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four area cemeteries and repeat the service. They will return to the post home for breakfast served by the aux-iliary. The activities should be complete by 10am. For more information, call 314.741.7786.

Alton Memorial Day ParadeThe oldest consecutive running pa-

rade in the nation will begin at 10am

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As Memorial Day weekend ap-proaches, organizers across the area are planning ceremonies they hope will bring out folks to take time to remem-ber the sacrifices made by our nation’s armed service members. Some have structured their gatherings to make it easy for those who served to attend and take part.

Organizers of one ceremony in par-ticular changed venues a couple of years ago to make the event more accessible.

Anthony Smith, commander of Fort Bellefontaine American Legion Post 335 and an alderman with the city of Bellefontaine Neighbors, said the event used to be at Klein Park, where they would bring people by bus from the Missouri Veterans Home. He said not everybody could come by bus and it was a smaller venue.

The ceremony now takes place at the Missouri Veterans Home.

“We actually bring it to the veterans,” he said. “We get a huge crowd as com-pared to what we had in the past. Last year’s crowd was quite large. We’re go-ing to add an extra tent this year so we will have enough room to accommo-date everybody.”

If you’d like to attend an observance

of Memorial Day, there are many tak-ing place.

Bellefontaine NeighborsFort Bellefontaine American Le-

gion Post 335, the city of Bellefon-taine Neighbors, the Missouri Veterans Home and the Knights of Columbus will have the 15th Annual Memorial Day Program at 10am May 26 at the Missouri Veterans Home, 10600 Lewis and Clark Boulevard in Bellefontaine Neighbors.

The program will include speakers, music and the laying of a wreath. Cov-ered seating will be available. One of the speakers will be Stan Smith, admin-istrator of the Missouri Veterans Home.

“I just hope that as many people as can come out, because it is a significant event, especially now when we have so many conflicts going on around the world and so many veterans putting themselves on the line,” Anthony Smith said. “We need to have something like this to honor their contributions.”

FlorissantThe Florissant Valley Memorial

American Legion Post 444 will have a ceremony at 6am May 26 at the post home at 17090 Old Jamestown Road. Members of the post will then visit

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Pastor Kerry High from Bellefontaine Baptist Church offers the opening prayer. (front center) (behind, l to r): Director of the Missouri Veteran’s Home, Stan Smith; Mayor of the City of Bellefontiane Neighbors, Robert Doerr; Missouri State Senator, Gina Walsh; Commander of Fort Bellefontaine American Legion Post 335 Anthony Smith and CMSgt Martin Klaus from Scott Air Force Base bow their heads during the opening prayer during Bellefontaine Neighbors’ 2013 Memorial Day Event.

along Washington and College avenues in upper Alton. The parade will feature about 50 entries including veterans, active service members, bands, a singing group and antique cars. The business center where Washington and Col-lege intersect in upper Alton is one of the best vantage points for viewing the parade, but pa-rade-goers need to arrive early to secure a good spot. There are no shuttles, but there is plenty of parking on side streets. A ceremony will be conducted after the conclusion of the parade at Upper Alton Cemetery. For more information, call 618.462.7527.

O’FallonA ceremony honoring the memory of the U.S.

soldiers, sailors, Marines and pilots who died in service will be at 11am May 26 at O’Fallon Vet-erans Memorial Walk, 800 Veterans Memorial Parkway in O’Fallon.

St. CharlesThe joint St. Charles City-County Memorial

Day commemorative event will be at 1pm May 26 on the east lawn of the St. Charles County Historical Courthouse, 100 North Third Street in St. Charles. In the event of inclement weath-er, the program will be at the St. Charles County Administration Building, 201 North Second Street. Jerry Bradley, Marine Corps League De-tachment 725, will be master of ceremonies. Da-vid Hodge, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2866, will serve as officer of the day. The event will

feature welcome remarks by St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann and St. Charles City Mayor Sally Faith. Patriotic music will be pro-vided by the St. Charles Municipal Band. The event will include a roll call of St. Charles City-County veterans who died during the past cal-endar year. There will be a wreath laying into the Missouri River initiated by Art Minor and Virgil “Whitey” Olendorff of Korean War Vet-erans Association Chapter 6. The program will finish with a rifle salute by American Legion Post 312’s Guard of Honor.

St. PetersThe St. Peters Veterans Memorial Commis-

sion will present a ceremony from 10-11am May 26 at the St. Peters Veterans Memorial in front of St. Peters City Hall. Retired Col. Jack Jack-son, U.S. Marine Corps, will be the guest speak-er. The U.S. Marine Corps will provide a color guard for the ceremony. V.F.W. Post 10838, the Marine Corps League, the Knights of Columbus and the Ancient Order of the Hibernians honor guards will also participate. A Medivac helicop-ter will fly in at approximately 9:30am.

Lake Saint LouisThe Lake Saint Louis Memorial Day ceremony

will start at 11am May 26 at Veterans Memorial Park, 200 Civic Center Drive, next to City Hall. The event will include a guest speaker, a bugler, a color guard and a placing of wreaths.

The Florissant Elks Lodge #2316 would like to send a thank you to the community for all the support they received at the recent Valley of

Flowers barbecue. With the community’s help, The Lodge was also able to collect over $500 in tips for the Wounded Warriors.

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SchoolNorth County Christian School students bring home more than 10 ribbons from the Queeny Park Science Fair and The Florissant Rotary Club gives scholarships to five deserving students.

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NCCU will host its fourth annual Summer Youth Computer Academy at John Knox Presbyterian Church, 13200 New Halls Ferry Road in Florissant, from June 18-July 12, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 10am-noon.

The Academy will consist of training students on how to build a computer and use software. There will be a $60 registration fee, but upon completion of the training students will be given free computers. All students entering grades 6-10 are welcome, but students without access to computers within their homes are espe-cially welcome. Training will once again be provided by the Com-puter Village company. "This is very important to student's success in school,” NCCU President Rance Thomas said. “In order to be successful today students need to know how to use computers, and we very glad to help students learn this skill free of charge."

Applications are due at John Knox Presbyterian Church by June 6. For more information, contact Dr. Rance Thomas, 314.238.6828, or Mrs. Kim Chandler, 314.921.5833.

NCCU to Again Host Summer Youth Computer Academy

The City of Hazelwood’s White Birch Bay Aquatic Center will open its doors for the 2014 season at noon on Saturday, May 24. Daily admission prices remain the same as last year to make it more affordable for every-one to visit often and have fun in the sun, announced Hazelwood Parks and Recre-ation Superintendent Doug Littlefield.

The Aquatic Center will remain open from Saturday, May 24-Monday, Sept. 1, at 5pm. However, it will only be open on weekends (Sat-urday and Sunday) while Hazelwood schools are in session. Daily operating hours are from 12-6pm. On days when the Hazelwood Sharks swim team hosts a home meet with other municipal league swim teams, the Aquatic Center will close early at 5pm.

For the pools to open, the temperature must reach 75° before noon. After 4pm., the pools will close if the temperature drops below 75°.

The pricing for daily admission is the same as last year, $5 for resident children 4-15 years old, $6 for adults 16-54 years old, and $5 for adults over the age of 55.

The City of Hazelwood’s $5.7 million dollar Aquatic Center still ranks among the best wa-terparks operated by a local municipality in the

St. Louis area. It’s most unique feature is a 360° bubble slide made in Sweden, which is the first of its kind to be used in the Midwest. Other fun amenities include the following: two lightning-fast water slides, one for tubing the other for body surfing; a 600-foot lazy river that generates waves; a giant bucket that dumps water over a colorful play structure; a water swirl that spins swimmers around in circles; and a little tot wave pool with spray features and a shark slide. The Aquatic Center also has a 25-meter competition pool, known as the Shark Tank, with two diving boards. In addition, the facility has a full-service concession stand equipped to provide hot food, cold treats and refreshing beverages.

Opening Day for Hazelwood’s Aquatic Center Set for May 24

After racing to the top to be first, kids enjoy bouncing off of the bubble slide into the water. The city of Hazelwood’s 360° bubble slide at its Aquatic Center is from Sweden and the first of its kind to be used in a waterpark in the Midwest. Photo courtesy city of Hazelwood

Two graduates of the 2010 Hazelwood East High football program were chosen in the 2014 National Football League Draft May 8-10 in New York City.

Christian Kirksey, a 6-foot-2 inch, 233-pound linebacker from the University of Iowa was se-lected by the Cleveland Browns in the third round as the 71st overall player. Kirksey graduated from Hazelwood East in 2010 and was a member of the 2008 Class 5 state championship team.

Walter Powell, a 5-foot-11-inch, 189-pound wide receiver from Murray State University was se-

lected by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round as the 196th player taken overall. Powell is a 2010 Hazelwood East graduate and also was a member of the 2008 Class 5 state championship team.

Both players were coached at Hazelwood East by Mike Jones, a former NFL linebacker with the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Nine graduates of Hazelwood East have been drafted by NFL teams since 1995.

Two Hazelwood East High Alumni Chosen in the 2014 NFL Draft

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Vantage Credit Union was honored as Community Outreach Volunteer of the Year at a recent Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition luncheon. In addition to Van-tage, 7 other organizations were honored at the event.

Vantage, its employees and members, have collected new school supplies and backpacks to help ready foster care chil-dren for the new school year for over 13 years. In addition to collecting new school supplies, a dress down day is held each July to help raise funds to pay for needed items that are not collected.

“Children who have been abused or ne-glected by their parents tend to have self-esteem issues,” said Shelly Thomas Benke, Director of FosterServe Volunteers. “It’s so important to their self-esteem to arrive back on the first day of school with a full set of new school supplies.”

Over the years, Vantage has collected thou-

sands of school supplies and backpacks for stu-dents across the region. Their annual Tools For Learning School Supply drive takes place every summer from July through August. For more in-formation visit vcu.com.

Credit Union Wins Community Outreach Volunteer of the Year

At 11am on Saturday, May 24, a National Oce-anic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) commemorative marker will be installed at the St. Stanislaus Historic Conservation Area which is located near Aubuchon and Charbonier Road along the Missouri River.

As part of celebrating the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Lewis and Clark Historic Foun-dation places markers along the trail they took from St. Louis on the Mississippi River, making their way up the Missouri River to its headwa-ters and then to the Pacific Ocean via Columbia River. These markers represent points of interest they encountered along the way.

The City of Hazelwood’s Charbonier Bluff, which is in St. Stanislaus Park, was one of those points of interest mentioned by William Clark in his Journal dated May 16, 1804. It is one of the highest vantage points in the area, which allows an observer to see long distances in several direc-tions. Historians believe Clark ordered someone to climb the bluff to see how far away they were

from the City of St. Charles, which could be seen to the southwest. Clark also noted the exposed coal seam at the base of the bluff.

Wednesday, May 16, 1804 – “a fair morn-ing, Set out at 5 oClk pass, a remarkable Coal Hill on the Lardboard Side Called by the French Carbonere, this hill ap-pear to Contain great quantity of Coal and ore of …. appearance …. from this hill the village of St. Charles may be seen at 7 miles distance – We arrived at St. Charles at 12 o’Clock.”

Early French explorers named the bluff “La Charbonier” which means coal seam. Access to Charbonier Bluff, which overlooks the Missouri River bottoms, is provided by hiking trails from the lower parking area.

The St. Stanislaus Historical Museum Society, in conjunction with the National Park Service as part of the Lewis and Clark National Historic

Trail and the Missouri Depart-ment of Conservation, will host a dedication ceremony on May 24 for the installation of this NOAA commemorative mark-er at St. Stanislaus Park. Other organizations participating in this program include The Lewis and Clark Trust, Inc., and The Discovery Expedition of St. Charles.

Installation of Lewis & Clark Trail Commemorative Marker to take Place at Dedication Ceremony

(l to r) Shelly Thomas Benke, director of FosterServe Volunteers, Bernetta Camp-bell, Vantage business development specialist, and Jennifer Allemann, PR spe-cialist at the recent Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition luncheon.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Mis-souri fulfilled its commitment to the commu-nity and collect-ed more than 1.1 million per-sonal care items for individuals and families in need through its April Show-ers program. Once again, donations this year topped more than one million.

The success of this Council-wide service project was only pos-sible thanks to the dedication, time and effort of Girl Scouts, par-ents and volunteers in addition to the generous support of local community partners and community members who donated.

“It is truly a testament to our area’s giving nature that we are able to surpass one million donated personal care items year after year,” said CEO Bonnie Barczykowski. “We are so thankful and appreciative for all of our community partners and their assistance during April Showers.”

More Than 1.1 Million April Showers Items Collected

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The next Thomas Kinkade or Andy Warhol might be discov-ered at the 11th annual Community Art Fair and Used Book Sale on Saturday, June 7, at the Hazelwood Community Center, 1186 Teson Road, located in White Birch Park. Event hours are from 10am-2pm. Admission is free and open to the public.

The Hazelwood Community Enrichment Commission has been hosting this event over the past decade. One of its many respon-sibilities is to support the arts in North St. Louis County and to encourage residents to develop an appreciation for artistic expres-sion. This program also provides local artists with a vehicle to use to show off their talent and to sell their artwork.

Individuals, age 16 and over, are invited to display their works of art using oil, water color, acrylic, pastels, charcoal, pencil, and mixed media. They are limited to 10 entries, each displayed on an easel and appropriate for viewing by people of all ages. They can also sell their artwork to interested buyers. Participation guide-lines and registration forms are available at the Hazelwood Com-munity Center and Civic Center East.

All entries will be professionally judged in the following contest categories: Landscape/Still Life; Real Life; Fantasy/Science Fiction; and Abstract. Cash prizes, along with blue, red and white ribbons, will be awarded to the top finishers of each category. Winning en-tries for the 2013 Art Fair may be displayed but will not be judged.

Hazelwood’s Community Art Fair attracts artists from all parts of the St. Louis metropolitan area, including members of the North-side Art Association who meet regularly at the St. Louis County Library’s Prairie Commons branch.

In conjunction with the Art Fair, the Commission will be host-ing a used book sale offering a variety of hardback and paperback books at bargain prices that appeal to the young and old alike.

For more information on this year’s Community Art Fair and Used Book Sale, please contact the Hazelwood Parks and Recre-ation Office at 314.731.0980.

Operations at Lighthouse for the Blind-Saint Louis in the city of Overland are busy as the non-profit organization responds to requests for emer-gency preparedness survival kits since Missouri entered tornado season this year.

“We are taking calls from people in Mis-souri and nationwide now that tornadoes have touched down in locations across the Midwest,” said Brian Houser of the Lighthouse, which as-sembles, packages and distributes Quake Kare ER™ Emergency Ready Survival kits. The Light-house is also known as LHB Industries. (www.lhbindustries.com).

Since acquiring all assets of the Quake Kare brand of emergency preparedness products in February 2014, the nonprofit Lighthouse for the Blind, which operates two manufacturing and packaging plants in St. Louis County, has be-come the nation’s leading supplier of survival kits for homes, schools, families and businesses. The Lighthouse employs about 45 skilled workers who are legally blind and offers 15 social service programs.

All sales revenues directly support Lighthouse programs including Professional Career Development; Special Technol-ogy and Adaptive Resources for Students; Summer Jobs for Students; Continuing Educa-tion; Arts & Entertainment Ac-cessibility; Low Vision Aid; and others for individuals who are legally blind and visually im-paired in Missouri and South-western Illinois.

“We are responding to re-quests for a full range of high-quality emergency prepared-ness products for homes, cars, offices, and other applications,” said Houser. “When an earth-quake shook Los Angeles in March our phones rang all day as people called to order earth-quake survival kits and emer-gency supplies that we source,

package and ship,” he said. “Now that tornado season is here, our employ-

ees are really busy. We have augmented our pack-aging line and warehouse operations with new equipment to streamline order fulfillment, and engaged a consulting process engineer to assist in retro-fitting our headquarters plant in Overland to handle our expanded ‘just-in-time’ product packaging operations,” said Houser.

About 30 tornadoes (3.8 tornadoes per 10,000 square miles) are reported in Missouri each year, according to the Missouri Climate Center at the University of Missouri. On average, eight of those tornadoes are strong-to-violent (F2-F5). Missouri ranks 7th nationally in tornado frequencies, 12th in fatalities and 9th in economic loss, according to the Center. Missouri tornadoes are observed during every month of the year, with about 70 percent occurring during March through June.

For information on the Light House, visit www.quakekare.com or www.lhbindustries.com, or call 314.423.4333.

Hazelwood’s Community Art Fair Offers Local Artists a Chance to Showcase Their Work

Survival Kit Operations at Lighthouse at the Blind-Saint Louis are Busy as Missouri Enters Tornado Season

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May 21, 2014 • Community News • www.mycnews.com6 BusinessDonation Gives New Home for Chamber and Visitors Bureau

North County Incorporated Honors Community Leaders

The Louisiana Chamber of Commerce and the Louisiana Visi-tors and Convention Bureau have just announced a joint effort with Niemann Foods Inc./County Market, who also own area Pick-a-Dilly stores, to lease out their former store at the bridge to both organizations free of charge.

This move to 221 Mansion will allow the Visitors and Conven-tion Bureau an opportunity to catch tourist traffic along Highways 54 and 79 and give the Chamber more space for day-to-day opera-tions.

“A few months ago I attended a home show in Quincy and was able to talk to various people from the tri-state area. In talking with them it became apparent that many would travel down (high-way) 79 but would only drive through town not realizing what we all had to offer,” said Chris Koetters, director of both the Chamber and LVCB. “With this move we are given the opportunity to show we are more than just a town along the way.”

“County Market is excited to be part of the Louisiana commu-nity, we look forward to getting to know all our new customers and working with the Chamber of Commerce and Visitors and Convention Bureau,” said Gerry Kettler, director of consumer af-fairs for Niemann Foods Inc. “Both organizations are vital to the continued economic growth of Louisiana and the surrounding communities and we are happy to be able to help them move into their new home.”

“We cannot express enough our thanks to the Louisiana Area Historical Museum for their support in facilitating our needs over the past year and a half. Even though we are moving to a new lo-cation we will work hard to bring tourist to the museum along with other businesses and locations throughout. We strongly be-lieve that this move will result in more tourist visits throughout town” said Chamber president Jeff Guay. “We are also very grateful for the support and partnership with County Market as they draw closer to the completion of their new store.”

The Chamber and LVCB hope to have the new location up and running by this year’s July 4 events in town. “We have already be-gun work on redesigning the interior of the building as well as creating signage plans for the outside with the hopes of being in operation by the beginning of July,” said Koetters.

As part of the organization’s 37th Annual Breakfast celebration, North County Incor-porated (NCI) recognized several area lead-ers for making a significant positive impact in North County. At a sold out event on Fri-day, May 16 more than 600 business, civic, and community leaders gathered to honor this year’s award recipients.

Patty Gould received the prestigious El-mer Belsha Leadership Award. This award is presented annually to an individual who has made a long-term commitment to NCI and North County, and has had a positive impact on the community and/or public body that they serve.

NCI’s Business Development Award is presented to those whose efforts have positively affected the economic development and business climate of the North County area. This award was given to Charter Communications.

NCI’s Community Development Awards are presented to those whose efforts positively ben-efit youth, residents, civic organizations, or others through selfless acts. Hazelwood School District and Scott Negwer, CEO of Negwer Materials were chosen for this award.

Public Service Awards are presented to out-standing individuals, elected, appointed, or em-ployed by a public body whose long-time service has had a positive impact on the community and/or public body they serve. Jerry Dunn, Ph.D., Ex-ecutive Director of Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis; Lieutenant Jeffrey Fuesting, Commander of St. Louis County Police Depart-ment, Jennings Precinct; Mayor Norman C. Mc-Court, Mayor, City of Black Jack; and Marcia Pfeiffer, Ph.D., President of St. Louis Community

College – Florissant Valley were this year’s Public Service Award recipients.

Special Recognition Awards are presented to outstanding individuals who through their busi-ness and volunteer services exemplify leadership and service to the North County community, are dedicated to helping others, and improving the business environment and/or lives of those they serve. Brian Goldman, President of the Northwest Chamber of Commerce and Veronica Morrow-Reel, Community Development Asst. with Citi-zen’s National Bank are this year’s recipients.

NCI’s 37th Annual Breakfast presenting spon-sors were: HDR; St. Louis Community College- Florissant Valley and SSM DePaul Health Center. The corporate plus sponsors for this event were: Saint Louis County; St. Louis Economic Develop-ment Partnership and U.S. Bank. And the corpo-rate sponsors for this event were: Christian Hospi-tal; Commerce Bank; Community News; Favazza & Associates; Johnny Londoff Chevrolet; North-Park Partners; Plumbers & Pipefitters, Local 562;

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Back Row, (l to r) Mayor Norm McCourt, Brian Goldman, Scott Negwer, NCI President Rebecca Zoll, Pete Hall, Lt. Jerry Fuesting. Front Row: (l to r) Dr. Grayling Tobias, Veronica Morrow-Reel, Dr. Jerry Dunn, Patty Gould, Dr. Mar-cia Pfeiffer.

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Since 2008, North County Christian School (NCCS) has received many awards includ-ing: 32 blue ribbons, 23 red ribbons, 12 special awards and prizes handed out by various local science organizations, one Overall Divisional Cham-pion and two National Science Fair semi-finalists. In 2010 NCCS science teacher Mat-thew Cornwell received the Monsanto Science Fair Teacher of the Year award.

This year was no different than the rest. NCCS students earned seven blue ribbons, four red ribbons, and one spe-cial award, earned by Joshua Thomas from the Military Society of Engineers. The NCCS congratulates their

2014 Science Fair winners and their teacher, Matthew Cornwell.

Combs Elementary fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Christine Ries, was selected from nearly 200 nominees from across the St. Louis area to receive the Academy of Science-St. Louis and SunEdison Teach-er of the Year Award.

Mrs. Ries was honored at the 20th Annual Academy of Science-St. Louis Outstanding St. Louis Scientist Awards, held at the Chase Park Plaza on April 9. The event recognizes individuals each year who demonstrate an extraordinary caliber of expertise and a dedi-cation to fostering science literacy.

In addition to the award, Mrs. Ries received $2,000 for profes-sional development and $500 for classroom supplies.

The Florissant Rotary Club recently awarded $10,000 in scholar-ships to five local students. Howard Nimmons, Florissant Rotary Club president, presented each of the winners with a $2,000 schol-arship for their freshman year of the college, university or trade school of their choice.

(l to r) DeQuince Clay, Jr., Trinity High School; Kelsey Donohue, Hazelwood West High School; Matthew Graham, McCluer North High School; Howard Nimmons, president Florissant Rotary Club; Frances Manahan, North County Christian School and Alexander Sextro, St. Louis Univer-sity High School.

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Florissant Rotary Club Presents $10,000 in Scholarships to Local Students

Last Day of School for Ritenour Students is June 6

(front row, l-r) 5th Grade: Kaden Canupp-blue, Micayla Goyne-blue, Timothy Proffitt-blue, Joshua Thomas-blue, Grace Washington-blue; 7th Grade: Tyler Martin-red.(back row, l-r) 6th Grade: Victoria Bovey-blue, Kennadie Boykin-red, Colin Nicks-red, Destinee Parker-blue, Kaylin Walters-red; Mr. Cornwell. Photo courtesy North County Christian School

Because the Ritenour School District had 10 snow days dur-ing the 2013-2014 school year, the final day of school for stu-dents has been adjusted to Friday, June 6. Dismissal time for the elementary and middle schools will follow their regular schedule.

Final examinations at Ri-tenour High School will be June 3-6. June 3 and 4 will be full days; June 5 and 6 will be half days for high school stu-dents. Students in grades K-8 will have full days of school through June 6.

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Oldest Pick: The Boundless

Community News is proud to offer our

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It’s full steam ahead for The Boundless, an adventure com-

plete with sasquatches, circus feats, me-chanical puppets and a futuristic train that defies belief.

The Boundless is a wonder, over five miles long, and commandeered by Will’s dad. That leaves the boy time to derail a scheme a bold, bad guy has planned to nab a golden spike locked inside a funeral car carrying the body of a de-ceased railroad magnate.

Will knows all about the treasure; he was there three years before when the last rail was laid, and the spike was driv-en into place. In those days, Will and his father, a simple railroad laborer, were poor, but when Will saved the spike from the same bad guy that’s still after it, the railroad magnate rewarded his dad with cash and prestige.

When the Boundless is ready for her first trip West, Will and his father are invited along on the trip that nearly turns deadly, but also offers Will the chance to perform with a circus onboard the train. That’s how he meets Maren, a girl with a gift for tightrope walking.

They join forces and get a key to the funeral car that unlocks the key to hap-piness for several characters, bad and good, in a book that’s chugga, chugga, choo-choo great. And that’s no clickety-clack.

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(StatePoint) Power outages can be inconvenient, costly and even dangerous. Being prepared is es-pecially important when wicked seasonal weather—such as hurri-canes, thunderstorms, tornadoes and heat waves—are more likely to take a toll.

No matter where you live, make sure your home and family are ready.

Outage Tolls: Nearly 70 per-cent of U.S. adults who experi-ence a power outage are saddled with costs, according to a recent Harris Interactive survey sponsored by Briggs & Stratton Corporation. Expenses include supply purchases, such as flashlights, por-table generators and candles, property dam-age and replacing spoiled food. Additionally, your home may be uninhabitable in extreme weather.

Prevention: Does your neighborhood have above-ground power lines? While you may not have autonomy over your entire block, you can maintain trees in your own yard to help prevent outages. Eliminate dying trees and keep overgrown branches trimmed.

Stay Powered: In the event of an outage, you can keep the lights on with a generator. Porta-ble generators allow you to keep your personal electronics charged for emergency situations

as well as keeping in-touch with family mem-bers.

Just be sure to use it safely.When operating a generator, keep these

safety tips top of mind:• Don’t run your generator inside enclosed

areas, even when using fans or opening doors and windows for ventilation. Deadly levels of carbon monoxide (CO) can quickly build up and linger for hours, even after the generator has shut off.

• Locate the unit outside and far from doors, windows, vents and other openings that could allow CO to be drawn indoors. Direct the ex-haust away from potentially occupied spaces.

• Maintain CO alarms in your home.• Get to fresh air right away if you start to

feel dizzy or weak.

Tips for Weathering Power Outages this Storm Season

At the zenith of their Saturday Night Live popularity, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi starred in the dark comedy Neighbors. Based on the best-selling novel by Thomas Berger, this film features Belushi as a conser-vative homeowner driven to the brink of madness by his neighbors. By all accounts, this was a troubled production, but Roger Ebert gave it a positive review.

While the 1981 version has some critical and come-dic merit, the new Neighbors is simply a gross-out comedy starring Seth Rogen and Zac Efron. Di-rected by Nicholas Stoller (Get Him to the Greek), this film has no sense of style or timing. It’s simply an excuse to show young people overindulging in drugs and drink.

Rogen stars as Mac Radner, a hard-working new dad who lives with his wife Kelly (Rose Byrne) and baby daughter. Mac and Kelly sunk all their money into the house, so they are under-standably nervous about any potential new neighbors.

The Radners’ worst nightmares arrive in the form of a college fraternity. Though they attempt to establish good relations with the college students, Teddy Sanders (Zac Efron) and his frater-nity brothers turn the property into a non-stop party. Mac and Kelly declare war on the frat, but their efforts make the situation worse.

A miserable excuse for a comedy, Neighbors is 96 minutes of drug and sex jokes held together by a paper-thin plot. Every 10 minutes or so, Seth Rogen appears on screen stuffing magic mushrooms into his mouth or smoking generous amounts of marijuana. Rogen has opportunities for good physical comedy, but these are tragically wasted.

Zac Efron has put some serious distance between himself and his squeaky-clean High School Musical days. Neighbors, is little more than an excuse for him to appear on screen without a shirt, though. His Teddy Sanders character isn’t fleshed out very well and Efron looks extremely bored playing this part.

Rose Byrne is all over the place as Kelly, the stay-at-home mom who explores her dark side once the frat moves in. Kelly is

surprisingly good at psychological warfare, finding ways to alienate Teddy from his fraternity broth-ers. For most of the film, however, Byrne seems lost and out-of-place.

Neighbors should have explored themes of lost youth, but the story gets stuck in drug and breast milk jokes. Anyone who wants to see all the good parts can watch the trailer online and save their money for something else.

Neighbors, rated R for pervasive lan-guage, strong crude and sexual content, graphic nudity, and drug use through-out, 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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River City Rascals Start Sea-son on Winning Note

The Rascals ball club competes in the West Division of the Fron-tier League and play their home

games at T.R. Hughes Ballpark in O’Fallon.

As the 2014 season started the team found themselves in Rockford Ill. playing the Aviators. In the three game series the Rascals won the first two games 2-0 and 6-5. They dropped the rubber match 7-3.

They have a quick three game set as they will travel to

Normal Ill. to challenge the CornBelters before heading home to open at Ozzie Smith Complex.

For more info go to www.RiverCityRascals.com * Impressive start

Rascals Home Opener is Set for Friday, May 23The Rascals will start the 2014 home campaign on

Friday, May 23 at the friendly confines of T.R. Hughes Ballpark

RASCALS HOME SCHEDULE:Friday, Saturday, Sunday May 23, 24, 25 against the

Gateway GrizzliesTuesday, Wednesday, Thursday May 27,

28, 29 against the Frontier Greys* The boys are back

Attack Play Last Regular Season Game Friday

The now 7-0 St. Louis Attack are back in action at 7:35pm on Friday, May 23 when they will host the Savannah Steam at the Family Arena to complete the regular sea-son schedule.

The St. Louis Rams Street Team will in at-tendance for pre game festivities at gate 1.

The team has already qualified for the in-augural X-Bowl that will be held at the Fam-ily Arena on Saturday, June 14.

Visit www.stlouisattack.com for more in-formation.

* Nothing to lose

Rams Introduce the Street TeamThe St. Louis Rams Street Team will pro-

vide fans with a fun, interactive experience through one-to-one grassroots marketing at community events, schools, festivals, concerts, parades and youth sports tournaments.

The Team members will travel to over 120 destinations in the official street team vehicle, a 2013 Ram Truck, complete with exclusive Rams graphics. They will en-hance events with games, inflatables and giveaways.

Even a Ram’s merchandise trailer will be in tow, com-plete with Rams jerseys, hats and novelties for sale.

Come see it at the Family Arena Friday, May 23 before the Attack’s game.

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Lindenwood Golfers Receive Awards For Accom-plishments With the Clubs and Books

The Mid America Intercollegiate Athletics Associa-tion (MIAA) has named its academic award winners for men’s and women’s golf.

Lindenwood’s Madelyn Piccininni was named a MIAA Scholar-Athlete after having a GPA of 3.50 or higher, and being named to the all-MIAA team. Other female golf-ers receiving awards were Jillian Eader, Sydney Hawley, Alanna Haynes, Isabel Mersch, and Ashtin Withers.

The three members of the Lindenwood men’s golf team named to the MIAA Academic Honor include Ryan Amos, Greg MacAulay, and Austin Preiss.

* Hard workers on and off the course

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 activi-ties. Currently he broadcasts a radio show on 590 ‘The Man’ and 1380 ‘The Woman.’

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Everyone loves eating out – but with grilling season in full swing, there is no better time to recreate a res-taurant classic in your own backyard.

“You can ‘wow’ your guests at your next backyard gathering by making one of my favorite restaurant-worthy meals at home – like Dry-Rubbed Porter-house Pork Chops with Steakhouse Butter,” said Ray “Dr. BBQ” Lampe, chef and author of the recently re-leased cookbook, “Pork Chop.” “The steakhouse but-ter is extra savory, and it perfectly complements the juicy, tender chops coated in a tangy, mildly-spiced

dry rub.”Serve these pork chops with traditional restaurant

fare – like a baked potato and creamed spinach – and follow Lampe’s tips for pork chop perfection:

Preheat the grill and cooking grate completely be-fore cooking; it will help for even browning and cook-ing.

Ask your guests if they prefer their pork chops cooked medium or medium-rare.

To get your pork chops to the preferred internal temperature, grill them like a steak – between 145°F

(medium-rare) and 160°F (medium), followed by a three-minute res, and use a meat thermometer to check the temperature.

For smoky flavor, add a handful of soaked wood chips to the fire right before you add the chops. For a gas grill, place soaked wood chips in a single sheet aluminum foil packet with four to six holes on the top. Place packet, holes facing up, directly on the grate, off to one side.

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Recipes:

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Steakhouse Butter:1 stick butter at room temperature1/4 cup shallots, finely chopped1 clove garlic, crushed1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped1/2 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice1/4 teaspoon white pepper1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire saucePinch of thymeWax paper

Dry Rub:2 teaspoons kosher salt2 teaspoons raw sugar1 teaspoon chili powder1/2 teaspoon granulated onion1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic1/2 teaspoon black pepper1/2 teaspoon ground coriander

Directions:For butter, two hours before grilling, heat medium-sized skillet over medium heat. Add 2 tablespoons butter and melt. Add shallots, garlic and salt. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until shallots are soft. Transfer to medium bowl and let cool for 15 minutes.

Add remaining butter, parsley, lemon juice, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and thyme. Us-ing fork, mash and mix until fully blended.

Lay out a piece of wax paper (approximately 12-by-12 inches) and form butter into an 8-inch-long log shape in center. Roll butter up in wax paper and twist ends tightly to form an even round log of butter. Place in re-frigerator for one hour or until firm. This can be made up to two days ahead of time.

For rub, combine salt, sugar, chili powder, onion, garlic, pepper and coriander in small bowl. Mix well. Sprinkle rub liberally on both sides of pork chops. Let rest for 15 minutes.

Prepare grill to cook directly over medium-high heat. Place pork chops on cooking grate and cook for 4 to 5 minutes until golden brown on bottom. Flip chops and cook an-other 4 to 5 minutes until golden brown on second side and cooked to internal tem-perature between 145°F (medium rare) and 160°F (medium). Remove from grill and let rest for 3 minutes.

Unwrap butter and cut it into 12 equal-sized medallions. Serve each pork chop with a me-dallion on top.

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Friday, May 23, 20: Tai Chi for Seniors10:30am, St. Catherine Retire-ment Community, 3350 St. Catherine Street. Reduce stress, strengthen joints, develop balance and coordination. To RSVP, call 314.838.3877

Friday, May 23: Pork Steak Din-ner4-7pm, Florissant Valley VFW Post 4105, 410 St. Francois . All profits go to support Veterans. For more information, call 314.831.6121.

Saturday, May 24: White Birch Bay Aquatic Center Opening DayNoon, White Birch Bay Aquat-ic Center, 1186 Teson Road in Hazelwood. For more informa-tion, call 314.513.5014.

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emonyNoon, Koch Park, 315 Howder-shell Road in Florissant. VFW Post 4105 will host a ceremony, with words by the Mayor. For more information, call 314.831.6121.

Friday, May 30: Fried Chicken Dinner4-7pm, Florissant Valley VFW Post 4105, 410 St. Francois. All profits go to support Veter-ans. For more information, call 314.831.6121.

Friday, June 6: Steak Night4-7pm, Florissant Valley VFW Post 4105, 410 St. Francois. All profits go to support Veter-ans. For more information, call 314.831.6121.

Saturday, June 7: Indoor Flea Market7:30am-1:30pm, St. Barnabas’ Episcopal Church, 2900 St. Cath-erine Street in Florissant Vendors welcome ($20 per table). To re-

serve a spot, or for more informa-tion call 314.837.7113

Friday, June 13: Free Song and Costumed Dance Party1:30-3:30, Village North Retire-ment Community, 11160 Village North Drive. Please register by calling 314.747.9355.

Recurring Events

Mondays: Karaoke at DeLeo’s Cafe & Deli2782 North Hwy 67, Florissant, 8 - 10:30pm, 314.839.3880.

Mondays: Free Line Dancing6:30pm, beginners welcome, RSVP 314.838.3877, St. Catherine Retirement Community, 3350 St. Catherine St.

Mondays and Wednesdays: Se-niors: Exercise with Melanie FREE. Classes are led by a licensed Physical Therapist. 1 pm. 3350 St. Catherine St. (near the Eagan Center) RSVP 314.838.3877

Every 4th Tuesday of the month: Fort Bellefontaine Memorial American Legion Post 335 meet-ing6:30pm, Fort Bellefontaine Me-morial American Legion Post 335, 800 Chambers Road in Belle-fontaine Neighbors. Those inter-ested in membership are invited to attend.

Bridgeton Trails Library Branch Programs:3455 McKelvey Rd., St. Lou-is, 314.994.3300. Story Time: Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. 9 months to 2 yrs. Room 1 (Lap Time); Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Ages 3–5. Room 2; Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Ages 3–5. Room 1.

Florissant Senior Citizens’ Bin-go Clubs: 314.839.7604.

Last Saturdays: Writers Work-shop:10am - 1:30pm, Baden Liberary, 8448 Church Rd., 314.388.2400

Every Sundays: Tours at Old St. Ferdinand Shrine#1 Rue St. Francois St., Florissant, 1 – 4pm, through October. Dona-tions accepted. Docents needed. 314.921.7582, [email protected]

Church

Friday, June 6: Bellefontaine United Methodist Church Fish Fry4-6pm, Bellefontaine United Methodist Church, 10600 Belle-fontaine Road. Children un-der 6, free; single $7.50; double, $8.50. For more information, call 314.867.0800.

Tuesdays & Thursdays: Chapel of the Cross Lutheran Church GriefShare Support Group Tuesdays from 2 - 4pm and Thurs-day from 6:30 - 8:30pm, 11645 Benham Rd., 314.741.3737

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Wednesday, June 4: Red Cross Blood Drive2:30-6:30pm, Blessed Savior Lu-theran Church, 2615 Shackel-ford Road in Florissant. Call the church at 314.831.1300 or sign up online at www.redcrossblood.org, sponsor code BlessedSavior.

Look Good…Feel BetterSSM Cancer Care at DePaul Health Center, 12303 DePaul Drive. Radi-ation OncologyBridgeton. Attend a great makeup session sponsored by the American Cancer Society. A licensed cosmetologist teaches a session of scarf tying, shows a parade of hats, and provides each participant with a makeup kit. Light refreshments are served. Info: 314.344.6090.Every Monday, Health Tips With Mary Swip 11am,. The Bridge at Florissant, 1101 Garden Plaza Drive in Florissant. Sales Director Mary Swip will have a guest speaker come talk about health and well-ness tips All Bridge events are free, but require reservations. Please

RSVP by calling 314.831.0988.

Now: SilverSneakers Senior Wellness Program at the Mary-land Heights CentreA fun, energizing program that helps older adults take greater control of their health by encour-aging physical activity and offer-ing social events. A Silver Sneakers membership includes access to the city’s Fitness Centre with state-of-the-art fitness equipment and cir-cuit training. Membership is avail-able at little or no cost through your health plan. To find out if you are eligible, visit www.silversneak-ers.com or call 314.738.2599.

2nd Tuesday of Every Month: Al-zheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group MeetingMeeting to be held at Sarah Care of Bridgeton Adult Day Center 11977 St. Charles Rock Road, Suite 121-124, Bridgeton, MO 63044. Join our Support Group for Mutual, Emotional Support and Education. You are not alone. For information, contact Deborah Mabrie at 314-291-5210 or Ferd Fetsch at 314-291-3021 Email: [email protected] [email protected].

Third Tuesdays: Alzheimer’s As-sociation At Lutheran Senior Services at Hidden Lake, 10 – 11am, 11728 Hidden Lake Dr., St. Louis, 314.292.7504

Diabetes Basics: 314.344.7024 for info or 314.344.7220 to enroll.

Crisis Nursery:Committed to preventing child abuse and neglect, the Crisis Nursery provides short-term, safe havens to children, birth through age 12, whose families are faced with an emergency or crisis. Care is available year-round and serves families throughout the greater St. Charles region. 24-hour helpline: 314.768.3201. Or 636.947.0600, www.crisisnurserykids.org

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Nutrition Education: SSM DePaul registered dieticians can help you make sure your diet is right for you, 314.344.6157

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To register call 314.747.9355

Tuesdays: Alcohol and Drug In-formation MeetingChristian Hospital Building 2, Suite 401, 6:30 – 8pm, 314.839.3171, free and open to the public.

Sundays: Alcoholics Anonymous Group 10911th floor conference room at Christian Hospital, 10am, 11133 Dunn Road.

Wednesdays: STEPS Schizophre-nia Support Group6:30 - 7:30pm, 314.839.3171. Center for Senior Renewal:Day treatment programs for older adults dealing with anxiety, de-pression, grief, loss and early signs of dementia, 314.653.5123. Christian Hospital Recovery Center:Outpatient mental health and sub-stance abuse treatment for adults, 314.953.8100.

Volunteers Needed at Christian Hospital: Call 314.653.5032

SSM DePaul Healthy Happenings

Every Mon. & Tues.: Healthy Meal Replacement (HMR) Pro-gram OrientationMondays: 6–7pm Tuesdays: Noon–1pm SSM DePaul Wellness Center. Attend a free orientation to learn: the Five Success Vari-ables needed to lose weight, dif-ferent diet options available and how important physical activity really is. Please call to register at 1.877.477.6954.

Diabetes Self-Management Training: Call 314.344.7220

Smoking Cessation Classes:Free ongoing 8-week sessions, 866.SSM.DOCS to register or for more information.

SSM DePaul Wellness Center: Classes available on strength train-ing, nutrition and smoking cessa-tion, 314.344.6177

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Free Mammogram Screenings:SSM Health Care free mammo-gram screenings to women who have no health insurance. Appoint-ments at 300 First Capitol Drive in St. Charles and SSM St. Joseph Hospital West, 100 Medical Plaza in Lake Saint Louis, 636.947.5617 Speaker’s Bureau: SSM speakers available for orga-nizations, clubs, community and church groups for up to one hour free of charge, 636.949.7159

Ongoing Support Groups

Wednesdays: TOPS #361 Florissant Meetings10 –11am, Bethel United Church of Christ, 14700 New Halls Ferry Rd., 314.831.5808. Group support to lose weight. Everyone welcome.

Sundays: Support Group for Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse6:30 - 8pm, 7401 Delmar Ave. in University City, 314.993.5421.

First and Third Tuesdays: Support Group for Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse12:30 - 2pm, 320 Forsyth Blvd., Clayton, 314.968.3477.

Third Saturdays: Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support GroupAt Delmar Gardens North, 4401 Parker Rd., Florissant, 9am, 314.355.1516, Helpline 800.272.3900

Last Saturdays: Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group:Mother of Good Counsel Home, 6825 Natural Bridge, St. Louis, 10:30am 314.383.4765

Last Tuesdays: Alzheimer’s Association Caregiver Support Group Missouri Veterans Home, 10600 Lewis & Clark, St. Louis, 1pm, 314.340.6389

Wednesdays: Weekly Cancer Survivor’s Support GroupH.W. Koenig Medical Building at SSM St. Joseph Hospital West, 3 - 4:30pm, free, 636.755.3034

12 Step Support Group for Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse:Meets in 4 locations in the metro St Louis area. Information: [email protected].

Wednesdays: New Choices Nar-Anon Family Group at Zion Lutheran Church12075 Dorsett Road, Maryland Heights, 7:30 – 9pm, www.Nar-Anon.org

Thursdays: Grief Share Support GroupChurch of the Nazarene, 1309 N. Elizabeth Ave., Ferguson 6:30 - 8pm, [email protected]

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Graham Medical Center, 1150 Graham Rd. Suite 104, 11am - 12pm, $30, 314-953-6090

Wednesdays: STEPS Schizo-phrenia Support Group6:30-7:30pm, 314.839.3171.

Calcium Scoring Heart ScanProgramSSM DePaul Health Center. This program uses advanced (CT) im-aging to scan the arteries around the heart and measure or score the

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Follow these tips to keep your family and pets safe from mosquitoes.

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Friendship Day is Au-gust 5 and in light of a recent survey that indicates w o m e n place high v a l u e on their friendships, Olay is o�ering women a chance to treat themselves with a trip to New York City. Olay is hosting a summer contest called “Light Up Your Life.” Women

can upload a two-min-ute video describing how a close friend lights up their life to www.ra-

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By Shelly A. SchneiderMissouri is home to about 50 species of

mosquitoes. Some live less than a week, while others may live several months. Community Health and the Environ-ment states it is only the female mosquito that “bites” and she does so to obtain the blood meal needed to lay viable eggs.While mosquitoes usually do little more than drive the family from the out-doors to the indoors, they are sometimes

snamuH .sesaesid suoregnad fo sreirracmay contract malaria, yellow fever, den-gue, and encephalitis; and dogs may get

heartworm. Most of these diseases, with the exception of human encephalitis and canine heartworm, have been fairly well eliminated from the entire United States. Health o�cials said outbreaks of mosqui-to borne encephalitis have periodically

occurred in Missouri. “Canine heartworm is an endemic problem, with costs to animal own-ers escalating each year,” health o�cials warned. “E�ective mosquito control

measures including the elimination of swamp areas, and maintenance e�orts to keep road ditches clear and water free

have done much to control mosquito for disease transmission.”

-toes: floodwater and permanent water mosquitoes. Floodwater mosquitoes lay their eggs on damp soil where flooding will occur or, in some cases, above the water line in tree holes, artificial con-tainers, or other small bodies of water.

When rain fills these areas and floods the in the larval stages, broods of mosquitoes -toes are mainly of the pest variety, and are the first to emerge in the spring months.

Many of these mosquitoes are strong fly-ers and may range up to ten miles or more a blood meal to lay eggs. their eggs directly on the water surface,

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-ficials will make an inspection and evalua-tion appointment, and then recommend a possible solution.St. Charles County residents have the

greatest prevention methods right at their fingertips. Proper maintenance of the property is the first step toward mosquito prevention. All trash and refuse that could property should be adequately graded and

drained, to prevent any pools or puddles of water that may last ten days or longer. County mosquito control o�cer Barry

McCauley lists several things homeowners may do to keep mosquitoes from ruining their summer:

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About a year ago, a retired friend wanted me to take a trip with him to Minnesota. I asked

him, “What’s in Minnesota besides ten thousand frozen lakes?” With

some hesitation he finally said he wanted to visit the Greyhound Museum in Northern Minnesota because he once worked for Greyhound to pay college tuition. I guess he must have thought I would tell him he was suffering from dementia. He was wrong. I said, “Great. I remember those big silver buses roaring past us on what’s now I-70 when I was a kid.”

I looked up Minnesota museums on the internet and found there was also a mining museum nearby. I told him, “I’ll go but I want to see the mining mu-

seum, too. Fair is fair”After a two day drive, we found ourselves walking

through the museum’s displays of buses dating back to the 1900s. The people that worked there seemed happy to see us. We ran across a me-chanic who was installing a huge Detroit diesel engine in the rear of a bus from the six-ties. He stopped and talked with us for almost two hours, reminiscing about a long ago time when Greyhound buses were the epitome of a great way to travel.

Before we left, I teased him about taking a long break to talk about buses with strangers. He said he it didn’t matter because wasn’t getting paid. He was simply a professional me-chanic who donated his free time to work on old buses for the museum. As it turned out, almost everyone who worked there was donating their time.

The next morning we drove to the mining museum which overlooked a huge chasm that looked as if someone was digging an-other Grand Canyon. It was an iron mining operation that had been there since Amer-ica’s machine age went into overdrive. The huge power shovels that sat in the museum’s yard were small compared to those in use in that chasm, which were enormous and made the power shovels my father once ran in St. Louis look like toys.

We had arrived at the mining museum too early and the museum’s indoor section wasn’t open yet, but somebody saw us and

opened the doors anyway. He was glad we came and we spent over an hour watching films and listening to his vast knowledge of iron mining history. It turned out he

was a retired iron miner along with several others working there. Once again, I found these friendly, hard-working people were donating their time just as those at the Grey-hound museum.

The trip turned out to be one of the best I’ve experienced.

The Northern Minnesota citizens must be the friendliest people on the planet, not to mention the most generous of their time. The people in restaurants we patronized were equally friendly. It was like dropping back a half century to a kinder, gentler era before the country di-vided itself politically and financially.

Every once in a while I read about the scandals among Missouri History Museum’s curators involving outra-geously high salaries. When I compare this to those wonderful people who work for nothing in Minnesota’s well maintained museums, I wonder if our country has lost sight of what once made us great. It seems as if we regressed to measuring our patriotism and love of coun-try by how much money we can wrest from it. To find some folks who generously donate their time to some-thing as worthwhile as preserving the relics of our heri-tage was like a breath of fresh air.

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 writ-ing 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.

16 Over the FenceJoe Morice

The trip turned out to be one of the best

I’ve experienced.

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