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Business Booming for Infant Nursery

Gale Spiegel, Owner of Bright Beginnings Child Development Center, and her daughter Cristy. (Photo by Steve Bowman)

Inside this issue

By Toni Bowman, Staff The Brentwood Spirit

The slow economy means fewer babies are be-ing born in the U.S., according to the August 12 issue of USA Today. But there’s no baby bust in Brentwood, if you ask Gale Spiegel.

Spiegel is a local childcare provider who owns Bright Beginnings Child Development Center. Her business has been booming so in Septem-ber she’ll open a new childcare center on Brent-wood Boulevard at Marshall.

Spiegel cares for children who are from six weeks to five years old. She has owned and oper-

ated a licensed infant nursery and has been a li-censed childcare provider for over 30 years. She began the business in her home at 2446 High School Drive and expanded to three locations (one in Webster Groves). Two of her locations will merge at the new site but she will continue to keep the youngest infants in her home.

Although Spiegel has been able to meet the demand for her services throughout the years, she’s had a waiting list for the past couple of years. She’s seen a rise in demand especial-ly for infant care, so she’s made it her niche.

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Fall Special EditionThe Brentwood Spirit’s First Annual Fall Sports Preview EditionBy Steve Bowman, EditorThe Brentwood Spirit

Thanks for reading the first ever print edition of The Brentwood Spirit. We’ve been online at thebrentwood-spirit.com now for seven months and we’ve created this special hard copy edition for two reasons.

First, some of you don’t know about our website and we thought this newspaper would be a good way to direct you to it. Hey, it’s cheap-er than an outfield sign at Busch Stadium. Yes, we realize that print publications have been gradually going online, not the other way around, but that’s one thing we like

about doing this. It’s different and fun. If you’d like to see more spe-cial editions in print, let us know.

Second, we’re fired up about fall sports beginning and we want to usher them in with preseason looks at all five of Brentwood High School’s teams. Sports teams have the power to pull a community together, which is one reason we cover them so heavily at the Spirit. We all need to support one an-other, especially in this economy.

This “we” I keep referring to is my wife and me. I do the writing, editing and photography for the Spirit and Toni sells ads and designs the pages.

When we moved to Brentwood in 1996 we felt like outsiders but we’ve come to dearly love this little com-munity and each of us is now proud to say, “Ich bin ein Brentwoodian.”

Please enjoy this special edition,

then go find much more at the-brentwoodspirit.com.

Fall Sport Preview Section:pages 5 - 12

Above are seniors who represent the five fall sports at BHS. (Photo by Steve Bowman)

Local Police Host Night Out page 2

2011 Fall Sports Preview pages 5-12

Harrison Promotes Walk and Wellnesspage 12

Superintendent Penberthy to Retire page 14

MSD Hearings SetThe St. Louis Rate Commission will hold six pub-lic hearings in August and September to allow customers to ask questions about a sewer rate increase that the St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District has requested.

The MSD submitted a proposal for a rate increase to the St. Louis Rate Commission in May. The increase would help fund more than $1 billion in wastewater system improvements and covers MSD’s fiscal years 2013 through 2016.

The six hearings will be held as follows:

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Business Booming for Infant Nurserypages 1 and 4

The Brentwood Spirit August 22, 2011

Community

News

Local Police Host Night Out

Craig Hopfinger of Brentwood enjoys the pool with his son Thomas and daughter Sydney. (All photos by Steve Bowman)

Special BOA MeetingCity of Brentwood Board of Aldermen Announces Closed MeetingBrentwood Mayor Pat Kelly has called for a special meeting of the City Board of Aldermen to discuss personnel matters. The meeting, which is closed to the public, will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, Au-gust 22, at the Brentwood Recre-ation Center. A press release from the city stated that the meeting will be an “Executive Session” where

the meeting, the vote and the record will be closed to the public, pursuant to Missouri State Statute 610.021 (3)

Updates on this meeting and gov-ernment news can be found at:www.thebrentwoodspirit.com

Balloon artist Brandon Wegge presents a new hat to a smiling boy. Wegge made numerous balloon items for children at the event.

Without a doubt the safest place in town last Tuesday night was the Brentwood Swim Club. Besides the usual couple of lifeguards on duty, there were police officers, paramedics and firefighters, whose hook-and-ladder truck was parked out front. No, there wasn’t a fire. They and about 250 people turned out to celebrate the 28th annual National Night Out. Sponsored locally by the Brentwood Police Department, the event promotes crime preven-tion and drug abuse awareness via police-community partnerships. It’s sponsored nationally by the Na-

tional Association of Town Watch and involves over 15,000 commu-nities.

The event was originally scheduled for the night of August 2 but a heat wave caused it to be rescheduled for the 16th. Besides free swim-ming, those present at the Brent-wood event enjoyed food, drinks, games and prize drawings. Several employees of the Brentwood Target store were on hand to provide beach balls for the swimmers. Target is a national sponsor of the celebration.

Residents also had a unique oppor-tunity to mingle with city officials, police officers and firefighters. They chatted with, among others, Brent-wood’s city administrator Bola Akande, police chief Steve Disben-nett, assistant police chief Dan Fitzgerald, fire chief Ted Jury and assistant fire chief Terry Kurten.

“In the past, Brentwood’s national night out has been held at McGrath [Elementary School] and for the last two years it’s been at Brent-wood Forest,” said Fitzgerald. “But it has worked out really well here at the swim club.”

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August 22, 2011 The Brentwood Spirit

National Night Out (cont’d)

Brentwood’s city administrator Bola Akande (center) chats with police chief Steve Disbennett (left) and assistant police chief Dan Fitzgerald.

National Night Out volunteer Judy Canoy (right) accepts yet another entry slip for a prize drawing.

Numerous public safety officers were at the event, including (from left) police officer Tim McIntyre, fireman Bob Carver, and paramedics Jake Er-schen and Phil Abegg.

Neighbors from Brentwood Forest Condominiums enjoy a mild evening by the pool while catching up on the latest. Brentwood Forest hosted the event in 2009 and 2010.

Brentwood High School freshman Jeff Speaks shows off the motorcycle he made with a Schwinn bicycle frame. He welded a bracket to the bottom of the frame to hold the motor.

The National Night Out was held at the Brentwood Swim Club.

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Gale Spiegel’s sons Dan (left) and Mark are working on the interior of the new Bright Beginnings Child Development Center. The brothers own Spiegel Brothers Construction Company. (Photo by Toni Bowman)

“Parents call all the time and say they will be having a baby or that they want to move to Brent-wood, but they want to make sure that they can obtain good childcare first,” said Spiegel.

Asked why so many young fami-lies are apparently moving to town, Spiegel said, “Brentwood is a nice place to raise your family.” Refer-ring to the city’s slogan, she added, “It’s the city of warmth – it really is.”

New crop of infants?

From 30 percent to 40 percent of houses in Brentwood are one- or two-bedroom homes, which are ideal for young professionals, empty nesters and young couples starting a family.

It’s hard to tell how many chil-dren under three years of age live in Brentwood. City occupancy reports should be changed at the birth of a new child, but few new parents find the time to up-date the information until their child begins school or preschool.

The Brentwood Spirit is located on Bridgeport Avenue, a street full of small homes. Two Bridgeport

residents, one living west and one living east of Brentwood Boule-vard, both commented about an increase in the number of babies being born this summer to resi-dents of the street. Families in five homes within sight of the Spirit lo-cation have new babies or are ex-pecting. One is expecting twins.

Whether or not Brentwood is ac-tually experiencing a baby boom, The Brentwood Spirit would like to know of new additions to our fami-lies. You can announce the news on the Spirit website. Please contact us at ww.thebrentwoodspirit.com.

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One senior from each fall sports team at Brentwood High School poses on the school’s front steps. They are (from left) Olivia Snare, volleyball; Mike Nelson, soccer; Bre Leslie, field hockey; Alaina Youngstrom, softball; and Tyler Zelt, football. (Photo by Steve Bowman)

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Field HockeyGoal Setting Propels Field Hockey Program

By Steve Bowman, EditorThe Brentwood Spirit

The Brentwood High School field hockey team returns for another season of play-ing like David against a group of Goliaths. That’s because most of the institutions with field hockey programs are either huge public schools or tradition-rich private schools. In this case the Goliaths usually triumph, as BHS has won only five of 35 games in the past two years. But even when the Eagles are behind by a bunch, they keep their heads in the game by setting smaller goals and channeling their sheer love of the sport. Interestingly, this vocal and fun-loving team chose one of its quietest players as its captain. But senior Bre Leslie’s actions are loud. She once suffered a knee gash that needed stitches but she quietly taped it up, hid it from the coach and got back in the game.

Afterward she got stitches but made it to the next practice. See the full article at www.thebrentwoodspirit.com.

Last YearRecord: 3-16; beat Riverview Gardens twice, Oakville once.

CoachesHead coach: Kelly Fortune, sixth year.

Assistant coach: Amanda Becker (BHS Class of 2009).

Fortune’s day job: special education teacher at Bridges, secondary school for students with behavior disorders in Spe-cial School District of St. Louis County.

Quote from Fortune: “I don’t think I’ve ever had a player who has played this game before coming on this field. So they walk on the field and I hand them the stick for the first time. It’s not something Brentwood girls play in elementary and middle schools.”

OpponentsScheduled conference opponents in 2011: Barat, Clayton, Eureka, Oakville, Parkway North, Parkway South, Parkway West, Riverview Gardens, Rockwood Summit, University City, Webster Groves.

PlayersNo. of girls on team: 16.

Returning starters: senior sweeper Bre Leslie, team captain; senior for-ward Maddy Lynch, junior forwards Alix Creren and Josie Naumann, ju-nior midfielder Anna Pozzo and ju-nior defender Molly Fitzgerald. Senior forward Megan Tully also played a lot.

Competing for goalkeeper: sophomores Mara Bacandreas and Kelly Habermehl.

Others competing for positions: senior Julia Bridges; junior Megan Adams; sophomores Rebecca Nichols, Kathleen Harries and Maria Fisher; freshmen Madeline Neely and Gabby Naumann.

Encouraging: Creren is the first BHS player in at least six years to play on a se-lect team. She played this past spring and summer for an Aim Field Hockey club.

Another quote from Fortune: “I like chal-lenges. I like to push people to their limit. You can see when people are getting to their breaking point of frustration. But that’s where you learn the most. You have to be outside your comfort zone. All of my girls, when they step on this field, are out-side their comfort zone. Today in practice some of the girls couldn’t push the ball up the field. In a couple of weeks they’ll be hitting it across the field. You learn so much from sticking with something that’s frustrating and new. It’s preparing them for life: once something gets hard for you, just stick with it and it’ll get easier.”

For the complete article and weekly coverage, visit www.thebrentwoodspir-it.com.

2011 Varsity Schedule

All hosted games are at Mark Twain Elementary.

Aug. 29 4 p.m. at Edwardsville HS

Aug. 31 4:15 p.m. host Eureka

Sept. 2-5 Gateway Tournament in Valley Park

Sept. 7 4 p.m. host Parkway West

Sept. 8 4 p.m. host Oakville

Sept. 9 4 p.m. at Parkway North

Sept. 12 4:15 p.m. at Rockwood Summit

Sept. 15 4 p.m. host University City

Sept. 19 4 p.m. at Rosati-Kain

Sept. 21 4 p.m. at Barat Academy

Sept. 26 4 p.m. host Parkway South

Oct. 3 4 p.m. at Webster Groves

Oct. 7 4 p.m. host Lutheran South

Oct. 10 4 p.m. at Clayton

Oct. 12 4:15 p.m. at Riverview Gardens

Oct. 13 4 p.m. at Oakville

Oct. 15 10 a.m. host Whitfield School

Oct. 17-21 Public School Tournament

Oct. 24 4:15 p.m. host Rockwood Summit

Oct. 26 4:15 p.m. at Eureka

Oct. 28 to Nov. 6 Midwest Tournament

Gabby Naumann (center) and teammates do push-ups against the stone wall at Mark Twain Elementary School, where they play home games. (All photos by Steve Bowman)

Senior Maddy Lynch is one of the Eagles’ best scorers and can be counted on to keep things lively.

To build teamwork, BHS plays a game in which two teams take turns trying to crash through the other team’s linked arms.

Alix Creren is the first Brentwood player in at least six years to make a select field hockey team.

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SoccerNew Faces Must Replace Departed SeniorsBy Steve Bowman, EditorThe Brentwood Spirit

There were 12 seniors on last year’s Brentwood High School boys’ soc-cer squad. That was half of the team, so most of the starting positions are now up for grabs. But three se-nior newcomers are making waves: Jesse Sneed and Mike Nelson, who haven’t played soccer since they were kids but sure don’t look like it, and Afghanistan-born Qais Naori, who has some serious ball-handling skills. (For instance, he can catch the ball on the back of his neck and bal-ance it there while doing push-ups.) The surprise for coach Cory Grage is that leaders have already emerged from the roster. He said the Eagles might get a slow start but should quickly improve and once again challenge for the conference title.

Strengths: team speed, coach-ability and player leadership.

Biggest question mark: defense.

Last YearRecord: 14-7 overall.

Coaches Head coach: Cory Grage.

Grage’s day job: science teacher at Hancock High School.

Assistant coach: Steven Cranston

Cranston’s day job: science teacher, Brentwood High School

Quote from Grage: “We’ve got some speed. The boys are talking, communicating well. Some years we have great players but no lead-ers. It’s nice when you get some new guys stepping up and taking those leadership roles.”

Another quote from Grage: “Even with the losses, seeing what I’ve seen so far, I don’t know if we have as much talent as past teams but I don’t know if I’ve ever had a team that listens and does the things they’re told and just shows up and puts it out as hard as these guys do.”

PlayersTotal: 18.

Returning starters: juniors Josh McGehee and Dustin Snead; sophomore Dylan McGehee.

Others: seniors Qais Naori, Mike Nelson and Jesse Sneed; juniors Dallas Neely and Jim Taylor; sophomores Richie Ford, Kurt Si-gler and Jack Wright; and freshmen Zach Baum, Jake Blythe, Rayce Lynch, Michael McGrath, Ben Mo-ran, Ryan Short and Remy Cognac.

Leading candidates for starting positions so far: goalkeeper Jim Taylor; defender Dustin Snead; midfielders J. McGehee, Naori, Neely and Jesse Sneed; and for-wards D. McGehee and Nelson.

Quote from Jesse Sneed: “It’s been quite a while since I’ve played or-ganized soccer, five to seven years. But I came out because it’s my senior year and I want to enjoy it.”

For the complete article and weekly coverage, visit:www.thebrentwoodspirit.com.


Sept. 2-3 TBA, at Christian-O’Fallon Tournament

Sept. 6 6 p.m. host Christian-O’Fallon

Sept. 7 6 p.m. host JFK HS

Sept. 13 6 p.m. host Bayless

Sept. 16 4:15 p.m. at Maplewood-RH

Sept. 20 4:15 p.m. at Principia

Sept. 21 6 p.m. host Hancock

Sept. 23 4 p.m. at Crossroads

Sept. 26 4 p.m. at N. County Tech.

Sept. 27 4 p.m. at Valley Park

Sept. 30 4 p.m. at Bayless

Oct. 3 4 p.m. at McCluer

Oct. 4 6 p.m. host Maplewood-RH

Oct. 5 6 p.m. host St. Pius X-Festus

Oct. 7 4 p.m. at Hancock

Oct. 11 6 p.m. host Crossroads

Oct. 13 4 p.m. host Clayton

Oct. 17 4 p.m. at Cleveland NJROTC

Oct. 20 6 p.m. host Valley Park

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Cory Grage begins his 11th year as Brentwood’s soccer coach with one big question: How do you replace 12 seniors?

Jim Taylor is the leading candidate to play goalkeeper for Brentwood. Last year’s keeper graduated and, said Cory Grage, Taylor “kind of inherited the position.”

Left: Qais Naori entertains his teammates with ball tricks dur-ing a water break. Naori, a senior, was born in Afghanistan, attended Gate-way Institute of Technology and transferred to BHS last semes-ter. (All photos by Steve Bowman)

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All hosted games are at Brentwood High School.

Aug. 26 7 p.m. at Crystal City Sept. 2 7 p.m. at Maplewood-RH Sept. 9 7 p.m. host Wesclin Sept. 16 7 p.m. host Missouri Military Acad. Sept. 23 7 p.m. at Cuba R-2 Sept. 30 7 p.m. host Lutheran South Oct. 21 7 p.m. host Grandview R-2 Oct. 29 1 p.m. at Principia

By Steve Bowman, EditorThe Brentwood Spirit

When a football program gets a new head coach, a new offensive coordina-tor and radically different offensive and defensive schemes, it usually means at least one losing season. But with what’s been going on up at Brentwood High School all summer, there may be ex-ceptions to that rule. New head coach Keith Herring and his offensive coordi-nator Tim Kuhn have jacked up the vol-ume on a program that made it to the state title game two years ago and won the district last year. They instituted a weightlifting program that had players pumping iron three or four days a

week all spring and summer. They held camps to teach the new double-wing formation. Their skill players com-peted in a seven-on-seven league and even the linemen had weekly practices. The result of all this work won’t start to emerge until the Eagles open the season at Crystal City on August 26. But there’s definitely more confidence then you’d think up on High School Drive. Said nine-year assistant coach Rob Findley, who played for BHS in the 1990s, “People in the stands will definitely see a different Brentwood at-titude this year, kind of like the days of old. The physicality is back.”

Last Year Record: 6-4 overall

Postseason: beat Principia 31-0 for third district title in four years, lost 25-7 to Northwest Academy in Class 2 state playoffs.

Coaches Head coach and defensive coordina-tor: Keith Herring.

Assistants Tim Kuhn (offensive coordi-nator, offensive line, linebackers), Rob-ert Findley (receivers, defensive backs, special teams), Jeff Manestar (defensive line, scout team defense),

Adam Kobler (quarterbacks, scout team offense) and Dan Williams (di-rector of football operations, scout team offense and defense).

Quote from Herring: “We have to learn to compete more in practice. If you and I are going at it there’s going to be a def-inite winner. Everything we’re doing is promoting that and teaching that. We want to compete to the bitter end in all of our drills.”

Quote from Kuhn: “David Rivera is our only lineman over 200 pounds. But the great thing about our scheme is that we don’t need big maulers. We need tech-nicians.”

PlayersStrengths: Running backs and line-backers.

Question marks: executing new sys-tem; defensive backs.

Returning starters: seniors Keith Bow-man, Jake Caragher, Addison Hem-bree, Tyler Jones, Danny Lynch and Tyler Zelt; and juniors Jordan Groth, David Rivera and Damon Starks.

Others: Senior: Rashaad JordanJuniors: Ben Chappell,

Eagles Have New Coach, System, Intensity

Quarterbacks coach Adam Kobler provides input to Jordan Groth. New on the coaching staff, Kobler set passing records at BHS before graduating in 2009.

BHS 1996 graduate Robert Findley, in his ninth year as an assistant coach, says of this year’s Eagles, “the physicality is back.”

Jordan Groth is expected to be the starting quarterback when Brentwood opens the season against Crystal City on August 26. (All photos by Steve Bowman)

Waiting their turn in a drill are (from left) Tyler Zelt, Tyler Jones, Jordan Groth, Jake Caragher and Danny Lynch.

Nick Featherston, Mykell Hudspeth, Jimmy Schoemehl, Evan Sigler and Da-ron Starks.

Sophomores: Devon Couch, Roland Floyd, Connor Hancock, Rashaad Jor-dan, Austin Koster, Tyler Patton, Marc Powells, Kyle Pudlowski, Eric Suntrup, John Surgener, Chris Williams and Jake Zivic.

Freshmen Justice Bratcher, Xavier Bratcher, Nate Deimeke, MalikKelly, Reid Nelson, Chris Palacios, AlexPatton, Tyler Pryor-Hall, Wesley Sap

pington and Jeff Speaks.

Quote from guard/linebacker Keith Bowman: “We’re not allowed to walk on the football field. I caught myself walking a few steps the other day in practice and it felt weird because I re-alized I hadn’t walked on the field all summer.”


Head coach Keith Herring wants to point the way for the Eagles to get back into the state playoffs.

Coaches Tim Kuhn (left) and Keith Herring take a ride on the “Cadillac,” the five-man sled that builds blocking skills and leg strength.

Go Eagles!

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VolleyballVolleyball Team Wants More Than District

Annie Caragher (left) and Erin Williams raise the nets on the first day of practice.

Volleyball is BHS’s most popular girls’ sport this fall, with two dozen players on the team. (All photos by Steve Bowman)

Rick Czuppon is in his sixth year as Brentwood’s head coach.

Amy Jones is one of four senior re-turning starters for BHS. Coach Rick Czuppon said she’s a good server and setter.

Diana Lowe makes contact on the first day of practice.

By Steve BowmanEditor, The Brentwood Spirit

The Brentwood High School volleyball team might be on the verge of a break-through this season. After three con-secutive years of winning the district and losing the sectional, they want to experience something new and excit-ing. And they just might do it. The sev-en starters who return from last year’s team − which went 10-0 in the con-ference – are led by four seniors who played club soccer together in the off-season. Regardless of how it turns out, look for senior setter Olivia Snare, the conference MVP, to get the most from whoever rises to the occasion on the front row. Coach Rick Czuppon says his biggest question mark is outside hitting. His smallest question mark is Brentwood’s usually stingy defense, which should be kept at an insane pace by senior Tracy Habermehl. See the full article at www.thebrentwoodspirit.com.

Last YearRecords: 21-7-3 overall, 10-0 in con-ference.

Postseason: district champs; lost sec-tional to eventual state champs Her-mann.

CoachesHead coach: Rick Czuppon, sixth year.

Czuppon’s day job: P.E. teacher at Bish-op DuBourg High School.

JV coach: Tereasa Gassel.

Gassel’s day job: Brentwood Middle School communication arts teacher.

Quote from Czuppon: “I think our big-gest strength right now is reputation. People look at us as a program that wins 25 matches a season. So coming into matches, they know that they’ll have to play their best game to beat us.”

Another quote from Czuppon: “We can compete with everybody, but last year we had a hard time putting up a block to throw a monkey wrench at some-

body. If we’re blocking people, they have to do something different.”

PlayersNo. of girls on team: 24

Returning starters: seniors Olivia Snare, Amy Jones, Hannah Linneman and Tracy Habermehl; ju-niors Heather Vandervoort and Nora Durham; sophomore Shelby Linneman.

2010 all-conference: Snare (co-MVP) and Habermehl.

Others competing for positions: juniors Leisa Camp, Ana Del Castillo, Diana Lowe and Erin Williams; sopho-mores Annie Caragher, Lydia Doren-busch, Haley Kassner, Emma Howe and Jessica Rauch; and freshmen Dan-ni Coates, Cecily Griesemer, Kayla Jef-ferson, Tara Lochmoeller, Cierra Lucas, Lauren Macy, Jazz Roberts and Aliah Tapp.

Quote from Snare: “Nora [Durham] and Heather [Vandervoort] are both tall so having that height will really help. In the past we haven’t had many tall girls. You have to work with what you have, and because we haven’t had the blocks we’ve worked a lot on our defense, and we’ve always been strong on the back row and getting the passes up. So we’ve stayed successful by com-

pensating for what we haven’t had.”



All hosted games are held in the large gym at BHS.

Sept. 7 5:15 p.m. at JenningsSept. 8 5 p.m. host AfftonSept. 10 9 a.m. host Brent- wood InvitationalSept. 13 5 p.m. at BaylessSept. 15 5:15 p.m. host ClaytonSept. 16 5:15 p.m. at Maplewood-RHSept. 20 5 p.m. at HancockSept. 22 5 p.m. at St. Elizabeth AcademySept. 23 5 p.m. host CrossroadsSept. 27 5 p.m. host Valley ParkSept. 28 5:15 p.m. host LadueSept. 29 5 p.m. host PrincipiaSept. 30 TBA, scrimmage at Cross roads InvitationalOct. 1 TBA at Crossroads Invita tionalOct. 4 5 p.m. host Maplewood-RHOct. 7 5:15 p.m. host HancockOct. 11 5 p.m. at CrossroadsOct. 12 5 p.m. at Orchard FarmOct. 14 5 p.m. at Valley ParkOct. 17 6 p.m. host McCluer HSOct. 19 5 p.m. host Bayless

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SoftballJavier Leads Small Team with Big EnergyBy Steve BowmanEditor, The Brentwood Spirit

Nine people have gone out for soft-ball at Brentwood High School, which is just enough to field a team. Coach Kelly Javier knows the light turnout means they probably won’t compete for the conference title. But she says her girls can get more from a season than trophies or plaques. “You can teach a whole lot when, instead of worrying about the end score, you worry about how you got to the end score,” she said. “As a coach, when you worry about how to build a person, teach them things like time management, how to treat the person next to them, how to treat opponents, it builds their character. I learned all those things playing ball.” Javier said seniors Alaina Youngstrom and Kate Nikodym are the “heart and soul” of the 2011 Eagles. See the full ar-ticle at www.thebrentwoodspirit.com.

Last Year Records: 3-9 overall, 0-5 in conference.

Coaches Head coach: Kelly Javier

Javier’s day job: Brentwood High School math teacher

Assistant coach: Darold Harris

Harris’s day job: Brentwood Middle School social studies teacher

Players Returning Starters: seniors Kate

Nikodym (infielder) and Alaina Youngstrom (catcher); juniors Haley Holtgrieve (shortstop), Morgan Mears (outfielder) and Lucy Sappington (out-fielder and third baseman); and sopho-mores Alison Durham (outfielder) and Shawn Durham (infielder).

Others: senior Alice Richter and junior Sandy Roy (first baseman).

Quote from Youngstrom: “I’m sad it’s my senior year. I know I won’t find something like this in college, where you have to be a really advanced player in order to be on the team.”


Sandy Roy gets tips from coach Kelly Javier on how to play the infield. It’s Roy’s first season playing for Brentwood. (All photos by Steve Bowman)

Junior Haley Holtgrieve Senior Alaina YounstromSophomore Shawn Durham


All hosted games are at Brentwood

Park Field No. 3.

Aug. 26 4:15 p.m. at McCluer South-Berkeley

Aug. 30 4 p.m. at Hancock

Sept. 1 4:15 p.m. host Soldan

Sept. 7 4 p.m. at Valley Park

Sept. 8 4 p.m. host Metro

Sept. 9 4:15 p.m. at Lift for Life Academy

Sept. 14 4 p.m. at Clayton HS

Sept. 19 4:15 p.m. host Valley Park

Sept. 21 4 p.m. at Bayless

Sept. 23 4:15 p.m. host Jennings

Sept. 27 4 p.m. host McCluer South-Berkeley

Sept. 29 4 p.m. host Bayless

Sept. 30 4 p.m. host Hancock

Oct. 3 4:15 p.m. host Lift for Life Academy

Senior Kate Nikodym is a skillful second baseman but she may be needed elsewhere in the infield this season.

Sophomore Alison Durham is a returning starter in the outfield.

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Faith & ServiceHarrison Promotes Walk and Wellness

Lennie Harrison is chairman of a prostate cancer awareness walk sponsored by 100 Black Men St. Louis.

Athletes are acutely aware of the body and its needs. Through weeks, months, and years of training ath-letes learn what it takes to prepare a body to perform at its best.

Local State Farm agent Lennie Har-rison is an athlete. He was a high school, junior college, and college track and cross country All-Amer-ican and Hall of Famer, and is cur-rently the cross country/track and field coach for Nerinx Hall in Web-ster Groves. Harrison’s also been in the insurance business for 24 years

so if anyone knows what it takes to keep a person fit, it’s Harrison. Because of his experience and back-ground, 100 Black Men St. Louis, a men’s civic club and service organi-zation, asked Harrison to come on board three years ago and become the head of their Health and Well-ness program.

Each spring, 100 Black Men St. Lou-is organizes a “Barbershop Tour” where Harrison, along with a group of nurses and others, visit 17 bar-

bershops in high risk areas and pro-vide blood pressure screenings and other wellness checks.

Each fall, 100 Black Men St. Louis hosts a prostate cancer survivors and awareness walk and Harrison has been the walk chairman for the last two years.

The 9th Annual Prostate Cancer Survivors and Awareness Walk was held on August 20. The walk started at Kiener Plaza and ended two miles north, at the Missouri Black Expo

located at the America’s Center. Once at the Center, a workshop was held on prostate cancer facts and survivors were recognized. In addi-tion, volunteers and those attending the workshop received a free PSA test provided by the Siteman Can-cer Center.

More information about 100 Black Men St. Louis can be found at this website: http://100blackmenstl.org

You can reach Lennie Harrison athttp://www.lennieharrison.com.

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BrentwoodFoundationThe Brentwood Foundation pro-vides funding for educational en-richment programs and activities for teachers and students. Each fall the foundation sponsors a 5K Race to benefit the foundation. The race coincides with the Brent-wood Days weekend celebration.

Last year’s race was their largest ever, with over 300 participants, allowing them to provide over $11,000 in grants during the school year.

For more information call 314-962-4507 or visit their website: [email protected].


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Sewer Rate Hike (cont’d from page 1) Times, Locations of Sewer Rate Hearings:

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, August 16 The Engineers Club of St. Louis 4359 Lindell Boulevard, St Louis, MO 63108

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, August 18 City of Chesterfield City Hall 690 Chesterfield Parkway West, Ches-terfield, MO 63017

9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, August 20 Cliff Cave Branch Library, St. Louis County Library 5430 Telegraph Rd, St. Louis, MO 63129

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, August 22 Florissant Valley Branch Library, St. Louis County Library 195 South New Florissant Road, St. Louis, MO 63031

6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, August 24Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club 2901 North Grand, St. Louis, MO 63107

9 a.m. to noon, Monday, September 26 MSD Headquarters2350 Market Street, St Louis, MO 63103

The specifics on the MSD’s rate increase proposal are at: http://www.stlmsd.com/aboutmsd/organization/


SchoolsSuperintendent Penberthy to Retire

Charles Penberthy, superinten-dent of the Brentwood School District, plans to retire next sum-mer after nine years here. He announced his intent to retire,

effective July 1, at a closed meeting of the board of education on August 16.

During Penberthy’s time here, Brentwood schools have been recognized many times as a “dis-trict of distinction” by the Missouri

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Two schools have been recognized as national No Child Left Behind “blue rib-bon” schools, three schools have been named Missouri “gold star” schools, and one was honored as a national school of character.

At the conclusion of the 2011-12 school year, Penberthy will have served 36 years in public education .

In a press release provided by the school district, Penberthy stated, “It has been a privilege to serve in the Brentwood School District. I have enjoyed my years of service in the district and would like to thank the board, staff, students and parents for their support during my tenure.”

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PTO NeedsVolunteers

BHS PTO committee is committed to raising funds that directly im-pact students’ lives. The committee awards scholarships to BHS seniors and grants

The BHS PTO committee is asking for your help. The committee raises funds for scholarships for BHS se-niors and for sports and activity groups.

In the past they have awarded up to $7,300. in a year.

A primary way that the PTO makes money is from concession stand proceeds. Volunteers work throughout the year at the conces-sion stand at sporting events and tournaments.

If you’re available to volunteer, please contact Marla J. Logan, vol-unteer coordinator at (314) 644-4222 or by mobile at (314) 651-5497. Logan can also be reached by e-mail at [email protected]

If you are interested in being part of the BHS PTO, please join them at their next meeting on Wednes-day, August 24, 6:30 p.m. in the BHS Conference Room at the high school.

BHS PTOSky BoxThe Brentwood High School PTO club kicks off their fund raising this year by offering something new, the Eagle Sky Box.

For each home football game (Sept. 9, 16, 30, and Oct. 21) the PTO is offering indoor seating.

Formerly the pre-school room, the Eagle Sky Box seats 15 people com-fortably. The room overlooks the football field for a great view of the exciting game action.

You and your friends can enjoy watching the Brentwoood Eagles football game in the comfort of in-doors. No need to worry about the heat, cold or even rain!

The price includes 15 admissions to the game, 15 hotdogs, 15 bags of chips, and bags of popcorn as well as five liters of soda. A bargain at $150!

Hurry! Availability is first come, first serve. For more information or to book the Sky Box, contact Joe Hembree at (314) 239-6037.


AlumniBrentwood Alumni Reunion Weekend is Scheduled

The Brentwood Alumni Asso-ciation’s Eighth Annual Reunion Weekend is Friday and Saturday, September 16-17. The group will host its annual Third Weekend in September celebration beginning with a 4 p.m. informal all-class gathering in the Brentwood

High School courtyard. Alumni will have the chance to renew acquain-tances, reminisce, view displays and take a tour of the high school. To cap off the evening, alumni may attend the 7 p.m. BHS vs. Missouri Military Academy football game, or individual class reunion gatherings.

On Saturday morning registered golfers will tee off at 8 a.m. in four-person scramble teams at Pevely Farms Golf Club. Other alumni will have the opportunity enjoy Brent-wood Days festivities beginning with a noon parade, a full day of amusement rides, games and food booths and a spectacular fireworks

display at sundown.

Classes from 1951, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1981, 1986 and 1991 will be holding their class reunions throughout the weekend.

Go Chargers!

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Saturday, September 17, 7:30 am [email protected]


Monday August 22

Mid-County Y Golf Tournament

21st Annual “Golf For Kids” Tournament & Auction Norwood Hills Country Club E-mail [email protected] or call (314) 962-9430, ext. 222

Brentwood City Government

Special Board of Aldermen Meeting 6 p.m. Closed Meeting Executive Session/ Personnel Matters Brentwood Recreation Center Rm.103

Public Works Committee Meeting 4 p.m. City Hall

Friday August 26

Brentwood High School Girl’s Varsity Softball Game McClure South – Berkeley 4:15 p.m.

Brentwood High School Football Games @ Crystal City High School Jr. Varsity 5 p.m. Varsity 7 p.m.

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