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Discipline Now Addressed In Bus RulesBy Meredith HoodMissourian Staff Writer

Student discipline has been an issue on afternoon school buses according to assistant principal at Clark-Vitt Elementary and Union Middle School, Leslie Lause.

“Kids think that school’s over and the rules don’t ap-ply to the bus,” she said.

At the beginning of this year both schools adopted a simple set of directives as official building rules.

The rules combine verbal and nonverbal signals that allow teachers to keep students to remain engaged in moments and environments when distraction is likely.

Lause explained that when a teacher says, “Class, class?” the students, respond, “Yes, yes,” after gaining the group’s attention the teacher can then make a ges-ture.

“It’s just getting the kids to use multiple pieces of their brain,” Lause said.

To make the bus a natural extension of the building Lause talked with First Student Bus Company Man-ager Mike Haymen and company spokesperson, Sherry Pope, about training drivers to apply certain classroom expectations to the bus.

Pope said driving a regular vehicle is a challenge and the challenges only compound when driving a bus.

“It’s very difficult dealing with 70 kids behind you,” she said.

Pope and Lause said student safety is of great con-cern.

Bus drivers who drop off students at the middle school in the mornings have reported to Lause that other vehicles don’t always stop when the safety bar is extended and students cross the street.

The effective power verbal calls and responses was on display following a school bus accident early last month.

Three students were transported to the hospital af-ter a Union bus was struck on westbound Highway 50 and a blown tire came off the wheel Oct. 4.

Lause said when district Superintendent Steve Bry-ant responded to the scene of the accident the kids were overwhelmed and overstimulated.

The bus driver was trying to get the students’ atten-tion but wasn’t successful.

“Mr. Bryant climbed on the bus after the accident and said ‘Class, class?’ ” said Lause. “With that the stu-dents were able to respond and acknowledge his atten-tion. The bus driver was amazed.”

Twenty-five bus drivers who drive Union routes at-tended training in mid-October to learn some of the same cues teachers use to maintain order with stu-

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INSIDE: Local Firefighters Go Door-to-Door in Storm Relief EffortsBy Gregg JonesUnion Missourian Editor

The Union firefighters who provided aid to storm victims in New York met with hun-dreds of residents in that area whose lives are now changed.

There were six local firefighters who were among 80 in the state who were sent to New York to assist with storm recovery efforts.

Full-time Union firefighters Capt. Matt Tobben, Joe Straatmann and Alex Szpa-toski are members of Missouri Task Force 1 (MO-TF1) were deployed from Oct. 29 through Nov. 5 to provide search and res-cue assistance for those affected by the su-per storm Sandy.

Current volunteer Union firefighters As-sistant Chief R.B. Brown and Dale Straat-mann also were sent as part of the team. Union area resident Kevin Wissmann, with the Saline Valley Fire Protection District and a retired member of the Union Fire Protection District, also is a member of Mis-souri Task Force 1.

Dale Straatmann, who is the father of Joe Straatmann, is a volunteer senior re-serve member within the Union district.

Szpatoski told The Missourian that the MO-TF1 members were split into squads

who went through neighborhoods in the Long Beach area on Long Island.

“We went door to door checking their well-being,” he said. “We were providing information on where to find food and wa-ter — and we provided emergency contact information.”

“We tried to get them whatever they needed,” Szpatoski added.

The squads covered about 31 miles of road and visited about 4,500 homes. The residents were without power.

“The floodwater had receded, but there was a lot of sand that was brought in by the storm,” Szpatoski said. “There was debris everywhere and vehicles had been flooded.”

The area was primarily residential and was densely populated, he explained.

“For about three days we went door to door,” he said. “There were so many people affected by it.”

When MO-TF1 members contacted resi-dents, the victims were appreciative of the help.

“People were really gracious that we were out there to try and help out,” Szpa-toski said. “It was really great to see how excited and thankful they were to get help.”

Despite what the residents had gone through, he added, they still were happy to

A Salute to VeteransEarl Brown saluted those who attended a Union High

School Veterans Day ceremony Monday afternoon. The UHS Student Council sponsored the event as a way to thank local veterans. Each veteran personally was rec-ognized and given a gift. Missourian Photo/Gregg Jones.

Mobile Home DamagedThere were no injuries in this mobile home fire Saturday on Beck Meadow Road south of Highway AD

after 6 p.m. Firefighters had the fire under control within about 20 minutes. The mobile home still was standing when the fire was extinguished. Union crews responded to the scene, as did fire personnel from St. Clair and Boles. Missourian Photo/Keith Domke.

Pantry Volunteers Ask for Continued Community SupportBy Gregg JonesUnion Missourian Editor

Union Food Pantry volunteers expect to serve more families than ever before — and hope the com-munity will continue to step up with support.

According to Jan Brennan, trends indicate that 2,000 families and 5,000 residents will be served in 2012 by the pantry.

“The way the trends are going, that is over 200 people more than last year,” she said.

In 2011, the pantry served 1,876 families, including 3,167 adults and 1,777 children, for a total of 4,944 people.

This year, through October, the pantry already has served 1,601 families, 2,758 adults, 1,556 chil-dren, for a total of 4,314 people.

And the busiest months are yet to come, added volunteer Ken Lin-gle.

“This is one of our busiest times,” he said.

That is why this Saturday’s Scouting for Food Drive comes at a good time.

“Everything the Scouts collect in Union will be donated to the Union Pantry,” Brennan said.

The Union Food Pantry, a Chris-tian outreach organization located at 113 W. Locust St., serves the Union and Villa Ridge areas.

Brennan said that the pantry relies heavily on drives, as well as corporate donations and those made by individuals.

“The whole community supports us,” she said. “This is one of the main ones (food drives) that we de-pend on.”

Lingle noted that as the need grows, the community steps up to assist in feeding families.

“The need is greater, and people do well to support us,” he said. “We get a wide variety of food without much government help.”

Since 1994, the number of fami-lies who are helped by the Union Food Pantry each year has in-

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get the assistance.“There wasn’t a single per-

son who was negative,” Sz-patoski said. “They were just really positive we were out there.”

MO-TF1 is a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Boone Coun-ty. The team is sponsored by the Boone County Fire Protection District and is designated as the Weapons

of Mass Destruction (WMD) Response Team for the state.

Team members assembled in Boone County Oct. 29 and were sent to Herndon, Va.

The team was then sent to New Jersey and then Flush-ing, N.Y., before ordered to go to Long Island.

MO-TF1 and the Ohio Task Force 1 were assigned as “Rapid Response Force Packages.”

The two rescue teams were given the use of two Chinook and six Blackhawk

helicopters. The helicopters were available for any search and rescue missions in the area.

MO-TF1 assisted in Joplin rescue efforts in 2011, and for assistance during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Szpatoski said he and other team members are grateful that they could leave work to help the victims.

“We want to thank the Union Fire (district) for let-ting us go,” he said. “They al-lowed us to miss work to go.”

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creased from 611.“Five years ago we were

lucky to do 75 families a month,” Brennan said.

Now the pantry aver-ages about 160 families per month.

“We are proud of the pan-try,” said Brennan. “Our support is from the commu-nity and dedicated volun-teers — nobody knows the amount of work they do to run the pantry.”

The pantry is always ac-cepting food items.

Some items that are heavily needed at the pantry include dry pasta, canned meat, canned pasta, Hamburger Helper-style box dinners, chilli beans, spaghetti sauce, tuna and cereal.

‘We have never run out of Ramen noodles before, but we did this year,” said

Lingle.He added that meals

such as spaghetti go a long way to feed a family, and sometimes provide more than one meal. Items like chilli beans add protein to the meals and can extend them further.

Families needing as-sistance are invited to call the food pantry at 636-584-7050.

Food can be dropped off between 2-4 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, or by ap-pointment. Call Lingle at 636-583-4042 to schedule an appointment.

There are food pantry donation boxes at many lo-cal churches. Contributions of grocery items can also be taken directly to the food

pantry at 113 Locust St., Union.

Union Food Pantry has served the Union and Villa Ridge ZIP codes since 1994. It shares with other area food pantries and receives support from the United Way. The facilities are do-nated, and it uses only un-paid volunteers. Monetary donations are used to pur-chase perishable items, such as meat. Nearly 100 percent of donations go directly to serve those in need.

Many volunteers gener-ously donate time to the food pantry to mark food expiration dates, stock shelves, staff the facility, distribute pantry items to families, and purchase food.

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dents.Lause said copies of the

signs posted in the building explaining the rules also were placed on the buses.

Three rules apply on the bus: follow directions quick-ly, make smart choices and keep the person in charge, in this case the bus driver, happy.

Pope said the key phrase, “Class, class” or the modifi-cation, “Bus, bus” has been instrumental in helping drivers.

“They automatically know that the kids know what that means,” she said. “Then (they’re) able to talk and do the next thing.”

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A Hefty LoadLocal Cub Scout Xavier Plassmeyer took a stack of plastic bags Saturday to be

taken to Union area homes. The bags will be used by residents during the Scouting for Food Drive Saturday. People are asked to fill the bags with food items to be given to the Union Food Pantry. Missourian Photo.

Local Vets HonoredA ceremony was held Monday afternoon to recognize local veterans. Jack John-

son, left, and Leroy Riechers were two of the veterans who were recognized dur-ing the event. Also pictured is Mike Shafferkoetter, back. The veterans each were recognized and given a gift. The event was sponsored by the Union High School Student Council. Missourian Photo.

Agriculture Awards

Franklin County Farm Bureau President Steve Scheer presented “Friend of Agriculture” awards at the Franklin County an-nual meeting in St. Clair. Pictured, from left, are Scheer, and recipients and state representa-tives Dave Hinson, Dave Schatz and Paul Curt- man.

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Union Lions Collect Used Eyeglasses

Many of the everyday ac-tivities we take for granted, like going to school, reading a book, watching the sun-set, watching television, or going to work, are impossi-ble for millions of people in developing countries. This is because they are in des-perate need of eyeglasses

and unable to afford or ob-tain the basic eye care they need.

During the month of No-vember, the Union Lions Club will collect used pre-scription eyeglasses and sunglasses along with non-prescription reading glass-es and sunglasses as part of a unique recycling program. The glasses will be cleaned and prepared for distribu-tion by Lions in these de-veloping countries.

The Union Lions Club is asking area residents to look through drawers and closets for old eyeglasses. Then donate the eyeglass-es to the Lions Recycle for Sight Program.

To donate used glasses (including sunglasses and reading glasses), place them in the specially marked Lions Recycle for Sight boxes at one of six lo-cations: Bank of Franklin County (Krakow), Scenic Regional Library (Union), Union Eye Associates, and United Bank of Union (all three locations).

For more information, people may contact Devin Struttmann at 636-583-8267.

UHS Student Awarded Scholarship

Dedication to academ-ic success in high school has earned Kayla Tyree, daughter of Debra and Scott Tyree, Union, a Red and Black Scholarship in the amount of $4,000 per year to attend the Univer-sity of Central Missouri.

The Red and Black Scholarship is awarded to incoming UCM fresh-men based upon their high school cumulative grade point average and ACT composite score. The scholarship is renewable and may be received for a maximum of eight se-mesters of undergraduate study.

A senior at Union High School, Tyree will attend UCM in the fall majoring in photography.

Willow Brooke Open House

Willow Brooke Assisted Living will hold an open house Thursday, Nov. 15, from 10-11:30 a.m.

There will be guided tours and refreshments available.

The public is invited to attend the event at 1 Po-tomac Court, Union.

Attendees also will be eligible to win a $100 gift card.

For more information people may call 636-583-2799.

UHS PlayThe Union High School

theater department will perform “Play On” this Thursday through Satur-day from at 7 p.m. each night in the Union Fine Arts Center. Admission is $5.

Library OrnamentsOrnament making for

all ages will be held Satur-day, Dec. 1, at Scenic Re-gional Library in conjunc-tion with the Union Down Home Christmas. The li-brary will host their orna-ment making from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Round Table The Franklin County

Civil War Round Table will meet this Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. in the coun-ty historic courthouse, 15 S. Church St., Union. For more information, people may call Terry O. Wilson, 636-583-6360.

The ECC Theatre Department presents the

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Thursday thru Saturday,

Nov. 15-178 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 182 p.m.

Proof looks at the bonds of family through the eyes of Catherine, a young math student who cares for her aging father while

fighting sibling and romantic battles.

For tickets call 636-584-6693ADMISSION: $10 for adults;

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The Missourian Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Page 3UDown Home Christmas Will Be December 1

A Down Home Christmas will again be held around the Franklin County Court-house in Union Saturday, Dec. 1, from 1-5 p.m., and local merchants will participate in a variety of activities.

Santa will arrive in his sleigh at 1 p.m. and sleigh rides around the courthouse square will be provided by Master Auto Tech.

The Union Parks and Recreation Depart-ment assists with the event.

Following are the events slated for the event:

will help children make a Christmas orna-

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The Christmas parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. Parade entries still are being accepted. For more information, people can contact

Santa also will be at his house the follow-ing Saturday from 1-3 p.m.

Union Native ‘First Team’ Finisher in Competitionmore than a year ago, one 1st

Team, 1st Cavalry Division, soldier has already made a name for herself.

Union native, Pfc. Christi-na Garcia, a combat medic as-signed to Company C, 115th

one of 230 medical soldiers to participate in the Expert

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Upon completion of the competition, only 22 com-petitors remained, Garcia not only being one of the few, but she stood as the sole 1st

-geant, Summerville, S.C. ,native, Sgt. 1st Class Kim-

-didates only 22 passed, only

Earning the highly coveted competition is not an easy

One afternoon the com-mand team entered C Com-pany and asked who wanted to compete for the badge.

asked, all of us new medics

Garcia.Soon after volunteering to

compete for the badge they began training, which lasted about two weeks prior to the event.

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said about their unit training.

-horse soldiers stood ready to compete.

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Medics are a naturally

-tive personality.

-teria in a technical and tacti-

only be a good medic, but a

competition was familiariz-ing the participants with the standards of the competitions.

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can get a no-go for going steps

The competition included many of the tasks they cov-ered during their unit train-ing: liter carries and putting them on the back of different military vehicles, assembling and disassembling radios,

various medical skills.

was actually getting to use the

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Upon completing the event, Garcia now has a new-

and medical abilities.

literally put blood, sweat and

-tion has opened a lot of doors

who believes in the number of opportunities this accom-plishment has opened for her.

set herself well above her

setting herself more competi-

was standing there waiting for her.

was the only one from our

to the Army, completing the

Garcia to excel in the military,

she wants to make it a career.

Garcia has a slot waiting for her at Air Assault School once her feet have healed. She also hopes to attend flight medic school and become air-

Making StockingThe Union Kiwanis Club and Union High School Key Club made stockings, puzzles and

other items to be given to young children for Christmas. Pictured, from left, are Emily Ahrens, Lauren Terschluse and Shannon Kelly. The stuffed stockings will be distributed to the stu-dents at the Union R-XI Early Childhood Center, and Head Start. Missourian Photo.

Donate to ICThe East Central College Student Missouri State

Teachers Association (SMSTA) recently donated some of its Scholastic Book Fair profit to Immaculate Con-ception Grade School in appreciation for the support of East Central’s tutoring and service learning program. ECC students volunteer at IC throughout the year as part of these programs. Pictured, in no particular order, are Kristy Seward, practicum teacher from ECC: Betsy Miller, president of East Central College SMSTA; Dana Luecke, SMSTA member; Dawn Bristow, ECC SMSTA sponsor; Georgie Bray and Cierra Loepker, IC students; Jackie Juliette, IC teacher and book fair chair; and IC Principal Dennis Lottmann. Submitted Photo.

A Complete BreakfastMackenzie Lakoso, left, dressed as an egg, and Colin

Prine dressed as a pancake during the Union Parks and Recreation Halloween Bash at the city park. Their dog Millie was dressed as a piece of bacon. Missourian Photo.

DECA to Host Trivia Night at UHS

The Union High School DECA will hold a trivia

Dec. 1, in the school cafete-ria.

-ries will include December dates, holidays, movies, foods, activities, and music, as well as winter sports.

Teams with up to 10 players may compete. For further information people may call Charles Gehlauf, Union DECA adviser, at

[email protected]. People also may visit the

Union High School DECA on Facebook.

United Way Dine OutThe Union Pasta House

will donate 15 percent of its sales to the Franklin County

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THE BIG ONE!

COMMUNITYTOY DRIVE

DROP BOXUnion Church of God

Need assistance with toys for Christmas, please come by our churchto sign up or call 636-583-1040, 636-584-1201 or 636-388-3591,

Last day to sign up is Dec. 11. For more info., call 636-584-7739.

Drop Boxes are located at the following:

Boxes will be picked up on TUESDAY, DEC. 11, by 3 p.m.


As we get closer to Thanks-giving, we begin to think about putting up Christmas trees and other decorations in our homes and in our yards.

I enjoy Christmas. I like the decorations, the history, the meaning, the presents and everything else that goes along with the holiday.

Even as a little kid I loved to decorate the tree.

At the Jones household, putting the tree up was a task that involved the entire fam-ily.

My father would actually assemble the artificial tree — which was like putting to-gether a massive jigsaw puz-zle, a dark green and prickly jigsaw puzzle.

The tree we used each year dated back to before trees were even decorated at Christmas. It was an antique that was used well past its ex-piration date.

My mother’s job was to hang the lights. That is a deli-cate job that should only be left in the hands of an adult.

I think my mom took on that task because after my dad put up the tree, he ex-hausted all of his patience and wouldn’t go through each strand of lights to find which of the 42,000 bulbs didn’t work.

Looking back, apparently my job was to make crappy ornaments in school and then hang them on the tree.

I understand that chil-dren’s art projects aren’t ex-pected to be Monet paintings.

But the stuff that I tried to pass off looks worse than something Monet’s dog would have created.

I am not artistic, at all.I still get grief from people

who make fun of me because

I can’t cut paper in a straight line.

Don’t get me wrong, I can be creative. The problem arises when I try to translate that creativity into a real-life thing.

In my mind I have made the greatest elementary school ornaments. In reality, they should be hung in the chimney with care, or at the very least on the back side of the tree.

But my lack of artistic abil-ity wasn’t so obvious to me at age 7. I actually thought I was great.

I wasn’t the only one add-ing ornaments to the tree. My brother Andy performed the same task including some of his own ornaments — hands down, much better than mine.

My other brother and sis-ter also took part in the tree decorating, but to a lesser extent. By the time I was par-ticipating, they were in their teens and left the manual la-bor to the younger children.

I have a feeling that they were ashamed at what I tried to pass off as ornaments and kept their distance.

The Jones family didn’t really throw too much tin-sel around the house during Christmas, and I can’t re-member ever decorating the yard.

I wonder sometimes how the glitter, tinsel and light traditions ever began. I can’t remember from the King James version the techno mu-sic, flashy strobe light birth-day rave they threw for Jesus.

Maybe the silvery tinsel and the twinkling lights are meant as a distraction — they draw attention away from the crappy ornaments some kids make.

Donates to Honor FlightDave Hall State Farm Insurance recently donated $500 to the Franklin County Honor Flight. Pictured in the front

row, from left, are Honor Flight board members Rosalie McGaugh, Rod Starling, Dave Hall, Sue Rettke and Karen Brown. Back row, from left, are Dennis Hartmann, Bob Cosgrove, Jim Tayon, Mike Gardner, Dave Anderson and Dr. Keith Ratcliff. Missourian Photo.

Rev. Schenk Returns To Zion UCC, Union

The Rev. Dr. Howard C. Schenk will return to Union to preach at Zion United Church of Christ Sunday, Nov. 18, at 10 a.m. His appearance will mark the conclusion of the church’s yearlong celebration of its 100th anniversary.

Schenk is the youngest child of the Rev. Fred E. J. and Ida Schenk. The Rev. Fred E. J. Schenk served as pastor at Zion UCC from 1923-1926, and from 1929-1943,

Two other children, Dr. Quentin F. Schenk, Ken-nesaw, Ga.; and Eloise Schenk Pollard, who is de-ceased, graduated from Union High School.

Dr. Howard Schenk’s pas-toral ministry has included churches in Missouri towns of Vandalia, St. Joseph and Independence, as well as in Texas in Lorena and Hills-boro.

He also served as interim associate conference minister for the Missouri Mid-South Conference of the United

Church of Christ.Schenk and his wife Ra-

mona live in Sun City, Ariz., where he is active in ministry on a part-time basis.

The couple have two daughters, Cynthia Brozen and Elizabeth Schenk.

Members of the commu-nity are invited to attend the special service. The church is located at Springfield and Washington avenues.

Rev. Howard Schenk

Wins Referral ContestSteve Toland, right, of Union, was the winner of the

September FCNB (First Community National Bank) In-surance referral reward program. Also pictured is Linda Gildehaus, FCNB Insurance agent. Anyone who sub-mits a referral at FCNBInsurance.com is entered into the monthly drawing for a $250 cash prize. Gildehaus man-ages the local office for FCNB Insurance at 709 Highway 50 West, Union. Submitted Photo.

Jam Session Date ChangeThe only County Seat Senior Center jam session for

November will be held Thursday, Nov. 29.In December the jam session will continue to be held

the second Thursday of the month on Dec. 13.For more information people may call Ceal Andre at

636-583-3599.

Decorate Cookies at LibraryScenic Regional Library

will be decorating Christ-mas cookies this Decem-ber.

A baker from Blue Duck Café and Bakery in Wash-ington will be demonstrat-ing how to make beautiful creations for the Christ-mas holiday.

The baker will be cover-ing basic cookie decorating techniques.

It will be hands on and participants will have the opportunity to decorate their own cookies.

The program will be on Tuesday, Dec. 11, from

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The Word of Life Church of the Nazarene will hold the “Great Turkey Give-away” Sunday, Nov. 18, at the 10:25 a.m. worship service.

The first 100 visiting families will receive a tur-key.

Residents also are invit-ed to a free Thanksgiving feast following the service.

The church is located at 12 Hoffert St., Union. For more information people may call 636-583-2128, or email [email protected].

FFA Alumni To Hold Election

The Union FFA Alumni will hold its election meet-ing this Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. in the Union High School Board Room.

Members must have paid their dues prior to the election. New members may not vote until next November.

The election of presi-dent, secretary and assis-tant treasurer will be held.

For more information, people may visit the Union FFA Alumni Facebook page, or contact Kaylin Bade, secretary, at 314-971-1356 or Kaileigh Mey-er, reporter, at 314-971-1349.

Jaycees to Hold Pub Crawl

Union Jaycees will hold a “Light the Night” to benefit the annual Tree of Lights Campaign.

The pub crawl will be Saturday, Nov. 17, at sever-al local bars, and ending at the Municipal Auditorium with a dance.

Union Jaycees members will be selling shirts which are the tickets to make participants eligible for the crawl.

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By Pauline MassonPacific Editor

Mayor Herb Adams said he has no inten-tions of removing or changing South Sixth Street signs that read “NO BALLPARK PARK-ING” that a PYA patron said are discrimina-tory.

Speaking at the Nov. 6 board of aldermen meeting, Austin Myers, Catawissa, said police issue tickets to vehicles parked on South Sixth and West Meramec streets even though there is no way for the officers writing the tickets to know whether the driver of the vehicle was in fact at the ball park.

“This is discriminatory,” Myers said. “It’s the same thing as saying, No Latino Parking, or No Black Parking. It singles out a group that is not allowed to park there.”

Myers said after several friends got tickets for parking on the street, he looked at the sign and won-dered what the or-dinance calling for the signs actually said.

He said he con-tacted City Clerk Kim Barfield and City Administrator Harold Selby several times asking for the ordinance that authorizes the signs.

At one point Selby said he had been at the meeting when the ordinance was enacted and would send it to Myers but it never showed up.

“I”m asking you now, do you have an or-dinance?” Myers said. “If you don’t, how can you write tickets when you don’t have an or-dinance?”

Adams said the staff, namely Barfield and Selby, would search for an ordinance. If there is no ordinance, he said he would let Myers know.

On Thursday, Nov. 8, the mayor gave a copy of a letter to The Missourian, offering city at-torney Dan Vogel’s explanation of why the signs are authorized in the absence of an or-dinance.

“There is no ordinance spelling out that specific language,” Adams said. “But there are other ordinances that authorize the city staff to put up signs.”

Adams said he, personally, did not agree with the language on the signs.

“I think at best the signs should be seen as a deterrent,” Adams said. “But no tickets should be issued.”

Along South Fifth Street from Congress to the PYA field and along West Meramec be-tween Fifth and Sixth streets, signs read, “NO BALLPARK PARKING Additional Parking Two Blocks West in the City Park.”

At the meeting, Adams instructed police to cover the signs until the issue was researched. Black garbage bags are now draped over the signs.

Police say they were caught off guard by the dispute over the signs and are interested to see how it is resolved.

Detective Cody Robertson said if he saw cars parked in front of the signs on a game night he would have no way of knowing whether or not the driver was at the ball park and he would be reluctant to write a ticket.

Police Chief Matt Mansell had a slight-ly different interpre-tation, saying if he saw a car parked in front of the sign on a PYA game night he would run the plates and if the vehicle be-

longed to someone who did not live in Pacific he would write a ticket.

It is not clear how many tickets have been written to ballpark patrons or other motorists. Mansell said he had an officer going through tickets for the past year or more to count traffic tickets on the two streets with the signs. He said the search would take about a week.

Individuals who received the tickets, pled guilty and paid them at city hall, are charged $15.

Myers believes that if the city illegally is-sued tickets, and collected fines on those tick-ets, the individuals should be reimbursed. But Mayor Herb Adams said the fines were paid to the court so any individual who wanted reim-bursement would have to appeal to the court.

Even if there is an ordinance expressly au-thorizing the signs, the language on the signs is selective, Myers stressed.

“You’re selecting one group of people, those going to the ballgame, and saying you cannot park on a public street,” Myers said. “It’s dis-crimination no matter how you look at it.”

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Patrons Cry FoulPatrons, who got tickets for parking on South

Fifth and West Meramec streets under street signs that say “No Ball Park Parking,” say the signs discriminate against one group of people. They also said officials can’t find an ordinance that authorized the signs. Missourian Photo.

WWII Veteran Joins CelebrationA Veterans Day celebration at the Tri-County Senior Center Nov. 11 drew World War

II veteran Cal Koelling, right, who was encouraged by his twin brother to enlist in the military. His brother failed the physical test and Cal went to war. Each year, Koelling talks about the war with local students, often becoming the adoptive grandparent of students who need a veteran who is a relative for a history project. Also pictured, from left, are Norma Koelling, Cal’s wife, Ed Hillhouse, Veterans Day emcee, and Koel-ling. Missourian Photo.

Man Charged in Dollar General Store RobberyA 24-year-old man accused

of robbing a store cashier at knife-point has been charged in a Franklin County felony com-plaint.

James T. Kirk, 24, who lives on the outskirts of Pacific, was charged with robbery in the first degree and armed criminal ac-tion. A $50,000 cash-only bond was set in the case.

The holdup occurred at 6:49

p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, at the Dol-lar General Store, 2200 West Osage St.

The manager of the store wit-nessed the incident in which the suspect allegedly threatened the clerk and demanded money. The manager followed the man out-side as she dialed 911. Within sec-onds seven police cars were on the scene, including the police chief.

The crime happened at shift

change so extra officers were at the station. The manager said the robber had gone toward the Cedars Subdivision.

Two police cars drove to the Cedars Subdivision where Police Chief Matt Mansell observed a man walking. He was wearing a short-sleeved red polo shirt, which was not appropriate for the cold weather, according to po-lice.

While officers questioned the man, the clerk was brought to the scene and identified the sus-pect as the robber. He was tak-en into custody and transported to the police station, where the store manager positively identi-fied him.

“We also watched the video-tape in the store and officers were able to identify the sus-pect,” Chief Mansell said.

Kirk confessed to the robbery and showed officers where his coat and the money were hidden, police said. All the money was re-covered.

“It was all buttoned down within minutes,” Mansell said.

It was the second armed rob-bery in the city in a month. The Red Wing Shoe Store, 313 East Osage St., was robbed at gun-point Oct. 2.

Board Hears Protest To No Parking Signs

On Two Streets at Ballpark

Board Presented Plan For Welcome CenterBy Pauline MassonPacific Editor

A Pacific Welcome Center could impact the economy by increasing tourism in the city and generate revenue to help sustain the center, according to a report by the mayor’s welcome committee chair.

Pauline Masson present-ed the recommendations of the committee at the Nov. 6 board of aldermen meeting.

The 10-minute power

point presentation outlined strategies to start up and organize a welcome center, which would serve new resi-dents and new businesses as well as prospective new resi-dents and businesses.

The committee was formed March 6 to develop a plan to open a combination welcome center, history mu-seum in the former Hoven house, 115 East Osage St.

After St. Bridget Church withdrew its offer to buy the Wolf house, which houses

the history museum, offi-cials determined that it was not economically viable for the city to own two buildings and voted to put the Hoven house on the market.

There were challenges with using the Hoven house as a home for both a muse-um and visitors center, Mas-son said.

“The consensus of our committee was that the Red Cedar Inn building was the ideal site for a welcome cen-

City Hiring Part-Time Patrolmen

The hiring of three part-time police officers was approved by Pacific al-dermen at the Nov. 6 board meeting, marking a new strategy for increasing the size of the force.

The three officers will each work 30 hours a week, but will not be paid employee benefits. Currently all three work as reserve officers.

Aldermen approved the appoint-ment of Kevin Conley, Tony Lindeman and Steven Nagel to the part-time posts.

The three have been serving as re-serve officers for the department and looking for jobs in law enforcement, Police Chief Matt Mansell said.

Three part-time officers will cost the city approximately the same as one officer receiving full benefits, Mansell said.

This gives the department three of-ficers for the cost of one, according to Mansell.

“For some time I’ve been looking at ways to bring more officers onto the force,” Mansell said.

Since the three were reserve offi-cers, the chief said he was well aware

Pacific Senior Center Patrons Honor Veterans

At Annual Veterans Day EventBy Pauline MassonPacific Editor

Ways to honor those who serve may have grown each year. But the stories of aging veterans elicit an outpour-ing of respect and admira-tion that increases as their numbers decline and their steps slow.

On Nov. 11, veterans, families and friends gath-ered at the Tri-County Se-nior Center to honor living veterans. In the emotion of the discussion, relatives of patrons who have since died as well as those serving in active duty were added to the list.

In a room filled with vet-erans and relatives, as well as those who had lost vet-

erans or soldiers in combat, Ed Hillhouse coordinated a program that encouraged accolades to honor the de-ceased.

A veteran who gears up each November to keep the memory of World War II alive, Cal Koelling said he was encouraged by his twin brother Alvin to enlist. His brother failed the physical and Cal went to war. Each year he talks about World War II with local students, often becoming the adoptive grandparent of students who need a veteran who is a relative for a history project.

Koelling, who was se-verely wounded in action, gave the invocation, which he ended with this thought.

“Some things are worth

dying for, and this country is one of them.”

The area’s only Pearl Harbor survivor, Bill Hogue, was a 17-year-old sailor serving on the USS Crew in Pearl Harbor Bay on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when the surprise Japanese attack took place. Hogue led the Pledge of Allegiance for the event.

Hillhouse, who prefers informal programs to rigid agendas, asked, one table at a time, for each veteran to stand, recite his branch of service and years served.

Veterans in the room who stood were John Bradfield, Navy, served in Formosa, 1953-61; Steve Title, Navy, served in the Cuban Crisis;

“You’re selecting one group of people, those going to the ballgame, and saying you cannot park on a public street.”

— Austin Myers

Harry Palmer, USAF dur-ing peacetime; Webster Pendler, Army, Battle of the Bulge, World War II; and Harold Wilson, Navy, Cu-ban Crisis 1959-63.

Unable to let go of the memories of loved ones, family members stood to recite the names and mili-tary service of relatives who died in combat or after their years of service.

They were Glenn Long who served in the Korean War 1951-52; Master Sgt. Michael Kelly, USAF; Ken-neth Calvin, USAF, 1959; George Phillips, the only Franklin County Congres-sional Medal of Honor win-ner; Herbert Smith, Army, served with Gen. MacAr-thur in the Philippines; Raymond Ambuehl, Army, World War II, wounded while pulling down a Ger-man flag; Oliver Payne, killed in action in Korea, 1951, (Payne Street in Pa-cific is named for him); and Glenn Bandermann, Army, World War II.

Hillhouse read the nar-rative for the missing man place-setting that stood on a small table near the en-trance to the front tables.

Hillhouse also recog-nized Jeannie Guffey and the volunteers at the senior center, saying that he had been in on the fundraising for the Helen Preiss Senior Center from the beginning and was aware of the per-severance it took to secure the building.

“The Helen Preiss Senior Center is part of the glue that holds this community together,” Hillhouse said.

State Sen. Brian Nieves told stories of his own ser-vice and his respect for those who served in com-bat. He read a moving nar-

rative titled, “What is a Veteran.” By the time he finished there were few dry eyes in the house.

C. W. Porter used the event to deliver a $1,000 donation to the senior cen-ter from the Catawissa VFW post.

One group, many too young to be veterans, pro-vided a whimsical bit of entertainment. The puppet troupe, Word2U Ministry, performed patriotic and re-ligious songs.

Many patrons wore shoulder patches with pho-tographs of family members in their service uniforms.

Karen Clark and her mother, Sue Long, were still grieving from the recent loss of Sue’s husband Glenn Long, who was a frequent patron of the senior center.

“He was here last year,” Sue said.

Wal-Mart made veter-ans shoulder patches about 10 years ago with veterans

photos. Karen Clark had one made with the photo of her father.

“I’ve worn it every year on Veterans Day since,” she said

The romance for the years her husband served in the Army had never died for Hilda Bandermann, who also wore the photo of her late husband Glenn Bandermann in his Army uniform on her shoulder. “This is my sweetie,” she said.

Jessica Bailey sang “God Bless America” and the na-tional anthem a cappella.

The emotional theme carried through to the end when Sandra Kelly-Aehle played taps in memory of her father, who married her mother, an English girl. “I never got to grow up in America. I wish I had,” she said.

One thing she wanted to do for her father was to play taps, she said.


I Have to Tell You...Pauline Masson, Editor

Almost every Monday morning I can look forward to a series of email messages that say the same thing, “Harold Selby has add-

ed a new photo to his Facebook page.”Since Harold started running to reduce his cholesterol

two years ago he has become the master of the marathon.It was an evolutionary process. When I first noticed the

repetitive nature of these emails, he was in the top 10 in his age group then the top two or three in his age group to first in his age group and once, I believe, first overall.

As his waistline got smaller and his smile got bigger, Harold also became the master of Facebook, posting one photo, then two or three then sometimes eight or 10.

This morning he posted two videos, one of an eagle ris-ing from a tree that sets on the bluff between his house and the Meramec River and soaring out over the fields south of Pacific. His note said: “This is the eagle that vis-its us. What a show for the veterans.” The second video was a powerboat of some sort on the river, which is incred-ibly blue from the vantage point of Harold’s blufftop site.

I was expecting a marathon video following week-af-ter-week of still-shots showing marathon runners, finish lines and victory banners, in various locations, mostly in Missouri. But the eagle was a good switch.

The reason I’m writing about Harold is not to boast about his perfect cholesterol and trim figure, but to re-mark on his sense of humor, which may be his most effec-tive management tool.

Harold is funny. When I see him around the people who work for him,

there seems to be a lot of laughter. Harold doesn’t laugh out loud with big guffaws of laughter. In fact sometimes when he is at his funniest, he is absolutely deadpan, dis-playing not the slightest glimmer of grin.

I was reminded of this at the board of aldermen meet-ing the other night when my buddy Austin Myers, of Brush Creek Sewer District fame, said Harold had dis-respected him.

Austin also has a unique style of delivery. Both he and Harold are masters at resolving conflicts and orchestrat-ing compromises where others throw up their hands. They just have different styles of approaching the prob-lem.

I was actually enjoying Austin’s description of base-ball patrons getting parking tickets on residential streets near the PYA ball fields where the signs say “No Ball-park Parking.” Austin thought it was discriminatory and wanted to see the city ordinance that said the people go-ing to the baseball game were expressly forbidden from parking on the street.

He couldn’t believe it, he said. He wanted to see the printed word. Where was the ordinance? He couldn’t be-lieve it even more that no one in city hall was able to lo-cate the ordinance. You mean, maybe, there isn’t an ordi-nance and the city has been writing all these tickets. He was just tossing out one little jibe after another in a very friendly voice.

He said when he asked Harold, whom he called Mr. Selby, for the ordinance Mr. Selby said, “It’s going to cost you.” When pressed for how much it might cost, Mr. Selby said. “It’s going to cost you a lot.”

Austin thought it was terrible that he should have to pay a lot for a copy of a city ordinance, and, as a matter of fact, he didn’t like Mr. Selby’s attitude.

As soon as I heard the comments, I knew that Harold had said it. He has said those same express words to me on more than one occasion. I could even hear the inflec-tion in his voice. “It’s going to cost you.” But, the thing is, he always said it in jest – deadpan as all get out, but in jest. Humor is Harold’s stock in trade.

I was stunned that Austin didn’t get it. Austin is mas-ter at soft sarcasm, throwing out one-liners that cause the listener to stop and think. He is sooooo intelligent. It occurred to me that he might be putting us on. Maybe he knew Mr. Selby was only kidding and he was just try-ing to get people to think about what was really going on. If you’re going to tell one group of people that they can’t park where everyone else can park, you better have a law.

I happen to agree with Austin on the parking thing, but the mayor said he has been advised that the city can enforce the signs – although he personally would rather police didn’t give out tickets but just leave the ballpark patrons on their honor to refrain from parking there once they read the signs. We’ll have to see how all this works out.

But on the thing about Harold being disrespectful, I have to tell you . . . It just isn’t believable.

There have been dicey situations where others at city hall showed their anger and elected officials have, from time to time, said things to patrons in a public meeting that I wish they hadn’t said. But I’ve never seen Harold do it. Harold is the dealmaker, the grant finder, the guy who tries to make things work for everyone.

But as a technologically challenged computer user, I know where Austin is coming from. This morning I had to download a new flash player to view Harold’s video. In order to do that I had to know my Adobe ID and password and I did not think that was funny.

Pauline Masson can be reached at [email protected] or 314-805-9800.

Mourn Loved OneKaren Clark, left, and her mother Sue Long, attended the Nov. 11 Tri-County Senior

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of their resumes and their work habits.

“They are all extremely qualified,” Mansell said.

“They needed a job, bet-ter than what they had, and we needed more officers,” he said.

ter and history museum,” Masson said. “However, our approach to the mayor’s in-struction was to develop a business plan that could work in any building.”

The projected cost to oper-ate the center with one full time employee is $49,000.

The tourism tax gener-ated $78,000 in 2010. One third of that — $24,000— could be used for a welcome center. The committee iden-tified other revenue gener-ating strategies, such as a gift shop, rental conference room and soda machine, that could increase revenue to $48,000 to $50,000.

“Our consensus was that the revenue would pretty well cover the cost of opera-tion of the building,” Mas-son said.

The welcome center com-mittee identified more than 100 travel venues within 45 minutes of downtown Pa-cific.

“Our marketing plan is to encourage visitors to use our motels as a base and visit the recreational, cul-tural, educational and reli-gious sites at our doorsteps,” Masson said. “The welcome center would accumulate travel brochures, maps and calendars from these tour-ism destination sites and make them available to visi-tors.”

The marketing area was defined in three concentric circles with the city of Pa-cific at the center. The wel-come center would develop city maps, pinpointing tour-ism sites such as the Civil War Cannon on Blackburn Park and the train watching venue in Pacific Station Pla-za, have on hand menus for local restaurants, and a cal-endar of all city civic events.

The second circle would be destinations at our door-step, such as Shaw Nature Reserve, Purina Farms and the Meramec River.

The third circle is desti-nation within 45 minutes from Pacific, such as the wine districts, trails, an-tiquing sites, wilderness ar-eas and major league sports at the downtown St. Louis riverfront.

“The focus would be on keeping our motels full year-round,” Masson said.

Mayor Herb Adams said he would like for other or-ganizations, such as the Chamber of Commerce and Pacific Partnership, to see the presentation.

“Everything that we’ve done recently has involved partnerships,” Adams said. “I’d like to see if there could be a partnership to operate the welcome center.”

In addition to Masson, welcome center committee members are John Behrer, Shaw Nature Reserve; Di-ane Goode, travel photogra-pher; Jo Schaper, River Hills Traveler assistant editor; Brenda Wiesehan, Meramec Valley History Museum rep-resentative; Brian Knight, Chamber of Commerce rep-resentative; Alderman Jerry Eversmeyer; and City Engi-neer Dan Rahn.

Adams appointed the committee to develop a plan to open and operate a wel-come center.

“The welcome center is not dead,” Adams said. “If more people can see the plan that the committee has outlined for a welcome center it’s possible a part-nership could be formed for some civic groups to join the city in developing a welcome center.”

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Sisters Sell Family TreasureTina Pittman and her sister Melissa Williams show off

an antique push toy, a stuffed dog on wheels that their parents gave to Pittman 25 years ago in their booth at the Nov. 3 St. Louis Street flea market show. “I think they paid $200 for it at the time. It was very old even then,” Pittman said. Missourian Photo.

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Donates to Senior CenterC.W. Porter presented a check for $1,000 to Jeannie

Guffey, Tri-County Senior Center administrator, during the Nov. 11 Veterans Day celebration. The donation was from the Catawissa VFW Post. Missourian Photo.

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Gray Summit United Methodist Women will hold their 20th annual Christ-mas Cookie Sale on Satur-day, Dec. 1, from 9 a.m. to

noon.Buyers select their own

cookies and other sweets and the cost is $7 per pound.

For advance orders, con-tact Pat at 636-742-4897 or Laverne at 636-451-4840.

Gray Summit United

Methodist Church is located at 204 Ford St., off Highway 100, one mile east of the In-terstate 44 exit.

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEFThe Pacific High School Key Club turned the tables on traditional Halloween trick-

or-treat visits, by saying “no thanks” to candy and asking for money for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNI-CEF). The teens dressed in costumes and went door to door to explain the work that UNICEF does. In front, from left, are Alexis Sutton, Tina Ruedlin, Katelyn Rochat, and Emma Tomnitz as the Statue of Liberty. In back is Mauri Truesdell, Key Club sponsor. The club raised $237.47.

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Puppet Troupe Performs Members of Word2U Ministries gathered to perform a puppet theater of religious

and patriotic songs for the Nov. 11, Tri-County Senior Center Veterans Day celebra-tion. Family members came along for support. Seated, from left, are Ethan Evler-Cor-bett, Brittany Corbett, Alicia Corbett, Matt Corbett, Millie Janes, Laverne Calvin and Bruce Calvin. Standing, from left, are Mikayla Sanders, Stephanie Stradford, Joshua Corbett, Brendon Sanders, Jordan Corbett and Mike Calvin. Missourian Photo.

Pacific Manufacturing Firm Set to Get Major Order From SubwayBy Pauline MassonPacific Editor

The 37,900 international Subway stores are set to or-der three restaurant items from a Pacific extruded plas-tics manufacturer, accord-ing to Keith Bruns, Subway franchisee.

Once the order is placed, Aurora Technologies, Inc. (ATI), 19 Industrial Drive, will manufacture cup hold-ers, straw dispensers and cutting boards for approxi-mately all the stores, Bruns said.

Officials of the two firms are working on development of an order for Cambro pans for the stores.

If the Cambro pans are included the order could exceed $37 million a year, Bruns said. The order for the other items would be in the area of $15 million.

Bruns, who chairs the Pacific Industrial Develop-ment Authority (IDA), made the announcement at the Nov. 6 board of aldermen meeting.

“This is another way to

bring new business to Pa-cific,” Bruns said.

He said ATI will receive the order after Jan. 1.

Bruns owns three local Subway franchises in Eu-reka, Pacific and Union and serves on the board of di-rectors of the North Ameri-can Association of Subway Franchisees (NAASF).

“The order has been ap-proved,” Bruns said. “It’s just a matter of whether the DAI, which owns the inter-national Subway stores, or NAASF will place the or-der.”

Bruns said he had tak-en business cards of Tom White, owner of Aurora Technologies, to an NAASF meeting and described his recent tour of the plastics manufacturing firm in Pa-cific.

“It turns out he had pre-viously manufactured some of the items for a distributor who resold them to Subway,” Bruns said. “Selling directly to Subway he can save us quite a bit of money.”

White founded ATI in 1988 and today the com-

pany is the fastest grow-ing plastic fabricator in the United States, according to the firm’s web page. ATI is headquartered in Pacific and has plants in Spartan-burg, S.C., Grand Haven, Mich., Mexico and Canada.

Subway Franchise World Headquarters, LLC, (“FWH”) is an affiliate of and service provider to Doc-tors Associates Inc. (“DAI”) the owner of the SUBWAY® Restaurant System and the SUBWAY® Group which includes 37,000 Subway stores in 98 countries.

Wherever SUBWAY® restaurants are located, the core menu stays relatively the same — with the excep-tion of some cultural and religious variations. World travelers can expect the same ingredients regardless of what nation they are vis-iting.

“The same is true of fix-tures and supplies,” Bruns said. “All 37,000 Subway stores use the same equip-ment. When a product is approved it is for all the stores.”

City Ponders Future Use of Wolf House

Houses Local History MuseumBy Pauline MassonPacific Editor

The city will winterize and shut down the Wolf House, 206 West Union, for the winter giving officials time to determine the future use of the building.

The former residence houses the Mera-mec Valley History Museum, which the city owns and operates.

Officials previously agreed to sell the building to St. Bridget Catholic Church for expansion of the parish elementary school and move the museum, along with a new welcome center, into the Hoven house, 115 West Osage.

Museum volunteers have packed up the historical items for an impending move.

When the sale of the Wolf property fell through and the city found itself with two former residential buildings, officials de-cided to put the Hoven property on the market and placed a 90-day request for bids on the building.

During a presentation on a proposed welcome center, Pauline Masson, commit-tee chair, said it had been the consensus of the committee that a more practical build-ing for a combination welcome center/his-tory museum would be the Red Cedar Inn, which is currently for sale.

“We devised the business plan so that it could be put into effect in any building,”

Masson said.Adams said he is hopeful that some sort

of partnership could be put together for the development and operation of a welcome center.

Previous attempts for the city to buy the Red Cedar, although supported by citizens, have failed.

“We’re not going to do anything in the museum building until spring,” Alderman Mike Pigg said, “so it makes sense to close it down.”

Alderman Walter Arnette said the city should go ahead and replace the furnace in the building, which would cost approxi-mately $9,000.

But Tim Baker, chairman of the city’s tourism commission, asked aldermen to consider buying one building to serve both purposes.

“As the chair of the tourism commission I see where the tourism tax money goes and the number of requests there are for funds,” Baker said. “I say, instead of spend-ing $9,000 on a building that you may be selling in a few months, put that money to-ward a building that will serve the purpose of a welcome center/museum.”

Adams said the city is temporarily com-mitted to selling the Hoven property.

“We can’t go forward with any plans for a welcome center until the 90 days are up,” Adams said.

Students Cast BallotsStudents at Riverbend School participated in Kids Vote 2012, a nationwide program

that is locally sponsored by Schnucks. Students voted online for all local and national races Monday, Nov. 5. Seated, from left, are Rhiannon Eilers, Alex Rossomanno and Caroline Brinker. Standing is Josh Grodie, Kids Vote coordinator, Riverbend Politics Club sponsor and special education teacher. Missourian Photo. Library Hosting Program

On Thanksgiving LeftoversSome people think turkey

is really about leftovers, ac-cording to staffers at the Pa-cific Public Library, so they are organizing a Saturday morning community get-to-gether based on how to use leftover turkey.

On Saturday, Nov. 17,

from 10 to 11 a.m. the Pa-cific Library, 119 West St. Louis St., will host “soup mix in a jar” and show pa-trons a fun way to use their leftover turkey.

Participants are also asked to bring their favor-ite leftover turkey recipes to

share with others.Library staffers also will

share tips and trivia about Thanksgiving.

For more information about the program, or to make a reservation, call the Pacific Library at 636-257-2712.

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