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CONTENTS Features

April 2009

56 $ Road Trip: A Rural Odyssey

The King of the Road finds the World’s Largest Goose, the Home of Sliced Bread, and some unusual characters along the highways in Carroll, Chariton, and Livingston counties northeast of Kansas City.

60 $ Best-kept Secrets

Visit Missouri State Parks to find BoatHenge, angel showers, our largest sand beach, buffalo, petroglyphs, Pickle Creek shut-ins, the most species of crayfish, the best Thai food, world record trees, boardwalks, and more.

66 $ Colors of Missouri

Explore our melting pot, from past to present, and where we came from, how we got here, and who we are today. Plus, meet 5 immigrants, and celebrate your culture or learn about another at 31 heritage festivals around the state.

74 $ School of Rock

There’s no Jack Black, but at Hickman High School at Columbia, there is an inspiring group of students and their mentors who live—and learn—rock ’n’ roll through battles of bands, documentaries, podcasts, and guest artists.

108 $ A New Lodge

The house that Jerry “Brock” Brockmiller built uses found and recycled materials like brick, slate, timbers, and stone. The stunning new Lodge at Timber Stone Lake north of Hannibal is taking memberships!

In Every Issue 17 $ All Around Missouri

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Our listing of more than 153 events, plus Easter and Earth Day celebrations throughout the state, a pie contest judged by Al Roker at Branson, Lipizzaner Stallions, and Scottish games. Go to MissouriLife.com for even more great events and the most complete listing in the state!

100 $ Missouri Wine

Amigoni Vineyards at Centerview cultivates an unusual grape for Missouri with success.

106 $ Musings

ABBY CALLARD

In a world of frenetic multi-tasking, patience is Ron Marr’s virtue of choice.

114 $ Missouriana

Mark Twain, mushrooms, and a fiesta

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CONTENTS April 2009

8 $ Missouri Memo

Greg discovers historic treasures, while Danita finds out how to relax at Hermann.

14 $ Letters

In Every Issue

“Supe” Granada, and Unity Village by Tom Taylor, plus the Book List.

50 $ Made in Missouri

You tell us about another Wild West Outlaw, where the best drinking water really is, and Ozark Pudding.

Fitz’s Root Beer, the Holey Smoker, Indigo Wild organic products, and hummingbird bird feeders are splendid, unique Missouri things.

Missouri Medley 37 $ People, Places, & Points

Show-Me Flavor 98 $ Recommended Restaurants

The Kewpie turns one hundred and a Chesterfield student is chosen as a Senate page, plus a writers’ tour of Missouri; a record-setting rocking chair at Cuba, Missouri; a new waterpark at Kansas City; Branson’s new airport and an air show; and more.

Zest of Life 43 $ Show-Me Essentials

Meet a coiled fiber vessel artisan from Hermann and a glass-enameled jewelry maker from Blue Springs, plus Jefferson City cowboy craftsman David Gillmore and the St. Louis rock band The Upright Animals.

46 $ Missouri Books

The Haunting of Strathmoor Heights by David Gatesbury, It Shined: The Saga of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils by Michael

Missouri Life brings you restaurants worth the trip at Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Cape Girardeau, and Rocheport.

102 $ Missouri Recipes

Chefs from the Mississippi River Hills and Old Trails regions of the Regional Cuisines Project and Tea Bar & Bites at Springfield share recipes highlighting local ingredients.

Missouri Lifestyle 105 $ Inspiring Ideas & Savvy Solutions

Stephens College students make pink dresses from unusual things, Missouri colleges get graded on sustainability, and liver disease gives us another reason to exercise. Cover photo: BoatHenge by Carl Orazio

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Rock ’n’ Roll After getting to know the artists featured on pages 44 and 74, visit us online to find videos of The Upright Animals, Molly Trull and Anodyne, and The Tipper Gores.

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HERMANN GETAWAY

As Danita can attest attest, she h iis married i d tto a passionate i t h hunter. t I’m not so big on hunting for game, not like I was when I grew up. No, my hunting passions lie in treasures from the past. One that I found recently was a Seth Thomas clock. A nice widow in Boonville was selling everything that her husband had collected and left in various abandoned houses around the town. The house I went into was crammed full of everything imaginable, including an antique aquarium. Lying nearby in several pieces in a box was this old clock. I asked if I could throw the clock in on the deal for the aquarium, paid $265 for the lot, and headed home. When I got home, I carefully put the clock back together. A few months later, Danita took the clock to a meeting of the American Association of University Women when a speaker gave verbal appraisals of antiques. The appraiser said it was worth anywhere from three thousand to eight thousand dollars! I have also found other things in various flea markets and antique stores, but my real treasure-hunting passion is looking for Indian artifacts on our own farm. Recently, I found a Hardin knife blade that dates back about ten thousand years. It was in perfect condition, like it had been made yesterday. It’s hard to describe, but now I understand how you can get “gold fever.”

Treasure Hunting

I read a story about a guy in California that found a shipwreck in Texas by using Google Earth. He drove to Texas, walked out to where he surmised the shipwreck was, and using a metal detector, actually found gold! I went online immediately and ordered a metal detector. I’m hoping it will show up soon because there are places on our farm that had cabins and barns, and the Boonslick trail came through our place, too. So, Danita, don’t get mad when you read this because I’m just absolutely sure that there is

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relaxing weekend getaways. My idea of a good time is biking the Katy Trail, riding a horse, floating a river, or hiking the Ozark Trail. One reason is our home and farm is a quiet relaxing retreat in itself, where we can ride horses, bike on the nearby Katy Trail, swim in the summer, and enjoy the quiet on our back porch after a bustling and sometimes frenetic week making the magazine. Don’t get me wrong. I love talking Danita Allen Wood, Editor in Chief to readers, sponsors, and story sources. I like the creative process of making this magazine, but sometimes you just want quiet. So when Greg suggested a short quiet getaway, I wasn’t enthusiastic about the “getaway” part. But I do like a hot tub, and we don’t have one. He promised one on a back porch of a cottage overlooking the Missouri River. So off we went. First we stopped at the Hermann Hill Vineyard and Inn, where we enjoyed a glass of 2005 Stone Hill Brut champagne with owner and managing partner Terry Hammer. We wound up spending a delightful couple of hours in conversation and enjoying the snowy winterscape of Hermann through picture windows in the comfortable library-lobby. We stopped for dinner at Trapper’s Grill in the historic downtown, where Greg and I shared a pheasant appetizer before our entrees of gourmet pizza for him and venison fettuccine for me. Good thing we skipped dessert. When we arrived at the Riverbluff Cottage, we learned all guests are treated to a marvelous chocolate cookie and ice cream with a Herman Hill Port Chocolate Raspberry Sauce. Then there was the hot tub. It was so peaceful you could hear the river in the dark. When we finally went inside, we enjoyed the aromatherapy fireplace. I am now officially a fan of relaxing weekend getaways. We know Missouri offers many, from the Hermann Hill Inn or Riverbluff Cottages (www.hermannhill.com) to the Lodge on Timber Stone Lake at La Grange (story on page 108). I’d love to hear about your favorite relaxing getaway now, too, and whether it has a hot tub. E-mail me at Danita@missourilife.com.

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Taste Test I was amazed to read (February 2009) that St. Louis has been awarded the “best tasting city water in America” label. I moved to St. Louis

last fall, and I can tell you that my water tastes—well, not very good. On the other hand, whoever did this test had obviously never tasted the water of Independence. Now, that is water! Refreshing to the last drop and nary a foreign taste of any kind. It leaves St. Louis water “in the dust.” What a sheltered life those water tasters must lead!

The recipe is correct as printed; however, the photo was taken before the ingredients were cooked. We should have noted that. The naming of the concoction came from Bess Truman, and she called it “pudding” in the sense that it is a sweet dessert. In those times, “pudding” referred to many desserts beyond what we think of as jello-style puddings today. —Editor

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Ozark Pudding Clarification I tried the Ozark Pudding from the December 2008 issue—comes out like a cookie as recipe is written: chewy, caramelly. Interesting, but not what the picture and the name promised. Shouldn’t there be some milk in the recipe to make it come out correctly? Janet Brown, Raymondville

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Events in Your Area

April & May

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Featured Event DOGWOOD-AZALEA FESTIVAL April 16-19, Charleston. Tour the six-mile trail to see the magnificent dogwoods and azaleas at peak bloom. Home tours, carnival, fish fry, queen pageant, plant sale, arts, crafts, parade, old-fashioned ice cream social, piano concerts by 16 pianists, live entertainment, carriage rides, and toy train exhibit. Saturday evening take a candlelight tour on a trail lit by 6,000 luminaria. Most events are free. Call 573-6836509 or visit www.charlestonmo.net.

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Visit MissouriLife.com for more in your area! Southeast Brunch and Glenn Miller Orchestra April 16, Rolla. Enjoy a meal and big band swing sounds. Havener Center and Leach Theatre. 11 AM (show at 1 PM). $25-$40. 573-341-4219, leachtheatre.mst.edu Dance Apalooza April 16-19, Cape Girardeau. Showcasing a variety of dance styles such as modern, jazz, tap, and contemporary ballet. Bedell Performance Hall at River Campus. 7:30 PM Thurs.-Sat.; 2 PM Sun. $12-$14. 573-651-2265, www.semo.edu/rivercampus

Route Du Vin-Jour De La Terre Eric’s pick April 18-19, Ste. Genevieve. Celebrate Earth Day with wine tastings paired with cuisine seasoned with fresh spring herbs. Take home an herb seedling. Six area wineries. 11 AM-6 PM. $25. 800-398-1298, www.RDVWineTrail.com

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Bye Bye Birdie April 21, Rolla. Coming of age rock ’n’ roll musical. Leach Theatre. 7 PM. $18-$28. 573-341-4219, leachtheatre.mst.edu Azalea Festival Sherry’s pick April 30-May 3, Fredericktown. Prince and Princess contest, Queen coronation, carnival, arts, crafts, and parade. Jaycee Park. Free (except some special events). 573-561-4532, www.fredericktownmissouri.net Art Festival May 2, Dexter. Students exhibit works of art, vendors, and children’s activities. Stoddard Street. 9 AM-5 PM. Free. 573-624-3032, www.dexterchamber.com Victorian Fashion Show May 2, New Madrid. Fashion during the 1860s. HunterDawson State Historic Site. 1 PM. Free. 573-748-5340, www.mostateparks.com/hunterdawson.htm

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Spring Fest Craft Show May 2, Salem. Spring Creek Artisans’ Club presents a show and sale with a variety of handmade arts and crafts. Bonebrake Center. 8 AM-4 PM. Free. 573-729-4063, www.bonebrake.org

Arts Cape Eric’s pick May 16, Cape Girardeau. Street painting, main stage music, children’s art tent, health screenings, and musical instrument and animal petting zoo. Capaha Park. 10 AM-dark. Free. 573-334-9233, capearts.org

Mexico’s Art of the Piragrabados May 2-31, Poplar Bluff. Leather paintings replicate the ancient world of Mayan religion and civilization. Margaret Harwell Art Museum. Noon-4 PM Tues.-Fri.; 1-4 PM Sat.-Sun. 573-686-8002, www.mham.org

Wild Edibles Hike May 16, Patterson. Join park naturalist and learn about types of edible plants, how to identify them and their historic folklore. Sam A. Baker State Park. 11 AM. Free. 573-856-4515, www.mostateparks.com/baker.htm

Dogwood Days Rebecca’s pick May 3, Thayer. Pancake breakfast, city-wide yard sale, golf tournament, car show, and gospel concert. Throughout town. 7 AM-7 PM. Free. 417-264-7324

100-Mile Yard Sale May 21-25, Jackson to Kennett. Antiques, collectibles, primitive furniture, and specialty and flea market items. Highway 25. Dawn to dark. Free. 573-243-8131, jacksonmochamber.org

Old Dillard Town Picnic May 9, Dillard. Missouri Mountain Gang performs bluegrass concert, period music, quilting, horseshoeing, flint knapping, and basket weaving. Dillard Mill State Historic Site. 10 AM-4 PM. Free. 573-244-3120, www. mostateparks.com/dillardmill.htm Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Banding May 9, Salem. Join a researcher for an upclose look at hummingbirds as he captures and studies these little flying machines. Montauk State Park. Noon-4 PM. Free. 573-548-2201, www.mostateparks.com/montauk.htm

Anniversary Celebration May 23, Farmington. Live entertainment, BBQ buffet, and door prizes. Twin Oaks Vineyard. Free (except BBQ). 573-756-6500, www.TwinOaksVineyard.com 50th Community Celebration May 23, West Plains. Car show, bingo, 1950s fashion show, giveaways, silent auction, vendors, Kid Zone, health fair, concerts, games, and blood drive. Heart of the Ozarks Fairgrounds. 9 AM-8 PM. Free. 417-257-6735, www.ozarksmedicalcenter.com

Spring Music Festival MAY 15-17, IRONTON Come on down for three days of bluegrass music. Concerts include Big Smith and Valerie Smith with Liberty Pike. Activities center around Iron County Courthouse square and feature a tractor parade, OldTime Medicine Show, crafters, hay-baling exhibition, two-man saw competition, buggy rides, and a miniature train ride for children. The festival runs from 5-10 PM Friday, 9 AM-10 PM Saturday, and 9 AM-6 PM Sunday. Admission is free. For information, call 573-546-1441 or visit www.mountainmusicfestival.net

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Southwest Missouri’s Largest Garage Sale April 4, Neosho. More than 325 sales. Throughout town. 7 AM. Free. 417-451-1924, www.neoshocc.com Easter Egg Hunt April 4, Springfield. Games, face-painting, and Easter egg hunt. Doling Park. Noon-2 PM. Free. 417-864-1049, www.parkboard.org Dave Scott Jazz Concert April 4, Springfield. Jazz ensemble with trumpeter. Juanita K. Hammons Hall. 8 PM. $16-$26. 888-476-7849, www.hammonshall.com Easter Egg Hunt April 11, Hollister. Visit the Easter Bunny, and hunt for prize eggs. High school football field. 12:30 PM. Free. 417-334-3050, hollisterchamber.net Live Music at the Woodshed April 17, Carthage. Acoustic music performances. Historic Carthage square. 7:30 PM. $5. 417-358-5620, www.carthagechamber.com Home and Business Show April 17-18, Shell Knob. Products and services for home and business. Shell Knob School. 5-8:30 PM Fri.; 9 AM4 PM Sat. Free. 417-858-3300, www.shellknob.com Spring Frolic Sherry’s pick April 18, Ash Grove. Tours, period music, and play a game of base, an ancestor to baseball. Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site. 10 AM-4 PM. Free. 417751-3266, www.mostateparks.com/boonehome.htm

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Earth Day Amy’s pick April 18, Springfield. Vendors and informational and educational booths at the new sustainable green building. Discovery Center. 10 AM-5 PM. Free. 417-862-9910, www.discoverycenter.org Rock ’N’ Ribs BBQ Tina’s pick April 18, Springfield. BBQ cooking team from around the nation, live entertainment, and children’s activities. Bass Pro Shops. 10 AM-11 PM. $10. 417-887-7334, www.rocknribs.com Feathers in Flight Birdfest April 24-26, Joplin. Guided birding trips, live bird programs, nighttime Owl Prowls, seminars, and children’s interactive games, including crafts, face painting, and art. Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center. Reservations for birding trips. Times vary. Free. 417-782-6287, www.wildcatglades.audubon.org Earth Day April 25, Cassville. Variety of activities with an Earth Day theme. Leave with a free tree. Roaring River State Park. All day. Free. 417-847-3742, www.mostateparks.com/ roaringriver.htm

Prize-Winning Pies APRIL 24-25, BRANSON Already famous for celebrating family, music, and Americana, Branson will feature yet another American tradition at its new Ozark Mountain Spring Festival. “The Great American Pie Show,” featuring NBC’s Al Roker as a celebrity judge, will be held at the Branson Convention Center. The premiere event will be rolled out in conjunction with Taste of Home magazine’s cooking show. Contestants sent their favorite pie recipes to the magazine’s culinary experts for review. Recipes were submitted in one of four categories: fruit, nut, pudding/ cream/custard, or refrigerator/freezer. After considering thousands of possibilities, twelve semi-finalists were invited to bake their pies in Branson on Friday. The competition will then be narrowed to four, one in each category. The four finalists will bake their pies again on Saturday; Roker and a team of culinaryy experts p will then pick the winner. nner. Pies will be judged according to creativity, feasibility, flavor, and d visual appeal. The first place winner will receive a check for twenty-five hundred dollars and a Branson vacation package for two. Prizes es for second, third, and fourth places will also be awarded. rded.

NBC’s Al Roker Admission to the cooking show and pie contest is $15 or $5 for the pie contest only. Call 800-214-3661 for more information or visit www.explorebranson.com. —Karen Ratay Green

Weathering: An Art Exhibit Eric’s pick April 25-May 31, Springfield. Paintings by abstract expressionist artist Jon Schueler. Art Museum. 9 AM-5 PM Tues.-Wed., Fri.-Sat.; 9 AM-8 PM Thurs.; 1-5 PM Sun. Free. 417-837-5700, www.springfieldmogov.org/egov/art/

Car Show May 2, Anderson. All types of cars, trucks, motorcycles and children’s activities and games. Dabbs Greer Town Hole Park. 10 AM-3 PM. Free ($10 entry fee). 417-845-8200, www.andersonmo.org

Motorcycle Swap Meet April 26, Forsyth. Used parts, motorcycles, and vendors. Shadow Rock Park. 9 AM-7 PM. $5 (12 and younger are free). 417-546-4763, www.forsythmissouri.net

Wildflower Hike May 2, Mindenmines. Naturalist-guided hike. Prairie State Park. 10 AM. Free. 417-843-6711, www.mostateparks. com/prairie.htm

The Buddy Holly Story May 1-17, Springfield. Musical tribute to a rock star whose life was cut short. Little Theatre. 7:30 PM Thurs.Sat.; 2:30 PM Sat.-Sun. $15-$25. 417-869-1334, www.springfieldlittletheatre.org

Artfest on Historic Walnut Street May 2-3, Springfield. Visual and performing arts with more than 140 artists displaying and selling their works. Historic Walnut Street. 10 AM-6 PM Sat.; 10 AM-5 PM Sun. $5. 417-862-2787, www.itsalldowntown.com

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Spring Golf Tournament May 8, Branson West. Four-person scramble. Ledgestone Golf Course. 7:30 AM and 1:30 PM tee times. $125. 417-739-2564, www.explorebranson.com

Indian Artifacts Show Greg’s pick May 16, Springfield. Artifacts and arrowheads on display and for sale. Remington’s Event Center. 8 AM-6 PM. $4-$5. 417-619-3269, www.springfieldmo.org

Air Show Karen’s pick May 8-10, Branson. U. S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron, Army parachute team, aerobatic team, warbird demonstrations, and static aircraft displays. Branson Airport. 5 PM Fri.; 8 AM-6 PM Sat.-Sun. $5-$18. 417-334-7813, www.bransonairshow.com

Craft Festival May 16, Forsyth. Car show, crafts, Kids Village, skateboard show, family activities, and live entertainment. Shadow Rock Park. 8 AM-5 PM. Free. 417-546-2741, www.forsythmissouri.net

Harry S. Truman 125th Celebration May 9, Lamar. Bingo, children’s games, Harry and Bess look-alike contest, and big band performance. Harry S. Truman Birthplace State Historic Site. 9 AM-4 PM. Free. 417-682-2279, www.mostateparks.com/trumansite.htm Car and Bike Cruise Night May 9, Neosho. Ride around the Historic Downtown square. 4-8 PM. Free. 417-451-1925, www.neoshocc.com Plumb Nellie Days May 15-17, Branson. Hillbilly festival and craft show celebrates Ozark heritage, handcrafted products, and an outrageous dog show. Historic Downtown. 9 AM6 PM Fri.-Sat.; 9 AM-4 PM Sun. Free. 888-322-2786, www. downtownbranson.org

Mustang Mania May 16, Aurora. Old and new Mustang cars on display. Oak Park. 9 AM-3 PM. Free ($15 registration). 417-6784150, www.auroramochamber.com Street Rod Nationals May 22-24, Springfield. More than 2,200 street rods, children’s games, and arts and crafts, plus an auto swap meet. Missouri Entertainment and Event Center. 8:30 AM-5 PM Fri.; 8 AM-5 PM Sat.; 8:30 AM-2 PM Sun. $5-$14. 417-8332660, www.nsra-usa.com

The Late Christopher Bean May 27-31, Joplin. Play. Little Theatre. Dark comedy about an artist and the value of his life and of his works. Showtimes and prices vary. 417-623-3638, www.joplinlittletheatre.org

Lipizzaner Stallions APRIL 5, JOPLIN The thirty-ninth anniversary season of these amazing white stallions features music, choreography, and routines that incorporate the historic background and foundation of the breed, from their origins as a horse of war to a horse of nobility to a living form of equestrian art. Two shows are held at the Joplin Memorial Hall at 2 and 6 PM. Ticket prices rang from $23.50-$25.50. For more information, call 417-6233254 or visit www.joplinmemorialhall.com.

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Central Big Muddy Folk Festival April 3-4, Boonville. Celebration of folk music and workshops. Thespian Hall. $20-$35. 888-588-1477, www. bigmuddy.org Home Business Expo April 3-4, Linn Creek. Showcase for home-based businesses. Camden County Museum. 9 AM-4 PM. Free. 573-346-7191, www.camdencountymuseum.com Palm Sunday Art Show April 5, Versailles. Judged art exhibit. Royal Theatre. 7 PM. Free. 573-378-6226, www.theroyaltheatre.com Glenn Miller Orchestra Rebecca’s pick April 15, Jefferson City. Big band brass sounds and jazz melodies. Miller Performing Arts Center. 7 PM. $10-$20. 573-632-3444, www.glennmillerorchestra.com Spring in Rocheport April 17-19, Rocheport. Merchant specials to kick off the season. Tour the historic downtown. Throughout town. 10 AM-5 PM Fri.-Sat.; noon-5 PM Sun. Free. 573-698-2088, www.rocheport.com

The Miser Apri1 17-19 and 24-25, Fulton. Moliere’s comedy involving a skinflint and his children. Cutlip Auditorium at William Woods University. 8 PM Fri.-Sat.; 2:30 PM Sun. 573-592-4267, www.williamwoods.edu Spring Garden Show April 18, Blackwater. Plants, flowers, and shrubs for sale. Downtown. 9 AM-5 PM. Free. 660-846-4567, www.blackwater–mo.com Earth Day Festival April 18, Warrensburg. Energy-efficient vehicles, nature walk, make a craft, and green informational booths. Cave Hollow Park. 1-4 PM. Free. 660-747-7178, www.visitwarrensburg.org International Night Sky April 21, Columbia. Listen to star stories from around the world, and watch for shooting stars. Rock Bridge Memorial State Park. 6:30-8:30 PM. Free. 573-449-7402, www.mostateparks.com/rockbridge.htm

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Fashion Show and Luncheon April 22, Laurie. Variety of salads served and church members model the newest spring fashions. Shrine of St. Patrick’s Church. 11 AM-1 PM. $10. 573-374-6279, www.mothersshrine.com Mid-Missouri Storytelling Festival April 24-26, Jefferson City. More than 12 professional storytellers share their stories, and adult and family concerts. Missouri River Regional Library and Osage County Library. 7 PM Fri.; 10 AM Sat. Free. 573-634-6064, www.mrrl.org

Show Me Gourd Festival April 25-26, Sedalia. Gourd competition, workshops, vendors, live and silent auction, and gourd artists exhibit and sell their works. AG building at the State Fair Grounds. 9 AM-5 PM Sat.; 10 AM-3 PM Sun. $1. 573-346-3225, www.showmegourdsociety.com Spring Choral Concert April 26, Columbia. Performance by choir and the a cappella jazz ensemble. Recital Hall at Stephens College. 7:30 PM. Free. 573-876-7199, www.stephens.edu Bluegrass Jamboree Danita’s pick April 30-May 3, Clinton. Multiple bluegrass bands perform. Gospel on Sun. Lester Foster’s Music Park. 7-10:15 PM Thurs.; noon-11 PM Fri.-Sat.; 9:30 AM-2:30 PM Sun. $8-$30. 660-885-3069, www.clintonchamber.com

Meet Me in St. Louis May 1-3, 7-10, and 15-17, Sedalia. Musical. Liberty Center for the Arts. 7:30 PM Fri.-Sat.; 2 PM Sun. $8-$15. 660-826-2899, www.liberty.macaa.net Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy Karen’s pick May 2, Columbia. A circus with a European flair, theatrics, and amazing acrobatics. Jesse Hall. 7 PM. $12-$28. 800-292-9136, www.concertseries.org Spring Wildflower Adventure May 2 and 9, Knob Noster. Join a naturalist to search for wildflowers. Knob Noster State Park. 10-11 AM. Free. 660-563-2463, www.mostateparks.com/knobnoster.htm Ride for Research May 3, Lake Ozark. Ride your motorcycle 120 miles around the Lake, plus live music, silent auction. Starts at Pecker’s Grill. Noon-4 PM. Free ($10-$25 donation to ride). 573-673-6616, www.ride4research.com Poetry Festival May 3, Montserrat. Local poets; Missouri’s poet laureate, Walter Bargen; and London poet Alec Bell do a variety of readings. Grounds of Montserrat Vineyards. 2 PM. Free. 660-747-2684, www.visitwarrensburg.org Cruise Night May 9, Clinton. Cars, trucks, family fun, music, and prizes. Historic downtown. 5-7 PM. Free. 660-885-2121, www.clintonmomainstreet.com May Fest May 9-10, Blackwater. Antiques, collectibles, and food vendors. Downtown. 9 AM-5 PM. Free. 660-846-4567, www.blackwater–mo.com Mother’s Day Brunch May 10, Kingsville. Brunch at the cafe or bring a picnic, plus an outdoor musical performance. Powell Gardens. 11 AM-3 PM. $3-$8 (brunch extra, reservations). 816-697-2600, www.powellgardens.org Playing with a Full Deck May 10, Sedalia. Learn to play new and old card games. Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site. 11 AM-3 PM. Free. 660-827-0510, www.mostateparks.com/bothwell.htm

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Gallery, Un/Natural Construct May 11-July 2 First National Bank.

Coalesce May 12-June 17 Columbia Art League,

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Society Museum, Aberration May 13-June 30, Perlow Stevens Gallery,

Reflections: Echoes and Reverberations May 17-June 30, Orr Street Studios,

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Bank, Vestige-New Works on Cloth June 1-30, Bluestem Missouri Crafts, Layers, Layers, Layers II

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Spring Swap Meet May 15-16, Boonville. Swap meet, flea market, consignment auction, and tractor pull. Brady Showgrounds. 8 AM-6 PM Fri.; 8 AM-midnight Sat. $3 (12 and younger are free). 573-881-3180, mrvsea.com Civil War Reenactment May 15-17, Jefferson City. Ladiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; social, Civil War battle, period church service, period ball, and night firing demonstrations. Binder Park. Free. 573-659-6989, www.visitjeffersoncity.com Car Shows May 16, Fulton. Antique cars, street rods, trucks, and motorcycles. Veterans Park. Relay for Life car show at Sunderlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parking lot. Free (registration fee). 9:30 AM4 PM. 573-642-5476, www.callawaychamber.com

Bluegrass Pickinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Time May 21-24, Dixon. More than 15 bluegrass bands perform; gospel sing, and camping available. Carolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Memorial Bluegrass Park. 6-10:55 PM Thurs.; noon-10:50 PM Fri.-Sat.; 10 AM-3:30 PM Sun. $8-$35. 573-759-3544, www.bluegrasspickintime.com Natural Tunnel Hike May 23, Lebanon. Guided 7.5-mile hike. Bennett Spring State Park. 9:30 AM. Free. 417-532-4338, www.mostateparks.com/bennett.htm Route 66 Summer on the Jam May 23, Waynesville. Local bands and artisans. Downtown square. Noon-9 PM. Free. 573-774-6733, www.visitpulaskicounty.org

Folk Arts Festival Ericâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pick May 16, Jefferson City. Folk art traditions in music, storytelling, and arts. Memorial Park. 9:30 AM-3:30 PM. Free. 573-526-5296, www.sos.mo.gov/archives

Salute to Veterans Airshow Danitaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pick May 23-24, Columbia. More than 40 military aircraft and demonstration teams salute our veterans. Columbia Regional Airport. 9:30 AM-3:30 PM. Free. 573-268-3483, www.salute.org

Homes Tour May 16, Sunrise Beach. Tour a variety of homes. Proceeds benefit a scholarship fund and several other charities. Villages area of the Lake. 10 AM-4 PM. 314-9738029, newcomerslongtimers.com

Peddlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jamboree May 23-24, Columbia to Boonville. Bike the Katy Trail, camp, and listen to live music at stops along the way. All day with overnight available on route. $30-$35. 573-228-7476, www.peddlersjamboree.com.

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Northwest & Kansas City Area Chip off the Old Block April 1-30, Independence. Exhibit of all types of wood carvings. Bingham-Waggoner Estate. 10 AM-4 PM Mon.Sat.; 1-4 PM Sun. $2-$5. 816-461-3491, www.bwestate.org Bull Riding Finals Tina’s pick April 2-4, St. Joseph. Bull riding, bullfighting, and mutton busting. Civic Arena. 7 PM Thurs.; 8 PM Fri.-Sat. $11-$18. 816-271-4717, www.federationfinals.com

Backwards in High Heels April 3-19, Kansas City. Biographical musical of the extraordinary life of Ginger Rogers. American Heartland Theatre. Showtimes vary. $15.50-$29.50. 816-842-9999, www.ahtkc.com

Jazz Storytelling April 4, 10, 24 and May 2, 8, 22, Kansas City. Program introduces children to the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive stories and songs. American Jazz Museum. 11 AM Fri.; 10 AM Sat. Free. 816-474-8463, www.americanjazzmuseum.com Benefit Sale April 8 and 11, Blue Springs. Antiques, arts, and estate items for sale. Blue Springs Historical Society. 8 AM-2 PM. Free. 816-229-8293, www.bluespringshistory.org Victorian Garden Party April 17-18, Greenwood. Antiques, garden items, flowers, and master gardeners on hand to answer questions. Greenwood Antique Mall. 8 AM-4 PM Fri.; 10 AM-2 PM Sat.; $2-$8. 816-537-7172, www.greenwoodantiquemall.com Antique Swap and Flea Market April 17-18, Tracy. Variety of antiques, collectibles, and flea market items. Fairgrounds. 3-6 PM Fri.; 8 AM-5 PM Sat. $3. 816-858-5826, www.plattecitymo.com

Gatsby Days

Pow Wow Art April 18, Independence. Arts and crafts workshop for children. National Frontier Trails Museum. 10 AM-noon. $10. 816-325-7575, www.frontiertrailsmuseum.org

Flappers, art, and antique cars in 1920sfashion highlight the style show at Gatsby Days. The weeklong event also features a River Arts show and sale, children’s art show, Vaudeville at Ventana, Hickory Stick Golf Tournament, and a dinner theater featuring the character of CoCo Chanel. Festivities are held throughout town, and the costs range from free to $40. Visit www.gatsbydays.com or call 816630-1010 for more information.

Spring on the Farm April 18, Lawson. 1870s-style sheep shearing, display of rare and endangered livestock, heirloom gardens, and period-dressed interpreters. Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site. 11 AM-4 PM. Free. 816-5803387, www.mostateparks.com/wwmill Summer of 1863 April 18-19, St. Joseph. Civil War reenactment with two main battles, drill demonstrations, living history, and period costume dance. Nature Center and Terrible’s Casino property. 9 AM-9 PM Sat.; 9 AM-2:30 PM Sun. Free. 800-785-0360, www.stjomo-civilwar.com

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Apple Blossom Festival MAY 1-3, ST. JOSEPH This annual Rite of Spring features the Apple Blossom Parade, home tours, vendors, barbecue, concerts, dances, and queen and princess contests. Activities are held at Coleman Hawkins Park, Civic Center Park, and downtown and are free except for some special events. The festival is open from 5-11 PM on Friday, 9 AM-5 PM on Saturday, and noon-4 PM on Sunday. Visit www.stjomo.com or call 816-2949517 for more information.

Girl’s Tea April 25, Lexington. Victorian-era tea and desserts, make a personalized fan, and learn tea etiquette. Battle of Lexington State Historic Site. 1-4 PM. Free. 660-259-4654, www.mostateparks.com/lexington Cemetery Stroll Into the Past April 25, Weston. Tour the cemetery, learn history, and see period reenactors. Laurel Hill Cemetery. 4:307:30 PM. $5 donation. 816-640-2909, www.weston.com

APRIL 19-26, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS

Mushroom Festival Rebecca’s pick April 30-May 2, Richmond. Fresh morel mushrooms, crafts, parade, youth tractor pull, fine art show, and largest morel mushroom contest. Throughout town. Free. 816-776-6916, www.richmondchamber.org Brookside Art Annual May 1-3, Kansas City. Visit more than 185 artists showcasing their works, music, and children’s art activities. 63rd and Brookside between Wornall and Oak streets. 5-9 PM Fri.; 10 AM-9 PM Sat.; 11 AM-5 PM Sun. Free. 816-523-5553, www.brooksidekc.org

Antiques and Collectibles Danita’s pick April 25-26, Weston. 80 booths filled with antiques for sale. Burley House. 8 AM-5 PM Sat.; 8 AM-4 PM Sun. Free. 816-640-2909, www.westonmo.com

Tied to Mother’s Apron Strings May 1-31, Independence. Exhibit featuring aprons, linens, and kitchen memorabilia. Bingham-Waggoner Estate. 10 AM-4 PM Mon.-Sat.; 1-4 PM Sun. $2-$5. 816461-3491, www.bwestate.org

Woofstock Callina’s pick April 26, Kansas City. 1-mile dog walk/5K run, pet-related vendors, dog singing contest, stunt dogs, and fashion show. Zona Rosa. 8 AM-1 PM. Free ($20-$25 registration fee for runners). 816-830-7759, www.pcnaws.com

Works of Miguel Rivera May 1-June 12, Kansas City. Photographs convey a sacred space. Artists Coalition. 11 AM-5 PM Wed.-Sat. Opening reception May 1 from 5-9 PM. Free. 816-4215222, www.kansascityartistscoalition.org

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Truman’s 125th Birthday Celebration May 2, Independence. Tractor parade, lawn and garden show, trolley rides, period music, Harry Truman lookalike contest, and specials in the shops. Throughout town. 7:30 AM-5 PM. Free (except some special events). 816-325-7111, www.visitindependence.com

George Segal: Sculptor May 9-Aug. 2, Kansas City. Artist applies dry plaster bandages directly to the body of his models. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. 10 AM-4 PM Wed.; 10 AM-9 PM Thurs.-Fri.; 10 AM-5 PM Sat.; noon-5 PM Sun. $5-$8. 816-751-1278, www.nelson-atkins.org

Evening of Jazz May 8, Platte City. Live jazz band concert, dancing, and refreshments. Platte County High School. 7-10 PM. $2-$4. 816-858-2822, www.plattecitymo.com

Literary Festival May 14-16, Kansas City. Poetry, performances, notable authors, and cooking demonstrations. Country Club Plaza and other locations. 10 AM-7:30 PM. 816-753-0100, www.kansascitylitfest.org

Presidential Birthday Salute May 8-9. Independence. Photographs of Harry and Bess Truman on exhibit, letters, artifacts, and photo exhibit. Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. 9 AM-5 PM. $1.25$8. 800-833-1225, www.trumanlibrary.org

Duck Hunter Shoots Angel Danita’s pick May 15-June 6, Excelsior Springs. Comedy Paradise Playhouse. 7 PM Thurs.; 6:30 PM Fri.-Sat.; noon Sun. $16.95$28.95. 816-630-3333, www.paradiseeventsmo.com

Fiesta Kansas City May 8-10, Kansas City. Ethnic music, food, and dancing. Crown Center. 5:30-11 PM Fri.; noon-11 PM Sat.; noon10 PM Sun. Free. 816-472-6767, www.crowncenter.com

Art of the Brick Amy’s pick May 23-Sept. 7, Independence. Exhibit of LEGO blocks artworks. Crown Center. 10 AM-6 PM Mon.-Wed.; 10 AM9 PM Fri.-Sat.; noon-5 PM Sun. Free. 816-274-8444, www.crowncenter.com

Garden Show and Taste of Missouri May 9, Arrow Rock. Plants and garden décor and Missourimade foods and products, plus the George Caleb Bingham Art Festival. Old Schoolhouse Community Center. 9 AM5 PM. Free. 660-837-3469, www.arrowrock.org

Living History Day May 30, Lexington. Mid-1800s daily-life demonstrations. Battle of Lexington State Historic Site. 10 AM-4 PM. Free. 660-259-4654, www.mostateparks.com/lexington

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Students of Art Sale APR. 18-MAY 16, KANSAS CITY The Kansas City Art Institute’s Bachelor of Fine Arts exhibit includes more than one hundred students’ works and is held at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art at the H&R Block Artspace. Art includes animation, ceramics, fiber, photography, sculpture, and more. The exhibit will be open 10 AM-4 PM on Wednesdays, 10 AM-9 PM on Thursdays and Fridays, 10 AM-5 PM on Saturdays, and noon-5 PM on Sundays and is free. The sale will be on May 8-10. Visit www.kcai.edu or call 816-561-5563 for more information.

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Northeast & St. Louis Area Late Night Bank Fishing April 1-Oct. 31, St. Louis. Bring your lantern and fish in the dark. Spanish Lake Park. Open until 11 PM. Free. 314-615-8841, www.stlouisco.com/parks Adult Egg Hunt April 3-4, St. Louis. Hunt for more than seven thousand eggs hidden on 250 acres of the park and win great prizes. Jefferson Barracks Historic Park. 9-11 PM. $8. Registration. 314-894-3089, www.stlouisco.com/parks Builders Home Show April 3-5, St. Charles. More than 300 booths, celebrity speaker, Sausage Festival, Children’s Family Fun Area, and silent auction. Convention Center. 11 AM9 PM Fri.-Sat.; 11 AM-5 PM Sun. Free. 314-994-7700, www.stlhomeshow.com Art Fair Danita’s pick April 4-5, St. Louis. Juried exhibit and sale of more than 130 artists in a wide variety of media. Queeny Park. 10 AM-5 PM Sat.; 10 AM-4 PM Sun. $5. 314-889-0433, www.gslaa.org

Gateway Miniature Show and Sale April 24-26, Chesterfield. Workshops, show, and sale. Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center. 9 AM-4 PM Fri.; 10 AM-5 PM Sat.; 10 AM-4 PM Sun. $2-$6. 314-261-7436, miniaturemuseum.org Coffee Concert Series April 29-30, St. Louis. Coffee, pastries, and a concert by Cornet Chop Suey. Sheldon Concert Hall at Grand Center. 9 AM. $10-$12. 314-533-9900, www.thesheldon.org Riverdance Tina’s pick May 1-3, St. Louis. Internationally acclaimed celebration of Irish music, song, and dance. Fox Theatre. 8 PM Fri.; 2 and 8 PM Sat.; 1 and 5:30 PM Sun. $26-$66. 314-534-1678, www.fabulousfox.com Round Barn Blues May 2, Kirksville. Multiple bands perform. Round Barn. 4-11 PM. $15. 660-665-2760, roundbarnblues.com

Herbs in Pioneer Days April 15, St. Charles. Learn to identify and use herbs. First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site. 4-6 PM. Free. 636-940-3322, www.mostateparks.com/ firstcapitol.htm

Come Fly a Kite May 2, De Soto. Learn how to make your own kite, demonstrations of various kinds of kites, and instruction on the art of kite flying. Washinton State Park. 1-3 PM. Free. 636-586-2995, www.mostateparks.com/washington.htm

Food Fight! April 15-May 24, St. Louis. Musical comedy for waist watchers. The Playhouse at Westport. 7:30 PM Wed.Fri.; 2 and 7:30 PM Sat.; 2 and 6 PM Sun. $43.50. 314-469-7529, www.theplayhouseatwestport.com

Cinco De Mayo May 2, St. Louis. Authentic food and drinks, arts, crafts, and street entertainment. Cherokee Street. 11 AM-9 PM. Free. 314-771-5110, www.cincodemayostl.com

Main Street BBQ and Bluesfest April 17-18, Washington. Professional BBQ competition, live blues music, and hot dog eating contest. Farmers Market at Main Street. 5-10 PM Fri.; noon-10 PM Sat. Free ($5 BBQ tasting). 888-792-7466, www.washmo.org Green Art for Earth Day April 19, St. Louis. Make art with recycled materials and learn about the importance of recycling. For ages 6-12. COCA. 3-4 PM. Free. 314-725-6555, www.cocastl.org Schlafly Good Garden Series Amy’s pick April 19, May 3 and 17, St. Louis. Organic gardening workshops, film, and lectures. Bottleworks. 10 AM1 PM (noon on Apr. 19). Donations-$30. 314-241-2337, schlafly.com/goodgardenseries.shtml

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Kick-Off Cook-Off Classic April 24-25, Hazelwood. KC Barbeque Society contest has some of the best teams in the Midwest and plenty of BBQ to sample. St. Louis Mills parking lot. 4-8 PM Fri.; 10 AM-3 PM Sat. Free to spectators. 314-227-5910, www.stlouismills.com

Plein Air Art Event April 22-May 1, Augusta. Artists are invited to come to the area and paint en plein air. May 1 winning paintings will be auctioned and artists can sell their works. Throughout the area. Awards, auction, and sale at 1 PM. Free. 800-748-7638, www.augusta-chamber.org

COCAcabana May 2, St. Louis. Fundraiser with a creative theme, cocktails, silent and live auctions, dinner, and dancing. Tent at COCA’s parking lot. 6:30 PM. $175-$400. 314-725-1834, ext. 105, www.cocastl.org/cocabana Norton Wine Trail Rebecca’s pick May 2-3, Hermann. Travel a twenty-mile route that meanders along the Missouri River and taste red wines. Six area wineries. 10 AM-5 PM Sat.; 11 AM-5 PM Sun. $30. Advanced tickets. 800-932-8687, www.hermannwinetrail.com Be a Tourist in Your Own Town May 7, St. Louis. Exhibits of the region’s popular attractions, refreshments, music, and prizes. Keiner Plaza. 10 AM-2 PM. Free. 314-992-0649, www.beatourist.com Art Fair at Laumeier May 8-10, St. Louis. 150 artists show their works in clay, fiber, glass, painting, photography, jewelry, sculpture, and wood, live music, demonstrations, food, and a beer and wine garden. Laumeier Sculpture Park. 6-9 PM Fri.; 10 AM-8 PM Sat.; 10 AM-5 PM Sun. $5-$8. 314-821-1209, www.laumeier.com

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Farm Fresh French MAY 21, CLAYTON The Kitchen Conservatory at Clayton has been teaching home cooks how to do it better since 1984. Farm Fresh French will teach cooks how to prepare food from the south of France. Anne Cori has owned and managed this St. Louis institution for twelve years. Offering more than six hundred classes each year, the school has two hundred guest chef and author teachers, who present classes in a variety of cuisines. Anne teaches classes, too. She has studied and worked in Paris, Strasbourg, Rome, and New Orleans, and her motto is “It’s better with butter.” She believes food should taste good and be a joy to create. Home cooks can also use Ask the Chef, an online program where e-mails are welcome. Many terms used today on cooking shows are intimidating, and the program helps relieve anxiety about cooking. The Kitchen Conservatory is located at 8021 Clayton Road at Clayton; classes range from $45-$75. Call 314-862-2665 or visit www.kitchenconservatory.com for more information.

ALL AROUND MISSOURI

Art Fair and Winefest May 15-17, Washington. Art, wine, and entertainment. Downtown. 5-10 PM Fri.;10 AM-10 PM Sat.; 10 AM-5 PM Sun. Free. 888-792-7466, www.washmo.org Bark in the Park May 16, St. Louis. Bring your dog for a walk and enjoy bluegrass music, family fun, and performances by amazing dogs. Cricket Field at Forest Park. 10 AM-3 PM. Free. 314-951-1517, www.hsmo.org/bark Maifest and Living History May 16-17, Hermann. Nineteenth century demonstrations of early skills and ways of life by costumed artisans and reenactors. Deutschheim State Historic Site. 10 AM-4 PM. Free. 573-486-2200, www.mostateparks. com/deutschheim.htm Greek Fest Amy’s pick May 22-25, St. Louis. Authentic food and pastries, Greek music and folk dancing, Agora Marketplace, church tours, and kids corner. Assumption Greek Orthodox Church. 11 AM-9 PM. Free. 314-966-2255, www.stlgreekfest.com

African Arts Festival Callina’s pick May 23-25, St. Louis. Marketplace, African and AfricanAmerican artifacts and textiles, guided art tours, and demonstrations. World’s Fair Pavilion at Forest Park. 10 AM-8 PM Sat.; 11 AM-8 PM Sun.; 10 AM-6 PM Mon. Free. 314-935-9676, www.stlafricanartsfest.org Gypsy Caravan May 25, St. Louis. More than 350 vendors with a variety of antiques, collectibles, and flea market items. University of Missouri-St. Louis campus. 7 AM-5 PM. $5-$20. 314-727-5850, www.gypsycaravan-stl.org FREE LISTING AND MORE EVENTS Visit MissouriLife.com for even more great events all around the state. PLEASE NOTE: Event plans sometimes change. Call before traveling. TO SUBMIT AN EVENT: Editors choose events for publication in the magazine, space permitting, but all submissions go onto the web site. Submit events well in advance. Please make sure there is a contact phone number with your event. Visit MissouriLife.com and fill out the form, e-mail amy@missourilife.com, fax 660-882-9899, or send announcement to MissouriLife, 515 E. Morgan St., Boonville, MO 65233.

APRIL 26, ST. LOUIS Go green with one of the oldest and largest Earth Day festivals in the country. Visit more than 250 vendors focusing on environmental issues, education, and health foods. Demonstrations and hands-on activities give young and old alike a variety of things to do. It is on the Muny grounds at Forest Park, from 11 AM-6 PM, and is free. For more information, call 314-6167354 or visit www.stlouisearthday.org.

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Spring Wildflower Sale May 9, Gray Summit. Native plants, trees, and shrubs for sale and experts on hand to answer questions. Shaw Nature Reserve. 9 AM-5 PM. $8 (12 and younger are free). 800-642-8842, www.mobot.org

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ers. One of them is Rajiv Tarigopula, a Senate page from Parkway West High School at Chesterfield. Nominated by Senator Kit Bond, Rajiv is one of thirty high school juniors nationwide who were

THE WRITERS HALL OF FAME is offering an eight-day

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handpicked for this honor. Pages serve for one semester. It won’t be easy for Rajiv, even as an honor student and a captain on his debate team. Classes at the Senate page school start at 6:15 AM. They cram an entire day into three and a half hours with lots of independent study and loads of homework. After school, the real

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become a Senator himself one day. —Denise Bertacchi

summer bus tour on June 7-14 that will visit the homes and studios of fifteen Missouri authors, poets, playwrights, or artists. The tour begins and ends at St. Louis and has stops in Kansas City and southwest Missouri. Highlights include a riverboat dinner cruise, a visit to St. Charles, a Shepherd of the Hills Amphitheatre performance at Branson, and a visit to the Laura Ingalls Wilder home and museum at Mansfield. Guide Linda Benson is a professor emeritus of children’s literature at Missouri State University, where the Writers Hall of Fame is headquartered. Cost ranges from $1,160 to $1,771 and includes transportation, lodging, and some meals. Contact David Harrison at dlharrison@mchsi.com for more information. —Abby Callard

CENTURY-OLD BABY > This year, the Kewpie is celebrating its one hundredth birthday. The first illustrated version of the muchbeloved creature appeared in the December 1909 issue of Ladies’ Home Journal. To commemorate the milestone, the International Rose O’Neill Club Foundation’s annual convention, Kewpiesta, at Branson will have a special theme—the one hundredth anniversary of the first Kewpies in print. During the four-day event, held April 22-26 at the Ramada Inn Conference Center at Branson, attendees can sell and purchase authentic and reproduced O’Neill works, including Kewpie dolls. Visit www.irocf.org/kewpiesta/ index.htm for more information. —Abby Callard

Kewpies appeared in several well-known magazines, including Ladies’ Home Journal and Good Housekeeping.

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MISSOURI MEDLEY > MO INFO In February,

Guinness World

Records named a tourist attraction along Route 66 at Cuba, Missouri, the world’s largest rocking chair. The steel rocking chair officially measures forty-two feet and one inch tall by twenty feet and three inches wide. The chair can actually rock back and forth but is currently welded in place for safety reasons. Dan and Carolyn Sanazaro, the owners of the rocker, grew up at Cuba and built the rocker to draw visitors to the couple’s businesses,

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taxidermy shop, and a general

The Amtrak trains operating between St. Louis and Kansas City were given the name “Missouri River Runner,” through a contest hosted by the Missouri Department of Transportation. Keith Kohler of Glendale submitted the winning name, which was voted on by more than five thousand Missourians.

store that sells Route 66 memo-

Record-Setting Rocking Chair New KC Waterpark Dip your feet in the water across the state line at the new Schlitterbahn Waterpark at Kansas City, Kansas. The world-class waterpark features a tidal wave river, a water coaster, hot tub with swim-up bar, several tubing rivers, and a children’s water activity area. The park opens in late summer.

rabilia. To date, tourists from not only the United States but Japan, Norway, Germany, and Italy have signed the Sanazaros’ guest book.

Branson’s New Airport and Air show Branson Airport opens for business on May 11. Just before opening, the airport will host an air show on May 8-10, featuring the United States Air Force Thunderbird demonstration team. Branson Airport will carry a daily flight between Atlanta and Milwaukee—with connections to other cities—through AirTran Airways.

Roaring River’s New Store

Tour of Missouri Elevated

A new store, under construction at Roaring River State Park, is expected to open Memorial Day Weekend. The new fivethousand-square-foot building will offer new items for park visitors.

The 2009 Tour of Missouri, held September 7-13, has been elevated to the “above” category by the international governing body of cycling, Union Cycliste Internationale. This puts the Tour in an elite group of bicycle races comparable to professional stage races in Europe.

A Capstone Award The Vehicle Impound Facility of Kansas City won a 2009 Capstone Award from the Kansas City Business Journal for its green design. The facility opened in January and is on track to receive a gold rating from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. This will make it Kansas City’s highest-rated LEED-certified building.

Pub Corn University of Missouri at Columbia senior Cary Silverman has found a way to combine two loves: movie theater popcorn and alcohol. After much experimentation, Cary now markets beer, piña colada, and Irish cream flavored popcorn. He’s currently working on a tequila flavor. Visit www. pub-corn.com for more information.

St. Charles Bicentennial St. Charles kicked off its year-long bicentennial celebration with a reception on March 27. More than two hundred cultural, music and art events are planned to help commemorate the occasion throughout the year.

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Brick City BBQ, Blues and Cruise June 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 20, 2009, Little Dixie Shrine Park, Highway J Admission Charged Sanctioned event held in conjunction with the Kansas City BBQ Society featuring a Blues Band, Car Show and a Kids Que. The Blues Band plays Friday evening in the beer gardens. The Kids Que will be held on Saturday with Free admission. Preregistration for the Kids Que is necessary. The Car Show will be held on Sunday with an available area for a swap meet (rental space is available). Contact Jon Oliver for event information at 573.581.9001 or 573.581.9008 (fax). Agri-Fest 2009 July 10 - 12, 2009 Audrain County 4-H Fairgrounds, Hwy D Admission Charged The 2nd Annual Agri-Fest will be held at the Audrain County 4-H Fairgrounds providing a wide range of activities. A Rodeo, carnival, Go Kart Racing and family fun activities will be held on the grounds throughout the two day event. Come out and enjoy Wine 101, activities and games for all ages along with various booths and food vendors.

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called coiling. She has tried other types of basket making, but continually returns to coiling: “I always come back to coiling because it fits my personality. It’s very y dense; it’s very organized. It is very meditative.” Rebecca started her art career in the mid-’70s working on largescale fiber works for corporations but left the art world in the ’80s to become a research scientist and later a vice president of a packaging company. After retiring to Hermann, Rebecca reestablished herself as an artist. Unlike her earlier works, the fiber vessels that she creates today are small in scale. Her current series, which she calls ribbon baskets, explores the relationship between order and chaos. Visit www.bestofmissourihands.com/rebeccamcentee.htm for more

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FIVE YEARS AGO, after twenty-five years as an art teacher at Blue Springs, Norma Marshall was ready to focus on her art. As a teacher, Norma helped her students experience the joy she felt when she created art. A lifelong painter, she learned how to enamel while working on her master’s degree in art education. “I love the way that the glass goes slick when it fuses to the copper,” she says. She has enameled pins, necklaces, and earrings, which are sold all over the country. Each piece is a unique combination of powdered glass, which is sifted onto a copper piece and fired in a kiln. The process is repeated two to five times, and after the last firing, she adds spoonfuls of additional colors of glass and pulls the color through the layers to create flowing curves and lines that bend, guiding the viewer’s eye through the movement of the piece. “It’s kind of like working with 1500-degree icing,” she says. “I do them one at a time, so they’re all a little different.” Norma Marshall is a Best of Missouri Hands juried artist. E-mail featherhill@peoplepc.com for more information. —Rebecca Legel

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Music’s Sake When The Upright Animals took the stage at Cicero’s for the release party for Carnivore City, it was obvious that these St. Louis guys want a much bigger job than they have. Currently, the five-piece band enjoys a strong following throughout Missouri but is unsigned. From the first notes of the set, the Animals were huge, navigating their muscular rock songs with performance. The band was pe

around alluring hooks, thunderous rhythm,

Jeff Hall and bassist Bill Newman

tight and well-practiced, like tig

and prolifically interesting guitar work. The

pushed each song along with

its Chicagoan openers Holding

band picked a varied set of tracks, ranging

even but varied and robust rhythm.

Mercury. But unlike Holding Me

from the alternative anthem “Carnivore City”

Jeff especially kept the whole show interest-

Mercury, the Animals kept the feeling sponta-

to the ballad “Spider Veins.”

ing, inserting clearly meticulous but not

neous and the songs fresh. The test: Can the

Does the album live up to their live show?

over-the-top flourishes to the band’s set. He

album live up to the energetic performance

Yes, yes, and yes. On big speakers, though,

plays with headphones to a metronome.

of one of St. Louis’s great live bands?

not in headphones. The album begs to be

Mixer Vance Powell worked with the

loud, and this band wants to be big quick,

to any band, but what makes these guys

Animals, it seems, for the precise and colos-

perhaps because if it doesn’t make it fast,

seem so enormous are the bigger-than-indie,

sal sound characteristic of Butch Vig or John

its fan base will be deaf before it’s playing

interlocking Tom Morrello-style riffs from

Leckie, and for the most part hit the mark.

in stadiums.

guitarists Jim and Ben Peters and front-

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man Jamie Irwin’s theatrical—not histrionic—

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THE ODDEST REQUEST saddle maker David Gillmore ever received was from a woman who asked him to make her a bikini out of chamois. He did it and thought it one of the loony sidebars in his thirty-five years of creating custom saddles. Born in Oklahoma and reared in Hancock, Missouri, David once traveled the rodeo circuit as a bronc and bull rider, and word got out among cowboys that David was the man to see for a saddle. His reputation for fine craftsmanship reaches from Florida to the Dakotas and a dozen states in between. David learned the basics of his trade by hanging out at a saddle shop in North Little Rock in his early twenties when he was stationed there in the Air Force. “I worked nights as a mechanic on B-58s, so I pretty much visited the saddle shop every weekday,” David says. “The owner was a great guy. He said to me one time, ‘If you’re going to loaf here this much, I’m going to make you do something.’ So he taught me how to repair saddles.” For the past three decades, David has worked at Jefferson City in his shop, Gillmore Saddlery & Western Store, on High Street. “I call this place an orderly form of disorder,” he says with a grin.

Visit www.myspace.com/theuprightanimals for more information. —Michael Bostwick

He’s built trophy saddles, but the steady work comes from custom saddles for ranch work or pleasure riding. David says that about half the folks who come in don’t exactly know what they want, and he guides them through the process. David’s artistry is the intricate stamping he creates. Then, braiding and adding metal decorations and other elements of design produce saddles that weigh on average forty-five pounds. “I set a higher standard for myself than people expect of me,” David says. “I think that’s important in this job.” Call 573-636-4931 for more information. —Kathy Gangwisch

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The Haunting of Strathmoor Heights By St. Louis author David Gatesbury, Xlibris, 220 pages, $19.99 softcover, fiction

Eating St. Louis: The Gateway City’s Unique Food Culture

The return of the last of the family clan to Strathmoor Heights,

By Patricia Corrigan, Reedy Press,

and the estate. When the last of the line, Claire MacKennsey,

148 pages, $29.95 hardcover, nonfiction

arrives at the huge, Georgian-style mansion in Rhode Island

Wales, in the late 1970s begins with a history of the family

where she was raised as a child, an entirely different history of

Missouri Hauntings

her family unfolds with a number of surprises. Mental illness

By Lee Prosser, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 192 pages, $14.99 softcover

runs rampant in the family, and Claire begins to question her own mental stability. She decides she must head to the family mansion in Wales to discover her family’s haunted past. Author

Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Suffragettes: Tales from Bellefontaine Cemetery

David Gatesbury has a flair for describing the historical feel of

By Carol Ferring Shepley, University of Missouri Press, 384 pages, $29.95 hardcover, nonfiction

but this novel keeps you guessing. —Janet Hussey

the old mansion and has great character description and development. As in most mystery novels, possible solutions appear,

It Shined; The Saga of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Night Kills By St. Louis author John Lutz, Kensington Publishing Corp., 467 pages, $6.99 softcover, fiction: murder mystery

By Michael Supe Granda, AuthorHouse Publishing, 508 pages, $29.99 softcover, nonfiction St. Louis-born singer and now author, Michael “Supe” Granda, tells the success story of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils in It Shined;

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The Saga of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. The book follows Granda

By Adalbert K. Dietz, Reedy Press, 88 pages, $9.99 softcover, nonfiction: reference guide

and the band through their beginnings at the New Bijou Theater at Springfield in 1971 to producing CDs in the 2000s. This intriguing story of the small-town Missouri band that won over fans nation-

Squiggie’s Night Out

wide is packed full of stories about the long hours spent touring

By central Missouri author Alice Gensler, iUniverse, Inc., 71 pages, $8.95 softcover, fiction: children’s book

and anecdotes about their songs. —Matthew Langenhorst

St. Louis Hills By Ann Zanaboni, Reedy Press, 118 pages, $18 softcover, nonfiction about the St. Louis Hills neighborhood

Unity Village By Tom Taylor, Arcadia Publishing, 128 pages, $21.99 softcover, nonfiction An interesting sample of the Images of America Series, which celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities, Unity Village is a photo album recounting the history of the town. The original organizers and developers of the

Victory Through Valor: A Collection of World War II Memoirs

community near Lee’s Summit, incorporated in 1953, envi-

By St. Louis authors Dr. George J. Despotis, Donald E. Korte and Matthew Lary, Reedy Press, 336 pages, $24.99 softcover, nonfiction

area for religious retreats and seminars. Unity Village is

sioned a retreat area for its members and an ecologically sound village offering a restful, inspiring, yet invigorating best known for publishing the Daily Word booklets that are distributed worldwide. The large selection of photographs in the book are historic and informational and present the

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The kaleidoscope of images shows what inspired its founding and continuing existence. The famous visitors and worldwide organizations that have visited the facilities for retreats, activities, and conventions will surprise readers. —Janet Hussey

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ZEST OF LIFE > MADE IN MISSOURI Hummingbirds have fascinated Terrie Merritt since she first saw them flitting around flowers near her home at Lake of the Ozarks. Her husband, Bill, retired from the field of Naval aviation and electronics and began to create art from recycled glass, but it wasn’t until seeing glass hummingbird feeders at an art show that Terrie’s obsession became a family business. Shortly after seeing that first feeder, Bill and Terrie started Ozarklake Distinct Decor. Today, Bill creates unique feeders in his studio near Camdenton. Every piece of glass he uses has had a previous life as a bottle, vase, or other object. The pieces are then embellished with recycled copper wiring and pieces. While many artists plan out their pieces before getting started, Bill creates every piece as the materials are in his hands. The idea comes out of the act of creating. This results in one-of-akind feeders that cannot be recreated. Bill creates two styles of hummingbird feeder: a vacuum feeder that uses a glass container and a tube feeder that uses small tubes to deliver nectar. Visit Ozarklake.net for more information. —Abby Callard

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secret root beer recipe at Richmond Heights. Today, Fitz’s Root Beer bottles the traditional recipe on bottling equipment from the 1940s—all while diners watch. St. Louisans did have a fifteen-year lack of Fitz’s when the original drive-in closed. But in 1985, the classic returned. An antique bottling machine was found on a farm, refurbished, and put into use. The vintage machinery produces more than just root beer. Fitz’s creates and sells cream soda, orange soda, grape soda, ginger ale, orange cream, and strawberry. The current location opened in 1993 on the Delmar Loop, named one of the ten great American streets by the American Planning Committee. The microbrewery and restaurant is consistently named a great place to dine out with kids and a good date night location. Visit www.fitzsrootbeer.com for more information. —Abby Callard

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THE GRILL MASTER’S FRIEND > Barbecue lovers know it can be hard to get that much-loved smoky flavor on their backyard grill, and that’s why Karl Schweickhardt of Great Eagle Enterprises at St. Louis created the Holey Smoker. Grill masters can simply fill this stainless steel box with wood chips and place under their grill to smoke meat, fish, vegetables, and cheese. The Holey Smoker also comes with a guide to different types of smoking woods and what flavors they impart to different kinds of food. Karl markets his own aged wood chips to use with the Holey Smoker, and he says apple is the most popular variety. The chips can be soaked in water, marinades, beer, or wine before use for extra flavor and to keep food moist. The Holey Smoker can be used with all types of grills, but Karl likes it especially for newer gas and electric grills, which

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A RURAL ODYSSEY

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH A WHEELCHAIR, THE WORLD’S LARGEST GOOSE, S L I C E D B R E A D , A N D A 6 - T O N P E C A N | Story by John Robinson and Photos by Laura Schuler

“HELLO KCI, your temperature is 78.”

Nevermind that there may not be a dozen people at KCI listening to KMZU Radio. That just proves it’s Missouri’s best radio station. Or at least it’s best for me, as I drive the back roads. The station broadcasts from Carrollton, a center of agrarian commerce. Real live radio personalities mix cornball talk, country music, and usable information. Real Americana. They bring out music that’s past dusty; it’s caked with auditory neglect. But the music is classic. There’s something refreshing about hearing from an old dead friend like Roger Miller. “Do Wacka Do” is travelin’ music. And when Roger finishes, he gives way to the live radio voice. It’s reassuring, as I drive along the countryside, intersecting a chain of blossoming afternoon thunderstorms, that the announcer knows the difference between the towns Coloma and Chula, Stet and Wakenda. The station really works at providing the world’s best weather coverage, and on this day, it paid off. Every ten minutes, the announcer interrupted Roger Miller and Willie Nelson and Hank Williams to tell me that the thunderstorm that just pelted Ethel would soon be bearing down on Elmer. Yikes! That’s where I was headed. I could see storm clouds, but of course I couldn’t get the whole picture of the storm movement. So the announcer’s information helped me dodge the deluge. A few minutes later, during the newscast, I learned much more. Oh, I had already done some homework about the area. And I knew from my highway map that the Macon County towns of Ethel and Elmer are separated by seven miles of rural highway. Ethel has

a hundred residents, Elmer has ninety-eight. But the radio newscast reported that a lady from Ethel died, so now the population race has tightened in these little communities along the Chariton River. Ethel will mourn her dead, and the storm will churn out tears. I turned south, away from Elmer and the storm. Somewhere between Bynumville and Keytesville, in an unincorporated area named after Mussel Fork Creek that runs through it, I met a most diverse group. Our encounter started innocently enough. I crested a hill and nearly collided with a boy and a wheelchair. The boy wasn’t in the wheelchair. He was pushing the empty chair along the highway, a bizarre visual out in the middle of nowhere. I waved, and kept driving the four more miles of pavement to the end of the road, then turned around to retrace my route. Cresting that same hill from the other side, I was surprised to find that the boy, now sitting in the wheelchair, had been joined by several accomplices, each demonstrating a unique preference for locomotion: an elderly gentleman on horseback, a man riding an all-terrain vehicle, and a dog, on all fours, of course. All were in the middle of the road, maybe for safety, since there are probably more coyotes than cars along this stretch of road.

The group made a bizarre parade, a modern version of the tattered fife and drum corps in the famous Revolutionary War painting. I slowed, waved, and waded through the gaggle of Mussel Forkers, wishing them a safe St. Patrick’s Day. Then I saw the blue highway sign that proclaims that the trash along this stretch of road is picked up by the Mussel Fork Snipe Hunting Association. I knew their purpose, although I can’t recall that they had trash bags. Maybe they were practicing trash pickup. Or maybe they were hunting the elusive snipe. As we all know, you don’t need a weapon or a bag, or anything else to hunt snipe. All you need is a gullible guinea pig. My car turned west toward the source of the radio signal, and picked up the HannibalKansas City route with the number 24. I set my compass for Kansas City. But it was no use. My car aligns its wheels like a TiltA-Whirl, taking me on a dozen detours along the way. First detour happened just down the road from the world’s largest pecan, a six-ton monument to the pecan groves that surround Brunswick. Since the Brunswick Pecan Festival doesn’t happen until October and a thunderstorm was bearing down, I headed toward a refuge used by Canadian geese. Sitting at the bottom of an imaginary triangle between Chillicothe and Marceline, Swan

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Lake National Wildlife Refuge seems sleepy until the geese arrive. Same with Sumner, the Wild Goose Capital of the World, according to a sign over one of the town’s two bars. Down on the corner is the Fulbright Museum (named for Arkansas Senator J. William Fulbright, who was born in Sumner) and Pioneer Kitchen. Alas, these attractions were shuttered, but I’m sure things get flappin’ when the geese arrive each autumn, followed by hunters, of course, and during Sumner’s annual Goose Festival every third weekend of October. My car turned onto Highway 139. Veering west, I slowed to traverse Tina, the aptly named tiny town owing its existence not to Highway 65 a mile away, or Route WW, which bends sharply a block before the tiny Tina town square. Rather, Tina was built by the Chicago, Burlington, and Kansas City Railroad, a stop for steam engines to take on water and wood. Engineer E. M. Gilchrist named it for his daughter. The trains don’t stop here anymore. Instead, freight trains fly past

From top: A bar in Sumner proclaims one of the town’s claims to fame. The murals at Chillicothe rival those at Cape Girardeau and Cuba, Missouri.

at upward of seventy miles an hour, providing a breeze for folks on the porch and offering a vehicle for the dreams of boys on bicycles. Motoring north in Carroll County, I drove up Route J and passed a mobile home with the door, or what’s left of it, hanging open. A real love tester for the occupants, I suspect. I persisted toward Chillicothe to pick up a loaf of bread. No big deal? Ah, but it was a loaf of sliced bread—a great-great-greatgranddaughter of the world’s very first sliced loaf of bread in this, the home of the first automatic bread slicer. The town has embraced its heritage, with one of tourism’s most innovative web sites declaring that Chillicothe is the greatest thing since sliced bread. They even have a bread festival each fall. Entering Livingston County, I drove down Route JJ past what may be the single most beautiful farm in Missouri. The farmhouse is

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huge, with a vibrant ocean blue roof splaying over multiple levels, dormers, and angles. The fences were the whitest, most perfect fences I’ve seen, and stretched for a mile on both sides of the highway, fencing in beautiful green prairie pastures. The barn is old but whitewashed. Character poured out of it. Near the house, within the white fences, were a series of three lakes, tiered down the sloping prairie hillside. Beautiful. The pastoral farm setting reminded me of Livingston County’s proud heritage as home of Jerry Litton, the successful Charolais farmer whose political career had taken off toward what many Missourians were sure would eventually reach the presidency of the United States. But in a cruel turn, on the night he had won the primary race for the United States Senate, his airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Chillicothe, killing all four members of his family. West of the scene of that crash, just over the Daviess County line is Lock Springs, Litton’s birthplace. Somebody erected a monument to Litton in this little town. It’s a beautiful monument. But the rest of the town needs a shot in the arm. It wasn’t lost on me, as I drove through the town, that Jerry Litton would be proud of a monument but would have been even prouder of a vibrant rural community in a vibrant rural economy. Locals would like that, too. Before sunset, my Sunfire scoured a few more roads around Chillicothe. I passed a cemetery on Route V with a trash bag sitting in front. I made a mental note that trash pickup for the dead appears to be on Tuesday. Along Route K is a nondescript metal building, like any other you’d see on a farm, but this one is the Chula Country Club. Along Route KK is a donkey farm, or at least a donkey on a farm. I don’t know if the donkey is used for transportation, but at the end of the road, the MoDOT crew was working on a bridge, with backhoe set up. When I approached, they moved out of the way, even though I didn’t want to cross and signaled so. The crew was polite and accommodating. I like MoDOT, even though they keep making more work for me by building new roads. At the end of Route N is a testy little village named Sampsel, at the corner of Rebel Road and Beer Boulevard. Somebody in the town

This picturesque farmhouse in a pastoral setting in Livingston County sits off of Route JJ.

posted a warning sign, one among many handpainted signs, warning “We’ll call the cops.” The sign had the desired effect: I turned around and skedaddled. Sampsel indeed. Wonder what they did with Delijah? Call Jerry Springer. In contrast, my eyes finally feasted upon fifteen delightful murals when I returned to Chillicothe’s downtown. Among the different scenes of wheat fields and flour mills and streetscapes, a Burlington Northern locomotive belches smoke and steam, rolling along one of four railroads that served the town. The sliced bread mural is tasty. I took a close look at the Palace of Fashion mural, knowing that Chillicotheans still embrace style and innovation, offering mural mugs and mural magnets. It was nearing dusk, so I headed toward Dawn. Dawn, Missouri, is so small they don’t list the population on the highway map. Near the hill called Blue Mound, I passed what may be the tiniest church this side of Vegas. It sits on the fringe of Bunch Hollow Conservation Area, at Routes U and Z.

Plunging south through Carroll County toward Coloma, look dead ahead, and you’ll see Long Tater Hill. Nearby is Round Tater Hill. They’re geologic formations known as Pennsylvanian mounds, adding to ample testimony that significant hills sprout north of the Missouri River, contrary to the beliefs of Ozarkers. At least the hills were significant to our ancestors, who labeled these cap rocks with their own names. Blue Mound. Stokes Mound. Mound Bogard. And, of course, the Taters. Darkness was almost complete, but I still had time to detour off Highway 65 and cross the railroad tracks to traverse an old wooden bridge on Route UU. It took me back to one of my earliest memories, the old wooden bridge crossing the tracks west of my very first hometown of Eldon, connecting the town with the north shore of the Lake of the Ozarks. Alas, that old creosote crossing is gone. I rejoined Highway 65 and approached Carrollton. At night, the town is surrounded by flashes of activity, the blinking red lights

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that crown the tall towers that broadcast the signal from my favorite radio station. It was getting late, and my car reminded me that I needed to get nearer to a Kansas City gas station. I drove into the remnants of a beautiful sunset, wispy clouds tinted tomato-soup red. You know what sailors say about red sky at night. I put my faith in the message from my trusty radio friend: “Hello Kansas City. You’re in for a beautiful starlit night.” Nobody knows Missouri like John Robinson.

King of the Road

John, a former Director of Tourism for Missouri, is dedicated to driving every mile of statemaintained highways. This makes him King of the Road. To date, he has covered 3,572 state roads, with 332 to go. As he drives each road, he marks it on his map, which truly has become his treasure.

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LITTLE-KNOWN PARTS OF MISSOURI’S STATE PARKS

OL’ ROUGH AND READY beat Missouri to the punch.

Although Missouri was among the first states to try to establish a state parks system, its first attempt fell short in the 1907 Missouri General Assembly. Exactly one decade passed before the legislature enacted a state parks authorization, one year after Teddy Roosevelt’s National Park System was born. But Missouri made history a half century later when its three original parks jumped the ship of state to form the nation’s first national scenic riverways. Those three—Big Spring, Round Spring, and Alley Spring—are highlights of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, christened in 1972 when Tricia Nixon Cox threw a floral bouquet into Big Spring. Big Spring is the biggest in the state, and one of the biggest in the world. But you knew that. Before we leave the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, the springs have something to tell. Their waters’ vivid colors come from dissolved limestone suspended in the water. You might see turquoise or aqua or azure, depending on sunlight and depth of the pool. An article on the National Park Service web site reports Big Spring carries away about 175 tons of calcium carbonate rock in solution every day. When those parks left the state system, the Current River flowed past no state park for nearly forty years. That’s about to change, when our newest state park opens in 2010. Current River State Park began its civil life as the Alton Club, a private retreat for executives of the Alton Boxboard Company in Illinois who came to the Ozarks to fish for fun and trout. The property fell into the hands of the Missouri Department of Conservation, who honored a former conservation director by renaming it the Jerry J. Presley Conservation Education Center. A railroad tie smell permeates the air around the park’s 1930s-era wooden buildings, stained creosote brown, standing on sturdy rock foundations. Many of the structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the big rounded wooden BY

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Alley Spring is one of many springs featured in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Alley has an average daily flow of eighty-one million gallons of water and is thirty-two feet deep.

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gymnasium sitting on a steep embankment above a lake. The compound is as nice as any summer camp, nice as Bunker Hill teachers’ camp a dozen miles away on the Jacks Fork River. But the Conservation Department had no useful plan for the property—too small for big conferences, too large for small parties. Locals resented any attempt to board people there, saying it takes money from local businesses. So it met the fate of so many awkward misfit properties. It became a state park. Missourians should be thankful. The state knows how to do parks. The very best kept secret about Missouri state parks is that in competitions every other year, Missouri’s parks have ranked in the top half dozen state parks systems in the nation. Consistently. Another granddaddy in Missouri’s system is Meramec State Park. Sure, you know you can float the Meramec, but you may not realize that under your keel, more species of crayfish live in the Meramec basin than just about anywhere. They thrive because the water emanates from springs that filter through limestone formations, infusing high levels of calcium into the water. Crayfish need calcium, since they shed their exoskeleton armor seven or eight times during the warm growing season. Each time a crayfish sheds, it also regurgitates its entire stomach and esophagus. Not to worry, a new stomach already has formed around the old one, with a calcium stone the size of an oblong pearl wedged between. When the old stomach exits, the new stomach dissolves this calcium, which hits the critter’s bloodstream and emerges as the material for a new exoskeleton. Nifty. Crayfish aren’t the only Missouri residents to shuck their duds in the

summer. Who hasn’t heard about Party Cove, a gaggle of nano-clad sun worshipers who bump up against Lake of the Ozarks State Park every summer Sunday? You may even know that this park is saddled with a major airstrip on its spine, built in the ’60s to welcome half a hundred chief executives to the National Governors Conference. What you may not know is that before any governors or naked boaters invaded the park, two park camps formerly hosted Boy Scouts (Camp Pa He Tsi) and Girl Scouts (Camp Pin Oak). The Girl Scouts stopped using rustic Pin Oak three years ago, according to the Department of Natural Resources. At once rustic yet reachable, Ozark Caverns remains one of the park’s hidden gems and one of Missouri’s premier show caves. The caverns might be too cool to attract clothing-challenged visitors from Party Cove, but it’s one of the few caves in the state accessible for folks with disabilities. Speaking of challenges, everybody knows what happened to one of Missouri’s favorite natural getaways, Johnson’s Shut-Ins. After the billion-gallon flush that rolled boulders the size of Lincoln Navigators through the park, its many features are in various stages of recovery. Meanwhile, travel just a few miles east of Johnson’s Shut-Ins, down the road from the granite elephants in Missouri’s smallest but heaviest state park. You’re looking for Hawn State Park, a natural gem too often overlooked. Whispering pines offer a majestic greeting to visitors, who soon discover that Pickle Creek has patiently cut through sandstone to reach bedrock and pulses through fantastic shut-ins all its own. And hey, don’t be intimidated by Devil’s Oven, Devil’s Fretwork, or Rattlesnake Rocks,

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JOHN ROBINSON

I SHOT SEVERAL BUFFALO AT PRAIRIE STATE PARK. THEY DIDN’T SEEM TO MIND, REALLY, SINCE THE CLICK OF MY CAMERA SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE A REMINGTON REPEATER.

COURTESY OF MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Angel Showers, a cave phenomenon where water seems to come out of solid rock, is a feature of Ozark Caverns at Lake of the Ozarks State Park.

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and don’t eat the farkleberries growing on Evans’ Knob. On your way from here to there, you likely have done what twentyseven million travelers do every year on Interstate 70: bypass Graham Cave State Park, just off the road near Montgomery City. Pity. The cave provided shelter for Missouri residents ten thousand years before the federal interstate highway system. It may be Missouri’s most prominent crack this side of New Madrid, although not caused by an earthquake. Just south of New Madrid, Missouri’s second-longest boardwalk sits among some world record-sized trees in Big Oak Tree State Park. The longest boardwalk sits just a few miles north of there, in the grossly under-visited Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. Before Missourians made significant alterations to the landscape during the last century, prairies were common in Missouri. Not many people realize that a rare sand prairie exists at Wakonda State Park, just south of La Grange near the Mississippi River. The sand prairie is a result of the hand of man, a remnant of a dredging operation to provide gravel for concrete in a growing highway system. The dredging ceased, but the sand prairie thrives, along with the largest

sand beach in the entire Missouri state park system. On the western frontier, prairie is making a modest comeback, with help from Prairie State Park in Barton County. The park is in the middle of nowhere, and the bison like it that way. Back before the Civil War, millions of bison owned thirteen million acres of tallgrass prairie in Missouri. Settlers killed off every one of them. Fast forward to 1982; Missouri reintroduced nine bison to this rare reservation. Today the herd is thriving, numbering about thirty animals, and with a guide, you can get up close and personal with them, within reason. Hiding in plain sight, the unsung stars of the park are the prairie tallgrasses: Beard-tongue and Rattlesnake Master, Ripgut and Turkey Foot. These grasses and flowers, including some desert varieties that grow on the hillsides, feature deep roots that can survive drought, fire, wind, and flood—everything but civilization. A dozen species of birds, and another dozen species of critters, insects, and fish call the grasses home. They all get along, in a food chain sort of way. American Indians know this. Always have. They leave us clues how to live in harmony with the land. They teach us through the school of

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GLENN CURCIO

From top: Pickle Creek at Hawn State Park has cut a path through the bedrock to create small shut-ins. Petroglyphs at Washington State Park near De Soto are estimated by the Department of Natural Resources to have been created about AD 1000 by prehistoric Indians.

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hard rocks, and they make you stretch your vocabulary: In the grand tradition of confusing stalactites with stalagmites, add petroglyphs and pictographs. The latter are paintings. Petroglyphs are engravings, and they’re as permanent as your neighbor’s tattoo, reporting the world from a prehistoric point of view. Find one ancient library at Washington State Park, in the northeast part of the county with the same surname. Beyond the park shelters built by the loving hands of African-American Civilian Conservation Corps stonemasons, the petroglyphs reveal symbols carved indelibly in dolomite long before English became Missouri’s official language. These petroglyphs tell tales of hunting and fertility, sun and rain, thunder birds and lightning bolts. Similar symbols sit preserved under a new octagonal shelter at Thousand Hills State Park north of Kirksville. Long before Big Creek was dammed in the 1950s to form the park’s lake—the water source for a thirsty Kirksville—the petroglyphs recorded the history of life along these thousand hills. Van Meter State Park sits among verdant hills and deep ravines, too, called the Pinnacles, north of Marshall. The area is the ancient home of the Oumessourit tribe, as they were called by French explorers. You know that name, anglicized to become Missouri. You may not know that the park is the new home of the Missouri American Indian

BoatHenge was created along the Katy Trail State Park near Cooper’s Landing in 2005 when John Offerman, Chris Cady, Scott “Catfish” Melton (donor of the boats, who most know only as Catfish), and Carl Orazio had a bit of fun. This image was captured during the 2007 flood of the Missouri River.

Cultural Center, a long-overdue interpretation of the nine tribes of early nineteenth-century Missouri. During that same century, railroads came through Missouri, and as a result, trees were cut, buffalo were slaughtered, and progress muscled every obstacle out of the way. Somebody’s Great Father might’ve cracked a smile when a portion of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad relinquished its rails and reverted to human-powered transportation. Sure, you’ve heard the controversies about the Katy Trail, the world’s longest, skinniest state park. But if you can’t get over it, get on it. And on your next trail trip stem to stern, look for these icons on the central portion of the trail: His ’n’ Hers outhouses, the world’s best Thai food trailer, and BoatHenge. Think Stonehenge with runabouts. To mix metaphors, this print pictograph barely scratches the surface of Missouri’s forty-nine state parks. Like two thousand other Missourians, according to the Missouri Division of State Parks, you may have visited all of them, but among the more than two hundred thousand acres in Missouri state parkdom, there’s always something new to discover. Visit www.mostateparks.com for more information.

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MISSOURI HAS BEEN CALLED

MANY THINGS— “the Center State,” “the Gateway to the West,” even “the Outlaw State,” but it could just as easily be called “the Immigrant State.” Even Missouri families that have been here since statehood originally came from somewhere else, and while this could be said of any state, Missouri’s waves of immigration have been diverse and constant and have created much of its unique flavor. The history of Missouri is the history of its immigrant groups.

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ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREW BARTON; COURTESY OF SILVER DOLLAR CITY

THE FACES THAT POPULATE THE STATE

THE ORIGINAL IMMIGRANTS Missouri wasn’t always inhabited. It wasn’t until about twelve thousand years ago that the first small groups of hunters and gatherers arrived after crossing the Bering Land Bridge between Asia and North America. They lived off the land, hunting big game like woolly mammoth and gathering edible plants. After many centuries, they settled down into villages and developed the tribes we are familiar with today—the Osage, Kansa, and Missouri. Near the end of the sixteenth century, these Asian immigrants, who had by then been in the area long enough to consider themselves natives, first became aware of a new immigrant group—the Spanish.

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Hispanic Dancers at World-Fest at Silver Dollar City.

Missouri’s rich and vibrant culture is a mix of immigrants who settled our state and newcomers who contribute their own traditions, fesitvals, and celebrations. ARTUR HOHL

Artist, Hermann Künstlerhaus, Hermann Hometown: Bad Schussenried, Germany Came to Missouri: 1992 Citizenship status: Green Card Why Missouri: Artur was swept away by Hermann because he felt it was as close as he would probably get to Germany. He likes the wine, the hilliness of the region, and the river. The people make him feel at home and comfortable with his German accent, of course.

“I am very pleased with t‫ ה‬response to Kün lerhaus and also with t‫ ה‬quality of work and t‫ ה‬ability to feature local arti s in our gallery. It’s been very wonderfully accepted and successful in its own way, not ju as a business but as an art gallery.”

A WEE BIT OF IRISH

WILLKOMMEN

Both of our big cities celebrate their Irish heritage in big ways, but the St. Louis St. Patrick’s Day Parade is one of the largest St. Patrick’s celebrations in the country. Poor Irish immigrants didn’t have the money to buy businesses and became laborers, but within a generation, they had quickly joined the middle class. Wear some green to honor them.

German immigrants settled all over the state, as so many parts of Missouri reminded them of home. In 1860, German-speaking immigrants were the largest group. We celebrate their heritage at the thirtieth annual Wurstfest at Stone Hill Pavilion and Hermannhof Festhalle at Hermann on March 28-29. Sample the sausage and Wiener schnitzel and dance the polka.

NAT POMBOR-TULAY

Income Auditor, Marriott, Kansas City Hometown: Foyatangia, Liberia Came to Missouri: May 1991 Citizenship status: U. S. Citizen (2007) Why Missouri: Literally skin and bone, Nat arrived in Missouri as a revolution swept through his home country. He had been tortured and abused but managed to contact an American friend who assisted him in leaving Liberia. An opportunity arose at the University of Missouri at Columbia for him to obtain an education. He studied agriculture economics.

An immigration court at Chicago in 1997 ruled that Nat be granted U.S. citizenship. He was sworn in as a citizen in 2007 at Kansas City.

— Callina Wood

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COURTESY OF GEORGE DENNISTON JR JR.; COURTESY OF TOM GORMAN GORMAN; COURTESY OF CHARLES CAMPBELL

— Abby Callard

THE SPANISH AND FRENCH The Spanish had taken over much of Central and South America and began exploring up the Mississippi River and across the vast desert Southwest. Not finding gold, they concentrated on the regions they had already conquered further south, leaving the area to be explored next by the French, whose fur trappers and missionaries came in from Canada. The Missouri tribe was living near the confluence of the Missouri and Grand rivers when it was “discovered” by French explorers. The Missouri called themselves the Mintache, meaning “those who reached the mouth of the river,” and called the nearby river the Missouri, meaning “people having dugout canoes.” The French ended up calling both the people and the river the Missouri, and eventually the name was given to the entire area. The French were the first Europeans to come to the Mississippi River Valley to stay, founding New Orleans in 1718, Ste. Genevieve in the early 1730s, and St. Louis in 1764. Several more small settlements appeared along the river and in the lead-mining region of what is now southeast Missouri. While some French families tended farms or mined lead, the majority made their living by trading furs with the various Indian tribes. Most of the French in this rough frontier were men, and many married American Indian women and had mixed-race children. The French also imported black slaves to do most of the lead mining, adding more diversity to the area. Because of European political maneuvering, France gave the region to Spain in 1762, and a wave of Spanish immigrants soon came to the area. This new influence was not to last, however. Most Europeans in the colony were still French, and when Spain gave the region back to France in 1800, most of the Spanish officials and soldiers left. They did leave one lasting legacy, however, through their liberal immigration program. To the east of the Mississippi, the new United States of America, which the Spanish and French helped create through their assistance in the American War of Independence, was rapidly filling up. The Spanish government, hungry for more colonists, allowed thousands of Americans to move west of the Mississippi, get Spanish citizenship, and work the land. The most famous of these new Spaniards was Daniel Boone, who arrived in 1799 and became an official in the local Spanish government. While the region officially passed back into French hands in 1800, it was soon bought by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. This acquisition of a huge swath of land west of the Mississippi doubled the size of the United States and set off another wave of immigration from the East. Most of those who came to Missouri arrived from southern states, and the richer newcomers brought

their slaves with them. Soon African Americans made up more than 10 percent of the Missouri population.

JEWISH IMMIGRANTS The first Jews came shortly after the area became part of the United States, when a Jewish family opened up a store and brewery in St. Louis in 1807. There may have been Jews during the Spanish period as well, but the records aren’t clear on this. By 1841, they started the first formal Jewish religious organization, the United Hebrew Congregation, which joined ranks of many other faiths, such as Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptists. By the time Missouri became a state in 1821, Americans had spread to most of the state, and the original Indian tribes who had lived here for centuries had been all but pushed out. The last would be forced to leave in 1836. The population now stood at sixty-six thousand, of which ten thousand were slaves, along with a few hundred free blacks.

THE MEXICANS Another major event took place in 1821 that would have a profound impact on Missouri—Mexico became independent from Spain. The new country, eager to establish economic ties with that slightly older country to the north, opened itself for trade. Soon wagon trains headed up and down the Santa Fe Trail, bringing cloth and manufactured goods to Mexico and silver, furs, and livestock to Missouri. One Mexican import was mules that were bred and improved into the now-famous Missouri Mule. Some of the Mexican merchants who traded along the route settled at Kansas City and other western Missouri towns, founding the first sizable and permanent Hispanic community.

THE GERMANS AND IRISH Other immigrant groups came, too. Starting in the 1830s, German immigrants began to settle in St. Louis and along the Missouri River, establishing towns like Hermann and planting vineyards and opening breweries. They tended to create their own towns, building German schools, German churches, and German community centers, retaining their language and culture. The Irish came, too, and since they usually didn’t have enough money to buy land or open shops like the Germans, they mostly settled in larger towns and worked as laborers. Within a generation, their economic situation had vastly improved. The Federal Census for 1860, on the eve of the Civil War, shows how diverse Missouri had become and why the state ended up as part of the Union. Of a total population of one million, more than 160,000 Missourians, or

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Like the foreign-born Americans, their loyalties lay with the North. There were still enough people of Southern extraction in the state, however, to cause a lot of headaches for the Union army, including a bitter guerrilla war.

THE ITALIANS

IN THE 2000 CENSUS, FOREIGN-BORN MISSOURIANS ARE LISTED BY THEIR REGION, NOT COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.

Oceania

(Australia and Pacific Islands)

Northern America

(Canada, Bermuda and Greenland)

Africa Latin America Europe Asia

13.5 percent, had been born outside the country. The vast majority of these people supported the Union, since they had crossed the seas in order to live in the United States, not the Confederate States of America. The largest group was from German-speaking countries, totaling more than eighty-eight thousand. The next biggest group was the Irish, totaling more than forty-three thousand. Large numbers of English, French, Dutch, Italians, and Scottish also showed up on the census. A sprinkling of other nationalities from more than a score of other countries filled out the total, including three Chinese, two Sandwich Islanders, and three Turks. The largest concentration of foreign-born Missourians was in St. Louis city and county, where they made up more than half the population. Most counties along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers had at least 10 percent foreign-born, though some had up to a third, while there were smaller populations of immigrants in virtually all other counties. In fact, only Douglas and Ozark counties reported no immigrants in the 1860 census. What the census does not show is that an increasing number of American-born newcomers to Missouri hailed from northern states. While the original settlers had come from places such as Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Carolinas, now people arrived from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Illinois.

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The war didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t slow down immigration for long. Soon after the end of hostilities, the economy started booming again, and more immigrants came to Missouri to start a new life. Italians arrived in large groups, creating readymade communities. In 1898, five hundred immigrants from Bologna arrived in Sunnyside, Arkansas, to work on a cotton plantation. Conditions must have been miserable, because half of them died of malaria. Desperate, the Italians asked the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad for work in a healthier climate. The company owned tracts of land in St. James and had lost a lot of money when the iron mine there went bust. The railroad offered this land in forty-acre tracts at three dollars an acre. Choosing a good deal in Missouri over certain death in Arkansas, the Italians jumped at the chance. Most planted vineyards, but at first they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t try to compete with the German wineries, instead selling the grapes for jellies and juice. The rich vineyards the Italians created eventually attracted the founders of the now-famous St. James Winery in 1970. While the big cities had German, Irish, and Italian neighborhoods, smaller ethnic communities appeared as well, such as the Chinese, Luxembourgers, and Scandinavians. Older communities still retained their distinctive flavor. In fact, in some old towns such as Ste. Genevieve, French could still be heard as a spoken language well into the twentieth century. German towns also retained their language until public sentiment during the two world wars pressured schools to stop teaching it.

LATER IMMIGRANTS The end of World War II and the start of the Cold War brought a new group of European immigrants, especially from Eastern Europe. In 1956, a group of Hungarians fleeing Soviet oppression arrived at St. Louis. Other wars brought other nationalities. The Vietnam War generated a Vietnamese community at Carthage, and more than thirty thousand refugees from Bosnia have arrived at St. Louis since the mid-1990s, when the Yugoslav civil war destroyed many of their cities and villages. While the 1860 census shows that Missouri had a diverse population then, it is even more so today. South Asian and Middle Eastern families have spread across the state. Now in addition to Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, the

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state has Hindu temples and Muslim mosques. The state’s rate of immigration, though, is actually lower than the national average. According to the 2000 census, the latest available, foreign-born persons account for 2.7 percent of the population, as opposed to 11.1 percent nationwide. Also, 5.1 percent of Missouri families speak a language other than English, compared with 17.9 percent nationwide. These figures do not include undocumented immigrants. The major influx in recent years has been of Hispanics, who come to Missouri to get jobs in the meat processing, building, and service industries. In 2000, there were 118,592 Hispanics in the state, almost double the number from ten years before, though the actual figure is much higher since many do not have work papers and thus don’t appear on the census. One of the oldest immigrant groups in the state, they are now also the largest. It’s interesting to note that only about a third of legal Hispanics were born outside the United States, and that Hispanics are now the

largest native-born minority in the United States. While the media focuses on Hispanic immigrants and the occasional influx of refugees from war-torn areas, many immigrants still come from Europe and the Englishspeaking world. The author of this article was born in Canada and is a Green Card holder. This has never proven to be a barrier to employment. Like in 1860, the immigrants of today tend to settle in the main cities and towns, with smaller numbers spread out across the state. Those who arrive with money buy businesses such as motels and service stations. Hispanics may be the largest immigrant group for the foreseeable future, but it’s anyone’s guess what new groups will come. Could St. Louis end up with a thriving Somali community? Could a regime change lead to an influx of North Koreans into Springfield? This sounds like wild speculation, but a look at Missouri’s history of immigration shows that, sooner or later, a new group of people will add their heritage and labor to Missouri’s rich and varied culture.

LET FREEDOM RING

KONNICHIWA

Settlers came from Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Carolinas and brought their slaves, and by the early 1800s, African Americans were 10 percent of the population. Juneteenth celebrations across the state honor the Emancipation Proclamation. In St. Louis, Kwanzaa: First Fruits Ceremony at the Missouri Botanical Garden honors African heritage.

The 2000 census shows Missouri said konnichiwa (hello) to large groups of Asians, especially from South Asia. Carthage has a large Vietnamese festival, and Kansas City and St. Louis have Japanese festivals. See the tea ceremony and traditional breaking of a sake barrel at the Japanese Festival at Missouri Botanical Garden on Labor Day weekend.

SCOTT (WATOUAH K) YANG

Grower/translator, Webb City Farmer’s Market, Seneca Hometown: Xieng Khouang, Laos Came to Missouri: 2005 Citizenship status: U. S. Citizen (1995) Why Missouri: Scott says what he likes most about the state is its temperate weather. While he doesn’t know what the future holds, he says Missouri is the perfect place for his family right now.

“A couple years ago, in 2005, I found out that t‫ה‬re was a farmers’ market in Webb City. We became a vendor in Webb City. I used to translate in school, and I used to handle PTA in Minneapolis. [Some of t‫ ה‬vendors] don’t under and English that well. Sometimes t‫ה‬y need me to translate.” — Abby Callard

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HERITAGE FESTIVALS African-American Juneteenth, at St. Joseph on June 12-14, is the celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation and the ending of slavery. Call 816-387-9598 for more information.

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The Missouri Black Expo Foundation is hosting its eighteenth annual Community Celebration weekend on August 21-23 at St. Louis. The event offers a career fair and free health screenings, plus evening concerts and an amateur boxing invitational. Call 314-361-5772 or visit www.missouriblackexpo. com for more information.

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■ Celebrate Kwanzaa at the Missouri Botanical Garden at St. Louis at the Kwanzaa: First Fruits Ceremony. This event is celebrated on December 30, with a ceremony taking place from 12-4 PM. Visit www.mobot. com for more information.

■ The E. Desmond Lee Africa World Documentary Film Festival takes place in February, in coordination with University of Missouri at St. Louis. These documentaries look at situations around the world that deal with African communities. Visit www.umsl.edu for more information.

American Indian ■ Drumming, singing, and dancing, plus craft and jewelry vendors will highlight the sixth annual Pow Wow on November 21-22 at Missouri State University campus at Springfield. Visit multicultural. missouristate.edu/ for more information.

Asian-American ■ Chinese Culture Days transports visitors to the land of China through performances, daily parades, and guided tours of the gardens. The

festival will be held April 25-26 at Missouri Botanical Garden at St. Louis. Visit www.mobot. com or call 800-642-8842 for more information. ■ Thousands of Vietnamese flock to Carthage every year for Marian Days. The festival celebrates the Virgin Mary and is held annually in early August at the Congregation of the Mother Co-Redemptrix church. Call 417-358-7787 for more information. ■ The Japanese Festival at Missouri Botanical Garden on Labor Day weekend opens with a traditional breaking of a sake barrel, and activities include ice sculpting, cooking, karate, garden tours, and tea ceremonies. Call 800-6428842 or visit www.mobot.org/ events/japanesefestival/ for more information.

■ The Kansas City Japan Festival packs a plethora of Japanese culture into one day: martial arts, talent contests, and traditional Japanese music. The festival is held September 27 in the Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College at Overland Park. Visit www.kcjapanfestival.com for more information.

French ■ Ste. Genevieve celebrates French heritage with music, reenactments, cuisine, and dance at French Heritage Days in June. Call 800-373-7007 for more information. ■ After the simulated beheading of King Louis and Marie Antoinette, the Bastille Days festival in the Soulard neighborhood at St. Louis kicks off. The festival is held annually in mid-July. Call 314-621-6226 or visit www.soulard.org/Historic-

EMILIO JUAREZ SR. & EMILIO JUAREZ JR.

Father and son, furniture store operators, California, Missouri

“American inﬂuence reac‫ה‬s around t‫ ה‬world,”and t‫ ה‬global marketing and entertainment indu ry gave t‫ ה‬Juarezes a preview into American life, which eased t‫ה‬ir transitions, Emilio Jr. says. “I’ve been around many, many places in t‫ ה‬United States, but Missouri is a good place to raise a family,” Emilio Sr. adds. —Karen Green

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KAREN GREEN

Hometown: Apopa, El Salvador Came to Missouri: 1994 & 2005 Citizenship Status: Temporary Protected Status Why Missouri: Upon coming to Missouri, Emilio Sr. felt fearful. Things were different than in his home country of El Salvador, and English was difficult for him. After surviving a civil war that lasted from 1980 to 1992 in El Salvador, Emilio Sr. says he likes Missouri because it is “quiet.” Like his father, Emilio Jr. also had a difficult time with the language initially, but educational and social experiences pulled him into the mainstream and helped him adapt quickly. Both father and son agree that there were a few cultural surprises.

SoulardSBABastilleDays.php for more information. Stone Hill Winery at Hermann transports visitors to the bayous of Louisiana at the Cajun Concert on the Hill on July 11-13. Cajun food will be served, and Cajun dancers from Louisiana will teach and perform. Call 800-909-9463 or visit www.stonehillwinery. com for more information.

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Ste. Genevieve is home to artisans who are featured in the annual Jour de Fete craft show in early August. Call 800-373-7007 or visit www. greatriverroad.com/stegen/ sgattract/jourfetehome.htm for more information.

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Ste. Genevieve area artists gather for Promenade des Arts, a celebration of the arts, October 2-11. The event culminates with the art sale. Call 800-373-7007 or visit www. greatriverroad.com/stegen/ sgattract/promenade.htm for more information.

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Costumed guides demonstrate the traditional 1800s French Christmas, known as “Le Reveillon,” in the historic Felix Vallé House at Ste. Genevieve. Call 573-883-7102 for more information.

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The last weekend in February, the Soulard Neighborhood in St. Louis opens its doors for the boisterous Soulard Mardi Gras. Call 314-771-5110 or visit www.stlmardigras.org for more information.

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For more than 250 years, people have been dancing the night away in French Colonial style at the King’s Ball at Ste. Genevieve. The ball is held in early February. Call 573-8837097 or visit www.saintegenevievetourism.org/events.htm for more information.

German ■ The thirtieth annual Wurstfest will take place at Stone Hill Pavilion and Hermannhof Festhalle at Hermann on March 28-29. There will be a variety of sausages available for sampling and purchasing. Visit www.hermannmo.info:80/wurstfest/wurstfest.htm for more information. ■ Every weekend during October, Hermann celebrates Oktoberfest. Call 800-9328687 for more information. ■ German heritage is brought back to life at Deutsch Country Days each year at Luxenhaus Farm at Marthasville. On October 17-18, the farm will host live music, skilled artisans, and hands-on workshops. Call 636-433-5669 or visit www. deutschcountrydays.org for more information.

■ St. Patrick’s Fiesta is a Mexican celebration that takes place at St. Joseph on August 14-15. Thousands attend the two-day event, which features Mexican folk dancing, a carnival, Mexican food, and games for the kids. Call 816-2792594 for more information.

Irish

Greek

■ KC Irish Fest celebrates all things Irish from September 4-6 at Crown Center Square in downtown Kansas City. The event hosts stage performances, Celtic music, a dance competition, heritage displays, and workshops. Call 816-9970837 or visit www.kcirishfest. com for more information.

This Labor Day weekend (September 5-7) Greek food, folk dancing, and music will highlight the St. Nicholas Greek Festival held at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at St. Louis. Call 314-361-6924 or visit www. sngoc.org/greekfest for more information. ■

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Hispanic ■ Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the annual Fiesta Kansas City in Crown Center Square May 8 -10. The festival will feature music, food, dancing, and exhibits. Call 816-472-6767 or visit www.crowncenter.com for more information.

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■ On June 21, Worlds of Fun and Univision Kansas City present Festival de Dia de los Padres, a day filled with music, dance, rides, and entertainment. Call 816-4544545 or visit worldsoffun.com for more information.

St. Louis St. Patrick’s Day Parade is one of the largest St. Patrick’s celebrations in the country. The parade features more than 120 floats, giant balloons, and marching bands. The next march through St. Louis is March 13, 2010. Call 314-241-PATS or visit www.irishparade.org for more information

Scottish ■ On June 12-14, the thirtysecond annual Kansas City Scottish Highland Games will feature world-class bagpiping, sanctioned highland dancing,

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and Scottish heavy-athletics competitions. Visit www. kcscottishgames.org for more information.

Slovak You’ll find polka and kielbasa at the Sugar Creek Slavic Festival on June 12-13. Performers and visitors are encouraged to join in the traditional kolo circle dance of unity. Call 816-461-4877 for more information.

Multi-ethnic World-Fest, April 4-May 3, at Silver Dollar City at Branson features performances by entertainers from around the world. Visit festivals.bransonsilverdollarcity.com for more information.

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■ The Ethnic Enrichment Festival will be held August 21-23 at Swope Park at Kansas City. There will be forty countries represented. Visit www.eeckc. org for more information. ■ The annual Ozarks Celebration Festival will be held on the campus of Missouri State University at Springfield on September 11-13. Past events included music, a chili supper, and a craft and music festival. Visit ocf.missouristate.edu for more information.

Rock ’n’ Roll

Goes to School in Columbia By John Hendel

Columbia celebrates its fifth anniversary with its annual Battle of the Bands scheduled tentatively on May 7 at The Blue Note in downtown Columbia. This revolutionary club advocates rock ’n’ roll, a musical form traditionally associated with rebellion and its companions, sex and drugs. At Hickman, the club has gone mainstream and, along with student government and National Honor Society, has been consistently ranked as one of the top clubs for student involvement, with 5-10 percent of the student body involved in the Academy in some way in a school of 2,100 people. These musical enthusiasts are just as likely to be high-achievers as jaded slackers or rebels, and genres covered by the club range from electronica elecctronica ctronicaa to alternativee country, country blues bl to pure rock.

The Battle and The Tipper Gores Hundreds of students stared up at the four-piece band, composed of high school seniors, competing in the second Battle of the Bands. The lead singer of The Tipper Gores, David Korasick, with shaggy hair, big sneakers, and shorts, strummed his guitar and sang for fifty seconds before the drummer started banging and the crowd went wild. Entry price that evening was three bucks to see eight high school bands from Columbia gather in Hickman’s auditorium to compete for recording time and a Golden Guitar trophy. A year-end celebration of high school musical talent of any and all genres, whether rock or rap, ska or blues, this event is the blazing fire beneath the Academy of Rock. The Tipper Gores won that second year, and David recalls great surprise sur rpri as well as appreciation for the eight-hundred-dollar prize of recordeig eighting time. The band is the first Battle t winner winn nn that is still performing together. The T first three Battle of the Bands happened in Hickman’s auditorium, happ while whi the last two took place at The Blue Note, a central music venue in downtown Columbia. dow Today, The Tipper Gores attend T the University of Missouri and t remain active in the Columbia rem music scene, playing concerts at m venues such as Mojo’s and The v Blue B Fugue.

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COURTESY OF CHRISTOPHER POND; NOTLEY HAWKINS

THIS SPRING, the Academy of Rock at Hickman High School in

Jordan Lamb and Austin Ilsley of The Last Kings perform at a Columbia Public Schools benefit redux of the Battle of the Bands 2008. Left: The Tipper Gores, lead singer and guitarist David Korasick, drummer Matt Fetterly, and bassist Jaren Smith, won the Battle of the Bands in 2006. They all now attend MU.

In The Beginning ing In the beginning in 2004, word spread fast among the students: A club for rock ’n’ roll? Popular music? Really? A few passionate students and teachers were involved in the club’s start, remembers then-sophomore Anne Shifley, later a club officer. They recruited from personal networks and people they thought would be enthusiastic about music, who wanted to talk, watch documentaries, and sometimes play, though playing was not a requirement. Two juniors, David Kemper and Dylan Raithel, triggered the Academy of Rock’s formation in the class of their English teacher, Phil Overeem. They approached Phil, also an obsessive music fanatic, and told him they should form a music club together. David and his musical friends had trouble booking shows; he proposed a Battle of the Bands between Hickman and Rock Bridge high schools. The Battle has been between the two schools ever since. The Academy of Rock’s first club meeting took place on February 4, 2004, and within three months, the first Battle occurred, attracting 550 people, earning $1,700, and costing only $66 for the judges’ pizza. This helped solve David’s booking problem. Venue owners realized that an Academy booking would summon a horde of impassioned kids. The Academy of Rock turned David into one of what he calls the fortunate few who enjoyed their high school experience. Class was never his thing, but David and Phil worked together as equals for David’s remaining year and a half at Hickman. The club took off. Everyone lived and breathed the Academy, David says. An organization emerged without effort. “Everything seemed so easy at the time,” he recalls with a smile now at age twenty-one. David still plays his acoustic guitar every day, keeps in touch with Phil, and says Hickman will always be his home. He is still playing around Columbia, working odd jobs as he works on his music.

“Without the

Academy of Rock,

I wouldn’t be doing this,” –Molly Trull Bluesy tones kick off the podcast, entitled Rock Therapy, this one dated December 16, 2008, and the vocals are immediately ear-catching: “I don’t need a doctor, I don’t need a pill …” Johnny Burnette and the Rock and Roll Trio sing, “I need rock therapy.” The music cuts out as another voice, that of host Phil Overeem, enters, ““Welcome to the landmark fiftieth edition of Rock Therapy, Hickman High School’s musical podcast, and since we’re all home on a snow day H ttoday, it’s only appropriate I prepare a little holiday podcast.” The music continues. Phil, the charismatic Academy of Rock sponsor in his mid-forties, has continued to expand the Academy of Rock in the years since it h began, fifty music podcasts being just one example. Phil wants students b iinvolved in podcasting, which they sometimes are, but training slows tthe process. He has a history of rocking out in bands in the ’80s, and podcasting helps channel his own musical mania, dating back to his p Carthage childhood. C Phil Overeem promotes the annual Battle of the Bands to club members at the monthly meeting. The meetings are usually followed by documentaries.

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Cooper Livingston is the life-force behind Carbon Brainchild, and he has also backed Molly Trull and Anodyne. He plays for a crowd at The Blue Note at Columbia in 2008. Cooper now attends the University of Missouri at Columbia.

Academy Idols “… so let me shut up and welcome …” said Phil, decked out in his black Dead Moon T-shirt and standing on stage at Hickman’s Little Theatre with Exene Cervenka. Exene, a red-haired fifty-two-year-old musician and former lead singer of the punk band X, wore a black dress when she came to Hickman last April. She read poetry, played guitar, and answered questions. Rows of students—tie-dye and backward caps, preps and longhaired slacker stereotypes, all present—filled the theater seats, ready to clap and ask questions of the music legend. Academy members meet the first Monday of each month to help plan these events. Most outsiders start paying attention when they hear who the Academy has attracted over the past half decade—Exene, the Drive-By Truckers, Bobby Rush, The Hold Steady, and Baby Gramps—to perform and advise young Academy members. Local bands, such as Bockman, the F*Bombs, and Amsterband (now Ha Ha Tonka), have also performed. Phil usually sends initial e-mails to press agents in order to get national acts such as the Drive-By Truckers and The Hold Steady. His success in booking comes as much from tenacity as any networking or music friends. The successes overshadow the many quiet, failed band requests.

Visiting musical artists have always performed for free with the exception of Baby Gramps, a one-man operation on a shoestring budget. The Academy scraped together three hundred dollars to pay for his performance at the Little Theatre.

Molly Trull and Anodyne “I love Baby Gramps!” Molly Trull exclaims. “He’s the nicest guy.” The eighteen-year-old was one of the students Phil arranged to chauffeur Baby Gramps last February when the steel guitar player of more than forty years performed for Hickman and also at Columbia’s True/False documentary film festival. Academy members meet and greet guest musicians entering town, sometimes picking up and escorting the artists. The Academy helped channel a nascent passion for music that was exploding when Molly hit her junior year. Voice lessons, songwriting, and opportunities to perform through the Academy opened up new paths for this initially shy girl who had once rocked out to Broadway musicals rather than the murder ballads she’s fond of writing these days. Singing in a five-piece band called Molly Trull and Anodyne, she won the fifth Battle of the Bands just before her graduation. Given her

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These documentary showings happen about once a month. A serious streak affects Phil when he says he wishes that there were more people at the documentaries, that he had more money for the club, that he could offer pizza to his fellow music fans at these events. Most of the money raised at the club’s main fundraiser, the Battle of the Bands, pays for the Battle prize (recording time), upgrades to the club’s sound equipment, and other incidentals.

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recent achievements—more than twenty original songs, performances at Hickman’s lunch concerts, a Kewpie Idol event, and the Battle win—she has earned the admiration of both Phil and Academy co-sponsor Brock Boland, another English teacher a decade younger than Phil. They say she could have a future if she pursued music. Her band’s violinist, a Washington University-bound girl named Rachel Zemke, joined the Academy because that’s what all the cool kids did. She became a club officer, a loose designation in a group known since its founding for its fluid and open organization. Molly’s parents knew of Phil’s good qualities since he taught Molly at Smithton Middle School, and they had heard of the Academy of Rock before their daughter entered high school. They encouraged her to join.

Multimedia Giveaways One fall day, nearly twenty students gathered in Hickman’s Little Theatre at 4 PM. Phil stood on the stage, pleased with the turnout. He expected as few as three or four members—the hard core punk fans—to come. A concert-footage documentary about Bad Brains, a black punk band from Washington, D. C., was about to begin. The crowd reflected the band; some wore T-shirts adorned with punk bands from before their time. Phil announced he would give away a CD and a copy of the film, which he purchased and afterward donated. “This is gonna blow your mind,” mullet-haired Garrett Bacon, a hard core loyal, whispered to his friend before the film. “This is gonna make you explode.”

Like A Revolution “The most surprising thing about the Academy of Rock is that it works,” says Tim Trull, an MU psychology professor and Molly’s father. “There are so many reasons why it shouldn’t.” The whole family says they wish other schools could start their own Academies but question the feasibility without a “Mr. O” involved. Stories about Phil and David’s planning still echo in Hickman hallways. “Mr. Overeem’s in charge, but it’s not like he’s micromanaging everything,” Tim says. “The average person would think, ‘Oh, you’ve got these teenagers, they wouldn’t be able to get it together.’ ” “They’re kind of disorganized by nature, most of the people involved,” says his wife, Meg. “But I think there’s a spirit, too, with Mr. Overeem of this DIY stuff— do it yourself.” Tim sits back and thinks, then mentions one of Phil’s favorite bands. “The Minutemen created indie music, and if you want it done, you’ve got to do it yourself. For me, it seems what this is.” Molly laughs. “It’s like a revolution.” “Look at Molly’s band,” Meg says. “Those kids are super achievers. They’re not rock ’n’ roll rebels.” The band’s lineup, incidentally, includes both the incoming and outgoing student government presidents and a National Merit Scholar. “Are we posers?” Molly asks playfully. “No, you’re just really great musicians,” Meg says. “And also,” Tim speaks up softly, “everyone’s accepted, whether you’re a geek and you really like the music or you’re a stoner and can’t play music. You’re in the club.” Visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Hickman_High_School#Clubs for more information.

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Blues legend Bobby Rush visited the Academy of Rock in February as a part of its visiting musical artist series.

Beyond Phil’s innate charisma and rock spontaneity exists a shrewd awareness of himself, the students, and the virtue of credibility and marketing. His openness to innovation led to the creation and oversight of the Academy of Rock Facebook group, a forum students check more than e-mail and one capable of promoting the many Academy events. “Facebook was probably one of the smartest choices,” says Brock, the club’s co-sponsor who started the forum last year. He acknowledges the controversial nature of teachers getting involved but thinks the site is a great facilitator. Brock maintains a policy of not requesting student friendship on Facebook but remains open to requests from them. Brock calls Phil a mentor and “so meticulous. He really does think of everything.” This includes monitoring the club’s Wikipedia entry and ensuring that student e-mails sent to request bands reflect the professional aim of the Academy—good grammar, links to articles on the Academy, and a polite tone.

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ABBY CALLARD

T H E F L AVO R O F S O U T H E A S T M I S S O U R I M A K E S T H E R E G I O N S I N G | By Callina Wood

over into their dedication to growing the best food possible and sharing it NOTE TO SELF—when invited to tour the farms and wineries in with their communities. These farmers and vintners are the main event the charming, old-world countryside of the Mississippi River Hills, it’s in my culinary adventure of the region with Ann Dougherty, owner okay to leave the GPS at home, despite the landscape’s curvy country of Learn Great Foods, a small roads. These are roads that lead to agri-tourism company based out the freshest produce and the nicest of Illinois. people. The kind of people that Mississippi River Hills has flourwill give you written directions ished as the flagship region of the supplemented with a hand-drawn Regional Cuisines Project, an initiamap to your next destination— tive to establish labels of origin for despite the fact that you’ve already Missouri food and wine (similar assured them your car is equipped to wine from Bordeaux in France, with the latest in GPS technology, for example), with a larger vision plus MapQuest directions printed to promote sustainable agriculture from the internet. and tourism in each region. The Caring is the essence of Mississippi cooperation from farmers, vintRiver Hills, one of the regions ners, entrepreneurs, and commuof Missouri’s Regional Cuisines nity members has been the region’s Project. From Ste. Genevieve to Cape Girardeau, the thoughtful Show Me Fresh Farms grows bibb lettuce in a hydroponic greenhouse. Above: key to success. “It’s very holistic nature of the people here carries Goat cheese and asparagus quiche pairs with a salad at Rosemary & Thyme. in terms of bringing the whole

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Chef James Coley of the Rose Bed Inn at Cape Girardeau prepares a dark chocolate custard using local eggs and cream. The custard is served warm with a chocolate cookie and coffee with cinnamon hazelnut cream.

community together,” says Elizabeth Barham, leader of the project, which is based in the Institute for Continental Climate Viticulture and Enology at the University of Missouri. The community’s hard work has paid off—Mississippi River Hills is the first region to establish its own nonprofit organization to promote tourism and awareness of its local cuisine, although the other regions are organizing and aspire to the same level. In about thirty-two hours, Ann Dougherty will take our small group for a whirlwind tour of more than fifteen farms, wineries, bed-andbreakfasts, and other agri-culinary destinations in Mississippi River Hills. Ann calls it a “practice tour,” or a method of scouting potential itineraries and destinations for Learn Great Foods. A woman on a mission, Ann explains that a real tour wouldn’t include as many stops. For a typical tour, Learn Great Foods takes its guests to a few different destinations throughout a region, and at the end of the day, the guests gather with a local chef to prepare a farm-fresh meal using ingredients collected on the tour. Tours can also take place over a weekend, with guests staying at local bed-and-breakfasts.

Our tour begins at Windrush Farm at Farmington and continues with wine and beer tastings at nearby Twin Oaks Winery and Charleville Vineyards, all before noon. Our empty stomachs and tipsy heads are craving a solid meal, so we caravan into Ste. Genevieve to the Rosemary & Thyme Cooking School. Proprietor Yvonne Lemire prepares a splendid lunch full of local bounty. On the menu are local herb-roasted pecans, a salad with Yvonne’s signature local Norton Vinaigrette paired with the tallest quiche I’ve ever seen, made with organic eggs from Frieg Farms and fresh goat cheese from Baetje Farms, both located in the Ste. Genevieve area. It is a delicious start to a short, yet thorough, culinary quest through the region. The undulating landscape and the old-world heritage of the Mississippi River Hills are a perfect fit for Learn Great Foods, an atypical tour company. You know the tours where you hop on a giant bus, stop, point-andshoot, and head down the highway to the next location? “We’re the opposite of that,” Ann says. Her tours are designed to fully engage participants by going out to a farm, learning about the food, and seeing the farmers in action. That means driving your own car around the country (hence the GPS), trudging through the mud, and seeing things in a new way. As the tour progresses, time slows down. We stick less and less to our

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■ Old Trails ■ Manitou Bluffs ■ Missouri River Valleyy ■ Missouri River Hills

4 Regions of Flavor Old Trails

■ WHERE TO GO: Fahrmeier Farms and Three Trails Winery

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at Lexington offer wine tastings and farm-fresh produce all in one location. Van Till Farms offers cooking classes. WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Baltimore Bend Winery offers its award-winning wines in many stores throughout the region.

Manitou Bluffs

■ WHERE TO GO: The menu at Sycamore Restaurant at

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Columbia features items with local produce, meat, cheese, and more. WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Fresh goat cheese from Goatsbeard Farms, available at specialty markets and restaurants at St. Louis, Kansas City, and Columbia.

Missouri River Valley

■ WHERE TO GO: Hermann locals say that Oak Glenn

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COURTESY OF JULIE JANZOW; ABBY CALLARD

From top left: Soren and Tyrus Janzow of Janzow Farms, which specializes in grass-fed meat, farm-fresh eggs, and organic produce, help on the farm during feeding time. Herb-roasted pecans are one of Yvonne Lemire’s specialties at Rosemary & Thyme Cooking School. Yvonne’s rich chocolate ganache bar features local Norton wine and sweetened sour cream.

rigorous schedule, and we begin to linger a little longer at each destination. We visit potter Julie Bricknell’s home, and after giving us a quick tour, she leads us into her retail shop, which is actually her home decorated with displays of pottery for sale. This is how shopping should be, I decide—moseying through a friend’s home with a cup of tea, stopping for a homemade roll and apple butter while browsing for handmade art. It becomes a relaxing, genuine experience, with more interaction than just a swipe of a credit card. Ann, with the help of Lisa Palmer, the coordinator for the Mississippi River Hills Association, leads us through the rest of the region, with stops to everywhere from a sausage shop to a blueberry farm to a hydroponic greenhouse. Everything from decadent dark chocolate custard at the Rose Bed Inn at Cape Girardeau to a rather rugged boloney burger at Schindler’s Tavern at New Hamburg finds its way into my stomach— that’s right, I said boloney. This culinary gem is a duet of beef and fried boloney, topped off with cheese and grilled onions. The locals wash it down with a bottle of Stag. While sampling food and gazing at beautiful landscapes are important perks, the tour provides a much deeper benefit—finding out where your food comes from. “I’m learning things. I love this,” says Lisa, after

Winery has the best view—go for live entertainment on Saturdays May through October. WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Stone Hill Winery’s award-winning Norton and other wines can be found at stores throughout the state and online at their web site.

Mississippi River Hills

■ WHERE TO GO: Try the unique fruit wines at Hemman

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Winery at Brazeau. The rhubarb, squash, and raspberry wines are popular. The blueberries at Highland Blueberry Farm are in high demand. WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Hydroponic gourmet lettuces from Show Me Fresh Farms at farmers’ markets in St. Louis and Cape Girardeau.

learning how headcheese is made at Stonie’s Sausage Shop at Perryville. Education plays an important role for both Learn Great Foods and the Regional Cuisines Project. Both organizations encourage consumers to learn how food gets from the farm to the table. Ann achieves this with ease, and without being preachy. “I just try to get a conversation going,” she says. Sometimes that means starting with something a little quirky. At Rosemary & Thyme, Ann asked us to tell our hostess what kind of vegetable we would be. The conversation flowed effortlessly from discussing the personality traits of mangoes and sweet potatoes, my vegetable, to a meaningful exchange about buying and promoting local ingredients. The result is a rich, thoughtful experience. It pairs well with the food. Visit extension.missouri.edu/cuisines/ or learngreatfoods.com for more information.

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SHOW-ME FLAVOR > RESTAURANT RECOMMENDATIONS

St. Louis A NEW HEIGHT IN LOCAL > Baby new and open only for breakfast and lunch, Café Osage is becoming a landmark with St. Louis insiders. Part of Bowood Farms, a garden center on the edge of the city’s trendy Central West End, this fifty-seat café has coffee fit for the connoisseur. Chefs David Kirkland and David Guempel take turns with the food, offering both familiar favorites and creative specialties, which include Greens, Eggs, and Ham, consisting of poached eggs, arugula and prosciutto, and a Brie L. T. made of crostini, tomato marmalade, bacon, Brie, and arugula. Ever environmentally conscious, Café Osage also takes “eat local” to new heights by using vegetables grown on a lot across the street, herbs picked from the kitchen’s rooftop garden, and bison raised on the owners’ farm at Clarksville. 314454-6868 | www.bowoodfarms.com —Susan Manlin Katzman

Extra Virgin

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Kansas City

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established downtown restaurant, but the strength of Extra Virgin is its casual Mediterranean flair and the lower prices that accompany it. Dishes like tripe, tongue, and pork cheeks may not be big sellers, but they are far less expensive ingredients than foie gras (available at Michael Smith), and diners at Extra Virgin can spend less than they would next door and still enjoy Michael’s deft and experienced touch. His cuisine has never been nervy, though the “adventurous” section of the menu (remember the tongue and tripe mentioned above) will challenge some folks. I like it, but if that menu isn’t your style, try the shrimp gratin, Peruvian ceviche (citrus-marinated aji amarillo, a type of chili pepper), or hanger steak with chimichurri. Like everything else on Extra Virgin’s menu, it’s comfort food for somebody. 816.842.2205 | www.extravirginkc.com —Doug Frost

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COURTESY OF EXTRA VIRGIN; SUSAN MANLIN KATZMAN

MICHAEL SMITH’S new enterprise, Extra Virgin, lies next door to his eponymous and well-

Port Cape Girardeau

Cape Girardeau

Room with a View The flood wall offers security. It also hides the river from the thousands of patrons who flock to Port Cape Girardeau Restaurant and Lounge to savor some of the world’s most sumptuous barbecue, but the restaurant has become a series of rooms with a view, thanks to the flood wall’s stunning trompe l’oeil murals depicting life in the river city. The building, circa 1836, spills over with character. Over the restaurant’s thirty-fiveyear history, it has evolved into a cultural center in a cultural town. Downstairs, the Water Street Band has wowed Sunday guests

Springfield QUAINTNESS ITSELF > Tea Bar & Bites might be Springfield’s most easily misunderstood restaurant. Its name might conjure up images of lace doilies and frilly tablecloths. Not so: It’s not a girly tearoom. It’s not pretentious. Located in Rountree, one of Springfield’s bestkept urban residential neighborhoods, Tea Bar is quaintness itself. Guests enter through a courtyard with a bubbling fountain where sometimes a local harpist or guitarist plays. Inside, Bohemian chic décor adorns four dining rooms. The food is a collection of cafe and bistro fare, plus baked goods. While inspired by a variety of cuisines, owner Colleen Smith serves flavors that work together. Try Tea Bar’s chicken salad, made with a heady curry dressing, or pumpkin-basil bisque. During evening hours, Tea Bar offers dishes such as roasted salmon and vegetarian lasagne; once a month, the cafe hosts a fixed-price, Tea Bar & Bites multi-course theme dinner, showcasing cuisines from around the world. It’s a beautiful experience offered at prices that compare favorably to the ones at character-free, fast-casual chains. 417-866-7500 | www.teabarandbites.com —Gregory Holman

Rocheport

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IF AN INTREPID DINER will venture just a bit off of Interstate 70 and down a winding road to Rocheport, a little jewel of a place awaits. Abigail’s is truly a family restaurant: Husband and chef Todd Schapira works his magic in the kitchen, while main waitress and wife Susan capably manages the front of the restaurant. The couple’s two children are occasionally present as dishwashers and table setters. The lunch and dinner menus change daily and allow Chef Todd full expression of his considerable talents; on any given evening, items like thresher shark with garlic and herb sauce and pumpkin ravioli with cranberry sauce may share top billing. The menu is not extensive but will allow a table of diners to find something to suit for ten to twenty-five dollars each. Desserts are homemade—order the mocha chocolate cake if it’s on the menu during your visit! Reservations are required for dinner and can be difficult to come by. 573-698-3000 —Elizabeth Hussey

for decades. Upstairs, the River City Players trot out live theater five times a year. With all

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due respect to The Bard and The Boss, the food’s the thing. At $14.25, the Original Port Cape Ribs dinner keeps this restaurant on the map. The ribs are bathed in smoke seven hours before they end up on your platter, and they’ll fill you up. 573-334-0954 —John Robinson

Missouri Life braves the many, tastetests the menus, and pays our own way to bring you restaurants worth the trip.

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SHOW-ME FLAVOR > MISSOURI WINE

Vitis vinifera, a Eurasian grapevine, is cultivated at Amigoni Vineyards at Centerview. Michael Amigoni and volunteer Natalie Jones harvest grapes in the vineyard.

AN UNLIKELY GRAPE

WHEN WE TALK about Missouri wines, we’re usually speaking of

wines fashioned from Chambourcin, Vidal Blanc, Vignoles, Chardonel, or Seyval Blanc grapes. Some of the state’s best-known wines are crafted from heavy-handed Norton, the state’s official grape. All of those are hybrid grapes, genetic crossings between vines that are native to the Americas and Eurasia’s own grapevine, Vitis vinifera. Most think hybrid grapevines are the answer to Missouri’s challenging weather—hot and humid summers and ice-laden winters with the yoyoing temperatures that play hell with so many plants, vines included. Michael Amigoni disagrees. He has been tending his Vitis vinifera for twelve years and now grows Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Mourvèdre, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, and even a bit of Viognier in his vineyard at Centerview. Michael hasn’t had a lot of support from the industry. It’s strange, since the Missouri winegrowers have a wealth of advice available to them, but that information is confined to the techniques and tools needed by a hybrid-grape grower. Perhaps some feel that vinifera growing is a dead end, and it’s almost as if people feel threatened by Michael’s successes with vinifera. Doug Frost Vinifera growing is a challenge in Missouri, Doug is one of three but so is hybrid grapevine viticulture. The 2008 people in the world who is both a Master vintage had its own set of problems, but Michael Sommelier and a says he “learned a lot from this vintage. We Master of Wine. He lives in Kansas City. completely fended off the birds with the use of

propane cannons and netting. Also, we know we can still have a wonderful vintage in a cooler year with longer hang times. “The spring was cool, resulting in a bloom that was two weeks late. Normally we have bud break around April fifteenth, and a month later we have bloom. This year the bloom wasn’t until the end of May. This cool weather continued through the summer, and July and August were not as hot as usual. Then September came, and so did [hurricane] Gustav. In the middle of September, Gustav dumped five inches of rain on the Amigoni Vineyards in Centerview. Just before the rage of Gustav, we picked the Chardonnay in the rain. In a normal year, we would begin picking the reds the third week in September.” The wines are solid, but they seem to me both rough and fragile. I’m eager to see how they will grow and hopefully improve in the coming months. But the Petit Verdot is something else: It’s a grape that is usually bitter and dusty. The Bordelais use it for color and structure but rarely use more than 1-2 percent in their Bordeaux blends. There’s a fullness to Amigoni’s Petit Verdot, and the wine is already showing signs that it will be a complete wine, especially with a little Cabernet blended in, as is planned. It’s only one barrel, but it’s significant to me because it offers proof that vinifera isn’t a foolhardy exercise in these climes. Vinifera growing is still very much a work in progress, like all these wines. Michael has no problem admitting that. Indeed, the same could be said of wine throughout Missouri and virtually everywhere else in the world. Call 888-984-9463 or visit www.amigoni.com or www.inlandseawines. com for more information.

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COURTESY OF AMIGONI VINEYARDS; COURTESY OF TAILWIND PHOTOGRAPHY; SETH GARCIA

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SHOW-ME FLAVOR > MISSOURI RECIPES

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Blueberry Bars

Wilted Spinach Salad

Courtesy of Highland Blueberry Farm, Perryville, Page 83 Ingredients: 1 cup flour, sifted ½ cup butter 2 tablespoons powdered sugar 2 eggs 1 cup sugar ¼ cup flour 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon lemon juice ½ cup coconut 1 cup blueberries ½ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt ¾ cup nuts, chopped

Directions: Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together 1 cup flour, butter, and powdered sugar until smooth. Spread evenly on bottom of an 8x8-inch pan. Bake 15 to 20 minutes. Slightly beat the eggs, then stir in the remaining ingredients, except nuts. Spread over top of baked cookie base, and top with chopped nuts of your choice. Bake about 25 minutes. Cool. Cut into 3x1-inch bars. Serves 20.

Pumpkin Basil Bisque

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Wilted Spinach Salad with Fresh Strawberries and a Balsamic Bacon Vinaigrette

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Pumpkin Basil Bisque

Courtesy of Van Till Farms, Rayville, Page 83

Courtesy of Colleen Smith, owner, Tea Bar & Bites Café, Springfield, Page 99

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil ½ pound bacon, diced 5 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon blackberry jam Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 1 pound 4 ounces fresh baby spinach ½ red onion, thinly sliced 1 pint fresh strawberries, stemmed and sliced ¼ cup almonds, sliced and roasted

Ingredients: 1 large yellow onion, diced ¼ cup butter ½ pound fresh tomatoes, diced (or diced canned tomatoes) ½ pound carrots, fresh or canned 1 can pumpkin 4 cups vegetable broth, divided 4 tablespoons basil Pinch of sugar 1 cup half-and-half 1 cup milk Salt and pepper to taste Parmesan cheese

Directions: In a soup pot, sauté onion in butter for 4 to 5 minutes. Add tomato and simmer gently for 5 to 6 minutes. In a food processor, purée carrots, pumpkin, and 2 cups of vegetable broth until smooth. Add pumpkin mixture to onion and tomato in soup pot. Add basil and sugar. Fold in remaining vegetable broth, half-and-half, and milk. Heat slowly until hot. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with Parmesan. Serves 6.

Blueberry Bars

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Place your spinach and onions in a large heatproof mixing bowl. Bring vinegar-and-bacon dressing back to a boil over high heat; then pour dressing directly over greens. Toss quickly. Place salad on serving plates. Garnish with fresh strawberries and toasted almonds. Serves 4.

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Directions: In a medium nonstick sauté pan over mediumhigh heat, heat olive oil until oil just starts to lightly smoke. Add bacon and cook until brown and crisp; lower the heat to medium-low and very carefully add vinegar and jam. (Vinegar may splatter when added to the hot grease.) Cook until slightly reduced about 10 to 15 minutes, and adjust seasoning with salt and fresh ground pepper; set aside.

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Breaking Patterns The Stephens College catwalk

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like a set from TV’s Project Runway when the best designs from Breaking the Pattern—Fashion for Breast Health Awareness, also known as the “Pink Dresses” collection, make their debut at the Annual Spring Fashion Show on April 18 at Windsor Auditorium at Stephens College at Columbia. That’s because these aren’t your typical dresses. In October, students designed pink garments made out of non-apparel materials to honor National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The dresses must cost less than fifty dollars to produce, and the students have ten days to make them. Students get creative and use materials like artificial flowers, mops, and music CDs. Each year since 2005, senior fashion students interview a breast cancer survivor and use their stories as inspiration to

MISSOURI’S COLLEGE CAMPUSES are joining the green challenge that has seized nearly every industry and individual in the country. But just how much green is being integrated into the campuses? According to the College Sustainability Report Card, maybe not enough. The Sustainable Endowments Institute gave the University of Missouri at Columbia a C on its 2008 sustainability report card. Washington University at St. Louis also received a C, while St. Louis University and College of the Ozarks at Branson received a D-. In comparison to other schools graded by the institute, MU and Wash U are considered average. The sustainability score contains nine parts: administration, climate change and energy, food and recycling, green building, student involvement, transportation, endowment transparency, investment priorities, and shareholder engagement. However, there are independent efforts that the sustainability report doesn't mention. MU Chancellor Brady J. Deaton notes that last year MU was one of only eight schools to receive the Energy Efficiency award following the National Wildlife Federation’s national competition, Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming. MU has also used the renewable resources of wood chips, corncobs, and hay to help keep the lights on since the early 1990s; this step lowers the campus fuel bill by about fifty thousand dollars annually. Wash U dedicated more than sixty million dollars in financial resources during the past year to advance education and research related to energy, environment, and sustainability. SLU is launching a new w environmental studies major. —Jessica Becher er

design the popular “Pink Dresses.” The creative writing department at Stephens also gets involved by writing stories and poems about the dresses. Janna Merciel made her dress from artificial ivy vines and flowers. She used rope as a belt. Her inspiration came from the COURTESY OF STEPHENS COLLEGE; ©ISTOCKPHOTO

breast cancer survivor she interviewed. The survivor stressed the importance of maintaining a strong, positive attitude despite the obstacles and that friends and family are critical for support. To Janna, this support system reflected a lifeline. “I think this assignment was a good idea because we see this, but to speak with someone who really had it was really inspiring and put it into something you wear is very creative and exciting,” Janna says. Call 573-876-7233 for more information. Dresses can also be viewed online at www.stephens.edu/academics/programs/fashion/ slideshows/pinkdress2008/. —Jennifer Gerling and Callina Wood

ANOTHER REASON TO EXERCISE XERCISE > A new study by the University of Missouri School of Medicine links non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to a sedentary lifestyle. Liver problems can lead to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. “Non-alcoholic fatty liver has surpassed the alcohol-induced form of fatty liver as the most common chronic liver disease,” says R. Scott Rector. At least 75 percent of all obese people are affected by this particular liver disease. The study found that regular exercise prevented the occurrence of NAFLD in rodents. While a human study has yet to be done, research suggests that exercise can be used as prevention and treatment for the disease. —Elizabeth Galloway

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MISSOURI LIFESTYLE

Musings

THE REWARD OF PATIENCE IT IS STRANGE how the virtues of one generation are often the vices of the next. Not so long ago, uttering a strong and truthful opinion was regarded as a symbol of honor and probity. In our present culture, point-blank rectitude is seen as an offense against the feckless laws of political correctness. Just a few years back, those who engaged in a slow and steady course, focusing on a singular goal and honing their craft to perfection, were revered for their focus and expertise. No longer. In the world of Google, Blackberries, high-speed this, and HD that, those who fail to multi-task with reckless abandon are eternally marked with the scarlet letter of the dull-witted slacker. The list is endless, but as is true with all things, one day the pendulum will shift; that which is old will become new again. For the time being, however, many of the values, traits, and habits that once commanded respect lie fallow in the gutters of the technological revolution. I suppose this is fine and well, for as I say, life and thought are largely cyclical. Since I have little truck with the world, preferring to ignore trendy, populist mandates and simply pet dogs, cast lines, scribble meandering nonsense, and build guitars, I’m not terribly affected. However, I do become a smidgen irritated that one important virtue, something I consider a touchstone of human character, has been jettisoned to the outskirts of the societal landfill. Patience, one of the most commendable and hard-won attributes of the human race, no longer resides upon the ethical plateau to which Americans aspire. Quite the contrary, this meritorious ideal appears to be vying for inclusion in the list of seven deadly sins. In the ideological lexicon of the immediate, patience has been relegated to spending quality time with sloth, pride, gluttony, and their accompanying, much-maligned quartet. I reached this conclusion late this January past. My little cabin had been iced-in for over a week; I was unable to travel further than driveway’s edge. The gravel path that leads from my abode to the edge of nowhere was slicker than a peeled onion. The ice fell, the snow packed, and even the river requested mittens and a quilt. My pups, ancient though they may be, were casting looks of stomach-growling desire at my toes. Given a few more days of gnawing hunger, my ambulatory digits could have easily become an appetizer for my beloved canines. Thankfully, the boys have an aversion to (sorry about this) Toe-fu. Okay, I made that part up. Being ice-locked was not a big deal, as I

keep plenty of grub on hand and rarely leave the property more than once a week anyway. All the same, the stillness in the air and the knowledge that the great out-there of frenetic humanity had come to a sliding halt gave me pause for contemplation. It all started when, during the storm, I realized I haven’t heard a busy signal in years. I’ve heard voice mail, call-waiting tones, and answering machines. Mostly, phone calls are greeted with the odious, automated voice systems favored by large corporations that wish to sound friendly, small firms that wish to sound important, and your garden variety spawn of hell that wishes to sound like—well—your garden variety spawn of hell. It hit me like a bucket of iced molasses. Busy signals are obsolete; folks have become too impatient to tolerate their cicada-like cadence. Most people are too impatient to tolerate being told that no, you can’t talk to anyone right now. Most become irate at the thought of a mechanical buzzer signifying that, sorry Charlie, you’ll have to try again later. They have to hear a voice, even if emanating from a silicon mannequin, that lulls them into thinking they’ll shortly be interconnected to the world of über-productive, nano-tasking Nirvana. The residents of our country have less patience than a two-year-old on a Mountain Dew jag. Resignation, acceptance, and restraint have been bred right out of them. If they’re not moving, if they’re not doing, if they’re not juggling ten Apple applications while texting, talking, and typing, then they feel seriously maladjusted. If they can’t do what they want, and right now, and can’t get what they want, and I mean pronto, Tonto, there’s a major problem. In medical terms, they’ll freak out, blow a gasket, get on their own last nerve, and lose their ever-lovin’ minds. Luckily, I was born with the patience of Job. I just observe, shake my head, and let the maniacal frantics lather up with slap-happy alacrity. That might seem a lazy and slothful attitude to some, but such would merely be the stereotype foisted upon latter-day Hillbillies such as self. I pride myself upon staying far away from the fray. I don’t have time to be impatient. I’ve too many important fish to fry. As soon as I move my ever-patient carcass off the porch swing and get around to catching them, I’ll do just that. Ron Marr Tomorrow … maybe.

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MISSOURI LIFESTYLE > HOME

THE HOUSE THAT BROCK BUILT PERHAPS MOTHER GOOSE can write another poem after she comes and visits the guest lodge that Jerry “Brock” Brockmiller built entirely of reclaimed materials. And, like any goose, she will love the twenty-five-acre lake and two hundred acres of woods and meadows surrounding the new Lodge at Timber Stone Lake, north of Hannibal and near La Grange. When you first walk into the house, you feel like you are stepping into a lodge nestled deep in the Rocky Mountains. Maybe it’s the overall scale of everything in the house—the huge timbers, the massive fireplace, the way the wood flows from floors to post to timber to ceil-

ing. And yet, the golden-toned wood, the red brick, and the hand-hewn stone deliver the feeling of coziness. You just feel like curling up on one of the leather couches in front of the fireplace and sitting all day reading a book, looking out the glass wall at the lake view, and then taking a nap. And then maybe a hike. That’s the whole point of the lodge. It’s really a retreat, soothing comfort for your body and a home for your soul. There’s even a cook for every meal, if desired. You won’t lift a finger, unless perhaps you’re holding a glass of wine. You will easily leave worries behind—no rats allowed—when you’re here in the house that Brock built.

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COURTESY OF LODGE AT TIMBER STONE LAKE

A N E W L O D G E N E A R L A G R A N G E I S B U I LT F R O M R E C L A I M E D M A T E R I A L S | By Danita Allen Wood

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COURTESY OF LODGE AT TIMBER STONE LAKE; GREG WOOD

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GREG WOOD; COURTESY OF LODGE AT TIMBER STONE LAKE

2CDN±DN±OC@±M@?±KDI@±GJB ±>G@<M@?±AMJH±<±K<MF ± K@@G@?±=T±C<I? ±=MJPBCO±OJ±OC@±FDO>C@I ± PN@?±DI±OC@±CJPN@±OC<O± MJ>F±=PDGO Brock didn’t really intend to build his lodge entirely of reclaimed materials, but once he got started, it became a game that he couldn’t quit. There’s not one square inch of drywall or plaster in the fivethousand-square-foot lodge, which has four king bedrooms and five baths but can sleep twelve comfortably with the use of two additional semi-private queen loft bedrooms. First he built a lake on some land he had bought, and the plan was to build a small hunting cabin using trees cut from the property. At a class reunion, he learned about a four-story brick building scheduled for demolition in nearby Quincy, Illinois. The building, built in 1888, had most recently served as a lumberyard, and Brock, who was a contractor, had been in the building often. After making a deal for the massive timbers and joists from that building, the small cabin morphed into an all-wood luxury lodge overlooking the large, secluded lake. Brock began designing his dream lodge with three goals in mind: One, use all the massive timbers; two, lose nothing of their size; and three, use the materials in a way that best displays the girth and age of each timber. All of the huge beams were re-sawed, planed, and then built into six identical timber bents, or frames. All were fitted and refinished to form the post and beam structure of the lodge. The yellow-pine flooring and the walls and ceiling boards in the lodge came from splitting thick floor joists from that same old building. Next, Brock learned of another building to be demolished in Quincy, which had been built in the late 1800s as a school or church, perhaps both, but had lately been a part of St. Mary’s Hospital. He made a deal to buy and haul off the foundation stone from that building. He recovered 150 tons of stone that now serve as foundation, fireplace base, retaining walls, and also as an arched alcove for a wood stove in the walkout level. While he was there making sure the stones were not damaged as they were being removed, he saw a few grey-green slate roof tiles lying on the ground and learned the whole roof was covered with them. A builder from Chicago was supposed to buy them but never showed, and the wrecking ball was due the next day. Brock quickly found the supervisor and asked if he could remove and haul off the tiles. The crew leader didn’t really want to delay but relented and gave Brock twenty-four hours. Brock got a crew together and on site within an hour and pulled out thirteen pallets of the slate. Originally ten-by-eighteen-inch rectangles that were three-eighths-inch thick, the slate has been cut into smaller tiles that serve as the kitchen backsplash and in showers in the house. Later, he learned that slate Left: The dining table, built from reclaimed floor joists, seats fourteen. Right from top: The lodge is wooden from floor to ceiling, as showcased in the kitchen and the great room. The brick in the fireplace has a last-minute salvation story, too. Twenty truckloads of hard paving brick were salvaged from under asphalt when a lot was being prepared as a new building site.

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The martini bar and pool table are on a lower walkout level. Brock and Steve built the frame of the pool table, too.

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GREG WOOD; COURTESY OF LODGE AT TIMBER STONE LAKE

would cost two thousand dollars for one hundred square feet today. Then Brock’s good friend and co-builder, Steve Kiefaber, was removing the tin from a roof of a home in La Grange that the owner was tearing down. Steve saw the owner’s crew kicking out one-inch thick, ten-inch wide soft pine boxing planks and called Brock, who talked the owner into allowing him to salvage the planks, which he then turned into kitchen cabinets. He stained some black and left some in the natural color to achieve the worn but timeless look. “What I learned by doing this, you can build new houses a lot faster with Sheetrock,” Brock says. “We had to mill out the wood in every square inch of this house, and anytime you’re messing with old materials, you may go one day forward and then four days backward. We had to clean, re-plane, and use a metal-detector to pull out old nails. Everything was re-sawed then refinished with boiled linseed oil. There’s not one square inch of wood in this house that hasn’t had Steve’s or my fingerprints, hands, or knees on it.” The devotion to quality shows in every detail, such as the river stone shower, where it took him days just to place the stones in the shower. “I’d spend eight hours and realize I’d done only a foot of shower. It took me a month to make that shower,” Brock says. The shower has an eyecatching design combining smaller rocks and larger rocks, but that was accidental, he says. He thought maybe using smaller rocks toward the top would make the work go faster, but it didn’t.

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One thing you won’t see is electrical cords, or any add-on materials to create troughs for them. Brock and Steve drilled troughs into the wood to carry wiring. The same meticulous attention to detail and fine design used in the building of the house has been matched by Brock’s wife, Sondi, in the furnishings and artwork. Steve’s wife, Pam, is also involved as a caretaker of the lodge. “The two of them deserve a lot of credit for showing loads of patience over the four-year project while we were working long hours with little pay,” Brock says. Brock has just begun selling memberships to his lodge, and members will have the use of the entire property for horseback riding, swimming, floating, and new additions as he gets them done, such as a zip line through the woods, trapshooting, maybe even ultra-light paragliding on the lake. A bass boat trip around the lake shoreline makes a relaxing fishing day, he says, and hikers on the path around the lake almost always see deer, turkey, and other wildlife. One winter day during the years of construction, seven bald eagles spent their day at the lake. “More eagle watching than work got done that day,” Brock says. A big outdoor picnic area can seat seventy-five for large groups, and it has a bandstand. Steve Holy and Shenandoah have performed there for nonprofit fundraising groups. In fact, the lodge itself has already easily accommodated groups of one hundred. This is the house that Brock built. Visit www.TimberStoneLake.com or call 217-242-7297 for more information. Memberships can vary by duration, such as four days or a week, but are priced at $250 per bed per night, and this fee includes substantial snacks and two meals a day, cooked in the kitchen at the lodge, which can be closed off or opened for entertaining.

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far from ordinary. The Cove A R O B E R T T R E N T J O N E S S R . S I G N AT U R E C O U R S E

NEW for 2009!

Our newly remodeled course has been re-named The Cove and opens in May 2009 featuring new greens and bunkers, the addition of some forward tees, a re-design of some holes, and a new state-of-the-art GPS system which will make this Robert Trent Jones Sr. signature course, THE course to play, for many years to come. With a mix of traditional and modern, The Lodge of Four Seasons truly offers the ﬁnest resort experience. We have upgraded our Lodge sleeping rooms, public space and outdoor event areas. Equally exciting is the addition of the Avila luxury suites featuring access to all Lodge amenities and offering a very upscale option for guests looking

for a modern, earthy, today’s look. Choose a single bedroom with two queens or one king bed, or a one bedroom or a two bedroom suite each with identical baths featuring oversized walk-in showers, jetted tubs and ﬂat screen TV’s. There's even a full-service kitchen with granite counter tops, a ﬁreplace and much more.

Spa Shiki offers a new tiled whirlpool, steam room, infrared sauna, new pedicure chairs, and new exercise equipment in the Inner Balance room. Guests love our new Parrot Bar overlooking the lake. A great place for a sandwich or watching your favorite sport on TV. We’re still here after all these years... and better than ever!

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