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From the Desk of Joe Northwest
Mindi L. Phillips, Editor One of my biggest goals at Regular Joe NW is to promote a sense of community throughout the multi-county area. I am not just about music and arts and festivals, though those are wonderful events which we can attend or participate. I’m also all about the health and well-being of our neighbors and friends. A goal of mine is to support fundraisers for those in need, whether due to health or other unfortunate circumstances. I also have a heavy belief in giving a hand up. I feel it’s each and every one of our responsibilities to make sure those in need feel love and compassion and receive the help they need to live , not just to survive, but to live an enriched life in our fair Northwest. As the summer comes along, we tend to forget the needs of others, as we no longer may need to think of coats and gloves and warm food and heated shelter. Their need does not end because the cold weather has concluded. Many are still in need of food, clothing, medical, and mental health care throughout the year, rain or shine. What I’ve come to know throughout my life is that I haven’t gotten through it alone. I’ve been given a number of material, educational, emotional, medical, and maternal gifts throughout my life. Not all have come from family and friends. Often when we don’t even think others notice a need, someone steps up and gives us just what we need. And we as a citizen of a global community, or at the very least of a Northwest Missouri community, must remember that we all need to extend a hand now and then. As the summer begins, I implore each of you to remember your local food pantry, thrift store, elderly or disabled neighbor as we reap the harvest of our gardens, an extra $5 in our wallets, or an item from our home that might have been discarded, for our own needs have already, blessedly been met. Maybe you can give by helping with a skill or craft. Maybe it’s your time you can give to the lonely. Find a need. Fill it. And you, and our community, will be fulfilled in return!
Mindi
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Live Music Across NWMO
New And Ongoing Live Music Events... ALBANY Fri 5/1: Country Style Band, 7pm (TLC Rental Hall) Fri 5/15: Country Style Band, 7pm (TLC Rental Hall) CLARKSDALE Sundays: Clarksdale Opry, 2pm (Hawman Center) FILLMORE Fridays: Music and Dance, 7pm (Fillmore Community Hall) GENTRY Fri 5/8: Ramblin Country Show, Special Guest Melissa Petropoulis, 7:30 pm Fri 5/22: Ramblin Country Show, Special Guest Michael Goff, 7:30 pm (LOGO) GRANT CITY Wednesdays: Jam Session, 6pm (Senior Center) KING CITY Sat 5/16: Rock N Country Variety Show, 7pm (TriCo Visitors Center) (PHOTO) MARYVILLE Sundays: Northwest Opry Country, 2pm (Nodaway Co Senior Center) Sundays: Forney and Paxson, 7pm (Eagles Lodge Bearcat Aerie #3669) OREGON Thursdays: Country Music Dance, 7pm (TJ Hall Community Bldg) SAVANNAH Fridays: Savannah Country Jamboree, 6pm (Senior Ctr)
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Where Have You Gone, Joe? Jay Kerner Publisher/Fantasy Owner We took a break from fantasy football last year and reclaimed a bit of our Sundays. I still watched the Chiefs but I didn’t pay such attention to the rest of the league. I’d played for over a decade but didn’t miss it as much as I’d expected to. We played fantasy baseball for a couple of seasons, but the daily schedule favors those with the most time to devote to changing your lineup. But then we had this idea. (We do that.) We’ll do a Regular Joe fantasy baseball team, and we’ll pick everybody named Joe! That should work great! Baseball has always been filled with famous Joes including 10 in the Hall of Fame, the most of any name. But when we went to put in our requests prior to the player draft, we only found a handful, and none who was projected to be among the best at his position. Where have all the Joes gone? It seems that they’ve gone south of the border and turned into Josés. Back when Joes dominated the majors, there were a few Josés sprinkled throughout the league. Today it’s exactly the opposite. José is a very popular baseball name with stars at multiple positions. So I put in requests for every Joe and José in the draft, as well as a handful of Royals. We do a computer draft, so the machine factors in your requests when assigning you your roster. We didn’t end up getting everybody we asked for but we got what we got by rating them higher than their projection. Maybe we have a little more faith in Joes than the general public. (Or at least Yahoo Public League # 179304.) There isn’t a Joe or a José at every position, so we’ll plug in other names where we have to. We dropped some guys that ended up on the long term disabled list, and picked up some other odds and ends for flexibility, but our primary objective in setting our lineup will always be putting more Joes on the field than anyone in fantasy sports. Our roster as we go to press is as follows: Joe Mauer Min - 1B Joey Votto Cin - 1B Joe Smith LAA - RP
Joseph Ortiz ChC - RP Joe Kelly Bos - SP Joe Nathan Det - RP José Quintana CWS - SP José Abreu CWS - 1B José Reyes Tor - SS José Ramirez Cle 2B Jose’ Iglisios Det SS 3B Joel Peralta LAD – RP Salvador Pérez KC - C Alex Gordon KC - OF
Lorenzo Cain KC - OF Álex Ríos KC - OF Eric Hosmer KC - 1B Yordano Ventura KC - SP Pedro Álvarez Pit - 1B,3B Brock Holt Bos - 1B,2B,3B,SS,OF Chase Headley NYY - 1B,3B So I’ll manage the team, but we’ll let you in on it, too. It’s our team. We’ll be like the Green Bay Packers and exist as a public entity. You can go online and see how we’re doing. You can feed us matchup strategy or trade ideas. You can slam us for our bone-headed moves and remind us when we’re starting a guy on the disabled list. Go to http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com and look up Public League # 179304. You should find our league standings and player statistics. And together, we’ll see
5 how Joes fare against…well, everybody else. Is that a metaphor of some kind? I guess it can be, if it works for you. But the best part might be that you can have a fantasy team to follow, without any responsibility for the regular upkeep. You can root from the comfort of your Lazy-boy if you want. Before long we’ll be scanning the boxscores looking for our guys and keeping an ear open for their names on sports reports. After our first day of play we were solidly in 11th place (but talking smack on the poor guys in 12th). But from there the Joes really went on a streak. They climbed the ladder day by day till they finally hit first place on day 8 of the season. Then we dropped back to the middle of the pack where we’re hovering just behind the leaders, waiting for warmer weather to make our move. (The Josés like it hot!) But win or lose, we’ll follow our Joe plan and see how it all works out. And who knows? If we believe in our Joes…well… just imagine if they took us to the promised land! Then, just maybe… Joes everywhere across this great land will start to make a comeback. Little Joes, raised to think that they can be champions if they out-work and out-think the other guys. Then of course we’ll turn our attention to fantasy football. Namath and Montana would have been great Joes to have at Quarterback but hmmmm, nothing wrong with Joe Flacco, right?
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Events & Festivals across NWMO
ALBANY Sat 5/2: Women’s Health Expo, 9am (Albany High School) Sat 5/2: Citywide Yard Sale Tue 5/12: Local Food & Jobs Workshop, 9:30am (HundleyWhaley) CONCEPTION 5/2: Abbey Trails 5k Run/2mi Walk, 7:30am (Abbey) KING CITY Sat 5/16: Saddle Club parade, 10am Sat 5/16: High School Rodeo MARYVILLE Sat 5/2: Citywide Yard Sales 5/21: Tobin Benefit Golf Classic, 12:30pm (Mozingo Golf Course) SAVANNAH Sat 5/2: 1st Annual Lori Annigan Softball Tournament TARKIO Fri 5/1-Sat 5/2: City Wide Garage Sales Mon 5/4 - Fri 5/8: City Wide Clean Up ONGOING EVENTS ALBANY: Mon, Wed, Fri: Nimble Thimbles Quilters, 9am (Bookworm Bargains) 2nd Wed: Book Club, 10am (Carnegie Library) BETHANY: Thurs: Dungeons & Dragons, 5pm (Gamers Palace) Fri & Sat: Magic the Gathering, 6pm (Gamers Palace) GRANT CITY: 2nd Friday: Potluck, Noon (Senior Center) KING CITY: 3rd Wednesday: Potluck Dinner (Senior Center) Last Monday: Pitch Tournament (Senior Center) Daily: Cards (Senior Center)
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ing live music. Come out and go “One Toke Over the Line” in our state, the People of a certain age can look back fondly at a time when home state, The Heart of America. the 60’s raged, talk of revolution and the Vietnam War were on For sign up info and performance schedules, go to www. the young people’s hearts, souls, and minds. Many bands seized bigbamride.com for details. on the times and tone of the world; The Jefferson Airplane, The Danny Phillips’ music and pop culture musings regularly Doors, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Buffalo Springfield (who’s appear in online and print publications including Missouri Life now classic “For What It’s Worth” became an anthem for the Magazine, American Roots, Blurt Magazine, Deli Magazine, anti-war movement) all took what they saw in daily life and Popshifter, and The Regular Joe. Listen to his free form podcast turned it into art. “Don’t Have a Clue” the 2nd Saturday of every month at 4pm Two kids from Tarkio, Missouri, were certainly no exception. on www.stjosephmusicfoundation.org The duo Brewer and Shipley emerged from a burgeoning “country rock” scene that mixed country, folk, and rock to create a whole new sound. This movement, so to speak, would give the world great artists like The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Flying Burrito Brothers, The Desert Rose Band, Emmy Lou Harris, Riders of the Purple Sage, The Eagles, and many more. Brewer and Shipley would take the musicbuilding steam around them, add the distinctive rhythms and tones of the Missouri Ozarks, sprinkle in just a touch of old time religion, and create a lasting mark on the cultural landscape with a long list of albums, including Down in LA, Weeds, On the Road Again, Me and my Shadow, and their hit album Tarkio, featuring its smash hit “One Toke Over the Line.” Well, the duo are headed back to Missouri (Albany, Missouri, to be exact) to play a show on June 23rd at 9pm as part of the Big BAM (Bicycle Across Missouri) Celebration Festivities. Beginning on June 21st in Rock Port and running through June 26th in Canton, for a total trip of 304 miles of riding, beautiful Missouri sceneries, bands, artists, and much more, visiting the towns of Rock Port, Albany, Kirksville, Canton, and Unionville, BAM is a chance to experience our great Show Me State in a new, healthy, and exciting way. Open Mon-Sat 3pm-1:30am Some of the hottest new performers 21 & over only - We card at the door are also getting into the fun. Country NO credit cards - We don’t take plastic! star Kasey Rausch, neo bluegrass heroes Pool Table & Shuffleboard Split Lip Rayfield, Ha Ha Tonka (who take their name from a Missouri State Park), Stone Sugar Shake Down, Brewer and Shipley, and others will put music in the air to entertain the riders or anyone who wants to see the riders while enjoy-
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Commencing Rich Piper Throughout this grand country of The Regular Joe of Northwest MO, persons young and old, but particularly from my vantage point, young, will be marking a notable stage and achievement in life – graduation. For some, it may be noting moving from the play dough and phonics of preschool to that entryway for a journey of thirteen years of life known as kindergarten. A place where rules for writing, responding, and lining up in a row are sharpened alongside the process of acquiring foundational knowledge and developing basic skills that will be built upon for more than a decade to come. From this children’s garden where a caring teacher literally, and figuratively, plants seeds of learning and nurtures little seedlings in enlightenment, graduation is sometimes marked to celebrate the closing of this entry year and the moving into the first year, of a graded process that more formally is known as First Grade. Things move, faster, or slower, as the progression of learning new knowledge and skills is accompanied by relearning, refreshing, and most importantly expanding the knowledge of the mind and its application across various fields of study. First. Second. Third…The grades go by. And soon it is another time to graduate. Or, perhaps more properly stated, to be graduated from those elementary years of learning into a middle period, middle years, or an oft emotionally, biologically, and intellectually midsection that is no longer what one had but not yet what one will be. Then, somehow, with dramatic changes taking place both within one, and around one, a few years of more structured studies and layered learning leads to either a formal, or barely mentioned, graduation and movement into High School. Not that it probably ever was thought that one had been toiling away in Low School, but calling these impending years Upper School would simply not sound as appealing a reward for the prior decade-ish of school. If it had not yet been noticed, it almost certainly now will be, that life has changed. One is becoming, though often mistakenly thought of as already having become, the person one is going to be. What one looks like, feels like, thinks like, acts like, learns like, and so on; has changed dramatically from those days in the children’s garden called Kindergarten. These few years often seem to last too long, as an eager anticipation for emancipation sets in. And then, as the end of this period of life nears, a literal countdown of the days to graduation goes on, not only in the mind, but usually marked upon the classroom board. For this is the graduation of all graduations past. This graduation will be marked in a more formal manner than any before it. So much so that the term often changes from graduation to commencement – the time, and place, and event where a high school diploma will be awarded to, and received by, the soon to be former high school student. To those students who paid, perhaps too much attention, to English, they recognize that commencement is a noun. It’s a thing. An event. It is something that is going to happen; and then it is a thing that happened. But for my students who are/were seniors, and to all the others in the great Northwest MO of the Regular Joe, may I passionately suggest what is occurring is not the noun “commencement” but the verb “commencing.”
9 This is the start of the rest of your life. This is the start of the remaining process of your developing into the person you are going to become. This is the start of utilizing, what you have learned these past years of your life, within the realm of real life. Though, I am sad to say, that in a way, you have been deceived. Kindergarten was not the year of your being in a children’s garden. Elementary, Middle, and High School were each and every one a collection of years in a children’s garden. You may not have noticed, but the thoughtful nurturing of parents, and grandparents, and older siblings, and aunts and uncles, and neighbors, and teachers, and many, many others, has been taking place for years. They know that while it may have looked like you grew from seed, to seedling, to now being in full bloom; they know that you haven’t bloomed yet. Instead, you are now commencing, beginning, starting; the new, full yet not complete, not yet but will be, you. On behalf of all the folks that have seen you from the early years to this year, have seen you in good days and yucky days, in smiles and frowns, ups and downs; all those who have tried the best they could to impart wisdom, a desire to learn, an understanding of your self-worth, and of self-confidence in your ability – happy graduation. It’s been a joy to have you in our life. Godspeed, commence with loving boldness, into your new life. Rich has spent most of his adult life living and/or working in small, rural communities in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Missouri, including several long stretches in Northwest Missouri. Rich chooses to spend most of his weekday, daytime hours teaching students science, and other things, in Union Star. He also chooses to spend his Sundays, and some other occasional time, with the good folks in Cainsville. You can reach Rich at RichPiper@LifePraise.org with comments.
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Join us at the King City Farmers’ Market
Notes from an Old Hen - Julia Hart Come One, Come All!! You are invited to the King City Farmer’s Market starting on May 6, 2015, and running until October 7, 2015. Market will be in session on Wednesday evenings from 3pm to 7pm and Saturday morning 8am to noon, located under the main shelter at the King City Park, four blocks east of Hwy 169 on Hwy Z. What is a Farmers’ Market? In the New England states, Farmers’ Markets are largely seasonal produce and food vendors with meat vendors as a minority. A few of these markets are held daily and year round in a fixed building. On the West Coast, Farmers’ Markets consist of a core of seasonal produce vendors with an equal amount of artisan product vendors. Here, food and meat vendors occupy a smaller niche. Midwest markets tend to accommodate strong seasonal produce and product vendors with the mix of food and meat vendors sharing a smaller space. The local King City Farmers’ Market follows the Midwest tradition. Vendors committed to the King City Farmers’ Market this year have a wide variety of offerings. There will be seasonal produce and fruit, delicious breads and bakery treats, a lemonade stand, farm fresh eggs, Norwex cleaning products, Tupperware storage systems for your purchases, Watkins flavorings and seasonings, and a limited supply of handcrafted items. Following are a few special events scheduled for this market season: May 6th, 3-7 pm and May 9th, 8am-noon: Opening Week Drawing. Your purchase from a Market vendor will allow you to enter your name in the drawing. Limit one entry per vendor. The prize is one item from each vendor, vendors’ choice. The winning name will be drawn at noon on May 9th. Need not be present to win. June 10th, 3-7 pm: Test your Canning Pressure Gauge Have your canner pressure gauge tested by a representative from the Missouri Extension. Bring your canning questions to be answered.
July 3rd, 3-7 pm: American Legion Building King City Farmers’ Market will join the American Legion for a special session on Friday evening 3-7 pm. at the Legion building on South Highway 169. Along with the Legion Posts’ firework sales there will be seasonal produce, product and other items available. King City, Missouri is a great short trip destination. With the King City Farmers’ Market sessions, Wind farms, Tri-County museum, the Big Red Pump, and the Visitor Center science display, there are many things to see and do in and around King City. Even the King City Park offers swings, slides, a merry-go-round, seesaws, a play jungle gym, and plenty of area to have a picnic lunch. Area restaurants are ready to serve up a variety of tasty dishes including everything from hamburgers, tenderloins, sub sandwiches or pizza to steaks. Bring your coolers to store your fresh produce, and spend the day in and around King City, Missouri, seeing the sights. We are looking forward to seeing you at the King City Farmers’ Market this summer.
Finding What You’ve Never Lost JB Claywell Writing in this book, finding my way in the dark, seeking, feeling, stretching hands, straining eyes to see inside the cave that is my mind these days. There is a darkness there, a gloom, a tomb, and a womb all at once. It’s where I die but feel alive; or live but feel like I’m dying. This is the place where I’ve buried babies, proclaimed eternal love, remembered the playground,
recalling the push and shove. In this space, I clear my head; I clean my mind, I think, ponder, and proclaim. In this place, I stay sane. This is the place that I’m found, the place where my mind is sound, where my love is strong, where I’m write, right? And, it’s okay to be wrong. In this notebook, I pay what my quiet costs; in this notebook, with it’s empty pages, I find what I’ve never lost. ©P&ZPublications; 2015
TRIVIA: What song from Brewer & Shipley was named for a Missouri town? Answer on Pg 12.
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Greek Inspired Pasta Salad Cate Stott Looks amazing, right? Of course it does. My husband and I created this dish while we were dating. It had been a long night out of drinks and dancing, and we were starving! We had to create a meal with what we had in his apartment. Little did we know back then, I’d be writing this recipe for my blog. Cute story, right? I know! Now you want to make some, don’t you? No problem. Here’s the how-to. First, you’ll need some ingredients: Cooked spiral pasta, I used a tri-color pasta. Shredded or chopped chicken, I used leftover grilled whole chicken Greek salad dressing of your choice Diced red onion Crumbled feta cheese Grated parmesan cheese Halved grape tomatoes Peas, I used frozen cooked Pitted kalamata olives Salt and pepper, to taste Now you can build this bad mamma jamma. Toss your pasta and chicken with the dressing, add the remaining ingredients in amounts which are to your liking. Allow this to rest in the fridge for several hours, you’ll then likely need to add additional dressing as the pasta and chicken will absorb more than you’d think. This dish is truly best the second day. Now go make some pasta salad!
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Tourin’ Bearcats accepting reservations for Mediterranean cruise MARYVILLE, Mo. – A cruise to the Western Mediterranean will be the next trip offered by Tourin’ Bearcats, the travel program for Northwest Missouri State University alumni and friends. The Northwest Alumni Association-sponsored trip, which is open to the public, will be Sept. 4-13. Cruise packages start at $1,839 per person; however, upgrades are available. All options are based on double occupancy. The price does not include airfare, which is estimated at $1,600 from Kansas City, Mo. Trip highlights include visits to Barcelona, Palma De Mallorca, Provence, Florence/Pisa, Rome and Naples. “The Northwest Alumni Association’s Tourin’ Bearcats travel program gives our alumni the opportunity to travel to places all throughout the world,” said Bob Machovsky, director of alumni relations and annual gifts. “What is nice about the trips is that they are all planned for the alumni, so it gives them a relaxing way to travel without having to worry about all the details. It also allows them to travel with a group of people that they already share the commonality of being Northwest alumni.” Recent Tourin’ Bearcats destinations have included Alaska, Mexico, San Antonio, Virginia Triangle, Ireland and a Danube River cruise. Tourin’ Bearcats trips are co-sponsored by KXCV-KRNW, Northwest’s 100,000-watt National Public Radio affiliate. Reservations, with a $350 per person deposit, are due at booking, and final payment is due May 29. Early registration is encouraged due to limited space availability. For more information about the trip, visit www.nwmissouri.edu/ alumni/travel/. To book a trip, call the Tourin’ Bearcats Help Desk at 800.869.6806.
Farewell to a Toe: 1975-2015 Danny R. Phillips
Being born with Cerebral Palsy has filled my life with less than common challenges, posed to me every day I wake up. Will I fall today? How long before my legs start hurting? Can I get my coffee to the couch without spilling half of it on the floor? Anyone who knows me knows that these things are all legitimate concerns to be addressed in my life. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that my life is harder than anyone else on Earth; such a statement would be the height of vanity and self-importance. Millions have it worse than me every second of every day. My problems, in the Grand Scheme of Things are but a speck of crap on life’s windshield. Therefore, as I write this, a wave of confused excitement comes over me: On April 30th Dr. Shannon Engel at Mosaic will be excising my troublesome little toe. That’s right, my pinkie toe is getting lobbed off, never to give me pain again. Unless of course I get Phantom Limb Syndrome, feeling the pain though it’s gone, then the bugger will never leave me alone. This isn’t a big deal. Just another surgery in my collection that began at age two. Multiple heel cord lengthenings, neck surgeries, bone reductions, knee surgery, hamstring work, painful therapy and rehab, leg braces of all types, etc. I’ve been under the knife more than butter. This surgery, that my surgeon assures me will last all of three minutes, gives me pause. What will it be like having only nine toes? Will I walk differently? Will my balance be even more allusive? Will my shoes fit weird? Is this just the beginning of missing parts? Will I ever be able to count to twenty again? All of this doesn’t matter, does it? I’ll still be the contrary, sometimes difficult curmudgeon that I’ve been for what seems to be the entirety of my 40 years. It won’t change who I am for better or worse, and after what I saw Friday, it means even less. I picked up a friend at United Cerebral Palsy in St. Joseph, whose motto is “Life Without Limits
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for People with Disabilities,” my worries meant nothing. I am lucky to have control (mostly) of my body, to be able to move under my own power and to articulate the thoughts in my head. The “consumers” as they are called come in all ages, races, and genders. Some cannot speak for themselves, cannot walk, live in constant pain, or spend an existence unaware of the challenges around them. Nevertheless, in spite of hardship, all I see on their faces is happiness, true joy, and purity. They don’t see themselves as disabled for the most part; they live in their world, their reality, some free of the worries of everyday life. They don’t concern themselves with bills, a job they loathe, relationships gone sour, or what people think of them. They just want to be with their friends, do crafts, sing songs, and smile, to just be. As I sat in the parking lot rubbing my legs and lamenting my soon to be fallen brother, the toe, I felt both peaceful and ashamed. Why do I complain so much when I have so much? Why do I whine about limitations when I have so few? It’s all ridiculous; it’s just Cerebral Palsy; it’s just a stupid toe. They can take it, and all I will do is smile.
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