June-August 2014 www.stpetersmo.net Explore 370 Lakeside Park story on page 3 Inside: Free Concerts • CAmps • Rec-Plex PAss = Pools! • DAy Trips • Prop P Progress Music Fills the Air This Summer! Join your neighbors and friends at the park this summer listening to the sounds of talented area musicians. The City of St. Peters will host many FREE concerts this summer including three at the City Centre City Centre AmphitheAter Concerts Amphitheater and over a dozen on the lake at 370 Lakeside Park. Concerts begin at approximately 7 p.m. Nearly every week all summer long, you’ll be able to join your neighbors June 12 – Lucky Old Sons and friends at the park for an evening out listening to some of the area’s July 10 – Fanfare Band – Traveling Through the Decades most talented musicians. Sunset Fridays were such a hit with the community last summer that we are planning even more concerts for 2014. Mark your calendar for Friday, June 6 , when we welcome the School of Rock to 370 Lakeside Park. For more than a decade, School of Rock has been inspiring kids to rock since Sunset FridAys Concerts founded as a single school in Philadelphia, PA, in 1998. School of Rock Near the marina at 370 Lakeside Park has become a growing international franchise, operating 69 schools in the Gator Island Grill opens at 6 p.m., concerts begin approximately 6:30 p.m. U.S. and Mexico. The following Thursday, June 12 , we will welcome Lucky Old Sons to the June 6 – School of Rock Sept. 5 – Acoustic Music Jam Amphitheater at City Centre Park. Inspired by the piano styles of Fats June 20 – Dan Turnbaugh Sept. 12 – The Buckhannon Brothers Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnnie Johnson, and Ray Charles, to name a few, the group also writes and records original music along the same lines. June 27 – Serapis See the listing to the right of additional Concerts in the Park at the City July 18 – Sins of the Pioneers Centre Park amphitheater and Sunset Fridays concerts along the lake at July 25 – Wade Trent 370 Lakeside Park. And don’t forget the wealth of entertainment being scheduled on three stages at 370 Lakeside Park for Celebrate St. Peters August 1 – Route D on Sept. 19 and 20, including headliner Ozark Mountain Daredevils . Visit August 8 – Acoustic Music Jam www.stpetersmo.net for more information on Sunset Fridays concerts, Concerts in the Park and our biggest party of the year, Celebrate St. Peters. August 15 – Irie Sun At either venue, please bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on. Both August 22 – The Bottoms Up venues have accessible areas for those needing special accommodations. Concessions are available at City Centre Park, and the Gator Island Grill Blues Gang will be open for food and drink during the Sunset Fridays concerts. NOTE: In case of inclement weather, amphitheater concerts will be moved indoors These outdoor concerts are consistently some of the most popular to the Cultural Arts Centre Performing Arts Theatre inside City Hall. No food or drink summer events in St. Peters, drawing thousands of people into the parks. is allowed in the theater. You won’t want to miss them! If Sunset Fridays concerts are rained out, they will not be rescheduled. Rainouts will be posted at www.stpetersmo.net the afternoon of the concert. 2 My Hometown stpetersmo.net Rangers 370 Lakeside Fishing Derby Sat., June 7 • 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Check-in begins 7:30 a.m.) CAtch An Adventure At St. Peters City Centre PArk AmphitheAtre Get ready to sit back, relax and watch the fun animated film, The Lego Movie , with your kids under the stars at St. Peters’ City Centre Amphitheater. Show off your fishing prowess at 370 Lakeside Park during the Rangers 370 Lakeside Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 7. Sponsored The Lego Movie follows Emmet, an ordinary LEGO minifigure who is by the St. Peters Rangers Enforcement Division, this event gives kids mistakenly identified as the key to saving the world. He finds himself on a and adults alike a chance to fish at our 140-acre lake and win prizes heroic quest to stop an evil tyrant—something for which Emmet is not for catching the most fish and largest fish. Two divisions will be prepared. available: Children (ages 6-12) and Adults (13 and up). The film will begin at dusk, or approximately 7:30 p.m., on Aug. 29. The The fee is $5 per person. The first 100 children who register in movie will end approximately 9:10 p.m. advance and attend the event will receive a free event shirt. If you The amphitheater is located behind St. Peters City Hall, next to Rec-Plex register in advance, you will also be entered into a chance for a gift South. Convenient parking is available adjacent to the amphitheater using card from Walmart. Advance registration is available in person at the the Rec-Plex South parking lot. The amphitheater features several St. Peters Rec-Plex, 5200 Mexico, 636.939.2386, ext. 1400, or graduated levels for a great view. An accessible pad is located on the online using Rec-Connect at www.stpetersmo.net/rec-plex . Same-day hillside adjacent to the parking lot to accommodate persons with registration also will be available at the event. disabilities. 370 Lakeside Park is located at 1000 Lakeside Park Drive just off Bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on. You're also welcome to bring your Highway 370. Check in near the marina. Concessions will be sold at own snacks and coolers, however, a concession stand will be available for Gator Island Grill. Our sponsors are Mike's Bait and Tackle, Dick's your convenience. Sporting Goods, Walmart and Lewis Boats. To learn more, go online to www.stpetersmo.net . Spend a Day, or Several Days, at 370 LAKESIDE PARK Need to get away, but don’t have the time or money to travel? St. Peters’ atop the agricultural levee on 370 Lakeside Park offers a recreational getaway in your backyard. The the north side. Don’t have a 300-acre park features a 140-acre lake, trails and campgrounds for a bike? You can rent bikes at the wonderful and affordable outdoor experience—whether you just want to RV/Ranger Station. spend a day with nature or if you want to camp for a few days. CAMPING BOATING & FISHING You can bring your You can boat on the 140-acre lake with your recreational vehicle to the RV own watercraft or one of our rentals. Paddle Campground or set up your tent boats, kayaks, canoes and boats with an at our primitive campsites for an electric trolling motor (no gas engines, please) overnight experience minutes away from home. Guests of the RV Park are welcomed. You can rent kayaks, canoes, receive free boat launch and St. Peters resident rates for fishing. There’s a paddle boats and sea cycles at the clean comfort station with restrooms, showers and laundry, free Wi-Fi, RV/Ranger Station. picnic tables, sand volleyball, play area, marina, paved roadways and all of Fishing is available from a boat or the bank. the other amenities offered at 370 Lakeside Park. Stay six consecutive The lake is stocked with bass, bluegill, channel catfish and species from nights and the seventh night is FREE! the Mississippi River. Bring your fishing gear and a state license. NEW! ARCHERY Nominal fishing and lake usage fees apply. Please check in at the Sharpen your skills at our new archery range on the east end of the RV/Ranger Station near the marina before accessing the lake. park. Open year-round, the archery range has ground archer positions and HIKING & BIKING elevated platforms, plus 3D targets. Nominal fees apply. Check in first at the RV/Ranger Station. Explore the park on our 5-mile paved hiking and biking trail that meanders around the lake. There's a great view of the entire park from Learn more at www.stpetersmo.net . My Hometown 3 Fun for Kids, Convenient for PArents Looking for a fun and convenient summer camp experience? The City of St. Peters offers a variety of camps all at one central location on the St. Peters City Centre campus. Try Activities and Sports Camps at the Rec-Plex or Art Experience Camps next door at the Cultural Arts Centre in Rec-Plex Activities City Hall—or switch it up weekly and try all of them! Diane Mispagel chose St. Peters Summer Camps for her children, Nicholas and Natalie , because they gave her kids lots to do and made And Sports CAmps Mom’s life easier. HOURS: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. “As a full-time working Mom, convenience is important,” Diane said. Before and After Camps (7-9 a.m. and 3:30-6 p.m.) “St. Peters’ camps provided the opportunity for before and after care. I also available for additional fee. liked that the kids could buy their lunch at the Rec-Plex. The camps provided At Rec-Plex Camps, kids can enjoy new activities and make new multiple opportunities—the kids could ice skate and swim and go on field friends all summer long! We offer games, field trips and fun at the trips. They spend part of the day indoors and part of the day outdoors. They Rec-Plex—swimming, ice skating, outdoor play, and more, weren’t stuck at the same place all the time like you are at many other plus a camp T-shirt at no extra cost! camps.” Diane’s daughter was able to enjoy all three different types of St.