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CONTENTS

December 2007

Features

40 Bounding around the Burgs

Our King of the Road John Robinson visits Aullville, Concordia, and Warrensburg and finds barbeque, man’s best friend, and bones.

46 Signs of Winter

Photographer Henry Domke studies winter through his lens, finding beauty in the quiet cold.

56 Civil War Cookies for Santa

The historic Hunter-Dawson house at New Madrid holds a holiday open house and transports visitors back in time by serving period refreshments. Try the Civil War-era persimmon cookie recipe.

62 Saving Grace

Actress and director Connie Stevens comes to Boonville to film a movie she wrote about a flood that occurred one summer she spent here as a child.

68 6 Missouri-made Ornaments

Discover these handcrafted collectibles, objects of affection for both their makers and collectors.

74 Sacred Ground

Our Civil War series takes you to the two Battles of Newtonia and describes the site today.

78 The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Our favorite educated hillbilly hippies have honored a few selected venues with reunion performances.

110 Nuts about Nuts

Our new Tasteful Traveler takes you to Stockton, the black walnut capital of the world, where she visits the world’s only commercial processor of the nut, finds a restaurant that showcases the nut, and collects easy and elegant recipes for you to make.

Departments

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Voices Five historic bells p, e at Cap Girardeau, Cole Cam ce City Conception, Edina, and Pier still ring both glad and sad tidings.

Branson comedian Yakov Smirnoff tours the space station; Saint Louis Science Center joins the top 25 mostvisited museums; Springfield’s historic Gillioz Theatre makes a comeback, and Kansas City’s Hereford House celebrates fifty years of steaks.

34 Museum: Abracadabra

Patriotic karaoke, pan drums, and a play garden make the The Magic House the number one family attraction in the nation, according to the Zagat Survey.

38 Made in Missouri

A century-old St. Louis company makes colossal chandeliers and other lights for commercial spaces.

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Departments Continued

8 Missouri Memo: Acid Test for Gold

118 Best of Missouri

14 Your Letters: Obstructed View

122 Marketplace: Wrap It Up

The acid test for gold isn’t the gold award Missouri Life just won, after all. We also tell about our new Civil War book and a new gift shop.

You share obstructed views, the Cave State, miles of melons, peace medal, and a kayak winner’s words.

17 Missouri Symbol: Fiddle

The state instrument is a fiddle, thanks to French explorers, fur traders, and Scotch-Irish settlers.

27 All Around Missouri

Find almost 66 festivals and events in our calendar, including a dog show and Christmas parade at Houston, the Kristkindl Markt at Hermann, and living snowflakes at the Butterfly Palace at Branson.

83 Dream Homes: Once Upon a Time Peek into these amazing homes for sale.

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Missouri Wine New wineries are innovators in other states, but it’s the old guard that leads the way here.

96 Trivia: Statewide Songbirds

Food gifts made by state entrepreneurs include hickorysmoked, sugar-cured bacon; granola; a hot sauce; a bake-in-a-flowerpot bread mix; and coffee jelly.

Just in time for fast and easy holiday shopping, see these jewelry pendants, country baskets, coffee-table books, and a bluebird stationery set.

134 Artists

A Carthage painter, a Rocheport woodworker, and a St. Louis jewelry maker share their passions. Plus visit the galleries and studios of Cape Girardeau.

142 Books: History Heaven

Two new books from Missouri Life are The Civil War’s First Blood, Missouri, 1854-1861, and Seaman’s Journey, a children’s activity book that features the dog that went along with Lewis and Clark on their journey.

144 Show-Me Health

A Columbia organization helps sick kids and their families who experience serious illness.

146 Musings

Our columnist figures his dogs know the secret to life.

Do you know our famous singers and musicians?

Special Advertising Sections 85 Crown Valley Holiday Guide

123 SayersBrook American Gourmet

97 2008 Wedding Guide

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“Oldies but Goodies� Find great holiday destinations in our online article archive. Just search “December� on the web site, and you’ll find more than 250 articles that highlight magical holiday destinations and events around the state.

Civil War Series Extra Author Larry Wood delves into the American Indian involvement at the Civil War Battles of Newtonia. See page 74 for the details on both battles and what’s happening there today.

New Recipes In addition to the recipes in our new Tasteful Traveler department, you’ll find six more black walnut recipes to try this holiday season, online. Plus, find a recipe for a Black Bean and Sweet Potato Burrito under Online Extras on the home page.

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The Civil War in Missouri

I’m also pleased to announce that The Civil War’s First Blood, Missouri 1854-1861 is finally off the press. You can read about the book on page 142. We spent almost two years creating the book, and authors James Denny and John Bradbury have done a superb job telling the

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Our New Gift Shop

If you’re looking for Missouri-made gifts this holiday season, visit Missouri Life Marketplace online at MissouriLife.com. You can also come see us in Boonville and visit our small gift shop in the Hotel Frederick, right on Highway 5, next to the river. Our office is only a block away, so stop and say hello to us, too. We’ve also compiled a gift basket of Missouri-made products to go along with a gift subscription, which you can see on page 10 or online at MissouriLife.com.

Biggest Issue Ever

This issue has the most pages we’ve ever produced, with a whopping seventy-one pages of editorial. That’s more than were in the entire magazine in our early days, when a typical issue was sixty-eight pages, containing both advertising and editorial. We thank you for reading Missouri Life, and we thank our sponsors for making it possible for us to continue offering the magazine at the same price as when we revived the magazine, back in 1999.

Back to the Gold

Gold—and frankincense and myrrh—remind us this is the season to wish you peace on earth, good will, joy, and the blessings of the season. Merry Christmas!

GREG WOOD

Missouri Life recently won a gold award at the Twenty-seventh Annual Awards of the International Regional Magazine Association, for a travel feature, Ultimate 100, that appeared in our February 2006 issue. The article featured one hundred destinations that we believe every Missourian should see.

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I would like to thank you for the kayak that I won in your contest. We took it out on the lake yesterday, and it was wonderful. We have decided we need a second one, so we can have some company when we try it on the river. We appreciated the Alpine Shop delivering it to their shop in Columbia, so that it was much easier to pick up. I can tell we will have many hours of fun with it. Vicki Moore, Keytesville

Miles of Melons Our family read about the Pumpkin Daze festival in Missouri Life magazine’s October issue. We decided to go to Republic to see what it was all about. We had a wonderful time viewing these enormous melons. Some were so huge that, if hollow, we could easily fit inside. They had an 878-pound pumpkin and a 250-pound watermelon. It was awesome! Alicen and Ashlena Harrison, Harrisburg

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FIDDLES ARRIVED IN MISSOURI with the first French explorers and fur traders. This light and easily carried instrument even traveled with Lewis and Clark on their journey to explore the West. Settlers of Scotch-Irish descent from Virginia, the Carolinas, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and German settlers in the 1800s brought fiddle music. Today, Missouri is widely known for its varied fiddling traditions resulting from settlers of various cultures coming to Missouri. Songs of French origin are still played around Ste. Genevieve and west into the old lead belt, while the Ozarks, Little Dixie, and the Missouri valley in northwest Missouri each exhibit their own distinctive fiddling styles. The fiddle has been associated with dances, whether Irish jigs, waltzes, or square-dancing. Because of the fiddle’s association with dancing, good times, and strong drink, some religious groups during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries referred to the fiddle as the “devil’s box.” Nonetheless, the services of a good fiddler were always in demand. It has taken considerable effort to preserve traditional fiddle music. Old-time fiddle music might have been lost if not for the efforts R.P. Christeson, who compiled hundreds of traditional tunes for his book Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory. Although played at dances and jam sessions, perhaps the best place to hear old-time fiddle music is at one of the dozens of fiddle contests held across the state. The state championship is held annually at the Missouri State Fair. Fiddling contests usually require each contestant to play three tunes: a hoedown, a waltz, and a tune of choice. Contest rules also state that each tune must be danceable. Named our state musical instrument on July 17, 1987, the fiddle has been and remains an important part of Missouri’s cultural heritage. –John Fisher is the author of “Catfish, Fiddles, Mules, and More: Missouri’s State Symbols.”

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The Science Center at St. Louis features the exhibit Genome: The Secret of How Life Works until January 13, 2008.

COMEDIANS WILL GO to great lengths for a laugh. On October 15, Branson-based comedian and artist Yakov Smirnoff went two hundred miles into outer space when he teleconferenced with astronaut Clayton Anderson, a flight engineer for Expedition 15 on the International Space Station. The teleconference, which took place at NASA’s request, caught this Russian native off guard. “At first, I thought it was a joke,” Yakov says. The teleconference was facilitated by the University of Missouri at its Reed Spring Telecommunication Community Resource Center. Yakov was impressed by the facility’s technology and capabilities. “I walked into that room, and it was like, totally like, the Starship Enterprise. So modern, so cool.” Yakov found the anticipation of the meeting, “a little overwhelming, mostly because I didn’t really know what to expect,” he says. “Once the teleconference started, it was just two guys talking, having a conversation.” Clayton “was funny. He was insightful,” Yakov says. “We were just joking a lot. It was a lot of fun. Forty-five minutes flew—well, like the spaceship.” Clayton used his video camera to give Yakov a tour of the station, showing him many aspects of living and working in zero gravity. “I could see the other astronauts in another compartment, and they were exercising—upside down. Because they have the bike on the ceiling, they conserve space.” Yakov compares the cramped station quarters to the size of his Russian apartment. This is not the first time Yakov has been contacted by NASA. In 1999, Yakov was the featured speaker at Washington, D.C., at the 42nd Annual Goddard Memorial Banquet honoring Senator John Glenn. Yakov has his theories on the genesis of the teleconference. “So somehow, maybe they got an eye for me because we need comedians in space. We are kind of space cadets in some way, maybe that’s why, I don’t know. But why not? If they have a woman commander of the international space shuttle, and they have the Russians and Americans living together, think how the world changed. So why not comedians?” Expedition 15 launched into space on April 7, 2007. Clayton joined the mission on June 10. Visit www.yakov.com for more information on Yakov Smirnoff.

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Glorious Rebirth

The halls in the restored Gillioz Theatre at Springfield are full of light after more than twenty-five years of darkness.

By Kenny Knauer

The Gillioz Theatre, built in 1926 by M. E. Gillioz from Monett, was a cinematic wonderland. Originally built for both silent movies and live performances, complete with pipe organ, it soon became known as a glamorous destination for the new “talking” movies. The building was built much like a bridge of steel and concrete and originally cost three hundred thousand dollars to complete. But the Gillioz closed in July 1980, and years of weathering and neglect took their toll. For more than sixteen years, Springfield Landmarks Preservation Trust coordinated rehabilitation and fundraising campaigns and led public education efforts to restore the theatre to the tune of ten million dollars. Today drama, music, and applause once again fill the air in the historic building. The Ozark Mountain Daredevils and the opera Madama

Butterfly have christened the stage, making way for upcoming events in December—Second Baptist Presents: The Christmas Post, December 7-9, and Musical Magic: Holiday Magic Concert Children’s Choir of Southwest Missouri, December 14-16. Although the road back to use was difficult, the Preservation Trust acquired an adjacent building, once used as part of the theatre, which leads to a front lobby access on Route 66. The Netters building, also part of the theatre now, makes the property handicap-accessible and adds additional space on three floors for banquet and catering rental facilities, for an upscale ground-floor lounge, and for Ozarks Technical College classes. The Gillioz Theatre is located at 325 Park Central East at Springfield. Visit www.gillioz.org or call 417-863-9491 for more information.

Hereford House at 50 it was a year

of beginnings. In 1957, Russia launched

Sputnik 1. West Side Story opened on Broadway. Paul McCartney and John Lennon met in England for the first time. Here, another partnership was forming. Jack C. Webb and Joe Marlo opened Hereford House, a one-room steakhouse adjacent to the Kansas City stockcalled How to Operate a Restaurant, the duo opened an establishment serving top-quality steaks and first-rate customer service. Hereford House has had its share of growing pains in the decades since its doors opened. After a few setbacks, a devastating fire, and a couple of stints on the real estate market, the restaurant was at a low point in 1987. Working for a private investment company that had ownership at that time, Rod Anderson visited Kansas City with the intent to sell Hereford House for the investment company. However, the atmosphere of the old restaurant quickly changed his mind. Rather than assisting in the resale, Rod purchased the restaurant and moved to Kansas City. Rod credits the restaurant’s success and his best memories to the regular customers who come to celebrate life’s special events and everyday occasions at Hereford House. Now celebrating its fiftieth birthday, the family of employees, which number The revitalization of Hereford House proved successful and led to the opening of three additional locations throughout the Kansas City area and a sister restaurant, Pierpont’s, in Kansas City’s Union Station.

almost five hundred, can see how much it has grown. Visit www.herefordhouse.com for more information. — Stefani Kronk

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Happy Holidays, Columbia-Style

Whether it’s pre-holiday shopping, a weekend getaway, holiday concerts and events or New Year’s Eve revelry you seek, Columbia, Missouri, is the place to be for the holidays. Anchored by the Living Windows Festival in early December and the First Night spectacular to ring in the New Year, Columbia’s calendar for December and January sparkles with excitement.

Holiday décor, gifts and more Holiday shopping takes many forms – looking for new decorations for your home, adding to a favorite collection, shopping for gifts for family and friends or just indulging yourself with a well-deserved treat. Tucked away at 901 Old 63 N. is a Christmas fan’s delight – Frameworks Gifts & Interiors. This time of year it is decked out as a Christmas wonderland – two levels of trees with decorations for sale ranging from a “baby” tree to a Mizzou tree to kitchen and outdoor themes. One whole wall is filled with Byers’ Choice Carolers; other rooms hold home décor, dinnerware including Polish Pottery, and fine gift lines such as Vera Bradley.

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lounge next door to the restaurant where noted watercolor artist Paul Jackson displays his work for sale. Mark your calendars for two special shopping opportunities. Original works by members of the Columbia Art League Member Show are for sale in the CAL Gallery, 111 S. Ninth St., all of November and December, Tuesday Friday: 11.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.; Saturday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. On December 1 and 2, the Women’s Symphony League holds its annual Gypsy Boutique and Bake Sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Boone Landing retirement facility, 109 N. Keene St. You will find antiques, crystal, silver, clothing, home furnishings, jewelry, accessories and unique gift items plus home-baked goodies that sell out every year.

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Another great place to shop for yourself or others for “style without the guilt” is Inside Outlet, in the Forum Shopping Center at 1400 Forum Blvd, Suite 1E. Decorate for the holidays or year-round with mirrors, pictures, tables, lamps and other great accessories. For a special way to honor the peace of the holiday season while finding unique gifts, check out the Peace Nook downstairs at 804-C E. Broadway. This educational non-profit, volunteer-based center offers a wide selection of books and cookbooks, holiday cards and calendars, music of the world, environmental products, fair trade imports, posters, jewelry, T-shirts, natural foods and children’s toys and books. Ask Columbia natives for a favorite place to shop, and one word pops out over and over – Poppy, at 920 E. Broadway and online at www.poppyarts. com. Poppy is the place to find handmade menorahs, pet- and animal-themed art and gifts, handcrafted jewelry, artwork from local and regional artists, limited edition Watchcraft watches – the list goes on. The Nostalgia Shop is heading south from its Walnut Street location to join owner George Liggett’s Grand Cru Restaurant at 2600 S. Providence Road in a new facility just before the holidays. So now you can shop for a wide selection of fine cigars, wine and spirits and enjoy the smoking

Clockwise from the sparkling Santas from á la campagne, you'll f ind children's toys and books at the Peace Nook; cozy snowpeople and themed trees at Frameworks; f ine stemware and snug hand-knit hats at Poppy; and Byer’s’s Choice Carolers at Frameworks.

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Up for some great holiday shows? In late November, you can choose from Peter Pan from the University Concert Series; Neil Simon’s Proposals performed by Columbia Entertainment Company; and Fiorello! at Macklanburg Playhouse at Stephens College. On December 1, bring your family to enjoy the magic of The Nutcracker by the St. Louis Ballet at Jesse Auditorium at MU. The same day, join in the Columbia City Kwanzaa Celebration at Douglass High School. The next three days offer the chance to celebrate a Victorian Christmas in the historic Senior Hall parlors at Stephens College. December 3 marks the return to Columbia of The 5 Browns – five brothers and sisters, trained at Julliard, who perform on five Steinway grand pianos all at once on the Jesse Auditorium stage. Come for the holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, by the Nebraska Theatre Caravan December 4 at Jesse Auditorium.

Columbia’s Living Windows Festival is always the first Friday in December (Dec. 7 this year). Shopkeepers in The District stage live holiday performances in their front windows from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., inviting visitors to enjoy evening shopping hours, open houses, holiday treats, carriage rides, and strolling carolers, all against a backdrop of holiday lights. Love Handel’s Messiah? You’re in for a double treat. On December 8, enjoy a traditional evening performance of the piece at The Missouri United Methodist Church. Want more? Come back to the church for the Messiah Sing-Along the next afternoon at 4 p.m. and join your voice with other fans of this holiday favorite. The fun continues the next weekend, with the Kenny G Holiday Tour 2007 at Jesse Auditorium December 16. If you’re in town midweek, sign up for the Holiday Sights and Lights Tours given the evening of December 19.

Fun and fireworks on First Night©

The University Concert Series presents The Nutcracker (top left) and The 5 Browns (top right) in December, two of many shows guaranteed to get everyone in the holiday mood. The Grinch (above left) is just one of many characters that may be seen in downtown Columbia during The District's Living Windows Festival. The holiday fun comes to a breathtaking conclusion during the First Night celebration on New Year’s Eve (right).

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There’s nothing like New Year’s Eve in Columbia – “First Night,” as the community celebration is known here. First of all, if you want a great way to work off holiday calories, sign up for the Boone Hospital First Night 5K Run/Walk that starts at 4 p.m. December 31 at Flat Branch Park. Next is the multi-venue celebration – First Night Columbia. This safe, alcohol-free evening is designed with something for everyone – children, teens and adults – with music, dance, theater, art displays and art-creation areas throughout The District and at Stephens College. So the little ones don’t miss out on the countdown, they have their own musicfilled Children’s Procession that starts at 9:15 p.m. and ends at Courthouse Square with fireworks. We do it all over again, grownup style, with the grand People’s Procession at 11:30 p.m., culminating with the outdoor finale of entertainment and fireworks at midnight, also at Courthouse Square.

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HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS GALORE! Peter Pan

Handel: Messiah

7 PM, Nov. 27 University Concert Series Jesse Auditorium, MU campus 573-882-3781 or 800-292-9136 http://concertseries.org

7 PM, Dec. 8 The Missouri United Methodist Church 573-443-3111

Neil Simon’s Proposals 7:30 PM Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 1 2 PM Dec. 2 7:30 PM Dec. 6, 7, 8; 2 PM Dec. 9 Columbia Entertainment Company 1800 Nelwood Drive 573-474-3694 www.cectheatre.org

Fiorello!

The St. Louis Ballet’s The Nutcracker 2 PM & 7 PM, Dec. 1 University Concert Series Jesse Auditorium, MU campus 573-882-3781 or 800-292-9136 http://concertseries.org

Columbia City Kwanzaa Celebration 2 PM to 5 PM, Dec. 1 Douglass High School Gymnasium 310 North Providence Road 573-874-6379

Victorian Christmas at Stephens College 7:30 PM Dec. 2, 3, 4 Historic Senior Hall Parlors www.stephens.edu/news/stephensevents/ performingarts/music.php 573-876-7199

The 5 Browns

(Five siblings on five grand pianos) 7 PM, Dec. 3 University Concert Series Jesse Auditorium, MU campus 573-882-3781 or 800-292-9136 http://concertseries.org

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4 PM, Dec. 9 The Missouri United Methodist Church 573-443-3111

Advent Organ Concert 4 PM Dec. 12 The Missouri United Methodist Church 573-443-3111

Kenny G Holiday Tour 2007 7 PM, Dec. 16 University Concert Series Jesse Auditorium, MU campus 573-882-3781 or 800-292-9136 http://concertseries.org

Holiday Sights and Lights Tours 6:15 PM to 7:30 PM or 7:45 PM to 9 PM Dec. 19 Meet at the Activity & Recreation Center (ARC) 1701 W. Ash Street Register at www.gocolumbiamo.com or call 573-874-7460

Boone Hospital First Night 5K Run/Walk 4 PM, Dec. 31, 2007 Flat Branch Park, 101 S. 4th St. Register online at http://ctc.coin.org or download form at http://andyman68.googlepages.com/ FirstNight5K.pdf

First Night Columbia 2007 Doors open 6 PM, Children’s Procession 9:15 PM; People’s Procession 11:30 PM, Dec. 31 Multiple venues in The District and at Stephens College http://firstnight.missouri.org 573-874-7460

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7:30 PM, Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2 PM, Dec. 2 Macklanburg Playhouse, Stephens College 573-876-7199 www.stephens.edu/20072008season

Messiah Sing-Along

7 PM, Jan. 23 University Concert Series Jesse Auditorium, MU campus 573-882-3781 or 800-292-9136 http://concertseries.org

Nebraska Theatre Caravan: A Christmas Carol

Jesus Christ Superstar with Ted Neeley

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7 PM, Jan. 28 University Concert Series Jesse Auditorium, MU campus 573-882-3781 or 800-292-9136 http://concertseries.org

Living Windows Festival

Evita

6 PM to 8 PM, Dec. 7 Downtown Columbia 573-447-6816

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Columbia Cuisine

Chef Rachel Theerman and owner Leigh Lockhart at the juice bar with some tasty treats. To make Rachel’s Black Bean and Sweet Potato Burrito at home, see the recipe online at MissouriLife.com under Missouri Life Online Extras. For more great Columbia dining experiences, go to www.visitcolumbiamo.com.

MAIN SQUEEZE:

THEY REALLY DO PUT LOVE IN THE FOOD When you eat at the Main Squeeze Natural Foods Café, there’s no question about how fresh and natural the ingredients are. On a typical day, you can find owner Leigh Lockhart sitting at a table picking over locally grown fresh basil as she greets the egg lady ( Julie Walker) walking through with fresh eggs from Greystone Farms in Fayette. “You need to be able to have faith in the places you eat,” Leigh says, just as she has faith in the local farmers and artisans who supply the downtown Columbia café with its produce, breads, dairy and soy products and more. “It’s important to have a relationship where you can be comfortable asking questions.” As Leigh says, her restaurant is “what happened when a love of food and a passion for sustainability met a community filled with hungry, loving people.” A decade ago, she started with a juice stand in a tiny corner she rented in Lakota Coffee Company next door. Main Squeeze quickly grew into a full-service café and catering business, now open for breakfast seven days a week, with choices like their popular breakfast burritos, a “sunrise quesadilla” (with scrambled eggs or tofu) and homemade, wholegrain granola. The clientele might surprise you – lots of middle-age professionals, bankers, lawyers, faculty members. “People who are interested in eating better find us,” Leigh says. As do people who want to vote their conscience by supporting a truly sustainable local business that composts all its food waste and promotes the use of reusable stainless steel to-go containers customers can buy and

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keep at the café for carryout orders. You can still get a cornucopia of fresh juices and fruit smoothies, but the best seller is always the daily special. Chef Rachel Theerman whips up delicious, healthy and seasonal creations, like Black Bean and Sweet Potato Burritos and soups like tomato bisque and curried squash. Menu choices include salads with homemade flax crackers, vegetarian Tex Mex dishes, wraps and hot dishes. Leigh and her devoted staff of 30 (three full-time) put love into both the food and their community, by displaying and selling local art without taking a commission, helping found the COLORS Alliance (Columbia Locally Owned Retail & Services), and hosting fundraisers for non-profit groups. She knows the importance of such support – one wall of the café is covered with the imprints of the hands (and sometimes feet) of the local investors, small and large, who helped her get her start.

Main Squeeze Natural Foods Café 28 S. 9th St. Columbia, MO 65201 573-817-5616 http://main-squeeze.com e-mail: info@main-squeeze.com Hours: Mon-Sat 7 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun 7 a.m.-3 p.m.

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December & January

This Issue’s Featured Event WICKED

Dec. 12-Jan. 6, 2008, St. Louis. Long before the girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One–born with emerald green skin–is smart, fiery, and misunderstood. The COURTESY OF JOAN MARCUS

other one is beautiful, ambitious, and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for the most spellbinding new musical in years. Fox Theatre. 8 PM Tues.-Fri.; 2 and 8 PM Sat.; 2 PM Sun. (with additional special shows). $28-$75. 314-5341111 or visit www.fabulousfox.com.

Northeast & St. Louis Area Winter Wonderland Nov. 21-Jan.1, 2008, St. Louis. One-mile tour with more than a million lights featuring festive scenes and a canopy of lights. Tilles Park. 5:30-9:30 PM Sun.-Fri.; Sat. carriage rides by reservation only. $9-$75. 314-615-7275

A Dickens of a Killing Nov. 24 and Dec. 8, Augusta. Murder mystery dinner theatre, which features a turkey-free buffet for those tired of leftovers. Mount Pleasant Winery. 6:30-9:30 PM. $49.99-$54.99. 800-467-9463 Christmas in Bethel Dec. 2, Bethel. Live nativity, traditional Black Santa, horse-drawn wagon rides, homemade gift items, pictures with Santa, and German food. Historic German Colony. 10 AM-4 PM. Free (except food and gifts). 573-633-2640

Celebration of American Craftsmen Dec. 6-23, Louisiana. Show and sale featuring fine American crafts and the artists that make them. ASL Pewter shop. 9:30 AM-5:30 PM. Free. 573-754-3435 Glam Odyssey Dec. 8, St. Louis. Ebony Fashion Fair. Ferrara Theatre at the America’s Center. 8 PM. $35-$50. 314-615-3668 Capitol by Candlelight Tours Dec. 12, St. Charles. Period-dressed interpreters lead candlelight tours of the first capitol, as it would have been in the 1820s. First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site. 6-8 PM. Free. 636-940-3322

A Christmas Carol Dec. 21-22, Florissant. Charles Dickens’ holiday classic. James J. Eagan Civic Center Theatre. 2 and 7 PM Fri.; 2 PM Sat. $7-$12. 314-921-5678

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Snowflake Jan. 11-13, 2008, University City. This funny, poignant one-man show uses the magic of illusion inspired by the observation of a homeless man. COCA Theatre. 7 pm Fri.; 1:30 and 3:30 pm Sat.-Sun. $14-$17. 314-725-1834

Homes Tour Dec. 1, Platte City. Decorated homes open to tour. Throughout town. Noon-5 pm. $5. 816-858-4526

The Nutcracker Dec. 1-23, Kansas City. The unforgettable ballet of Clara and her Nutcracker Prince. Music Hall. 1, 2, and 7:30 pm (varies by day). $25-$80. 816-931-3330

Eagle Days Jan. 26-27, 2008, Clarksville. View live eagles, Bird Sanctuary sets up telescopes, eagle art prints, bonfire, and educational activities. Throughout town. 9 am-4 pm Sat.; 10 am-3 pm Sun. Free. 573-242-3336

Northwest & Kansas City Area Festival of Lights Nov. 30, Lexington. Illuminated parade, Victorian Santa and his sleigh pulled by real reindeer, and lighting of the Mayor’s tree. Downtown. 7 pm. Free. 660-259-3082 Olde Town Holiday Homes Tour Nov. 30-Dec. 1, Blue Springs. Tour five homes decorated for the holidays. Olde Town. 5-8 pm Sat.; 10 am-4 pm Sun. $10-$12. 816-228-4777

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Dog Show and Christmas Parade, Dec. 8, Houston. Dogs wear costumes and compete for prizes. Parade features U.S. Army Band. Downtown. 1 pm. Free. 417-967-0700

Christmas Down Home Nov. 30-Dec. 2, Kansas City. The Heartland Men’s Chorus performs a little bit of country. Folly Theater. 8 pm Fri.Sat.; 4 pm Sun. $15-$60. 816-931-3338 Christmas on the Farm Dec. 1, Lawson. Costumed interpreters celebrate a traditional 1870s Christmas featuring caroling, Christmas room for children, and refreshments. Watkins Woolen Mill State Park. 2-8 pm. Free. 816-580-3387

Spirit of Christmas Past Dec. 1-30, Independence. Tour the Bingham-Waggoner Estate, Vaile Mansion, and 1859 Marshal’s home all decorated in themes for the holidays. 10 am-4 pm Mon.Sat.; 1-4 pm Sun. $5-$12. 816-325-7111 Nativities Around the World Dec. 2-Jan. 4, 2008, Independence. Music, lights on the outdoor trees, Christmas trees inside, and handcrafted nativities from around the world. Mormon Visitors Center. 9 am-9 pm. Free. 816-836-3466 Candlelight Historic Homes Tour Dec. 7-9, Weston. Five homes on Main Street. 6-8:30 pm Fri.; 2-8 pm Sat.; 2-7 pm Sun. $4-$25. 888-635-7457

Three Men and a Tenor Dec. 18, St. Joseph. Performance of holiday favorites. Missouri Theatre. 7:30 pm. $15-$30. 816-279-1225

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Pack Your Wagon Dec. 29, Independence. Watch the film West, pack a “prairie schooner,� and craft activities. National Frontier Trails Museum. 10-11:30 AM. $6. 816-325-7575 Cowboy Yodeler Jan. 5, 2008, Trenton. Performance by Gary Christenson. Grundy County Senior Center. 7 PM. $8. 660-359-1434

Central Sparks Nov. 20-Jan. 27, 2008, Sedalia. Exhibition of more than 30 pieces by ceramic sculptor, Peter Callas. Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. 11 AM-5 PM Tues.-Fri.; 1-5 PM Sat.-Sun. Free. 660-530-5888

COURTESY OF JOAN HIRLINGER TREIS

Festival of Lights Nov. 22-Jan. 1, 2008, Laurie. Lights display featuring “the true meaning of Christmas.� Shrine of St. Patrick. 6-10 PM. Donations accepted. 573-374-7855

The Star Spangled Girl Nov. 28-30 and Dec.1-2, Fulton. Neil Simon’s comedic play set in San Francisco in the 1960s. Dulany Auditorium. 8 PM Wed.-Sat.; 2:30 PM Sun. $22-$34. 573-592-4281

Old-World Christmas | IN CONTRAST to the holiday pace at chain stores, the Fifth Annual Kristkindl Markt on December 8-9 seasons a Hermann trip with old-world smells, sights, sounds, and tastes. Expanding this year to include Best of Missouri Hands artists and AgriMissouri members, the Markt, sponsored by the Dierberg Foundation, features traditional German arts, crafts, food, and entertainment. Enjoy spiced wine and the music of costumed carolers while shopping for unique gifts from more than forty artists. The Markt is held at the historic Hermannhof Festhalle, a threestory building decorated like a German lodge, and makes visitors feel as if they have entered a holiday market on the Rhine. In addition to shopping, visitors can view traditional craft-making demonstrations,

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such as Scherenschnitte (German paper cutting), quilting, and kloppelei lace making. The Kristkindl Cafe offers a special menu of German foods including sausages, potato salad, and Heidi Cocoa. The Boonslick Strings and St. George Children’s Choir will perform. Visit www.hermannhof.com or call 573-2524136 for more information.

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Living Snowflakes | WHITE FLIGHT at the Butterfly Palace and Rainforest Adventure at Branson takes traditional ideas of a white Christmas and turns them on end. The Butterfly Palace is an indoor exhibit housing a lush rainforest. Maintained at a balmy 80-85 degrees, the tropical habitat will be home to thousands of white butterflies this holiday season. White Flight is a one-of-a-kind experience, says Sarah Bolend, general manager at the Butterfly Palace and Rainforest Adventure. “This is the first year for White Flight, and in addition, it is the first time a butterfly facility has exclusively featured only white butterflies.� Several species of butterflies will be imported from tropical areas, such as Costa Rica,

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Malaysia, South America, and the Philippines. Sarah wants the effect of entering the exhibit to be memorable. “We want visitors to feel they have entered a snow globe, surrounded by fluttering, living snowflakes,� she says. A visit to the Butterfly Palace also includes three stops: the theater, where visitors watch a 3-D movie about the life cycle of a butterfly; the Rainforest Critter Center, which houses displays of various insects, frogs, and reptiles, and Emerald Forest Mirror Maze. The Butterfly Palace and Rainforest Adventure is located at 4106 W. Highway 76 at Branson. White Flight runs November 1 through January 15, 2008. Call 417-332-2231 or visit www.thebutterflypalace.com for more information.

Candlelight Tours Nov. 30-Dec. 1, Jefferson City. Tour the Governor's Mansion decorated for the holidays. 7-9 PM Fri.; 4-6 PM Sat. Free. 573-751-7929 River Cave Tours Dec. 1 and Jan. 5, 2008, Camdenton. Tour requires participants to wade through 40 degree, chest-high water. See hibernating bats, grotto salamanders, and southern cavefish. Ha Ha Tonka State Park. Call for reservations. 573-346-2986 Christmas Parade Dec. 1, Jefferson City. Festive holiday floats. Downtown. 2 PM. Free. 573-619-5210 Holiday Homes Tour Dec. 1-2, Columbia. Five stops on the tour, silent auction, gypsy boutique, and bake sale with proceeds benefiting the Symphony Society and restoration of Missouri Theatre. Throughout town. 10 AM-4 PM Sat.; noon-4 PM Sun. $10-$15. 573-441-1759 Christmas Open House Dec. 1-8, Boonville. Mansion tours, 20 decorated trees, music, and soup luncheon. Roslyn Heights. 10 AM-8 PM. $1-$5 (luncheon extra). 573-474-4790

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Ozark Brush and Palette Art Exhibit Dec. 1-Jan. 31, 2008. Camdenton. Local artists display and sell their paintings. First National Bank. 8:30 am-4:30 pm Mon.-Fri.; 8:30 am-noon Sat. 800-769-1004

Bob Milne Ragtime Concert Dec. 8-9, Blackwater. World famous ragtime pianist and composer performs. West End Theatre. 7:30 pm Sat.; 2 pm Sun. $12. 660-846-4411

College of Agriculture. Holiday Inn Expo Center. 5:30 pm. $45-$55. 573-999-5749

Great Russian Nutcracker Dec. 3, Jefferson City. Classic holiday performance by the Moscow Ballet. Miller Performing Arts Center. 7:30 pm. $48. 800-320-1733 Christmas POPS Concert Dec. 3, Sedalia. Symphony performance. First United Methodist Church. 7:30 pm. $10. 660-827-1735

Holiday Home Tour Dec. 8-9, California. Home and collections tour. Throughout town. 1-4 pm. $8-$10. 573-796-3040

The Nutcracker Dec. 15, Lebanon. Performance by the School of Performing Arts. Cowan Civic Center. 2 and 6 pm. $8. 417-532-3293

Christmas Tour of Homes Dec. 1, Houston. Tour four decorated homes and refreshments served at each location. Throughout town. 4-7 pm. $10 donation to Relay for Life. 417-967-9797

Candlelight Tours Dec. 8, Arrow Rock. Candlelight tours of the Arrow Rock Tavern and refreshments served. Meet at Arrow Rock State Historic Site. 6-8 pm. Free. Reservations. 660-837-3330

First Night Dec. 31, Columbia. More than 70 performances, dancing, activities, art, 5K run, bubble wrap jump, and fireworks. The District and Stephens College campus. 4 pm-midnight. $8-$10. 573-874-7460

Collectibles and Toy Show Dec. 8, Holts Summit. Coins, Hot Wheels, farm toys, tractors, and a variety of other collectibles. Lions Club. 8 am-4 pm. Free. 573-680-9458

What the Bellhop Saw Jan. 11-13, 18-20, and 25-26, 2008, Sedalia. A hilarious farce. Liberty Center Association for the Arts. 8 pm Fri.Sat.; 2 pm Sun. $6-$10. 660-827-3228

Radio Christmas Concert Dec. 8, Lebanon. Gospel music at its best. Cowan Civic Center. 6:30 pm. Donations accepted. 417-588-1435

Ag Unlimited Jan. 26, 2008, Columbia. Silent and live auctions, raffle, and banquet with proceeds to benefit scholarships to MU

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Christmas Parade Dec. 1, Jackson. Santa comes to town with a festival parade. Main Street. 2 pm. Free. 573-243-8131 Christmas Bazaar Dec. 1, Kennett. Crafts, ornaments, candy and food for sale, and musical entertainment. American Legion Building. 9 am-4 pm. Free. 573-888-9472 Oliver House Museum Tour Dec. 2, 9, and 13, Jackson. Tour the museum decorated in a traditional Victorian theme. Adams Street. 1:30 pm. $1-$3. 573-243-8131 Handel’s Messiah Dec. 7-8, Cape Girardeau. Performance by the University Symphony Orchestra and Choral Union. Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall. 7:30 pm. $7-$12. 573-651-2265

Veteran’s Day Parade – Nov. 10 Secret Santa – Nov. 24 Cowboy’s Christmas for Kids Ride – Nov. 25 Living Windows – Nov. 29 Festival of Lights begins Dec. 1 Christmas Parade – Dec. 3 A Call From Santa – Dec. 4, 5, & 6 Santa’s House is open Friday-Sunday 6-9 PM Dec.1-10 and nightly Dec. 14-21 For more information about Moberly and these events visit www.moberlymo.com/chamber or call 660-263-6070. Sponsored By Moberly Tourism Advisory Council — www.moberlymo.org

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Home for the Holidays Dec. 7, Fredericktown. Strolling carolers, hot chocolate, horse-drawn buggy rides, and the Parade in Lights. Downtown. 5-9 pm. Free. 573-783-2604

Seven Valley Light Display Nov. 21-Dec. 26, Cassville. Drive through Christmas light display. City Park. 5:30-9:30 pm. Donations accepted. 417-847-2814

Christmas Parade Dec. 8, St. James. Floats, bands, and Santa. Downtown. 5 pm. Free. 800-480-3899

Festival of Lights Nov. 21-Dec. 31, Monett. Traditional Christmas animated drive through light display. South Park. 5:30-9:30 pm. Donations accepted. 417-235-7919

French Christmas Open House Dec. 9, Ste. Genevieve. Celebration highlights the music, food, customs, and decorations of an early French Christmas celebration known as “Le Réveillon.” Felix Vallé House State Historic Site. 1-7 pm. Free. 573-883-7102 Candlelight Tours Dec. 14-15, New Madrid. 1860s Victorian Christmas featuring staff in period clothes, three Christmas trees, and refreshments. Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site. 6-8:30 pm. Free. 573-748-5340

Southwest Festival of Lights Nov. 20-Dec. 31, Branson. Holiday shows and drive through light displays. Throughout town. Free (except some special events). 417-334-4084

Aladdin Jr. Nov. 29-Dec. 9, Springfield. Disney’s musical performed by a cast all 18 years old and younger. Little Theatre. 7:30 pm Thurs.-Fri.; 2:30 and 7:30 pm Sat.; 2:30 pm Sun. 417-869-1334 Christmas Tour of Homes Nov. 30-Dec. 1, Kimberling City. Five decorated homes and visit the library for cookies, prize drawings, homemade boutique items, and silent auction. Table Rock Lake area and Library. 10 am-4 pm. $15. 417-739-5495 Dickens Christmas Nov. 30-Dec. 1, Neosho. Crafts, breakfast with Santa, horse-drawn carriage rides, and lighted parade. Lampo Community Center and Historic Downtown Square. 10 am-6 pm Fri.; 10 am-7 pm. Sat. Free. 417-451-1925

Christmas Parade Dec. 1, Forsyth. Parade with the theme “The Spirit of Christmas.” Throughout town. 2 pm. Free. 417-546-2741 Christmas Tour of Homes Dec. 1, Shell Knob. Tour a variety of homes decorated for the holidays. Table Rock Lake. 10 am-4 pm. $10. 417-858-3300 Victorian Christmas Home Tour Dec. 1, Springfield. Tour five homes and one institution decorated for the holiday. Historic Midtown Neighborhood. Noon-5 pm. $10-$12. 417-873-7149 Holiday Homes Tour Dec. 2, Neosho. Tour five decorated homes. Throughout town. 1-4 pm. 417-451-3127 Evening Stroll Dec. 14, Springfield. Walk the trails by flashlight, enjoy the fire and hot cider, and visit the gift shop. Conservation Nature Center. 7-8:30 pm. Free. 417-888-4237 Cowboy Christmas Dec. 15, Springfield. Performance by cowboy singer Michael Martin Murphey. Juanita K. Hammons Hall. 8 pm. $19-$29. 888-476-7849

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First Night Dec. 31, Springfield. Music, theatre, dance, comedy, magic, and fireworks. Downtown and Jordan Valley Park. 5:30 PM-midnight. $8-$30. 417-831-6200 Sports and RV Show Jan. 1-4, 2008, Springfield. Display and booths featuring a variety of sporting goods and RVs. Missouri Entertainment and Event Center. 10 AM-7 PM Fri.-Sat.; 11 AM-4 PM Sun. $7. 417-833-2660

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SING AULD LANG SYNE in a festive setting this year—family-friendly, alcohol-free First Night at St. Louis. Last year, the event drew twenty thousand people. First Night is an annual visual and performing arts festival that celebrates the coming of the New Year and takes place in Grand Center at St. Louis on Monday, December 31. The festivities begin at 5:30 PM and will conclude at midnight. Along with fireworks displays at 9 PM and midnight, Grand Center’s streetscapes, parks, churches, theaters, and performance centers will open their doors to more than seventy-five indoor and outdoor presentations and activities. Featured this year, the Squonk

Opera is giving three performances of St. Louis: The Operetta. Admission buttons can be purchased in advance beginning November 19: $8 for adults, $4 for children six to twelve years old, and children five and under are free; at the event, $10 for adults and $5 for children. Visit www. grandcenter.org for more information.

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From left: Expected to open in late summer 2008, the 32,000-square-foot addition to The Magic House will connect to the existing museum, once home to the George Lane Edwards family. An electrostatic generator creates charges of static electricity. By touching the ball, some electrons are transferred to a person, causing a hair-raising experience.

ABRACADABRA THE MAGIC HOUSE, St. Louis Children’s Museum, makes its own magic—disguising learning as fun. Enticed by activities that encourage interaction, children can hardly contain their excitement as they enter a life-size world of make-believe. Water gardens, giant pin screens that make three-dimensional impressions, and hair-raising moments caused by touching an electrostatic generator are only some of the things that children experience; all the while, the museum’s hands-on exhibits teach them important math, science, and literacy skills. Started in 1979 by two young mothers, The Magic House was the first totally interactive children’s museum in the region and is uniquely located in a Victorian home. The home was built in 1901 for George Lane Edwards, the first president of the A. G. Edwards and Sons brokerage firm. After several expansions in the years since the museum opened, The Magic House is undergoing the largest transformation to date. This renovation will more than double the museum’s exhibit space and expand its services. New exhibits will include “whodunit” capers, inviting children to become a super-sleuth and crack the case on an art-forgery crime. A stately courtroom complete with judges’ robes and gavels will encourage role-playing and teach participants how the judicial branch operates. Time tunnels with whizzing gears transport visitors to a different time and place, bringing history alive. Kids can pen their own sonnets and verse and attach their leaf-shaped pieces of paper to a six-foot-tall wire-sculpture tree, blooming with

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original poetry. Activities, such as Patriotic Karaoke, conducting water experiments, or playing the Pandrums (an instrument that creates music from kitchen pans), take learning from ho-hum to holy cow! An important feature not open to the public will be the exhibit fabrication workshop, enabling The Magic House to build and maintain exhibits as well as launch a traveling exhibit program. Since opening, The Magic House has been consistently rated as one of the top children’s museums in the nation. In 2005, The Magic House received a prestigious award from Zagat Survey as the number one family attraction in the nation in child appeal. This distinction elevated The Magic House above every other children’s museum and family attraction, including the Magic Kingdom, SeaWorld, and the San Diego Zoo. The award-winning museum will be open during the renovation, and visitors will have access to favorite exhibits, says Kim Geminn, Director of Marketing for The Magic House. Children can work in construction, a grocery store, a bank, or pizza parlor. At KIDS-TV, the Magic House’s television station, kids can experience what it’s like to be a news anchor. Visitors can surround themselves with a giant soap bubble or create a masterpiece in the art studio. Although this local attraction is big in popularity, it is small in size. The Magic House is less than half the size of the average children’s museum, according to the Association of Children’s Museums. With

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more than four hundred thousand visitors annually, The Magic House has more visitors per square foot of space than any of the two hundred children’s museums that are members of the association. The small space coupled with the large number of visitors pose many challenges for the top-ranked museum, Kim says, “On busy days, there is a line to get in, and once visitors are inside, the space is very crowded. Children can’t enjoy the exhibits to the fullest extent. Plus, parents are uncomfortable with large crowds because it is more difficult to watch their children. Our goal is to create a better atmosphere for guests while they’re here.” Launched in June 2005, the So Much More—Right Next Door fifteen million-dollar expansion project will add a 32,000-squarefoot expansion. Space for the expansion comes from an adjacent condominium complex and allows the proposed renovations to connect to the original historic home. Planned improvements include a glass Victorian conservatory welcome center, new galleries to house traveling and permanent exhibits, a Star-Spangled Center highlighting educational programs on citizenship, and an interactive outdoor play garden. This is the feature that excites Kim the most. “In the play garden, there will be a hopscotch path and a wading pool. It takes you back to a time when kids played outside and not inside with video games,” she says. “I hope it will get kids interested in very simple activities they can do outside.” Enhanced visitor amenities, such as additional free parking, large restrooms, and a cafe, will also be added. The Magic House is located at 516 S. Kirkwood Rd. at St. Louis. Visit www.magichouse.org or call 314-822-8900 for more information.

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HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE renovating grand, old homes in the St. Louis area sometimes shed light on the impact a century-old company has had on the city’s history and architecture. “To this day, in historic houses in and around St. Louis, people will pull out an old lighting fixture from their porch or their dining room and see a Gross Chandelier Company label on it,” says Nicholas Gross, president of G Lighting, formerly known as Gross Chandelier Company, whose business celebrates its hundredth anniversary in 2008. Back when his grandfather, Edward Linton Gross, founded the electrical and gas lighting company, its ornate chandeliers were destined for the city’s finest homes. “The focus was on opulence,” Nicholas says. That focus persisted into the 1920s, when Gross Chandelier Co. started manufacturing awe-inspiring light fixtures for churches. Today, the family-owned and -operated company focuses exclusively on high-end light fixtures for commercial spaces, such as hotels, casinos, and office buildings. Architects, electrical engineers, or lighting professionals choose from G Lighting’s standard products or work with inhouse designers to create custom fixtures. One custom project was installed in the Majestic Star, a riverboat casino at Gary, Indiana. It’s a star-shaped chandelier with a twenty-foot diameter, more than five hundred incandescent lights, and Italian, colored crystals. Weighing thousands of pounds, the chandelier cost one hundred thousand dollars. Nicholas’s cousin, Edward Linton Gross III, vice president and chief designer, came up with the design. G Lighting also designed and manufactured fixtures for the American Queen, a steamboat offering recreational cruises along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. The riverboat needed light fixtures to complement its Victorian interior, so architects pored over hundreds of G Lighting’s drawings, archived since 1900. The design pro-

cess had some scintillating results: Surrounding two colossal chandeliers in the ballroom is an arrangement of low-voltage halogen lamps recessed into gold stars to simulate the night sky. Interior designers at Atlanta also turned to G Lighting to capture the grace and charm of the Old South, which they envisioned for the ritzy Westin Lenox Hotel. The elegant wall sconces and chandelier they selected and installed would have pleased the likes of Scarlett O’Hara. “That’s my cousin’s forte—between his love of history and the training he received from an old-time lighting designer, who’d been with our company for about forty years,” Nicholas says. “Taking on these types of traditional projects has really become his cup of tea.” Within the company, Nicholas and Linton are third generation. The fourth generation includes Linton’s children, Michael and Rachel. Call 800-331-2425 or visit www.glighting.com for more information.

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From top: The chandeliers in the American Queen riverboat are surrounded by inset halogen lamps meant to resemble the night sky. The Wehrenberg Theatre at Springfield features G Lighting fixtures in the lobby.

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King of the Road Nobody knows Missouri like John Robinson.

John, who is Missouri’s former Director of Tourism, is dedicated to driving every mile of state-maintained highways. This makes him King of the Road. To date, he has covered 3,234 state roads, with 662 to go. As he drives each road, he marks it off on his map, which truly has become his treasure.

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Like a silent conductor, the big, green highway sign along Interstate 70 announced we were approaching Aullville. “No services,” the same sign warned. That message spurred my recollection of a comment years ago from an Aullville resident, who was upset because the sign discouraged traffic to his town. I asked him if greater Aullville offered any services for interstate travelers. “Well, not at the exit,” he said. Aullville itself sits two miles off the interstate. Assuming the collective temperament of interstate traffic trends toward immediate fulfillment, if not gratification, it’s hard to argue that the “no services” sign is misleading. With no such warning, impatient drivers would reach the top of the exit ramp and face an uncertain choice between Aull or nothing. My car wasn’t due to lash up to a parking meter in Warrensburg for two hours, so we coasted up the Aullville exit ramp. At the top, I surveyed land around the interchange that wasn’t so desolate as it was pastoral—rather refreshing, this panoramic view from the crown of a hill along this crowded highway. We turned north on Route T and drove a couple miles. Just short of the banks of Devil’s Creek, a tributary of the Black River, we rolled through Aullville. Indeed, if tiny Aullville, population seventy-two, doesn’t provide for most of the basic needs of an agrarian community and its visitors, neighboring Higginsville can. We motored four miles farther away from the interstate, north to Higginsville. Along the way,

By John Robinson

Although the sign on Interstate 70 announces that there are no services at Aullville, residents would disagree. Aullville Grocery provides basic needs. The Confederate Memorial State Historic Site at Higginsville boasts some famous remains: a few pieces of William Quantrill.

we passed the Republican Cemetery—no sign of a Democrat cemetery ... yet. We passed a flagpole flying a more historically correct version of the Missouri Confederate battle flag—not the ubiquitous southern cross. The flag reminded me that Higginsville is home to the Confederate Memorial State Historic Site. Minutes later, I was strolling through the old cemetery on this historic site, the grounds of the old Confederate Soldiers Home of Missouri (Civil War Series, February 2007). The home provided refuge to more than sixteen hundred veterans and their families, beginning in 1891, for nearly sixty years. The home is gone, but several structures remain, including a chapel. Walking down the rows of tombstones, I spied the marker. His name startled me at first, though I knew his remains are interred on these grounds. Well, at least part of William Clarke Quantrill is buried here: five bones and

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a hank of hair. Other parts of him lie in a Dover, Ohio, cemetery, near his boyhood home. Author Edward E. Leslie recounts the journeys of Quantrill’s skull and bones and separates fact from fiction in the 1998 biography The Devil Knows How to Ride, an exhaustive examination of this infamous character. Despite Quantrill’s mother’s wish to bring his body back to Dover, only part of his corpse made that journey. Grisly capitalists intervened to pilfer body parts from Quantrill’s remains, and the skull and several bones ended up in Lawrence, Kansas, in the possession of the University of Kansas. They stayed there, in and out of museum displays, until Jefferson Citian Robert Hawkins, a member of the Sons of the Confederacy, negotiated to have him interred in Dover (skull) and Higginsville (bones). I’m not the first person to retreat from Quantrill, but my reason was trivial. Hunger held my attention. Angling east to Route 23, I dropped into Concordia, where a burnt-ends sandwich at Biffle’s Smoke House Barbeque

thoroughly satisfied me. Please understand that while discussions about religion and politics can become heated, arguments about barbeque often result in chokeholds. So I will reserve my comments about Biffle’s world ranking for my book on Missouri’s best barbeque, to be released after my death and the safe relocation of my relatives. Leaving Biffle’s Smoke House and traveling south on Route 23, my car made no complaint as it absorbed the faint wood-smoke smell from my clothing. We crossed Highway 50, eschewing the most direct route west to Warrensburg, and continued south past Whiteman Air Force Base, where glider pilots practiced during World War II. We turned west on Route DD, which dissects Knob Noster State Park. Knob Noster, the town, became a familiar name to faithful listeners to St. Louis’s KMOX radio in the 1970s. Announcers loved reading weather reports from Knob Noster, just to say the name. Well, Knob Noster may never eclipse St. Louis in size, but it helps play an equal role, arguably, with St. Louis in our national defense. When viewed in the air, the B-2 Bomber resembles an attempt to wrap a flight of geese in black plastic. The first time I saw this flying wedge—I didn’t hear it until it passed—we were biking the Katy Trail east of Clinton. The jet appeared from nowhere and flew directly over us. It made several wide Clockwise from top: A chapel circles over the next hour, each still stands on the grounds of the time flying precisely over our heads. Confederate Home at Higginsville. The barbeque at Biffle’s Smoke Since then, I’ve often wondered if the House at Concordia lures bombardier was lining us up in the drivers from Interstate 70. The old train station guards the tracks cross hairs, just to practice. If so, I at Higginsville. Opposite: A bronze guess I played a small role in national statue pays tribute to man’s best friend, Old Drum, on the lawn at security. But I’ll never know. the Johnson County courthouse Even without a bombardier’s view, at Warrensburg. I knew Montserrat Vineyards and Bristle Ridge Winery were nearby, and I vowed to return when time would allow. But the clock required that I lock my sights on the ’Burg, as college students began calling Warrensburg at some point after a blacksmith named Warren settled in the area back in 1833. Students may not know, or care, that the town has many textures. The ’Burg claims at least two world-famous former residents, forever captured in song, verse, and bronze. In fact, their statues have become my favorites in the world, one because of its style, both because of their significance. The first statue is a favorite of Baskin and Queenie, my Yorkshire Terriers. Together they weigh only a fraction of the statue’s subject, but they share that canine trait the statue celebrates. They’re convinced that every time I walk out our front door, I’m headed to sniff out Old Drum, the central character in the story about man’s best friend. Old Drum unwittingly strayed into controversy, which evolved into a

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court case, Burden v. Hornsby. It wasn’t poetry. Hornsby shot the beast of Burden, aka Old Drum, for trespassing. When Burden and his attorney entered the courtroom to sue Hornsby for the loss of his dog, most everybody thought the shooter should pay. They didn’t realize they were about to witness history. The lawsuit, which wound through the courts and ended up before the Missouri Supreme Court, asked fifty dollars in damages. Burden received an award ten times that amount. More lasting is the attorney’s speech, or at least part of it, which produced the most famous line in the history of inter-species friendship. Nobody kept records of the first half of George Graham Vest’s argument, but the second half contains this phrase: “The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.” Since 1958, the statue honoring man’s best friend has stood guard on the grounds of the Johnson County Courthouse, on the Warrensburg town square. Nice dog. Handsome courthouse grounds. Nice town square, too— well-preserved, a menagerie of shops, restaurants, and saloons. From the courthouse, I walked downhill toward the Amtrak station, to view my other favorite statue. I was mortified to discover the statue missing. For years it stood in plain view of passengers aboard Amtrak as the train idled at the Warrensburg depot. It’s a likeness of Willie, who sits on a bench at a piano on a downtown sidewalk. Well, he doesn’t quite sit. From this most animated statue, Willie’s arms are not merely extended, they’re launched forward, fingers splayed like ten cobras striking in precision. He’s leaning back, to offer a better glimpse from the train when it stops. Or at least, he was. Even before Warrensburg became a college town, young John William “Blind” Boone was sharpening the genius that would jump from his fingertips, transforming a piano into a worldwide messenger of inspiration. Concerned about the fate of this most animated of all statues, I inquired at the nearby Tee Haus, on the town square. “Not to worry,” Tee Haus proprietor Sandy Irle says. The statue was hit by a car. After repairs, it went to a new spot, in the park that bears Blind Boone’s name. She sent me west down Pine Street to see the park. Overgrown and overlooked for years, the park shows new life. And across the street, the old Howard School—one of the first segregated schools in Missouri—stands defiant against time, even though its classrooms have been dormant for many years. After decades of neglect, loving hands are preparing the school to tell its story of educating thousands of young African-American children. These icons—the school, Blind Boone, Old Drum—form a metaphor. This territory can tell about a turbulent past. Bushwhackers. Dog slayers. Segregation. Through it all, those venerable ideals of opportunity, perseverance, and loyalty—nurtured here in Warrensburg—have survived. Blind Boone would be proud. Students are enlightened. Dog lovers are inspired. Someday, I’ll tell Baskin and Queenie that Warrensburg has a pair of petfriendly motels. Oh, and there’s one in Knob Noster, too. Hear that, KMOX?

From top: A statue of William “Blind” Boone playing the piano sits at Blind Boone Park at Warrensburg. The Amtrak station at Warrensburg used to have a perfect view of the Boone statue before it was relocated.

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I Was Mortified to Discover the Statue Missing.

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A PHOTO ESSAY BY HENRY DOMKE

WELCOME CHANGE FROM GREEN I live in the country in the middle of Missouri just south of Fulton. Out my back door are several hundred acres of forest, prairie, ponds, and streams. I use it like a studio, a place to capture moments for years to come with my digital camera. The native plants are of special interest. For me, the greatest thing about taking pictures close to home is that it makes me really see where I live—and what I see is always changing. Winter is a welcome relief from the monotony of green. I really get tired of so much of one color. It’s like eating pizza every night … just too rich. Winter strips that all away and reveals the underlying structure, the shapes beneath. I like the subtle quality of the color, too. It’s a quiet time. A good time for reflection.

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LOTUS SWAMP, CHRISTMAS 2002 The Prairie Garden Trust is land my father set aside to “share the beauty of nature.” To attract wood ducks and provide unusual habitat, he created a series of shallow ponds. In one, he planted American lotus, Nelumbo lutea. It’s my favorite wildflower—great to photograph in every season.

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Winter Farm Pond, January 2005 Just north of our house is a pond my wife and I walk by almost every day. I’ve taken thousands of pictures of this place. Every day is different, whether it’s the light, the mood, or the color. In this image, the warm earth tones of the broomsedge in the field behind the trees contrasted wonderfully with the overall color.

Cypress at Farm Pond, December 2003 Just after a snowstorm, I walked around the same pond. The sun emerged and fresh snow sparkled. Within a few hours, the day warmed and the snow fell off. Luckily, I was able to capture the contrast of the snow, sky, and branches of the baldcypress tree.

Overlooking Hiller’s Creek, December 2003 I spent that same day wandering around while it snowed. The snow covered me as well as my camera gear. It was very windy. The snow blew onto the sides of the tree trunks. I took this picture from a rock shelter above Hiller’s Creek valley.

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My Front Yard, March 2005 In front of our house is a holly bush that we planted seventeen years ago. This mockingbird spent the winter there and kept the bush as its territory, making sure other birds stayed away. It seemed particularly fond of the red berries.

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In use for more than 125 years, the bell at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church at Cole Camp cost ninety dollars, a tidy sum at the time of purchase.

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BELLS ACROSS MISSOURI RING OUT FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once wrote that “bells are the voice of the church; they have tones that touch and search the hearts of young and old.” Church bells aren’t merely the voice of the church; they often become the voice of a community as well. They’ve long been a signal of reflection, remembrance, and resilience. Throughout Missouri, these bells have been ringing for more than a cen-

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The Voice of the Church

matthew, mark, luke, john, and regina coeli Conception

Migrating from Switzerland in 1873, Abbot Frowin Conrad envisioned a monastic community in Missouri with a church “as dignified as possible” to serve the needs of the Irish and German settlers in the area. He played a large role in developing Conception Abbey, including its architecture, as he decided the Romanesque style was better suited to the classic simplicity he hoped for in the monastery. On May 20, 1883, the monks laid the cornerstone of the church. Construction on the church wrapped up eight years later. Tragedy struck a few years later when a tornado damaged the church, but the monks quickly picked up the pieces and added the now famous murals that adorn the interior. Two sprawling bell towers were completed in 1896. The church became the first basilica west of the Mississippi River in 1941, when Pope Pius XII designated it a minor basilica in recognition of its dignity, historical significance, and importance as a center for spirituality. Five bells of varying weights, obtained from the Stuckstede Foundry at St. Louis, are stored in the north tower. They are named from lightest to heaviest Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Regina Coeli, which is also a prayer titled for the Virgin Mary. The bells are rung by monks six times a day to call their brothers to prayer and Mass. The number of bells rung depends on the liturgical rank of the day. Matthew and Mark ring on ordinary days, and Luke joins in for feasts or holy days commemorating events or people. John and Regina Coeli are added for solemnities, principal holy days for events

in the lives of Jesus, Mary, or the saints. The largest bells, John and Regina Coeli, have tollers or hammers that knock against the stationary bell. John tolls when a monk passes away and for other funerals, while Regina Coeli tolls when an abbot dies.

northeast Missouri’s Tallest Tower Edina

The first official Catholic Mass held at Edina took place in June 1843 when Father Thomas Cusack arrived in town. The Mass occurred in a small family home. As settlers continued to move into the area, the need for a church building became apparent. First came the tiny “log church” in 1844, which was replaced the next decade by a larger brick building. After migration skyrocketed following the Civil War, the brick structure was no longer suitable either. In 1872, construction on St. Joseph Catholic Church began. Architect and designer Louis Weishar designed the church to accommodate the needs of the parish as it grew into the future. The church dedication occurred in 1875, but renovations and additions continued for several years. In 1890, construction on the church steeple ended, making the tower, at two hundred feet, the tallest in northeast Missouri. The bell that had been rung for services was placed in the church steeple, and the congregation began a search for new bells that could be heard all over town. Members of the congregation soon donated three bells—two bells for general tolling and one bell for funerals—to the church.

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Left: Two sprawling bell towers at Conception Abbey were completed in 1896. Conception Abbey is the first basilica west of the Mississippi River. Right: At Edina, St. Joseph Catholic Church’s bell tower, at two hundred feet, is the tallest in northeast Missouri.

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Dedication and blessing of the bells occurred at a St. Joseph’s Day Mass on March 19, 1900. One hundred and seven years later, the bells still ring for church services, funerals, weddings, and special occasions. The ringing of the church bells also reminds some people at Edina of tragedy and the fragility of life. Five years after the bells were added to the steeple, William Weisher, a young man from a beloved family in the congregation and also the church architect’s son, was making repairs to the church steeple when he fell to the tower floor. Laying there with crushed bones and little chance of being rescued, he managed to get ahold of the church bell ropes and began ringing the heaviest bells. Help soon arrived, but William passed away from blood poisoning the next day.

the “good bell” Cole Camp

When emigrants fled Germany from religious, economic, and political persecution, many of them made homes in Missouri. St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church was built on little more than these immigrants’ faith and determination. In 1882, the charter members of the group—which included farmers, mercantile store owners, the postmaster, and a freight hauler—drafted a constitution formally making themselves a congregation. They discussed two possible locations for a church: one between Cole Camp and neighboring Mora, and one in Cole Camp itself. Cole Camp won out, and the group set up a building contract for a church. For the church dedication later that year, members of the congregation were responsible for finding the necessary items to fill the empty house of worship. Louis Grother was in charge of finding the bell that would be placed in the tower. He reported back finding a “good bell” that had a twoyear guarantee for, at the time, a not-so-meager ninety dollars. The pastor and congregation decided to take the risk, and the “good bell” is still in use in the church tower today, more than 125 years later.

Hammers of a different kind Pierce City

The First Congregational United Church of Christ began as an accident when in 1870 Reverend J. H. Harwood, a traveling minister, missed a connection to another town. When heavy rains kept him from traveling further, he held services in a hardware store the following day. Five years later, a congregation of forty-five members born of that service, finished

building its new church. Through the years the building has been remodeled, renovated, and enlarged. The bell tower has proven to be the most resilient part of the church. In 1880, the church was struck by lightning during a severe storm and the tower was badly damaged. It was quickly renovated and restored. But disaster struck again on May 4, 2003, when a tornado ripped through the town and sliced the tower into two pieces. The church suffered more than seventy-five thousand dollars in damages, but the half-ton brass bell made it relatively unscathed through the carnage. During the storm, it was ripped from the tower and fell to the concrete below. A large crack in the sidewalk is still visible, but the bell survived the fall. The tower had to be replaced from the foundation up. The bell tower had to be reconstructed on the ground and turned out almost identical to the original. The only thing lost in the reconstruction was a little bit of height. Two months later on July 3, with the new bell tower completed and raised, the bell once again sat at home.

Changes of venue Cape Girardeau

The First Presbyterian Church at Cape Girardeau began as a small house gathering of eight members set up in 1835 by Reverend J. F. Cowan, minister of the Apple Creek Presbyterian Church in nearby Pocahontas. Dr. David Edward Young Rice took charge of the small group and began a congregation. Rice conducted the first worship service in the Washington Female Seminary, and under his leadership, the congregation purchased a lot on Lorimier Street. In 1854, the eighteen members of the First Presbyterian congregation built their first church. The original two-story church was razed in 1901 so that the new church could be built on the corner. The new church was finished a year later in 1902. The church bell has a strong connection to the community. Upon completion of the church, the bell hung from a wooden scaffold outside the church on the street corner. The bell acted as the community fire bell, a prisoner escape alarm, and a school bell. When the congregation built a new church a few years later, the church moved the bell into a tower. The bell was moved again to the present sanctuary, dedicated in 1966. The 153-year-old bell still rings on Sunday for church services, specialty services, such as funerals, and for commemorating community events.

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From left: St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church at Cole Camp was established by German immigrants. The bell in the tower at First Presbyterian Church at Cape Girardeau acted as the community fire bell, a prisoner escape alarm, and a school bell. The bell tower at First Congregational United Church of Christ at Pierce City has been struck by lightning and hit by a tornado; it was successfully restored both times.

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CIVIL WAR

CFOR OOKIES SANTA The Hunter-Dawson House celebrates the holiday antebellum style SCRATCHED INTO THE dining room window at the Hunter-Dawson House is the date April 11, 1873—the day the Hunter family’s youngest daughter, Ella, was engaged to her sweetheart, William Dawson. They married in the house on Christmas Eve, 1874. Thus the home received its hyphenated name and a tradition of special Christmas events. During its annual candlelight Christmas tour, visitors enjoy yards of whitepine roping, hand-ironed bows, and the Civil War cookie recipes featured each year. To honor Ella’s marriage, a wedding reenactment is frequently part of events. “Christmas was a big time for weddings,” says Michael Comer, natural resource manager at Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site. “All the family would be together, and the house would be decorated, making it a good time for marriage ceremonies.” Now, tour guides dressed in period costumes take visitors through the house and answer questions about the family and the Civil War era.

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From top: Decked out in period attire, staff and volunteers Delois Ellis, Regan Baird, Annette Johnson, Stephanie Harrison, and Michael Comer prepare to greet guests at the annual candlelight tour. Fireplace mantles in the home are decked out every holiday season for visitors to the Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site. Decorations during the Civil War era were not as elaborate as they are today; greenery and red bows were staples.

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BUILDING A DREAM HOME Successful merchants William and Amanda Hunter began building New Madrid’s antebellum mansion in 1859. The Hunters ran a mercantile in New Madrid called the Crystal Palace and owned a floating store that traveled the river to hawk products to nearby river towns. The home’s style mixes Italianate, Georgian, and Greek Revival periods of architecture, all common in the antebellum era. The house is constructed of yellow cypress, probably from the Hunters’ sawmill. The family owned slaves, and some likely helped build HunterDawson. It cost around ten thousand dollars to build in 1859. Today it would have a million-dollar price tag. Tragically, William Hunter died of yellow fever right before the house was finished. But life went on. In 1860, Amanda and her seven children took over the businesses, moved into their new home, and thrived. Ella married William Dawson fourteen years later, and they lived there during his three terms as a U.S. Representative. Then the mansion passed to the next generations, who lived on the spacious eighteenacre estate until 1958. Over the years, the family’s fortune declined, and the city of New Madrid purchased the home in 1966, giving it to Missouri’s Division of State Parks and Historic Sites a year later.

America. Amanda selected this popular furniture, which was made in Cincinnati and shipped by steamboat down the Mississippi River to New Madrid. The collection showcases Victorian taste with intricate carvings, rich woods, and quality craftsmanship. Examining the details is like studying a fine portrait. The hall tree in the foyer is a prime example with its elaborate wood cutouts. According to Wes Cowan, an Antiques Roadshow appraiser, “Elaborate pieces routinely sell for five figures” at auctions across the country.

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The Only Time the Lamps Are Lit Is Duri ng the Holiday Open House.

ROOM RESTORATION The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is gradually restoring the house to its period appearance. “We just got the carpet replaced in the family parlor,” says tour guide Vicki Jackson. “It was handmade in England and shipped over in strips. It’s just gorgeous.” The fifteen rooms at the Hunter-Dawson House include a large formal dining room, a guest parlor used for visitors, and a smaller dining room and family parlor for hosting informal gatherings. Another period feature is the painted canvas cloth used for flooring in several rooms. It resembles grey wooden planking rather than a textile. The home itself is large and airy, with grand ten- and twelve-foot ceilings. Restoration is a gradual process, and authentic improvements are made as funding allows.

FAMOUS FURNITURE Most of the furnishings are original to the house and include one of the largest collections of Mitchell and Rammelsburg furniture in

ANTEBELLUM DECORATING

The staff starts decorating around the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and it takes two weeks to fully trim the home. This includes polishing silver, cleaning and filling oil lamps, and decorating the four Christmas trees featured on the tour. The finished product is an iced gingerbread house, full of Christmas marvels. Michael says they try to add new features each year because many local families make visiting the house a Christmas tradition. Outof-town descendants of the Hunter and Dawson families also make pilgrimages here during the holidays to remember their ancestors. The home hosts anywhere from three hundred to eight hundred people during the two nights of the tour, which lasts from 6 to 8:30 PM. During the town’s open-house weekend, Hunter-Dawson’s pine aroma is replaced by the scent of the burning lamps that guide visitors. Other than small strands of Christmas lights used to safely light the stairs, lamps and candles illuminate the rooms, bathing them in golden light and a romantic holiday atmosphere. This weekend is the only time of the year the house’s lamps are lit. Luminaries direct visitors from the side parking lot to the front door. The home’s fireplaces are also decked for the season. The primarycolor decorations on the children’s bedroom hearth are a favorite with visitors. The formal parlor features the largest tree as it towers over the nearby piano, and other decorations incorporate period materials, such as real fruits and vegetables. Fragrant arrangements of apples, oranges, and celery grace sideboards and the dining room table. The table itself is set with china for Christmas dinner. You can almost smell food cooking and feel the swish of skirts rustling around the room. Vicki says the family parlor is her favorite room on the tour. “The Christmas decorations in there are closest to what they would’ve been during that time,” she says. “It just has the smaller tree, candles, and a few decorations. They didn’t decorate as much as we do today. But our

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From top: The Hunter-Dawson bathroom features period fixtures. The bedrooms reflect the Victorian influence with which Amanda Hunter decorated the home.

idea of decorating comes from this period, like using all the greenery.” The outside of the home is accented with fresh greenery and red bows, as is the white picket fence surrounding it. One of four Christmas trees is visible from the street, shining from the tall window of the top floor sewing room. The glowing tree and the house’s clean white façade are like a homespun country Christmas card, making the view from the front lawn an instant trip back in time.

During the Civil War, the Hunter-Dawson House survived the 1862 siege of New Madrid intact. The town was important for the Confederate defense of island number 10, located upstream from the thriving river port, Michael says. In an early Union victory, Yankee forces seized the city, and Union General John Pope used the home as headquarters during the occupation. “There wasn’t any damage to the house because both sides still respected private property in the early years of the war, and the house was General Pope’s headquarters. He also ordered his troops not to loot or do any damage,” Michael says. Another tale of the time goes that during the Federal occupation, Amanda Hunter left “Hurrah for Jeff Davis” written inside a drawer as her way of protesting their presence. Delois Ellis and Vicki Jackson, interpretive research specialists for Hunter-Dawson, conduct talks for local schools and civic groups to educate about slavery, women’s life, and Victorian mourning during the Civil War period. Some guides also wear Civil War uniforms for the holiday tour to honor the history.

NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKE Just like Hunter-Dawson, New Madrid’s earthquake fame is part of its attraction. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the New Madrid fault actually experienced four major earthquakes between December 1811 and February 1812. The largest destroyed New Madrid in February 1812. Riverboat tours between St. Louis and Memphis feature the city as a stop so passengers can explore its treasures. Among them are the New Madrid historical museum and the restored Higgerson School Historic Site, also open during the special Christmas tour. The school showcases rural education in the nineteenth century,

and the historical museum features American Indian artifacts, Civil War clothing, and relics, many with connections to local families. The exhibit on the infamous 1812 earthquake even has a seismograph of current quake activity. The Hunter-Dawson mansion is an authentic monument to the life and times of a wealthy merchant living on the river in Civil War America. Visiting it allows a peek into the world of a stylish southern family, complete with the sights, smells, and tastes of a Civil War Christmas. The Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site is located at 312 Dawson Road at New Madrid. All of the buildings mentioned open for free tours from 6 to 8:30 PM on Friday and Saturday the second weekend in December. The home is open during the day in the weeks leading up to the special candlelight tour. Visit www.mostateparks.com/hunterdawson.htm or call 573-748-5340 for more information.

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One of the most anticipated features of the December tour is refreshments. Tour guide Elizabeth Higgerson makes period-recipe cookies, including fruity persimmon treats: “It’s labor intensive,” she says, “but I do it every year. It takes awhile to peel and mash all the persimmons. They come from a tree that grows out here in the yard.” The persimmon cookies, rich molasses cookies, spicy pumpkin cookies, and hot cider refresh visitors and fill the belly with warm Christmas cheer.

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PERSIMMON COOKIES

CIVIL WAR ERA MOLASSES COOKIES

Courtesy of Old-Fashioned Cookie Recipes

Courtesy of Nancy Grissom

1 cup nuts, chopped* 1 cup raisins, chopped 2 cups flour ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon cloves ½ teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup persimmon pulp 1 stick butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg, beaten

¾ cup butter, softened ¾ cup packed dark brown sugar 1 large egg ¾ cup unsulphured molasses* 1 teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon allspice 2 ¾ cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 1 ½ teaspoons ginger

Mix nuts, raisins, flour, salt, and spices. Dissolve the baking soda into the pulp. Cream butter and sugar. Add beaten egg to the butter and sugar, then combine with the pulp. Add in the flour mixture. Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake approximately 15 minutes in 350-degree oven. *Note: Any kind of nuts can be used in this recipe, but Hunter-Dawson uses pecans.

Cream the butter and sugar, then add the egg and molasses. Sift the dry ingredients together, and stir them into the butter mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees. Bake 9-10 minutes for soft cookies or 11-12 for crisper ones.

1 teaspoon cinnamon

*Note: Unsulphured molasses, made from ripe sugar cane, is the sweetest and lightest in color. Sulphured molasses is darker and has a slightly more bitter taste. Both are widely available, so be sure to check the label.

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New movie directed by Connie Stevens tells the story of the 1951 flood at Boonville.

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“WE’RE ROLLING!” The sound tech yells. “Quiet on the set!” “We’re rolling!” A half dozen film crew members repeat as they tend to their duties in the yard outside a grand old building at Boonville. “Quiet on the set!” The set for this movie, Saving Grace, is actually inside the building. But the crew outside can hear the director’s commands. “Action!” Her voice spills through open windows and crackles from a half dozen tiny walkie-talkie speakers strapped to crew belts. “Do the scene again,” the director implores her actors, “and slam the door, this time.” The director is no stranger to a movie set. Her name is Connie Stevens. For most of her life, she has been featured in front of the camera, singing and acting. Today, she commands the actors and crew of this feature-length movie filmed in Boonville. Beyond her role as writer and director, Connie has a personal connection to the movie. It recounts events that happened when she was visiting relatives in Boonville during the 1951 flood. Boonville is no stranger to movie production either. In fact, this set location, the campus of the former Kemper Military Academy, has hosted Chucky in Child’s Play 3, and George Clooney in the 1986 TV movie, Combat High. Still, the carnival atmosphere of a Hollywood production is a rarity in this quiet river town. Drawn by the allure of this makeshift Hollywood outpost, gawkers drive up the narrow street between the trailers and trucks to catch a glimpse of the activity in the yard and maybe spot actors Michael Biehn, Penelope Ann Miller, Piper Laurie, Scott Wilson, or Tatum O’Neal. More likely, they observe the behind-the-scenes activity, as the property master, the transportation coordinator, and the special effects coordinator scurry between assistants, interns, and extras waiting for their big debut. St. Louisan Fred Early, the sound tech, mutters as another pickup truck buzzes past. The pickup’s motor bleeds through his headphones, and if he can hear it, so will viewers of the finished movie. Fred is affable, but he’s also a perfectionist who is passionate about his work. Stray sounds grate on his nerves. More than that, he explains, if the sound has to be overdubbed in Hollywood, the cost goes up. It’s a compromise, trading the controlled atmosphere—and the price tag—of a

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Connie Stevens brought Hollywood to Boonville while filming her new production, Saving Grace. The movie, which employed Missourians both in front of and behind the camera, tells a story about the 1951 flood at Boonville.

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The Kemper Military School, no longer used as a school, was used as the set for the insane asylum. Cindy Sheltmire, left, from Columbia and Jennifer Blanc wait for the rain to start beating down in their scenes, filmed in Arlene Hostetler’s pond.

Hollywood back lot for the real-life location. Walking out of the building’s side door into the yard, Cat Cacciatore wears a Killer Diller T-shirt. Like Fred, she’s from St. Louis. She was the property master for Killer Diller, filmed in central Missouri. And she’s the property master for this movie, finding the props that help make the celluloid story come to life. Cat has a reputation in the movie industry as one of the most resourceful property masters around. Her handiwork has adorned dozens of actors with rings, necklaces, even a tobacco pouch for an actor who wanted to add depth to his character. She gets a lot of her items on eBay or at local stores. Her latest challenge had her searching for a nurse’s bag. After two futile calls to medical suppliers, she went shopping. She found a suitable bag at a local discount store, but the bag was pink. A can of black spray paint later, she produced the perfect prop. Mike Strain from Springfield, the special effects coordinator, borrows a wrench from the Boonville Fire Department and prepares a fire hydrant to supply water for an upcoming scene that calls for rain. St. Louisan David Houlle, the gaffer, repeatedly traces and monitors the electric cables flowing out the door from the movie set to the sound cart and the equipment trucks. Video assistant Chris Reames, a former Stephens College teaching assistant, moves swiftly from the yard to the set as the director calls for the next scene. “Somebody turn that motor off!” Fred barks. The director is ready to shoot another scene, and Fred wants quiet. An assistant obliges, rushing over to turn off an air conditioner running in a makeup trailer parked on the street. The trailer is from St. Joseph, and its owner, Grace Klein, the transportation coordinator, owns most of the trailers along the street. “Three actor trailers, makeup trailers, stake bed trucks, and the honey wagon,” she reports. The crew likens a honey wagon to a glorified outhouse on wheels. Grace got into the business twenty years ago, when Paul Newman suggested she capitalize on her family’s recreational vehicle business. With her husband, Grace owns a dealership at St. Joseph, so they have much of the rolling stock necessary to supply the needs of a remote shoot. Her competition is scarce. “There are zero transportation coordinators in St. Louis, zero in Kansas City,” she reports. Her next gig will take her to Omaha or Denver. Grace likes to see the movie business come to her home state. But she’s quick to point out that Missouri needs to stay competitive with tax credits for movie production. Interestingly, Missouri was the first state to offer tax credits for movie production, back in the early 1990s. Since then, most states have capitalized on the idea and surpassed Missouri’s credit offer limits. Fred agrees. “I have eighty thousand dollars invested in this sound cart, right here on the sidewalk,” he says. “If the film credit increase had not passed (in the Missouri legislature’s special session last September), I was ready to sell the cart and go into some other business.” Even with Missouri’s generous movie credit lure, many states, countries, and provinces eclipse Missouri’s offer. In the yard outside the movie set, Missouri Film Office chief Jerry Jones laughs as he recounts the tale of his “one-day intern.” Jerry hired Matt, a young St. Louisan, to get some experience in the film office. On the intern’s first day, Jerry sent Matt to the set of a real motion picture production—the set of Saving Grace at Boonville. [64] MissouriLife

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Chris Benson (operating the camera), Cory Clay (black shirt), Denis Maloney (blue shirt) and Tatum O’Neal (in the cage) roll through the streets of Boonville while shooting a scene in the movie. Tatum’s character, Grace for whom the movie is titled, is a patient in an insane asylum.

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Executives hired him on the spot to help with craft services, a euphemism for slinging chow. His foot is firmly planted in the door to a career in film. Matt hustles through the yard, from the snack table to the old Kemper chapel, which serves as the dining hall for cast and crew. He passes a trio of locals in bath robes. They look as if they just escaped from an insane asylum. Well, they have, sort of. They’re extras, waiting for the call to shoot an asylum scene. Two are from Boonville, one from Columbia. Susan Douglas admits this is her first foray into the heady world of acting. She loves the experience. “I was sitting on the couch last night with a pensive look on my face,” she recalls. “My husband asked me what was on my mind. I said I was just wondering who my agent will be.” The movie has engendered a mutual admiration society. Jim Simone, the movie’s second assistant director, says, “I’ve just fallen in love with Boonville.” He makes no secret he’d like to move here and buy a house. “Everybody’s so nice,” Susan gushes, referring to the Hollywood crew. “They just don’t seem like what you hear about Hollywood people.” On the movie’s last day in town, the folks from Boonville throw a wrap party for the cast and crew. Connie is there, along with childhood friends Arlene Hostetler and Carol Strick. At Connie’s personal request, Arlene helped find locations and round up materials for the movie. What does Connie Stevens think? “I live in a town that’s so fast-paced. Boonville is such a quiet, elegant life.” Cinematographer Denis Maloney and producer Ralph Singleton agree Boonville has been wonderful. “We got some extraordinary footage,” Denis beams. “The other night, we were sitting in the lobby of the Frederick Hotel,” Connie

Belle Francisco, script supervisor, Connie Stevens, director, and Vicki Baldwin, production assistant, look at monitors that show exactly what the camera sees. Gregory James, Joel Gretsch, and Michael Biehn sandbag the river to save the town. Arlene Hostetler, Connie Stevens, and Carol Strick, seen here at the wrap party at Missouri Life magazine offices, were childhood friends in 1951 Boonville.

Connie’s Credits

Connie Stevens directed The Healing in 1997 but is more well known as a prolific performer. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and has won six awards, including a Golden Apple Award for “Most Cooperative Actress.” Here is a small sample of her many acting credits in movies and on television. • • • • •

Young and Dangerous (1957) Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958) “Maverick” (1 episode, 1959) “Sugarfoot” (2 episodes, 1957-1959) “Cheyenne” (1 episode, 1959)

• “77 Sunset Strip” (3 episodes, 1958-1960) • “Hawaiian Eye” (34 episodes, 1959-1963) • “Wendy and Me” (10 episodes, 1964-1965) • Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) • “Fantasy Island” (3 episodes, 1978-1982)

• “The Love Boat” (7 episodes, 1978-1985) • Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis (1988) • “Murder, She Wrote” (2 episodes, 1985-1990) • “Baywatch” (1 episode, 1996) • “8 Simple Rules” (2 episodes, 2004)

COURTESY OF LIZ WALLACE; COURTESY OF TIM KUCHTA; HOPE PHOTO STUDIO

says, “and we were saying how much we’re going to miss this place.”

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Taylor Burghard and Tim Kuchta were extras and stand-ins. Tim is moonlighting from his real job, a real estate broker. Both are from Columbia, Missouri.

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THE OBJECT OF

Missouri Ornament Makers Create Memories, Traditions, and Beautiful Decorations By Rebecca French Smith

If you sit in a room with the Ornament Collector’s Club of the Ozarks at Springfield for very long, you’ll emerge with the urge to collect something. Their enthusiasm is infectious, and the object of their affection is the ornament: any shape, any size, any brand, any motif—anything goes. “It’s a disease, really,” says Naomi Albritton with a chuckle. “But we love what we do.” Naomi has been a member of the Ozarks club from the beginning and is a charter member of Hallmark’s Keepsake Ornament Club. Her twenty-year collection, on display yearround in her home, includes more than five thousand Keepsake Ornaments plus Enesco, Old World glass, and Barbie collections, among others.

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One Kansas City com pany perhaps knows the ornament busine better than most. Alth ss ough famous for its cards, Hallmark has another wildly popula r line: Hallmark Keepsa ke Orn aments. Since the inception of Hallmark Keepsake Orn aments in 1973, Hallmark has release d more than seven tho usand Keepsake Ornament designs. The item grew to such pop ularity that the Keepsake Ornament Club (KOC), which cele brates its twentieth anniversary this year, was born in 1987. It is this club that is at the root of the Ornam ent Collector’s Club of the Ozarks. Even though members in the Ozarks club hav e expanded their focus to encompass the more diverse pas sions of its members the KOC is not showin , g any signs of slowing . Nationwide, there are almost four hundre d local clubs; Missou ri currently has twelve, according to Kimber ly Jones, KOC progra m manager for Hallma More than three hun rk. dred members belong to local Missouri clu To satisfy the appetit bs. e of thousands of col lectors worldwide, Hallmark releases mo re than two hundred ornament designs per year, Kimberly says. This year, seven are available to KOC me bers only. “It’s kind mof an addictive thing, which has been a ble ing for Hallmark,” Kim ssberly says. “It’s som eth ing most companies would love to have.” Visit a Hallmark store or www.hallmark.com for more information.

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Newer stone crosses mark several graves in the Newtonia Cemetery. Although all but one of the Union soldiers buried at the Newtonia Cemetery after the battles were moved to the Springfield National Cemetery at Springfield, all of the Confederate soldiers buried in the cemetery remain.

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ACRED S PRESERVING

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If members of the Newtonia Battlefields Protection Association, Inc., get their wish, the two battlefields at Newtonia just east of Joplin will soon be part of the National Park Service, which will bring not only federal protection but long-overdue attention to the role Newtonia played in the Civil War in Missouri. According to Tom Higdon, treasurer of the protection association, the First Battle of Newtonia on September 30, 1862, is thought to be the only engagement of the Civil War in which American Indian units of regimental strength fought on opposite sides. The Second Battle of Newtonia on October 28, 1864, is considered the last significant battle west of the Mississippi. In the summer of 1862, Confederate leaders determined to reestablish a presence in Missouri after having virtually abandoned the state a few months earlier following the decisive Battle of Pea Ridge. Col. Jo Shelby and his newly formed Missouri Brigade marched into southwest Missouri in early September and drove the Federal forces from Newtonia on September 13. On September 27, Col. Douglas Cooper with his Confederate Indian brigade joined Shelby at his camp south of Newtonia. Cooper took charge

of overall Confederate operations in southwest Missouri and sent two officers to set up an outpost at Newtonia. Alarmed by the Confederate forays into the region, Federal officials started concentrating their forces around Sarcoxie to counter the Southern activity. On September 29, a Union scouting party under Col. Edward Lynde went out from Sarcoxie and skirmished briefly with the Southern soldiers at Newtonia before falling back when he realized he was outnumbered. Reinforcements arrived, and the First Battle of Newtonia began in earnest the next day. Shortly after daylight on September 30, the bolstered Union force drove the Confederate sentries a mile north of Newtonia and began shelling the town with artillery from long distance. The Confederates fell back and took shelter in a stone barn and behind a stone wall at

the Matthew Ritchey estate at Newtonia. Federal soldiers kept up their cannonade and continued advancing until they were within a few hundred yards of the Rebels’ positions, at which point the besieged Confederates finally dug in and repulsed the Union advance with what Colonel Lynde called “a perfect stream of fire.” Colonel Cooper arrived with fresh troops and chased the fleeing Federals for three miles before dropping back to Newtonia. The arrival of additional Union reinforcements a few hours later prompted the Federals to advance on the town again and renew their cannonading. The lively exchange of fire between the two sides moved one Union soldier to describe the battle as “a beautiful sight, with just enough excitement to give it a ‘delicious flavor.’ ” The Confederates repulsed the attack, however, and once again drove the Federals from the field as darkness fell.

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preservation effort. In addition to restoring the Ritchey mansion, the protection group oversees approximately twenty-five acres, including the old Newtonia Cemetery, where soldiers killed during the two battles were buried. In 2006, Kay Hively, another founding member of the Newtonia Battlefields Protection Association, Inc., testified before Congress on the importance of preserving the battlefields, and U.S. Congressman Roy Blunt introduced legislation to authorize a study of the feasibility of making the Newtonia battlefields part of the National Park Service. The bill passed in the House of Representatives, but the 2006 legislative session ended before it could be acted upon in the Senate. Representative Blunt introduced similar legislation again this year, and it was passed by the House. Although the bill is still in the Senate, members of the Newtonia protection group have hopes that the legislation will be enacted before the end of the year and that the Newtonia battlefields will become a satellite of the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield park. “Where men fought and died for a cause is, in my view, sacred ground,” Kay says, “and it must be commemorated in some manner. I hope the battlefields of Newtonia will be one day placed

The Ritchey mansion was used as a hospital by both sides during the battles of Newtonia. The floor in one of the rooms has been painted black to hide the blood stains.

under the stewardship of the National Park Service so they have a better chance of being well cared for when we who started this preservation project are gone.” Tom Higdon visualizes an expanded role for the Newtonia site, if the legislation passes, beyond preserving merely the history of the two battles that were fought there. “The important role of American Indians in the Civil War was unique to our area,” he says, “and we would like to tell the entire story of their involvement in the conflict.” As a first step in realizing this goal, the protection association earlier this year accepted pledges of ten thousand dollars from the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and the Newton County Tourism Council toward the painting of a mural at the Ritchey mansion depicting the role of American Indians in the First Battle of Newtonia. The Ritchey home is located at 520 Mill Street at Newtonia. Call 417-592-0531 for more information. Visit MissouriLife.com for more information on the American Indians who fought.

COURTESY OF KAY HIVELY

After the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Newtonia, Colonel Cooper reported his casualties at twelve killed, sixty-three wounded, and three missing. Exact figures for the Union are unknown, though the Federal loss is thought to be considerably greater. The Second Battle of Newtonia happened at the end of the Confederate army’s failed invasion of Missouri in the fall of 1864 as the Rebels, with Brigadier General Shelby’s brigade in advance, were retreating from the state after their decisive defeat at Westport. On the afternoon of October 28, Shelby’s men routed a small Federal detachment stationed at Newtonia and then went into camp just south of town, while the rest of the Confederate army continued farther south. As Shelby’s men were still settling into camp, General James G. Blunt, leading the Federal pursuit, arrived on the scene and deployed his forces in a line across the prairie facing the rebels. With two intervening fences, both sides dismounted and started firing as they marched toward each other. Despite heavy artillery from the Federals, the Confederates crossed the first fence and began pressing Blunt’s outnumbered troops, who remounted and dropped back. The Rebels, though, crossed the second fence and continued their advance. Blunt’s line was about to give way when Union reinforcements arrived late in the afternoon, enabling the Federals to make a stand and repulse the Confederate attack. The Union cavalry made a halfhearted pursuit before returning to Newtonia, while the Rebels retreated south. Both sides claimed victory at the Second Battle of Newtonia, and the action was a stalemate in terms of casualties (about a dozen killed and approximately a hundred wounded or missing on each side). It is usually considered a Federal victory, though, since the Confederates left the battlefield in Union hands. The Newtonia Battlefields Protection Association, Inc., was formed in 1994. In 2002, the group acquired the Ritchey home and surrounding grounds. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, the 1850s mansion served as a headquarters and hospital for the two armies during the battles of Newtonia and has been the centerpiece of the

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The opening notes of this familiar song floated out over the packed auditorium in the Gillioz Theatre at Springfield. Many longtime Daredevils fans in the audience said they thought they had indeed “gone to Heaven.” This song was more than just a regional favorite; it hit Billboard Magazine’s “Top Ten” when released. And who could have been more appropriate to christen the reopening of the Gillioz Theatre than the Ozark native sons? Bob Bryant, a longtime board member of the Springfield Landmarks Preservation Trust as well as a business partner of John Dillon, an original Daredevil, suggested the band be the first act to play the restored theatre when it reopened this past spring. The band had already held a “trial revival” of the original Daredevils at Wildwood Springs Lodge at Steelville last year. The concerts were completely sold out. In fact, Bob Bell, owner of the lodge and the organizer of the “Living Room Concerts” held in the cozy venue there, says, “People flew in from all over the world—England, France, Australia, and Israel—to hear them. It was really cool because it was the first time in twenty years these original members had played together,” Bob says. “The audience was wound up, and it was a magical night.” he says. The Daredevils played at the Wildwood Lodge again this year. The concerts were more than just jumping back on a bicycle and going out on stage, even with the wonderful harmonies of four of the original members, Randle Chowning, John Dillon, Larry Lee, and Mike “Supe” Granda. It was time to rehearse with their fellow members, Ron Gremp, on drums since 1989, and lead guitarist Dave Painter. One of the best keyboard players in the Ozarks region, Kelly Brown, joined the mix. News of the Daredevils’ three-night Revival Concerts, coupled with the desire to see the restored Gillioz Theatre complex, prompted a sell-

out of all 3,300 seats in less than twenty-four hours. The band has enjoyed similar success over the past thirty-five years with a winning combination of great song writing skills, beautiful harmony, hard work, and good luck. Founded in Springfield in the early 1970s by self-described “educated hillbilly hippies,” they were first known as The Family Tree. The group originally came together at a legendary club at Springfield, the New Bijou Theater, as a group of songwriters playing each other’s songs.

COURTESY OF BILLY HIGGINS

“IF YOU WANNA get to Heaven, you got to raise a little Hell!”

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In the beginning, it was Randle, Larry, and John, all from the Springfield area. John brought in Steve Cash and Randle brought in Supe, a “city boy” from St. Louis who was studying at Southwest Missouri State University. Local keyboard artist Buddy Brayfield rounded out the group. According to John, the single biggest break in the band’s early career was when friend, songwriter, and later Daredevil Steve Canaday made an audacious, unscheduled visit to CBS Records’s senior executive John

This image, ’Dares in the Field, was taken in 1973. Band members at the time were, from left, John Dillon, Mike “Supe” Granda, Buddy Brayfield, Randle Chowning, Steve Cash, and Larry Lee.

Hammond at New York City. Hammond had already completed a legendary career at Columbia Records. When Steve informed Hammond’s secretary that he had a tape for Hammond to hear, she assured him Mr. Hammond would probably not see Steve without an appointment. But Hammond began listening.

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“Mr. Hammond never turned around from reading the newspaper until Steve Cash’s song, ‘Black Sky,’ came on,” John says. Hammond must have thought that they had something. He sent one of his artist and repertoire men, Mike Sunday, to hear the group in Springfield. “His rep gave us five hundred dollars for studio time to record some songs,” Supe says. “They might have expected four or five, but we recorded twenty-three.” That demo tape led to a management contract with Good Karma Productions of Kansas City and a record deal with A&M Records of Hollywood, says Randle. “David Anderle and Stan Plesser (Good Karma) knew Glyn Johns, a well-known British record producer, who had just produced two Eagles records. He listened to it, liked the authenticity, and agreed to produce the Daredevils’ first album.” The Daredevils were a songwriter’s band. “We loved the group The Band, how they played multiple instruments. Glyn Johns wanted a nonL.A. band, and we were authentic,” Steve says. Steve and Larry recall the band’s delight when Johns said they were to record their first album in England at the famed Olympic Studios at London. Many other famous bands had recorded there, including the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and Led Zeppelin. They would be staying in a two-hundred-year-old manor house near Headley Grange at London that some said was haunted. There was some anxiety among the band’s members regarding recording in such a renowned studio with a prestigious producer. John wondered if the “organic nature” of their roots-style music would survive a transatlantic transplant. Their first album, which was self-titled, was an immediate favorite, with “If You Wanna Get To Heaven,” by John and Steve, reaching the top ten song charts. There were a variety of crowd-pleasing styles and harmonies on the album. It featured Randle’s “Country Girl,” Larry’s mystical “Spaceship Orion,” and John’s “Standing On The Rock.” Steve showcased his harmonica styling with the concert favorite “Chicken Train.” Larry Lee still says he enjoys the album. “It never gets boring, because every song sounds different from all the other ones,” he says. The band started touring to promote the album and began work on their second, which was written and recorded in the band’s backyard, near Bolivar and Stockton Lake. The Car Over The Lake was recorded in 1974 in a mobile studio parked in the yard of a marvelous Southern-style mansion named Ruedi Valley Ranch. Glyn Johns again produced the album for A&M Records. The band and their friends agree that Glyn must have suffered a “bit of culture shock” coming to the rural Ozarks from his usual haunts in Hollywood, New York City, and London. This album was even more successful than the first. Steve Cash and Larry Lee collaborated on “Jackie Blue,” which soared to the top of the Billboard charts. The band toured to promote the albums while writing more original material. But the road took a toll on marriages and relationships, and band members longed for families back home. Randle was the first of the three original cofounders to begin a solo music career. He produced the album Hearts on Fire in 1978, and in

From top: The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (from left, sitting: Buddy Brayfield and Larry Lee; standing: Randle Chowning, Mike Granda, Steve Cash, and John Dillon) stayed in Headley Grange near London while recording their first album in 1972. This image of John Dillon, Larry Lee, Mike Granda, and Steve Cash was taken during the recording of their self-titled album for Columbia Records in 1981. Opposite: For their revival, front from left, Steve Cash, Dave Painter, and Larry Lee and behind, John Dillon, Mike Granda, Randle Chowning, and Ron Gremp played at the Gillioz Theatre at Springfield.

2005, he and Larry collaborated to compose the CD Beyond Reach. Buddy Brayfield also left the band to enter osteopathic medical school. He now practices at the Lake of the Ozarks and chose not to join in the Revival Concerts. Larry Lee decided to “get off the tour bus” to put down roots. He moved to Nashville and began a successful career as a songwriter, studio musician, and producer for some of the biggest country music acts, such as Alabama, K. T. Oslin, and Juice Newton. He also played in Jimmy Buffet’s Coral Reefer Band. The core group of remaining musicians had a momentous decision to make at the end of 1982. They had finished their record contract with A&M Records and had released one album with Columbia Records. The record industry was in a deep slump, John says, with major acts dropped in the late ’70s and early ’80s. “We saw the handwriting on the wall, since we had not had a recent, successful single release to point to,” he says. “So, even though

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Columbia was contracted to produce another record, they weren’t up for the costs.” More musicians left the group; Randle’s Norwegian replacement guitarist Rune Walle left, as did Buddy Brayfield’s replacement on keyboards, Ruell Chappell. Then some of the best musicians in the Ozarks joined John, Supe, and Steve, including Terry Wilson on guitar, Joe Terry on keyboards, and Steve Canaday on drums. John Dillon remembers the period from 1983 to 2000 as “the missing years.” Memories of the venues all ran together as the band played every place that “ever had a name.” The band toured the length and breadth of the Canadian Provinces, Alaska, all of the major cities in Europe, and every first-, second-, and third-ranked city in the United States. They played the Calgary Stampede and sold more records in Canada per capita than anyplace else in the world. As the new century dawned, the musicians began to pursue other interests. It was time to find a day job that didn’t involve travel. Supe moved to Nashville in 1990 and played with major acts like The Byrds and Carlene Carter while working in a studio. Interested in writing since he was fifteen, Steve Cash signed a three-

book deal to write The Meq Trilogy. “Rock ’n’ Roll got in the way for thirty-five years,” he says. “When I finally could, I sat down and started writing.” Two of the books have already been published. John Dillon and partner Katherine Dowdy were busy restoring historic buildings on the public square at Ozark. When Larry Lee and Randle Chowning moved back to Springfield in 2005 and 2006, a reunion seemed possible. Daredevil fans hope for more. Visit www.ozarkdaredevils.com for more information, live and studio CDs by the Daredevils, T-shirts, and other memorabilia.

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this eighty-five acre property. John Henry’s

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son Adam became a famed winemaker in

acres among the rolling hills of southeast

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WITH PLENTY OF NEW WINERIES among the sixty or so in Missouri’s market today, it’s the old guard that keeps leading the way. That’s a strong contrast from other states; often the old guard can be stuck in its ways, and the young Turks spearhead the improvements. At this year’s State Fair competition, five wineries collected all nine Best of Class awards and the Governor’s Cup. Indeed, all twenty-nine gold medals were shared by nine wineries. Those wineries were Augusta Winery, Blumenhof Vineyards, Crown Valley Vineyards, Cave Vineyards, Durso Hills Vineyards, Hermannhof Winery, Montelle Winery, St. James Winery, and Stone Hill Winery. Six of those exemplify the old guard. Stone Hill continues its success, both in Missouri and in national competitions. Stone Hill won four Best of Class awards: The Best of Class Best Sweet White went to Stone Hill’s 2006 Vignoles; the Best of Class Late Harvest went to its Late Harvest Vignoles 2005. Both these wines are great examples of the apricot and peach notes great Vignoles can By Doug Frost show, alongside notes of melon, lemon, and apple. Not surprisingly, Stone Hill Doug is one of three also won the Best of Class Best Dessert/ people in the world who is Fortified with its lovely Port and Best of both a Master Sommelier and a Master of Wine. He Class Best Semi-Dry White with its 2006 lives in Kansas City. Traminette. Crown Valley took Best Sparkling Wine with their easy Chardonel Brut 2006 (an honor Stone Hill has often earned). Blumenhof Vineyards took Best of Class Dry White with its 2006 Seyval Blanc. It was a rather disappointing showing for many of the Seyval Blancs, but not so with this crisp and tangy bottling. The Governor’s Cup went to Augusta Winery’s Estate Chambourcin 2004 as did the Best of Class Dry Red, and if I could find more of this wine, I’d send a bottle to every wine writer who has yet to discover what this grape can do here. A smart taster might also realize that Tony Kooyumjian, winemaker for Augusta and Montelle wineries, makes knockout wines across the board. But he’s proven his mettle with brilliant Chambourcin. His Reserve Red won Best of Class Best Semi-Dry Red, and his Apple Brandy won Best of Class Best Distilled Beverage. In future competitions, perhaps newer wineries will weigh in. But because the 2007 vintage was challenging, in all likelihood, in next year’s competition, as this year’s, experience will carry the day.

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Chardonel Dry Stainless - $12 Dry White Wine

Pairs well with smoked salmon.

This Chardonel Dry wine has aged 9 months in stainless steel. It is fresh and fruity with pear and lemon flavors.

Vignoles Late Harvest - $17 Sweet White Wine

We at Crown Valley Winery wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season, a new year filled with exciting new things, and great fun with close friends and family.

Pairs well with yams or pumpkin pie.

This late harvest has a very complex nose with aromas of raisins, dried apricot, and spices typical of sweet late harvest wines.

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Pinot Noir - $18 Dry Red Wine

This season, start a new tradition and toast the season with Missouri’s finest handcrafted wines from Crown Valley. Try our wines with all the trimmings or ring in the New Year with our new line of Sparkling Wines. No matter the moment, Crown Valley has something for every taste.

Pairs with red meat or wild game.

Aged 18 months exclusively in new oak. This wine presents a typical aroma of red fruits, blended with violets and vanilla notes.

Crown Red - $10 Off-Dry Red Wine

Pairs with honey-baked ham.

This distinctive wine has been blended to capture the fresh berry and aromatic flavors of the harvest.

So pop the cork and celebrate the season. Whether they are for the family or for that special someone, Crown Valley wines are a great way to enjoy the holidays.

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Muscato - $14

Sweet Sparkling White Wine Pairs with cheesecake or cookies.

This light and fresh sparkling wine has a subtle orange blossom-perfumed nose. The palate has citrus fruit flavors and a lively effervescence.

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Fine Old Ruby - $18

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Sweet Dessert Port Wine Pairs with cheese or chocolate.

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This red dessert wine has fresh fruit, plum, and spice notes. The palate is rich and generous with a smooth and balanced finish.

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D. Crown Heritage 2003

B. Chardonel Late Harvest 2003 500ml

E. Vignoles Late Harvest 2004

Pairing: Salmon This wine has a wonderful aroma of sweet tropical fruits, ripe melon, and oranges. The palate is fullbodied and dominated by tropical fruit flavors. It has a long persistent dry finish. $14

Pairing: Dessert This Late Harvest wine presents intense flavors of ripe fruits, dried apricots, figs, and raisins. The rich texture and well-balanced structure on the palate will end with a hint of vanilla and honey. $16

C. Sauvignon Blanc/Colombard 2004

Pairing: Chilled shrimp, crab, or Gruyère cheese This wine boasts an intense complex fruit aroma of grapefruit, exotic fruit, and a touch of mocha and vanilla with a long, pleasant finish. A perfect wine for any time of year. $12

Pairing: Exotic seafood or any fine cheese This wine has bright scents of ripe fruits, fresh lemon with a hint of honey, and oak aromas. In the mouth you will find ginger, honey, and pear tart that unfold into a long, fresh finish. $9 Pairing: Pumpkin pie or any rich dessert A true example of a late harvest wine; our Vignoles has a very complex nose, with aromas of raisins, dried apricot, and spice. This is the first year that we have made a late harvest from the Vignoles grape, and we are very proud of how it turned out. Vignoles is definitely one of the hardest grapes to grow because of its susceptibility to fungus and disease, so a great late harvest from this grape is few and far between. Enjoy now or cellar for many years. $18

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Our Muscat Dessert Wine has a ripe pear, peach, and grapefruit nose. The palate is generous and fruity with fresh stone fruit flavors and a long soft finish. $12

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G. Traminette 2004

Pairing: Halibut

Pairing: Roasted pork loin

Pale straw and olive green hues. The nose is rich and complex showing distinctive apples, rose petals, and sweet pear aromas. The palate is soft and spicy with fresh stone fruit and lychee characters. $14

This wine is fresh and has a very fruity taste. It’s delicately fragrant and mildly floral. Our Pinot Gris has a slightly tangy, quite rich, round, and fullbodied flavor. $12

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Pairing: Shellfish, oysters, or smoked salmon This Chardonel is aged nine months in stainless steel that enhances the dry style. No oak barrels or chips influence the freshness and aroma. This Chardonel is fruity with a pear and lemon flavor and a long finish. $13

Share the Crown Valley Winery experience with souvenirs from our world-class winery. Two magnets, a deck of cards, a corkscrew, and a key ring all feature Crown Valley scenes and logos. A bottle of our distinctive Chardonel Sweet brings the richness of Crown Valley home. $40

L. Chenin Blanc 2005

Pairing: Roasted chicken or light pasta dishes Our 2005 Chenin Blanc has a distinctive floral citrus and green apple aroma. The palate is light and crisp with a slightly sweet finish. $12

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Pairing: Seafood, chicken, and Asian foods This wine has a floral, citrus nose with lemon and orange blossom characters. The palate is rich and refreshing with pronounced citrus fruit flavors and a long lingering crisp finish. $16

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A. Chardonel Dry 2003

Pairing: Pasta with a heavy cream sauce This wine has floral aromas with a taste of vanilla and a long and fruity finish. $18

B. Chardonel Off Dry 2003

Pairing: Shrimp or spicy seafood This full-bodied wine is a fresh and fruity wine with lemon and pear on the nose. The long ripe-fruit and vanilla finish is particularly apt. $16

C. Fine Old Chardonel 2003 500ml

Pairing: Cheesecake or crème brûlée Our Fine Old Chardonel has developed an appealing golden yellow color as a result of its extended maturation in a mixture of French and American oak. The nose on this wine is perfumed and shows tropical fruit and spicy oak characters. The palate is long and luscious and displays melon-fruit characteristics with a soft finish. $14

D. Crown Jewel 2002

Pairing: Mild cheeses, such as Gouda and Manchango This wine boasts an intense, complex fruit aroma of apple, pineapple, and honey augmented by toasty oak tones and a hint of vanilla. The flavor is deep, dense, and full with a remarkably long, toasty, creamy finish. $38

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Pairing: Fish or chicken This wine has complex aromas of fruits and a hint of vanilla. The flavor is dry and crisp with a fresh clean taste. The oak aging adds hints of butter and honey. $16

Pairing: Chocolate brownies This outstanding juicy and sweet wine has delicious aromatics. This wine has a moderately rich texture and plush, sorbet-like palate. $15

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Pairing: Foie gras, fine cheeses or with a dessert A highly complex wine, it has notes of jasmine, white flowers, pear, and peach on the nose. This full-bodied Viognier has a rich structure and a long finish that explodes with grapefruit, pineapple, and vanilla. $18

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Cheese Basket: This basket is the envy of every picnic blanket, whether strewn upon a grassy knoll or across the living room carpet. Gourmet gouda and tomato basil cheeses beg to adorn Focaccia Crisps. Your choice of floral Chardonel Dry or spicy Norton Proprietor’s Select rounds out this most delightful trio. Basket includes two wine glasses and a wine opener. $50

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Pairing: Smoked meats, cheeses, or dark chocolate This wine is an attractive cherry red with hints of spice and leather. The palate is light and fruity with a hint of effervescence and a soft finish. $15 Pairing: Dried fruit and soft cheeses Our 2005 Traminette has a subtle rose petal, lychee, and citrus fruit aroma; the palate is fresh with a lively effervescence and a slightly sweet finish. $16

Pairing: Strawberries, oysters, and smoked salmon This wine has delicate peach and floral notes. The palate is fresh and lively with citrus and melon flavors overlaid with persistent effervescence. $16 Pairing: Chocolate soufflé This light and fresh wine has a subtle orange blossom-perfumed nose. The palate is clean and crisp with fresh citrus fruit flavors and a lively effervescence. $15

Champagne Basket: Celebrate any occasion with a divine pairing of Crown Valley chocolate truffles and our light, lively Muscato. Basket includes a decorative magnet and champagne stopper to preserve this effervescent wine for subsequent enjoyment. $40

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Kids’ Basket: The fruit of the vine isn’t just for adults. Our kids’ basket features a bottle of our premium Blue Bison Grape Juice along with an assortment of candy confections. $25

Chocolate and Port Basket: Save room for dessert. This basket taps into the power of the cocoa bean, featuring our Port Truffles, Lindt truffle balls, Ghirardelli dark and milk chocolate bars, and milk chocolate Toblerone. Wash it all down with smooth Fine Old Ruby and spicy Fine Old Chardonel (not shown). Basket includes two port glasses and a decorative magnet. $60

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A. Meritage 2004

Pairing: A standing rib roast This wine is a deep plum color and has a rich black currant, licorice, and tobacco leaf aroma. The palate is full-bodied and complex with hints of cassis and vanilla, coupled with a smooth tannin structure and a long-lingering finish. $24

B. Merlot Vintner’s Select 2003 Pairing: Pork or turkey This classic example of Merlot has a complex aroma of fresh fruits and spices. The flavor is elegant and full-bodied with silky tannins. $15

C. Norton Proprietor’s Select 2003 Pairing: Hearty stew or an aged cheddar This red has a black fruit aroma and spices that characterize this Missouri grape. On the nose, this Norton develops aromas of black cherries and hints of cinnamon. In mouth, this wine is nervy, intense, and full-bodied with soft tannins. The finish has a high complexity of flavors. $18

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Pairing: Roasted turkey or lamb A classic example of a burgundy style, Pinot Noir presents a typical aroma of ripe cherries blended with violet and vanilla notes. $18

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If the path to a man’s heart is through his stomach, this basket provides all the ingredients for successful seduction. Combine pasta, olive oil, and red sauce with a bottle of our fresh, distinctive Crown Red wine for a sumptuous and satisfying dinner for two. Basket includes two wine glasses (one not shown), a wine opener, and napkins. $50

Crown Valley Winery Box: The quest for a classy gift culminates with our Box Set. Ghirardelli dark chocolates accompany bottles of rich Fine Old Ruby and fruity Royal Blush. All sit handsomely encased in Baltic birch, artfully etched with the Crown Valley logo. Includes two port glasses and two wine glasses. $75

E. Crown Red 2005

Pairing: Grilled meat This fresh and distinctive wine has been blended to capture the fresh berry and aromatic flavors of harvest. It has a wonderfully fragrant nose, which carries onto the palate where the fruit flavors are balanced with natural acids and a sweet finish. $10

G. Sweet Cardinal Red 2006

Pairing: Grilled meat This wonderfully refreshing wine is a deep plum red in color and has fresh berry fruits on the palate and a clean, crisp, slightly sweet finish. $7

F. Fine Old Ruby 2003 Pairing: Favorite cheese or chocolate. This dessert wine has fresh fruit, plum, and spice notes. The palate is rich and generous with a smooth and balanced finish. This wine can be cellared for many years. $18

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A. Cabernet Franc Limited Edition 2003

Pairing: A great steak This deep-colored and full-bodied red is very fruity and spicy with soft hints of raspberry and blackberry. It is well-structured with spices and pepper on the finish. $18

B. Cabernet Sauvignon 2003

Pairing: Hearty dishes or a prime cut of beef This wine is very fruity and has soft silky tannins. The nose starts with red fruits and strawberry jam. Very delicate spices come after with a hint of mocha and vanilla. Full-bodied, the black fruits and spices are very expressive at the end. $20

C. Cabernet Sauvignon 30 Month Limited Edition 2002

Pairing: Prime rib This big, full-bodied red wine has aromas of fruit and vanilla. It has silky tannins and delicate hints of spices. This wine will cellar well. $38

D. Chambourcin 2003

Pairing: Stir fry Our Chambourcin comes from a very long maceration, the act of soaking grape skins in their juice, which gives a very fruity aroma. The aging gives our Chambourcin a high complexity, with hints of vanilla, cocoa, and spices. The palate is very pleasant, with soft silky tannins. $14

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Pairing: Grilled salmon This white wine is subtle but complex and displays pear, green apple, crushed violet, and vanilla oak characters on the nose. It is full-bodied with a slight honey and sweet finish. $16

Any aspiring wine connoisseur will appreciate this winelover’s toolbox. In addition to a bottle of our full-bodied Petite Sirah, this basket features an assortment of gadgets and solutions. Crystal Clear glass cleaner will make empty glasses sparkle while Wine Away will evaporate pesky wine stains. The foil cutter and pour disk make serving wine a snap, and a decorative stopper facilitates recorking. $75

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Cigar Basket: Take your next poker night to the next level with our port chocolates, cigars, and a bottle of explosively complex Syrah. Basket includes playing cards and a corkscrew. $50

G. Frontenac 2004

Pairing: Strong cheese and smoked, aged, or grilled meats This wine is fresh and fruity with a pleasant cherry aroma with berry and plum. $12

H. Petite Sirah 2003

Pairing: Roasted chicken This wine is very complex with lots of fruits and spices on the nose. It is ripe with flavors of black currant and has full-bodied texture. The palate is elegant with soft tannins and a clear refreshing finish. $18

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Pairing: Wild game and strong cheeses such as Camembert This red develops aromas of prunes, blackberries, and cocoa with a hint of tobacco. Tannins are silky, and the palate is very big. It is very long in the mouth with an explosive finale, which has a combination of fruits and spices. $18

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Pairing: Chilled as a sipping or dessert wine Juicy and sweet with a rich texture. It has a sorbet-like palate. $10

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Pairing: Grilled seafood This wine has a rich aroma of ripe tropical fruits, melons, and fresh citrus. The palate is full-bodied and fruity with a long, clean, and slightly sweet finish. $12

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Winelight Basket: Create a delicate ambience with this innovative wine bottle lamp. Fill an empty bottle with lamp oil and light the included candle wick. Top the bottle with the flame protector and enjoy a fruity glass of our Vignoles Sweet by “winelight.” Basket includes corkscrew. $45

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The International Connoisseur is a premier wine membership program that delivers hand-selected bottles of our award-winning wines right to your doorstep every month. Treat a wine-loving friend or relative to a thoughtful gift or sign yourself up for a monthly indulgence. The International Connoisseur- “Indulge in Worldly Taste!” The Enthusiast Wine Club Membership $35/month

The Chocoholic Wine Club Membership $39.95/month

This is the perfect club membership for those who want to sample the best Crown Valley has to offer. Each month you will receive one red and one white bottle of award-winning Missouri and American varietals, carefully chosen by our own wine experts. You will experience the full spectrum of Crown Valley’s top wine selections from our Gold-medal winning 2004 Late Harvest Vignoles to our Best of Class 2003 Norton Estate Limited. Choose a month-to-month membership (makes a great gift) or enroll for an entire year for just $390 (taxes and shipping included) and experience the best Crown Valley has to offer. For month-to-month membership option, your membership will automatically renew every month, until you tell us to cancel.

If you think there’s nothing more delectable than biting into a piece of silky dark chocolate after relishing a robust sip of wine, then The Chocoholic is for you! Get gourmet chocolates from the candy capitals of the world delivered to your door every month (packaged carefully in refrigerated containers to maintain the highest quality possible during shipping), alongside a bottle of finely crafted red or white wine specially selected for its chocolate-enhancing characteristics. Submit to your inner Chocoholic! For month-to-month membership option, your membership will automatically renew every month, until you tell us to cancel.

The Aficionado Wine Club Membership $49.95/month Red wine and cigars go together like Groucho and Harpo–they’re the perfect pair. With The Aficionado, Crown Valley Winery will deliver a bottle of first-class red wine every month, accompanied by two cigars to puff while sipping a glass of juicy, bold red wine from a complimentary tasting glass. Only $49.95 per month. For month-to-month membership option, your membership will automatically renew every month, until you tell us to cancel.

The Gourmand Wine Club Membership $39.95/month The Gourmand membership is ideal for those that like a little Gruyère with their Pinot Gris. Each month, you’ll receive a bottle of our finest red or white wine to drink while savoring a hearty portion of mouthwatering imported cheese (packaged carefully in refrigerated containers to maintain the highest quality possible during shipping). All for only $39.95 per month. For month-to-month membership option, your membership will automatically renew every month, until you tell us to cancel.

Due to state and local regulations, wine and/or wine discounts may not be available for all areas and/or states. Wine shipping policies and procedures subject to Federal and State law. Prices do not include shipping or handling fees. Please call for details.

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HERMANN Upcoming Events Holiday Fare Wine Trail Nov. 17-18 Children’s Lantern Parade & Lighting of Weihnachtsstrausse Nov. 23 “Remembering Christmas� at the Showboat Theatre Nov. 24, Nov. 29, 30, and Dec. 1 Columbia Handbell Ensemble Dec. 1 Hermann Christmas House Tour Dec. 1 Kristkindl Markt at Stone Hill Winery Dec. 1-2 German School Open House Dec. 1, 2, and 8 Weihnachtsfest Dec. 1-2 and 8-9 St. George Rectory Tour Dec. 8 Kristkindl Markt at Hermannhof Festhalle Dec. 8-9 Hermann/Norton Wine Trail Jan. 12-13 Chocolate Wine Trail Feb. 16-17 For more event information, visit www.hermannmo.info or call 1-800-932-8687.

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Which St. Louis musician spent time at the Intermediate Reformatory for Young Men at Jefferson City? 2. Which rapper was born in Kansas City, though he is more often associated with Detroit? 3. What famous jazz saxophonist grew up in Kansas City and has a seventeen-foot bronze statue at the American Jazz Museum? 4. A founding member of the band The Byrds, what artist was born and buried in Tipton? 5. Which blind ragtime composer was born in a Federal Camp in Saline County?

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IMAGINE EXCHANGING VOWS in a romantic chapel where cherished friends celebrate the newlyweds with a champagne toast. Country charm and sophisticated ambience make Hermann Hill a fairytale-wedding destination for magical memories. “What is really wonderful is to see someone with tears in their eyes because they can’t believe how beautiful a wedding is here,” says Terry Hammer, co-owner with Peggy Hammer. “Hermann Hill has always been a honeymoon destination and hundreds of couples return every year to celebrate their anniversaries. The wedding chapel and gazebo now provide a venue to complete the circle, and we expect that many who marry here will also return for their anniversaries.” Built in 2007, the Hermann Hill Chapel was designed as a spectacular venue for weddings. A reception hall, gazebo overlook, pavilion, landscaped grounds and cottages offer an idyllic backdrop for a wedding. For more information, call 573-486-4455 or visit www.hermannhill.com. ENTERTAIN YOUR WEDDING GUESTS in a unique way by turning back the hands of time to a simpler day when folks said “howdy” and shared good times together. Nestled in the forested hills near Branson, Silver Dollar City offers true, old-fashioned Americana and Ozark splendor and unforgettable memories. What makes the theme park truly unique is the dozens of craftsman practicing the same skills used by the residents of the Ozarks who lived here in the nineteenth century. Watch as more than 100 demonstrating craftsmen bring to life heirloom treasures—which you will always remember you found on your honeymoon—in sixty unique shops. Taste the flavors of award-winning country cooking, and be entertained by more than forty live shows daily. Six fabulous festivals throughout the year are filled with surprises. Take your pick among international, bluegrass and BBQ, Kidsfest, southern gospel, harvest, tribute to farmers, cowboy or old-time Christmas festivals. For more information, call 800-952-6626 or visit www.silverdollarycity.com. NATURAL BEAUTY. Historic charm. Old-fashioned hospitality that nurtures the soul. Nestled in the rolling Missouri hills, the small town of Ozark is a memorable setting to start a married life together. “You can get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city and have a special wedding in a beautiful place,” says Robert Snook, director of the Ozark Main Street program. A handsome courthouse, brick sidewalks, a picturesque gazebo, an old water mill, and yesteryear’s bridges offer unique, scenic photo opportunities, as does the Riverside Inn. Built in the early 1920s, the Riverside Inn perches on the banks of the Finley River and provides a charming haven for weddings. Other charming bed-and-breakfasts can accommodate you, too. For more information, call 417-582-6246 or visit www.ozarkmainstreet.org.

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NUTS ABOUT NUTS THERE’S SOMETHING of eternity in the cycle of walnuts. Each fall, they rain down, pebbling the earth under black walnut trees throughout Missouri. The sound of the yellow-green balls hitting the earth makes a remarkably soft thump for such a hard husk. Maybe you’ve stooped to pick the harvest, stained your hands or gloves, and kept a few to sprinkle on oatmeal, ice cream, and salads or to cook into cookies, muffins, and breads. Maybe you or someone you know has even taken walnuts by pickup truck to walnut hulling and collection points throughout the state. Since long before the first pioneers, the harvest of nut trees has been a part of the American diet. Wild black walnut trees have been cut for furniture, split-rail fences, railroad ties, and other rudimentary uses, but they also drop deeply ridged, rich-tasting nuts in a muffled reminder of a greater cycle dependent on something outside man. Look around. This is what our land produces naturally. In fact, nearly 70 percent of the average world harvest of twenty-five million pounds of black walnuts per year comes from the wild walnut trees in Missouri, according to the Walnut Council based in West Lafayette, Indiana. Perhaps for this reason, the American black walnut, also known as the Eastern black walnut, was named the Missouri State Tree Nut in 1989 in part by the effort of a second grade class in Stockton. Pickup trucks across the state laden with black walnuts head to one of about 125 collection points in Missouri beginning October 1, and thirteen dollars per hundred-weight is exchanged for the unique nut found only in our region of the world. The natural range of black Black walnuts, still in their green hulls, ride a conveyor on their way to processing. The outer skin is removed before the nut is stored for up to three months for drying.

By Nina Furstenau

walnut trees is broader than Missouri. It stretches east through western Pennsylvania and Virginia, south to eastern Texas, and north to southern Nebraska. Black walnut is even scattered in New York and southern Canada, according to the Walnut Council. But it is here in Missouri where most of the nuts are collected and processed. The Hammons Products Co. at Stockton is the only commercial processor of black walnuts in the world. Spotless floors display machines with steel drums that crack the super-hard shell much more efficiently than, say, spreading the nuts on the ground and driving over them or smashing them with a hammer while ducking flying shards. After the nuts have been cured, or dried, for a minimum of two weeks in silos or collection bags stacked out of direct sunlight, darker nutmeats are picked out by hand, and shell bits that eluded infrared lights and shake-out holes are decisively discarded. A full 45 percent of the volume of processed nuts is made into black walnut ice cream. Another 50 percent becomes packaged nuts for groceries. The remaining nuts are packaged into gourmet food items like black walnut caramels or fudge, walnut brittle, honey gems, and truffles marketed by the Hammons Pantry. The discarded shells are also marketed by Hammons—six grade sizes in all, from fine to coarse—for use in abrasive cleaners and polish or in the cosmetic and oil industries. There’s little waste in the nut business. The average crop harvest is usually about twenty-five million pounds. But the late freeze in the spring of 2007 in the Midwest nearly wiped out acorn production, therefore squirrels—the main competitor for the nuts, grabbing them out of trees before they fall where we can nab them—were predicted to be more aggressive and reduce human harvest to between ten and twelve million pounds. Even with the average yield, which is six to seven pounds of kernel yield per one hundred pounds of in-shell nuts, that’s still a lot of nutmeat.

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One pound of unshelled black walnuts will yield about ž of a cup of nutmeat. Unlike other varieties of nut, black walnuts come packaged in small pieces because the nut must be crushed between rollers to get through the exceedingly hard shell.

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From left: If you visit the black walnut capital of the world at Stockton, you might also want to feed the fish near the docks at the Orleans Trail Resort and Marina on Stockton Lake. The chef at Bongo’s Bistro in Stockton serves many elegant dishes using the hometown nutmeat.

When the nut is finally pried loose from its casings, the meat itself is bold, a bit dry on the tongue, and distinctive. Black walnuts can make your holiday stuffing more fragrant or be chopped finely as a crunchy coating for chicken or pork. Added to a salad with chicken, apples, and bacon? Oh yes, black walnuts are not just for dessert anymore. Other varieties of walnut are milder and make better snacking. The softer English walnut, for instance, is more well-known and cracks into beautiful halves. The butternut, a blonde cousin of black walnut, is a bit smoother than the Missouri black. The smaller, crunchier, and almost smoky-flavored black walnut has a boldness that complements and intensifies the flavor of a full-bodied dish. Not surprisingly, since Stockton is the black walnut capital of the world, Stockton also has a first-rate restaurant that incorporates the nut’s flavor into its fare with flair. Aubrey Foster, owner and chef of Bongo’s Bistro at Stockton and its new location in Silo Ridge Country Club at Bolivar, praises the one-of-a-kind flavor of black walnuts. “We all know black walnuts add distinctive flavor to desserts,” Aubrey says. As visions of rich, nutty oatmeal cookies and coffeecake flash through the mind, he adds, “You don’t need me for that. I’d like to see the black walnut expand into other foods.”

Aubrey, whose restaurant at Stockton opened in 1999, serves up several choices. “I think it complements fish well, especially strongflavored fish like trout, and I like it on tuna and salmon.” He mentions walnut-encrusted salmon and black walnut and sausage stuffing. Aubrey came to cooking and business later in life. He began with a degree in drafting but was always attracted to cooking and wine. At twenty, in New York, he saw Hungarian women in fields picking grapes, which perhaps sparked a lifelong interest in fine wines. At thirty, he began an old-world-style apprenticeship in Florida. For four years, he learned the art of fine Italian cooking and presentation and used it to run several restaurants there. In 1999, Aubrey came back to his home state of Missouri with the thought of opening a new-world hamburger joint. “I couldn’t do it,” he says, and Bongo’s Bistro was born, combining a curious and inviting mix of a casual hangout and a sophisticated restaurant. There’s a relaxed feel to the restaurant at Stockton, which seats about thirty-five in one half and another twenty or so on the side, where Aubrey sells more than two hundred varieties of wines and a worldwide selection of beers. By 6 pm on a Friday evening, the parking lot already accommodates a Subaru with two kayaks strapped to its top, a Lexus, two motorcycles, and a Honda. The building is tan stucco with jaunty awnings. Inside, cherubs and monkeys grace the walls and menu. The waitresses are friendly and efficient, and several entrées are nutty. With the opening of the new Bongo’s at Bolivar, Chef David Vignoe now leads the Stockton location.

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Chef David explains that his special dressing for the Bistro Salad incorporates honey, pumpkin spice, cream, and nuts. He mentions several seasonings in the bread for dipping into olive oil, Parmesan, and herbs and that his pizza crust is made from scratch. The salad flavors of grilled chicken, black walnuts, apples, and bacon sit well on the tongue. His Linguini with Black Walnuts in Clam Sauce is rich and satisfying; the nuts deepen the flavor and make the dish sumptuous. Plus, it is a beauty on the plate—the nuts almost meaty atop the fettuccine and clamshells as a garnish. Moscato d’Asti, an Italian wine from Umberto Fiore, complements the rich flavor of the black walnuts and pasta. A light Chablis, Aubrey says, is also a good choice. Another stop at Stockton is the Hammons Black Walnut Emporium on the downtown square. Manager Diane Steele brings in an array of interesting foodstuffs to her bright, inviting space: black walnut syrup, fudge, and ice cream; coffees and chocolates from around the world; and gift items, such as art prints, funnel cake kits, books, candles, and cards. Her bakery stocks blueberry black walnut muffins, cheesecakes, black walnut cookies, and more. The ice cream offerings include peachy black walnut, regular black walnut, and a caramelized black walnut, made especially for the Emporium. The Emporium will host an open house from November 16 to 18, which will feature free samples of holiday black walnuts. Then during Stockton’s Living Christmas on December 3, black walnuts will be roasted out front. The festival features a band, carolers, Victoriancostumed shopkeepers, and burning barrels for hand-warming.

A Healthy Nut BLACK WALNUTS contain omega-3 fat alpha-linolenic acid, which has been linked to lowering cholesterol, regulating heartbeat, and reducing inflammation, the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry says in its publication, Why Black Walnuts. The nuts are sugar and cholesterol free, a good source of vitamin E, contain iron, and are high in polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats—the “good” fats, which can lower bad cholesterol levels (LDL) without lowering good cholesterol (HDL). They are also high in fiber, yielding eight grams of protein per quarter cup.

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The Hammons Nut Emporium on the downtown square in Stockton sells a variety of products made with black walnuts.

After indulging in black walnut treats and the festivities, a rest may be in order. Just outside of town, Stockton Lake’s wind-whipped waves are beautiful any time of year. You may still see some boats bobbing in their slips, and the 25,000-acre lake also boasts fishing and more than 300 miles of undeveloped shoreline. The lake makes the list of best lakes for sailing in the United States (see King of the Road “The Wind in Your Sail,” June 2007). Orleans Trail Resort and Marina just off Highway 39 and RB Road, offers lodging, guide services, a marina, a pool, camping sites, and a restaurant. While lake views from the rooms are limited, the grounds are beautiful and near the water. No matter if you are contemplating the cycle of walnuts at Stockton Lake, indulging in their rich flavor in your Bongo’s dinner entrée, or nipping over to the Emporium for roasted black walnut ice cream, the walnut is a good Missouri food to explore. Stockton showcases it well— from tree to table.

Where to Go! Bongo’s Bistro:

417-276-2221, 106 West St. Closed

Sundays.

Stockton Living Christmas Festival:

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The Hammons Black Walnut Emporium: 417-276-5800, 2 Public Square, Stockton: open seven days a week during the holiday season. www.black-walunts.com

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1525 Road, Stockton: marina, lodging, and restaurant.

Stockton Black Walnut Festival: The last full weekend in September each year. www.stocktonmochamber.com

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Bongo’s Bistro Salad Dressing:

Ingredients: 1 ounce mayonnaise 3 ounces heavy cream 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin spice 1-1/2 ounces honey 1 tablespoon sugar Directions: Put all ingredients in a bowl, and mix with a fork or wire whisk until smooth. (Do not use mixer or the heavy cream will become whipped cream). Set aside and chill.

Salad:

Ingredients: 5 large leaves lettuce 1 Granny Smith apple, sliced 1 skinless chicken breast, cooked and cubed 2 ounces bacon, cooked and crumbled 1/2 ounce rice noodles 2 ounces black walnuts, chopped Dash ground cinnamon

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–MissouriLife – Courtesy of Taste of the Ozarks Recipes

Black Walnut Linguini and Clam Sauce

Black Walnut Praline Pork Chops and Apples

Ingredients: 4 tablespoons butter 2 ounces garlic, crushed 4 whole clams 2 ounces black walnuts 1 tablespoon Chablis white wine 3 ounces whole baby clam juice 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped 3 ounces heavy cream 1 ounce Parmesan, grated ¾ cup whole baby clams 7 ounces fettuccine or linguini, cooked

Ingredients: 4 pork chops, approximately 1/2- to 3/4-inch thick Salt and pepper to taste 1/2 cup black walnuts 2 Granny Smith apples, cored and diced 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper Directions: Season the pork chops with salt and pepper on both sides. In a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, sear the pork chops on both sides; then turn down the heat to medium. Add the black walnuts to the skillet and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer until the pork chops are done, approximately 3-4 minutes. Serves 4.

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Black Walnut Praline Pork Chops and Apples

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Smoked Satisfaction Meat lovers will enjoy Swiss Meat and Sausage Company’s award-winning hickory-smoked, sugar-cured bacon. This bacon has won several awards for the family-owned company, including Grand Champion, Best of Pork, and Best of Show, at this year’s Missouri Association of Meat Processors competition, as well as National Grand Champion at the American Association of Meat Processors competition. Like all the meats at Swiss Meat, the bacon is

smoked and cured at the family’s small business. Bill Sloan began Swiss Meat operations in 1969. Through the years, the company has quadrupled in size to now include several smokehouses, a warehouse, and updated equipment. The Food Network’s Road Tasted show featured the company, whose motto is “where the quality goes in before the price goes on.” Years of producing award-winning meats prove the company practices what it preaches. Swiss Meat and Sausage Company 2056 South Highway 19 Hermann, MO 65041 573-486-2086 www.swissmeats.com

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people who prefer to make healthy choices. Claire’s Favorite Granola from Shepherdsfield Country Store and Bakery fits the health-smart bill. Claire’s Favorite Granola makes a perfect snack by itself, a tasty addition to breakfast, and it goes great with yogurt and ice cream. Like many of Shepherdsfield’s products, the granola developed as a part of the bakery’s line after one of the partners made it for a sister named Claire. Demand for the family recipe grew, and people in the community wanted to share the granola with others. Shepherdsfield Bakery began at Fulton in 1984 as a way to produce whole wheat bread that had been popular there since 1979. Demand grew, and the bakery began producing other items from old family recipes. Shepherdsfield Bakery uses organic grains and flours and adds no preservatives to any of its products.

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From left: Snow Folks is the most recent book by Carthage artist and author Lowell Davis. It is set in his beloved town of Red Oak II along historic Route 66. The town hall is one of several small buildings that make up the yesteryear feel of Red Oak II. Lowell Davis paints from a small studio in his home.

PAINTING AND LOVING LIFE

AT SEVENTY, Carthage artist Lowell Davis’s life has included periods of bold color balanced by serene scenes, much like one of his paintings. And yes, there have been times of dark shadows. From a globe-trotting lifestyle to a penniless existence sitting on the porch of his home at Red Oak II just outside Carthage, Lowell is a study of a not-so-still life. When you sit with Lowell in his home, it’s hard to remember that you are with a largerthan-life figure who was once at the top of the art scene. His slight stature and down-to-earth conversation evoke a visit with a good friend, one who talks easily of success, creativity, love, and God. But you can’t pay a visit to Lowell

without asking about his painting process. “I never know what is going to come out,” he says. “I may start a painting thinking about one subject, and I end up with something else entirely.” Lowell’s work as an artist has included cartoons, paintings, publications, and illustrations. “I knew the moment I spilled my first box of Crayolas that I would pursue art,” he says. “My mother used to say that I drew my first mural at age two.” A cartoonist for many years, the Davis whimsy spilled over into figurines depicting farm scenes from his childhood and propelled him to success.

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“I have been rich and then lost everything at least three times,” Lowell says. But after thirty-two years of marriage, divorce is what sent him into a deep depression. “I was so low. I knew I couldn’t go on,” Lowell recalls. “I turned it all over to the Lord then. I said to Him, ‘They say you don’t give out more than a person can handle, and I am getting close to the limit. You have to take over. I can’t do this anymore.’ ” And things began to change. Precious Moments figurine artist and longtime friend, Sam Butcher, gave Davis a gift of a trip to the Philippines and encouraged him to get away from his troubles. It worked.

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Lowell met and fell in love with Rose, the manager of a Chinese restaurant he and Butcher visited. “She brought me back to life,” he claims. He brought her back to the United States and his beloved Red Oak II, his replica on his farm of the town in which he grew up. He married Rose five years ago. “I didn’t know what I was missing until I found Rose,” he says. Now Lowell and his bride continue to tend to the needs of Red Oak II. He continues to paint and illustrate books. His most recent book is Snow Folks. Full of whimsical snowmen and women, the book shares the snow folks’ fascina-

“I Have Been Rich And Then Lost Everything At Least Three Times” —Lowell Davis

tion with the town of Red Oak II and the simple, peaceful ways there. “I always put ‘written, illustrated and lived’ on my books,” he says. “These are stories about

the places I know, have lived at, and loved.” Lowell’s love of Red Oak II and its close proximity to old Route 66 is evident. “People’s lives are so busy these days that I think they’d like to be reminded of a simpler time,” he says. “We’re the best kept secret around, and Carthage is part of Route 66, so I think more people should come to see what we have around here. There is nowhere in the world I would rather live than right here. I want to sit on my porch, talk to the folks that come by, paint, and live my good life.” Visit www.redoakiimissouri.com for more information.

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From left: Missouri walnut is the wood of choice for Rocheport woodworker Martin Ratermann. The front door to his home is carved from Honduran mahogany and took one hundred hours to create.

ON THE BENCH WHEN A COMMITTEE was interviewing candidates to design a sanctuary, Martin Ratermann was asked where he received his formal education. He paused and replied, “At the workbench.” Martin is a highly skilled artisan, designing and creating what he terms “bench-made furniture”—handmade, heirloom pieces instilled with artists’ ideals and old-world craftsmanship. “I take the old skills and do something new and creative,” Martin says. “You learn every day standing at that workbench and doing it again and again and again. It’s that repetition of doing it over and over that makes you skilled.” Martin is a fourth-generation woodworker. His great-grandfather emigrated from Germany as a cabinetmaker and settled in the St. Louis area. In addition to the woodworking skills, Martin inherited his work ethic. “I grew up knowing what work was,” Martin says. “Growing up on a farm, there was always some type of woodworking to be done.” Martin’s education continued at Columbia, where he made replacement doors and windows for the older buildings on the University of Missouri campus. “I have done carpentry in a lot of dif-

ferent ways,” Martin says. “My interest has always been in woodworking. I’ve done bars, churches, banks, kitchens, gun cabinets, and entertainment centers. I’ve done the ‘works’ in the woodworking business.” In his shop just west of Rocheport, Martin uses a variety of woods to create his one-of-a kind furniture. He has worked with many exotic varieties but has discovered that some of the finest hardwood grows in Missouri. “Walnut is the premium, premier wood for me,” Martin says. “It’s beautiful, stable, and good to work with.” For the past fifteen years, Martin has placed special focus on designing pieces for churches and places of worship throughout the United States. He has made doors, altar pieces, music stands, lecterns, tables, chairs, and candle stands. His reputation traveled by word of mouth, and he received commissions to create pieces for approximately twelve churches. Although there were many rewarding aspects of that work, he found collaborating with committees challenging. For future projects, Martin plans to work with individual clients. Although he describes his work as “traditional,” Martin’s pieces have movement and fluid-

ity. The environment influences his expression. “Curves that you see in nature, you see in my work,” he says. “Trees, limbs, flowers, they curve and have some flow.” Creativity is a hallmark of his art. He describes the risk and reward with creating one-of-a-kind pieces: “I have this vision of what I want. But you are always asking yourself, ‘Am I going to fall short?’ You say, ‘okay, here is what I envision,’ and I tell people that if you take a risk, you might get a masterpiece. If you don’t, you’re just going to get the same old thing. So let’s try it.” During the hours spent creating a piece, Martin infuses the human factor into his work. It becomes personalized and energized with the artist’s spirit and creative signature imbued in the wood. “I think there is a fundamental need for people to touch something that is made by hand,” Martin says. “And I think people on a day-to-day basis don’t realize that we are missing that.” By handcrafting everyday items, Martin ensures that the timeless connection and unspoken communication between maker and user continues. Visit www.martinratermann.com or call 573698-2192 for more information.

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First Friday Everyone looks forward to Fridays, and a group of local artists, studios, and galleries endeavor to make the first Friday of every month an artistic occasion in their Cape Girardeau community. ARound Town is a network of ten galleries and studios promoting interest in the arts and public awareness of fine artistic venues. First Friday with the Arts, now in its second year, is an From left: Necklaces and pendants reflect the natural surroundings that inspire St. Louis jewelry maker and Best of Missouri Hands member Ellen Klamon’s work.

effort by this network to open doors and entice visitors to become involved with the arts. Galleries and studios often change their exhibits or highlight a specific local, regional, or national artist to keep the material fresh and interesting for attendees. Venues are open from 5 to 9

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refreshments and music. Visitors can also meet local artists in a friendly atmosphere. Judy Barks-Westrich, owner of The Artist Studio and active First Fridays host, believes the format of the event is important. “People can become more involved with the social aspect of the arts. You don’t need to be an artist; you just have to be an appreciator of the arts,” she says. Continued exposure to artistic elements has an added benefit. “The more you go, the more you learn.” In addition to introducing people to the arts, First Fridays and the resurgence of the arts in Cape Girardeau has given amateur artists and novices an opportunity to showcase their work, Judy says. A variety of price ranges, mediums, and styles, ranging from abstract to realistic, contemporary to traditional, functional to decorative, courtesy of ellen klamon

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The building blocks of St. Louis artist Ellen Klamon’s art—pattern, shape, and color—are simple but exciting. Borrowing these elements from nature, the artist creates jewelry that is a symbolic interpretation of the natural world. Her jewelry line, Ellements, is a play on her name, but also signifies earth, air, fire, and water, which are used in her creative process. Ellen sees her art as a perfect synthesis of color, nature, and the dynamic mediums of drawing and metalworking. Trained as an illustrator, she draws directly onto pieces of cut, shaped, and soldered metal that is coated with gesso, a paint-like substance used as a surface primer. Her favorite step in the creative process is coloring her pieces. “Color comes first,” Ellen says. “It is what soothes me and excites me.” She achieves vibrant color and seasonal tones with Prismacolor pencils, which add definition, and dyed epoxy resin, which confers color and a glass-like surface to bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and pins. The epoxy resin is tinted with various pigments and materials, even herbs and spices, to achieve the rich hues and textures that stimulate this artist and give her jewelry an organic feel. If color is her love, her inspiration is

nature. “Missouri has four seasons, rolling hills, green fields, and rivers,” Ellen says. “I love rivers.” Colors and lines evoke Missouri landscapes in her jewelry, creating energyinfused artwork. After receiving her undergraduate degree from Maryville University at St. Louis in printmaking and drawing, Ellen apprenticed for a decade with a professional jewelry maker at Clayton. As someone who enjoys change, Ellen’s education has never ended. She continues to take classes in order to learn different techniques. “I would get bored if I did the same thing over and over,” she says. Recently, she completed a weeklong intensive study course where she mastered the art of cold connecting metal, which is using alternative methods to combine metals without the use of heat. She intends to use this technique in the creation of future pieces. After thirty years of developing her style and perfecting her craft, Ellen remains as committed as ever. “I love what I do,” she says. “As long as I stay in the art world, I have a voice!” Visit www.ellenklamon.com or call 314821-5060 for more information.

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Regional

HISTORY HEAVEN By Rebecca French Smith

The Civil War’s First Blood: Missouri 1854-1861

care to include details from both Union and

By James Denny and John Bradbury, Missouri

Confederate points of view at every turn in

Life, Inc., 144 pages, $29.95 softcover

the plot, as well as bring into context the

As 1861 progresses, the authors take

actions and thoughts of the soldiers, politiWritten for novices and Civil War buffs

cians, and civilians, who played major and

alike, The Civil War’s First Blood: Missouri

minor roles.

1854-1861 takes a reader’s hand and walks them down back roads, through

Denny and Bradbury’s storytelling skills transport the reader back in time.

swamps and prairies, and over hills to experience the war that pitted Missourian accepted that the first battle of the Civil

Seaman’s Journey with Lewis and Clark

War was fought in Virginia at Manassas,

By Linda Couchman, Linda Hailey, and Linda

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against Missourian. Though it is commonly

Missouri, just before the Civil War, was an unpredictable place. Even though

Children of all ages will learn a little math,

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Missouri as a slave state and she had many

and oh yes, a little history along the way

Southern-sympathizing citizens, the state

with Seaman, the faithful companion of

was fickle when it came to declaring loyalty.

Meriwether Lewis, in Seaman’s Journey with

Many Missourians were hesitant to break

Lewis and Clark.

ties with the federal government. Skirmishes

Designed as an activity book for chil-

escalated along the Kansas-Missouri border

dren in grades 5 through 8, the workbook

over Kansas’s free-state or slave-state orien-

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tation upon its admittance into the Union,

up the Missouri River with special focus on

and slaveholders were getting antsy about

Seaman, the Newfoundland dog purchased

whether their property, in the form of slaves,

by Lewis at the onset of the trip.

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Chapters within the book are dedicated

After a meeting with federal representa-

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tives at St. Louis in 1861, the duly elected

provide historical information about the

state government high-tailed it back to

state as well. In addition to the obviously

Jefferson City, gathered as much as they

educational activities, there are several

could in the way of official documents, and

just-for-fun exercises, such as free-sketch

abandoned the capital for fear of capture.

pages, games, and picture searches.

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learning about the Missouri River expedi-

took place June 17, 1861, five weeks before

tion interesting and engaging to readers.

Manassas. Boonville was only the beginning

While teaching fundamental skills, the story

of what would be a bloody and traumatic

parlays the importance of their use in

time in Missouri history.

everyday life, even if it was 1804.

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Taekwondo brown belt. But at thirteen, Pascale White has been through more than most. Looking at her, you wouldn’t know it. She’s healthy and happy and squabbles with her two sisters, but once upon a time her fight with leukemia had her all but out. In 1994 at the age of one, Pascale was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A serious illness and multiple hospital stays led Pascale’s parents, Sylvie Carpentier and Matthew White, to establish Pascale’s Pals in 1995 to help children who are suffering from serious illness and their families. The nonprofit organization supports the University of Missouri Children’s Hospital at Columbia. Because illnesses like Pascale’s strike so quickly, Sylvie says, parents are not always able to deal with everything that comes at them. Pascale’s Pals offers assistance in many forms: phone cards (you can’t use cell phones in hospitals), gas money, gift baskets, Thanksgiving dinner, the Easter bunny, and the list goes on. These are things forgotten in the fog of worry for a child. It’s the little things that make a huge difference, says Cindy Brooks, manager of pediatric services at University of Missouri Health Care. Most adults understand that there are big bills to pay, and extras are not always possible. But Sylvie understands what it means to not have the right Disney movie and what the right movie means to a sick child, Cindy says. The first time Pascale was in the hospital, there were only two TVs on mobile carts shared by all the families there, Sylvie says. Families were fighting over them nonstop. That’s when Sylvie took it upon herself to organize bake sales to help fund the purchase of TVs for all the rooms in the Children’s Hospital, the first unofficial action of what would become Pascale’s Pals. Since that first year and the twelve hundred dollars they raised, donation totals have gone up

annually, according to Sylvie, who is also the president of the organization. This year, the annual auction brought in eighty-five thousand dollars— an impressive amount, given that Pascale’s Pals doesn’t advertise. It’s all word of mouth. The organization will begin accepting donations for the 2008 auction in January. Typical items on the block include dinners at local restaurants, gift certificates, and some more interesting donations, such as the dinner with U.S. Congressman Kenny Hulshof that was donated in 2007. Over the years, the organization has donated to the Children’s Hospital everything from DVD movies to this year’s $25,000 donation to buy a Luminetx VeinViewer, used to help nurses find a vein on the first try. The children don’t enjoy being poked, and

“The nurses never want to stick a child more than one time, if at all possible,” Cindy says. “You just don’t want to hurt kids. So if we can do something to make things less scary, then that’s what we want to do.” For Pascale, it’s been a journey, Sylvie says. Pascale experienced a relapse in 2000 that almost took her life. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at Memphis, Tennessee, stepped in and found the perfect cocktail of medications for Pascale and put her body into remission, which made an umbilical cord stem cell transplant possible. Today, Pascale is a thriving eighth-grader who will be spending Christmas morning with her family—at the hospital giving out presents. Visit www.pascalespals.org for more information.

Pascale White has been working on her Taekwondo skills for almost two years, but she’s battled leukemia since 1994. Pascale’s Pals, her namesake organization formed in 1995, helps sick children and their families cope, mentally, physically, and spiritually, with an illness.

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LIVING A DOG’S LIFE By Ron Marr

awake with a silly grin on his face. He’s a happy fellow this late night, having just become the proud recipient of a gigantic “dog pillow,” the canine equivalent of a feather bed. He stands, turns three times (as dogs are prone to do), and plops his 115 pounds into a more comfortable position. Within seconds, he drifts back toward peaceful slumber. Such was not always the case. The rare syndrome with which Boris was afflicted stole his sight within twenty-four hours. That would shake up the best of us. Two years later, Boris doesn’t care that he is blind. Animals have the sense that adaptability is the key to survival, and Boris adapted with flying colors. He navigates steps and jumps in the car with nary a worry. As long as I don’t move the furniture, you wouldn’t know he was sightless. I’m more than a little impressed with Boris. His surroundings may be dark, but his mind (if behavior is any judge) is ablaze with light and color. Simply, he has made the best of a bad situation. At the foot of the bed, the venerable Henry, a red dog of indeterminate lineage, is crashed on a slightly smaller dog pillow. I don’t want to say Henry is old, but I suspect he remembers reading the original patent for dirt. Strangely, Henry’s advanced years don’t concern him; in fact, he ignores them completely. Some days it is an effort for him to get to his feet—arthritis has rented a time-share in his hips—but once up, that dog is a blur of movement from dawn ’til long past dusk. I don’t know that Henry has adapted to age. It’s more a case of his refusing to give up his fun. Hen moves with reckless abandon, tumbling and leaping like Olga Korbut after twelve cups of coffee. He races the fence line, barking and howling at floaters on the Gasconade. When he decides to come in the house, he doesn’t stand patiently at the door awaiting a pat on the head. He bounces. Literally. I look out the window and see nothing but a head and torso doing a Yo-Yo imitation. Open that door, and Hen explodes through my cabin, searching for a squeaky toy that would have long ago been destroyed if he still had upper teeth. I’m more than a little impressed with Henry. This sort of energy should have faded, but Hen apparently missed the memo. When the ravages of time try to sneak up on him, he chases them out of the yard, barking and snarling and refusing to play by the laws of nature. Henry has his own laws, and they’re gorgeous to behold.

I’ve always said my dogs give me far more than I give them, both in terms of love, joy, care, and laughter. However, I think I need to tack “education” onto that list. Most of this past fall I was wiped out with a case of the old-fashioned, full-blown flu. I started reading up on pandemics, pondering my own pile of years, questioning mortality. Those latter two subjects rarely come to my mind … for I’ve spent most of my existence attempting (with some success) to remain a juvenile delinquent. But the illness lingered, morphing into a variety of related ailments that made the world spin before my eyes and my sinuses scream for mercy. Finally it ended, but I was spent for weeks. I fell behind on work. I worried. I was unconscious for about sixteen hours at a stretch. Yes, there was some self-pity involved, but it didn’t last long. I looked at a blind dog. He can no longer jump fences and crash through the woods like a four-legged bulldozer, but his spirit has not dimmed. He smiles and sings and his unseeing eyes never lose their twinkle. I looked at an ancient pup, one who refuses to give an inch to time, one whose energy level is that of dogs ten years his junior. He throws his sixty pounds from bed to couch to the great outdoors, always ready to rock and roll. Finally I listened to my boys. I dragged myself from bed and went back to living. Like Boris, I thought, I may have to adapt a bit or at least take care of myself. Like Henry, I thought I should remember that while age is a thief, thieves can be locked behind bars. Hen has shared his secret, and I would do well to take heed. I must not forget to fight age tooth and nail, laugh in its face, and let it know I’ll give back as good as I get. You wonder why I buy my boys dog pillows? It Ron Marr is a small price for such grand lessons.

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