Post-Dispatch photos: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Date: 12/21/2011 Album ID: 1383150
Photos by Christian Gooden/
Photographs by staff photographers
Marilee Sauer of Crestwood measures a live Christmas tree as she shops at Ted Drewes Christmas Tree lot on Chippewa in St. Louis Wednesday Dec. 7, 2011. As live Christmas tree sales have slumped in recent decades, the Christmas tree industry backed a 'tree fee' in November to help pay for marketing to sell more trees.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Sam Shipp prepares to wrap a tree for a customer at Ted Drewes Christmas Tree lot on Chippewa in St. Louis Wednesday Dec. 7, 2011. As live Christmas tree sales have slumped in recent decades, the Christmas tree industry backed a 'tree fee' in November to help pay for marketing to sell more trees.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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A St. Louis police officers inspects the scene where another police officer shot and killed a suspect who was being chased, in the silver car that was stuck by the police SUV, through north St. Louis on Tuesday December 20, 2011.  The chase began at Thekla Avenue and Riverview Boulevard and ended at West Florissant Avenue and Acme Avenue.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Wayne Hughes of St. Louis based the recipe for his Tropical Spice Fruit Cake Cookies off of a recipe he  modified from a 1959 farm journal cook book. Pictures were taken Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Wayne Hughes of St. Louis based the recipe for his Tropical Spice Fruit Cake Cookies off of a recipe he  modified from a 1959 farm journal cook book. Pictures were taken Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Kevin Newman of Chesterfield passes the display windows of REI in Brentwood as he heads to shop at the store Tuesday December 20, 2011. I like winter, said Newman, looking over choices in sleeping bags.
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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Walkers take advantage of the pristine surroundings provided by a walk along the Willmore Park path next to one of two lakes. 
(Harry Jackson Jr./P-D)
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Special Request recipe: Three Grain Blend, a salad made with kamut, quinoa and barley, from Schlafly Bottleworks at Tuesday, November 15, 2011, at Maplewood, Mo. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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JOHN SWISTAK JR. / JOURNAL
Wrestling - Mascoutah - Lavion Mayes - 145
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Cowboy rib eye with sides of lobster mac 'n' cheese and broccolini at J. Gilbert's in West County Center, December 20, 2011.

Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle, scordle@post-dispatch.com
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Steven Fitzpatrick Smith, owner of The Royale, made his way through gifts to be wrapped at the bar on Sunday night in St. Louis. The south city bar adopted a family for the holiday and workers and patrons wrapped presents for them.  Garvey Scott/Special to the Post-Dispatch
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Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell Jr., photographed in his office in downtown Memphis Tuesday, Dec. 20.  Photo by Lisa Brown, LBrown@post-dispatch.com
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The 21-story Morgan Keegan Tower is located at 50 North Front Street in downtown Memphis.   Photo by Lisa Brown, LBrown@post-dispatch.com
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DeSmet's Brian Hail is the 2011 all-metro soccer player of the year.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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O'Fallon guard Taylor Klingelhoefer (left) covers up a loose ball while under pressure from Belleville West's Imani Berry (center) and Asia Cochran in first quarter action during a game between Belleville West and O'Fallon Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 at Belleville West High School in Belleville, Ill.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock (left) and assistant coach Scott Mellanby behind the Blues bench during the shootout period during a game between the St. Louis Blues and the Toronto Maple Leafs Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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Injured Rams quarterbacks Sam Bradford (high ankle sprain) (center) and A.J. Feeley (broken thumb) (right) on the sidelines during a game between the St. Louis Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Mo.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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4 Oct. 2011 -- CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- DeSmet Jesuit High School's Brian Hail (16) balltles to control the ball against Parkway Central High School's Ben Mendel (6) during the soccer game between the schools at Parkway Central in Chesterfield, Mo. Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. The Spartans won, 2-1.


Photo by Sid Hastings ´ For the Post-Dispatch
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