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VOLUME NO. 152 NUMBER 36
Midwest Avenue to perform at Scott County Farm Aid By CARMEN ENSINGER Scott County Times While Midwest Avenue might not hail from Scott County, they do come from neighboring Greene County and will be one of the bands performing at the Scott Farm Aid event at the Scott County Fairgrounds in Winchester Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14-15. Scott County Farm Aid is a benefit concert to show love and support for all the Scott County farmers affected by the recent flooding. The twoday event will feature many local bands such as Midwest Avenue, who is now back on the scene after a five-year hiatus. Band leader Scott Phares said there was no question he was on board to perform at the event. “I can’t think of any better thing to do than do this benefit concert for our local farmers,� Phares said. “The timing is good too because we have just come out with a lot of new material we are introducing via the streaming services and through our Facebook page.� Midwest Avenue has an onagain, off again history. “We split up about five years ago and I started off on a solo career but we did reunion show last November that went over very well,� Phares said. “The response we received as so great we thought we might give the band another shot.� Midwest Avenue was born back in 2002 when Phares was still in high school. “At this point, it was an all-family band,� Phares said. “It was me, my dad, uncle
and cousin in the band and we recorded a five song EP called ‘Unique. We also did a lot of shows off of it.� Midwest Avenue kind of dissolved until Phares revived the band in 2011. “We probably had our biggest run from 2011 to 2014,� Phares said. “We must have played probably 500 shows during that time frame and then we kind of split up and I started out on my solo career.� That solo career resulted in Phares changing his name
“I can’t think of any better thing to do than do this benefit concert for our local farmers.�
Scott Phares Midwest Avenue to Scott Wyatt and recording under that moniker. “I’m still doing my solo career as well as the band,� Phares said. “I’m kind of doing two separate things right now, but they are two totally different styles.� Current members of Midwest Avenue in addition to Phares are his father, Scott Phares on drums, Steve Farmer on bass and Carl Aikers on lead guitar. Their first performance back as a band was the headlining act for the Fourth of July Blast at Nichol’s Park. A full 12 song album will be coming out in mid-August
but until then, the band has been releasing singles from this album at a rate of about one every three weeks. “The reason we decided to release them one at a time is so that each song can get promoted a little bit on its own,� Phares said. “Sometimes when you release an album of 10 to 12 songs you might release one or two songs off of it the others don’t get noticed very much.� The first single off of the album was released on June 21 and is called Cowboys Say Goodbye. It was followed by High Roads and then You Tell Her. There is actually a back story behind the first single released – Cowboys Say Goodbye. “That song was actually written about five years ago but we broke up before we got the chance to record it,� Phares said. “We ended up recording it about four months ago Submitted photo and since its release to online Midwest Avenue will be performing at Scott County Farm streaming it has been down- Aid Sept. 14-15. The benefit is for all the Scott County farmloaded about 10,000 times, ers affected by the recent flooding. which is really good news.� Each song also has an people, I have learned a lot,� while I’m watching wrestling accompanying video that he said. “Some of the people I on television,� Phares said. can be seen on You Tube as worked with in Nashville have “I’m a big professional wreswell as on Midwest Avenue’s helped with some of the mix- tling fan so I always try to ing and different things like watch Monday Night Raw and Facebook page. In addition to the band and that. It’s been a fun learning Tuesday Night Smackdown. his solo career, Phares has a process, but you might say I I’ll have my guitar with me fulltime job as a liason for two have been doing this almost and usually I will write during skilled nursing nursing facili- my entire life. But this is the the commercials or if an idea ties in St. Louis. He got mar- first time I have recorded and hits me, I roll with it, mute the ried last year and just recently produced an album so it has TV and watch along while I’m been really fun.� bought a house in Troy. writing.� While some musicians lock Phares not only wrote all Like most artists these days, the songs on the album, but he themselves in a room to write, Phares is relying on social also recorded them and pro- Phares has a very unique media to promote the band’s approach to his song writing. duced the album. work. “Sometimes I set aside a “Through my time traveling “Social media is everything and working in the Nashville time to write songs, but most scene and getting to know of the time I do my writing (See, MIDWEST AVENUE, A2)
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Bread of Love site Fun for all at Glasgow Burgoo manager retiring after 30 years Carmen ENSINGER Scott County Times The community of Glasgow came together Saturday for the annual Glasgow Burgoo. Volunteers spent many hours peeling the 850 pounds of vegetable that went into the burgoo, that was stirred for around 12 hours throughout Carmen Ensinger/ Scott County Times
Right: If there was a category for cutest entry in the parade it would have to be KP Barnett and Vivian Kuchy in their battery powered pink automobile.
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Below: Winchester Wolverine junior high cheerleaders kept the crowd cheering with their enthusiastic cheers.
the night. The day kicked off with the Glasgow Parade which featured all of the Queen, Jr. Miss, Little Miss and Little Mr. candidates participating along with the politicians that are running for office. The rain held off long enough for the parade to get over and then it was just light sprinkles as the Little Mr. and Miss contestants were introduced. See more Burgoo pictures on A7.
By CARMEN ENSINGER Scott County Times This Friday will mark the end of an era in Winchester. Vera Kirkpatrick will be retiring after 30 years as Site Manager for the Bread of Love program that serves hot meals to senior citizens in Winchester. The program is administered through the Prairie Council on Aging and serves a hot meal to approximately 20 Winchester residents at both the congregate site in the Nimrod Funk Building and through home delivery. Kirkpatrick has spent the last couple of weeks training her replacement Carie Lipcamon. “Carie understands that she has some big shoes to fill with Vera’s retirement,� Prairie Council on Aging Nutrition Coordinator Claire Collins said. “We are really going to miss her and so are all of the residents who participate in the program who have come to know and love her.�
“I think what I am going to miss most is seeing the people everyday.�
Vera Kirkpatrick
As site manager, Kirkpatrick took delivery of the bulk food, the portioned it out into single servings for those who ate at the site and also into containers for home delivery. She was also responsible for all of the paperwork involved with any government program. “A lot of the participants have her home phone number so if they have to reach her outside of the site hours, they would just call her at home,� Collins said. “They know they can reach her at home if they have questions or if they have to cancel on lunch the next day because they have a doctor’s appointment they might have forgotten.� Kirkpatrick loves her job and the people she has met over the years but she felt it was time to pass the baton. “One of the main reasons I chose to retire this year is that I’m 89 years old,� Kirkpatrick said. “I’m still in good health and get around okay, but I thought we need to get someone younger in here because you never know when something might happen.� Kirkpatrick took over the position in September of 1989. “I had been a substitute site manager for when the lady that had it back then had to be gone,� she said. “One day she wanted to come over and talk to me (See, RETIRING, A2)