Wentzville's Special Events: 'How Much Do We Want to Spend on Parties?'

Is it too much for the city to run 19 special events, including Wabash Days, Holiday Night Lights, Eggstravaganza, Halloween Happenings, parades, movies and concerts in the parks?

At Wednesday's Wentzville Board of Aldermen work session, the board continued a discussion first brought up at the Feb. 6 meeting: the future of the city's special events. Read more: Board to Discuss Future of Wentzville's Wabash Days, Holiday Night Lights Alderman Cheryl Kross asked, "Why couldn’t we get a private nonprofit to spearhead an event?" She suggested that such a group could organize, establish committees and recruit volunteers, rather than have the city's parks department providing all the work force and labor. City Administrator Mike McDowell, in his first appearance at a board of aldermen meeting, said that, depending on the scope of an event, finding a private group with the ability to pull off an event without substantial …

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Board to Discuss Future of Wentzville's Wabash Days, Holiday Night Lights

City staff asked that the board consider not just the profit and loss numbers, but the economic impact to the city and what these events provide to residents.

At Wednesday night's work session, the Wentzville Board of Aldermen will discuss the future of the city's special events, including Wabash Days, Holiday Night Lights and the 4th of July celebration. When Wabash Days was first established, the intent was to turn it over to a local organization. However, no organization came forward and this year's event will be the mark the tenth anniversary of Wabash Days. "By their very nature, special events hosted by a City Municipality have less ability to be profitable than other hosting entities. This is partially due to the cost in staffing an event with public/local government employees rather than utilization of organizations who volunteer hours to work the event(s)," city documents reported. …

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Wabash Days Event Schedule

Wabash Days festivities run from Friday, Aug. 24 to Sun., Aug. 26.

Wabash Days, brought to you by the Wentzville Parks Department along with the Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Business Association, the Historical Society and the Wentzville Community Club, will feature live entertainment, craft booths, a midway, parade and car show, among many other fun family activities. Here is the schedule for this weekend's events: Friday, Aug. 24 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. - Affliction Band (South Main Street from Linn to Talley Ave.) 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. - Scott Laytham & Trickee Holmes Duo (Allen Street Stage near Post Office) 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. - Carnival, business and food booths 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. - Buried Clock Band 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. - The Melissa Neels Band (Allen Street Stage) Saturday, Aug. 25 8 a.m. - Friends of Wentzville …

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Teacher of the Year to Serve as Grand Marshal of Wabash Days Parade

Jessica Karll, 3rd grade teacher at Discovery Ridge, will lead the Aug. 25 parade.

(The following press release was issued by the Wentzville School District.) Discovery Ridge Elementary 3rd grade teacher Jessica Karll has been chosen to serve as the Honorary Grand Marshal of the Wabash Days Community Club Parade. Mrs. Karll was selected as the Wentzville School District “Teacher of the Year” for the 2011-12 school year. She is in her fifth year with the Wentzville School District and has taught at Discovery Ridge since it opened in 2010. Mrs. Karll serves on the District communication arts committee and her class has been selected as a model classroom for District professional development.  She serves as the building Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) chair, and in 2011 her students and third-grade team had MAP scores …

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Weekly PatchCast: Centene Donates to Special Olympics, Wabash Days and More

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Wabash Days: Parade, Carnival, Square Dancing

A look at Saturday's events, including the annual Wabash Days Parade, carnival rides and a performance by the West County Spinners.

Wentzville residents lined Main Street on Saturday to catch the Wabash Days parade. The Wentzville Fire Protection District, the Moolah Shriners, Therapeutic Horsemanship and Unkorked Wine Garden were just some of the participants in the parade. Aldermen Leon Tow and Nick Guccione also made floats for their candidacy for mayor in the upcoming election. Allen Street was blocked off for carnival rides, games, food vendors and local craftsmen. The West County Spinners also performed a square dance on Allen Street. The Spinners hold square dancing classes all over the St. Louis area.

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Pound the Pavement 5K, 10K Results

Raised funds for Friends of the Wentzville parks.

The Friends of the Wentzville Parks held the second Pound the Pavement 5K/10K race Saturday in conjunction with Wabash Days. Greg Younger, president of the organization, said there were approximately 225 runners this year. "That's about twice what we had last year and we hope to double that number for next year," he said. The funds raised by the event go to improvements in Wentzville parks. For a complete list of 5K participants and times, click here. For a complete list of 5K participants and times, click here.

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Wake Up Wentzville: Aug. 30 Edition

All the news you need for Tuesday, Aug. 30.

Good morning Wentzville!  Welcome to the column that will help you get through the day. Every Monday through Friday at 6 a.m., we'll tell you what's going on around town, what you need to know and where the traffic snags might be. Have a suggestion to make Wentzville Patch more helpful? Leave a comment or drop me an email at maggie.rotermund@patch.com. Do you use social media? Check us out on Facebook and Twitter. 

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