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In This Issue

Welcome to the Roadhouse

AdoptaPlatoon

WOWfest

What's On Watson

Fall Fest at the

Barn 2009

The World

According to Jake

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We're on the road

October, 1st

8:30 to 11:00

Jake Bowen at

Stovall's Grove

October 10th

5:00 to 8:00

Fall Festival of Local Flavor

Highland Brewery

Kirkwood, Mo

October, 15th

8:30 to 11:00

Jake Bowen at

Stovall's Grove

October, 17th

2:00 to 4:00

What's on Watson

Festival

St. Louis, Mo

October, 18th

12:00 to 2:00

Fall Festival at the Barn

The Barn at Lucerne

Ballwin, Mo

October 24th

TBA

Seckman Ridge Block Party

Imperial, Mo

October 25th

2:00 to 7:00

AdoptaPlatoon Chili Cook-Off

The Great Pacific Coffee Company

Pacific, Mo

October, 29th

8:30 to 11:00

Jake Bowen at

Stovall's Grove

November 14th

TBA

Under the Harvest Moon

at Strathalbyn Farms

to Benefit Life Skills

St. Charles, Mo

November 12th

8:30 to 11:00

Jake Bowen at

Stovall's Grove

November 25th

8:30 to 11:00

Jake Bowen at

Stovall's Grove

Signs Along The Way

Quick Links

This Month:

1492 - Columbus misses Florida when he changed course

1492 - According to some sources, Columbus lands in "The New World". According to the Taino, they were the first Native Americans to greet Columbus on the island of Guanahani (San Salvador)

1838 - Elijah Hicks and 748 Cherokees will be the second group of Cherokees to leave the Tennessee Cherokee Agency area under their own supervision. They are part of the forced removal of the Cherokees to the Indian Territory. They will arrive on January 4, 1839

1877 - Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perce War

1882 - 1st World Series game, Cincinnati (AA) beats Chicago (NL) 4-0

1889 - Thomas Edison shows his 1st motion picture

1892 - Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville, Kansas bank holdup

1903 - 1st baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox)

1908 - Henry Ford introduces Model T car

1939 - Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem\

1944 - St. Louis Browns win their only AL pennant

1945 - Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of World Series and is escorted out, he casts goat curse on Cubs

1955 - "Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV, Good Morning, Captain!

1955 - "Mickey Mouse Club" premieres

1957 - "American Bandstand" premieres

1961 - John F. Kennedy advises Americans to build fallout shelters

1962 - Beatles release their 1st record "Love Me Do"

1967 - Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark end of hippies

1973 - Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel

1985 - PLO terrorists sieze Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro

October is:

Oct 1 is... World Vegetarian Day

Oct 2 is... Name Your Car Day

Oct 3 is... Virus Appreciation Day

Oct 5 is... Do Something Nice Day

Oct 6 is... Mad Hatter Day

Oct 7 is.. Bald and Free Day

Oct 8 is... American Touch Tag Day

Oct 9 is... Curious Events Day

Oct 9 is... Moldy Cheese Day

Oct 9 is... World Egg Day

Oct 10 is... National Angel Food Cake Day

Oct 11 is... It's My Party Day

Oct 11 is... Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day

Oct 12 is... Old Farmer's Day

Oct 13 is... International Skeptics Day

Oct 14 is... Be Bald and Free Day

Oct 14 is... National Dessert Day

Oct 21 is... National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day find a recipe, too.

Contact Us:

Holidays can be very difficult for our

deployed Troops Let's bring a little

home to them by sending Christmas

stockings to them. We can fill them

with surprises of hot chocolate or hot

cider packs, individually wrapped

cookies, hand-held games, word

puzzles with a holiday pen, card

games, travel-size toiletries, U/V

blocker sunglasses, snack packs, beef

jerky and beef sticks. Use your

imagination to make this a special

gift. Let's not forget to add a

holiday card for each stocking so

that they know that we are thinking of them during the holidays. We will be sending as many Stockings to as many units as we can. It all depends on you and your generosity.

This year we are going to be joined by the Pacific, Missouri American Legion Post 320. We will be helping them send Christmas stockings and "care packages" to D Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, known as the Dagger Brigade. This unit is part of the famous Big Red One, the 1st Infantry Division, the oldest continuously serving division in the United States Army.

Each year we send a Christmas tree complete with lights and ornaments. This year we will be sending it to D company. Do you know someone that would be willing to donate the lights and ornaments?

We need your help

Share your favorite chili with us. Who knows you might just have the winning concoction and you will really be helping us get this done for our deployed sons and daughters. We have categories for traditional and non-traditional chili.

How about a Christmas project for your group or organization? Help us stuff and mail our stockings

theroadhouseband@gmail.com

We are looking forward to seeing you folks Sunday the 25th.

Be sure to bring the kids.

Fall Fest at the Barn 2009

Enjoy Fall Family Fun, Food and

Drink, Live Bands, Art, Local &

Organic Produce, Games, Pony

Rides, Inflatables, Booths &

Entertainment for Kids & Adults

while helping us to raise funds for

Operation Food Search! Located

at The Barn At Lucerne, a Ballwin

Landmark. Co-Sponsored by the

City of Ballwin & The Barn at Lucerne.

The day starts off with the Lone Wolf Coffee Co. Family Fun Bike Tour of Ballwin at 9am, with 10 and 24 mile bike rides. Beginning at Noon, there will be Magic & Circus Acts, Games, Pony Rides, Inflatables and Story Telling for the Kids. Live Music all day by Roadhouse, Project 324 and Ticket to the Beatles.

There will be great food & drinks by local restaurants, Clancy's Irish Pub & Restaurant, Lone Wolf Coffee Co., Sky Music Lounge, The Loft Sports Lounge and Break'N'Egg, as well as the traditional festival food. Artists, Local & Organic Produce Booths, and even an Antique Tractor and Engine display. The artwork of all entrants in the Fall Fest at The Barn Young Artist Competition will be prominently displayed and the winners will be announced with ribbons be awarded to the top three winners in each age group.

Fall Fest at The Barn is free to all but games, pony rides and Inflatables

tickets will be available either a cash donation or the donation of canned food items to Operation Food Search.

This fundraiser for Operation Food Search, Sponsors include the City of Ballwin, Lone Wolf Coffee Company, Sky Music Lounge, Clancy's Irish Pub& Restaurant, The Loft Sports Lounge, Break'N'Egg & The Barn at Lucerne.

Roadhouse will be performing at Fall Fest at the Barn

12:00 to 2:00

A SOLDIERS STORY

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,

HE LIVED ALL ALONE,

IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF

PLASTER AND STONE.

I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY

WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,

AND TO SEE JUST WHO

IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.

I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,

A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,

NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,

NOT EVEN A TREE.

NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,

JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,

ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES

OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.

WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,

AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,

A SOBER THOUGHT

CAME THROUGH MY MIND.

FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,

IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,

I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,

ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.

THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,

SILENT, ALONE,

CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR

IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.

THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE,

THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,

NOT HOW I PICTURED

A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.

WAS THIS THE HERO

OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?

CURLED UP ON A PONCHO,

THE FLOOR FOR A BED?

I REALIZED THE FAMILIES

THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,

OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS

WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.

SOON ROUND THE WORLD,

THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,

AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE

A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.

THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM

EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,

BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS,

LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.

I COULDN'T HELP WONDER

HOW MANY LAY ALONE,

ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE

IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.

THE VERY THOUGHT

BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,

I DROPPED TO MY KNEES

AND STARTED TO CRY.

THE SOLDIER AWAKENED

AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,

"SANTA DON'T CRY,

THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;

I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,

I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,

MY LIFE IS MY GOD,

MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS."

THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER

AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP,

I COULDN'T CONTROL IT,

I CONTINUED TO WEEP.

I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,

SO SILENT AND STILL

AND WE BOTH SHIVERED

FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL.

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE

ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,

THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR

SO WILLING TO FIGHT.

THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,

WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,

WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA,

IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE."

ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH,

AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.

"MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND,

AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."