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AIR FORCE JROTC | Some 300 Washington High students take part

YELLEN PICKED TO LEAD THE FED Obama is expected to nominate her today. She would be the first woman to head banking system. By KEVIN G. HALL McClatchy Washington Bureau

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Washington High School’s Air Force JROTC marched last week in the Village West Parade of Heroes at The Legends in Kansas City, Kan. Cadet First Lt. Kalem Harrison (center) conducted a roll call before the event.

Lessons that transform lives A home for artists planned downtown Historic Scarritt Building would be redeveloped into low-cost apartments. By KEVIN COLLISON The Kansas City Star

It’s a cliche that perhaps stretches back to the first Neanderthal dabbing paint on cave walls: the starving artist. Although local independent artists may not be begging for food, the average income of the 4,300 people who consider themselves in that catego-

ry is about $12,500, according to a survey by the ArtsKC-Regional Arts Council. That’s why Minneapolis developer George Sherman wants to renovate the historic Scarritt Building at 818 Grand Blvd. into 109 affordable loft-style apartments with monthly rents that any struggling artist would appreciate: $525 for studio units, $650 for onebedroom units. The $21.7 million redeSEE SCARRITT | A12

Training at KCK school instills leadership skills, confidence, respect — even to those not planning military careers. By MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS The Kansas City Star

Bad attitude and a foul mouth nearly got Shawnesha Clayborn suspended from Washington High School in Kansas City, Kan. “I didn’t want nobody telling me what to do,” said the 17-year-old senior. As a freshman, Clayborn joined the school’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program and ended up sitting in detention for mouthing off. But the lead JROTC instructor, Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Patrick McCormack, didn’t kick her out. Instead, he told her, “You are a leader, but you are leading in the wrong direction.” She responded to the challenge and now heads the 300-plus cadets at a school that has seen JROTC play a turn-around role. “Colonel gave me responsibility, and I liked that,” Clayborn said. “It changed my life. Without JROTC, I’m not sure I’d even be here.” Washington has the largest Air Force JROTC unit by proportion of any public high school in Kansas, Missouri and the surrounding states. A third of the 966 students at Washington wear the JROTC uniform. The school superintendent wishes they all

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“It changed my life. Without JROTC, I’m not sure I’d even be here.” SHAWNESHA CLAYBORN, A LEADER IN WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL’S AIR FORCE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS

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INSIDE THE STAR ❚ Two teens face charges after a 14-year-old boy dies after taking a substance that mimics LSD. | A4

❚ Obama and Boehner trade blame but Washington is no closer to ending the partial government shutdown. | A17

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The Scarritt Building at 818 Grand Blvd. in Kansas City was built in 1907. It is about one-third filled.

President Barack Obama will nominate Janet Yellen today to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairwoman of the Federal Reserve. If confirmed she would become the world’s most influential banker and the first woman to lead the Fed. Yellen, 67 and the vice chairwoman of the Fed since 2010, is a career economist who has served as the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, headed the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Bill Clinton and taught at the University of Yellen California, Berkeley. Obama once was thought to have favored his confidante and former treasury secretary, Lawrence Summers, for the post. But Summers was opposed by liberal groups as too close to Wall Street and by women’s groups for remarks while president of Harvard University that questioned women’s intelligence. He withdrew from consideration. Women’s groups Tuesday evening lauded the Yellen nomination. “I’m in a fabulously amazing good mood,” Terry O’Neill, head of the National OrganiASHINGTON |

Stock scam leader gets 30-year term Hawkins was convicted earlier in Petro America scheme, which took in more than $10 million. By MARK DAVIS The Kansas City Star

A federal judge sentenced Isreal Owen Hawkins Jr., the founder and central figure in the Petro America Corp. stock scheme, to 30 years in prison Tuesday. Hawkins was convicted of six felony charges this spring after prosecutors said that he and others defrauded 12,000 victims of more than $10 million. Nine others had pleaded guilty to various crimes and four others were convicted at trial alongside Hawkins. Besides Hawkins, who was taken into custody Tuesday, 10 others were scheduled for sentencing this week, with the rest to come in the following weeks. “Mr. Hawkins was at the top of the pyramid,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Dan Nelson said in seeking the 30-year sentence. “He deserves the strongest and longest sentence.”

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Fling a ring, seize a steer Four-year-old Abigail Stuart of Raytown tried “roping” a mock steer with a hula hoop Tuesday afternoon at Faulkner’s Ranch and Pumpkin Farm in south Kansas City. She and her grandfather Dave Stuart also picked up a pumpkin. FRED BLOCHER | THE KANSAS CITY STAR

MISSOURI JUST SAYS NO, ALL BY ITSELF

TWO CHARGED IN DRUG DEATH Teenagers are accused of selling to 14-year-old boy a substance that mimics the effects of LSD.

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he anti-drug movement’s slogan used to be “Just say no.” Missouri lawmakers have managed to give it a new twist by repeatedly saying no to tracking prescriptions of controlled drugs. Missouri is now the only state in the nation that doesn’t have such a system. And according to data released this week, Missouri is now a leader in drug overdose deaths, with the seventh-highest rate in the nation. There were 17 fatal overdoses for every 100,000 people in Missouri in 2010, says a new report by the nonpartisan Trust for America’s Health. That’s up 240 percent since 1999. More Missourians die from overdoses than in car wrecks. Much of the recent rise in drug deaths both here and elsewhere comes from epidemic abuse of prescription drugs, narcotic painkillers in particular. States reacted by creating electronic databases called prescription drug monitoring programs. Doctors, pharmacists and law enforcement officers can access prescribing data to identify patients who “shop” among doctors for drugs to abuse or divert to street sales. There is evidence these programs work. After database use ramped up in Virginia, prescriptions to likely doctor shoppers dropped 44 percent. The Government Accountability Office found that as the first states started monitoring prescriptions, drug diversion increased in neighboring states that didn’t yet have the programs. The Missouri General Assembly last year considered drug monitoring legislation that had wide support among doctors, nurses, businesses and law enforcement. But it was derailed by a filibuster led by Sen. Rob Schaaf, a St. Joseph Republican. He opposed giving patients’ private medical information to a state-run database. Schaaf, a physician, introduced his own monitoring program bill this year with the proviso that it go to a statewide referendum, where it was likely to fail. But it never made it that far. Rich Hamburg of the Trust for America’s Health is still hopeful for drug monitoring in Missouri. “Over time, the benefits will outweigh any concerns about privacy,” he said. Hamburg’s organization points to other measures to help reduce drug abuse. For example, states can broaden the reach of treatment programs by expanding Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act. But that won’t happen here. When it came to expanding Medicaid, Missouri lawmakers did it again. They just said no. To reach Alan Bavley, call 816-234-4858 or send email to abavley@kcstar.com.

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latte County prosecutors have charged two Riverside teenagers with selling an imitation illegal drug to a 14-year-old Northland boy who died after taking it. The Park Hill School District identified the student who died as Ethan Rickman, a freshman at Park Hill High School. Emergency responders found Ethan unconscious Friday after being called to a residence in the

4900 block of Northwest Fisk Avenue in Parkville. He was rushed to Children’s Mercy Hospital, where he latEthan er was pronounced dead. According to court documents, Ethan ingested a drug that mimics the effects of LSD. Prosecutors charged Krista E. Meeks, 17, and Jamell D. Montgomery, 18, with delivery of an imitation controlled substance. Meeks also was charged with possession of marijuana and unlawful use of drug paraphernalia. Bond for each was set at $25,000.

They were being held Tuesday in the Platte County jail. According to court documents, Ethan and a second 14-year-old boy purchased the drug from Meeks on Thursday in Riverside. The boys initially had contacted Montgomery about buying drugs, and he put them in contact with Meeks, according to allegations outlined in court documents. Meeks later told detectives that she would not take the drug herself because its effects are so “harsh and violent,” according to court documents. “Krista Meeks describes the effects of this drug to be so extreme that she has read articles where people have died after taking this

exact drug,” detectives wrote in the probable cause statement. A statement issued by the school district said Ethan was “a bright, talented, fun-loving young man who played in a band.” He had attended Prairie Point Elementary School and Plaza and Congress middle schools before starting his freshman year in high school. The district said Ethan’s family had donated his organs. The high school had counselors available for students and staff. The Star’s Matt Campbell contributed to this report. To reach Tony Rizzo, call 816-234-4435 or send email to trizzo@kcstar.com.

CRISIS RESPONSE | After 9/11, demand for professional coordinators increased

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Northwest Missouri State University students removed a fellow student acting as a tornado victim from rubble during a disaster simulation Friday at Mozingo Lake near Maryville, Mo. Go to KansasCity.com for a photo gallery.

Ready when disaster strikes Northwest Missouri State’s crisis management program is one of a growing number nationwide. By MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS The Kansas City Star

MARYVILLE, Mo. | Any of your college classes go like this? There is Stephanie Eiken, dangling 40 feet in the air from a rope attached to a harness strapped around her waist while she stages a mock rescue from a forest fire lookout tower.

Classmates, meanwhile, tend to people playing victims of an F5 tornado. An injured pregnant woman. A man buried under concrete. A person pierced by a metal bar. Complicating matters are burning buildings, closed roads and knocked-out bridges. It all was part of a three-day training exercise for 50 students

Tea party activist says he’ll challenge Roberts Leawood radiologist Milton Wolf will run against the senator in GOP primary. By DAVE HELLING The Kansas City Star

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas now has a tea party opponent. Leawood radiologist Milton Wolf, 42, announced Tuesday evening that he will oppose the veteran lawmaker in next year’s Republican primary. Wolf made the announcement before 300 cheering supporters at the Ritz Charles in south Overland Park. “Senator Roberts, we’re here to tell you that it’s time for a change,” he said, later adding, “No one should be in the Congress for four

decades.” Roberts began serving in the House in 1981 and started in the Senate in 1997. In a statement, Roberts’ campaign manager, Leroy Towns, said the incumbent is ready for the challenge. “Dr. Wolf will have many questions to answer regarding his position on major issues,” Towns said. “Because he is unknown to most Kansas Republicans, he also will need to answer important questions regarding his qualifications, his medical business, including patient privacy issues and the extent his business relies on government payments.” SEE GOP | A7

in Northwest Missouri State University’s new comprehensive crisis response bachelor’s degree program. Such training is becoming more common for college students as a growing number of schools nationwide offer degrees in emergency management and crisis response. When terrorists directed planes that slammed into the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001, they brought home

the message that disaster could strike anytime, anywhere. When a hurricane ravaged New Orleans four years later, it only heightened the awareness. People in cities everywhere asked the same question: If it happened here, would we be prepared? In many cases, the answer was no, and federal, state and local government officials ramped up SEE CRISIS | A8

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emergency management and disaster preparedness. With that came a torrent of demand for professional crisis management coordinators, said Mark Corson, a brigadier general in the Army Reserve and a geology professor who heads the program at Northwest Missouri State. “After 9/11, the world was a changed place and the number of programs began to grow substantially,” said Greg Shaw, the co-director of the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Today, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, there are nine doctoral programs, 90 master’s programs with an emergency management concentration, 50 associate degree programs, 69 certificate programs and 58 bachelor’s degree programs at U.S. colleges and universities, including the one Northwest Missouri State started this year. Northwest Missouri’s bachelor program is only the second in the state. The University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg has one that dates to 2001, pre-9/11. It’s online, and most of the students are working firefighters, police officers and paramedics. Park University in Parkville has a master’s-level program. Kansas got its first bachelor degree program in emergency management last year with an online Homeland Security track through Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina. “We have seen continuous growth in this area,” said Dianna Bryant, an associate professor of crisis and disaster management at the University of Central Missouri. “Emergency management

has become a career of first choice for young people. Twenty years ago, no one knew such a job existed.” For the last five years, Northwest Missouri State offered a minor in crisis response, but because of the demand, the university expanded the program to a major. Thirty-five students enrolled in its first year. Eiken, a senior from Kansas City whose interest is disaster psychology, was among the first to sign up. “You see people in their most real self in a crisis, and

I’m just drawn to that,” she said. Cameron Leeds, a senior who moved to Kansas City from Orlando, Fla., where he lived through seven hurricanes, said he hopes to use his degree working for the U.S. Forest Service. “Every organization these days has a disaster plan,” Leeds said. “Disaster response, emergency management is my passion.”

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velopment plan this week 70 35 won the unanimous support of the Municipal Art Com7th St. mission. The plan is seeking affordable housing tax credScarritt Building its from the state of Missouri as well as state and federScarritt 9th St. al historic tax credits. If the Arcade necessary financing is arranged, work would begin next summer with completion in 2015. Stephanie Leedy, who ofTHE KANSAS CITY STAR fers space for artists to live and work above the LeedyVoulkos gallery in the Crossroads Arts District, ments and 69 one-bedroom said there’s a huge demand units. The first floor and for the two dozen lofts in basement level would be what’s casually known as used for retail and community space. Leedyville. A follow-up phase calls “You can’t find affordable space in the Crossroads,” for redeveloping the companion four-story Scarritt she said. “If they’re not renting Arcade at 819 Walnut St. infrom us or a couple of other to studio space and an art buildings, they’re out of gallery. Sherman has both luck. I have so many people buildings under contract. The Scarritt Building and asking for space, and I don’t Arcade were completed in have anything.” And with Kansas City be- 1907 and designed by the coming more appealing to firm of Root & Siemens. artists as a place to live and They are described as an work, the need for afforda- “outstanding expression of ble housing is only growing, Sullivan-esque design” in a said Harlan Brownlee, pres- guidebook prepared by the Kansas City Chapter of the ident and CEO of ArtsKC. “Our tracking data shows American Institute of Arwe’re getting more artists chitects. The buildings moving to Kansas City,” he went through an earlier renovation in 1985. said. “The Scarritt Building is “I think renovating the Scarritt is a great idea. Ulti- significant as a frankly mately, for artists, it’s about modern American building, having a space. The whole strongly influenced by the model of live-work has been architectural dictates of successful, and I like the Louis Sullivan and the Chiidea of more people living cago School, and completely typical of the ‘new’ skydowntown.” The plan by Sherman As- scraper architecture of the sociates calls for renovating early 1900s,” according to the 11-story Scarritt Build- the building’s listing in the ing into 40 studio apart- National Register of Histor-

ic Places. The buildings are owned by J. Tim Emerson, an executive at Ozark National Life Insurance Co. Donovan Mouton, the representative of Sherman Associates, the Minnesota developer, told the Arts Commission the office building is about one-third occupied. Sherman previously redeveloped the historic 1006 Grand building downtown into 134 apartments in 2011. The firm also made a recent unsuccessful bid to redevelop the Kansas City Power & Light Building. In St. Louis, Sherman recently renovated the historic Syndicate Trust Building and devoted part of the building to artist housing. “This (Scarritt Building) would be the largest residential development for artists in the Kansas City area and perhaps the state of Missouri,” Mouton told commissioners. Although the marketing of the building will be aimed toward artists, anyone meeting the income guidelines could live there. Affordable housing guidelines limit annual incomes for a one-person household to $30,840; a two-person household, $35,220; and a three-person household, $39,600. Mouton, however, expected that artists living there would likely inform their peers when openings occurred. That makes sense to Paul Tyler, ArtsKC grants director, who said artists tend to have a strong sense of community and enjoy network-

ing. “It’s clear to us that livework space helps artists do their work best,” he said. “We don’t have any largescale work space in Kansas City. I’ve seen the Scarritt Building, and I think it’s an exciting project.” The proposed timetable calls for the renovation of the Scarritt Arcade to occur in about three years. Mouton told the Arts Commission that Sherman would seek a nonprofit organization to run the Arcade. The cost for using the 20 or 30 studio spaces planned for the Arcade has not been determined. Parking also would cost extra, but Mouton said the owner of the garage at 800 Grand has agreed to lease spaces to tenants. The architect for the project would be Paul Stark of SWD Architects, and the contractor would be Rau Construction. Jill Downen is a professor at the Kansas City Art Institute who teaches sculpture. When she was a young artist in St. Louis in the 1990s, she remembers having to move to a suburban location 20 miles from downtown to find an affordable apartment. Redeveloping the Scarritt would be a “make-it kind of deal,” Downen observed. “You want to keep artists in the urban environment to have a vital city,” she said. “This is a win-win for the city and the artists.” To reach Kevin Collison, call 816-234-4289 or send email to kcollison@kcstar.com. Follow him on Twitter @kckansascity

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Could this possibly be a ‘stealth’ school zone? The problem

dered obstructed from a distance, said Sean Demory, spokesman for the Kansas City Public Works Department, but is visible “as one approached at the legal speed limit.” Demory also said that the city has received no complaints about the visibility of the sign and that staffers check school zone signs regularly. However, the tree trimmers at the Parks and Recreation Department have been alerted to pay special attention to this area. The Watchdog says he has been caught in a similar traffic ticket machine, aka school zone, but those frisky pups need to stay safe.

When Jennifer Boothroyd began driving a route that took her south on Main Street and then to Ward Parkway, she didn’t know about the school zone near St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School at 4041 Main. The flashing school zone marker is at the top of a hill, near some lush trees, she said, and no one would notice it unless they already knew it was there. Another sign for this zone is also blocked by trees, Boothroyd said. After getting a speeding ticket there, she goes the school zone speed limit, but she said she gets abuse from other drivers for doing so. Write to the Watchdog, The She would like the city to Kansas City Star, Newsroom, put up a more visible sign 1729 Grand Blvd., Kansas and make sure trees are not City, MO 64108, or send email to watchdog@kcstar.com. blocking the signs.

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Diver survives 2nd shark attack SYDNEY | A diver bitten by a shark off Australia’s southwest coast was recovering in a hospital today after surviving his second shark attack in nine years. Greg Pickering, 55, was diving for abalone off Poison Creek near the Western Australia city of Esperance on Tuesday when he was attacked by what officials sus-

pect was a great white shark. It was the second time Pickering found himself in the jaws of a shark. In 2004, he was bitten on the leg while spearfishing near Cervantes north of Perth. He said at that time: “One incident has happened in 34 years — I’d say that’s very small odds.” | The Associated Press

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did and sees it as a path toward a better school. Their ranks are filled by the top achievers in sports, in clubs and, most critically, in the classroom. Few of the kids hope for military careers. Rather, they’re drawn to the discipline, respect and order that JROTC can bring to often otherwise chaotic lives. ❚ ❚ ❚ The end-of-school bell rings about 2:30 on a Tuesday afternoon at Washington High. Classroom doors fly open. Students, many in camouflage battle fatigues or military dress blue uniforms, pour into the hall of this urban school. On most days, cadets blend into the student body wearing typical teenage attire — jeans, T-shirts, sneakers. They don’t dress like young airmen every day. But Tuesday is JROTC uniform inspection day. Hours before the day’s final bell, two JROTC instructors step in front of student after student. In this class, 75 stand at attention — feet together, chin up, shoulders back — in line formations, inside the former auto body shop they call their flight line. JROTC occupies the entire lower level on the east side of the school building. That includes three classrooms, the flight room, a flight simulation room, changing areas and storage space the size of a small classroom filled floor to ceiling with rows of hanging, pressed uniforms. In the room where they gather, adult instructors walked between rows of students, tugging at crooked collars, tucking in shirt tails and tapping on unfastened buttons. The freshmen were undergoing only their third inspection in full dress. “Oooh, man, they look good,” an upperclassman commented, encouraging his freshmen counterparts as he and a group of fellow juniors entered the room and fell into line for their own inspection. Instructors say this is just the kind of peer support that has helped build can-do confidence among Washington cadets. Like sports and music have done for some urban

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Washington High School freshman Courtney Walker (center), a cadet in the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, undergoes an inspection by cadet Col. Shawnesha Clayborn (left) and freshman flight commander Nathan Yang.

kids, at Washington JROTC is where many look for a better start to life. “It is amazing to watch those young people transform,” said Kansas City, Kan., school superintendent Cynthia Lane. “They come in as freshmen who really don’t know where they are going in their futures, and they graduate with confidence, knowing who they are and what they intend to become.” ❚ ❚ ❚ The 20-year-old program is the only one of its kind in the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools district. Elsewhere, debates have flared about whether to continue JROTC, because some parents see it as a military recruitment tool. But Lane said she’d like all of Washington High in the program. A few years ago when she was asked to discard JROTC during district budget tightening, Lane refused. “I would never want to sacrifice a program as successful as JROTC, that has proven itself as transformational for these kids,” she said. It’s one of more than 3,000 JROTC units in the country. Most of the largest units are in schools in the South and along the coasts. Over the last 10 years, national enrollment has seen steady growth, JROTC leaders said. The Army, Navy and Marine Corps also have JROTC

programs at high schools in Kansas and Missouri, but JROTC leaders say none claim as large a percentage of a school’s population as Washington High’s Air Force unit. In addition to aerospace and a physical fitness component, the program teaches leadership, self-discipline, self-respect and motivation, said Washington principal Kelli Lorton. “These kids want that. They don’t want to be let off the hook,” she said. “In a lot of cases they haven’t had anyone supporting them, someone who has expectations for them.” Many of Lorton’s students come to Washington from tough situations, the type that derails dreams. Often teachers and counselors “first have to triage students. Make sure they have a safe place to live, that lights stay on at home and they have enough to eat,” Lorton said. “ROTC sends them a clear message: Despite some of the issues in your life, you can pull yourself up,” she said. “But it comes with hard work.” ❚ ❚ ❚ JROTC is in high demand at the school, and students at other schools in the district want in on the Washington program. Lorton wants to add another JROTC instructor. Easily, she said, about 100 more students would enroll.

Most don’t have military careers in mind, and they’re as likely to come from popular high school cliques built around sports or band as not. “We are not training young soldiers here,” McCormack said. “We are building leaders, teaching life lessons, developing good citizens. Here, being a cadet is cool.” Kalem Harrison is a sophomore cadet and the quarterback for the Wildcats varsity football team. Half of his team, the basketball team, the girl’s volleyball team and the cheerleading squad are cadets. The top academic performers in each class are cadets. That alone is unusual, said Greg Winn, the national deputy director of Air Force JROTC. “What is happening at Washington High School is a testament to the instructors there,” Winn said. “They get that at times we (JROTC) are a life changer for kids.” Washington High School has the stories to prove that. When Kalem made quarterback as a sophomore ahead of juniors and seniors on the varsity team, “they didn’t want to listen to me, and I didn’t know how to lead them,” he said. About that same time McCormack and the other instructors at the school, retired airmen Ira McKinney and Richard DeLacy, named

Kalem a JROTC flight leader in charge of a group of cadets. They showed him how to command his cadets. “I could see the world differently,” Kalem said. “I took that confidence to the football field, and I’m doing much better now.” Then there’s cadet Aaron Stout, whose 17-year-old twin brother, Alex, became a member of Washington’s JROTC unit nearly four years ago. Aaron wanted to join at the same time, only he wasn’t sure they’d take someone with cerebral palsy. “My legs turn in. I can’t run fast. I can’t climb. It takes me time to get things done. My arms are weak. I’m not strong. There are some things I can’t do,” Aaron said. “I wanted to prove that people don’t have to look down on us or pity us.” ❚ ❚ ❚ One recent morning, the scratchy rhythmic sound of boots striking pavement mingled with the barking of marching orders by student leaders. In battle fatigues and black brogans, cadets moved in formation across the asphalt. Cadets were practicing for a parade in a few days at The Legends shopping center. At most schools, such drills would be preparation for competitions. At Washington, the discipline is its own reward. “Most (of the students) don’t have the time to spend two hours before and after school working on drills,” McCormack said. “I don’t think it would be good for them to compete and not do as well as they think they should and get down on themselves.” Instead, his cadets perform at veterans homes, elementary schools and longterm care centers. His cadets are working to change their school’s reputation and reverse perceptions that Washington High is just another tough urban school. Although not all of Washington’s JROTC cadets end up in college, Lorton said the academic record of JROTC students exceeds

that of the rest of the student body. Overall, about 72 percent of Washington High’s students graduate. In JROTC the graduation rate is 90 percent, in line with the graduation rate for Sumner Academy, the district’s International Baccalaureate program. Only 8 percent of those JROTC graduates go into the military. Most of the rest enter some form of post-secondary education. And, Lorton said, JROTC cadets are far less likely to get in trouble. Still, outside the school district, Washington students get a bad rap. Lorton has heard the gasp from colleagues when they hear she’s principal at Washington High School. False assumption and prejudgment, she said, follow her students. That can compound the barriers — poverty, disruptive home lives, violence — that make success at school that much harder. “You tell people you go to Washington, and you get, ‘Ugh, you go to Washington,’ and then the eye roll,” said cadet A’nanee Coffie, 16, a junior and member of this year’s homecoming court. A’nanee wears her uniform to job interviews. “If you don’t, you get, ‘Don’t call us, we’ll call you.’ If you do, they are, like, ‘Wow, you’re in ROTC,’ and they want you to work there.” At the end of the day, before the school buses roll out, cadets rush down stairs and congregate around the JROTC office. McCormack is a magnet. He swaps high fives with a few, chats with them all. “How’s your grandma feeling?” he calls to a cadet in civvies. “I like to think,” he says later, “I know a thing or two about what makes them tick. “We are teaching them that it’s up to them, by how they carry themselves, to change that eye roll they get from people to an eye pop. It’s up to them to make sure they see eyes pop when they tell people ‘I go to Washington High School, and I’m in the JROTC.’ ” To reach Mará Rose Williams, call 816-234-4419 or send email to mdwilliams@kcstar.com.

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e’ve all done it. Sipped a fantastic cocktail, begged the recipe from the bartender and mixed it up yourself, only to be disappointed. I usually chalk it up to a relative lack of atmosphere and my less-practiced technique. But watching the Paris of the Plains Bartending Competition in August got me wondering if there was more to it. So later, I quizzed a few of the finalists about how to make better drinks at home. They proffered a variety of suggestions but were unanimous in their top tip: freshly squeezed citrus juice is a must. Lemon, lime, orange and grapefruit juices are key components in countless cocktails. While the convenience of bottled or frozen versions is tempting, they can’t match the bright acidity of fresh, bartenders say. “Just squeezing your own juices at home make a differ-

ence,” says Extra Virgin’s Paige Unger, who won the competition with the Beet Goes On, a combination of gin, beet shrub (beet-infused, sweetened vinegar), lemon juice, Campari and St-Germain elderflower liqueur. Lemons, oranges and grapefruit will keep for a couple weeks in the refrigerator; limes have a slightly shorter shelf life. But cold fruit yields less juice because of its structure, which is why cocktail science writer Kevin Liu recommends letting citrus come to room temperature or microwaving it for 15 to 20 seconds before squeezing. (For a complete explanation of why this works, go to seriouseats.com and search for “cocktail science citrus.”) How much juice depends somewhat on size, but the average lemon yields 2 to 3 tablespoons, an orange about one-third of a cup, a grapefruit 1 cup and a lime about 2 tablespoons. Juicing’s growing popularity means more people than ever now have large juicers on their counters, but they’re not necessary. An inexpensive handheld lever-style juicer does just as good a job. For a demonstration, check out the videos on Beverage Alcohol Resource’s DrinkSkool.com. Whatever style of juicer you use, Unger suggests running the results through a fine mesh SEE DRINKS | D4

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Sell your oven. Empty your cupboards. There’s no need for a mixer or food processor. Keep the fridge for drinks, and maybe the blender. Eating has never been easier. The trick? Bars, bars and more bars. Vegan, chocolate, gluten-free, low-glycemic, raw, sugar-free, nutty, crunchy, gooey, for kids, for weightlifters, familiar old granola bars. Packed with protein, fiber, super-fruits — even some with sugar and fat. Bars for pregnant women, and the YaffBar that’s for you and your mutt to share. Larabar’s Alt gets its protein from peas; another company harvests crickets for protein. About a fifth of Americans will eat a bar today, says Harry Balzer, chief food industry analyst for the NPD Group. (The only bigger change in our eating habits over the last decade? The explosion of yogurts.) The market research firm Packaged Facts said in an April 2012 report that the bar business approached $5.7 billion in 2011 and is still growing. “They’re their own food group,” says Terry Walters, a cookbook author and natural foods advocate. What’s more, bars are wrapped in the cachet of something that’s good for you — and many of them are fine nutritionally, even though most bars have opaque packaging so it can be hard SEE BARS | D2

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hris Garrett’s cooking is as warm and inviting as his personality. With a French and Native American Cherokee heritage, Garrett’s family food roots can be traced to New Orleans, Oklahoma and western Kansas, while his cooking reflects his eclectic tastes in food and design. Anthony Wynn, Garrett’s partner of almost 20 years, says that even though they travel the world over, there’s no place like home. “Chris makes sharing a meal an event, no matter where we are,” he says. “He prepares food that is not only beautiful to the eye, but also delicious to eat.” Residence: Kansas City Occupation: Designer and lifestyle aficionado, creator of Stolen Sceptre jewelry Special cooking interest: Colorful and flavorful food I’ve been thinking about painting my own kitchen orange for a while now, and your bright orange walls inspire me. I always say, “Go big, or go home, honey!” We live in a home that was built in 1912, so it already has its own charm, we just add to the home’s personality. Orange is the color of creativity, and what better place to be surrounded by that energy than in your kitchen? I am also drawn to things that have depth and multiple layers, whether it’s design or the flavor profile of a dish I’m preparing. How did you start cooking? I grew up in Abilene, Kansas, and learned to cook from my mother, Beryl Elizabeth. She introduced me to simple but good food, and Julia Child. My mother and I would sit and watch Julia together, and I learned to “vichyssoise” and “bouillabaisse” with the best of them. I learned there is joy to be found in performing small tasks. My Aunt Hazel was a wonderful gardener and grew cotton, so I could see from where cotton material came. She would have wonderful tea parties by boiling the rose hips

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from her roses. I grew up loving the details of things, and still do. Since you travel extensively, does your cooking borrow inspiration from cultures the world over? That’s the wonderful thing about traveling, because a taste of something delicious can trigger a memory. When Anthony and I were visiting the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, we had the most refreshing and delicious lemonade that included muddled fresh basil. Now, when I make that simple lemonade at home using basil from our own garden, we are reminded of that wonderful experience. But sometimes it works the other way when we’re traveling. For example, we were eating bread

pudding at the Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana, and I was reminded of my mother’s bread pudding. She used to go and buy day-old doughnuts and make the most wonderful bread pudding from them. Now, I make my own version, with a bourbon sauce, that borrows inspiration from both of those experiences. Does this chili come from your mother? My mother’s chili is a good memory, but her recipe was just slow-cooked, all-beef chili and really rather “plain Jane.” This recipe is taking a family tradition and moving it forward. I have altered it in an attempt to eliminate red meat from my diet, but you don’t even miss it. It’s very important that Anthony

Makes 8 to 10 servings 2 pounds ground chicken 4 tablespoons canola oil, divided 1 (26.5-ounce) can traditional pasta sauce 1 (16-ounce) jar medium-heat salsa 1 (14.6-ounce) can of diced tomatoes 4 cups vegetable stock, divided 1 cup dry red or white wine 1 (1-ounce) packet chili seasoning 2 cups diced celery 1 medium yellow onion, minced 6 corn tortillas, cut into strips 1 ⁄4 cup diced roasted red peppers 1 (4-ounce) can diced green chilies 1 (4-ounce) can chopped mushrooms, drained 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 (30-ounce) can pinto beans, drained and rinsed 1 (10-ounce) package Madras lentils, prepared 2 tablespoons Italian breadcrumbs 2 heaping tablespoons cumin powder 1 heaping tablespoon chili con carne seasoning 1 ⁄2 teaspoon Arizona Dreaming spice blend 1 ⁄2 teaspoon seasoned salt 1 ⁄4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons white corn syrup Dashes hot sauce (optional, to taste) 2 cups prepared black rice, optional In a large Dutch oven, brown chicken in 2 tablespoons canola oil over medium heat on stovetop. Stir in pasta sauce,

and I share a meal together every night, but with our busy working schedules during the day, it can be tough to use fresh ingredients every day without carving out time to frequently run to the grocery store. I make this chili year-round because it’s both convenient to make and delicious — especially when cold weather sets in. A lot of ingre-

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WHAT’S REALLY INSIDE? Dizzied by the dozens of bars on the shelves? Here are some tips from the experts: ❚ First and last, read the labels. Check nutrition facts for things you want and for what you want to avoid for allergies. “Make sure you are getting protein for your money,” because that will help maintain lean body mass and control hunger, says David Heber, director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition. He says 10 grams in 150 calories is a good balance. ❚ Beware of the fat. Look

to abate hunger); or athletes with Builder’s Max bar, which has 30 grams of protein, made by the 20-year-old company Clif. Many consumers are looking for protein sources that are cheaper than meat, so that’s one draw, but bars are not necessarily cheap; they can top $5. Whatever happened to packing a sandwich or leftovers from last night’s din-

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for trans-fat calories. And, Heber says, as the protein count goes up, so does the fat, which with sugar help make the bars palatable. ❚ Look at total calories. Some bars are intended to be meal replacements, with 350 calories or more. Others are made as snacks. And be aware of whether the bar is labeled as one or more servings. For context, consider a 1.86-ounce Snickers bar. It is 250 calories, with 12 grams of fat and 27 grams of sugar, 1 gram of fiber and 4 grams of protein.

ner, asks Katzen, who says her daughter, a young adult living in New York City, carries bars in her bag because they’re easy. Shane Emmett, chief executive of Health Warrior, which makes Chia Bars, gets that. The former college swimmer now has a baby, runs and even does pushups in his office. “I wish I could make a giant pot of kale for lunch ev-

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salsa, tomatoes, 3 cups vegetable stock, wine and chili seasoning packet until well combined. Allow mixture to simmer over medium heat. Meanwhile, in a separate pan, sauté celery and onion in remaining 2 tablespoons canola oil until vegetables are soft. Add to chili mixture in Dutch oven, and stir until well combined. Add corn tortilla strips and remaining cup of vegetable stock in the bowl of a blender. Puree on high until it forms a paste and stir well into chili mixture. Stir red peppers, green chilies, mushrooms, garlic, pinto beans and prepared lentils into chili mixture. Allow mixture to simmer for about 15 minutes. Stir in breadcrumbs and spices, including cumin, chili con carne seasoning, Arizona Dreaming spice blend, seasoned salt, and freshly ground black pepper. Add in corn syrup to counteract the acidity of tomatoes and optional hot sauce and black rice. Stir occasionally, until mixture is thick and heated through. Note: Garrett uses Contadina tomatoes, Williams chili seasoning, Tasty Bite Madras lentils, Penzeys chili con carne and Arizona Dreaming seasonings, and Goya hot sauce. Per serving, based on 8: 608 calories (30 percent from fat), 20 grams total fat (4 grams saturated), 107 milligrams cholesterol, 56 grams carbohydrates, 52 grams protein, 1,137 milligrams sodium,10 grams dietary fiber.

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Makes 4 servings (total yield 1 cup) 1 (16-ounce) can chickpeas Nonstick cooking spray 1 teaspoon salt-free garlic and herb seasoning blend Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Spray foil with nonstick cooking spray. Pour chickpeas into a strainer and rinse with cold water. Pat dry and place in zip-top bag. Spray chickpeas generously with nonstick spray; seal bag and toss to coat the chickpeas evenly. Place on baking sheet in a single layer. Roast 40 to 45 minutes or until chickpeas are brown and crisp, stirring every 10 minutes. Transfer the hot chickpeas to a medium bowl and immediately toss with salt-free garlic and herb seasoning blend. Per (1 ⁄4-cup) serving: 136 calories (8 percent from fat), 1 gram total fat (trace saturated fat), no cholesterol, 26 grams carbohydrates, 6 grams protein, 189 milligrams sodium, 5 grams dietary fiber.

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Editor’s note: This recipe originally ran in 2011. hickpeas are an ancient food that has had an impact on the modern American diet in recent years as hummus has become a popular chip dip and sandwich spread. Taupe-colored and roughly the size of an exploded pea, chickpeas are low in calories and sodium, high in fiber and a good source of copper and manganese. The Star’s Roasted Garlic Herb Chickpeas make a crunchy, low-sodium, highfiber snack. Too much sodium can lead to heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and more. Salt-free

Recipe developed for The Star by professional home economists Kathryn Moore and Roxanne Wyss. TAMMY LJUNGBLAD | THE KANSAS CITY STAR

herb seasoning mixes are a smart way to reduce salt intake yet add flavor. The USDA’s Dietary Guidelines encourage Americans to continue to reduce the amount of sodium in their diets. The recommendations are for no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium — or 1 teaspoon per day. African-Americans, middle-aged or older adults and anyone who suffers from hypertension should aim to consume no more than 1,500 milligrams per day. Read food labels and choose foods with 400 milligrams or less per serving. ❚ Shopping tips: Chickpeas, available in cans, are also referred to as garbanzo (Spanish) beans or ceci (Italian). Popular brands of salt-free herb seasonings include Mrs. Dash, McCormick and Penzeys. Do not confuse salt-free with salt substitutes, which are lower in sodium but may contain potassium-based ingredients that clash with various heart medications. ❚ Cooking tip: It is important to immediately toss the hot chickpeas with the seasoning blend so it adheres well.

Fluff buffs celebrate their beloved sugary concoction The marshmallow treat has a sweet following in its home state, Massachusetts. By DENISE LAVOIE The Associated Press

Just mention Fluff to people who grew up in New England, and you’ll get lots of smiles and enthusiastic nods. The gooey, sugary marshmallow treat invented almost a century ago is still enormously popular, despite concerns about childhood obesity. Last year, the company that makes Marshmallow Fluff sold about 8 million pounds of the white creme, and a bill to make the Fluffernutter — peanut butter and Fluff on bread — the official state sandwich has been reintroduced in the Legislature. Outside New England, Fluff is not nearly as wellknown. Grocery stores in other parts of the country usually place Fluff in the baking aisle because it is used in recipes for fudge and other desserts, or in the ice cream section because it is sometimes used as a topping. But in New England, Fluff is in the bread aisle — right next to the peanut butter. In Somerville, where the concoction was invented, the eighth annual “What the Fluff?” festival drew about 11,000 people last weekend. Enthusiasts ate Fluff-inspired food and participated in a Fluff “Lick-Off” contest, Fluff bowling and Sticky Musical Chairs. “I love Fluff!” said Nicole Salvati, 41, of Saugus, a gym instructor who attended the

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Take Marshmallow Fluff and combine it with peanut butter on bread, and you have a Fluffernutter. A bill in the Massachusetts Legislature would make the Fluffernutter the official state sandwich.

festival. “It just brings you back to your childhood. It was one of those comfort foods that you always went back to, you know, peanut butter and Fluff for school lunch. …It’s like a big hug.” Mimi Graney, one of the festival organizers, said she came up with the idea about nine years ago to try to promote economic development in Somerville’s Union Square. “Marshmallow Fluff was invented here back in 1917, and whenever I would mention it to anyone, their eyes would just light up,” Graney said. Fluff was concocted by a Somerville man named Archibald Query, who made it in his kitchen and then began selling it door to door. By 1920, two Swampscott men bought the recipe from Query for $500. H. Allen Durkee and Fred Mower had been making hard can-

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Fluff was sold in local grocery stores. Sales kept increasing, and by 1930, Durkee and Mower — DurkeeMower Inc. — had the lar-

gest distribution of marshmallow creme in New England. In 1920, a gallon of Fluff cost $1. Today, a 16-ounce container goes for about $2. Not much else has changed about Fluff. It’s still made with just four ingredients — corn syrup, sugar syrup, dried egg whites and artificial vanilla flavoring — and it’s still made in a small manufacturing plant in Lynn. The sugar content of Fluff — about 6 grams in 2 tablespoons — has caused controversy in recent years as people worry about increased obesity rates, especially among children. In 2006, a state senator in Massachusetts proposed limiting Fluff’s availability in school lunchrooms, but another lawmaker fought back by proposing the Fluf-

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strainer. Clearing out the pulp not only makes washing up easier, it creates more attractive, smoother drinks. “No one wants to be chewing their drink,” Unger says. Fresh doesn’t mean just citrus, though. Bartenders also incorporate seasonal ingredients into cocktails. This time of year, that means tomatoes, herbs, apples and apple cider, pears and even root vegetables such as beets and carrots. It all comes down to thinking like a chef, says Ryan Miller, bar manager at Voltaire. “Treating your bar like your kitchen is a good way to start,” Miller says. “There’s a reason why you buy certain things to stock your pantry. Do that for your bar, too.” Bartenders recommend picking a favorite drink; keeping ingredients on hand means you’ll always be ready to make it. If you like Manhattans, then stock your favorite whiskey, sweet vermouth (kept in the refrigerator after opening) and bitters, plus cherries for garnish. Swap out the vermouth and cherry for simple syrup and citrus peel, and you’ve got an Old Fashioned. Buy a bottle each of gin and Campari, combine them with that sweet vermouth, and you can make a Negroni, too. “Make sure you have a few quality ingredients,” says Jenn Tosatto, bar manager at the Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange, who placed second in this year’s PopFest bartending competition. “You don’t have to have every mixer on the planet, or every liqueur, just a few that you can do a lot with.” Want to expand your repertoire? Try adding a multitasking liqueur like St-Germain elderflower, Domain de Canton ginger or Cointreau, she says. Or, do it with bitters. Angostura and Peychaud’s are venerable brands, but you can also try dozens of styles made by Fee’s, Bitter Truth, Barkeep, Bittermens and others. “(Bitters) look cool, smell great and are an easy and affordable way to expand a home bar,” says Mandi Kowalski, a bartender at Sanctuaria in St. Louis who tied with Beau Williams, bar manager of KC’s Manifesto, for fan favorite at PopFest. Garnishes, too, are worth extra effort. Not only do they pretty up a drink, but they also deliver essential aromas and flavors. DrinkSchool.com and other websites can show you how to cut a lemon twist or flame an orange peel, while bartenders are usually happy to provide instructions for candied ginger, brandied cherries or other garnishes. In fact, bartenders and staff at area liquor stores are useful resources for almost any question, says Tony Beyer, who works at the Westin Crown Center’s lobby bar. “Do not be shy about asking for help,” Beyer says. “They’re trained to know those things. There’s no reason to be intimidated.” Want to really look like a

Fresh ingredients, including beets, are used to make tasty shrubs for cocktails.

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The Beet Goes On Paige Unger won the 2013 Paris of the Plains Bartending Competition with this surprisingly home bar-friendly cocktail. Should you not want to bother, though, she’s happy to make it upon request at Extra Virgin. “We always have beet shrub behind the bar,” Unger says. “It’s a great cocktail to make any time.” Makes 1 drink 1 ounce Beefeater gin 1 ⁄2 ounce beet shrub (instructions follow) 1 ⁄2 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 ⁄2 ounce Campari 1 ⁄2 ounce St-Germain elderflower liqueur Rosemary sprig, for gar-

nish Combine gin, shrub, lemon juice, Campari and St-Germain in a cocktail shaker; shake and strain into an ice-filled Old Fashioned glass. Garnish with rosemary sprig. For beet shrub: Peel and dice 1 cup beets, set aside.

COCKTAIL RESOURCES Here are a few of the pros’ favorite books and websites: ❚ “The Craft of the Cocktail” (Clarkson N. Potter, 2002) ❚ “Gaz Regan’s 2012 Annual Manual for Bartenders” (Jared Brown, 2012) ❚ “Imbibe!” (Perigee, 2007) ❚ “The Joy of Mixology” (Clarkson N. Potter, 2003)

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pro, though? Then measure your ingredients, says Beau Williams, who also owns the cocktail consulting and catering company Hawthorne & Julep and the soon-to-open Julep with his wife and business partner, Keely Edgington. Measuring, either with a jigger or a measuring cup like Oxo’s angled version, is the only way to guarantee consistency, Williams says. “You don’t go making cookies by throwing flour in a bowl and hoping for the best,” he says. “A little variation matters a whole lot in

the end product.” Other essentials include a Boston shaker (a two-piece shaker with a mixing glass and metal mixing cup), a metal bar spoon for stirring, and a strainer. There are two types of strainers — the Hawthorne strainer has a coiled spring running along its curved edge, while the julep strainer looks more like a large, flattish spoon with holes. Which you use depends on which half of the Boston shaker you prefer to pour from. The Hawthorne fits the tin cup better, while the julep is usual-

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Combine 1 cup white vinegar and 1 cup sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer. Add beets, turn off heat, cover and allow to sit for 45 minutes. Strain beets, reserving liquid (that’s the shrub) for cocktails. The diced beets will be lightly pickled and can be used in salads or other dishes. Per drink: 164 calories (none from fat), no fat, no cholesterol, 5 grams carbohydrates, trace protein, 1 milligram sodium, no dietary fiber.

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ly used with the mixing glass. After that, there are all kinds of toys to consider. From canvas Lewis bags and wooden mallets for crushing ice to Misto sprayers for coating cocktail glasses with aromatics, websites like Cocktail King-

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Brandied Cherries Bartenders are often happy to share their recipes for garnishes and other house-made ingredients. This one from Ryan Miller at Voltaire is a simple way to add a professional touch to cocktails. Makes about 4 cups 1 pound dried cherries Brandy 1 cup water 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon orange juice Cinnamon stick Pinch freshly grated nutmeg Place dried cherries in a clean jar, add enough brandy to cover cherries and soak overnight. The next day, strain cherries, reserving brandy. Combine water, sugar, lemon and orange juices, cinnamon stick and

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nutmeg in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, add strained cherries and simmer for 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and add reserved brandy. Let cool, transfer to a clean jar, seal and refrigerate for up to a month. Per 1-tablespoon serving: 38 calories (2 percent from fat), trace total fat (no saturated fat), no cholesterol, 9 grams carbohydrates, trace protein, 1 milligram sodium, trace dietary fiber.

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h, the glamorous world of the chicken farmer. The calf-deep mud. The subzero-to-sweltering temperatures. The endless, backbreaking work. The, um, fragrance. Here’s a revealing yardstick: When it came time to clear out winter’s 8 1⁄2 tons of accumulated manure from the plastic solar-fueled “hoop coops” at Locally Laid Egg Co. in Wrenshall, Minn., about a half-hour southwest of Duluth, coowner Jason Amundsen recruited six local highschoolers for the task. Only one returned the second day. Guess who ended up finishing? “Not one of the more pleasant jobs,” Amundsen said. “But that’s the first thing that I learned about farming. There are no controlled conditions. You nod and smile every time Mother Nature kicks you in the teeth.” Dealing with predatory skunks is no picnic, either. Still, the payoff is significant, certainly for the growing clientele of the 2-yearold farm. An early devotee was John Hanson, co-owner of the Duluth Grill. During its peak summer tourist season, the restaurant consumes about 500 dozen eggs per week. Forty percent come from Locally Laid, and Hanson quickly noticed that his kitchen staff was reserving the farm’s brown, bespeckled eggs for the finicky demands of short-order frying and poaching, while steering the cooler’s remaining egg inventory into scrambles, pancakes, baking and other, far less flashy uses. “Without any direction from me, they quickly discovered that the Locally Laid eggs were so much easier to use,” Hanson said. “The yolks are firm — and they’re so yellow that they’re almost orange — and the whites are durable. Nothing breaks when they hit the grill.”

Proof is in the pan Judge for yourself and crack one into a hot skillet; the yolk stands tall and proud. Swirled in simmering water, the egg whites hang together like a cumulus cloud floating across a summer sky. Under the force of a whisk, the egg whites whip into near-Himalayan peaks of remarkable volume and durability; add sugar, and they’re transformed into the most lustrous, satiny meringue imaginable. “They’re hard to keep on the shelf because people recognize the outstanding flavor and freshness of the eggs,” said Shannon Szymkowiak, promotions and education manager of Whole Foods Co-op in Duluth, another Locally Laid customer. “But that’s what happens when chickens are eating well and running around, being happy.” Exactly. Through plenty of research and trial and error, Amundsen and his wife, Lucie, a writer, have created a quality-obsessed operation based on the simple yet nearly forgotten principle of letting chickens be, well, chickens. “Rather than treat them as a commodity, we allow our ladies to express their natural chicken instincts,” Amundsen said. “It’s all the things that confinement doesn’t allow them to do.” Under an open northern Minnesota sky year-round, in pens the size of a baseball infield, enclosed by easily movable plastic mesh fences, the chickens engage in all the activities they can’t do confined in a large factory farm: Move as a flock, dust-bathe and soak up the fresh air and sunshine. They also get plenty of exercise, since the birds’ water and

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Farming was not part of Amundsen’s career trajectory. One pink slip too many had him connecting the dots between self-employment and the small backyard flock of chickens that the couple and their two children had started keeping at their Duluth home. “We were really feeling disconnected from where our food was coming from,” Amundsen said. Amundsen grew up in Edina, Minn., a fine enough launchpad for his former career as a grant writer but not exactly prime training ground for live poultry. “To be a farmer, you have to be good at problem-solving, and you have to fix things,” he said. “The learning curve was really steep. It has been an extremely humbling process.” Perhaps out of necessity, Locally Laid is a relatively low-tech operation. Most of the never-ending labor — carrying feed, hauling water, collecting eggs — is done by hand, a workload shared by Amundsen and his brother Brian, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Locally Laid’s hands-on approach comes at a price, and there’s some sticker shock involved: It’s roughly twice the amount associated with conventionally raised eggs. Linden Hills Co-op sells them for $4.49 per dozen. The price hasn’t been a stumbling block, at least not yet. “There’s a saying in the sustainable farming industry,” Amundsen said. “You can pay the farmer, or you can pay the doctor.”

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10 to 15 minutes. Whisk in egg yolks, herbs, salt and pepper. Stir in 1 ⁄2 cup of cheese. Just before you’re ready to cook, beat egg whites with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, until they form very soft (not stiff) peaks (when you scoop up some on a rubber spatula, they should hold their shape in mounds, but the peak at the top of the spatula should flop over instead of standing straight up; any stiffer and they won’t incorporate as easily). Scoop whites into yolk mixture and quickly fold them in. Heat a 12-inch ovenproof skillet over medium heat. Add butter when pan is hot enough for it to sizzle

their twice-daily feed — a 10-acre operation, the passcustom mix of alfalfa, soy- words are “pasture-raised.” Kept in groups of about bean meal and corn — are kept on opposite sides of 500, the highly vocal choruses of Gold Stars, Producthe pen. Reds, California But most important, the tion chickens supplement their Whites and central casting’s daily diet through foraging. idea of a chicken, Barred “Cage-free,” “free-range” Rocks, feed their omnivore and other egg-carton catch- appetites by nibbling on inphrases are not part of the sects as well as clover, tiLocally Laid lexicon. At this mothy and other grasses

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It’s probably the last place you would expect to find a bunch of giggly 14-year-old girls on a Friday night. But 41-year-old Chad Lundquist is on hour two of instructing a captive audience of six teens, including his daughter Lydia, on the finer points of increasing passive income to be greater than total expenses. Poring over income statements versus watching a movie or hanging out with classmates? You bet. The group, gathered around the dining room table in Lundquist’s southwest Kansas City home, is engrossed in an interactive investing game called “Cashflow 101.” The board game — designed by investor, businessman and self-help author Robert Kiyosaki — is a tool that Lundquist incorporates in his monthly F.I.T. club to help members understand basic financial strategies and accounting principles. Lundquist designed F.I.T. — which stands for Financial Intelligence for Teens — four years ago to help his daughter and her friends develop self-confidence and skills necessary to successfully manage money in the real world. On the first Friday of each month during the school year, Lydia and her friends — all graduates of Academie Lafayette — convene from 6 to 9:30 p.m. for intense tutoring in financial literacy. Others in the group include Linden O’Brien-Williams, Elly Puckett, Sarah Cozad, Gloria Mun and Zoë Scofield. “Each meeting’s agenda includes dinner, group business led by the club’s officers, a quiz on financial vocabulary definitions and discussion on our ongoing investing contest,” said Lundquist, project manager/

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For some, First Friday means a stroll through the Crossroads District, but that’s also when Waldo-area resident Chad Lundquist teaches his daughter and her friends all about money and how to handle it. Listening intently are (from left) Sarah Cozad, Elly Puckett, Gloria Mun, Lydia Lundquist and Zoë Scofield.

steel detailer at Kansas City Structural Steel. “Sometimes we have a speaker and we always end by playing Cashflow 101.” Lundquist expects a firm commitment from each F.I.T. club member to participate in the club, attend the 10 annual sessions, participate in fund-raising projects like holiday gift wrapping, and be accountable by completing homework and reading assignments. Elected leaders include a chief executive officer, chief operating officer and chief financial officer. They help conduct meetings, keep minutes and maintain F.I.T.’s budget. A newsletter is distributed to club members before each meeting and features motivational quotes on life, attitude, investment and finances and items on the club’s business. “This year I’ve added another 30 vocabulary words that the girls will memorize,” said Lundquist, who owns rental properties and invests in the stock market. “The whole objective of F.I.T. is to empower these young women to take hold of their financial future.” The F.I.T. club members rack up typical teen expenses: cellphones, social events, clothes, concerts and snacks

“IT DEFINITELY KEEPS ME FROM SPENDING MONEY ON THINGS LIKE CANDY AT CVS OR PRETZELS AT THE POOL.”

Linden O’Brien-Williams, F.I.T. club CEO and student at St. Teresa’s Academy

at volleyball and football games. Starbucks, too. Some earn money to defray personal expenses through lifeguarding, babyand dog-sitting and lawnmowing gigs. All understand the concept of budgets, income, expenses and cash flow. “I don’t bring a lot of cash when I go out,” explains F.I.T. CEO and St. Teresa’s Academy student O’Brien-Williams to her friends. “It definitely keeps me from spending money on things like candy at CVS or pretzels at the pool.” Scofield, a ninth grader at Shawnee Mission East High School, likes her friend’s approach to fiscal responsibility. “That makes a lot of sense, Linden,” she says. This night’s guest speaker is Laura Boyer, a certified financial planner, wealth adviser and research analyst at Boyer and Corporon Wealth

Management of Overland Park. She met Lundquist when the two played on an indoor soccer team several years ago. “Chad called me last year and said he was looking for an expert to come in and talk to the girls,” said Boyer, who addressed F.I.T. in April. “Other than the fact that they all speak fluent French, they’re typical teens. Last spring at the meeting I attended, they were gushing about which member of the band One Direction is the cutest.” Boyer’s initial presentation focused on the notion of diversification. “I emphasized the importance of not putting all your investing eggs in one basket,” Boyer said When Boyer learned about Lundquist’s in-depth foray into financial education for teens, she was impressed with his passion and dedication.

Chad Lundquist engages his teenage proteges with an animated game of Cashflow 101.

“Ever since it was revealed just how over-leveraged our society has become, as individuals and as a nation, I have been of the opinion that financial education must become a requirement in our school system,” she said. “The average household in America had a negative net worth at the height of the financial crisis in 2008. Had I not majored in finance, I’m not sure I could explain what an IRA is or tell you about the importance of saving early, which is absurd.” Although Boyer admits financial education is a problem being addressed in some school districts, she feels it needs to be accessible to every kid. “Chad has taken it upon himself to educate his daughter and her friends,” Boyer said. “He spends his own time and money helping these girls build a foundation of knowledge that will be an asset to them in their future.” As Boyer takes the club members through an exercise of examining the income statement of footwear, apparel and equipment giant Nike, the girls turn to an animated discussion of popular Seattle rapper Macklemore’s

hit song, “Wings,” which delivers a message about consumerism and the pursuit of identity through logos and brands. “It’s about his first pair of Nikes,” offers Cozad, as the other girls nod. “My Dollar General socks are just as good as a more expensive pair,” offers O’Brien-Williams. A burst of laughter fills the room as the F.I.T. club members digress for a moment to check texts, post pictures on Instagram, and admire Boyer’s engagement ring. Lundquist enjoys watching the financial knowledge of F.I.T. club members grow with each meeting through real-life scenarios, pop culture and speakers like Boyer. “I think this whole F.I.T. concept is a very workable model that can be duplicated in homes across the metro,” he said. Lundquist leans back in his chair, smiling as Lydia and the other members resume F.I.T. talk about spending habits, their grandparents’ retirement, the cost of college and other financial topics. “I love it when they get it,” he said.

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Most at hearing favor status quo, with the state governing KC police By ROXIE HAMMILL The Kansas City Star

hould Kansas City’s elected officials have a more direct say in the workings of the police department? That was the question last week as residents got their first chance to publicly

weigh in on a proposal to follow St. Louis’ lead and take back direct local control of the department.

Those attending the first of three public hearings on the matter Thursday at Oak Park High School were mostly skeptical, citing a general mistrust of City Hall. “I think we should have the governor appoint the police board,” said William Bowman, speaking of the current system. “If we don’t, it will be just like in the ’30s more or less. I wouldn’t trust nothing coming out of City Hall.” Gerald Gardner joined Bowman in citing the corruption of the Tom Pendergast era of the 1930s. “This thing has worked for 70 years without a problem, and history has a way of repeating itself,” he said. “I feel more positive about a police department run under a board that is not affiliated with the city.” Bill Skaggs, former mayor pro-tem when Mark Funkhouser was mayor, said the city’s experience with that mayor should serve as a warning. Funkhouser probably wouldn’t have hesitat-

ed to fire a police chief if there was a disagreement, Skaggs said. “You only have to have one bad mayor to really mess up a department.” The hearings are a chance for residents to tell a special commission drawn up by Mayor Sly James what they think of the idea of direct city control of the police department by elected officials. There was another hearing Monday at Ruskin High School. The third and final hearing will be 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Mohart Multipurpose Center, 3200 Wayne Ave. Kansas City is the last large city in the country to have its police department essentially under state control. The department is run by a board appointed by the governor and is considered a state agency. It has been operated that way since 1939, as a reaction to the corruption of the Pendergast era. Supporters of direct city control, like political con-

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Kansas City police officers gathered last week at the intersection of 54th Street and Bellefontaine Avenue to investigate a shooting.

sultant and 4th Council District resident Steve Glorioso, say it’s only appropriate that voters, via their elected officials, run the department. Opinion polls show that Kansas Citians want local control, he said at the hearing. Such a move could also save the city money as the city-run department can combine services and benefits with other departments. Opponents, though, have pointed out that the fivemember state-appointed board includes the mayor and four Kansas City residents, so it is not run by

out-of-towners. For that reason, it is misleading to frame it as a question of “local control,” said City Councilman Jim Glover. Glover, who was not at the meeting, said he likes that the current system separates the board from local politics. “The biggest issue is do you really want to change the structure and what can be gained by changing the structure?” he said. “I have not been advocating a change in the structure.” Like Glover, some other

council members say they are looking to the final report before taking a position. Councilwoman Jan Marcason said she is reserving judgment, as is councilman John Sharp, who is on the mayor’s commission. The move to change how the department runs picked up steam this year because St. Louis recently succeeded in getting out from under state control. The St. Louis police department made the change about a month ago, after 152 years under the old system. So far the transition has

been smooth, said Maggie Crane, director of communications for St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay. Crane said the new arrangement makes it possible for all city departments to work better together. So when there’s a spike in crime in one neighborhood, other departments can help police by looking for things like cluttered alleys and broken streetlights. “It’s really about accountability,” Crane said. A mayor is going to be held CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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accountable for crime rates in the city, she said, but under the old system the mayor didn’t have much say in how the department was run. Several of the group of about 20 attending the first hearing were retired from the Kansas City Police Department and questioned the need to change a system

that they say has worked well. If anything, other cities across the country should consider copying the Kansas City arrangement, said Kevin Chrisman, a retired police major. As a police officer, Chrisman said he didn’t have to worry about political interference from the mayor or City Council. And Rick Neumann, retired Kansas City police detective questioned the asser-

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tion by some in favor of a city-run department that a different set-up would save money. “Until we get some hard numbers as to what money we’re going to save, we don’t know what we’re getting,” he said. The public hearings are one step in the process. The mayor’s commission may make a recommendation by Nov. 15.

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Youth volunteers and others from King of Kings Lutheran Church in Gardner, Christ Lutheran Church in Overland Park and Kaw Prairie Community Church in Lenexa joined Metro Lutheran Ministry on Saturday to weed and mulch around trees in an urban orchard at 29th Street and Highland Avenue. Jared Bryan (second from right), 17, of Olathe joined others as they dug out weeds from around the trees.

Teens devote labor to bring KC neighbors a harvest of fresh produce By BETH LIPOFF Special to The Star

When a group of teens organized by Metro Lutheran Ministry joined Saturday morning to help mulch trees in Kansas City’s Spring Valley Park, they all seemed to

agree on two things: They liked helping people, and it was way too early to be up on the weekend. Teenagers from Overland Park’s Christ Lutheran Church, Gardner’s King of Kings Lutheran Church and

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Steven Tucker, outreach events manager for MLM. Even though the labor was difficult, 17-year-old Jacob Boring of Gardner didn’t mind. He does yard work for his godmother and enjoyed the challenge. “I think that sometimes people don’t want to bother to do things like this be-

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cause they think someone will ruin it,” he said. “I just think that if we come out here to put something to- Jacob gether for Boring them to do themselves, they … won’t feel so restricted.” Planted two years ago, the trees are part of a project to bring affordable fresh produce to the Kansas City neighborhoods of Mount Hope and Boston Heights. By next year, they’ll produce a veritable fruit salad of apples, peaches, pears, plums and cherries. Starla Brennan, a site steward from MLM, estimated that the community will get 500 bushels of fruit every year from the 113-tree orchard. Each bushel of apples contains about 120 pieces of fruit.

A donated irrigation system taps into city water mains to keep the trees well watered, and the city offered a grant to cover the water usage. An adjacent space also has a community garden with 18 raised beds and 20 blackberry bushes. It all started when United Way and Harvesters received a donation of fruit trees and needed a place to put them. With advice from The Giving Grove and KC Community Gardens, MLM joined forces with the local neighborhoods to create the orchard and community garden. It wasn’t easy. The space next to the orchard used to be an illegal dumping ground, dotted with hundreds of old tires. With the improvements over the last couple of years, the spot has been transformed. Esther Kershaw, president of the Boston Heights neighborhood association, CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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said that she now has a waiting list for people who want plots in the community garden. “It’s like having your own grocery store at your fingertips,” she said. “I’m truly excited. This is a blessing. Children can come to the orchard and see the (growing) process.” Many of the people who live around the park have plots in the community garden and keep an eye on the garden and orchard. “They’re so excited about learning to grow their own fresh food and learning that it’s doable. They can do this and do it together,” Brennan said. For 15-year-old Tamieka Melancon of Olathe, who doesn’t usually like yard work, knowing her efforts would help people made it worth the early wake-up call on a Saturday morning. Also, she’s gained gardening

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Lee’s Summit approves plan for downtown dental office By RUSS PULLEY Special to The Star

A plan to redevelop the southwest corner of Third and Market streets in downtown Lee’s Summit is going forward despite opposition from a downtown organization. The City Council voted 6 to 1 Thursday to accept the

site plan and architecture for a proposed clinic for orthodontist Craig Grider. Council member Kathy Hofmann voted no and Dave Mosby was absent. Downtown Lee’s Summit Main St. Inc. opposed Grider’s plan, saying the architecture and placement of a 3,000-square-foot building

on the lot didn’t conform to the recently adopted downtown standards. Grider also is seeking tax abatement for the project and that request is scheduled for a hearing Thursday. Downtown Main Street contends that because Grider’s project is the first under the new standards, the city should enforce strict adher-

transition area between ence. Grider intends to tear 1900-vintage buildings and down a long-vacant gas sta- newer structures so the tion at the rear of the lot. He slight setback fits, said Linplans to replace it with a da Tyrrel, deputy director of clinic a few feet off the planning and development. She said city staff supproperty line of Third Street, with parking behind. ports Grider’s plan because The downtown standards it fulfills the major compocall for the building to be on nents of the design standards. It will be brick mathe front property line. However, the site is in a sonry on all sides. The

council can legally allow some variations, she said. After negative comments at the Planning Commission, Grider did make the windows more symmetrical. “We made a pretty strong effort to meet the design standards,” Grider said. “We made a strong effort to revitalize this location.”

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Courthouse clock ticking once again. County Economic Developer Melissa Freeman, assisted by local clock enthusiast Larry Boucher, presented their application to Cass County Commissioners late last month. New York Essence of Time clock restorer Chuck Roeser examined the clock in late May and said it needs total restoration. The quotes given for the restoration and preservation of the clock, a 1909 Seth Thomas Model No. 16, were offered in three components. The first option, with a cost set at $33,500, was given to restore the clock mechanism as it now, with an electric motor. The second option, to restore the movement back to an original, came in at $60,000. As a third additional option, Roeser is also recommending restoring the exterior wooden dials, for an additional $24,000. “Everybody that I’ve talked to about the tower clock has been 101 percent supportive,” Boucher said. During a meeting earlier this summer, Presiding Commissioner Jeff Cox asked Freeman to pursue a grant from the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office. The organization

awards about $1 million annually statewide. The maximum awarded per project is $100,000. “All of our state legislators have written letters of support,” Freeman said. “It’s a significant project.” The grant application is due in mid-October and winners are expected to be awarded four to six weeks after the deadline. “It’s a competitive process,” Freeman said. A 30 percent match is required for the grant. With other expenses figured in, Cox said, the total cost of project is $106,450. If awarded the grant, the county would be on the hook for about $31,000.

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Dan McCall and Jason Rourke recently opened the restaurant and bar at 7122 Wornall Road, in the former site of the Gaf Bar & Grill, which closed in May. McCall was most recently ger beer — is becoming a manager at the Classic Cup customer favorite. Cafe on the Country Club District also offers beer Plaza. Rourke cocktails, 14 has built a beers on tap, strong followabout 100 boting as lead bartled beers, and tender at both boutique wines. Lew’s Grill & The partners Bar and the have opened up Well in Waldo. the space, exDistrict has a posing some of JOYCE SMITH the made-fromoriginal scratch kitchen cityscape brick walls and and craft cockgiving it a bit of TO REACH JOYCE SMITH, tail bar with an industrial CALL 816-234-4692 OR items at “neighdecor with metSEND E-MAIL TO borhood” prical seats, and reJSMITH@KCSTAR.COM FOLLOW HER ON es, they said. claimed woods TWITTER AND Menu items including table FACEBOOK AT JOYCEKC. include duck ritops made from sotto, catfish bowling alley and chips, bayou salmon, lanes. An old windmill snow crab boil, stuffed pork wheel from a Kansas farm is ribeye, and chicken and a ceiling fixture; the bar dumplings, along with tacos, lights hang from an old barn burgers, sandwiches and sal- pulley; and bicycle handleads. bars are mounted on the The back of the bar is wall like deer antlers. stocked with glass infusion In the bathrooms, Dan’s jars — 15 infused vodkas and wife, Jenny McCall, has six infused bourbons, along painted the names of area with infused rum, gin and streets — Wornall, Oak, Jeftequila. Customers also can ferson, Summit and others order infused flights — — along with the partners’ smaller sizes to try out. last names hidden in the The Fall Feather — with mix. house-made brown sugar Drink specials are written and pecan infused bourbon, on a roll of butcher paper vanilla bean syrup and gin- and should change daily.

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District Pour House + Kitchen has opened in the former The Gaf space, located at 7122 Wornall Road in Kansas City. Pictured from left to right, owners Jason Rourke and Dan McCall.

The owners also plan to add a patio in the spring 2014 and a basement venue that could serve as a private event space.

Quick bite The Tank Room is scheduled to open by the end of the year at 1813 Grand Blvd. It will offer Boulevard Brewing Co. beers and live local music.

Dressing for less Ross Dress for Less will open soon in the Northland.

The store, in Barrywoods Crossing, 8331 N.W. Roanridge Road, plans a grand opening at 9 a.m. Saturday. Stein Mart formerly operated in the space. The new store will give away $1,000 in Ross Dress for Less gift cards from the opening to Oct. 20 — one $500 card and five $100 cards. Ross offers “first-quality,” in-season, name-brand and designer apparel, accessories and footwear for all ages, along with home fashions. It says its customers

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School news in brief Belton Girls on the Run Club Mill Creek Upper Elementary has begun a Girls on the Run Club, which the Belton School District bills as the first in Cass County. The curriculum includes teaching life skills to the girls such as understanding themselves and how they connect with the world, valuing relationships, and teamwork through interactive lessons and running games. Running is used to inspire the girls, encourage lifelong health and fitness and

build confidence. Adult sponsors are Leah Kramer, Christy Becraft, and Maria Greenwell.

Independence given $93,000 for health initiative The district is receiving $93,627 from the Midwest Dairy Council to support its Fuel Up to Play 60 initiative, which focuses on nutrition and exercise. Independence is using some of the money to increase breakfast participation, in part with grab-n-go breakfast

stations in the secondary schools. Schools also are switching from milk cartons to plastic bottles to improve the milk’s flavor and foster recycling. In addition, each school also will receive new physical education equipment. More than 73,000 schools nationwide participate in Fuel Up to Play 60, developed by the national and local dairy councils and the National Football League, the district said in a news release.

Nixon names judge to higher post Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has elevated an Associate Circuit Judge Kenneth Garrett III to a full circuit judgeship in Jackson County. Garrett will replace Circuit Judge Michael Manners, who resigned Aug. 1 to return to private legal practice. Garrett, of Kansas City, has been an associate circuit judge for three years. He previously spent six years as an assistant Jackson County prosecutor and Judge Kenneth also has worked as an assistant attorney Garrett III general representing state agencies.

Lee’s Summit has state’s Superintendent of Year Lee’s Summit School Su- of Education president Ron perintendent David McGe- Baker said McGehee has hee is this year’s Missouri shown leadership in instrucSuperintendent of the Year. tion, community involveHe received the honor ment, addressing budget from the Missouri Associa- challenges, effective use of tion of School Administra- technology, communication tors, which announced the and legislative advocacy. award last week“He has worked end. with staff members McGehee will rethroughout the disceive a $500 scholtrict to create and arship for a student nourish educational in the Lee’s Summit environments where School District and the focus is on learna commemorative ing and success for ring. He also will each child,” Baker represent Missouri said. “Dr. McGehee in the National Su- David has a passion for perintendent of the McGehee teaching and learnYear program. ing, for what is best In a news release from the for each student and for endistrict, Lee’s Summit Board couraging leadership in oth-

ers.” Earlier this year, Lee’s Summit converted its school buses to natural gas. The district is using the resulting savings to improve classroom technology.

McGehee has led the Lee’s Summit district since 2006. He previously was superintendent of the Raymore-Peculiar and Sparta districts.

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In the high-stakes game for the good side of the bed, the dogs provide a winning hand Our bed has one side that is greatly nership of the entire bed and welsuperior to the other. The good side is comed frequent overnight visits from close to the bathroom for midnight my kids, traveling from rooms far runs. It’s near the bedroom door, handy down the hallway. When he returned to working dayfor 1 a.m. kid nightmares, 2 a.m. glasses of water, 3 a.m. dogs wanting out, 4 a.m. time hours, sharing the bed again was an adjustment. The kids insomnia episodes, and 5 had to be encouraged to a.m. rising early for work. sleep in their own From the preferred side, rooms again. “My side” there is a straight path to the no longer included the light switch. In the summer, middle — and somethe vent blows cool air over times the other side of whoever has the luxury of the bed. sleeping on the good side. One night, he rallied To reach the inferior side of the bed, one must traverse EMILY PARNELL his moxie and made a stand. He plopped hima narrow path riddled with columnist self on the good side of booby traps. An ottoman the bed to claim his with an unsightly spill is the ground — a squatter centerpiece of the everREACH EMILY who refused to be evicchanging obstacle course. PARNELL AT: ted. Laundry baskets and a sprinemilyjparnell “I get up earlier,” he kling of shoes are rearranged @gmail.com announced. “And I want in innumerable configurato be closer to the vent. tions. A marble dresser top attacks at will, challenging the groggy, You’re moving.” Although shocked at the territorial nighttime adventurer making way to invasion, I tried to take this in stride. and from the dark side of the bed. When we first moved into our house, Compromise is what makes the world I was eight months pregnant. Prone to go ‘round, right? His reasons made frequent potty runs, general mobility sense, and I’d reigned over the good difficulties and the ever-looming hor- side for five years. My turn was up. I monal emotional meltdown, I readily tripped and bumbled through the won ownership of the good side of the room now, squinting through the darkness at the carefree, happy, good side of bed. This arrangement continued for a the bed. Meanwhile, our dogs had set up a couple of years. It was all mine through the years of midnight baby feedings new schedule of their own. They orgaand wee hour visits from our toddler nized a nightly midnight opossum son, who exercised his freedom to hunt, followed by a 2:30 a.m. perimeter leave his big-boy bed with an enor- patrol and sometimes added a sunrise calisthenics shift to their nighttime esmous grin, exclaiming, “Hi mom!” One day, my husband was notified he capades. They trained me rigorously. If had been switched to the 11 p.m. – 7 I ignored their requests to open the a.m. shift. For the next three years, we door, they punished me with a plop of did not share the bed at all. He slept poop on the floor. I soon bowed down vampire-style during the day in a dar- to their schedule. At first, my husband helped. I’d let kened basement room. I now had ow-

them out, then he’d let them in. Then one night, he issued a decree. “I will not get out of bed to let the dogs in or out again.” He meant it, too. I huffed and puffed and bit my tongue, while tripping through the room, bumping the foot of the bed, ramming my toe into furniture. And then I realized: He’d made his error. I needed the good side more than he did. I staged a quiet coup. I went to bed a few minutes before him and reclaimed the good side. “What’s going on?” he asked. “It’s easier when the dogs want out,” I explained. “Hmmph,” he replied. Then he lay down on the bad side. Where I’m sure he conspires and plots his next move. Freelancer Emily Parnell writes each week.

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816 DIVERSIONS TABBOULEH WITH FETA Makes 14 servings 1 cup bulgur wheat 1 1/2 cups boiling water 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 small red onion, finely chopped (about 1 cup) 1 cucumber, unpeeled, seeded and finely chopped 2 medium tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped (about 1 3/4 cups chopped) 1 clove garlic, minced 1 cup loosely packed flat-leaf (Italian) parsley, minced 1/4 to 1/2 cup loosely packed mint, minced 1/4 cup loosely packed cilantro, minced Grated zest of 1 lemon 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/2 cup reduced-fat crumbled feta cheese Place bulgur in a large, heat-proof mixing bowl. Pour boiling water, lemon juice and olive oil over bulgur. Stir to blend, cover and allow to stand 1 hour. Stir in remaining ingredients, except cheese. Cover and refrigerate several hours. Just before serving, stir in feta. Per (1/2 -cup) serving: 76 calories (30 percent from fat), 3 grams total fat (1 gram saturated), 1 milligram cholesterol, 11 grams carbohydrates, 3 grams protein, 62 milligrams sodium, 3 grams dietary fiber. Recipe developed for The Star by professional home economists Kathryn Moore and Roxanne Wyss.

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Tabbouleh a colorful alternative to predictable pasta, potato salads Tired of the predictable pasta and potato salads at your neighborhood or church potluck? The Star’s Tabbouleh With Feta, a colorful, Mediterranean-style no-cook salad, is easy to fix and makes enough to feed a crowd. Tabbouleh (pronounced tah-BOO-lah) is made from bulgur or wheat kernels that have been parboiled, dried and ground, a process that reduces cooking to a quick steam using boiling water. Stir in chopped tomatoes, mint, parsley, lemon and olive oil, then refrigerate until ready to serve. Low in fat and high in fiber and protein, bulgur has a naturally mild, nutty flavor. A vegetarian dish, it can also be served as an accompaniment to fish, beef or chicken. For a twist, add a few crumbles of feta, a tangy Greek cheese traditionally made from sheep’s or goat’s milk but most often made with cow’s milk in the United States. Feta is high in calcium, and when used as a garnish, it adds a briny bite to any dish. Reduced-fat feta

also contains roughly a third less fat than regular feta. It’s rare to find a dish that features fresh parsley, often thought of as a garnish, so prominently. Parsley is an excellent source of vitamins A and C. Shopping tip: For this recipe, The Star’s testers used Bob’s Red Mill 100 percent whole-grain, quick-cooking bulgur wheat. Cooking tips: Use 1⁄4 cup mint leaves for a milder flavor or up to 1⁄2 cup mint for a stronger flavor. To quickly and easily mince the herbs, place parsley, mint and cilantro leaves together in a straight-sided cup and use kitchen shears to quickly snip the herbs until finely minced. Do not use a food processor or the delicate herbs will turn to mush. Feta adds a wonderful flavor to tabbouleh, but the salad is also very good without the cheese.

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A community with plenty of personality KC’s Waldo neighborhood, whose history can be traced back to 1841, “gets in your blood”

SUSAN PFANNMULLER | SPECIAL TO THE STAR

Thistle the ferret, who was up for adoption through the KC Ferret Hotline rescue group, enjoyed the attention it got at the Waldo Fall Festival. The 21st annual festival included a Zumba fitness class for youngsters. Persia Baker, 2, of Overland Park, did some stretching and relaxing.

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By TRACI ANGEL Special to The Star

ome a little closer. There’s a story to tell. It’s a story about a Kansas City neighborhood called Waldo and the people who make it home. It all started in 1841, but let’s jump ahead to this year’s Waldo Fall Festival ... As children bobbed inside a bounce house, a camera crew wearing aqua blue shirts readied itself in the drugstore parking lot that was the epicenter of the festivities. Melissa Saubers, last year’s “mayor” of this southwest Kansas City neighborhood, waited nearby to share her Waldo story with the crew. Saubers described her mayoral tenure as being a “cheerleader for Waldo.” Yet she demonstrates her commitment to the neighborhood without words. Witness her “I (heart) everything Waldo” T-shirt, and the choice she and her husband made to run their businesses out of the area. “It gets in your blood,” she said. She later elaborated. SUSAN PFANNMULLER | SPECIAL TO THE STAR “It’s really the people. The people work realThe Waldo Community Improvement District helped pay for improvements ly hard, and they own small businesses, and to the Waldo fountain.

❚ Pub crawls: Waldo Crawldo in June and FalldoWaldo Crawldo in September. ❚ Fall Festival: Third week in September, including barbecue contest at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church called Smoking ’n’ Waldo ❚ Trolley Run: April fundraiser for the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired ❚ Waldo Wednesday: Third Wednesday of every month, participating businesses feature discounts and deals they might not have normally ❚ Thirsty Thursday: Local businesses, art work, mingling and refreshments from 5 to 7 p.m. on third Thursday ❚ Patrick’s Bar & No Grill .1K: August fundraiser for Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care Source: Waldo Area Business Association

WALDO IS FAMOUS FOR.... ❚ David Waldo: He made his home in Independence and bought up several properties around Jackson County. He is considered the founder of the Waldo community. ❚ Alexander Majors: The rail business he created bolstered the start of Waldo’s early commercial growth. He had success in the freighting business and established the firm of Russell, Majors & Waddell. ❚ Calvin Trillin: Journalist, humorist and food writer. ❚ Gillis Home: A charity that has met social service demands with beginnings that date to the late 1800s. Its campus opened in Waldo in 1929. ❚ H. Roe Bartle: Businessman and philanthropist who was Kansas City mayor from 1955 to 1963. Sources: “Waldo Facts,” www.waldokc.org, “The Waldo Story” by LaDene Morton, The Kansas City Star, “A History of Waldo” by Betty Tillotson

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Jon Goodwin is the fourth generation of his family that has been involved with Waldo Grain Co. at 7801 Wornall Road. The history of the business is a little vague, but he thinks it was started in 1916. It’s now known as Waldo’s oldest operating business.

they’ve been here forever. You can’t go anywhere without seeing people you know.” Saubers’ interview was one of the first recorded for “Our Waldo: Stories From a Kansas City Neighborhood,” a project sponsored through the Waldo Area Business Association. It defines the Waldo area as running from the state line to Holmes Road, between Gregory Boulevard and 91st Street. “Our Waldo” is an effort to

preserve anecdotes and tales might think of Waldo as one from business owners and oth- thing. It doesn’t look like the ers to describe an area that isn’t kind of place that it is.” easily pegged or molded to The project, she added, “is a stereotype. way to let people see what it Angie Lile, whose firm LileS- really is with a group of people, tyle Productions is capturing the businesses they have and the record with “Our Waldo,” their own personal stories.” learned that over the course of ❚ ❚ ❚ planning meetings. There’s Waldo owes its name to Damore to Waldo than a hodge- vid Waldo, a trader and busipodge of businesses along nessman who in 1841 bought Wornall Road. 1,000 acres north and east of “Someone driving through what’s now 75th Street and

Wornall. It wasn’t until after World War II that the city annexed as far south as 85th Street. A railway that is now the Harry Wiggins Trolley Track Trail provided an artery for commerce, and businesses popped up over the years. But much of the area retained a rural feel for a long time. Today, at One More Cup, regulars sip at the same tables at nearly the same time every day.

It’s a favorite coffee shop among the green contingent for its nearly zero waste, and it’s a welcome stop for those whose bicycles are a primary mode of transport. Owners Jeremy and Stacy Neff live in Waldo and describe the shop as “our love letter to our neighborhood” and an extension of their home. Author LaDene Morton sat outside the shop on a recent morning and explained how

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SUSAN PFANNMULLER | SPECIAL TO THE STAR

The Waldo Fall Festival featured performances by Betty Tillotson and Lorna Sherer Studio of Dance. Above, Tillotson (center) checked with students Audrey Wohletz (left), 9, and Sophia Conrad, 10, before they went on stage. Tillotson’s name recently was added to the Waldo Walk of Fame (below) at the Waldo Fountain.

the neighborhood unfolded. “Unlike suburbia, the businesses came first to Waldo, and the houses sprung up around them,” she said. Although there’s a pretty tight orderliness farther north in the Brookside area, where developer J.C. Nichols held sway, she said, parts of Waldo are industrial. Waldo was more influenced by developer Napoleon Dible, who employed strategies to

keep house prices down. Dible was responsible for the faux English Tudor and Prairie School design seen in Waldo neighborhoods, and his business philosophy differed from that of Nichols. “For Nichols, the house was important, but most of his company’s deals were about the land development,” Morton wrote in her book “The Waldo Story — Home of Friendly Merchants.”

“For Dible, the house was what mattered. He built the houses on all his properties and was known to help with financing, moving expenses or whatever it took to get a family into a home.” Morton lived in Waldo during her 20s and 30s and awoke on weekends to the noises of Waldo Grain Co. Waldo has “managed to remain interesting and funky,” she said. “It’s egalitarian

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Sam Gromowsky’s Almar Printing started in 1964 and has been operating at 77th Terrace and Wornall Road for more than 30 years. Rick Blinn (left) works on a four-color offset press as Gromowsky shows off the place.

enough that the business owners live there. ... The thing about Waldo is that Waldo can be whatever it wants to be.” ❚ ❚ ❚ Waldo Grain has kept its little bit of country on Wornall Road. Its interior could pass for a barn, as hefty dog-food bags provide the scent. Cat food, birdseed, burlap bags for $2.50 and udder butter line the shelves. A steady flow of traffic on

Saturday morning brings cars just inches from the door as drivers run in for pet food. Manager Jon Goodwin has heard various stories about when the company opened, but it is thought to be 1916 and is known as the oldest operating business in Waldo. It has been at its current spot since 1926. Goodwin’s grandfather came back from World War I and started working at the company and eventually bought it.

The family has run it ever since, with the stock evolving as neighborhood demand dictated. “Now it’s more lawn, garden and pets,” said Goodwin, who has worked there since 1985. But chicken feed sales are five times what they used to be, he says. Chalk it up to the urban farming movement and ordinances that allow the birds. Things have come full circle, perhaps, since the famous

chicken dinner at Broadway Methodist Church. That’s another Waldo story, one from the early 20th century. As the tale goes, a man brought two live chickens as his donation for the dinner. With no hesitation, one of the women working took the birds to the backyard to wring their necks, boiled them in water and plucked all the feathers before cooking and serving them to others at the dinner.

❚ ❚ ❚ Betty Tillotson turned 90 in June and tap-danced at her studio’s recital that same month. Many of her former students now bring their grandchildren to classes to the Betty Tillotson and Lorna Sherer Studio of Dance on Gregory Boulevard, where she still teaches. Tillotson’s Waldo story goes back to 1945, when her parents moved across the state line because of her father’s job at the

Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Plant at Bannister Road and Troost Avenue. She remembers waiting in early-morning darkness to ride a streetcar to Park College to earn a degree in history and languages. She stayed in the neighborhood and started teaching dancing classes in the evenings after her job as a secretary. The first recital that her students held was in 1951 at the Waldo Theater. Tillotson is also known as one of the area’s historians. Her work, “The History of Waldo,” is distributed as one of Waldo’s official records. She is eager to share what she has learned. Her studio walls provide a look to the past, too. They are adorned with trophies and photos going back decades. Dance rosters, cards and photos of former students. What makes Waldo Waldo? “It’s the mom-and-pop stores, that’s what,” she said. “People live here for a long time. Or they grow up, leave and then come back. I go into a store, and someone says, ‘Hi, Betty.’ ” ❚ ❚ ❚ Sam Gromowsky was booted from cobbler’s trade school and switched to the printing school at Father Flanagan’s Boys Town. His business, Almar Printing, began in 1964 with the purchase of a duplicator press. Almar has operated from its location at 77th Terrace and Wornall for more than 30 years. Gromowsky is board president for the Waldo Community Improvement District, which has been instrumental in upgrading the area. The Waldo Area Business Association formed the improvement district in 2007 and uses money generated from an additional half-cent sales tax and a property tax on businesses. The money funds projects that improve the image and aesthetics of the district. A bike patrol known as the Waldo Roadrunners, improve-

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HISTORIC MILESTONES ❚ 1841: Dr. David Waldo of Gasconade County, Mo., buys a 1,000-acre tract in the area. ❚ 1860: Rail line is established between Westport and Dodson, at 85th Street and Prospect Avenue, with stop in Waldo. ❚ 1878: David Waldo dies. ❚ 1907: Waldo station is built where 74th Terrace and Wornall is today. ❚ 1909: Kansas City annexes Waldo area as the city limits expand from 49th Street to 77th Street. ❚ 1947: Kansas City boundaries extend to 85th Street. ❚ 1950: Waldo station is torn down for parking lot construction. ❚ 1957: Last streetcar serving Brookside and Waldo makes its final run. ❚ 1975: Tower Park’s water tower at 76th and Holmes designated Missouri’s first American Water Landmark. It is also on the National Register of Historic Places. ❚ 1996: Harry Wiggins Trolley Track Trail is dedicated. ❚ 2007: Waldo Area Business Association establishes the Waldo Community Improvement District for properties along Wornall from Gregory to 85th Street. Sources: “Waldo Facts,” www.waldokc.org, “The Waldo Story” by LaDene Morton, The Kansas City Star

ments of the Waldo fountain and a marketing campaign are among the improvement district’s touches. One of the biggest changes wrought by the district, Gromowsky said, is a renewed sense of camaraderie among the merchants. Business owners look out for one another, he said, and it’s clear that many are invested in Waldo. Many, including Almar, are heading into the second and third generation. Gromowsky said his son is taking over the printing business. These places rely on support

from the surrounding community. “The homes are a lot of starter homes with young people or some older couples who have been here many years,” Gromowsky said. “This area is a blue-collar area compared to Brookside (just to the north). It’s unique in that a young couple can afford to live in this area, and you can’t say that about too many safe areas in Kansas City where you can still get a home at a reasonable price.” ❚ ❚ ❚ The free-form development that marked Waldo’s history

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can have both endearing and annoying qualities for its inhabitants. Eating a falafel at Papu’s Cafe in the Shell convenience store on 75th Street or attending a wine tasting in the CVS drugstore on Friday night could be noted as positive eccentricities. A drive along Wornall Road — with its smattering of payday loan businesses, fast-food joints, chain stores and billboards overlapping billboards — might bring a negative image, however. Longtime Kansas City broadcaster Walt Bodine once called the stretch “the ugliest road in the world.” But the open-minded zoning philosophy worked well for the neighborhood when a fire in 2007 destroyed the building that was once Westmoreland Theater, then the Waldo Theater and later the Waldo Astoria dinner theater. Instead of trying to emulate the original structure built in the 1920s, Botwin Commercial Development and El Dorado Architects created the glass and steel Botwin Building at the northwest corner of 75th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. It’s unlike anything else in Waldo, and the modern building is now occupied by thriving businesses. ❚ ❚ ❚ In the coming years, the Waldo community seems intent on taking charge and shaping its own future. Health, yoga and Pilates clubs have already created a presence. A grass-roots campaign has persuaded the Kansas City Public Schools to resurrect the closed Hale Cook school. The latest incarnation opened this fall with Hale Cook kindergarten and first-grade classes at Hartman Elementary School as improvements are made to the Hale Cook structure. Last month a protest from neighbors helped thwart efforts to bring a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market to occu-

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py the former Bingham Middle School site at 7618 Wyandotte St. About 150 people attended the meeting where school officials announced that the site would not be used for the proposed grocery store. The school isn’t far from Lew’s Bar & Grill, and co-owner Chris Lewellen said the businesses and neighbors know that finding the right fit will affect the area. “People will start investing when something happens to the school,” said Lewellen, who along with his brother Andy Lewellen took a chance more than four years ago by opening another establishment,The Well, a rooftop restaurant and bar. The Well, at 7421 Broadway, and nearby establishments are drawing a younger clientele to the neighborhood. Lewellen’s story on how he landed there mirrors others’. He spent time in the area as child and then settled there to raise his own children. He lives in the neighborhood and has an invested home life to go with the $3 million spent for property acquisition for The Well and adjoining properties and renovation. Others in Waldo will take risks, too, when something happens with Bingham, he said. “They will start redoing property in south Waldo, but not until something happens to the school,” Lewellen said. Former mayor Saubers didn’t hesitate when asked about what would happen next for Waldo. “It’s Bingham,” she said. Saubers’ mayoral duties ended with the announcement that businessman Norm Besheer would assume the title. But she intends to continue work with the school district to create a community-centered use for the school property. Her Waldo story continues, and so does the neighborhood’s.

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t’s been a long time since I felt until junior salesman, who left to so vulnerable and exposed. get you his card, returns with the But then, it’s been a long sales manager. time since I strolled onto a My wife later told me that statiscar dealer’s lot. tically only a very small percentStepping from my car, I had the age of potential car customers overwhelming sense of being come back once they leave that watched intently. I felt the same door. I told you she does her homeTONY RIZZO sense of impending dread that a work. boater must feel upon falling into columnist There was a whole different vibe shark-infested waters. at another dealership where we Within seconds the salesman went to check out one specific REACH TONY RIZZO AT: made his move. The theme from vehicle. The sales guy didn’t try to trizzo@ “Jaws” played in my head at his steer us to other models that needkcstar.com approach. ed to be moved off the lot. His apFortunately I was with my wife. proach was low key, and when we I am weak-willed and easily distracted by left, we took his card, and he said I might call shiny objects —veritable chum in the water for you tomorrow and harass you. a crafty salesman. I appreciated it. She, on the other hand, is a savvy and wellI know it’s unfair to compare car salesmen to informed shopper. She had spent hours re- sharks. I’m sure some people feel the same trepsearching every economic and mechanical fac- idation about dealing with journalists. et of the specific models we were looking for We all have to feed our families, so I don’t bebefore we ventured out to do car-buying battle. grudge anybody doing their best to earn a livI would bet money she knew more about the ing. car we came to look at than the sales guy. I just don’t feel comfortable engaging in the We were in car-shopping mode because my kind of gamesmanship that comes with car ancient ride had finally gone to that great sal- shopping. But when you feel, rightly or not, that vage yard in the sky. someone is trying to take advantage of you, you Which fact, my wife informed me, is not to tend to get defensive and cautious. be shared with those seeking to make a sale. But since I don’t have the kind of money to Nor was I to seem too impressed with a partic- just say here’s what I want, hand me the keys, ular vehicle’s features. It’s best to not seem too it’s a necessary evil I must endure. eager. I’m fortunate to have a wing man who, when The next dealer we visited turned out to be a all is said and done, will make sure we get a classic example of how once they get you in good deal on a good car. the door, they pull out all the stops to keep you And more than likely, some salesperson will from leaving. Asking junior salesman for his be left feeling like they are the chewed-up shark card as you prepare to leave, draws the atten- bait. tion of senior salesman, who keeps you occu- To reach Tony Rizzo, call 816-234-4435 or send pied with his personable and friendly banter email to trizzo@kcstar.com.

REPUBLICAN FLIMFLAM We were told Republicans wanted to stop the spending. It is costing America millions of dollars to keep the government shut down. Thank you, Sen. Ted Cruz, House Speaker John Boehner, Sen. Roy Blunt, Sen. Pat Roberts, Rep. Eric Cantor, Rush Limbaugh, the GOP | THE AP leaders and all the Republicans who voted for this. The A protest for federal workers idled by the shutdown rallied outside the San Antonio rule of law rules, period. office of Sen. Ted Cruz last week. The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land. What eight presidents tried to do only President Barack Obama made happen. All who voted for the shutdown will pay for it in the 2014, 2016 and 2020 elections. In trying to hurt the president they hurt many Americans who were already hurting. I hope the Republican Party is happy because we the voters are not. Congress gets a paycheck, and we get the pink slips from the people we voted into office. Florentino Camacho Jr. Kansas City HYBRID PROBLEMS I highly recommend a hybrid car for wealthy collectors. Others should think twice before buying one. In about 10 years, the junk yards will be brimming with hybrid cars all needing multithousand-dollar battery packs. The break-even time FILE PHOTO | BLOOMBERG NEWS for most hybrids is between 10 to 20 years. It’s definitely not a car for anyone with limited resources, but rather a curiosity for those who can afford it. Perhaps, in time, an affordable battery pack will become available. But for now, no such battery pack exists. If you want to save on gasoline, simply buy a smaller car, which will out save the hybrid in a short time. If you should buy a hybrid, be sure it’s a plug-in hybrid so you can brag its electricity is 40 percent from coal. My apologies to Al Gore and his merry band of greenies for exposing this sometimes misunderstood fact. Bob Patterson Lee's Summit OBAMA’S MISTAKES In the 2012 presidential debates, President Barack Obama said that Republicans introduced the sequester bill and that Arizona's immigration law allowed police to stop Hispanics and ask for papers. In an interview with Mexico's Univision, Obama blamed the “Fast and Furious” (guns to Mexican drug cartels) program on the Bush administration. All the statements were false. For four years, Obama blamed former President George W. Bush for our CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Oct. 11-12 Theatre for Young People Holding Auditions: Its annual winter show “Hairspray,” dance and vocal on both days, Friday, 5-10 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., UMKC Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City. 913-341-8156 or mtyp.org

Oct. 12 Brew Story Trolley Tours: James Maxwell, author of Hometown Beer and A History of Kansas City’s Breweries, will lead you through Prohibition past, including a tasting of selected brews from Kansas City’s Boulevard Brewing Co., registration required, 2:30-5 p.m., Union Station, 30 W. Pershing Rd., Kansas City. $35. kansascitymuseum.org 7th Annual Rock N Roll Dance Party: Come and listen to memories of the past, 7-11 p.m., Guardian Angels, 43rd Mercier, Kansas City. $12 advance, $13 door. 913-722-9150 or 816-561-8471. 17th Annual Race for the Future 5K Run/Walk: Proceeds to benefit the Lee’s Summit Educational Foundation Inc. and the Carrie Foresee Memorial Scholarship Fund., 8 a.m., Lee’s Summit West High School, 2600 S.W. Ward Road, Lee’s Summit. $23-$30. 816-986-1015 or www.Enter2Run.com.

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suburban confence football power rankings SUBURBAN GOLD 1. Blue Springs (6-0, 2-0)

SUBURBAN RED 1. Lee's Summit West (5-1, 3-0)

Last week: Defeated Lee's Summit North 27-3 The Wildcats' defense doesn't get much respect, but holding Lee's Summit North tailback Josh Caldwell under 50 yards is noteworthy.

Last week: Defeated Park Last week: Defeated Staley Hill South 41-21 15-12 The offense continues to A victory over Staley gives roll for the Titans. That's six the Indians a leg up on straight games with at least claiming the crown. four touchdowns.

2. Lee's Summit (6-0, 3-0) Last week: Defeated Blue Springs South 35-25 The Tigers were finally able to breathe easily, winning by double digits for the first time since Week 2.

3. Liberty (4-2, 2-2)

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Last week: Defeated Rockhurst 34-24 The Blue Jays ended a two-game losing streak, and with a game at Park Hill, the schedule sets up nicely to build on last Friday's triumph.

4. Blue Springs South (3-3, 1-1) Last week: Lost to Lee's Summit 35-25 A trip to Blue Springs High usually is not a cure to end a losing streak. The Jaguars have lost four straight to their crosstown rival.

2. Park Hill South (3-3, 2-1) Last week: Lost to Lee's Summit West 41-21 The Panthers are set to endure their most critical three-game stretch of the regular season. It begins Friday at St. Joseph Central.

3. Park Hill (3-3, 2-1) Last week: Lost to Kearney 42-7 A potential shootout turned into a dud with the Trojans' offense not holding up to its end.

4. St. Joseph Central (2-4, 1-1) Last week: Lost to Raymore-Peculiar 17-12 If the Indians are to get back in the race for the conference title, the next two games are the time to do it when they play host to Park Hill South and then Park Hill.

5. Ray-Pec (3-3,0-3)

5. Ruskin Last week: Defeated St. Jo- (1-5, 1-2)

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seph Central 17-12 A brutal two-week stretch awaits the Panthers, who travel to Lee's Summit West before returning home to face Blue Springs.

Last week: Defeated Truman 14-11 It wasn't necessarily pretty, but the Eagles picked up their first victory under coach Damon Fishback.

6. Lee's Summit North (2-4, 0-2)

6. Truman (0-6, 0-4)

Last week: Lost to Blue Last week: Lost to Ruskin Springs 27-3 14-11 The Broncos' two wins to After losing a heartbreakopen the season seem like a er, Truman has another shot long time ago now. They at its first victory Friday have scored only three when it plays host to Marpoints in each of their last shall. two games.

SUBURBAN WHITE 1. Fort Osage (6-0, 3-0)

2. Staley (3-3, 3-1)

Last week: Lost to Fort Osage 15-12 The Falcons don't need to look far for answers to last Friday's loss. They turned the ball over three times.

3. North Kansas City (4-2, 4-0) Last week: Lost to Platte County 42-14 The schedule heats up for the Hornets, who will face Winnetonka, Fort Osage and Staley the next three games.

4. Raytown (2-4, 2-3) Last week: Defeated Oak Park 55-10 The Bluejays are starting to figure some things out at the right time. They face crosstown rival Raytown South on Friday.

5. Belton (2-4, 2-2) Last week: Defeated William Chrisman 49-14 The Pirates' offense is back. It rebounded from its worst night of the season and scored seven touchdowns last Friday.

6. William Chrisman (0-6, 0-4) Last week: Lost to Belton 49-14 The Bears scored for the first time in three games, but they didn't put up a fight defensively.

7. Oak Park (0-6, 0-4) Last week: Lost to Raytown 55-10 Looking for a silver lining? Here's one: The Northmen reached double digits for the first time in five games.

SUBURBAN BLUE 1. Winnetonka (5-1, 3-0) Last week: Defeated Liberty North 28-7 The Griffins' offense has been productive. And now their defense is starting to catch up, having allowed only 12 points in the last two games.

2. Kearney (5-1, 3-0) Last week: Defeated Park Hill 42-7 The Bulldogs are hitting their stride, but a trip to Staley on Friday will provide a true test.

3. Platte County (4-2, 1-1) Last week: Defeated North Kansas City 42-14 The Pirates avoided a twogame losing streak by outscoring North Kansas City 28-0 in the fourth quarter.

4. Liberty North (3-3, 1-2) Last week: Lost to Winnetonka 28-7 It has been feast or famine for the Eagles, who have played only one game within a 20-point margin.

5. Grandview (3-3, 1-2) Last week: Defeated Raytown South 27-21 (OT) Tailback Jerel Alexander scored on an 11-yard run in overtime to end the Bulldogs' three-game losing streak.

6. Raytown South (1-5, 0-4) Last week: Lost to Grandview 27-21 (OT) It's never too late to turn the season around, but the Cardinals must find more consistency defensively. | Sam McDowell, smcdowell@kcstar.com

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Here are five must-see games this week involving area high school football teams.

1. Van Horn (6-0) at Hogan Prep (6-0) Two months ago, Van Horn coach Jeff Tolbert said he had the most complete football team in his six years with the school. His reasoning was simple. This team, he explained, had the ability to run the option. He wasn't kidding. Van Horn tailback J.J. Rivers and quarterback Tony Winningham form a potent offensive duo that has the Falcons averaging 45 points per game. Their biggest test of the season, however, comes Friday night. Hogan Prep also has a 6-0 record for the second straight year. The Rams have allowed only 36 points in six games, and Van Horn might be their only opponent remaining in the regular season capable of blemishing the undefeated mark.

2. Harrisonville (5-1) at Oak Grove (5-1) The streak is over. After 713 days without a regular season loss, Oak Grove fell 26-22 to unbeaten Pleasant Hill last week. The Panthers don't have time to sulk. They welcome perennial power Harrisonville to town this week. A win could put Oak Grove back in the race for the Missouri River Valley Conference West championship hunt. Continuing his flair for the dramatic, Harrisonville do-everything quarterback Zach Davidson scored a touchdown with less than a minute to play to defeat Grain Valley last Friday. It's the second time the Wildcats have won in the

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Rockhurst High School's Kiah Kintchen scampered for yardage in Friday night's game against Liberty at William Jewell College. The Hawklets lost to Liberty 34-24.

waning seconds with Davidson providing the late-game magic on both occasion.

3. Blue Springs South (3-3) at Blue Springs (6-0) Blue Springs' 2013 graduating class was the school's first class to complete a four-year cycle without a football loss to crosstown rival Blue Springs South. This senior class has the opportu-

nity to repeat the accomplishment. Blue Springs looks every bit the equal of the team that won the Missouri Class 6 state title last season. The offensive line has found its groove, and tailback Dalvin Warmack subsequently has, too. On the other hand, this has been a second straight season of inconsistency for Blue Springs South, which has lost two straight.

4. Raytown (2-4) at Raytown South (1-5) Records can be deceiving. Just look at the two football teams in Raytown. For starters, Raytown has lost two games after leading at halftime. That was no problem last week when running back Josh Drake scored four touchdowns in a blowout of Oak Park. Nevertheless, the Bluejays feel they are better than their record shows, and

that's a feeling to which Raytown South can relate. The Cardinals lost to Grandview in overtime last Friday. Both of these teams are capable of late-season turnarounds, but the clock is ticking.

5. Lee's Summit North (2-4) at Lee's Summit (6-0) It has been feast or famine for the Lee's Summit North offense. The Broncos have

scored at least 27 points in three games and have been held to three points or fewer in the other three games. If they are to upset their crosstown rival, it had better be feast Friday, and expect them to turn to tailback Josh Caldwell to make it happen. Lee's Summit has already doubled last season's win total. Quarterback Drew Lock has passed for 20 touchdowns.

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from page 5 tickets valid for four pitchers of beer. An after-party is planned. Info: crawlforcancer.org/ kansascity.php 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. 19 Freakers Ball 2013 When: 7 p.m. Where: Midland theater, 1228 Main What: Bands playing will be Five Finger Death Punch, Escape the Fate, Soil and Gemini Syndrome. $35 in advance, $45 at door. Info: midlandkc.com, 816.283.9921

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. 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 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 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 12 full bars, DJ Eric Coomes and prizes for costume contests that include $3,000 for sexiest costume. $45 general admission, $75 VIP. Info: terrorparty.com

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OCT. 25-26 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 Hustle When: 8 a.m. Where: Race course TBA. What: Run or walk 5K or 10K in benefit for Harvesters. $20 to 40. Info: kctrack.org 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 prizes worth up to $5,000. Info: howlatthemoon.com/ locations/location-kansas-city, 816.471.HOWL

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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. Info: powerandlightdistrict .com

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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 bigtime costume contest. $13-$18. Info: voodookc.com 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. 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 OCT. 31 Screenland at the Symphony: “The Phantom of the Opera” When: 7 p.m. Where: Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts What: Organist Aaron David Miller will provide a creepy soundtrack to the 1925 silent film. $25-$45. Info: kcsymphony.org, 816.471.0400 OCT. 31 Halloween Party When: 9 p.m.

Where: Replay Lounge, 946 Massachusetts, Lawrence What: Spirit Is the Spirit will play, along with the ACBs, Dean Monkey & the Dropouts and Stiff Middle Fingers. Info: replaylounge.com NOV. 1-2 Pandemonium When: 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Where: FireFly Lounge, 4118 Pennsylvania What: Two nights of haunted decor, dancing and drink specials. $5. Info: kchalloween.com

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Painting and pinot are a winning pair Andrea Olsen, Special to Ink

I’m sure plenty of artists drink while they paint, but it still feels rebellious to do so in a classroom setting. Recently a friend and I attended a wine and painting class, the type that has popped up everywhere over the last few years. You might have noticed the trend on Facebook. My news feed is littered with pictures of smiling women, all holding up their own version of the same painting. By now, practically every one of my friends has one of these paintings in their home. The walls of the studio held a gallery of sample artwork from previous classes. I looked around at the pictures, intimidated, and stared back at my own blank canvas, unsure of where to begin. I took a sip of my wine, nervously arranged my paintbrushes and waited for class to start. There are at least five studio options to choose from in the Kansas City area, and the premise is pretty much the same no matter what location you visit. An

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instructor guides you through each step of the painting. Most classes are BYOB and drinking during class is highly encouraged. We chose a class at the Thirsty Palette in Overland Park. Your fee includes the instruction and art supplies — paint, brushes, and canvas — and there is a bar with wine, beer and cocktails for purchase. Our instructor took her spot on an elevated stage at the front of the room. The stage held two easels — one with a sample completed painting, and one with a blank canvas. Our project would be an interpretation of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night,” with the swirling moon and stars at the top, and the Country Club Plaza skyline along the bottom. It looked complicated, but the class started simply with the background color, and advanced from

there. The teacher demonstrated one step, and then we mimicked it on our painting. It was like watching Bob Ross of PBS fame — if Bob Ross had platinum blonde hair, multiple tattoos, and cracked jokes about messing up. When she demonstrated, our class sat in silence, fixated on her brush movements. After each layer, we took a quick drink break to let the paint dry before moving on. She also served as bartender, mixing drinks as she answered questions. I started cautiously, and then I grew more comfortable with the paintbrush. Our teacher encouraged us not to be perfectionists. When we moved on to what I thought was the most difficult part — shading — my strokes were too thick and choppy. Rather than panic, I calmly mixed

paint colors to blend in the mistakes, adding to the swirled style that the painting called for. I tried not to look around at my neighbors’ work — especially the canvas of my design schooleducated friend — but in such tight quarters it was hard not to compare. Halfway through the class, I reconsidered the sample artwork on the walls that had seemed daunting before. I realized the paintings were all easy enough for beginners. Sure, left to my own devices, I know I couldn’t get the same result. But with someone to hold your hand, the finished product turns out to be just a series of shapes. For example, the skyline on the bottom of my painting was a layering of lines and squares, and didn’t require much freehand drawing — just someone to demonstrate and help guide you. After the final step of filling in the swirls around the moon and stars, I took one last sip of riesling and stepped back to admire my work. I couldn’t believe all of

that white space on my canvas had turned into a real picture that looked almost as good as the instructor’s. The whole process was therapeutic, and I could see why these classes are so popular. On my own, I would have been stressed about what step to take next on the canvas. I’ve always been a planner, and my mind constantly runs ahead to the next task. With painting, it was relaxing to not always be thinking ahead and just let go. I was proud of myself. My classmates seemed equally impressed by their handiwork, showing off their version. As I cleaned up my supplies, I envisioned where I would hang my “Starry Night.” Finally, my apartment would hold a piece of art that was my own. Just like all of my friends. 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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HIS FAVORITE: Little Freshie’s prosciutto sandwich

David Pulliam, The Kansas City Star The prosciutto and manchego sandwich and Kyle’s Toddy at Little Freshie, 811 W. 17th St., are favorites of Voltaire bartender Ryan Miller. Caitlin Cress, Special to Ink

fter a long dinner service at Voltaire, bartender Ryan Miller admits, “You kind of just want to sit down and have a shot and a beer.” So when he’s not tweaking the ever-changing cocktail menu or hand-crafting drinks at the new restaurant, 1617 Genessee St. in the West Bottoms, Miller explores the city’s cocktails and bar snacks. Miller and his manager, who often carpool, stop on the way home at MiniBar, 3810 Broadway, for what is usually their first chance to eat all night. Miller goes for a can of Hamm’s ($2), a shot of Buffalo Trace bourbon ($5) and a pizza, which comes from Mini’s sister bar, RecordBar. Miller’s pizza of choice is Appetite for Destruction ($8), which has Canadian bacon, vegetables and Gorgonzola over Alfredo sauce. The drive to work from his home in Hyde

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Park often includes a filling meal from Little Freshie, 811 W. 17th St., where Miller orders Kyle’s Toddy ($3) and the prosciutto and manchego sandwich ($6). The sandwich is served on a fresh pretzel bun with arugula and stone ground mustard. The toddy, however, is the real standout for Miller. He describes it as “chocolatey and roasty” and says “this toddy has ruined me for everyone else’s in the whole city.” On other days Miller lunches at Voltaire’s neighbor restaurant, Genessee Royale, 1531 Genessee St. in the West Bottoms. The cocktail menu changes frequently, but Miller recently enjoyed a drink with watermelon juice, gin and Aperol (similar cocktails are priced around $7). He orders the Cobb salad ($10), which he calls “the perfect plate.” It’s topped with house-fried chicken and buttermilk-cider vinaigrette.

He starts his off days the same way he ends his working ones: with a shot and a drink. Miller’s shot of choice in the morning is an espresso ($3) from Oddly Correct, 3940 Main St., followed by a pint of the shop’s pour-over coffee ($3-$4). Nights off might include a stop at the Westport Cafe and Bar at 419 Westport Road, where Miller tended bar for about a year. While he worked at WCB, he couldn’t take full advantage of its menu. “In the restaurant or bar industry, most of your meals are had standing over a trash can, which is impossible with mussels,” he says, adding that there definitely isn’t time to make yourself a full cocktail. So on days off, Miller savors meals and drinks that he can’t enjoy while behind the bar. He orders the Meridian ($9), a bourbonbased cocktail with muddled blueberries, sweet vermouth and chai spice, and the

mussels ($11) and pommes frites ($4). Next month Miller will travel to Portland, Ore., for the National Campari Cocktail Competition. When he competed as a finalist in the 2013 Paris of the Plains Festival, he presented the Marc, a gin martini with rose vermouth, mezcal and grapefruit bitters named after Marc Bolan of glam-rock band T. Rex. You can try it yourself at Voltaire ($8). “It’s got that little bit of mezcal in it to make you feel good,” Miller says. “It’s the cocktail you have before you pop the champagne and walk around the party with the bottle.”

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Kimberly Peirce, the director of the “Carrie” reboot hitting KC screens Oct. 18, is focusing on another aspect of Stephen King’s book about a telekinetic teen: The lesbianism behind it all. “The relationship between all the girls is incredibly queer,” said Peirce, who also directed 1998’s “Boys Don’t Cry,” in an interview with Out magazine. “The way the girls are screwing their boyfriends to get them to either hurt or help Carrie — that’s a complete triangle of desire.” This new “Carrie” has Chloe Moretz as Carrie, Julianne Moore as her crazy “they’re-all-going-to-laugh-at-you” mom, and Judy Greer as the gym teacher.

Springfield in the sky? The announcement last week that “The Simpsons” planned to kill off a regular character this season no doubt caused a lot of hand-wringing over at “Family Guy” headquarters, with Seth MacFarlane trying to figure out how to rip the idea off. But back in the land of originality, “Simpsons” producer Al Jean has admitted that “the actor playing the character won an Emmy for playing that character.” Educated guesses include Sideshow Bob (Kelsey Grammer) and Krusty the Clown’s dad, Rabbi Hyman Krustofski (Jackie Mason). Let’s hope whoever it is meets a kinder fate than Maude Flanders, taken out in 2000 by a T-shirt gun. Fox

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atthew Smith recalls a conversation from two summers ago, the day he met his brandnew little brother, who happened to be 10 years old already. Out on the patio of a frozen yogurt shop Matt, then 28, was telling Ronnie about his job at Farmers Insurance. A pause. The boy looked confused. “You have two jobs?” he asked. “What do you think is my second job?” “Well, this.” Another beat. “No, this isn’t a job,” Matt said. “Well, why do you do it?” Ronnie asked. The kid really put him on the spot, Matt says now, flashing back to that moment. Well, he told Ronnie, he grew up with three sisters. No little brother. And he always wanted one. “Yeah, that’s cool,” said Ronnie, who lives with his mom and two sisters. “I never had a brother either.” Until that day.

n a balmy evening last month, the two are back at Yogurtini just south of the Country Club Plaza. It’s a Wednesday, which is when they often hang out. Matt is now 30, lives in Shawnee and still works at Farmers as a property field claims rep. Ronnie, now 12, is in seventh grade, his first year at Hogan Preparatory Academy Middle School. He lives near Swope Park. They met through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Kansas City, which says guys like Matt are particularly in demand. About 400 of the 500 kids on the Big Brothers Big Sisters waiting list are boys seeking “big brothers,” men who can be mentors. Some of the boys will stay on a waiting list six months to a year. (Big Sisters are matched with girls; Big Couples are matched with boys.) Thanks to the agency, Matt and Ronnie are a team, which seems right, given their mutual interest in football and other sports. Some of their banter sounds just like the stuff any two brothers might talk about. What Ronnie did today in P.E. class. Why he needs gum before he leaves the house. “What do you need gum for?” Matt asks. “You got a date?” Tonight Matt also notices Ronnie’s new obsession with flossing and teases him about it. But sometimes Matt is as much parent as brother. In his billfold he carries a card issued by Big Brothers and signed by Ronnie’s mom, LaShonda Bailey, giving Matt the authority to seek medical treatment for the boy when the two are together. And the offhand advice Matt slips into their talks could just as easily be coming from a parent. He recently watched a TV

Big brother Matthew Smith shares laughs and frozen yogurt with his “Little,” Ronnie. The two go on regular outings together, anything from playing video games at Matt’s house to fishing at Hillsdale Lake.

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“He walked in the door and had a big smile on his face. ‘When are we going to baseball games?’ ” RONNIE’S “BIG BROTHER” MATTHEW SMITH, RECALLING THE MOMENT HE MET HIM IN JULY 2011

Seventh-grader Ronnie flosses his teeth several times a day. The reason? He says he wants to avoid the dental issues his little sister has.

documentary on Chiefs great Derrick Thomas, and the ensuing back-and-forth with Ronnie, following a toss-the-football session at Loose Park, got around to what eventually killed No. 58: a wreck on an icy interstate heading to the airport. The passenger wearing a seat belt walked away. “There you go,” Matt told Ronnie. “I try to always remember that I’m there to be a role model,” Matt says. “Sometimes I feel kind of pressured to correct him on things. But at the same time you don’t want him to think of you as an authority figure.” Wisdom doesn’t always have to flow downhill from the guy in his 30s to the kid on the brink of teendom. At the park Ronnie mentions that his mom doesn’t like to say that someone died, preferring instead “passed on.” Sounds better, Matt agrees. “I just learned something from you today.” But at Yogurtini, after Matt points out that Ronnie is as tall as the top of “Salted Caramel Corn” on the flavors board, the discussion is mostly about their relationship, although that word isn’t actually uttered. Ronnie doesn’t remember the whole “two jobs” deal from their first day, but he grins big as if it sounds like something he would have said. What does he like about Matt? That’s a ques-

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tion he doesn’t have to think about. “Well, I like his girlfriend, Amanda. She’s very nice,” Ronnie says, to chortles from Matt. “I like how he takes me places and buys me things and stuff,” he continues. “Oh, that’s why you like me,” Matt says. No, it’s more than that, Ronnie allows. They’ve done all kinds of things together — from fishing to playing video games to washing Matt’s car — but the top two on Ronnie’s list are red and gold: A Chiefs game, for which they had seats just behind the Chiefs’ bench on the 50-yard line, courtesy of the parents of one of Matt’s friends. (Ronnie ended up with three pairs of players’ gloves that day, and Dwayne Bowe even autographed his.) And, one of their earliest outings, a trip to Chiefs training camp in St. Joseph. “Bigs” and their “Littles” can do their own thing, although the agency also organizes activities. Weekly outings don’t have to be planned to the hilt; the adults can just include the child in whatever they’d be doing anyway. The Big Brothers program, in Ronnie’s view, is about “nice people showing little kids how to be when they grow up. Like, be mature, get good grades in school, stay positive, don’t follow the wrong path.” So how’s Matt doing? “Good,” the 12-year-old says.

Pause. “Take that back. Great.”

cross the Kansas City area, 1,200 kids hang out regularly — typically each week — with their Big Brother, Big Sister or Big Couple. Another 500 children or so are on that waiting list, hoping to be matched with adult mentors. Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Mission 350 campaign, which started Aug. 1, has set a goal of recruiting 350 “Bigs” by the end of the year. The idea of Big Brothers Big Sisters is to provide kids growing up in single-parent or other nontraditional households with an adult friend and role model. In Kansas City, 25 percent of school-age children live with just one parent, according to Big Brothers. They’re the most at-risk kids in the community — far more likely than their peers, for example, to end up in the juvenile court system. And far more likely to drop out of school. According to Big Brothers Big Sisters, the kids in the program are less likely to use drugs and alcohol, more likely to graduate from high school and college. Typically a child’s grades and behavior improve when they have a Big in their lives. Then these rather startling numbers: Of the 1,200 children in Big Brothers Big Sisters here,

HE’S A ‘ROLE MODEL’ Little bro Ronnie’s mentor, Matthew Smith, is not a movie star, although you might notice certain similarities between Smith and the character played by Seann William “Stifler” Scott in the 2008 movie “Role Models” (which also starred KC’s Paul Rudd). Well, two similarities, which Matt’s friends quickly picked up on. One: In the flick, Scott’s 30-something character is matched as a mentor with a black kid named … Ronnie. Two: Scott’s character drives an early 1970s Ford Bronco. Matt owns one of those, too. But Matt is quick to point out that unlike Stifler, he is not doing community service to avoid jail time. Frozen-yogurt shop Yogurtini at 48th and Main streets holds some history for Matt and Ronnie: They went there the day they met. Matt remembers Ronnie asking him why he had two jobs — the then 10-year-old assumed being a Big Brothers mentor was a job.

one-third have a parent behind bars. And that’s a big risk factor for ending up in jail themselves. At a recent volunteer recruitment lunch at Big Brothers’ offices just off 39th Street in midtown, CEO Micheal Lawrence called that “an overwhelming statistic we cannot ignore.” When Ronnie’s mom, LaShonda, signed him up back in 2011, his dad was incarcerated. He has since gotten out, and the two see each other regularly.

t’s easy to see the benefit for the Littles, but what’s in it for the Bigs? “It’s not about us. It’s about them,” says Ray Dalida of Kansas City, Kan., who has been a Big to 12-year-old De’Sean for three years. Dalida, 31, a man of many trades — he does video production and photography, is an actor and model, teaches boxing and kickboxing, provides private security — comes at this from a different perspective. Once upon a time he was a Little. “I had a Big, and he wasn’t very good,” says Dalida, who lived in Manhattan, Kan., at that point. “I met with him a couple of times, and I never saw him again. Never had a phone call, nothing. I was maybe around 10, a little younger than De’Sean is now.”

The guy was a college kid, in a fraternity. Chances are, Dalida thinks now, he probably just signed up for some kind of credit or to pad his resume. His disappearance devastated Ray. But he says the Big Brothers program has come a long way since then. In Kansas City, Bigs have to be at least 21. Once a Big has been approved, he or she gets to look through profiles of several kids who have similar interests or hobbies. And after a Big has picked a certain kid, that kid and his family get to review the Big’s background as well. Everyone has to sign off. And the program asks, insists really, that Bigs make a one-year commitment. After that year, some Big/Little pairings might find it best to go their separate ways, Dalida says. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out. “Some of these kids are hard cases, come from really bad backgrounds, and it’s rough,” he says. At the end of his first year with De’Sean, “we weren’t best friends, buddy-buddy, do-everything-together.” Dalida was always trying to get him to talk, to smile. Still does, to some extent. “I really knew it would take a special person to be his Big and really make an impact,” Dalida

says. Not that De’Sean, a kid living in urban Kansas City, and Ray, whose family moved around, were worlds apart. “I used to live in a trailer by the dump,” Dalida says. By the time he was 7 he was making breakfast for his younger siblings. “So I had a lot in common with him as far as the way we grew up, and I really wanted to take my experience and show him that you don’t have to be a product of your environment.” Which brings us back to the question: What does a Big gain from mentoring a Little? “Whenever you’re a volunteer and giving your time to someone who needs it, it’s always beneficial to your own life,” Dalida says. “I know from personal experience that it only takes one person to change your life.” In his case, a high school teacher who taught him he could strive to be whatever he wanted, and it was up to him to make it happen. “If I can get that same message to De’Sean, then all the time we’ve spent together was worthwhile. And that’s my only goal really. Having fun and making a new friend and, really, having another person in my family is all bonus. But if I can just show him that there’s another way to live his life, then I’ve done my job.”

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HOW TO BE A BIG To learn more about becoming a Big Brother, Big Sister or Big Couple, go to bbbskc.org or call 816.561.5269. There are two mentoring programs. The traditional one matches a Big with a child between 8 and 14, typically from a one-parent or nontraditional household. Bigs usually hang out with their Littles a couple of hours each week. Big Brothers Big Sisters asks for a minimum commitment of one year. High school students in the Kauffman Scholars Program also need Bigs. Their adult mentors meet with them once a month and stay in contact weekly; much of the focus is on preparing for college. Right now this program needs 75 Big Sisters. Bigs tend to be in their 20s or 30s, single or married without children. Big Brothers does background checks on prospective Bigs and visits their homes to make sure they’re safe for kids. Big Brothers Big Sisters Adults who give their time as Big Brothers or Big Sisters “do it because it’s just better for the community as a whole. It turns lost kids into kids of purpose,” says Ray Dalida, here with his “Little,” De’Sean. They were at a United Way of Wyandotte County event where Ray was named Big Brothers volunteer of the year.

SALES PITCH FROM A BIG SISTER Rachel Avery, 24, of Olathe is a “Big” to Jateaka, a sixth-grader in Kansas City, Kan. They’ve been to such places as the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City Zoo and Liberty Memorial. “I kinda just take her around Kansas City to do things she’s never been able to do,” Avery says. She helps her with homework, too. Avery had heard about Big Brothers Big Sisters while living in Las Vegas. When she returned here and found out more about it — including how Littles are more likely to graduate, less likely to get in trouble — she signed up. Just in nine months, she has seen positive changes in Jateaka. She’s “just killing it in school” now. She’s coming out of her shell, talking more. When the two were out to dinner recently, the 11-year-old even said “please” and “thank you.” “I get so excited about this,” says Avery, whose social media posts helped convince two acquaintances to become Bigs. “Everybody’s like, ‘Rachel, shut up!’ ” From Rachel Avery Rachel Avery says Jateaka is “just coming out of her shell now.” They’ve been matched for nine months.

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ne day Ronnie called Matt Smith, all excited. He’d decided to run for student council president. Before Matt could fully digest that news, Ronnie informed him he’d have to write a speech. And he’d need some help. Matt summoned what he’d learned in a rhetoric class at KU. He talked to Ronnie about campaign pledges: Nah, probably shouldn’t promise to put Kool-Aid in the water fountains, but that kind of line would provide some humor. Always a good thing in a speech. Meanwhile, Matt’s family turned into campaign staffers. Two of his sisters assisted in sign-making. Matt’s mom baked cookies for Ronnie to take to school. Ronnie rehearsed his speech in Matt’s folks’ living room, in front of the family. (Actually, he ended up having to make two speeches.) And … he won. Matt was a winner, too. Earlier this year at a Big Brothers Big Sisters banquet, Matt, a nominee for Big Brother of the year, won the People’s Choice vote. He and Ronnie got up on stage as their story was read. “Ronnie acted like he’d been there before,” Matt says, looking over at him. “You’re like made for fame, aren’t you?” Their bond might seem unlikely, but it’s not unusual for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Lawrence, the CEO, likes to say that his organization creates friendships that wouldn’t ordinarily exist. Which is probably true of Matt, a white guy who grew up in an affluent Johnson County home, and Ronnie, a black kid from the central city. About 4 out of 5 kids on the Big Brothers Big Sisters waiting list are African-American or Hispanic. Meanwhile, only about 20 percent of the agency’s adult mentor volunteers are black or Hispanic. Big Brothers has a diversity task force to address the need for more mentors of color. Fortunately, race isn’t typically a sticking point. “A very small percentage of people are adamant about race, on either side,” says Big Brothers recruitment manager Tahir Atwater. Ronnie’s mom, LaShonda, says it wasn’t a concern of hers: “It didn’t matter what color (Matt) was. And Ronnie didn’t care.” She’d contacted Big Brothers after hearing about it from Ronnie’s “granny,” as he calls her. As for Matt, his preference was an AfricanAmerican child. He didn’t want to be matched with a white suburban kid exactly like himself. Anyway, he and Ronnie are enough alike as it is: “He’s pretty similar to me when I was a kid — just wanting to be outside and play every single sport.” And wanting a brother to razz, like when he throws the ball like Matt Cassel. “I wanna be more of an Alex Smith,” Ronnie would retort at Loose Park. “Yeah, good call,” his big brother replied. To reach Tim Engle, call 816.234.4779 or email tengle@kcstar.com. On Twitter: @tim_engle

“I try to always remember that I’m there to be a role model. Sometimes I feel kind of pressured to correct him on things. But at the same time you don’t want him to think of you as an authority figure.” MATTHEW SMITH

Big Brothers Big Sisters Matthew Smith and Ronnie were lucky enough to have great seats just behind the Chiefs’ bench at a game last December. Ronnie also scored three pairs of players’ gloves.

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entertainment THE NATIONAL Friday Starlight Theatre Smiles and laughter may be in short supply at the final concert of the season at Starlight Theatre. The National’s sullen songs can be as dreary as a rainy January day, but a lot of discerning indie rock fans revel in the New York-based band’s musical misery. The National is one of the most acclaimed bands of the past 15 years. Pitchfork ranked “Alligator” as the 40th best album of the 2000s. Tame Impala, another band that has captured the imagination of pundits, opens the show. The Australian quintet makes colorful psychedelic rock that harkens back to the flower-power era. Tickets are $36 in advance through kcstarlight.com. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink

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U.S. Men’s Soccer Team vs. Jamaica in World Cup Qualifier FRIDAY

Ailey II THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY

Weston Irish Festival FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

Tim Meadows THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

Jamaica will be the underdog Friday when it battles the United States in the fourth round of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification series at Sporting Park. The United States has already qualified to advance to the World Cup finals, while Jamaica’s chances to play in Brazil next year are remote. The diminished sense of drama didn’t prevent Friday’s match from quickly selling out. As evidenced by a remarkably exciting match in 2011, the teams bring out the best in each other. A festival-like atmosphere should accompany the contest as fans cheer on stars including Sporting KC’s Graham Zusi. Tickets range from $50 to $250 at sportingparkkc.com.

“Revelations,” the best-known and perhaps greatest work of Alvin Ailey, is the centerpiece of the eminent dance troupe Ailey II’s 2013 residency at the Folly Theater. Set to gospel and blues, Ailey’s masterpiece remains riveting decades after its creation. The two additional works on the program have an entirely different inflection. “Cuore Sott’olio” is a piece by the Polish choreographer Katarzyna Skarpetowska set to the music of modernist composers Alva Noto and Vincio Capossela. A composition by the chilly electronic duo Raime accompanies “Alchemies,” a piece choreographed by Adam Barruch. Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. performances on Thursday and Friday and the 2 p.m. performance on Sunday range from $25 to $65 at follytheater.org.

Kansas City residents who have taken day trips to Weston know that visiting the quaint village can seem like a brief escape to Europe. The Weston Irish Festival enhances that pleasant sensation. Beer and music serve as the centerpieces of the annual event at O’Malley’s Pub and Courtyard. In addition to offerings from the Weston Brewing Co., the 12th edition of the festival features more than a dozen notable Irish music ensembles. Highlights include the festive Philadelphia-based band Barleyjuice, the playful Florida band Rathkeltair and locally based favorites including the Elders, Connie Dover and Eddie Delahunt. Admission is $10 at the gate on Friday and $15 at the gate on Saturday and Sunday. More info at westonirish.com.

The popularity of the Ladies Man, a character Tim Meadows developed for “Saturday Night Live,” undeservedly overshadows the comedian’s career. In addition to once holding the title of “SNL’s” longest-running cast member, Meadows has invested his talent into a multitude of hilarious roles. He has appeared in the films “Mean Girls,” “Coneheads” and “The Benchwarmers” and the television programs “The Office,” “Suburgatory” and “30 Rock.” The improvisatory skills Meadows honed while building his extensive resumé will be displayed in five stand-up comedy shows at Stanford’s Comedy Club. Tickets range from $15 to $40 at stanfords comedyclub.com.

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Oct. 11: Miami vs. Charlotte (exhibition NBA) @ Sprint Center

Oct. 9-27: “Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker” @ Coterie Theatre

Oct. 11: Freaky Fall Fest @ Leawood City Park

Oct. 10: Barenaked Ladies with Whitehorse @ Uptown

13: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Oakland @ Arrowhead Stadium

9-27: “Wicked” @ Music Hall

12: Beer Fest at the BallPark @ CommunityAmerica Ballpark

14: Moody Blues @ Midland

12: Ability Quest: Run, Walk, Roll or Stroll @ Berkley Riverfront Park

10-11: Zarabanda, Music From Spanish Baroque and Beyond @ Polsky Theater

12: WaterFire @ Country Club Plaza

15: Hanson @Granada

12: WWE Smackdown @ Sprint Center

16-Nov. 10: “Seminar” @ Unicorn Theatre

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Empty Spaces’ Mat Shoare goes it alone Timothy Finn, Ink

Mat Shoare has discovered the rewards of having two creative outlets, of living happily in two worlds. Shoare was planning to perform with one of those outlets, the Empty Spaces, next week at RecordBar. But when his drummer, Ross Brown, told Shoare he needed to be out of town with his other band, the ACBs, Shoare switched gears and filled the slot with his other music project: himself. “I’ve been wanting to do this for a while,” he said. “I haven’t played many solo shows since the record came out.” That album is “Domestic Partnership,” a collection of wellcrafted bedroom-pop songs he released in December 2012. It showcases Shoare’s warm melodies, lush harmonies and lyrics that penetrate the surface of heartfelt matters. The songs on “Partnership” differ vastly from the music he and his bandmates produce in the Empty Spaces, a trio that likes things fast, brief and cheery — raw punk with some garage and ’60s pop flavors. Yet the two projects have some direct lineage. Spaces comprises Shoare, Brown and William Wright on bass. The two were initially enlisted to help Shoare record his first full-length solo record, “The Empty Spaces,” released in 2010. But as the three performed those songs live, something else started to materialize. “The music changed,” Shoare said. “The recording worked the way it was, but you can tell it was them doing what I told them to do. “But as we played the songs live, they became faster, louder and more filled out. Ross and Will started having more input and making the songs better, and we became more of a collaborative band. Then we started dropping the songs with more personal lyrics because they weren’t as fun to play that way. Eventually, we started writing new songs that were more upbeat and fun to play.” And eventually the band became its own entity with a name and another outlet for another side of Shoare’s songwriting. “I write a wide range of stuff,” said Shoare, 23. “I love Dylan and

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Onstage The Mat Shoare Band performs Oct. 16 at RecordBar, 1020 Westport Road. Schwervon and Proletariat Chariot also are on the bill. Showtime is 10 p.m. Admission to the 18-and-older show is $7.

Dominic Petrucci Mat Shoare of the Empty Spaces reveals another side to his songwriting with his recent solo project.

Leonard Cohen and strippeddown stuff with personal lyrics. But I also have a smaller interest in garage rock, which is something the three of us have more in common. So we started going that way. It’s definitely a completely different direction.” The Empty Spaces have released two EPs on Golden Sound Records, the label Shoare and Brown started with fellow musician Jerad Tomasino in 2012. It’s also the label that released “Domestic Partnership.” The difference between the two is illustrated in a few of the comparisons Shoare hears.

“For the Empty Spaces, because of my vocals some people hear some Pixies and some Frank Black — I wish,” he said. “And we get some Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. “For my solo stuff, I’m pretty imitative. I’ll hear something I really like and think, ‘I want to do something like that,’ and I’ll do my version of that. So it can be like, ‘Here is my Leonard Cohen. Here’s my Dave Bazan impression or Damien Jurado impression.’ But it’s not ripping someone off, it’s more being inspired by them.” Yet when he sits down to write, Shoare said, he doesn’t necessar-

ily know if he is writing for the band or for himself. That process typically works itself out. “I just write songs,” he said. “Then it becomes this internal thing. ‘Do I want to keep this? How personal is this?’ If it’s real personal, if it’s one of my babies, I cringe at turning it over to someone. “Generally, the ones the band does are the ones that are more fun, more upbeat and can be recorded live as a trio. If it’s a song that needs extra guitar parts or harmony parts, it’s not going to be a band song.” Shoare has assembled a band

to accompany him at his RecordBar show on Oct. 16, though he won’t say who they are. “I’ve got some guys lined up,” he said. “It’ll be a nice surprise to everyone, I think.” “There are lots of bonuses to being part of a band, but there are also some sacrifices. You can’t always express all the ideas and sounds you want. I write a lot of solo stuff that doesn’t work with the band. But it’s also satisfying to collaborate with other good musicians.” To reach Timothy Finn, call 816.234.4781 or send email to tfinn@kcstar.com.

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Haim Thursday at the Granada Haim is easily the most fashionable new band of 2013. The fact that the Los Angeles-based quartet’s single “The Wire” sounds like a clever remix of the Eagles’ “Heartache Tonight,” while “Falling” could be mistaken for a song by 1980s-era Fleetwood Mac, does nothing to diminish Haim’s appeal. Consisting of three sisters and a male drummer, Haim graced the covers of magazines and was inescapable on trendy music blogs even before the release of its debut album last month. IO Echo, a synth-oriented band from California with a melodramatic stage presence, opens the show. Tickets are $12 in advance through thegranada.com. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink

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GREEN LADY LOUNGE: Organ Jazz Trio with Ken Lovern, 8 p.m.

GRANADA: Haim, IO Echo, 9 p.m., $12

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KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON: Carl Butler’s Gospel Lounge, 7:30 p.m.

JACKPOT SALOON: Forever Came Calling, Strive, Real Friends, Pentimento, 7 p.m., $12

THE MAJESTIC: Hermon Mehari, 6 p.m.

JAZZHAUS: Panic Disorder, 10 p.m., $5

OAK BAR AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL: Don Cox and the Princess

JERRY’S BAIT SHOP: Jason Kayne, 9 p.m.

BLACK & GOLD TAVERN: David Castro Band, Brody Buster Band, 8 p.m., $5 THE BOTTLENECK: Twiddle, Tastebud G-Spot, 9 p.m.

JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-LEGENDS: Billy Ebeling, 6 p.m. JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-MIDTOWN: Grand Marquis, 7 p.m. THE MAJESTIC: Bram Wijnands Swingtet, 6 p.m. OAK BAR AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL: Lonnie McFadden

GRANADA: Hot Buttered Rum with Allie Kral, Head for the Hills, Tyler Gregory, Ashes to Immortality, 8 p.m., $15

PHOENIX: Brian Ruskin Quartet, 7 p.m.

JAZZHAUS: Tyler Gregory, 10 p.m., $2

QUASIMODO: Rick Bacus, 7 p.m.

MIDLAND THEATER: Pretty Lights, Zeds Dead, Paper Diamond, 7 p.m., $35-$45

MIDLAND THEATER: Citizen Cope, 8 p.m., $20-$40

UPTOWN ARTS BAR: Briar Blues Band, 5:30 p.m.

RECORDBAR: Cas Haley, Arm the Poor, 9:45 p.m., $12

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RECORDBAR: Bob Walkenhorst, 7 p.m., $5

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REPLAY LOUNGE: Your Friend, Horse Lords

THE BROOKSIDER: County Road 5, 8 p.m.

KOBI’S BAR & GRILL: County Road 5, 6 p.m.

UPTOWN THEATER: Barenaked Ladies, Whitehorse, 8 p.m., $27.50-$93

KANZA HALL: Carbon Leaf, Brian Wright, 8 p.m.

Mercury Mad and the Plastic Bitches, Scary Cherry and the Bang Bangs, Admiral of Red, 10 p.m., $7 THE RIOT ROOM: Airport Novels, Toy Instruments, Conflicts, 8 p.m., $5

OLD SHAWNEE PIZZA: Matt Snook, 7 p.m.

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KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON: John Corbett, 8 p.m., $25

jazz.blues.easy listening B.B.’S LAWNSIDE BBQ: John Paul’s Flying Circus, 7 p.m.

TROUSER MOUSE: Jake Briscoe

CZAR: Kool Keith, James Christos, Oobergeek, Sir Adams, Dread Swilla, JPZ, 8 p.m., $12

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B.B.’S LAWNSIDE BBQ: Pat Nichols, 7 p.m.

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CHAZ ON THE PLAZA: Joe Cartwright and Duck Warner, 6 p.m.

THE BOTTLENECK: Cowgirls Train Set, Tyler Gregory, 40 Watt Dreams, 9:30 p.m.

GREEN LADY LOUNGE: Eddie Moore and the Outer Circle, 8 p.m.

CHAZ ON THE PLAZA: Jimmy Dykes and the Blisstonians, 5 p.m. Max Groove Trio, 6 p.m.

THE BRICK: Phil Neal and the Wornalls

THE BLUE ROOM: Gerald Spaits/Charles Perkins Quartet, 7 p.m., free

PHOENIX: Landon Leist, 7 p.m. UPTOWN ARTS BAR: Megan Birdsall, 7:30 p.m.

LUNA AZTECA: Matt Snook, 7 p.m.

reggae THE LEVEE BAR & GRILL: Elisha Israel, AZ-One, 9 p.m.

hip-hop MADRIGAL MARTINI BAR: Franke Wade, 9 p.m.

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FRIDAY rock.pop.indie AFTERSHOCK BAR & GRILL: Fabulous Miss Wendy, Beating Woolybully, 7 p.m., $8

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The KCDF, in partnership with local gay businesses and organizations, will present shOUT 2013, celebrating National Coming Out Day. The festival is in front of Social Bar on McGee and will feature a girls power hour, Steve Grand, Frenchie Davis, other national acts, a carnival, a VIP Lounge, food trucks and vendor booths. Visit shoutkc.com for more information.

Come out and enjoy WaterFire on October 12th! WaterFire is a visual art installation on Brush Creek, adjacent to the Country Club Plaza. Brought to Kansas City by artist Barnaby Evans 7 years ago, WaterFire celebrates various performance mediums including: dance, vocal, acrobatic, and instrumental. Sit along the banks, watch the braziers burn and marvel at this cultural community event!

10.11 Come see The National and Tame Impala at Starlight Theatre on October 11. Tickets start at just $36. For more information go to kcstarlight.com/concerts/the_national.aspx

10.13-10.13 Come enjoy the Renaissance Festival this weekend! New to 2013 are craft beer and wine tastings, mermaid cove, 50 free family activities and much more! For more information visit kc.renfest.com.

10.12 At this year’s Kemper Gala, mark your personal style and creativity. Enjoy food and drink by Café Sebastienne and dance the night away in the super sleek tent. Your style is your art at your museum. Proceeds support the Museum’s free exhibitions and education programs. Co-chairmen are Courtney Goddard and Brooke Runnion Weinstein. Tickets required and start at $75 for those under 30 and $150 for general tickets. Get tickets at www.kemperart.org.

10.12 Registration is in full swing for the “Cancer...It’s Scary” Fall Crawl. Costume contest, team raffle, and tons of awesomeness! Registration ends October 1st, so sign up soon. The Crawl is back in Westport on October 12th with the after party St. Patty’s-style in the parking lot in front of Ernie Biggs! For more info visit crawlforcancer.org

BLACK & GOLD TAVERN: Black Jack Row, 8 p.m. THE BOTTLENECK: Dirtfoot, Mike Dillon Band, 9 p.m. THE BRICK: Run With It, Brett Copeland CLUB 906: MJP, Electric Lungs, Documentary, Odd-O-Matic, 9 p.m. CODA BAR & GRILL: Waspmen, 8 p.m. CZAR: Restorations, Maps for Travelers, Noah’s Ark was a Spaceship, 7:30 p.m., $8

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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.

Although its popularity among tastemakers peaked seven years ago when Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin momentarily achieved next-big-thing status, the Springfield-based band continues to make infectious lo-fi indie rock. The new album “Fly By Wire” is smart, funny and danceable. The similarly absurd name of A Great Big Pile of Leaves isn’t the only reason the band from Brooklyn is touring with Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin. Its approach to indie rock is also fueled by fun. Kansas City’s the Grisly Hand will perform material from its excellent album “Country Singles” as it opens the show. Tickets are $12 in advance through therecordbar.com. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink

The Running Dead 5K is Kansas City’s most zombie-rific 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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THE DUBLINER: Panic Disorder, 10 p.m. FAT FISH BLUE: Jason Vivone and Billy Bats, 9 p.m. FRANK’S NORTHSTAR TAVERN: Todd Day Wait’s Pigpen, 9 p.m.

JERRY’S BAIT SHOP: Invisibles, 9 p.m. KELLY’S WESTPORT INN: Flannigan’s Right Hook, 10 p.m. MIDLAND THEATER: ZZ Ward, Wild Feathers, James Bay, 8 p.m., $17 ONE-EYED JACK’S: Mickey Finn Band, 9 p.m. PADDY O’QUIGLEY’S: Joel McNulty, 8 p.m. RECORDBAR: Starhaven Rounders, 7 p.m., $5 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Great Big Pile of Leaves, Grisly Hand, 10 p.m., $12

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Thursday at the Midland Pretty Lights became one of the most popular acts in electronic dance music through its liberal sampling of organic sounds not usually associated with the genre. The Colorado-based entity, the brainchild of Derek Vincent Smith, employs jazz, reggae and R&B elements that give Pretty Lights’ music an earthy feel. Toronto’s Zeds Dead, one of the most popular EDM artists, is also on the bill. Like Pretty Lights, Zeds Dead is renowned for the cutting-edge visuals that accompany its performances. Three additional EDM artists — Paper Diamond, Green Lantern and Branchez — open the show. Tickets range from $35 to $45 in advance through axs.com. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink

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DAVEY’S UPTOWN RAMBLERS CLUB: David George and a Crooked Mile, Filthy 13, 9 p.m., $7

GRANADA: Big Gigantic, Minnesota, 9 p.m., $20.50

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REPLAY LOUNGE: Laura Meyer, Clementines, 6 p.m. Wheelers, Psychic Heat, Sluts, DJ Proof, 10 p.m. STARLIGHT THEATER: National, Tame Impala, 7 p.m., $36 STONE PILLAR VINEYARD & WINERY: Stolen Winnebagos, 7 p.m., $5 TROUSER MOUSE: Nace Brothers Band

jazz.blues.easy listening B.B.’S LAWNSIDE BBQ: Brody Buster, 9 p.m. THE BLUE ROOM: Gray Matter, 5:30 p.m., free

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Matt Kane Trio, 8:30 p.m., $10 CHAZ ON THE PLAZA: Jimmy Dykes and the Blisstonians, 4 p.m.

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Joe Cartwright and Duck Warner, 7 p.m. GREEN LADY LOUNGE: Tim Whitmer Trio, 5:30 p.m.

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JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-LEGENDS: Coyote Bill, 7 p.m. JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-MIDTOWN: Billy Ebeling and the Late for Dinner Band, 7 p.m. LUCKY BREWGRILLE: Rob Scheps Quintet, 7 p.m. THE MAJESTIC: Rich Hill, 5 p.m. Bram Wijnands Trio, 7 p.m.

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MUTUAL MUSICIANS FOUNDATION: Open jam, 1 a.m., $10

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PHOENIX: Lonnie McFadden, 4:30 p.m.

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Stone Cutters Union, 9 p.m. PIROPOS BRIARCLIFF PIANO BAR: Mike Ning and Sherry Brummett, 5 p.m. Dan Sturdevant and Tiffany Miller, 7 p.m. QUASIMODO: Rick Bacus Trio, 5:30 p.m.

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LAKE HOUSE PUB: Matt Snook, 9 p.m. PBR BIG SKY BAR: Casey Brett, 7 p.m.

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SATURDAY rock.pop.indie THE BOTTLENECK: Hammerlord, Wrath and Ruin, Stiff Middle Fingers, Soiled Doves, 7:30 p.m., $6

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Neko Case Tuesday at Liberty Hall

Neko Case is far more than the owner of a pretty voice. In combining uncommon intelligence, tough swagger and profound vulnerability, Case has vastly expanded the possibilities for roots-based music in the new millennium. Her coming album “The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You,” her first in four years, is one of the most anticipated projects of the season. Jeremy Messersmith, Minnesota-based singer/songwriter who characterizes himself as “the pied piper of wuss rock” in his Twitter biography, opens the show. Tickets are $24 and $29 in advance through ticketmaster.com. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink

SALUTE TO GEORGE DUKE Pieces of a Dream, BoBBy LyLe & maysa, con funk shun, The messenger Legacy, BeTTye LaVeTTe, keLLey hunT with local and featuring

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from page 29 THE BRICK: Deco Auto COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Brewer and Shipley, Bob Walkenhorst, Jeff Porter, Danny Cox, 7 p.m., $25-$35 CZAR: Brutally Frank, Teenage Rehab, Them Damned Young Livers, Bad Ideas, Crybaby Ranch, Crush, Loaded Goat, Uncouth, Cowtown Playboys, Rackatees, 7 p.m., $10 DAVEY’S UPTOWN RAMBLERS CLUB: Old Sound, Wells the Traveler, Brother Bagman, 10 p.m., $8 JAZZHAUS: Milhaus Nixons, 10 p.m., $5

Sarah Guthrie and Johnny Irion, Song Preservation Society, Olassa, 8:30 p.m., $15 LIBERTY HALL: Fiona Apple and Blake Mills, 8 p.m., $44-$64 RECORDBAR: Metatones, Zorch, Hips, 9 p.m., $8 THE RIOT ROOM: Deicide, Broken Hope, Disgorge, Necromicon, Torn the Fuck Apart, Gornography, 7 p.m., $18 TROUSER MOUSE: James Elmore and Hoodoo Witch

jazz.blues.easy listening B.B.’S LAWNSIDE BBQ: Mama Ray, 2 p.m.

JERRY’S BAIT SHOP: Insanitones, 9 p.m.

Linda Shell’s Blues Thang, 9 p.m.

KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON: Amanda Wish, 1 p.m., free

18th & VINE: Con Funk Shun, Pieces of a Dream, Bobby Lyle, Maysa, Messenger Legacy,

Billy Ebeling and Duane Goldston, 1 p.m., free

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Bettye LaVette, Kelley Hunt, Lee Langston, Sr. Mandril, Bram Wijnands, Heat Index, Blues Notions, Vine Street Rumble, Alaadeen Youth Fellows, Matt Kane Trio, Rob Scheps and Roger Wilder, Millage Gilbert, Black Folk Music Ensemble, Eddie Moore and the Outer Circle, Everette DeVan, noon, $10-$25

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The organizers of the annual festival hosted by the American Jazz Museum were forced to improvise when headliner George Duke died in August. They recast the event as a “Salute to George Duke.” The longstanding smooth jazz and soul ensemble Pieces of a Dream, funk and fusion veteran Bobby Lyle and the R&B vocalist Maysa will pay tribute to the late keyboardist and composer. Other highlights at the three stages of the daylong festival include funk hitmakers Con Funk Shun, soul legend Bettye LaVette (right) and locally based acts including roots music artist Kelley Hunt, neo-soul singer Lee Langston and the traditional big band Vine Street Rumble. Tickets are $25 in advance through ticketmaster.com and at the gate. Children 12 and younger are free. Bill Brownlee, Special to Ink

CHAZ ON THE PLAZA: A la Mode, 4 p.m. Angela Hagenbach, 7 p.m. EBT RESTARUANT: Candace Evans, 6 p.m. GREEN LADY LOUNGE: Foster, Curry, Lisinicchia, 5:30 p.m. Max Groove Trio, 9 p.m. JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-LEGENDS: Lonnie Ray Blues Band, 7 p.m. JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-MIDTOWN: Midtown Quartet, 7 p.m. THE MAJESTIC: Joe DeFio, 5 p.m. Mike Pagan Trio, 7 p.m.

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Fiona Apple and Blake Mills Saturday at Liberty Hall Fiona Apple’s devoted fans were alternately delighted and horrified by the singer/songwriter’s 2012 performance at the Midland. Apple is just as fragile as she is brilliant. While her advocates were thrilled by her haunting voice and intimate songs that evening, Apple’s erratic mannerisms and gaunt appearance alarmed them. On Saturday, she’ll be joined by the extraordinary guitarist Blake Mills, who also accompanied Apple during her memorable 2012 outing. He characterizes his current collaboration with Apple as the “Anything We Want” tour. Tickets are $44-$64 in advance through ticketmaster.com.

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Saturday at the Replay

MUTUAL MUSICIANS FOUNDATION: Open jam, 1 a.m., $10

The hip-hop landscape in Kansas City and Lawrence looked much different 10 years ago. Tech N9ne’s Strange Music record label had yet to become a commercial powerhouse and Mac Lethal was just another aspiring rapper. The frenzied flow and distinctive rhymes of File Approach made him one of the most prominent members of the hip-hop community. After a move to San Francisco lowered Approach’s profile in the Midwest, Tech N9ne and Mac Lethal became stars. Approach returned to the area in 2010 and will celebrate the release of his new album, “Make-Out With Violence,” on Saturday. He’ll be joined by the Soul Servers, Chris Hughes, DJ G Train and DJ Jabberock. The cover charge is $3.

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.

QUASIMODO: Doghouse Daddies, 5:30 p.m.

REPLAY LOUNGE: Truckstop Honeymoon, Japanese Game Show, 6 p.m.

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BLACK & GOLD TAVERN: Plug Uglies, Apolkalypse Wow, Stop Drop, 8 p.m.

THE LANDING: Noe Palma, 9 p.m.

THE BOTTLENECK: Tribal Seeds, Fortunate Youth, Hirie, 8 p.m., $15

THE RIOT ROOM: Luke Sheafer, Carter Hulsey, 6:30 p.m., $5

WIL JENNY’S: Scott Ford Band, 8:30 p.m.

JACKPOT SALOON: Hansom Cabs, Posole, 10 p.m.

Drunken Cuddle, Jerkface, Slow Motion Commotion, 8 p.m., $5

hip-hop

JERRY’S BAIT SHOP: Lauren Anderson, 9 p.m.

Classixx, DJ Sheppa, 8 p.m., $5

Cadillac Flambe, 9 p.m.

THE PIANO ROOM: Dave McCubbin, 8 p.m.

REPLAY LOUNGE: Approach, Soul Servers, Clay Hughes and the Turning Spoon, Osiris, DJ Jabberock, DJ G-Train

PIROPOS BRIARCLIFF PIANO BAR: Mike Pagan, 2 p.m.

SUNDAY

Brody Buster Band, 9 p.m.

rock.pop.indie

KC LIVE: Peabo Bryson, 6 p.m. KOBI’S BAR & GRILL: Tru Blood Blues Band, 2 p.m. RECORDBAR: Brian Haas and Josh Raymer’s Frames, Booomclap, 8 p.m., $5

Crazy Eyes, Something and the Whatevers, Travel Guide, 10 p.m.

TROUSER MOUSE: Nace Brothers Band WESTPORT FLEA MARKET: Lindy Griffith, Crybaby Ranch, Free, 8 p.m., free

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. The strongest movie ever made about the JFK assassination.” – Roger Friedman, SHOWBIZ 411

“PROFOUNDLY MOVING.” – Stephen Farber, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

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TUESDAY

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rock.pop.indie

B.B.’S LAWNSIDE BBQ: Lee McBee and the Confessors, 6 p.m.

CZAR: Drew Black and the Dirty Electric, Aotearoa, Hillary Watts Riot, 7:30 p.m., $5

CALIFORNOS: Rich Hill, 7 p.m. CHAZ ON THE PLAZA: Les Mengel Duo, 6 p.m.

DAVEY’S UPTOWN RAMBLERS CLUB: Kristie Lee, 8 p.m., $6

GREEN LADY LOUNGE: Bram Wijnands, 7 p.m.

GRANADA: Hanson, David Ryan Harris, 8 p.m., $26

Dominique Sanders Trio, 10 p.m.

JERRY’S BAIT SHOP: Joel McNulty, 9 p.m.

JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-MIDTOWN: Dan Bliss, 7 p.m.

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LIBERTY HALL: Neko Case, 8 p.m., $24-$29

KNUCKLEHEADS SALOON: Levee Town, 2 p.m., free

RECORDBAR: Crayons, 7 p.m., free

THE MAJESTIC: Rich Hill, 11 a.m.

Two Cow Garage, Hotdog Skeletons, 10 p.m., $7

Mark Lowrey, 6 p.m.

THE RIOT ROOM: Surfer Blood, Team Spirit, Andy Boay, 8 p.m., $15

MONDAY rock.pop.indie

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jazz.blues.easy listening ACCURSO’S: Tim Whitmer, 6 p.m., free.

LIBERTY HALL: Weird Al Yankovic, 8 p.m., $34-$99 MIDLAND THEATER: Moody Blues, 8 p.m., $49.50-$93

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GRANADA: Cute is What We Aim For, Turnover, Tallhart, We Are Voices, 6:30 p.m., $12

UPTOWN THEATER: Sara Bareilles, Harper Blynn, 8 p.m., $23-$83

RECORDBAR: Field Day Dreams, Le Jupe, Burdock Kings, 10 p.m., $7 THE RIOT ROOM: No Dry Country, Author and Illustrator, Chris Aytes and the Good Ambition, 7:30 p.m., $5

B.B.’S LAWNSIDE BBQ: Trampled Under Foot, 7 p.m. CAFÉ TRIO: Michael Pagan, 6 p.m., free

THE BLUE ROOM: Makuza, 7 p.m., $5

THE MAJESTIC: Hermon Mehari, 6 p.m.

JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-MIDTOWN: Jazzbo, 6 p.m.

PHOENIX: Everette DeVan Trio, 7 p.m.

hip hop MIDLAND THEATER: J. Cole, Wale, 8 p.m., $39.50-$46.50

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FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES FRENCH CUISINE.” –S. Irene VIrbIla

ITIC ’S

Opens at 8 Thursday Tom Hanks delivers a career-high performance as the captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. Directed by Paul Greengrass (“The Bourne Ultimatum,” “Green Zone”) in a suspenseful, you-are-there documentary style. Rated PG-13 | Time: 2:14

‘Machete Kills’ Opens at 8 Thursday Mel Gibson, Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas and Sofia Vergara join the self-aware B-movie fun in the second installment of writer-director Robert Rodriguez’s campy action series about a machete-wielding Mexican government agent (Danny Trejo). Rated R | Time: 1:47

‘Romeo and Juliet’ Opens Friday Hailee Steinfeld (“True Grit”) and Douglas Booth play the star-crossed lovers in screenwriter Julian (“Downton Abbey”) Fellowes’ adaptation of the venerable Shakespeare play. Rated PG-13 | Time: 1:58

‘Unlimited’ Opens Friday Former Apollo engineer Harold L. Finch, who lives in Lee’s Summit, is the inspiration for this faith-based story of a young man (Daniel Ross Owens) trying to build a device that creates unlimited energy. Fred Thompson plays Finch. Rated PG-13 | Time: 1:38

GREEN LADY LOUNGE: Foundation Big Band, 9 p.m. JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN-MIDTOWN: Rick Bacus Trio, 7 p.m.

PHOENIX: Millie Edwards, 7 p.m.

‘Captain Phillips’

CHAZ ON THE PLAZA: Terry Hancock Trio, 6 p.m.

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THE MAJESTIC: Mark Lowrey, 6 p.m.

NEW MOVIES

LOS ANGELES TIMES

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‘Blue Caprice’ Opens Friday in limited release A disgruntled veteran molds an abandoned teen into his protege for a bloody spree in this drama based on the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks. With Isaiah Washington, Tequan Richmond and Joey Lauren Adams. Rated R | Time: 1:35

‘Escape From Tomorrow’ Opens Friday in limited release Writer-director Randy Moore’s already-legendary thriller, shot on location at Walt Disney World without permission, follows a husband and father (Roy Abramson) who learns he has been fired during the final day of a family vacation at the Magic Kingdom. Not rated | Time: 1:44

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‘Inequality for All’ Opens Friday in limited release In this documentary, political economist and professor Robert Reich delves into the widening income gap in the U.S. and its effect on the economy. Rated PG | Time: 1:25

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The good witch of ‘Wicked’ lands back home Hayley Podschun Actress, dancer, vocalist Whitney Rinne, Ink Hayley Podschun first left Kansas City to make her Broadway debut in “The Sound of Music” when she was 12 years old. Now she travels across the country by bubble as Glinda (the Good Witch) in the national tour of “Wicked.” The Overland Park native has landed back home for “Wicked’s” multi-week run at the Music Hall. Growing up, Podschun trained and performed in the area. “My first professional show I ever did, I was Baby June in ‘Gypsy’ at New Theatre. And then I got the lead in ‘Pippi Longstocking’ at the Coterie, which was like a dream come true of mine. That kind of shot me off for really good training,” Podschun says. After graduating from Blue Valley High School, Podschun spent a year

attending college in Boston before she was cast in the national tour of “Hairspray.” “I did the ‘Hairspray’ film immediately after that, and then immediately after that I did the ‘Hairspray’ Broadway company, so it was three years of my life basically,” Podschun says. Podschun appeared in “Chaplin” and “Anything Goes” on Broadway before joining the touring cast of “Wicked” until at least March of 2014, and — though she enjoys her time with the show — she hopes to perform on Broadway again in the future. “I’d love to go back to New York. I just bought an apartment actually, way uptown. So that’s definitely next for me, just trying to put together my new home,” Podschun says.

“I can’t even believe I get to come home. I’m so excited. This will be the longest I’ve been home in eight years.” On the road: “You travel with the same 75 people, so not only do you work with them, you live with them. You hang out with them, which is great. But it’s the same people. You’re not really able to do things during the day like you would in New York. It’s just the show, so you’re really focused on work the whole time.” Packing problems: “Being on tour you have to deal with a lot of different climates. You have to deal with living in and out of suitcases, so you can only pack certain favorite clothes and that’s difficult, because I have a lot of clothes.” Foodie fun: “Me and Jenny DiNoia, who plays my Elphaba, and David Perlow, who plays my Fiyero, we’re big foodies. So we try and at least find one fancy, good restaurant in every city that we go to, if we’re not too tired on our day off. It’s a little difficult to go out, especially in towns where food is a big thing, because we can’t really eat that heavily before the show. But we do like to go out and explore what is fancy about the local places.” City girl: “I do get homesick once in awhile; I really miss my friends and my city. My city is like my boyfriend. I kinda miss New York a lot. I watch a lot of New York movies on and off just so I can get the feeling of New York City.”

‘Wicked’

Homecoming: “I’ll definitely just want to hang out at home. We’re hosting a cast party at my house, with the whole cast and crew and musicians that tour with us. I’m going to visit my dance studio, my high school, all my teachers that I ever had.”

When: Through Oct. 27 Where: Music Hall Info: Tickets available online at theaterleague.com or by phone at 800-745-3000. Show times and ticket prices vary. Additional information at wickedthemusical.com.

KC cuisine: Podschun plans to visit some hometown favorites and perhaps try something new. “Of course, Stroud’s. And definitely Cactus Grill. And North — it’s so good. Their zucca chips are amazing! But there’s so many new places in Kansas City I’ll want to try.” Fan girl: “My dad and I are going to go to a KU game, which is what we did growing up. I’m really crossing my fingers that I get to sing at a Chiefs game.” Submitted photo by Joan Marcus

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