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Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. ~Dr. Seuss

’ve just returned from taking my son to see the Dr. Seuss movie, The Lorax, so I’m feeling a little more “tree hugger” than normal. I remember the book from my childhood, but watching it on the big screen with my seven-year-old brought the plight of the movie to heart for me, specifically what we’re doing to our land, air and water. It’s no secret to those who know me that if I could, I’d move out to a huge patch of land, rescuing every four-legged animal in sight and corralling even more to chew grass, lay eggs and root in the mud. Then, I’d clear a long stretch of earth, sow seeds, and wait for the harvest. It’s not for everyone, I know. But, if each of us did something, just a little something. In the movie, The Once-ler gives Ted the last seed from the Truffula tree and tells him it’s not what it “is,” it’s what it can be. Hearing that line, my mind flashed to the magazine and the stories we choose to feature each month. We regularly highlight people, who in their own small way are making a difference. It’s a different kind of seed, but a seed no less. Take this month, for example. We’re stopping by Atlanta for a look at a fresh food program that’s bolstering those most in need. We’re also introducing you to a Missouri artist whose delicate hand shows in her prolific work. She came to art later than most, spending a chunk of her life as a truck driver. Closer to home, we’re taking you along to meet two high school playwrights who are about to unveil their original work. We’re going inside the sport of clay shooting, and showing you how the tradition is exploding, thanks to the work of local enthusiasts and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that April is poetry month. And what a poem we have for you, this one from one of our twelveyear-old readers. How exciting is that? So enjoy, celebrate the wonder that is life in the South, and spend some time thinking about the seeds you can plant. To reserve this space for your charitable non-profit organization, email: Editors@AtUrbanMagazine.com

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O, What a sad life tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;would be, To have to live beneath the sea. Predator or prey, I wonder You must watch each little blunder. Careful, careful, you must be To not earn a grave beneath the sea. @lines Jake Westfall Age 12

Even at the sleeping hour, Evil predators still scour. The depths of the ocean, deep and blue. I know I made it, butâ&#x20AC;Świll you? Careful, careful, you must be, To not earn a grave beneath the sea. 7

grateful man named Michael grabs a shovel and turns dirt on a raised bed garden on a city lot in the middle of

Atlanta, Georgia. In a few months there will be okra, tomatoes, peppers and more. This place is a green oasis in a world of concrete, and Michael, who’s one of many helped by the Atlanta Mission’s homeless shelter, loves working the soil. Here in the Garden of Hope, Michael and other members of the Personal Development Program learn to grow food that the mission uses to help feed about 600 of the city’s hungry. Last spring, SKANSAA, a construction company next door, approached the mission, volunteering to donate materials and build raised beds for a garden. The company’s owner wanted to see if the empty lot could be turned into something positive for the city. From there the idea started to grow. Atlanta’s Home Depot pitched in, donating tools, like shovels and hoes. And the University of Georgia’s Agriculture Department heard about the garden and wanted to help. They offered to teach horticulture classes to Atlanta’s homeless.

@story Tonya McCoy @images Courtesy Atlanta Mission

And to make this garden green in the environmentally friendly sense, the mission took fifty-gallon barrels and collected water that dripped from nearby tin roofs and used it to irrigate the crops. Mulch was carved from trees that the city had picked up as garbage, and it was spread to make pathways between the beds as the garden took shape.

Each month, in our Ignite series, we’re taking a look at ideas for making our world a better place. This month we’re looking at two gardens making big differences in the lives of those most at need.

“It’s not just that we’re growing vegetables, it’s that we actually have clients that are learning how to grow their own garden,” says Reverend George Wright, Program Director for Atlanta Mission. George says last year more than 100 members of their homeless community participated in gardening classes. The result was that they now had a commodity not easily found in

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the city food banks: fresh produce. Being able to serve meals

Closer to home, another gardener is doing his best to help feed

with healthy fruits and vegetables each day was just one

the hungry in our community. Don Bennett created Tri Cycle

benefit, though. This garden was much more than a new source

Farm in Fayetteville as an urban garden of his own. He thought

of food. It became a source of pride.

of the idea last April, after one of his friends lost her job and was struggling to make ends meet. “She found herself trying to

“When Michael came to us, he’d been homeless and, in his

figure out whether to pay the light bill or buy food,” Don says.

words, he’s not been sober in a Thanksgiving since he was

“And I told her, ‘What we can do is we can grow a garden right

fourteen years old. He is now fifty-five. Michael came and this

in your back yard.’” Don was working at a plant nursery at the

garden just became his therapy. Every free moment he had, he

time and helped her get started, and within a month she had

was out pulling weeds up around his garden spot.

fresh vegetables.

“One of our clients is from the Virgin Islands, and having a

According to the USDA, Arkansas came in third nationwide for

garden was completely foreign to him. And to watch him with his

food insecurity in a study done from 2008-2010. Don learned

dreadlocks hanging down, and being up to his elbows in potting

from the Feed Fayetteville organization that thousands of

soil and digging, it was something. He would say ‘I just wish my

Washington County families were living in poverty and having

grandmother had lived to see me being a real Georgia farmer.’”

trouble affording food. Don was shocked that this was such a big problem in such a prosperous area of Arkansas. So, even

The garden has even reaffirmed Reverend Wright’s decision to

though he was facing financial struggles of his own, in August

work with the mission, which he made over a dozen years ago.

2011 he mortgaged his house to buy two acres of land at 1641

“I had been serving at a church for twenty years, since I was

North Garland Avenue, in Fayetteville, now known as Tri Cycle

eighteen, and I remember we had a committee meeting that

Farm. University of Arkansas Fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha helped

lasted from seven p.m. to eleven p.m. to decide if we wanted

clear the land last fall, and this spring farm members have

red or green carpet in the church nursery. I came home and told

pitched in to buy straw to ready the fields. Don invites anyone

my wife, ‘God has called me to ministry, but this is not ministry.’

who would like to help to join their farm. Those who work at the

I answered an ad from Atlanta Mission that said, ‘Minister

garden share in the harvest, as well as learn skills to help them

wanted to work in a Drug and Alcohol program.’ I applied and

raise their own gardens, and it’s absolutely free to join.

have worked here since 1998.” For more information on Tri Cycle Farms, And he will continue to work here, helping homeless people

scan this QR code or look up Tri Cycle

find new hope, whether it be through a substance abuse

Farms under Groups on Facebook.

program or a personal development program including gardening and horticulture.

For more information on the Urban Garden at Atlanta Mission visit atlantamission.org.

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pring has sprung, the days are longer, everything’s turning

the soil will not drain properly.

greener, and the little hippie gardener in me is screaming

to get out! “Work the earth, sow the seeds,” she says. Who am

After the weed barrier is in place and the platform is exactly

I to ignore her?

where you want it, it’s time to fill up your beds. I’m using my version of “Mel’s Mix”. You may be asking, “Who’s mix?” Mel

I’m using the square foot gardening method I put in place last

is Mel Bartholemew, author of All New Square Foot Gardening,

season (see our May 2011 issue) but this year I’m going with

and the founder of the square foot gardening method. The

raised beds (also called garden boxes) and an easy-to-install

bagged mixture Mel sells (inquire by calling 801.782.4559) is a

watering system in the hopes of improving my harvest.

combination of vermiculite, compost, and peat moss. While this combination of materials is more expensive, there are benefits

Let’s start with the raised bed system. Now, if you’ve got two

to using it instead of a generic garden soil.

to three hours on your hands, and have power tools and a little muscle, you can build your own raised bed. YellaWood® has a wonderful step-by-step guide online, and it’s free! Usually, I’m all in when it comes to build-it-yourself projects, but I discovered an inexpensive kit from Greenland Gardener® at Sam’s Club® (under $40) that’s made in the U.S.A., fits my space, is made of composite lumber, and it’s expandable (you know, just in case hubby let’s me till up any more of our yard).

»» The mix is lighter than dirt and since you won’t be walking on it, it won’t get compacted. The light mix allows seeds to push through easier, allowing you to plant at shallower depths. »» Roots can grow and spread easily. »» If you are careful about the compost you select, you should have minimal, if any, weeds.

Out of the box, it took me less than ten minutes to put the raised bed materials together. The boards simply slide together, held

»» No overwatering. This mix drains so well, even if you use a drip system like mine, there’s no risk.

in place by interlocking corners. An instant benefit to raised bed gardening is weed control, and that’s where a little planning

I’ll be mixing up the materials on my own. If you opt for this

goes a long way.

route, Mel recommends mixing the vermiculite, peat moss and compost on a tarp. Keep in mind, if you have a lot to mix, it

As a cost-cutting measure, I decided not to use weed block

can be heavy! The instructions state to add the compost first,

fabric on top of my soil. Instead, I used several layers of wet

followed by the vermiculite, then peat moss. If the mix is really

newspaper as the base, and then placed the raised bed platform

dry or dusty, you can mist it with a bit of water, but beware, this

on top, making sure that the soil was completely covered by the

only adds weight (see page 13 for mix).

newspaper. I’ll be tossing in a little mulch along the inside edges, too. The trick is to use a material that will allow your bed to drain.

To combine, start by pulling one corner to the North, then pull the

Do not use plywood, plastic or similar materials as weed cover, as

opposite corner to the South, back and forth, until mixed. Then

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pull another corner to the East, then a corner to the West, back

it’s that gardening is a continual learning process. I do a lot of

and forth, until it’s thoroughly combined. Sounds easy enough!

reading and research, and it seems that I’m always discovering something new. I do believe one thing: gardening changes how

Now, let’s move on to the watering system. When I first

you see the food you bring to your table. There’s nothing like

researched system options, I was overwhelmed. However, with

watching seeds turn into plants, that then watch as those plants

a little planning and a little patience, I put together a system

produce fruits and vegetables. The real payoff comes when you

that is just right for my watering needs. Even though they sell

sit down with your family to eat the food you’ve actually grown.

systems in kits, I went for the build-your-own option.

If you haven’t tried it, you absolutely should!

I purchased the pieces I needed at Lowe’s®. I loved that I could

My Version of Mel’s Mix

purchase each piece separately, from the length of tubing to specific watering heads tailored to each plant in my garden.

»» 1/3 Vermiculite

I ended up with a variety of sprinkler, drip, and mister heads,

»» 1/3 Peat Moss

along with coordinating stakes, risers, and tubes - even stakes

»» 1/3 Compost (pay attention to the source to avoid weeds)

with clips attached to hold the master tube securely to the ground. The variety enables me to customize a watering plan for each type of plant, either at the base of the plant, or in a sprinkler pattern for several plants at one time.

Giveaway Alert! To share our love of gardening, we’re giving away one

Several of the sprinklers have a valve enabling you to shut

Raised Garden Bed Kit (82” X 42”). NOTE: Due to the

off water to certain plants, giving you even more options

size and weight of the kit, we are unable to mail it. The

to customize your watering plan. Finally, the system is all

winner will be responsible for picking up the kit from

interconnected and attaches to a simple garden hose.

our office within 30 days of notification.

In addition to the raised beds and watering system, I’m

To enter, find us on Facebook (be sure to LIKE us). Then

throwing in a tall wooden trellis onto the back of one of the

leave a comment telling us why you want to win the kit

raised bed sections to give my climbing vegetables room to

and you’ll be automatically entered! Want to be entered

roam. Last season I purchased the short metal variety and

more than once? Share your post on your Facebook

was not happy with the results. The small size did not allow

page and you’ll be entered again.

adequate room for my plants to climb, and when it rained it did not stand strong in the soil.

Our lucky winner will be selected on May 1 and notified by email, and on our Facebook page. Good luck!

If I’ve discovered anything from my adventures in gardening,

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he wind is brutal, coming in from the west, and it’s wreaking havoc on the three trap shooters who stand at their stations, raise their shotguns, and prepare to

shoot the orange targets that are being rocketed from machines several yards away. Bill Acord, Troy Hampton and Woody Barnes take turns firing, occasionally missing the four-inch disks that flash above them. “Wind’s about to blow me over,” Troy, who’s won his share of championships, says. Bill, who once shot 200 targets in row, laughs. “I’m seventy-nine,” he adds. “I don’t make excuses for anything anymore.” While they talk, Woody stands stone-faced, his shotgun like an extension of himself, and shoots until he’s outwitted the ragged wind. The three are members of the Pajaro Gun Club off Old Highway 271 in Fort Smith. “I fired my first clay pigeon when I was fifty-three. We used to shoot over near where The Links apartments are today; I think the club started about forty years ago,” Bill says. He looks behind him to the clubhouse, where shrubs line the walk, and benches

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sit in a neat row on the covered porch. “Our old clubhouse was

“There’s a camaraderie with people who shoot,” Rick says. “I’ve

a hut. We didn’t have anything as nice as this.”

been all across this country at shooting events. You’d think it would be dog-eat-dog, but you go to a competition and

Rick Reedy, who’s the secretary of Pajaro, walks up to the group,

somebody’s gun breaks and you’ve got five people stepping up

and he’s nodding as Bill talks. “All this used to be the city’s

offering to help.”

landfill,” Rick says. “It’s so beautiful here, it’s hard to imagine, but it was. We first leased the land from the city in 1991. We’ve

Rick’s participates in sporting clays, which is sometimes

got about 100 acres here.”

compared to “golfing with a shotgun,” since it’s on natural terrain and has a series of shooting stations. Targets of different

The club has approximately 300 members, and most of them

sizes are catapulted from towers, released two at a time, or one

bird hunt as well as target shoot. “We’re unique, I think, because

after the other, bam, fast as a flash. The shooter has to be ready

we’re a non-profit. We charge a one-time membership $500 fee

for anything. They arc through the sky, skitter across the ground,

and a very small monthly fee.” That’s not a lot in the gun club

and sail off in different directions. “If you can’t be out in the

world. “There’s a gun club in Georgia that charges $4,500 a year

woods hunting,” Rick says, “this is the closest thing to it. It’s like

plus a huge monthly fee.

you come across a deer, or a rabbit, or dove. How do you react? How fast are your reflexes? The glare of the sun, the wind, it all

“It is expensive to build and maintain a club. I just ordered a

plays into it. It’s such a test.”

tractor-trailer load of targets and that was $1,800. Just one machine that throws targets is $9,000.

Rick now has his wife Karla shooting with him. “She’s competitive,” he says. “We both hate to miss a shot, so it’s fun

“I remember when we were still at our old location. We had an

getting to go to these meets together and encouraging each

electric bill that was $218 and we had $160 in the bank. Four

other. I think it’s good for couples. I think it’s good for families.”

of us pulled twenty dollars each out of our pockets to get it paid. So we understand the cost. And like everything else in a

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is doing its part to

tough economy, people have to make choices. Sport shooting

reach the kid part of the family equation. Chuck Woodson,

is something you don’t have to do. In competitions, I’d say we

the youth shooting sports coordinator, says 170 middle and

have a lot fewer people than we did even three years ago. Those

high schools are involved in its trap shooting program. “A lot

of us who love it want it to be affordable for everybody.”

of our kids go on to compete in national competitions in this highly practiced, coached sport. We’ve only been involved for

Today there are stations for skeet shooting, trapshooting, five

five years and already we’re the largest group in the nation.

stand, and sporting clays. There is a pavilion where rows of picnic

When we got into the tournament in 2007, the largest group

tables sit, and risers for spectators. But that’s not the best part.

was Tennessee with 1,500 kids. In our first year we had 900. In our second year we had 2,000. In our third year we had 4,000.

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Right now, we have 5,600, 1,550 of whom are girls. That’s sixth

the program. In a state where hunters live for deer, and turkey,

through twelfth grade. We have 800 volunteer coaches, from

and duck season, the training they get is important. “When I go

Boy Scout leaders to doctors and lawyers.”

talk to school boards across the state, I’ll ask how many people could leave right then and put their hands on a shotgun, and it’s

The clubs, which operate as community sporting venues, never

almost 100 percent every time.”

allow guns on school property, and each member goes through hunter safety education.

Rick, who finished second in the nation in his division a few years ago by “killing” 20,300 targets in competition, applauds what the

“We run our tournament like March Madness. Sixty-four teams

Game and Fish Commission is doing. His first hunting trip was

from the four regions of the state in head-to-head shoot-offs.

when he was nine. He can’t imagine living without his shotguns

The first seed versus the sixteenth seed, and so on. Cheerleaders

any more than you can imagine living without your car.

show up, mascots show up, we have tailgate parties.” And so he shows up every Wednesday night to shoot with Chuck likes to say things like, “Kids need to get out and smell

the Pajaro Gun Club regulars. “We call it church,” he says,

the gunpowder,” and “Trap shooting is a natural fit for the

half joking. Now that Daylight Saving Time is here, it’s even

Natural State.” He sees the sport unifying generations. “It’s

busier on the range. They’re getting ready to host the State

giving folks a new lease on life. Grandfathers are getting to

Championship Sporting Clay Tournament on May 25 through

hand down their shotguns to their grandkids. A lot of their

May 27, something they’re excited to do.

parents are learning with their kids. Now they’re duck hunting and dove hunting together.

“We have a great time out here,” Rick says. “We see people we haven’t seen in a while. We’re always working on getting better.

“We’ve never had one negative incident. We’ve never had one

It keeps you in the game.” He kicks a blue shotgun casing with

theft at a competition. I don’t think you can say that about

the toe of his shoe, picks it up and turns it over in his hand.

many sports.

“Nothing in the world is better than that.”

“I had a student who was a great baseball player at West Memphis High School and he woke up one day and they

For more information on the Pajaro Gun Club, email

discovered he had progressive rheumatoid arthritis. Man, he

rakreedy@yahoo.com

was sixteen years old and highly competitive. Colleges were already looking at him, and all at once he couldn’t play baseball.

For more on the Arkansas Game and Fish

Now, he’s on a national competitive shooting team.”

Commission’s Program, email Chuck Woodson at jdwoodson@agfc.state.ar.us

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life. What if you’d married your high school sweetheart? What if you had moved to California instead of staying in Arkansas? What if? What if? This splendid novel is written by Tom McNeal, a man who spent summers in Nebraska where his mother had lived and where he later taught school. He used his experiences as a teacher for his first novel, Goodnight, Nebraska, another powerfully written book that I would certainly recommend. Like his heroine in to be sung underwater, Tom attended Stanford University where he was a Stegner Fellow (a very big deal). His novel examines “the road not taken” in the lives of Judith Toomey, an ambitious daughter of a college professor in a small town in Nebraska and her summer boyfriend, the older Willie Blunt, a cute carpenter with pale blue eyes whose scent of sawdust, sweat, and alcohol exerts a powerful pull on Judith. Judith’s mother and father separate when he decides to leave his teaching position in Virginia to take a similar one in

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Nebraska. After Judith visits him one summer, she decides to stay with her father and finish out her senior year. Her father fixes up a bedroom for Judith, and together they re-finish the birds-eye maple bedroom furniture he inherited from his grandparents. This furniture holds a sentimental attachment for Judith that figures prominently in the plot of the book from beginning to end. Judith and Willie fall passionately in love. In Willie’s old truck, packed with a picnic basket and a cooler of beer, they explore

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the country, planning on which spot they’ll build a lake with

found myself completely caught up in their lives.

fishing cabins where their children will visit. They joyfully daydream about their future; she will go to college at Stanford,

As a forty-four-year-old woman, Judith remembers the

and when she graduates, she will return to marry Willie.

old saying often recited by her mother who was unhappily married to Judith’s father: “Marriage is a house a woman can’t

But of course, this doesn’t happen.

leave and a man only visits.”

Judith meets someone else, an older tennis-playing boy

The storage building, with its maple bedroom furniture on

named Malcolm who is enrolled in business school. They

which she and Willie made love, becomes her refuge, a place

move to Los Angeles, where Malcolm becomes a banker and

where she can think about Willie. She hires a detective to find

she a film editor. They live in a lovely home with a daughter

Willie, and she calls him on her secret cell phone. She leaves a

who is cared for by a steady flow of nannies.

message, and smooth- talking Willie calls back and asks her to visit him. He wants her to see the lake he built and the fishing

When the daughter decides she wants a fancy bedroom suite

camp they long ago dreamed about. He tells her that he was

instead of the one Judith inherited from her now deceased

only a chapter in her book, but she was the whole book in his.

father, the maple bedroom furniture is moved out. Malcolm wants to give it to the Salvation Army. Judith wants to keep it

She fabricates a story that she is going to Mexico to visit her

and rents a storage building.

mother, but instead, she flies to Nebraska to reunite with Willie.

Inexplicably, Judith rents it under an assumed name, one

What she discovers on her visit is that we all live within two

she playfully used when she and Willie were sweethearts.

worlds: life on the surface and life below the surface.

She establishes a bank account under that name and buys another cell phone. She soon retreats to that storage building,

Tom McNeal is a careful writer whose tender novel is full of

recreates the room to look like the one she had in Nebraska,

meaning , spirituality, and wisdom. He writes from a woman’s

lies on the bed, and thinks about Willie and her unfulfilled

point of view, and that is very hard for a man to do. He will

marriage with Malcolm, who is possibly having an affair with

make you wonder if perhaps the most valuable things in life

his secretary.

are the simple ones: a swimming hole, a cold beer, and the laughter of the person you love.

The present and past intertwine as the novel transports us back and forth to the blissfully sweet days of first love between Willie and Judith and then to the present where Judith “lives in a marriage that swallows love and excretes grief.” The characters are so real and multi-layered that I

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described herself as a “gangster Nancy Sinatra,” and it’s surprising how much her music delivers. Highly cinematic, meticulously and densely produced, unwaveringly melodramatic – this is a film-noir, torch-song soundtrack to a heartbreaking movie only Del Rey has seen. The title song opens with a slow burn, with Del Rey singing

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somberly at the lower end of her contralto voice. And then, about a minute and half into the track, something happens. She elevates in register, and the result is striking in its emotional impact. Her vocals aren’t perfect, yet this somehow makes her more approachable, vulnerable and ultimately, intriguing. She

t’s hard to imagine a more polarizing figure in popular music

sings like a deeply wounded femme fatale, and you’re dying for

recently. With tens of millions of views of her videos on

the back story.

YouTube, Lana Del Rey’s grassroots buildup was smoldering. And then, with one appearance on Saturday Night Live, the

Next is “Off To The Races,” which debuts the hip-hop influence

critics were everywhere.

felt throughout Born To Die. Others have compared the sound to a Kanye-style production.

The Twitterverse exploded. The blogosphere was on fire. Even NBC’s Brian Williams got into the act, albeit accidentally, calling

For “Blue Jeans,” all you need to get the song is when she sings

her appearance “one of the worst outings in SNL history.” The

in the chorus, “I will love you to till the end of time.” It’s striking in

fact is, dozens of acts on SNL have disappointed live. But as

its dramatic simplicity. When you hear it, you’re in.

uber-producer Brian Eno has said, “performing live is one thing… making a record is something different.” Del Rey’s live chops will

And then comes the beautifully jarring “Video Games,” and it’s

come.

over. Del Rey has said it makes her cry to sing it and you can believe it.

So what about the record? With a debut at number one in seven countries, Born To Die needs no apology. It is, in a word,

This is just a taste of Born To Die. You’ll have to listen for yourself

captivating. And it’s easy to see, it’s all by design.

to see how incredible it actually is.

For someone born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, choosing “Lana Del Rey” as a stage name is almost radically campy. She’s

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he sun shines down on the patio at Sweetbay Coffee Shop in Fort Smith. Jonathan Karrant puts down a magazine, picks up his

drink, and looks across the patio at the towering trees in Creekmore Park. “I still like climbing trees,” says the twenty-eight-year-old, “but maple trees are my favorite. When I’m high up above everything, I can see things differently.” Climbing trees may seem like an odd way for a professional jazz singer to spend his free time, but perhaps it’s Jonathan’s different perspective that’s brought him so much success. Jonathan, who now lives in San Diego, grew up here. He’s a responsible adult but he’s been able to keep his childlike wonder. “The first time someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said, ‘I want to be a tiger.’ But I quickly found out that wouldn’t work.” Fortunately, there was another @story Marcus Coker @images Courtesy of Jonathan Karrant

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option: Jonathan loved to sing. He spent his free time practicing

one thing—the opera was Aida, starring Luciano Pavarotti.

and listening to jazz music’s greatest composers. “I played Irving Berlin like crazy. Then I got into Cole Porter. I liked that

After a few years in New York, Jonathan stepped away from

their songs told a story.”

theater. Rehearsals didn’t always pay, and Jonathan realized singers could get several gigs a week and have a somewhat

Jonathan’s mother was a dance teacher at Fort Smith School of

reliable income. Wanting more experience performing, Jonathan

Ballet, and his uncle played saxophone for the Shoffey band.

moved back to Fort Smith and began singing with local jazz

“My family was artsy, so I was always getting into things like

musician Don Bailey. “Don welcomed me with open arms, which

that. When I was in school, I said, ‘I want to take choir, I want to

I thought was great. I mean, he’s an accomplished musician, and

take drama.’ My family was just a bunch of actors and actresses

I was just an obnoxious kid.”

walking around without roles, so they were all pretty excited if I was in a play or something.”

By the time he was twenty-two, Jonathan’s personality and voice had matured. Often compared to Sinatra, he was encouraged to

However, when Jonathan graduated from Southside High School

move to Las Vegas and find work as a lounge musician, which

and decided to pursue singing and acting full time, not everyone

he did. For two years, Jonathan worked in supper clubs, lounges,

was supportive. “A lot of people would say, ‘You’re great, you’re

and casinos, crooning jazz standards by such greats as Freddy

talented, but so is this guy. You need to have a fallback career.’”

Cole, Nancy Wilson, and Ella Fitzgerald. “It was the first time

But Jonathan’s mom, Nancy, disagreed and gave him some good

I got to start interacting with audiences. I love sharing a song

advice: don’t have a fallback career, because then you’ll fall

that washes over you, a song that tells a story and has some

back on it.

meaning to it. I’ve had people come up to me in tears saying, ‘That was beautiful.’ And that’s what I love — being able to give

With that in mind, Jonathan moved to New York City a week

something to another human being.”

after he graduated. He was seventeen. “While I was living in New York, I considered going to college for a music or theater

After two years in Vegas, Jonathan was ready for a change. He

degree. But no one seemed interested in a degree, only in what

moved to San Diego, despite the fact that he had no friends or

you had to offer.”

connections there. He got a job waiting tables at a restaurant, which just happened to have a stage for entertainers. Jonathan

So Jonathan enrolled in the William Esper Acting Studio.

convinced the owner to let him sing, and he began building a

Then, upon a friend’s suggestion, he auditioned as an actor at

fan base. Four years later, Jonathan now has regular gigs singing

the Metropolitan Opera House. He was hired, filling mostly

at the US Grant and La Valencia Hotels. “Both have bars and

character parts. “It certainly wasn’t high school theater, but it felt

lounges where the locals hang out. There are a lot of regulars,

comfortable. It was great to be on stage,” says Jonathan. “I was in

so I never stay with a set list of songs. I love it because every

a couple of ballets and an opera.” Jonathan neglects to mention

show is different.”

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trunk of his car, and you’d be hard pressed to find a copy.) On and On features songs originally popularized by such diverse artists as Johnny Mercer, The Beatles, and James Taylor. “None of the songs are typical standards. Some have only been recorded one time, maybe five times, which isn’t many.” Now that his album is finished, Jonathan plans to spend this year promoting it. One of his first stops will be at Second Street Live in Fort Smith on Saturday, April 28. Starting with a beer and wine reception at 6:30, the evening will feature Jonathan and the Don Bailey Jazz Combo. Chances are he’ll be in a suit and tie, looking relaxed and making his job seem easy, making life look fun. But maybe that’s the payoff for following your own star. The life of an artist like Jonathan isn’t for most people. It doesn’t His voice is smooth, like a good wine. It’s strong enough to

guarantee security, a steady paycheck, or a retirement plan.

convey emotion, and gentle enough to not intrude. “As a singer

But that’s okay with Jonathan; he’s doing something he loves.

at a hotel bar or restaurant, you can’t annoy people. People

And whether that means singing jazz or climbing trees, it’s no

are there to be with their friends. So I want to add to their

wonder he doesn’t need a fallback plan. When you stay true to

experience, not take away from it.”

yourself, there’s no such thing as failure.

Not surprisingly, Jonathan’s pipes beat out thousands of others when American Idol held auditions in San Diego in 2007. “There

For more information, or to purchase Jonathan’s CD,

were 16,000 people and several rounds of tryouts. It was worse

visit jonathankarrant.com.

than going to the DMV, but I made it through to the main judges. Randy said I sounded great and had perfect pitch, but Simon

Tickets to see Jonathan at Second Street Live are

said I sounded too much like Sinatra, and Paula said I wasn’t

$25 and may be purchased in advance or at the

contemporary enough for the show. So I didn’t make it through.

door. For more information, call 479.719.8783 or visit

It was disappointing, but the next day I was over it.”

secondstreetlive.com.

There were plenty of other things to focus on, and that hasn’t changed. Last year, Jonathan completed recording and producing his second album. (His first album was sold from the

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ate on a January evening, when I was feeling a little bored, I logged on to Facebook and started looking at the latest

posts. As I scanned through page after page, I came across a picture of a painting by an artist that made me say “Wow!” I clicked through several more images by the artist, Theresa Rankin, and I continued to be amazed. Did her art speak to me? I’d say it did, and I was determined to find out more about her. I found her bio and read that she’d only recently begun to paint full time, that she’d worked at a variety of jobs to support herself and her five children. That she grew up in California and played behind the Beverly Hills Hotel, attended Catholic schools, moved to Hawaii and spent a summer in a tree house on the beach, drove a log truck in Oregon, and spent almost ten years driving trucks in the Midwest. I wanted to meet this woman who painted so beautifully and could also drive a log truck! I contacted her, and she invited me up to Carthage, Missouri, where she’s been living for the last four years. Theresa lives in a 100-year-old Victorian home that she and her partner, Max, are in the process of remodeling. At the street, in

on the wall. A piano sits in the corner, partially covered by a

front of the sidewalk, the surname of a long-ago owner named

fringed piano cloth, and home to framed pictures of relatives

Platte is chiseled into a concrete marker where horse carriages

from generations past. Among the pictures is one of her great-

were once parked. It’s a fine two-story house with many stained

grandmother who died in the Spanish flu epidemic; she is in

glass windows.

her coffin as relatives stand on either side. “I’ve always been fascinated with genealogy, and I’ve traced my history back

Theresa is warm and welcoming and likable. We sit in the

to the late 1600s,” she explains as she points out various

parlor, a handsome room furnished with antiques, Tiffany-

ancestors. She raises her eyebrows and smiles. “I’m also related

styled lamps, carpets on the wooden floor, and her paintings

to Gypsy Rose Lee.”

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I ask about the first painting she sold and she smiles. “Oh, I

counter at a down-and-out bar. Her posture, her clothes, her

remember it well,” Theresa says. “It was a still life that one of

hair tell me her story, that she’s worked behind that bar for a

my students bought for $375.” Theresa teaches at Sky Horse

long time, that she’s heard more sad stories than any of us can

Studio in Grove, Oklahoma.

imagine, and her life ain’t never gonna get no better. “I took lots of pictures of that woman,” Theresa says, as she mimics holding

The sell was about more than money. It validated her belief

a camera to her face, and snapping her forefinger. “I take pictures

that her work was touching other people. She got serious

of anything that interests me and causes an emotional pull.”

about her painting in 2006 when she entered shows and won prizes. Once she started selling paintings, she found that they

Other lovely paintings take place outside. The French word is

sold almost as fast as she could paint them. Then she started

plein air, which means out in the air. Her favorite flowers in her

getting commissions, and then some of her clients wanted a

garden are roses and lilies, and often they are depicted in a

series of pictures.

vase with the petals falling onto a table or still in the ground with one of her beloved cats hiding behind the blooms.

Her work is lovely, from her portraits, to the still life, where lemons shimmer in a crystal bowl.

Before I leave I take one last look around and see one more painting. It is of a monkey. And not just any monkey. This one

As we walk through her house, she talks about her technique. “I

was her mother’s pet.

like to keep things realistic yet painterly. I like a mixture of very thick to very thin oil paint and everything in between. I have a

I thank her for the visit, hug her good-bye, and climb into my

high regard for color, and I try to capture light and emotion. The

car. I turn on the key and shake my head in wonderment at this

subject matter is often unimportant; it’s the mixture of mystery,

woman who grew up with a monkey as a playmate, drove a log

longing, and a bit of unreachability that inspires me to paint.”

truck, plays classical piano, restores 100-year-old houses, and paints like a dream. Some women have all the luck.

Theresa’s favorite artists include John Singer Sargent and the early California impressionists. “I am always trying to improve, and I have attended workshops with national artists. I’ve

To see more of Theresa’s work, log on to

received two scholarships to attend Scottsdale Artists’ School,

theresarankin.com.

and I’m a member of Oil Painters of America, American Women Artists, and The American Impressionist Society.” Theresa is also a fine photographer, and some of her favorites hang on the walls. “I use my camera as a tool,” she explains. One painting I particularly love is of an old woman behind the

the trusty little C cheesecake

harlie Trusty grew up on a dairy farm in Subiaco with a mom who loved to bake, and who made ice cream at

least three times a week. Even today, when Charlie comes to visit, her mother serves the ice cream that made her a little bit

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famous with those in the small Logan County town known for its Catholic monastery and private school. It was an idyllic way to grow up: both Charlie’s grandmothers cooked as well, serving up cake and pie and homemade candy. What she ate she worked off on the farm, so she didn’t really worry about the calories.

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The only drawback might have been that Charlie felt no compulsion to cook herself. And then, in the 1980s, she traveled to New York City, where the world seemed to open like a flower. Crowds barreled by, the skyline sparkled with a million lights, and tall buildings cast long shadows across the bustling sidewalks. There in the Big Apple, Charlie tasted her first baked cheesecake. “Mom made cheesecakes, but hers were the Jello kind, from a box, no baking, just mixed and then put in the refrigerator. When I tasted the New York version I was so excited. I couldn’t wait to make one when I got home to Arkansas.” Charlie laughs. “I thought I was bringing a little culture to my hometown.” But that didn’t exactly work out. Once you’ve grown used to Jello cheesecake, your reference point is skewed. “No,” Charlie says, shaking her head. “My parents were not impressed. I remember my mom saying, ‘Why don’t you add a little more sugar?’” That didn’t deter Charlie, who continued to search for the perfect recipe. When she found one that was almost right, she added her own touches – ones that she won’t divulge even today – and kept on baking. “At Christmas I’d bake thirty or forty of my Sweet Southern Cheesecakes for my neighbors and friends. People kept saying that I should sell them, so at some point I started to think about it.” It wasn’t until 2007, when she was living in Lorena, Texas, that she finally took the leap. There was an antique mall that had a candy shop inside. Charlie would stand outside, offering shoppers samples to lure them inside to buy.

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In the beginning she thought she’d name her company Charlie’s

bigger companies count on. The first round of voting, which

Cheesecakes, but that name was already trademarked. Her

anyone can participate in, ends April 3. A second round, for the

daughter offered a solution. Throw in the word famous, she

top ten finalists identified in round one, opens April 11 and runs

said, since that would surely catch the buyer’s attention, and

through April 24.

Charlie’s Famous Cheesecakes was born. To promote her cheesecakes, she took a camera to the streets Today, she works from around six in the morning to midnight,

and handed out samples. The video that resulted shows a slew

filling orders for several coffee shops in Northwest Arkansas, and

of people weak-kneed over Charlie’s cheesecakes. “Walmart

for those who order off her website. She also comes to Fort Smith,

was urging anyone with a product, even if it was just one person,

where she delivers to customers at their places of business.

to enter. You never know,” she says. “It could happen. I just need people to log on and vote for me.”

Last fall, she found an untapped market. “I started making tiered, cheesecake wedding cakes. I had a bride who found me through

If she wins, she’ll have to find a bigger place to bake – right now

my website. She said, ‘Can you have a wedding cake and twelve

she uses the kitchen of a local coffee shop. She’ll have to hire a

other cheesecakes ready in a week?’” Charlie shrugs. “It was a

few people to help. And those late nights she’s keeping? Those

lot of work, and I really should learn my limits, but I find it hard

will probably get even longer for a while. “I’m ready,” she says.

to say no.”

“It’s funny that one trip to New York led me down this path, but I’m so glad it did. When I’m not baking, I’m reading cookbooks

Since she began, she’s added brownies, lemon bars and bread

like other people read novels. How weird is that?” she asks.

to the menu. But her foundation is still cheesecake. And while others rave about the Oreo cheesecake or the caramel swirl,

Not weird at all, if you’re Charlie Trusty. She reads, she bakes,

Charlie still likes the plain the best. “It’s a little rustic, and the

and yes, she does make the best cheesecake around. I know.

crust isn’t like any other cheesecake you’ve ever had. They’re

I tried it.

really dense. A six-inch cake costs twenty dollars. It weighs two pounds. A nine-inch cake weighs six pounds. I make a promise: If this isn’t the best cheesecake you’ve ever tasted, tell me, and

Charlie’s website is charliesfamouscheesecakes.com.

I’ll give you your money back.” To vote for Charlie, visit getontheshelf.com and look So how much money has she returned since 2007? Exactly none. The feedback she’s gotten has encouraged her to try for a radical expansion. She’s in the “Get on the Shelf” competition sponsored by Walmart. The contest targets those who make great products, but might not have the financial backing that

for Sweet Southern Cheesecake.

pend a few hours in the theater department at Southside High School in Fort Smith, and you’ll know what it means to

reach for the stars. Students often stay late to practice lines and learn dance steps, all for the chance at some time in the spotlight. Sometimes they get it and sometimes they don’t, but they still dream. And when it comes to dreaming, seniors Hunter Doohan and Courtney Honaker are no different than anybody else. What’s remarkable about Hunter and Courtney, however, is that they’ve spent the last year working to make one of their dreams come true. At the end of this month, Hunter, who’s eighteen, and Courtney, who’s seventeen, will present for live audiences a play called Of Age, a production for which they’ve been completely responsible. The play, a classic coming-of-age story, is set in the late 1960s and focuses on a girl who’s trying to find her way in a tumultuous world. If you’re never heard of it, there’s a good reason—Hunter and Courtney wrote it themselves. It all started at the end of last school year when Hunter and Courtney received an assignment in drama class. “The drama program is set up so that students can take Drama One, Two, and Three,” says instructor Amy Pumphrey. “At the end of Drama Two, students get together in small groups and submit plays to possibly produce the following year.” Students typically select an established work, like Macbeth or The Crucible. They then come up with ideas for costumes, lighting, blocking (where the actors will stand on stage), and set design. With less than a month to complete the assignment, Hunter suggested something bold—writing an original play. Convinced @story and images Marcus Coker

their idea would be rejected, the two students kept their plan a secret. “When our teachers would ask about the project, we’d avoid their questions,” says Hunter. “We’d leave after school and

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spend hours at a restaurant or in my basement with our pens and

Hunter and Courtney have gone to great lengths to ensure

notebooks, trying to complete a rough draft. We weren’t sleeping

a successful production. Hunter even contacted one of his

much, but we’d fallen in love with the project, and we had to

favorite artists via Twitter and asked to use her music in the

finish. I’m not sure we would have made it without Dr. Pepper.”

show. (She said yes.) The show will also feature music by local musician Brenda Yelvington, who was so impressed by Hunter

All the late nights paid off. Hunter and Courtney presented

and Courtney that she volunteered her time. “When I find kids

their play to their teachers and classmates, who voted to

that are working really hard, that’s where I want to be. It’s one

produce it as part of this year’s season. “It’s probably been

thing to write; it’s another to stick with it,” says Brenda. “You see

twenty years since we’ve produced a student-written show,”

this talent in them, this incredible potential, and they don’t even

says Amy. “It’s been a massive undertaking for them, but

know they have it. I want them to really believe in themselves.”

they’re doing a fantastic job.” In the last year, Hunter and Courtney have spent countless hours listening to critiques,

When they graduate, Hunter will pursue a degree in acting,

revising their story, and holding rehearsals. Soon, the curtains

Courtney in stage management. But until then, they’re getting

will open for their original production.

plenty of hands-on experience working with their twentyone student cast—building sets, choreographing dances, and

The play’s main character is Jenny, a high school junior who

making their own costumes.

goes behind her father’s back to attend a senior dance. There she meets and falls in love with a boy named Ty. But when Ty

What motivates them to work so hard? Courtney says, “We joke

turns eighteen, he receives his draft notice, and he and Jenny

a lot that we’re overachievers, but there’s something in me that

are separated. Meanwhile, Jenny’s parents are on the brink of

says you have to be the best you can be.” No doubt, audiences

divorce, and Jenny’s faced with losing everything she loves.

will find the students’ creativity and effort both impressive and inspirational, the result of mixing the tenacity of youth with the

Of Age doesn’t shy away from serious topics—love and war,

power of a dream (and maybe a little Dr. Pepper).

marriage and divorce, even life and death. Aptly set during the Vietnam War, it confronts the idea that authority always knows best. In one scene (from which the play gets its title), Jenny

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challenges her parents when they accuse her and Ty of being

Friday, April 27th at 7:00 pm

too young to love, stating, “Ty’s of age to go fight and die but

Saturday, April 28th at 7:00 pm

not old enough to love? You two still can’t figure out how to love

Sunday, April 29th at 2:00 pm

each other.” Courtney says, “You don’t necessarily have to be an adult to know that something is legitimate or to know that what

Ticket prices are $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for students

you’re feeling is real.”

and senior citizens. For more information or tickets, call 479.646.7371.

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