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History — both Ervin Santana’s and baseball’s — makes clear the dangers in giving him a large and long-term commitment, Sam Mellinger says. | B1
If you’re like most people, rotisserie chickens are a big part of your weekly meal plan. Here’s how to take that bird a bit further. | D1
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D.C. DEADLOCK | Senate leaders’ negotiations come back into play
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Missouri lieutenant governor and House speaker want attorney general to act. By DUGAN ARNETT, DAVE HELLING and STEVE PAUL The Kansas City Star
Two high-ranking Missouri officials have called for new investigations in a sexual-assault case that has embroiled the town of Maryville, Mo., and gained international attention. Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder called for Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster and Nodaway County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Rice to reopen the case of 14-year-old Daisy Coleman and a 13-year-old friend, who were allegedly sexually abused by two Maryville High School football players. Similarly, Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones called for Koster to reconsider his earlier position that he had no authority to intervene, unless requested to do so by the county prosecutor. “Just to have the possibility of fairness, that’s just a huge change from what it was a week ago,” Daisy’s mother, Melinda Coleman, told The Star on Tuesday night. An in-depth report in The Kansas City Star on Sunday has pinged around the Internet and media outlets for three days, prompting new attention on Maryville and the case. Rice last year dropped felony charges against the two 17-year-old athletes. On Tuesday, Rice reiterated his reasons, issuing a statement to the media: SEE MARYVILLE | A15
Crowd’s roar holds a hint of trouble for fans’ ears By ERIC ADLER The Kansas City Star
Hey, listen up, Chiefs fans … that is, if you can still HEAR. What? No. We didn’t say REAR. Beer? Thank you, that would be nice. But, no, sorry, what we said is that if, IF you can still hear after attending Sunday’s sacking of the Oakland Raiders and enduring the crowd’s record-breaking 137.5-decibel roars, you might try listening to the voice of Kansas City audiologist Jim Robertson. The good doctor, an ear specialist for 39 years, knows that most of you will probably choose to tune out his warning of ear damage as killjoy blathering. “They’ll just think I’m being a crank, right?” he said Tuesday. Still, his quiet message is clear: Arrowhead Stadium’s noise may help the Chiefs, but it’s probably hurting your ears. Robertson isn’t the only one saying smart fans should think about taking precautions. “I don’t want this to be a spoilsport thing,” said physician Hinrich Staecker, an expert on hearing SEE ROAR | A12
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House Speaker John Boehner pulled the plug on putting a plan crafted by House Republicans to a vote Tuesday. The GOP plan appeared to be unsatisfactory to some conservative and moderate members.
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Progress stalls with House proposal, while bond agency threatens to downgrade U.S. rating. By WILLIAM DOUGLAS, DAVID LIGHTMAN and LESLEY CLARK McClatchy Washington Bureau
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sional efforts to raise the nation’s debt limit and reopen the shuttered federal government stalled Tuesday when the House of Representatives delayed a vote on its latest proposal as the threat of possible default loomed larger and a top bond rating agency warned of a possible downgrade for U.S. bonds. What had appeared to be progress in budget talks
The tax on the sale of medical devices continues to emerge during the congressional debate. | A15
stopped as House Republicans insisted anew on their own plan, a plan that might again prove unacceptable to Senate Democrats or the White House. Then the House delayed any action. In a shot from Wall Street at the dysfunction in the capital, the bond rating agency Fitch Ratings said late Tuesday that it would consider downgrading the AAA rating for U.S. government bonds. Fitch said it would look at the question as the debt fight was all but certain to extend into next year even with a short-term settle-
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ment now. Senate leaders from both parties had worked since Saturday to craft a path that would end the stalemate that has gripped Washington and the nation since Oct. 1. They, and apparently the Republicans who control the House, appear to agree on some key points. They have the same spending levels through Jan. 15
and want to increase the debt limit until Feb. 7. The House also would require a budget conference, or negotiation, on a bigger budget compromise by Dec. 15. The Senate has a deadline two days earlier. They differed on health care. Republicans floated the idea of delaying a 2.3 percent medical device tax that would help pay for the Affordable Care Act. The Senate would end a reinsurance tax paid by unions and other major self-insurers. The House also was eager to bar contributions for health insurance coverage for members of Congress and top executive SEE DEAL | A15
Teens not speeding to get their licenses
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Almost half wait until their 18th birthday to get behind the wheel. Some cite economy. By BRAD COOPER The Kansas City Star
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Former Army Capt. William D. Swenson of Seattle was awarded the Medal of Honor on Tuesday for his actions in a battle against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan on Sept. 8, 2009. He repeatedly returned to recover wounded under fire. See story, A20.
Driver’s licenses may offer the first taste of adulthood, but they’re starting to lose their flavor for teenagers. No doubt, teens are still hungry for the open highway, but they’re putting off getting their licenses in the digital age when connecting with friends through social media is cheaper than paying $3 and more a gallon for
gasoline. “All indications are the decline in teen driving is a factor of the economic downturn,” said Russ Rader, spokesman for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. “A deep recession like we’ve been through has had a disproportionate effect on young people.” A recent study reveals almost half of all budding adults are waiting until they’re 18 to get licenses. Forty-four percent were licensed within a year of the SEE TEEN | A20
INSIDE THE STAR Supporters of a Jackson County sales tax for medical research have dramatically outraised opponents of the tax. | A4
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Four-legged fan This bovine sculpture in a yard near 53rd and Main streets currently reflects the 6-0 season of the Kansas City Chiefs and the record-breaking 137.5-decibel crowd roar in Arrowhead Stadium. DAVID PULLIAM | THE KANSAS CITY STAR
Supporters of sales tax have raised more than $1 million Opponents of the Jackson County ballot proposal to fund medical research have taken in much less. By DAVE HELLING The Kansas City Star
Supporters of a proposed Jackson County sales tax for medical research have dramatically outraised and outspent opponents of the tax, new campaign disclosures show. The Committee for Research Treatments and Cures raised $1,009,705 through the end of September, according to a campaign report filed Tuesday with the Missouri Ethics Commission. It spent $694,750 during the period, primarily for advertising, political consultants and a $50,000 donation to another committee. The figures do not include an additional $434,000 raised in October. The tax proposal, on the Nov. 5 ballot, would impose a half-cent tax on Jackson County sales to fund translational medical research in the county. It would raise an estimated $800 million over the 20-year life of the tax. The main opposition group, Citizens for Responsible Research, reported raising $113,506. Almost all of the money came in donations, loans and in-kind support from Springfield lawyer Brad Bradshaw. Bradshaw gave $55,000 more to the committee in mid October, a donation not included in the report. The committee had spent $97,424 by the end of September, mostly on TV ads and billboards. A separate anti-tax group, the Committee to Stop a Bad Cure, raised $4,296. Almost all of it came from Jim Fitzpatrick, a teacher and former reporter for The Star.
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3-YEAR-OLD VICTIM | Police think he accidentally shot himself
GUN WAS LEFT ON BED Boy wounded in abdomen at Kansas City home was rushed to hospital’s emergency room by father. By CHRISTINE VENDEL The Kansas City Star
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3-year-old boy who police think shot himself in the abdomen Monday night apparently found the gun on his father’s bed, Kansas City police said Tuesday. The father told police he was returning from a store with his son and his 10-year-old daughter
when he felt his gun fall down his leg on the inside of his pants as he walked into their house in the 3300 block of Moulton Avenue. He said he scurried into the house quickly so the gun wouldn’t fall out of his pants. He got the loaded gun and put it on his bed, he said. He told police he was “positive” the safety had been activated, according to a police report, which noted the gun had one round in the chamber “readily capable of lethal force.” The children were in the living room and kitchen area, so he went
out the back door to let their dog outdoors. While outside, he said, he heard a bang. He went back inside and saw his son walking toward him clutching his abdomen, which was bleeding. The boy then collapsed on the floor. The father said he picked up his son and the handgun and drove to a hospital. Officers found the father’s car abandoned at the emergency room entrance and saw the handgun on the front passenger seat. Since the windows were rolled down and someone could reach into the car and get the gun, an of-
ficer waited by the car until crime scene investigators arrived to confiscate it. A nurse told police that the boy’s surgery “went well” and that he was in stable condition, according to the police report. Detectives said they were still investigating, but they think the boy accidentally shot himself. They planned to interview more witnesses before turning the case over to prosecutors for review. To reach Christine Vendel, call 816-234-4438 or send email to cvendel@kcstar.com.
FIELD TRIP CARRIES AN IMPORTANT LESSON
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The annual White Cane Safety Day was Tuesday, providing an outing for this class from the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired. The kids walked west along 47th Street and by the J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain near the Country Club Plaza. “The plan is to walk a few blocks and back to raise awareness,” explained teacher Sarah Fields (middle). “We want Kansas City to see its young blind and visually impaired children are learning to travel safely.” White Cane Safety Day celebrates the achievements of visually impaired people and also salutes the symbol of the tool of independence, the white cane.
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Independence traffic stop becomes start of a long pursuit Driver apparently tries to run over officer, sparking gunfire, a chase and four arrests. Nearby schools take safety measure. By BRIAN BURNES and ROBERT A. CRONKLETON The Kansas City Star
After a police pursuit that lasted more than five hours and forced two elementary schools to keep students indoors, Independence officers found a fourth and final suspect late Tuesday morning in an incident that prompted an officer to fire his gun. Before it ended, the episode that apparently began with an intended traffic stop included two police car chases and one appar-
ent attempt to run over an officer with a car. Three suspects were arrested quickly, and police later found the fourth in a nearby fast-food restaurant restroom. No one was injured in the incident, said Independence police spokesman Tom Gentry. While one of the suspects was taken for medical treatment, officers didn’t believe the injury was related to the morning’s events, Gentry added. The incident began about 5 a.m. when an officer began pursuing a vehicle near South Northern Boulevard and East Ayers Street. When the officer attempted to pull the car over, the driver sped up and drove east. After the vehicle stopped, an officer got out of
Custom plate minces no words but still gains court’s approval Driver who doesn’t like team in his state is allowed to express his negative feelings about Mizzou. The Associated Press
A state appeals court said a Missouri man who roots for the University of Kansas Jayhawks may keep his personalized license plate expressing disdain for the University of Missouri Tigers. The Administrative Hearing Commission last year rejected an effort by Missouri’s Revenue Department to recall Toby Gettler’s JEFFERSON CITY |
plate, which reads “MZU SUX.” The Revenue Department had issued the plate but tried to recall it on the ground that “SUX” is obscene. Gettler presented evidence, including a dictionary definition, that the word has gained common usage as slang for “subpar or inadequate.” The Missouri Court of Appeals’ Western District on Tuesday upheld the hearing commission’s decision in Gettler’s favor. The appellate court said there is evidence to support the commission’s determination.
his car and approached the other vehicle on foot. The driver of that car then put the vehicle into reverse and backed up suddenly. The driver appeared intent on running over the officer, Gentry said. The officer jumped out of the way and fired several shots at the car with his service revolver, Gentry added. The driver of the car then drove up a long, dead-end driveway. When the pursuing officer arrived there, three people remained in the car while a fourth person had fled. That person later was seen on foot nearby. Officers followed him to a McDonald’s restaurant at East 23rd Street and Sterling Ave-
nue. There, officers found him in a restroom, Gentry said. The chase had begun near Korte Elementary School. Students there and at Santa Fe Trail Elementary were limited to indoor activities much of the morning, said Nancy Lewis, Independence School District spokeswoman. Those restrictions were lifted after the fourth suspect was apprehended, Lewis said. To reach Brian Burnes, call 816-234-4120 or send email to bburnes@kcstar.com. To reach Robert A. Cronkleton, call 816-234-4261 or send email to bcronkleton@kcstar.com.
WAX AND POLISH, PLEASE The Muse of the Missouri fountain in the median of Main Street between Eighth and Ninth streets downtown is being spruced up. On Tuesday, Kelly Dickens-Hoffman helped clean mineral deposits off the 1963 fountain, also removing its clear coat. The Muse will then be rewaxed and polished. The sculpture depicts a Muse carrying a fishing net, and its fountain, which features 200 spouts of water, should be flowing again by the end of the week.
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ROAR: This kind of fun can be dangerous Execution policy FROM A1
and balance at the University of Kansas Hospital, “but people ought to be aware.” Aware, for instance, that decibel readings are logarithmic, meaning that every 10-decibel increase equals a 10-fold increase in sound pressure. That means that a reading of 20 decibels is 10 times more intense than 10 decibels. A reading of 30 decibels is 100 times louder and 40 decibels is 1,000 times more intense. A reading of 120 decibels is a rock concert at someplace like the Sprint Center; 130 decibels is like standing 100 feet from a jet engine. Arrowhead on Sunday, according to an adjudicator for the Guinness World Records, reached a peak intensity of 137.5 decibels. Both Robertson and Staecker point to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which publishes guidelines on “permissible noise exposure” in the workplace. According to OSHA rules, workers should spend no more than 30 minutes in an environment of 110 decibels, a noise equal to somewhere between a power mower and a pneumatic riveter, without ear protection. At 115 decibels, it’s 15 minutes or less. In general, the time is cut in half for every 5-decibel increase: 7.5 minutes at 120 decibels, 3.25 minutes at 125 decibels. At 135 decibels, permissible exposure is less than 50 seconds. “As much as I can enjoy the so far winning season of the Chiefs, as someone who has been practicing audiology for 39 years, I have concerns about the stated noise levels,” Robertson wrote Monday in an email to The Star. “I realize that with all the rah rah going on right now, it would be difficult to focus on anything negative about those noise exposures…
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Kansas City Chiefs fans followed the sign’s directive on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium, setting a Guinness record for outdoor crowd volume.
“Even if the hearing seems to recover, some permanent damage is done.” HINRICH STAECKER, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL
“I cannot stress enough that hearing protection devices must be used at Arrowhead if these dB levels continue as they surely will with this winning season.” Staecker, the KU physician, said that on Monday his office received calls from Arrowhead fans who found their ears still ringing. That’s a sign of hearing damage. Harm can come in two ways or a combination: damage to the ear’s outer or inner sensory hair cells, or damage to the connection
between the ear’s inner sensory hair cells and the endings of nerves that transmit sound to the brain. “The connection between the inner hair cells and the nerve endings can snap off,” Staecker said. Just as shooters wear ear protection when firing guns, more fans might think of doing the same, he said. Although the ringing can go away, research suggests that even damage that seems temporary may have longterm consequences, causing
loss in hearing perhaps years after the initial insult. “Even if the hearing seems to recover,” Staecker said, “some permanent damage is done.” In principle, Tom Mardikes agrees, although he is less alarmist. A former Chiefs season ticket holder, Mardikes also is a professor of sound design and chairman of the theater department at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He maintains that although prolonged exposure at such high decibel levels is unquestionably bad, the exposure at Arrowhead is far shorter than the three-plus hours that a game lasts. The noise spikes with the action. “There are two big definitions we work with,” Mardikes said. “The 120 decibels is the threshold of feeling. It is where you feel discomfort 50 percent of the time. The threshold of pain is 140 decibels. That is where you feel pain 50 percent of the time.” Arrowhead’s noise, he said, is “below the threshold of pain. Is it safe?” He thinks on it. “The thing is ...,” he said, “how long you’re exposed to it.” The way Mardikes figures, although the noise at the stadium is intense, it tends to spike for a few seconds with the action and when the defense is on the field. “It isn’t that long,” he said. “If you’re looking at your total exposure over the course of the game, it is going to be less than 60 seconds, two minutes or three minutes. If you look around, a lot of people are yelling, but they also have their fingers in their ears.” Certainly, ear protection is a great idea, but if not … “As long as they have a great defense,” Mardikes said, “I think it’s worth it.” To reach Eric Adler, call 816-234-4431 or send email to eadler@kcstar.com.
remains in limbo Missouri governor’s decision increases pressure to find new procedures. By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER The Associated Press
ST. LOUIS | In deciding to not be the first in the nation to use the anesthetic propofol for capital punishment, Gov. Jay Nixon left Missouri with dwindling options as it seeks to execute two convicted murderers in the coming months. Gov. Jay Nixon halted Allen Nicklasson’s Oct. 23 execution following doctor protests along with threats from the anti-death-penalty European Union to limit the drug’s export. Nixon ordered the state corrections department to come up with a different lethal injection protocol and instructed Attorney General Chris Koster to ask the state Supreme Court to set a new execution date for Nicklasson. Other states, including Ohio and Texas, have turned to private compounding pharmacies to prepare new batches of the sedative pentobarbital after large drug manufacturers balked, a move Missouri could follow. It could also seek to administer a different FDA-approved sedative such as midazolam, a previously untested execution drug that Florida used Tuesday night as part of a three-drug mix for William Happ, convicted in a rape and strangulation. Another possible scenario for Missouri: months if not years of continued legal challenges. Nicklasson’s lawyer has asked the state Supreme Court to not rule on the request for a date until officials select a new death penalty drug. “You can’t set an execution date now,” said attorney Jennifer Herndon. “There’s
not even a protocol. … The state’s request for a new execution date is premature.” Nicklasson was convicted of the 1994 killing of Excelsior Springs businessman Richard Drummond. A car carrying Nicklasson and two others broke down on Interstate 70 in central Missouri. Drummond, a Vietnam veteran, stopped to help and was then kidnapped, robbed and shot in the woods off the interstate. Another man in the car, Dennis Skillicorn, was executed in 2009. Another execution is scheduled — for now — on Nov. 20. Joseph Franklin was convicted in the 1977 sniper shooting of Gerald Gordon as a crowd dispersed from a bar mitzvah in suburban St. Louis. Two others were wounded. When he confessed 17 years later, Franklin was serving several life sentences in a federal prison for killing two black joggers in Salt Lake City and an interracial couple in Madison, Wis., and bombing a synagogue in Chattanooga, Tenn. Unlike propofol and other more widely available drugs previously used in executions, drugs manufactured by compounding pharmacies aren’t regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration, raising questions among death penalty opponents and public health watchdogs alike. Such businesses also risk public backlash once their identities are revealed. Missouri altered its execution protocol in April 2012 to include propofol only after it could no longer obtain the other lethal injection drugs it had previously used for a three-drug mix. The decision to use propofol quickly prompted a lawsuit filed on behalf of nearly two dozen death row inmates.
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Diversity in business seen as key Companies need inclusiveness to survive, KC chamber is told.
FAST-FOOD WORKERS | Many qualify for government assistance
TAXES SUPPLEMENT WAGES They get billions of dollars in food stamps, other aid thanks to their poverty-level pay.
By DIANE STAFFORD The Kansas City Star
Richard Montañez’s product and his passion could wear the same label: Flamin’ Hot. His is the kind of story America loves. A Mexican janitor in the Frito-Lay plant in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., tinkers on his own time with a spicy recipe to coat the plant’s Cheetos. His family and friends like it. He calls up the CEO. This is 1976. Amazingly, the CEO listens to him, thanks to a secretary who lets the call go through. The CEO invites a demonstration. Montañez and his wife race to the public library to check out a book on marketing. He packages his red-tinged Cheetos in sample bags and buys a $3 tie, his first ever. A neighbor knots it for him. He presents his product to a management team. Fast forward to Tuesday, when Montañez tells a packed house in a Westin Kansas City at Crown Center ballroom how his “Ph.D.” — poor, hungry and determined — vaulted him to the position of Richard executive vice president, Montañez multicultural sales and community activation, for PepsiCo North America. Call it courage. Call it lucky timing. Call it extraordinary. Montañez, who didn’t go to high school or college, created a product to capitalize on the fast-growing Latino population in the United States. In some stores, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos are the top-selling snack, he said. The corporate power structure that could have ignored him or co-opted his idea instead saw his potential, mentored and promoted him. He has now met U.S. presidents and spoken at the United Nations, and he serves on several boards. And he teaches leadership to MBA students at a California university. Montañez was the keynote speaker Tuesday at the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s annual Power of Diversity event. This year, three Kansas City-based enterprises, Ecco Select, Swope Community Enterprises and Sprint Corp., were honored as “champions of diversity.” That’s another apt label for Montañez, who has helped influence Hispanic products and promotions for KFC and Taco Bell. “If you’re leading a company and you don’t have diversity, you don’t have inclusion. I don’t know how you’re going to survive,” Montañez told about 300 people at the breakfast. “I don’t know how you got this far.” Part scold, part comic, part motivator, Montañez told about his improbable rise from mopping floors to corporate jets. “My disqualifications are the very things that qualified me,” he said, particularly urging young minorities to be courageous and confident. “Your own people will hold you back,” he warned them. “Break ranks. That’s diversity and inclusion. Don’t just hang out with your own.” His prime message was that “there’s no such thing as ‘just a janitor’” if you “act like an owner.” Diversity and inclusion programs can open doors, he said, but “if you have confidence, you can walk into any room. … Your job is to prepare yourself to walk through the doors.” To reach Diane Stafford, call 816-234-4359 or send email to stafford@kcstar.com.
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When Richard Montañez was a janitor at a Frito-Lay factory in California, he came up with the recipe for what became Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.
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ow-paying jobs in the fastfood industry exact a multibillion-dollar cost on U.S. taxpayers, according to two national reports released Tuesday. U.S. taxpayers pay about $7 billion a year to support Medicaid, food stamps and other
public assistance programs for fast-food workers who earn poverty-level wages, a team of university researchers said in one of the reports. Median front-line pay of $8.69 an hour, especially when coupled with part-time work hours and no health insurance benefits, pushes slightly more than half of the nation’s 1.8 million “core” fast-food workers into taxpayer-funded assistance programs, said one report, titled “Fast Food, Poverty Wages.” The “Fast Food” report, pro-
duced by research teams at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and at the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education, was issued at a time when labor organizers and social service advocates have been calling for a wage increase and collective bargaining for fastfood workers. Major rallies were held twice this past summer in Kansas City and elsewhere around the nation, including one-day walkouts by some fast-food workers
and demonstrations at some restaurants. The “Fast Food” researchers calculated that Missouri taxpayers pay about $146 million a year to low-wage workers enrolled in assistance programs. A similar cost breakout wasn’t available for Kansas. The second report released Tuesday, titled “Super-Sizing Public Costs,” was a smaller study issued by the National Employment Law Project. It said SEE FAST FOOD | A14
Budget expert chews out Congress ALLISON LONG | THE KANSAS CITY STAR
John Sherman, chairman of the Truman Library Institute, presented Alice Rivlin the Truman Medal for Economic Policy on Tuesday at the Westin Kansas City at Crown Center. Rivlin has held several government budget positions.
Truman Medal winner Alice Rivlin says it will take leadership to break Washington impasse. By MARK DAVIS The Kansas City Star
It will take an act of political defiance to resolve Washington’s budget and debt deadlock, said the woman who ran Uncle Sam’s budget during the last government shutdown. John Boehner, the Republican speaker of the House, “has to defy the tea party” and pass a budget deal with the support of some Democrats, said Alice Rivlin, who led President Bill Clinton’s Office of Management and Budget in 1995. “That’s what I think has to happen.”
“At no time have we had, at least in recent memory, a group in Congress that was willing to say, ‘I don’t care what happens; I’ve got to get my way.’ ” ALICE RIVLIN
She wasn’t giving odds on the outcome. “I’m hopeful and fearful,” Rivlin said Tuesday in Kansas City. Rivlin spoke after accepting the Truman Medal for Economic Policy, sponsored in part by the Harry S. Truman Library Institute. The award, given every other year, recognized her career in economic policy and education. More than most, Rivlin knows a thing or two about Washington’s budget mess. Her job as head of the feder-
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Getting its game on SoftBank Corp. took control of Supercell Oy, the Finnish developer of games such as “Clash of Clans” and “Hay Day,” in a bid to capitalize on booming demand for titles played on mobile phones. Japan’s third-largest wireless carrier, which recently bought most of Sprint Corp., is buying a 51 percent stake in Supercell with its GungHo Online Entertainment Inc. unit. SoftBank said the unit is paying 20 percent of the $1.53 billion price for Supercell, which started in 2010 with six founders and has grown to 130 employees. Its games rack up about 10 million downloads daily, according to chief executive officer Ilkka Paananen. SoftBank, owned by billionaire Masayoshi Son, is making deals in Europe and North America to tap growth amid a declining population at home. | Bloomberg News
al budget office in 1995 included deciding which parts of the government to keep running and which weren’t essential during the shutdown. Three years ago, Rivlin and former senator Pete Domenici led a task force that came up with plans to reduce the federal debt to economically manageable levels. In 1975, with Gerald Ford in the White House, Rivlin opened the Congressional Budget Office as its first director. This nonpartisan group puts a price tag on just about
everything Congress does or proposes doing. Rivlin blasted Washington’s current inability to work out its differences as “discouraging and quite disgraceful” and in sharp contrast with even President Harry Truman’s day. “This situation is worse than anything I’ve known in a long career in Washington,” she said. And she blamed Republican tea party members. “At no time have we had, at least in recent memory, a group in Congress that was willing to say, ‘I don’t care what happens; I’ve got to get my way,’” she said. Congress and the White SEE RIVLIN | A14
Kauffman grant boosts center Incubator planned for UMKC’s Volker campus gets $5 million pledge from the foundation. By MARK DAVIS The Kansas City Star
The Free Enterprise Center planned at the University of Missouri-Kansas City has received a $5 million boost. A pledge of that amount from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation was announced by the UMKC Foundation. The center will work with Kansas City area partners, including MRIGlobal and Metropolitan Community College. The $14.8 million center would be built on the uni-
versity’s Volker campus at 215 Volker Blvd. A vacant structure currently occupies the space. UMKC plans to seek matching state financial support for construction of the building. The foundation describes the Free Enterprise Center as a product development hub. For entrepreneurs, businesses and students in high school and college, it will provide laboratory space, rapid prototyping equipment, meeting space and access to business and technology transfer advisers. It’s also intended to boost business startups in the area
by bringing together entrepreneurs, educators, researchers and industry mentors. UMKC’s School of Computing and Engineering and the Henry W. Bloch School of Management also would use the building as a laboratory, incubator and prototyping center. Other uses include the KC Stem Alliance’s work with high school students on robotics, manufacturing, material science and engineering design projects. Those students would work with UMKC Enactus students. To reach Mark Davis, call 816-234-4372 or send email to mdavis@kcstar.com.
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By JOSHUA FREED The Associated Press
Apple sent invitations to a product event next week in San Francisco, where it is set to introduce an update to its iPad lineup. The Oct. 22 function will start at 10 a.m. local time at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. That’s where Apple has held many previous product introductions. Apple, which last month unveiled two iPhone models, is introducing a batch of other products ahead of the holiday shopping season. Next week’s event will include an update to the iPad mini with a high-definition screen, as well as design changes to make the larger iPad thinner, people with knowledge of the plans have said. Apple also is expected to show its Mac software upgrade, called Mavericks, as well as a revamped Mac Pro high-end computer.
Sony wristwatch is here Sony said its new computerized wristwatch is available immediately, sells for $200 in the U.S. and will work with a variety of Android phones. Sony’s SmartWatch 2 hasn’t gotten as much attention as Samsung’s Galaxy Gear, but it’s cheaper and compatible with a broader range of phones. The Gear costs $300 and works only with the company’s Galaxy Note 3 phone.
More small stores planned Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to open more small stores as it links them to its supercenters, which will serve as mini-warehouses for their smaller cousins. The plans, announced at the retailer’s annual investor meeting, come as the world’s largest retailer faces increasing pressure from online retailers such as Amazon.com as well as dollar stores. Wal-Mart expects to roll out the new distribution scheme in the first of three markets in March, though it declined to say where. The retailer operates more than 4,000 stores in the U.S.
Losing some fizz? Diet Coke is “under a bit of pressure,” said Steve Cahillane, who heads Coca-Cola’s North American and Latin American business, as consumers have become more wary of artificial sweeteners. But in a conference call with analysts, he also noted it is still the No. 2 soda in the U.S, after knocking Pepsi from that perch in 2010. Regular Coke remains No. 1 by far, selling twice as much as Diet Coke. Last year, sales volume for Coke fell 1 percent, while Diet Coke fell 3 percent. Pepsi fell 3.4 percent, and Diet Pepsi fell 6.2 percent.
Hair dryers recalled Conair is recalling 570,000 of its Infiniti Pro hair dryers, 259 and 279 series, because they can short out and start a fire or burn someone. Conair has received about 20 consumer reports of hot coils exiting the hair dryer and three minor burns to consumers. Consumers should immediately stop using the product and call Conair at 877-339-2534 for a free replacement. | Star news services
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The stock market was whipsawed Tuesday as the on-again, off-again talk of a debt deal in Washington made investors wonder how pessimistic they should be. Stocks were flat or down all day, but the size of the losses waxed and waned, depending on which politician was giving a news conference. The market closed with its first loss in a week, with the Dow Jones industrials down 133.25. Yields on short-term government debt rose sharply as investors worried about the possibility of a default. Indexes were down only slightly early Tuesday, when Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate reported that a deal over increas-
ing the nation’s borrowing REGIONAL MOVERS limit appeared to be getting closer. But after House Re❚ YRC Worldwide: $14.60, down 58 cents, publicans came up with or 3.8% their own competing plan later in the day and it was re❚ Great Plains Energy: $22.20, down 37 cents, jected by Democrats, stocks or 1.6% fell further. The stakes are high and ❚ Commerce Bancshares: $44.11, the deadline is getting neardown 63 cents, or 1.4% er. Unless the borrowing limit is raised, the U.S. will bump up against a Thursday deadline after which it can raise the debt ceiling lasts. no longer borrow money to The Dow Jones industrial pay its bills, which could average fell 133.25, or 0.9 perlead to a default on govern- cent, to 15,168.01. The Stanment debt. dard & Poor’s 500 index fell After markets closed, 12.08, or 0.7 percent, to Fitch Ratings said it might 1,698.06. The Nasdaq comdowngrade the govern- posite fell 21.26, or 0.6 perment’s AAA bond rating. cent, to 3,794.01. The agency said it sees a The losses were broad. All higher risk for default be- 10 industry groups in the cause of the uncertainty S&P 500 fell and three over whether Congress will stocks fell for every one that raise the debt limit. Fitch rose on the New York Stock said it will make a final deci- Exchange. sion by the end of March at Uri Landesman, president the latest, depending on of Platinum Partners, a New how long any agreement to York investment manage-
ment group, said he thinks there will be a deal, but investors are making a mistake to focus on it so heavily since the economy still has so many risks. Investors aren’t appreciating the risk of poor economic reports, slow profit growth and the possibility of flareups in conflicts with Iran and Syria. Among the big movers: ❚ FedEx shareholders were happy about expanded stock buybacks. FedEx’s stock rose $4.71, or 4 percent, to $120.08. ❚ Charles Schwab rose $1.02, almost 5 percent, to $23.03 after the brokerage company said its quarter profit rose 19 percent as trading and interest revenue increased. ❚ Advertising company Omnicom Group reported adjusted results and revenues that were higher than analysts had expected. Its stock rose $1.01, almost 2 percent, to $64.96.
HCA buys KCK center for surgeries HCA Midwest Health System said Tuesday that it had acquired a 51 percent interest in the Heart of America Surgery Center in Wyandotte County, a partnership with Kansas City Specialty Physicians. The surgery center is the sixth HCA Midwest Health System same-day surgery center in the Kansas City area and HCA’s first facility in Wyandotte County. HCA’s closest hospital to the center is Overland Park Regional Medical Center. The more than 25 specialists at the 15,000-square-foot center, who perform about 3,000 procedures annually, will remain independent practitioners. Their specialties are ophthalmology, orthopedics, podiatry, gynecology, general surgery, plastic surgery and ear, nose and throat surgery. | The Star
Nuke inspections FAST FOOD: Workers get aid called inconsistent FROM A13
Report for Congress questions validity of enforcement, huge regional differences. By JEFF DONN The Associated Press
The number of safety violations at U.S. nuclear power plants varies dramatically from region to region, pointing to inconsistent enforcement in an industry now operating mostly beyond its original 40-year licenses, according to a congressional study. Two nuclear plants in the region top the list of low-level violations in the past 13 years — the Cooper nuclear station in Brownville, Neb., with 363, and Wolf Creek in Burlington, Kan., with 266. But that could say more about the inspectors in the region than about the plants, the report said. Nuclear Regulatory Commission figures cited in the Government Accountability Office report show that while the West has the fewest reactors, it had the most lower-level violations from 2000 to 2012, more than 21⁄2 times the Southeast’s rate per reactor. The Southeast, with the most reactors of the commission’s four regions, had the fewest such violations, according to the report, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. The striking variations do not appear to reflect real differences in reactor performance. Instead, the report says, the differences suggest that regulators interpret rules and guidelines differently among regions, perhaps because lower-level violations get limited review. The study also says that the West region, which includes Missouri and Kansas, may enforce the rules more aggressively and that common corporate ownership of multiple plants may help bolster maintenance in the Southeast.
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The Wolf Creek plant in Kansas has had the second most minor infractions since 2000.
However, the reasons country’s commercial reacaren’t fully understood be- tors. The GAO’s analysis shows cause the commission has never fully studied them, the 3,225 of these violations report says, so the “NRC from 2000 through the end cannot ensure that oversight of 2012 across 21 reactors in efforts are objective and the West. By contrast, there were 1,885 such violations in consistent.” In its official response to the Southeast. Yet that rethe report, the commission gion is home to 33 reactors defended the objectivity of — 12 more than in the West. its plant assessments. At the The West registered 153.6 visame time, it acknowledged olations per reactor, while the regional differences and the Southeast saw just 57.1. After the Cooper and Wolf promised to look deeper inCreek plants, the reactors to why they happen. According to the GAO, the with the most low-level vioNRC regulatory staff also of- lations were Kewaunee in fered several explanations, Kewaunee, Wis., 256; Perry including regional variations in Perry, Ohio, 256; and Rivin reactor ages and time er Bend in St. Francisville, spent on inspections. How- La., 240. The Callaway plant ever, the congressional in central Missouri also had watchdog said those expla- 225 low-level violations. The GAO found less renations are not supported by gional variation in higherthe data. The analysis was written level safety violations. The by the GAO, the investiga- plants with the most highertive arm of Congress, at the level violations per reactor request of four senators. Be- from 2000 to 2012 were Dafore the government shut- vis-Besse in Oak Harbor, down, the report had been Ohio, with 14; Cooper with set for public release later 11; Kewaunee, nine; and Perry, Palisades in Covert, this month. The GAO analysis focuses Mich., and Fort Calhoun in on lower-level safety viola- Fort Calhoun, Neb., each tions known as “non-esca- with eight. The Callaway plant follated.” They represent 98 percent of all violations lowed with seven. Wolf identified by the NRC, Creek had only one higherwhich regulates safety at the level violation.
RIVLIN: Expert calls out Congress FROM A13 spending commitments. House could have resolved Fears of a default on the debt their budget and spending or failure to send out Social differences any time in the Security checks loom. “This week is an example last two years, Rivlin said, and moved on to other mat- of the horrors of this deep ters. Instead, the Republi- divide,” Rivlin said. The Truman Medal recogcan-controlled House and Rivlin’s broader Democratic-controlled Sen- nized ate keep rejecting each oth- achievements in economic policy and education. er’s proposals. In addition to her role in The upshot is that countless federal employees and federal budgeting, Rivlin their families are without served as vice chairwoman pay as federal agencies have of the Federal Reserve from shut down for lack of appro- 1996 to 1999. She has held posts under five presidents, priations by Congress. And unless Congress lifts including Barack Obama. Most recently she has the debt ceiling by Thursday, the U.S. Treasury won’t written a series of books on be able to meet all federal “Restoring Fiscal Sanity.”
She is a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution and a visiting professor at the Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University. Rivlin is the fifth winner of the Truman Medal. The selection is made by a committee formed by the medal’s sponsors: the Truman Library Institute, the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the Economic Club of Kansas City and the Missouri Council on Economic Education. To reach Mark Davis, call 816-234-4372 or send email to mdavis@kcstar.com.
low wages and a lack of benefits at the 10 largest U.S. fast-food companies alone cost taxpayers about $3.8 billion a year. The “Super-Size” report drew fire from the Employment Policies Institute, which said it overestimated taxpayer cost by assuming that all front-line fast-food workers obtain public assistance. The institute, which tends to represent employers’ interests, said nearly one-third of such workers are teenagers or otherwise don’t qualify for public assistance programs. “If even 25 percent of the affected employees in NELP’s report aren’t costing taxpayers a dime, that would mean NELP’s estimates are off by roughly $1 billion per year,” the institute said in a news release. Nonetheless, researchers involved with the larger “Fast Food” study said their findings should dispel the idea that fast-food workers are mostly teenagers earning fun money. “More than two-thirds of core front-line, fast-food workers across the country are over the age of 20, and 68 percent are the main wage earners in their families,” said Marc Doussard, an assistant professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Illinois. He said more than one-fourth of fast-food workers are parents with at least one child. The larger academic study found that fast-food workers enroll in public safety net programs at more than twice the rate of the overall workforce. But the report also noted that the public support of about $7 billion for fast-food workers represented a small fraction of the $243 billion a year spent to operate the four major public assistance programs for all recipients. It analyzed the combined costs of Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the earned income tax credit, food stamps and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. “People who work in fastfood jobs are paid so little that having to rely on public assistance is the rule, rather than the exception, even for those working 40 hours or more a week,” said Ken Jacobs, chairman of the Berkeley labor research center. A group of Kansas City activists who have been calling for a minimum wage increase, especially for fastfood workers, used the release of the reports to stage a midday rally Tuesday in front of a Wendy’s restaurant near 31st and Main streets. Linda Schroeder, a member of the Missouri Association for Social Welfare who attended the rally, said her association supports a higher minimum wage because
“livable wages and affordable health care are crucial to the well-being of everyone.” The national minimum wage of $7.25 an hour applies in Kansas. It is $7.35 an hour in Missouri, which has an automatic increase built into the law to reflect inflation. Some states have higher state minimums than the federal wage floor. Fast-food companies defend the wages paid to frontline workers as appropriate for jobs that are entry level or step-up opportunities. They say that the wages also are appropriate given the prices they charge for food and that significant wage increases would lead to job loss in order to hold the line on payroll costs. Spokesmen for the fastfood industry also note that many such restaurants are owned by franchisees or are mom-and-pop operations that have thin profit margins and lack the deep pockets and profits of large corporate owners like McDonald’s or Yum Brands, which owns Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC. The reliance on public aid isn’t confined to low-paid workers in the fast-food industry, the “Fast Food” report noted. Nearly three out every four enrollments in major U.S. public benefits programs are by working families across the board, it said. Based on 2007-11 data, the cost of public assistance to fast-food industry workers averaged: ❚ $3.9 billion a year for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. ❚ $1.04 billion a year for food stamp benefits. ❚ $1.91 billion a year in earned income tax credits. “This is the public cost of low-wage jobs in America,” said Sylvia Allegretto, an economist at Berkeley. “The cost is public because taxpayers bear it. Yet it remains hidden in national policy debates about poverty, employment and public spending.” The related “Super-Size” report contrasted workers’ wages with profits in the fast-food companies that employ them. The nation’s seven largest fast-food companies had combined profits of $7.4 billion last year, and their top executives received $53 million in total compensation, the report said. Shareholders received about $7.7 billion in dividends and stock buybacks. Some worker advocates want to raise entry-level fast-food pay to $15 an hour and unionize the workers. The movement is supported by the Service Employees International Union and Change to Win. The Star’s Mary Sanchez contributed to this report. To reach Diane Stafford, call 816-234-4359 or send email to stafford@kcstar.com.
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branch officials, including President Barack Obama. Proposal to repeal the And they would beef up idea keeps cropping how the government veriup in the debate over fies the incomes of people the federal shutdown. who qualify for subsidies to By ERIC LIPTON help pay for health care. and BARRY MEIER But the House Republican The New York Times proposal appeared to be unsatisfactory to some of the WASHINGTON | As Congress searches for a deal to end party’s conservative and the budget standoff, one unmoderate members. Influenrelated issue keeps coming tial outside conservative up: a tax on the sale of medgroups such as Freedomical devices like heart imWorks and Heritage Action plants and artificial hips, enwere urging lawmakers to acted to help finance the continue their efforts to dehealth care law. rail the Affordable Care Act At least two sets of House and to vote no if the plan lawmakers and a bipartisan reached the floor. PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS coalition of senators led by “Unfortunately, the proPresident Barack Obama met with Democratic representatives (from left) Nancy Republican Susan Collins of posed deal will do nothing Maine have offered plans to to stop Obamacare’s massive Pelosi, James Clyburn, Xavier Becerra and Joseph Crowley on Tuesday. end the fiscal stalemate and new entitlements from taking root — radically chang- Minority Leader Nancy Pe- House Republicans does have made clear for months reopen the government that ing the nature of American losi, a California Democrat, just that, in a partisan at- and months that the idea of include a repeal, or temporhealth care,” Heritage Ac- warned that Boehner, an tempt to appease a small default is wrong, and we ary suspension, of the deOhio Republican, had better group of tea party Republi- shouldn’t get anywhere vice tax. tion said in a statement. The White House and Late Tuesday, the House be prepared to pass a plan cans who forced the govern- close to it,” he told reporters. Senate Majority Leader HarRules Committee was forced with only Republican votes ment shutdown in the first And, he said, he’s flexible. “We are talking with our ry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, to postpone a hearing on the if it contains provisions un- place.” White House press secre- members on both sides of have been steadfast in remeasure. By early evening, acceptable to Democrats. “I believe the impact of tary Jay Carney warned that the aisle to try to find a way jecting the plans, saying the House Speaker John Boehner’s office pulled the plug on not lifting the debt ceiling the parties are “far from a to move forward today,” the debate over the tax should be taken up only once a taking the plan to a vote. on top of shutting down (the deal at this point.” He said speaker said. Senate Republicans said spending measure is passed Rep. Pete Sessions, a Texas government) is (so) cata- the White House is “pleased Republican and the Rules strophic that there will be with the progress” in the they welcomed a plan from and the debt limit raised. But as each budget plan Committee chairman, said those in the Republican Par- Senate, but he delivered a the House. “The speaker is really tak- that contains a change to the the delay “allows us to take ty who will see the light,” pointed message to the ing leadership on this and device tax falls by the waythe night and make sure our Pelosi said. “And we stand House. “Time is of the essence,” trying to pass something side, the issue resurfaces members know what they’re ready to supply votes. But if they do not, if they go on the he said, noting that the Trea- more in the ballpark of what again as part of another posvoting on.” “We’re making sure that path they’re on, they’ll need sury Department believes it could pass,” said Sen. Kelly sible deal. In recent years the mediwe know what we’re going 100 percent Republican will exhaust its ability to pay Ayotte of New Hampshire, debts on Thursday. “So I one of the center-right Re- cal device industry has votes.” to pass,” Sessions added. Republican leaders spent think that is why you see publicans considered a key spent millions of dollars in The failure to produce a lobbying fees to repeal the House plan appeared to put much of Tuesday huddled some very serious-minded to any deal. But, she warned of the 2.3 percent tax, which is exa Senate plan being negotiat- privately with one another efforts being undertaken in ed by Senate Majority Lead- trying to put final touches the Senate and we would House, “They need to get pected to raise some $30 billion over the next decade. hope that the House would their act together.” er Harry Reid, a Nevada on the plan. Some Senate Republicans And its role in the current The proposal, discussed at also approach this important Democrat, and Minority budget debate reflects the Leader Mitch McConnell a caucus of House Republi- deadline with the under- were growing impatient. “We know how it’s going fruit of those efforts, as well cans, drew criticism from standing of just how serious back in play. to end,” said Arizona Repu- as the fact that this issue is it is.” “Given tonight’s events, the White House and Reid. As the day wore on, the blican Sen. John McCain. one on which Democratic “The president has said the leaders have decided to work toward a solution that repeatedly that members of mood became one of wait- “It’s just a question of when. and Republican lawmakers would reopen the govern- Congress don’t get to de- and-see rather than panic. We’re going to raise the debt seem to have found common ground. ment and prevent default,” mand ransom for fulfilling Boehner tried hard to calm limit.” said Michael Brumas, a their basic responsibilities everyone. “Listen, we’re working McConnell spokesman. to pass a budget and pay the “They are optimistic an nation’s bills,” said White with our members on a way agreement can be reached.” House spokeswoman Amy forward and to make sure Following a White House Brundage. “Unfortunately, that we provide fairness to PLEASE NOTE: All obituaries for the Miroslaw, Stanley J. meeting with Obama, House the latest proposal from the American people. … I Tuesday publication will deadline one Morton, John Nalson
The Senate voted 79-20 in March on a nonbinding resolution to repeal the tax, passing the measure with 33 Democratic votes. A separate House bill that would repeal the tax has secured 265 co-sponsors. But the repeal effort has stalled because of the difficulty of figuring out how to make up the $30 billion in lost revenue if the tax were eliminated. The Advanced Medical Technology Association, which represents device makers, has touted the repeal of the tax as an option as the budget debate has intensified. It kicked off an ad campaign in September. “Save 43,000 jobs, save billions for investments in tomorrow’s treatments and cures, improve our global competitiveness,” the ads say. What they don’t say is that implanted devices like artificial heart valves and replacement hips carry some of the highest profit margins of any medical product. And though the industry is composed of thousands of companies, big and small, some key sectors are dominated by a few firms that face little or no generic competition and that traditionally compete against one another on the basis of price. Stan Mendenhall, the editor of Orthopedic Network News, an industry publication, said complaints from device makers about the dire consequences of the tax have left him unimpressed. “For most of them, the tax is just a cost of business,” Mendenhall said. He added that manufacturers were likely to simply pass their costs along to hospitals as surcharges.
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“There was insufficient evidence to prove a criminal charge beyond a reasonable doubt. The state’s witnesses refused to cooperate,” he continued, “and invoked their Fifth Amendment privilege to not testify.” Rice’s statement also contended on Tuesday that The Star’s story “did not include all the facts as to what transpired” in the case. He could not be reached Tuesday by The Star for comment. The mother of the 13-year-old girl told CNN Tuesday night that she and her daughter were never asked to give a deposition or any other kind of testimony before Rice dropped the felony charges. Melinda Coleman reiterated to The Star on Tuesday that she had been cooperative in the case — at least until Rice dropped the charges. The incident happened in January 2012, when Daisy Coleman and her friend consumed alcohol and went to the home of a 17-year-old football player. Within hours Daisy was left on her front lawn, partly clothed and nearly unconscious, in freezing weather. The 17-year-old, Matthew Barnett, was ultimately charged with sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. Another 17-year-old, Jordan Zech, was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, for allegedly taking phone video of one of the sexual encounters. A 15-year-old boy was charged in juvenile court. Rice dropped the charges against the football players in March 2012. In the ensuing months the Coleman family, newcomers to Maryville, experienced a stream of harassment, and Melinda Coleman lost her job at a veterinary clinic. The Colemans moved back to Albany, Mo., and the
house they left in Maryville burned while it was on the market. No cause for the fire has been determined. Normally, The Star does not identify victims of alleged sexual abuse, but this case is widely known in Maryville, and Coleman allowed her daughter’s name to be used in The Star. She also provided copied investigative records that had been sealed by authorities. Robert Sundell, Barnett’s attorney, suggested to CNN on Tuesday that “since a legal conviction was not possible, it appears some would like to try the case in the court of public opinion.” Zech’s attorney has declined to comment. In his statement, Kinder conceded he did not have all the facts, yet “facts revealed in exhaustive media reports, including the 4,000-word piece in The Kansas City Star, raise all kinds of questions that it is now clear won’t be put to rest. These questions will fester and taint the reputation of our state for delivering impartial justice to all. ... The appalling facts in the public record shock the conscience and cry out that responsible authorities must take another look.” Kinder suggested that Koster and Rice call for a grand jury to review the case. Jones also stated that he believed Koster would be empowered to intervene in the case. Kinder and Jones are Republicans, and Koster is a Democrat who is likely to run for governor next year. “It seems that the facts cried out for another look,” Kinder told The Star Tuesday, “and I was shocked and dismayed at the attorney general’s statement last night that ‘nothing to see here, move right along.’ The grand jury ... seemed like the logical legal orderly pro-
cedure to follow.” Asked whether politics were involved in his position, Kinder replied: “I think it’s a Republican county official ... So I’m liable to be criticized by Republicans locally in northwest Missouri for the stand I took. Look, you’re going to get criticized no matter what you do, and you’ll get criticized for doing nothing. So I don’t worry about that.” Koster could not be reached for comment Tuesday night. In another development, a prominent Internet “hacktivist” group, known as Anonymous, on Monday launched a campaign of outrage to bring attention to the case and rain Twitter havoc on Maryville. “If Maryville won’t defend these young girls … then we will have to stand for them,” the group announced in an audio statement. Maryville officials, who met about the issue on Monday, according to an online report in the Maryville Daily Forum, said police would step up patrols to protect people involved in the case. They also noted that, contrary to the Anonymous emphasis on Maryville, Maryville city officials and police had no role in the assault investigation and prosecution. Those were handled by the Nodaway County sheriff and county prosecutor’s office, the officials said. Sheriff Darren White told CNN on Tuesday that he believes his office “handled this case flawlessly.” “I would welcome someone from the outside coming in and taking a look at this case,” he said. To reach Dugan Arnett, call 816-234-4039 or send email to darnett@kcstar.com. To reach Dave Helling, call 816-234-4656 or send email to dhelling@kcstar.com.
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ing her master’s degree in education in 1961. She later went on to complete a specialist’s degree in education in 1966 and 1967. She and Howard continued to live and teach in Warrensburg. Clora was married to Howard Baltz from 1939-1980 when he preceded her in death. She continued to teach in Warrensburg until she retired in 1983 to marry John Banks and move to NKC where they were both active in education and church activities until John’s passing in 2002. Clora has lived with son David and wife Carol from 2002-2013 until her passing at home with NorthCare Hospice. She was also preceded in death by brothers Harvey and Alfred and step-son John Banks. Survivors include son David Baltz and wife Carol, daughter Loree’ Clark, step-daughter Carolyn Ettenger and husband David, step-daughter Debbie Cimmenello and husband Lou, plus 14 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. She was greatly loved by her family and her many caregivers and will be missed but so appreciated for her contributions. A special thanks to NorthCare Hospice. Online condolences may be left for the family at langsfordfuneralhome.com Arrangements by Langsford Funeral Home, 115 SW 3rd St., Lee’s Summit, MO 64063
MARGARET L. BEEN Margaret L. Been, 87, of Gardner, KS, passed away October 6, 2013 at KC Hospice House. Graveside services will be 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 17th at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Please meet at the Chapel Hill-Butler, 701 N. 94th St., KCK, as attendees will drive out to graveside together. Memorial contributions may be made to Kansas City Hospice House, 12000 Wornall Rd., KC, MO 64145. Margaret was born December 9, 1925 in KCK to Nicholas and Mamie Theno. She has been married to Milton Been for 47 years. They were members of the Presbyterian Church of Gardner and she was an avid hunter, fisherman and enjoyed being outdoors at every opportunity. She was preceded in death by her parents and four brothers. Margaret is survived by her husband Milton Been of Gardner, KS and numerous nieces, nephews and other friends and family. Fond memories and condolences may be left for Margaret at www.chapel hill-butler.com as arrangements are under the direction of Chapel HillButler, 701 N. 94th St., KCK.
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time they were first eligible for licensure in their state. The reasons varied, but cost loomed as a big reason. The study found teens who lived in a household with an income of at least $60,000 were more than twice as likely to get their licenses by the time they were 18 than someone who lived in a household with an income of less than $20,000. Other teens said that they were too busy or too nervous, or that it was just easier –– and less expensive –– to hook up with friends online. Sometimes they blamed obstructionist parents. Count Malik Delva of Olathe among the teens who just didn’t need cars to get around. Delva, 18, is just now ready to get his license. He never needed a car before, since he could walk to school, walk to work, walk to the store and walk to a friend’s house. “I didn’t need to drive anywhere. I am cool with physical activity,” Delva said. “I told my mom not to worry about getting me a car, because I walk everywhere. I am not going to take my feet for granted.” Growing up in Miami in a family with Cuban roots, Delva never had any expectation that he would be handed a car early in life. “If I don’t have the money for it, why should I make my mom spend it?” he said. “She shouldn’t have to do that for me when I can do it for myself.” Nathan Fox, an 18-year-old from Gardner, is another teen not driven by a compulsion to get behind the wheel. Driving hasn’t been a priority so far. “I prefer riding my bike or walking around town. It keeps me in shape,” said Fox, a distance runner. “It’s great
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Although Malik Delva, of Olathe, is 18, he doesn’t have a driver’s license. “I walk everywhere,” he said. “I am not going to take my feet for granted.”
The latest survey by the exercise to get around on a AAA Foundation for Traffic bike.” It’s difficult to find reliable Safety provides one of the national data on how many more comprehensive looks more teens are waiting to at teen licensing. It answers get their licenses, although key questions about the the American Automobile numbers of teens who are Association says numbers delaying their decisions to 20 years ago indicated two- get licenses and why. The survey of 1,039 young thirds of teens were licensed adults between the ages of by the time they were 18. The latest finding was 18 and 20 also raises imporbacked up by another study tant questions about whethdone by the Centers for Dis- er graduated driver’s license ease Control and Preven- laws in all 50 states are effection. The CDC study found tive at protecting teens on that the proportion of high the highway. If teens are waiting as long school seniors with driver’s licenses dropped to 73 per- as the study suggests, then cent in 2010 from 85 percent they are skirting laws that in 1996. Most of that decline are supposed to gradually occurred since 2006, just be- build driving experience fore the start of the reces- and teach young drivers how to avoid risky condision.
tions, experts said. “A serious number of people are getting licensed outside what has become a very, very effective law,” said Bruce Hamilton, spokesman for the AAA foundation. Generally, teens under the age of 18 must get graduated driver’s licenses, which ease them into driving by giving them time at the wheel while gradually lifting limits on cellphones, passengers and night driving. The graduated licensing law has been credited for saving thousands of teen lives nationally, including in Missouri and Kansas. Missouri has had graduated driver’s licenses since 2001, and Kansas toughened its graduated license law in 2010. But the study suggests that states might want to follow New Jersey’s lead and expand those laws to cover novice drivers at 19 or 20 if young adults are waiting longer to getting their licenses. “If teens are deciding to wait, then they lose the benefit of those protections,” said Arthur Goodwin, a traffic safety researcher at the Center for the Study of Young Drivers at the University of North Carolina. “To the extent that’s happening, we are concerned.” But the insurance industry thinks that any time licensing is delayed is a good thing. The insurance institute, for example, doesn’t see crashes involving older teens as a significant problem. “Delaying licensure is a benefit,” said Rader, of the insurance institute. “When teens are more mature when they start to drive, they’re less likely to get into a crash.” To reach Brad Cooper, call 816-234-7724 or send email to bcooper@kcstar.com.
Afghanistan vet receives honor Medal of Honor recipient retrieved wounded under fire.
“Today I stand with the Medal of Honor,” he said. “But this award is earned with a team, a team of our finest. Marines, Army, Air Force, Navy and our Afghan partners standing side by side. And now that team includes Gold Star families who lost their fathers, sons and husbands that day. This medal represents them. It represents us.” The ceremony comes two years after Obama honored Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer at a similar White House event for his role in the same battle, a role that remains the focus of an ongoing McClatchy investigation that has determined crucial parts of his story were untrue, unsubstantiated or exaggerated, as were parts of the Marine Corps and White House accounts of how he helped extract casualties from the valley under fire. Swenson is the 13th recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and the first living Army officer nominated for the Medal of Honor in four decades. He was nominated for his role in the Sept. 8, 2009, battle of the Ganjgal Valley, which erupted when about 60 Taliban-led insurgents ambushed a contingent of Afghan troops, border police and U.S. trainers. A McClatchy reporter embedded with the Marine trainers was caught in the ambush. Swenson returned repeatedly to the battlefield — including for a final run with Meyer, two other Marines and an Afghan translator — to recover American and Afghan casualties under fire. “Will Swenson was there for his brothers,” Obama said.
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WASHINGTON | A former Army captain was awarded the nation’s highest military honor Tuesday for his bravery, caught on video, during one of the deadliest battles in Afghanistan at a somber, sometimes emotional, White House ceremony. President Barack Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor on former Army Capt. William Swenson for his actions during a six-hour battle in Afghanistan in 2009. The battle has been the source of controversy for years in part because Swenson failed to receive the air and artillery support he had requested. “Moments like this, Americans like Will remind us of what our country can be at its best — a nation of citizens who look out for one another, who meet our obligations to one another not just when it’s easy, but also when it’s hard. Maybe especially when it’s hard,” Obama said. Swenson’s parents, Julia and Carl, and his girlfriend, Kelsey, were in the audience, as well as family members whose loved ones were killed or saved in the battle. Swenson resigned from the Army in February 2011. He lives near the Puget Sound in the Seattle area, where he is unemployed. He has asked to return to the Army, and his request is expected to be approved. Swenson, 34, did not speak at the ceremony, but he later addressed reporters who had gathered in the White House driveway.
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SPIN SOME NEW FLAVORS Great recipes roll meat from the rotisserie into casseroles, chimichangas and pizza. By SUSAN SELASKY The Detroit Free Press
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chicken. In the kitchen. So you, like millions of others, stop at the grocery store and pick up a rotisserie chicken. About 450 million are sold each year in grocery and warehouse across the U.S., according to the National Chicken Council. Costco, for example, says it sold more than 68 million rotisserie chickens worldwide last fiscal year. With retail prices ranging from $5 to $8, it’s easy to see why. And while your chicken, with its crisp, golden brown skin, will be delicious any way you slice it, you can — and should — take that bird a bit further. Fast and easy chicken recipe options abound, from soups and salads to pizzas and pot pies. And don’t forget to make broth with the leftovers. Today, we offer six ways to serve up that rotisserie chicken to the delight of all those at your dinner table. FOR RECIPES, SEE CHICKEN | D4
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Cook up a starring role for vegetables By HEATHER SCHRERING The Chicago Tribune
If meals were a movie, they’d probably be something like this: “Delicious Dishes,” starring Meat as the tasty plate protagonist and Vegetable, Meat’s unconditionally loving friend. In other words, veggies are often pegged as complementary to the main dish — an accessory to a dapper steak au poivre, like how a nice scarf brings out your eyes. But to husband and wife Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby, owners and chefs of Philadelphia-based vegetable restaurant Vedge, vegetables aren’t just a bed for a tender confit de canard to lie upon. Their cookbook, “Vedge: 100 Plates Large and Small That Redefine
Vegetable Cooking” (The Experiment, $24.95), reintroduces vegetables, teaching home chefs how to cook them up, dress them down and enjoy their natural flavors as they “move from the peripheral side dishes to the centerpieces of our tables.” Most recipes are plucked from Vedge’s entirely vegan menu, like many of the dishes’ ingredients pulled directly from the earth. Though some recipes may have lengthy ingredient lists and instructions, “Vedge” isn’t a pretentious chef’s textbook with impossible fancy recipes too laborious for the average person. Each recipe includes ingredient tips and substitutions. “Vedge” also features recipes from the restaurant’s Dirt List, dishes — like
roasted cauliflower with black vinegar and kimchi cream — made from seasonal vegetables freshly picked from the garden. The large dishes are main menu items that have been modified so they serve as full-size courses and include foods from diverse origins with special twists like Korean eggplant tacos and Yukon Gold potato pierogi with charred onions. And, like any great cookbook, a list of Jacoby’s cocktails follows the desserts, with recipes utilizing homemade syrups and bitters. “Vedge” proves vegetables aren’t just meat’s sidekicks. Landau and Jacoby put them front and center) in ways that the herbivorous and carnivorous alike can appreciate.
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argie Hickey blends good food and good will. Since retiring as a schoolteacher, Hickey volunteers her time to the Johnson County Young Matrons (JCYM), a philanthropic organization of more than 250 women. They raise funds for six area nonprofit organizations. Hickey’s voluntarism efforts include contributing recipes to JCYM’s annual cookbook and organizing a stop on the organization’s 22nd Annual Homes Tour. In her own home, Hickey loves hosting friends and family members, which includes Jim, her husband of 53 years; three grown daughters; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Residence: Overland Park Occupation: Community volunteer, former ninth-grade English teacher Special cooking interest: Entertaining edibles Why do you do this volunteer work dealing with food, especially at the start of the busy holiday season? The reason I like to put my energy into Johnson County Young Matrons — and some of us aren’t that young anymore — is because every penny we raise goes back into the community organizations we support. I am the chairperson for the food display in one of the four homes on the tour. The home at which I volunteer will feature a lunch/brunch display to give people an idea on how they might entertain a group of people more informally. Do you find that people, in general, are becoming less formal in the way they entertain at home? I do think entertaining has changed from when my mother, Marjorie Moyer, used to host dinner parties when I was growing up in California. As a young girl, I can remember watching these lovely dinner parties take place in our home, so I just grew up with this notion of entertaining.
Now Jim and I like to entertain by barbecuing and being outside by the pool. Jim also fishes, and we will have fish fry parties. Over Labor Day, we hosted 30 people on the back lawn, serving a Javanese dinner using glassware on linen-covered tables. But I’m not always fancy. Every year we have a winter solstice pizza party for about 40 people with family. Of course, our entire family gets together for the holidays and birthdays, but it’s not always at my house. Do you have any tips on entertaining for those who want to, but are uneasy with how to do it successfully? Of course, you try to do as much as you can beforehand so you’re not setting the table as people are walking in the door. But entertaining doesn’t have to be perfect or gourmet in your home. Invite people you love, and they will pitch in and everyone will have a good time. Be yourself and don’t stress out over things being “just so.” People don’t have a good time in your home, if you, as the host, aren’t relaxed and having fun. Jim is also my secret to easy entertaining at home. He really helps me in the kitchen and loves to cook and grill. He is known for his eggs Benedict and his Caesar salad. Sometimes we do cook together, and after 53 years of marriage, you learn the secret of what is important and what’s not. It also helps when you have a big kitchen. You make things look so easy, like this gingerbread cake, for example. Well, this recipe is from the era of my early marriage in 1960 and is one of the first things I baked and still make today around the holidays. I will tell you: The secret to this looking pretty is to grease and flour the Bundt pan really well so it comes out cleanly. And, if it doesn’t, that’s why there’s icing on top. One of my daughters bakes several of these gingerbreads and gives them to her neighbors in December, so this recipe has been passed to the next generation. Mary G. Pepitone is a freelance writer who lives in Leawood. She also writes a nationally syndicated home column. Email her at pepi@kc.rr.com to nominate a cook.
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Margie Hickey shares a recipe for Gingerbread Cake, which she has been baking for more than 50 years.
Gingerbread Cake Makes 12 servings For the cake: Nonstick oil and flour baking spray 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cloves 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 ⁄4 teaspoon salt 1 cup molasses 1 1⁄2 cups boiling water 1 cup vegetable oil 1 cup sugar 2 eggs, beaten For the icing: 2 tablespoons butter, melted 2 teaspoons milk 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
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2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat inside of large Bundt pan with baking spray. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, cloves, cinnamon and salt together and set aside. In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat molasses and boiling water together on low speed. Beat in vegetable oil and sugar, scraping the bowl as necessary with a rubber spatula. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. On low speed, slowly add the sifted dry ingredients until well incorporated. Pour batter into prepared Bundt pan. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until a cake
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EATING FOR LIFE | Sage Pork Roast With White Beans
FALL FOR A SAVORY ROAST This hearty dish fits in your diet but tastes like you ordered it from the corner bistro.
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hen the crackle of fall leaves is underfoot, it will be time to dust off the slow cooker. Put this on your list to try: The Star’s Sage Pork Roast With White Beans allows you to show off the best attributes of this handy kitchen appliance. Lean pork loin roast is cooked and served in a savory stew of Great White Northern beans, diced no-salt tomatoes, onions and carrots seasoned with sage. The result: a hearty dish that fits in your diet but still looks and tastes like you ordered it from the corner bistro. ❚ Cooking tips: Slow cookers are ideal for cooking small roasts in the 1 1⁄2- to 3-pound range. Pork loin roast is naturally lean, so when using a slow cooker, the roast will be very tender when cooked about 6 to 7 hours on the low setting. If you extend the cooking time to 8 to 10 hours or more, it may become overcooked and dry. Dry minced garlic is available in the spice section of the grocery store and is coarser than garlic powder. It is the preferred form of garlic when slow cooking since it imparts a garlic flavor without fading; fresh garlic or finely ground garlic powder do not offer the same results. Add fresh herbs as a garnish for added flavor and eye appeal.
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Sage Pork Roast With White Beans Makes 6 servings 1 onion, chopped 1 carrot, chopped 1 boneless pork loin roast, trimmed of fat, about 1 1⁄2 pounds 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce 2 teaspoons olive oil 2 teaspoons dry minced garlic 1 teaspoon rubbed sage 1 ⁄4 teaspoon pepper 2 (15.8-ounce) cans reduced-sodium Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained 1 (14.5-ounce) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes, with juice
2 tablespoons minced fresh sage, plus more sage leaves for garnish 1 teaspoon fresh squeezed lemon juice Place onions and carrots in a medium-sized (4 to 5-quart) slow cooker. Place roast on top of onions and carrots. Combine soy sauce and olive oil and brush over roast, turning to coat the roast evenly. Sprinkle garlic, rubbed sage and pepper over the top of the roast. Pour beans around roast and pour tomatoes over all. Cover and cook on the low setting 6 to 7 hours. To serve, remove roast and cover it with
aluminum foil; allow to stand 5 to 10 minutes. Stir minced fresh sage and lemon juice into beans. Spoon bean mixture into a deep platter. Slice roast and arrange on top of beans. Garnish with fresh sage leaves. Per serving: 341 calories (19 percent from fat), 7 grams total fat (2 grams saturated), 51 milligrams cholesterol, 37 grams carbohydrates, 32 grams protein, 160 milligrams sodium, 9 grams dietary fiber. Recipe developed for The Star by professional home economists Kathryn Moore and Roxanne Wyss.
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This Halloween snack mix includes chickpeas, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries and nuts.
Pumpkin seeds star in healthy snack mix By SARA MOULTON The Associated Press
As a kid, carving jack-olanterns was just the kind of art project I loved, even though — or because? — it was so messy. It also was kind of dangerous, given the sharp knives required. Some years my mom would get ambitious and turn the pumpkin seeds into a snack. It was a lot of work. We had to separate the seeds from the fibrous pulp, wash them thoroughly then dry them on towels before we roasted them. Drying the seeds was a particular ordeal. They tended to stick to the towels, and those that didn’t stick to the towels could end up sticking anywhere, floor to ceiling. But the finished product was wonderful: nutty, chewy, salty, seasonal. I missed them. So this year I decided to cast toasted pumpkin seeds as the star of a healthy snack mix. A delight for young or old, it makes a great afterschool treat or an appetizer at a Halloween party. And I’ve managed to eliminate the sticking-to-the-towel problem. Finding the best way to toast the seeds took several trials. I tried high-heat roasting and low-heat roasting before deciding that sauteing them in a skillet on top of the stove produced the
most succulent result. The sticking-to-the-towel thing? Just dry the wet seeds in the oven for 10 minutes before toasting them in the skillet. No towels required. And by the way, pumpkin seeds are a great source of magnesium and zinc, as well as omega-3 fatty acids. Speaking of healthfulness, this recipe pairs the pumpkin seeds with a fellow good-for-you all-star — chickpeas. Just dry them, toss them with a bit of oil (and spices, if you’d like), then bake them in a 400-degree oven for 25 to 35 minutes. I rounded out this snack mix with dried cranberries and nuts. Any one of your favorite dried fruits would do, including cherries, apricots and raisins. Nut-wise, I’m partial to pistachios, but go with what you like best. As for the seasoning, extra-virgin olive oil and salt comprise a simple and tasty accent. But depending on the occasion and guests, you could jazz it up, adding curry powder, smoked paprika or dried rosemary. Sara Moulton was executive chef at Gourmet magazine for nearly 25 years and spent a decade hosting several Food Network shows. She currently stars in public television’s “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” and has written three cookbooks.
Makes about 3 cups 1 (15-ounce) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 teaspoons spice blend, such as curry powder, garam masala, chili powder, divided (optional) Kosher salt and ground black pepper 1 3⁄4 cups raw pumpkin seeds, cleaned and drained, but not patted dry 3 ⁄4 cup dried cranberries, dried cherries, raisins, or a mix 3 ⁄4 cup unsalted raw or
roasted pistachios, peanuts, almonds or cashews Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Dry the chickpeas thoroughly by spreading them on a large plate and patting them dry with kitchen towels. Transfer to a bowl, then toss with 1 tablespoon of the oil, 1 teaspoon of the spice blend, if using, and salt and pepper to taste. Once the chickpeas are evenly coated, transfer them to a baking sheet and spread them in a single layer. Bake on oven’s middle rack until golden and crispy, 25 to 35 minutes, shaking the
tray to toss after the first 15 minutes. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and transfer the chickpeas to a serving bowl. Reduce the oven to 300 degrees. Arrange the pumpkin seeds in a single layer on the sheet pan. Bake on the oven’s middle rack for 10 minutes. After the pumpkin seeds have baked, in a large skillet over medium, heat the remaining tablespoon of oil. Reduce the heat to medium-low, add the pumpkins seeds and cook, stirring, for 7 to 10 minutes. Add the remaining teaspoon of spice blend, if using, and
salt and pepper to taste. Continue to cook, stirring, until the pumpkin seeds are golden and crispy, another 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer the seeds to the serving bowl. Add the cranberries and pistachios and toss well. Per (1 ⁄4-cup) serving: 305 calories; 180 calories from fat (59 percent of total calories); 20 grams fat (3 grams saturated; 0 grams trans fats); 0 milligrams cholesterol; 21 grams carbohydrate; 4 grams fiber; 7 grams sugar; 14 grams protein; 335 milligrams sodium.
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Chicken Chimichangas Makes 10 servings 1 1⁄2 cups picante sauce or salsa, divided 4 cups chopped or shredded rotisserie chicken 1 ⁄2 cup diced onion 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 tablespoon favorite chili powder 1 teaspoon salt 10 (8-inch) flour tortillas 1 1⁄2 cups shredded Mexican-style or favorite cheddar cheese Nonstick cooking spray or canola oil For serving: Guacamole, sour cream, shredded lettuce, diced tomato In a saucepan combine 1 cup picante sauce, chicken, onion, cumin, chili powder and salt. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring often, about 15 minutes or until most of the liquid evaporates. Taste and adjust seasoning, if needed. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and lightly grease a baking sheet. Spoon 1 ⁄ 3 cup mixture below center of each tortilla; top with about 2 tablespoons cheese. Fold in 2 sides of tortillas to enclose filling. Fold over top and bottom edges of tortillas, making rectangles. Secure with wooden picks, if needed. Place, folded-side down, on greased baking sheets. Coat chimichangas with cooking spray or brush lightly with canola oil. Bake for 8 minutes; turn and bake 5 more minutes. Remove picks if you used them. Serve chimichangas with remaining picante sauce and desired toppings. Per serving 258 calories (20 percent from fat), 6 grams fat (1 gram sat. fat), 29 grams carbohydrates, 22 grams protein, 439 mg sodium, 48 mg cholesterol, 3 grams fiber. Adapted from myrecipes.com; tested by Susan Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen.
Makes 6 servings 1 1⁄2 cups thinly sliced or cubed seasoned rotisserie chicken 1 (14.5 ounce) can fireroasted diced tomatoes or favorite canned tomatoes, well drained 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme 1 ⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 1 (12-inch) prepared pizza crust 1 small jar (6 ounces) marinated artichoke hearts, well drained and patted dry 1 jarred roasted red pepper, patted dry and thinly sliced 1 ⁄2 cup pitted black olives, cut in half 1 ⁄4 pound fontina cheese, shredded or sliced Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a medium bowl, mix the chicken, tomatoes, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, thyme, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper; set aside. Brush the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and a few pinches of kosher salt on the pizza crust. Place crust on pizza pan or baking
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grams sat. fat), 48 grams carbohydrates, 13 grams protein, 1,001 mg sodium, 22 mg cholesterol, 4 grams fiber. Adapted from “150 Things to Make with Roast Chicken and 50 Ways to Roast It” by Tony Rosenfeld (The Taunton Press, $14.95); tested by Susan Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen.
Chicken Pot Pie Makes 6 individual pot pies 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 cup chopped onion 2 to 3 tablespoons allpurpose flour 2 cups chicken broth or stock 1 cup 1 percent milk 2 cups frozen peas and carrots 2 cups cubed or shredded seasoned rotisserie chicken 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1 teaspoon Morton Nature’s Seasons seasoning blend Salt and black pepper to taste 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed 1 egg mixed with 1 tablespoon water Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place 6 individual ramekins (6- to 8-ounce size) on a baking sheet. Set aside. In a saucepan, melt the butter. Add the onion and saute until it is just turning golden. Sprinkle in the 2 tablespoons of flour and cook 1 minute. Whisk in the broth and milk. Cook on medium heat, whisking constantly, until mixture has thickened. Add the peas and carrots, chicken, thyme, seasoning blend, salt and black pepper to
Makes 4 servings 6 tablespoons melted unsalted butter, divided 4 cups cubed sourdough bread or rolls or dayold bread 1 ⁄3 cup grated Parmesan cheese 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley 1 1⁄2 cups sliced sweet onion 1 (8-ounce) package sliced fresh cremini mushrooms 3 ⁄4 cup white wine 1 (10 3⁄4-ounce) can reduced-fat cream of mushroom soup 1 ⁄2 cup drained and chopped jarred roasted red bell peppers 2 1⁄2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. In a medium bowl, toss 4 tablespoons melted butter with bread cubes, cheese and parsley; set aside. In a large skillet, place
the remaining 2 tablespoons butter, and saute onions over medium-high heat about 15 minutes or until golden brown. Add mushrooms and saute 5 minutes. Stir in wine, soup, peppers and chicken. Cook, stirring constantly, 5 minutes or until bubbly. Spoon mixture into a lightly greased 9-inch square baking dish; top evenly with bread mixture. Bake for 15 minutes or until the bread cubes are golden brown. Per serving: 325 calories (49 percent from fat), 18 grams fat (9 grams sat. fat), 17 grams carbohydrates, 24 grams protein, 415 mg sodium, 85 mg cholesterol, 2 grams fiber. Adapted from myrecipes.com; tested by Susan Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen.
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and golden brown, and the filling is bubbly. Remove from oven and serve. Per serving: 415 calories (48 percent from fat), 22 grams fat (6 grams sat. fat), 32 grams carbohydrates, 22 grams protein, 464 mg sodium, 52 mg cholesterol, 3 grams fiber.
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In a medium saucepan, whisk together the brown sugar, fish sauce, soy sauce, water and chili garlic sauce until combined. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium and cook until sauce thickens, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 3 tablespoons of the lime juice. Brush half of the sweet-and-sour sauce over the flesh and skin sides of chicken pieces. In a medium bowl, toss cucumbers and red onion with the remaining 1 tablespoon of lime juice,
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Broadening the appeal of limoncello Using a family recipe, a small Connecticut company sets out to refine the maligned lemon liqueur. By MARA LEE The Hartford Courant
Rotisserie Chicken Soup With Rice Makes 8 servings 1 tablespoon canola oil 2 large cloves garlic, peeled, minced 1 cup chopped onion 3 mini red bell peppers, sliced into thin rounds 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 (14.5-ounce) can fire-roasted tomatoes with chipotle 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon cumin 4 cups shredded rotisserie chicken 6 cups fat-free, lesssodium chicken broth Salt and black pepper to taste 2 cups cooked brown rice For serving: Tortilla chips, shredded cheese, sliced green onion, cilantro leaves In a large pot, heat the canola oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and saute 1 minute or until fragrant. Add the onion and red pepper slices and saute about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with brown sugar, stirring to melt the sugar. Add in the tomatoes with their juice, chili powder and cumin. Stir in the chicken and broth. Bring to just a boil and reduce heat to a simmer. Cover and simmer about 20 minutes to meld all the ingredients. Season with salt and pepper if needed, keeping in mind you may not need to because of the tomatoes and broth. Stir in the cooked rice just before serving. Top with chips, cheese, onion and cilantro if desired. Per serving: 235 calories (19 percent from fat), 5 grams fat (1 gram sat. fat), 20 grams carbohydrates, 26 grams protein, 582 mg sodium, 60 mg cholesterol, 3 grams fiber. From and tested by Susan Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen.
A yellow Fiat 500 with the vanity license plate Peel L is more than just a promotional tool for liqueur-maker Peel. It’s a metaphor. The adorable Italian subcompact, now manufactured in Mexico by Chrysler, has more than doubled its U.S. sales since it was introduced in 2011. “I envision us as similar to the Fiat company,” said Peel co-founder Gianfranco DiDomenico, 32, the owner of that yellow Fiat. He called the car “an old-school, oldworld product they reinvigorated.” Fiat had a bad rap for a long time, he said. (People joked Fiat stood for “Fix It Again, Tony.”) And so has limoncello. As Spirits Review’s Chris Carlsson wrote, as he reviewed a competing brand: “Most of the limoncello I have tried in the past was not fit for using as windshield wiper fluid in my car. The best ones could have maybe been used as cleaners. This may be due in part to the fact that most seem to source their extracts from the same chemical factories as air deodorizers or soap companies.” Peel uses no dyes or preservatives in its three products: limoncello; crema di limoncello, called Cremoncello; and Bananacello, a creamy banana liqueur. DiDomenico and friend and co-founder Angelo Mastrodomenico, 37, an immigrant from Italy, made limoncello at home for friends before introducing a commercial version of the lemon-infused after-dinner cordial in 2011. The recipe comes from Mastrodomenico’s mother in Italy. Homemade limoncello is traditionally firewater, DiDomenico said. He said Peel’s recipe is smoother on the palate. The liqueur is made with grain alcohol cut with water, with lemon zest and sugar. But having a good recipe is not the biggest challenge in starting a liquor manufacturing company, the men found. There’s a long process of getting government permission to sell each new product. They have to figure out shelf life as they develop the recipes and source ingredients. And then there’s the liquor distribution system. DiDomenico said they’d thought the liqueur should retail for $25, but distributors said limoncello should have a suggested price of $17.99, because people expect domestics to be cheaper than imports. Peel sells to the distributor wholesale, that company marks it up and sells it to package stores, and then the package store can follow the recommendation, or sell it at $19, $21.99 or even $25.99.
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Angelo Mastrodomenico, co-founder of Peel, uses a zester while making the company’s limoncello in Ashford, Conn. Peel uses no dyes or preservatives.
The liqueur is made from grain alcohol cut with water, plus lemon zest and sugar.
“They’re making all the profits,” DiDomenico said, and at the highest prices, may be hurting sales. “All these things were shockers.” In the first 12 months on the market, from April 2011 to April 2012, Peel sold 12,000 bottles. It then pulled the two creams from production because locally sourced creams were eventually separating. The liqueur still was good to drink, but it didn’t meet appearance standards. Now they’re buying a cream used by Bailey’s, and a new run of 1,000 bottles of bananacello were back in stores in August. Peel entered its bananacello in the San Francisco
Spirits competition, and it received a double gold medal, which only seven liqueurs achieved out of a field of 167. As they tinkered with the formulation, the founders have also decided to go with banana flavoring rather than fresh banana slices, because it’s difficult to time bananas’ ripeness with the time slot they have at the contract distiller in Ashford, Conn. “We’ve got to make sure we’re consistent,” DiDomenico said, and with the flavor, they can also produce more volume. Both men have day jobs — DiDomenico owns a mortgage brokerage in New Britain, Conn., and Mastro-
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As BNSF railyard gets rolling, motorists will face a new traffic pattern By LUKE RANKER Special to The Star
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but a new interchange on Interstate 35 in southwest Johnson County forces drivers to do just that — and it could help spur economic development to that area. Local government and Kansas transportation officials on Friday cut the ribbon on a $36 million diverging diamond interchange at Homestead Lane and Interstate 35, just outside Edgerton. The new interchange will ease traffic commuting through the area and to the new 433-acre BNSF railyard, which is scheduled to be dedicated Thursday. The interchange is the first of its kind in Kansas. Developed in France several years ago, the interchange features traffic signals and signage that moves both directions of traffic to the opposite side of the road shortly before the interchange. This crossover allows left and right-hand turns to be made at the same time, and drivers turning left onto the highway can do so without stopping at another light or turning in front of traffic. Traffic in that area may be light now, but as operations at the BNSF inland port increase, keeping traffic flowing fluidly will be crucial, Edgerton City Administrator Beth
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Linn said. The hope is that the interchange will make access to the rail yard, called Logistics Park Kansas City, easier for companies that ship goods via the railroad. That ease will attract businesses the area around interchange and the intermodal hub. “Right now it feels like you’re out there by yourself, but the plan is for the future,” she said. Commercial growth around Logistics Park Kansas City could mean between 6,000 and 7,000 new jobs and a widening tax base for Edgerton. The warehouses around the railyard won’t be the
only source of employment, Linn spokeswoman Kimberly Qualls said. Service industry, like hotels, said. Almost 24 percent of that will restaurants and truck repair shops, be truck traffic to the BNSF yard. will likely pop up as business at The project, including improveLogistics Park Kansas City ex- ments to Homestead Lane and pands. That commercial growth 191st Street, cost $36 million, with with greatly diversify Edgerton’s $14 million from Johnson County tax base, which is over 90 percent and the rest from the federally residential now. funded T-Works program. Kansas “Residents will see income come Department of Transportation to the city for services they need projections show the area could and want,” she said. bring as much as $600 million in All those jobs will bring traffic economic development, although along I-35 and Homestead Lane to the project has been controversial more than 13,000 cars this year and in southwest Johnson County bealmost 43,000 by 2040, Kansas De- cause of its size and concerns partment of Transportation about environmental impacts.
If the interchange is successful, it won’t be the last of its kind in Kansas. Qualls said some diverging diamond interchanges are planned for the Johnson County Gateway project, the revamping of I-35, Interstate 435 and Kansas 10. Kansas City has a diverging diamond interchange at I-435 and Front Street that opened last year. In 2009, Springfield, Mo., was the first city in the United States to implement the diverging diamond interchange. The city chose the design because it cut the cost of redoCONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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ing the interchange at Interstate 44 and Missouri 13 from $6.8 million to $3.2 million, but saw an immediate improvement in traffic flow, said Kirk Juranas, assistant public works director for Springfield and former Missouri Department of Transportation engineer. “It flat-out moves cars,” he said. The city liked the design so much they put in three more interchanges like it with a fifth planned for 2015. Those new interchanges have helped cut accidents in their area by almost 50 percent, he said. Public opinion has been favorable. Juranas said both young and old drivers polled during public discussion on the first interchange’s construction were in favor of the new design. They’re most effective in areas that have a lot of traffic making turns. “People will either love it, or they’ll hate it, but they’ll agree it works,” Juranas said.
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Mother Nature gets a hand with imperiled plants By ROXIE HAMMILL Special to The Star
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Matt Garrett, a field biologist with Johnson County Park and Recreation, planted Mead’s milkweed at Kill Creek Park.
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They are spindly and sickly looking plants to the untrained eye. But to Matt Garrett, field biologist for the Johnson County Park and Recreation Department, the 10 new Mead’s milkweed plants in Kill Creek Park represent a small glimmer of hope for a vanishing plant in a vanishing ecosystem. Garrett and a couple of volunteers set the plants out on one of the last tracts of virgin prairie in the state of Kansas earlier this month with hopes that their seeds will strengthen the gene pool of the few Mead’s milkweeds already out there. It wasn’t a huge crowd, on the hot and windy afternoon when the plants were set out. “But it’s a huge deal,” said Linda Lehrbaum, program manager of Kansas City WildLands, which is also involved in the project. “It’s like releasing a condor or something.” All types of milkweed are still shaking off the “noxious weed” declarations many states tagged them with a few years back. Milkweed is critical to the survival of monarch butterflies, which lay eggs on them and also drink the nectar. However the butterflies are also at risk, not only because of milkweed eradication but also because of deforestation in their wintering grounds. “So you have an imperiled butterfly using a threatened plant on increasingly smaller patches of prairie,” Garrett said. “The remnant prairie Mead’s needs to survive is truly one of the most threatened, least-protected habitats on the globe.”
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Mead’s milkweed is considered in peril by about every agency or group that does rankings. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service calls it threatened, the Missouri Department of Conservation calls it endangered and it has a “globally imperiled” ranking from NatureServe, a nonprofit conservation organization. In Kansas, plants are not given ratings for endangerment. But that doesn’t mean they’re not at risk. Mead’s milkweed only grows on undisturbed prairie because the soil structure and organisms it needs are destroyed by plowing, Garrett said. Not even prairie restored from previous farming will support the species. But untouched prairie remnants are hard to find. Kill Creek Park’s 18-acre remnant is CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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Matt Garrett, a field biologist with Johnson County Park and Recreation (center), along with KU graduate student Courtney Masterson and Lance Jesse with Kansas City WildLands, prepared to plant Mead’s milkweed recently at the Kill Creek Park prairie in Olathe. The planting will help strengthen the milkweed population on the prairie by making it more diverse.
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the only one in Johnson County, he said. Nationally, Mead’s milkweed is known on only 171 sites in 30 counties in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois, he said. A few have been spotted at Kill Creek Park and cataloged by naturalists who get GPS coordinates so they can check on the plants every so often. But the plants need a little help because of their isolation, Garrett said. Mead’s milkweed grows only a couple of feet tall and must have cross-pollination from another plant to produce a seed pod. But when there are only a few plants at widely dispersed prairie sites, they can be weakened by inbreeding. The milkweed planted at Kill Creek Park was from Miami County — far enough away that it should strengthen the gene pool, Garrett said. The plants that went out earlier this month looked spindly because milkweed
typically die back and go dormant this time of year, he said. But the roots are still alive and will be watered periodically to keep them happy. Next year, naturalists will search for more Mead’s milkweed seed pods that will be nurtured into more roots in greenhouses. But they won’t likely find any pods on the new plants. It can take up to 15 years to produce Mead’s milkweed seeds in the harsh conditions of the prairie. There are federal recovery efforts for the plant, but they require many more open acres than the 18 at Kill Creek Park. Local conservationists are getting involved anyway. Besides Kill Creek Park, there’s a Mead’s recovery program at Marais des Cygne National Wildlife Refuge. Powell Gardens also grows some seed. “I don’t want to stand by and watch this plant disappear,” Garrett said.
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Three county educators included in book on classroom heroes By SARA BEANE Special to The Star
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Most teachers don’t go into the field of education for fame and fortune. But for three Johnson County teachers, fame seems to be finding them whether they like it or not. Josh Anderson of Olathe Northwest High School, Ron Poplau of Shawnee Mission Northwest High and Keil Hileman of Monticello Trails Middle School in the De Soto School District are all featured in a new coffee table book called American Teacher: Heroes in the Classroom. The hardcover book sells for around $45 and can be found at Barnes and Noble bookstores. In the book, author Katri-
na Fried profiles 50 public school teachers from across the country who were exemplary representatives of their profession. All of the teachers in the book were either recommended by educational organizations or fellow teachers. “I was very humbled by the other teachers in the book,” Anderson said. “They represent the most extreme end of the talent and dedication spectrum. I hardly feel like I am in league with any of them.” Anderson, Poplau and Hileman are all quick to downplay their selection for the book. Yet all three have received prestigious honors over the years for their work in the classroom.
Anderson, a debate, forensics and English teacher, was the 2007 Kansas Teacher of the Year winner and one of four finalists for the National Teacher of the Year. Poplau, who teaches a community service class, won the Kansas Teacher of the Year award in 2006 in addition to being a National Teacher of the Year finalist. And Hileman, who teaches middle school history and high school archeology, was named the Kansas Teacher of the Year in 2004 as well as being a finalist for the national title. All three are seen as innovators in the classroom. Hileman’s archeology class is CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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one of only two high school archeology courses in the country. He’s amassed an amazing collection of more than 20,000 historical artifacts that he uses to teach his class. (High school students head to his classroom at the middle school to take his popular class.) Poplau presides over one of the most popular elective courses in his school: a community service class that lets students leave school for 50 minutes each day to volunteer at elementary schools and retirement homes in their community. And Anderson has taught outside-the-box lessons such as writing technical manuals for new school technology to help his students strengthen their technical reading and writing skills. Awards and accolades aside, Anderson, Poplau and Hileman are first and fore-
most hardworking teachers who are dedicated to seeing their students succeed. While they seem to be reluctant book subjects, they are pleased that Fried’s book puts the spotlight on the important work that teachers do. “The idea of the book is to raise up teachers who are getting the job done when it is becoming more difficult,” Hileman said. “There are more challenges to teachers now than ever before.” “We care about kids and we want kids to succeed,” Poplau said. “That’s what all the teachers in this book have in common.” Hileman feels the book can create hope and inspiration for other teachers. He is hopeful that teachers will read it and take ideas from it. As for the idea of teachers as heroes as the book’s title suggests, each of the men CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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has his own opinion on whether that is true. “The word heroes is a misplaced modifier, it belongs on the student,” Anderson said. “I am of the opinion that I am certainly not a hero,” Poplau said. “We are all part of
this class, we all do this together.” “Yeah, I think teachers that get people to work together to make positive change and a difference in their community, they are heroes,” Hileman said. Hileman and Anderson will take part in a local pub-
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After almost two hours of discussion, the Olathe City Planning Commission voted to recommend some, but not all, of a proposed development at 143rd Street and Pflumm Road. Planners unanimously rejected proposed light commercial zoning at the intersection because of concerns it doesn’t fit with the city’s comprehensive plan, which calls for only residential zoning along Pflumm and
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143rd. Then, the planning commission voted 7-2 to recommend the proposed residential development to the the south and east of the intersection. That recommendation will go before the Olathe City Council on Nov. 19. Previously developers had originally sought a CP2 designation to make the land, currently zoned for agriculture, a planned business district but a new plan was introduced earlier this year that asks to rezone the area to CP1, a planned neighborhood and commercial designation. That plan, dubbed Wheatley Hills, called for commercial development on the
southeast corner of 143rd Street and Pflumm Road, with about 240 single-family homes to the south and to the east that will be divided by an undeveloped strip of land. Rod Richardson, an attorney representing landowner Menghini Holdings, said this plan was the best compromise between the city of Olathe, which would prefer to see the land used for residential use only, and Johnson County, which wants commercial or industrial development near the Executive Airport. “Nobody will be completely happy,” he said. Chris Riley, who led a presentation opposing the development at the previous
public hearing, said he was pleased with the commission’s decision to deny the commercial zoning at the corner of 143rd and Pflumm and to stipulate that water runoff from the west portion of residential zoning be significantly reduced. “It’s almost more than we could have hoped for,” Riley said. Riley and other residents from Overland Park’s Amesbury Lake area were afraid that piping stormwater from the commercial development north to Tomahawk Creek would create more flooding problems in their neighborhoods. Projections by engineering firm Schlagel & Associates suggested that water flow down Tomahawk Creek would be reduced might be accurate for areas further downstream, Riley said, but not in his neighborhood immediately north of development, where water flow could increase by as much as 50 percent. Nate Baldwin, project manager with Olathe’s public works department, said that while stormwater drainage from the eastern section of the development would be reduced by almost half in accordance with the city’s Title 17 mandate that stormwater drainage be significantly reduced at new development sites, the western section, including the commercial area had been grandfathered and not subjected to that mandate. Stormwater drainage in that area would be kept within in 1 percent of the current drainage. But Planning Commissioner Greg Harrelson was not satisfied with keeping water within 1 percent. He proposed a stipulation that stormwater runoff from the CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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west half of the development be reduced by 35 percent or be subject to Olathe’s Title 17 mandate that stormwater drainage be significantly reduced at new development sites. “To say ‘Well we’ll be no worse off than we are now’ doesn’t cut it,” Harrelson said. The commission also stipulated that no building contracts would be awarded to the site until the Olathe and Overland Park joint improvement project to 143rd Street was complete and improvements are made to Pflumm Road, including south bound turn lanes. Olathe residents Denise and Dale O’Connor, who have owned their home in the Harmony View West neighborhood to the southeast of Wheatley Hills since 1977, were happy that the planning commission nixed the commercial development. But they are concerned about traffic from the residential development. The couple is concerned that proposed lots sizes for Wheatley Hills would make the area too densely popu-
lated compared to their neighborhood. They’re also worried about developer’s plan to use Harmony View West streets as an outlet would pump too much traffic into their area. “Our streets are not designed for heavy traffic,” Dale said. “There’s no curbs, gutters or sidewalks. People walk in the street.” Richardson said the density of 2.09 units homes per acre was necessary to keep the lot and home costs reasonable. To help alleviate concerns about traffic into neighboring developments the commission stipulated that both a road and pedestrian path connect the two Wheatley Hills neighborhoods through the 30-acre area set aside to be undeveloped. Next up, the city council will hear the planning commission’s recommendation. The council can either approve the plan, make its own recommendation or send it back to the planning commission for further review. If the city of Olathe approves the development it will then go before the Johnson County Commission.
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Google seeks indefinite delay on Overland Park agreement By JENNIFER BHARGAVA Special to The Star
Google Fiber won’t be coming to Overland Park any time soon. In a request that surprised the council on Monday evening, a legal representative for Google asked for an indefinite continuance regarding a proposed agreement to bring the super high-speed Internet to the city. The council granted the request. When asked about the reasoning behind the indefinite continuance, Google spokesperson Jenna Wandres said it all came down to delays. “Building Fiber is compli-
cated and we have very tight time windows for our construction work,” Wandres said in an interview. “We’ve worked with Overland Park for a number of months now, and we need to refocus our energy and resources on engineering, designing, and building a new fiber network for the communities who are waiting for Fiber.” Clearly, the corporation’s attempt to bring Google Fiber to Overland Park has not been easy. In the proposed agreement for Overland Park, which is identical to the one recently passed by Lenexa, Google states it intends to
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proved by the city and Google, there are no other issues remaining to be resolved.” But now, because of the indefinite continuance, the ball is in Google’s court. “We are ready to sign the agreement and are waiting on Google,” said Councilman Dave Janson. When that will be, however, is unclear.
“In a case where the conditions aren’t right to build, we keep in touch with the city in hopes of finding a way to come back in the future,” Wandres said. As a gesture of good faith at its meeting Monday night, after granting the indefinite continuance, the council approved a resolution supporting Google Fiber coming to Overland Park.
The council hopes it will show Google, and the public, that they truly want to bring the high-speed Internet to the city. “I felt it was important that the City Council publicly state what has always been our enthusiastic and unanimous support for Google deploying in Overland Park,” said Goodman, who made the motion.
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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith met Rosemary Schmitt from Independence during last week’s “Look Good, Feel Better” session for local women who have cancer, which was held in partnership with the University of Kansas Hospital and the American Cancer Society.
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The driver of a Kansas City MAX bus appears to have been distracted when the bus ran over and dragged a Shawnee woman almost a block, Kansas City police said Tuesday. “Our investigation is finished,” said Maj. Jim Pruetting, who oversees the Special Operations Division. “We determined the bus driver was at fault. The cause is inattention.” In bus security video released last week, the driver with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority appears to be looking down and reaching for something
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Electronic Waste Recycling Event: Drop off your electronics to be collected, Goodwill no longer accepts TVs, 9 a.m. noon, Unity Church of Overland Park, 10300 Antioch, Overland Park, donation suggested. The Hunger Project: Potluck Productions presents an evening of short plays and monologues about hunger at the Santa Fe Waystation, 7 p.m., St. Mark’s
GETTING LISTED You can now enter your events directly into The Star’s online calendar. Go to calendar.kansascity .com and click on the orange “add an event” bar. If your event’s location does not appear in the “where” listing, scroll to the bottom and click on “Suggest a New Venue.” In the “description” field, describe the event and be sure to include a phone number people can call. In the “tags” field, type “Joco Local” for events to appear in the Johnson County Neighborhood News and The Olathe News. Press the green “add event” button. UMC, 422 Santa Fe Drive, Overland Park, non-perishable items or cash donations, 913-789-7955. Pet Parade and Kids Costume Contest Spooktacular: Kids costume contest and a pet parade plus, the whole family will enjoy trick-or-treating in our haunted halls, taking a photo in our Halloween theme photo booth, and participating in other fun activities, 10 a.m., Roeland Park Community Center, 1827 Rosewood, Mission, $3 each or $10 family, 913-826-3160.
College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, $27-$33, 913-469-4445 or www.jccc.edu/ TheSeries. The Glorious Unfolding Tour: Singer-songwriter Steven Curtis Chapman with special guests Laura Story and Jason Gray, 7 p.m., College Church of he Nazarene, 2020 E Sheridan, Olathe, $15-$35, 913-764-4575 or www.rushconcerts.com.
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Orchester Jakobsplatz Munchen: Program focuses on rarely played works by Jewish composers, combined with music of the 20th and 21st century, 7 p.m., Carlsen Center’s Yardley Hall, Johnson County Community
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Trick or Treat on The Farm and Boooo Barn: A kid friendly haunted barn will delight and spook children of all ages, also enjoy spooky stories, costume fashion show, hayrides and much more, 1-4 p.m., The National Agricultire Center and Hall of Fame, 630 Hall of Fame Drive, Bonner Springs, $5, www.AgHallofFame.com.
Oct. 26 “Chocolate, Cheese & Ale Tasting,”: Event offers local and imported chocolates, gourmet cheeses and unique ales, benefiting First Downs for Down Syndrome, 5-8- p.m., 75th Street Brewery, 520 W. 75th St., Kansas City, $30, www.75thStreet.com Disabilities ad the Church Classroom: A conference to help ecclesiastical leaders, teachers and administrators better serve special needs members in church classrooms and activities, 9 a.m. - noon, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1595 W. 143rd St., Olathe, www.how-to-welcome-all. eventbrite.com. 13th Annual Will Shields Red Flags of Domestic Violence Flag Football Tournament: A fun event that will help fight the battle against domestic abuse, Proceeds to benefit Safehome, registration deadline Oct. 21, 9 a.m., Mid- America Sport Complex, 20000 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, $275-$350, www.safe-
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Nov. 2 Olathe North Holiday Boutique Craft Show: Shop for the holidays, with over 50 unique vendors and concessions, vendors still accepted, proceeds to benefit 2014 Project Graduation, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Olathe North High School, 600 E. Prairie St., Olathe, slf777@gmail.com.
Nov. 9 11th Annual Gift Gallery: 40 artisans and vendors selling unique and upscale items in a festival atmosphere, proceeds are donated to local nonprofit children’s charities, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Cure of Ars School, 9401 Mission Rd., Leawood, $3 admission, www.giftgallerykc.com. | Lisa Lopez, llopez@kcstar.com
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ack in 2007, Blue Koi’s second location in Leawood was one of two restaurants in the brandnew Mission Farms development. Now the restaurant-dense center is home to
seven places to eat. Among them: Blanc Burgers & Bottles,
Rye, Room 39 and Tavern at Mission Farms. Despite the increase in competition, Blue Koi remains be-
loved and bustling. On a recent Saturday night, customers happily waited up to half an hour for a seat in the dining room, which has bold blue walls, a wide-open kitchen and local art that rotates monthly. Blue Koi’s atmosphere is cool but comfortable. It’s the kind of place where diners in T-shirts sit next to a table full of high school students all dressed up for a dance. Everyone comes together over Blue Koi’s signature blend of Chinese and Taiwanese cuisine. Jane Chang, who co-owns Blue Koi with her brother and two sisters, says her father is from China and her mother from Taiwan. The Chang family’s recipes make up Blue Koi’s diverse menu, which mixes seafood-centric Taiwanese specialties with Chinese comfort foods like dumplings and noodle dishes. The drink menu puts
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loose-leaf tea from China next to fruity bubble tea from Taiwan. The Leawood Blue Koi shares a menu with the original location, which opened in 2002 at 1803 W. 39th St., but it has its own specials. The latest costs $18 and features a pan-seared fillet of sustainable Atlantic salmon on a big bed of soy-sauced rice studded with edamame and dried cranberries. The bowl of broth on the side brims with sliced mushrooms and julienned vegetables. The salmon is crispygold on the outside and buttery on the inside. The fillet is bigger than a checkbook — and ample enough for leftovers. Health-conscious diners have plenty of options at Blue Koi, which serves up several vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes. The Black Bean Tofu ($13.50) is a
BLUE KOI Location: 10581 Mission Road in Leawood Phone: 913-383-3330 Hours: 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday Credit Cards: Yes Parking: Free lot Don’t Miss: The pan-fried dumplings ($7.25), the Chinese-style pot roast ($13) and the Salmon Special ($18), a pan-seared Atlantic salmon fillet atop a bed of rice with soy sauce, edamame and cranberries and a side of vegetable broth. Vegetarian: Order the veggie dumplings ($7.25), the Black Bean Tofu ($13.50) or Vegan Delights ($13), an oversized bowl of vegan broth loaded with daikon, cabbage, carrot and tofu. More info: bluekoi.net
filling mix of sauteed bell peppers, portabella mushrooms and tofu cubes that’s hearty enough for a meateater. Vegan Delights ($13) is a soul-satisfying bowl of vegan broth and veggies loaded with daikon, cabbage, carrot and tofu. Chang says Blue Koi’s cooks can customize recipes to suit customers’ dietary needs. “They tell us what they like and we will create it,” Chang says. “We make sure they’re happy.” A couple weeks ago, the Chang family catered to a famous customer — Guy Fieri. “You know the show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives?” Chang says. The Food Network
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Among the offerings at Blue Koi, 10581 Mission Road in Leawood, are chicken with black bean sauce (foreground), spicy chili pepper wontons and bubble tea.
show filmed a segment at Blue Koi’s 39th Street location. Chang says Fieri picked three dishes from Blue Koi’s menu. Chili Pepper Wontons ($8) are steamed or panfried dumplings filled with a mix of shrimp, pork and chicken (there’s a vegetarian version, too). The wontons are topped with cilantro,
scallions and chili sauce. China Moon ($8) is a crispy flatbread sandwich stuffed with lots of marinated minced shrimp and served with Chang’s mother’s recipe for sweet plum sauce. Fire Bird Chicken ($14) is one of the spiciest dishes on Blue Koi’s menu. It featuresboneless chicken (or duck, or tofu) sauteed with chili
peppers, scallions and bamboo strips and served with plenty of sticky white rice. “This bird is on fire,” the menu reads. And so is Blue Koi. Enterprise reporter Sarah Gish writes about Johnson County restaurants every first and third week of the month. Contact her at 816-234-4823 or sarah@inkkc.com.
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913 DIVERSIONS eating for life PENNE WITH SMOKED TURKEY SAUSAGE Makes 4 servings 2 cups whole-grain and fiber penne 1/2 cup chopped onion 2 cloves garlic, minced 7 ounces turkey smoked sausage, sliced into 1/2 -inch pieces, then each piece quartered 1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth 1/4 cup dry white wine 3 tablespoons low-fat whipped tub cream cheese 1 cup frozen green peas 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese Cook pasta according to package directions, omitting salt. Drain and set aside. Spray a large nonstick skillet with nonstick spray coating. Cook onion and garlic for 2 to 3 minutes over medium high heat, stirring frequently. Add smoked sausage and cook, stirring frequently, until nicely browned, about 3 minutes. Add chicken broth and wine. Bring to a boil, then simmer until reduced by about one half, approximately 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in cream cheese until well-blended. Add peas and cook 3 minutes. Stir in pasta. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Per serving: 293 calories (29 percent from fat), 9 grams total fat (4 grams saturated), 27 milligrams cholesterol, 33 grams carbohydrates, 20 grams protein, 546 milligrams sodium, 6 grams dietary fiber. Recipe developed for The Star by professional home economists Kathryn Moore and Roxanne Wyss.
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An updated masterpiece still pleases a picky palate By JILL WENDHOLT SILVA The Kansas City Star
When my daughter was a toddler I created an edible masterpiece — a throw-it-together, I’m-exhaustedfrom-work pasta dish featuring refrigerator staples: cubes of ham, frozen peas and crumbles of feta cheese. The dish pleased her picky little palate and was officially dubbed Bella Pasta, a nod to her nickname and her love of any noodle. So when The Star’s Penne With Smoked Turkey Sausage crossed my desk, I was eager for her to taste it and give me her verdict. And I’m happy to report that, at age 11, she was pleased with the slightly grown-up pasta dish, noting how it was so very like her own namesake dish. OK, so she probably didn’t figure out we had snuck in a whole-grain and fiber pasta instead of a traditional durum wheat version. Or that the tasty smoked turkey sausage has less saturated fat and sodium than ham, plus more protein than if we had substituted beef or pork sausage. Or that instead of feta, a saucy combination of reduced-fat chicken broth and a few tablespoons of low-fat whipped cream cheese were the new, lower-sodium stand-ins. As long as she still gobbles it up, I figure I’m doing my job as both a mother and a food editor. Shopping tips: This recipe was tested with Heartland Pasta brand whole grain and fiber penne. The product has the taste and texture of traditional pasta, but it’s also a good source of whole grain and fiber. Low-fat cream cheese has no more than 16.5 percent milk. When whipped, any cream cheese has fewer calories than regular because it has had air whipped into it.
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The joy of reading unlocks worlds and sends spirits to new heights I stood outside the school, waiting for my son’s class to come out. My daughter ran to me, gave me a hug, handed me her backpack, then ran to play with a friend. I scanned the throngs of children until I finally saw his disheveled hair, striped T-shirt and shorts. He spotted me across the vast playground. All noise vanished except for the dramatic orchestral music that swelled through the air. Daisies EMILY PARNELL floated from the sky, and columnist the world turned to slow-mo. We REACH EMILY pranced toPARNELL AT: ward each emilyjparnell @parnellmower.com other across the playground and crashed into each other’s arms in an exuberant embrace. “High five!” I yelled. At the same time, he screeched, “I met my goal!!” OK, there was no music. And no daisies. But he did nearly knock me to the ground and deafen me with his excitement, and we truly jumped together in happiness (and relief). My son had reached his quarterly reading goal. For those not familiar with reading goals, his school has a system called Accelerated Reader that assigns points to books based on level of difficulty and length. The kids read a book, then take a quiz on the book, to earn their points. Their goal is set based on their individual levels and test scores. Parents have online access to their children’s goals and progress, and many, many books are in the system. Unfortunately, my son has not been much of a reader. He has viewed it as a necessary evil. He does enjoy science books about various critters, and so he’s been collecting data on platypuses and hippopotami, and earning his points with those books.
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But I knew that if he could just find the right book — the right series — that he could fall in love with the written words of fiction. His sister was on the right track, often disappearing to her room to read. But my poor son dreaded diving in. And more concerning, he seemed to lack confidence that he was even capable of meeting his goal. I knew he could, and I was going to prove it — by making him prove it to himself. We made little progress the first month. We were rusty at the homework routine and fell often to the siren call of after-school bicycle rides, activities and playing with friends. Slowly, we found a groove for the other work, but often bedtime would roll around and there’d be no time to read. Finally, seeing he was falling dangerously short, I made an announcement. “There will be no more electronics until you meet your reading goal,” I said. Normally, he is not allowed screen-time except weekends. Until he met that goal, even weekends were out.
I added that if he didn’t meet it this quarter, the rule would continue to apply for next quarter too, meaning he’d have to say sayonara to Minecraft until nearly Christmas. He was panicked (i.e., motivated). I promised to help him, and emailed his librarian with his likes and dislikes and asked if she could help him find a book at his level. The next night he came home with a book. He read evenings, then asked to read in bed. On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, I fixed a fire in the fire pit and he wrapped up in a blanket and read by the fire. In the mornings, he would read rather than getting dressed. “Honey, we’ll be late for school!” “Just a minute, mom, let me finish this.” I was proud. He was ravenous to read, consuming book after book. Reaching the goal was wonderful and empowering, but knowing he’d found the joy of reading, I knew he’d been given a gift. Freelancer Emily Parnell writes every week.
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othing Bundt Cakes is back bringing bundt cakes in a big way. The national chain sells a variety of bundt cake flavors, including red velvet, white chocolate raspberry, cinna-
mon swirl and pecan praline, in a variety of sizes. Area franchisee Jim Edwards has opened the first area location at 13420 Metcalf Ave., Over-
land Park, the 80th shop for the Texas company. “A lot of people’s grandin Kansas. mothers made bundt Lakeshore, one cakes. It is kind of a throwof the nation’s back, nostalgic kind of leading retailers thing, a warm memory of of educational the past that we are bringmaterials for chiling back to life,” Edwards dren, plans to said. open Friday in JOYCE SMITH The cakes come in a vaMerriam Town riety of sizes, including jocoscape Center, 5670 Anthe bite-size bundtini to tioch Road. The TO REACH JOYCE SMITH, tiered cakes serving about 5,500-square-foot CALL 816-234-4692 OR 26 people. They can be store will offer SEND E-MAIL TO JSMITH@KCSTAR.COM decorated with ribbons, customers — inFOLLOW HER ON birthday hats, flowers, and cluding teachers TWITTER AND Nothing Bundt Cake deand parents — a FACEBOOK AT JOYCEKC. signs for special occasions wide selection of such as birthdays, Mothtoys and games er’s Day, “thinking of you” and designed to help children reach “thank you” gifts. developmental milestones and educational goals while still having Educational retailer fun. opening Merriam store The store will have free teacher Lakeshore Learning Store is workshops and family events opening its first area store and first throughout the year. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, families can come in for Free Crafts for Kids, a craft session that will range from making seasonal decorations to making cards or keepsakes. Lakeshore has 59 stores in 28 states.
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Lakeshore Learning Store plans to open Friday in Merriam Town Center, 5670 Antioch Road, Merriam.
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HCA Midwest wants to open an emergency care facility on the former Leona Yarbrough site at 10310 Shawnee Mission Parkway.
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“A lot of people’s grandmothers made bundt cakes. It is kind of a throwback, nostalgic kind of thing, a warm memory of the past that we are bringing back to life,” says franchisee Jim Edwards (left). His son Alex Edwards is manager of Nothing Bundt Cakes at 13420 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park.
lian pizzeria — in Parkway Plaza, at the northwest corner of 135 Street and Roe Avenue in LeaOwners of two Leawood wood. Now it is expanding again in restaurants to add large the center. The company is taking over event space 11,000 square feet on the center’s Specialty Cuisine Concepts east side and is converting the owns and operates Mio — an Ita- space into an event and conference lian trattoria — and Mio — an Ita- center called The Venue in Lea-
wood. Carl Brandt, director of operations, said the company would turn the strip center space into a “country club/resort-style” setting with a central bar and indoor fireplace, and an outdoor fireplace in a new landscaped patio area. A mid-January opening is scheduled, and it is taking reservations
❚ What is going in the former Leona Yarbrough restaurant in Shawnee? Plans are very preliminary but HCA Midwest wants to open an emergency care facility on the site at 10310 Shawnee Mission Parkway. Why is the Metcalf Kmart closing? The Overland Park Kmart store at 9401 Metcalf Ave. plans to close in mid-December. Howard Riefs, spokesman for Kmart, said the lease was not renewed. “The store closures are part of a series of actions we’re taking to reduce ongoing expenses, adjust our asset base, and accelerate the transformation of our business model,” Riefs said in a statement. “These actions will better enable us to focus our investments on serving our customers and members through integrated retail — at the store, online and in the home.” The store has 65 employees, and Riefs said they would have an opportunity to apply for positions at other Kmart and Sears stores. The store also is having a closing sale.
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Local woman works with horses to help others in business Michelle Salzman (left), a licensed social worker and registered nurse who lives in Overland Park, led an equine team-building exercise last week for workers at Steven Irwin’s Lee’s Summit dental practice at Blue Sky Stables in Belton. Among the group were (from left) Irwin, dental hygenist Meghan Hennier of Belton, dental receptionist Lynn Capra of Lee’s Summit and dental assistant Athena Maehofer of Lee’s Summit.
By RUTH BAUM BIGUS Special to The Star
When it comes to helping others, whether in a therapy session or corporate team-building, Michelle Salzman doesn’t horse around — well, maybe just a little. The Overland Park woman started Horse Sense KC earlier this year using her love for, and skill with, horses to work with groups and businesses looking to achieve certain goals. “Working with horses gives them opportunities to see their problems and find solutions to deal with them,” Salzman said. Salzman uses the equine approach to deal with such issues as time management, problem employees, bullying and empowerment. “The essence is how you’re going to work with a team to get something done,” she said. “Sometimes what’s obvious is not what you do.” Salzman discovered the therapeutic use of horses through her own work as a licensed clinical social worker. She uses a team method, developed by the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association, that uses a health professional and equine specialist. “Horses are very intuitive,” Salzman said. “They’ve found that horses and humans work well together — for things like teambuilding.… The military is using this with PTSD patients.… You’re learning what you’re going to do with people.” Salzman has been involved with horses for several years as a rider. “I saw the effects of my two horses on me, and I just knew they could help others,” said Salzman, who is also a registered nurse. After learning about the equine association and its approach, Salzman decided to become certified in its type of therapy. She attended
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two three-day trainings and earned her certification last October. Salzman connected with Roxanne Bremen at Blue Sky Stables in Belton to offer the specialized training beyond her therapy practice. Going to the business community with the training model seemed like a natural next step to Salzman. “Corporations are looking for ways to have a healthier workplace and more communication so that they operate healthier,” she said. “It’s a learning opportunity to see things in a different way.” The first step is talking with the client about what goals or issues to address. A session is set at the stable, using from one to three horses. “The mental health professional
and equine specialist are in the 1,500-pound animal to do what you IN A NUTSHELL arena at all times,” Salzman said. want it to.… The key is how to ap- COMPANY: Horse Sense KC “We’re there to ensure safety and proach the situation differently. OWNER: Michelle Salzman tell what we are observing during We have many different props they TELEPHONE: 913-221-3054 can use.” the session. Sessions are generally one hour, Salzman runs the client group with Salzman and Bremen sharing they can set up for a year. You have through a series of exercises. to find your niche.” “We’ll often ask them to do a task the fee. Salzman has used word of Salzman knows it may take a litwith the horse so the horse becomes a partner to them,” she said. mouth to attract customers to her tle while for the business side of The activity may involve using service; she’s in the process of de- her efforts to catch on, but she said props as hurdles and getting the veloping a website to add to her it’s worth the wait. “I enjoy this so much,” Salzman horse to go over the block. Some- marketing efforts. In addition, she times the activities are done with has made calls to various organiza- said. “It’s having an office without little talking, encouraging particip- tions letting them know about her walls.… I want to make sure this stays manageable so we can make iants to come up with non-verbal equine work. “It’s a very slow process,” she a difference. solutions to their task. “It’s very empowering to get a “If they’re trying to deal with said. “It’s not as prevalent in the someone who’s pushy, we ask Midwest. A lot of people are doing 1,500-pound animal to do what you them how are you going to get this it at residential facilities where want.”
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The music and choreography that wow the crowd are the product of countless weeks of work and grueling hours of practice for high school marching bands. Here Olathe East’s Orange and Blue Brigade marching band performs after the school’s homecoming game at the College Boulevard Activity Center.
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“It’s a lot harder than it looks,” head drum major Natalie Alton says about the Olathe East marching band. Here she leads the fight song.
On the march to excellence Olathe East’s award-winning crew hits all the right notes By MELISSA SCHUPMANN The Kansas City Star
s they loaded the bus in the late morning last month for a three-hour trip to Webb City, Mo., 150-some Olathe East High School students know all their work is about this moment. A two-day camp in June. A week and a half of band camp later in the summer. Before-school rehearsals. After-school rehearsals. Performing at football games. Weekend parades.
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It’s all a small pixel of what has gone into the big picture: A whole lot of work to prove they are the best when competing against other similarly driven marching bands around the region. Welcome to the marching band, circa 2013. Competitive high school marching bands today are certainly more complex than what they used to be. They not only perform at parades and high school football games, but
they also spend hours and hours perfecting their competition/halftime show, a 12-minute themed drill where the band simultaneously marches and plays four numbers with specific music and movements written for each. Most competitive marching bands, like Olathe East, will compete in an average of three shows throughout October, some local, some regional. This year, the Olathe East Orange and Blue Brigade trav-
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Summer band camp tests the endurance and determination of the Olathe East marching band’s mettle. But the kids persevere — and celebrate the end of their first week of band camp with a festive “hat day.” Each day of camp is designated as a spirit day with a particular theme.
eled to Webb City and Lawrence and were scheduled to perform at their final competition Tuesday in St. Joseph. “The discipline has evolved so much in the last 15 years,” said Jeff Smikahl, head band director at Olathe East. “What kids do now comparative to what kids did 10 years ago is unbelievable, in terms of how hard the drill is, how much movement there is.” And how competitive it is: These kids want to win. “It’s more fun than it looks, and it’s a lot harder than it
looks,” said Natalie Alton, a senior drum major in the Orange and Blue Brigade. “It’s a lot of time commitment, but most everyone who participates wants to be in it.” ❚ ❚ ❚ Marching band “season” is the fall, beginning with the first football game and parades in September and peaking with competitions, which began for Olathe East in late September with Webbstock IX in Webb City. But preparation began almost
a year before. As long ago as November, the band directors chose what next year’s halftime and competition show would be. “A lot of times we like to pick the halftime show for the next year when we’re finishing up marching season because that’s when your brain is most into marching band mode,” Smikahl said. That 12-minute show is the heart and soul of what a marching band does. The music was a stock piece the band bought, then customized specifically for
the show with music written by area composer Patrick McCarty and a drum sequence by Brandon Graves, the drumline instructor. The show that the collaborators — the band directors, composer and choreographers — designed for this year, called “Tribal Dances,” includes an intricate body movement sequence in the beginning, which uses original choreography by staff member Brian Penny, an assistant director for the color guard.
The competition show incorporates several visual elements: the band’s transition into different formations, dance sequences from the color guard — and even props. Giant props. This year, the prop used in “Tribal Dances” is an intricate wooden pyramid made up of pedestals and ramps, designed and built by band parents. The idea to use the pyramid was borrowed from a school in the Southwest and then tweaked and adapted by band parent
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Trent Hudak, who has an engineering background. From there, it took several weekends to construct, and another band parent even fabricated the metal pieces that joined the parts together. Wheels were added, the structure was painted, and band moms used fabric to drape over parts of it. Props are nothing new for Olathe East. One year, the band used a 30-foot long steel pirate ship, another year a giant inflatable iPod that parents made out of ripstop nylon. “We’re kind of known for having rather big props, it’s one of our things,” Smikahl said. “My thing on props is, they always look smaller on the field. ... We don’t do props every year, but when we do them, we try to do them big.” The props have been known to add an element of the unknown to the show. In 2010, his first year as head director, Smikahl experienced an “uh-oh” moment that stands out in his memory. The Orange and Blue Brigade’s show that year used five steel frames with ripstop nylon. The band was at a competition at KU and wind turned the nylon-covered frames into giant kites. One moved through the band like a sail across water. Despite the distraction, the band kept playing and ended up placing first in its division. “The kids did awesome, they just kept marching,” Smikahl said. “There’s this giant backdrop blowing across the field, and these kids are just marching it up. Some didn’t even know it happened.” ❚ ❚ ❚ That’s where the band’s hours of preparation pay off. First are the rehearsals in the first week of June to learn the music and practice over the summer. Players met with their sectional — the trombonnes, the trumpets, etc. — to practice as a group. Before field practice begins, players are given their own coordinate sheet, describing each set, the number of counts and exactly how many steps from the sideline and what yard line they’re supposed to be on.
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During a break in practice at band camp, sophomore Devon Ellicott takes advantage of the slight bit of shade cast by his tuba. At band camp, the band is heavy into learning the “Tribal Dances” routine.
Perched atop a tower, microphone in hand, marching band director Jeff Smikahl coordinates the Olathe East band’s practice.
Then the heavy work begins: a week and a half of band camp at the end of the summer, where they learn marching basics, then the entire show. Once school begins, it’s morning rehearsals four days a week and evening rehearsals on Monday night. And finally, once September hits, the performances begin: parade appearances, football games, and then, competitions. On a cool summer morning in August, the Olathe East marching band is spread out on a grassy practice field, wearing costumes they coordinated by section. The drumline is decked out in head to toe black Ninja attire, the trumpets in white Tshirts, each with a letter that together spell out the names of their directors. Each day of camp is designated a spirit day, and today is section day. It’s the second week of summer band camp, and they’re
heavy into learning “Tribal Dances.” It’s a casual atmosphere, until Smikahl, up on a tower with a microphone, signals that it’s time to start again. “Here we go, let’s do this!” he calls out, as the drum majors signal along and the band starts simultaneously moving and playing the opening segment. “Cut! That is a mess,” Smikahl says. “The quality of sound is excellent, we’re just having trouble with tempos.” The rehearsal continues like this: a series of frequent stops and starts, with critiques in between. The band members listen intently; most are upperclassmen and are accustomed to the drill. Color guard director Cathy Alcorn, along with assistants Penny, Lexi Glover and Darcy Hiebsch, go through movements with color guard, who have their own intricate sequences in the
show. The sun reaches higher and the temperature rises as the band begins to feel the heat. A few more segments later and it’s time for a water break. The music dies and the chit-chat starts. The practice field turns into a playground as the band of almost 150 scatter to all sides of the sideline, some going immediately to their jumbo water bottles and others sitting in small circles. And just like that, their 15 minutes of break time are up and they’re back on the field, instruments in hand, this time to practice the body movement sequence included in the opener. The movements are sharp and in sync — or they’re supposed to be; it’s early yet in the season. Brian Penny, an assistant director for the color guard, developed the moves specifically for the band.
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Homecoming night arrives for Olathe East, but before the marching band can perform, a small army of band parents — dubbed the Orange and Blue Crew — swings into action to unload trailers of instruments, as well as props for the “Tribal Dance” theme. One parent explains their vital role: “The kids can’t get any benefit if the parents aren’t involved.”
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Smikahl climbs back up to his tower, and assistant director Jennifer Creek is on the field to observe individual errors and little mistakes. “Set One. Let’s do a little dancing,” Smikahl says. And so begins the body movement, from the front of the line to the back. The band members may be tired, overwhelmed and unsure, but they push through, going over that last movement one more time until it’s just right. And practice has only just begun. ❚ ❚ ❚ The physical challenges of playing in a competitive marching band are similar to those experienced by athletes who participate in sports like football, according to 2009 research presented at the American College of Sports Medicine’s annual meeting. Marching requires stamina, focus, attention to detail and great memory work, to name a few. To say the Olathe East marching band works hard is an understatement, but they do so with great reward. The non-musical
Parent volunteers help keep the marching band on its toes, as well as properly dressed. Just before the pregame performance on homecoming night, freshman clarinet player Cali Hoyer needs a plume for her hat, which is helpfully supplied by parent volunteer Marlys Weirick.
benefits of playing in a high school marching band have shown up in countless research studies, most indicating that band students tend to perform better academically.
And students who decide to pursue marching band in college can earn scholarships; Kansas State and the University of Missouri, for example, offer marching band scholarships based on
instrument needs of the band and performance ability. But at a school like Olathe East with more than 2,000 students, being a part of a group can also foster a sense of self and belonging. “Just the environment (in the marching band) is completely different than anything else you would experience” at the school, said John Meyer, a senior and drumline major in the band. “It’s one big happy family. I don’t think a lot of people understand that. “It’s a place where you could be an outcast in the social chain of high school, but come into band and be completely welcome,” Meyer said. “We welcome everybody.” When Allie Brachtenbach was a freshman band member at Olathe East, two senior band members made sure her birthday was extra special by dressing in tuxedos and marching throughout the school that morning. They also put balloons in her locker. For a freshman in a school of more than 2,000, those band members made sure Allie’s
birthday was one she would remember. “Obviously there’s a lot of push all the time for the core subjects, math and reading and science,” Smikahl said. “And obviously those are important; standardized tests are important. But I’ve had multiple kids that have told me personally that they would have dropped out of high school if they wouldn’t have been in band. And at the end of the day, to teach them math and science and reading, you’ve got to have a reason for the kid to be here. And for some of those kids, it’s music.” ❚ ❚ ❚ On Friday, Sept. 13, it’s Homecoming. Four buses and two trailers line the parking lot at the College Boulevard Activity Center in Olathe. The Orange and Blue Brigade is here early for the homecoming football game, which starts at 7. Most in T-shirts and shorts, the band members grab a bite to eat around the stadium before the hustle and bustle of Friday night school football kicks in.
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A group of band parents, who call themselves the “Orange and Blue Crew” unload the trailers of instruments and the pieces of the “Tribal Dance” pyramid. On the south side of the field, instrument cases clutter a patch of grass, the students’ band uniforms hanging on the silver fence surrounding it. After they eat, the Orange and Blue Brigade make their way to the grass, now a changing station, before they warm up. A group of band parents assemble behind the fence, piecing together the pyramid they spent most of the summer constructing. “The kids can’t get any benefit if the parents aren’t involved,” said Jerry Meier, who also video tapes performances and has a son in the band. “It’s important to volunteer our time.” It’s an hour before game time, but the band will soon form a line to perform for the group of tailgaters in the parking lot. After they’re dressed, they huddle around Smikahl, who directs them as they begin warming up with Journey’s “Any Way You Want It,” and the school fight song. “Let’s pump up the volume a little bit,” Smikahl says. A band mom makes her way toward the group, fixing the hem on the uniform pants of a few tuba players as they continue to play their instruments. Then, in single file, the band moves from the grass to the parking lot, parents lined up to watch their kids in action. The drill team, standing in front of the band, dances along, their bright smiles and red lips accompanying the peppy sound behind them. After the song is over, it’s back to the grass for the Orange and Blue Brigade, who have a few more minutes to warm up before their pre-game show in front of the crowd in the stands. The crowd that has slowly been trickling into the stadium is now filling in quite nicely, the students in full force in their own section. The marching band begins moving toward the end zone on the south side of the field, ready to bring in some school spirit before the first home game of the
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“I’ve had multiple kids that have told me personally that they would have dropped out of high school if they wouldn’t have been in band,” says band director Jeff Smikahl, seen coordinating the Orange and Blue Brigade marching band.
Not all the music occurs on the gridiron. For homecoming, the band also entertains a tailgate party for alumni, parents and even grandparents. Among the revelers are Neil Rowland (right foreground), Marge Black and Nancy Rowland.
Hawks season begins. “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Woo!” The band cheers, marching toward the 50-yard line. Another rendition of “Any Way You Want It,” begins, followed by the crowd favorite: the fight song. The familiar sound of the drums begins, that da-da-da da! da! da! da! of the horns, and the crowd claps along, chanting as the band calls out: “O! E! H! East Hawks!” The pre-game show is over, as the band swiftly moves back toward the south goal line and huddles for a pep talk from Smikahl. “I want you to cheer, I want you to get into it,” Smikahl says. “Get excited. We don’t ever want to treat a performance like it’s a throw-away performance.” The band heads to its section of the stadium, where members will remain for the majority of the game, playing throughout to keep the spirit of the crowd and
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football team going. It’s a long night, especially since it’s Homecoming. Because the Homecoming Court crowning will take place during halftime, the band will have to wait until after the game is over to perform the real spectacle: “Tribal Dances.” Many of the band parents haven’t seen it yet, and they’re anxious to see what their kids have spent hours working on. ❚ ❚ ❚ The preparation, the bonding as a band has led them here: Webbstock IX in Webb City, Mo., on Sept. 28. The first competition of the season. Their hopes — their expectations — are high. Olathe East has been consistently successful over the years, placing first in their division in 2010 at the Heart of America Marching Festival in Lawrence and first in their division at the Missouri Western Tournament of Champions in St. Joseph in 2010. Last year, Olathe East won 2nd place in Division 1 at the Heart of America Marching Festival, also earning the Outstanding Marching Execution award. “It gives them a sense of pride and sets them up for success,” said Jan Bush, Olathe East band booster president. Like the wind that turned a prop into a sail during the competition at KU years ago, the weather threw Orange and Blue Brigade for a loop. Rain rolled into Webb City that Saturday, forcing them to compete inside a gymnasium. Space was limited and they couldn’t perform their signature visual effects. Competing against 27 bands from around the region, Olathe East placed 5th overall. An impressive feat, but for the students and their staff, it was not what they had hoped for. But when they boarded that bus for the return trip to Olathe they knew they would have more rehearsals, more events, and another chance to prove that they are better than fifth place. They’ve put in the work for first, after all, and won’t be satisfied until they get it. They got their next chance to prove themselves in October — last Saturday, to be exact.
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The Olathe East band proudly shows off the awards the group won at the Heart of America Marching Festival in Lawrence. Relishing the moment are Haley Pickert (from left); John Meyer; Natalie Alton; Allie Brachtenbach; and Genna Lind.
The Orange and Blue Brigade, along with the color guard, fell into their normal competition day routine. They met at Olathe East, rehearsed, loaded up the instruments, props and flags, and got on the bus to Lawrence. This time the weather cooperated, and the band was able to perform its full show in front of a stadium of spectators, proud parents and judges. They performed second to last out of 24 total bands. “We didn’t get to see any of the other bands, so you don’t know who you’re up against,” said assistant director Creek. “It’s so hard, because this isn’t a sport, there are no goals scored or points on a board. It’s a subjective art form,” Smikahl said. “We knew that we had a strong show, but you just never know.” After a long day of performances, the time all 24 bands had been waiting for finally arrived: awards.
The award for Outstanding Music Execution? Olathe East. Oustanding Marching Execution? Olathe East. Oustanding General Effect? Olathe East. Outstanding Percussion? You guessed it, Olathe East. And that wasn’t it. The Orange and Blue Brigade took home first in its division and the cherry on top: Grand Champion. With each announcement, there were hugs, cheers and jumping up and down from the students who put so much time into achieving perfection. “It was really fun to see, and the seniors were really emotional,” Smikahl said. “I told them, ‘This is one of those moments that you probably won’t ever have in your career. It’s a special moment that you will remember for the rest of your life.’ ” To reach Melissa Schupmann, send email to mschupmann@kcstar.com.
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Djembe drums, xylophones and guitars may not be typical instruments for marching bands — but then, Olathe East isn’t your typical band, either. A recent performance saw James Foos on djembe, Jenna Alton on xylophone and Corey Dean on guitar.
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Kelly Dippold of Overland Park will be one of the pacers in the KC Marathon. Dippold also ran the Boston Marathon this year.
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As Kansas City Marathon approaches, two local runners still have Boston on their minds By CHARLES REDFIELD Special to The Star
Many Johnson County residents getting ready for the Kansas City Marathon on Saturday at Washington Park. But two Johnson County women who ran in the Boston Marathon still have that on their minds as they prepare to participate in the Kansas City event. Leawood’s Kyla Christie, who will run in the half marathon Saturday, remembered how excited she was that she had qualified for
Boston. She has run four marathons and first started competing in 2002. “I trained so hard to get to that race and felt so blessed to be running with some of the best runners in the world,” she said. “The day was beautiful. I was not trying to do any PRs (personal records) that day, nor had I trained to do so.” But the scene after the two explosions near the finish line still lingers in her mind. “The excitement from all the people cheering along
every part of the course was so motivating, I crossed the finish line minutes before the first explosion,” she said. “When I heard the first explosion, me and the people around me felt the ground shake but didn’t think much about it. Maybe it was a cannon? “When the second explosion sounded, that is when things started to get scary.” The memories are still vivid today. “I feel so blessed that my children were not there, that my husband was on the op-
posite side of the street from the explosions and that I had crossed the finish line and was far enough away not to have seen anything that I could not erase from my mind,” she said. Kelly Dippold of Overland Park, who will be one of the pacers in the KC Marathon, also ran in the Boston Marathon but had finished by the time the explosions rocked the race. “I was already in my hotel room when the bombs went off,” she said. “I remember getting a telephone call
from a friend who was at the finish line letting me know what happened. “I remember the sounds of sirens and the sight of armored cars, military and police, and I remember the telephone calls from concerned family members, friends and co-workers making sure that I was OK.” Dippold was a world championship triathlete in 2012, winning her 50-54 age group in New Zealand. She began running marathons at the age of 34, took some time away and didn’t run an-
other marathon until she was 47. As a pacer in the KC Marathon, Dippold will help encourage runners. “As pacers, we are responsible for reaching the finish line at a predetermined time,” she said. “We try to encourage those runners who choose to run with us along the route, and we try to run the race as efficiently as possible. “I really enjoy the opportunity to meet new people and to help athletes reach their race-day goals.”
events this week By PETE GRATHOFF The Kansas City Star
According to Google Maps, it’s 22.4 miles from Kauffman Stadium to Kansas Speedway. From the Sprint Center to Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate, it’s a mere 22 miles. If you’re coming from Smithville to Union Station, the trip is a paltry 21.9 miles. Why the mileage lessons?
Because on Saturday, about 1,500 participants in the Kansas City Marathon will be running 26.2 miles. Whew. That’s a long way. The race begin at 7:05 a.m. with the start and finish at 22nd Street and Grand Boulevard, across from Crown Center. There also is a half-marathon (however, registration is full for that event) and a 5K race. Online registration ended Sunday,
but late registration for the 5K and full marathon will be accepted at the Health and Fitness Expo on Thursday from 3 to 8 p.m. and Friday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Crown Center Exhibit Hall A, connected to the Sheraton at the North end of Crown Center, at 2323 McGee St. Volunteers are still needed for the race as there will be a number of street closings — some-
thing to keep in mind Saturday. Go to www.waddellandreedkansascitymarathon.org for more information.
Watch party OHIO STATE: The Ohio State Alumni Club will meet at 2:30 p.m. Saturday for the Buckeyes’ football game against Iowa. Gathering is at Overtime Sports Bar and Grill, 11300 W. 135th St., in Overland Park and at the Bar 12
Sports Grill, 420 NW Englewood Road, Kansas City; www.kcbucks.org.
Coming up BIG 12 SOCCER TOURNEY: The Big 12 women’s soccer championship will take place Nov. 6, 8 and 10 at Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City. | Send email to pgrathoff@kcstar.com
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913 SPORTS high school power football rankings EASTERN KANSAS 6. Blue Valley Southwest (3-3, 2-3 LEAGUE 1. Gardner Edgerton (5-1, 5-1 EKL) Last week: Defeated Blue Valley North 56-14 The Trailblazers overmatched BV North, but they will have a tougher time in the district opener against Olathe South.
2. Bishop Miege (5-1, 5-1 EKL) Last week: Defeated Blue Valley West 21-19 With a high-quality win against the Jaguars, the Stags now roll into district play as a heavy favorite.
3. Blue Valley Northwest (4-2, 4-2 EKL)
EKL) Last week: Lost to Blue Valley Northwest 37-26 The Timberwolves battled the Huskies hard in defeat, and now a playoff berth probably is at stake against Blue Valley.
7. St. Thomas Aquinas (1-5, 1-4 EKL) Last week: Lost to Blue Valley 35-3 The Saints can erase a lot of frustration, including last week’s loss, with a strong start to district play.
8. Blue Valley North (0-6, 0-6 EKL) Last week: Lost to Gardner Edgerton 56-14 Again, the schedule shows the Mustangs no JOHN SLEEZER | THE KANSAS CITY STAR mercy with a district opener against Olathe St. James Academy's Alex King throws a pass in the first quarter of a game last week against Eudora. St. James East. went on to win the game 27-21.
Last week: Defeated Blue Valley Southwest 37-26 Three straight wins have the Huskies poised to SUNFLOWER make some noise in disLEAGUE trict play with a battle against Shawnee Mission 1. Lawrence Free State South next.
4. Blue Valley (4-2, 3-2 EKL) Last week: Defeated St. Thomas Aquinas 35-3 A solid bounce-back victory, particularly for the Tigers’ defense heading into a season-defining game with Blue Valley Southwest.
5. Blue Valley West (3-3, 2-3 EKL) Last week: Lost to Bishop Miege 21-19 With three consecutive losses, the breaks haven't gone the Jaguars’ way, but count out coach Scott Wright’s crew at your peril.
(5-1, 5-1 SL)
Last week: Defeated Shawnee Mission East 17-10 (OT) After ending SM East's unbeaten run, the Firebirds are now set up to win their second Sunflower League football title.
2. Shawnee Mission East (5-1, 5-1 SL) Last week: Lost to Lawrence Free State 17-10 (OT) Hit with adversity for the first time under new coach Dustin Delaney, look for the Lancers to bounce back strong in district play.
3. Olathe North (4-2, 4-2 SL) Last week: Defeated Lawrence 28-0
It’s never a bad thing to roll into district play off a shutout, and the Eagles seized some momentum for a tough path to the playoffs.
4. Olathe East (4-2, 4-2 SL) Last week: Defeated Leavenworth 31-13 Riding a three-game winning streak, it’s no real shock that the Hawks are red hot as they begin pursuit of a 12th straight playoff appearance.
5. Shawnee Mission West (3-3, 3-3 SL) Last week: Lost to Olathe Northwest 18-10 Who can blame the Vikings for having a hard time focusing on football, but we suspect coach Tim Callaghan will rally his kids for a strong district showing.
son hit another valley, but defeating Lawrence would be a big step toward a postseason peak.
6. Olathe South (4-2, 4-2 SL)
8. Lawrence (2-4, 2-4 SL)
Last week: Defeated Shawnee Mission Northwest 20-14 The Falcons continue to grind offensively, and now a defense that has allowed fewer than 17 points per game must get prepped for juggernaut Gardner Edgerton.
Last week: Lost to Olathe North 28-0 No reason to dwell on 11. Shawnee Mission the shutout, because a Northwest (1-5, 1-5 SL) Last week: Lost to win over Leavenworth puts the Chesty Lions in Olathe South 20-14 Consistently competiposition for a postseason tive, though it’s not reberth. flected by their record, the 9. Olathe Northwest Cougars hope to keep (3-3, 3-3 SL) Shawnee Mission East Last week: Defeated down. Shawnee Mission West 12. Shawnee Mission 18-10 Topped the Vikings in a North (0-6, 0-6 SL) tough game for both Last week: Lost to teams, but the Ravens Shawnee Mission South needed the momentum 24-6 heading into a brutal disCoach Don Simmons’ trict. squad might have made a few strides defensively af10. Leavenworth (2-4, ter having giv0en up 165 2-4 SL) points in previous three Last week: Lost to games. Olathe East 31-13 | Tod Palmer, An up-and-down sea- tpalmer@kcstar.com
7. Shawnee Mission South (3-3, 3-3 SL) Last week: Defeated. Shawnee Mission North 24-6 The Raiders still haven’t scored more than 28 points in a game (or allowed more than 27) as they enter a key showdown with Blue Valley Northwest.
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The Miami Heat played the Charlotte Bobcats in a preseason game on Friday night at Sprint Center. Chris Bosh (center) of Miami goes up for two points against Anthony Toliver (left) of Charlotte in the second quarter.
KANSAS CITY SPORTS WEEKEND ... NBA, SOCCER AND NFL U.S. Men's National Team midfielder Jermaine Jones (left) and Jamaica National Team midfielder Joel McAnuff collide while chasing the ball in the second half during Friday's game at Sporting Park. JOHN SLEEZER | THE KANSAS CITY STAR
Kansas City Chiefs fans cheer in the fourth quarter during Sunday's football game against the Oakland Raiders at Arrowhead Stadium. All the enthusiasm resulted in a decibel reading of 137.5, a record for crowd noise.
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Johnson County gets tough on geese in parks ohnson County is getting ready to treat Canada
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geese like the nuisances they have become in county parks. The new stance isn’t aimed at killing or even re-
moving the geese. It’s aimed at humans and their behavior. That’s the proper way to go, given all the problems wellfed geese can cause with their poop, which emerges on an average of every 12 minutes from the waterfowl. New rules approved earlier this month by the County Commission will allow park officials to issue a citation and/ or a $50 fine for people who feed geese in the parks. The rules — which also prohibit the release of trapped wild animals in the parks — won’t take effect until Jan. 1. That gives visitors plenty of time to learn about the new regulations and to start obeying them. Johnson County parks aren’t the only public places that have a geese problem. The waterfowl also have been causing problems at some parks and other public places in Kansas City and Jackson County. Among the good reasons listed by county parks officials for the new policy: “Aggressive waterfowl intimidate park visitors along the shore at Shawnee Mission Park. The accumulated waste of wildlife in public spaces is a health hazard on land and water with parasites..., bacteria such as Ecoli, and numerous viruses.” The county also has to clean sidewalks, boat ramps and boardwalks of waste from geese and other wildlife. Visitors to Johnson County’s parks have plenty of amenities to enjoy, including walking trails, lakes and picnic shelters. Feeding the geese, while tempting, should be avoided. If some visitors can’t obey that simple rule, they deserve the fines that could be coming their way.
Next time you need a backbone, let Malala’s example be your inspiration sually, they whisper. I’ll be at a social event or a school function, making small talk, when the whisperer leans in close. They all say pretty much the same thing: “I read your column. I agree with you. But I can’t say anything. Because … well, you know. Johnson County.” Yes, I know. Johnson County. A SARAH SMITH conservaNESSEL tive part the bubble of a bright-red state REACH SARAH smack in SMITH NESSEL AT: the midsarahinjoco@ dle of gmail.com America, where an awful lot of mental energy is spent on wondering, ‘What will the neighbors say?’ The little old ladies I remember from my Ozarks childhood would be proud of Johnson County. “Never discuss politics or religion in polite company,” they’d always say. I remember hearing that advice at about age 6 and wondering what “polite company” was. Whatever it was, it sounded really boring. I knew that Watergate had to do with politics and Jesus had to do with religion, and any time grownups talked about Watergate or Jesus, things got a lot more heated and interesting, even if none of it made any sense. Even as a child, I thought the politics-and-religion taboo was absurd. I didn’t have the language skills then to put it into words, but I do now: If you’re fearful of speaking your mind because of your friends’ potential
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reactions, you don’t need different topics. You need different friends. When it comes to conversation, I’m a fan of the approach that the Kennedy family is said to have taken: Never come to the dinner table without an opinion. Politics and religion? Bring it on. Little wonder that you know all about the Kennedys and nothing about those polite little ladies in my hometown, whoever they were. From time to time, I’ve wondered whether I should try to mellow a bit — to become a diplomatic builder of bridges, a uniter, a team leader. Could I be a non-controversial, civic-minded person who joins boards and organizes charity balls, who networks effortlessly and whose social calendar is perpetually full? Might I develop one of those refined-yet- approachable demeanors and a knack for putting people at ease? Could I ever be “polite company”? Apparently not. Every attempt I’ve made has been a failure. But that’s fine, because while I admire those people and think the world needs far more of their type, that doesn’t mean it needs less of mine. My husband is afflicted with the same characteristic. In just the past
few months, he’s seen his posts removed from Facebook pages and has been asked to censor his comments at public meetings, so as not to make elected officials or others in attendance “uncomfortable.” Every time it happens, I channel Winston Churchill: “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.” What the world needs more of — much more of — is people who aren’t afraid to make enemies. People like Malala Yousafzai. She’s the Pakistani schoolgirl who dared to stand up to the Taliban and talk about politics and religion — namely, the right of girls to be educated. She took a bullet to the face for it, and lived to tell the story. Don’t tell Malala what subjects to avoid in polite company. The next time you feel socially pressured not to express your opinion, think of her. Think about what a girl who stood up to one of the most repressive regimes the world has ever known would say if you tried to explain that you can’t really speak out because … well, you know. Johnson County. Freelancer Sarah Smith Nessel writes The Bubble on alternate weeks.
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GUNS IN PARKS In 913 on Oct. 2 there was an article, “Proposed park regulations include changes on weapons and wildlife,” on my now-adult children’s beloved childhood place, Antioch Park. There is a movement afoot to make it illegal to feed the birds in this park but totally legal to carry a weapon openly. This is truly a sign of the insanity that has become Kansas politics, across the state. People fear the gun lobby and will dare not say anything to jeopardize their precious political careers because, sadly, this has become a fact of life in our Old Wild West state of Kansas. If guns are permitted in places where kids are playing, then guns should definitely be allowed in city halls and other public government buildings across the state. What are politicians afraid of that our kids shouldn’t be? A loaded weapon? Think about the people of Kansas. Next time, vote with courage for the responsible ones. Kat Berger Overland Park
PARK’S NAKED ART Shades of our Puritan ancestors are emerging. They, and even some people today, go berserk when they even think someone is enjoying sex. Or even anything having to do with sex. And to them, what is sex? A part of the human body that all of us own: breasts. Or, heaven forbid, any mention of that thing which the other half own and use every day to do what nature
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intended it for. That statue at the Overland Park Arboretum has one breast exposed. Oh no! What will that do to our children when they see that? Our children? Who knows more than our Puritan fathers about sex? Those nice kids? Did you ever see one- Euro coin from Italy? Find one and check it out. There is a naked man portrayed on one side. Naked, as in no clothes. It is a drawing created by Leonardo da Vinci circa 1490 with his arms and legs apart and simultaneously inscribed in a circle and square. And his genitalia is available for all to see — even little schoolchildren. When they clutch a one Euro coin in their tender innocent fingers they cannot help it, they must touch the genitalia, which is raised above the rest of the figure. It is there. It is noticeable. And those unenlightened European countries that use the Euro? Their children must be nothing but sex fiends very early in life. Thank goodness our protected children do not have to touch that exposed breast in the park. Thank goodness they can only look. Jack Folse Overland Park
THOUGHT POLICE Once again we find our-
selves being told what we should look at and what we should teach. Phillip Cosby has nothing better to do than protest a statue at the Overland Park Arboretum, and John Calvert believes we need to forget about science, and teach intelligent design in school. Both of these people are religious zealots, and they want to impose their doctrine on the rest of us. The dangerous part is that these groups organize well and push their people to vote while the rest of us don’t see it as being that important. Look what happened to the politicians in Colorado who were recalled by the National Rifle Association. People who had no NRA affiliation didn’t bother to vote, and two good people were recalled for voting their conscience. We need to be very careful with John Calvert and Phillip Cosby because they can get their people to vote. Intelligent design should be taught at home or in church because it has no place in schools. Phillip Cosby simply needs to tell his flock to not visit the arboretum and to spend time at home studying with John Calvert about intelligent design. Watch these people very carefully. Tom Wolff Overland Park
HERBERT COLUMN I read Danedri Herbert’s Oct. 2 column, “The Pandora’s box of Obamacare is the first step to enslavement,” in the 913 section and found it extremely biased and without merit. She wrote of “the sheer
unsustainable cost of this monstrosity” when she had no facts to back up that statement. In fact, we do not know how much this program will cost. Some reports I have read state that the costs will be lower than anticipated. I am of the opinion that we do not know the current cost to all of us in paying for the currently uninsured who use the emergency rooms at hospitals for their health care. I have a friend whose son, at 23 years of age, was uninsured and had a motorcycle accident. He has incurred hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills, which he is obligated to pay for the rest of his life. There has got to be a better way. I think we need to give the Affordable Care Act a try. Terri Sullivan, PhD Fairway
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disarray to the disgust of the Johnson Drive busiMission is such a pleasant nesses. The city continues to look and wonderful place to live out for its homeowners. and work. First off, city officials promptly respond That is why currently there are dozens of homes on the to your inquiries and/or market and many vacant complaints. businesses on the Johnson This is done by responding, “We have not received Drive corridor. The latest inquiry was any complaints.” addressed to the mayor, The police chief is excity administrator and potremely concerned on any lice chief. Only the police noise violation by responchief responded. ding with the response, Apparently the other two “We have not received any were too busy to respond. complaints.” Even when you personal- What a wonderful city Mission is. ly talk to the affected hoWilliam Hahn meowners. The city has Mission street repair in a continual
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913 OPINION A sure-fire recipe for cooking up a disaster of a birthday party Editor’s note: This column was originally published in 2005. Over the last 15 years my wife has organized roughly 40 birthday parties with our four children. Thirty-nine were huge disasters. This is no criticism of my better half, mind you. Rather, it’s an inevitable fact of all birthday parties. Parties for boys have the largest potential for Titanic-like outcomes, but girl parties have their own “issues.” MATT KEENAN Here is my recipe for birthday flops: columnist 10. Raise your child’s expectations. Tell your child early REACH and often: “This is MATT KEENAN AT: going to be the best mattkeenan51@ gmail.com birthday party ever. Better than the party with the hot air balloon ride. Better than the party at the riding stable.” 9. Invite the entire class and subdivision. A large turnout will demonstrate just how popular your child really is. Toss them all in the basement and watch time stand still. 8. Pick unusual venues to outdo everyone else. Skating parties can create fun memories when toddlers fall and chip their teeth. Petting zoos can be interesting, especially during goat-mating season. 7. Set aside several hours for the big event. Encourage parents to go shopping and be inaccessible. Accede to your son’s demand that
he can open all the presents first, not last. Dead time will encourage the brats to get creative. 6. Serve candy and sodas with loads of caffeine. It’s a potent one-two combination kids love. 5. Coordinate with the Chiefs schedule. Schedule the party during a Chiefs game so dad can give his undivided attention. Let him drink a couple beers to “loosen him up” for when he needs to fill time with a couple makeshift magic tricks. 4. Invite scary clowns. Nothing can freak out toddlers quicker than a strange man with a bad wig, a red nose and shoes that curl up like those worn by the Wicked Witch of the West. Encourage the really shy ones to “go sit on his lap and get a special treat.” 3. Get siblings involved. Brothers love it when their sister steals all the attention. Have ample water balloons, sling shots and BB guns around when they get bored. Use those special candles that you can’t blow out. Converting the cake into one big spitball will add to the special memories. 2. Leave the dog and the cake in the same room alone. 1. Forget about record keeping. Sort out later who brought which gifts. Put a fitting end to the day by driving everyone home when it’s over. Depend on the 9-year-old guests to help navigate the culde-sacs and dead ends found in most subdivisions. This will extend the party another couple hours and improve your disposition considerably when you finally get home to pick up the mess. Freelancer Matt Keenan writes in this space every other week.
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Despite attempts to derail it, Obamacare deserves chance The emotional ride with Obamacare will not end soon. The raw feelings, especially among the opponents, are too deeply ingrained. The fears of losing whatever they think they are losing leaves them bitterly angry. Ironically, this widespread resentment is over a relatively small segment of the population, as Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius pointed out during a recent visit to BOB SIGMAN Kansas City. The nacolumnist tion’s new health care insurance program covers REACH the 15 percent BOB SIGMAN AT: bobsigman27@att.net of Americans who previously were uninsured. The other 85 percent of Americans will continue to obtain their coverage through their employer, Medicare, Medicaid or other ongoing group plans, the former governor of Kansas added. Here is what is bothersome about the reaction to the new law: Why are so many of the 85 percent doggedly against the 15 percent having access to better health care? It is because many have been convinced by a highly vocal opposition. Talk radio has been full of speculation about what is expected to happen. AntiObamacare commercials have saturated the airways. National organizations such as Americans for Prosperity have attempted to punch holes in the new plan. Some of the criticism has a point. Congress wrote a very complex law that is far from perfect. Amendments are in order. Advocates of The Patient and Affordable Care Act, or ACA as it is called, have not been as active. At least not until the few months leading up to the Oct. 1 launching of the online health insurance marketplaces. Amid the clamor, I sought neutral
ground. FactCheck.org was recommended. Many of the opponents, I find, do not like this website. I came away from it thinking the investigators were trying to analyze the claims fairly because they found fault on both sides. Without question the site offers a more objective view of the issues. By now, millions of Americans are taking advantage of Obamacare. A few of the provisions: ❚ Young people, up to the age of 26, now have health insurance through their parents’ plan. ❚ Insurance companies can no longer turn away patients with pre-existing conditions. ❚ Companies with fewer than 50 employees are able to obtain tax credits if they offer coverage. ❚ Some lower- and middle-income families are eligible for subsidies to help them buy insurance. Until the advent of Obamacare, many of the 15 percent of Americans who didn’t have coverage got their care at hospital emergency rooms. ER care is very costly medical treatment. Who pays for that care? The other 85 percent do, experts say. So, if I have this straight, the opponents of Obamacare are taking a position that takes money out of their pockets. In Kansas, about 52 percent of the population is covered by their employers and an additional 29 percent is in other health plans, according to the Kansas Health Institute’s news service. In Johnson County about 10 to 11 percent of the population is uninsured. As expected, there were glitches in the opening days at the Kansas marketplace website. It might have been better had Gov. Sam Brownback not turned down $31.5 million in federal money (our tax money) that would have helped set up the technological infrastructure for the health insurance marketplace in Kansas. Despite multiple attempts to derail the ACA, it has survived and should be given a chance to work. The dividends could be a healthier nation. Freelancer Bob Sigman, a former member of The Star’s editorial board, writes in this space once a month.
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The Star’s Steve Rose takes exception to “The End of the Suburbs” author Leigh Gallagher, who proclaimed, “The sprawl demon is dead. It is not coming back.” Rose disagrees, as he foresees millennials wanting to stay close to the better schools when they have children of their own, and says developer Darryl Rodrock is with him. What do you think? Deric Stewart: They will be forced to when their parents finally kick them out to go earn a living. Because their work ethic is questionable at best, it’s likely an urban apartment or condo is all they will ever be able to afford. Judith Kendrick: Probably and it would be a good thing for everyone; less need to drive a car; much more time to enjoy life and cities are interesting places to be. Rob Nicholas: The possibility is there if you clean up the crime, green up the neighborhoods, clear the trash off the streets, bulldoze the abandon and blighted homes and provide a light rail or dependable and reliable street cars plus jobs to top it all off. Kellista Rae Keaton: Ha! When the urban core can offer better schools then I’ll believe it. John Holloway: If you want to see the future of Johnson County, go to Chicago. We are about 50 years behind. Whatever the sociological reasons, the exponential growth in population even considering a low birth rate means that from St. Joe to Ottawa, Lawrence to Lone Jack, it’s going to be one solid mass of concrete. It’s a misunderstanding of the situation to think that living in the suburbs means one has to drive a lot. Where I live in Old Leawood I could ride my bike to the grocery store, my kids could walk or ride their bikes to all their schools and if Johnson County would ever just join The Metro, I could commute to work by bus. And would love to. Southern Leawood (and other
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distant suburbs) are actually set up better for this type of living, but the supporting service industry infrastructure is always the last to develop. A.J. Quigley: As the suburbs expand they will do so at the expense of the “inner suburbs.” In the case of Johnson County it will be at the expense of Roeland Park, Mission, Merriam, Shawnee and older areas of Overland Park and Shawnee. You can already see the impact of expansion with the closing of schools in Shawnee, inability to keep up with street repairs in Mission and the affect of the loss of a single Walmart store to the budget of Roeland Park. As long as there is land, developers will insist that the future is in unbroken ground, new schools and shopping centers further away from the city. The reality is that at some point a tipping point will be reached where the older communities will demand more in infrastructure repairs, utility upgrades, elderly housing, police and fire protection. Developers will continue to move further out simple because that’s how they make money. While Johnson County can laud its achievements in the 1990’s without a fresh look at trends in
employment, population aging, impact of costs of transportation on disposable income, etc the county will find that the cost of sustaining older suburbs will become a key issue. Sure, new development will likely occur all the way to Miami county, but who will really want to commute from the Miami county line to the Sprint Center for work? What price will people pay in actual cost and quality of life to work at the Cerner complex in Wyandotte county or the new Bannister Development complex. The community leaders need to really evaluate the future trends rather than let developers dictate what will happen. After all, once the developers make their money, they’ll be looking for more bare ground regardless of what happens in Roeland Park and Shawnee. Jim Breed: Liberals keep hoping for the death of the suburbs. Their utopian plans are constantly thwarted by people voting with their feet. The best example of this is the kcmo school district. Beth Schott: Mr. Rodrock as the builder of oversized energy inefficient houses to hold Escalades, Suburbans and granite countertops certainly has a vest-
ed interest in urban sprawl. Gosh, if only they could build neighborhoods that allow starter, midlife, empty nest and senior living all in an area where people could walk to schools and shopping. Ron Vanlerberg: Rodrock builds what sells and has set the standard for Johnson County, He started all the trends In a lot of the subdivisions with pools,walking trails, tons of landscaping, his business model sells and has created a huge tax base for the county. Did he make money along the way? Sure. Whats wrong with that? Streetcars and light rail systems are often brought up in discussions about public transportation. But boosters say rapid-transit buses can get the same job done, and better. Which solution is more appealing to you? Karen Jones: Buses would be more easily expandable and flexible. What do you do if you spend a bunch of money for light rail and then ten or twenty years later the populations shift and the locations your transit is near are no longer where people want to go? A bus route, on the other hand, can be changed to reflect where people want to go. And putting up a few new bus shelters is no where near as expensive as
changing rail routes. I would love to use buses, but I live in southern Olathe. Although there are buses here, the routes are more focused for commuters going downtown or to the Sprint complex. Not people running errands. They do have appointment-only buses where you can call ahead and a route is planned based on where everyone needs to go and when. But that’s pretty much just for the disabled and non-driving seniors. I think you have to have enough routes to be useful before you’ll get much interest in using them. Unfortunately, that means you’re kinda operating on a “if you build it, they will come.” basis. Which may or may not pan out in the end. Thomas Osborn: I have been opposed to streetcars from the beginning because it operates along existing BRT lines and is less efficient. Of course, no one actually does any research when they can just spend $101M taxpayer dollars. Esperanza Garcia: Rapid transit buses work great when they are available through different parts of the city and when they run frequently. It’s crazy that some parts of the city only has buses that run once an hour (until 6 p.m.!) or that it can take 2 hours to get somewhere 5 miles away. Yes, I’m speaking from personal experience. Jeff Berger: What’s the safest way of transportation? Cindi Runowski: Rapid transit off the ground, buses get stuck in traffic too. Maureen H Loyacono: All of it need buses and lite rail - see Denver Co for example. Greg Terry: Light rail. It is cleaner and faster then buses. Karen Jones: But buses are still cleaner than having everyone drive their own cars instead. Assuming you have a decent number of bus riders, anyway.
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Going back to your alma mater for homecoming gives you a chance to relive the best parts of college. There are no classes or tests to worry about. You don’t have to nurse a hangover while writing a paper due by midnight. You’re well past 21, so there’s no paranoia about getting a ticket for underage drinking. And with a steady income, you don’t worry quite so much about the price of drinks. Somehow, homecoming always falls on the most beautiful day of the season. Moon-eyed adults walk around campus in a constant state of nostalgia. Every conversation starts with “Remember when” and ends with “Those were the days.” Everyone is a storyteller, eager to relay their collegiate experiences to anyone who will listen. Homecoming gives us a free pass to act like an undergrad again. On any other weekend, you might feel like an outsider — but for one glorious weekend, the bars are filled with familiar faces. Free from scholastic obligations, your only assignment is to re-enact your college days as much as possible.
And this is your one shot all year to do this free from judgment. There are no adult responsibilities on homecoming weekend, we’re all just 21year-olds looking for the next free beer. The football game is just the background music. You don’t really care about the score, unless it’s the score of the beer pong game you’re dominating. The real sporting event here is the drinking — if you’re going to act like an undergrad, might as well drink like an undergrad. The day drinking starts well before kickoff and continues well into the night. Crack your first beer before noon. Wander around tailgates in search of familiar faces. Shotgun a beer before kickoff, because adult life offers very few opportunities to drink a beer in 30 seconds. Track down as many old friends as you can. Find the ones who moved to the far edges of the country, because their enthusiasm knows no bounds.
They want to squeeze in as much as possible before returning to their real lives. Visit every one of your old haunts, because this is the one time your college town feels the way it did when you were a student. Go back to your favorite underage bar, just for old times’ sake. Laugh about how old it makes you feel to be surrounded by 19-year-olds. Try not to think about how they were born in the late ’90s — it will only make you feel worse. Walk by your old house and reminisce about the tailgates you threw. Tell stories about the long, drunken walks home from the bars and marvel at how you ever made it home safely. Stay out well past your usual postgrad bedtime. Eat a piece (or three) of greasy pizza from your favorite restaurant. Laugh about the cheap drinks that always seemed so expensive at the time, and guzzle all the cheap beer you can find. Ignore the thoughts of your
hangover tomorrow, and don’t let them bring you down. Take in as much as you can before it all disappears again. As a student, I never fully appreciated homecoming. To me, it was just another home football game. I had plenty more to attend in the years to come. In the thick of things, I took homecoming for granted. But as each year of undergrad ticked by, I knew I would eventually grow to appreciate it. My college glory days have long since slipped away. As I inch closer to my mid-20s, the number of friends who return for homecoming dwindles. Everyone is getting married, starting families, moving away and collecting excuses that keep them from acting like they’re 21 again for one day each fall. Eventually, I know I’ll be one of them, too. So, for now, with each toast, I say a silent prayer that we’ll be together to do it all again next year. Andrea Olsen is a weekly contributing columnist who writes about her adventures in Kansas City. She’s never met a dive bar she didn’t love. Follow along on Twitter and Instagram: andrea_l_olsen
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KC Fear Farm When: Opens at dusk Friday and Saturday Where: 29755 W. 191st, Gardner What: You can try any of five haunting adventures ($21); also Zombie Apocalypse Paintball ($15). Info: kcfearfarm.com, 913.484.6251
Pumpkin Hollow When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday through Sunday Where: Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead, 13800 Switzer What: Hayrides, corn tunnel and pumpkin picking are just a few of the activities. $7. Info: drfarmstead.org, 913.897.2360
WEEKENDS THROUGH OCT. 27 Halloween Haunt When: Hours vary. Where: Worlds of Fun What: The park website says Worlds of Fun “transforms into a horror-filled nightmare … with terrifying creatures around every corner to thrill rides that’ll haunt your dreams.” $29.99 to $49.99. Info: worldsoffun.com, 816.454.4545
THROUGH OCT. 31 The Chambers of Poe haunted house When: 8 p.m. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Halloween night Where: 1100 Santa Fe What: Scary stuff at this house were inspired by the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Benefits Dream Factory. $27, with combo tickets available for Chambers of Poe, Macabre Cinema, Edge of Hell and the Beast. Info: chambersofpoe.com, 816.842.4280
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THROUGH OCT. 31 Shocktober When: Days and times vary Where: Screenland Armour, 408 N. Armour, North Kansas City What: Monthlong showings of classic horror flicks, culminating Oct. 31 (8 p.m. and 10 p.m.) with “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Also, a Halloween Party and Roast on Oct. 26. Info: screenland.com/armour
THROUGH OCT. 31 KC Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. Where: 29755 W. 191st, Gardner What: Pick a pumpkin and matriculate the maze. Tickets are available for $9 online. Info: kcpumpkinpatch.com, 913.484.6251
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Macabre Cinema haunted house When: 8 p.m. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Halloween night Where: 1222 W. 12th What: Scenes from horror movies are shown, and you can check out real movie sets. Benefits Dream Factory. $27, with combo tickets available for Chambers of Poe, Macabre Cinema, Edge of Hell and the Beast. Info: macabrecinema.com, 816.842.4280
The Beast haunted house When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday through Oct. 20, then evenings through Nov. 2 and Nov. 8 and 9 Where: 1401 W. 13th What: Promoters say there are 30 dramatic scenes with “movie-quality special effects.” $27, with combo tickets available for Chambers of Poe, Macabre Cinema, Edge of Hell and the Beast. Info: kcbeast.com, 816.842.4280
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The Edge of Hell haunted house When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday until Oct. 20, then evenings through Nov. 2 and Nov. 8 and 9 Where: 1300 W. 12th What: You can enjoy a fivestory fright featuring “world’s largest living snake.” $27, with combo tickets available for Chambers of Poe, Macabre Cinema, Edge of Hell and the Beast. Info: edgeofhell.com, 816.842.4280
Ghost Tours and Paranormal Investigations When: Tours, 6 p.m.; investigations, 9:30 p.m. Where: Alexander Majors House, 8201 State Line What: Visitors on one-hour, lantern-lit tours will learn about Civil War legends and strange events ($15). The more serious paranormal experience will last three hours ($50). Food will be served 5:30-8 p.m. each evening. Info: wornallhouse.org, 816444-1858
Boo at the Zoo When: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Kansas City Zoo, 6800 Zoo Drive What: Zoo will be filled with spooky decorations, entertainment and activities, with trick-or-treat stations around the grounds. Zoo admission ranges from $4 to $11.50. Info: kansascityzoo.org, 816.513.5800
OCT. 17 Halloweenie Roast When: 6 p.m. Where: Midland theater, 1228 Main What: The Naked and Famous; Portugal. The Man, and other acts will perform. $17 in advance, $22 at door. Info: midlandkc.com, 816.283.9921
OCT. 18 to 19 and 25 to 26 Night of the Living Farm When: 6 to 9 p.m. Where: Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead, 13800 Switzer What: Activities include a haunted horse-drawn hayride and a flashlight scavenger hunt. $8. Info: drfarmstead.org, 913.897.2360
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OCT. 19 Hammerween IV When: 5:20 p.m. Where: Uptown Theater, 3700 Broadway What: Music will be provided by Troglodyte and Hammerlord, among others. $10 or $6 if you’re in costume. Info: uptowntheater.com, 816.753.8665
OCT. 19 HillOween When: 7 p.m. Where: Starlight Theatre, 4600 Starlight Road What: Costumed adult fun with the theme of “Fairytales and Nightmares.” Benefits TeamSmile (oral health care for underserved children). $100 and up. Info: hilloween.org
OCT. 19 Pumpkins on Parade When: 4:30 to 9 p.m. Where: Cave Springs Park, 8701 Gregory
What: Hundreds of carved, lighted pumpkins will be on display. Free admission. Info: jacksongov.org, 816.547.9679
OCT. 19 Hammerween Afterparty When: 11 p.m. Where: Riot Room, 4048 Broadway What: High Rise Robots, In the Shadow and Night Creation will play. $5. Info: theriotroom.com, 816.442.8179
OCT. 20 “Ghosts of Order No. 11” Cemetery Walk When: 2 to 4 p.m. Where: Woodlawn Cemetery, 701 S. Noland Road, Independence What: Personal stories from the darkest days of Civil War in Missouri. Tours leave every 10 minutes from Newcomers Funeral Home. $10 adults, $5 for ages 8 to 18. Info: visitindependence.com
OCT. 24 RiffTrax Live: “Night of the Living Dead” When: 7 p.m. Where: Barrywoods 24, Cinemark 20 (Merriam), Olathe Studio 30, Cinemark 14 (The Palace), Kansas City 18 (Ameristar) and Southwind (Lawrence). What: Comics have some fun while the movie plays. Info: fathomevents.com
OCT. 25 Friday Fright Night When: 6 p.m. Where: Oak Grove Park, Gladstone What: Kids can rake in some candy, listen to stories and eat free hotdogs. Info: gladstone.mo.us, 816.423.4091
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from page 9 OCT. 25 to 26 BeWitched! When: 8 p.m. Where: The Red Room in Nica’s Lagniappe, 320 Southwest Blvd. What: Burlesque Downtown Underground’s Halloween show will include Foxy Von Trap, Felicity Flexile, Fifi Glitterbomb and others. $15.
OCT. 25 to 26 Spirits From the Past When: 6 to 9 p.m. Where: Missouri Town 1855, 8010 E. Park, Lee’s Summit What: The village comes alive after dark with ghosts and other creatures, as well as a haunted hayride. $9; reservations required. Info: jacksongov.org/missouri town, 816.503.4860
OCT. 25 Black and Orange Bash When: 7 p.m. Where: Boulevard Brewing Co., 2501 Southwest Blvd. What: Dress in costume, drink beer and listen to music while supporting the Child Abuse Prevention Association. $50. Info: blackandorangebash .org, 816.252.8388
OCT. 25 Fright Night When: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Where: Copley Quad, Park University, Parkville What: Park University’s annual free celebration is geared for children, with trick-or-treating, games, crafts and other stuff. Info: park.edu, 816.584.6375
OCT. 25 Halloween Party When: 7 p.m. Where: Maloneys, 7901 W. 79th, Overland Park What: DJ Lolly starts at 9 p.m., and prizes for the costume contest will be awarded at midnight. Info: maloneyssportsbar.com, 913.385.9595
OCT. 25 Halloween Bash When: 8 p.m. Where: The Landing, 1189 W. Kansas, Liberty What: Hip-hop tribute band
Dolewite will play, and a costume contest will award $300 for first place. Info: landingeateryandpub .com, 816.792.5230
OCT. 25 Temptation at the Station When: 8 p.m. Where: Union Station, 30 W. Pershing What: This is a big party, with 16 full bars, DJ Eric Coomes and prizes for costume contests totaling more than $20,000. $45 general admission, $85 VIP. Info: temptationatthestation .com
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OCT. 25 to 26 The Zeros Halloween Party When: 9 p.m. Where: The Brooksider Bar and Grill, 6330 Brookside Plaza What: Get into the Halloween spirit with 1980s music. Also, costume contests both nights. Info: brooksiderbarandgrill .com, 816.363.4070
OCT. 26 Halloween Trick or Treat When: Regular business hours Where: Downtown Parkville What: Shops and businesses will provide trick-or-treating for children. Info: parkvillemo.org
OCT. 26 Halloween Hustle When: 8 a.m. Where: Race course TBA. What: Run or walk 5K or 10K in benefit for Harvesters. $25 to $40. Info: kctrack.org
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Free Comic Book Day of the Dead When: 10 a.m. Where: Elite Comics, 11842 Quivira Road, Overland Park What: This is a serious costume contest, complete with a professional photographer and souvenir T-shirts. Info: elitecomics.wordpress .com, 913.345.9910
OCT. 26 Nightmare on Waldo Street When: 8 p.m. Where: Lew’s Bar & Grill, the Well, the Shot Spot, Quinton’s, Bob Baker’s, Tanner’s, Charlie Hooper’s, Michael Forbes, Blue Grotto What: Trolleys will transport you from spot to spot, where you can redeem your drink tickets and enter costume contests. Drink tickets also can be used Oct. 31. $15 to $20. Info: nightmareonwaldo.com
Historical Hauntings When: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Where: Shawnee Town, 11600 Johnson Drive, Shawnee What: Free activities will include hayrides, trick-ortreating and costume contests. Info: shawneetown.org, 913.248.2360
OCT. 26 to 27 Prowl-o-ween at Cedar Cove When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Oct. 26, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 27 Where: Cedar Cove Feline Sanctuary & Education Center, 3783 Kansas 68, Louisburg What: Fundraiser for the center will include viewings of its big cats, as well as a haunted house and treats for children. Info: saveoursiberians.org, 913.837.5515
OCT. 26 to 27 Trick or Treat on the Farm and Boooo Barn When: 1 to 4 p.m. Where: National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame, 630 N. 126th, Bonner Springs What: If you want to experience Halloween on the farm, this is the celebration for you. The highlight is a kid-friendly haunted barn. $5. Info: aghalloffame.com, 913.721.1075
OCT. 26 Howl-O-Ween Bash When: 6 p.m. Where: Howl at the Moon, 1334 Grand What: You’ll find drink specials and dueling pianos along with a costume contest with The Associated Press prizes worth up to $5,000. Info: howlatthemoon.com/ The 1978 horror film classic “Halloween,” starring Jamie Lee Curtis, will play at Terror on the Plains locations/location-kansas-city, Horror Festival at Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet on Halloween. 816.471.HOWL
OCT. 26 Trick-or-Treating in Downtown Overland Park When: 2 to 4 p.m. Where: Downtown Overland Park
What: Check in at the clock tower patio for a list of participating businesses and for children’s entertainment. Info: downtownop.org
OCT. 26 Independence Halloween Parade When: 3 p.m. Where: From Pleasant and Walnut streets to McCoy Park What: Anything from floats and school bands to costumed individuals and horses can march in 65th annual event. Info: ichamber.biz
OCT. 26 TLE Boo Fest When: 3 to 8 p.m. Where: Exchange City and EarthWorks, 8300 N.E. Underground Drive, Pillar 108H What: Fundraising event will include games, educational experiments and trick-ortreating. Info: tlekc.org, 816.659.8543
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OCT. 26 Boo Ball When: 6:30 p.m. Where: The Pavilion at John Knox Village, 520 N.W. Murray, Lee’s Summit What: This Halloweenthemed ball with two live bands is a benefit for a new infusion center and the renewal fund at St. Luke’s East Hospital. Info: saintlukesgiving.org, 816.347.4929
OCT. 26 Monster Dash 5K When: 7 p.m. Where: City Market, 20 W. Fifth. What: Runners will compete for age group awards as well as best costumes; also, Lil’ Monsters’ Kids Run. $15 to $35. Info: kcmonsterdash.com
OCT. 26 “The Haunted Orchestra” When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Liberty Performing Arts Theatre, 1600 S. Withers, Liberty What: Liberty Symphony Orchestra will begin its season with concert of creepy classics. $5 to $18. Info: libertysymphony.org
OCT. 26 Halloween on the Hill When: 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Where: Martini Corner, 31st and Oak What: Each of the six bars will have a different horrormovie theme; also, DJs and a costume contest. $20 cost includes two drink tickets. Info: halloweenonthehill.com
OCT. 26 Halloween Pooka Party When: 8 p.m. Where: Harling’s Upstairs, 3941 Main What: Eddie Delahunt provides an Irish musical take on Halloween that will benefit the Good Samaritan Project of Kansas City. $10 donation. Info: eddiedelahunt.com
OCT. 26 Haunted House Party When: 8 p.m. Where: KC Live!, Power & Light District What: Big bash will feature Projekt-X and more than $5,000 in prizes for the costume contest.
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OCT. 26 Sharks Annual Halloween Bash When: 8 p.m. Where: Sharks Billards, 10320 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Shawnee What: Costume contest, $15 buckets of beer and DJ Lolly starts at 9 p.m. Info: sharkskc.com, 913.268.4006
OCT. 26 Party Monster VIII When: 9 p.m. Where: VooDoo Lounge, Harrah’s Casino, North Kansas City What: DJ Bobby Keys will host the festivities, which are highlighted by a big-time costume contest. $13 to $18. Info: voodookc.com
OCT. 27 Not-So-Spooky Ghost Stories and Autumn Festival When: 1 to 4 p.m.
Where: Alexander Majors House, 8201 State Line What: Storytelling, demonstrations and other activities will entertain the kiddos. $10. Info: wornallhouse.org, 816.444.1858
OCT. 27 “Night of the Living Dead” When: 8 p.m. Where: Grinders, 417 E. 18th What: Free film will be outdoors, so bring something to sit on — and maybe a warm jacket. Info: grinderspizza.com, 816.472.5454
OCT. 29 Mix 93.3 Boo Bash When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Independence Events Center, 19100 E. Valley View Parkway, Independence What: Paramore will headline, with Metric and Hellogoodbye also playing. $29.50 to $57.95. Info: independenceevents center.com, 816.442.6100
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All ’80s Jam-O-Ween and Halloween Party When: 9 p.m. Where: Jerry’s Bait Shop, 13412 Santa Fe, Lenexa What: There will be costume parties on both nights. Info: jerrysbaitshop.net, 913.894.9676
OCT. 31 Halloween Festivities When: 4 to 6 p.m. Where: Briarcliff Village, 1300 N.W. Briarcliff Parkway What: Merchants, residents and community groups will distribute candy and other goodies to kids younger than 12. Info: briarcliffkc.com
OCT. 31 Halloween Hellraiser When: 7 p.m. Where: Aftershock, 5240 Merriam Drive, Merriam What: Las Vegas heavy metal
band Hemlock will play, along with Kansas City, Kan., band Vanlade. Info: 913.384.5646
OCT. 31 Trick or Treat Street When: 4 to 6 p.m. Where: Brookside Shopping District, 63rd and Wornall What: Merchants will provide treats for the kids. Info: brooksidekc.org, 816.523.5553
OCT. 31 Terror on the Plains Horror Festival When: 6 p.m. Where: Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet, 1400 Main What: You can be scared by an hour of short horror films and by the 1978 classic “Halloween.” $7. Info: drafthouse.com/movies/ halloween/kansas_city
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When summer ended, I pretty much abandoned my search for Cronuts in Kansas City. The croissant-doughnut hybrids originated from Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York City. According to the bakery’s website, the pastries start with a laminated dough that fluffs into buttery layers when it’s fried in grapeseed oil. Cronuts are rolled in sugar, filled with cream and coated in glaze before they’re sold to people who come from all over the world to get a taste. I wish I could tell you what it’s like to
bite into a Cronut, but I can’t — Dominique Ansel Bakery has Cronuts trademarked, so you won’t find them in bakeries around here. But that’s not stopping a local restaurant and doughnut shop from selling decadent Cronutinspired sweets. Final Cut Steakhouse, a restaurant inside the Hollywood Casino in Kansas City, Kan., makes a jackpot of a dessert called Croissant Doughnuts ($8). To make it, chef Nick Estell mixes up croissant dough, rolls it into thin layers, then stacks them with butter in between.
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Richard Drew, The Associated Press Chef Dominique Ansel introduced Cronuts at his New York bakery in May 2013, and bakeries in London, Toronto, Seoul and elsewhere have copied it.
Once all the layers are stacked, Estell slices the dough into rings and fries them until they’re golden brown and crispy around the edges. Two scoops of homemade butter pecan ice cream and a creamy, dreamy cinnamon anglaise sauce top off the still-steaming doughnuts. “It tastes like heaven,” says server Dan Brent, who recommended the Croissant Doughnuts dessert to me. “Just thought you should know.” Final Cut’s Croissant Doughnuts dessert was all about contrasts: The doughnuts were hot and crispy on the outside and buttery-soft on the inside. As the ice cream melted, it seeped into them and swirled with the cinnamon anglaise, forming a symphony of sweet fall flavors. It’s no wonder Brent and other Final Cut servers crowd the kitchen when Estell fries up the leftover doughnut holes. If you’re looking to go all in, pair the Croissant Doughnuts dessert with a Banana Bread Martini, $12, which sommelier Chris Harmon makes with Nocello walnut liqueur, Creme de Banana, vanilla vodka and Frangelico, a hazelnut liqueur. The drink tasted like a warm slice of banana bread and gave me enough liquid courage to gamble for the first time in my life. I lost $2 in a slot machine and left the casino on a sugar high. If you live on the Missouri side — or if you don’t do casinos — don’t worry. You can also get Cronutinspired doughnuts at Big Daddy’s doughnuts, 17055 Bel Ray Blvd. in Belton. Co-owner Sarah Boos tried making doughnuts with croissant dough, but they came out too rigid. So she uses layered doughnut dough to make her “Croi-daddys.” The process is intensive — Boos says Croi-daddys take a full day to make — but the results are fluffy, moist and about the size of a croquet ball. Since Big Daddy’s debuted its Croi-daddys a month ago, “it’s been going like gangbusters,” Boos says. “We only make them Wednesday through Sunday because it’s really time-consuming,” she says, and they usually sell out by 10 a.m. Original Croi-daddys cost $3. Boos says she also makes a “to die for” cream cheese-filled version — those cost $4 each. That’s more expensive than an 89-cent glazed doughnut — but way less than a Cronut pilgrimage to New York City. Enteprise reporter Sarah Gish writes about dining every first and third week of the month. Contact her by emailing sarah@inkkc.com or tweeting @sarah_gish.
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little humility in the young is always appreciated, right? So go apply for a job, and once you’re in, listen a lot and talk very little. Learn the ropes. With experience and the wisdom that comes with it, maybe you can strike out on your own some day. Screw that. Tyler Beckett, Katie Yeager and Pete Mesh — all in their 20s —wanted to launch themselves and their new ventures now, not later. They have their reasons, but the shared and biggest one is this: “Nothing to lose.” No spouses, no kids, no personal stuff they really need to acquire, no futures beyond their own to consider — nobody depending on them not to fail. They also have no intention of going down, of course. But even more, they have no intention of taking loved ones with them. “I could risk everything and lose nothing,” says Beckett, who launched Hugo Tea Co. in Kansas City last December. “Why would I not do it?” “It’s just my personal situation I’m risking,” says Yeager, head of a start-up real estate company in Overland Park called Your Future Address. “I can pick myself up.” “I can take the chance,” says Mesh, who has opened the North End deli, reviving a venerable shop in the Columbus Park neighborhood. “It gives me an edge.” They have other things in common, particularly passion and high energy. And a certain ghost of a fear: If they don’t light their entrepreneurial fire now — before the advent of family and regular paychecks — maybe they never would. The three inadvertently have become part of the ongoing discussion in the entrepreneurial world about which path is best. Do it now or do it later? Turns out early-onset entrepreneurship still isn’t the norm. While some famously successful ventures were begun by the young — Facebook, Google, Apple — the average age of start-up leaders is actually close to 40.
TEA TIME For starters, Tyler Beckett, 26, never thought of himself as a company kind of guy. That is, getting good at a specific task and moving up the ranks. He got his MBA from the University of Missouri after an undergraduate degree in “interdisciplinary studies,” which he acknowledges sounds a little unfocused. “I wanted to take the courses I wanted to take,” he says. “And I never wanted to be a robot in the corporate world — not that there’s anything wrong with
With his Hugo Tea Co., Tyler Beckett has jumped into business ownership.
“I could risk everything and lose nothing. Why would I not do it?” TYLER BECKETT that.” Well, maybe a little. But if not that world, what? Beckett doesn’t believe there’s one “soulmate of a job” for every person, but he does believe in finding and following one’s interest. His happens to be tea. That goes way back to his growing-up years in Cameron, Mo. His mother served lots of iced tea. He never did get hooked on coffee. At all. “I’m a tea drinker in a coffee culture,” he admits. The entrepreneur thing started early, too. When he was in second grade in the mid-1990s, smack in the middle of the dinosaur unit, his grandparents bought a computer, color printer and Microsoft Encarta, a digital encyclopedia. “I was amazed by this,” he says. “You
could look up anything.” Beckett didn’t care that much about dinosaurs, but he noticed everybody else did. They wore dinosaur backpacks. So he went to his grandparents’ and made dinosaur printouts, bundled them into picture packets and sold them at recess. “This went on for a few days,” he says. “But it got shut down. Apparently selling things to other kids was not OK.” With tea, he cares. He believes tea should be people’s drink of choice rather than coffee or energy drinks. Tea is healthy and more efficient to produce, about half the cost of a cup of coffee. But he knows what he’s up against. Tea continues to have a branding problem, he says. If tea is overly associated with folks who do yoga and prefer wheatgrass shakes — not that there’s
anything wrong with those things — then lots of other people won’t think tea is for them. Beckett wants his Hugo Tea Co. to succeed financially, but he also wants to create a tea culture. “The more tea people drink in lieu of everything else, everybody wins,” he says. Beckett became an expert about tea and the tea trade all over the world, contacting and hiring brokers and agents to import what he considers the best. At his warehouse off Southwest Boulevard, which he shares with another company, Beckett blends, flavors and packs tea for area coffee shops, food service vendors and some 50 supermarkets. He hires contractors for assistance as inkkc.com
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needed but has no permanent employees. On weekends you might see him at a nearby grocery store offering samples. Meanwhile, he lives frugally, no cable TV or Internet, and he plows any freed-up money back into the company. So far, so good. But one of the most important things he can say about the launch last December is that he did it. “I had goals and plans, sure, but I had to figure things out as I went,” he says. “You really just have to get going.”
THE EARLY PLUNGE Brock Blake, CEO of the business loan company Lendio and a contributing writer to Forbes, is an unbridled advocate for folks like Beckett, 20-somethings who just want to get going. Blake acknowledges a bias: He began his entrepreneurial career at age 24, which led to his part in the launch of the Utah-based Lendio when he was 29. He loves the 20s risk profile — little to lose and everything to gain. He loves that 20-somethings are willing to get by on ramen noodles and macaroni and cheese. He loves their fresh minds. “As you get into your career, people teach you that here’s the box, here are the parameters, this is how you should do it and you start believing it,” Blake says. “But young people can be more innovative because all you think about is the best way to solve a problem.” That doesn’t put them in a vacuum, he says. They learn by doing, but they also seek out mentors and tap into community resources. Thom Ruhe, vice president of entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation, also enjoys the story of the young entrepreneur. That was Ruhe back at age 24, a few months before getting married, when he told his fiancee he hated his corporate job and was quitting for a new venture. Now he’s married with three kids and has experienced several start-ups. Which is to say, a later-in-life scenario works, too. He acknowledges the “gut check” was pretty severe in his last company when he and his partners guaranteed a multimillion-dollar line of credit, his family’s assets ultimately on the line. The numbers show that the largest amount of entrepreneurship activity is within an age group that averages 39 years old, Ruhe says. No doubt many are experienced people better able to get access to capital. But the low-risk argument is a good one for younger people, he says. His metaphor for all of this: Ask someone to walk a 100-foot-long tightrope that’s 1 foot off the ground. Not so scary. As you get older, the rope can get higher and
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Katie Yeager heads a new-concept real estate agency. The company is more seller’s agent than buyer’s, and charges a flat fee rather than a percentage.
“Basically, if I’m awake, I’m at work.” KATIE YEAGER
higher. Ruhe believes that young people no longer have to hang around in a community for 15 to 20 years to tap into it. Kauffman’s “1 Million Cups” program, in which start-up leaders present their companies to a group of mentors, advisers and other entrepreneurs, is proving that. “I really believe that community is an emerging form of currency,” he says.
A VAMPIRE IN PJS Don’t get mad at Katie Yeager for this story. It’s about her first performance evaluation at her first job out of college, at the Raytheon Co. in Massachusetts.
Rave reviews all around. Stellar. The outcome was that she was awarded a 4 percent raise. Yeager was completely underwhelmed. Four percent raises weren’t going to get her where she wanted to be. “That might make me sound ungrateful,” she says. The job, the company, the colleagues — all great. But she wanted more of a link between working hard and smart and her paycheck. The lack of control bothered her. Yeager had gotten a business degree with a concentration in entrepreneurship from the prestigious Babson College near Boston. Risk was a ongoing topic
from professors who had more than dabbled in it. And she had her own early experience with the notion. Her parents taught her how to count by playing blackjack with her — you know, four plus seven plus an ace equals 22, or 12. That early cardplaying, she says, may or may not have set the stage for a bit of a poker habit in college, just to help with expenses. “Let’s say this just opens your mind to the idea of calculated risk,” she says. Sometimes one thing does lead to another. Yeager decided to leave Raytheon and move back to Kansas City in 2009. Her experience in Massachusetts included
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Pete Mesh bought the venerable LaSala’s Deli on Fifth Street, gave it a new name and added a bar. This venture follows his two other successful companies, which Mesh sold.
“I like to be in control of my own destiny.” PETE MESH
flipping a condo, so she thought buyingrenovating-selling might be an enterprise for her. Her first Kansas City flip was a bit rocky, but it led her to a real estate license and experience inside an agency. As an agent, she contacted “for sale by owner” advertisers on Craigslist, trying out a low flat fee for her services rather than a typical fee based on a percentage of the sales price. The rest is recent history. Based on her success with flat fees, at age 26 (she’s 28 today) Yeager launched Your Future Address. She now has two other agents working with her. Last year, the company closed 65
transactions with $14.7 million in sales. So far this year, 79 closed or pending transactions, $17 million. She says she’s saving clients lots of money with the flat fees, and if another agent is involved in the transaction, they aren’t shorted on their usual fee. Hard work? Yeager’s all-night perseverance has earned her the nickname “vampire.” There’s a reason for that enormous tub of iced coffee in front of her. “Basically, if I’m awake, I’m at work,” she says. If you’re imagining 3 a.m. emails flying out of her Leawood home while she’s in her pajamas, that’s correct. There’s also
an office for client meetings — receptionist and coffee maker shared with several companies — in Corporate Woods in Overland Park. Her other agents are a bit like her, she says. They sort of have to be. “I don’t want a complacent energy in the company,” she says. “I want hungry, hard-working and productive. I think it’s infectious.” Friends and colleagues laughed when she thought about getting a puppy. Puppies require attention and time, they told her. “Then I thought about a fish,” Yeager says. “I decided that wouldn’t be great either.”
It has been hard to pin down Pete Mesh, until now. At 28, he’s on his third launch. But this one is personal. Mesh grew up on Harrison Street in the Columbus Park neighborhood east of the River Market, aka, the north end. His family’s house and his grandmother’s across the street were just two blocks from LaSala’s Deli on Fifth Street. Their families, like many in the neighborhood, shared an Italian heritage. Mesh had been boyhood friends with one of the LaSala grandsons. Mesh went to grade school and middle school in the area, then moved away and graduated from Grain Valley High School in 2003. He came right back the next year. He took a union job as a heavy equipment operator. Never a follower, Mesh soon enough busted out with his own asphalt business. He did well for a couple of years, but when someone offered to buy him out, equipment and all, he was ready to move on. He got into the auto transport business driving a truck, a venture he called solid for making money. But he was always, always on the road, moving vehicles from city to city. Another good buyout offer, and he took the cash. “What discouraged me was being away all the time,” says Mesh, who had bought his grandmother’s house a few years ago after she passed away. As it happened, the LaSala family, whose name has been on the brick building at 910 E. Fifth St. since the 1920s, was closing the deli. That would be a big blank space in the neighborhood in terms of Italian food and generous sandwiches. “If I couldn’t go to LaSala’s and get a ‘Rich Boy’ (eight layers of meats and cheeses), I didn’t know what I was going to do,” Mesh says. So he bought the place. And in nine months, he’s got it rocking again. He remodeled inside to open up the dining room. He tossed out the microwaves and added fresh ingredients. With culinary help, he created some new menu items, including a hot Italian beef sandwich called “The Don Bosco,” in honor of the community center in the Italian community. Last week, he added a bar to serve beer and alcohol. And Mesh picked a new name, the North End. The vibe continues to change in the area, more young people mixing with the old-timers, and he likes it. “If I have anything to do with it, and if I can just have enough time to get this thing rolling, I can help put the neighborhood back on the map,” he says. “I like to be in control of my own destiny.” To reach Edward M. Eveld, call 816.234.4442 or send email to eeveld@kcstar.com.
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Friday’s concert at Starlight Theatre was a co-headlining show with bands whose sounds are as different as their geographic origins. The opener was Tame Impala, a five-piece from Perth, Australia, that has its ways with shoe-gazing psychedelic rock. Kevin Parker is the band’s founder, frontman, guitarist and chief songwriter, and he spent much of the 70-minute set leading his mates through more than a dozen songs, each colored, embroidered and shaped with a variety of effects, most issued via the arsenal of pedals and gadgets at Parker’s disposal. The band drew songs from its two full-length albums and its self-titled EP, and it illustrated the many ways Parker and his band can unleash collages of sounds and noises, rendering a variety of moods.
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driving “Abel,” from the breakthrough “Alligator” album. They closed with a foursong encore that started with “Humiliation.” Others were “Terrible Love”; “Mr. November,” infused with the kind of guitar jangle R.E.M. used to be famous for; and the sad “Vanderylye Crybaby Geeks.” For that one, the band assembled at the front of the stage and performed semiunplugged. The crowd joined in on the chorus and swayed along with the band, bringing the show to a close — a parting that was more sweetness than sorrow. Tame Impala set list (from the soundboard): Endors Toi; Solitude Is Bliss; Music to Walk Home By; Desire Be Desire Go; Half Full Glass of Wine; Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind; Elephant; Be Above It; Feels Like We Only Go Backwards; Oscilly; Mind Mischief; Apocalypse Dreams. The National set list: I Should Live in Salt; Don’t Swallow the Cap; Sorrow; Bloodbuzz Ohio; Demons; Sea of Love; Heavenfaced; Afraid of Everyone; Conversation 16; Squalor Victoria; I Need My Girl; This Is the Last Time; Abel; Slow Show; Pink Rabbits; Graceless; About Today; Fake Empire. Encore: Humiliation; Mr. November; Terrible Love; Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks.
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entertainment KING KHAN & THE SHRINES Sunday RecordBar Given the recent history of the band’s leader, the mere fact that King Khan & the Shrines are touring seems like a minor miracle. Bandleader Arish Khan succumbed to a severe spiritual crisis during a problematic tour of Asia three years ago. His extensive efforts to rehabilitate his mental health included recovery time at a monastery for women in South Korea. His triumphant comeback album with the Shrines, aptly titled “Idle No More,” indicates that Khan has returned to form. The soulful recording appeals to fans of Sharon Jones’ soul revivalism and the crazed garage rock of the Cramps. Hell Shovel, a primitive Canadian punk band, opens the show. Tickets are $13 in advance through therecordbar.com. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink
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Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon SATURDAY
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Organizers of these races know how to motivate competitors. Participants in the several events — full marathon, half marathon, marathon relay, 5K and kids marathon — will be rewarded with complimentary food and beverages. Adults have the option of imbibing a free beer. Everyone else at the post-race celebration at Washington Square Park, 22nd Street and Grand Boulevard, can purchase pancakes and coffee from Chris Cakes as they hear performances by country artist Logan Mize and Ironband, a rock group consisting of endurance athletes. Proceeds from the races go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Entry fees are $45-$120 at kcmarathon.org.
The murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998 was one of the most notorious crimes of recent decades. Widely acknowledged as a hate crime, the Wyoming college student’s death became a pivotal rallying point of the gay rights movement. In “The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard,” journalist Stephen Jimenez unveils new information about the case. Shepard and his assailants, Jimenez suggests, weren’t strangers. Jimenez’s adds layers of complexity to an incident that once seemed like an open-and-shut case. Advance sales for the 7 p.m. talk at Unity Temple on the Plaza are available at rainydaybooks.com for $26 (plus sales tax). Price includes one hardcover book, one stamped autograph admission ticket and two passes to the talk.
The SuicideGirls collective has been at the vanguard of the resurgent tattoo culture and the burlesque revival of the last decade. By extolling the “alternative beauty” of tattoos, piercings and various forms of extreme rock fashion, SuicideGirls has served to both disencumber and normalize alternate lifestyles. The group’s current Blackheart Burlesque tour showcases a dance troupe of SuicideGirls engaging in contemporary burlesque routines. Famous burlesque dancers such as Gypsy Rose Lee probably couldn’t have envisioned the SuicideGirls’ definition of beauty, but would almost certainly have approved of the Girls’ fearlessness. Tickets for the show at the Granada are $20 in advance at thegranada.com and $22 at the door.
Unrepentantly rude and unapologetic, DeRay Davis is a comedian with a raw, hip-hop sensibility. Rap aficionados will recognize Davis’ voice from the opening skits on Kanye West’s first two albums. The introduction to Davis’ recent DVD characterizes the comedian as both “a jerk and a genius.” Few topics are off-limits to Davis. He jokes about the senseless violence in his hometown of Chicago, the ravages of AIDS, homelessness, sexual politics and racial divisiveness. Davis’ five appearances at the Improv clearly aren’t recommended for people who are easily offended. Tickets are $25 and $30 at improvkc.com.
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Oct. 18: Sporting Kansas City vs. D.C. United @ Sporting Park
Oct. 16: Bo Burnham @ Midland
Oct. 16: “Seminar” @ Unicorn Theatre
Oct. 16: Josh Groban with Judith Hill @ Sprint Center
19: International Lineman’s Rodeo @ National Agricultural Center & Hall of Fame
16-20: Greg Warren @ Stanford’s Comedy Club
20: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Houston @ Arrowhead Stadium
17-20: Holiday Mart 2013 @ Bartle Hall
19: Abyssinian: A Gospel Celebration featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and Chorale Le Chateau @ Kauffman Center
17: Pokey LeFarge @ RecordBar
18-19: Lenexa Chili Challenge @ Old Town Lenexa
19: “Impressionist France: Visions of Nation from Le Gray to Monet” @ Nelson-Atkins Museum
17: Here Come the Mummies @ Knuckleheads 18: Bonnie Raitt with Marc Cohn @ Midland
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Tribute celebrates Elliott Smith’s musical and charitable legacies Timothy Finn, Ink
Ten years ago Monday, singer/ songwriter Elliott Smith was found dead at his home in Echo Park, Calif., with two knife wounds in his chest. He was 34. A note was found at the scene, but his death still has not been officially ruled a suicide. Smith had been completing his sixth studio album, “From a Basement on the Hill,” which would be released a year later. But he’d already been lionized by fans and fellow singer/songwriters for every facet of his craft: his expressive voice, his intimate lyrics, his sweet melodies and his ornate guitar play. Sunday night, a group of local singer/songwriters and Smith devotees will gather at the Brick to commemorate the anniversary of his death and celebrate his catalog of beloved songs. “ ‘Rose Parade’ was the first song of his I heard,” said Andrew Ashby, lead singer and songwriter for the Kansas City band the Caves and an organizer of Sunday’s tribute show. “It knocked me out. I heard a lot of my own influences in him — I heard the Beatles in there and Neil Young in there. Plus, I’m a sucker for a good, sad pop song. I immediately went out and bought whatever I could find of his.” The show also will benefit Synergy Youth Resiliency Center in the Northland, which offers music and arts programs to homeless or abused teens. Smith championed similar causes. Though he didn’t publicly acknowledge it, friends have said that Smith, who battled drug addiction as an adult, had been a victim of child abuse by a family member. In the early 2000s, he started the Elliott Smith Foundation for Abused Children and at the time of his death was organizing a benefit concert for his charity. It has since been renamed the Elliott Smith Memorial Fund. “He was abused as a child, but he didn’t really do anything with it or about it, except through his music,” said singer/songwriter Thom Hoskins, who also helped organize Sunday’s show. “The first time I heard him I was probably about about 17,” Hoskins said. “(A friend) threw on ‘XO,’ and I really don’t remember life without that record or any other of his
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SUNDAY The Elliott Smith Memorial Tribute starts at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Brick, 1727 McGee St. Admission is $8. All proceeds go to the Synergy Youth Resiliency Center, a Kansas City nonprofit that provides music and arts programs for homeless and abused teenagers. The winner of a raffle ($1 a ticket) gets a Gibson acoustic guitar. Concert poster by Thom Hoskins Elliott Smith died 10 years ago on Oct. 21. Kansas City musicians will celebrate his music with a show Sunday.
records.” Ashby, with bandmate Elizabeth Bohannon, and Hoskins will perform at Sunday’s tribute. The other performers: Ben Summers of the Grisly Hand; Brent Windler of the Sons of Great Dane; Richard Gin-
towt of Hidden Pictures; Cody Wyoming; and Nick Davis. The set list will span Smith’s entire catalog and include his famous cover of Big Star’s “Thirteen” and a tune by Smith’s former band, Heatmiser. Smith’s music is instantly acces-
sible, but it can sound deceptively simple, Ashby said. “I have to pick songs that aren’t beyond my range,” he said. “He was an amazing guitar player. He does that thing where you hear the bass notes and the high notes and
its sounds like two guitars. I’m a chord guy, so my versions are somewhat modified, but I pull it off pretty well.” Hoskins admires the complexity of Smith’s songs. “Each song sounds different from the others: not in the same key, not even the same tuning. And he was a real loner, something I identify with. Lyrically, he could crystallize moments and I’d think, ‘That’s kind of how I feel.’ ” “When most people write songs,” Summers said, “they tend to play it safe and hone in on their one or two strengths. Elliott was working with the full palette, though. Each song is densely packed with clever turns of phrase, intricate chord progressions and catchy hooks.” And then there are Smith’s musical influences, drawn from an array of pop, rock, country and folk artists and forged into a distinct sound. “I was drawn in because his songs had such an unabashed Lennon/McCartney or Ray Davies flavor from a distance,” Summers said. “He evokes a lot of classic rock artists but without sounding derivative,” Ashby said. “That takes skill. It’s not something just anyone can pull off. And it has all aged very well.” Sunday’s show will be the fourth tribute to Smith at the Brick. Like the previous three — in 2006, 2007 and 2008 — it will be hosted by John Westermann, who organized the first tribute show and is, Ashby said, an “Elliott Smith superfan.” Though the show commemorates an anniversary that is dark and tragic, even more it celebrates Smith’s music specifically and the remedial powers of music in general. “His story is tragic,” Ashby said. “He ultimately failed to survive. But music was an outlet that helped him get as far as he did. So we want to help other kids deal with their issues through music. “If you like his music, you’ll love this show, and you’ll be helping kids get therapy they need through music and art. Healing through the arts: That’s the theme of the show.” To reach Timothy Finn, call 816-234-4781 or send email to tfinn@kcstar.com.
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WEDNESDAY rock.pop.indie BLACK & GOLD TAVERN: Ex-Breathers, Whyte Bitch, Kens, 8 p.m. BOTTLENECK: March Fourth Marching Band, DJ vs. Drums, 9 p.m., $13 DAVEY’S UPTOWN RAMBLERS CLUB: Marasmus, Rottenness, Plague in Faith, Molasar, 8 p.m., $6 JAZZHAUS: Tyler Gregory, 10 p.m., $2 KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON: Todd Snider, Coal Men, 8:30 p.m., $20 Zach Hollowell
OLD SHAWNEE PIZZA: Alicia Kay, 7 p.m.
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RECORDBAR: Bob Walkenhorst, 7 p.m., $5
Monday at Liberty Hall
Mat Shoare Band, Schwervon, Proletariat Chariot, 10 p.m., $7
Few serious rock musicians inspire more obsessive devotion than Conor Oberst. His acolytes have hung on the Omaha native’s every word since he emerged as a celebrated teen prodigy in the 1990s. Best known for his work as Bright Eyes, Oberst is at his obstreperous best with Desaparecidos. The loud band’s strident political leanings are revealed on the new song “Anonymous.” “If there’s anything great left in this sorry state it was built on the backs of the poor,” Oberst wails shortly before yelling “slay Goliath.” Monday’s concert will begin on a lighter note with a set by the exuberant Brooklyn-based punk band the So So Glos. Tickets are $21.50 and $26 in advance through ticketmaster.com. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink
REPLAY LOUNGE: Waxeater, Hot and Ugly, Ponyboy, Elegant Knock RIOT ROOM: Sir Sly, Bel Heir, A.M.I.M., 7:30 p.m., $7 TROUSER MOUSE: Jake Briscoe
jazz.blues.easy listening B.B.’S LAWNSIDE BBQ: Shinetop Jr., 7 p.m. CHAZ ON THE PLAZA: Max Groove Trio, 6 p.m. Joe Cartwright and Duck Warner, 5 p.m. GREEN LADY LOUNGE: Chris Hazelton Trio, 5:30 p.m. Organ Jazz Trio with Ken Lovern, 9 p.m. JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-MIDTOWN: Billy Ebeling, 7 p.m. KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON: Carl Butler’s Gospel Lounge, 7:30 p.m.
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Built to Spill Saturday at the Bottleneck Aside from a few fleeting moments in the late 1990s, Built to Spill was never particularly fashionable. Yet the indie rock pioneers have always been cool. Formed 20 years ago in Boise, Idaho, Built to Spill works squarely in the spacious guitar-oriented tradition of Neil Young’s Crazy Horse, Television and Sonic Youth. A band led by Lee Ranaldo, Sonic Youth’s groundbreaking guitarist, is touring with Built to Spill. Ranaldo’s the Dust specializes in heroic jams designed to send shivers of nostalgia down the spines of his longtime fans. Slam Dunk, a like-minded band from Canada, opens the show. Tickets are $21 in advance through thebottlenecklive.com. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink
MAJESTIC: Hermon Mehari Trio, 6 p.m. OAK BAR AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL: Everette DeVan and friends PHOENIX: Brian Ruskin Quartet, 7 p.m. QUASIMODO: Dan Bliss, 7 p.m. SPRINT CENTER: Josh Groban, 7:30 p.m., $49.50-$99.50 UPTOWN ARTS BAR: Briar Blues Band, 5:30 p.m.
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What better place to cheers our 2013 season than on the pitch itself? Join Sporting KC for a night of celebration at Sporting Park with fan voted player awards, food, drinks & live entertainment. Mix and mingle with the SKC players and coaches at midfield under the stars. Tickets are $100 and the event is 21+. For more info visit sportingparkkc.com/ pitchblack
10.19 This October enjoy a brew with a ‘roo or have some wine with a lion at the Kansas City Zoo. Brew at the Zoo and Wine Too is a brand new and exciting event for our 21 and over zoo-lovers. Grab a few friends and come to the Zoo for an evening of live music, delicious food, great company and a variety of beer and wine from local breweries and vineyards. Stations will be set up throughout the Zoo and guests will be able to travel to different stations and sample beverages from different wineries and breweries.
10.25 Color+Couture is an International Interior Design Association Event. Models strut the runway wearing fashions made from carpet, wallcoverings and tile created by local design firms. Enjoy complimentary beer, wine and appetizers along with music by DJ Brad Sager among a crowd
10.25 $20,000 worth of prizes, 4 hours of complimentary adult beverages, 16 bars, laser light show and Kansas City’s top DJ - Eric Coomes! The Bacchus Foundation & Ink Magazine are proud to present Temptation At The Station Friday October 25th at Union Station. This is by far THE Halloween party, and all proceeds benefit great local children’s charities! The Ink Magazine costume contest will have over $5,000 in cash prizes and trips to Miami and Las Vegas! GA tickets are only $45 and VIP are $85! For more information go to www. TemptationAtTheStation. com
BRICK: Mike Dillon Band CZAR BAR: DadBoner Live, Matt Braunger and More, Glenn Bolton, 8 p.m., $10
Here Come the Mummies Thursday at Knuckleheads
Here Come the Mummies has a great gimmick: The members of the funk band perform in mummy costumes. While the opportunity to dance to a horn section swaddled in bandages doesn’t come around every day, fans wouldn’t embrace the novelty if the music weren’t exceptional. With eight studio albums to its credit, the Nashville-based ensemble’s reputation as a powerhouse party band continues to grow. Much of the appeal lies in the combination of giddily sophomoric lyrics and unstoppable grooves in the tradition of James Brown’s J.B.s and the Ohio Players. Tickets are $24 in advance through knuckleheadshonkytonk.com. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink
The Running Dead 5K is Kansas City’s most zombierific event! Sign up as a human and race to the finish line and escape the Zombie Attack Zones as you fight for your survival. Or join the undead zombie hoard that will chase humans (or slowly stalk them, as zombies tend to do) through the course. Humans and zombies will battle it out across our wooded course on the beautiful grounds at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival site. The run is only $30/person and can be purchased at runningdeadkc.com
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SuicideGirls, 10:15 p.m., $20 JAZZHAUS: Aotearoa, 10 p.m., $5 JERRY’S BAIT SHOP: Jason Kayne, 9 p.m. KANZ’S CITY PIZZA & BURGERZ: Aaron Lucero, 5:30 p.m. KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON: Here Come the Mummies, 8:30 p.m., $24 LONGBRANCH STEAKHOUSE: Andy DeWitt, 6 p.m. MIDLAND: Naked and Famous; Portugal the Man; 1975; Colourist; Crystal Fighters, 6 p.m., $17 RECORDBAR: Pokey LaFarge, Victor and Penny, 10 p.m., $14 REPLAY LOUNGE: Bad Ideas, Cherokee Rock Rifle, Thrift Store 45s SIDEKICK’S SALOON: SeanDretta, 9:30 p.m. TROUSER MOUSE: Kyle Elliott and Voodoo Soul, Ben Miller
jazz.blues.easy listening
The Naked and Famous
Dave Ma
Thursday at the Midland September’s sold-out Buzz Beach Ball festival at Berkley Riverfront Park proved that events sponsored by alternative rock radio station 96.5 the Buzz are capable of drawing massive support. The station hopes it can sustain that momentum with the 2013 edition of the annual Halloweenie Roast. New Zealand’s the Naked and Famous, the evening’s headliners, perform fizzy anthems. Portugal the Man’s colorful rock has earned the band from Portland a loyal following. “Sex,” the riveting single by England’s the 1975, was one of last year’s most notable modern rock hits. California’s the Colourist and Spain’s Crystal Fighters round out the bill. Tickets are $17 in advance through axs.com. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink
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GRANADA: Tesseract, Scale the Summit, Wrath and Ruin, Species, 6 p.m., $12
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DAVEY’S UPTOWN RAMBLERS CLUB: Independents, American Dischord, Molotov Latte, 8 p.m., $7
B.B.’S LAWNSIDE BBQ: Katy Guillen, 7:30 p.m. BLUE ROOM: Lester “Duck” Warner Project, 7 p.m., free CHAZ ON THE PLAZA: Michael Pagan Trio, 6 p.m. EBT RESTAURANT: Candace Evans, 6 p.m.
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Hammerween Saturday at the Uptown Theater
It’s no secret that Halloween has become the most important holiday of the year for many Americans. The region’s heavy metal bands and their fans celebrate the season with the annual horror-themed blowout Hammerween. While it’s not as elaborate as the haunted houses in the West Bottoms or as dynamic as concerts by internationally renowned metal bands, Hammerween gets bigger and better every year. This year’s event features Hammerlord (above), Troglodyte, At the Left Hand of God, Tennessee Murder Club, the Architects, Six Percent, Moire and Hellevate. Tickets are $10 at the door and $6 for people in costume. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink
GREEN LADY LOUNGE: Dexter Gordon tribute with Ryan Thielman Quartet, 8 p.m. JACKPOT SALOON: Youngblood Brass Band, Approach, Boogaloo Odyssey, 10 p.m., $8 JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-LEGENDS: Rich Berry, 6 p.m. JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-MIDTOWN: Grand Marquis, 7 p.m. KILL DEVIL CLUB: Brandon Draper Experience, 9 p.m. MAJESTIC: Bram Wijnands Swingtet, 6 p.m. OAK BAR AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL: Lonnie McFadden PHOENIX: Damon Parker, 7 p.m. UPTOWN ARTS BAR: Megan Birdsall, 7:30 p.m.
reggae LEVEE BAR & GRILL: Elisha Israel, AZ-One, 9 p.m.
hip-hop RIOT ROOM: Two4One, Reece Hip Hop, DJ AE Rob, Les Paul, 10 p.m., $5
FRIDAY rock.pop.indie BOTTLENECK: Bright Lights Social Hour, Sluts, 9 p.m., $11 BRICK: Clementines, NowHere, Monk’s Wine BRISTOL SEAFOOD GRILL: Jason Kayne, 5:30 p.m. CODA BAR & GRILL: Heavy Figs, Mad Kings, Lucky Graves, 9 p.m., $5 CZAR BAR: Skypiper, Hidden Pictures, Kickback, Fullbloods, 9 p.m., $5
DAILY LIMIT: Titanium Blue, 8 p.m. DAVEY’S UPTOWN RAMBLERS CLUB: Good Time Ramblers, 6:30 p.m., $6 Sister Mary Rotten Crotch, Big Iron, Red Kate, 8 p.m., $10
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FAT FISH BLUE: Old No. 5’s, 10 p.m. GRANADA: Hairball, Aireoke, 8 p.m., $15 JACKPOT SALOON: Sobriquet, 10 p.m., $3 JERRY’S BAIT SHOP: Rent, 9 p.m. JAZZHAUS: Walsher Clemons Band, 10 p.m., $5 KELLY’S WESTPORT INN: Wonderfuzz, 10 p.m. KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON: Carolyn Wonderland, Katy and the Girls, 9 p.m., $15 Amy LaVere, 9 p.m., $15
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from page 33 LIBERTY HALL: Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang, 9 p.m., $29.50 MAIN STREET COFFEE HOUSE: Jason Vivone and the Billy Bats, Paula Crawford, 7 p.m. MIDLAND: Bonnie Raitt, Marc Cohn, 8 p.m., $55.50-$89.50
Five Finger Death Punch
Many of the most popular heavy metal bands garnered little respect while they were active. Led Zeppelin, for instance, was roundly dismissed by prominent critics of its time. Five Finger Death Punch, a commercially successful band that regularly receives critical drubbings, may eventually find similar redemption. Three bands will provide support for the Los Angeles-based titans of thrash at the annual Freakers Ball concert sponsored by radio station 98.9 the Rock. Las Vegas’ Escape the Fate is favored by the glam-oriented clientele of Hot Topic. Soil is a no-nonsense band from Chicago. The show will open with the burly attack of Los Angeles’ Gemini Syndrome. Tickets are $35 in advance through axs.com.
BLUE ROOM: Lady D, 5:30 p.m., free Darcus Gates, 8:30 p.m., $10
Bram Wijnands Trio, 7 p.m. MUTUAL MUSICIANS FOUNDATION: Open jam, 1 a.m., $10
BREWBAKER’S BAR & GRILL: Andy DeWitt, 9 p.m.
OAK BAR AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL: Lori Tucker
Arty Vulgaris, 10 p.m.
CHAZ ON THE PLAZA: Jimmy Dykes and the Blisstonians, 4 p.m.
PHOENIX: Lonnie McFadden, 4:30 p.m.
Yuppies, Psychic Heat, Lazy, DJ Kimbarely Legal, 10 p.m. RIOT ROOM: Shedding Watts, 3 Son Green, 9 p.m., $6
Saturday at the Midland
B.B.’S LAWNSIDE BBQ: Levee Town, 9 p.m.
MAJESTIC: Patrick Gilbert, 5 p.m.
RECORDBAR: Winston Apple, 7 p.m., free REPLAY LOUNGE: Al Trout, Betse Ellis, 6 p.m. Cristo Shindov
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SLOW RIDE ROAD HOUSE: Supercell, 7 p.m. STONE PILLAR VINEYARD & WINERY: George Angilan Band, 7 p.m., $5 TROUSER MOUSE: California Honeydrops
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Max Groove Trio, 7 p.m. GREEN LADY LOUNGE: Tim Whitmer Trio, 5:30 p.m. Mark Lowrey, 9 p.m. JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-LEGENDS: Brian Ruskin Quartet, 7 p.m. JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-MIDTOWN: Filthy 13, 7 p.m.
Dan Doran Band, 9 p.m. PIROPOS BRIARCLIFF PIANO BAR: Mike Ning and Sherry Brummett, 5 p.m. Dan Sturdevant and Tiffany Miller, 7 p.m. QUASIMODO: Old Crows, 5:30 p.m. Brandon Miller Band, 9 p.m. WINE BARN: 4D Feet, 6:30 p.m.
KILL DEVIL CLUB: MGDs, 9 p.m.
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Thanks to the generous support of the Xerox Corp., tickets are only $10 for the general public and $5 for Park University students, faculty and staff.
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Admission $40 Pre-registration required
Meet at Union Station
See well known and lesser known locales that document LGBT life in Kansas City. Purchase tickets online at kansascitymuseum.org
In Person • Visit the box office at 1020 Central, Kansas City, Mo., in the Central Firehouse/ Central Exchange building. By Phone • Call the Folly box office at (816) 474-4444.
3218 Gladstone Blvd. | Kansas City, MO 64123 kansascitymuseum.org | 816-483-8300
country.bluegrass LANDING EATERY & PUB: Mudflap Mafia, 8 p.m.
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RED EYE BAR: Reckless Abandon, 9 p.m.
PIANO ROOM: Dave McCubbin, 8 p.m.
RIOT ROOM: Red Velvet Crush, Dead Man’s Hand, Sober Overdose, 7 p.m., $5
PIROPOS BRIARCLIFF PIANO BAR: Mike Pagan, 2 p.m. QUASIMODO: Stone Cutters Union, 5:30 p.m.
MADRIGAL MARTINI BAR: TeamHyphy, Drone Boyz, 8 p.m.
High Rise Robots, In the Shadow, Night Creation, 11 p.m., $5
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THE SCENE: InsaniTones, 8 p.m.
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TROUSER MOUSE: Ben Miller Band, Haunted Creepies
GRANADA: Billy Joe Shaver, Sturgill Simpson, 9 p.m., $15
BLACK & GOLD TAVERN: Four Arm Shiver, Bad Ideas, Plug Uglies, Johnny Switchblade, 8 p.m. BOTTLENECK: Built to Spill, Lee Ranaldo and the Dust, Slam Dunk, 9 p.m., $21 BRICK: Monarchs of Speed, Keeping Good Co., Sound of Mind CALIFORNOS: Elaine McMilian and the Bridge, 8 p.m. CODA BAR & GRILL: Promise Makers, 6:30 p.m., $5 Al Trout, Garage Kings, 6:30 p.m. CLUB 906: Waspmen, Kill Noise Boys, 8 p.m. CZAR BAR: Naïve, Jody, Bree the First Lady, 9 p.m., $10 FAT FISH BLUE: Michael Charles, 9 p.m. GAIL’S HARLEY-DAVIDSON: Brandon Miller Band, 11 a.m. JACKPOT SALOON: Cowboy Winter, White Mystery, 10 p.m., $3 JERRY’S BAIT SHOP: Blue Tick Hounds, Interstate 49, Noveria, 9 p.m. KELLY’S WESTPORT INN: Government Cheese, 10 p.m. LLEWELYN’S PUB: Titanium Blue, 9 p.m. LONGBRANCH STEAKHOUSE: Michelle Hawkins, 8 p.m. MIDLAND: Five Finger Death Punch, Escape the Fate, Soil, Gemini Syndrome, 7 p.m., $35 MIKE KELLY’S WESTSIDER: Blu Skies, 9 p.m. MISSION BOWL: Fade Aways, 9 p.m. RECORDBAR: Westend Stampede, noon, $20 Talking Heads and Oingo Boingo tributes, 10 p.m., $10
UPTOWN THEATER: Hellevate, Moire, Six Percent, Architects, Tennessee Murder Club, At the Left Hand of God, Troglodyte, Hammerlord, 5:20 p.m., $6-$10
jazz.blues.easy listening B.B.’S LAWNSIDE BBQ: Mama Ray, 2 p.m. Connie Hawkins Blueswreckers, 9 p.m. BLUE ROOM: Motown tribute with Charles Williams Quartet, Ron Guiterrez and Chavonna Adams, 8:30 p.m., $10 CHAZ ON THE PLAZA: A la Mode, 4 p.m. Dan Doran Trio, 7 p.m. GREEN LADY LOUNGE: Eboni Fondren, 5 p.m.
John Paul’s Flying Circus, 9 p.m.
hip-hop MODA MANSION: Fetti Up, El Mana, King Kihei, Nesto the Owner, JPZ, DJ Da Jewel, 8 p.m., $10
SUNDAY rock.pop.indie
Pete Anderson
BOTTLENECK: Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, 9 p.m., $7
Dwight Yoakam is an immensely talented vocalist, songwriter and performer. Yet without his rewarding partnership with Pete Anderson, Yoakam might never have become a country star. The superb guidance of Anderson as a producer and lead guitarist brought out the best in Yoakam. Anderson's golden ears have also been utilized on projects by artists ranging from Michelle Shocked to the Meat Puppets. As a solo artist, Anderson applies his encyclopedic knowledge of American roots music to a winning amalgamation of jump blues and rockabilly. Tickets are $10 in advance through knuckleheadshonkytonk.com.
BRICK: Elliott Smith tribute with Ben Summers, Andrew Ashby, Elizabeth Bohannon, Thom Hoskins, Brent Windler, Richard Gintowt
Shades of Jade, 9 p.m.
FREDDY T’S BAR & GRILL: Old No. 5’s, 7 p.m.
JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-LEGENDS: Billy Ebeling and the Late for Dinner Band, 7 p.m.
JACKPOT SALOON: Erra/Reflections, Specer, To Speak With Whispers, Drawn Onward, 6:30 p.m., $3
JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-MIDTOWN: Garrett Nordstrom Experience, 7 p.m.
JERRY’S BAIT SHOP: Lauren Anderson, 9 p.m.
KAUFFMAN CENTER: Wynton Marsalis, 8 p.m. KILL DEVIL CLUB: Grand Marquis, 10 p.m. MAJESTIC: Joe DeFio, 5 p.m. Bram Wijnands Trio, 7 p.m. MUTUAL MUSICIANS FOUNDATION: Open jam, 1 a.m., $10 OAK BAR AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL: Jimmy Dykes and the Blisstonians PLAZA III STEAKHOUSE: Lonnie McFadden, 7 p.m. PHOENIX: Tim Whitmer and KC Express, 4:30 p.m. Cold Sweat, 9 p.m.
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RECORDBAR: King Kahn and the Shrines, Hell Shovel, 7 p.m., $13 REPLAY LOUNGE: Rural Grit All Stars, Ready Brothers, Maw, 6 p.m. Grooms, Depth and Current, 10 p.m. RIOT ROOM: White Mystery, Lazy, Uzis, DJ Thundercuts, 8 p.m., $5 TROUSER MOUSE: Nace Brothers Band
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The Toasters Tuesday at Davey’s
The durability of the Toasters serves as an indication that ska will never die. Now in its fourth decade, the Toasters are the longest continuously working American-based ska band. It has never been the best or most innovative act within the genre, but the New York-based Toasters have probably introduced more Americans to the pre-reggae dance music of Jamaica than any other ensemble. The Toasters are touring with California’s Voodoo Glow Skulls, a punk-fueled ska band that’s celebrating its 25th anniversary. Opening act Left Alone is the tour’s relative newcomer. The punk band formed near Los Angeles in 1996. Tickets are $10 in advance and $13 at the door. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink
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Oct. 23 at Sprint Center
CALIFORNOS: Rich Hill, 7 p.m. CHAZ ON THE PLAZA: Les Mengel Duo, 6 p.m.
The theme of the Eagles’ current tour — “History of the Eagles” — seems redundant. Even casual fans of classic rock are familiar with the timeline of the massively successful group. From 1972’s “Take It Easy” through singles like “I Can’t Tell You Why” from the 1979 album “The Long Run,” the Eagles dominated commercial rock radio. The remaining members of the Eagles — Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit and Joe Walsh — will perform many of the most ubiquitous songs of the 1970s on Wednesday. Recent set lists indicate that Wichita native Walsh will also squeeze a few of his solo hits, including “Life’s Been Good,” into the crowd-pleasing concert. Tickets range from $47 to $177 in advance through axs.com.
GREEN LADY LOUNGE: Bram Wijnands, 7 p.m.
Water Liars, Electric Needle Room, 10 p.m., $8
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RIOT ROOM: Bro Safari, Etc! Etc!, Crnkn, MC Sharpness, Nmezee, Sigrah, 7:30 p.m., $18
JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-MIDTOWN: Jazzbo, 6 p.m.
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MAJESTIC: Mark Lowrey Trio, 6 p.m.
ACCURSO’S: Tim Whitmer, 6 p.m., free.
PHOENIX: Millie Edwards, 7 p.m.
B.B.’S LAWNSIDE BBQ: Hudspeth and Shinetop, 7 p.m.
MAJESTIC: Rich Hill, 11 a.m.
TUESDAY
CAFÉ TRIO: Michael Pagan, 6 p.m., free
Mark Lowrey, 6 p.m.
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BOTTLENECK: Aliver Hall, 7:30 p.m., free
Dominique Sanders Trio, 10 p.m. JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-MIDTOWN: Rich Berry, 7 p.m. KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON: Levee Town, 2 p.m., free
rock.pop.indie BOTTLENECK: Sweet Ascent, Get Busy Living, Suckertrain, 7 p.m. CZAR BAR: Grooms, Rooms Without Windows, Olivetti Letter, Is Paris Burning, 7:30 p.m., $7 JACKPOT SALOON: Colorphase, 9 p.m., $3 LIBERTY HALL: Desaparecidos, 8 p.m., $21.50-$26
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RECORDBAR: Thicker Than Thieves, 10 p.m., $10
DAVEY’S UPTOWN RAMBLERS CLUB: Left Alone, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Toasters, 9 p.m., $13 GRANADA: Somo, Kid Slim, 8 p.m., $25 JERRY’S BAIT SHOP: Joel McNulty, 9 p.m. RECORDBAR: Missouri Woodlands, 7 p.m., free
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JACKPOT SALOON: Field Day Dreams, Family Bed, 10 p.m., $3
RIOT ROOM: Diamond Head, Raven, Vanlade, Whoracle, Meatshank, 8 p.m., $5
JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-LEGENDS: Brain Ruskin, 6 p.m.
Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang
KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON: Carl Butler’s Gospel Lounge, 7:30 p.m. MAJESTIC: Hermon Mehari, 6 p.m. OAK BAR AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL: Don Cox and the Princess PHOENIX: T.J. Erhardt, 7 p.m. QUASIMODO: Freight Train and Rabbit Killer, 7 p.m. UPTOWN ARTS BAR: Briar Blues Band, 5:30 p.m.
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Friday at Liberty Hall Man cannot live on twisted funk alone. Les Claypool, the brains behind the oddball band Primus, is taking a break from his signature sound as he tours with Duo de Twang. Along with guitarist Bryan Kehoe, Claypool adopts a slightly less monstrous and File significantly more countrified approach in Duo de Twang. Fans can expect plenty of instrumental pyrotechnics, playful covers and minimalist versions of Primus material. Reformed Whores, a satirical Brooklyn-based duo, will open the show with smirking songs like “Girls Poop Too” from their debut comedy album “Ladies Don’t Spit.” Tickets are $29.50 in advance through libertyhall.net. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink
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During a career that has been characterized by grace, Bonnie Raitt has consistently used her FIND INK AT MORE THAN 1,600 LOCATIONS position as a tastemaker to bring attention to neglected musicians. She helped blues artists like the late Charles Brown re-establish their profiles. Raitt never required such assistance. After spending a couple of decades as a respected journeyman roots-oriented rock artist, Raitt became a commercial powerhouse and a darling of the Grammy Awards with the 1989 album “Nick of Time.” Her bracing 2012 album “Slipstream” indicates that she has lost none of her power. Marc Cohn, the singer/songwriter best known for the 1991 hit “Walking in Memphis,” opens the show. Tickets range from $55.50 to $89.50 in advance through axs.com.
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By Sarah Gish, Ink Emily Walters our years ago, Matt and searching for got married and started At the time, their first home together. home in Matt was renting his boyhood Brookside from his parents. had turned the nearly Matt and his roommate a double-decker man century-old home into a Foosball table in the cave. As in, there was looked past that breakfast nook. But Emily potential in the home’s Foosball table and saw classic architecture and handsome woodwork, tree-lined streets. screened-in porch overlooking they were When Matt’s parents announced newlyweds property, the considering selling the it and make it their own. quickly decided to buy designs floral Emily, an artistic type who and events, went to arrangements for weddings paint colors (Violet! work picking out vibrant and moving in her Grass green! Powder blue!) furniture, antique glasscollections of heirloom
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im Ely, 38, and his wife, Sarah Visos-Ely, 35, say they moved from Lawrence to Gardner to slow down, but after purchasing their first home four years ago, they haven’t had much of a chance. The couple immediately began to transform the house from top to bottom. “It was a foreclosure in a really sad state, so really reclaimed materials and hard work is what it cost,” Sarah says. Tim, a furniture designer and builder, and Sarah, a barista and aspiring food truck entrepreneur, own local art gallery and furniture store Humble Gallery, 1627 Genessee St. in the West Bottoms. The couple sell home goods made by Sarah and furniture that Tim designs and builds from reclaimed lumber. Tim and Sarah took on all of the home renovations themselves with help from their three teenage children. “Our children are all artists. They like to help us design the spaces. And Tim is our in-house remodeler,” Sarah says. Almost everything in the home is an antique or a thrift store find or was handmade by a member of the family. “It’s all been born out of not being able to go to the store and buy stuff. We had to get creative,” Sarah says. Tim and Sarah enjoy using old materials to create a style they call “rustic industrial.” “We like to use old metal and barn wood. They always have a story that comes along with them,” Tim says. They also classify their style as “country French,” inspired by the magazine of the same name. Both are fans of the Habitat for Humanity ReStores, where they often find materials for use at home and at Humble Gallery. Tim and Sarah hope to one day own a farmhouse on a large plot of land, but in the meantime they still have plenty of plans for their current home. “Our youngest daughter wants a new bed, and I still need to put a wood floor in her room,” Tim says. “We’ll probably have to expand up into the attic eventually too,” Sarah says.
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Tim designed and built the bookshelves and fireplace in the family’s living room. “It’s one of the things I think you need. I’ve always thought to have a home, you need to have a fireplace,” Sarah says. Tim designed and built the cabinet that houses the TV in one day. The antique soda crates on the hearth were discovered in the attic of the house when they moved in.
Sarah made the throw pillows in the living room out of coffee sacks. The couple reupholstered old chairs to provide additional seating for guests. “We never seem to have enough seating for all of the kids’ friends,” Sarah says. inkkc.com
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Tim makes and sells heavyduty cutting boards from reclaimed wood, which are displayed in the family’s kitchen. The small board is intended for cutting garlic. “Cutting boards always end up smelling like garlic or onion. You just can’t seem to get it out. That’s why I thought it was a good idea to have a smaller board just for them,” Sarah says. The scale is a family heirloom passed down from Sarah’s mother, and the teapot is part of a small collection.
The couple opened up the small kitchen by removing a portion of a wall. Tim customized the space by adding a bright beadboard backsplash and building custom countertops from wood originally intended for a basketball court. Sarah made the curtains out of material from flour sacks.
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Tim made the dining table from reclaimed red and white oak that came from a barn in central Missouri. Sarah made the table runner from a coffee sack and created a simple yet elegant centerpiece from glass bottles and fresh flowers.
Though most of the custom-built furniture in the house was designed by Tim specifically for the family’s use, the dining table is an exception. Built to sell originally, it ended up in their home three years ago. “It’s actually a little too big for the room. Now that the kids have gotten bigger we have a hard time fitting around it,” Sarah says. The couple made the light fixture out of reclaimed barn materials and inexpensive work lights from a hardware store.
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A bedroom shelf houses old bottles the family purchased in a rummage sale on the UMKC campus. Sarah and her daughters decorate the bottles to be sold at Humble Gallery. The pendants are handmade from pages of old books.
Sarah showcases the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photos in unique ways all over the home, including this display in the master bedroom. The birdhouse came from Homegoods and was a gift to Sarah from Tim and their children. It is one of the few items in the home that came from a retail store, but Tim personalized it by placing little green Army men to guard it.
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A bedroom shelf houses old bottles the family purchased in a rummage sale on the UMKC campus. Sarah and her daughters decorate the bottles to be sold at Humble Gallery. The pendants are handmade from pages of old books.
Sarah showcases the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photos in unique ways all over the home, including this display in the master bedroom. The birdhouse came from Homegoods and was a gift to Sarah from Tim and their children. It is one of the few items in the home that came from a retail store, but Tim personalized it by placing little green Army men to guard it.
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Bonnie Raitt with Marc Cohn, Oct. 18, Midland. $55.50-$89.50
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Built to Spill with Slam Dunk and Lee Ranaldo and the Dust, Oct. 19, Bottleneck. $21
World Blues Tour: Taj Mahal, Vusi Mahlasela, Fredericks Brown, Oct. 27, Yardley Hall. $34-$80
Allen Toussaint, Jan. 11, Folly. (ticket prices TBA; on sale Nov. 1)
New and noteworthy K. Michelle with Sevyn Streeter, Nov. 14, Midland. $26 Made Men: The Tour featuring 2 Chainz, Juicy J, Rocko and Tyga, Nov. 15, Sprint Center. $42-$122
Pixies with Cults, Feb. 11, Midland. $38-$48 Alfie Boe, Feb. 12, Midland. $35-$42.50 Jeff Dunham, Feb. 13, Sprint Center. $45.50
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Freakers Ball with Five Finger Death Punch, Escape the Fate, Soil and Gemini Syndrome, Oct. 19, Midland. $35 Hammerlord with Troglodyte and At the Left Hand of God, Oct. 19, Uptown. $9-$13.80 Westend Stampede 2013, Oct. 19, RecordBar. $20 Desaparecidos, Oct. 21, Liberty Hall. $22.50 Bro Safari with ETC!ETC!, CRNKN, MC Sharpness, Nmezee and Sigrah, Oct. 22, Riot Room. $18-$20 Coco Montoya, Oct. 23, Knuckleheads. $15 Diamond Head with Raven, Oct. 23, Riot Room. $17-$20 Eagles, Oct. 23, Sprint Center. $49-$179 Eye Empire, Oct. 23, Aftershock. $13-$15 The Neighbourhood, Oct. 23, Granada. $16
Primal Fear, May 7, Granada. $16
Animal Collective, Oct. 24, Midland. $25
The Wanted, May 16, Uptown. $27.50-$88.55
Hinder with Candlebox, Oct. 24, VooDoo Lounge. $25-$76.50
Cher, May 31, Sprint Center. $27.50-$107.50
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Halloweenie Roast featuring the Naked and Famous; Portugal. The Man; the 1975; the Colourist and Crystal Fighters, Oct. 17, Midland. $22 Here Come the Mummies, Oct. 17, Knuckleheads. $24
City and Colour, Oct. 25, Midland. $30 John Vanderslice, Oct. 25, Czar Bar. $15 Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby, Oct. 25, Yardley Hall. $42-$125
The Lone Bellow, Oct. 27, Knuckleheads. $15
Finch with Dance Gavin Dance, Oct. 28, Granada. $20 Aaron Carter, Oct. 29, Bottleneck. $14-$16 “America’s Got Talent,” Oct. 29, Uptown. $23-$112.95 Paramore with Metric and Hellogoodbye, Oct. 29, Independence Events Center, $29.50-$57.95 Passion Pit with The Joy Formidable, Oct. 29, Midland. $33 Shameless Management with Yung Easy and Curtis Yung, Oct. 29, Riot Room. $12-$16 Twenty One Pilots with Robert Delong and Sirah, Oct. 29, Granada. $18 Ab Soul and Joey Badass with Pro Era, Underachievers and Chevy W, Oct. 30, Granada. $20 Capleton Fyahman with The Prophecy Band, Oct. 30, Davey’s Uptown Ramblers. $25 Tech N9ne, Oct. 30, Midland. $30 Lamb of God and Killswitch Engage with Testament and Huntress, Nov. 1, Midland. $30 Robbie Fulks with Dallas Wayne, Nov. 1, Knuckleheads. $15 Ben Rector, Nov. 2, Uptown. $18-$26 Bryan Lee, Nov. 2, Knuckleheads. $20 Chante Moore with Damon Williams, Nov. 2, Folly Theater. $20-$77
Deer Tick, Nov. 2, Bottleneck. $15
Impractical Jokers Tour, Nov. 9, Uptown. $35-$93.35
Thomas Dolby, Nov. 11, Liberty Hall. $25-$73.20
Global Dub Festival with Flux Pavilion, SKisM, Dirtyphonics, Roksonix and more, Nov. 2, Midland. $30-$40
Iron & Wine, Nov. 9, Midland. $35
Trivium and Devildriver with After the Burial and Thy Will Be Done, Nov. 11, Granada. $20
Chance the Rapper, Nov. 10, Liberty Hall. $15
Jason Boland & the Stragglers with Shane Smith & the Saints, Nov. 2, Granada. $15
The Isley Brothers featuring Ron Isley, Nov. 10, Midland. $35-$99
Pat Hazell’s “The Wonder Bread Years,” Nov. 2. Polsky Theater. $25-$30
Stick to Your Guns, Nov. 10, Bottleneck. $13-$16
Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, Nov. 3, Uptown. $23-$141.85
“Wild Kingdom” with Peter Gros, Nov. 10, Yardley Hall. $10-$30
Shlohmo & XXYYXX with Sigrah, Nov. 3, Granada. $15
Periphery with Born of Osiris, Dead Letter Circus and Twelve Foot Ninja, Nov. 4, Granada. $16 Toro Y Moi, Nov. 5, Granada. $15
Margaret Cho with John Fugelsang, Judy Gold, Jim Short and Chely Wright, Nov. 13, Folly Theater. $30-$100 Dan Kelly, The Star
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NEW MOVIES ‘Escape Plan’ Opens at 10 p.m. Thursday Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger co-star for the first time (no, “The Expendables” movies don’t count) as convicts who attempt a daring prison break. Directed by Mikael Hafstrom (“1408,” “Evil”). Rated R | Time: 1:56
‘I’m in Love With a Church Girl’ Opens at 8 p.m. Thursday A former drug trafficker (Ja Rule), who is struggling to stay on the right side of the law, falls for a devout Christian (Adrienne Bailon). Rated PG | Time: 1:58
‘The Fifth Estate’ Opens Friday Bill Condon (“Kinsey,” “Dreamgirls”) directs this drama about the price WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his partner Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl) paid after they started posting classified documents online. Rated R | Time: 2:04
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Opens Friday Writer/director/star Jackie Chan is back a third time as Asian Hawk, the mercenary who first appeared in 1986’s “Armour of God.” He now returns to recover 12 bronze animal heads of the Chinese zodiac that were looted in the 19th century. Rated PG-13 | Time: 2:00
‘Concussion’ Opens Friday in limited release A frustrated stay-at-home lesbian mom (Robin Weigert) decides to lead a dual life as a call girl for other women. Rated R | Time: 1:33
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Brandon Hoch, 24, actor at 3rd Street Asylum This designer, builder and actor at a haunted house in Bonner Springs devotes eight months of every year to dreaming up new ways to terrorize guests.
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Bringing terror to life For the past three years, Hoch played Bonkerz, a demonic clown, and his character became a crowd favorite. Hoch draws on a background in theater when performing at 3rd Street. “Scaring is a form of acting and entertainment,” he says. This year, he has cooked up something new, but he won’t reveal his new identity just yet. “It got to the point where everyone knew who I was, so it’s time to move on,” Hoch says.
Finding fright Hoch finds inspiration year round. “I’ll have a daydream, see something in a movie or on TV, and so I write it down in a notebook,” he says. Sometimes he or one of his co-workers finds a prop they just have to have, so they plan a themed room in the haunted house around it. It doesn’t always work out, though — there’s a monkey bellhop that has never found a home in the house, and a Frankenstein-type costume ended up being used to entertain customers waiting in line.
Scary business Every March, Hoch travels with his co-workers to St. Louis for Transworld’s Halloween & Attractions Show. At the trade show, Hoch sees the latest technology in props and costumes,
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and makes purchases for the upcoming season. Often, the team studies large and expensive props they admire and then build their own version back at 3rd Street. The “vortex tunnel” in the house, which disorients guests by spinning around them as they walk across a steady platform, was inspired by a machine at Transworld.
Labor of love When designing and building rooms, Hoch works closely with his friend Bryce Peterson. This year, the pair created a new room from scratch that they call the “hunter’s cabin.” Hoch and Peterson spent 80 to 100 hours and some of their own money to get it just right. “We love to do it. We want to do it. You dream it up, and then you get to see your work of art,” Hoch says.
Taking off the mask Though Hoch and his co-workers get paid to work at 3rd Street, it is something they do on the side, mainly just for fun. By day, Hoch works as a city employee, and the team includes a hairdresser, a college student and a fire chief. “We all take our day jobs seriously, but this is where we still get to be kids,” Hoch says.
An authentic haunt Hoch believes the historic building that houses 3rd Street Asylum is truly haunted. According to Hoch, it was built on the site of an old graveyard and is haunted by at least four ghosts. “Everyone who works here has had an experience,” he says, and the crew has brought in two mediums who have confirmed the presence of spirits. Hoch says there is a little girl named Missy who “likes to mess with people,” and a man in a top hat who is “not very nice.” “Halloween is my Christmas. You just can’t beat scaring people,” he says.
3rd Street Asylum What: An all-ages haunted attraction that leads guests on a terrifying tour through an abandoned asylum for the violently insane. Where: 200 E. Third St., Bonner Springs When: Fridays and Saturdays, 7 p.m. to midnight through Nov. 2 Info: Tickets are $18 at the door. More information available at 3rdstreetasylum.com and at facebook.com/3rdStreetAsylum.