Post-Dispatch photos: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Date: 4/26/2012 Album ID: 1458535
Photos by J.B. Forbes/ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Photographs by staff photographers
COMTREA maintenance worker Joe Kayser (left) talks with COMTREA President Dr. Stephen Huss Monday, April 23, 2012 about clearing the pasture of trees on the farm purchased for the use of COMTREA.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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COMTREA maintenance workers Tom Douglas (left) and Joe Kayser (right) talk with COMTREA President Dr. Stephen Huss Monday April 23, 2012, about cleaning up the pasture at the farm purchased in Hillsboro to aid patients of COMTREA.

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Dr. Stephen Huss looks over the old barn Monday, April 23, 2012, on the farm in Hillsboro that has been purchased to aid patients of COMTREA. Huss said that the barn is over 100 years old. He hopes to turn the barn into a kitchen and dining hall.

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Horse halters and lead ropes hang from horse shoes in the old barn Monday, April 23, 2012, on the property in Hillsboro purchase for the use of COMTREA patients.

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An old statue stands at the entrance to the barns Monday April 23, 2012, at the Hillsboro farm that was purchased for the benefit of COMTREA patients. Much work is needed to clean up the property.

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Dr. Stephen Huss said that the horses on the farm in Hillsboro are like big friendly pets that haven't been ridden in a long time. Huss hopes to use horses for therapy on the Hillsboro farm purchased to aid COMTREA patients.

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A female bluebird checks out an old birdhouse Monday, April 23, 2012, on the Hillsboro farm that was purchased to aid patients of COMTREA.

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One person was injured when an ultralight aircraft clipped a power line near Old Hwy 100 north of Villa Ridge Wednesday April 25, 2012.  John Spaunhorst, a flying enthusiast, stopped to look over the aircraft but said he had never flown one.  I've got more faith in my weedeater than one of these, said Spaunhorst.
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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Veterans Administration volunteer Ken Schieler (right) says goodbye to Clarence Howard after visiting with Howard and his wife Lucille in their Collinsville home Tuesday April 24, 2012.  Schieler served as a volunteer caregiver for the couple's son Doug Howard, an Army veteran, until he passed away last December.  Schieler keeps in contact with the family, visiting every couple weeks.
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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Veterans Administration volunteer Ken Schieler (right) visits with Lucille and Clarence Howard in their Collinsville home Tuesday April 24, 2012.  Schieler served as a volunteer caregiver for the couple's son Doug Howard, an Army veteran, until he passed away last December.  Schieler keeps in contact with the family, visiting every couple weeks.
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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Kim Stone, an operating room nurse at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, was a contestant on the NBC reality program Biggest Loser with her daughter. Here is poses for a photograph before surgery at the hospital Monday, April 23, 2012.

Photo by Sid Hastings
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Kim Stone, an operating room nurse at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, works with other nurses during surgery at the hospital Monday, April 23, 2012. Stone was a contestant on the NBC reality program Biggest Loser with her daughter.

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Blues goaltender Jake Allen during a practice session before the St. Louis Blues first-round playoff game against the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at the Blues' training facility in the St. Louis Mills Shopping Mall in Hazelwood, Mo. 
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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