Jefferson City Magazine - March/April 2013

Family Retreat

at Lake of the Ozarks

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Eclectic Entryway classics

incredible finds From Habitat ReStore

Smart Home Technology

Beauty, Gourmet & more!

March/April 2013 Display until April 30

www.jeffersoncitymag.com

The Construction Issue

Advertorial

Local roofers exceed expectations for homeowner, Jason Ridgel Written By: Molly Wright

April showers are supposed to bring flowers. But on April 28th, 2012, Mother Nature obviously had other plans when a hailstorm brought nothing but headaches to thousands of homeowners in Mid-Missouri. Jason Ridgel, general agent with American National Insurance Agency remembers the day well. “Quarter size hail fell for 10-15 minutes, and my gutters couldn’t handle it. When it was over, there were two and half feet of ice on the side of my house.” With his own roof damaged and numerous clients anxious for repairs, Ridgel contacted Ryan Gilmore of Cameo Construction. And he’s so glad he did.

From the start, Ridgel says, Gilmore was professional.

“He was not only timely, he used special tools and techniques to access the damage and found problems not visual to the naked eye.” Ridgel also feels Gilmore provided exceptional service to all of Ridgel’s insurance clients and his crew “followed through on everything they said they were going to do, and there were no discrepancies in the cost… Ryan is a good person who genuinely wants to do a good job for everybody. He knows what he’s doing and it shows, and he works hard to keep repeat customers.”

Gilmore, a Jefferson City native, opened Cameo Construction in June 2011 in Ashland, Missouri, and they have already made a name for themselves in the roofing business. The Better Business Bureau selected them as featured roofers in a marketing campaign, and according to Gilmore they’ve already done over 200 roofs in the mid-Missouri area without a single complaint to the BBB. But Gilmore is quick to point out that storm repair is just part of their services. Cameo specializes in all exterior remodeling, from roofing and gutters, to siding, windows and doors. “We do free estimates, free hail inspections, and free collateral damage estimates.” They also take bids on roofs throughout Mid-Missouri.

Customer satisfaction is important to Gilmore, so he goes the extra mile, such as carrying Workman’s comp and general liability. “We’re also Better Business Bureau accredited and certified as master shingle applicators,” Gilmore adds. “Overall, we’re just a bunch of honest, clean-cut guys, here to build a base and have a long-lasting business in this area.”

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his is my last welcome message for Jefferson City Magazine.

It’s still hard to say it. Jefferson City Magazine has been a part of my life for the past 10 years. I married into the Jefferson City community, and the magazine was my door opener, my license to ask questions and introduce myself. Without it, I wouldn’t have had the chance to learn about so many of the great people and organizations that make the city tick. I’ve had the opportunity to hear your stories, and I’ve been welcomed into your homes.

My time with Jefferson City Magazine has been a wonderful journey as the publication grew from Jefferson City Home & Lifestyle into the full publication it is today, and the decision to leave wasn’t an easy one. But I’m headed back to school. I’ve joined my alma mater, Westminster College, as the executive director of marketing and strategic communications. It’s an exciting time for the college, an institution focused on developing students to lead with a global perspective.

I want to thank the incredible team that makes Jefferson City Magazine possible. Thank you to Tami Turner, Annie Jarrett and Rebecca Rademan: three great ladies whose passion for a great product and love for Jefferson City and the people who live here made this job a pleasure every day. Thank you to Chris Harrison, Cindy Sheridan, Kristin Branscom, Renea Sapp, Dave Baugher and the rest of the team in our home office: a crew not often in the Jefferson City spotlight but integral to the magazine’s success. I’m grateful for having had the opportunity to work with each of them.

I’ve got to be honest. It’s going to be hard to read future issues of the magazine and know I wasn’t a part of the production.

But change means a fresh start, and, as a reader, I look forward to seeing what’s in store for Jefferson City Magazine. That brings me to my final thank you, one of the most important. Thank you to all of our readers and advertisers.

Your support makes the magazine possible. Keep reading!

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In more than 30 years of journalism, I’ve had the privilege of meeting some very interesting people. I’ve also met a lot of very uninteresting people, but that’s a story for another day.

On top of the interesting list is Pete Adkins, a man full of charisma, the kind of charisma that lights up a room and inspired young men to win 405 football games. But there’s a lot more to Pete than just winning games. Most people know him as a gruff man, and that was certainly a part of who he was as a coach. But that just scratches the surface. There’s a lot of depth beyond that interesting exterior, a lot more on the inside. If you know him, you know.

— Tom Loeffler, contributing writer

As a designer, you learn to use your creativity as a tool for visual expression. In advertising design, you’re usually working toward someone else’s visual expression, but that’s one challenging aspect of my chosen career that I love. Getting involved with clients and being able to watch their creativity come to life as we work together to prepare a successful advertisement for their business is inspiring. That’s why I am very excited to begin working as the new ad designer for Jefferson City Magazine. I look forward to working with our advertisers as well as the team here at City Magazine and hope to inspire creativity within our community.

— Kate Morrow, ad designer

I always enjoy writing about interesting people doing unique, creative things. The stories I wrote for this issue fit the bill, but they also reminded me of an important lesson: Not everything is as it initially appears. Mary Kabiri, a mathematics professor who moonlights as a volunteer entertainer, leads sing-a-longs in nursing homes around Jefferson City. Brooke Stark and her mother, Nancy Lohe, have built a business working side by side as they transform walls and furniture through faux-painting techniques. And then are the eyelash extensions that make every woman look like she was born with thick, long, luscious eyelashes.

For a writer, it is a great lesson to revisit over and over again, as there is always more to the story than meets the eye.

— Lauren Sable Freiman , contributing writer

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Features

22 House with a View

Four siblings turn their childhood vacation home into a dream getaway at Lake of the Ozarks, on the same land their parents owned when the brothers and sisters were in high school.

41 Smart House 108

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Is it the way of the future? From lighting to security to custom features, smart technology is taking names and changing lives.

53 Built for the Cause

At River City Habitat for Humanity ReStore, every purchase made is helping someone in need.

100 Stuff of Legends

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The winningest coach in Missouri history, longtime Jays football coach Pete Adkins joins the state’s elite sports club as a Missouri Sports Legend.

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At Home

22 Home Tour: Family lake getaway 41 Design: Smart technology 58 Hit List: Eclectic classics

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At Work

61 Person You Should Know: Robert Scruggs 63 Philanthropy: The Gibbs Center for Independence 69 Business Profile: Capitol Plaza Hotel 73 Best Practices: Constructing the next generation of leaders 74 City Character: Mary Kabiri 108 Business: Meetings, conventions and tourism in Jeff City

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94 On the cover Family Retreat

AT LAKE OF THE OZARKS

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ECLECTIC ENTRYWAY CLASSICS

incredible finds From Habitat ReStore

SMART HOME Technology

Beauty, Gourmet & more!

March/April 2013 Display until April 30

www.jeffersoncitymag.com

The Construction Issue

This three-level, 10,000-square-foot, four-bedroom home at Lake of the Ozarks showcases a warm, earthylooking palette, which creates a casual, comfortable atmosphere. A true labor of love, the house was purchased and planned by four siblings, who now have a getaway retreat with room for the whole family. Photo by Taylor Allen.

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At Ease

78 Gourmet: Argyle Catering Co. 82 The Dish: Prison Brews 85 Beauty: Makeup trends, lash extensions 89 Book Review: A Haunted Love Story: The Ghosts of Allen House 90 Artist Profile: Brooke Stark and Nancy Lohe 94 Ask Eric: Looks for spring 95 Fashion Forecast: Night and day 100 The Man Page: Pete Adkins

In Every Issue 12 Welcome 16 Agenda 47 Business Briefs 113 About Town 122 The Last Word

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agenda

Visit Jefferson City Magazine’s online community calendar at jeffersoncitymag.com.

Top: Artwork Created by HALO Supported Youth. At left: PHotos by Chris Hollaway.

Mar/Apr

Spring is upon us and we are excited to share noteworthy events taking place in Jefferson City.

aces up

what/One of the most anticipated events of the year, the casino night and poker tournament includes dinner with special guests Dick Vermeil, Trent Green and others; dancing; casino tables; and a cigar bar and lounge. when/ 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 25 where/ Lincoln University Football Field, 809 Lafayette info/Contact Kelley Bax for tickets and corporate rates; kelleyb@gopartners.net, 573-619-2999, bluetigerqbclub.com

vintage affair what/ This year, the Cole County Historical Society presents the Finishing Touch Fashion and Vintage Accessory Show, featuring a hat collection by Chris Carr along with vintage purses, gloves, shoes and jewelry as well as items from Saffees and American Shoe. when/ 11 a.m., Monday, April 29 where/ Jefferson City Country Club, 516 Country Club Drive info/ Tickets are $25; 573-635-1850, 109 Madison St., colecohistsoc.org

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chills and shivers

what/ Investigate with the SyFy Channel’s Ghost Hunters Jason Hawes, Amy Bruni, Adam Berry and Steve Gonsalves, who present a paranormal investigation of the Missouri State Penitentiary. This event includes a meet and greet, special Q-and-A session with the hosts, lecture and group investigations. when/ 6 p.m. – 2 a.m., Saturday, March 23 where/Missouri State Penitentiary info/Tickets are $245; 413-478-3642, idealeventmanage.com

love. support. hope. what/ This live and silent art auction benefits HALO-supported orphans in Uganda and at-risk youth in Jefferson City and features artwork by HALO-supported orphans and area artists. when/ 6:30 p.m., Friday, March 8 where/Capitol Plaza Hotel, 415 W. McCarty St. info/ Tickets are $30 and include cocktails, heavy hors d'oeuvres and music; 573-418-9912, haloworldwide.org or mail a check to: HALO JC Learning Center, 1015 E. Atchison, Jefferson City, MO 65101

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datebook

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march

Fri, March 1

Sun, March 9

51st Annual Ice Show "Radio Gaga,” 7 p.m., Washington Park Ice Arena

Women's Official Weekend Expo, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Truman Hotel and Conference Center

Lombardi Dinner Theatre, 6 p.m., Shikles Auditorium

Mon, March 10

God of Carnage, Scene One

Sat, March 2 51st Annual Ice Show "Radio Gaga,” 2:30 p.m., Washington Park Ice Arena Lombardi Dinner Theatre, 6 p.m., Shikles Auditorium

Women's Official Weekend Expo, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Truman Hotel and Conference Center

Sat, March 16

God of Carnage, Scene One

22nd Annual Pancake Breakfast, 7 a.m. – noon, First Christian Church

Sun, March 3

Sun, March 17

51st Annual Ice Show "Radio Gaga,” 2:30 p.m., Washington Park Ice Arena

Wed, March 6 Vincent Marmaduke “The Confederacy's James Bond," Museum After Hours, Missouri State Museum

Thur, March 7 Hype Monthly Lunch, 11:30am, Providence Bank God of Carnage, Scene One

Fri, March 8

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Daylight Saving Time

St. Patrick's Day

Mon, March 18 Vitae Foundation Pro-Life Benefit, luncheon at noon1:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m., Capitol Plaza Hotel

Thur, March 21 Chamber Connections, 4-5:30 p.m., Ria’s Restaurant

Sat, March 23 Ghost Hunters Investigates MSP, 6 p.m.- 2 a.m., Missouri State Penitentiary

God of Carnage, Scene One

Mon, March 25

5th Annual HALO "Love" Art Reach Auction, 6:30 p.m., Capitol Plaza Hotel

First Day of Passover

Sun, March 31 Easter Sunday

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april

Thur, April 4

Tue, April 16

Sun, April 21

Calena's Fashion Show and Luncheon, noon, Meadow Lake Country Club, RSVP required

National Health Care Decisions Day

Moon Over Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.,

Hype Monthly Lunch, 11:30 a.m., Providence Bank

Chamber Connections, 4-5:30 p.m., Madison’s Café

Short Attention Span Theater, Scene One

Fri, April 5 Swing Dolls, 7 p.m. Miller Performing Arts Center Short Attention Span Theater, Scene One

Auditorium

Thur, April 18

Much Ado About Everything, 7:30 p.m., Stained Glass Theatre Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m., Miller Performing Arts Center

Fri, April 19 Sat, April 6 Short Attention Span Theater, Scene One

Tue, April 9 2013 Poverty Summit: Renewing the War on Poverty, Capitol Plaza Hotel

Fri, April 12 Short Attention Span Theater, Scene One

Sat, April 13 Short Attention Span Theater, Scene One

Sun, April 14 Central Missouri Hall of Famers Dinner and Ceremony, Capitol Plaza Hotel 20 | March/April 2013

Thur, April 25 Lincoln University Casino Night and Poker Tournament, 6:30 p.m., Lincoln University Football Field

Fri, April 26 Much Ado About Everything, 7:30 p.m., Stained Glass Theatre

Much Ado About Everything, 7:30 p.m., Stained Glass Theatre

Moon Over Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.,

Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m., Miller Performing Arts Center

Sat, April 27

Moon Over Buffalo, 7:30 p.m., Capital City Players, Shikles Auditorium

Thur, April 11 Short Attention Span Theater, Scene One

Capital City Players, Shikles

Sat, April 20 Art Tour and Capital Arts Fundraiser, RSVP required

Capital City Players, Shikles Auditorium

Much Ado About Everything, 2 p.m., Stained Glass Theatre Moon Over Buffalo, 7:30 p.m., Capital City Players, Shikles Auditorium

Sun, April 28 March for Babies, March of Dimes, 1:30 p.m., Memorial

2nd Annual Granny Basketball Game, 6:30 p.m., Helias Fieldhouse

Park

Much Ado About Everything, 2 p.m., Stained Glass Theatre

Auditorium

Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m., Miller Performing Arts Center

Cole County Historical

Moon Over Buffalo, 7:30 p.m., Capital City Players, Shikles Auditorium

Accessory Show, 11 a.m.,

Moon Over Buffalo, 7:30 p.m., Capital City Players, Shikles

Mon, April 29 Society Finishing Touch Fashion and Vintage Jefferson City Country Club

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Each floor in the 10,000-square-foot lakeside home features a combination of common areas and bedrooms/baths. Although colors vary throughout, the overall design leans toward warm, earthy tones for a casual, comfortable feel.

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Four siblings turn their childhood vacation home into a dream lake getaway

By Heather Shields photos by CHris hollaway

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t’s been said that building a house together will test any relationship, but for four mid-Missouri siblings, they passed the test with flying colors. The brothers and sisters went together to purchase lake property for a family-oriented getaway, but the purchase held an even deeper family connection; the land they bought was the same land their parents had owned when the siblings were in high school.

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Texture was an important factor in the design of this lake getaway. The homeowners chose hand-scraped wood, split-face stone on the fireplace areas, granite for the countertops, glass, stone and other tiles to mimic outside features inside the home.

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Behind the Look Lighting: The dining room lights are part of the King’s Table Collection from Feiss. The style is what might hang over a medieval banquet table, but they’ve been updated for today’s home. “It is made of antique forged iron and is a grand and gracious fixture that is adorned with twisted metal spindles, oversized translucent candle covers and defining metal-like tassel drops,” says Kristin Schroeder, owner of LaBelle Cabinetry & Lighting. “Using two of these [chandeliers] accentuates the long table.”

“The great thing about this lake house is the combination of different styles that give this home a very eclectic styling,” Schroeder continues. “We used some very transitional lighting that works well with today’s diverse lifestyles, complementing traditional, contemporary, eclectic, casual chic and a little old world charm into one timeless design.

“For the downstairs bar, we used some very sleek and simple metal mesh pendants in metallic copper finish. These were used to accentuate the colors in

the granite top and the black backdrop of the cabinets [and] let them stand out on their own.”

Furniture: “The lake-home style is rustic with a modern twist,” says Rachel Haney, design consultant with JC Mattress. “The project manager knew what she wanted; we just needed to find the right piece at a great price.”

Individual pieces added room for fun and creativity. “We were able to find a unique distressed hutch that complemented the large dining table that anchors the kitchen area,” says Leah

Ann Boss, owner of Petals for You. “Also, a hand-painted sideboard in the foyer sets the stage for color as you enter through the front door. There are some original art pieces that we incorporated in the family areas for everyone to enjoy.”

Tip: To simplify the furniture-buying process, know what result you are expecting. Whether you use snapshots, magazine clippings or designer books to help develop your personal style, choosing an overall look helps everything else fall into place.

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LEFT: Cooler tones in the bedrooms and bathrooms help bring the feel of the lake inside.

RIGHT: Original artwork is featured throughout the house, complemented by expansive windows offering views of the lake.

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Among the home’s notable features is a commercial bar, which includes a commercial refrigerator, ideal for entertaining large groups. An eclectic mix of contemporary design and old world charm, the new home is spacious enough to accommodate all 22 family members of the four sibling owners, along with friends and business guests.

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A hot tub, pool and lakeside surroundings give the homeowners and their guests plenty of reason to enjoy the outdoors.

Unfortunately, the four-bedroom home on the property, which the family had spent many summers in before selling, was no longer habitable.

Black mold had invaded the house, so the siblings made the decision to dismantle the structure and build their dream lake getaway.

Project give and take One sibling agreed to spearhead the project but only if the others agreed to let her make the final decisions. With so many opinions, she knew it would be a difficult undertaking without the stipulation.

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storming, the project-manager sibling met with the contractor, Ken Otke Construction Co. Inc., to make her family’s dreams come true.

“The challenging part on construction was the lot,” says Steve Brandt, Ken Otke Construction. “The new house filled up the lot, so we had to do some planning on how we could get everything on the lot and still fill the needs of the owners.”

Working closely with the contractor allowed not only for the give and take of trying to incorporate elements the family wanted but also for working on ways to stay within budget while meeting those needs.

“We made several changes to the plan in order to help with the costs of building this home, as well as making some changes to meet the family’s great taste in design,” Brandt says.

Design inspirations The three-level, 10,000-square-foot, fourbedroom home leans toward a warm, earthylooking feel, which creates a casual yet comfortable atmosphere.

“Each floor offers a different living experience with a combination of common areas and bedroom/baths,” says Tina Davis, Scruggs Lumber. “Each bedroom/bath combo has a different feel based on color, tile and design.”

Steve Brandt, Otke Construction, on choosing a builder:

1. What are the builder’s standards for products and craftsmanship?

• Quality comes from using both excellent products and superior methods. Find out what products the builder uses. When you compare quotes from builders, make sure you are comparing apples to apples.

• Anything that is purchased for your home can come in different price and quality levels. Are you going for the greatest cost savings and taking the risk that you might have to replace items in a few years? Or do you want to ensure that you have the best products possible that will last for many years?

2. How satisfied are previous customers?

• Don’t be afraid to ask the builder directly — and to ask for proof. It’s best to speak with someone who has stood in your shoes as the customer.

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• Are there references whom you can speak with directly? Does the company have a list of testimonials on its website? You can expect that in almost every building project, some things will go wrong: a delivery comes in late, a schedule gets shifted or the wrong appliance is delivered.

How does this builder deal with customers on good days; more importantly, how does this builder behave when things go wrong?

Does the builder have someone available to call, email or text during the day and the evenings?

3. How experienced is the builder?

• Building a home is one of the most complex products developed by hand. It takes scheduling and coordinating several parts and people.

Experience will make a difference in how the project will be built and how long it will take.

• Does the builder have a respected company?

• How many homes has the builder completed?

4. Can the builder offer additional skills?

• Builders who offer additional skills can only be more of an asset to you.

• Does the company have CAD (computeraided design) capabilities?

• Does the builder have knowledge in site layouts and surveys to adequately put your house on your lot?

• Can the builder give you ideas that help in the design? Can the builder give you ideas that may or may not work the way you envision?

5. Does the builder’s reputation translate into value?

• Is there name recognition when you mention a certain builder? Do the local real estate brokers say there is any value in that name?

• An established builder who has built a strong business over the time will have name recognition within the local market.

• Check the builder’s website. The investment that a builder has made into a quality brand translates to a higher value of your home.

MID-CITY LUMBER

IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE...

Casey Anderson, voted BEST Interior Designer

Casey, a professional interior designer at Mid City, understands success begins by listening to her client’s unique needs then showing them possibilities - Surprising! Affordable! Beautiful! - that can create an entire dream home, or WOW one room at a time. When the job is finished and the designs come to life, hearing “thank You,” Casey knows her clients will love their homes even more.

In her spare time, according to Casey, fun is “I enjoy watching my fiance Ryan race his sprint car, go antiquing with my friends or go to the gym with my mom, and I love playing with my two-year old pug, Cooper!”

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118 Jaycee Drive | Jefferson City, MO 573.636.6183 | www.mclumber.com

Tips when choosing to use remnant material:

TOP LEFT: From bedrooms to bathrooms, every corner of the house is adorned with carefully chosen fixtures, furniture and textiles. TOP RIGHT: The homeowners chose remnants from Martellaro Marble and Granite for the bathroom vanities, which decreased the overall cost without sacrificing the quality and design. CENTER: In addition to the four bedrooms, the home includes a bunkroom over the three-car garage that can sleep 10 people.

From Diane Martellaro 1. You must have accurate dimensions for your top including any needed overhang, backsplash and side splashes you desire. Remnant pieces are as is and cannot grow. (Customers sometimes forgo splashes to use a special remnant piece they like.)

2. Keep in mind the color you want, and bring along cabinet samples, floor color, paint chips and wallpaper to help with your decision.

3. Remnants are great to use if the material and size work for you, but if your plans change and the remnant does not work, you will need to choose another remnant to keep the discounted pricing.

4. It is always advantageous to use remnants for smaller projects in your home, especially when we’re already in your home working on a project.

5. Customers can use a special or exotic remnant (at a non-exotic price) for an island or wet bar and then use the surrounding cabinet tops in another complementary color.

Five tips for decorating on a budget: From Leah Ann Boss, owner, Petals for You 1. Add an area rug to a space to: anchor your furniture, bring color and pattern to a solid surface and/or divide a large area into a new space.

2. Try moving furniture away from the walls and placing it at an angle.

3. Change paint colors, or add an accent color to update an area.

4. Reupholster older pieces, and add color with pillows on the bed or sofa.

5. Move artwork around, and repurpose everyday items into accessories.

The project manager chose complementary colors, patterns and textures to create a cohesive palette throughout the house.

“Colors were warm earth tones along with some cooler colors for the bedrooms to bring the lake into the home,” Davis says. “The textures used were hand-scraped wood, split-face stone on the fireplace areas, granite for the countertops, glass, stone and other tile in hopscotch and other patterns to again mimic outside features inside the home.”

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The project manager used many inventory remnants from Martellaro Marble and Granite for the bathroom vanities, which decreased the overall cost without sacrificing the quality and design.

Constructing memories The new home can accommodate all 22 family members of the four sibling owners, as well as various friends and business guests. In addition to the four bedrooms, there is a bunkroom over the three-car garage that can sleep 10 people. The bunkhouse brings to mind a modern summer cabin with its maple wood queen size bunk beds and two twin beds bedecked in green and navy and tartan plaid carpeting.

Special features of the property include a media room, pool, hot tub, fire pit and a commercial bar including a commercial refrigerator. Disappearing doors (sliding patio doors) make the space feel as if there is no differential between the outside and inside; when protection from the elements is needed, the doors provide shelter without obstructing the view.

It was a detailed process, but the siblings succeeded in constructing an updated lake getaway in which their families and friends can relax.

Now all that’s left is creating memories. n

Resource Directory:

Contractor: Ken Otke Construction Co. Inc. Trusses: Mid-America Truss Roof: Roofing Specialist Windows: J & S Windows Electrical: G & R Electric Inc. Plumbing: Magnum Plumbing HVAC: Rehagen Heating & Cooling Garage doors: Capital Installers Fireplace: Forshaw Heating & Cooling Dryvit/stucco: Barber Stucco Drywall: Barklage Drywall Inc. Stone: Midwest Block & Brick Masonry: Fraley Masonry Flooring: Scruggs Lumber Cabinetry: Designer, Kitchens & Baths Countertops: Martellaro Marble Lighting: LaBelle Cabinetry & Lighting Shelving: Ozark Custom Closet Appliances: Riback Supply Co. Pool: Vaughan Pools Stamped concrete: Concrete Design Concepts Landscaping: Nelson Landscaping

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Is it the way of the future?

How smart technology is taking names and changing lives

By Molly Wright � Photos by Taylor Allen

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magine being on vacation and suddenly realizing you left the stove on, forgot to turn off the sprinklers or left doors unlocked. But instead of panicking, you take care of everything from your cellphone. Or say at the end of a long day, instead of walking into a cold, dark house, you’re greeted by a well-lit interior, soft music and a warm bath set at just the right temperature. Sound futuristic? Actually, these are just a few of the options available in smart homes today where technology and “smart” innovations are not only making life easier, but, in many cases, they’re also changing lives.

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So what is smart technology? “So much of what is standard in homes today relies on smart technology,” says Scott Schaeperkoetter, owner of Signature Homes Inc. “For instance most people have Wi-Fi technology in their home today. It wasn’t so basic five or six years ago, but it is now.”

Basically, smart technology is what allows home automation systems to communicate with one another. In a smart home, this technology allows the homeowner to activate preprogrammed systems, anything from lighting to security, with a single button or voice control.

Because of this, smart homes offer the homeowner a safer, more empowered environment.

For the elderly and people with disabilities, that technology means they can stay in their homes with increased independence.

Making life simpler Schaeperkoetter is well-versed in smart homes.

Last year, Signature Homes served as the general contractor on the Operation Tyler project. In conjunction with the Gary Sinise Building for the Bravest Foundation project and the Stephen Siller Tunnels to Towers Foundation, Signature Homes built a smart home for Lance Cpl. Tyler Huffman. The home allows Huffman, who was wounded in Afghanistan and paralyzed from the waist down, and his family to live more independently.

According to Schaeperkoetter, what makes Huffman’s home a smart home is that “a lot of different controls in the home can be controlled with an iPad or an iPhone or LCD components.”

In a smart home, smart technology allows home automation systems to communicate with one another.

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With a single button homeowners can activate preprogrammed systems to control anything from lighting to security.

Smart technology allows for increased independence for homeowner Lance Cpl. Tyler Huffman

For instance, from his iPhone or iPad, Huffman can control every light in the house. With a click of the “goodnight” button, he can turn everything off once he goes to bed.

Jamie Corwin, owner of The Entertainer, which specializes in audio, visual and security systems, worked directly on installing the smart technology package for Huffman’s home. “The whole idea is to make life a little simpler but also give the homeowner some advantages, like energy conservation,” Corwin says, which is particularly true when it comes to lighting. “People don’t realize how little light they actually need.

There’s a lot of saving that goes into a smart home lighting system.”

With dimmers commonly installed on the majority of the lighting fixtures, the homeowner can greatly reduce his or her energy consumption.

Schaeperkoetter agrees. “In Tyler’s home, even during the middle of the day, the lights are operating at 70 percent of their maximum,” he says. Preprogrammed lighting in food preparation, for instance, can be set brighter and then dimmed during the meal. And motion-activated lights can be set at 15 percent of their normal levels to follow an individual when he or she gets up at night to check on a child in another room.

Providing peace of mind Smart technology also addresses security issues.

Signature Homes installed five cameras on the outside of Huffman’s home, which he can access through two LCD monitors mounted to the wall and on all TVs. For Huffman, this allows him to

Huffman was wounded while serving in Afghanistan and is paralyzed from the waist down.

Huffman’s bathroom includes a fully automatic toilet, grab bars and ample space under the vanity for wheelchair roll-up.

With smart sound systems, homeowners can preprogram the style of music they enjoy.

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monitor his son when he can’t be in the backyard with him and provides peace of mind.

Additional security components in the home include a phone system that doubles as an inhouse intercom. “When someone rings the doorbell, the phones ring,” Schaeperkoetter says. So Huffman can readily speak with a visitor without worrying about getting to the door.

Some systems also provide a stream video of the visitor to a computer and TV monitors.

Security systems can also be set up to alert the homeowner of intruders and/or track comings and goings in the home. “When your security system goes off, you get an email or text,” Corwin says. “Or you can give a particular code to your maintenance or cleaning person, and your phone will email or text when they enter the house.”

Smart technology is gaining popularity in home sound systems as well. “The biggest thing everyone wants is to stream music from their iPhone or their iPad to their system,” Corwin says. With smart technology, a homeowner can change the music in any room of the house regardless of where he or she is at the time. In some cases, smart sound systems allow the homeowner to preprogram the style of music he or she enjoys to come on at specific times of the day, such as during a meal or right before bed.

Customizing the space Along with smart technology, smart homes often include smart innovations, particularly in homes where mobility is an issue. For instance, custom kitchen cabinets with motorized racks can lower dishes for easier access.

Similarly, customized stoves that raise and lower with a click of a button reduce the incidence of burns caused by reaching over the burners from a wheelchair. Huffman’s kitchen includes a custom-made island, with a lowered wheelchair-accessible eating area and a beverage cooler compartment, which is at a better height and easier to open than the refrigerator. Lowering the countertops a few inches and installing a garbage disposal switch on the front of the sink also makes any kitchen more accessible.

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In smart homes, custom kitchen cabinets with motorized racks can lower dishes for easier access, and customized stoves can raise and lower with a click of a button to reduce the risk of burns caused by reaching over the burners from a wheelchair.

Schaeperkoetter says, “a very large part of the design considerations were with how he got around the house and making that house a truly ADA-compliant [American with Disabilities Act of 1990] home.” For instance, the ADA requires a 5-foot turning radius everywhere.

But equally important are the arrangement and functionality of the bathroom’s amenities.

Huffman’s bathroom includes a fully automatic toilet, grab bars and ample space under the vanity for wheelchair roll-up. A tilted mirror allows him to see more of his reflection, and faucets on the side of the sink provide easier access. Benches line the wall in his zero-entry shower, where a multifunction shower system offers a normal shower head, a handheld shower and body sprays.

Outside the shower, a Moen Iodigital system allows every household member to preset and shower using his or her personal temperature and flow rate preferences.

Smart home innovations also extend to Huffman’s garage and backyard. To make sure the garage accommodated Huffman’s wheelchair lift on his truck, which is too tall for a regular garage, 10-foot walls and a coffered ceil-

ing were installed. In the backyard, Huffman can play with his son using a large covered back patio, which goes the whole distance of the backyard.

Building for the future Overall, smart homes offer technological advances and innovations that make life easier for many people. But according to Schaeperkoetter, an important feature is that smart homes look like traditional homes, which is important to the home buyer. “You could go into Tyler’s house and not know anything about the owner, and you would never know a handicapped person lived there,” Schaeperkoetter says.

Will smart homes eventually be the standard? Corwin thinks they are definitively the way of the future, though right now it’s an expensive venture. The smart technology alone in Huffman’s home costs $85,000.

“Young families grew up with the Internet, have smartphones,” Corwin says. “It’s like flat-screen TVs. I think over time, some of that smart technology will get more cost effective so more people can afford it.” n

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Sarah Alsager was promoted to vice president, public relations and new media of COMMUNIQUE Inc., where she is responsible for assisting clients in the areas of social media setup and management, event planning and media relations training. She has worked at COMMUNIQUE, a strategic communications firm, for a little more than a year and was previously the company’s director of new media.

Jefferson City Medical Group announced that Mark Rosales, D.O., has received a certificate of added qualification in hospice and palliative medicine from the American Board of Family Medicine. The certificate of added qualification is designed to recognize excellence among certified family physicians who emphasize the care of seriously ill and dying patients with life-limiting illnesses in their practice.

High 5 Communications announced the addition of Sarah Schatsiek to its team of marketing and design professionals.

Schatsiek will serve as the agency’s social media and marketing coordinator, bringing with her a fresh eye for design, experience in social media and a degree in visual fashion communications from Stephens College. Other recent promotions at High 5 Communications include: Rebecca Scheuler, director of brand development; Kyle Cross, creative director; Kody Belshe, digital director; and Scott Biggerstaff, art director.

Capital Region Medical Center satellite laboratory at the Goldschmidt Cancer Center has met all criteria for laboratory accreditation by COLA, a national health care accreditation organization. Accreditation is given only to laboratories that apply rigid standards of quality in day-to-day operations, demonstrate continued accuracy in the performance of proficiency testing and pass a rigorous onsite laboratory survey.

Jennifer M. Jacobs is the new accounting manager of Providence Bank. Jacobs will be responsible for coordinating the bank’s management reporting, financial planning and quarterly regulatory reports. She will assist the interim chief financial officer in preparing strategic and competitive market analyses and will work closely with regulators and auditors.

Jimmy Kay Sanders and Amy Berendzen are this year’s co-chairs for the American Red Cross Heart of Missouri Chapter’s Lifesaver Awards. Sanders is a chapter board member, and Berendzen is director of marketing/public relations at Capital Region Medical Center.

The Lifesaver Awards event, which includes a barbecue dinner, will be held from 4 to 7 p.m.

June 25 at the North Jefferson City Pavilion.

Elle Benage is the new director of HALO Jefferson City Learning Center. She currently holds a bachelor’s degree in studio art/ graphic design and plans to pursue a master’s in art therapy. Benage was a young life leader throughout high school and college, was on staff at Camp Barnabas and recently taught an art therapy course to survivors of human sex trafficking in the Washington, D.C., area.

Thomas W. Hagar is the new chief operating officer of Providence Bank. Hagar joined Providence Bank in June 2011 as executive vice president, chief lending officer and St. Louis market president and will continue to serve in those roles concurrent with his new position.

As COO, Hagar will oversee commercial banking activities, commercial credit administration and residential lending and will direct the bank’s market leadership.

SSM Regional Health Care Services has appointed Nimrod Chapel Jr. and Dan Westhues to three-year terms on the St. Mary’s Board of Directors. Members of the board reappointed to another three-year term are Bill Case and Dr. Denise Tritz.

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Julie Dill and Amy James made history Dec. 14 when they become the first people to receive doctorate degrees from William Woods University. Dill is superintendent of Johnson County R-VII School District in Crest Ridge, and James is principal of Southern Boone Elementary School in Ashland. They both started working toward their doctorates in educational leadership in August 2010.

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Dr. Rolando Breier, Jefferson City Medical Group Oncology and Hematology, was named associate medical director for Hospice Compassus in Jefferson City. Breier joined JCMG in September 2011 following a residency in internal medicine at New York Medical College, Metropolitan Hospital Center in New York City; a fellowship in pain and palliative care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City; and a fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at the University of Missouri. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in hospice and palliative medicine, medical oncology and internal medicine.

St. Mary’s Health Center Foundation appointed Maura Browning and State Sen. Mike Kehoe to three-year terms on the St. Mary’s Foundation Board of Directors. Members of the board reappointed to another three-year term are Kelli Jones, Donna Westhues and Debora Snyder.

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New and Noteworthy Construction of the Missouri State Penitentiary Museum, located on the second floor of the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau offices at 100 E. High St., is nearly finished, and the museum is now looking for residents to donate items relating to: prison industries, contract labor/private industries, personal items from inside the prison walls, as well as items related to maintaining order in the prison.

“A lot of thought and hard work has gone into this project,” says Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Diane Gillespie. “Now all that is needed to complete the museum are the prison artifacts and memorabilia we hope the residents of Missouri will be eager to provide.”

To donate items, which will be considered on loan to the CVB, contact Sheila Sanford at 573-632-2820 or sheila@ visitjeffersoncity.com.

Kas Jacquot, owner of Kas A Designs, was featured in the jewelry industry publication InStore Magazine in an article discussing good habits of successful jewelry stores. “I give a referral bonus of a $50 in-store credit to every client who refers someone,” Jacquot says in the January 2013 issue.

Suzie Nichols recently celebrated 20 years at Edward Jones Investments with her clients, family, staff and the JC Chamber Ambassadors, who assisted with a ribboncutting ceremony at her office. Nichols opened her office in Jefferson City in 1993. n Jefferson City Magazine | 49

ABOVE: A claw-foot tub from Habitat for Humanity ReStore is repurposed into an outdoor home for goldfish by Jefferson City resident Peggy Davis. OPPOSITE: From reupholstered furniture to updated light fixtures, Davis and Dayla Penn turn eclectic ReStore finds into one-of-a-kind pieces.

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smart finds

At River City Habitat for Humanity ReStore, every purchase made is helping someone in need

By Amy J. Hoffman small but neat and modern house is under construction on Stadium Boulevard. This is the 80th house built in Jefferson City by the River City Habitat for Humanity, and approximately half of those houses were made possible by a thrift store just a few miles away.

The Habitat for Humanity ReStore is located in two large warehouses on Creek Trail Drive.

Its 16,000 square feet of inventory feel cozy with the cavernous space filled from wall to wall with secondhand home furnishing and building supplies. Couches are pushed back to back and arm to arm in the front building, with ovens snuggling around the corner and dining room chairs dotting the floor. In the back building, a row of antique single-pane windows in weathered wooden frames stands on the floor, while doors of all colors and sizes fill an adjacent rack.

“There’s a door that was in the Capitol at some point,” says Jim Hofmann, pointing to a wide wooden door with decorative spindles.

“We just never know what’s going to show up.”

All of the items in the ReStore are donations from individuals and businesses in the community. The proceeds from the sale of the donations, which range from flat-screen TVs to plumbing fixtures, pay for the construction of almost three houses in Jefferson City each year.

The purpose River City Habitat was founded in 1992 by Hofmann and a committee at First Presbyterian Church. The store came in 1999 as a solution to their fundraising needs. The Flood of ’93 brought in a lot of need and many contributions when the chapter was first established, but money was in short supply once the disaster became old news. The ReStore is modeled off a pilot store in Austin, Texas.

“We have the primary objective of raising money to build houses, but we give a second life to items that would ordinarily go to the landfill, and we give people a place to donate and then get it off to someone who really needs it,” Hofmann says.

Volunteers at the ReStore try to watch out for the best interests of the end users, too.

They turn down donations of items that are broken, stained or dilapidated. The goal is for all donations to be something that someone can be proud to own. The store even offers a 30-day warranty on large appliances so that shoppers can be confident they aren’t taking home a lemon.

“There’s a lot of need out there,” Hofmann says. “We try and help people with our low prices to be able to get the things that they need, so we look at that as being a mission in addition to our building of houses.”

The repurpose Shoppers at the Habitat ReStore come from all over central Missouri and walks of life. Some are looking for affordable necessities. Some are looking for hidden bargains. And some are looking for new projects.

“A lot of things don’t go back to their original purpose,” Hofmann says. “Somebody might take a door and make it into a headboard.” The Jefferson City Magazine | 53

For over 69 years in Central Missouri, MidCity Lumber company has been a trusted, locally owned building supply source. All these years later, they’ve made a name for themselves in the interior design and fixture business. Of course they are known for their lumber and plywood, but Mid-City is also an incredible and affordable source for doors, windows, paint, counter-tops, floor coverings, siding, roofing, paint, and light fixtures.

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antique windows are popular as alternative canvases for artists.

“You get [items] at a good price, so you can be a little more daring with them and have something really cool for your house,” says Peggy Davis, a Jefferson City resident who has shopped at the ReStore for more than 10 years.

One of her biggest projects was giving new life to some old sofas and an armchair. She had the 1960s furniture reupholstered in white denim.

“The ’60s are really popular right now,” she says.

“I have the authentic stuff, and I have the story. I like that other people have used it.”

“I used to not even bother walking past the upholstered chairs or couches,” says Dayla Penn, another local fan of the store, “but I’ve been eyeing a sofa with such amazing lines.” Penn uses half of her garage to work on her favorite projects, solid wood furniture and light fixtures.

“An unexpected pop of color by way of light fixture or chandelier makes me smile,” she says. In fact, she recently finished turning an old brass fixture into a bright blue conversation piece.

With some lessons on power tools from her boyfriend, Penn is considering even bigger things for the future. “I have ideas in my head that require deconstructing and reconstructing some of the pieces I work on,” she says.

Davis doesn’t stick just to upholstery either. “I’ve got a claw-foot bathtub in my backyard that I have goldfish in,” she says. It’s a perfect complement to the antique tin washtub she uses as a planter.

“I just like to recycle and repurpose,” Davis says, but her motives are deeper than that. “When you go out there and donate or go out there and buy, you’re helping someone get a home.”

“I remember my dollars spent here stay local and help a wonderful organization,” Penn says. “Making purchases at River City Habitat for Humanity ReStore never leaves me feeling guilty.” n

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Number of years in that position: 26 Family: Wife, Mary; son, Christopher; his wife, Amanda, and their daughters: Emma and Grace; daughter, Stephanie Education: I have a degree in economics. During my college days back in the 1960s, when the Marines were looking for a few good men, the U.S. Army was looking for the rest us.

I completed college after serving in Vietnam.

Community involvement: Knights of Columbus, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Mid America Lumbermens Association, United Way, Chamber of Commerce, Missouri National Guard Best career advice you ever received (and from whom): My dad once told me to hire people who were better than me and to make sure that I praised in public and criticized in private. He also told me when I served as a general’s aid to be careful of the gold cord worn over my shoulder because that’s just enough rope to hang yourself with.

Why you chose this career: At a very young age, to get me out of my mother’s hair, my dad would take me to work. I did learn a lot about mathematics, I got paid a ½ cent a board foot to stack lumber, so 1-by-4-by-8 feet would put 2 ½ cents in my pocket — before taxes.

Favorite Jefferson City charitable or community organization and why: The Samaritan Center. I admire the humbling beginnings of that organization and what it has become.

Favorite Jefferson City restaurant and why: Locally owned restaurants.

I enjoy the comfortable atmospheres and that each has a different specialty.

Favorite place to spend Saturday afternoon: On the golf course Last book read: That Used to Be Us

by Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum Hero then: Zorro. Any cowboy hat worked, a pillowcase served as the cape, and a plaster lathe from the lumberyard always made a good sword.

Favorite comfort food: Oreos and a glass of milk Favorite guilty pleasure: Oreos and a glass of milk Favorite healthy indulgence: I’m still looking for one.

Favorite app: Houzz Dream vacation: I just experienced it when our entire family vacationed at Disney World. I didn’t realize Mickey was so short!

Secret aspiration: To be an architect Source of inspiration: One day as my dad and I were leaving the lumberyard, an older gentleman stopped my dad and congratulated him. He said: “John Clifford, I’m proud of you. Most sons take their dad’s business and ruin it.” I knew then what was expected of me. That conversation inspired me to do as well as my dad. n

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The Gibbs Center for Independence helps people with disabilities, older and aging adults remain in their own homes and communities as long as possible

By Diane Ferguson, director, Gibbs Center for Independence

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hen it comes to living life without limits, the Gibbs Center for Independence offers consumers the kind of environment and support they need to continue living as independently as possible. The Gibbs Center, a program of the not-for-profit organization UCP

Heartland, offers a place where young adults with disabilities can continue their education after high school as well as a place for older and aging adults to engage in stimulating activities to help them remain in their own homes and communities for as long as possible.

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Consumers Ryan Young and Eric Young enjoy the calming effects of the Gibb's Center adult sensory room.

“The programs are individualized to meet each consumer’s goals and accommodate families that may need additional supports in caring for their loved one,” says Diane Ferguson, director of the Gibbs Center.

Skills for independence The Gibbs Center supports more than 30 consumers weekly, offers a flexible schedule and implements both facility-based and community-based services. Activities are designed to help people with developmental or acquired disabilities to learn skills they need to live more independently, such as money management, housekeeping, developing positive relationships and job readiness.

“Many of our consumers have skills that the community could benefit from, and ultimately, we would like to match those skills with jobs.”

Ferguson says.

The Gibbs Center also offers adult day care for aging adults. This can be an alternative to early nursing home placement and offers aging adults health, social and support services in a protective setting while family caregivers receive respite care or the support care necessary to remain employed.

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maintaining life skills and self-dignity,” Ferguson says.

And it’s not just aging adults who benefit from the program. “When I found out there was only a very small day care center for special needs children after turning 21, unless they could work at the sheltered workshop, I knew there was a big need for these special young adults,” says Hallie Gibbs, whose family donated the Gibbs Center building and fundraises regularly for the center. “Today there are 32 participants in the center who are provided warm lunches, full-time nursing, exercise with a special therapy room and training.”

Community support The Gibbs Center houses the only program of its kind in the Jefferson City area, is licensed by the Department of Health and Senior Services and is internationally accredited by CARF, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. The community is invited at any time to come and visit and tour the facility.

Various groups and events raise money for the Gibbs Center throughout the year, including the Easter Seals and the annual Deal or No Deal event. According to Karen Gibbs, the individuals the organization helps are more than enough reason for the work to continue.

“When we chaired the first telethon, I fell in

love with children with special needs,” she says. “I wanted to do something for the Jefferson City area. It has become a family affair with our children.” n

The Gibbs Center is in need of the following donation items: • Used piano • Computers: refurbished laptop or desktops, iPads, etc.

• Gently used furniture: chairs, tables, leather sofas • General medical supplies: gloves, first aid kits, etc.

• Outdoor patio furniture

About the Adult Sensory Room Money awarded through a grant from the United Way helped fund the room, which is a first for the Gibbs Center and is the only adult sensory room in the city. The interactive equipment provides a multi-sensory experience with visual, auditory, tactile and gross motor activities.

The room helps participants learn to become acclimated to their environment as well as the changes that can come from adjustments in their surroundings, which is imperative in becoming part of their community. In addition, a sensory room benefits those individuals who need assistance with sensorial processing to contribute to a higher quality of life.

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sPonsors: BILLBOARD SPONSORS: Dr. Bill and Janet Schlegel GO Partners JCMG Laser & Vein Jefferson City Nursing & Rehabilitation Victoria’s Bridal SPECIAL SPONSORS: Brown Printing - Print Sponsor JCMG Laser & Vein Center - Go Red for Women Joe Machens Capital City Ford Lincoln - Valet Kyle Nichols, PharmD - Superball Party Missouri Vein Care - Silent Auction Naught-Naught Agency - Dessert NH Scheppers Distributing - VIP Reception Outbound Rehabilitation & Wellness - Auction Paddle

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CRIMSON TABLE SPONSORS: Capitol Plaza Hotel Jefferson City Nursing & Rehabilitation

GOLD TABLE SPONSORS: AFLAC - Bryan Swyers Dr. Conrad & Karen Balcer Dr. Tom & Carol Schneider Jenny Craig Joan Firley Missouri Foot Care Dr. Terry and Kristi Klamet UMB Victoria’s Bridal Whaley’s Pharmacy SILVER TABLE SPONSORS: Carson & Coil Central Bank Custom Screen Printing Dr. Daniel & Breanne Gibson Dr. Richard & Sally Graham Dr. Teri Deffenbaugh Forck Farms - Kelly Forck Freeman Mortuary Gibbs, Pool & Turner, P.C. Gilbert & Helen Schanzmeyer Golden Living Center

Hawthorn Bank Hospice Compassus Huber & Associates Industrial Warehouse & Distribution Group JCMG-Cardiology Jefferson Bank Jefferson City Foot & Ankle Clinic Dr. Jonathon and Rosslene Strong Jefferson City Medical Group Jefferson City YMCA Jerry and Tina Morton Lincoln University Millard Family Chapel Missouri Footcare Center Providence Bank Sport and Spine Rehab Sydney Broderick Salon & Spa Wallstreet Group Williams Keepers LLC Wilson’s Fitness HEART STAR SPONSORS: Jefferson City Foot & Ankle Linn State Technical College

Evening Highlight s: Attendees:

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Checking In With a quarter century of business under its belt, the Capitol Plaza Hotel tackles new renovations to keep it on top in the capital city

By Katrina Tauchen | Photos by Taylor Allen

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hen the Capitol Plaza Hotel opened its doors more than 25 years ago on Aug. 6, 1987, the business catered to the type of clientele one might expect to find in a capital city hotel. But like any business fortunate enough to have built its history in Jefferson

City, there’s more to the Capitol Plaza than guests just passing through town.

"We employ over 130 people at this hotel and contribute directly to growth and employment of many ancillary businesses in our community, from food and beverage

companies to florists, uniform shops, bakeries, landscaping and more,” says Cyndi McDonald, the hotel’s general manager.

“The tourism dollar spent in this community is spent over and over again and is an integral part of our local and state economy.”

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Built by John Q. Hammons, the Capitol Plaza Hotel and Conference Center is a full-service, independent, nine-story atrium hotel with more than 22,000 square feet of meeting space perched on a prime piece of Missouri real estate, a few short blocks from the State Capitol. Likely due to its locale, the hotel’s primary clientele — groups and government — has remained largely unchanged over the years. The structure itself, however, was due for an upgrade.

Change for the future “Our guests told us it was time,” McDonald says.

“Regardless of how well you maintain a hotel, at some point you become dated. We always want to be relevant to our guests and clients. We want to be their first choice when deciding where to stay in Jefferson City.”

With guests’ needs in mind, the Capitol Plaza recently underwent extensive renovations to bring the hotel up to date. “The obvious and most impactful renovations include updating our 255 guest rooms,” McDonald says. “With a change in carpet, drapes, bedding and artwork, the rooms have a clean contemporary look to them.”

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• new carpeting in the Park Place restaurant and atrium, along with updates to the water feature and lighting options; • new carpeting in the Grand Ballroom; • an investment in outdoor landscaping; • infrastructure updates including a complete modernization of the elevator system, a new telephone switch and enhancements to the air conditioning systems.

Hotel changes extend beyond the physical structure as well. Over the years, McDonald says technology has been the biggest change in business, with the Internet and social media driving marketing in new directions.

“From a marketing standpoint, it’s a whole different game,” she says. “Guests are booking their stays, selecting their rooms and even checking in and paying all on their smartphones.

We don’t have all of these options yet, but we are getting there.”

Community business Although the hotel often caters to out-of-towners, McDonald is quick to point out that the Capitol Plaza is an integral player in the life of Jefferson City. A number of social and charitable events are held at the hotel each year, including the annual Chamber Gala and the recent governor’s inauguration.

“I have worked in a number of different hotels over the years but none that seemed to be so much at the heart of the community,” she says. n

Capitol Plaza Fast Facts Address: 415 W. McCarty St. Phone: 573-635-1234 Website: capitolplazajeffersoncity.com Property size: 22,000 square feet of conference and function space Number of rooms: 255 guest rooms Number of employees: 130 Owner: Atrium TRS LLC 7

Bon Appétit The Capitol Plaza is known throughout the city and state as a hotel and conference center, but the business is also home to Park Place, a full-service restaurant that’s open every day of the week. Executive chef Dennis Bahm, who’s been with the company for more than 30 years, has won numerous competitions for his barbecue and has been featured in The Dutch Oven Cookbook. Check the hotel’s Facebook page, facebook.com/ capitolplazajeffersoncity, for daily specials.

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Business

Constructing the Next Generation of Leaders

Management techniques to engage a new and younger workforce

By Matt Cowell

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ver the past 20 years of teaching, I have realized that teaching theory in today’s fast-paced world is not enough. The business world is vastly different from what it was 10 years ago. The amount of change a company experiences over 12 months is mind-boggling.

Here are some issues I hear about daily: • Younger generations are not motivated to work.

• We have more conflicts than ever before in the workplace.

• It’s hard to keep anyone in a particular job for a length of time.

• I have some employees who use technology and some who refuse.

The fact is the younger generations are motivated to work, but we are unaware of how to get them engaged in their jobs. We must realize that the management techniques we have been using for the past 20 years just don’t work with the new generation.

I remember a time as a child when my grandfather was sitting on a bucket and working on his tractor. He had his elbow on his knee as he stared at the tractor and tried to figure out how to fix it. I pulled up a smaller bucket, sat down next to him and mimicked what he was doing. The older generations learned from trial and error to solve problems. The younger generations use technology for everything; the Internet and Google are how they find the solution. They expect a simple fix, or they upgrade to a better model/product.

In today’s world of technology, the competitive advantage has been taken away from many companies. The level of experience for the end user is minimal from one company to another. So how does a company survive today? It’s about becoming a company that creates a culture of excellence, a company that engages all employees in strategic thinking and problem solving and finds value in every employee’s job regardless of the generation.

Employee-performance systems must be linked to key deliverables and measured at least every 90 days.

Employees know if they are winning or losing in their jobs. Companies that master this will be the companies that survive. Will you be the company that thrives in the next generations of business? n Cowell is the president of Ascend Business Strategies in Jefferson City.

The fact is the younger generations are motivated to work, but we are unaware of how to get them engaged in their jobs.

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Mary Kabiri reads from a stack of thank-you cards she has received from consumers while volunteering at the Gibb’s Center for Independence.

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city character

spirit and song For Mary Kabiri, a talent for music speaks just as powerfully as a talent for math and numbers

By Lauren Sable Freiman photos by Rebecca rademan

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ary Kabiri spent 33 years teaching mathematics at Lincoln University.

Although she’s now retired, she still teaches part time and tutors Lincoln students in everything from beginning algebra through advanced calculus. She has a master’s degree in mathematics and at one time came very close to completing a doctorate in math education.

And when she goes to UCP Heartland’s Gibbs Center for Independence twice every month, she leads a sing-a-long for adults with developmental and acquired disabilities, some noncommunicative, deaf, blind or in a wheelchair.

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Kabiri performs “Old MacDonald” for consumers at the Gibbs Center.

“A lot of math involves patterns, and music involves patterns,” Kabiri says. “It’s not unusual to be good at both.”

Education in performance A piano player for 60 years — most of her life — and an organist for the past three years, Kabiri has shared her talents at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Immaculate Conception Church and First Presbyterian Church. She has also entertained nursing home residents for close to 20 years.

Her career as a volunteer entertainer began when her mother was a resident in the Alzheimer’s unit at JC Manor.

“It got to be difficult to have a long conversation, but she loved music, so I talked to the activities director, and she helped me organize it,” Kabiri says.

Every Wednesday for three years, Kabiri’s sing-a-long would attract a crowd of 30 people, eager to be entertained. Although her mom passed away about eight years ago, Kabiri’s reputation as an engaging and personable performer lived on. When a nurse from JC Manor began working at the Gibbs Center, she asked 76 | March/April 2013

Kabiri to showcase her talents for clients of their adult day care program.

“I know everybody’s first name, and I try to include everybody in some way,” Kabiri says.

“There is a girl who loves music, is in a wheelchair and was always in the back where she couldn’t participate well. I got her moved to the front so she can be in the center of things and not be left out.”

Kabiri says she tries to do more than just sit and play music. She draws on the skills she developed during her long teaching career as she incorporates educational components into every performance. For example, if she plays the crowd favorite “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” the group discusses where Texas is located.

“I’m a teacher, so I like to see how they respond and see if they are getting anything out of it,” Kabiri says.

Bringing a spirit According to Diane Ferguson, director of the Gibbs Center, Kabiri has attracted a loyal following, and her visits are always met with excitement.

“Mary is a great volunteer because she brings a certain spirit to the center with her music,” Ferguson says. “She will play the piano and sing, but she also tries to engage the consumers by encouraging them to sing along or participate in hand motions or dancing. Consumers look forward to her visits and certainly notice if she happens to miss a week.”

Kabiri is so in tune with her audience that she knows exactly which audience members like which songs. One man anxiously waits for her to invite him to the front for the Hokey Pokey, while others enjoy suggesting animals for Kabiri’s rendition of “Old MacDonald.”

According to Ferguson, after many years of volunteer work, Kabiri has never asked for anything in return.

“She comes and gives of herself in a way that is genuine and sincere and leaves a feeling of happiness when she goes,” Ferguson says.

Handmade cards let Kabiri know that the center’s clients appreciate her energy and enthusiasm, but she says the feeling is mutual.

“I really enjoy seeing them happy,” she says.

“They know they are important to me.” n

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gourmet

Argyle Catering Co.

Rosemary Roasted Potatoes

Beef Wellington

Serves 6 • 2 pounds baby potato mix (purple, red creamers, white creamers) • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary • kosher salt and black pepper to taste Combine all ingredients in a bowl, and toss until coated.

Roast in a preheated 400-degree oven for approximately 30 minutes or until tender.

For the duxelles: • 3 pints (1.5 pounds) white button mushrooms • shallots, peeled and roughly chopped • 4 cloves garlic, peeled and roughly chopped • 2 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves only • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter • kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Grilled Asparagus Serves 6 • 1.5 pounds fresh asparagus spears, trimmed • 1 teaspoon thyme leaves • 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil • kosher salt and black pepper to taste Preheat grill on high. Put all ingredients in a bowl, and toss to combine. Grill for approximately 3 minutes or until asparagus reaches desired tenderness. Squeeze lemon juice over top once the asparagus is off the grill.

Directions:

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To make the duxelles: Add mushrooms, shallots, garlic and thyme to a food processor, and pulse until finely chopped. Add butter to a large sauté pan set over medium heat. Add the shallot and mushroom mixture, and sauté for 8 to 10 minutes until most of the liquid has evaporated. Season with salt and pepper, and set aside to cool.

To prepare the beef: Drizzle the beef with olive oil, then season it with salt and pepper and sear all over, including the ends, in a hot heavy-based skillet lightly coated with olive oil, about 2 to 3 minutes.

Meanwhile, set out the prosciutto on a sheet of plastic wrap (1 foot in length) on top of a cutting board. Shingle the prosciutto so it forms a rectangle that is big enough to encompass the entire filet of beef. Using a rubber spatula, cover evenly with a thin layer of duxelles. Season the surface of the duxelles with salt and pepper.

When the beef is seared, remove it from the heat, and lightly brush Dijon mustard or horseradish over the top.

For the beef: • 1 3-pound center-cut beef tenderloin (filet mignon), trimmed • extra-virgin olive oil • kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper • 12 thick slices prosciutto • 6 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves only • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard • flour, for rolling out puff pastry • 1 pound puff pastry, thawed if using frozen • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten • ½ teaspoon kosher salt

Allow it to cool slightly, then roll it up in the duxelles-covered prosciutto using the plastic wrap to ties it nice and tight. Tuck in the ends of prosciutto as you roll to completely encompass the beef. Roll it up tightly in plastic wrap, and twist the ends to seal it completely and hold it in a log shape. Set in the refrigerator for 30 minutes to ensure it maintains its shape.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. On a lightly floured surface, roll the puff pastry out to about a 1/5-inch thickness.

Depending on the size of your sheets, you might have to overlap two sheets and press them together. Remove beef from refrigerator, and take off the plastic. Set the beef in the center of the pastry, and fold over the longer sides.

Then roll the puff pastry around the beef, and fold it over to completely seal the beef. Place the beef seam side down on a baking sheet.

Brush the top of the pastry with egg wash, and sprinkle with kosher salt. Then make a couple of slits in the top of the pastry using the tip of a paring knife, which creates vents that will allow the steam to escape when

cooking. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until pastry is golden brown and beef registers 125 degrees F on an instantread thermometer. Remove beef from the oven, and allow it to rest before cutting it into thick slices. n

Chef Ryan P. Davis is the owner and head chef of Argyle Catering Co. and trained at the California School of Culinary Arts Le Cordon Bleu Program. He has more than 15 years of experience and provides exceptional catering services for parties, weddings and a wide variety of other events throughout central Missouri.

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the dish

Prison Brews Drinks, pizza and a touch of nostalgia on the city’s historic east side

By Rebecca Rademan Photos by Chris Hollaway and Rebecca Rademan

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he smell of a wood-burning stove has always been one of my favorite scents, and as spring approaches, anyone outdoors on Jefferson City’s historic east side can attest to the lure of Prison Brew’s fragrant wood-fired pizza oven from blocks away. My favorite is the tomato, feta and bacon pizza: tangy Roma tomatoes, melted feta cheese and crisp apple-wood smoked bacon with a fresh pesto sauce, served on homemade, hand-tossed dough. This meal pairs well with any of the craft beers and is ideal to enjoy with a group of friends in the relaxed environment inside or during a game of bocce ball on the large outdoor patio.

Prison Brews opened its doors in 2008, quickly becoming a local favorite and winning multiple City’s Best awards for its food and atmosphere. Regulars of Prison Brews might have already noticed, but others in town will be excited to learn that it’s currently undergoing a large expansion that will be completed early this spring. The renovations will nearly double the current space, which allows for additional seating and increased stage area for live music and entertainment.

Rebecca Rademan is City Magazine’s associate publisher.

B rew F acts • It takes about two weeks to ferment lighter beers and approximately a month for more complex varieties.

• Prison Brews has created 40 individual styles of brews and has been known to use ingredients such as honey, fruit, chocolate, coffee and oak.

• Specific ingredients used to make a batch range between 400 and 700 pounds of malt and anywhere from one pound of hops for lighter beers to about 25 pounds for IPAs. • It takes 20 barrels or 620 gallons of water to make an eight-barrel batch (250 gallons).

I t e ms P i c t u r e d • I Ain’t Your Honey Wheat handcrafted ale • Bistro filet (10-ounce grilled filet topped with herbed butter and garlic mashers): recommended by owner Debra Brown for those not willing to share • Prison Brews authentic hand-tossed tomato, feta and bacon pizza, topped with pesto sauce and baked in a wood-fired oven n

Prison Brews now serves breakfast on Sunday from 8am-noon!

Prison Brews is located at 305 Ash St. • 573-635-0678 • prisonbrews.com

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Trend-spotting

beauty Catherine Crum, owner of Catherine Crum The Salon & Spa, takes you through the top makeup looks from the latest InStyle magazine using the newest bareMinerals collection.

Catherine Crum creates this season’s smoky eye look on model Karen Turner at the salon’s recent bareMinerals makeup event.

Soft Smoky Eye with Pink Lip

Complexion: Select the perfect shade to match your skin tone.

Cheeks: Soft pink blended just below the cheek bone. Crum suggests bareMinerals The Faux Pas or The Tease .

Eyes: Soft brown/purple applied to the lid and outer crease to create an almond shape. Crum suggests bareMinerals The Top Shelf or The Truth. Softly line the upper lash line with a darker brown shadow or liner, softly line and smudge lower lash line with a medium-brown shadow or liner using liner brush and smudger.

Brows: Professional sculpting and tinting or apply dark-brown or medium-blonde bareMinerals brow shadow.

Lip: Line lips and apply pink or nude lipstick, and then follow with a soft pink gloss such as bareMinerals Parfait lipstick and Rebel Moxie gloss.

Smoky Eye with Nude Lip

Complexion: Select the perfect shade to match your skin tone.

Eyes: Layer eye primer from lash to brow, fill in with a soft eye shadow color (should not be approximately two shades darker than hair color).

Professional waxing and tinting recommended.

Eye color: Your No. 1 lid color is bronze brown. Crum recommends bareMinerals quad colors The Soundtrack.

Keep the brow bone color a light neutral shade.

Liner color: Crum recommends using the same shade of shadow color as used to smoke the lid. Apply with a liner brush, and smoke the line with a smudging brush.

Brows: Use a brunette brow shadow.

Lips: Nude liner and lip color. Try bareMinerals Parfait lipstick and Sugar Cookie lip gloss.

Nude Eye with Bold Lip

Complexion: Select the perfect shade to match your skin tone.

Eyes: Prime with bareMinerals eye primer for a smooth, natural, even skin tone on the eye lid. Use soft nude eye shadow if a more evening skin tone is necessary.

Mascara: Black. Try bareMinerals Volumizing.

Cheeks: Soft pink. Try bareMinerals The Secret’s Out. Lips: Strong lip red or darker color if you’re comfortable with it. Try bareMinerals Black Current lipstick and Pomegranate lip gloss.

Brows: Brunette shadow n

Pro Tip: Brushes matter! They will affect the final outcome of your complexion and eye looks. To prevent dark shadows from piling up under the eyes and messing up your complexion, try applying smoky eyes first, then wipe the dust from the dark shadow off from underneath the eye.

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photo by Taylor allen

Lash Extensions

Ashley Woods, owner of The Loft Hair Design Studio, shows how you can wake up beautiful with Novalash eyelash extensions.

after

This experience was fantastic! The process took place in their massage room where there was soft, relaxing music playing.

All I did was lie down and relax for two hours while Jennie put on the extensions. I don’t have a lot of lashes, so it [used to take] a lot of time and mascara to get them to stand out. Now I don’t even put on mascara, and I get to work 10 minutes earlier.”

— Kathy Crow

BEFORE

By Lauren Sable Freiman

Process and cost In a little more than two hours and at a cost of $125, The Loft stylist Jennie Swarthout can outfit any client with Novalash eyelash extensions. Using medical-grade adhesive that is safe to use near even the most sensitive eyes, Swarthout applies 75 to 100 individual lash extensions to each eye. During the application process, each synthetic lash is attached to a natural lash, which makes the extensions appear natural and difficult to detect. And, because each extension is carefully applied to a single natural lash, it doesn’t affect the growing cycle and will not harm natural lashes.

“It makes you feel so pretty and is much easier than applying the traditional strip lashes daily,” says Ashley Woods, The Loft owner.

“They also aren’t heavy like strip lashes.”

Lash extensions don’t need to be removed like strip lashes, and because they are black, there is no need to apply mascara. Those who wish to, however, can wear water-soluble mascara, though Novalash says it may reduce the lifespan of the lashes. The extensions gradually and naturally shed when the natural lash sheds. After a few weeks of wear, clients will notice their lashes thinning. At that point, they can return to the salon for a fill, which typically takes one hour and costs $45.

In addition to filling in the lashes every few weeks, clients are also encouraged to use cleansing pads nightly to condition the lashes and help keep them flexible.

Safety and satisfaction “This service is great for every woman, whether you want to thicken or lengthen

your lashes,” Woods says. “I think anyone who has a special occasion, like wedding parties or girls attending prom, would really love it.”

According to Woods, she chose to carry the Novalash brand because it boasts a fantastic reputation among salons and clients and lasts longer than other brands on the market. Novalash also requires cosmetologists and estheticians to take part in a physician-developed training program and become licensed before applying lashes for clients, which ensures that safety is always at the forefront.

After seeing many satisfied customers leave her salon, Woods says she’s confident when she says Novalash eyelash extensions are something every woman would love.

“You wake up beautiful,” she says.

And what woman doesn’t like that? n

The Loft Hair Design Studio • 3405 W. Truman Blvd., No. 100, Jefferson City, MO 65109 • 573-634-3007 • theloftjc.com

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book review

Paranormal Activity

Review of Mark Spencer’s A Haunted Love Story: The Ghosts of the Allen House

By Angie Bayne, children’s librarian, Missouri River Regional Library

M

ark Spencer and his family live in the Allen House in Monticello, Ark. The Allen House is one of the most haunted houses in the United States, and when the Spencers move to Monticello, they’re fascinated by their new home.

But it’s not the stories that captivated the family; it’s the house itself.

It took years, but the Spencers finally convince the owner to sell, and it doesn’t take long after moving in for the family to discover that the ghost stories are real. The Allen House is inhabited by at least four Allen family members, along with several others whom the Spencers can’t identify.

The Spencers allow paranormal investigators into the house and are able to verify the existence of the ghosts. However, Mark Spencer also discovers a cache of letters belonging to Ladell Allen Bonner, who killed herself in the master bedroom.

These letters reveal the reasons behind her suicide.

I really enjoyed this book.

Spencer does a great job describing what happened in the house and what the paranormal investigators discovered. However, the real jewel is the cache of letters from Ladell. These were true treasures and allowed Spencer to tell the tragic story of Ladell, a tale of love and heartbreak, depression and suicide.

I’m glad the story didn’t rely on the few words the ghost hunters heard but instead on real background information about the family. The wealth of research about the Allens and the history of Allen House make for an engaging read. n

The real jewel is the cache of letters from Ladell.

These were true treasures and allowed Spencer to tell the tragic story of Ladell, a tale of love and heartbreak, depression and suicide.

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artist profile

The mother-daughter duo of Brooke Stark and Nancy Lohe transforms homes with the flick of a brush

By Lauren Sable Freiman photos by anthony jinson

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Rita Lindenbusch, owner of Lend-aBrush professional painting surfaces, stands with mother-daughter duo Brooke Stark and Nancy Lohe, whose faux-painting and mural work can be found throughout Jefferson City.

reative juices pump through Brooke Stark’s blood. As owner of Artistic Finishes by Brooke, Stark specializes in faux finishes including glazing, textures, plasters, metallics and wood-graining, and she is an expert at painting murals and transforming spaces into anything the mind can imagine.

Stark comes by her ability to transform a room with strokes of a paint brush naturally, as her mother, Nancy Lohe, started her own painting business, Lord & Lohe Decorative Finish Artistry, in Jefferson City 13 years ago.

When Lohe’s faux-painting business took off and became too much to handle on her own, she called upon Stark, who was living in Texas at the time, to move to Jefferson City and help her.

These days, the mother-daughter team is no longer painting full time. Instead, they spend their days pursuing their creativity in another medium. Lohe is a hair stylist at Artistic Vision Salon, and Stark is enrolled in the esthetics division of Merrell University. But the two still find time to work together as much as possible.

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1. Using anaglypta wallpaper, Lohe and Stark added warmth and texture to create a leathery copper bronze finish to mimic an antique tin ceiling at a fraction of the cost. 2. Lohe and Stark cut costs and the inconvenience of ripping up and replacing dated tile by staining it to create a faux leather finish that pulls the entire room together. 3. The metallic faux-finish medallion accentuates and highlights the dining room chandelier while expanding the visual height of the dining room. 4. Instead of purchasing new hardware, Lohe and Stark transformed this light fixture from dark pewter to rich bronze to match other fixtures in the home.

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“I love working with my mom,” Stark says. “She is my best friend. We do bicker and argue some, but mostly it is because we are so much alike. I could not think of anyone else I would want to work with more.”

Training and talent Lohe and Stark have been extensively trained in faux-finish painting under known finishers such as Martin Alan Hirsch, Krista Vind and Gary Lord, and their training has taken them around the country to destinations such as Vero Beach, Fla.; San Francisco; Louisville, Ky.; Dallas; and Houston. Although Lohe and Stark’s business originally focused on specialty painting, their expertise and the scope of their work grew as clients began to request murals.

“We have been extensively trained in faux-finish painting but have no real formal training in painting murals,” Lohe says. “I married a man with a degree in art, and he would critique my work.

I used to get really mad when he would do that, but I came to realize that I probably learned more from him than anyone on painting the murals.”

Most all of our work has always come from word of mouth, which is the best form of advertisement. Nothing is better than a satisfied client.”

— Brooke Stark In addition to using faux finishes to transform walls, Stark and Lohe specialize in breathing new life into furniture and cabinets with their faux-painting techniques. Together with Rita Lindenbusch, owner of Lend a Brush Painting, they have been wowing clients with their ability to change the look of a room without breaking the bank.

“The potential is almost limitless,” Stark says. “There are so many finishes out there now, and they are rich and durable. They can change an entire kitchen.”

Although they work primarily in private homes, Stark and Lohe have also completed work on murals in Dunn Brothers Coffee Shop, First Financial Credit Union and Artistic Vision Salon, among other locations. The duo has transformed the West Elementary School library into an engaging space featuring several wild animals throughout.

“Most all of our work has always come from word of mouth, which is the best form of advertisement,” Stark says. “Nothing is better than a satisfied client.”

And according to Lohe, Jefferson City has provided an excellent home for their business, complete with great clients and a city they are happy to call home. n

If your server suddenly crashed and ALL your data was erased, how much money would it cost your business?

Below are 3 common, costly misunderstandings most business owners have about their data backup that give them a false sense of security: Misunderstanding #1: Believing That Tape Backups Are A Fool-Proof Way To Secure Your Data...Wrong! Tape backups will fail at some point, it is just a matter of when. What makes this even worse is that tape backups can APPEAR to be working, giving you a false sense of security.

Misunderstanding #2: Relying On An Inexpensive, Automated Online Backup Provider To Backup Your Company Data.

Tread carefully here and make sure that you’ve really done your homework on your chosen solution. Here are a few questions to ask of any offsite backup provider before you trust your company data with them: 1. Ask if you have the option to have your initial backup performed through a hard copy. With the amount of data on most company’s servers, an initial backup performed over the web can take months to complete.

2. Make sure that database files can be stored and recovered easily.

Many cheap online backup services only hold simple office or media files, while ignoring your most important database files or making those incredibly difficult to recover.

3. Demand daily status reports. Any reputable backup service will send you a daily e-mail to verify that everything is backed up. The more professional solutions will allow you to notify more than 1 person (like your IT guy) in addition to yourself.

Misunderstanding #3: Trusting Their Backup Is Automatically Working Without Doing Periodic Test Restores. I see this happening a LOT a business owner thinks their backups are working because they don’t see any error messages or apparent problems. Then, when they need to restore a file (or their entire server), they discover the backups stopped working MONTHS ago and all that data is gone.

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style

ask eric

City Magazine fashion stylist Eric Luebbert provides a forecast of this season’s most flattering and noteworthy trends.

Q

I want to feel comfortable in my own skin and, oh yeah, beautiful, trendy and fashionable, too.

I’m tired of my daughter always asking, “Why are you wearing that?”

I want to hear: “Wow, Mom, you look so cool. Can I borrow that?”

Looking fashionable and trendy would be a great start for now.

A.

FROM LEFT: Kiss & Snap Vera Bradley Clutch in Dogwood, available at Southbank Gift. Co., Petit Pois Dresses, available at Saffees and Tru Lux jeans, available at Calena's Fashions.

The chic handbag of the season ranges from an oversized tote or doctor’s bag to a sassy clutch, which is perfect for a night on the town and will fit perfectly in your boyfriend’s back pocket while you’re in the club dancing.

Plug N2 Spring Layering accessories just keeps getting bigger and bolder. This spring I’m focusing on the arms: Layer those wrists, ladies. Try two, four or even seven — yes, seven — on one arm.

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We’ll have your daughter asking you for your beauty secrets in no time. Lucky for you, this spring’s trends are clear, accessible and lend themselves to a variety of ages, shapes and sizes. Super bright colors take center stage and explode in electric hues of orange, blue, green and yellow. Monochromatic dressing also moves into spring. Classic black-and-white prints and patterns (a personal favorite) are all the rage this season and will be your best friend this spring and summer.

Graphic patterns — geometric lines, stripes, classic polka dots and tribal patterns such as ikat — are also popular. Perhaps an all-American nautical look might suit you best. Or maybe you’re feeling a more international, exotic vibe. Both looks are popular with top designers on the runway for spring 2013.

Brightly colored accessories are upon us. Pop your cool black-andwhite look with a high contrast color, or keep it clean and crisp (for you fashionistas). Layering accessories has been a trend for a while, but this spring I’m focusing on the arms. Think bangles, bangles, bangles. Pair this arm candy with a stacked platform, wedge or sandal for a bold look.

A new roomy or colorful handbag such as an oversized tote or a cool doctor’s bag might be the perfect addition to your spring wardrobe, or try slimming it down with a chic clutch. Clear Lucite accessories are also an up-and-coming trend.

Use the color-blocking trend that continues to move forward into spring to accentuate or disguise your body’s shape; think of these shapes or panels as visual tricks, well placed and available in color or black and white. They will help you rock your figure into spring. No more melancholy for you, mamma. You’re going to be marvelous! n

If high contrast or bright isn’t for you, dive into the cool water trend. Feel taken out to sea in colors of the ocean: sea-foam green, aqua, teal and light blue.

Bright solids or blocks of color are hotter than ever. Colored jeans and shoes are also making a splash.

fashion forecast /

Fashion forecast

Night and Day

Stripes or lines — vertical, horizontal, thick or thin — are on top of my list this season. Use them to work in your favor; if you need elongating or thinning, choose vertical lines; if you need a little width, go horizontal. Colorful blocks or panels of color are also all over the runway this season. They’re not only fashionable but also help accentuate or disguise your body’s shape. These tricked-out looks are available in both black and white and super bright colors. n

the accessories

Model: Karen Kane Spring Collection, all available at Saffees. accessories from left: Vera Bradley Barbara Frame Bag in Jazzy Blooms, available at Southbank Gift Co.; Modern Prep Cuffs, available at Southbank Gift Co.; Tom's Women's Strappy Wedges, available at American Shoe.

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMING SOON: New digs for our newborns and moms!

115 Madison St. Jefferson City, MO 65101 573.632.5000 • www.crmc.org

Cuties of Capital Region

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Samuel Alan Mengwasser

parents: Paul and Sarah MengwasserWeight: 8 pounds 9 ounces length: 20.5 inches

Oliver Brooks Kuttenkuler

What’s your favorite moment so far? Watching big sister Allison interact with her little brother.

Parents: Kyler and Kassity Kuttenkuler Weight: 7 pounds 3 ounces length: 20.5 inches

LexiAddison Wahlquist Parents: A.J. and Robin Wahlquist Weight: 8 pounds 12 ounces length: 20 inches

What has surprised you most about being parents? How much love you can have for this tiny baby, a kind of love you’ve never felt before!! What is your favorite moment so far? His little faces he makes and watching him change daily.

Paige Morgan Wilde

Parents: Ashley Prenger and Matt Wilde Weight: 7 pounds 13 ounces length: 21.5 inches What do you look forward to the most as your child grows up? I look forward to witnessing all the upcoming milestones.

What is the best lesson you’ve learned from parenting? Patience.

Stop, take a deep breath, and then deal with the problem at hand. It’s so easy to react and say things out of frustration, but it’s important to always try to be loving and remember that your kiddos are little and they need love and patience.

If you have given birth at Capital Region Medical Center and would like your baby announcement on the Jefferson City Magazine website and possibly published in the print edition of the magazine log on to www.jeffersoncitymag.com to submit your announcement and picture.

115 Madison St. • Jefferson City, MO 65101 573.632.5000 • www.crmc.org

Hattie Kay Luebbering

Parents: Sam and Katie Luebbering Weight: 7 pounds 4 ounces length: 21 inches

PHOTO BY: JMS PHOTOGRAPHY

How has being a parent changed you? Becoming a parent has changed everything, for the better. It comes with twenty-four hour challenges but we wouldn’t trade a minute of it. What is the best lesson you’ve learned from parenting? To be patient and listen to each other. If something doesn’t work with her it’s good to be patient and try other things that keep her happy and healthy.

Ayden Rowdy Stalter

Zaria Marie Smith

Parents: Michael and Amanda Smith Weight: 6 pounds 14 ounces length: 19.5 inches What has surprised you most about being parents?

I was told I would never be able to have children, so when we got pregnant the first time it was a joy and a blessing and more unbelievable than I could have imagined. When we got pregnant the second time we knew God had something special planned for us!

Parents: Aaron Stalter and Courtney Kremer Weight: 9 pounds 10 ounces length: 21 inches What has surprised you most about being parents?

It has surprised me how silly we will act just to get one more smile out of him. We can be in a public place and get caught up in the moment!!

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Parent: Ashlee and Bryson Morrow Weight: 7 pounds 6 ounces length: 19.5 inches What do you look forward to the most as your child grows up?

We look forward to watching Sydney become his own little man. He already has such a spunky personality and we cannot wait to listen to his jokes, watch him play outside and develop into a healthy happy boy. everything right and everything wrong at the same time.

What is your favorite moment so far? When Sydney really started to recognize Daddy he would always have the biggest brightest smile for him.

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Stuff of

Legends Pete Adkins joins Missouri’s elite sports club

By Tom Loeffler | Photo by Chris hollaway

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ld news: Pete Adkins is a member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. This happened 27 years ago, in 1986. New news: Adkins is now being named a Missouri Sports Legend. Most important news:

What this means.

Adkins is now a part of the most elite sports club in Missouri, the best of

the best. He’s just the 25th member, joining the likes of Stan Musial, Lou Brock, George Brett, Len Dawson, Lamar Hunt, Jack Buck and Don Faurot.

You get the idea.

He’s the first high school coach to be named to this exclusive club, a club that doesn’t include funny hats, pool tables, fried chicken dinners or kegs of beer. It does, however, include a bronze bust at the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame’s Walk of Legends in Springfield.

“It really hasn’t sunk it,” says Adkins, a Missouri high school football coach for 43 years, the last 36 with the Jefferson City Jays. “I just wondered, ‘Why is this happening, and what’s this all about, and who’s responsible for this?’ I have to say, I’m humbled, I’m surprised, thankful and grateful…all those things.

“These other guys are high rollers, very deserving and very well thought of,” he continues. “Heck, they’re national figures. When I heard the news, I sure didn’t know this was in the works. Surprise, surprise, surprise, I guess.”

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Photos courtesy of Pete Adkins

Record of success Adkins shouldn’t be surprised. His brilliant career started in the 1950s with a coaching stint at Centralia, where he won 51 games. Rest assured, he was only getting started. Here’s what followed with the Jays: • a 71-game winning streak in the ’60s, which was a national record for a long, long time; • three consecutive state championships in the ’70s; • two state championships in the ’80s. From 1986 to 1994, a span of nine seasons, the Jays lost a total of two games in the regular season; • four state championships in the ’90s, including four in five years from 1990 to 1994. His final game was the only fitting end possible: a win in the state title game, his 354th with the Jays, his 405th overall. He remains the winningest coach in Missouri history and is No. 8 on the national all-time list.

For Pete’s sake, he was good.

“We just outworked everybody and had more desire to be the best,” Adkins says. “And our coaches were the best teachers of fundamentals at any level; we could out-coach and out-fundamental everybody. That was our secret, and that’s what made us successful. Ninety-nine times out of 100, when we walked on the field, we knew we were going to win.

“The players knew that, the coaches knew that, and I think the fans knew that,” he continues. “If these guys listened and would follow us, they would be successful.”

Just listen to two of his former players, one from the 1960s, Mike Farmer, and one from the late 1980s, Mike Bedosky: “I don’t know if demanded is the right word; if it’s not demanded, it’s awfully close to it,” Farmer says, “that his players give it 100 percent, 110 percent, 120 percent. I always thought 100 percent was the most you could give, but maybe that’s just me.

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“He just made everybody who played for him better than what they would have been,” Farmer continues. “He had an unusual ability to get the most out of everybody.”

Making men Adkins made average players good, good players great and great players exceptional. And he helped make men.

“He was an excellent teacher of fundamentals in football and fundamentals in life,” Farmer says. “I’ve seen several Jay teams who have beaten teams who had a lot more talent, but they just didn’t play the game as well.

You work harder than everyone else, and good things happen.”

Two decades later, the message was the same. “He demanded that you gave your best each and every day,” Bedosky says. “He basically taught me how to be a man, the physical and mental toughness you have to have. It doesn’t just apply to the football field; it applies to life.

Once you get out into life, you realize how much he poured into you. He was phenomenal.”

Bedosky continues, as he fights back tears.

“We still keep in contact. It’s been 25 years since I’ve graduated, but he still takes a sense of pride in me and what I’m doing. Probably one of the

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greatest things he ever said to me was that he told me he was proud of me. When I talk about Pete, there’s a lot of emotion that comes out. I owe so much to him, it’s not even funny.”

The winning team Behind every Hall of Fame man is a Hall of Fame woman. Behind Pete — actually, she’s been right next to him every step of the way — is his wife of 64 years, Lorraine.

“Well, she’s meant everything to me,” Adkins says. “I've been with my best friend for 64 years and then some. She’s just like I am; she’s a hard loser, and she didn’t want to get beat. That’s the way both of us felt.”

Winning isn’t easy. The players didn’t always enjoy the Process of Pete, but when it was over, they got it.

“When you were playing for him, he was relentless in his pursuit to make you better,” Farmer says. “That wasn’t always a lot of fun, but when you graduate, you understood how much he cared about you. As you got a little more mature, you realized all the great qualities he possessed, like fairness, hard work and determination. He cares a lot about every guy who went through that program.

“Pete Adkins has probably had a greater influence — a greater positive influence — on more young men than any other person I’ve been associated with,” he continues. “He’s touched so many people, I just can’t imagine.”

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Missouri Sports Legends 1999 › Stan Musial (Cardinals baseball), Len Dawson (Chiefs football) 2000 › Norm Stewart (MU basketball), Payne Stewart (golf), Jack Buck (broadcasting) 2001 › Don Faurot (MU football), Bob Broeg (sportswriter) 2002 › Buck O’Neil (baseball), John Q. Hammons (golf, other Missouri sports interests) 2003 › George Brett (Royals baseball) 2004 › Hank Stram (Chiefs football), Lamar Hunt (Chiefs football, AFL/ NFL) 2005 › Red Schoendienst (Cardinals baseball) 2006 › Bobby Bell (Chiefs football), Lou Brock (Cardinals baseball), Rusty Wallace (auto racing) 2007 › Bob Petit (basketball) 2008 › Whitey Herzog (Royals/Cardinals baseball) 2010 › Dan Dierdorf (MU/Cardinals football) 2011 › Ozzie Smith (Cardinals baseball), John Kadlec (MU football, broadcasting), Gary Filbert (helped start Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and the Show-Me State Games) 2012 › Dick Vermeil (Chiefs/Rams football), Bill Virdon (baseball) 2013 › Pete Adkins (high school football)

The bronze bust of Pete Adkins will be unveiled during a dinner and ceremony April 14 at Capitol Plaza. Tickets, which start at $100, along with sponsorships may be purchased by calling 417-8893100 or by contacting Jerald Andrews at jerald@mosportshalloffame.com.

Tickets are limited, so those interested are advised to purchase them as soon as possible. The event is sponsored by Central Bank.

It’s also been announced that eight individuals and two programs, all based in central Missouri, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during the ceremony. They are: Ray Hentges, the Helias Wrestling program, Dennis and Roberta Licklider, Keith Weber, Joe Crede, Bob Burchard, Tony Galbreath, Dr. Chris Leslie and the Lincoln Track and Field program.

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Driving Tourism

From state attractions to a new conference center, the tourism, meeting and convention business is booming in Jefferson City

By Katrina Tauchen | photo by chris hollaway

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t’s easy to think that a place like Jefferson City, with its central location, large employers and seat as the state’s capital, can sell itself to visitors, and, truth be told, that’s often the case. However, much like a business, Jefferson City faces constant competition, both from neighboring cities as well as larger metropolitan areas. And that’s where tourism, meeting and convention business comes into play.

The faces behind the local tourism arena are varied, including government employees, chamber members, marketing gurus, longtime residents and more. Some advertise city attractions; others push for long-term change. But all continuously work toward a collective goal: to ensure that everyone outside of the city limits knows why Jefferson City is worth the trip.

Tourism by the numbers Last year brought noticeable growth to Jefferson City’s tourism and convention business. “The Missouri State Penitentiary continues to grow in popularity and is a big driver of tourism in Jefferson City,” says Ryan Winkler-Burns, spokesperson for the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau. A total of 19,121 people visited the penitentiary in 2012, which brings the cumulative prison tour attendance to more than 50,000.

Prison tours aren’t the only growing attractions. The Jefferson City CVB brought in 147 motor coach tours in 2011, followed by 153 in 2012. According to Winkler-Burns, 28 tours are already booked for 2013. “Our convention sales manager, Marianne Thies, works directly with the tour operators to plan the itinerary for their visit, facilitate tours at various attractions and make meal and lodging arrangements,” she says.

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“We continue to get positive feedback from the tour operators and the attendees.”

Any increase in tourists, whether large or small, results in direct financial gains for the capital city. In fact, the average daily Jefferson City visitor spends $66 during his or her stay, according to the 2011 Visitor Profile and Analysis conducted by H2H Market Research. Guests who stay overnight spend an average of $117 per person, with almost 50 percent of research respondents saying they spent the night the last time they visited Jefferson City. Of those overnight visitors, the majority spent 2.4 nights on their last trip.

“These visitors contribute not only to our overall lodging tax fund, but they also spend money at our local restaurants and retail outlets, which in turn funnels even more money into our city coffers,” Winkler-Burns says.

Bringing in the business So where does the city excel in tourism, meeting and convention business? According to WinklerBurns, location is key.

“Jefferson City is centrally located in the heart of Missouri and therefore easy to access from everywhere in the state,” she says. “We are a short drive from both Kansas City and St. Louis, and, with the addition of more flights into the Columbia Regional Airport, Jefferson City is now even easier to access by plane.”

Winkler-Burns also points out that the city is home to some of the state’s largest employers, along with multiple Missouri associations.

“These groups can utilize our convention services without having to travel outside of Jefferson City,” she says.

Location aside, it’s important to note there are still details about the city that might deter some visitors, most notably its lack of size. “We have a lot of good convention facilities to offer, but many of them are simply not big enough to draw the business of the larger convention and meeting groups away from more metropolitan locations,” Winkler-Burns says.

It’s not a new problem, and the city has been working toward building a new conference center for several years. “The city hit a milestone in the project when voters approved a lodging tax increase in 2011 to fund a conference center,” says

The city hit a milestone in the project when voters approved a lodging tax increase in 2011 to fund a conference center.”

— Eric Struemph, Jefferson City mayor

Columbia Regional Airport A short drive from the state capital, Columbia Regional Airport’s success is Jefferson City’s gain. Check out the numbers below to track the airport’s steady growth.

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Jefferson City Mayor Eric Struemph. The city sent out a request for conference center proposals last December, and already by Jan. 31, officials had received three proposals, which are currently under review by the City Council.

“I’m very pleased with the number of proposals received and looking forward to the next steps toward making a conference center a reality for the capital city,” Struemph says.

Meeting local Although the city has multiple teams tasked with touting Jefferson City for all it has to offer,

it’s not uncommon for local groups and organizations to schedule meetings and conventions away from home.

“Often times, groups get in the habit of scheduling their conferences outside of Jefferson City simply because they are located here so they do not think of us as a getaway location,” Winkler-Burns says. “Bring your members to Jefferson City, and let us show them what we have to offer so in the future, they will view us as a viable travel destination and consider bringing their friends or family back another time.”

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Enplanements

24,843 35,428 38,219

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Deplanements

24,830 35,372

37,663 38,499

Source: Columbia Regional Airport Commercial Service Enplanements and Deplanements 20022012, flymidmo.com/documents/12trafficcomparison. pdffacebook.com/

COU Flight Schedule • American Airlines (with twice daily flights to and from Dallas/Fort-Worth DFW and daily flights to and from Chicago/O’Hare ORD) • Frontier Airlines (with four weekly flights to and from Orlando MCO) * On Feb. 17, Frontier Airlines announced that flights into and out of COU will be discontinued on May 13, 2013.

Source: flymidmo.com/schedule.php

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Gravity tugs at your eyelids. You stretch your arms to their limit and feel a comforting pull on your muscles. Soon your lips widen and stretch, accompanied by a yawn that almost reaches into your belly. In that moment, you vow to yourself to get more sleep tonight, then take another swig from your coffee cup and return to your task at work.

A Closer Look: Dr. Gracia Nabhane

by Kelsey Gillespy

If you are part of the 20% of adults who do not get enough sleep, you may unknowingly be experiencing disordered sleep.

Disordered sleep dangerously increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Loud snoring and increased tiredness during the day are indicators that you may be one of the 70 million Americans who suffer from a chronic sleep disorder.

Currently, 84 disorders of sleep and wakefulness exist and they all lead to lowered quality of life and personal health.

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The Sleep Disorders Center met quality goals for 4 consecutive quarters while constantly exceeding patients’ expectations

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Accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), the Sleep Disorders Center provides state-of-theart testing equipment to better serve the patients and offer precise diagnoses. The staff specializes in the assessment of respiratory and non-respiratory sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, narcolepsy, and circadian rhythm disorders.

Built in 2006, this modern sleep center gives patients an overnight stay in a private room of the facility.

In the cozy, hotel-like atmosphere, each patient gets his or her own bed for a night of peaceful slumber. Adults and children are welcomed to participate in a study, as this

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Throughout the night, specialized machines monitor heart, brain, and respiratory activity to best understand what is preventing the patient from experiencing restful sleep.

The staff members then work together to diagnose and educate their patients. Dr. Gracia

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Dr. Nabhane specializes in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases, critical care medicine, and sleep medicine.

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And, after six years of medical training in the United States, she joined a private multispecialty group called Capital City Medical Associates (CCMA). In 2009, CCMA merged with the Capital Region Medical Center staff. “So I can say I have been working at CRMC since I graduated in 1999,” Dr. Nabhane proudly states. Yet, an entire staff with similar training and skills surrounds her. Dr. Nabhane boasts on the people around her, complimenting her colleagues and patients. “The people are the best part about working at the Sleep Disorders Center,” she reveals. “The ones I work with, the ones I work for, and the ones I serve.”

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the last word

The Built Environment Impacting Jefferson City’s architectural landscape

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hether business leader, educator, clergy or elected official, people and constituencies have direct positive impacts upon the built environment. It is a privilege as an architect to assist in the success of these efforts.

One can see construction progress for Quinn Chapel on Lafayette Street. The African Methodist Episcopal Church, in anticipation of a new Highway 50 interchange, is creating opportunities in a new facility while preserving tradition.

The new architecture reflects future generations while preserving and relocating existing ornamental columns, stained glass, wood doors, chancel cross and the rooftop steeple. Other churches we’ve master-planned with reverence for the past include: Capital City Christian, First Christian, Trinity Lutheran, Our Saviors Lutheran, Faith Lutheran, Immanuel Lutheran, First Church of God, Lake Ozark Christian and Forum Christian Church in Columbia.

Building for character When voters authorized county officials to address law enforcement and detention with a new High Street facility, the solution reflected safety, judiciary process, access and topography. While providing basic inmate needs, the architecture also provided modern working conditions for staff, many of whom would spend the majority of their careers in this facility. Employees deserved a safe environment commensurate 122 | March/April 2013

By Cary J. Gampher | Photo by Anthony Jinson

with the serious importance of their duties.

Our community’s educational institutions each possess a unique character, mission and constituency. Architecture is most successful when it reflects the aspirations of its occupants.

As architects, we draw inspiration from our clients’ histories, customs and philosophies to create a functional, motivational educational environment. Educational entities that we have been fortunate to serve include: Jefferson City Public Schools, Helias, Blair Oaks, Lincoln University, Linn State, Calvary Lutheran, Trinity Lutheran, St. Peter’s, St. Martins and St. Francis. A new or updated facility that enthusiastically prepares young people for a lifetime of learning demonstrates community self-worth.

Influencing architecture Clients and projects are unique.

Miller Performing Arts Center required a blending of fine arts, philanthropy, history, community pride and a prehistoric underground swamp. The Missouri Bar at McCarty and Monroe represents the prominence of law in civil society and the forethought of a former client/architect/contractor team to anticipate adding an additional floor.

Home Savings Bank, which began in 1897, now offers shaded parking while returning solar energy to the grid via photovoltaic panels. Central Bank facilities range from modern to the restored

Merchants Bank at High and Jefferson streets.

People’s dreams, aspirations and attitudes shape their future and influence the architecture that we create. A dental office with efficient workflow, natural materials and abundant daylight resulted from input by Dr. Matt and Megan Gassen. A recreational space that promotes faithful health of mind, body and spirit reflects the mis-

sion of the YMCA membership, board and staff.

As an architect, I feel fortunate to work in such a dynamic, rewarding field. Architecture exemplifies the strength of our clients, teamwork, community, creativity, technology, contractors, suppliers and occupants over generations. n Gampher is a principal architect with The Architects Alliance Inc. in Jefferson City.

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