344501 B103060A 21453A 561834

Weber Granite City Chevrolet Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Car Company of Freeburg Crossroad Motors Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia Car Company of Freeburg Lou Fusz GMC Buick George Weber Chevrolet Waterloo Brooks Motor Company

618 451 7913 866 377 3110 866 448 1638 888 245 5532 877-223-2703 866 448 1638 314-262-4542 866 496 0381 618 939 9828

Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia George Weber Chevrolet Waterloo Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC

877-223-2703 866 496 0381 877-223-2703 877 691 9016 877 691 9016

MAZDA Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Car Company of Freeburg Weber Granite City Chevrolet

866 377 3110 866 377 3110 866 448 1638 618 451 7913

MERCEDES Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia 3013 Auto Inc

877-223-2703 866 416 3837

MERCURY 7724 X5359A X5366 j04844 P5362 X5350 P5296 J29378 X5262 P7840P 5157A

3013 Auto Inc Koetting Ford Koetting Ford Car Company of Freeburg Koetting Ford Koetting Ford Koetting Ford Brooks Motor Company Koetting Ford Lou Fusz GMC Buick Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC

866 416 3837 866-340-8597 866-340-8597 866 448 1638 866-340-8597 866-340-8597 866-340-8597 618 939 9828 866-340-8597 314-262-4542 877 691 9016

MINI COOPER 2005 2006

$15,995 7773 $17,990 D84021A

Crossroad Motors Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia

Eclipse Sp GALANT

2008 2008

$16,995 6480 $10,995 010014

Altima Frontier MAXIMA Maxima Murano Murano Quest Rogue SENTRA Versa Xterra

2005 2000 2008 2006 2009 2005 2004 2008 2007 2010 2002

$8,577 $6,995 $20,495 $15,995 $31,445 Call $10,994 $20,995 $12,995 Call $8,999

Crossroad Motors Car Company of Freeburg

888 245 5532 866 448 1638

NISSAN Y534 320893 D84169A 7426 G100021A 7452 313799 7559 C80011A 7841 7982

Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Brooks Motor Company Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia Crossroad Motors Lou Fusz GMC Buick Crossroad Motors Four Flags Motors Pontiac Buick Crossroad Motors Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia Crossroad Motors 3013 Auto Inc

866 377 3110 618 939 9828 877-223-2703 888 245 5532 314-262-4542 888 245 5532 866-438-1169 888 245 5532 877-223-2703 888 245 5532 866 416 3837

OLDSMOBILE Intrigue Intrigue

2002 1999

$6,995 Call

19579A 5210C

50cc Scoot Gas Powere

2005 2004

$950 $3,600

203697 LFCART

Steve Schmitt Buick GMC Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC

866 257 3408 877 691 9016

OTHER Brooks Motor Company Brooks Motor Company

PLYMOUTH

618 939 9828 618 939 9828

Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia

877-223-2703

PONTIAC River City Auto Sales Steve Schmitt Buick GMC Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia Car Company of Freeburg Steve Schmitt Buick GMC Lou Fusz GMC Buick Lou Fusz GMC Buick Lou Fusz GMC Buick Lou Fusz GMC Buick Lou Fusz GMC Buick Lou Fusz GMC Buick Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC George Weber Chevrolet Waterloo Car Company of Freeburg Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Steve Schmitt Buick GMC Brooks Motor Company Weber Granite City Chevrolet Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Brooks Motor Company Steve Schmitt Buick GMC Royal Gate Dodge of Columbia River City Auto Sales Crossroad Motors Four Flags Motors Pontiac Buick Weber Granite City Chevrolet Four Flags Motors Pontiac Buick Four Flags Motors Pontiac Buick Brooks Motor Company Crossroad Motors Lou Fusz GMC Buick Weber Granite City Chevrolet Crossroad Motors Crossroad Motors

866 641 3179 866 257 3408 877-223-2703 866 448 1638 866 257 3408 314-262-4542 314-262-4542 314-262-4542 314-262-4542 314-262-4542 314-262-4542 877 691 9016 866 496 0381 866 448 1638 877 691 9016 866 257 3408 618 939 9828 618 451 7913 877 691 9016 877 691 9016 618 939 9828 866 257 3408 877-223-2703 866 641 3179 888 245 5532 866-438-1169 618 451 7913 866-438-1169 866-438-1169 618 939 9828 888 245 5532 314-262-4542 618 451 7913 888 245 5532 888 245 5532

SAAB 3013 Auto Inc

866 416 3837

SATURN Lou Fusz GMC Buick Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Brooks Motor Company Lou Fusz GMC Buick

314-262-4542 877 691 9016 618 939 9828 314-262-4542

SCION Crossroad Motors

888 245 5532

TOYOTA

888 245 5532 877-223-2703

MITSUBISHI

618 451 7913 877 691 9016

HYUNDAI SANTA FE Santa Fe SANTE FE Sonata Sonata Tiburon

Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui 866 377 3110 Crossroad Motors 888 245 5532 Crossroad Motors 888 245 5532

LINCOLN

Cooper COOPER CON

HUMMER

866 448 1638 866-340-8597

LEXUS

866 416 3837 618 939 9828

HONDA

Car Company of Freeburg Koetting Ford

020588

Y550 Y542 7494 7493 7263 393725 6996 Y518 7785 B103098A 8113 5194A

Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Crossroad Motors Crossroad Motors 3013 Auto Inc Car Company of Freeburg Crossroad Motors Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui 3013 Auto Inc Lou Fusz GMC Buick 3013 Auto Inc Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC

866 377 3110 866 377 3110 888 245 5532 888 245 5532 866 416 3837 866 448 1638 888 245 5532 866 377 3110 866 416 3837 314-262-4542 866 416 3837 877 691 9016

VICTORY 006979

Brooks Motor Company

618 939 9828

VOLKSWAGEN 7192 7725 V100144A 1174W P5588B 5972 V100300A Y546 Y560 Y470

Crossroad Motors 3013 Auto Inc Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Beiermann Buick Pontiac GMC Weber Granite City Chevrolet River City Auto Sales Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui Bommarito Volkswagen of St Loui

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Jewelry

922

John Geimer Jewelry 229 N. Main St. Edwardsville 692-1497 Same Day Ring Sizing Jewelry Repair Diamond & Stone Replacement

WE BUY GOLD AND JEWELRY Cleaning

958

PRISTINE CLEANING Caring Beyond Cleaning RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL • Bonded & Insured • Customized Cleaning JUNE SPECIAL $25 OFF 1ST CLEANING FREE INSIDE OVEN CLEANING ON 3RD VISIT Call us today for a free quote on a weekly, biweekly, monthly, one time, movein/move-out cleaning

(618) 920-0233 www.pristine-cleaning.biz

Sunny Surface Cleaning • Residential • Commercial • Move In/ Move Out • New Construction • BA Degree

INSURED & BONDED A GENTLE TOUCH IN YOUR HOME GLEN CARBON & EDWARDSVILLE MARYVILLE & GRANITE CITY

Interview me....

Joyce Tel: 618-980-6858

Painting

960

JIM BRAVE PAINTING 20 Years Experience!

• Wallpaper • Specialty Painting • Inside or Outside Work • Power Washing • Deck Refinishing Call: (618) 654-1349 or cell phone: (618) 444-0293

Roofing & Siding

961

Tree Service

966

Garner’s TREE SERVICE INC. Since 1974 Licensed - Bonded - Insured Tree & Stump Removal Complete Property Maintenance Bucket Truck Track Hoe - Bob Cat

RON GARNER CERTIFIED ARBORIST

656-5566 PAUL’S ROOFING

Lawn & Home Care

Lawn & Home Care

967

Lawn Cutting & Trimming Tree Removal Bush & Shrub Trimming & Removal Landscape Mulching Residential & Commercial

Fully Insured

618-459-3330 618-973-8422 Handyman

969

#1 Handyman Service in the Nation

AVERAGE JOE’S

• Power Washing • Lawn Care Licensed • Cleaning Services: Insured & Bonded Commercial & Residential & Residential Commercial 24 Hour Service • Gutter Cleaning • Window Cleaning • Painting: Carpet Interior & Exterior Cleaning 965 • Free scrap metal removal BETTERWAY Licensed & Insured

CARPET CLEANING “ The most thorough Cleaning ever or it’s Free” Check out web site for details:

618-977-8916

www.betterwaycarpetcleaning.com

Call for free estimate: 800-670-0693 3 rooms and hall $89.00 when mentioning this ad.

We also do: * Pet stain and Odor Removal * Area Rug Cleaning (pickup and Drop off) * Upholstery Cleaning We use Deep Steam Cleaning with Safe environmentally green Cleaners

COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL

• Mowing • Fall Clean-Up • Fertilizing • Landscape Installation • Landscape Maintenance Insured

• Carpentry • Pressure Washing • Lighting & Ceiling Fans • Drywall • Painting • Windows & Doors

Call Lee: (618) 581-5154 MASTER CRAFTSMAN Carpentry, 30 Years Decks, Garages, Remodeling, Home Repair Basement Finishing Ceramic Tile Small Jobs Welcome Reasonable Rates Insured Andy 618-659-1161

Air Conditioning/ Heating 976

967

(618) 259-9905 (618) 975-5759

969

Foster & Sons LET ME FIX IT! Lawn Service HANDIMAN SERVICE

ALL TYPES OF ROOFS

30 Years Experience Free Estimates

Handyman

Bonded & Insured Background Checks On All Technicians & 15+ Years Experience Professional, Safe & Reliable

ON TIME. DONE RIGHT. ®

Masonry & Concrete

978

R.S.G.Decorative Concrete Specializing in decorative concrete, stamped, colored, stained.

Broom or swirl finish with or without color.

Interior/Exterior acid staining.

Over 18 years Experience Find us in the business section of, www.Brightonill.com

618-530-8140 RSGConcrete@sbcglobal.net

Home Improvements

979

Call Bill Nettles with WRN Services CONSTRUCTION REMODELING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE An insured contractor providing quality crafted work.

A custom wood work specialist with labor rates starting at $30 per hour!

618 974-9446

618-659-5055

www.mrhandyman.com BOB’S HANDYMAN SERVICE Remodeling & Repair Drywall Finished Carpentry Painting Ceramic tile Build & Repair Decks Exterior House And Deck Washing Landscaping Blinds & Draperies Light Fixture & Ceiling Fans No Job Too Small Insured Call Bob Rose 978-8697

Proudly servicing the area for over 25 years.

Free estimates Financing available Repairs and installations

Call us for all of your heating and cooling needs.

656-9386 www.garwoodsheating.com

Electrical

981

Randy Moore Repair Service, Inc. “24 Hour Emergency Service” 35 Years Experience - Troubleshooting - Service Repairs And Upgrades - All Electrical Items - Install Lights & Fixtures - Complete Rewire

www.randymoore repairservice.com

618-656-7405 Cell 618-980-0791

656-7725 GatewayLawn.com

IICRC Certified Technician

July 22, 2010

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Yard Sales

1099

4 Family Garage Sale 901 ST. LOUIS ST. AT MAPLE 8:00AM Saturday 7/24 Hoosier Cabinet 2-8x10 Rugs TV’s, VCR, PC End Table 3-pc. Luggage Set Children’s Toys & Clothing Antique Items Riding/Horse Accessories Lamps And More

Yard Sales

JUST-RETIRED KINDDFGARTEN TEACHER’S FIRST-TIME SALE SATURDAY, 7/24 8:00A.M.-12:00 RAIN OR SHINE 405 COOK, TROY Large And Small Teaching Units, Center Material, Many Children’s/Teachers’ Books, Activities across the curriculum, Wall Displays; Storage Units, Tubs; Lots More!

July 22, 2010

HERE

1099

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BARN SALE/DAYLILIES 2457 KINDER PLACE GLEN CARBON Saturday July 24th 8:00AM-4:00PM Restocked With Furniture, Linens, Buttons Dishes, Garden RAIN OR SHINE

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Trucks, Vans, & SUV's

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Automotive

206

The Treasure Shack 452B East Vandalia Edwardsville (behind Nikos Antiques) Collectibles, Furniture Antiques New And Vintage Jewelry And Many Treasures Always Something New! Tuesday - Saturday 10AM-5PM Owner: Kelly Lovsey 618-307-5534

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Just Arrived A Beautiful 1966 Mustang 2+2 Fastback 289 2BBI, C4 Automatic Trans, P/S, P/B. Console, Rally pac, Minor rust for Midwestern Car. Runs and drives. Roadworthy with minor engine and brake tune up. Pony interior Black.

Exterior originally signalflare red. Fog lights ad dual exhaust.

Excellent restoration project but could be enjoyed as is all summer. Best one we’ve seen in at least 11 years. These are getting harder and harder to find.

Come take her home she will not be here long. $14,995.00.

Call toll free 1 800 327 2897 for info.

More photos on myspace and facebook Mustang Corral Inc.

2009 Nissan Quest Approximately 10,000 miles Dark gray, one owner Excellent condition $21,000 / OBO 618-692-2370

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LOCAL LAW FIRM has immediate opening for a FT RECEPTIONIST. Applicants should be able to work Mon.-Fri., 8:30-5. Excellent phone & computer skills required. Please e-mail resume to krissy@gorijulianlaw.com .

PT LANDSCAPING LABORER needed: Metro East. Send resume to: info@brewster-co.com

Rapidly expanding Sales Division seeks hard working, moti231 vated individuals with a burning desire to earn Six Figure Income. Training plus benefits.

Mid State Camper Sales Top 5 candidates will be select41 years of loyal service and ed. Please call 618-650-7708. low prices! Campers, utility trailers, pre-owned golf carts, RV parts & assy’s. Your Jayco dealer is at Rt. 40 E. of Vandalia @Bluff City 618-283-4396 or www.midstatecampersales.com

Campers, RV's & GoCarts

Antiques, Clocks & Watches 406 Help Wanted General

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ATTENTION COLLEGE STUDENTS

CHECK THE INTELLIGENCER’S SERVICE DIRECTORY FOR LAWN CARE SERVICES THAT SUIT YOU.

Help Wanted General

& 2010 HS Grads $15 base-appt, FT/PT schedules, sales/svc, no exp nec, all ages 17+, conditions apply 618-307-4437

Antique dealers needed.

Space available to rent.

Case/closet/floor space.

Call Nikos at 618-830-3777

Classifieds Merchandise Here!!!

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Classified Furniture

410

Bed - Queen PillowTop Mattress Set, NEW, in the plastic, $200 (618) 772-2710 Can Deliver

Misc.

Merchandise

Houses For Rent

705

4 BD 2 BA in quiet neighborhood, perfect for girl students.

W/D, fncd bck yrd, off strt prkng, 10 mins from SIUE $1050/mo + dep. 618-780-9305 after 5pm.

426

4BR 2.5BA in Edw.: LR, DR, eat in kit., 2 car gar., nice yd., unfin.

Large console Zenith TV with bsmt. No smoking. 1-yr. lease remote. “As Is” $90. 656-3215. req’d. Appl. req’d. $1550/mo.

618-655-0413, 618-977-7849.

Retro wooden CONSOLE STEREO Radio/Phonograph, excellent condition. $25.00 618/975-4426 Apts, Duplexes, & Homes Scooter Store brand Jazzy Visit our website Select Scooter, great condition, www.glsrent.com 656-2230 $7,000/OBO. 618-692-2370.

Select Comfort brand 5000 twin Collinsville: 1 BR, w/s/t/heat, kit. bed, long mattress, foundation applncs, storage unit. Laundry and frame, one owner, great facility on site. $450/mo. + dep. condition, $1,000/OBO 618- App. fee. No pets. 345-6697 692-2370.

Pets

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450

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We can help sell those special puppies, kittens or any other pet!!!

Want to know more?

CALL US FOR DETAILS 656-4700 EXT 27

Farm Machinery

625

BUYER OF TIMBER STRADER LOGGING 618-978-6204 618-466-8122

Landlord Tenant Services Credit/Criminal/Eviction Ck www.LTservices.us 618-876-1900

Houses For Rent

Apts/Duplexes For Rent

710

1 Bedroom upstairs apt. close to SIUE. New bath; large storage area; cable/net ready; w/s/t incl.

No pets. $575. Call 692-6110.

1 excellent 3BR, 1200 sq.ft. TH: Collinsville, near 157/70; 12 min. to SIUE, FP, DW, W/D, ceiling fans, cable, sound walls, offst. prkng. Sm pets OK, yr. lse. $780/mo. Ask discount pricing!

Move in special. Sect. 8 ok 618/345-9610 AM/PM phone.

2 Bdr, refrig & stove, pvt garage, quiet Edwardsville neighborhood, 1 yr lease, 618-656-6119 or 305-849-9256 2 bedroom $675/mo. All utilities paid. Completely reburbished kitchen. New carpeting. OR 1 bedroom W/S/T paid $550/mo.

618-581-5154

COZY 2 bath, washer & dryer, 2 BR apt., $600/mo. Maryville, central air. Deposit, lease, refWST, stove, refrig.

Newly erences. $625/mo. 659-3686. remodeled, off street parking.

House for rent close to SIU 10 minutes from SIUE. Now 2 bd, w/bsmt, w/d, fncd yrd available 618-288-3286.

692-1558; $900/month w/dep.

2 BR apt., across from Edwcourthouse; off-st. parking.

Apts/Duplexes w/s/t included; deposit; referFor Rent 710 ences required. 217-556-2633. $425 per month 1 bdrm apt, Maryville 62062 w/s/t incld, public transportation Call 314-565-8502 Edwardsville - Silver Oaks II LUXURY—WITH BLUFF VIEW! 2 Bedroom w/Garage, Sec Sys, Fitness Center, $850/mo.

Immediate Availability (618)830-2613 www.vgpart.com

2 BR Quail Hollow - Glen Carbon Apt., w/d hk-ups $645.

(618) 346-7878 www.osbornproperties.com

710

Fully renovated 2 bdr 1 ba apt, downtown Edw., convenient to shops & work, ceiling fans, stove, refrig. Kit, DR, LR, w/t/s provided. $800. 618-407-3139

Office Space For Rent

Homes For Sale

725

Collinsville/Maryville-Hwy. 159 Up to 3200 sq. ft., starting at $610/mo. (618) 346-7878 www.osbornproperties.com

Fully renovated 2bdr plus loft, 1 Wanted 1/2 bth; full bth incld double van- To Rent 735 ity, garden tub, separate shower; Kitc w/dshwshr, stove, frig; Looking for a 3 bedroom house W/D hkup; Screened back with garage. Call 618-251-9694 porch, Great Main St. location, w/t/s pd $1200. 618-407-3139.

805

Cross-Town or Cross-Country: EdwardsvilleHomes.com.

Home Buyers Relocation Services. Exclusively for buyers!

656-5588, 800-231-5588 FSBO: 3BR 2BA ranch, screend in porch, full bsmt, horse barn, 4.25 acres; end of cul-de-sac.

AS IS $245,000 (618)288-9757.

Lots For Sale

820

NATURAL ELEGANCE Several walkouts. One wooded with springfed pond. E’ville utilities & schools $68,400+ 1+ ac commercial property or unique homesite. 4 to SIU 972-0948.

Acreage For Sale

825

FSBO: 3BR, 2BA Ranch, Edw., off Quercus Grove. Split BR, 3 117 rolling acres, approx. 66 ac., 3 car att. gar, fin LL, wet bar, acres tillable, numerous outSeniors looking for independent stainless. $289K. 618/558-8204 buildings, some woods, older farm home. Coldwell Banker living without hassles of owning FSBO: Brown 618-651-1400 Ask for Wil a home. Liberty Square is that Desirble Grndview! 518 Buena place. Handicapped accessible.

Vista, Edw. 3BR, 1.5BA, Lanai, fin 22 gently rolling acres. City Homes No pets, bsmt, wet bar; new kit, Leaf Gard water & sewer available. Land non-smoking.

For Sale 805 gutters, multiple possibilities. ext doors, Pella wndws. has Call 667-0430 Perfect conditon! 618/656-8503 Includes civil war era brick 3 Bd 2 Ba home totally renovathome & huge barn. Coldwell ed. 9 Hickory Hill, Glen Carbon.

Commercial Space Banker Brown 618-651-1400 Open Fri, Sat, Sun. Ask for Wil. For Rent 720 $159,900 July 16/17/18th 1-4pm 977-2209 Sale/lease: 81 wooded ac., new 1200sf; 1800sf; or 2400sf 56’x30’ cabin, Hamilton Co.: office/retail space on Troy Road Great hunting: huge bucks; food in Montclaire West. Perfect loc., plots, stands. 618/322-7757 cheap rent/nego 618-530-6138

HOMES 4 SALE

OPEN HOUSE, SUN., JUNE 13 1:00-3:00 PM

2 BR, 1 Bth apt, Troy: Close hiway access, off-street parking, on-site laundry. No smoking, no pets. $600/mo. 618/975-0670.

2 BRs, Glen Cbn., Cottonwood Sub., w/d hk-ups, APTS starting at $625, TH $675, LOFT $685, DUP $750 (618)346-7878 1 Bdr apt, partially furnished: www.osbornproperties.com quiet, prvt., clean & attractive.

Stove, frig, washer/dryer, heat, APT.: Walk to dwntwn Edw., bike air, water, trash pk-up furnished to SIUE; new flooring, kit. cabiLease, deposit $685. 656-9200 nets; 3BR, 1BA, quiet, safe.

2nd/3rd floor/historic home; priv 2 BR APT: $720, incl. all entrance. W/D hkup. $750/mo., util.,storage unit in Edw, close to credit check. 618/406-2866 post office, banks, & shopping.

Available Now- 2 Bdrm town505-0191 leave msg. homes and duplexes at Cherry 1 BDR lofts, CREDIT CHECK. Hills Properties in E’ville! 618No pets, no smoking $565mth. 692-9310 Ask about our Crazy $565dep; 2 bdrm house Specials. $1000dep $900mth. 656-8953.

Charming 2 Bdrm Apt., downtown Edw. $980/mo incl. WST. Call 618/530-4766

705

Apts/Duplexes For Rent

REAL ESTATE AUCTION Edwardsville, IL Thurs., July 22 @ 6 pm

Each Office Independently Owned and Operated OPEN HOUSE

PREFERRED PARTNERS One 157 Center, Edwardsville, IL. 618-655-1188

OPEN HOUSE

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OPEN HOUSE, SUN., JULY 18 2:30-4:00 PM 3469 EDWARDSVILLE RD., EDWARDSVILLE REMODELED kitchen w/hickory cabinets, Corian countertops, OPEN HOUSE, SUN., JULY 18 1 - 3 PM & ceramic flooring. 25x14 LR great for entertaining. 12x23 8405 ROCK RIDGE, EDWARDSVILLE sunroom overlooks a sparkling above ground pool & deck.

Large yard w/privacy fence. The oversized 2+ car garage also DIRECTIONS: I-55 to 143 goe east 1 mile turn left on Staunton Rd. Go 1 block to Stone Cliff manor on Right includes and additional workshop. This home even comes with a tanning bed! Roxana School Dist. Located east of turn Right on Boulder to Right on Rock Ridge.

FOR 24 HR RECORDED PRICE & INFO CALL Moreland Rd. $169,900 www.kasten.biz JIM REPPELL 888-351-1897 EXT 6002 CALL NORMA KASTEN, CRS 377-9933

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OPEN HOUSE, SUN., JULY 18 1 - 3 PM 3932 RAYMOND ROAD, EDWARDSVILLE 2.1 ACRES sprawling ranch, newer 3 car garage, & renovated kitchen. DIRECTIONS: 143 To Raymond Rd.

FOR 24 HR RECORDED PRICE & INFO CALL MARY MASTERSON 800-566-0608 EXT 2003

PRICE REDUCED!

(Open House 1 Hour prior to Auction) 2 bd. 1 ba. newly renovated near downtown Edw., LR, kitc w/stove & frig, ceiling fans, w/d hkup, bsmt $800 618-407-3139.

OPEN HOUSE, SUN., JULY 18 1:00-3:00 PM 108 COUNTRY CLUB VIEW #3, EDWARDSVILLE Directions: 270-157 Country Club-Left on COuntry CLub View. $337,500

2 Bdr, new carpet, CA, refrig & stove. Quiet Edw. neighborhood, yr. lease 618-656-6119, 305-849-9256.

CALL ANGIE GRECO (618) 789-7776

176 MERIDIAN ROAD, GLEN CARBON VERY NICELY MAINTAINED 3 bed/2 bath ranch on a large shady lot. Edwardsville school district.

FOR 24 HR RECORDED PRICE & INFO CALL MARY JANE COLLINS 800-690-4652 EXT 1001

PRICE REDUCED!

PRICE REDUCED!

3/4BR, 1BA remodld: exclusive Maryville area. 2-car gar, w/d, new kit applncs, den, rear dck. $1,090mo + dep. 618-307-4876 4 BD (3bd up, 1bd dwn w/adtl room) 2bth, Edw. Many new updates. carport, enclosed front porch. $1140mth. 618-307-4876

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July 22, 2010

2445 KINDER PLACE, GLEN CARBON LIVE ON THE LAKE WITH 3+ ACRES! 5 bedroom/3 bath with a walkout LL. Highly energy efficient, 31’x 24’ shop/workout room/office. $272,000 CALL LINDA RAYHO 779-2980

5933 Old Alton-Edwardsville Rd. Edwardsville, IL BEAUTIFUL TWO ACRES includes small home in need of TLC or you could build a new structure. City water just outside of Edwadsville city limits. POSSIBILITIES GALORE! Owner: Estate of Bruce Smith For more info see the website at www.adamsauctions.com 234-8751 IL W #444.000169

5 GINGER BEND, GLEN CARBON SPACIOUS brick ranch with 4 bedrooms, 3 BA, & MF laundry. Screened RM overlooks deep yard. Updated kitchen, FR with fireplace. Andersen windows. Huge bsmnt w/ partially finished playroom. $268,000 CALL SUSAN LANDING 618-779-7777

9 NASSAU, GRANITE CITY FULL BASEMENT, 2 CAR GARAGE, LL rec room, beautiful kitchen, hardwood floors, excellent high efficiency heating system, huge landscaped yard, and patio. $139,000 CALL SUSAN LANDING 618-779-7777

207 WESTVIEW, COLLINSVILLE PRIVATE RETREAT located on approx. 4.67 acres!

Secluded yet convenient access to shopping, highway, & restaurants. 6 bedroom, 5 bath, 2 story greatroom.

Open floor plan, music room, bluffview of St. Louis skyline. $329,900 CALL LINDA RAYHO 779-2980

THE LANDING TEAM IS CELEBRATING! WE’VE HELPED 30 FAMILIES BUY AND SELL HOMESTHIS YEAR! THAT’S A SALE A WEEK! NEED HELP SELLING YOUR HOME? CALL THE LANDING TEAM

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Relaxing Destination

20 minutes from Edwardsville. Here are a few reasons to visit...

Gifts

Gardens Boutique

Tea Room

Josephines

6109 Godfrey Rd. • Godfrey, IL 62035 • 618.466.7796

Gift Shop Hours Monday - Friday 10 am - 4 pm, Saturday 10 am - 4:40 pm Tea Room Hours Monday - Friday 11 am - 2 pm, Saturday 11 am - 3 pm Call For Reservations

Tea Rooms • Desserts • Gift Shops • Gardens • Boutiques • Brighton Jewelry July 22, 2010

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