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Editor's Letter

Happy Fall Y’all!

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think we should celebrate the fall season as if it were an official, national holiday. For at least two months. There are more things I love about the fall than nearly any other holiday, and this includes my birthday.

Let me explain.

There is no stress to shop and wrap and ship gifts. I don’t regret over-spending on items that are not enjoyed as much as I thought they might be. I don’t have to gather the extended family, clean the house and prepare an elaborate meal. And I don’t need to remember to get the cards in the mail four days ahead of time so they arrive before the big day.

The only things I need in order to successfully celebrate this lovely, crisp season are a few colorful mums and some pumpkins for the front porch and a gallon of Louisburg cider. A pumpkin pie or a few loaves of pumpkin bread would make a lovely addition, but are certainly not required. All of these can be conveniently purchased at my neighborhood grocery store. If I want to make a special day of it, I can head to a local pumpkin patch and get most of what I need, but if I find myself a little overwhelmed by life, I can just hit the grocery store.

Every year, it never fails, a certain tree seems to turn color perfectly and the sun shines down to illuminate it just as I’m driving by. I pull my car over and take out my phone to snap a few photos. And I can’t help but think to myself “This tree is perfect today. I’m so glad I found it!”

The crisp fall weather never holds me homebound hostage like the oppressive heat index and polar vortex cold seem to do every year, if only for a few days. The kids head back to school in the fall and the fall weather never interrupts the school calendar, and for these reasons I can assure you, mothers around the world will always rejoice.

And oddly enough, I kind of like the chore of raking up the leaves. I can’t say the same thing about the shoveling of snow or mowing the lawn.

So allow me to wish you all a happy fall, and I’ll see you around town!

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PS: These fun, farm-style fall signs are courtesy of one of our more creative neighbors. They inspired me to put these thoughts on paper. Find her on Facebook and Etsy at Annie’s Barn.

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Around Town

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Healthy Lifestyle

30 Artist's Palette 40 History 101 42 Page Turners 44 Our Town 46 Style Wise

32 A Fabulous, Full Circle Football Career

Ralph Stewart played with the best.

34 Meet the Bulldogs

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66 Parting Thoughts

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Alice Jenkins and Robert Scagliotti at Café Trio.

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Head for the Cure 5K Raises Record Amount

The annual Head for the Cure (HFTC) 5K at Corporate Woods attracted more than 4,500 and raised the most money in its 12-year history, HFTC proceeds continue to support the Brain Tumor Trials Collaborative, including the University of Kansas Cancer Center in the ongoing quest to eradicate brain cancer.

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Shawnee Mission South Class of ‘79 Reunite for a Night of Fun More than 100 members of the class of 1979 came together last month for their 35th year reunion. They gathered at the Fox & Hound for hours of reminiscing and laughter and a great time was had by all. Photography Amy Handelman Bennett

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BRADEN’S HOPE PRESENTS YEAR OF HOPE CALENDARS Braden’s Hope for Childhood Cancer is pleased to announce their 2015 A Year of Hope calendars. The calendars feature twelve professional athletes paired with twelve childhood cancer heroes. The Kansas City Royals, Sporting KC and the Kansas City Chiefs players all graciously donated their time to take pictures with these children and are then featured each month of the year. Each of the teams has a calendar filled with images that are guaranteed to make you smile.

All proceeds from the calendar sales benefit Braden’s Hope for Childhood Cancer and are used to raise awareness and fund research for targeted treatments to bring children hope for a future. You can order any of the calendars online at BradensHope.org under merchandise or you can purchase them at Kaufmann Stadium’s team store, Sporting Park and Harvest Moon Natural Foods in Olathe.

KC KOMEN CHAPTER WINS NATIONAL AWARD Susan G. Komen Greater Kansas City was recently recognized for its innovative mission work at the breast cancer organization’s annual Leadership Conference in Fort Worth, TX. The local Komen Affiliate received “The Promise Award.” The award recognizes the organization’s Affiliate that has demonstrated a commitment to forward thinking in reducing overall breast cancer mortality, as well as disparities in breast cancer mortality.

One of their largest initiatives was the Wyandotte County Breast Cancer Taskforce, which addresses the concerns of late-stage breast cancer diagnoses. In addition, Komen KC partnered with other state cancer organizations to pass oral chemotherapy legislation.

They have also positioned themselves as a leader in regional collaboration for Breast Cancer Awareness month, helping to share their professional knowledge as is relates to mission and marketing.

NOODLES & COMPANY DEBUTS CATERING Noodles & Company, serving classic noodle and pasta dishes from around the world, has introduced a new catering program.

Noodles Catering includes the Company’s NoodlesBar offering, serving buffet style meals comprised of two main entrées, two sides

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and a dessert for groups to enjoy at any social, family or corporate event. Each catering order is priced at only $12 per person.

Easily customized to fit any taste and dietary preference, the catering menu allows guests to enjoy favorites ranging from Penne Rosa to Bangkok Curry and a variety of salads including its Med Salad, Chinese Chop Salad and Caesar Salad. Each order is served with a choice of desserts.

For more information or to view the catering menu, visit Noodles.com/catering. To place a catering order, call the Oak Park Mall (913.541.4064), Overland Park (913.239.8424), Olathe (913.829.4848) or Prairie Village (913.381.4280) location 24-hours in advance.

VILLA VENTURA COOKBOOK TO BENEFIT ALZHEIMER’S RESEARCH The staff and residents at Villa Ventura (12100 Wornall) have learned over many years: that cooking matters. It starts with caring for the people around you. Cooking is about real live people finding their own voice, their own taste and using it to make something wonderful for the people in their lives. Cooking is about celebrations and people gathering for just about any reason.

To that end, the residents and staff at Villa Ventura have put together a collection of recipes that have been cooked, minced, seasoned and shaped into the lives of those that matter most to us, and are now sharing them with you.

With this unique collection of recipes, they hope to help find a cure for Alzheimer’s. Funds raised from the $12 cookbook will support The Heart of America Alzheimer’s Association, an association that supports individuals and families whose lives have been turned upside down by Alzheimer’s.

Stop by Villa Ventura and purchase a copy or two at the front desk.

REDISCOVER CELEBRATES 45 YEARS WITH SPECIAL GUEST Save the date and plan to celebrate Rediscover’s 45th anniversary with an unforgettable night of musical magic on November 14 at the InterContinental Hotel on the Country Club Plaza. The 45th Celebration will provide vital funding to support ReDiscover’s many programs which provide quality mental health and substance abuse services to more than 25,000 clients in need.

This special evening will feature a performance by actress and singer Jennifer Holliday. Ms. Holliday is a two time Grammy winner

and is best known for her Tony Award-winning performance as Effie White in Broadway’s DREAMGIRLS. Holliday will dazzle guests with her breathtaking voice and will share her personal story as one who is in recovery from clinical depression.

Guests will enjoy a gourmet dinner, cocktails and a live and silent auction. Individual tickets are $250. Tables of ten are available for $2,500. For tickets and sponsorship opportunities contact Allyson Summers at 816.347.3262.

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Students Score Highest ACT Scores in District History The academic bar has been raised in Blue Valley. The district’s 2014 graduates scored the highest composite score in district history and continue to record the highest composite score of all Kansas City metro area school districts.

“Blue Valley students continue to strive for unprecedented levels of academic achievement,” said Tom Trigg, superintendent. “We are thrilled for the students that worked hard for this achievement and the staff members who have supported them throughout their educational experience.”

The graduates registered an average ACT composite score of 25.3, while the Kansas composite score average is 22 and the national average is 21. The ACT is a college entrance examination that tests English, reading, math and science.

A record 1,533 Blue Valley 2014 graduates took the ACT, which is a 91.6 percent participation level.

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Our friends at Mathnasium like to say “A gymnasium develops the body — Mathnasium develops the mind.” Children don’t hate math. They do hate being confused and intimidated by math. The teachers at Mathnasium help turn understanding into passion, and with passion comes growth—a treasure is unlocked.

Parents with school aged children are invited to come by the north Overland Park location (9339 W. 87th Street) on Saturday, October 25 or Saturday, November 1 and take a free assessment anytime from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Mathnasium team will help you see where your child’s strengths and weaknesses are. No registration is required. There is no cost and no obligation with the assessment. You will receive your report shortly after your child finishes.

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ou might say that Lane Green has completed the Triple Crown of high school administration in Johnson County.

The Shawnee Mission South and University of Kansas graduate has been an athletic administrator in all three major Johnson County school districts.

He completed the Triple Crown when he started as director of school administration for the Blue Valley School District in July.

Green was the girls’ basketball coach for 11 years at Shawnee Mission East. He was the athletic director at school for nine years.

His girls’ basketball teams won two Sunflower League titles.

“The high point for me was working with such an exceptional group of student-athletes,” he says. “I always joked that when I walked in the gym, the average IQ of those in the gym went down.”

He learned about coaching basketball while serving as student manager for Ted Owens and Larry Brown in the men’s basketball program at KU. “My undergraduate major was journalism,” says Green. “However, I feel I received a double major in basketball coaching. It was unbelievable experience to watch these two men coach each day for two-to-three hours. I learned everything associated with running a successful basketball program.”

It was long-time SM East Athletic Director Art Newcomer who talked Green into applying for his job when he retired in 1995.

“Before entering the field of education, I worked for the Dallas Mavericks Professional Basketball Club (in the National Basketball Association) followed by six years in the public relations field,” says Green. “Dr. Newcomer felt that my experiences in the business field combined with my experiences in athletics would serve me well in the position.”

And it was Newcomer’s advice that changed his career.

“It was his advice that was probably the most significant in my career,” says Green. “I have absolutely loved serving in the field of athletic administration.”

He became the athletic director at Olathe North in the fall of 1996 and moved on to become the Olathe School District’s AD in 2009.

“For me the highlight has been working with such incredible high school and middle school athletic and activity directors,” he says. “Another highlight is the fact that I have been part of a wonderful collaboration with the Olathe Pubic Schools, Olathe Parks and Recreation, Strickland Construction, Olathe Medical Cen-

ter, the Kansas City Royals, and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation to build a Miracle League Field located at the College Boulevard Activities Center.”

The Miracle League is a baseball facility and program for young people with physical and intellectual disabilities. The program started this fall.

Why did he decide to apply for the job with the Blue Valley School District?

“When the job description was published for the director of school administration position in Blue Valley,” he says. “I was very excited about the opportunity to serves as the district athletic director as well as coordinate and administer Blue Valley’s Summer School and Student/ Family Support program. I feel all these responsibilities are in my wheelhouse. These factors combined with the fact that Blue Valley is also unquestionably exceptional school district, led me to apply for the position.”

He has been on the job for only a few months, but is impressed with the district.

“During my time in Blue Valley, I have found that the Blue Valley Mission Statement, ‘Unprecedented academic success and unparalleled personal growth for every student,’ is more than just a collection of words, it is what the district truly is,” says Green.

“I have found everyone connected with Blue Valley to be student-driven and always striving to get better.”

And the district is happy to have Green.

Tony Lake, the executive director: school administration says, “We are very excited to have Lane Green joining our team in Blue Valley,” he says. “He brings a lot of experience to the district. Lane has had the opportunity to be an athletic administration in Shawnee Mission and Olathe and now is bringing his expertise to our district which will be tremendous asset for our families and staff.

"My undergraduate major was journalism. However, I feel I received a double major in basketball coaching. It was unbelievable experience to watch these two men coach each day for two-to-three hours."

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Build Smiles at Lego Land and Sea Life Discovery Centers Article Ryan Rosser | Photography Provided

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magination can take you anywhere. Ride on the back of a giant crab while sharks swim all around, or set sail on a massive pirate ship built to soar amongst the clouds. Lego Land and Sea Life at Crown Center in Kansas City are built upon the bricks of imagination.

For our adventure, we purchased advance combo tickets online at LegoLandDiscoveryCenter.com/KansasCity. Combo adult tickets are priced at $29 each, child tickets (ages 3-12) are $23, and children 2 or younger are free. This was perfect for our family of five: both parents, a 3-year old, a barely under 2-year old, and a newborn.

We had concerns about our kids’ ages as we prepared for our young crew’s outing. Once we arrived, though, all worries floated away. Expediting our wait in line, advanced ticket purchases and annual pass holders are put on the fast track to entry. This was a boon! In addition, our combo tickets allowed us to visit Lego Land and Sea Life on different days within a 14-day period.

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whisked us away into a world of creation and play. To start, we strolled through an interactive miniature version of Kansas City and the world of Oz. Excitement built: this was just the beginning.

Giant pits full of Lego and Duplo bricks pocked the area, but we started with the rides.We zapped spiders and other beasties on the Kingdom Quest Laser ride, and helped Merlin build his magical energies as Merlin’s Apprentices.

After exhausting our children in the Lego City Play Zone, we thought it prudent to feed them. Though small, the cafe provided multiple meal and snack choices for adults and children. The combo meals ($5 each for children and $8 each for adults) included a sandwich, choice in bottled drink and choice in fruit or chips.

Fully recharged, I took our older children into the cinema for a 15-minute visual adventure. The 3D show became 4D as it teased all our senses with the added effects of wind and water. The smile across my son’s face was worth every moment.

Before leaving, we built racecars, tested them down ramps

and then visited the Duplo Village. We discovered inexpensive fun for the whole family at Lego Land.

Days later, we cashed in on the other half of our combo tickets. Our Sea Life adventure began with an online glance at VisitSeaLife.com/KansasCity to plan our trip. With our advanced tickets, we walked right in to begin exploring the 13 themed zones, including the Shipwreck and the Seahorse Temple.

The aquarium mesmerized our children, while we parents enjoyed the exciting Fin Facts posted throughout. We felt prickly urchins and bumpy starfish in the Touching Pools and stared in awe as sharks and stingrays glided over us in the Underwater Ocean Tunnel.

Sea Life is an educational journey filled with wonder. It is a calmer option than Lego Land for days that don’t call for explosive energy. Both attractions exit through the gift shop where additional discounts are offered for annual pass holders.

An ocean of memories was built, brick by brick, at Lego Land and Sea Life. Our children, weeks later, are still asking to return. And if I’m honest, I am, too.

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Healthy Lifestyle

Keep Kids in the Game for Life Through the STOP Sports Injuries Campaign Area Business Leaders Join Forces to Help Young Athletes Play Safe and Stay Healthy

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eaders at the Dynamic Athletics Research Institute (DARI) Clinic are coming together with the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, National Athletic Trainers’ Association, National Strength and Conditioning Association and Safe Kids USA to promote the STOP Sports Injuries campaign.

The campaign educates athletes, parents, athletic trainers, coaches and healthcare providers about the rapid increase in youth sports injuries, the necessary steps to help reverse the trend and the need to keep young athletes healthy. The STOP Sports Injuries campaign highlights include teaching proper prevention techniques, discussing the need for open communication between everyone involved in young athletes’ lives, and encouraging those affected to sign The Pledge to be an advocate for sports safety. The campaign website and pledge are available at STOPSportsInjuries.org.

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athletes, alone, account for an estimated two million injuries, 500,000 doctor visits and 30,000 hospitalizations every year.

Headquartered in Lenexa, Dynamic Athletics Research Institute, DARI, is the most advanced database management company for human movement in the world and the only company capable of delivering precise human kinetics and kinematics without force plates. Under the direction of Dr. Tom Eberline, the DARI:Clinic is the premier resource for objective movement assessments in the greater Kansas City area.

“The capability now exists to practically apply comprehensive human data into the decision making process when it comes to high performance, injury prevention, risk management and rehabilitation,” says Eberline. “Whether it’s an athletic analysis in our DARI:Motion Lab or on-field testing with the DARI:Impulse, the resulting data provides an unparalleled communication tool between athletic leadership, sports medicine, and athletes.”

The high rate of youth sports injuries is fueled by an increase in overuse and trauma injuries and a lack of attention paid to proper

injury prevention. According to the CDC, more than half of all sports injuries in children are preventable.

“Regardless of whether the athlete is a professional, an amateur, an Olympian or a young recreational athlete, the number of sports injuries is increasing – but the escalation of injuries in kids is the most alarming,” said Dr. James Andrews, former president of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) and STOP Sports Injuries Co-Campaign Chair. “Armed with the correct information and tools, today’s young athletes can remain healthy, play safe, and stay in the game for life.”

Supporting the STOP Sports Injuries campaign are the country’s leading sports medicine organizations along with professional athletes and business leaders who have signed on as members of the campaign’s Council of Champions. This Council will help raise additional awareness about this growing epidemic of youth sports injuries. Some of the founding members of the Council include former Olympic champions Christie Rampone, Eric Heiden and Bonnie Blair, professional golfer Jack Nicklaus, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Bart Starr, MLB baseball player John Smoltz, NFL Hall of Fame defensive end, Howie Long, and Heisman Trophy winner and St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford.

“Using objective data, clinicians, trainers, and coaches are now able to proactively approach injury prevention, personalize and track rehabilitation and concussion management protocols, and maximize training results,” said Eberline. “We are excited to collaborate with other local organizations to bring awareness to all that can be done to prevent overuse and traumatic injuries and keep kids active and in the game.”

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Your Neighbor

From Football Dreams to Saving Lives Article Sarah Guthrie | Photography Terry Weckbaugh

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ret Miller dreamed of becoming a famous football player.

A varsity player for Shawnee Mission East High School, he loved the sport. But life often does an end run around dreams. By his senior year he knew he wasn’t going to play professionally; but football would still bring him face to face with his life’s mission.

“I was 17 and it was time for the football physical. I found a small lump under my right nipple and mentioned it to my doctor at the physical night at school,” says Miller. It was May 2003.

The doctor said it was probably a calcium buildup, a result of his body’s transition from puberty to manhood, and would probably dissolve. He didn’t seem worried so Miller wasn’t either.

Life was too exciting with football, his senior year, and college on the horizon.

The lump did not dissolve. It stayed put through four years of college at KU and into his first year managing the pool and ice rink at the Carriage Club in Kansas City.

“What made me concerned was a yellow-orange discharge that came from my nipple when I squeezed the lump,” says Miller. “Now, because I had health insurance, I decided to get a full physical.” It was 2010.

This time the doctor sent him for a sonogram, a mammogram, and then into the surgical suite to have the lump removed. All along he was told it was probably benign. It wasn’t. It was breast cancer. Within a month he had a mastectomy to remove the nipple, breast tissue and four lymph nodes. Four rounds of chemo later he was declared cancer-free.

But his life had changed forever. Suddenly he was catapulted into an exclusive fraternity of men with breast cancer.

Breast cancer. In men. It’s rare. The American Cancer Society reports that for women the risk is 1 in 8, but for men the risk is only 1 in 1000.

Statistics like these don’t sound scary – unless YOU are the 1 in 1,000.

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Miller turned to the Internet for information but in 2010 there wasn’t much. Even today a Google search of “breast cancer in women” gets almost twice the number of hits than “breast cancer in men.”

Research data gathered through clinical trials is also limited because men have historically been excluded from breast cancer trials.

Miller wants to change this. His mission is to spread the word to EVERYONE that men can get breast cancer.

The biggest hurdle is education. Breast cancer is ingrained in people’s minds as a women’s disease. Because men are not looking for it with breast self-exams, they are often diagnosed 10 years later than women. By the time they realize that something is wrong – usually when they feel pain or see swelling – it’s late in the game.

To tackle the problem, Bret and his family started the Bret Miller 1T Foundation, CheckThem.org, and the Male Breast Cancer Coalition, MaleBreastCancerCoalition.org. He also created videos for men about breast self-exams.

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Your Neighbor

The Quarterback Whisperer Longtime NFL Figure and Former Kansas City Chiefs QB Coach shares his Best in a New Book Article Christopher Clark | Photography Provided

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ans in Kansas City will recognize Terry Shea, the quarterbacks’ coach who helped Trent Green and head coach Dick Vermeil propel the Chiefs’ offense into one of the most feared in football between 2001 and 2005.

Luckily for the game, the 68-year-old Shea has only gotten busier developing what many consider to be the most demanding position in the most demanding sport. And fortunately for his neighbors, Shea’s time in Kansas City was so positive that he decided to stay even as his career after the Chiefs sent him packing across the country.

“We have kept our Leawood home ever since our arrival,” Shea says. “It is home for my wife Susan, our daughter Jennifer and her family, and our two Labrador Retrievers, Blitz and McKenzie. Only a football coach has a dog named ‘Blitz.’”

Before he eventually settled here, Shea was one of the most well-traveled figures in football. He was a quarterback at the University of Oregon from 1964-67, then stayed on as a graduate assistant coach for the next two years. A coaching career took him to Mount Hood Community College,

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Utah State and San Jose State. From 198789, he was the offensive coordinator at the University of California before returning to San Jose State as its head coach. He would then move to Stanford, the Canadian Football League and Rutgers.

He eventually made his way to Kansas City, where he teamed with Vermeil and offensive coach Al Saunders to transform the Chiefs’ struggling offense into a juggernaut. He would later become the offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears before returning to the Chiefs and later stints with the Miami Dolphins and St. Louis Rams.

His official coaching stints now behind him, Shea is using his decades of experience to nurture some of the top young quarterback talent in the game. He’s worked with Robert Griffin III, Sam Bradford, Matthew Stafford, Josh Freeman and Blaine Gabbert, as well as Kansas State standout Collin Klein and Aaron Murray, who was a star at Georgia and recently made the 53man roster for the Chiefs.

With all that experience behind him, Shea has now turned to the job he knows best to help him add the word “author” to his resume. His new 420-page book, Eyes Up, reads like a conversation between the quarterback and his coach, Shea says. He’s adamant that the book be considered a daily tool for young quarterbacks – not a book to be “read and placed on a shelf.”

The book’s title is a reference to the constant mantra that Shea pounds into his apprentices – keep your eyes upfield in a non-stop scan as you move with the ball, identifying passing windows between your receivers and the defensive coverage.

“It is designed to instruct the quarterback on all the components of playing his position with success. However, the book is more than an instructional tool for quarterbacks only. It is written to energize coaches, parents and football fans to embrace the art and magic of playing quarterback,” he says. “My respect for the game and the quarterback position is the driving force behind EYES UP and in a respectful way, this book has allowed me to give something back to my coaching fraternity and the players that I have been privileged to coach.”

Shea’s enthusiasm for the quarterback’s position in football may only be eclipsed by the importance he places on the relationship between a player and a coach.

While the quarterback position demands high intelligence, quick decision-making and physical tools, it also takes a special brand of player who’s willing to learn from the expertise of others.

“A coaching career is just not about wins and losses. It must be about something deeper, something that I cannot imagine coaching without it,” Shea says. “For me, teaching is that ‘something.’ These quarterbacks were extremely driven to be the best, but the one common denominator was their coachability. They wanted to learn every day how to develop their skills and improve their quarterback IQ.” For more information, visit CoachShea.com.

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Artist's Palette

What brought you to Kansas City?

I was born in Olathe, but my family moved around for a few years due to work opportunities until finally settling in Pennsylvania, where I was raised. I had always been curious about my hometown but never imagined I would find myself back in the vicinity.

What brought me back to the Kansas City decades later was an opportunity to intern with a local ministry and eventually join their staff. Little did I know that move would provide a segue back into the art world and provoke awakening within to create.

Describe your art: I like to tell stories through my art. My pieces are tangible evidence of an ongoing conversation about a person, a business/ organization or social issue.

My artwork often reflects one’s “living� mission statement through intuitive insight perceived about the subject and illustrates their respective journey in somewhat of a prophetic nature. Vibrant colors and components of light-concepts have become trademark in my communication through these mixed mediums.

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What inspires you?

Inspiration for me comes through all things beautiful. From conversations to nature to cultural climate, I am moved to capture what I envision expressly through the perspective of unveiling unrealized beauty - whether it is within a person, a business entity or the latest global outcry. I often find myself caught in up in daydreams about ways to capture faraway places for the heart to find rest, bringing the invisible to the visible.

Where did you study art?

I am an evolving self-taught artist. Growing up in an artistic family, I had skimmed the avenues of the artisan community but pursued every other thing that was not art.

In fact, I avoided anything art related and

deeply resented my gift the majority of my life. Outside of the classroom setting, it was almost twelve years before even I picked up a paint brush again, provoked by a decision to repaint and decorate my own living space (and even that was done with mild disdain).

I am now on the course to build my educational resume and visual portfolio.

Where can people view your art?

Most of my artwork is available for viewing at KristyAugust.com and Facebook. com/TreeOfLife.Kristy. Follow me also on Pinterest.com/KristyAugust.

When is your next showing or exhibit?

I am currently in the process of building further relationships with galleries and venues in the area, as I am just now becoming more acquainted with the Kansas City art scene. I have something in the works for the summer and further details will be posted on my website. My artwork is also available for display on rotation in local businesses as well as for sale.

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A Fabulous, Full Circle

Football Career

Ralph Stewart played with the best.

Article Mary Bush | Photography Parker Harrison and Provided

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ighty-eight-year-old Prairie Village resident Ralph ‘Boot’ Stewart played professional football way before there were instant replays, glitzy half-time shows or over-the-top Super Bowl championships.

But his football career, which took off at the University of Missouri, spiked at Notre Dame and included memorable stints with the (then) New York Yankees and Baltimore Colts, and allowed him to play his beloved sport with greats such as Missouri’s renowned coach Don Faurot and Alabama’s legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant.

“Football has been very important to Dad since his youth,” says Stewart’s daughter Judy Heeter, a Kansas City, Mo., resident and attorney who formerly headed the business activities of the Major League Baseball Players Association. “It afforded him many wonderful opportunities and experiences.”

It started in St. Louis where as a child,

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Stewart (whose older brother nicknamed him ‘Boot’) fell in love with the game of football and as a high school standout, earned a scholarship to the University of Missouri in Columbia. Stewart, a center

and linebacker, started every game as a freshman in 1943 with the Tigers, playing both offense and defense while taking direction and inspiration from the University’s esteemed Coach Faurot, credited with inventing football’s split-T formation.

World War II came along during Stewart’s career at the University and when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, he was sent, along with other outstanding, college players, to pre-flight school at the University of Notre Dame.

“The Army and Navy were as competitive in those days as they are now and the Navy gathered together some of the best young football players to play for them,” says Heeter. “Dad ended up earning a letter at Notre Dame during that time.”

Stewart was transferred to the University of North Carolina where he continued his pre-flight training and played more

Today, Stewart is among the country’s oldest professional football players and has received requests from around the country for autographs from longtime fans of his, and pro football.

football for the Navy. It was there he met his commanding officer, a man of considerable carriage and character, named Paul Bryant.

(Later known as Bear Bryant, he became one of the country’s iconic football coaches, amassing six national championships and numerous conference titles at the University of Alabama.)

“He was 6’2” tall, weighed about 220 and looked a lot like John Wayne,” remembers Stewart. “He walked and talked like a football coach and I liked him a lot.”

Coach Bryant liked Stewart, too. After the war, Bryant became head coach at the University of Maryland and recruited all his best players to come with him, including Stewart. Though Stewart moved to Maryland, he always felt a pull from his home state and university in Missouri.

Knowing he would be ineligible to play elsewhere if he played even one game for Maryland, he approached Bryant before the season’s opener to talk about returning to Missouri.

“Coach Bryant took me into his office, asked me to sit down and then got up and locked the door,” laughs Stewart. “We had quite a talk about why I shouldn’t leave but he knew I really wanted to so he agreed to release me.”

Stewart returned to Columbia and his Missouri Tigers where he was an All-Conference center, captain of the team and participated in the 1946 Cotton Bowl, Missouri’s first time in that prestigious competition. He graduated with a bachelor’s and master’s in education and was inducted into the Mystical Seven, the University’s top honor society which recognizes only seven students for scholarship and leadership each year.

During that time, Stewart also met the love of his life, Maxine Briscoe, who was teaching undergraduate math while earning a master’s degree. When they married in 1946, the couple had a bet about where their wedding notice would appear in the Columbia newspaper.

“Dad was sure it would be on the sports

page, while Mom was certain it was appropriate only for the society page,” says Heeter. “They both were wrong; the article appeared in the news section, under the headline ‘Student-Faculty Wedding’.

They were best friends and soul mates for 56 years.”

After graduation, Stewart was drafted by the New York Yankees which is today, the New York Giants.

“The Yankees paid $3000 more than the other teams interested in him,” notes Heeter. “Things were a little different then.”

At the time, both the New York City football and baseball teams were called the Yankees and played their games in Yankee Stadium. Stewart recalls an interesting encounter with the legendary baseball center-fielder Joe DiMaggio.

“He told us our cleats were tearing up the outfield,” remembers Stewart. “He really chewed us out.”

Stewart spent two years with the Yankees and then was traded to the Baltimore Colts where he played before retiring from professional football after a severe concussion. But football and athletics continued to be important in his life as he became the head football coach at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. He was then recruited to coach at Drake in Des Moines and six years later became the head football coach and athletic director at the University of South Dakota.

“One of our favorite photos is of the University of South Dakota marching band spelling out the word ‘Boot’ during a half time performance,” says Heeter.

But in 1962, Stewart’s football career came full circle when he once again headed home to Columbia and the University of

Missouri. There, Stewart earned a doctorate in education and joined the faculty at the University, serving as chairman of the physical education department until he retired in 1991.

Today, Stewart is among the country’s oldest professional football players and has received requests from around the country for autographs from longtime fans of his, and pro football. Throughout his colorful career, several things remain constant: Stewart’s love for the University of Missouri (he didn’t miss a home football game between 1962 and 2012), the education he received there and one more thing.

“As important as football has been to Dad, he always said that nothing is more important than his family,” says Heeter.

“My mother was the light of his life, and he is devoted to and very proud of his four children, 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.”

Stewart’s son, Tom, a local attorney, resides with his family in Mission Hills; daughter Nancy and son Ron live in England and Colorado, respectively. Heeter and husband Jim, also an attorney and president and CEO of the greater Kansas City, Mo. Chamber of Commerce, have lived in Kansas City since 1973.

Heeter notes Stewart’s vigorous athleticism has rubbed off on the entire family.

“Dad’s enthusiasm for football--for all sports--was formative for me, my sister and brothers,” says Heeter. “It’s fair to say we all inherited Dad’s competitive spirit and respect for the values that we have learned from sports. And of course, we’re all Missouri Tigers fans!”

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KC Bulldogs Weekend Warriors Take the Field: Meet the Kansas City Bulldogs.

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hey range in age from 18 to 44, and spend their weeks as fathers, husbands, students, computer programmers and customer service agents. They are managers and Army and Marine veterans. They’re also Bulldogs.

United by pure love of the game, these weekend warriors represent Kansas City in the Central Plains Football League. The semi-professional, recreational team formerly known as the Independence Bulldogs and the Independence Regulators, is entering its eighth year and is owned and coached by Gabriel Frank.

Gerald Greenfield, who has played running back for the past two seasons, says that he’s had a life-long love of the game, and understands football more than anything else in life. He plays not just for himself, but because he believes the team is together for the right reasons.

Louis Garry III plays defensive line and is looking forward to his fourth season. He says he plays because the 60 minutes he spends on the field is a time he can forget about the stresses of everyday life and focus on just one thing: the game.

“Football motivates me because for 60 minutes the world slows down. You know when you step on that field the world is watching, and there’s a thrill that comes when the fans cheer and the kids see you and you know that they look up to you,” he says.

Frank says the Bulldogs is currently transitioning to a traditional 11-man team from the current roster of eight. Players pay a nominal fee that helps cover field and event expenses, and as support for the team grows so do the perks. Frank has added busses for

away games, custom made uniforms and professionally painted helmets for the team.

Semi-professional ball, he says, is a unique mix of competition and friendship. He says his team strikes a good balance between a healthy desire to win and the realization that losing isn’t the worst thing that might happen. He says that, for the most part, everyone on the team becomes good friends and the relationships they build on the field extend to their families and their time together off the field.

“We encourage everyone to bring family and friends,” says Frank, “especially as we expand. The goal is just that everyone plays, and that’s why we’re all here. It’s the love of the game, not expectations that it will turn into anything more than this.”

“I choose to play for the Bulldogs because we’re more than a team. We are a family,” says Ken Davis, a two-year veteran and defensive lineman. “The guys that I take the field with week in and week out are my brothers. We tease each other, we fight and argue but that’s because we know what each and every one of us is capable of doing, and we don’t like to sell ourselves short.

Through it all, I know at the end of the day that my brothers, my family will stand by my side and fight with me and for me and that’s something you can’t find just anywhere.”

Frank played football at Northwest Missouri State and assumed that once he finished college, he’d never play again.

It was a friend of his wife’s who suggested he check out the Bulldogs, and he says he had so much fun his first year he decided to stick around.

The owner at the time then announced that he was moving, and the future of the team was uncertain. Unless someone stepped up to take care of the administrative tasks, the team would simply fold.

“I said I’d do it,” says Frank. “I thought it would be fun.”

Frank says one of the unique things about semi-pro ball, and this team in particular, is that everyone is encouraged to keep improving, both individually and as a team. He says that some of the guys may not have been star players in high school, so they didn’t develop to their full potential. Playing in a semi-professional league gives them the chance to really excel, without the pressure that is often attached to competitive play.

Garry says that he’s driven not just by his own objectives, but by being in a position to help his teammates achieve their own goals.

“My goal is to take my knowledge of football, which spans more than 15 years, and pass it on because where I came from, nobody had the knowledge I needed to excel,” says Frank. “I had to learn on my own, and then developed down the road.”

The teams practice twice per week and play games on Saturdays.

“It helps our relationships and our record that we play together more often than not,” says Frank, The season runs from March to June, with 10 regular season games. Last season, the Bulldogs continued >

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went undefeated in regular season play, and scored a total of 656 points. The team also won the 2013 Central Plains Football League Championship game against favored Southwest Missouri Voodoo, with a final score of 58-56.

The league includes 12 teams, located in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. The team travels as far as Kearney, Nebraska, to play but they most enjoy home games.

“We really strive to make this a community-friendly, family-oriented event,” says Frank. “We try to do things like having drill teams at half time, and just making it fun for those who come out to support us.”

Derreck Hill, a two-year veteran and wide receiver, says that it’s not just the camaraderie of the team that drives him; it’s also their shared goal to continually improve.

“This is what family feels like to me,” says Hill. “We

ride together, win together and lose together. At the end of the day, we do everything together and no fingers get pointed when things don’t go our way.

This year, I want to finish with another championship. We all share the same attitude: never give up, never surrender.”

To learn more, visit KansasCityBulldogs.com

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Kick for Christ Leo Gibson won’t forget his roots.

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iberia. Right now, the country’s name conjures up images of an epidemic as the ebola virus claims a rapidly growing number of lives. For Leo Gibson, Liberia will always bring back memories of childhood in a war torn country. As he has attained success on the field with the Missouri Comets, he hasn’t forgotten his roots. His organization, Kick for Christ, aims to minister to the kids back in Liberia.

Gibson is ministering to the kids of Liberia in the best way that he knows how: through soccer. It was the sport that allowed him to leave Liberia as a political refugee in 2002. After playing with the Monrovia Black Star youth team, he joined the King College soccer program in 2002.

Since then, he has worked his way up the ranks, signing with the Missouri Comets in 2010. In January 2013, he was named Defensive Player of the Month.

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founded Kick for Christ to try to minister to his countrymen more directly.

“It was a vision that I had in my quiet time. I was asking God how I could be a blessing to the people back home.

That’s what it’s all about. I grew up during a 14-year civil war and because of that we had nothing. Soccer allowed me to come to America and start living my dream,” says Gibson.

The mission of Kick for Christ is to provide opportunity for children in Liberia and here at home. The organization collects gently used soccer cleats, clothing and equipment and takes it to Liberia. In March of this year, Gibson and five volunteers made a 21-day trip back to Liberia with 20 containers of clothing equipment, including jerseys donated by Park University, Baker University and many more.

Kick for Christ is not just

focused on Liberia. Locally, the organization offers low or no cost soccer practices for children that can’t afford to play club soccer.

“Soccer is one of the fastest growing sports in America and it’s becoming very expensive. We provide opportunities where I coach inner city kids from Independence, up North, and Kansas and mentor them. We have Bible time and practices. We push the kids and mentor them and then put them in organized leagues. That way they can have as much fun as the kids that can afford it,” says Gibson.

Kick for Christ works with the schools and the buses will drop them off on Wednesdays at the Comets’ practice field or on Tuesdays at the Tiffany Athletic Zone. Both facilities are donating the space to the organization.

Kick for Christ also sponsors and runs soccer camps at local churches where kids that might not have a relationship with church can be introduced in a friendly and fun way. They give the kids soccer balls and other soccer related gifts and try to remind the participants how lucky they are to be in the United States.

“People don’t realize how lucky they are to live here. Yes, you may be poor, but poverty here is nothing like poverty in Liberia. We are blessed to live in this country,” says Gibson.

More and more people are joining Gibson’s cause. Until re-

Although most of the funding for the organization has come out of Gibson’s own pocket, more and more people are giving of their time and energy for Kick for Christ. In May, they held their first charity golf tournament hosted at the Tiffany Greens Golf Course.

The event raised money for both Kick for Christ and the Children Lifetime Education Foundation. He’s hoping to hold more largescale fundraisers and spread the reach of the organization.

“This is my way of serving God. I have been blessed by God. I was given soccer and this platform to help people,” says Gibson.

Through Kick for Christ, he’s doing just that.

cently, the organization was a two-man show, with Gibson partnering with a former teammate, Worteh Sampson, who was doing similar work in Detroit. Recently, Children Lifetime Education Foundation joined forces with Kick for Christ.

Their goal is to build a library in Liberia and Gibson is more than happy to lend his help to their goal.

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History 101

Union Station Kansas City Continues to Write a Rare Success Story Article Provided | Photography Roy Inman and Provided

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gainst the odds, Kansas City’s historic train station – third largest in the U.S. when opened in 1914 -- survives and thrives as special events and new exhibits are prepared for Centennial Celebration.

In the early 1900’s, a group of visionary entrepreneurs and 12 railroad company leaders came together to formulate a grand plan, a railroad station to rival any in the United States and beyond. The unlikely location for such a monument was to be along a small creek (OK Creek) which meandered at the edge of a dusty, burgeoning downtown Kansas City.

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later, on October 30, 1914, Union Station opened to the public. Just after midnight on the morning of Nov. 1, the first train, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Flyer, steamed into Union Station.

Costing nearly $6 million, and part of an expansive $50 million investment by Kansas City Terminal Railroad, Union Station was declared by the Kansas City Star to be “a magnificent building, elaborate in proportions and monumental in appearance.”

Immediately, Union Station became a regional hub for commerce and transportation. It also became Kansas City’s civic center for major events and celebrations.

The phrase, “meet me under the clock” was coined as it was a unique point of reference inside the massive Union Station.

The Station measured two blocks across the front façade, 850,000 square feet, and included a 17-acre campus with all variety of support facilities.

Total rail traffic peaked in 1917 during WWI, with 79,368 trains passing through Union Station, including 271 in one day alone.

In 1945, again during WWII, passenger traffic hit a record of 678,363 travelers through Union Station, many of who were uniformed military on their way home from overseas duty. What followed for Union Station were decades of intense use, famous visits and occurrences and, eventually, a long decline that would challenge even the brightest business leaders to keep the wrecking balls away, as was

Union Station is a survivor. A young Ernest Hemingway and Walter Cronkite— both of whom found their footings at Union Station—forever held special affection for this architectural masterpiece.

Jazz greats Count Basie and Charlie Parker paid their dues here before finding international status. Fats Waller died on a train stopped at Union Station. Presidents Eisenhower and Truman made their ways through crowds of supporters in Grand Hall. Even the infamous Kansas City Massacre of 1933 – involving Frank ‘Jelly’ Nash and several federal agents – added dramatic moments to the station’s story.

And, this magnificent and monumental example from the “Golden Age” of railroading still has many stories to tell.

the unfortunate fate for far too many of the nation’s grand train stations.

In 1996, voters on both sides of the state line voted overwhelmingly for a sales tax to save, restore and redevelop the neglected and boarded-up Union Station. This bistate tax, thought to be the first of its kind in the United States, infused $118 million into the project. Determination and a grand vision again shaped a story of success that is now a monument known and beloved across the Midwest and beyond. Too many stories from the “Golden Age” of railroading have ended in regret. Not in Kansas City.

Today, 1 million people annually walk the marble floors of Union Station, dine in her restaurants, attend meetings, shape future science and technology, and conduct the businesses of living, learning and leveraging our collective and diverse histories.

People from all walks of life still line up, with queues often reaching into Grand Hall itself, to catch a train and travel across the plains, along rivers, over mountains and to destinations made equally special by the rhythm of the tracks.

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Morgan McLean is a 17-year-old high school student dealing with the aftermath of an embarrassing video of her which went viral on YouTube. She is spending her summer working at a gift concession at an amusement park to raise money for her college fund. One day at work she befriends two unlikely allies. Adam is the teenaged manager of the concession stand next to hers, and is also her supervisor. Morgan thinks he is uptight and nerdy. Amy is another park employee and she harbors a secret crush on Adam.

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Though Morgan is close to her mother, she has grown up without a father, and her mom has steadfastly refused to tell her even his name. After a medical scare, her mom finally shares his name and the town where he lives. Morgan and her newfound pals, Adam and Amy, set out on a road trip adventure across the border into Canada so Morgan can confront the father she never knew.

Along the way, the friends encounter mishaps such as a flat tire and a missed ferry. Amy, a child of wealth, must adapt to staying at a hostel instead of a five star hotel. The teens experience unexpected joys as they bond with each other and learn the true meaning of friendship.

The characters in 16thingsithoughtweretrue are all well developed, flaws and all. Part of Morgan’s charm is the fact that she has imperfections, and her friends and family members aren’t afraid to point out her shortcomings. She obsesses over her phone and keeps a constant eye on the number of her Twitter followers. Al-

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though her behavior is caused in great part because of her insecurities and shyness, others see her as being snobbish or aloof. Amy and Adam, as well as the other characters, discover things about each other and themselves that they never expected.

Social media sites such as Twitter and YouTube figure prominently in this novel. The use of Twitter is a contemporary, creative way of advancing the story. Each chapter is given a title written in Twitter format, for example; “Likeability can be measured by how many followers you have online. #thingsithoughtweretrue” or “In the end, people get what they deserve. #thingsithoughtweretrue.”

The author doesn’t tack on a fairy tale feel-good ending, wrapping things up with a neat bow. She presents life in the way that a typical teenager might – feelings of insecurity, shame and loneliness. Gurtler also presents hurdles that people of all ages must deal with such as illness, online media and family dysfunction.

The themes are so universal that I was deep into the story before I realized it was a Young Adult novel. I never expected to enjoy a Young Adult book, so I was pleasantly surprised by 16thingsithoughtweretrue. The characters are extremely likable and believable. The novel may be an easy, speedy read for adults, but the authentic dialogue and compelling story would make it appealing to all readers.

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t started out as a small, sweet request born from the idealistic heart of a kindergartener. More than 10 years ago, Elizabeth Hanson wanted to have a party to help someone “She wanted to help Harvesters because, she said, ‘everyone needs food,’” Recalls her mom, DeAnn. “Elizabeth was relentless in asking. I had my hands plenty full with then 6- and 4-year-olds and a 2-month-old.”

But in a testament to parental faith and compassion, Dave and DeAnn didn’t want to discourage such a giving attitude—even if that meant throwing a party they had little time for. So the following year, the family, including Elizabeth’s siblings, Will and Caroline, threw a backyard bash at their home in the Woodlands.

“When Elizabeth was in first grade, we had our first ‘Hanson Harvest,’ DeAnn says. “It was a mini-carnival, complete with a rented moonwalk, magician, balloon artist, hotdogs and brats, popcorn, snow cones, and many other kids’ activities. That first year, more people showed interest than we anticipated, which was great.”

The party was an incredible success—so much so that guests began inquiring about the next year’s event. The Hanson Harvest quickly snowballed as people embraced the great cause and fun atmosphere. Soon nearly 300 people would regularly attend.

“One year, local musician Gracie Schram was the entertainment, and another was Brooks Brown’s band,” Dave says. “We have mostly local attendees, but many people from out of town

come every year. Local Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops have helped volunteer. It was really like having a mini-carnival in our own backyard. The first eight events were held there!”

Word spread about the Hanson Harvest, including to Mission Trail Elementary School. The principal at the time, Shirley Pinnick, asked Elizabeth and Will to coordinate the school’s 2004 food drive.

“Back then, they were only collecting about one barrel of donated food per year,” DeAnn says. “Elizabeth, Will and now Caroline have coordinated the Fall Harvest Week at Mission Trail ever since. Now a dozen large collection barrels overflow during collection time every year.”

However, when the family moved from the Woodlands to Waterford almost two years ago, it forced the family to reconsider the Harvest. While the Hansons adored the new house, the backyard was considerably smaller.

“And we happened to move the month the Harvest would have occurred in, so the Hanson Harvest’s ninth and tenth year were held in the Hunger Awareness room at Harvesters in Kansas City,” DeAnn says. “The event has changed, but people are still very supportive. Thanks to the donations of our guests, we’ve raised nearly 150,000 meals for those less fortunate.”

“Ever since we can remember our family has hosted the Harvest to collect food for the hungry,” Will says. “We really look forward to the event every year.” continued >

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Despite the Hanson Harvest’s contin- group has captured and focused the good we feel so blessed that we want to give ued success, Will and Elizabeth agree on intent of Leawood residents to feed hun- blessings back.” one thing: They miss the old carnival fun dreds of families in need.

To lend a hand to the Hanson Harvest, of their backyard bashes. Caroline, now a Fittingly enough, the Hansons, active visit HansonHarvest.Harvesters.org. fifth grader at Mission Trail, was just a lit- members of the Old Mission United Methtle one when the party shifted sites. odist Church in Fairway, urged Elizabeth DeAnn and Dave admit that the loca- to pick a family Bible verse. She picked tion of this fall’s Harvest was the source part of Luke 12:48 for the reason the famiof much family discussion. After a great ly invests their efforts in the Harvest: “For deal of debate, the family plans to have the unto whomsoever much is given, of him Harvest in the Hunger Awareness room shall be much required.” at Harvesters, followed by a small private As DeAnn says, “It’s a perfect fit party at their home. for our family. The bottom line is that “We will set up the moonwalk and attempt to recreate a ‘mini’ version of the former Hanson Harvests,” says DeAnn. “Our guess is that if we give guests the option to attend either/or event, we’ll have some attend both and some only one.”

One thing remains sure—wherever the Hansons hold upcoming Harvests, the community will Volunteers of all ages work together to help Harvesters. respond. Somehow this dynamic

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“I had some new tile put into the master bathroom a few years ago, but didn’t know what to do next, so it just stayed that way until I met with Arlene,” says the homeowner. “She was quickly able to assess what we could do without compromising our desire for a traditional and inviting ambiance within our home. We wanted something

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A portion of the island was also extended to provide a table area that functions well as a place to sit and relax.

“Arlene redesigned the kitchen to accommodate more people and provide more storage space, and she also addressed my desire to have an island that allowed more people to comfortably sit around it while I cook,” she says. “Now my family can sit and face each other without facing the sink. The island is a fabulous piece that really functions well in our kitchen.”

The new drawers have allowed the homeowner to maintain a greater sense of organization, too.

“These drawers serve me better and help me find stuff readily,” she says.

Of course, one of the other grand highlights of the kitchen is its rich and eye-popping wall color: Sedona red.

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In keeping pace with 21st century needs, a charging station hub was placed beneath the wine rack. This allows the homeowner to not only charge all cell phones, tablets and portable devices, but also provides a great storage place for them, as well.

“We updated the kitchen to this century,” says Ladegaard. “The warm and cozy environment it now portrays makes you want to stay and never leave.”

The homeowner is definitely pleased with the outcome.

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Macan, Indonesian for tiger, could well become one of the best-selling vehicles in the Porsche lineup. It certainly is off to a fast start. The first year’s production is sold out, so buyers will have to wait several months for delivery. In the meantime, Porsche is offering buyers short-term leases on a Boxster or a Cayman while they wait.

The Macan S has a black sideblade in the lower rocker panel that is supposed to have a stylistic connection to the 918 Spyder. For me, however, it disrupts the continuity of design in lighter colors. The sideblade is body color on the Turbo, and that is optional on the S. The Macan, derived from the chassis platform of an Audi Q5, is pure Porsche because performance comes first. There are two models: Macan S and Macan Turbo. The S has a twin-turbo, 3.0-liter V-6 with 340 horsepower while the Turbo has a twin-turbo, 3.6-liter V-6 with 400 horsepower. Prices start at $49,900 for the S and $72,300 for the Turbo.

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Typical of Porsche, the brakes are big and strong.

The cabin has a seating position that feels more like a sedan than an SUV. The console, designed like that of the Cayenne or Panamera, creates a cockpit feeling because it contains several buttons and switches for climate and vehicle settings. The instrumentation is similar to those of the 911 or Boxster. My only wish was that the numerals were lighted all the time because they were a bit dim in certain situations. Fortunately there’s a digital speed readout at the bottom of the center-mounted tachometer.

The car I drove had the optional 14-way power seats and they were excellent. Under-thigh support was adjustable, and so was the fore-aft orientation of the headrest.

The split folding rear seat gives several cargo options. Backseat legroom was not overly generous.

audio system could be played at a soft volume even at 70 mph.

One sound that can be heard is the engine.

Under acceleration the exhaust has hints of a Price The base price of the test car was 911. It is loud enough to deliver a tingle when $49,900. Options included a trailer hitch, centhe throttle is opened, quiet at cruising speed. ter wheel caps with the Porsche crest, Walnut The 340 horsepower of the S is more than wood trim, blind spot monitor, Bose surround adequate. It can accelerate to 60 mph in 5.2 sound, 14-way power seats, navigation, premiseconds and has a top track speed of 156 mph. um plus package and the sport chrono packThe Turbo hits 60 in 4.6 seconds and has a age. The sticker price was $64,640. top track speed of 164 mph. Fuel economy is Warranty Four years or 50,000 miles. rated at 17 miles per gallon in the city and 23 Contact Tom Strongman at TStrongman@gmail.com. on the highway.

The transmission is a seven-speed PDK dual-clutch automatic that can be shifted At A Glance Point: The Macan is a compact SUV that manually with paddles on the steering wheel.

The Macan’s sports sedan handling comes performs and handles like a sports sedan. It in part because the rear wheels are one sits atop a segment that is bound to grow as inch wider than those in front and the all- more manufacturers offer similar products. wheel-drive system is biased toward the rear The ride is smooth, the cabin is quiet and the wheels. It corners as well or better than any seating position feels like that of a sedan.

SUV I can recall. In low-traction situations Counterpoint: The base price is competsuch as snow or ice, power is diverted to the itive, but many items such as navigation and blind-spot monitor are optional, and front wheels as needed.

Porsche offers two optional suspension that boosts the price considerably. packages. One is the Porsche Active 2015 Porsche Macan S Suspension Management (PASM) engine: 3.0-liter, 340-horsepower twin-turbo V-6 with Comfort, Sport and Sport Transmission: Seven-speed automatic, all-wheel drive Plus settings. The second is an air Wheelbase: 110.5 inches suspension that includes height adCurb weight: 4,112 to 4,641 pounds justment and leveling. The air susbase price: $49,900 pension lowers the vehicle slightly in As driven: $64,640 Sport Plus mode or raises the vehicle MPG rating: 17 in the city, 23 on the highway for off-road use.

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October OCTOBER 4

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OCTOBER 7 ANNUAL PINK PARTY OVERLAND PARK

The Breast Center at Menorah Medical Center kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with its Annual PINK Party, from 4-6 p.m. Yoga demonstrations by YMCA of Greater KC, walkin screening mammograms; bra fittings, nail art, pink hair extensions, hand and foot massages and an inspirational balloon release. Delicious hors d’oeuvres, pink drinks and shopping, too! Free and open to public.

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OCTOBER 10

HOLIDAY MART 2014 BARTLE HALL

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FREAKY FALL FEST LEAWOOD CITY PARK

Enjoy inflatables, Hayrides through the Hollow, Sandy Candy pumpkins, face painters, balloon artists, costume contests, trunk or treat, a DJ to liven up the park, food vendors and more! 5-9 p.m. For more information, call 913.663.9153. Free.

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Three Trails Kiwanis Club hosts the event featuring 900 lit pumpkins lining the park trails. The pumpkins are carved by local non-profits, clubs, schools and artists.

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Parting Thoughts

Gameday Words Anne Potter Russ

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t’s just a game!” That would be the normal refrain in our house on any given day that promised a Kansas City sporting event during the last 25-plus years. Surely you all know the feeling. The Royals’ one and only World Series win came in 1985 thank you, George Brett. The Chiefs haven’t held the Super Bowl trophy since 1969 - thanks, Len Dawson (I was in fourth grade, for heaven’s sake). The old soccer team, the Wizards, won the MLS Cup in 2000 (at least it was this century). And for those of us old enough to remember, there was a basketball team - the Kansas City Kings. That poor team had to split their time in the 70s and 80s between KC and Omaha. Who can win when you don’t even have one city to call your own?

But in 2013 and 2014, the sports stars have lined up, all eyes (Irish and otherwise) are smiling upon us, Murphy’s Laws have been broken, and Kansas City is rocking the sports world! Starting with a successful Chiefs’ season - with a new general manager, a new coach, a new quarterback, and renewed love from the fans, our much-maligned (understandably) boys took us back to a playoff appearance after a dismal previous 2-14 season.

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Championship Cup with a fantastic win over Real Salt Lake in penalty kicks. And, to top that off, our own Graham Zusi and Matt Besler played in the FIFA World Cup competition, representing the USA! As if that weren’t enough, Mr. Besler wrote a love letter to our town when he signed his multi-year contract, professing his desire to stay in Kansas City. Oh, be still our hearts... what a class act.

And, as of this writing, the Royals are poised for greatness.

They are still ahead in the American League - central, and they have more skill and confidence than they’ve had for 29 years.

That’s a lot of hot dogs. The boys in blue have found their mojo, and we are riding the wave with them, so happy to be part of a season that has been a long time in the making.

So, this year, it isn’t just a game. It’s a fun-filled, rock-androll, put-on-your-cowboy-boots, your-voice-is-hoarse-fromcheering, high-five, fist-pump, happy, kind of time. Get out there and support every team we have. Bang the drums, wear the gear, fly the colors, just support the pros who are all working hard for Kansas City.

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