Jefferson City Magazine - May/June 2012

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From the Publisher

his issue of City Magazine showcases our hometown heroes, outstanding people who live or have lived in Jefferson City. Our feature “Where Are They Now?” (Page 21) is one I have wanted to pursue for a long time. We have so many success stories about local people who have made an impact in Jefferson City and then moved away or, as featured here, people raised in Jefferson City who went on to pursue their success and dreams elsewhere.

If you read the stories about the individuals in our feature story, there is a common thread. They attribute their success to the people who impacted their lives: their parents and families, their teachers who went above and beyond to develop their interests and the coaches who taught them determination and perseverance.

Proven throughout this issue, people are what mold successful and happy lives.

Julie Agee (Page 103) shares her art with kids. Stephanie Johnson of Boys and Girls Club shares love, education and nourishment to provide a place the kids can call home every day (Page74). St. Mary’s Hospital has been holding the Annual Ice Cream Social for 55 years (Page 91), and Dave Griffith is leading the charge with the American Red Cross (Page 72). Jefferson City is made up of strong, giving and compassionate people. I hope you enjoy this issue of City Magazine and that it inspires you to find a way to make an impact in someone’s life.

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t’s always fun to see where people you once knew are today. When you look at the list of incredible accomplishments that former Jefferson City faces have accomplished (Page 21), it’s easy to get a little awe-inspired. Innovators, business success stories, doctors, athletes, artists: Jefferson City breeds them all, and as former JCPS counselor Theresa McClellan shares in “The Last Word” (Page 114), Jefferson City natives make an impact across the world.

My two favorite stories in this issue, however, highlight two families closer to home that are making it possible for more Jefferson City kids to find their own success stories, whatever they might be. The Boys and Girls Club isn’t your traditional family, but the organization is home to many youth who benefit from its care and guidance (Page 74). And you only have to look at the smiles on Brock and Julie Ballard’s kids’ faces to see the light they’ve instilled in the two adopted children and three foster children the couple is raising (Page 76).

As the Boys and Girls Club’s Stephanie Johnson says, “Parents do the best they can with the tools they’ve been given.” Jefferson City is blessed to have these well-equipped parents sharing their tools and strengths so that the kids in their lives have the chance to envision their own bright stories.

For this issue, I had the pleasure of interviewing foster parents Brock and Julie Ballard. A year ago in April, my own family welcomed our first foster placement. There was a time when I said: “I couldn’t foster. I’d get too attached.” But I came to see what Brock and Julie see; there are more than 10,000 foster children needing parents just in Missouri.

“It’s overwhelming,” Brock says. “And if not me, then who?” Adds Julie: “You do get attached.

There’s no getting around it. You have to make the decision, ‘Is making a difference in these kids’ lives worth it?’”

Fostering is not easy, but Brock and Julie encouraged me to remember the sacrifice cannot compare to the reward of improving children’s lives.

— Anita Neal Harrison, contributing writer

I've lived in the Jefferson City area for a number of years, but writing for City Magazine made me wake up to the fact that I know very little about this town. Listening to people in this community talk about topics that are close to them is a wonderful learning experience and can be quite energizing. The gardening experts whom I talked to for the flower garden article in this issue have such passion for what they do. A simple request for a few flower suggestions got me more than 100 flower names from which to pick. I've never been so motivated to plant flowers as I am this spring — and I want to plant them all!

— Abbe Meyers, contributing writer

I can’t thank Jefferson City Magazine enough for my wonderful internship. It was more than I could have ever expected. The team was so helpful in teaching me the ins and outs of journalism throughout these past four months. No matter how small or big the task, it was all a learning experience that I will never forget. It was great getting to know more about the city itself and the community.

The passionate people whom I was able to work with and write about amazed me and made my time with the magazine so much more meaningful.

— Nicole Gaither, editorial intern, Westminster College

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From a raw foodie turned business mogul to a former Jefferson City choir member who now takes the New York stage, from one of the top doctors for women in the United States to a senior vice president at Columbia Records, take a look at nine Jefferson City natives letting their lights shine around the world.

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Home Tour: Making traditional new again Garden: Summer planting guide Designer’s Palette Gourmet: The Club at Porto Cima’s chef Scott Cross Hit List: Pretty pottery

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On the cover The community’s most notable natives Page 21

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At Lake of the Ozarks' Page 95

Dogwoods & Redbirds Cross-Promotion Marketing Q&A Page 63

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Bethany Heislen promotes Central Bancompany’s new Cardinals checking partnership. Check out our Q&A on cross-promotion marketing with Central Bank’s Jason Jett on Page 63. Makeup by Haute Salon. Photo by Chris Hollaway.

Business Feature: Cross-promotion marketing Business Profile: Mid America Bank Person You Should Know: Dave Griffith Philanthropy: Boys and Girls Club City Character: Brock Ballard The Dish: Black Dragon Roll, Fuji Steakhouse

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85 Health: Preparing for end of life 91 Fun: St. Mary’s Annual Ice Cream Social 95 The Man Page: Tee time at the Lake of the Ozarks 103 Artist Profile: Julie Agee, helping children through art 106 Ask Eric: How to find body confidence poolside 107 Style Guide: This summer’s swimsuit trends

In Every Issue 12 Welcome 16 Calendar 80 Business Briefs 109 Snapshots 114 Last Word

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By Lauren Sable

Jefferson City Magazine has compiled a list of some of our community’s most notable natives who moved away. From one of the country’s top docs to a world-class opera singer, check out how these personalities are making an impact in their respective industries, plus what they think about their childhood homes today.

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callie england Entrepreneurial dreams and hometown roots

Photo by Christopher Wehling

Callie England grew up in Jefferson City. She also grew up dreaming of faraway places.

“While I love my family and friends, I grew up dreaming of unfamiliar territory,” she says. “I knew I could always come home, so I chose to move and experience something new.”

After graduating from Jefferson City High School and attending college in Lawrence, Kan., England moved to Kansas City, where she began full-time work as a creative director. In her free time, she also took a proactive approach to dispelling preconceived notions about the raw food lifestyle, a lifestyle about which England was passionate.

On her blog, Rawxy.com, she began to persuade even the biggest skeptics.

“People who would never give raw food the time of day were now requesting food to purchase,” says England, who calls herself a “foxy whole foods enthusiast.”

So England, who had always dreamed big, created a product called Rawxies. Bridging the gap between diet bars and desserts, Rawxies are nutritionally sound cookies that are both all natural and gluten free. She began selling the cookies through her blog to the hungry and the curious, and her sales increased month after month. After a few months, England decided to launch a website to handle online sales, and she quit her day job to pursue her dream career.

After finding a gluten-free commercial kitchen in Sebastopol, Calif., she packed her bags, loaded a U-Haul truck and drove halfway across the country to take a risk and try her hand as an entrepreneur.

Today, England lives in Petaluma, Calif., where she continues to grow Rawxies, a manufacturing and distribution company with distribution points in California and New York.

Although England no longer lives in Jefferson City, her parents, Trip and Brunita England, are still residents, and England says she doesn’t ever see her parents moving away. She makes it a point to get home to Jefferson City a few times each year.

“When I come home, I love catching up with old friends over a few drinks at one of the local bars,” England says. “It doesn't matter how far away you move; no one will ever know your roots quite like the people you share those roots with. Whether it be the tried-andtrue Bones or the relocated Spectators, it seems you always run into a familiar face when out and about, which is something I've really grown to love about Jefferson City.”

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Suzanne Woods

Photos courtesy of Suzanne Woods

New York opera singer

“As a small-town kid, you sort of can’t wait to get out of Jefferson City,” says Suzanne Woods. “I couldn’t wait to start my life and get to New York. What you realize is the grass isn’t always greener. It is really nice to come home. “ That’s exactly what the professional opera singer did. After her father passed away five years ago, she and her opera-singing husband, John Pickle, decided to keep her childhood home. Now called the “vacation home,” Woods and Pickle escape the heat of their New York City Upper West Side apartment for summers in Jefferson City.

“It works for us,” Woods says. “How many people can say they still own the house they were brought home from the hospital in? We have a great backyard, and we use the time to refuel and do things that are so not New York.”

Woods says as a professional who often travels many months out of the year, she thinks Jefferson City is a great home base, as its central location makes it easy to get to the West Coast or anywhere else she needs to be.

Jefferson City also gave Woods a great base to launch her career.

“I was at Jefferson City High School when Carl Burkel was still the choral director, and he was a musical legend in this town,” Woods says. “He did an operetta every year, and that is how I got the bug that makes you want to get up on stage and play dress-up and do all that fun stuff. It was a great musical foundation, and when I went to college, I had this great core base to build on.”

Woods also sang in the choir at First Christian Church, and she says she strongly believes that despite being a small town, Jefferson City has all the cultural outlets of a larger city.

Since graduating from Louisiana Tech University and completing her graduate work at Northwestern, Woods spent time teaching at William Woods University and Lincoln University. These days, her hectic travel schedule doesn’t allow her much time to teach. Her extensive resume includes work on two opera tours, the last national revival of The Sound of Music and 10 to 12 symphonies.

“I have been charmed in the fact that I have found all these amazing mentors and teachers,” Woods says. “Jefferson City was a wonderful place for me to grow up and start to find my opera voice.”

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Jerome Belinson World traveler, humanitarian, doctor Since graduating from Jefferson City High School in 1961, Dr. Jerome Belinson has only been back to Jefferson City a handful of times, including his 45th high school reunion. But since leaving Jefferson City for Drury College, Belinson has been making a name for himself in the medical world as he has dedicated his career to advancing the screening and treatment of gynecologic cancers.

Belinson’s impact has transcended medicine and spread around the world. For more than 15 years, he has worked in rural Chinese provinces and in 2010 was given the People’s Republic of China Friendship Award for his work. Established in the 1950s, the prestigious recognition is the People’s Republic of China’s highest award for foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to the country’s economic and social progress.

Belinson is the founding director of Preventive Oncology International Inc., a research organization that blends humanitarian work with investigative science and the forum that has allowed him to complete much of his international work. Belinson has served as an adviser to the Ministry of Science in India, the medical advisory board for the Gates Foundation START project, and he serves on the board of directors of Grounds for Health, an organization that provides care for women in coffee-growing regions of the world.

A professor of surgery with the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Belinson trained in obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University’s Presbyterian Hospital and completed a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at the University of Miami.

He began the first formal gynecologic oncology service at the University of Vermont in 1977.

Among dozens of publications and presentations at national and international meetings and a plethora of honors and recognitions, Belinson has been named teacher of the year at two medical schools, is consistently listed among the best doctors in America and has even been cited by Ladies Home Journal as one of the top doctors for women in the United States.

With his wife, Maureen Jordan, and six kids, Belinson now calls Cleveland, Ohio, home.

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Mike Bedosky

Photo courtesy of Mike Bedosky, Right side Photo courtesy of James Burruss

From NFL to the classroom

“A lot of people wonder why I do what I do,” says Jefferson City native Mike Bedosky, who was named Douglas County, Ga., Teacher of the Year for the 2010-2011 school year. “I am the product of a single parent, and growing up I didn’t have a lot of male influence.

My male influences were my coaches and teachers. When it all boiled down, this was the calling. This is what I needed to do.”

After coaching and teaching for more than 15 years at Alexander High School in Douglasville, Ga., Bedosky will take on a new role as middle school principal for Landmark Christian School outside of Atlanta in the 2012-13 school year. A graduate of Jefferson City High School and the University of Missouri, Bedosky was a football standout who dominated MU’s offensive line from 1989 to 1993.

Following an NFL season with the Cleveland Browns, he earned his teaching certificate and soon found a new home off the football field and in the classroom.

“It’s been very rewarding,” Bedosky says. “It is not every day when you can go out and make a difference.”

Football has always been Bedosky’s primary love, and though he spent much of his career both teaching and coaching at the high school level, he has spent the past two years coaching his sons’ sports teams. Receiving the Teacher of the Year award was a huge honor and humbling experience for Bedosky, but he had, in some sense, been predicting the win through an ongoing joke with friends — that those who can’t coach, teach.

“I always joked that the year I stopped coaching high school sports, I’d be named Teacher of the Year,” Bedosky says.

Sure enough, the year he stopped coaching high school sports in favor of coaching his sons’ teams, Bedosky was bestowed with the prestigious honor.

Although Bedosky now makes his home in Georgia with his wife, Ashley, and sons Steven, 14, and Trey, 11, he says Jefferson City shaped him into the man he is today. In between teaching, coaching and working on his doctorate in education, which he hopes to complete within the year, Bedosky tries to get back home to Jefferson City at least one time each year to visit his mom, Deedie, catch up with old friends and stop by CJ’s, his favorite wing joint.

Jim Burruss Moving to the Music

Jim Burruss remembers the days when, as a student at Jefferson City High School, he hung out at Chuck’s Sound Shop on Missouri Boulevard and checked out all the albums. These days, he is still checking out albums in his capacity as the senior vice president of promotion and marketing operations for Columbia Records in New York City.

“I had a wonderful experience growing up in Jefferson City,” Burruss says. “I never imagined that I’d move away.”

After playing on the 1977, 1978 and 1979 state championship football teams at Jefferson City High School and running track in the off season, Burruss attended MU for one year before returning home, where he worked as a pipe fitter at the Callaway County Nuclear Power Plant.

Although he didn’t have a clear vision for his future, he made a choice that would dramatically alter his life’s path. He applied to the University of San Francisco, was accepted and moved west to attend school. Within 24 hours of arriving on campus, Burruss signed up to volunteer at the college’s radio station. A short time later, he was hired as the program director of the station. Then, CBS Records (now Columbia Records) hired him to work as the college promotion representative.

Over the years, the promotions kept coming, and in 1992 Burruss was transferred to New York City to work at Columbia Records.

Looking back, Burruss says he never thought he’d turn a hobby into his long-term career.

“From a career standpoint, I have a very unique job,” Burruss says. “Currently we work very closely with a lot of artists and shape a lot of dreams. Over the years, we’ve worked with artists like Bruce Springsteen, Jack White, Adele, Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, Mariah Carey and the Dixie Chicks and many artists you’ve never heard of. I had a love and passion for music, then I got to follow the love and passion into radio and the entertainment side of music.”

Although he has little family left in the area and rarely makes it back to Jefferson City, Burruss is adamant that Jefferson City provides a great breadth of experiences for residents.

“You can find a niche of whatever you want,” Burruss says. “My family and friends and the support they gave me and the resources throughout the town and through the school have enabled me to be very well-rounded.”

Burruss and his wife, Beth, along with their children Kyla, 27, and Logan, 24, reside in New York.

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Vera Neuenswander Academic All–American, Olympic hopeful

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While she was a student at Jefferson City High School, Vera Neuenswander maintained a 4.0 GPA, was a member of National Honor Society and graduated as salutatorian of her class. She also managed to lead her school to four consecutive district and sectional championships in track and field, while also winning the 4A state championship in 2003, 2005 and 2006. Neuenswander was the district, sectional and state champion in the pole vault in 2003, 2005 and 2006, and she also qualified for the 2006 Nike Outdoor Nationals.

High school graduation hasn’t stopped her. At Indiana University, Neuenswander was a three-time All-American, she holds the Big 10 conference record and IU school record for pole vault, and she was a three-year co-captain of the track team. Not surprisingly, Neuenswander’s academics remained impressive in college, and she was named Academic All-American two times.

Although she graduated from IU in 2010 and participated in her final year of athletic eligibility last year, Neuenswander is still focused on honing her pole-vaulting skills. She remains in Bloomington, where she is training for the Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., in June and working as a volunteer coach for the IU track team.

In the meantime, she is still making her mark in the world of track and field. This past February, she participated in the USA National Indoor Meet in New Mexico, where she placed eighth among all participants, including professional athletes.

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justin smith Home Field Hero

justin gage Two-Sport Star

Photo courtesy of San Francisco 49ers, Right side Photo courtesy of Tennessee Titans

As a standout on the football field at Jefferson City High School, Justin Smith earned All-State honors and was a two-time All-District football choice. So it’s no surprise that Smith then became a hometown favorite during his years at MU. In 1998, he became the first true freshman since 1986 to start every game for MU, and as a sophomore he earned First Team All Big 12 honors. His junior honors included First Team All-American from the Football Writers Association of America and a unanimous selection to First Team All Big 12.

After entering the 2001 NFL draft following his junior year at MU, he was drafted fourth overall by the Cincinnati Bengals, where he played until he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers in 2008. Just as he left his mark on Missouri football, he has made a splash in the NFL, as he was selected for three consecutive Pro Bowls from 2009 to 2011.

Smith continues to play for the 49ers but makes his permanent home in Cincinnati, Ohio, with his wife.

Another Jefferson City High School standout, Justin Gage demonstrated his athletic prowess as a two-sport star in high school and at MU. As the star quarterback and letterman in basketball in high school, Gage decided prior to his senior year in college to focus solely on football, but he had spent the previous three years making a statement on the basketball team. With his skillful assistance, the 2002 Tigers basketball team reached the Elite Eight in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

His list of football accomplishments is lengthy and includes being named First Team All Big 12 during his senior year. After being selected in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL draft, Gage spent four years with the Chicago Bears. He then signed with the Tennessee Titans, where he led the team with 750 receiving yards in 2007. Last year marked his final season with the NFL. Although his career has taken him around the country, Gage has remained loyal to Jefferson City, where he has been active with the Boys and Girls Club and held his first football camp in 2009.

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james K. pool III Chef engineer

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In May 2011, James K. Pool III was named president of TurboChef, a top speed-cooking oven brand based in Carrollton, Texas. For the Jefferson City native, the new position combines two unique interests and fulfills a dream he has had since college.

As Pool pursued his degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wyoming, he also spent time cooking professionally in hotels and restaurants. Following graduation, he attended a commercial cooking equipment trade show to learn more about his passion for designing commercial cooking equipment. While at the show, he had his first introduction to TurboChef, and he left thinking that TurboChef was offering the most innovative product he had ever seen.

Later that day, TurboChef called Pool for an interview. The rest, he says, is history. He joined TurboChef in 1995 as the principal engineer, but he has also led procurement, customer service and manufacturing as he drew upon his culinary and cooking technology skills. Under Pool’s leadership, the $90 to $100 million company has risen to be the world leader in speed cooking.

Although he hasn’t lived in Jefferson City since he left for college, Pool says he tries to get back to Jefferson City at every possible opportunity.

“We enjoy it,” he says of his family, which includes his wife, Christine, and children Lilly, 8, and James Quintin ("Q"), 5. “I always find my time back home to be very relaxing. It is nice to catch up with the people that I grew up with in school and also the people that I grew up around while in Jefferson City.”

After arriving in Jefferson City, Pool’s first step is visiting his mother, Mary, and brother, Scott. After settling in, the next stop is usually Arris’ Pizza for gyros and pizza.

Although Pool says his family enjoys being “almost-native Texans,” he says his extended family’s extensive history in Jefferson City and the opportunity to be part of unique experiences, such as playing on the 1988 state championship football team, have shaped his perspective.

“Growing up in Jefferson City really just taught me the value of discipline, work ethic and respect,” Pool says. “There are a lot of things I love about Jefferson City. If I can find a way to get back there and do what I’m doing today, I would do it.” n Jefferson City Magazine | 33

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The customer service was also very memorable. I was constantly in communication (weekly) with Ann and Alice regarding either my wedding gown, tuxedos, or bridesmaids’ gowns. They continually kept me informed of details and even called months in advance to inform me of a special promotion for tuxedos.

When I found the perfect gown, Victoria’s staff absolutely made me feel beautiful.

They stepped me through the alterations and explained every detail along the way.

During this lengthy process, I never once worried as I knew I was in great hands.

Victoria’s worked closely with my groomsmen and bridesmaids to coordinate their tuxedos and gowns. They were very accommodating when setting up times for both to come in and get fitted or pick up their tux/gown. My wedding party was very impressed with their timely fittings and great customer service.

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Making Traditional New Again Renovations to a traditional Southernstyle house make for an updated space fitting for modern times.

By Nicole Gaither Photos by Chris Hollaway

Although small remodeling projects had been undertaken for this 1987 traditional Southern-style house, the owners wanted to completely renovate the kitchen and the master bathroom to fit modern times. The cabinets were dated, and the countertops and appliances were beginning to show their age. The layout of the master bathroom wasn’t working for the homeowners anymore either. The end result is a house that not only functions better but is also a welcoming, exciting space to call home.

When the homeowners decided a remodel would be best, they knew exactly who to call: Theresa Heckman of Theresa Heckman Interiors. “They have been clients of mine for 15 to 20 years,” Heckman says. “The owners are fun people, and our personalities have matched well over the years.”

According to Heckman, though the homeowners are not big on change, they wanted to add their own personality to give their home a special touch. In the kitchen area, Heckman worked with Ron Irvin Cabinetry, who completely tore out the oak cabinets and replaced them with new cherry cabinets. The rich caramel color and exposed brick create an inviting atmosphere. Granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances add a sleek finish, completing the kitchen’s new look.

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Next on the list to update was the master bathroom. “Working with and refinishing this area was the biggest challenge that we ran into with the remodel,” Heckman says. To make the necessary changes the homeowners wanted, the bathroom was totally gutted down to a bare set of walls.

The previous tub/shower combination was changed to a spacious walk-in shower with an adjacent Jacuzzi tub, bathed in natural light from a large window. Pebble tile in soothing blues and grays creates an interesting design element for the corner tub and vanity backsplash.

Corner cabinetry and a makeup vanity area with seating add functionality, while a large pastoral painting with a gilded frame and an orange floral arrangement add a bit of romance to the space.

“Although this home has more of a traditional style, we added a little spunk to the master bathroom through different faux finishes, which really makes the room stand out,” Heckman says.

Walking into the den, it is easy to see why Heckman finds this her favorite spot. The cozy atmosphere and rich colors — dark woods plus maroon and deep blue tones —

ABOVE: Rich gold, yellow and green adorn a jester on the wall in the dining room. The painting was chosen to bring color to the predominantly neutral room. LEFT: A custom floral arrangement by Theresa Heckman greets visitors at the bottom of the staircase to the lower level. FAR LEFT, TOP: Sunshine pours through French doors into the den, or family room.

FAR LEFT, BELOW: The entertainment center on the left, crafted by Ron Irvin Cabinetry, fit the homeowner's desire for a piece reminiscent of a display cabinet that might be found in a grand Southern home.

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LEFT: The backsplash's clean lines and neutral palette leave the space open and ready for any future color changes in the kitchen. ABOVE, TOP: Capturing the home's traditional theme, a classic red rooster sits near an open cookbook in the kitchen.

ABOVE: Theresa Heckman of Theresa Heckman Interiors oversaw the interior design for the remodel.

BELOW: Once oak-stained, red-crackly faux finishing transformed floor-to-ceiling cabinets in the office/sunroom.

blend well to create a comfortable room that everyone loves.

The entertainment center stands out as a unique element for the room. The owner really wanted something nontraditional, so she began searching for that perfect piece. Skimming through a Traditional Homes magazine, she found an antique piece that was exactly what

she was looking for. The entertainment center flanks one side of a wide brick fireplace; on the other, a bookshelf houses books, photos and knickknacks.

“She worked really hard on trying to find something different for that room, and once she had the design, I helped tweak it so it would fit well for that room,” Heckman says. “We took the

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ABOVE: A serene green faux finish creates a feeling of serenity in the master bath. FAR RIGHT, TOP: Granite countertops cover the master bath's makeup and vanity areas. FAR RIGHT, BELOW: Beneath a brown tile backsplash, a clear glass vessel sink sits atop small glass tile, a patchwork of brown, gold, clear and cream, in a powder room.

RIGHT: Yellow and blue checked wallpaper creates a pretty, feminine bathroom backdrop.

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Resource List Remodeling contractor: Doug Schrimpf Interior designer: Theresa Heckman Interiors Granite: Martellaro Marble and Granite Tile: Major Interiors and Scruggs Lumber Cabinets: Ron Irvin Cabinetry Plumber: Bernskoetter Electrician: Sam Thomas Electrical Lighting: Labelle Cabinetry and Lighting Appliances: Coleman and Herigon Furniture and accessories: Major Interiors, Schaefer House, Petals for You Faux finishes and custom paint applications: Doris Davis ABOVE: A mission-style bed and metal star wall art create a sense of Americana. RIGHT: Bright yellow and pink hues add whimsy to a daughter's bedroom.

basic design to Ron Irvin Cabinetry, and he was able to mock it and create an awesome piece for the room.�

Color creates pleasing surprises throughout the rest of the home: Mary Engelbreit-reminiscent yellow, coral and gray in a checked wallpaper in one of the bathrooms; a soothing, romantic pink bedspread with gently ruffled pillows beneath a soft moss-colored wall in a bedroom; and a lively mix of orange, pink and purple plaid and colorful, artistic patterned pillows in another.

During the remodel process, the homeowners had to move out of their house for a while. The hassle was completely worth it in the end, with the remodel fitting exactly what they were looking for. The remodel allowed them to make the necessary updates to fit their lifestyle now while also allowing them to keep the same house they’ve made memories in. n

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A garden bursting at the seams with blossoms, butterflies and bees all summer long: Who doesn’t dream of that garden? As any successful gardener knows, making your garden look naturally, effortlessly beautiful takes more than rainfall and sunshine.

“Before you plant, plan,” says Joan Penno, owner of Green Horizons Garden Center. “Think about your area: the soil conditions, sun exposure. Read the plant labels to get prepared for the care and conditions that will help your plants perform their best.”

Easy-to-grow all-summer perennials such as coneflowers, coreopsis, daylily, primrose, gaura, hollyhock, mallow and yarrow will offer long-term color and tend to be sun lovers. Try mixing

in annuals such as celosia, zinnias, petunias, impatients and marigolds to get even more color.

“By planting annuals in May or June, the flowers should look good through August or September,” says Alice Longfellow, owner of Longfellow Garden Center. “Planting in July or August is often for fill-ins where other plants may have failed or to replace spring plantings that have declined. In July, you need to plant the heat-tolerant summer flowers, but once into August, you can plant the fall flowers.”

Longfellow adds important tips for planting in the mid-summer months.

“After watering the plants with liquid fertilizer at the time of planting, water again with clear water 12 hours later,” she says. “Then, water 24 hours after that. If mulch was used, from that point on watering should only have to be done every three to four days.

Eventually, a once-a-week watering schedule can be followed. Extra watering is needed for the first three days when planting in the heat.”

A layer of mulch will help reduce water stress problems, as it helps the soil retain water and controls weeds. Plants require about one inch of water each week under average soil and weather conditions. The key is to water slowly and deeply.

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Barry Lindsey, garden center manager at Hy-Vee, explains what it takes to have a successful flower garden. “The key is to create balance and rhythm, plus add a focal point,” he says. “To keep the garden in balance, choose plants of differing heights, colors and sizes. With all the varieties and colors of flowers available today, experiment with various combinations, and add your own personal touch.”

›› Flower Color Combinations Bold

Mix red, yellow and blues: Try yellow zinnias with blue or red calibrachoa.

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Mix orange, red and purple: Try orange marigolds with purple petunias.

›› Flower uses Small places lobelia, pansies

Ground covers sweet alyssum, calibrachoa, portulaca

Mound formers California poppy, geraniums, impatiens, nasturtium

Soft

Mix pale yellow, light blue, pink, lavender, cream and white: Try light yellow osteospermum with light blue verbena.

Backdrops along fences and houses sunflower, cleome, flowering tobacco and zinnia

Foliage dusty miller and coleus

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Native plants that typically do not need as much care. “Native plants can add variety to ornamental plantings,” says Tim Smith, botanist with the Missouri Department of Conservation. “You can benefit wildlife by having native species available in your yard and improve your viewing opportunities for butterflies, moths and birds.” Some native Missouri flowers suggested by Smith are coneflowers, purple poppy mallow, Missouri primrose and butterfly weed.

Check out the next column and next page for a suggested planting schedule to follow for keeping your garden in constant colorful bloom. The list includes both annuals and perennials. When choosing perennials, older plants will yield quicker blooms.

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Contrast

Mix orange and blue, yellow and purple, red and green: Try orange nasturtiums with blue salvia.

›› For more information Green Horizons Garden Center, 573-636-4373 Longfellow Garden Center, 573-584-9611, longfellowsgarden.com Hy-Vee Garden Center, 573-893-2505 Missouri Department of Conservation, 573-751-4115, mdc.mo.gov

MAY PLANTING

Zinnia “White Profusion” Color/description: Compact, white flowers with yellow centers Lifespan: Annual, blooms until first frost Height: 12 to 18 inches Light needs: Full sun Good for your garden because: Zinnias are one of the easiest annuals to grow, weather and disease resistant, attract butterflies, good for cutting.

Care tips: Monthly fertilizer

Celosia “New Look” Color/description: Bright red plumes above reddish foliage Lifespan: Annual, blooms until first frost Height: 10 to 14 inches Light needs: Full sun Good for your garden because: Red plumes add striking color and depth, thrive in heat and sun, are great for beginners as little care is required.

Care tips: Need well-drained soil; do not overwater.

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Coreopsis “Crème Brulee” Color/description: Small butteryellow daisies Lifespan: Perennial, blooms until October Height: 16 to 20 inches Light needs: Full sun Good for your garden because: Long-blooming and heavy flowering, tolerate heat and humidity, attract butterflies Care tips: Shear plants in August for a larger second round of blooms, need well-drained soil.

Echinacea “Pow Wow Wild Berry” (Coneflower) Color/description: Deep rosepurple flowers with a darker center Lifespan: Perennial, blooms until first frost Height: 20 to 24 inches Light needs: Prefers full sun but can tolerate light shade Good for your garden because: Unique, fade-proof blooms, hardy, no deadheading required, drought tolerant, deer-resistant, attract butterflies and bees, also goldfinches and other songbirds are attracted to the cones of seeds that remain after the petals drop.

Care tips: Needs well-drained soil

Red Knockout Rose Color/description: Raspberry red flowers surrounded by glossy, bluish-green leaves Lifespan: Perennial, blooms until frost Height: Up to 3 feet Light needs: Full sun but can tolerate light shade Good for your garden because: Super diseaseresistant, drought-tolerant, self-cleaning, very low maintenance, showy color Care tips: Light feeding for more blooms, need welldrained soil

SEPTEMBER PLANTING

AUGUST PLANTING

Russian Sage Color/description: Silver foliage with a haze of purplish blue flowers Lifespan: Perennial, blooms until mid-fall Height: 2 to 4 feet Light needs: Full sun to partial shade Good for your garden because: Add blue to your color scheme, thrive in heat and poor soil, great for full sun garden, aromatic, attract butterflies Care tips: Do not overwater; prune in spring.

Osteospermum “Yellow Symphony” Color/description: Yellow daisy-like blooms Lifespan: Annual, bloom until hard frost Height: 12 to 16 inches Light needs: Full sun Good for your garden because: Drought/ heat tolerant, low maintenance, will survive first few frosts, good for cutting Care tips: Need good drainage, fertilize monthly, adequate water

Verbena “Royale Peachy Keen” Color/description: Large peach-colored flowers Lifespan: Annual, blooms until frost Height: 6 to 10 inches Light needs: Full sun Good for your garden because: Heavy flowering, attract butterflies, thrive in heat, self-cleaning Care tips: Do not overwater; light feeding.

Coleus “Sedona” Color/description: Glowing orange leaves, splashed with orange, pink, purple and maroon Lifespan: Annual, thrives until frost Height: 24 to 30 inches Light needs: Partial shade Good for your garden because: This plant is grown for its foliage, which adds brilliant color; attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.

Care tips: Need welldrained soil, monthly fertilizer, do not overwater.

Pansy “Delta True Blue” Color/description: Large true blue-colored blooms Lifespan: Blooms until late fall, can withstand frost and colder weather Height: 6 to 8 inches Light needs: Sun or part shade Good for your garden because: Hardy plants add striking late-season color, easy to grow.

Care tips: Fertilize twice per month, water weekly. n

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Summer Jazz All items from Major Interiors, 712 Heisinger Road.

Photos courtesy of Major Interiors

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Serving the Unforgettable The Club at Porto Cima's chef Scott Cross tries his take on traditional dishes.

By Heather Shields Photos courtesy of Lake of the Ozarks Golf Council and The Club at Porto Cima and by Chris Hollaway

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or certified chef de cuisine Scott Cross, working at The Club at Porto Cima at the Lake of the Ozarks provides him the opportunity to flex

his creative culinary muscles.

“This business [food preparation] is static,” Cross says. However, with so many variables — food pairings, tools, techniques, personal style and so on — the business of food preparation often transcends to artistry, which is why Cross is pleased to be at The Club.

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FAR LEFT: The Jack Nicklaus-signature course at the Club at Porto Cima plays out along the Lake of the Ozarks shoreline. LEFT: Porto Cima's chef Scott Cross. LEFT, MIDDLE: On the golf green, a waterfall crashes gently behind Porto Cima's Mediterranean-style clubhouse. LEFT, BOTTOM: From the water, spectators watch the golf game at Porto Cima.

“It’s very fun here,” he says.

“There is room to do different things with a creative edge but also still provide excellent traditional dishes.”

Those different things include developing gourmet dishes such as his signature veal-stuffed tortellegi (a giant tortellini) and creating unforgettable fine-dining experiences (think chocolate-themed evening) for club members and their guests.

“As a private club, our business is 100 percent repeat business, so we try to stay trendy and competitive,” Cross says.

To do so, Cross also changes up the menu from time to time.

Although menu changes can be a risky transition, after 30 years in the business, Cross has a few tried-and-true methods for choosing what to include on The Club’s menu. “I see how the specials are received and pick the cream of the crop for the menu,” he says.

The Club’s eclectic menu offers a variety of appetizers, salads, sandwiches and an à la carte evening menu with signature and seasonal dishes featuring everything from filet mignon to meatloaf, salmon to rainbow trout. The event-catering menu recently received an addition: a Mediterranean-style tapas bar that Cross says has been well-received.

Cross, originally from Iberia, Mo., spent time sharpening his culinary skills across the country but was happy to return home to mid-Missouri five years ago and join The Club at Porto Cima. Regardless of where he is working or what dish he is creating, one aspect of Cross’ cooking remains constant: quality ingredients.

For any recipe, Cross recommends beginning with the freshest and best ingredients you can afford; they are the building blocks of the dish. Use the best cut of meat and the crispest vegetables.

“Don’t short cut,” he warns. “If you begin with mediocre ingredients, you’ll end up with a mediocre dish.”

Located on the Lake of the Ozarks’ Shawnee Bend, Porto Cima is a private golf community known for its Jack Nicklaussignature golf course — the only waterfront Nicklaus-signature course in Missouri. Golf Digest recognized Porto Cima’s course as one of the top private courses in the nation, and in addition to golf, members enjoy dining at the clubhouse, swimming, tennis and social activities, plus yacht club access, fitness facilities and more. For more information on The Club at Porto Cima, visit portocima.com. n

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Blackberry Braised Beef Short Ribs

Courtesy of Chef Scott Cross, The Club at Porto Cima Preparation size: 3 pounds bone-in short ribs 1. Use equal parts of butter and olive oil.

2. Season with salt and black pepper.

3. Sear to a medium brown, and drain of oil/butter mixture.

4. Place in a baking dish bone up.

5. In a saucepan, slice up half a large onion and caramelize for 25 minutes.

6. Add in 1 chopped tablespoon each of fresh rosemary, thyme and sage and 1 teaspoon of allspice.

7. Add in two small flats of blackberries to the onion mixture, and cook down.

Caramelize until mixture reaches a “jammie” texture.

8. Add in half a bottle of a “Big Red Wine” (cab, merlot or red zinfandel).

9. Add 2 heaping tablespoons of raspberry jam.

10. Add ¾ cup of brown sugar, unpacked.

11. Add 1 cup of beef stock, and bring all ingredients to a simmer.

12. Add salt and black pepper to taste.

13. Pour sauce over the seared short ribs, and cover with foil.

14. Bake for 4 to 6 hours at 300 degrees F. Ribs should be fork tender.

15. Remove ribs. Gently reduce the liquid until it forms a medium-bodied sauce, and strain.

Serve braised ribs over mashed red potatoes with the sauce. n

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Finding a Good Fit

Redbirds, Dogwoods and Cross-Promotion Marketing In business, what makes for a great cross-promotion partner? We asked Jason Jett, Central Bank director of marketing, for details on Central Bank’s new affiliation with the St. Louis Cardinals. The St. Louis Cardinals and affiliates of Central Bancompany recently announced a three-year partnership positioning Central Bank, as Central Bancompany’s flagship bank, Jefferson Bank and the other holding company affiliates as the “Hometown

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What makes for a good partnership between organizations?

The best cross-promotions strengthen and elevate the brand of both companies. At Central Bank, we look for partners who share similar values. The St. Louis Cardinals have a long history of tradition and strength as a leader in their industry; Central Bank has built a similar history of tradition and strength in the banking industry. The Cardinals have a history of success: They’ve been in the World Series three times in the past decade. Central Bank, too, has a history of success having been recognized as one the best banks in America by Forbes the past three years. Both organizations strive to be the best in their industry. It’s a good partnership when the brands’ values can dovetail together.

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How do you put a value on a cross-promotion partnership?

In this partnership, we looked at more of the qualitative value rather than the quantitative value. One thing we look at when evaluating the cost is what it gives us the ability to offer our customers. We ask ourselves two questions: Can we offer something unique to our community, and will it provide something customers want? In the case of the Cardinals, both answers were a resounding “yes.”

The true value of this partnership lies in the fact that we have gained the respect of the St. Louis Cardinals organization that allows us to team with them, which in turn continues to strengthen and elevate the brand of Central Bank.

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Why was this partnership important to Central Bank?

Hitching our wagon to the World Series parade has obvious benefits, and we have worked hard to get this opportunity. More importantly, we know that our customers are avid fans of the St. Louis Cardinals, and this is another way for us to provide a product appreciated by our customers.

What does this partnership offer to Central Bank customers, and how is Central Bank making the most of its partnership with the Cardinals?

Central Bank customers receive a Cardinals MasterCard debit card, voucher for two tickets (Monday to Thursday games, some blackout games), Cardinals checks and checkbook cover, 10 percent off Cardinals store merchandise and 10 percent off Cardinals tickets individually priced at $20 or more.

This partnership is allowing us a great way to kick off the Cardinals baseball season. We are having fun with it; for the home opener we are all wearing Cardinals hats and shirts, we will be handing out peanuts and Cracker Jacks and asking the community to join in the fun — an old fashioned “Take Me Out To The Ballgame.” n

With approximately 15 years of marketing experience, Jason Jett has served as Central Bank’s director of marketing for the past five years.

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Hometown Bank, Hometown Pride At Mid America Bank, it's a people business.

By Heather Shields Photos by Chris Hollaway

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hen Stephanie and Jake Johnson were looking for a lender in January 2011, they chose Mid America Bank after a family

member extolled the virtues of MAB’s customer service.

“My father was moving in with us,” Stephanie Johnson says. “And our home could not accommodate our needs. Neither did any house on the market at that time. So we decided to build.”

Although many lenders might have thought building during a down market was an unwise decision, Johnson says Mid America Bank CEO and President Brian Berhorst and Vice President of Residential Lending Shelly Schwartz-Pierson were wonderful to work with. “They knew we had extenuating circumstances and were incredibly gracious and helpful and gave us great advice, which we appreciated since we’d never done anything like this before,” she says.

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The lending team at Mid America Bank. Sitting: Brian Berhorst and Lynne Bateman. Standing, from left: Brenda Leydens, Brian Hoskins, Tim Hagenhoff, Shelly Pierson, Kelly VanLoo, Vicki Nelson and Ski Mariea.

Johnson says what impressed her most about the experience was that Schwartz-Pierson and Mid America Bank genuinely wanted to help her family. “Our best interest was at the top of Shelly’s agenda,” Johnson says. “She walked us through the process, therefore we were never intimidated by all it entailed, and in the end we had a beautiful new home that met all of our needs.”

That kind of personal attention and dedication to its customers is what helps this locally owned community bank, originally chartered in 1914 as the People’s Bank of St. Thomas, not only compete with but also outservice larger global and regional banks.

“We never forget that banking is a people business,” Berhorst says. “We feel that the special attention we give to the needs of our customers and to the needs of the communities we serve is directly responsible for the exciting growth that Mid America Bank has experienced over the past several years.”

Mid America Bank now has five branch locations, including Wardsville, Holts Summit, Belle, Linn and Meta, that serve Cole, Osage, Maries, Gasconade and Callaway counties and is approximately a $265 million bank.

Where customers are family

In a technologically advanced world, Mid America Bank offers the products and services its competitors do: a variety of loan types, online banking, bill pay (Freedom Banking), safe deposit boxes, 24-hour ATM, cashier checks, travelers checks, notary service, night depository and good old-fashioned savings and checking accounts.

However, what distinguishes Mid America Bank from other financial institutions is how it treats its customers.

Mid America Bank customers come from all walks of life. They are farmers, sales people, office workers and teachers. They are

builders, laborers and business owners, and they are all treated like family; they aren’t just an account.

“Sitting across the desk from Shelly was not like sitting across from a stern banker,” Johnson says. “It was like sitting and talking with a friend. It makes a difference.”

MAB Executive Assistant Shawna Anderson says MAB hires friendly, experienced staff members who deliver the highest level of relationship banking and take the time to get to know their customers. Even those customers who deal with various financial institutions speak highly of a Mid America Bank experience. One title service worker recalls a recent experience when she attended four closings at the MAB Holts Summit branch then went to a closing at another institution. “When I got done I realized just how spoiled the MAB staff has made me,” she says. “Working with [MAB], I know I am working with trustworthy people. In this job, I certainly don’t get that every day.”

Adapting to changing needs

In addition to attentive, detailed customer service, Berhorst adds that consistency helps MAB provide exemplary service. “For the past two decades, the bank has been guided by the same management and ownership team, and that same team continues to lead the bank today. This continuity of leadership ensures that MAB customers and communities will enjoy the same level of service and commitment tomorrow that they do today and have in the past.”

Change is inevitable, and businesses must adapt to the changing needs of their customers. Mid America Bank will continue to grow and meet the demands and needs of its customers, but some things will never change; MAB will continue to be a “hometown bank, full of hometown pride.” n

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person you should know

Dave Griffith

Executive director at the American Red Cross Heart of Missouri Chapter

Key duties: I oversee operations in 21 counties, manage staff of eight and help provide lifesaving training and disaster services to clients.

Number of years in that position: Began the job on Jan. 17, 2012 Family: Married to Leigh Griffith for 39 years Education: Bachelor of science in mass communications from Missouri Southern State College Community involvement: Served on City Council, past chairman of the board for American Cancer Society, past board chairman of Easter Seals, on committee that formed Relay For Life in Cole County, past chair of Relay For Life Cole County, served on advisory board for National Relay For Life, past chair of the High Plains Division Relay For Life Marketing and Communications Taskforce, member of the Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce, past president of the Jefferson City Kiwanis Club, past chair of the Capitol Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, pastor of the Community of Christ Church My office is functional, and my desk is organized. On my desk is a paperweight from a very close friend, and if I lost it, I would be disappointed and upset. My favorite tech tool at work is my iPhone because it has all my contact information and is my mobile computer.

At work, my favorite thing to do is meet new people/ volunteers. When I get to the office in the morning, the first thing I do is check email and my calendar without fail. At the end of the day, the first things I do are check my schedule for tomorrow and review what I accomplished that day.

I have a serious side to me that most people don’t know about: I like to take a few minutes before my day begins to have a quiet time and prepare my mind for the day ahead. My favorite website is the Golf Warehouse. My favorite movie is Die Hard.

The last book I read was Tuesday’s with Morrie. My favorite U.S. president is Ronald Regan. When I was a kid, my dad was my hero. Now, our military members are my heroes.

Someday when I retire, I will spend time on the golf course giving golf lessons to grade-school kids. n

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The last thing I expected when I started this job was the number of hours it would take to get the job done. I never thought I would love the fast-paced day-to-day operations at work, but I do. My family thinks I really work too much, and I’ve never corrected them.

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Philanthropy

The Boys and Girls Club of the Capital City

By Nicole Gaither and Jennifer Bondurant Photos courtesy of The Boys and Girls Club

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efore 7 a.m., sitting outside the brick building that houses the Boys and Girls Club, the skinny young boy looks lost. He sits, leaning against the building with his knees pulled up and head down, his baggy clothes draped on his body. He looks up cautiously when someone approaches, and his hair falls forward across his eyes. When he sees a familiar staff member, a big toothy smile spreads across his face.

The Boys and Girls Club of the Capital City hosts a day camp every summer, a positive place for kids. In July, Missouri mornings can dawn hot and humid, but John* was up and outside early. Alone, he started walking.

He’s slight, and instead of looking like the 15-year-old he is, he looks closer to age 9 or 10, too young to be trekking through town by himself. While most Jefferson City teenagers were likely still asleep in bed, last summer he walked nearly a mile to the Boys and Girls Club every weekday and arrived early to wait for someone to unlock the door.

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‘This is my home’

The Boys and Girls Club of the Capital City was founded on Dec. 7, 1995, by a group of parents and business individuals in the Jefferson City community.

An independent, not-for-profit agency, the club aims to inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

Executive Director Stephanie Johnson accepted her current position at the Boys and Girls Club in April 2011 with plans to turn around the financially struggling organization.

“I knew there had been a lot of turnover in my position and that the club was in jeopardy of not surviving if changes were not made,” Johnson says. A new business model and budget were on her mind, but for Johnson, hard numbers and strategies took on new meaning when she met kids such as John.

The organization wasn’t just a business that she was trying to save.

John was there when staff arrived in the morning and the last child to leave in the evening, when he’d walk home alone. While his mom worked two jobs, he cared for himself.

“If I was working late, he’d ask if he could stay with me and offer to help clean up,” Johnson says. “I asked him one night if he was ready to go home. He looked me straight in the eye and said, ‘This is my home.’”

At that moment, Johnson says she realized how much the Boys and Girls Club of the Capital City means to the youth served. As John revealed, the club is a home and a family, a place for local kids to be cared for, fed and guided.

Meeting the needs

Looking for a way to support the Boys and Girls Club of the Capital City?

On June 11, come out for the Cork & Fork of the Capital City at 5:30 p.m. at the Capitol Plaza Hotel. The event will feature top chefs in the area, a gourmet sampling and wine tasting. A silent and live auction will benefit the club’s scholarship program.

Cost is $50 per ticket or $500 for a table of 10. Call 573-634-7587 for information.

Johnson sought to understand the needs of the youth by engaging with the kids and asking questions to get to know them better. One of her routine questions each day was to ask what they had for dinner. She quickly realized the truth — not many of them ate dinner, or if they did, they were like John, eating whatever they could scrounge up.

“I remember a boy telling me that he found some change in the couch and walked to Break Time to buy some hot fries,” Johnson says. She advocated and began a new program this past February. With extended club hours, dinner is now served for 50-plus youth every night.

The Boys and Girls Club of the Capital City is open to anyone in the Jefferson City area between the ages of 6 and 18. The club provides quality educational, social recreational, physical fitness and health programs. The building houses a Teen Center, two multipurpose rooms, two computer labs, staff offices, a commercial kitchen, library and reception area. The club also has after-school programs at South School, East School, Pioneer School and a 10-week summer session for kids, and a new music program is under way. The club welcomes any old instruments that community members would like to donate.

Outside of providing mentoring and life guidance, one of the main focuses of the club is on academic success and a program called “Power Hour,” a comprehensive homework help and tutoring program designed to raise the academic proficiency of youth ages 6 to 12. Along with staff at the club, volunteers from the community are committed to helping these youth succeed academically.

It just takes one

As of March 2012, 213 children were enrolled in the Boys and Girls Club of the Capital City. Of those, 44 (21 percent) are on scholarship, 25 (12 percent) receive child care subsidy from the State of Missouri.

The remaining 67 percent pay a monthly $75 fee to attend Boys and Girls Club. The organization was forced to establish the monthly fee in 2010 to meet its operating expenses and keep its doors open.

“We know this (fee) is a financial burden for many of the families we serve as 40 percent of them are behind in their monthly payments,” Johnson says.

Donations are vital for local youth to be able to join the Boys and Girls Club. The club’s current “It Just Takes One” campaign encourages local individuals and businesses to give: It only takes one person to change a child’s life. For every $650 the club raises, one child is fully supported for a year. Currently, the organization is more than halfway toward its goal to raise more than $20,000. If the goal is met, any child on a free or reduced lunch program within the Jefferson City Public School system will be able to benefit from the club for free.

As a mom, Johnson takes each kid who comes through the club’s doors to heart. “We have the same conversations that you have with your kids, with questions like, ‘How was your day at school?’”

Johnson says. “They give us the same big hugs that your kids do when they see you after school.”

Johnson says she believes that parents do the best they can with the tools they’ve been given in life, and she knows the Boys and Girls Club is necessary to help fill in the gaps for many local kids. Too often, the kids’ stories are outlined by poverty and struggle, but Johnson knows that their futures don’t have to be prewritten.

John still comes to the Boys and Girls Club every day after school. According to Johnson, he is one who will be saved. n *Name changed to protect privacy.

Ed. Note: The Boys and Girls Club of the Capital City is always looking for volunteers. Help is welcomed in every area, from serving dinner at night to spending time with the youth as a mentor. For more information, visit bgcjeffersoncity.org.

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Building a Family For Jefferson City's Brock Ballard, a call to love was fulfilled through fostering.

By Anita Neal Harrison | Photos by Chris Hollaway

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rock Ballard was 32 and single when he became a father. He did not get the usual notice. Within two hours of learning there was a baby, he was holding the baby in his arms.

The 6-week-old infant was not Brock’s biological child. A week earlier, Brock had completed his training to be a Missouri foster parent. It was something he felt he was meant to do.

“I’m a person of faith,” Brock says.

“I felt like it was part of who I was supposed to be as a Christian. And I’ve always had a love for children.

I wanted to be a father very badly, and I hadn’t found the woman of my dreams yet, so I thought: ‘Well, other people do it. Why can’t I? I’m going to do this on my own and see how this goes.’”

The going has been hard — much harder, in fact, than he had expected — but 11 years later, Brock is still a foster dad.

Brock learned early on the heartache that comes with seeing the brokenness of children who have faced abuse and neglect. Upon taking the 6-week-old infant to the doctor, Brock was told that the baby had a broken back. Brock also learned early on the heartbreak that comes with partings. After two months with his second placement, a 2-year-old boy, Brock got a call that the biological father had been found and would be taking the boy that afternoon. Brock never heard from them again.

As a foster parent, Brock could choose whether he just wanted to foster or whether he wanted to adopt. Some foster parents do not want to adopt and just keep children until the children’s reunification

with their parents or until an adoptive home is found. Others want to adopt without facing the risk of children going back to their parents, so they only take foster children whose parents’ rights have been terminated. Still others accept foster placements with an openness to adopt if adoption becomes possible but also with the understanding that until parental rights are terminated, foster parents are expected to work with the Children’s Division to support parental reunification.

From the beginning, Brock wanted to adopt, but he was open to fostering children who might go back to their parents. All foster parents can tell their caseworkers the ages, genders and races they are willing to take, which in Brock’s case was 0- to 5-year-old boys of all races. Then when caseworkers call with potential placements, foster parents can always decline. They do not even have to give a reason, though greater communication would allow caseworkers to screen for better matches.

The perfect placement Just a couple of weeks after losing the 2-year-old boy, Brock got a call and saw his caseworker’s number on his phone. He answered not with “Hello” but with “No.” He was not up for another potential loss. But the caseworker persisted. She told Brock she had the perfect placement for him: a 2-year-old boy for whom parental reunification was no longer an option. Still skeptical, Brock agreed to a meeting.

“And that’s how I met my oldest son, Courtney,” he says.

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Soon after adopting Courtney, Brock, who at that time lived in St. Louis, closed his fostering license.

In 2004, he and Courtney moved to Springfield, and in 2006, Brock met the woman who would become his wife, Julie Wilson, through eHarmony. Brock’s choice to adopt was one thing that caught Julie’s attention.

“It was very attractive to me to find a man who had adopted alone, that he would care that much about kids,” Julie says.

Julie was living in Jefferson City, and Brock and Courtney moved to be near her. In 2007, Brock and Julie were married. Julie, whose brother was adopted through the foster system in the 1970s, shared Brock’s interest in fostering, and within their first year of marriage, the two of them became licensed foster parents. Today, Brock and Julie have five children in their home: 13-yearold Courtney; Will, a 10-year-old son Brock and Julie adopted in 2011; two foster daughters, ages 8 and 4 who are biological sisters and have been with the Ballards since 2010; and an infant whom the Ballards got within 24 hours of his January 2012 birth.

A bit of extraordinary in everybody With the adoption of Will, Brock and Julie decided that Brock, who had been working for Missouri Baptist Children’s Home, would become a stay-at-home dad. Julie, a registered nurse and director of culture change for Health Systems Inc., would continue working. The new arrangement would allow Brock to take care of running the kids to their many appointments and activities and also let him get household chores and errands done during the day.

Interested in learning more about fostering and adoption?

Contact the Cole County Children’s Division at 573-7514688 for more information, including upcoming trainings.

“So we can spend our time together as a family during the evenings and on the weekends,” Brock says.

Not knowing how long their foster daughters and infant foster son will be with them is stressful, but Brock and Julie know that their love is having a positive impact on their children’s lives.

“What we have to keep reminding ourselves is that we are here, right now, today loving these kids as best as we know how,” Brock says. “And all we can do is take care of today and hope tomorrow will work itself out.”

Julie adds: “We trust God with the outcome. We know we’re called to do this, and we’ll make it through, regardless of what happens.”

Some might say the Ballards must just be extraordinary people. Brock has a quick response.

“There’s a bit of extraordinary in everybody,” he says. “You just have to be willing to tap into it.” n

One resource that has been a tremendous help to the Ballards and their fellow Central Missouri foster parents is the Central Missouri Foster Care & Adoption Association. This not-for-profit offers several supports, including monthly meetings for foster and adoptive families. Check it out online at ccfosteradopt.com.

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business briefs

Business Briefs

Finley

Duke

Boessen

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Promoted, Hired, Recognized

Lisa Finley, registered dietitian and program coordinator of the JCMG Weight Treatment Center, recently achieved Level 2 Advanced Certification in Adult Weight Management with the American Dietetic Association and the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

Jeff Boessen was promoted to vice president, investment officer at Central Bank. Boessen’s responsibilities include managing both Central Bank and Jefferson Bank InvestorServices Advisors, advising employer-sponsored retirement plans and coordinating financial affairs for bank customers.

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Dr. Crystal Cook, JCMG Family Health Clinic, California, successfully completed the requirements for certification from the American Board of Family Medicine. Prior to joining JCMG in August, she went to the University of Missouri as a Bryant Scholar and received an undergraduate degree in biology, followed by a medical degree.

Samuel Brayfield, D.O., JCMG Osage Family Clinic, has received a certificate of added qualification in hospice and palliative medicine from the American Osteopathic Association. Brayfield is board certified by the American Board of Osteopathic Family Practitioners.

He is the medical director for Hospice Compassus in Osage Beach.

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William Duke, D.P.M., and Dr. Jody P. McAleer, D.P.M., F.A.C.F.A.S., of JCMG Podiatry, recently earned the status of diplomat by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and are certified in foot surgery. Both are faculty staff clinicians at St. Mary’s Comprehensive Wound Healing Center.

Tonya Kliethemes was promoted to asset and liability officer at Central Bank. Kliethemes manages Central Bancompany’s liquidity, assists in the maintenance and operations of the Asset/Liability Risk Modeling system for Central Bancompany and is responsible for producing loan collateral reports on all of Central Bancompany’s 13 affiliate banks for the Federal Reserve Bank.

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Classic Travel recently added eight outside sales agents to its staff. These agents will be located throughout central Missouri to assist both new and current clients with all their travel needs. Their base city and specialties are as follows: Bob Roling, Linda Bax, Pam Luebbert, Stefani Werdehausen and Jill Rehagen, Jefferson City; Stephanie Fuemmeler, Glasgow; Aleta Grimes-Mitchell, St. Louis; Amy Stevens, California.

St. Mary’s Health Center named Tony Houston its new executive vice president/chief operating officer. Houston previously served as corporate director of operations for finance at SSM Health Care in St. Louis.

Daniel Toosley was promoted to business banking officer, Central Bank. Toosley is responsible for commercial banking product sales and coordinating business development in the community.

The staff of the Capital Region Obstetrics Department reached the 99th percentile in patient satisfaction scores for the last quarter of 2011, according to Press Ganey. This achievement is the highest ranking a hospital department can receive.

Ginger Kolb was promoted to vice president, sales manager at Central Bank. Kolb is in retail administration and implemented Central Bank’s current sales program.

New and Noteworthy

Capital Region Medical Center now offers all Direct Capture X-Ray capabilities. With Direct Capture, after the technologist makes an X-ray exposure, the image can be viewed in just three seconds versus 60 to 90 seconds.

Work on a sidewalk along a corridor heavily used by pedestrians on Missouri Boulevard is set to get under way in May. The Missouri Boulevard Sidewalk Project will involve the construction of a sidewalk along Missouri Boulevard from Kansas Street to Heisinger Road.

The sidewalk will connect several

bus stops and commercial businesses along Missouri Boulevard.

The project will be funded through $500,000 in grant funds administered through the Missouri Department of Transportation. The money became available because the city released the grant it had been given for construction of the Adrian’s Island tunnel.

Small Biz Raves

Uniquely Rose Boutique (704 W. Main St.), a local, independent business, is getting rave reviews.

“Mrs. Sapanas has a great selection of décor, etc. with very reasonable pricing,” says customer Teresa Armstrong. “Small little shop but oh so very interesting.” n

Click Here Looking for info about adventure sports and other outdoor activities in Jefferson City?

Check the event calendar at JeffersonCityOutdoors.com.

Managed by the Jefferson City Convention & Visitors Bureau’s Jefferson City Outdoors group, the new site promotes outdoor recreational and competitive opportunities and encourages active lifestyles and community development.

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Black Dragon Roll Fuji Japanese Steakhouse

Fuji Japanese Steakhouse takes great pride in creating the most colorful, unique and intricately placed food preparation one could ever imagine. Once the Black Dragon Roll was placed in front of my son and me, we were taken back by the beauty of the dish. It was a piece of art.

The Black Dragon Roll consists of shrimp, crabmeat, crunchy and spicy mayo and is topped with eel, avocado, scallion and eel sauce. Just a hint of Wasabi and we understood why it was a favorite. If you are looking for a unique, entertaining and wonderful dining experience, be sure to try spending an evening at Fuji Japanese Steakhouse. I am sure you will enjoy it as much as we did!. ­— Annie Jarrett, marketing consultant n 3600 Country Club Drive, No. 512 (Columbia Mall), 573-634-8578, fujisteakhouse.com

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Preparing for End A of Life Lessons learned as we said goodbye

By Teresa Snow

year ago I arrived at my mother’s home in Columbus, Ohio, with two of my four children, ready for a spring break vacation. My oldest boys were excited for a rare visit with Grandma Snow and a few days of planned fun at various kid-friendly sites in my hometown.

But when we arrived, we found my mother so sick she could barely speak.

The next day I was in the emergency room at her side as the doctor revealed the mystery of what had been troubling her for months. She had a recurrence of stomach cancer. It was a rare type that had been completely removed by surgeons just three years earlier. This time it was too advanced to treat, tangled around her vital organs.

A few days later, a doctor told my mother to get her affairs in order. He had seen enough of this aggressive type of sarcoma to predict she had only two months to live. He was right. Almost two months to the date, she was gone.

Although I will grieve my mother on the one-year anniversary of her death in late May, I am thankful for what she did to prepare for her passing. The steps she took could help any family in a time of crisis.

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Keep a medication list.

For years, my mother kept a detailed list of the many medications she took and the physicians who treated her. An expert typist and longtime legal secretary, my mother kept a copy of the neatly typed list on her refrigerator at home, carried one in her purse and gave one to my sister and me. My sister and I were armed with critical information about my mother’s health history. I carried it into the emergency room that cold March day.

Dr. Jeff Ehmke says keeping such a detailed medical list is rare. He works in the emergency room at Capital Region Medical Center and has seen patients come in with little knowledge of what medications they are taking. “They’ll say, ‘Well, I’m on a little blue heart pill and an orange pill for blood pressure,’” Ehmke says. “It is rare that they have a medication list or know the dosages.”

With the growing availability of electronic medical records, Ehmke says it’s getting easier to find information after business hours. “The worst case scenario is someone who comes in after 8 p.m., the pharmacies are closed, and you have no way to contact a family member. It can be a difficult search for information.”

Today, if a patient has medical records in the hospital’s system, he can pull up a health history in seconds instead of phoning medical records for paper copies and losing precious treatment time.

Get long-term care insurance.

When we learned my mother had terminal cancer, we still had hope that she would bounce back and be able to return home for a time before her health declined. Her illness forced her from her home where just days earlier she stocked up on snacks for her grandchildren’s visit. Sadly, a surgery, various medical procedures and pneumonia kept her from enjoying her own home again. We had plenty to learn about Medicare payments and nursing home placements, but my mother had one piece of the puzzle taken care of. Although she never lived long enough to collect the benefit, my mother had paid the premiums for long-term care insurance.

Now long-term care insurance is on my mind, too, and I find that’s not unusual.

“My most common customer is someone who has a parent in a long-term care facility,” says Bob Redel, financial services manager for Naught-Naught Agency.

Redel recommends people think about buying long-term care insurance when they reach their 50s. CNN Money recommends consideration closer to age 60 if you don’t have a chronic condition or a family history of Alzheimer’s.

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Always a Good Time!

It’s a tough decision. Redel sees many people who seek coverage are already too disabled to qualify. He says even using a four-legged cane can disqualify someone from long-term care insurance.

According to Consumer Reports, 23 percent of policy applicants in their 60s don’t pass the required physical, and 45 percent of people in their 70s fail.

As your age goes up, so do the premiums. They depend on your age and health, but Redel gives the example of a 68-year-old man paying $2,600 in annual premiums compared to a $5,000-a-month nursing home stay.

Draw up a will, health care power of attorney and living will.

Earlier in her life, my mother cared for her mother after a stroke and watched her years of subsequent decline. That experience and the national attention given to the case of Missouri’s Nancy Cruzan in the 1980s convinced her to draw up a living will. Nancy Cruzan lived in a persistent vegetative state after an automobile accident in southwest Missouri. Her family fought the State of Missouri for eight years for the right to remove their daughter’s feeding tube. She died the day after Christmas in 1990.

Since then, Missouri has developed a free “Life Choices” handbook offered through the Missouri Attorney General’s Office and website. The booklet offers extensive information about end-of-life directives. The resources provided by the Attorney General’s office include a durable power of attorney for health care choices, a health care choices directive, a living will and do-not-resuscitate orders.

Although most advanced directives are for when someone is hospitalized, Missouri also has a relatively new law that allows you to have an “outside the hospital do not resuscitate order.” That law was made possible in part by the tireless work of Jefferson City resident Jan Schupp, who suffered from heart and lung failure before her death in 2010.

My mother requested no extreme measures be taken to keep her alive. My sister and I were thankful she was able to speak for herself until a few days before her death, and the legal documents were ready to speak for her if that had been necessary.

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Starting a discussion about death and dying can be very uncomfortable any time, but experts say it can be as simple as using an experience like mine to open the conversation. Share this article with someone and discuss it. Use the "Life Choices" brochure and its simple question-and-answer worksheets to discuss difficult choices with a loved one. The worksheets will help you define personal and religious values and what is most important to your quality of life. It’s a gift you can give yourself or someone else in your family, so when the end of life comes, you can focus on family relationships, not just medical matters.

I am grateful for my mother’s planning. During my last visits with her, we didn’t have to talk about her funeral, long-term care, how to pay for things or whether to use a feeding tube. That was already in writing, and we knew her wishes long before her death. I am thankful to have so many great memories of my times with my mother and that her foresight and preparation regarding health care end-oflife issues eased the burden and pain of saying goodbye as much as it could. n

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n Wednesday, June 20, from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Health Center Auxiliary will host the 55th annual Ice Cream Social in the Undercroft of the Cathedral in Jefferson City. As the Auxiliary’s largest fundraiser, proceeds help purchase medical equipment for the center and benefit countless patients.

But the event, which features homemade cakes and Central Dairy ice cream, is much more than the name suggests. With special activities, a wide variety of booths, a picnic-style luncheon and a quilt raffle, it’s a crowd-pleaser for all ages.

Originally hosted by the Sisters of St. Mary and held in their convent garden, the Ice Cream Social has not only changed location over the years, but it’s also grown considerably. Auxiliary Presidentelect Judy Schneider says recent socials average around 2,000 attendees, with 100 volunteers working at any given time.

“Each booth chairperson is responsible for obtaining the people they need to run their booth,” Schneider says, adding that these chair people are truly the backbone of the event and often begin recruiting volunteers months before the social. Many of the 350 Auxiliary members pitch in, and Jefferson City “celebrities” often take turns scooping the ice cream.

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St. Mary’s Ice Cream Social Main Attractions

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Here are a few tips on how to throw your own ice cream social: • Decide on a date (and a theme if you wish) and send out invitations.

• Set up a buffet-style table. For a festive flair, use colored plastic cloths (they also make cleanup a breeze!).

• Provide vanilla ice cream or a selection of your favorite flavors.

Hint: Keep ice cream cold using coolers, or place ice cream containers in bowls of ice (adding more ice as it melts).

• Have on hand: ice cream scoopers, spoons, napkins and a variety of serving dishes such as cones, waffle cones, waffle bowls and sundae dishes.

• Be creative with lots of toppings, including a variety of sprinkles and syrups, nuts, crushed cookies, coconut and whipped cream. Yum! • For additional fun, award the tallest ice cream cone, most creative sundae, etc., with inexpensive door prizes.

Some suggestions paraphrased from Taste of Home magazine.

photos Courtesy of St. Mary’s Health Center

The cost for ice cream and cake is $3.

However, attendees are encouraged to come hungry and enjoy the luncheon menu as well. Hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, salads, sides and drinks will be offered.

“On the healthier, lighter side, we will be serving chicken breasts,” Schneider says.

As in years past, everything will be affordable and family friendly.

With the 2011 social netting around $13,000, Schneider hopes to reach $15,000 this year.

Money from the social, combined with other Auxiliary activities such as the hospital gift shop, has been instrumental in purchasing essential medical equipment for St. Mary’s. “There is no specific earmark for the funds raised from the Ice Cream Social,” Schneider says. “But we receive requests at the end of our fiscal year and at that time determine how the funds will be distributed.” Purchases include: infant-care warmers, Eagle heart monitors, Vein Viewers and the in-hospital TV Care Channel. The Auxiliary has also given money to the Centennial Fund for Technology, the Sister’s Medication Fund and helped purchase digital mammography equipment. In addition, the Auxiliary offers scholarships for local individuals going into the medical field.

Schneider invites everyone to join St. Mary’s Auxiliary. “Our membership is open to all persons who are interested in St. Mary’s,” she says. For more information, contact Mary Kay Hoelscher, hospital volunteer coordinator, at 761-7000, ext.

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• Ice cream and cake • Lunch • Silent auction • Quilt raffle, starring a Queen Anne’s star pattern quilt from the Auxiliary’s “Busy Fingers” quilt group • Kid’s Korner, offering face painting, crafts, free books, a puppet show and fine motor activities • Country Store with homemade goodies, crafts, live plants and fresh produce • Tag Sale booth with jewelry, household items and home decorations • Book Nook, featuring gently used page-turners • Mini Spa, with dollar-a-minute massages manned by St Mary’s physical therapists

Fun Facts About Ice Cream Compiled from Good Housekeeping and Serving-Icecream.com

It takes 12 pounds of milk to make 1 gallon of ice cream.

The origin of the ice cream cone is said be the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. Supposedly, an ice cream vendor ran out of dishes and teamed up with a waffle vendor who rolled his waffles into cones.

13 percent of men and 8 percent of women admit to licking their ice cream bowl clean.

Chocolate syrup is the most popular ice cream topping.

The third Sunday in July is National Ice Cream Day.

The best temperature for storing ice cream is between -5 and 0 degrees F.

More ice cream is purchased on Sunday than any other day.

Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in the 1920s were served ice cream as part of their first American meal.

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Vanilla is the most popular flavor.

In the late 1890s, in response to religious criticism for serving ice cream sodas on Sundays, sweet shops omitted the carbonated water and invented the “Sunday.” Later the spelling was changed to “sundae” to avoid any reference to the Sabbath.

Air is added to ice cream to keep it from freezing solid.

The largest ice cream sundae weighed 54,914 pounds. It was made

by Palm Dairies Ltd. in Alberta, Canada, in 1988.

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Who’s Next?

Jeff Moore Lorelei Schwartz

Stacy Welling Amy Berendzen

Ryan Imhoff Stephanie Bell

Jefferson City Magazine’s annual feature of up-and-coming professionals in our community

Check out Jefferson City Magazine’s July/August issue for “Ones to Watch,” a special feature to recognize the top up-and-coming leaders in our community.

To make a nomination visit www.jeffersoncitymag.com/ ones-to-watch/

NOMINATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MAY 9.

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By Tom Loeffler

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Your golf/vacation destination is just a short drive away

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here are so many things in life right under our noses that we just don’t appreciate, those things we take for granted. A beautiful sunrise. A beautiful sunset. Your loyal dog. Your BFF. Albert Pujols in a Cardinals uniform.

Too often, we don’t appreciate something until it’s gone. Too bad Albert couldn’t be as loyal as your dog.

With silly gas prices and tight budgets, golfers and vacationers need not look to Myrtle Beach, S.C., Florida or any other destination. It’s right here — the Lake of the Ozarks. Heard of it?

“Our biggest draws are from St. Louis and Kansas City, we know that,” says Steve Walker, executive director of the Lake of the Ozarks Golf Council. “But we’ve started a close-to-home advertising effort because we’re finding people in central Missouri are rediscovering the Lake, if you will.

“Just look at what’s right in our own backyard. It’s like, ‘Oh my gosh, why didn’t we think of this before?’”

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A course for every golfer It doesn’t matter if your goal is to break par or break 100.

“There’s a golf course for every range of golfer, from a duffer to a scratch golfer,” Walker says. “And our rates are so affordable, anybody’s pocketbook can handle it.”

If you choose to play one of the championship courses, even those will fit your game.

“The number of tee complexes — some holes have as many as eight tees — make it a good challenge for all different levels of golfers," says Jim Divincen, administrator of the Lake Ozarks Tri-County Lodging Association.

And you might recognize some of these names: Jack Nicklaus (Porto Cima), Arnold Palmer (Osage National), Tom Weiskopf (Old Kinderhook), Bruce Devlin (The Oaks) and Robert Trent Jones (The Cove).

“We’re really blessed to have these internationally recognized designers who have designed these courses,” Divincen says.

Although Porto Cima and The Cove are private, there are 13 other courses on the Lake of the Ozarks Golf Trail.

Here are the other 10 courses on the Golf Trail: • Bear Creek • The Club at Deer Chase • Dogwood Hills • Eldon Country Club • Indian Rock

• Lake Valley • The Ridge • Rolling Hills • Sycamore Creek • Hidden Lakes

Adventures close to home

Photos courtesy of Lake of the Ozarks Golf Council

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“A lot of golf courses around the country have been struggling,” Walker says, “but all of our courses have really been doing well.”

The courses are fun to play and fabulous to look at.

“I can’t think of many courses that have the vertical elevations we have,” Divincen says. “These golf courses are carved out of the rolling Ozark hills; you’ve got tee boxes with 100-footplus elevation changes and so many great views of the Lake.”

In this day and age of nothing comes easy, the Golf Trail Getaway Packages are both user-friendly and convenient. With one phone call to one of the 11 participating lodging choices, you can take care of your room and tee times at the courses of your choice.

“It’s one-stop, express shopping,” Divincen says. “It’s just a huge service for our visitors.”

“People are looking for new adventures closer to home that are both convenient and affordable,” Divincen says. “That’s what the Lake has to offer.”

And rest assured, the Lake has a lot more to offer than just golf.

“We’re seeing a lot of people coming to the Lake for so many other things: the boating, the fishing, the shopping, the skiing and all of the other attractions,” Walker says. “It truly is a vacation destination for families and not just golfers.

“You can plan a great getaway for two days, three days, a week, whatever and forget the Florida trip for one year. You won’t be disappointed; I promise you that.”

We should all appreciate this because it’s right under our noses. And it’s just a short drive away. n

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Off to a Great Start: With Help from CRMC’s Lactation Consultant Team!

Getting off to the right start at the hospital is essential to having a good breastfeeding experience.

Sally & I are hopeful that our lactation services at Capital Region will improve the success of our breastfeeding moms and help them reach their individual goals.

We are trying to do our part to promote safe lactation support and improve the health of our community.

-Angie Stonner international Board Certified Lactation Consultant

Sally Crabtree & Angie Stonner Certified Lactation Consultants

Better. Every day.

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Cuties of Capital Region

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Zachary Douglas Wansing

PHOTO BY CR PORTRAITS

Parents: Christopher & Dana Wansing Birth Weight:

7 pounds 10 ounces

Zoey Ann Rademan Parents: Max & Susan Rademan Birth Weight: 7 pounds 1 ounce Height: 21 inches What is the best lesson you’ve learned from parenting? Everything changes quickly. A colicky baby will grow out of it so don’t stress too much, and a happy baby can easily turn fussy so enjoy the moment.

What do you look forward to the most as your child grows up?

Teaching her how to play basketball!

What do you look forward to the most as your child grows up?

All of them! I can’t wait to take him to his first Cardinals ballgame, Mizzou football game, the zoo, the ocean, skating and everything else in between. I’m also excited to see him play his first game of t-ball and then all the sporting events he’ll play throughout the years. I hope I can cherish and treasure each and every moment and look back one day and know I gave my child the best childhood possible.

JossLynn Joy Buschjost parents: Chris & JoyAnna Buschjost Birth Weight:

6 pounds 12 ounces Height:

21 inches What is the best lesson you’ve learned from parenting?

Never judge anyone’s parenting styles, because everyone was going to be the “perfect” parent at one point in time and it just doesn’t work out that way!

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.

Better. Every day.

Cuties of Capital Region

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Kenley Jo Groene

Hadley Scott Schaffer

Parents:

Parents:

Derek & Renee Groene

Randi Schaffer

Birth Weight:

Birth Weight:

7 pounds 9 ounces

7 pounds 14 ounces

Height:

Height:

21.5 inches How has being a parent changed you? Parenting has made me truly appreciate all of the blessings that are a part of my family’s lives.

What has surprised you most about being parents? I have found that our love for each other (husband and wife) has only grown stronger due to the bond of being a family now.

19 inches

Larissa Rollins Parents:

Danielle & Will Rollins Birth Weight:

7 pounds 3 ounces Height:

20 inches

How has being a parent changed you?

It has changed me so much. My whole life is consumed with her. I am always shopping for her now instead of myself, always thinking of ways to raise her the best, always finding new ways to increase her intelligence. Everything is about her and I love it.

Definitely don’t sleep much anymore though.

How has being a parent changed you? We can no longer jump in the car and go wherever we want.

What has surprised you most about being parents?

How fast time goes by!

What is your favorite moment so far?

Watching her do something different daily.

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.

Better. Every day.

Cuties of Capital Region

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS Addison Ann Kampeter Parents:

Jennifer Nilges &Rodney Kampeter Photo by JP Gallery

Birth Weight

6 pounds 11 ounces Height:

19 inches

Logan Anthony James Parents:

Anthony & Roxanne James Birth Weight:

8 pounds Height:

21 inches What is the best lesson you’ve learned from parenting?

Some parents make parenting look so easy. There’s nothing wrong with admitting that being a parent can be challenging at times. Family and friends are always there to give you advice.

How has being a parent changed you? It has made me appreciate life more. I have someone else that depends on me for everything.

What has surprised you most about being parents? How overwhelming it is to be a parent. Also how when you first see them you immediately love them so much– more than you could ever imagine.

Stella Josephine Adrian parents:

Kelly & Joe Adrian Birth Weight:

7 pounds 6 ounces Height:

21 inches How has being a parent changed you?

Being a parent has taught us to manage our time better, because there’s much less time to do the little things that have to get done in daily life.

What has surprised you most about being parents? That we can sleep for only two hours and still wake up to a smiling, squealing, laughing and happy little girl.

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.

Better. Every day.

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Julie Agee

artist profile

By Faye Zumwalt

Helping children through her art

When Julie Agee won the national 2012 Artist Series Wine Label competition sponsored by the

Capital Grille, a national restaurant chain known for its dry aged steaks and award-winning wine list, it was a marriage of two of her personal lifelong themes: helping children and art. Prints of

Agee’s painting will be individually numbered to grace the label of the 2012 Limited Edition Artist Wine Series cabernet sauvignon. Capital Grille will donate a generous portion of every bottle sold

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to Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit that seeks to end child hunger in America.

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Photo courtesy of the Capital Grille

The wine bottle label designed by Julie Agee won the national 2012 Artist Series Wine Label competition sponsored by the Capital Grille.

“I am pleased that my art was chosen as this year’s national Artist Wine Series label,” Agee says. “But I am most honored and humbled that it is a part of a larger effort and commitment to fight childhood hunger in America. Nationally, one out of every five children is ‘food insecure.’”

Agee’s painting Complexity is a design of dancing colors she envisioned to represent the wine that had been described as lively. She chose textured and metallic fabric paints on black linen paper for her abstract creation.

About choosing Agee’s entry, the judges said, “The painting’s vibrant colors and abstract lines perfectly complement the robust flavors and subtle undertones of this exceptional cabernet.”

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Only 12,000 bottles of this fullbodied cabernet were made, blended

by Capital Grille’s master sommelier George Miliotes in partnership with Ted Edwards, renowned winemaker from Freemark Abbey. The wine has layers of black cherry, black currant, plum, vanilla and dark chocolate with an underlying complexity of tobacco and leather. Agee was excited to meet Miliotes, one of only 160 master sommeliers in the world.

After growing up in St. Louis, Agee taught art at the elementary, high school and college levels in Tennessee before moving back to Missouri. She loved working with children, which drew her to work for the not-for-profit Missouri Juvenile Justice Association as executive director for 30 years.

Her role in that organization was to advocate on behalf of the 80,000 Missouri children who come to the attention of the juvenile justice system each year. She was able to give voices to children to whom nobody else listened.

Many were abused or neglected children in precarious environments. One of Agee’s last big accomplishments there was facilitating and consolidating input from multiple professionals to develop a multidiscipline protocol to meet the medical needs of children found in methamphetamine labs.

“When you see the challenges these children face, it makes you advocate even harder,” Agee says. “It’s easy to work hard for a cause you believe in.”

Agee notes the harmony between her priorities with those of her husband, Rob Agee, owner of Madison’s Café, who regularly supports the Food Bank’s Buddy Pack Program. This program provides weekend food for children of central and northeast Missouri receiving reducedprice lunches so they have nutrition over the weekends or holidays.

Agee strongly believes in following one’s bliss in life. Advocating for children was an example, and her recent retirement has allowed her to follow her bliss to create art. Besides the wine label, Agee was also recognized for her art when her airbrushed Christmas ornaments, “Julie’s Balls,” were showcased in the Saint Louis Art Museum gift shop in December 2011. Visiting this museum with her mother was Agee’s first exposure to art as a child, so she found it especially rewarding for her art to be chosen for the museum.

Agee features her artwork for sale through her website, theartofjulie.com.

Items available include original greeting cards and “Hairy Fairies.” In addition, her art is sold locally at Amie B and the Orchid Emporium, Dunklin Street Gallery and Madison’s Cafe, as well as in Columbia, St. Charles, St. Louis and other states. n

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ask Jefferson city native Eric Luebbert has been a wardrobe and fashion stylist in Chicago, Miami, New York and Missouri for more than two decades.

Dear Eric, I am uncomfortable with my new “adult,” post-babies’ body. I was always the one with the best figure, the girl with the curves and confidence. This year I am determined to join my girlfriends at the beach. I’d love to party like a rock star in comfort, with confidence and hopefully reclaim a touch of sex appeal. What advice do you have for me?

Sincerely, Determined Deanna

Dear Determined, You’ll find confidence when you look and feel good in what you’re wearing. Seek out swimsuits that suck you in all the right places and make you look and feel sexy and beautiful. Consider shapewear swimwear with body-shaping properties that enhance your natural figure.

By repositioning your body weight, these swimsuits conceal flaws, flatten the stomach, slim the midriff, define the waist and lift the rear.

A one-piece or tankini shaper is a great option to enhance your bust, lift your derriere or elongate your torso. Now a style, not a trend, a monokini is cutout swimwear that links the top and bottom in front and from the back appears to be a two-piece. A monokini can disguise areas of concern.

If you’re a fuller figure gal, play into this season’s vintage trend to accentuate your curves. Seek out halter styles or enhanced cupped or underwire-styled tops. High waisted bottoms are a wink at old glamour styles, a perfect way to bring in the waist and accentuate an hourglass figure.

For pear-shape or small-busted gals, use the ruffle trend on top to help add volume, make your bust appear larger and help balance your curves. A little top heavy? The season’s great halter necks and structured styles accommodate your bosom while still accentuating your cleavage. If short legs are your worry, pair a printed top with a black or solid high-cut thigh bottom (but avoid boy shorts).

Avoid swimsuit disasters by making sure you choose a suit that fits.

Don’t make the mistake of buying a swimsuit a size smaller because you think it will make you appear smaller. Always draw attention to your best features. When your swimsuit fits properly, you naturally feel more confident.

Visit eric@jeffersoncitymag.com to ask your style questions or discuss an in-home visit, special events, closet rehab, wardrobe reinvention or individualized specialty shopping.

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Swim Style Guide

By Eric Luebbert Photos courtesy of Dillard's and Water N' Rags

The palette for 2012 swimsuits is sunny and chic! Structured bikini tops should be easier to find this summer (great support and bust enhancement). This summer’s new top is all about the bandeau, and the hipster is the new go-to style for bottoms. You’ll find a wink at old Hollywood with black-and-white looks, high-waisted bottoms and/or classic ruffles.

Vitamin A Sirea wrap top, $88, and Superstar ultra California-cut bottom $76.

Water N' Rags Lake Ozark

Jantzen one-piece polka dot bandeau top and ruffled bottom, $112.

Dillard's Jefferson City

Vitamin A Bianca '68 animal print Hollywood retro halter, $120, and skirted bottom $129.

Water N' Rags Lake Ozark

Vitamin A Runaway wrap maillot, $199.

Water N' Rags Lake Ozark

Vitamin A Must Have Monokini, $159.

Water N' Rags Lake Ozark

Vitamin A Mozambique '70 deep plunge maillot, $159.

Water N' Rags Lake Ozark

Coco Rave ruched demi bikini top, $54, and Coco Rave ruffle skirted bottom, $54.

Dillard's Jefferson City

Vitamin A Slider tankini, $115, and convertible waist bottom, $86.

Water N' Rags Lake Ozark

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1. Lynda Hodges 2. Marcia Dall 3. Jenny Bondurant 4. Martha Rheim, Barbara Hines and Charlotte Dean 5. Pam Cafourek and Candace D'Angelo 6. Eric Luebbert and Tami Turner 7. Traci Welch 8. Pat Harmon and Carolyn Dye 9. Denise Pinkerton and JL Christopher 10. Wanda Seeney 11. Jackie Hagan and Jackie Barnett 12. Annie Jarrett 13. Mandy Light and Calene Cooper 14. Connie Williams and Peggy Peck

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YMCA Puttin’ on the Ritz 2

When: March 24 Where: Firley YMCA Photos courtesy of YMCA

1. Carrie Carroll, Joan Firley, Becky Collier and Irene Tergin 2. Debra and Cotton Walker 3. Dr. Jerry and Rima Moline 4. Katie and Larry Neill 5. Ski Mariea, Craig Lammers and Matt Cowell 6. Stacy and George Welling 7. Sylvia and Michael Ferguson

Special Learning Center’s Moments of Magic

When: March 1 Where: Miller Performing Arts Center Photos courtesy of Special Learning Center

1. Joe Scheppers and Bernie Fechtel 2. Jon Reep 3. MOM committee members: Susie Theroff, Mike Bruns, Heather Renkemeyer, Cyndy Schnieders, Michelle Caywood, Marti DuPuis and Debbie Hamler 4. Jon Reep and Lynn Struempf 5. Christy Trimble, Elijah Mayfield and Julie Smith 6. Steve Houser and current and former SLC students 7. Debbie Hamler and Nathan Hays 8. Kent Trimble, Christy Trimble, Jon Reep, Genta Reep and Kyle Trimble

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Princess and Papa Dance 2

Vitae Foundation’s 20-Year Celebration

When: March 25 Where: Thomas Jefferson Middle School Photos courtesy of JCPS Foundation

When: March 19 Where: Capitol Plaza Hotel Photos courtesy of Vitae

1. Linda Marzulla (speaking at Helias) 2. Ruth Ann Schnieders and Henrietta Gentges 3. Clyde Lear and Sue Lear 4. Abby Johnson, Ruth Ann Schnieders and Don Schnieders 5.

Lt. Col. Pat Castle, John Landwehr and Dan Hinrichs 6. Rep. Mike Bernskoetter, Ruth Ann Schnieders and Don Schnieders, Sen. Mike Kehoe 7.

Don Schnieders and Warren Krech Vitae

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the last word

What Will You Grow Up to Be? Whether the path is straight and unwavering or scenic and meandering, Jefferson City natives land on their feet.

By Theresa McClellan

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ears ago, my third-grade friends and I predicted our future careers with a not so politically correct rhyme. There was no pressure or judgment, and we had childhood confidence that we would all live happily ever after regardless. It went like this: Rich man, poor man, Beggar man, thief, Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief* Years later as a high school counselor, my predictions for my students reflected an equally limited view of the world. After a few years as director of guidance at Jefferson City High School, as amazing talent and diversity crossed my path, my horizons broadened, but so did the reality that I couldn’t imagine what the future might hold for my students.

What I could do was provide tools, foster a love of learning and encourage plans B, C or D when the door to A closed. I realized that many future opportunities, careers and workplaces did not yet exist. Elementary school counselors didn’t exist when I became one in the ’80s. I wasn’t initially certified but became a special services administrator and high school counselor. Now “retired,” I’m a graduate school recruiter for William Woods University with a smartphone and a GPS and a virtual school counselor working from home or a favorite coffee shop with Wi-Fi. So it goes with our Jefferson City graduates.

A framed Abraham Lincoln quote is placed prominently in my home: “Whatever you are, be a good one.” I hope I always conveyed this to students and continue to do so as our paths cross. Whether the path is straight and unwavering or scenic and meandering, Jefferson City natives land on their feet. Justin, I knew you would play in the NFL. Tyler, I didn’t see you as an Army officer. I could not be prouder of both of you. We have produced doctors, lawyers and those in nontraditional and cutting-edge fields. We have a principal in China, a former governor and missionaries all over the world who call Jefferson City home. We are also blessed with a good core group that has stayed or returned to serve beside us. Thanks, Jefferson City Magazine, for giving us a glimpse of “where they are now.” The real answer is everywhere. n *Author unknown

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