Column: Legacy Night in St. Charles a celebration of ‘trailblazer’ female athletes and those who followed

Great ideas between mothers and their adult daughters often start over lunch. That’s the first thing that popped into my mind when Rae Anne Payleitner told me about the genesis of Legacy Night that will cap off a week’s worth of activities celebrating “50 years of Girls’ Sports” in St. Charles. Her mother, Rita Payleitner, was a sophomore at the district’s only high school back in the fall of 1973, and one of 40-plus students who raised their ha…