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The television show Who Do You Think You Are has made geneaology, or tracing one’s ancesotrs, a popular hobby. Hazelwood recently benefitted from one family historian’s find when the city ac-quired three rare, hisotric images.

Stan Busken, of Liberty, MO, is the great-grandson of Joseph S. Knobbe, Sr., who once owned the Knobbe House in Hazelwood. The house now sits at Brookes Park. Stan recently made a trip to the city of Hazelwood to present city officials with a generous donation of three large photos of his ancestors, dat-ing back to 1872, mounted in beautiful antique frames.

One of them is a long-lost photo he’s been looking for ever since he started doing historical research on Joseph S. Knobbe, Sr., and his siblings in 2009. It is the wedding photo of Joseph S. Knob-be, Sr., with his first wife, Anna Maria (Henke) Knobbe, taken in 1879. This is a rare photo since she died of tubercu-losis at age 41 after giving birth to seven children. Knobbe, Sr., found himself a widower raising several kids.

In 1897, his sister-in-law, Maria Anna (Keeven) Henke, became a widow with five children. Three years later, Knobbe, Sr., married his sister-in-law, and they formed a blended family of 11 children. Together they had one son, Joseph S. Knobbe, Jr., born on April 26, 1902.

In April 2013, several cousins and their spouses, all Knobbe descendents, gathered at Busken’s home in Liberty. The purpose was to exchange old fam-ily photos, memorabilia and interest-ing stories passed down from genera-tion to generation. Mary Margaret Noll brought many of the photos she found in an attic trunk belonging to her maid-en aunt’s estate (the daughter of August Knobbe, one of Joseph S. Knobbe’s four brothers). To Busken’s surprise, one of them was the elusive wedding photo that was the missing piece to his Knobbe family genealogy project.

According to Busken, “When I started my book on the historical research of Joseph S. Knobbe, Sr. and his siblings, a lot of family pictures surfaced includ-ing wedding photos of his siblings. But I could never find the main one of my great-grandparents. My father always told me to keep looking because there’s one out there to find. I continued work-ing on my book with this hope in my heart, and now I’m proud to say its fi-nally in my possession. It brings closure to the years of genealogical research I did to document my family’s legacy for my nine grandchildren, and a tenth ex-pected in September.”

The other two donated photos are just as remarkable. One shows Busken’s great-grandfather Joseph S. Knobbe, Sr.

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at the age of 15. Several family members confirm that Knobbe, Sr., kept this pho-to in his wallet until his death in 1934.

In 1877, at the age of 19, Knobbe, Sr. immigrated to America from Wettrup, Germany. When he arrived in the St. Louis area to live with relatives, he had little clothing and only $25 to his name. Through his strong work ethics and per-severance, he was able to accrue over 300 acres of fertile farmland in Hazelwood (where the Village Square Shopping

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Center and Hazelwood West High School now are located). He became a prosperous potato farmer, raising 12 children and serving as a stockholder of the Citizen’s Bank of Florissant and later as di-rector from 1913 to 1920. Knobbe, Sr., was also a member of the Catholic Central Union (Verein) of America, the first nationwide association of Catholic Men’s societies in the United States.

The third donated photo shows Joseph S. Knobbe, Sr., posing with his three other brothers: Clement, August, and Benedict. August Knobbe lived in the St. Louis area with Joseph and started the Tower Grove Dairy back in 1894. All three photos will be added to the collection of photos of the Knobbe children who were raised in the home previously donated by Busken to the Hazelwood Historic Preservation Commission.

The Knobbe House is one of three historic structures uniquely preserved at Hazelwood’s historic Brookes Park. This home was built in the mid-1800s and owned originally by Bernard Henke, a farmer. Joseph Knobbe, Sr., came to work for the Henke family in 1877 and in 1879 married Henke’s daughter, Anna Maria. After be-ing in the Knobbe family for more than 100 years, the house was donated to the City of Hazelwood in 1995. Later that same year, this farmhouse was moved from its original location near what is now Village Square Shopping Center to Brookes Park on the other side of I-270.

The house was restored in 2007 for communi-ty rentals and social events. In 2010, the City of Hazelwood received the Adaptive Reuse Award from the St. Louis County Historic Buildings

Commission for its restoration efforts in pre-serving the historic structure for ongoing use. It is currently being used as the liaison office for Emerald Automotive, which intends to make Hazelwood its North American manufactur-ing hub for its t-001—the world’s first all new, extended-range, electric fleet vehicle with zero compromise.

Stan Busken of Liberty, Mo., holds the cherished wedding photo of his great-grandfather Joseph S. Knobbe, Sr., with his first wife, Anna Maria (Henke) Knobbe. This photo was one of three donated by Busken to the City of Hazelwood for inclusion in The Knobbe House photo collection.

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Community News made the following errors in the 9/18/13 coverage ofNCI’s 30 Leaders in Their Thirties. We regret the errors.

David Arledge is a member of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, Missouri Association of Sec-ondary School Principals, Association of Curriculum and Development, and Phi Delta Kappa.

Tiffany Besse implemented school-wide Positive Behav-ior Support programs.

Katy Chambers the principal of Hazelwood Northwest Middle School.

Brian Douglas has served as a high school youth group leader at St. Norbert Parish in Florissant.

Andrea Hayes helps her community by volunteering with voter education and blood drives to heighten sickle cell awareness. She has been able to mentor 15 to 20 girls through her sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha-Gamma Ome-ga Chapter. She was voted Hazelwood Southeast Middle School's Teacher of the Year in 2012.

Brian Livingston is not involved with the Boy Scouts. Dhari Pearson has worked with the Kiwanis Club of

Florissant. She participates in Hazelwood Harvestfest.

Jana Shortt attended Ferguson-Florissant schools and has served as a public relations coordinator volunteer with the

Florissant Valley chapter of La Leche League.

Austin Umbenhaur volunteers with Caring Solutions and has received 18 Quarterly Pinnacle Awards from his employer, US Bank.

Annie Wagganer co-authored the chapter “HIV/AIDS and Mental Dis-orders” in the book Women’s Mental Health Services (2010).

Stan Williams, Jr. volunteers with

Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club.www.cityofbn.com

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NCCU Names 2013 Awards Recipients

St. Ferdinand’s Parish 225th Anniversary

North County Churches Uniting for Racial Harmony and Jus-tice (NCCU) has the pleasure of announcing its Community Ser-vice Awards, Outstanding Education Awards, and it President's Awards. Recipients will be honored at the 9th Annual Dinner on Sunday, October 13 at 3:30pm in the Atrium of the Paul F. Det-rick Building at Christian Hospital Northeast. The theme will be Promoting Understanding, Social Justice, and Commitment to Community. The following individuals and organizations will be receiving the awards (listed below).

President Rance Thomas says, “This is truly one of the stron-gest, most outstanding, most deserving group of individuals and organizations that we have ever selected, and it is an honor to rec-ognize them for making a difference in their communities and the metropolitan area."

Outstanding Education AwardDr. Art McCoy - Superintendent, Ferguson-Florissant School Dis-trictDr. Grayling Tobias - Superintendent, Hazelwood School District Community Service AwardsChristian HospitalTOYOTA/Bodine Aluminum, Inc.Former State Senator Pat Dougherty, Catholic Charities President's AwardOur Lady of Guadalupe Catholic ChurchMidwest Bank Centre

The keynote Speaker will be Dr. Thomas George, Chancellor, University of Missouri at St. Louis. Master of Ceremonies will be Rev. (Dr.) Marvin Shelton, Pastor of NCCU Church, Christ Min-istries@The Community Church. Participants will include a num-ber of NCCU's Churches including Rev. John Higgins, John Knox Presbyterian Church, Rev. Monica Jefferson, St. Andrews UMC, and Rev. Michael Kwreson, Church of the Master UCC. Music will be provided by iWitness.

The public is encouraged to attend to show support for the awardees. Tickets are $35 each and may be obtained by mailing a check to 13200 New Halls Ferry Rd., Florissant, MO 63033 or by calling 314.921.7364 by October 4th. Reservations are required.

St. Ferdinand’s Monsignor Jack Schuler invited Mayor Schneider to reflect on the important place that St. Ferdi-nand Parish has in the history of Florissant and the Louisiana Purchase territory during the 225th Anniversary celebration.

Here is an excerpt from May-or Schneider’s presentation:

“I would like to thank St. An-gela Pastor Father Thomas Keller, Florissant His-torian and preservationist Rosemary Davison and all of the Friends of Old St. Ferdinand Shrine for preserving these important structures. May the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends gathered below it never fall out.

Father DeSmet traveled many thousands of miles doing his missionary work with the Aborig-inal people of North America and raising money in Europe. I visited Idaho for the first time a year ago and saw a remote historical marker in the North West corner of that state. To my delight it was a tribute to the Jesuit Priest Pier DeSmet who, while traveling with a Band of Flat Head Indians and having just descended a perilous mountain slope, said a Mass to invoke divine thanks for their safe passage. This was the first mass and prob-ably the first Christian service ever held in the Idaho Montana region of North America. He found his inspira-tion from Mother Duchesne at her Florissant outpost.

Now, our grown children have taken the blessings of les-sons learned in Florissant on tolerance and hospitality to all corners of the globe, includ-ing France and Belgium, re-turning some of the grace that was brought to North America

through the St. Ferdinand meeting place between the creeks by Father DeSmet and St. Rose Philip-pine Duchesne.

St. Rose Philippine Duchesne founded the first Society of the Sacred Heart motherhouse in the United States on these parish grounds. She also established the first Indian school for girls in the U.S. and a free school for boys and girls at St. Fer-dinand’s. It is a special gift to have an actual Saint a part of the fabric of the Parish’s History. In ad-dition, Father Peter DeSmet was ordained at St. Ferdinand’s in 1827.

St. Ferdinand Parish continues to be a vibrant and progressive Catholic Parish with a successful parochial school and an enthusiastic and gener-ous parishioner base. In addition to its rich his-tory, St. Ferdinand is famous for hosting the most popular year round Friday fish fry in the entire Metropolitan Area.”

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After opening the season on the road, the Cardinals will play their 2014 Home Opener at Busch Sta-dium on Monday, April 7, begin-ning a three-game series with the Cincinnati Reds. The club will then host rival Chicago over the weekend, April 11-13, as it continues a stretch of 16-straight home games against Central Division opponents (Pittsburgh: April 25-27, Milwaukee: April 28-30 and Chicago: May 12-15) to begin the home slate.

The 2014 schedule has the team home for almost the entire sec-ond half of May, as the Cardinals will play 19 of 22 games at home from May 12 – June 3. A 10-game home stand (CHI-4, ATL-3, ARI-3) begins on May 12, and following three games in Cincinnati (May 23-25), the team returns home for a nine-game stand that begins on May 26 against the New York Yankees. It will be the first time the Yankees have visited St. Louis since 2005. The Yankees have played the Cardinals just once at home since interleague play began and twice overall: 2003 in NY and 2005 in STL. That home stand will also feature four games with San Francisco and two vs. Kansas City.

In addition to the Yankees and Royals, St. Louis will also host Tampa Bay (July 22-23) and the Boston Red Sox (August 5-7) in interleague action. Boston has also played in St. Louis just one time (2005) in interleague play. The team travels to Kansas City (June 4-5), Toronto (June 6-8) and Tampa Bay (June 10-11) to round out their interleague slate next season.

The team’s final home stand (September 12-21) consists of nine games against Colorado, Milwaukee and Cincinnati, three games each. St. Louis ends the regular season on the road at Chicago and Arizona. St. Louis will play 48 games at home before the All-Star break next season, which falls on July 14-17, and 33 home games after the break. The team has 12 home dates in April, 16 in May, 13 in June, 12 in July, 16 in August and 12 during September. They will play holiday home games on Memorial Day (May 26 vs. NY Yankees), Independence Day (July 4 vs. Miami) and Labor Day (Sept. 1 vs. Pittsburgh). The Cardinals will be making future an-nouncements regarding game times, ticket pricing and ticket availability for the 2014 season.

MOSAICS Missouri Festival for the Arts an-nounces the Award of Recognition Winners for the 2013 Festival event, which took place the weekend of September 13-15, 2013:• Ann McCann - Art to Wear - Nashville, TN• Anthony Borchardt - Clay - St. Louis, MO• Charity Fedde - Jewelry - Wildwood, MO• Neal Gray - Jewelry - O’Fallon, MO• Aaron Coleman - Oil/Acrylic - Kansas City, MO• MJ Rigby - Oil/Acrylic - Kansas City, MO• Dylan Punke - Photography - Chenoa, IL• Alice Jaeger-Ashland - Print Making - St. Ann, MO• David Curles - Print Making - Fayetteville, AR• Christina Smith - Watercolor - Fayetteville, AR

The Award of Recognition winners were cho-sen by two seasoned arts professionals who served as jurors for the 2013 MOSAICS Festival – Rich Brooks and Joe Chesla.

Brooks is an award-winning artist and the for-mer Executive Director of the St. Peters Cultural

Arts Center and artistic director for the Spirit of St. Louis Marathon. Chesla is also an award-win-ning artist with professional preparator experi-ence with both the Walker Art Center and the Kemper Museum in Kansas City. He is presently a Professor at St. Louis Community College at the Meramec campus, where he coordinates the sculpture program in the Fine Arts department.

The 2013 MOSAICS Festival featured 103 ju-ried artists from 18 states and 1 foreign country – the participating artists were juried into this year’s Festival by Joyce Rosen, MOSAICS’ first Executive Director and a Founder of the Found-

ry Arts Centre in Historic St. Charles. Rosen is currently the President for the Best of Mis-souri Hands arts organization, and she is the President/Editor of The Arts Live, and online arts magazine and a resource for St. Louis area arts scene.

For more information on the 19th Annual MOSAICS Missouri Festival for the Arts, please call 314.482.5476 or visit www.stcharlesmosaics.org.

Announcing Imo’s photo contest in conjunction with its 50th Anniversary celebration in 2014. Imo’s is ask-ing its customers to submit photos of their experiences at Imo’s over the last 50 years as part of the festivities commemorating this magnificent milestone. Patrons

are also welcome to stop by their favorite Imo’s and snap new pictures for the contest as well. The photos selected will receive a $50 Imo’s gift card and may be used in future Imo’s television commercials. Addition-ally, Imo’s invites those couples who are also celebrat-

ing their own 50th wedding anniversaries in 2014 to submit photos to the contest. All entries must be sent in by October 31. For more information on rules of en-try visit www.imospizza.com

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The Darkness, America’s most celebrated haunted house, has been scaring fright fans for two decades. To mark its 20th anniversary of terror, the nation’s scariest haunted house has been completely renovated.

Ranked the top haunted house in America, The Darkness combines special effects with Hollywood-quality set designs to create an ex-perience like no other. For the 2013 season, new scenes and state-of-the-art digital effects and animatronics have been installed and are waiting to terrorize visitors. Nearly one mil-lion fans have visited The Darkness since it opened in 1993.

The Darkness is so terrifying it’s been fea-tured multiple times on national television shows dedicated to finding the top haunts in the world, including National Geographic Channel, USA Today, Modern Marvels on The History Channel, the Travel Channel, the To-day Show, Fox News, A&E and many others. This year, “Making Monsters” has visited The Darkness to create a new creature that will be unveiled during the season.

For the haunt’s 20th year, the fear begins outside where the Dead Drac band will en-tertain the crowds and monsters will slide up and down the street. Inside more than 35,000 square feet of sheer terror awaits guests with frightening scenes enhanced by unpredictable scares from live actors. TerrorVisions in 3D – a screamingly popular part of The Darkness – is all new for 2013 with CGI effects incorporated with animations and explosions. The Dark-ness’ Monster Museum sports new horror

movie memorabilia for the 20th anniversary. The Darkness is open October 4, 5 and 6,

then remains open each night from October 11 through Sunday, November 2, 2013.

Tickets begin at $25 for adults and $22 for children ages 10 and under. Fast passes and combination tickets for The Darkness, Creepy-world and The Haunting of Lemp Brewery are available and tickets may be purchased online and printed at home.

Ticket details and complete operating schedule information are available online at www.Scarefest.com.

The Darkness is located at 1525 S. 8th Street in St. Louis’ Soulard neighborhood south of downtown.

The horror masters at The Darkness also operate Creepyworld Haunted Screampark in Fenton, MO, and The Haunting of Lemp Brewery, both of which open for the season on Friday, September 13, 2013.

This year Creepyworld presents its biggest expansion to date with 10 different attractions for the price of one including four new haunts. The new attractions at Creepyworld are The Evil Dread, The Dark Zone, The Tool Shed and Carnivorous in 3D. Creepyworld is the biggest and longest haunted attraction in America.

The Haunting of Lemp Brewery is located in the natural limestone caves and caverns beneath the historic Lemp Brewery south of downtown St. Louis. Billed as the only “real” haunted house in Missouri, it will appear on a Travel Channel show called “Halloween Cra-zy” in October.

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Hazelwood Hires New City ManagerThe City of Hazelwood is pleased to an-

nounce the hiring of Matthew Zimmer-man as City Manager. Mr. Zimmerman is expected to start work in Hazelwood on October 30th. The Mayor and City Coun-cil completed an extensive national search and spoke with many qualified candidates to ensure that the City of Hazelwood has a senior staff member dedicated to and highly qualified to oversee its day-to-day operations.

Mr. Zimmerman comes to Hazelwood with more than 30 years of local government experience. Most recently, Mr. Zimmerman has served the City of Emporia, Kansas, (population 24,900), where he has been City Manager since 2007. Prior to his current position, he spent four years as City Administrator in Prospect Heights, Illinois. Mr. Zimmerman has extensive experience in eco-nomic development, finance and public works. As City Manager in Emporia, Mr. Zimmerman is responsible for supervising the oper-ations of a full-service city with more than 200 full-time employees and managing a budget of approximately $44 million. During his tenure, he has helped improve the city’s financial outlook, guided the city through its response to facility closures by major manufac-turers and created strategies that attracted new business and jobs. Mr. Zimmerman has served various northern Illinois communi-ties, in the Chicago area, since 1982.including Manhattan, Elburn, Roselle and Glen Ellyn. He holds a M.A. in Public Administration from Northern Illinois University and a B.S. from Quincy College.

Visit Hazelwood’s website at www.hazelwoodmo.org for infor-mation about the city.

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Thirteen teachers from Hazelwood School Dis-trict were selected to attend the Barrier Islands and Sea Turtles Ecology trip offered through Georgia Youth Science and Technology Centers over the summer. The teachers flew into Savan-nah, Georgia before taking a boat to Ossabaw Island where they spent three nights in a planta-tion-style hunting lodge.

The participating teachers wereChristina Hughes, West High, biology – Science Curriculum CoordinatorPamela Hughes-Watson, East High, biologyChris Link, Central High, biologyScott Kratzer, Garrett, fifth gradeSara Berghoff, Jamestown, fifth gradeLeigh Bagley, Northwest Middle, sixth gradeStephanie Knight, Coldwater, third gradeElizabeth Goodman, Northwest Middle, sixth gradeKelsey Gillstrom, Lawson, fifth gradeStephanie Heckstetter, Walker, fourth gradeKaris Jackson, Central Middle, eighth gradeRodney Bouchard, Barrington, fifth gradeLisa McPherson, Coldwater, fifth grade

The group members spent their days at the beach where they saw a lot of wildlife and marine

life. They worked in groups on various activities including: creating a model of a barrier island and its mainland, constructing a bird’s nest and writ-ing instructions on how to build it, and playing a predator/prey game from Picture Perfect Science.

The trip facilitator Steve Rick and his colleague Dean, both coordinators at the Georgia Youth Science and Technology Centers, provided op-portunities for teachers to work in grade-level groups and plan how the experiences would be integrated into classroom instruction. An exam-ple of an integration plan included using a video of rapid sand erosion by a stream flowing into the ocean to discuss the water-related erosion in earth science class. Another example of an inte-gration plan included discussing and modeling of nesting habits and nature versus nurture behav-iors in animals. Rich also provided teachers with a list of trade books and videos as well as ELA strategies that they can use in the classroom.

Two elementary teachers, Stephanie Heckstet-ter and Sara Bergoff, submitted a proposal to present at the elementary portion of the Inter-face Conference in Tan-tar-a, Lake of the Ozarks in February. Hughes said that throughout the year participating teachers will be sharing their knowledge and lessons ideas with the PLCs and grade level teachers.

Hazelwood School District Teachers Travel to the Barrier Islands to Study Sea Turtle Ecology

The Hazelwood School District is one of the largest districts in Missouri and the Hazelwood PTA Council has a big job overseeing and as-sisting PTAs for the 20 Elementary, 6 Middle, and 3 High School that make up the district. For over 50 years the Hazelwood PTA Council has provided over $2.9 million dollars in schol-arships to graduating seniors across the district. Education is a priority in Hazelwood and the PTA Council is dedicated to continuing to pro-vide its deserving students with a scholarship to start them on their journey or meeting their higher educa-tion goals.

Throughout the year the Hazelwood PTA Council sponsors events to support the Scholarship Program. The Run/Walk held in the spring is a huge event and allows schol-arship recipients to give back by volunteering their time.

The community can sup-ports its graduates by donat-ing directly to the scholar-ship program or by attending events like Run/Walk, Dine out Nights, and the upcoming Harlem Wizards Game. The Harlem Wizards go up against Hazelwood School District staff on Monday October 14 at the Hazelwood Central High School field house. Doors

open at 6pm and the game starts at 7. Come early because there will be a pre-game show. Watch the Wizards perform their athleticism, tricks, fancy teamwork and ball handling wiz-ardry. This is a family-friendly atmosphere at family-friendly prices. Advanced tickets may be purchased at any Hazelwood School District office or at www.harlemwizards.com/homep-age.php. For more information please visit www.hazelwoodptacouncil.com.

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HSD Teachers take time for a group photo at the beach

Superintendent Dr. Grayling Tobias will be honored as a 2013 University of Missouri-St. Louis Distinguished Alum-ni at the UMSL Founders Dinner on Sep-tember 19 at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis.

The Distinguished Alumni Award was established in 1987 as the University of Missouri- St. Louis Alumni Associa-tion’s highest graduate honor. The award is presented annually to five university alumni who have made extraordinary career achievements, distinguished themselves through significant community service or gone above and beyond in their interaction/support of the University of Mis-souri-St. Louis.

Tobias earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from UMSL in 1980. He has a Master of Arts Degree from Truman State Uni-versity and a Doctor of Education Leadership Degree from Saint Louis University.

He has more than 24 years of experience in education, 17 as an administrator. He has worked in large school districts, a small dis-trict, public and private schools. His mission in education is to as-sist principals so they can provide opportunities for all students to acquire the knowledge and skills which they will need to become informed, self-sufficient and contributing members of a multicul-tural society in the 21st century.

Before pursuing his career in education, Tobias played profes-sional baseball for the farm teams of both the Montreal Expos and Detroit Tigers. He is a member of the baseball halls of fame at UMSL, McCluer High School and the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame.

HSD Superintendent Dr. Grayling Tobias Receives 2013 UMSL Distinguished Alumni Award

October 2, 2013 • Community News • www.mycnews.com6 Business40-Year Celebration and Ribbon Cutting for Columbia College-St. Louis on Thursday, August 29

Consumers who ‘Shop Chamber First’ dur-ing the month of October will be eligible for a chance to win a Kindle Fire HD Tablet and other prizes at a drawing on November 15, 2013.

The drawing is part of an awareness campaign launched this summer by the Greater North County Chamber of Commerce in coordina-tion with the 2013 printing of the annual Greater North County Chamber of Commerce member-ship directory in July. The campaign, which is sponsored by Christian Hospital, is designed to encourage more than 400 Chamber members and the public to “Shop Chamber First.”

Consumers who shop at a Chamber member business during October and mail copies of their receipts with their names and telephone numbers to the Chamber’s office will be eligible for the drawing. Mailings must be sent to the Greater North County Chamber of Commerce, 420 West Washington Street, Florissant, MO 63031. Dead-line for submission of receipts is November 10.

Participating members should display the “Shop Chamber First” decal in the windows of their businesses. Additionally, interested con-sumers can stop by the Chamber office to pick up a member directory.

Copies of the 2013 directory are available at the Chamber’s office at 420 West Washington, Florissant, MO 63031. More information is available by calling 314.831.3500 or visit-ing www.greaternorthcoun-tychamber.com. Also, you can “like” the Greater North Coun-ty Chamber of Commerce on Facebook.

Celebrated entrepreneur and Columbia College Trustee Susan Solovic ‘

80 commented on the college’s richhistory in the St. Louis area, as well its

dedication to innovation and education.

From left to right: Brig. Gen. Newman, director of the Joint Staff, Missouri National Guard; Susan Solovic ‘80, Columbia College trustee; Dr. Bob Steffes, St. Louis campus director; and

Dr. Terry Smith, interim president of Columbia College, cut the ribbon at the rededication of the newly renovated St. Louis campus.

Gen. David Newman, director of the Joint Staff, Missouri National Guard,

provided remarks about Columbia College’s pioneering role as an educator

of military and veteran students over the last 40 years.

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Family and friends gathered at 315 rue St. Francois on Wednes-day, August 28 to unveil the 14th Walk Through History plaque in hon-or of the late Judge Tim Kelly. He served as Florissant’s municipal judge for thirty-two years. His passion was the youth in the com-munity and he inspired troubled kids to strive to be good citizens and promoted leadership through athletics.

Plaque in Honor of the Late Judge Tim Kelly

The Sarah Community an-nounced that Jeanette Perkins of Cottleville has joined the organi-zation as the administrator of The Naomi House.

Perkins brings with her 20 years of professional experience in the healthcare arena, most recently serving as a community outreach representative for a national hos-pice provider assisting seniors and their family members with services during se-

rious and terminal illness. Prior to that, she spent several years with another leading home health and hospice company and more than a decade in biotech and pharmaceu-tical sales where she established a proven track record of performance achievements. This includes being named the #1 sales representative in the region for a new product launch.

For more information, call 314.208.8814.

Jeanette Perkins Joins the Sarah Community

Youngest Pick:“The Invisible Boy”

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He’s the student no one notices—the shy kid that does his work and doesn’t whine or joke around. Bri-an is The Invisible Boy, in a sweet new book by Trudy Ludwig, with whimsical illustrations by one of Newsbee’s favorite artists, Patrice Barton.

While Nathan and So-phie require a lot of their teacher’s time and energy, Brian doesn’t. He’s quiet and studious, spending most hours alone, inside and on the playground drawing dragons, castles and superheroes to the rescue.

When a new boy named Justin comes to class, it appears Brian is going to be rescued too. Justin relishes in his new friend’s artistic abilities. It seems Brian has a soul mate, someone to buffer his loneliness. But his happiness is short lived. The bond between Brian and Justin becomes frayed when another classmate lays claim to Justin’s attention.

Heartstrings will twinge when reading this dear book, a reminder to in-clude others, no matter how invisible they may seem.

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As access to technology increases, families may find they are spending more time on their devices and less time together.

Some psychologists worry our growing attachment to technology may result in social isolation.

“We’re getting used to a new way of being alone together,” said Sherry Turkle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor, psychologist and author of “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Tech-nology and Less from Each Other.” “People want to be with each other, but also elsewhere, connected to all the different places they want to be.”

In her book, “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other,” Turkle explores the idea that this constant need for virtual connection is leading to a gap in communica-tion between families, and a new generation of chil-dren is unable to actually communicate and relate to their peers or parents.

Ready for a Tech Timeout?Foresters™, a life insurance provider committed to the well-being of families, re-

cently launched the Tech Timeout™ challenge in response to a growing awareness that our attachment to digital devices may contribute to a sense of social isolation among families. Tech Timeout encourages families across North America to take a pledge to turn off their digital devices (including TVs, smartphones, video games and computers) for an hour each day for one week and connect with each other in a

more meaningful way. The idea is not to eliminate technology, but to create aware-ness of the dependence on technology, and ultimately improve personal bonds within families.

Easy Ways to UnplugCarving out space and time for each other can start

the channels of communication flowing. Here are some activities families can do together:

• Board Game Bonanza – Break out the cards, puz-zles and board games for a night of old-fashioned fun.

• Get Out and Play – Find a local trail and set out on a hike together. You will have a chance to interact with your surroundings and one another and be ac-tive too.

• Volunteer – Volunteering can help strengthen community connections and avoid a sense of social isolation. Find a cause your family is passionate about and volunteer with a local organization.

• Cook Together – Dig out your favorite recipes and try cooking as a family. Assign each person a role

in meal preparation. You will not only have plenty of time to interact, your children can pick up some valuable life skills along the way.

• Take a Tech-free Holiday – Family vacations are a great time to recharge and bond with your kids, but connecting can be tough if you are each plugged into your electronic devices. Fun time together will create memories your children will cher-ish for years to come.

• Rediscover Reading – Begin a family reading hour or book club. Starting a discussion about literature will open up commu-nication.

To take the Tech Timeout pledge, and for more tips on building stronger bonds within your family, visit www.TechTimeout.com and www.facebook.com/TechTimeout.

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Though the action drags at times, Prisoners remains a complicated and worth-

while movie.

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Prisoners, the latest film from direc-tor Denis Villeneuve, taps into a parent’s deepest fear: having a child abducted from what should be a very safe place. It’s a raw, brutal film that explores themes of revenge, retaliation, and vigilante justice.

Hugh Jackman leads an exceptionally strong cast as Keller Dover, a contractor who barely makes ends meet. Celebrat-ing Thanksgiving with his friend Franklin Birch (Terrence Howard) and his fam-ily, Dover’s world is turned upside-down as his daughter and Franklin’s little girl disappear while walking between their homes.

Though police quickly round up a likely suspect named Alex Jones (Paul Dano), he isn’t saying much about what happened. Convinced he has the right man in custody, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal ) torments his prisoner, but he can’t strong-arm him into admitting any-thing.

After Alex is re-leased following a 48-hour hold, Keller takes matters into his own hands. With his wife grief-stricken and unable to function, the contractor promises to get the truth out of that young man—even if he has to break the law to do.

On one level, Prisoners is a solid psychological thrill-

er showing how far parents will go to protect their children. Unfortunately, director Denis Villeneuve stretches that intriguing story into two-and-a-half ago-

nizing hours. If he simply trimmed the film to a reasonable level, he might have had an Oscar contender.

Hugh Jackman and Terrence Howard are re-liable here as always, but Paul Dano steals the film as the troubled young man at the center of case. Playing a man-child who seemingly does not understand what’s happening,

Dano turns in such a fragile performance that his character appears guilty one min-ute and innocent the next.

Melissa Leo is equally good as Holly,

Alex’s mother. Positioning herself for a Best Support-ing Actress nod, Leo adds a definite layer of malice to the doting Holly. Like her onscreen son, it’s hard to tell exactly what’s going on in her head.

Jake Gyllenhaal’s Detective Loki also is exceptionally well-played. Looking at what should be an open-and-shut case, Loki’s frustration level rises the longer those two little girls are missing. This kind of nu-anced performance is what fans expect from the actor, and he doesn’t disappoint.

Though the action drags at times, Prisoners remains a complicated and worthwhile movie. While it is not the best film of the year, it tells an important cautionary tale for anyone with chil-

dren. That’s definitely worth the price of admission.

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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Hockey Chill Add Two Locals to the Squad

The St. Charles Chill play in the Central Hockey League (CHL) and start their season at

the Family Arena with an exhibi-tion game on October 11. The regu-

lar season begins October 19.General Man-

ager/Head Coach Jamie Rivers (pic-ture by Ray Rock-well) announced the signing of two locally-grown play-ers in forward Sean Muncy and goalie Robert Moss, as

well as local talent and new Assistant Coach J.P. Beil-sten.

Beilsten played two seasons for the Jr. Blues from 2000-2002 before turning pro and playing most of his career (100 of 102 games) with the Missouri River Ot-ters from 2002-2006.

“He should be coaching professional hockey,” said Ja-mie Rivers when asked why he tabbed Beilsten as his assistant. “The job he did with the Jr. Blues was out-standing, and you won’t find somebody who works harder than J.P.”

Muncy played his high school hockey for Marquette before signing to play junior hockey and eventually ending up playing in the Ivy League for Brown Uni-versity. “Being from suburban St. Louis (Chesterfield) and seeing the quality of players Coach Rivers has been signing, it was a no-brainer to sign with the Chill,” said Muncy.

Moss, a Chesterfield native as well, played his high school hockey at Marquette. “This guy (Moss) is a leader, on and off the ice,” says Rivers about his new netminder. “He has great potential and we look forward to him continuing to improve on what was a fantastic season last year in Augusta.”

Beilsten, Muncy, and Moss join a team already filled with local talent in Kyle Krae-mer (St. Louis), Jordan Fox (Kirkwood), Kyle O’Kane (St. Louis), Tony DeHart (Ball-win), and Kevin McFarland (St. Louis).

The Chill will offer the fans free admis-sion for the preseason game October 11. Get more information on the St. Charles Chill visit www.StCharlesChill.com

*Its hockey time

Rams Slow StartAfter dropping the game in Dallas four

days earlier, the Rams fell to the San Fran-cisco 49ers 35-11 last Thursday.

Head Coach Jeff Fisher discusses his approach: “Well, obviously as a football team we have a lot to work out considering what’s happened in the last five days, and we’re going to have to take advantage of some oppor-tunities here through the weekend and early next week and try to get these issues fixed, namely our inability to run the football.”

Here are a few accomplishments from the game:- Quarterback Sam Bradford completed 19-of-41

passes for 202 yards and one touchdown.- Wide receiver Austin Pettis led the team with five

catches for 59 yards, including a season-long of 27 yards.

- Tight end Lance Kendrick’s caught his first touch-down of the season, fifth career.

- Defensive end Robert Quinn notched his fifth sack of the season. Quinn now has 20.5 career sacks.

- Rookie Linebacker Alec Ogletree caused San Fran-cisco RB Frank Gore to fumble which marks Ogletree’s second forced fumble of his career. The fumble was re-covered by CB Rodney McLeod, his first recovery of his career.

- Rookie LB Ray Ray Armstrong came up with a fum-ble recovery, marking his first career fumble recovery.

- Kicker Greg Zuerlein converted a 40-yard field goal. Zuerlein is now 6-for-6 on field goal attempts this sea-son. He has made eight consecutive field goals, dating back to 2012.

- Punter Johnny Hekker punted 11 times for 490 yards. Hekker placed six punts inside the 20-yard line and tallied a long of 60 yards. His 11 punts set a single-game career high.

*Bring on Jacksonville

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

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September 25: Red Cross Blood DriveAt Blessed Savior Lutheran Church, 2615 Shackelford Road, Florissant, 2:30 - 6:30 p.m. Call the church at 314-831-1300 or sign up on line at redcrossblood.org sponsor code BlessedSavior.

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

Events

Now–December: Crisis Nursery is requesting the support of local Holiday Angels for the 2013 Holi-day Hearts CampaignJoin our effort and grant holiday wish list items (e.g., toys, cloth-ing, household products, non-perishable food, rent and utility assistance, etc.) to deserving chil-dren and families in need. Sup-porters may choose to sponsor a family or purchase items off of the Crisis Nursery Holiday Wish List. For more information, visit

www.crisisnurserykids.org or call 314.292.5770.

Now: Meals on Wheels Needs Vol-unteersMeals on Wheels, North County needs volunteers to work a few hours a week. The all-volunteer program delivers hot nutritious meals Monday through Friday to approximately 150 people generally limited by medical conditions. The service allows some of our residents to live at home who might other-wise have to make other arrange-ments. Volunteers usually drive once a week and deliver meals on one of 23 different routes in North County. It takes about an hour and a half and drivers are usually done by 12:30. For more information call 314.953.6800.

October 3: Northwest Chamber of Commerce Business ExpoOrlando Gardens Banquet Cen-ter, 10am - 4pm, free and open to public. Over 100 vendor tables. The attendance prize is a drawing for a free set of tires from Firestone Complete Auto Care. 60’s theme: anyone dressed in 60’s attire will be entered into a special drawing! Chamber tasting event 11:30 - 2:30 is $15. www.northwestchamber.

com or 314.291.2131.

October 4: Steak NightFlorissant Valley VFW Post 4105 from 5 - 8pm. $12 per plate. In-cludes Ribeye and Baked potato. All profits go to support Veterans. 314.831.6121.

October 6: Saint Louis Chamber Chorus presents The Ancients Speak – GreekAt the Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Road, 3pm, $30 – General admission, $10 – Students, www.chamberchorus.org

October 6: Feathers, Fabrics, Flappers and Furs from the Florissant Valley vintage costume showing Florissant Valley Histor-ical Society 2pm, Taille de Noyer, 1896 South Florissant Rd. (on the campus of McCluer High school). Wine a cheese reception, tours of historic buildings. $10. Reservations and info: 314.275.9957

October 7: Greater North County Chamber of Commerce Blood Drive10am - 2pm, 420 W. Washington Street, Florissant. To make an ap-pointment, call 314.831.3500 or email [email protected] go to our website at redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor code: GNCCC. Please bring a valid photo ID.

October 8: Snakes Alive! Happy Hour educational program by Buck Wurth10:30am, Happy Hour 11:30am,

followed by Complimentary Lunch, RSVP by calling 314.838.3877, 3350 St. Catherine St. in Florissant

October 10: Bridge Club Tourna-mentAll are welcome and you do not need a partner. There will be cash prizes and refreshments. Compli-mentary lunch. 12pm - 3pm, RSVP by calling 314.838.3877

October 11, 18, 25: Tai Chi for Se-niors - FREE classes10:30am, RSVP by calling 314.838.3877, 3350 St. Catherine St. in Florissant

October 11: Knights of Columbus Duchesne Council Food Truck Event5 – 8pm, 50 Rue St. Francois in Florissant

October 12: Free Tours of Bissell HouseCity of Bellefontaine Neighbors free tours of the General Daniel Bissell House/Museum, 12 – 4pm, 314.869.8251

October 12 and 13: Technology for Children’s Celebration 12 - 4pm at the St. Louis Mills Out-let Mall in Hazelwood for grades 6-12. College fair including major science and engineering schools, a trade fair showcasing small businesses, a science fair exhibit-ing applied science and technol-ogy. [email protected] or 314.540.6504.

October 12: Beer & Wine Social5:30 - 9:30pm, Bellefontaine Neigh-

bors Recreation Center, 9669 Belle-fontaine Rd. St. Louis, $5 ticket covers music and snacks. Wine and beer for purchase. 314.867.0700.

October 12: Multiple Myeloma Regional Community Workshop10am - 3pm, Sheraton Westport/Lakeside Chalet Hotel St. Louis, 191 Westport Plaza, St. Louis. 314.878.1500, Free.

October 13: Standard Flower ShowSprig and Twig Garden Club of the Federated Garden Clubs of Mis-souri will present a Standard Flow-er Show at the Florissant Senior Center at 621 St. Francois Street in Florissant. The flower show theme this year is “Hurrah for the Holi-days” and is free and open to the public from 12 - 5pm.

October 13: Old St. Ferdinand Shrine Halloween Costume Con-test During the Fall Festival, 1:30pm, 314.837.2110

October 15: Ameriprise Financial Informational Workshop “Maxi-mizing Social Security Benefits”10 - 11:30am, St. Louis County Library-Florissant Branch, RSVP 636.534.2040

October 15: Halloween Party Dinner4:30 - 5:30pm, Bellefontaine Rec-reation Center, 9669 Bellefontaine Rd., St. Louis. buffet dinner, appe-tizers and dessert included. Beer, wine and soda will be sold, but your $11 ticket is exchanged for your first beverage. Costumes are encouraged. Buy your ticket by Friday, October 12. 314.867.0700.

October 19: Trinity Catholic High School annual Trinity Trea-sures Dinner Auction At Trinity. Mass at 4:30pm; auction at 5:30pm will feature silent and live auction items and other raffles, hearty hors d’oeuvre stations and an open bar. 314.486.4021.

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October 29: Halloween Party Happy HourEntertainment by Dan Spro-at followed by complimentary lunch, 10:30am, prizes for best costumes(costume optional), RSVP by calling 314.838.3877

November 1: Kids In The Middle Hosts Swirl, Sip & Savor To raise funds for counseling ser-vices, 6pm, the Moto Museum, 3441 Olive St. in St. Louis. Reserva-tions, which are required, are avail-able at $75 per guest or $100 at the door. Sponsorship opportunities available. www.kidsinthemiddle.org 314.909.9922.

November 6: Christian Hospital Foundation 2013 Legacy Leaders Recognition DinnerPaul F. Detrick Atrium at Christian Hospital, 314.653.4191

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 Retire-ment Community, 3350 St. Cath-erine 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 Cen-ter) RSVP 314.838.3877

Every Sunday: 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]

Bridgeton Trails Library Branch Programs:3455 McKelvey Rd., St. Louis, 314.994.3300. Story Time: Wednes-days, 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’ Bingo Clubs:314.839.7604.

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

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

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 Educa-tion. You are not alone. For infor-mation, contact Deborah Mabrie at 314-291-5210 or Ferd Fetsch at 314-291-3021 Email: [email protected] [email protected].

Diabetes Basics: 314.344.7024 for info or

314.344.7220 to enroll.

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

Crisis Nursery:Committed to preventing child abuse and neglect, the Crisis Nurs-ery provides short-term, safe ha-vens 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

Groups at Christian Hospital

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, depres-sion, grief, loss and early signs of dementia, 314.653.5123. Christian Hospital Recovery Cen-ter: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) Program OrientationMondays: 6–7pm Tuesdays: Noon–1pm SSM DePaul Wellness Center. Attend a free orientation to learn: the Five Success Variables needed to lose weight, different diet options available and how impor-tant physical activity really is. Please call to register at 1.877.477.6954.

Diabetes Self-Management Train-ing: 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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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

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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

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-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,

-cies in this group do not venture far from their breeding sites.

If you believe you have a mosquito breed-ing problem on your property, but are not sure, please call the Department of Com-

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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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October 2, 2013 • Community News • www.mycnews.com16 Over the FenceJoe Morice

An acquaintance pointed at a car parked nearby and said,

“How do you like my new car?” I had long since realized I could

no longer recognize car brands. This one was shaped like all the rest of today’s

sedans. Come to that, all the SUV’s seem to look alike, too.

I could tell whether a car was a Ford, Chevy, Plymouth or Studebaker from two blocks away when I was a kid and foreign cars weren’t around yet in our small town. Now there seems to be more of them than American brands. The designs the Japanese once copied from us are now designs we apparently copy from them. I final-ly answered, “Your car looks like a turtle. All it needs is

a head and tail and feet where the wheels are.”He growled, “It’s rounded off to make it aerodynami-

cally sound.”“Humph,” I snorted. “Sound or round, it still looks

like a turtle.”I thought ‘57 Fords and ‘57

Chevys were the most beautiful cars I had ever seen when I was a kid. They were probably the most popular cars of that era. One cer-tainly couldn’t compare the design of a ‘57 Plymouth that had fins sticking up as high as the roof. This was my first car, in fact. I had insisted on buy-ing an Austin Healy 3000, which was a fast, sleek Brit-

ish sports car. My father insisted on mak-ing me buy a cheaper American car, and we compromised on that used Plymouth convertible he found. This didn’t seem fair since I was paying for it.

I ended up overhauling everything in that car. Then the body started rusting out. Where was Lee Iacocca when we really needed him?

My friends bought Fords and Chev-ies that would go fast. My Father bought cheap economy Studebakers that didn’t. I bought a slow Plymouth that lost pieces of itself when it hit a bump. Life wasn’t fair.

I feel sorry for the present generation of gear-heads. They don’t have big sleek distinctive gas hogs to race around in.

They have tiny economy cars with tiny engines. They soup them up at great expense until they become fast enough to outrun a cruise missile. When one of them passes me on the highway, it’s only a blur that sounds

like a runaway chain saw.I can’t recognize the brands of

those little projectiles. I assume it’s one of those delivered by for-eign freighters plying the seven seas. Instead of fins, many of them have after-market air spoilers sit-ting over the rear. They look like clothes racks. I’m told they hold

the rear end in down when they’re going 150 mph.The only car from my teenage era that went that fast

had a State Trooper driving it. Once I was in my buddy’s hot Ford with three other

guys. The four of us were going 127 mph on an empty highway. He had the fastest car in the county. Sud-denly, a horn honked beside us. It was a State trooper in a ‘59 swept-wing Dodge. I have no idea how fast he had to be going to catch us.

They advertised Swept-wing Dodges on the Law-rence Welk Show on TV. After that incident, I watched it religiously. I longed to own one of those finned speedsters like the police car that showed up out of no-where.

It never happened. However, I learned to appreciate the Lennon Sisters on Lawrence Welk. I called them the Lemon Sisters in honor of my rusty Plymouth.

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 adult-hood operating big machines. He has no formal training as a writer, unless 60 years of writing about any and everything counts.

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The only car from my teenage era that went that

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