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LIFESTYLE LETTER

MAY 2021 PUBLISHER

Gordon Montgomery gordon.montgomery@lifestylepubs.com Kelley Lamm | kelley.lamm@lifestylepubs.com

Applauding Women!

Judy Peters | judy.peters@lifestylepubs.com

EDITOR

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NOT JUST ON MOTHER’S DAY, BUT EVERY DAY IS A GREAT DAY TO CELE-

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BRATE THE AMAZING WOMEN IN OUR LIVES. In each May issue, St. Charles

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County Lifestyle celebrates the achievements, courage, talents and resilience of the

Emily Lisenbee

women in our community. This year’s Women’s Issue pays special tribute to some of

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

the County’s female “essential workers,” who share their thoughts and experiences

Judy Peters, Victoria Babu, Kathleen Kaiser

in coping with this long pandemic on pages 14 - 18.

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Janet Watkins

As Judy Garland said, “Always be a first-rate version of yourself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” The women we’ve highlighted are a true illustration of this, including two local authors and an entrepreneur whose stories are both inspiring and encouraging. These remarkable role models remind us just how awesome women are. Let’s always recognize that in each other and truly honor our incredible sisters, remarkable girlfriends or co-workers, and of course, our amazing moms. Happy Spring St. Charles County!

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INSIDE THE ISSUE MAY 2021

FEATURES 14 Appreciating Our Essential Workers Paying Tribute to Some of the Amazing Women in Our Community

22 Pure Form Beauty A Relaxing Escape in Cottleville

28 Local Children's Book Author Family Provides Her Inspiration

36 Author Valerie Battle Kienzle Capturing St. Louis' Pivotal Role in Fashion

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A Habitat Home for LuWanda Jarmon Family Habitat for Humanity of St. Charles County recently hosted a Work Day and took in-kind donationsto help LuWanda Jarmon in building a ‘forever home’ in St. Peters. Selected in 2020, Jarmon has worked hard to meet the Habitat homeowner requirements, which include 350 sweat-equity hours in the construction of the home, as well as going through the process of securing an affordable mortgage.

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Spruce Up Your Golf Cart for the Summer The Bridge, 3257 Domain St., is hosting a Golf Cart Wash, Saturday, May 15 from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (rain date May 22). $20 donation suggested; benefitting The St. Charles Crisis Nursery. One can also donate at TheBridge-Online.org. The Bridge is a faith-based nonprofit Fair Trade Market, Coffee House and Faith Community located in the center of New Town.

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LIVE THEATRE RETURNS TO STAGES ST. LOUIS Stages St. Louis announces its revised 2021 season, with ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE August 6-September 5 and JERSY BOYS September 24-October 24. "Despite the challenges of the past year, I cannot imagine a better way to celebrate a return to live theatre than with our 35th Anniversary Season premiering at our new home in the Ross Family Theatre at The Kirkwood Performing Arts Center," says Jack Lane, executive producer. Ticket sales start May 17 at StagesStLouis.org/2021-season/.

GRANT AWARDEES ANNOUNCED The Community and Children's Resource Board

with realistic-looking fossils for those who have always

of St. Charles County announces its Children's

wanted to try out archaeology and learn everything

Trust Fund license plate grant awardees for 2021:

about dinosaur fossils. Admission is $5.95 per guest

The Child Center (Teen Safety Matters staff train-

(over age two). All guests who wish to visit the zoo

ing and supplies) $4000, Community Living, Inc.

must make an online reservation for no charge.

(recreation equipment for respite center) $2,275, Crisis Nursery (transportation and car seats) $1850, and Our Lady's Inn (food expenses) $4000.

GRAND HALL MURAL AT THE FOUNDRY ART CENTRE Visitors to the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles can enjoy a new Grand Hall mural, created by Edo Rosenblith, a St. Louis-based, Israel-born artist who received his MFA in Visual Art from Washington University. Edo says he drew inspiration from the seasons and a wide variety of art historical and popular culture references – everything from Baroque paintings to Japanese woodblock prints, the hair in The Bride of Frankenstein to a scene in Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories, Vess Cola, and punk rock fashion. For information and Foundry hours: FoundryArtCentre.org/ edo-rosenblith-four-women-for-three-seasons.

GNL CELEBRATES FIRST YEAR ST. LOUIS TEEN TALENT COMPETITION Zoe Meier, a Francis Howell North student,

through online programming for women, by

has advanced to the Final Round in the Fox

women. GNL launched in 2020 at the start of the

Performing Arts Charitable Foundation’s 11th

pandemic to help provide an earning platform for

Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition. Fourteen

women whose income was compromised, through

acts (20 students) will move on to the finals, per-

the reach of an online audience. Since its inception,

forming on the Fabulous Fox Stage for a specialN-

GNL has amplified the voices and talents of women

inePBS broadcast to air later this spring.

worldwide, hosting weekly programs reaching an

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The Saint Louis Zoo has introduced a dynamic

experts, participate in live women-owned business

temporary exhibit featuring 16 stationary and anima-

shopping segments, or simply unwind and connect

tronic dinosaurs, including a life-size Triceratop and

with amazing women from around the world. You

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FUNNY BONE BRINGS LAUGHS TO ST. CHARLES

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St. Louis Funny Bone Comedy Club will join the

a.m. - 6:00 p.m. All meals, field trips, and special

entertainment lineup at Streets of St. Charles this

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AUDRA, a women’s ready-to-wear fashion brand

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Dress for Success Midwest to contribute new

Kubach states that the fun atmosphere and eve-

women’s shirting designed by AUDRA and made

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in the NYC-garment district. Kathy Lambert,

attracted him to the development. “We will strive

Connections to Success and Dress for Success

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Midwest’s co-founder and former CEO, shared

familiar high-profile comics that people love.”

that meeting Audra and partnering with her was a dream come true. "She understands the struggle of women, and is guided by her heartfelt faith to help provide pathways to economic success for women and their families," she says. In championing Dress for Success Midwest’s commitment to giving its clients confidence, Audra Danielle Noyes, AUDRA founder/CEO explains, “When I met Kathy, her passion for her community and clients was palpable and infectious, and it was the natural choice as a long-term partner. In my years as a solely funded entrepreneur, it took support from so many women - customers, teammates, mentors - to champion me and help me get to where I am today.”

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PAYING TRIBUTE TO SOME OF THE AMAZING WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY

IN THIS ANNUAL WOMEN’S ISSUE, WE WANTED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO HAVE SHOWN AMAZING ATTITUDES, STAMINA, PATIENCE AND CREATIVITY IN DEALING WITH ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES IN OUR RECENT HISTORY. We’ve highlighted just a sampling of those workers, chosen by the community, to be featured here. And what better way to show you their hearts than with their own thoughts and words when asked about their experience during this COVID-19 pandemic: Jen Stuhlman is a firefighter for the Cottleville Fire Protection District. She says one of her greatest challenges has been the “social distance” they’ve had to keep from people and wearing masks, especially during 911 calls. “Often times, when we’re called to respond to emergencies, people are emotionally distraught or completely panicked. The ability to express empathy, comfort and reassurance is in part done through facial expression; a smile or an understanding look. While having that small gesture compromised doesn’t impact the actions we take, I think it does make coping with the emergency more difficult for the people involved,” she explains. CONTINUED >

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HOMETOWN HERO (CONTINUED) “I’m incredibly honored and humbled to be able to serve our community and count myself as blessed to be able to do so. However, it’s never lost on me, that while the service I provide is considered ‘essential,’ not all workers and businesses are able to be considered that. What we all share is a responsibility to provide for our families and loved ones. I hope we are able to return to a healthy and safe ‘normal’ as soon as possible.” Kimberlyn Tihen is a paramedic for the St. Charles County Ambulance District. As a Mobile Integrated Health Captain, she has been vaccinating first responders, as well as those in Independent Living Facilities in St. Charles County. “My greatest challenge has been trying to meet our patients’ needs when so many of their community resources have been shut down during the pandemic. One positive thing I’ve seen in my experience is watching the amazing team of people I work with come together and think outside the box to help our patients. When you work with great people you can overcome any adversity!” Lizzy Stoinksi started her EMT training during the pandemic and is now employed at Total Access Urgent Care. She says her biggest challenge has been balancing the usual needs of patients with the heavy influx of COVID patients. “It’s difficult to create connection and comfort for patients while wearing a mask and them not being able to see me smile,” she says.

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“I’ve learned so much throughout the pandemic and it’s been amazing to see the strength and courage of frontline health care workers. It inspired me to continue and grow in this field. While there’s been tremendous loss, there will be an end to the pandemic and we will be able to hug each other again. That helps me remember that no matter how difficult things can be, there is always hope.” As Director of Health Services at Clarendale Senior Living in St. Peters, Mackenzie Bruner feels her role has always been to keep the staff, residents and their families in good spirits, hopeful and healthy. “But, as a new senior living community opening in the heat of the pandemic, COVID-19 threw us a few curveballs we weren’t expecting,” says Mackenzie. “It taught me how to be an even stronger leader and it shows through the strength and confidence my team has gained while working in such an unexpected situation. I also feel we’ve connected in ways with our seniors that we typically wouldn’t have because we became those people that they relied on, their shoulders to cry on, and ears to listen when their families couldn’t be there with them. Being an essential worker during such a challenging time has been the single most difficult thing I’ve experienced as a nurse, yet such a humbling experience. It has been a pleasure to care for our residents this past year and be there for them in many different facets.” Amanda Grover, an L&D RN at SSM St Joseph’s in Lake St Louis, says it’s been hard dealing with all the “unknowns” of what the virus is capable of doing and living in fear of being a cause for the spread of it. “Working in healthcare, we worry about catching the virus and bringing it home to the family, but my far greatest fear is catching it and giving it to my patients and their newborn babies,” she says. “This virus has been unlike anything ever really seen before and it effects so many different people in so many different ways. Just the thought that I could be the cause of potentially creating that type of heartache to my patient’s lives has been terrifying to me.” But Amanda says a positive aspect of the pandemic is that it has caused families to learn how to reconnect and spend more quality time together. “I also feel it has opened people’s eyes to how short life can be and how easy it is to take everyone and everything for granted. I have always felt blessed to be able to be a nurse and care for people in some of the worst times in their lives. COVID has opened my eyes to just how much more I truly love being able to be there for people and how proud I am to be able to live through God’s mission and touch those who I get to cross paths with. This pandemic has really brought to life how much value ‘essential workers’ bring to the community and makes people really appreciate what others do on a daily basis…and not just those in health care, but teachers, grocery store employees, and frontline workers, just to name a few. Dr. Kate Flick is an OB/GYN at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis. She feels it has been an especially difficult time to work in health care. “When the pandemic began, I had just come back to work from maternity leave. It was really disheartening because normally it would have been a celebratory time. I was ready to see friends and introduce them to my CONTINUED >

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daughter, but instead we had to hunker down with only our immediate family. With three active kids, and being on call to work with pregnant patients, it was emotionally draining. Unfortunately, my baby came down with COVID-19. She was just over a year old when she contracted it from her daycare provider, who was only doing her job so that I could go to work. It was scary, but we got through it. The good thing is we’ve seen kids most of the time do really well against this infection.” She says the outreach and support from the community has been unbelievable. It’s been challenging but also very rewarding. “I’ve also been impressed by the resiliency our nurses and office staff have shown during such a difficult time. They did everything they could to adjust and keep our environments safe for our patients. “I’ve had a few patients ask if it was safe to deliver their baby at the hospital, which is understandable, but I explain to them I work in the hospital every day and feel safe going home to my kids because we follow CDC guidelines and have the proper safety measures in place. SSM Health and the pandemic task force have done a wonderful job supporting us so we can get back to providing our patients with all essential health care services including screenings and wellness visits.” Tina Miller, who has worked in grocery retail for 40 years, currently as Deli/Seafood Manager for Dierbergs, says it’s been hard having to wear a mask all day and trying to communicate. “I think all essential workers are trying their best to do their best. Sometimes things are out of our control and it becomes frustrating for those who don’t know or understand how our businesses work,” says Tina. “But it’s been good spending more quality time with my family since things weren’t open. Everyone was not able to be ‘on the go’ all the time, so that was nice.” Rhiannon McKnight, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Medical Director of Vet Stop Animal Hospital, says it’s been hard not being allowed to let clients enter the hospital. “So much of our practice relates to the human-animal bond and having to leave pet parents outside has been very hard and stressful for both us and them. We had to literally re-invent the way we practiced medicine in just a few days,” says Rhiannon. “But one positive outcome of COVID was that I had the opportunity for my two grown children to come home for extended visits! My daughter lives in New York and my son is at university in Canada. We have spent more quality time together, laughing and playing board games than we have in several years. But I do miss the interaction and genuine friendship of so many of my clients. I can’t thank them enough for their support and understanding. I feel truly privileged to have been able to continue to serve our patients and our community during such unprecedented times. All of us essential workers share the same deep commitment to serving those around us. I’m just doubly blessed that my service is sometimes rewarded with a wagging tail and a puppy cuddle.”

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"In high school, I h ad a writing teacher t h at got me t hinking and got me writing. W riting papers for school was never really fun, but when I h ad somet hing fun t o write, I really enjoyed it."

AFTER TEN YEARS AS A K-12 CLASS-

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to St. Charles Community College and gradu-

ing him or her nervous. So, I got my note-

ated from the University of Missouri-St. Louis

book out and played around with my first

with an elementary education degree. “I

book. Writing passed the time and made the

became a teacher in a rural school district

long hours tolerable.”

for ten years while working toward a master’s

So far, her family has inspired her creative

degree. I loved my students and worked hard

book ideas. She says her first book, Nate

for them. But, teaching just wasn’t what I

Saves the World, came from a joke her hus-

thought it would be,” explains Cori. “Choosing

band told her several years ago. And her next

to leave teaching a few years ago was diffi-

book, The Boo Boo Mystery, was inspired by

cult, but I knew it was the right move for me.”

her young daughter, who for several years,

But while teaching, Cori discovered a

explained every cut or scratch she would

passion for writing stories. “Writing books

get as coming from grasshoppers! Cori still

was never something I longed to do. My cre-

laughs at the memory.

ative background includes music mostly, so

She has several books she’s working

I always imagined myself doing something

on and plans to release in the next year

with that. In high school, I had a writing

or so. You can find more information

teacher that got me thinking and got me

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writing. Writing papers for school was never

on Amazon, as well as her website at

really fun, but when I had something fun to

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write, I really enjoyed it,” says Cori.

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St. Charles County author Valerie Battle Kienzle

Washington University fashion design judging, 1944

By the 20th century, St. Louis was the fourth largest city in the

Decades after the city established itself as

country and Washington Avenue downtown was known as Shoe

a leader in shoes and clothing, Valerie says

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she was surprised to learn how St. Louis

the city twice a year to order dresses and footwear. On Washington

played a role in the junior dress market from

Avenue--I’ve talked to a few people that worked down there at the

the 1930s to the 1960s, thanks in part to the

time who said, literally, you could hear the sound of machines, with

fashion design department at Washington

crowds of people on the streets and in warehouses, windows were

University and a man named Irving L.

open and it was alive and electric with activity.”

Sorger, who worked at the now shuttered

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footwear, hits close to home. Valerie’s husband, Mike, operates a local

the designs these young students had put

factory making safety boots for construction workers. “He’s third

together and used their patterns. He was just

generation,” Valerie explains, “with ties going back to International

wowed by them.”

Shoe Company downtown, which is now the City Museum.”

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6 STARRY STARRY NIGHTS Broemmelsiek Park

Enjoy a night under the stars Thursday, May 6, 7:00 p.m. in Broemmelsiek Park. Hosted by the Greater St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce and St. Charles County Parks. Enjoy a charcuterie box for two and a bottle of wine. Five different telescopes for viewing. $80 for two. Register at: Gstccc.com/events.

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31 MEMORIAL DAY VIRTUAL EVENT Virtual-SPTV

St. Peters Television (SPTV) will broadcast a Memorial Day special on May 31, honoring our American soldiers who gave their lives defending our country. The special will showcase highlights from past Memorial Day ceremonies in St. Peters hosted by its Veterans Memorial Commission. You can watch the special at SPTVnow.net or on Charter Channel 992 or AT&T U-Verse Channel 99.

JUN 7 AUG 6 GOING GREEN AT FOUNDRY ART CENTRE EVENT SEASON IS HERE!

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Come out for the first concert on May 12th with No Diggity & mark your calendar for monthly yoga & markets! While you’re here, visit our unique boutiques & restaurants.

team-building, develop artistic skills,

The Foundry Art Centre offers a unique summer art camp, June 7- August 6, where art and activities encourage and present innovative ways art impacts the world. This green-themed art camp promotes eco-art focused on reducing, reusing and recycling. Students (K-8) will combine science and art to draw, sculpt, and create original art. Register at: FoundryArtCentre.org/art-camp.

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REALTY REPORT NEIGHBORHOOD

ST. CHARLES COUNTY REALTY REPORT

ORIGINAL PRICE

SOLD PRICE

%SOLD/ORIG DOM BDRMS BATHS

Grey Oaks - Grey Oaks Dr.

$1,115,000

$1,085,000

Whitmoor Country Club - Loughmor Pass

$885,000

100

Sycamore Creek - Willow Run

$825,000

100

167

Chateau du Bois - Rue De Vin

$760,000

$755,000

248

Sycamore Creek - Crescent Oak Ct.

$725,000

$720,000

Inverness - Castle Stuart Ct.

$650,000

$712,197

109

Way Side Meadows - Abby Kate Ln.

$700,000

$695,000

167

Camelot - Cornwall Dr.

$700,000

$657,220

Vlgs at Sandfort Farm - Lone Cedar Ct.

$649,900

$635,000

Woodmere at the Bluffs - Woodmere Pt Ct.

$675,000

$605,000

Legends Pointe - Amador Ct.

$593,790

$596,760

101

New Town - Galt House Dr.

$575,000

100

LSL Islands - Edgewater Island

$599,900

$570,000

105

Amber Meadows - Brook Hollow Dr.

$549,900

$564,900

102

Pinewoods Est - Myatt Dr.

$555,795

$556,025

100

Inverness - Royal Inverness Pkwy

$553,365

$554,332

100

Stonecroft - Hesters Ct.

$539,000

$551,000

102

Bear Creek - Broken Rock Dr.

$530,000

$550,000

104

Harmony Ridge - Harmony View Dr.

$550,000

100

Heritage Trails - Lexington Landing Ct.

$559,000

$540,000

141

Westchester Farm - Canterfield

$530,000

100

Madison Park - Lake Side View Ln.

$509,500

$522,500

103

Information is a sampling of data from the MLS from 3/11/21-4/8/21

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