CNSTC: September 10, 2014

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September 10, 2014

Vol 13 No 28

Celebrate St. Peters

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This two-day celebration of all things St. Peters features music, food, and fun for the whole family

By David Faults, P.R./communications specialist, city of St. Peters One of the biggest parties of the year in St. Charles County is coming up on Sept. 19 and 20 and you’re invited! Celebrate St. Peters 2014 has it all—great live entertainment, food, family fun, beautiful sunsets plus fireworks over the lake.

You’ll find it all at 370 Lakeside Park in St. Peters.

Admission, parking and shuttles to and from parking lots are all free.

“We’re really looking forward to enjoying great music from exciting bands, plus affordable fun for the entire family at 370 Lakeside Park,” said St. Peters Mayor Len Pagano. “Celebrate St. Peters has quickly grown into a great community celebration. We hope to see you there, and we hope for some great weather so you can experience some more beautiful sunsets over the lake!”

The party at 370 Lakeside Park begins Friday, Sept. 19, at 5 pm, and ends with a big bang on Saturday night, Sept. 20, with a fireworks display followed by the powerful southern country rock sounds of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils.

KSHE 95 presents the Main Stage entertainment on Saturday night, beginning at 7 pm with popular arena rock

cover band Superjam, followed by the southern rock and country blues of special guest Powder Mill, and ending with Missouri’s own Ozark Mountain Daredevils, who hit the charts in the 70s with popular songs If You Wanna Get to Heaven and Jackie Blue.

Friday night’s Main Stage entertainment, presented by Mid Rivers Newsmagazine and The Big 550 KTRS, begins at 7 pm with the amazing young performers of School of Rock opening for The Chris Weaver Band, Nashville’s hottest new sensation, performing a perfect blend of southern rock, soul and country blues.

The exciting carnival will feature 14 rides for kids of all ages during sessions on Friday evening, Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening.

Take a stroll through this year’s bigger and better vendor area from 5 – 11 pm on Friday and 10 am – 11 pm on Saturday. The Celebration will feature more than 70 vendors offering food, merchandise, crafts, games and more; and they have been moved closer to the Main Stage.

Live entertainment on Saturday begins at 11 am on the VIPER-100.7 Celebrate Stage near the vendor area. The VIPER-100.7 FM Celebrate Stage offers something for everyone, from German/

Polka to Latin, classic rock to the Blues.

These great free shows continue through 6:30 pm, just in time to move to the Main Stage.

Saturday afternoon will be prime time for free family fun. From 11 am – 2 pm, kids can create art with Arty the St. Peters Cultural Arts Centre mascot and build with The Home Depot. Beginning at 11 am, the Community News Family Stage will come alive with shows by See CELEBRATE on page 2

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Around Town St. Charles County’s Dog Festival will be off the leash and more family fun activities in the community.

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Movie Adapted from Bill Granger’s well-received series of novels, The November Man has quite a pedigree, especially with Pierce Brosnan in the title role.

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Local sport authority Gary B will fill you in on the weekend’s sporting events. Also, play Sudoku.

CELEBRATE from Cover Monkey Tales Theater, Excel Performing Arts, Childbloom Guitar group, Abra-Kid-Abra’s interactive magic show and the rock sounds of the Then & Now Band.

Plenty of free parking is available inside and outside of 370 Lakeside Park, with free shuttles running to and from parking lots throughout the event. Fairgoers can also purchase Reserved Parking Passes for easy access to Celebrate St. Peters all weekend. A limited number of Reserved Parking Passes are available in advance only

while supplies last or until 5 pm on Sept. 19 and will not be sold during the event.

Reserved Parking Passes, discounted unlimited ride wristband vouchers and a Family Special with discounted ride sessions and Reserved Parking Pass can be purchased at St. Peters City Hall or the St. Peters Rec-Plex during business hours. Ride wristband voucher sales and the Family Special offers end at 5 pm Thursday, Sept.

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Learn more at www.stpetersmo.net/celebrate.

Around Town Historic St. Charles House Tour You’ve seen them from the street, now see them from the inside The St. Charles County Historical Society is sponsoring a house tour from noon – 4 pm

Sept. 20 in the Mid-Town area.

Join the Society to view the interiors of some of the most beautiful and historic homes in St. Charles City. The tour begins at Benton School, 400 N. 6th

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St. and from there visitors can walk or drive to the houses on the tour, including Immanuel Lutheran Church on 6th St. The tour will feature a variety of home styles, including Victorian, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival. The tour will also include a home made completely of steel. The homes are private residences so please consider your mobility.

Tickets are $15 per adult and can be purchased online at www.scchs.org, by email at contact@scchs.org, by phone at 636.946.9828, or by visiting the Historical Society Archives, 101 S. Main St. from 10 am – 3 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays. Tickets will also be available on the day of the tour at Benton School.

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Has this ever happened to you?

After pouring on your favorite bottle of dressing and taking a big bite of salad, your taste buds revolt and your gag reflex initiates. A lengthy check of the label makes you realize you have once again been bamboozled by the “read the small print” curse.

There, in tiny 8-point font, printed in Japanese, are the words LIGHT…as in diet, as in bitter-aftertaste-give-me-my-fatty-food-back-now!

I can place a low-fat container next to a normal container of anything and it’s almost like playing, Where’s Waldo. The size is the same; the caps do not differ and the printing is identical, including the coloring. Only after a full five-minute survey does the wording appear in the far left corner in invisible ink which can only be seen by holding it slantwise under a black light. Then the words, diet or light or low-fat, suddenly appear.

Just the other night I happened to need a bag of cat food. I grabbed the usual color, size and brand only to get home and find that it had an extra goodie included – Hairball Control. Of course, you do not pull anything over on Mr. Scoots and Ticker. They took one look at the bag and determined their hairballs had no need of control then proceeded to wretch up one of their own in protest. From there, they promptly went on a hunger strike until I brought back their own specialty minus any tiny-print surprises.

Now for those who love nothing more than to spend their literary time reading label non-fiction I say, “Shop at the library!” The rest of us are on time restraints because we have important things to do such as checking up on the Kardashians. We need instantaneous information—just the facts. I want my labeling clearly and in ginormous red letters to say, “THIS”! I also want the low-fat, no calorie, no sugar, low-salt, tasteless containers in that same lettering to say, “NOT THIS”. Is that too much to ask?

All other information can be typed on the back in teensy-weensy font, for those who want to spend the majority of their social hours in store aisles baking under florescent lights.

Cindy Moore is the mother of three superlative kids, servant of two self-indulgent felines and wife to one nifty husband. Her ficticious occupation? Archeological Humorist: someone who unearths absurdity and hilarity in strange and unusual places including public restrooms, the lint filter, and church meetings. Most recently, she excavated a find in her neighbor’s bird feeder.

O’Fallon’s Annual Patriot Day Ceremony to Honor First Responders The public is invited to attend the City of O’Fallon’s annual Patriot Day ceremony, “A Tribute to First Responders,” which will begin at 8:30 am on Thursday, Sept. 11, at the City’s 9-11 memorial.

Created from steel salvaged from the destruction of New York City’s World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, the monument is located outside the O’Fallon Police Department entrance to O’Fallon’s Municipal Centre, 100 North Main St. in O’Fallon. The event honors the police, firefighters and paramedics who stepped forward to rescue victims of the

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attacks in 2001, and also honors our community’s First Responders, the men and women who daily put their lives on the line to save others and keep our community safe.

The ceremony includes the dramatic “sounding of sirens” followed by a minute of silence, a rile salute and the placing of the wreath by the Police, Fire and Ambulance District Honor Guard, and an opportunity for the public to place flowers at the memorial. More information about the City’s 9-11 monument can be found at www.ofallon. mo.us/9-11-memorial.

The Great Pumpkin Festival to Feature ‘Pumpkin Chunkin’ From 3 – 7 pm on Sunday, Oct. 19 the campus of Morning Star Church will transform into The Great Pumpkin Festival. The free, family-friendly event will include hayrides, a pumpkin decorating contest, a chili cookoff, pumpkin chunkin’ and bon fires to roast marshmallows.

“The Festival isn’t about the church; it’s about the community,” said Morning Star Church’s Lead Pastor Mike Schreiner. “This is our opportunity to extend radical hospitality and extravagant generosity to them.”

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The $30,000 Grand Prix takes place on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 2 pm.

General admission to the horse show and the Grand Prix is free and refreshments are available for purchase. For an up-close view of the jumping action, the Grand Prix offers ringside tailgate parking for $75 per car.

The Saddlebred show kicks off Sept. 24, with evening performances nightly at 7 pm in the indoor arena.

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breed horse show in the area, the St. Louis National Charity Horse Show attracts several hundred horses and riders from throughout the country. The show supports Stray Rescue of St. Louis and Therapeutic Horsemanship.

Dogs from Stray Rescue will be available for adoption at the show and Therapeutic Horsemanship students will provide a riding demonstration.

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Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Needs More Volunteers to Grow, Develop Tomorrow’s Leaders

By Bonnie Barczykowski Research shows that each year, there are approximately 5,000 girls in eastern Missouri who want to participate in a Girl Scout troop but need a leader.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri currently has more than 17,000 volunteers and while that may sound like plenty of people, it is not enough.

We currently serve about 46,000 girls but we want to reach more. To do that, we need more volunteers.

We offer volunteer opportunities to fit anyone’s schedule – an hour, a day, a week or more, and we make it easy for you to donate your time.

With your help and partnership, we can continue to grow and develop tomorrow’s leaders so that when the time comes, these young ladies will be ready to lead in their home, business or community in whatever role they choose. Around the world, girls are our greatest untapped resource. Girl Scouts is a pipeline, a force for developing girls of the future and as a volunteer, you can play a role.

Below are a few examples of volunteers who have contributed their time to make a difference in the lives of girls.

In Potosi, Mo., a volunteer unexpectedly became a troop leader a few years ago. Through our financial education program, she led her troop to set goals, manage money and they sold the most cookies in our Council this year, more than 11,000 boxes.

A Ladue, Mo., volunteer skilled in math and computer science became involved in our robotics program. Teaching our young girls important STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) skills, she and her team competed in their first

international robotics open this summer, where she won a coach/mentor award.

A Troop Leader in Kirkwood, Mo. never says “no” to Girl Scouts. She is always available to volunteer wherever and whenever we need her. For 10 years, she and her troop have demonstrated the importance of giving back to the community and have donated Girl Scout Cookies and other items to Operation Homefront Missouri and the Missouri USO. We have outstanding volunteers and we are grateful for what they do.

With your volunteer assistance, Girl Scouts will continue to meet changing needs in our urban, suburban and rural areas. Whether girls and volunteers participate in a traditional or seasonal troop or through our community outreach programs, our commitment is to deliver the Girl Scout Leadership Experience through original and relevant programs.

To learn more about these programs, please visit our website, www.girlscoutsem.org, or our volunteer webpage to begin your volunteer adventure today. With more people investing their time, talents and treasure, we can reach the girls waiting to join Girl Scouts and beyond.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri will know we are accomplishing our mission when girls choose Girl Scouts because we offer the best leadership development experience, when adults choose to volunteer for Girl Scouts because we provide the best training and support and when our communities choose to personally and financially invest in Girl Scouts because of the difference we make in the lives of our girls and the communities we serve.

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St. Charles County Parks to Host Off-Leash Dog Festival Sept. 20 Support local animal shelters by participating in to play throughout the day. Let your furry friend the County’s largest off-leash dog festival of the year. compete in a game of “Bobbing for Biscuits,” “Dog The St. Charles County Parks and Recreation De- Treat Toss” and “Cookie Dog Walk.” partment is celebrating its annual Paws in the Park There will also be food at the event for pet ownprogram from 10 am – 2 pm Saturday, Sept. 20, at ers to purchase. Lady Bug Snow Cones and Papa Broemmelsiek Park, 1615 Schwede Rd. in Wentz- John’s Pizza will host the food tent with a portion ville. of the proceeds Pet lovers from donated to the across the region parks departwill attend this fun, ment. free dog event that’s Don’t forget packed with contests, to enroll your prizes, sponsor givepup in the “Best aways, and K-9 and Costume,” “Best obedience skills demTrick,” “Fastest onstrations. AdmisBall Retrieval sion is free with a dog From Pond,” food/pet supply do“Best Dog/ nation. All donations Owner Lookbenefit the St. Charles Alike” and “Best County Pet AdopKisser” contests. tion Center and Five The contests beAcres Animal Shelgin at 12:30 pm ter. The St. Charles under the pavilCounty Pet Adoption ion in dog park.

Center will also have The winners of a booth with several each contest will Sydney Wieberg and her dog E.J. participate in “Best Trick” contest at the 2013 animals available for Paws in the Park event. Photo courtesy St. Charles County Parks and Recreation Department be awarded a adoption. There will commemorative be special performances by Infinite Pawsibilities medal and a $20 gift card courtesy of First State Training, Gateway DockDogs, St. Charles County Bank to take home.

Sheriff K-9’s and Canine Search and Rescue AssoWestinn Kennels will be offering free nail trims ciation. This year’s corporate sponsor of the event is to dogs in need. Other participating businesses and Royal Canin. sponsors include: Bryan Road Animal Hospital, The program kicks off at 10:15 a.m. with an agil- Yuppy Puppy Pet Spa, PetCo, PROIN, Hawk Ridge ity course demonstration from Infinite Pawsibilities Family Chiropractic, All Paws Rescue, Dogs on trainer Lynsey Fuegner, followed by Gateway Dock- Duty, Sudsy’s Muddy Paw Wash and more.

Dogs at 11 am, St. Charles County Sheriff K-9’s at Broemmelsiek Park’s Off-Leash Dog Area has benoon and the Canine Search and Rescue Associa- come a popular place for dogs to play and the Paws tion at 1 pm. After each performance, demonstra- in the Park event has become one of St. Charles tors will be available to answer questions and talk County’s largest programs. to guests. Gateway DockDogs will also assist with For more information about the Paws in the dock diving instruction and trainers will be on Park celebration or to become a vendor, contact hand to help pets maneuver through a set of jumps, St. Charles County Parks Marketing Coordinatunnels and other obstacles in the agility course. tor Nancy Lee Gomer at 636.949.7535 or visit Free games with prizes will be available for dogs www.stccparks.org.

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Troy Author Makes Learning Enjoyable in New Children’s Book Author Rebekah Ross an- to follow directions and draw nounces the release of her new their numbers at the same time. book, Using Using Your Imag i nat i on : Your ImaginaNancy’s Numtion: Nancy’s Numbers, where bers is the first she provides book in a series of six children’s practical and books by Ross. easy learning materials for Ross has the parents and worked as a substitute their children. teacher for In Using Your several years, Im ag in ati on : Nancy’s Numteaching K-12.

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Cedar Lake Cellars to Host Fall Fest Cedar Lake Cellars, 11008 Schreckengast Rd. in Wright City, will host its eighth annual Fall Festival from 1 pm – 9:30 pm on Sat., Oct. 11.

This is the first year the winery will include a rodeo as part of the days’ event.

Proceeds will benefit TREE House of Greater St. Louis, a nonprofit founded in 1975 and previously known as Therapeutic Horsemanship, that provides equestrian therapy programs for people with disabilities.

Activities from 1 – 4 pm include a children’s

area with inflatables and a petting zoo, as well as a farmers market that features specialty food items and crafts. The rodeo, which will be held from 2 – 5 pm, includes bull riding, barrel racing, and a variety of stunts. Musical entertainment will be provided by Whiskey Dixon from 5 – 9 pm, and a fireworks show will begin at 9 pm.

Pre-purchased tickets are $25 per car for up to six passengers, or $10 per person at the door.

Children are welcome, but those visiting the winery must be at least 21 years of age.

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Community Living, Inc. is inviting local residents to tackle some of their holiday shopping beginning at 6 pm on Nov. 15 as the organization hosts its second annual Quarter Auction & Shopping Extravaganza at VFW Post 2866, 66 VFW Lane in St. Charles. Proceeds will benefit CLI’s programs and services for people with disabilities in St. Charles County.

The Quarter Auction, which will begin at 7 pm, will give individuals the chance to bid on a variety of items using quarters. To bid, each guest will purchase a numbered paddle for $10, with additional paddles available for $2 each.

The items up for bid will be on display, and an auctioneer will provide brief descriptions of the items, along with information on the items’ retail value and the number of quarters needed to bid on the items. All bidding is based on an item’s retail value. When it’s time to bid, guests are asked to provide their quarters to event volunteers and hold up their numbered paddles. Once all quarter bids are collected, the auctioneer draws a numbered chip. If the guest with the matching paddle number placed a bid, he or she wins the

item. If that person did not place a bid, the auctioneer will draw until there is a winner.

“CLI’s Quarter Auction & Shopping Extravaganza is a fun night out that not only benefits CLI, but also supports local businesses,” said CLI support services staff member and 2013 event vendor Raquel Slade. “Participants have the chance to win awesome items from great St. Charles area vendors, while helping to generate critical funds to assist CLI in its work to enrich the lives of individuals with disabilities in St. Charles County.”

In addition to the quarter auction, the evening will feature a reverse raffle with bonus prizes and opportunities to shop the participating vendor booths. The cost to participate is $60 for a table of six, or $10 for single tickets, which includes one paddle per quest. Guests are free to bring their own food and snacks. Those interested in attending the event or becoming a vendor may sign up at www.cliQA.eventbrite.com.

For more information about the Quarter Auction & Shopping Extravaganza, or to learn more about CLI’s programs and services, visit www. cliservices.org or call 636.970.2800.

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Public Hearing at Developmental Disabilities Resource Board for O’Fallon’s Community Development Block Grant Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Action Plan The City of O’Fallon will conduct a public hearing that will begin at 9 am on Friday, Sept.19, concerning the Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Plan for the O’Fallon Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.

The hearing will be held at the Developmental Disabilities Resource Board office, 1025

Country Club Rd. in St. Charles.

Those who need assistance or auxiliary aids for the meeting should contact O’Fallon’s Public Assistance Specialist, Jessica Hawkins, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting at 636.379.5411 or jhawkins@ ofallon.mo.us .

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Wentzville School District Scores 96.1 Percent on State Report Card The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) recently released the Annual Performance Report (APR) data for school districts around the state of Missouri. The Wentzville School District scored 96.1 percent in the new evaluation system, one of the top ten scores in St. Louis and St. Charles Counties. Now in its second year, the new APR is part of the Missouri School Improvement Plan (MSIP 5), a more rigorous evaluation tool for rating the performance of Missouri school districts.

The District scored a perfect 100 percent in Academic Achievement, but did not receive all possible points in the Attendance category.

“These results are further evidence that we

have strategically implemented quality curricular programs, and we have a great staff working with our students to increase achievement,” said Superintendent Dr. Curtis Cain.

“While this is wonderful news, it is also a reminder to our students and their parents about the importance of good attendance. Studies show that children with better attendance have higher achievement, which is why DESE emphasizes this important metric when evaluating school districts.”

Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) scores were also released recently by DESE, and for the fifth consecutive year the Wentzville School District has scored in the top 10 percent of all school districts in the state of Missouri.

Ft. Zumwalt South High School’s Bryce Johnson Selected as Member of Prestigious Organization The National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS) recently announced Ft. Zumwalt South High School student Bryce Johnson from Cottleville, Mo. has been selected to become a member of the esteemed organization.

The Society recognizes top scholars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, scholarship, and community commitment.The announcement was made by NSHSS Founder and Chairman Claes Nobel, a senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prizes.

“On behalf of NSHSS, I am honored to recognize the hard work, sacrifice, and commitment that Bryce has demonstrated to achieve this exceptional level of academic excellence,” said Mr. Nobel. “Bryce is now a member of a unique community of scholars - a community that represents our very best hope for the future.”

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Adapted from Bill Granger’s well-received series of novels, The November Man has quite a pedigree, especially with Pierce Brosnan in the title role. Something must have happened on the way from printed page to the big screen, however, because this film is a hot mess.

Brosnan plays Peter Devereaux, a retired CIA operative known by the code name “November.” Devereaux has put his old life behind him, but John Hanley (Bill Smitrovich) tracks his former colleague down and reactivates him in secret.

Hanley needs Peter to extract Natalia Ulanova (Mediha Musliovic) from Russia.

She has been working deep undercover for Arkady Federov (Lazar Ristovski), the man who could become the next Russian president. Natalia has acquired evidence that could bring his political career to a halt. Things don’t go quite as planned, though, and Devereaux soon finds himself at odds with his former colleagues.

No stranger to playing cinematic spies, Pierce Brosnan turns in a nicely nuanced

performance as “The November Man.” Brosnan plays Devereaux as somewhat passive and burned out, but the former spy can turn lethal in an instant. Unlike his James Bond character, this spy doesn’t use a lot of fancy gadgets.

Luke Bracey adds some spice to the mix as David Mason, Devereaux’s former protégé. David has never quite escaped his mentor’s rather long shadow, so he’s eager to show the old man u p .

Their interactions in person and over the phone are some of the best moments in an overlong movie.

Bill Smitrovich deserves high praise, though, for his portrayal of a CIA handler.

His John Hanley is arguably the least politically correct man on the planet. During his interrogation by the CIA, Hanley even turns the tables on the young agent (Caterina Scorsone) who is asking the questions.

Despite these performances, November Man suffers from bad direction courtesy of Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job). Though he knows his way around a spy thriller (The Recruit), Donaldson gets lost in multiple plot threads and characters. For most of the film, it’s hard to tell the heroes from the villains.

Adapted from Bill Granger’s There Are No Spies, this film actually has too many undercover agents, special operatives, and high-ranking government officials. The November Man also derives too much from other spy thrillers and brings nothing new to the table. There might be a good movie here, but it is deep undercover.

The November Man, rated R for strong violence including a sexual assault, language, sexuality/nudity, and brief drug use, currently is playing in theaters.

Born and raised in South St. Louis, Steve Bryan is now based in Anaheim, California, and has been allowed access to movie and television sets to see actors and directors at work. Though his writing has taken him far from St. Louis, Steve is, at heart, still the same wide-eyed kid who spent countless hours watching classic movies at neighborhood theaters.

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Sports Rascals Are Champions Of The West Division For Third Time In History The River City Rascals play professional baseball in the Western Division of the Frontier League at T.R. Hughes in O’Fallon.

River City won their last game of the season in Florence KY last Thursday against the Freedom 9-2. That was a BIG win as it awarded them the divisional title and the top seed in the 2014 playoffs.

The team’s opponent will be the Washington Wild Things who are seeded five out of the six teams in the post-season play. The Wild Things survived a one game playoff battle last Saturday against Evansville winning 4-2.

The schedule saw the Rascals travel to Washington Monday, Sept. 8 with the second game at TR Hughes on Wednesday, Sept. 10. If a third game is necessary, it will be in the friendly confines of TR Hughes.

The winner of this series starts play for the Championship on Saturday, Sept. 13.

FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS: WIN LOSS GB RASCALS 54 34 …

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Grizzlies 48 41 7.0 CornBelters 47 41 7.5 Aviators 36 53 19.0 Slammers 34 55 21.0 ThunderBolts 31 58 24.0 RASCALS HOME SCHEDULE: For updated results go to www.RiverCityRascals.com *The second season starts

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The Football Lions will open at Washburn in Topeka, Kan. facing the Ichabods to kick off the campaign.

Other teams include the men’s golf team play-

ing at the Missouri Intercollegiate and the women’s soccer team hosting Maryville. * Thanks to Lindenwood’s Tyler Scheller-Sports Information Graduate Assistant Rams Start off on Wrong Foot It was a great day Sunday for the tailgaters near the Edward Jones Dome, and across the street the music on the stage with Kim Massie and the Solid Senders electrified the crowd. I had the honor of being the EMCEE for the event.

That was about the only fun and exciting thing that happened for the first part of Sunday afternoon.

The Minnesota Vikings nipped away at the Rams and at the end of the first half found themselves trailing 13-0. If that was not bad enough, the Rams’ quarterback, Shaun Hill, taking the place of injured Sam Bradford, suffered a leg injury and was gone the rest of the game.

Third string quarterback Austin Davis tried to fill in but had a difficult time producing, thus a 34-6 loss.

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Come See Gary B Broadcasting on 590 AM at the AmeriSports Bar From 6 – 7 pm this Thursday come visit my broadcast partner Randy Gardner and me as we interviewer top athletes around the Lou inside the Ameristar Cassino’s stage in St. Charles.

The show will have participants from the world of Combat sports and a former NFL player.

Several of the Combat fighters will be performing Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Ameristar at the boxing and MMA event sponsored by Rumble Time Promotions.

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

Middle Pick: Little Elliott, Big City Community News is proud to offer our readers “Book Buzz.”

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Little Alan is a stutterer. If he tries to “push words out” his “head and body shake uncontrollably.” So begins a stellar read that will knock your spots off, A Boy and a Jaguar, by Alan Rabinowitz.

Though Alan has issues verbalizing his wants and needs to his friends and family, he can sing without stuttering and talk to his pets without a hitch. His parents and teachers don’t really know what to do to help him, and Alan quickly learns to just be quiet.

There is one place, though, that Alan is a different boy, the Bronx Zoo. His father takes him there and Alan whispers to a lone Jaguar in a cage, with nary a hint of a stutter.

Those trips to visit the wildcats, plant a seed that later germinates in a miraculous way in the jungles of Belize where Alan finds a way to make his voice heard. Emotion reigns supreme on pages lavishly painted by Cátia Chien.

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Easy Ways to Go Italian With slow-cooked pork meatball sandwiches ahead

What’s not to love about slow cooking? You combine a few ingredients and let them simmer all day in your slow cooker – and then comes the best part – coming home to a house filled with the most delicious aroma that hints at the meal that’s yet to come.

Slow cooking is perfect for busy fall schedules – it’s an easy way to makes sure you and your family can still enjoy a home-cooked meal together no matter how hectic your day becomes. Pork is ideal for this cooking method because there are so many different ingredients you can pair with it to easily create crave-worthy meals influenced by both familiar flavors and tastes from around the world.

With Italian Stuffed Pork Meatball Sandwiches, lean ground pork combines with Italian-inspired ingredients like tomato sauce, garlic and

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EVENTS Sept. 10: Financial Education: Financial Recovery 6:30pm, The O’Fallon Family YMCA, 3451 Pheasant Meadow Dr. in O’Fallon.

For more information, call PNC Bank at 636.272.2449.

Sept.11: Girl Scout Recruitment 7-9pm, Crossroads Elementary School, 7500 Highway N in O’Fallon.

For more information, visit www. girlscoutsem.org.

Sept. 13: Concert in the Park: Mirage 7-10pm, Windjammer Point, 400 Medical Plaza in Lake St Louis.

For more information call 635.561.4620, or visit www.lakesaintlouis.com.

Sept. 13: Lake St. Louis Concert in the Park- Mirage 7-10pm, Windjammer Point, 2550 Lake St Louis Blvd. This event is in conjunction with the Ambassadors event, The Lake Saint Louis Fall Festival. Outside alcoholic beverages will not be allowed at this event. There will be alcohol for sale at the event by the Lake Saint Louis Ambassadors Club. For more information, call 636.357.8580.

Sept. 12-15: Illumination Frontier Park, 500 S Riverside Dr. in St Charles. Celebrating 100 years of St. Charles City Parks. For more information, visit www.stcharlesparks.com.

Sept. 13 & 14: Angels and Demons Sermon Series SunRise United Methodist Church, 7116 Twin Chimneys Blvd. in O’Fallon. Join as the series explores the conflict between good and evil and what we can do to resolve this struggle in our daily lives. For more information, call 636.978.2727, or visit www.sunrisefamily.org.

Sept. 18 & 19: Thrivent Financial “How to Navigate the Social Security Landscape” 6:30pm, except Sept 19, held at 12:30, 3006 Winghaven Blvd., in O’Fallon. Sandwiches will be served. RSVP to 636.542.4040, or kaleana.wright@thrivent.com, or register at Thrivent.com/findaworkshop.

Sept. 19: “Watchfire” for POW/ MIA Recognition Day 6:30pm, Veterans Memorial at Bishop’s Landing - on the Missouri riverfront due north of the Lewis & Clark Boat House and Nature Center, 701 South Riverside Dr. in St. Charles. For more information, visit http://ow.ly/APquk Sept 20: City Wide Garage Sale 7am-5pm, Lake St. Louis. Have your sale listed in the Garage Sale Guide with your address and a short list of the items you have for sale. For more information, visit www.lakesaintlouis.com, or call 636.561.4620.

Sept. 20: St. Charles County Historical Society House Tour 12-4pm, St. Charles County Historical Society, 101 S. Main St. in St. Charles. See inside 18th and 19th century houses and an unbelievable Church. for more information, or to buy tickets, visit www.scchs.org, or call 636.946.9828.

Sept. 27: Light the Night Fundraising Walk Registration at 5pm, walk starts at 7:30pm, Forest Park’s Central Fields. For more information call 314.590.2230 or visit www.lightthenight.org/gat.

Sept. 27: Walk to End Alzheimer’s Registration at 8am, Walk at 9am, St. Charles Community College, 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Dr. in Cottleville.1 mile or 3 mile route.

For more information, visit www. alz.org/stl/walk, or call the 24/7 information line at 800.272.3900.

Sept. 20: Tri-County Citizens’ Advisory Board Trivia Night Challenge 6:30pm, Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Charles, 318 S. Duchesne Dr. in St. Charles. $20 per person, maximum of 10 to a table. To reserve a table, full payment must be received by Sept. 6. Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. Outside food and beverages welcome. For more information, call Esther Angelos, Treasurer, at 636.441.0329.

Sept. 27: Ryan Martin Foundation Golf Tournament

Noon, registration; 1:30pm, play begins, Bear Creek Golf Course, 158 Bear Creek Dr. in Wentzville. $75 per golfer for 18 holes and dinner afterwards.

Sept. 27: RSC Art & Family Festival and 10th Anniversary Celebration 7am-2pm, RSC, 2650 Sports Cir. in O’Fallon. Live music and food trucks, discounted membership and other prizes. For more information, call 636.474.2732.

Sept 27: Landmark Family Church Community Fall Celebration 10am-3pm, Landmark Family Church, 2240 Bennington Pl. in Maryland Heights. Fun for the family featuring games, arts and crafts, food, prizes, and contests.

For more information, visit www. landmarkfamilychurch.org.

Month of September: Free Brakes For Food JC Car Care & Tire JC Car Care & Tire both locations offers free brakes for food donations to support area society of St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantries. For more information, visit www.jccarcare.com, or call 636.928.5150 or 636.946.5707.

Sundays in September: Sunrise UMC Wings and Worship 10am, Buffalo Wild Wings, 2352 State Highway K in O’Fallon.

Free wings and soft drinks during worship service. Food, music, fellowship and bible lesson. For more information, call Pastory Troy Merseal at 636.978.2727.

Oct. 4: Tire Rack Street Survival Teen Driving Schools 8am-5pm, Family Arena, 2002 Arena Pkwy in St Charles. For more information, visit www. streetsurvival.org.

Oct. 18 & 19: Assumption Fall Festival 6-11pm and 11am-6pm, Assumption 403 N Main St. in O’Fallon.

For more information, visit www. assumptionfallfestival.com Oct. 23: The Child Center, Inc. Wine Tasting Fundraiser 6-9pm, Quintessential Dining & Nightlife, 149 N. Main St. in St. Charles. Join for a wonderful night of wine tasting. For more information, visit www.thechildcenter. com.

Oct. 28: St. Charles County Symphony Halloween Performance

7pm, St. Peters Cultural Art Center, 1 St. Peters Centre Blvd. in St. Peters. Kids are encouraged to come in costume as all the orchestra members will be dressed up for the occasion. Admission is free and treats will be given to all children in attendance.

Nov. 1: FHC Craft Fair 9am-4pm, Francis Howell Central, 5199 State Hwy N in Cottleville.

Over 130 exhibitors featuring everything from jewelry to fall and holiday crafts, bath products, doll clothes, scarves and much more.

For more information, call Shelly at 636.448.0629, or email fhccraftfair@hotmail.com, Nov. 15: Holy Cross Lutheran Church Craft Fair 9am-3pm, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 8945 Veterans Pkwy. in O’Fallon. Now accepting applications for vendors. 6x8 spaces are $45. Table available $10 each, Electric $5. Looking for handmade items. For more information, call Laura Hoffman at 314.724.6671.

Ongoing Events 1st Monday: Gardeners of St. Charles County Monthly Meeting 6:30pm.

Location varies.

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2nd Monday: Winghaven Civil War Round Table 6:30pm, Midwest BankCentre board room, 2299 Technology Dr. O’Fallon. For more informaiton call Mike at 314.276.5018.

4th Monday: American Legion Post 388 Meets 6:30 pm at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 8945 Vets. Mem. Pkwy.

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Every Monday: St. Peters Rotary Club Noon at St. Peters City Hall, One St. Peters Centre Blvd. www.stpetersrotary.org.

Every Monday: The Seasoned Eye Carvers meeting.

9am-noon, St. Charles Senior Citizens Center, 1455 Fairgrounds.

For more information, visit www. stcharlesareawoodcarvers.com.

Every Monday: Cribbage Club 1pm, Heritage at Hawk Ridge Clubhouse, 235 Pigeon Dr. in Lake St. Louis. For more information, call 636.561.2970.

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

1st Tuesday: Fleur de Lis Garden Society 6:30pm at the Kisker Road Library, 1000 Kisker Road. Info: Jeanne at 314.605.8563.

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

Last Tuesday of every month, St. Charles American Legion Post 312 spaghetti dinner.

5pm, St. Charles American Legion Post 312, 2500 Raymond Drive in St. Charles. $5 per person. For more information call Post 312 at 636.947.7666.

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

Info: Barb at 636.978.5930.

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

Every Tuesday: St. Charles Optimist Club Noon-1pm at Pio’s Restaurant.

Every Tuesday: Quilting Guild at the O’Fallon Family YMCA 1-4pm Free. Quilt for local charities. No sewing experience required.

Every Tuesday: Toastmasters Meeting 7pm at the Renaud Spirit Center, 2650 Tri Sports Circle, O’Fallon.

Info: 636.379.2505.

Every Tuesday: Gateway Spotlight ChorUS 7:15-9:45pm at First United Methodist Church, 801 First Capitol Drive in St. Charles. Info: www.gatewayspotlight.org or 636.256.6823.

Every Tuesday & Thursday: Tai Chi at the St. Charles County Family YMCA 8-9am & 10:15-11:15am. No experience necessary. 636-928-1928.

Tuesdays and Fridays: TaeKwonDo Ministry 5:30pm, Dardenne Presbyterian Church 7400 South Outer 364 in Dardenne Prairie. Moses Kim brings Christian teaching into taekwondo. For more information, or to sign up, call 636.561.4347.

Every Wednesday: Dardenne Presbyterian Church Basketball 8-9:30pm, Dardenne Presbyterian Christian Life Center, 7400 South Outer 364 in Dardenne Prairie.

Open to 6th grade and up. Bring a light and dark shirt for different teams.

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

Every Wednesday: Active Older Adults Game Day at the O’Fallon Family YMCA 10am Free. Bring a favorite snack to share. Anybody welcome.

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

Every Wednesday: Men’s Golf League 5pm, tee off at 5:30 pm at Heritage of Hawk Ridge. www.lakesaintlouis.com, under the parks and recreation section.

Every Wednesday: Charity Bingo 6:45pm VFW Post 5077 sponsors, at VFW Hall, 8500 Veterans Mem. Pkwy., O’Fallon. 636.272.1945 or www.vfwpost5077.org.

Every Wednesday. Kiwanis Club of Harvester monthly meeting.

Noon, Fratelli’s Restorante, 2061 Zumbehl Road in St Charles.

For more information, please contact kellenj@ATT.net Every Wednesday, Winfield Foley Firefighters Association Bingo.

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

1st & 3rd Wednesday: St. Charles Area Wood Carvers 7pm at Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project, 7295 Hwy. 94

Tuesdays & Thursdays: Get Fit Exercise Classes 9-10am and 5:30-6:30pm at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Hall, New Melle. 314.369.6521.

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

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Charles County Family YMCA 7-7:55pm Any level. Info: 636.928.1928.

2nd and 4th Thursdays: Alexander Chapter #242 Order of the Eastern Star Meetings 7:30pm, St. Charles Masonic Lodge, 2051 Collier Corporate Parkway in St. Charles.

Third Thursday of each month: Vietnam Veterans of America

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Chapter 458 7pm, Amvets Post 106, 360 Brown Rd. in St. Peters. If you served in any branch of service between 1962 and 1975, come join in.

Third Thursday of the month, Ladies Night Out Cottleville Crafts, Etc..., 5335 Highway N in Cottleville. Vinyl design class. For more information, call 636.441.2700 or visit www.cottlevillecrafts.com.

Third Thursdays: Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 458 Meeting 7pm, Amvets Post 106, 360 Brown Rd in St. Peters.

Those who served in any branch between 1962 and 1975 are welcome.

Every Thursday: Dardenne Presbyterian Church Quilters 9am-2pm, Dardenne Presbyterian Church, 7400 South Outer 364 in Dardenne Prairie.

Members do hand quilting to quilts of any size for donation that is given to various church supported charities. No experience is necessary to join the group. For more information, contact Vickie Young at 636.928.7348, or Brenda Kenny at 636.240.3753.

Every Thursday: Kiwanis Club of St. Peters 6:30am at IHOP (3851 Veteran’s Memorial Pkwy St. Peters).

636.328.4941.

Every Thursday: Kiwanis Club of O’Fallon 11:45am Meets at JJ’s Restaurant in O’Fallon. Info: www.ofkiwanis. com.

Every Thursday: O’Fallon Rotary Club Breakfast 7:30am at The Holy Cross Lutheran Church (8945 Veterans Memorial Pkwy, across from Fort Zumwalt Park). Visitors welcome.

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Every Thursday: Yoga at The St.

This Month’s Shelter: Heartland Humane Society of Missouri PO Box 113, O’Fallon, MO 63366 • 636-922-0569 • info@hhsrescue.org If you’ve adopted a new family member that you saw in Community News, send us a picture of you and your new pal. Also include a brief story about your pet’s background and how they’re doing now. We’d love to share your happy story with other readers!

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The U.S. Humane Society estimates 6 to 8 million dogs and cats enter shelters each year, and 3 to 4 million are euthanized. Please do your part to control overpopulation and to limit the number of unwanted animals. SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS!

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Joe Morice

Over the Fence

My Plastic Container Meltdown A cleaning person noticed the various plastic containers from whipped butter to cottage cheese crammed in my kitchen cabinets. She asked, “What in the world are all those containers for?”

I said, “I need them for leftovers.” She looked back at the stacks and then back at me and said, “40 of them?”

Well it’s true, I hate throwing them away. When they’re empty, I run them through the dishwasher and then store them in case I need one for something. Usually, it’s leftovers I store in the refrigerator. Also, ‘usually’, they get pushed to the back and remain forgotten until I happen to use up the food items in front and they become visible. That may take until the following year, or until the contents turn green and go bump in the night.

Since my friend teased me about my container fetish, I began gathering them up for the trash barrel. After searching through cabinets, closets, and various dark places, I filled up a trash bag.

I started to chuck it into the trashcan and stopped.

I couldn’t do it. Was I having container withdrawal?

Then I remembered that plastic things end up in landfills and probably won’t decompose until future generations invent disintegrators that turn landfills into

subdivisions. Since that seemed unlikely, I pictured some space aliens dropping by in a few thousand years to dig around and discover what happened when we destroyed the planet and ourselves. I’m sure it wont be like today’s archeologists who dig up bones, artifacts and weapons cavemen used to kill animals for meat or other cavemen to steal their meat.

What the aliens will find are my plastic containers, and they’ll probably scratch their hairless green heads in confusion. Did they expect to find earthen bowls or dinosaur bones like our archeologists found, or mysterious Incan death rays? No way. If they dig further and find tons of other trash they’ll surely comprehend what happened to the occupants of this tiny planet. We trashed ourselves to death.

How could I possibly throw these plastic containers in the trash and feel good about it?

“Perhaps I’ll sell them on the Internet,” I thought.

Thinking is doing. I spread them out on a large table and took pictures to accompany the ad. $10 takes all.

Some needy person could use these to store veggies, meat, fruit, leftovers…or, considering this is Missouri, meth lab chemicals or ammunition for firefights with DEA agents, loan sharks or noisy neighbors.

Two weeks passed with no calls. I renewed the ad.

This time I offered them free. Still no calls.

Two more weeks passed and I renewed the ad once

more and included a free 12 pack of Budweiser. After fifty phone calls within ten minutes, a man in a pickup truck screeched to a stop. After I gave him the beer and the trash bag full of plastic containers, he thanked me and left. Later I found the bag full of containers a block away laying in a ditch.

Someone suggested taking them to a recycling center. “Great idea!’’ I grumbled. Duh. I took them there and asked what they did with plastic things. The counterman rolled his eyes and said, “Would you believe we send them to a place that melts them down to make car bumpers?”

“That’s great!,” I chortled. Wait…was he being sarcastic? Surely not.

A few months later, someone crunched my car’s plastic rear bumper on a parking lot. The body shop replaced it and threw the damaged bumper in a trash dumpster.

Life is weird.

Joe Morice is Community News’s blue-collar philosopher. He was born and raised in Missouri and spent most of his childhood on a farm and adulthood operating big machines. He has no formal training as a writer, unless 60 years of writing about any and everything counts.

The opinions expressed in this column are Joe Morice’s alone and do not reflect the opinion of the owners or staff of Community News.

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