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Over the holidays, Main Street comes to life with international Santas, legends of literature and the beautiful voices of Christmas Carolers. Each is eager to share a bit of Christmas history and give you their personal trading card as a keepsake —try and collect them all. CITY News- 2 Foundry Art Old Fashioned Shopping & Lantern-Lit Caroling Procession Centre Annual During your enchanting visit – be sure to experience… Holiday Concert · The Town Crier announcing special events and activities. Sat., December 13 at 8:00 p.m. · “The Legends of Christmas” - Visitors may encounter Sun., December 14 Victorian Santa, Civil War Santa, Frontier Santa, Saint Nicholas, at 3:00 p.m. Pere Noel, Father Christmas, Scandinavian Santa, Mrs. Claus, For more information, Santa Lucia, The Town Crier, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, Ebenezer contact Foundry Art Centre, Scrooge, The Master of Revels, Clara and The Nutcracker, The 520 North Main Center, Snow Queen, Jack Frost, Flower Girls and The Sugarplum Fairy. St. Charles, or call · Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Join (636) 255-0270. Santa, Carolers and other characters for a one-of-a-kind shop- ping experience on Main Street. On these evenings, shops and restaurants stay open until 9 p.m. · Let the warm and toasty smell of fresh roasted chestnuts lead you to the 600 block of South Main, where you’ll find St. Charles’ beloved Chestnut Roaster. · New Character for 2008 ~ Christmas Angel Trains on Main · Collectible Character Cards handed out from each Christmas Featuring Traditions Character. Collect them all! Santa’s Train Land

FOR AN ONLINE VERSION OF THE CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS BROCHURE, GO TO: Fridays - Dec. 5-19 -- 5 - 9 p.m. WWW.STCHARLESCHRISTMAS.COM Saturdays - Nov. 29 - Dec. 20 11 a. m. - 5 p.m. ~The Kissing Ball~ Sundays - Noon - 5 p.m. Trains & Located at the Treasures Calling all couples, 200 block of North Main at Washington. The Frenchtown Heritage sweethearts and honeys! You won't want to Museum, 1121 North Second A Christmas visit to St. Charles miss this interactive, 0-27 Street, hosts its sixth annual is the perfect opportunity to fall model train layout Trains & Treasures exhibit. featuring animated in love or rekindle the joys of yes- figures. This year's layout consists of a teryear by meeting your loved one Victorian winter scene, a Santa Parade— Circus theme and a Western under the Kissing Ball. Nestled Santa Parade— Saturdays & theme. Also running on the under the center roof of the beau- Sundays track is a replica of the biggest tifully preserved gazebo in the at 1:30 p.m. train engine ever built, entitled 400 Block of S. Main Street, The Starts at Boone’s Lick & Main, ends the "Big Boy." In addition, Kissing Ball is a bundle of in the 200 block of S. Main in there is an exhibit of old toys Berthold Square. Enjoy the and Christmas holiday cards. mistletoe, holly, ribbon and ever- pageantry of a live parade led by For more information, please greens that is recognized as one the Lewis & Clark Fife and Drum call (636) 946-8682. of the earliest holiday decorations Corps and topped off with Santa & Mrs. Claus in a horse-drawn adopted into American life. Mrs. Claus in a horse-drawn carriage. CITY News-3 WINTER EXTRAVAGANZA “ BE A STAR . . . JOB FAIR “STEPPIN’ OUT CHICAGO” TUESDAY, TOUR MAY 15-18, 2009 DECEMBER 30, 2008 WINTER Tour Includes: 1 PM - 3 PM —3 nights accomodation at CAMP Radisson Northbrook AMERICAN LEGION ROOM —Full American Breakfast Daily AT MEMORIAL HALL IN —Luggage handling at the hotel 2008 —Certified Chicago Guide BLANCHETTE PARK —Dinner at Buca di Beppo COME ONE, COME ALL —Spelling Bee (musical) —Highlights tour with Gold Coast & DECEMBER Bring your friends to learn about the Oprah Sites exciting Job Opportunities available —Oprah Store 22, 23, 29, 30, 31 for Spring and Summer 2009 with the —Gangster Tour St. Charles Parks & Recreation —Surprise Treat WAPELHORST Department. —Historic Church Tour PARK Information about the following posi- —Dinner in Greektown tions will be available at the Winter —Latin Street Dance Lessons Extravaganza: —Shedd Aquarium and Wild Reef —Navy Pier Camp: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Concession Stand Workers; —Hancock Observatory & Multi- *begin in March Sunrise (6:30-9 a.m.) & Lifeguards & Swim Instructors— Media Tour Sunset (3-6 p.m.) Camp Available *May-Sept. —Magnificent Mile Come join us for our first Day Camp Counselors—May- —Architecture Cruise (boat ride) “Be a Star: Winter Camp.” *August —Dinner & show at Tommy Gun’s Kindergarteners to 12-year-olds wel- Sports Instructors—Begin in —Cuneo Museum *January come. Five days of nonstop fun. —Long Grove Camp is located at Wapelhorst Park To work for the City of St. Charles $705 pp double occupancy— in the Gould Building. you must be 16 years of age. $50 deposit per person due to hold your spot. REGISTER TODAY!! Two days will have fun-filled field Applications for Summer 2009 will be trips. accepted & if hired, you may begin “Washington, D.C.” working when you turn 16. June 9-17, 2009 The remaining days will have daily themes along with matching Call the office at (636) 949-3372 —A visit to “The Greenbrier Country Club” & activities. Some of the activities if you have any questions. Tour “The Bunker” (Gov’t. secret project) —Three days, nights in Washington, D.C. area include ornament making, cooking, —Sightseeing Tour of the Washington “snow” games, holiday movies and Mall & all the Monuments much more. RELOADABLE GIFT CARDS —Visit to Arlington National Cemetery & AVAILABLE!! the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier GREAT gift idea or use at any —Visit to Historic Alexandria, Virginia Monday, Dec. 22: Creation Station of our Park Concession Stands and —Visit to Mount Vernon, the estate of our Tuesday, Dec. 23: Science Center & Aquatic Centers for Concessions or first president—George Washington IMAX Admissions. Available in any amount —Visit to the Smithsonian Institution with Monday, Dec. 29: Crazy Concoctions of $5 or more!! several museums and a possible White Tuesday, Dec. 30: Snow Day Fun House Tour Wednesday, Dec. 31: City Museum REGISTER ON THE WEB!! —An overnight stay in Pittsburgh, PA with Field Trip a tour of the Phipps Conservatory —Register On-Line at —A stop in central Ohio to visit the www.stcharlesparks.com Longaberger Basket Factory $83 per resident for all five days for park trips, facilities or programs. —A stop in French Lick, Indiana with an $93 per nonresident for all five days From the home page of the web overnight stay at “French Lick Resort & Sunrise & Sunset $20 each or both site, click the Register or Login Now Casino” for $30 icon and follow the directions. —Plenty of free time for shopping $1,495 pp—double occupancy REGISTER TODAY—949-3372 or at Call (636) 949-3372 or visit www.stcharlesparks.com www.stcharlesparks.com CITY News-4 BOSCHERT GREENWAY DEDICATION BUSINESS OCTOBER 22, 2008 BRIEFS . . . . AIR PRODUCTS Mayor York and the St. Charles City Council recently made a collaborative announcement with Air Products of Lehigh Valley, PA regarding a new pro- duction facility to be located at Fountain Lakes Commerce Center. Air Products will locate its new facility on 12 acres of land in Fountain Lakes just off Highway 370 on the north side of the city. The facility will be built in two From Fox Hill Park across to New Town Boulevard and Fountain Lakes Park, phases with Phase I of the project to Great Rivers Greenway has constructed a two-mile paved trail for walking, include a 98,047 square foot building, biking and roller blading. The trail is now open to the general public. and Phase II incorporating a 171,790 square foot facility at the site. The Millstone Company is the ST. CHARLES PARK TRIPS — owner/developer of Fountain Lakes. Korte Construction, the building con- NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WEST tractor on the project, is slated to have CTOBER Phase I completed by mid 2009, with OCTOBER 4-14, 2009 Phase II of the new plant to be on- stream in early 2010. Fly into Phoenix, Arizona and meet Charter Motorcoach upon arrival; take STREETS OF ST. CHARLES the train from Williams, AZ to Grand Canyon and return to Williams, AZ. On Nov. 17, public officials, developers Sights we will see, include: and civic leaders gathered to break . Grand Canyon National Park ground on the first phase of what will . Canyonlands National Park become one of the city’s most important . Arches National Park commercial, business, residential and . Bryce Canyon National Park entertainment centers, the Streets of . Zion National Park St. Charles. The event was hosted by . Capital Reef National Park Peoria-based developer Cullinan . Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Properties Ltd. Streets of St. Charles . Cedar Breaks National Monument will incorporate all the attractive com- . Montezuma Castle National Monument ponents desired in an active mixed-use center on 26 acres surrounded by, and . Monument Valley with excellent accessibility from, . Dead Horse Point State Park Interstate 70, South Fifth Street and We will spend two nights in Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip Main Street. Plans include a premium Lots of free time for shopping. We will fly out of Las Vegas for home. hotel and conference center, 250,000 $2,795 pp—double occupancy square feet of retail and entertainment REGISTER TODAY— (636) 949-3372 or at www.stcharlesparks.com space, another 250,000 square feet of Class A office space and more than 750 residential units. Phase I of the project is scheduled to open in 2010.

COMING SEPTEMBER 9-12, 2009 STRATEGIC PLANNING The City’s Strategic Planning process FOUR-DAY MYSTERY TRIP!!! that officially started some seven Call (636) 949-3372 to be put on a mailing list for this trip. An itinerary will months ago is now coming to fruition. be sent to you when available. A number of citizens have been working on the plan in a collective effort to You may also put yourself on the mailing list using our on-line registration develop recommendations on how we program at www.stcharlesparks.com You will be told that the activity is can make an already great community FULL, continue on with process to be wait listed. even better. During mid-November, the Issue Groups formed at the September CITY News-5 Town Hall Meeting completed their goals sessions, area residents can cur- female to serve three consecutive and objectives based on the following Top rently view a variety of meetings, terms); this represents the third Ten Issue Groups: including Board of Adjustment, year in a row that Mayor York was —Transportation Planning & Zoning Commission and named #1 in this readership poll. —City Services Landmarks Board along with other Best Firefighter —Infrastructure City video programs. 1. Battalion Chief Harry Fry — (36 yrs) —Arts & Culture AT&T U-verse — the St. Charles 3. Chief Ernie Rhodes — (6 yrs) —Recreation & Leisure access cable channel, named Best Police Officer —Riverfront stcharlescitymo.govTV, will be 2. Captain Bob Boerding — (3.5 yrs) —Economic Development available to residents in the next 3. Officer Jim Schweppe — (retired —Environmental Sustainability 30-60 days, further enhancing local in 2008 with 29 years) —Housing information choices. AT&T U- —Education verse subscribers will find Local Event/Festival (For a complete timeline associated with stcharlescitymo.govTV on 1. Festival of the Little Hills — strategic planning, visit the city’s website Channel 99 at SAINT CHARLES Aug. 21-23, 2009 at www.stcharlescitymo.gov and refer CITY (MO); LINDENWOOD U TV. 3. Oktoberfest — Sept. 25-27, 2009 to Strategic Planning under the Residents will have the ability to Place for a First Date Residents tab.) view public, educational and gov- 1. Main Street St. Charles Goals and objectives will be tabulated ernment access channels from com- (www.historicstcharles.com) and presented to the Strategic Planning munities across the St. Louis metro Place to Take Visitors Group (SPG) members for further analy- region. 1. Main Street St. Charles sis. The SPG will then begin the process (www.historicstcharles.com) of writing and finalizing a first draft of LIFE RESOURCE GUIDE Public Parks the Strategic Plan. The City of St. Charles in conjunction 1. McNair — 98 acres, 3050 Droste Rd A Final Town Hall Meeting will be held with the Citizen’s with Disabilities 2. Blanchette — 44 acres, 1900 West in late January to reveal the initial plan Advisory Board introduced their Randolph Street results, and ALL are welcome to attend newly produced Life Resource Guide 3. Wapelhorst — 78 acres, 1875 and provide further input and feedback. on Nov. 18. This unique compilation Muegge Road If you are interested, please call the of resources — entitled the For more information related to the Strategic Planning Hotline at Accessibility Guidebook for People many fine green spaces in town, go (636) 255-6138. with Disabilities — contains informa- to www.stcharlesparks.com. tion outlining a variety of resources, The final draft of the Plan will be presented including City Services, Dining, to City Council for consideration and Congratulations to all of the Lodging, Entertainment and approval during first quarter of 2009. St. Charles area business owners Transportation. The resource section and related service providers recog- TECHNOLOGY UPDATE of the guide is extensive, covering nized as a part of this readership Earlier this fall, the City launched a new Employment and a wide range of top- survey. In addition to the Money web site — for your easy reference, the new ics related to Independent Living. Magazine announcement, address is www.stcharlescitymo.gov. For more information or to request a St. Charles received several other Developed by Quilogy, an international copy, please call (636) 949-3222. national kudos in 2008, including: internet service company headquartered on Main Street, the new format repre- LOCAL READERSHIP POLL . CNNMoney.com sents the second major redesign of the St. Charles was named earlier this September 2008 City’s web site since its inception in year by Money Magazine as being Top 25 Best Places for Affordable 1996. On the heels of this announcement among the 100 Best Places to live Homes come several additional technology in the nation. Consequently, it St. Charles — #24 enhancements, including: should come as no surprise that . U.S. News & World Report Email — the city’s e-mail system was our city received a number of top November 2008 recently upgraded to Microsoft’s e-mail accolades in the 13th annual Best Places to Retire software, Outlook, with servers relocated Suburban Journal Best of St. . BusinessWeek to ensure a more robust and secure com- Charles County readership poll. November 2008 puter infrastructure. Here are the St. Charles city high- Best Places to Raise Your Kids Video Streaming — in mid-November, lights from the Nov. 2 edition of St. Charles — 2nd runner up in MO live and archived opportunities were the newspaper (top picks were made available online enabling citizens to ranked first, second and third): As we kick off 200 years as an incor- view City Council and other meeting videos porated city in 2009, there should directly via the city’s website, without hav- Best Public Official be no doubt in anyone’s mind that ing to subscribe to a video service 1. Mayor Patti York — currently St. Charles truly is a top-notch provider. In addition to City Council serving third term as mayor (first place to live, work and play! CITY News-6 JOHN KNOLL FILLS JERRY RUSE JOINS POSITION OF MANAGER, PUBLIC WORKS 1966-2008 RETAIL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS REMEMBERING John Knoll has joined the City of ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OFFICER GRANT JANSEN St. Charles to serve in the capacity of Earlier this year, Manager, Retail Development. This Jerry Ruse joined newly created position in the Depart- the City of St. ment of Economic Development reports Charles to serve to director Nadine Boon. Knoll’s appoint- in the capacity of ment was effective this past August. Assistant Director “We couldn’t be happier to have this new of Public Works. position on board,” said Boon. “John’s This established position reports to direc- experience in a number of areas, includ- tor Debra Aylsworth. ing historic dis- “We are pleased that Jerry is an integral tricts and tax credits will be an member of Public Works,” said invaluable asset Aylsworth. “His vast experience in to the City of St. municipal engineering has already Charles. He also proved an invaluable asset to the City of comes to us with St. Charles. Jerry comes to us with more a wide range of than 42 years in both large and medium- expertise in real sized municipal experience. Due to his estate, which is essential to our city’s varied background, he’s had the opportu- future. He’s a terrific sales person and nity to be involved in a broad range of will do well on both the recruitment and city-wide functions over the years.” retention fronts,” she said. Officer Grant Jansen was with the During his career, Ruse has served as St. Charles Police Department for Knoll joins the city staff with a decade of 13 years. For the past seven, experience in business development and City Engineer and Utility Superintendent Jansen served our city in the both commercial and residential real for the city of Miami, OK; Engineering estate. During his career, he has served Supervisor for the city of Joplin, MO; City capacity of a K-9 officer. Here he as Director of Business Development for Engineer and Assistant City Administrator is pictured with his police dog, Electrical Connection, Right of Way in Webb City, MO; and in two separate Czar. Together, Jansen and Czar Project Representative for St. Louis capacities for the city of Los Angeles, CA, would patrol area highways for County Government Department of including Harbor Engineer and Civil possible drug trafficking. We Highways and Traffic, Director of Real Engineer. Ruse also formerly owned extend our sincere condolences to Estate Development for Grand Center, PRT and Associates, a private engineer- the Jansen family and send a Inc., Development Coordinator for ing company, in San Pedro, CA. heartfelt salute in honor of Officer Pyramid Construction, Inc., and Jansen for his dedicated service to Owner/Developer of Ludwig Lofts, LLC. “It is a privilege to be on the St. Charles the City of St. Charles. “It is an honor to be selected for the St. team, and have the opportunity to be a Charles job, and have the opportunity to part of our city’s future,” Ruse said. “It is a be a part of the city’s future retail devel- pleasure to manage the city’s day-to-day opment,” Knoll said. “I look forward to operations as it relates to the planning, construction and maintenance of the public Wapelhorst Lake working with current and prospective infrastructure in our city, including city- The grounds at Wapelhorst Lake have business owners to ensure St. Charles owned utilities,” he said. recently been refurbished with new walking continues to be a viable and vibrant eco- trails, bridges, fishing access for persons nomic center,” he said. Ruse holds an associate of arts degree with disabilities, and new landscaping. in engineering from Santa Ana Fishing available Spring, 2009. Knoll attended the University of Missouri- Community College in Santa Ana, CA, St. Louis, with a concentration in the and a bachelor of science in engineering areas of business and science. He holds from the University of California at Long a Real Estate Brokers License from the Beach. His professional licensures American School of Real Estate. He is a include, California Engineering former member of the board of directors Registration, Missouri Engineering for Lucas Heights Partnership/Harris Registration, Oklahoma Engineering Stowe College and a former member of Registration and Oklahoma Floodplain the steering committee for the Bluemeyer/ Administrator Certification. He is a fellow Hope VI Project. A 1994 Olympic Festival of the American Society of Civil volunteer, Knoll is an alumnae of Pi Engineers and a member of the Kappa Alpha Fraternity and an active tri- American Water Works Association and athlete and marathon runner. the American Public Works Association. CITY News-7 CITY UPGRADES CONTRACT WITH ALLIED WASTE SERVICES St. Charles residents to have easy access to solid waste, recycling and optional yard waste services.

The City of St. Charles is pleased to announce a contract upgrade with Allied Waste Services – a local company commit- ted to providing the highest quality serv- ice, in an environmentally responsible manner. Thanks to the input and due diligence of a volunteer task force, the city’s enhanced contract with Allied Waste will be effective January 1, 2009, and will include the following: . Once a week solid waste pick up . Once a week curbside recycling pick up . Once a week yard waste pick up (optional) Single family homeowners in St. Charles will Standing left to right: Mike Klinghammer-Ward 8, Richard Veit-Ward 1, benefit from a 20% cost reduction, as the Laurie Feldman-Ward 3, Michael T. Weller-Ward 5, Erv Ermeling-Ward 10 current price of $18.23 will be reduced to Seated left to right: Dave Beckering-Ward 7, Jerry E. Reese-Ward 6, $14.48 per month for solid waste disposal Larry Muench-Ward 2, Bob Kneemiller-Ward 4, Ron Stivison-Ward 9 and curbside recycling. REDUCE—REUSE— Xmas Tree Pickup In addition, the city will provide single- RECYCLE On Wednesday, Jan. 7 and 14, Allied stream recycling pick up, which means all Waste will pick up Christmas trees. recyclable materials – paper, glass, Don’t forget, the holidays represent the Those trees longer than 6-ft. need to perfect time to fine-tune your personal aluminum and most types of plastic – can be cut in half. As always, all orna- go into one container. recycling measures. After all, there are many items that can be recycled this ments, tinsel, or lights should be The price for the optional yard waste pro- time of year, including wrapping paper removed from the tree before placing gram will increase from $8.09 per month and boxes. Stay tuned for details at the curb. to $8.54, but residents will have the regarding an upcoming four-part series Cemetery Clean Up opportunity to put out as many as 10 bags on the subject of recycling: per pick up. Plus, the yard waste pick ups . Recycling in the home The City of St. Charles has will be extended to 10 months of the year, . Recycling in the community announced its 2009 cemetery clean- from March 1 through December 31. . Where does all that recycling go? up schedule, as follows: February . Green building 15, April 1, July 1 and November 1. This family-friendly, educational program Earlier this year, the City Council appoint- On clean-up dates, all decorations ed a committee to study the different pos- is being presented by the St. Charles Adult Education Program. Look for fur- will be removed and stored at the sibilities for trash services in the city. maintenance shed where lot owners What we found after studying these ther information in a separate brochure can retrieve them at their conven- processes in other communities, is if scheduled for delivery in December. ience. Decorations will be held for there’s proactive education coupled with a Allied Waste 30 days after which time they will be concerted effort to do more recycling, then Holiday Service Schedule disposed. Area residents can most communities have found that a Christmas Day–Thurs, Dec 25, 2008 once-a-week trash pick up is more than redecorate grave sites after the Mon routes will not be affected adequate. clean-up process is complete. Tues routes will not be affected Wed routes will not be affected The City will continue to follow this For more information: clean-up schedule as items such as City of St. Charles Thurs routes pick up on Fri, Dec 26 Fri routes pick up on Sat, Dec 27 toys, glass vases, ornaments, items (636) 255-6142 or made of porcelain, glass or other New Year’s Day –Thurs, Jan 1, 2009 www.stcharlescitymo.gov breakable materials are not allowed. Mon routes will not be affected For more information, please feel Tues routes will not be affected Allied Waste Services free to stop by the cemetery or Wed routes will not be affected (636) 947-5959 or contact the office directly at Thurs routes pick up Fri, Jan 2 www.stl.disposal.com (636) 724-2092. Fri routes pick up Sat, Jan 3 of town, and the Missouri decided to when you cross the Blanchette challenge the banks of Frontier Park Bridge. The St. Charles billboard is in September. Despite the fallout located on the Cullinan Property at from these events, we were fortunate Streets of St. Charles (the former as neighbors to the west of us were Noah’s Ark site at Fifth Street). There much harder hit. Plus, our hearts are lots of exciting opportunities to went out to folks on the Texas coast highlight here in town and this is just affected by Hurricane damage; to help the beginning. the cause, we sent brave members of our Fire Department to assist in the As we prepare to take our first steps aftermath of that storm. into 2009, I wish you all the best the- - Our new Community Freedom coming year has to offer. We’re in Success in St. Charles Center was approved by virtue of the final planning stages of our Bicentennial celebration, which will —Take Time to Celebrate Proposition C during the August 4 special election. I am happy to report give all of us an opportunity to cele- 2008 -- the year’s that St. Charles and Show Me brate the city’s 1809 incorporation. highlights at-a-glance Aquatics and Fitness are jointly build- ing and managing our 125,000- So stay tuned for a complete round The year-end holidays are a time for square-foot facility. An oversight com- up of plans, including a whirlwind 200 reflection, and this year is no excep- mittee comprising myself along with events in 200 days. Our planning tion. Oh, sure, there’s plenty to members of the St. Charles City committee has a host of family-friend- grumble about, especially in light of Council and Show Me’s board of ly activities coming your way that you the current economic climate. But won’t want to miss. And, as you for all intents and purposes, we’re directors have been meeting regularly to flesh out the plans for this amazing, might imagine, we’ll do it St. Charles getting ready to wrap up 2008 with style...at the top of the list! bounty beyond measure. As we one-of-a-kind facility scheduled to prepare to give thanks this yuletide open in 2010. season, let’s pause to recollect a few May you and yours enjoy the quiet - In August, Money Magazine named time of the Christmas season and of the pivotal moments occurring in our city a Top 100 Best Places to Live St. Charles this past year: have a very Happy New Year! in the nation (which led us to other - Over the summer months, St. top awards, please see Page 5). Not Charles weathered two episodes of only is this terrific news, but we now rising flood waters; as you’ll recall, have a billboard touting this distin- Mayor the Mississippi breached several lev- guished honor. As you’re traveling ees in June impacting the north side westbound on I-70, look to the south

CITY OF ST. CHARLES PRSTD STD 200 N. Second Street U.S.POSTAGE Dates to Remember PAID St. Charles, MO 63301 SAINT CHARLES ~ ~ ~ ~ MISSOURI PERMIT NO. 57 December 24-25—Christmas Holiday City Hall Closed

January 1—New Year’s Day City Hall Closed

January 7 & 14—Xmas Tree Pickup by Allied Waste

January 31—Fete de Glace (Festival of Ice) North Main Street

Check City’s website calendar for updates and/or additional information— www.stcharlescitymo.gov or City’s Cable Access Channel